We dive into arguably Dream Theater's heaviest record - 2004's Train Of Thought! Jon prefers the heavy side of DT... Brian prefers the melodic... where will each of us come out?

We bring on our very first two listeners ever.. Cael McLeish and Adam Rishaug... as special guest hosts as we each draft our "fantasy setlist"! Ten rounds... 40 songs... what makes the cut and what doesn't? Who drafted the best setlist, and... are there any BIG surprises? 

On this episode, we go in depth with the graphic artist who designed Dream Theater's amazing staging and graphics for the Distance Over Time Tour, Wayne Joyner!

As most fans know, there are a LOT of side projects that the members of DT (both past and present) have recorded over the course of their career. On this episode, we sort through the pile and give our thoughts on some of the tracks that stand out the most to us!

We feature our first album vs. album cage match on Talking Into Infinity - this first "battle" pits Train of Thought against A Dramatic Turn of Events! Which album will come out on top?

We bring vocalist and prolific author Peter Orullian onto the show! Peter is best known to Dream Theater fans as the author of the novelization of The Astonishing, but he has also novelized Jordan Rudess's Wired For Madness, written a host of novels and short stories, and hosts his own music-centric podcast Breaking Absolutes!

We welcome former Dream Theater front of house sound engineer Bill Fertig onto the show! Bill began his career in 1983 running sound for Metallica on their tour opening for Raven and has since run sound for some of the biggest names in the music industry. We discuss touring, live sound, road stories and... of course... Dream Theater!

On this episode... our most spirited episode, by the way... we dig into Dream Theater's third album Awake. Jon is a huge fan... Brian? Not so much. Will Brian soften his stance after repeated listens prepping for this epsiode? Hit play to find out!

This is the second part of a question that we were asked during our first episode! On episode 3, we gave our lists of gateway DT songs - on this show, we give our lists from the exact opposite end of the spectrum... the most progressive DT tunes we can think of!

Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence is definitely one of Dream Theater's most challenging listens... is it TOO much of a good thing, or is more Dream Theater NEVER a bad thing? We discuss!