THIS is why i love Dream Theater. Wow, what a fascinatingly original title for a live release. When you think about it, the Blu Ray title ties in the DT12 self titled theme: the concept of an artist addressing the audience, and the artist addressing themselves. Metaphorically speaking, it is continuation (or an extension) of the dialogue between artist and listener.
Artwork brainteaser is a nice a wink to the MC Escher fans out there.
Folks - this is an accurate representation of what I heard that night at the opera house - it really captures that raw energy and not a lot of fiddling of the dynamics or tone here.
However, I did hear whispers that JP overdubbed a new tag at the end of his solo for Looking Glass. Anyone with a boot recording notice this? Not that I care, just curious is all.
EDIT: How killer is that transition into Trial of Tears? Quite killer. The answer is quite killer.