Progressive Nation 2009 – NA Tour Dates Announced

Progressive Nation 2009

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]