YTSEJAM Digest 2320 Today's Topics: 1) One Child by Soul Madness 2) Re: Minnesota by "Brian Hayden" 3) more stuff by Pat Daugherty 4) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2319 by Andrew Forcier 5) oh, jeez... by email_address_removed 6) New albums from fave bands... by George Kirk 7) Re: New albums from fave bands... by email_address_removed 8) Two more fans!! by Brian Wherry 9) Phish by email_address_removed 10) Various things - No DTC by Kevin Madden 11) Rugged Cross by Cygnus 12) David by LaSorsa/Matthews 13) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2319 by "Richard A. Rivera" 14) Europe Dates by Jon Veal 15) guitar clinic in St.Louis by "Monty J. Newberry" 16) Re: prog only / Michael c. returns by "KorgX3" 17) Time Machine, bootlegs and stuff.. by "Dan Souza" 18) Derek being in Ethyl Mertz by email_address_removed 19) wondering..... by Partha Mukhopadhyay ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 97 15:14 EST From: Soul Madness To: email_address_removed Subject: One Child Message-ID: The other tracks on the Savatage One Child disc are Not What You See- edit and Gutter Ballet- Japan Live '94 version. I think theres one other version with the One Child edit replacing Not What You See. Ripoff- yes, in my opinion because I have the Japan Live 94 disc and really don't give 2 ####s about an edit of a song. Don Compton email_address_removed Warrior Soul Homepage (now featuring a Whats New section, a review with more to come, liner notes, lyrics, and info on rare CD singles) http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/5784/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 97 14:37:49 -0600 From: "Brian Hayden" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Minnesota Message-ID: > But in the movie Fargo, the accents are crap, hailing from > Minnesota, I can tell you that the only people *I* know who talk like > that are my Grandmother and my Great Uncle. You must not get away from the city much. In the NW part of the state, MANY people talk like that. > to a place where I could pursue my career. MN is quieter, cleaner, the > people are a lot nicer, and we have more blondes out there :). Minnesota Nice is bullshit. It's just Minnesota Phony - I'll take real people over faked chumminess any day of the week. -Brian Hayden "The Silent Man" Art/Lit E-zine http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9493 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 16:00:31 -0500 (EST) From: Pat Daugherty To: Dream Theater Mailing List Subject: more stuff Message-ID: Merlo wrote: >Man, I almost spit my Dew at the screen reading that. Not that I >disagree - I like Dokken, and I love Whitesnake, in all its various >incarnations. But that "Dokken is still Rokkin" line just made me >tumble. :) Hey, I am on the Dokken list so you can't say Rocking, it has to be Rokkin... And it is true. I admit that Dysfunctional was a lot different than their previous stuff but it is still great. Their new cd should be out shortly.... about the Euro dates: If Enchant does open at any of those shows, someone has got to tape the whole thing! The only Magna Carta bands I have heard of ever touring are Lemur Voice and Altura (D-Mans fav :P ) I was thinking about Derek's side projects. What do you want Derek to do when Mike and John P are out doing clinics? Hey if he wants to make some extra money, what is wrong with that? I dont think DT is racking up that much money... I read some of that Dragon Attack log before I went nuts. Bruce Kulick, Joey Vera, Jeff Scott Soto sound pretty cool. Vera didn't really seem to know what he was doing since he didn't say much. Soto and Kullick sure did a lot of kissing ass to Kiss and Yngwie respectively. Jeff Scott Soto did say an interting statement: "Every time I get back with Yngwie I realize why I left".... |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Pat Daugherty email_address_removed | |=======================================================================| | "Every breath leaves me one less to my last" --Dream Theater | | "That is not an option, Mr. Mulder" --X-Files | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 16:20:39 -0800 From: Andrew Forcier To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2319 Message-ID: Hey there... Mr. Ptacek wrote this: > But then, I still like Winger. You are not alone, my friend. My curiosity begs the question: what happened to all these guys? Taylor, Beach, and Kip? I know what Rod's been up to with Jordan Rudess, but not the other guys. Where did Paul Taylor go after In the Heart of the Young? I thought Pull was still okay without him though... Any info would be appreciated from any jammers. I kind of feel that Winger was getting to the prog stages before they disappeared. Andrew _____________________ When the music stops, There's only the sound of the rain... