This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on IndiBlogger for the launch of the #Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors. You can apply for a test drive of the hatchback Zica today.
Yo guys! Time for unraveling that great mystery from the previous part, yeah? Ooh! Get ready, this is gonna be a good one.
So yeah, thing is. The previous title was a bit of a misnomer. Or rather, to be precise, that previous post didn’t really fit, warrant or live up to that title, you know? You see, that particular article, if you, dearest, avid-est of readers will recall, about why Portnoy left. So obviously, is a bit of a misnomer after all. So, my apologies for that. Or not. Whatever.
But you do see how that works out, don’t you? How it fits in the grand scheme of things, how it just nestles in perfectly like a piece of the majestic puzzle of Dream Theater’s history, of this travesty of a tapestry (see what I did there? Smirk.) that I’m painting just for you, my dear reader, don’t you?
No? Well, not to worry. I hope with this and the many more to come in my series of posts, which are spawned by this seminal #TataZica marathon for bloggers, I’ll make things clear to one and all. Just you stay with me – you and your infinite patience faithful reader!
So yeah, to come back to it. To first really justify this particular title so as not to leave any further room for disillusionment (that’s a sure way to kill an already only fledgling readership right). This particular title is indeed bang on because well, it’s about the first step the remaining (and very shocked and presumably saddened) band members of Dream Theater took in order to move on and keep going (and, as we’ll find out very very very, soon, stronger than ever before). Which is, obviously (as I’m sure you, astute reader, will have guessed), to find a new drummer.
But of course. This is Dream Theater we’re talking about, after all. So they didn’t audition new drummers. They didn’t just “jam”. Like always, they did it in their signature, thorough style and like every good progressive band since the inception of the genre, made a big deal out of it. In this case, a three-part documentary style series entitled “The Spirit Carries On”. Fitting and classy, isn’t it?
And of course, this series was not merely fitting, but also a downright musical gem! 6 of the best drummers going at it with Dream Theater? Come on! That’s just the most scintillating thing one could think of – it’s like getting to see a taste of what’s possible – looking back in time at a celestial event that happened millenia ago and light years away!
And the juiciest details of that are up next – not just who got in, but who really rocked and who didn’t! Man, this is going to be something!
mohanbhaskar 