Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to concentrate further on the band that would eventually become Dream Theater. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remained together until September 8, 2010, when Portnoy left the band and he was replaced several months later by Mike Mangini. James LaBrie has been the lead singer of Dream Theater since 1991, replacing Charlie Dominici who had left the band two years earlier. Dream Theater's first keyboardist, Kevin Moore, left the band after three albums and was replaced by Derek Sherinian in 1995 after a period of touring. After one album with Sherinian, the band replaced him with current keyboardist Jordan Rudess in 1999.
The Dolby Theatre is a live-performance auditorium in the Hollywood and Highland Center shopping mall and entertainment complex, on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. Since its opening on November 9, 2001, it has been the venue of the annual Academy Awards ceremony. It is adjacent to the TCL Chinese Theatre and near the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.
A helter skelter is an amusement ride with a slide built in a spiral around a high tower. Users climb up inside the tower and slide down the outside, usually on a mat or hessian (burlap) sack. Typically, the ride will be of wooden construction and, in the case of fairground versions, designed to be disassembled to facilitate transportation between sites. The term is primarily used in the United Kingdom.
Roger Labon Jackson is an American voice actor. He is known for his work by voicing Ghostface in the Scream film series, where E! ranked him as #46 on Best Kept Secrets of Hollywood. He is also known for voicing the character Mojo Jojo on The Powerpuff Girls.
"Don't Listen to the Radio" is a single from Australian rock band The Vines' third album Vision Valley. It was a minor hit in the UK and Australia, reaching positions of 66 and 46 on the countries' respective singles charts. It was featured on the soundtrack of the video game FlatOut 2, and was also used in the game Thrillville.
Bare Knuckles is a 1977 blaxploitation film, starring Robert Viharo, Sherry Jackson and Gloria Hendry. The film was written and directed by Don Edmonds.
Thrillville is a simulation and strategy video game that depicts theme park management, very similar to RollerCoaster Tycoon. Thrillville is available for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and, in North America, Xbox.
Flying Turns is the name of a specific model of bobsled roller coaster. John Norman Bartlett, a British aviator in World War I, came to North America after the war with an idea for a trackless wooden chute, full of twists like a bobsled course, with toboggan-like cars, based on a bobsled ride that operated in Europe. He had filed GB Patent 279109A for the idea in 1926. Bartlett met John Miller in 1928, and they commenced building the new ride. When the ride went into production, much of the idea was the same, but the cars looks more like monoplanes, which Bartlett designed. Miller worked on the loading station, supporting structure, braking system and incline.
Hayden Scott-Baron, known as Dock, is an English professional self-biographer and graphic designer. In 2001 he joined up with other comic creators Laura Watton, Sam Brown/Subi and Foxy in founding one of the largest UK Manga Studios, Sweatdrop Studios.
"Anysound" is a rock song by The Vines from their 2006 album Vision Valley. The song's video, directed by Michel Gondry, involves puppets. It was played in episode 21 in season 3 of The O.C. It has also appeared in Thrillville: Off the Rails.
Rachel Giana Fox is an American actress, voice actress and singer best known for playing Kayla Huntington Scavo in the ABC television series Desperate Housewives.
Systematic Chaos is the ninth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. Released on June 4, 2007 in the United Kingdom and June 5, 2007 in the United States, Systematic Chaos was the band's first release through Roadrunner Records, which was sold to their previous label Atlantic Records, through which the band had released their previous studio album Octavarium (2005). The album was recorded from September 2006 to February 2007 at Avatar Studios in New York City, after the band's first break from summer touring in ten years. The lyrics of the album were written by John Petrucci, James LaBrie, and Mike Portnoy about fictional, political, and personal topics, respectively. This is their first album to not begin the album with the last notes from their last songs on the previous album, which they did from the past four albums.
Thrillville is the name of a monthly theater event in Oakland, California dedicated to showcasing B-movies, Cult movies, Science Fiction films, and Exploitation films. The event features a film combined with special guests and a live stage show, typically a musical or Burlesque act. Thrillville is hosted by Will "the Thrill" Viharo and his wife, Monica "Tiki Goddess" Cortes.
Thrillville: Off the Rails is a theme park simulation video game developed by Frontier Developments and published by LucasArts. It is the sequel to the 2006 game Thrillville. It was released in North America in October 2007.
"I'm For You" is a song by contemporary Christian singer tobyMac from his third album, Portable Sounds. It was released as a radio single for the album in 2007.
"Ride" is the second single from Australian band the Vines' second album, Winning Days. In Australia, the song was ranked No. 94 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.
"We Used to Be Friends" is a song by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album Welcome to the Monkey House on 23 April 2003.
Mortimer is an English surname.
Will Viharo is an East Bay/Seattle-based author who has published nine novels. Seven of his novels are neo-noir works which blend elements of surrealism, gore, violent sex, and horror.
"She's Love" is the third single by Australian band End of Fashion, taken from their debut album, End of Fashion. It was released on 27 February 2006 on EMI Music, peaking at No. 38 on the Australian Singles Charts.