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 16:42:20 -0500 (EST) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: oh, jeez... Message-ID: > < lots of snide crap deleted to make room for others > HA! YES! :) > > would say "Well, that's *different*. Of course it was, because the > > people were waiting on them. Hipocrits. Hypocrites... > > Believe me, for everything you say is a plus I can give you two > > minus'. An apostrophe denotes a contraction or possession. Minuses... Go ahead--write back saying that I'm a snob for complaining about your spelling. How can you convey your opinions in a way that will make people value them if you can't spell words correctly? If you aren't sure how to spell a word, don't use it. If you really want to use it, look it up first. > > Watch the movie Fargo sometime. It mostly takes place in Brainerd, but > > it holds true for anywhere in the rural midwest. Yes! See Fargo. It tells the story of how every man "anywhere in the rural midwest" destroys himself and his family by trying to make money illegally. > But in the movie Fargo, the accents are crap, hailing from > Minnesota, I can tell you that the only people *I* know who talk like > that are my Grandmother and my Great Uncle. Oh, that's what they ALL say. :) Steve Z ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 17:16:55 -0500 (EST) From: George Kirk To: email_address_removed Subject: New albums from fave bands... Message-ID: What I hate is when a band I love puts out a new album, and after a few weeks it still hasn't grown on you. When I got Images and Words (totally on reference, never having heard DT before), I was instantly blown away. Imagine my surprise and happiness when I found a japanese release of WDADU in a used CD store for $6.00! That album also knocked me out on first listen. Then I got Awake...for 3 months I barely listened to it, it just didn't do anything for me. Then all of a sudden: BLAMMO! It's possibly my favorite album of all time! I really like ACOS too, it did something for me on first listen. BUT:: Alex Lifeson releases Victor: After 2 months of trying to like it, I said screw it, and I sold it. Rush: Test For Echo: Not a bad album, but not a great one either, IMO. I expected better. Eric Johnson: Venus Isle : Bleck.. Iron Maiden: The X-Factor - bored me to death, although I still haven't sold it (yet) I hate when I shell out $20 for a CD and end up hating it, especially when I own every other CD by that band...it bugs me! Maybe I'm being a hard-ass, but I think bands should remain true to their sound and style, yet try to push the limits a bit. In a lot of cases, many bands can't do it successfully. I hope the new QR album is good...Promised Land grew on me, but I still don't think it stacks up to any of the pre-Empire releases. Anybody offer an opinion on Steve Vai's "Fire Garden"? My philosophy now is "listen, THEN buy"...I've been screwed too much in the last year to do otherwise. 'jam on, George --------------------- George Kirk email_address_removed.ca --------------------------------------------------------- "When war comes, the first casualty is the truth." -US Senator Hiram Johnson, 1917 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 15:50:42 -0700 (MST) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: New albums from fave bands... Message-ID: > Maybe I'm being a hard-ass, but I think bands should remain true to their > sound and style, yet try to push the limits a bit. In a lot of cases, > many bands can't do it successfully. WTF? How do you do that? Please, tell me, and I'll sell you a bridge in Death Valley.... Isn't "trying out a new sound" or going somewhere they've never gone before what "pushing the limits" is all about? I think people judge an entire career off of one album, regardless of their history (even if they, being the band, don't have a history). Case in point: Metallica's LOAD. I know I know, you're all gonna flog me and castrate me and impale my head on JP's guitar, but it's true! If anybody has ever gone to a Metallica concert within the last year or two, they're just as thrashy and heavy as they were back in the days of Master and Ride (albeit, a LITTLE slower, but much heavier), but NOW, they have MORE songs to select from when they play a gig. We all know that a good album has a theme running through the whole thing, or at least through most of it (Awake's "A Mind Beside Itself," Pink Floyd, etc.). LOAD's theme was vagueness with very crappy distortion. The black album was an integration of thrash with a lot more balls 'n chunk (guess that quote), just as Master's theme was...well, to be one of the finest masterpieces of thrash metal of all time. So stop yer bitchin', and enjoy the music! Or I'll kick yer ass! >:D > Anybody offer an opinion on Steve Vai's "Fire Garden"? > Definitely Vai's best album to date. Of course, this is from a guitarist's perspective. The whole album kicks ass!!! It's one of the most soul-ful albums I own (yes, I even have Jason Becker, and IMHO, Fire Garden is right up there). Oh, and when you're listening to Pull Me Under... are you like me, and get this mental image of some ape-guy running around a room with a noose while the band's thrashing around on a stage? I thought the song was supposed to be about Hamlet...but if anybody knows what I'm talking about (MTV video), I'd like some clarification on how the whole translation of the song got so fucked up? ~Eckie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 18:20:02 -0500 From: Brian Wherry To: The Jam Subject: Two more fans!! Message-ID: Just a little story to share: I was in my electronics lecture