[John Galt]

When I said "newer stuff", I meant relatively. Some stations only play music from the seventies. Yes, I know Mike Portnoy is the drummer (rolls eyes). And Transatlantic is most of the reason I have a Spock's Beard CD. I'll try not to be mad at you for being patronizing since there are so many other DT threads.

But I still feel I need to show you how ridiculous this is.

They're almost TOO talented.

they're a very good band that has put out some good music.

So clearly there are no problems with the quality of the band.

there is a lot of heavy music on the Moon

No problem there either.

That leaves an argument that I found in response to many of the threads, that DT isn't progressive enough. With your 6 CDs (versus my pitifully ignorant 5), especially if one is Scenes From A Memory, it should be very hard for you to deny their progressiveness.

If a concept album with ten minute songs and really wacky times signatures strewn about isn't progressive, what is? (they do have a lot of VERY progressive stuff besides that, SFAM is just the easiest example)

Now to respond to the off topic comments:

Oh and Porcupine Tree is more popular now than Dream Theater, my friend.

What? Among teenagers? Let's see, I know maybe a dozen people, at most, that listen to DT, not including you guys on the internet. The number of acquaintances that I know listen to Porcupine Tree: ZERO. None. At all. Take into account that I know two (2!) people who come close to being progressive rock fans, and I get a totally different picture. Maybe on the Moon, but down here on Earth (around Houston, Texas, anyway) things are a bit different. I know Radiohead fans, but no PT.

Oh wait, there was that one girl's dad, but... no, he doesn't listen to much prog anymore, so he doesn't count.

I realize most of it is a wankfest.

just like I realize that Yes is just a bunch of college know-it-alls, and King Crimson is just Robert Fripp noodling around on a guitar, and Peter Gabriel is just a wanna-be opera singer, etc., etc. Either way, I prefer wankfest to some of the cheesy Spock's Beard songs I know are on here any day.

Your statement about prog dwindling and no bands to offer younger listeners is a total mistake. You obviously do not know 98% of the great music out there.

and you obviously do not know 98% of younger listeners.

Before you insult the other young listeners to Aural Moon (they are many), try soliciting their opinion.

When did I insult younger listeners? I'm sure they would comment if they disagreed.

You may find that YOU are the closed-minded old man.

I'm trying to expand the music played on this station, not narrow it.

Not only can I outlast you at a Dream Theater show, but I can hang better than you in most activities.

Yeah... I have no idea what that means.

Try the close to 12,000 other songs here, and play your Dream Theater in private. That's what I do.

I'll probably end up doing that, too. But not playing DT on a prog station just seems... silly.

it's posts like these that make me NOT want to play any dream theater on my show.

The music, too, right?

most listeners of Gentle Giant are much more tolerant than you.

I'm sorry if I seemed intolerant. It was late at night, and sometimes I enjoy writing provocative stuff to get a reaction. Your untenable position made it pretty easy, though. But it's good to see you're awake.

I hate to admit this, guys, after the comments I got about it, but I'm not really a fan of TOOL... not yet, anyway.... DT, System of a Down, and the Deftones are about as far as I've gotten into metal. Like I said, I got to DT from prog, not the other way around. Sorry to disappoint you.

Ironically, the reason I came to this station in the first place is because my last one (Delicious Agony) seemed to only play newer music, like DT, and the classics.