Howdee Strangers,
So there I was (here I am), sitting in the living room, minding my own business, when all of a sudden, Bombay Vindaloo (from the seriously under appreciated (IMO) album, 'Live at The Marquee' - for any DT rooks) starts playing on my "Sexy DT Tracks Part 2" playlist (ya know, the kind of music JMX makes under his porno music songwriting alter-ego, Long MyHung).
Then, out of nowhere, "On the Backs of Angels" from DT's forthcoming 'Developmentally Challenged Unicycle Rider (DCUR)' album, randomly starts on my iTunes player. This may have been anywhere from 7 and 27 seconds into Bombay Vindaloo.
So, instead of taking another practice test for my L&H Insurance License exam (which is tomorrow at 12:30 PM CST), I began what has become a 2-3 hour re-introduction & newfound rekindling of my "old DT fan" self. Ya know, the way you felt the first time you heard the last section of 'Learning to Live'...friggin' indescribable vibes. Wow. I digress...
Anywho, the subtle noodling from JMX and JP on BV mixed with the rendonk intro to OtBoA, it sort of "clicked". Almost like JP (on LatM) was improvising over the new track. Like Buddah...
Maybe it was the tuning. Maybe it was that last Shiner Bock. Or maybe it was just one of those mathematical, once in a lifetime (not the DT Truck Stop Jams Live Album by a similar name) things that just happens and blows you away when you least expected it.
Then I remembered DT and how fucking awesome they truly are.
With MP and without MP alike. With KM, DS, and with Theresa Thomason, Doug Pinnick, Jay Beckenstein, the cello dude from Vacant, the Awake rapper dude from Voices, and the Wolfman from the PMU video. Good stuff all around.
Drama is for the goth kids. This is Dream Theater.
And they've been rocking my tits off since the 7th grade. And God willing, will most likely continue to do so until JP literally becomes a bear & eats JLB.
So here I am, procrastinating some more when I should be studying. I'll probably pass, but I do know one thing for certain...
...I'm grabbing one more brewsky, putting on a little 'Another Won' from Score, and dropping into a much-needed DT sonic-coma.
Not too shabby.
Until next time, pendejos.