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Station: “Classic Jazz”

Glenn Miller, Ron Carter, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Smith, Charles Mingus, Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Evans, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong

Station “Blues, Art & Prog Rock”

The Allman Brothers Band, The Flower Kings, Steve Morse, Spock's Beard, Journey, America, Chicago, Grateful Dead, Gipsy Kings, Asia, Styx, Eric Clapton, Ozric Tentacles, Genesis, Yes, Eric Johnson, Gentle Giant, T-Bone Walker, Robert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy Les Paul, Chet Atkins, Santana, Platypus, Steven Wilson, Dave Matthews Band, Steve Lukather, Jethro Tull, Marillion, Phish, Frank Zappa, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Van Der Graaf Generator, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Transatlantic (Prog), King Crimson

Station “Class, Celt, Bluegrass”

The Klezmatics, Agustín Barrios-Mangoré, Lenny Breau, Paco De Lucia, Andrés Segovia, Old Crow Medicine Show, John Hartford,Flatt & Scruggs, Bonnie Rideout

Station: “Jam, Fusion, & Jazz”

Medeski, Martin & Wood, Soulive, Herbie Hancock, Niacin, Al Di Meola, Dixie Dregs, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Tal Farlow, Joe Pass, George Benson, Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Kenny Burrell, Mike Stern, Bill Frisell, Kevin Eubanks, Allan Holdsworth, Dennis Chambers, Tribal Tech, Herb Ellis, John Scofield, Pat Metheny

Station “Prog & Power Metal”

Platypus, OSI, Steve Vai, Richie Kotzen, Gordian Knot, Rage Against The Machine, Metallica, Sanctuary, Skid Row, Ozzy Osbourne, Tesla, Cacophony, Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, Guns N' Roses, Terry Bozzio, Derek Sherinian, Jordan Rudess, Bon Jovi, Poison, Helloween, Judas Priest, The Jelly Jam, Edguy, Queensryche, Angra, Jag Panzer, Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, Masterplan, Fair Warning, Vision Divine, Labyrinth, Gamma Ray, Place Vendome, Pretty Maids, At Vance, Silent Force, Royal Hunt, Riverside, Shadow Gallery, Fates Warning, Enchant, Threshold, Wolverine, Andromeda, Spheric Universe Experience, Sieges Even, Pagan's Mind, Circus Maximus, Vanden Plas, Redemption, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Symphony X, Lenny Kravitz, Ayreon, Kamelot, Vinnie Moore, Tony Macalpine, Primus, Motley Crue, Soundgarden, Planet X, Porcupine Tree, Rollins Band, Dream Theater, Aerosmith, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, King's X, Anthrax, DragonForce, Magellan, Blind Guardian, Savatage, Nevermore, Iced Earth, James Labrie 

Station “Slammin’”

Suffocation, Death (Metal), Morbid Angel, Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Slayer, Meshuggah, Dark Tranquillity, Testament, Opeth

***** Dream Theater by Dream Theater: The Best Album in the World to Date.

This is the best album I have ever heard, hands down, everything else is secondary, and probably everything after Dream Theater by Dream Theater will be secondary. This is it. This is perfect. This is the new standard. This is better than any jazz I know of. This is better than any classical music that I know of, including greats like Beethoven and Dvorak. This album is eternal. I can rest now in my search for great music because this one will probably hold my attention for years and years.

I have been a music lover since I was a child. I can still remember listening to Vivaldi on my Walkman at my now deceased grandmother’s house, which means my love of music goes back to the time when cassette tapes ruled the market and cds had not yet been invented. I am now in my thirties, and I have been a fan of Dream Theater since I heard Pull Me Under on the Z Rock 50 on 94.1 WHJY, which was a hard rock top 50 countdown that prided itself by saying Casey Casum (or however you spell his last name – the guy who did the pop music countdown, which never seemed to give metal a chance) doesn’t have a clue.

Well, now that I have heard Dream Theater by Dream Theater, I can die, and know that there is probably never going to be another album that is as good as this one, especially when it comes to complexity. I’m a cerebral guy, and I don’t believe that it can get better than this. This stuff blows away Aphex Twin, a computer musician programmer who actually tried to program good music. Because I am a guitarist, programmed music will never touch me the way people do who are actually playing real instruments, even if effects are used.

Reviewing this album, I am so happy to hear my son say one of the songs on this one is his favorite. My boy already has good tastes, and without coaxing. He knows what he likes, and Dream Theater is a part of that already. He likes the song that sounds like Limelight by Rush, but is 10 times as good as it.

I completely enjoy the seriousness of this album, as compared to A Dramatic Turn of Events. Don’t get me wrong, both albums are 5 star albums, but A Dramatic Turn of Events was super dorky with all its silly messiah talk.

2013 100 CD Changer – Are These The End Times?

