YTSEJAM Digest 1407 Today's Topics: 1) Re: the real asshole on the Jam by "Damon M. Fibraio" 2) Mail Item Format Warning by "RESPONSE at IBMMAIL 04/04/96 - 05:59:00" 3) Magellan's lyrics, Phish by Mike Backof 4) Greaseman, downhill slide, IAWL, (NRDTC) by email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) 5) Derek by "Brian K. Adams" 6) Bafu, Damon by email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) 7) Various (minimal DTC) by Scotch 8) Re:Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Mark Smeets 9) Brian!!!! by Ben Laussade 10) Quotes Schmotes. by Ben Laussade 11) Re: YTSEJAM digest 1398 by "Richard C. Booth Jr." 12) Gangster of Boats by email_address_removed (To From For At With Of By In) 13) Re: quickie on 7 string (No DTC) by Gilbert Jack Thetgyi 14) Phish and stuff by "Christopher R. Merlo" 15) Re: YTSEJAM digest 1404 by email_address_removed (Larry Odneal) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 96 23:38:21 EST From: "Damon M. Fibraio" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: the real asshole on the Jam Message-ID: Waren, you are nuts. I love your humor. Just letting you know you are appreciated. Damon "the blind asshole" Fibraio I love mentioning I am blind lately, it freaks people out. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 23:57:42 EST From: "RESPONSE at IBMMAIL 04/04/96 - 05:59:00" To: email_address_removed Subject: Mail Item Format Warning Message-ID: The mail item that you sent at 04:57:31 GMT on 04 Apr 1996 has been delivered. However, it has been necessary to convert this item into a format that is acceptable to the recipient, FITIPMOL at IBMMAIL. Information beyond column 79 in the mail item will have been wrapped. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 00:29:19 -0800 From: Mike Backof To: email_address_removed Subject: Magellan's lyrics, Phish Message-ID: Hello Jammers, Happy Birthday Damon! Phish ----- They are an incredible band, Chris Buzby of echolyn got me listening to them. A great meld of many musical styles from rock, jazz, metal, country, they are also very silly lyrically, it enables them to jam more easily during songs. Live they are phenominal, I saw them last October, though I really don't think the majority of Dream Theater fans would be into Phish. If you are going to try them get "A Live One", a live album full of brilliant improvisations, a jazz man's dream. Magellan's Lyrics ----------------- They are pretty much hit or miss. Estadium Nacional, Breaking These Circles are really great songs. Friends of America is easily their worst song, I skip it every time it comes up on the CD player, what is it about, NATO? The Olympics? Please, I have nothing against historical lyrics, but some topics just don't work really well. Iron Maiden really wasn't writing historical lyrics, they were quoting famous authors, which is something altogether different. Later, Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------Michael Backof email_address_removed http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~mbacko1 WWW Pages - Unsigned Bands: http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~mbacko1/munsign.html WWW Pages - Inferno Page: http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~mbacko1/inferno.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Apr 96 21:28:31 PST From: email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) To: email_address_removed Subject: Greaseman, downhill slide, IAWL, (NRDTC) Message-ID: <9604040528.AA10681@tengs1> > From: Darren Redick > Subject: The Greaseman > > >>One more thing.... I just heard ACOS on the radio the other day!!! > >>I was listen to the Greaseman show on WJFK (Baltimore-DC area) and it > >>was the very end of the show. Grease says "and as we used to say back > >>in oooOOOOoold Mexico City... AMF!" and then I hear ACOS!!! << > > The Greaseman's great! He has incredible taste in music. I'm not surprised > that he likes DT. When Rush's Grace Under Pressure came out he said > something like > "Here's Distant Early Warning.....oh what the heck, here's the whole of side > one". He definitely has a prog streak in him. That's all! Wow! Grease is still around. He used to be on at night here on KOME 98.5 in San Jose. He was based here as well (I talked to the DJ that produced his show). I think they ousted him because of poor ratings. KOME was a pretty messed up station prior to, and for a long time after, their format change to alternative. Grease never used to play music though. > From: "Paul W. Cashman" > Subject: Our collective downhill slide > > Sheesh.... I think the kids -- of all ages -- have taken over. > Would the last adult to leave the 'Jam please turn out the light? > > -- > ... Paul W. Cashman email_address_removed www.crl.com/~vanyel ......... Huh. I think it's been pretty decent, lately. Well, Paul is one of the old-timers, so I guess he's entitled to bitch !