Jordan Rudess' response to Mike Portnoy leaving Dream Theater: an improvisation on his Steinway. He gets right into it and even does some ad hoc vocals (which aren't very good, but are heartfelt). asylum_at_sea, I don't know if you like Dream Theater but I think you might get a kick out of this, especially.

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I've always been more of a fan of Kevin Moore and ( Read more... )

According to all the sources available, Dream Theater's new album isn't out until 23 June. Usually these dates pertain to the Northern Hemisphere, therefore the release date for us southern plebs is about a week later.

But I got a tip-off from a fellow fan yesterday, and just moseyed on in to JB tonight...

And look what I got!


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vox_diabolica and mc_shamo, this is for you.

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Get this and learn it. If you can.

We're going to WOMADelaide this weekend. Hope the weather's good. We're driving tonight. God, looking forward to that...

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Heh heh.

You kinda need to know the song "The Dark Eternal Night" to fully appreciate this - that and also know that Mike Portnoy is a crazy bastard who would no doubt endorse this characterisation of himself wholeheartedly.

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* The new Dream Theater album Systematic Chaos = almost 80 minutes of head-banging, awe-inspiring proggy metal ecstasy. Unfortunately, I am listening through crappy earphones with Thesis Editing of No, Really, GAAAAAH!!!!TM in front of me, so my "enjoyment" of both is being somewhat compromised ("Enjoyment" being the operative term for the thesis ( Read more... )

Capitalism rocks. When you have the dosh ( Read more... )

...and laughing my arse off...

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Yeah, I'm well aware that only I find this funny...n00bs.