A quick note about fans - for the most part, I think metal fans are pretty great. Including Dream Theater fans. Yes, there are some jerks - some stuck up people, and some plain morons. But I think you'll find that among any group of people - they were at progpower, they were at SX/BG, they were at Rush. Aside from them though, I think there's sort of a community like atmosphere among metal fans. My experience has been that DT has some pretty awesome fans - online fans who have been willing to trade, help out with questions, and are just nice and pleasant in general. In person, fans who are nice, helpful, and usually happy to share their experience with others. Just one example - In Quebec City James was signing things for people by the venue gates and people were getting their picture taken with him. I didn't have a camera, so I asked a guy in the crowd if he would mind taking a picture of me with James and then mailing it to me, and he agreed, though it was the last picture in the roll. A week later, it was in the mail! 
How lame would that be?? Instead, we enjoy the music.. The music, that's what truly matters.
The old man's some kinda freak!