>)> > From: Steve Borzilleri > Subject: Due Parolas > > Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings, > > Bafu Vai Aaargh! That little girl is almost as annoying as the Olsen twins. Great movie though. Zach ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:50:08 -0500 (EST) From: "Brian K. Adams" To: email_address_removed Subject: Derek Message-ID: Sorry If this has already been posted by anyone but I have a mailbox full of unread jams. Have any of you keyboard players seen the new PRO-VIEW magazine? This is a publication printed by KORG which is basically one big advertisement for their synths. I work in a music store that handles a lot of KORG equipment and I happend to be bored the other day so I picked one up. What did I see but a two page interview with Derek. The new poster boy for the Trinity and Prophecy (new KORG keyboards). In the interview he discusses many things from playing with Petrucci, to the new album and even mentions that when he joined the band he read on the internet that people said he couldn't fill Kevin's shoes. I have a box of these things at work so if anyone is interested I would mail you copies if you pay the postage. Let me know if any of you are interested. Brian email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Apr 96 21:57:47 PST From: email_address_removed (Zack Gemmill) To: email_address_removed Subject: Bafu, Damon Message-ID: <9604040557.AA10826@tengs1> > > From: email_address_removed (RipZero ) > Subject: just looking back in an old jam > > this one never got deleted, i think 1369, i saw this.... > > >Bafu, Bafu, Bafu. > > how long has this been going on?? :) > > ~Rip You mean how long has Bafu been commanding his personality cult? I think, since he joined the 'jam. (Somewhere in the triple digits) > From: "Damon M. Fibraio" > Subject: Re: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGH! > > Happy birthday to me, 4/4 turning 22. And still blind as a bat. You mean you use sonar to get around? > Happy Birthday to me, 4/4 and still single At 22 you damn well should be! Zach ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 01:08:08 -0500 From: Scotch To: Shmoothy Subject: Various (minimal DTC) Message-ID: I've got a request for a few of you-- I think Gandalf brought this up... Please let's not fall into the Newsgroup-style habit of posting the text of an entire previous message and then appending it with one sentence or something. If you want to respond to something big, just quote a little bit, or just quote the To: and Subject: lines, like this: > From: email_address_removed > Subject: Mc Donalds .. and then maybe a line or 2 from the message: > Have these things been lying around for a while, or did you think them up on > the spot? .. and then write your response. At the rate Jams come out, we will probably remember what you're referring to. That's just simple netiquette. And DreamNDay, I appreciate the fact that you make light of your bandwidth-sucking habits in your sig, but after seeing it 20 times a day it's starting to feel like you're rubbing it in our faces. How about a new sig-- or better yet, condense all your messages into one long email. I bet even out in ARKVILLE you can do cut & paste on your computer. (This is not a flame) In response to your message, Brian, no the McDT shit hadn't been sitting around for a while; I made 'em up. Parody-writers, take note: there's a bunch of titles for ya. Rage Against The Machine's new album "Evil Empire" comes out April 16-- there's a review in the new Rolling Stone. 3 stars and some glowing remarks. Mo' Massive Militant Poetry for dat ass. And who was it that mentioned that band from Norway where the bass player murdered the guitar player? What is this band?? I'm gonna have to buy this album based purely on that story, they must be fucking hardcore. Keu sez: > HELL I Could record The sounds my ASS makes > when I take a Dump and Call it Music. Then i too would be a > musician... Mr. Bungle beat you to it, punk. 5 years ago. Buh-bye. And you know, I've really gotten used to that "RESPONSE at IBMMAIL" thing. I kind of like it now. Yo, if you want to get to Digest #2112 before the National Midnight Star, just tell Mape to switch over to ACK mode briefly. We'll be at #2112 in an hour. Incidentally, the carets (>) recently got to FIVE levels deep on that Elizabeth Berkeley thread... and you know what that means.... Apologies for the lack of DT content. Wait, here's some: in the individual photos for ACOS, it looks like Myung's giving himself a wedgie and Portnoy's taking a leak. Scott. Will Wrestle You For Food ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 22:03:29 PST From: Mark Smeets To: email_address_removed Subject: Re:Rime of the Ancient Mariner Message-ID: ** Reply to note from email_address_removed 04/03/96 8:43pm -0800 Maiden didn't get slagged at all, at least to my knowledge for using the Mariner poem, I think the main reason for that is because of the fact that, what you see as lyrics, is the actual poem, no word changes, it's the real thing. Aparently, there's a few version of the poem out in the world. I've seen a copy that is like 10 pages, of course it has reference and footnotes etc...but still, thats damn long. If your ever in need of a resource of this poem, the maiden song is a great place to start and for ONCE, you can get away with listening to music while doing your homework :) One of my old HS english teachers is a professor and he read it and was quite impressed that maiden was able to do something new with it. Anyhow..."and look at what's happenin in this day in the fuckin empire...oh well, THE RIME, OF THE ANCIENT, MARINER.....if you dare HAHAHA!" Mark /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/ #For