I review quite a bit of music, and mostly that is because I love music so much.  I have a 100 compact disk changer that mixes my music, and about once every 6 months, I give an update as to what is in it.  When I was about to post the June/July mix, it turned out that I got hospitalized in the psych ward for a month, so the time before this time I skipped the post because I had no computer access, much less internet access in the hospital, or even access to my own home where the cd changer is located.  This time I noticed that some of my favorites made it out of the disc changer without a review, and I honestly don’t know how that happened, but they will be back in when I can fit them in a slot.
1. Kings of Damnation Era by Black Label Society
2. Soul Sirkus
3. Without a Net First Set by the Grateful Dead
4. What If and Dregs of Earth by the Dixie Dregs
5. Mind’s Eye by Vinnie Moore
6. Grace for Drowning Vol. 2 like dust I have cleared from my eye by Steve Wilson
7. Stand Up and High Tension Wires by Steve Morse
8. Free Fall and Unsung Heroes by the Dixie Dregs
9. Time Odyssey by Vinnie Moore
10. Veritas by the Alex Skolnick trio
11. Night of the Living Dregs and California Screamin’ by the Dixie Dregs
12. My Favorite Things by John Coltrane
13. Self titled by Niacin
14. Islands and Larks Tongues by King Crimson
15. …And Justice for All by Metallica
16. Emergent by Gordian Knot
17. Greatest Hits: Back to the Beginning by Megadeth
18. Splendido Hotel by Al Di Meola
19. Back in the World of Adventures by The Flower Kings
20. Spontaneous Combustion by the Liquid Trio Experiment
21. The Kindness of Strangers by Spock’s Beard
22. Scenario by Al Di Meola
23. Mix w/ Allan Holdsworth, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Charlie Byrd, On the Virg, Al Di Meola, Scofield w/Medeski Martin Wood, Steely Dan, Benny Goodman
24. Question and Answer by Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, and Roy Haynes
25. I Care Because You Do by Aphex Twin
26. Machine Head by Deep Purple
27. Light Years by Chick Corea’s Elektric Band
28. Misplaced Childhood by Marillion
29. Bridge Across Forever by Transatlantic
30. Individual Thought Patterns by Death
31. Mix/ Tony MacAlpine and Led Zeppelin
32.  Aenima by Tool
33. Fire Garden by Steve Vai
34. Surfing With the Alien by Joe Satriani
35. Listen by Jordan Rudess
36. Start Today by the Gorilla Biscuits
37. The Essential Frank Sinatra (The Columbia Years)
38. The Very Best of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
39. Doin’ something by Soulive
40. Bird’s Best Bop on Verve by Charlie Parker
41. Up All Night by John Scofield
42. Greatest by Bee Gees
43. Man Child and Dedication by Herbie Hancock
44.  Secret Story by Pat Metheny
45. Retrospective 1940-7 by Django Reinhardt
46. Grace For Drowning Vol. 1 deform to form a star by Steven Wilson
47. Deliverance by Opeth
48. Thunder from Down Under by Frank Gambale
49. Full House by Wes Montgomery
50. III by ChickenFoot
51. Mix/ Compact Jazz by George Benson and Idle Moments by Grant Green
52. Amazing Journey disc 1
53. This Godless Endeavor by Nevermore
54. The Very Beast of Dio by Dio
55. Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
56. Dear Old Stockholm by John Coltrane
57. The Artista Years Disc 2 by the Grateful Dead
58. True by Too Human
59. The Vibe by Roy Hargrove
60. A Picture of Nectar by Phish
61. Self titled and Mother’s Milk by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
62. Greatest disk 2 by the Bee Gees
63. The Blue Note Years: The Best of Kenny Burrell
64. Transgression by Fear Factory
65. Lovecraft by Cradle of Filth
66. Super Hits by Ted Nugent
67. Project by Jordan Rudess and Rod Morgenstein
68. Industry Standard and Full Circle by the Dixie Dregs
69. Coast to Coast and High Tension Wires by the Dixie Dregs
70. A Show of Hands by Victor Wooten
71. Friday Night in San Francisco by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco de Lucia
72. Like Minds by Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, and Dave Holland
73. School Days by Stanley Clarke
74. Youthanasia by Megadeth
75. Coda by Led Zeppelin
76. Vulgar Display of Power by Pantera
77. The best of Earl Klugh
78. A Dramatic Turn of Events by Dream Theater
79. Virtuoso 2 by Joe Pass
80. Live from Oz by Planet X
81. Fusion by Wes Montgomery
82. Shadows Fall
83. What Did He Say by Victor Wooten
84. Live by Bill Frisell
85. Midnight Blue by Kenny Burrell
86. Retrospective 3 1947-53 by Django Reinhardt
87. Retrospective 1 1934-40 by Django Reinhardt
88. OK Computer by Radiohead
89. Gretchen Goes to Nebraska by King’s X
90. Greatest Hits by Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble
91. Born this Way by Lady Gaga
92. Twilight in Olympus by Symphony X
93. Sex and Religion by Steve Vai
94. Notes on a Dream by Jordan Rudess
95. Pick Hits Live by John Scofield
96. Surrealistic Madness by Candiria
97. Character and Enter Suicide Angels by Dark Tranquility
98. Destroy Erase Improve by Meshuggah
99. When Gravity Fails by Neil Zaza
100. First Meditations by John Coltrane