Best progressive acts these days?

Really too many to make a list that doesn't omit alot of great bands, but here goes anyway:
Blast
Hamster Theatre
Pip Pyle's Bash
Uz Jsme Doma
Present
Univers Zero
Massacre (Frith/Laswell/Hayward)
Ruins
Scorch Trio
Bone Structure
Lucas Niggli Zoom
Good For Cows
Patrick Cress/Telepathy
Available Jelly
Tricolor
Tortoise
Trio AAB
Tarental
Alamaailman Vasarat
Gotta agree that Thinking Plague deserves mention. I've still got all the Anglagard discs (they're obviously really skilled) but after catching them at Nearfest i couldn't help thinking that Terje Rypdal eclipsed everything they've done on Whenever I Seem To Be Far Away recorded in 1974.

I like Minimum Vital from France alot, but they can be a bit pompy. Happy Family (JP) has its moments. On the spacier side: Ozric Tentacles, DarXtar, and the Anubian Lights/Farflung/Pressurehed family.

Rwwear: Opeth? If death/prog is your thing, you might like Katatonia. Or Cynic... or Disharmonic Orchestra (post Expositionprophylaxe), or Death circa "Human". Of those, Disharmonic is the hidden gem.

Duane, been meaning to drop you a line. Good taste, as always.

I've been way out of touch with whatever is going on these days with prog. rock but I have heard that one of my old favorites, Happy the Man, is due to release a new record after 20 something years. Anybody out there a Happy the Man fan?

Uz jsme doma just released new album avalable on Tamizdat.com I wonder how is their music without Jindra saxophonist now.

Xiekitchen, I've got "Crafty Hands" and like it quite a bit. Interesting to hear they're back together! Stanley Whittaker apeared on Ten Jinn's "As on a Darkling Plain" around '99, which I found to be a bit on the "pomp" side, but I like many tracks on it so guess I've gotta say it's pretty good. I've seen it for free on Ebay several times ; )