The Queen of the "Ryche"

A buddy of mine asked me to go see Queensryche live at the House of Blues this weekend in Myrtle Beach, SC.  I've seen a lot of bands live in my time, everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Slayer, but I've never had the chance to see these guys.  I was initially even more stoked about it when I asked my friend who was opening for them - I thought he said "Dio", but my excitement cooled down a few notches when I realized he said "Dokken".  Oh well - they can't all be winners.  I'm going to dig around on the internets and see if I can find a current setlist.  Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll focus more on "Operation: Mindcrime" and not "Operation: Mindcrime II".  On a related progressive rock note, I saw that Rush is coming to Charlotte, NC on July 20th - I gonna try to pick up tickets for that one as soon as they go on sale.

Completely unrelated, but I thought I'd share since it was such a good deal - Circuit City is offering a $10 gift card if you buy Devil May Cry 4 in their store this week.  I went there yesterday on my lunch break to pick it up, and the befuddled cashier gave me the gift card AND $10 off.  So after they applied my Gamers Club Card (10% off), I got the game for nearly half price - $34 + tax.  Not bad.  I had been trying to decide whether to get the PS3 or 360 version since I heard they were identical - went with the PS3 version because I figured the big black box could use a little love.

One last thing, have you or anybody you know broken the 100 song threshold on Rock Band yet?  The game comes with 57 tunes built in - just wondering if anyone has picked up 43 or more pieces of DLC.  I think I'm in the 85 song territory.  I'm trying not to think about the points outlay that I needed to get there.