I'm A Goofy Goober!

Who remembers that? Dahahaahaha.

Guitarists - check out the solo. (harder than it sounds).

So, albums to check out if you're bored or on the hunt for some new stuff:

First off, The Reign of Kindo's album Rhythm, Chord and Melody.

These guys are a Jazz/Rock band from Buffalo, NY - no overdriven guitars or hard vocals here. It's a really nice middle ground between the heavier and lighter stuff; they use Gibson hollowbodies and Fender Twin Reverbs as their main guitar gear and have a strong piano backing for most songs. Add that to really nice vocals and slightly cheesy lyrics and you've got an awesome album that's really good to chill out to.

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (also the namesake for this place).

These guys are a slightly heavier Progressive Rock outfit (i.e. they don't stick to the normal intro-verse-chorus-verse-bridge-chorus etc).
Cool thing about this album, is that it tells a story. It is said to be an investigation of the causes of insanity and serial killing told through the story of man from childhood through marriage, as many of the songs can demonstrate (as well as the album cover).
May seem a little daunting at first, but it's brilliantly done. The tracks flow seamlessly into each other. However, the meanings of the songs as Steven Wilson meant them are intentionally left open and are fair game for speculation. They are meant to have different meanings and significance to each listener, so an absolute statement about the origin or meaning of one song would be impossible to make.

Last but not least, The Gladiator Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard

Pretty much my all time favourite soundtrack (with the LOTR ones a close second). As epic as the movie, i needn't say more.

Soooo, onto my latest dream.

I was slightly disappointed this one wasn't as violent as the other ones, but ah well.

Anyway, i'm in this really big depression in the ground, which is totally black with the exception of a bob in the middle and a weird black sort of mesh over the top. There's someone else on the other side of the cone (which seems friggin huge).

So i start walking towards the other person, and the ground suddenly starts going *doof doof* and i lose my balance, slipping towards the center.

It's at this point i go "what...". Turns out i was on the inside of a speaker cone. (which means either that was really big, or i was reaaaaly small. INB4 - short jokes). I also realized after i woke up that the song playing was Two Weeks by All That Remains (warning: only look up the song if you don't mind melodic death metal).

This huge bass note rings through (probably a bass drum beat) and the other dude goes flying up and gets his head stuck in the grill.

So from almost on the other side, i hear this huge "BUGGER". He/She - no idea cause the voice was pretty muffled - is stuck there for a while, arms and legs flailing around like a cockroach on its back.

I bounce around for a while on the speaker cone, enjoying the trampoline-like experience when the song stops. Another song comes up and the cone just goes SHHHHHHHHCCCEEEEEEEE and a huge tear appears. Naturally, i fall straight through the tear into blackness.

Staggering around after i hit the ground, i see 4 sets of orange glows (seems like it was a tube driven amp, kinda like the filament in a light bulb at low power). For some reason, one of the tubes explodes and the glowing filament flies straight at me. Just before it hits me, i wake up.

Anyone believe in the whole dreams-mean-something cause it's your subconscious?

I honestly have no idea, and if it were true, well...