Today’s MSMOTD Porcupine Tree – Lazarus (buy this song) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] And through the whirling sentry drones of academic responsibility, guns blazing and engines a-fire, erupts the newest MSMOTD: the mighty Porcupine Tree!  Leaving assignments, readings and constructive musings as so much burning wreckage in its wake, it streaks into [...]

Today’s MSMOTD Dream Theater – The Count of Tuscany (buy “Black Clouds & Silver Linings”) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Dream Theater.  DREAM THEATER!  I am so excited to finally write about what is probably my favourite band.   There’s no way I can cover everything or even adequately begin to present their music, [...]

Today’s MSMOTD The Alan Parsons Project – La Sagrada Familia (from 1987′s “Gaudi”) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Let’s begin with the bad news:  There’s no way in hell that I can do justice to this group with a simple blog post and a few selections of music.  Alan Parsons is huge.  HUGE.  [...]