Dream Theater - The Test That Stumped Them All

Another one of the most complex little creations from DT. It's part IV of the 42-minute self-titled song, of the second CD of "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence":


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Dream Theater - Misunderstood (LIVE)

in LA, 2007 (probably a re-post, but hey.. some things are worth re-posting)


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I continue to learn more and more about the band that I've loved for 20+ years. Believe it or not, I just learned the existence of Mike Portnoy's Twelve Step Suite a few weeks ago. Just recently I also learned the following fact, when seeing what Wikipedia had to say about Six Degrees of Inner Turbelence:

In the song "Misunderstood", John Petrucci wrote and played the guitar solo, and then reversed it. He then learned how to play this reversed version, and after recording it reversed it once more. This resulted in a solo that sounded like his original solo but with a unique twist to the way the notes played. His use of such a technique was predated by George Harrison, on the Beatles song "I'm Only Sleeping". (Source)

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Black Sabbath

Yep - I'm sure you're aware of the 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon thing where you name two actors/actresses/celebrites, and figure out how, in fact, they are connected. Now we have Six Degrees of Black Sabbath, which may or may not include Black Sabbath.

Click the link above or the image header.. then input two artists, musicians, bands, rockers, etc., and hit enter.

Here are some of the more interesting ones I tried:

• Staind & Chevelle
• Mike Portnoy & Neil Peart
• Bruce Dickinson & Barry Manilow
• Sully Erna & Lars Ulrich
• Five Finger Death Punch & Celine Dion

Have fun!

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In Preparation For March Madness

The Big Six Conferences mapped-out:

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That's Why You Work At A Gas Station

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Yep, punctuation aside, I count at least SIX.