the masked drummer

Man, I just found an old ticket stub from a 1993 DT show I went to. I paid $13.50 to see DT and Galactic Cowboys. How the hell did the same general admission ticket rise to $55.00??? That's like 4 times what it was only 15 years ago! I mean, Opeth should be good but this is getting fricken ridiculous these days! Am I just old as dirt or do I have a point here?

I wish i wouldn't have even opened this thread.

Check out this live video of The Camera Eye. Same version I saw them do in Detroit on same tour. Sorry if it's been posted already. I couldn't find it on a search. The Camera Eye 4/8/83

Oh, I wasn't trying to say you were a dumbass or anything. They just weren't really promoting it before. One of the DVD's I'm thinking about getting is this one, an offering from portnoy: http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9238/folder8rb.jpg The track listing is: 1. 2112 2. Cygnus X-1 3. Hemispheres 4. YYZ / Drum Solo The DVD also contains an Audio Commentary with Mike Portnoy and Paul Gilbert!

QUOTE (The Owl @ Feb 25 2008, 01:50 AM) Dream Theater's Official Bootleg lable......Ytse Jam Records......has just released a new DVD/CD available on their web site. It was recorded in 2004 and was a live preformance where DT played all of theire Debeut Album, commerating it's then 15th anniversary, along with a 2 song encore with former DT members such as keyboardist Derek Sherinian, and origional vocalist Charlie Dominici DVD 15th anniversary "When Dream and Day reunite" Live CD 15th anniversary "When Dream And Day reunite" Live Here is a track list and a list of bounus features.... QUOTE When Dream And Day Reunite DVD Our Products: Live Series SKU: YTSEJAMDVD001 The entire legendary performance of WDADU and the encore from the March 6th 2004 show in Los Angeles, as well as an Audio Commentary by Dream Theater, rehearsal and soundcheck footage and a 70 minute documentary on the original WDADU told through live footage and interviews with the band circa 1988/1989. A Fortune In Lies Status Seeker Ytse Jam The Killing Hand Light Fuse And Get Away Afterlife The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun Only A Matter Of Time To Live Forever (W/ Sherinian and Dominici) Metropolis (W Sherinian and Dominici) Bonus Features Audio Commentary by Dream Theater WDADU Rehearsal and Sound Check Footage "I Can Remember When..." A 70 minute documentary from the Portnoy Archives looking back at the original WDADU album. A song by song recount told through live footage and interviews with the band circa 1988/1989 Dream Theater's official site has a prieview available for the DVD on the player available on their main page http://www.dreamtheater.net/ They didn't "just release" it. I've had it for a good year now. Excellent quality, I might add! You can even pick what version of each track you want to see, 1989 or 2004 (although some of the 1989 videos are incomplete) They call it a "bootleg" quality video, but it's much better quality than I was expecting. Dominici joins Labrie for "metropolis" and Sherinian plays keys which is very nice. Kevin Moore apparently was too good to show up for this performance. Probably since it was likely an unpaid gig. lol

Anyone who says Neil treats his fans like garbage should be ashamed of themselves. Who here can honestly say they work harder than Neil on the job? He could've sold out years ago, but he still has artistic integrity. To me, his hard work and dedication to Rush is treating fans like gold, not garbage. If fact, if I was Neil and I read some of these whiney complaints I would sell my drums, move to Maui and give us all the finger. Whenever the media does an interview, they want to talk about the nasty negative stuff that happened 10-15 years ago no matter how great things are going now. I wouldn't do many interviews either. Look at Alice Cooper. He still gets bothered about the chicken he tossed in the audience in Toronto in like 1970. That's nearly 40 years ago. Stop and think about it. Be accepting of other people, especially if you haven't walked in their shoes!

QUOTE (yyzyy @ Feb 12 2008, 07:54 PM) Is nobody else upset that DT isn't coming to Toronto??!! Come to gorgeous Detroit and see them at the Fillmore then! lol http://www.urbanhonking.com/actionitems/detroit_houses.jpg

