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Parasomnia (Instrumental)

One official day listening to Dream Theater album number 16: “Parasomnia”.

“Parasomnia” Deluxe Edition comes with CD of the album, CD contains instrumental version of the album, and Blu-ray contains Dolby Atmos & 5.1 Surround Sound, High-Resolution Stereo Mixes, animated visualizers for each song.

“Parasomnia” Deluxe Edition: CD, Instrumental CD, Blu-ray

The best part of “Parasomnia” Deluxe Edition is the Instrumental version of the CD. I’ve acquired Dream Theater’s album releases with Instrumental mixes whenever they were made available. My personal collections of Dream Theater releases with Instrumental mixes:

  • Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009)
  • A Dramatic Turns of Events (2011)
  • Distance Over Time (2019)
  • A View from the Top of the World (2021)
  • Parasomnia (2025)

Parasomnia tracklist:

  • In The Arms Of Morpheus (Overture)
  • Night Terror
  • A Broken Man
  • Dead Asleep
  • Midnight Messiah
  • Are We Dreaming? (Interlude)
  • Bend The Clock
  • The Shadow Man Incident
In the Arms of Morpheus – Overture
Are We Dreaming? – Interlude

Right if the bat, the record contains 2 Instrumental tracks out of 8. That leaves 6 other tracks that have the different Instrumental mixes. Still worth getting the Deluxe Edition of the record.

On another note, the artworks in the Deluxe Edition are underwhelming. Blame that on the overused Computer Generated Slops, also known as AI Generated Slops.

I both like and feeling underwhelmed by this record. Probably I’ve become jaded when it comes to Dream Theater’s music.

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Parasomnia

It is February 7, 2025 and Dream Theater new record “Parasomnia” is officially released. It is the first record by the band since their founding member and drummer who left in 2010, rejoined the band in 2023.

“There you go, Mike’s back replacing Mike who replaced the first Mike in the first place.”

With return of Portnoy in the band, this record is highly anticipated by fans. Three songs from the record were previously released:

  • Night Terror
  • A Broken Man
  • Midnight Messiah

The first single, Night Terror, showed a glimpsed of the reunion; which seemed to miss none of the beat in the last 14 years. The second and third single reaffirmed that sentiment.

Now the record is finally released, fans get to listen to the rest of the songs. For diehard Dream Theater fans, I recommend listening to the instrumental versions of the record, which is available in the Deluxe edition.

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Sweet Music Box o’ Mine

The crew at Guns N’ Roses sent two music boxes for their “Nightrain” community.

First music box played melody from their 2024 single “The General”, made available for Nightrain packages, Standard and Premium.

Then, there’s the second music box, which they said are given to randomly selected Nightrain members who purchased the premium packages.

Guns N’ Roses Nightrain Music Boxes, one in yellow and one in black.

Also as a surprise, the package comes with a poster.

Guns N’ Roses poster, commemorating show in Los Angeles on August 18, 2016

🐉 —> 🐍

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Let The Rain Come

It is raining today, the first 2025 proper rain in Southern California.

It started raining at midnight, then it rained again in the afternoon and throughout the night.

I went to watch Alex Skolnick playing with Stu Hamm Band at The Baked Potato in Studio City. I said hi to Alex right before leaving the venue.

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Piece of Mind, Painkiller, and Divine Intervention

On December 7, 2025 Iron Maiden shared the news of Nicko McBrains’s retirement from touring.

While perusing Iron Maiden’s catalogue, I started listening to these records one after another for a reason.

  • Piece of Mind by Iron Maiden (1983)
  • Painkiller by Judas Priest (1990)
  • Divine Intervention by Slayer (1994)

These three records have two things in common and they are:

  • The records opened with drums
  • Each record is the debut of a new drummer in the band

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Could this be Magic?

I went to the store, musing for a birthday gift and I decided to get another LEGO kit. Well, it’s not as expensive as the “Tuxedo Cat” LEGO, but it is still a cat one. As a matter of fact it is a kit to build Bird, Cat, or Dog.

Could this be magic…

Better save women and children first.

Van Halen sounds so good.