This week, Dave and Alex talk about Dream Theater and then Alex attempts to school Dave and the rest of the world on why he loves Marillion.

Links and Show Notes:

The study mentioned in follow-up

Russian's recording bootleg albums onto old x-rays:

https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Side-Moon-Experience-2011/dp/B005NNUKF4

Steve Hogarth talking about 'You're Gone', the top 10 hit from 2004

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2014/07/28/how-a-band-made-20000-on-spotify-from-5-minutes-of-silence/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/fame-fortune/derek-fish-dick-have-get-seven-million-streams-spotify-buy-pint/

http://www.businessinsider.com/pharrell-made-only-2700-in-songwriter-royalties-from-43-million-plays-of-happy-on-pandora-2014-12

Setlist for the Paul McCartney show Dave attended in Sydney:

Dream Theater playing Hollow Years in Perth, 2009

Maths video about metric system:

Interview with Mark Kelly (4:25 mins in) where he speaks about royalty rates from EMI:

Links to Marillion's music.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7ai5TWiOG8g9Hds5AATS28?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open&play=true

https://marillionofficial.bandcamp.com/

https://www.youtube.com/user/marilliononline

Buy the DVD of Marillion playing Brave:

YouTube clip of Marillion playing The Great Escape in 2013 at Port Zelande:

This is the link that Alex meant to use to access to the Crash Course CD:

https://soundcloud.com/marillion/sets/marillion-crash-course

Marillion, live at the Royal Albert Hall.

Lucy's Friday Questions:

Alex's recommendation to Dave - Another Day by David Cross and David Jackson

Dave's recommendation to Alex - Ethereality by Akord:

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