QUOTE (tick @ Feb 12 2008, 09:40 AM) QUOTE (2112-Rob-2112 @ Feb 12 2008, 03:12 AM) When i first started getting into DT I liked them so much more then i do now..i still love them and think they are all insane musicians...but to me all their music sounds the same and it doesnt leave a lasting effect on me like rush music has always done. You can play a song in the middle of one of DTs crazy ass solos and i wouldnt be able to tell it apart from anything else they do really. it sounds like crazy solo after crazy solo..after crazy solo. Yeah, ok, thanks for stopping by. Rush fans... Dream Theater play will emotion, dont understand the claim that because there super tallented and they play like it, that equates to no emotion. Dream Theaters songs dont all sound the same, every album is different from any other. Dream Theater has not a thing to do with Rush so why talk about them like you feel threatened by them so much you feel its necessary to defend Rush everytime DT gets mentioned. Right on, Tick! We have to be understanding, though. I think it's safe to say a lot of people's minds have capacity issues when it comes to appreciating DT, which is sad. Does "crazy solo" or "crazy ass solo" mean you can't comprehend it and would never be able to play it as a musician? I've noticed one thing in common with musicians who hate Dream Theater: They cannot even attempt to learn their music so they pretend to disrespect them. There's been some speculation these types secretly have the entire DT catalog stashed in their bottom drawer like porn.

Thanks Treeduck!!! That was the coolest hearing his dry isolated performance. Who got a hold of the original 2" tape, threw it in the deck and did that??? That's still my favorite VH tune. I can't believe Diamond Dave's voice was that awesome dry!!!

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jan 4 2008, 02:22 PM) QUOTE (the masked drummer @ Jan 4 2008, 12:16 PM) QUOTE (the invisible man @ Jan 3 2008, 05:01 PM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jan 3 2008, 03:44 PM) I highly, highly recommend Juno. Hilarious, touching, brilliant acting - a very, very fun movie I'm sure I'll see many times in the future... Do you have a time machine or something ? Do you think people in the future will also like this movie ? It's in the theaters, at least here in Michigan. I heard it was better than Superbad and Knocked Up combined. I'm all over it! I truly loved Knocked Up and Superbad, but Juno is a very different movie, somewhat more heartfelt and somewhat less outrageous hilarity, so I wouldn't even try to compare those two with Juno. You'll see what I mean after you see it. Mind you, all great movies that are well worth seeing, but not all for the same reasons. Please come back and weigh in with your opinion after you see it... A Ha! The mind is like a parachute, it only functions when open. Thanks goob!

QUOTE (the invisible man @ Jan 3 2008, 05:01 PM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jan 3 2008, 03:44 PM) I highly, highly recommend Juno. Hilarious, touching, brilliant acting - a very, very fun movie I'm sure I'll see many times in the future... Do you have a time machine or something ? Do you think people in the future will also like this movie ? It's in the theaters, at least here in Michigan. I heard it was better than Superbad and Knocked Up combined. I'm all over it!

QUOTE (tangdog @ Jan 4 2008, 11:41 AM) QUOTE (Sonilink @ Jan 4 2008, 11:03 AM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Jan 4 2008, 04:13 PM) Okay since we had it out about Kevin Moore, what's anyone's opinion on Derek Sherinian? I like a lot what he did with the band. You can really feel his presence on Once in a LIVEtime, I think he braught a fresh attitude to the band. Much better than Moore IMO Dereks solo discs absolutley kick ass. I liked his work in DT too. I met him briefly here in Asheville when he was touring with Yngwie. In fact he was the only reason I went to the show. http://www.museresearch.com/i/wts/live/derek_sherinian.png Derek Kicks @ss!! I guess his roommate was Eric Singer in Hollywood. They both play/played for Kiss. What a way to pad up your resume as a musician, huh?

QUOTE (Del_Duio @ Dec 27 2007, 01:41 AM) QUOTE (tick @ Dec 8 2005, 08:25 AM) i recently found out here that alot of neil fans dont like portnoy,well i do.the guy can play,and ya know what he has nothing to do with neil,neil is the master ,always was,always will be! Mike Portnoy would probably be the first guy to echo this statement. I talked to mike on the first couple shows they did in my area (92/93) and he didn't strike me as egotistical at all. In fact I've read where he dismisses being one of the greats and pointed out who the true greats in drumming were, in his opinion. Neil was amongst the most influential in the early years of DT, along with Alan White of Yes, another phenomenal drummer.

Superbad was pretty wicked. My favorite part was where Seth excitedly runs across the soccer field to tell Evan that the chick having the party wanted him badly. The other kid's like: "have you ever considered maybe she's using you to buy alcohol ...doesn't want your d!ck?" -classic line. This McLovin scene was good too. Who can't relate to scoring a fake I.D.? McLovin

Sweet!!! I'll tell you what, though, that price seperates the fans from the fanatics at $80 USD!!

QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Dec 17 2007, 05:47 AM) Did any of you DT fans get your copy of Rich Wilson's biography of the band yet? It's called Lifting Shadows, my copy arrived today. Very swish, you get two books, Images is full of pictures(no shit sherlock) and Words has.....ah......words! Both books are delivered in a very tasty DT embossed case. Here's the great bit, anyone who paid for the book prior to printing got their name mentioned in the back of the book. I'm on page 370!! Cool. That's awesome! I was going to pre-order it, but didn't. Damn!! Is this bio authorized by the band? I'll have to get it.

QUOTE (The Owl @ Dec 10 2007, 11:13 AM) Thanks, I do plan on eventually getting both "Scenes Live", and "Boudokan" but I am picking one up Today. I think I am going to go with "Scenes Live", I have "Score"(CD and DVD) already Well, if you have score then scenes is a good pick. I guess out of those three, budokon is the one I could probably live without (for a while) ENJOY!!!

I've been hooked on Systematic Chaos since about my 20th listen. I didn't think I would like it at first, but it's the only disc I've had in my car besides A Farewell to Kings. SC has some dark progressive moments that are downright scary. How do they come up with this stuff? The keyboard work is phenominal. Scenes Vs Budokon: I would pick budokon for it's production quality. Scenes is a must have also, though, imho.

QUOTE (treeduck @ Sep 12 2007, 01:20 PM) QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Sep 11 2007, 07:18 PM) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/RushRevisited/IMG_3241b.jpg Cool pic! Did you explain to them about Necro?? Damn! That's amazing how they've changed since 1992! I don't know how Labrie does it. When I met him his hair was half gray, and now there's no gray. Petrucci and Portnoy are about twice the size as when I met them, too. And wow, look! Myung isn't looking down at the ground! And who's that new wizard-looking guy? http://www.prog-nose.org/images/jrudess_pic.jpg

QUOTE (ILK044 @ Mar 23 2007, 11:52 AM) Strangetude is one of my favorite prog rock records of all time. http://www.ozrictentacles.net/images/covers/cds/strangeitude.jpg Strangetude is another excellent one. Agreed!!!

http://musictravel.free.fr/articles/ozric/ozric2.jpg "Arborescence". This is one of my favorites. I highly recommend it: http://fusionanomaly.net/ozrictentaclesarborescence.jpg I have this in my car at all times: http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/281/cover_3936211522007.jpg This is another good one: http://fusionanomaly.net/ozrictentaclespungenteffulgent.jpg This is the "front man" for the band. When I saw them in Detroit at the Majestic Theatre, he stopped the band when he couldn't find his flute. He then discovered someone ripped it off right in the middle of the set and the band subsequently ended the show early in a fit of fury. Another black eye for the city. If we could have figured out who did it, he would have ended up dead in the alley after the show. I think it was someone standing in front. The stage is low enough to reach stuff from the audience on the stage floor. http://www.priorities.org/concerts-ozric3.JPG They were great in concert. They busted their butts up there to put on a good show for us until the theivery.

QUOTE (Rush! @ Aug 14 2007, 12:53 PM) OK, I've read probably about 50/50 good and bad reviews for the new album, so... and I want to get a lot of good opinions here... Is Systematic Chaos essential? Should I download it first to see if I like it or just go out and get it? It's critical you buy it. It has all the great elements they're known for without being too progressive or too straight forward. Track six (prophets of war) is one of the coolest songs ever. It has such a cool feel...

DREAM THEATER AT FILLMORE DETROIT 8/13/07 -MY UNCENSORED REVIEW OK, I went to the show last night, and James had another bad night. He was backstage more than he was on stage and the poor guy was struggling worse than he was on the '98 tour... Anyway, they didn't play "Prophets of War", which was about th eonly new track they didn't play, and my favorite. The audio quality was worse than what you would hear at a local pub. It was all midrange and no lows or highs. The kick drum was almost inaudable! Out of 20 DT shows I've seen this was by far the worst. MP was looking haggard and appeared to be dragging the tempo. Either those dudes went out to the casino and whooped it up hardcore the night before, or they're losing their steam... Well, Petrucci and Jordan were incredible. That was their only saving grace. Anyone else go??

Hey, MP is a good guy. This DT thing is outta control. Has anyone that's ragging on mike actually met him? He's a down-to-earth fantastic human and doesn't deserve this. No wonder Neil stopped the fan-email with all these hateful people in the world!