to long now, there've been secrets in my mind. *Waiting for the winter sun #For to long now, there were things I should have said *and the cold light of day #In the darkness, *The misty Ghosts of childhood fears #I was stumblin to find the door *The Pressure is building, I can't stay away #To find A reason, #To find the time, the place, the hour. ^I throw myself into the sea, release the wave let it wash over me. ^To Face the fear I once believed..THE TEARS OF THE DRAGON FOR YOU AND FOR ME....... New Web site http://140.141.22.35/stranger/stranger.htm /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 23:12:13 -0700 From: Ben Laussade To: email_address_removed Subject: Brian!!!! Message-ID: >Well in case you haven't noticed, When I post 12 times in one jam, you don't >see me for a few jams. That's because I live in ARKVILLE, where online use is >a long distance phone call, and I use AOHell where you only get to use 5 free >hours a month. Therefore, i go on line every other day, and read and compose >all of my mail off line. So all of my mail comes in at once, and all of my >mail goes out at once. Its not that I'm TRYING to post a lot, its just that >when I go on and have 10+ jams in my mailbox, I have a lot of responses to >whats being said. I'm not proud that I post all the time. As far as the sig >goes, people have criticised me about posting a lot, and "If you can't beat >em, join em!" I'm not going to sit around and cry because someone thinks I >use up too much bandwidth. and I'm not going to change the way I am because >someone thinks I post too much. That's what the jam is for. Expressing your >feelings. This may be a Dream Theater list, but its really a family. I mean >what's the difference if I have a whole bunch of really short posts or one >real long one. I get bored reading extremely long posts (which I realize that >I am writing at this moment), and I know I'm not the only one. So give me a >break, will ya? That's all I have to say about that. > I take it back. This was funnier. :-) Ben Laussade BAFU! BAFU! BAFU!!!!! Gezuhndeit. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 23:12:19 -0700 From: Ben Laussade To: email_address_removed Subject: Quotes Schmotes. Message-ID: >What?!?! You used the sacred Ytse-Quote(tm) name WITHOUT referring to >me? And you didn't mention who devised it, or that it's trademarked, or >that it's the only thing I've got left to live for? Sheesh...I get no >respect. Differnt thing, Raytheon. I was talking about taking all the good quotes from what people say on the Jam, and compiling them all together. So I'm not a thief. So leave me alone. :-) >A space dive vest Hmmmm...... Blaaaaaaaaahhhhhh blaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh freakin' blaaaaaaaaaahhhhh. Blah blah, blah BLAH blah blah. Blah blah, blah! Blah blah BAFU blah blah you're not a musician blah blah blah WDATU is awesome blah blah DreamNDay posts too much blah blah blah blah. BLAH! Man...the Jam was wholly shit a few days ago. Hopefully it continues on this ascending trend. Ben Laussade BAFU! BAFU! BAFU!!!!! Gezuhndeit. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:17:06 -0600 (CST) From: "Richard C. Booth Jr." To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 1398 Message-ID: Hi Ytsejammers, I'm looking for someone that would like to do a tape dub trade. I am looking for the Ronnie Scotts Gig and a couple live versions of ACoS. Willing to pay s&h and taping fees, write back if interested. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rick Booth, email_address_removed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:38:49 -0600 From: email_address_removed (To From For At With Of By In) To: email_address_removed Subject: Gangster of Boats Message-ID: Just so you all know, there is no such thing as the Gangster of Boats trilogy. It's a joke. I've read the interviews with the members. I thought it was quite a good joke. On the other hand, the Fountains of Lamneth is a great fucking tune. I HIGHly recommend it. _____________________________________________ "And during the few moments that we have left, I'd like to talk down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand" _____________________________________________ name - Ryan T. Good e-mail - email_address_removed phone - 1-(608)-264-2268 what - Madison Student Radio who - Music Staff (Music Stapher) which kind - Progressive Rock/Heavy Metal why - why not? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 01:40:42 -0500 (EST) From: Gilbert Jack Thetgyi To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: quickie on 7 string (No DTC) Message-ID: On Wed, 3 Apr 1996, RipZero wrote: > >> Didn't Hamer make a 7-string with a high A instead of a low B? > > > >If they did, I didn't know anything about it. I > > hmm.. i did. i KNOW i've heard about it. I'll ask around and see what > i come up with. > ~Rip Have you no faith, Master Zero? Well, I decided to peruse the 1995-96 Guitar & Bass Buyer's Guide, and this is what I came up with: -There were only two companies that had guitars with more than 6 or 12 strings. They were Conklin and Stick Enterprises. -Conklin guitars are made in the U.S., and they custom build 6-,7-,10-,12,and 14-string guitars and doubleneck guitars. Their Sidewinder 8-string guitar is $2300 and up. Available options include