My Collection of YtseStuff

Well, here it is. Not much so far, but I'll be putting more stuff up soon. Just follow the links to download the full-size images. Don't drool on the monitor, ok?
Ticket stub from Malibu 6/13/95.
Signed by James LaBrie and John Myung.

Ticket stub from Malibu 12/28/95.
Signed by John Petrucci and John Myung.

Backstage pass from Birch Hill 12/29/95.
Signed by Mike Portnoy.
The following items were contributed by one Steve "Bafu Vai" Borzilleri. I've included his notes for your reference. By the way, more pictures and better resolution are coming soon.
  1. YtseCon II, in the Burgundy and Concorde. The Rockville Centre, NY Holiday Inn was never the same after we rolled through. The "Herman Darvick Auction" was really a Green Day convention, right upstairs. What ensued was a scene straight out of a Jackie Chan movie. We ran in there, threw the alternative-blasting stereo onto the pool table...and Ryan Skadberg was heard to shout, motioning to the lot of them, "YOU ARE ALL GARBAGE!!"
  2. The gang. Notice the four unusually tall people in the back. The fellow with the shiny glasses is Bigman, and now you know where he got the name. He and his three friends are seven feet tall. Actually, they're normal height and everyone else who showed up at the con just happened to be four feet tall. Notice Bafu Vai in the front on the right side. He has no lower legs, which proves that he is, in fact, the boy on the cover of A Change of Seasons.
  3. Mike Bahr, doing his James LaBrie on-stage choreography. This one is "The Vibrato Hand." While holding a long, powerful note, aim your fingers towards your face and shake your arm violently to match the vibrato.
  4. Mike Bahr, doing "The Lunge." During the instrumental parts where you have nothing to sing, rock your body back and forth like you're about to lunge in any direction at any moment, gracefully waving your hair back and forth in a hypnotic motion to lull the crowd into a zombie-like trance.
  5. Mike Bahr in all his grizzliness, about to charge the photographer. Yes folks, even Mike Bahr can have his patience worn down if enough pictures are taken. I believe the line was, "Are you having fun??"
  6. Chris "D-Man" Merlo, The Digital Man. Such a nice boy. Actually, his right arm is holding his left arm back from whapping the photographer upside the head. Just look at that facial expression, holding back an obvious desire to weave a sudden tapestry of obscenity an go medieval on the photographer's ass.
  7. The Chews, in all of their coolness. Jeff on the right, and Greg (Jeff's brother) on the left. This was taken back at the hotel. "We're. Too sexy for our Ytsejam shirts. Too sexy for our Ytsejam shirts. So sexy it hurts."
  8. Another hotel-room shot. From left to right, Paul "Pellaz" Cashman, Brandon Ghioto (no known IRC alias), and Trey "Treyallen" Allen. Notice Paul's "Leaning Tower of Pisa" imitation. Is it just me, or do Brandon and Trey look like they cruise the streets of Jacksonville in a bigass pickup truck? (No offense, Trey, I love ya man.) (Brandon, much offense intended after the way you tortured that nice waitress at the diner by hitting on her for a full hour.) (Just kidding, Brandon.)
  9. Birch Hell. Need I say more?
  10. Mike Portnoy, the boxer. Anyone know what kind of beer that is between his legs?
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