Progressive Nation 2009 – NA Tour Dates Announced

The first batch of the North American leg of the awaited Progressive Nation 2009 have been announced. The Dream Theater website has a listing of the current dates and possible additions expected sometime in August. The tour will kick off in Miami, FL on July 24th and so far looks like the last NA concert [...]

Black Clouds & Silver Linings Available for pre-order

Dream Theater’s upcoming album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings, is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com. A little on the expensive side (currently listed @ $54.00), and is listed to be shipped starting June 30th (about a week after the official release). I wonder what is Amazon trying to sell us by calling it a [...]

Rotary engine mileage?

I’ve seen all too many people landing on my blog asking: “How much mileage out of a rotary engine?” The answer is very simple: “Your mileage will vary”. Dissappointed? Don’t be. It’s actually a good thing.

In my case, with a 2004 Mazda Rx-8 (Renesis rotary engine), I was getting a combined average of 17mpg. I [...]

Dream Theater Black Clouds and Silver Linings

I don’t know everyone else, but the wait is killing me. Seems like June 23rd is never coming, and the tight-lipped release strategy they are following is driving me bananas. I wish they had followed a more ‘Systematic Chaos’ release approach, where they had a number of tracks and videos leaked out way before the [...]

For sale: Peavey Raptor EXP Plus (BLUE)

I just listed a beatiful Trans Blue Peavey Raptor EXP+ on Craigslist for sale. This is one well taken care of soid body electric guitar for beginner & intermediate players. The Raptor is a Fender Stratocaster look-a-like -a “Fat-Strat” to be more precise, with it’s bridge humbucker. You can see the listing on Craiglist here:
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/msg/1127348983.html
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