today wearing my Fix for '96 shirt and two (that's right, count 'em -- TWO) different people approached me and asked me about DT and whatnot. DT is the band of choice for them both (as I'm sure many of us can easily imagine) and we chatted for a while about the new tunes, the Fix shows, the petition, and other pleasantries. Okay, so this was a completely useless post. I'm sorry. ATTENTION European Jammers!!!! First person to fly me out there for the shows gets a free guitar! :) What a deal, eh? Time to make da donuts. -- /* * User: Brian Wherry, email_address_removed, email_address_removed * School: Boston University College of Engineering * Web: http://www.channel1.com/users/wacky/ * http://acs.bu.edu:8001/~bwherry/ * Quote: "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur." */ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 18:20:15 -0500 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Cc: email_address_removed Subject: Phish Message-ID: Everyone catch Phish on Letterman tonight. (Saw it on www.phish.com) It's a great band if you've never heard them... Mark black polycarb #2670 half bari melody @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ Please Do Not Write In @ @ This Space @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 19:16:00 -0800 From: Kevin Madden To: pizza - luscious pizza Subject: Various things - No DTC Message-ID: Tyketto...didn't their singer use to be in Waysted? Blind Guardian - Pat, they have enough cds for the cdconnection listing to be correct. As a matter of fact, that's where I bought most of mine. I am going to the local import store tomorrow. Wish my credit card luck. I shall report my purchases in this space. GO WINGS! Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 18:29:58 -0600 (CST) From: Cygnus To: email_address_removed Subject: Rugged Cross Message-ID: Has anyone out there dealt with Rugged Cross to order CDs? Are they good? bad? mediocre? ***Rob*** email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 19:28:32 -0500 (EST) From: LaSorsa/Matthews To: email_address_removed Subject: David Message-ID: Sorry to take up jam space: David Alderman, Can you email me at: email_address_removed I tried emailing you at the address but it didn't go through. Its important! Thanks, Tony ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 19:34:27 -0500 (EST) From: "Richard A. Rivera" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2319 Message-ID: On Wed, 5 Mar 1997 email_address_removed wrote: > Anyone else going to > buy the new Collective Soul next week? And am I the only one who will be > steering very clear of Private Parts. > Just a quick word. The new Collective Soul is incredible. I'm not just saying that because I work for Atlantic. I bought the first two albums on my own before I started working for the label. Anyway, it's called "Disciplined Breakdown" and it's damn good, my favortie out of the three. I've had it for a couple of days now. Not a bad song on the whole album and as a whole is a lot...er, catchier than the other two. Actually, there are a lot of, IMHO, U2-influenced guitar parts (you, that jangly-The Edge stuff). SOme interesting arrangements. Just pick it up on MARCH 11 and you'll see what I mean. As for Private Parts, it's gonna rock. Richie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 23:53:47 +0000 (GMT) From: Jon Veal To: email_address_removed Subject: Europe Dates Message-ID: How many UK jammers are considering the trip to Holland ? Any idea on the best way to go about getting tickets ? Jon. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 16:52:15 +0000 From: "Monty J. Newberry" To: email_address_removed Subject: guitar clinic in St.Louis Message-ID: John Petrucci is doing a guitar clinic April 3 at McMurray Music (where I got my bass amp :) as part of a grand opening thing (they recently did some renovation). Sign ups started last Sat. (March 1). I was about 5th on the list. I think there is a 250 limit for it (right Rip?). And, it's not the only clinic going on that week. April 1, some engineer/producer-type (forgot name) is doing one, April 5, Billy Sheehan is doing one (I was first on the lsit for this, hehe :), and I can't remember the exact date, but Al DiMeola is doing one. A guy at the store said they're trying to get MP, but that wasn't definite. For anyone interested, the phone number for the place is: (314) 428-8600. And it's only about 20 miles form my house. Ahh, this is gonna rock. Dale R. Newberry P.S. All clinics start at 6:30pm. (I believe) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 18:53:36 +0000 From: "KorgX3" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: prog only / Michael c. returns Message-ID: > Like watching grass grow, having sex with farm animals or marrying > my sister? No, I don't enjoy those things very much. >)80)3 Yuh, huh. I's gots me heer a gud lukin' cuzin heer in iduho... Nyce un woolie... yuh, huh... >)80)3 Boy, it's hard to put down those rural cultural stereotypes, eh? > running around screaming their heads off saying "I can't believe how > much this sucks. . .yadda, yadda", and sometimes won't even give it > a second listen. Define fan. I think it's more of the fanboy that will deliberately listen to something