YTSEJAM Digest 1313 Today's Topics: 1) Mail Item Format Warning by "RESPONSE at IBMMAIL 03/02/96 - 02:01:14" 2) enchant, magna carta by Matt Rosin 3) Charlie or James by Kevin Rios 4) Re: Chuck D. by Pat Griffin 5) Is Ivanhoe any good??? by email_address_removed (DUSTY VESTAL) 6) Where can I get Blind Guardian??? by email_address_removed (DUSTY VESTAL) 7) Re: Prog Tape Swap, Fates Warning by email_address_removed (DUSTY VESTAL) 8) Hoowah! by Baldy 9) Bay Area 'jammers by email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) 10) I&W vs. Awake, John Arch, rebirth of a huge .sig by email_address_removed (Carlo D'Angelo ) 11) Showdown, ACOS Tour-Titles, The Debbs by Steve Borzilleri 12) Highlander by Charone Frankel 13) Re: YTSEJAM digest 1312 by Ed Reed 14) DT HAT UPDATE/INFLUENCED MUSIC/YTSECON96 by email_address_removed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 21:02:04 EST From: "RESPONSE at IBMMAIL 03/02/96 - 02:01:14" To: email_address_removed Subject: Mail Item Format Warning Message-ID: The mail item that you sent at 02:01:57 GMT on 02 Mar 1996 has been delivered. 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Information beyond column 79 in the mail item will have been wrapped. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 20:21:45 -0600 (CST) From: Matt Rosin To: email_address_removed Subject: enchant, magna carta Message-ID: there's been a lot of talk about "blueprint of the world" recently. i have to admit, i got the cd and i was not impressed. don't get me wrong, they're great musicians and obviously terribly skilled, but the album overall seemed very monotonous. the general tone of it is the same from song to song IMHO. i had the same reaction toward the band cairo. with the exception of shadow gallery, who totally blow me away, most of the magna carta bands don't really do it for me. the production just seems so smooth that it seems to lack attitude or a human quality. there are no edges. this is just my opinion. feel free to let me know what you think (and i know you will). ;) <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Matt Rosin * SURREALITY: ambient-experimental PO Box 15315 * IMAGESCAPE: ambient-progressive metal College Station, TX * Matt Rosin: vocals/synths/programming 77841-7315 * http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~msr7146/imagescape email_address_removed * email: email_address_removed <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 21:30:49 -0500 (EST) From: Kevin Rios To: email_address_removed Subject: Charlie or James Message-ID: Some one posted a message asking who is better James LaBrie or Charlie D. Most of you will agree and say that James is the better of the two (Duh.) But think about it, Back when you first purchased WDADU ('89) didn't you think that Charlie was Ok? When I first heard this album I completely lost my mind! I knew that this was the one band that I would follow until they stop making albums. I waited for I&W for two years, well worth the wait. It was a major improvement in the vocal dept. Still, when I listen to WDADU it just sounds right with Charlie singing. Anyway, I can't wait to get my copy of WDATU (Mike, you rule!). Sorry, I'm usually the quiet one lingering in the back. Gotta go........... Kev ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 20:28:52 -0600 (CST) From: Pat Griffin To: Ytsejelly Subject: Re: Chuck D. Message-ID: >> I just wanted to post a quick note... What do you all think of Dominici's work with DT? Is he better than LaBrie? Anyways, just send Ytsejam some of your thoughts and feelings, if you have time....<< I shall try to restrain myself. Charlie better than James? Have you heard him? I'm just assuming you haven't heard WDADU yet, and are looking for an opinion. James is definately better than Charlie by most accounts... after all, he did *replace* him (I'm not saying that a replacement is always better, so don't flame me with examples). I personally like WDADU. The music is great, and Charlie is ok in spots. If you just want James though, see if there are any copies of WDATU (I don't know if these are all sold out yet). To be fair though, Charlie does do a great job on The Ytse Jam. This has been my opinion. It has been brought to you by the letter Q and the number 15. Please do not take personal offence, and if you feel you must flame, please do so in a respectful manner and don't quote the entire jam. Thank you for your time. h t t p : / / w w w . m i s s o u r i . e d u / ~ c 6 7 5 3 1 1 / | Pat Griffin Reality2 Design | | email_address_removed email_address_removed | h t t p : / / w w w . m i s s o u r i . e d u / ~ c 6 7 5 3 1 1 / ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 20:17:04 -0700 From: email_address_removed (DUSTY VESTAL) To: email_address_removed Subject: Is Ivanhoe any good??? Message-ID: Jammers: I was wondering if anyone happens to know what Ivanhoe sounds like???... Are they better than Enchant???.. Although I like Enchant, I enjoy progressive a little bit more heavier. This isn't to take away the fact that Enchant are great musicians. I located a place here in Colorado Springs where I can pick up both of Ivanhoe's CDs, but I just wanted to get some opinions on their music... How is the musicianship quality???.. Do they have a respectable vocalist(very important to me)...IMUO. Take Care....Damien |__________________________________________________________| |"Likely or not, it's a dream that we keep and at odds with| | our senses we'll climb. But if faith is the answer, we've| | already reached it, and if spirit's a sign, then it's | | only a matter of time" ---- DREAM THEATER | | | | ( : | |__________________________________________________________| "We are more than our physical bodies, and scientists are | |"finally beginning to realize this" - SETH | |__________________________________________________________| ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 20:18:52 -0700 From: email_address_removed (DUSTY VESTAL) To: email_address_removed Subject: Where can I get Blind Guardian??? Message-ID: While surfing the web, my girlfriend and I heard some great Blind Guardian sound samples. We loved every one of them, but now we are wondering where we can order them from???...Does anybody have them? and if so, where did you get them from? Thanx in advance.....DAMIEN |__________________________________________________________| |"Likely or not, it's a dream that we keep and at odds with| | our senses we'll climb. But if faith is the answer, we've| | already reached it, and if spirit's a sign, then it's | | only a matter of time" ---- DREAM THEATER | | | | ( : | |__________________________________________________________| "We are more than our physical bodies, and scientists are | |"finally beginning to realize this" - SETH | |__________________________________________________________| ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 20:24:59 -0700 From: email_address_removed (DUSTY VESTAL) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Prog Tape Swap, Fates Warning Message-ID: >Hey folks. I don't know how many of you participated in Dr. X's prog >swap of a couple months ago, but I have to tell you one thing. If you >didn't get in on it, and he runs another one, get in on it. I discovered >so much cool stuff because of tapes that three people sent me. I hope >that my three recipients found the same satisfaction. I mean, I never >realized that there is so much cool stuff out there that I had never >heard of. Ed, I hope you organize another one soon. > >John Ambrose - e-mail me. I want to pick your brain about some of this >stuff. > >On a completely unrelated note, I bought Fates Warning's Inside Out a >couple weeks ago, and picked up their Night On Brocken today. Man, it's >like two different bands. I love Inside Out. If I ever really dig >Brocken, though, it probably won't be for a while. Anyone else think that >that old FW sounds like a bunch of Judas Priest wanna-bes? > >Today's amusing sight in the streets of Burlington, VT: I saw a Range >Rover parked downtown today. Someone (presumably the owner) had a bit of >fun with some black paint. He or she altered the "RANGE ROVER" emblazoned >across the front so that it now reads "HANG OVER." I got a kick out of it. > >Bald anus, see? It's what's for dinner. (YUCK! :) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > \|/ ____ \|/ The Digital Man \|/ ____ \|/ > "@'/ ,. \`@" email_address_removed "@'/ ,. \`@" > /_| \__/ |_\ email_address_removed /_| \__/ |_\ > \__U_/ http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~cmerlo \__U_/ > > I have disagree. While I didn't care much for Brocken, "Awaken The Guardian" is an incredible album!!!.. Does anyone know if the Jon Arch on this list is the same Jon Arch who used to be with the old fates????... Anyway, that album has some of the most poetic, and incredible lyrics I've ever heard....Does anyone agree???....Take Care....Damien |__________________________________________________________| |"Likely or not, it's a dream that we keep and at odds with| | our senses we'll climb. But if faith is the answer, we've| | already reached it, and if spirit's a sign, then it's | | only a matter of time" ---- DREAM THEATER | | | | ( : | |__________________________________________________________| "We are more than our physical bodies, and scientists are | |"finally beginning to realize this" - SETH | |__________________________________________________________| ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 20:40:19 -0700 From: Baldy To: email_address_removed Subject: Hoowah! Message-ID: >Since alot of you out there play wind or brass instruments, do a reamake >of Eve. I think that would sound cool. > > Kev Budump dum PSSH!!!!!!!! Baldy Hi-Five's Kev. Great idea. The perfect (DT) song for orchestral instruments. Bald Anus, See? Anagram Generators suck. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Mar 96 19:57:50 PST From: email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) To: email_address_removed Subject: Bay Area 'jammers Message-ID: <9603020357.AA13751@tengs1> Hey, is anyone going to the Satriani show Sun. March 10 at the San Jose Event Center? Stu Hamm and Jonathon Mover are his backing band (haven't seen them since the FiaBD tour). I'll be wearing a ytsejam shirt... Zach ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 20:10:03 -0800 From: email_address_removed (Carlo D'Angelo ) To: email_address_removed Subject: I&W vs. Awake, John Arch, rebirth of a huge .sig Message-ID: Whats up Jammers.. Havent posted for a LOOONG time but when I saw a thread on the WAY underrated John Arch I just had to throw in my hefty .000000000002$ Ok.first off, if it really is John Arch..You rule!! I have a vid bootleg from 85 (Blondie's in Detroit) and you matched the album note for note man!! Incredible!! I always liked your style because it had such complexity to it but seeing you do it live with NO mistakes only increased my respect for you tenfold (hehe I love that word). Same thing with Charlie Dominici..I have two vid bootlegs from 89 and he sounds great, totally in sync with the album ..unlike LaBrie; which I have come to dislike more and more each time I see DT live. Anyway..John you rule!! Also, I definitely cast my vote for I&W over Awake. Even WDADU over Awake!! There are just WAY too many tracks that I find myself skipping over..the exceptions are Scarred, Voices, The Mirror, and Erotomania, but the rest sounds like filler to me. They need to get back to the intensity of WDADU..there is some serious prog on that album..I never understood why no one liked it that much...the whole band absolutely shines on that album!!!!!!! But, this is all IMHO of course and am awaiting to be labelled "Heretic" (cool game btw) or "Dominici lover"....so I'll just end it with......MUHAHAHAHA cheers, Carlo IRC--> aka "Fates"......aka "YtseSatan" -- | [] | |] | ******* ** | [] | |] | "For one flickering moment, he seemed to catch | [| an image, one he found both exciting and disturbing: | [] | |] | an enormous tower constructed of dark and sooty ****** ** ** stone, standing in a field of red roses. Slit ** **** ** windows twisted up its sides in a brooding spiral." |] | | [| | [] | "Go then, there are other worlds than these." |] | ** *** *** ** --Stephen King ** **** **** (The Gunslinger: Dark Tower series) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 20:11:12 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Borzilleri To: Dream Thespians Subject: Showdown, ACOS Tour-Titles, The Debbs Message-ID: > From: Michael Bahr > Subject: Showdown and TLF liner > > "Untitled" is featured on the IAW video. That's _confirmed_. > Moonbubbles _was_ from the Osaka 11/17/92 soundboard, and started with > Myung alone playing solo bass, and gradually the other instruments swelled > in. Barfbag was the original title of the instrumental on WDATU. Showdown > has since been renamed Raise The Knife, and it had no lyrics at the time > it was previously named. Aha. So if Barfbag was the "original" title, was it you or DT who decided to change it? Did you use "Showdown" because it had recently been canned and was just floating around as a cool title with no song to land on? > As to why I labeled it the way I did, I was asked to. That's all. I'll > let people read whatever they like into that. I think certain people > wanted me to help put an end to the title speculations. :) An end to the title speculations? That song has always been Barfbag, I don't know what speculations you are referring to. > And yes, the person was right who mentioned that the To Live Forever > lyrics in the liner to WDATU were the only lyrics NOT sung in the song at > the time it was recorded. They're on the LIE single TLF. "I felt you aware, I met you there?" Those lyrics aren't sung anywhere. (no, I'm not gonna follow that line with a Dr. Seuss