various woods, colors, graphics, inlays, scale length, and electronics. -The Stick is made in the U.S. It is also known as the Chapman Stick Touchboard, and it comes in two models: the 10-string Standard and the 12-string Grand. Standard tuning consists of five bass strings in fifths and five melody strings in fourths. It has 25 frets, and custom tunings are an option. It lists for $1332. The Ibanez Universe was not even listed. I also checked Hamer's listings, and no 7-string guitars were there, either. I also received Hamer's latest publication, "Hamer Tone", and there wasn't really anything new in it. To cover all the bases (basses?) I checked the Hamer World Wide Web page, and no mention there, either. Sincerely, G. Jack Thetgyi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Damn kids with their loud rock music." -Crow T. Robot, Mystery Science Theater 3000 #212: "Godzilla vs. Megalon" "Any movie with wakka-cha-wakka in it is okay by me." -Tom Servo, Mystery Science Theater 3000 #512: "Mitchell" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 01:41:35 -0500 (EST) From: "Christopher R. Merlo" To: Ytse Jam Subject: Phish and stuff Message-ID: > From: email_address_removed (To From For At With Of By In) > Subject: What's your position on Phish?? > > Question- > Who out there is a Phish Phan?? I must say that I enjoy their music > for a couple of reasons. The primary reason is their songwriting. If you > check out "Rift," "You Enjoy Myself," "Divided Sky," "It's Ice," "Stash," > and other tunes by these guys, you may find yourself thinking "Could these > guys be considered 'progressive?' Well, I go to school at UVM, where they got their start. They're on the radio a lot up here. I don't own any of their stuff, so I'm going by what I have heard on the radio. I like it. Prog? Could be, musically, with all the time changes and stuff. Lyrically, though, I'm not sure. They definitely fit the bill in the weird category, though. But I LOVE their harmonies. (If only DT and Rush had harmonies...) I think the one thing that's going to hold them back (or, at least, keep them where they are) is that so many people perceive them as The Next Dead. It's not really a fair comparison, and from what I've heard, one that the band isn't too happy about. Then again, it hasn't hurt their ticket sales any. ---- > From: "Damon M. Fibraio" > Subject: DT happy meal > > Dream theater happy meal? My god, what would they include as a toy? The > killing hand? A space dive vest? The silent man? A mirror? What? I am > intrigued. LOL, Damon! :) I can see it now: Mother: "You're not still giving out the Moon Bubbles?" Cashier: "No, ma'am. That was last week. This week's toy is..." Mother: "I know damn well what this week's toy is. But how do you turn the goddamned Voices *off*? They keep me up all night!" Cashier: "Perhaps you'd prefer our alternate toy, a Ytse Jam." Mother: "A what? Where's your manager, you pimple-faced geek? Oh, fuck it. I'm going to Burger King." ---- > From: Keith Aspinall > Subject: Antiquities review > > a great rendition of Tx3, although james goes loopy on two or three Now we're abbreviating TTT? Good Lord, what's next? Steno? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \|/ ____ \|/ The Digital Man \|/ ____ \|/ "@'/ ,. \`@" email_address_removed "@'/ ,. \`@" /_| \__/ |_\ email_address_removed /_| \__/ |_\ \__U_/ http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~cmerlo \__U_/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 22:41:13 -0800 From: email_address_removed (Larry Odneal) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 1404 Message-ID: >Which Dream Theater song do cows listen to? Pull My Udder. > LOL - I like that! Pssst, Neil, Pull My Finger! >Currently playing: Wishbone Ash - Argus (excellent double-guitar >sound. Anybody else remember them?) > Saw them live in '73 or '74 (Omigod! I am fucking ANCIENT!) Anyway, I always loved their dual-guitar leads. Anybody do those any more? <(paraphrasing -) >Didn't Hamer make a 7-string with a high A instead of a low B? >If they did, I didn't know anything about it. I've been receiving the >Hamer newsletter on an annual basis, ever since I bought my first >Hamer guitar four years ago. As you probably know, they make short >and long-scale 12 string basses, as used by Doug Pinnick of King's X, >Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam, and Tom Peterson of Cheap Trick. > Hamer has been making guitars & basses since at least 1977 - I should know, I'm ANCIENT! I remember the first poster I saw of their Explorer copy (except it was bookmatched flame maple a la '59 Les Paul) - the poster featured a hat-less, balding Rick Neilsen (Cheap Trick) doing a Pete Townshend jump in a red jumpsuit. (This was before CT hit it big). >A friend of mine is interested in learning the guitar, but he's >left handed. Do any of you know of any books with left handed tabs? > No, but it IS possible to learn guitar without using tab - I should know, I'm . . . oh, never mind. >I can now give my review of Superior. I've had it for about 3 weeks >now. This CD ROCKS!!! I can't express how imperative that all of you >have this for your collection. > OK, OK, I want one!! Can somebody tell us where to get 'em? Larry ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 1407 **************************