reference) ---- > From: email_address_removed > Subject: instrumentals > > Nope - as far as I know, Moon Bubbles actually is a guitar/bass piece that > was played during the very first part of the I&W tour (late '92). This > was played in between Ytsejam and Another Day. There are no keyboards or > drums on this instrumental (at least the recordings I've heard). You are cor-RECT, sir. Now I remember. Like the Osaka '92 show, like Mike said... > As to the extended solo/outro/whatever-you-call-it that follows TLF for > most of the I&W tour (as can be heard on the LiT video as well as such > boots as Lords of Sound and Dream in Progress), I have *never* heard of a > specific name for this "piece". I think at the moment, as Mike Bahr stated above, this piece is untitled. Someone mentioned that the melody was from a Beatles piece, so perhaps that could be a working title. Otherwise, considering it's played at the same tempo and in the same key as TLF, I figure it could always just be the TLF "solo," since it's basically an extension of the song, like the solo at the end of "Take The Time." CONCLUSION: The title "Showdown" was used at one time for one of DT's songs in progress. They re-titled it "Raising The Knife," so this title "Showdown" was then homeless, so Mike used it as a catchy name for the older instrumental known as "Barfbag." Mike, does this make sense? > >>One other question: Did DT play three or four shows in Japan a few > months ago to support ACOS?<< > > Three - 10/26, 10/28, and 10/30. Shame on you Bafu! :) You'd know this > if you subscribed to I&W the official fanzine (shameless plug even though > I'm not connected to it). I was just wondering. Because you see, that makes three Japan shows and four US shows in support of ACOS. Someone asked the question of whether or not there was a "name" for the Birch Hill show. It occured to me that there aren't currently any "names" for any of those Northeast ACOS shows that took place this past Christmas. Well, seeing as how there were a total of Seven shows in support of ACOS, might I suggest these names for them: The three Japan ACOS shows: "The Crimson Sunrise," "Innocence," "Carpe Diem." The four US ACOS shows: "The Darkest Of Winters" (El N Gee), "Another World" (Malibu), "The Inevitable Summer" (Birch Hill), "The Crimson Sunset" (wherever that surprise fourth show was). Neat, huh? ;) And hey, they aren't just neat because (purely coincidentally) those happen to be the titles of the seven parts of "A Change Of Seasons," some of them actually tie into the real-world experiences involved with the shows. For instance... The title of the first Japan show ("The Crimson Sunrise") seems very appropriate to me because, well, anyone seen the Japanese flag lately? Crimson Sunrise indeed. Heck, look at the tour shirts from either Japan or the US. My "Home For The Holidays" shirt has a crimson sunrise on the front right behind the band. I'm kind of surprised no one's pointed this out. It WAS a tour in support of ACOS after all. The title of the first US show ("The Darkest Of Winters") seems especially appropriate considering what the crowd had to go through on line and what happened when the show actually started. A long wait in the cold, a show cut short, AND Pleasure Crush as the opening act! The Darkest Of Winters indeed. As for "The Inevitable Summer," there is a reason why Birch Hill is so often referred to as Birch HELL. The crowd was a complete frothing frenzy of motion, I wondered if I was going to die, and it was HOT AS HELL in that place with hundreds of bodies mashed together for two hours. No matter how bitter cold it was outside, things inevitably heated up inside... (boy was it hot in there) ---- > From: email_address_removed > Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 1308 > > Yes, tunes like Voices and Lifting Shadows Off A Dream are great and > still have that DT sound, but what the hell is the story with Lie? What > the fuck happened there? Kevin Moore happened. Talk to Airdance. ;) So what's with this GADEM fellow? Is he walking through the valley of the shadow of death or what? And is it just me, or is there a Debbie tag-team just tearing things up and setting shit straight on the 'jams lately? If these two are any example of the rest of the Debbies, methinks we could use a few more 'round here... Bafu Vai ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 21:00:18 -0800 (PST) From: Charone Frankel To: email_address_removed Subject: Highlander Message-ID: This is really old and off the subject, but in the age of unmoderated ytsejams, what else is new? I just wanted to respond to the guy that said TLF would be a good theme song for Highlander. It might, but the reason why the subject came up on the Highlander mailing list (there's a Highlander mailing list?) is probably that the Highlander music has always been done by Queen. In the original movie there is a song by Queen called To Live Forever. You guys probably knew that already, but it may be news to those of you who have actual lives outside the TV. That's why I originally thought DT's TLF was a cover of Queen's before I heard it. Granted, TLF would probably be a good theme song for Highlander:The Series or (Please don't let them ever make this movie) Highlander 4 (the song would be its only saving grace), but I still like the Queen tune they use in the theme. I forget what it's called. I think it's "Princes of the Universe" or something like that. WELL AT LEAST IT HAD *SOME* DT CONTENT! <*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<* @ .. @ Charone Frankel /\_/\ (----) ( o.o ) ( >__< ) "Death is the first > - < dancing turtle" -James LaBrie <*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<* ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 00:01:23 -0600 (CST) From: Ed Reed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 1312 Message-ID: > From: "Christopher R. Merlo" > > Hey folks. I don't know how many of you participated in Dr. X's prog > swap of a couple months ago, but I have to tell you one thing. If you > didn't get in on it, and he runs another one, get in on it. I discovered > so much cool stuff because of tapes that three people sent me. I hope > that my three recipients found the same satisfaction. I mean, I never > realized that there is so much cool stuff out there that I had never > heard of. Ed, I hope you organize another one soon. Dangit D-man... I had a perfectly good thing going with only showing up on IRC #ytsejam and never actually posting anything to the jam and you go ruining it by trolling for a message from me. :) As to whether I do another one of these tape swap things: I haven't really decided yet. Things are still wrapping up from the one that I did, but as far as I know everyone is getting their tapes and all the comments I've heard have been extremely positive. I know that personally I got a lot of cool new bands to check into... I think another go-round of the tape-swap would be a good thing though: give some of you other guys a chance to participate and others a chance for some more exposure to the underground bands. Right now my schedule is a bit goofed up with a lot of things going on, so I don't know that I want to take on more responsibility at this time. This may change in the next few weeks though, so who knows. If any of you guys is interested in getting another one of these things off the ground, I'd be more than willing to help out with suggestions as to what worked for me... and also I'd give you my records so that participants from the first go-round don't get tapes from the same guys on the second one. Just a thought if someone wants to take it up now instead of waiting to see if I find time in a couple weeks. D-man? *** That's about enough non-DTC from me for today... Anyone who hasn't tried IRC yet, it's a heckuva lot of fun... 2 quick additions to the #ytsejam-drinking game: Take a drink/shot if: If DrX pulls out the Goober Bottle (tm)... if I actually smack someone with it chug the rest of your drink. If Death makes a guest appearance... DrX. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | It is against the law for a monster to enter the corporate | | limits of Urbana, Illinois. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ \------ Ed : email_address_removed, email_address_removed ---------------/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 00:16:50 -0500 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: DT HAT UPDATE/INFLUENCED MUSIC/YTSECON96 Message-ID: Hey all you Ytsejamers! If you ordered a Dream Theater embrodered hat they are NOW on the way! If you do not know what I am talking about then check out http://www.dreamt.org Here is a pretty cool band on the net. The sound samples are not on the web page yet, but should be soon. They are friends of mine, who play throughout the midwest and should be playing down south soon. Check out: http://sound.net/~turqsol/tsol.html The name of the band is Turquoise Sol. As far as a DT YtseCON in 96, keep your eyes and eyes open for one happening in Las Vegas. Let's just hope and pray this can happen! take care, todd email_address_removed http://www.dreamt.org ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 1313 **************************