he doesn't like. If I don't like something, I won't listen to it. If Dream Theater's next album is what I consider shitty, I won't listen to it. I'm more a fan of the music, not of the band. And I'm not about to be some trendy mo-fo who'll force himself to like something in order to fit in with a crowd. Defeats the purpose of being yourself, doesn't it? >Anybody offer an opinion on Steve Vai's "Fire Garden"? Rock Hard, Rock Fast, Rock Slow, Rock Often, Rock Nadz... > I assume you're referring to "Runaround?" I'd be curious to hear > which songs you think sound like Runaround. I don't think any songs > from the last album have the same rhythm/vibe, with the possible > exception of "Big Fat Money," and I can't hear the chorus of > Runaround over that progression - it's too fast and busy, for one. Yah... That's the one. Let's see, I just started listening again and the part at the end of Seventh Seal where he starts going, "We're going down, down, down, down..." There's number one. This is only the beginning. This CD still rocks verily, though. :) I like Runaround alot. I always have confused Runaround with Roundabout, sorry, I must not be a REAL fan. :) Like I can't wait for the next one to come out... :) Laterz! Disclaimer: All entries posted in this text are copyrighted by KorgX3 and are subject to applicable laws. Unauthorized reproduction of any entry contained within without written consent of the owner is strictly forbidden. "Rokz nadz, kikz butz, and hott chikz" are trademarks owned by KorgX3. :) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 00:10:57 -0300 From: "Dan Souza" To: Subject: Time Machine, bootlegs and stuff.. Message-ID: > From: "Francesco" > 3) Never heard a prog band called TIME MACHINE ? It's italian and > really killer one!!! Yes, I heard a CD (don't remember the name..) over here in Brazil and I'd really appreciated, as much as I appreciated the "thanks to" Andre Mattos from Angra. :) I have one bootleg from Italy, called "Lost in the Sky", recorded live in Milan, "Palasesto" on november 15th, 1993 (Metal Crash).. Sound extremely good! I also have one boot of Lenny Kravitz.. Chicago 1990, but the bootleg is an Italian one. wierd. :-))) Somebody already told me, but I don't remember the correct spelling of the italian speech, Take the Time.. "Adesso che lo..." (?). Huh? :) [ ] 's PS: Wessel "live at the" Marquering, if you are reading this, let me now!! :) Bye, . * Dan Souza * Jay (IRC) * . "This is my whammy bar.. . . EMAIL: email_address_removed.br . ... and it's gonna be loud" . ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 21:35:36 -0600 (CST) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Derek being in Ethyl Mertz Message-ID: >DT stuph: Am I the only one who finds it just a little bit unnerving that >Derek is still in Ethyl Mertz? I know he doesn't spend a lot of time with >them, but there's something that makes me nervous about a guy who divides >his time between two bands. It makes me worry that he doesn't want to >devote himself fully to either, though I expect I'm probably wrong about >this. I know what you're saying - someone's in a side project which either means that there will be longer spaces in between albums or that band member will eventually leave (the same fear I had when I heard Alex Lifeson was gonna do Victor). Anyway, I wouldn't worry. The reason why Jordan Rudess didn't join the band after Kev left (Jordan did the 94 concrete gig with them) was because he had side projects (and family) that he was involved in and so could not commit to the band full time - my guess is that while Derek plays in Ethyl Mertz from time to time, it by no means is gonna take up any significant time otherwise, DT wouldn't have settled on him. Scott Hansen email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 22:39:53 -0500 (EST) From: Partha Mukhopadhyay To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: wondering..... Message-ID: If Kevin Gilbert hadn't died, would we have new dream theater in production stage already? You have to wonder if the presence of a solid choice for producer (as I'm under the impression Gilbert was at the time he went too far in his search for kicks) would have swayed some opinions at headquarters about getting the band into the studio secondly maddy said something like.....listen to it (hitNF) like you never heard QR before, and see where that gets you...... maybe that's the point.....there's some negative vibe on here telling "us" that hitnf is sorta grungy, and to folks "out there", maybe THIS first taste of QR will boost the band bigtime...... sorta like the Enter Sandman-first taste of Metallica got me into that band..........at the time, I was like, WOW major ROCK! (dude).....and now, even though I know that Metallica made better rock before bob rock (Enter Sandman sounds like watered down metal to me these days, sorta like "metal for Dummies", knowhutimean?) I have to credit Enter Sandman, and Wherever I may Roam for cluing me into metallica Sooooo, maybe, just maybe, the slightly grungy aftertaste reported about Hear in the Now Frontier will get some folks interested, and some of those folks will get clued into the past of Queensryche Partha p.s.Disclaimer: I didn't REALLY use the word "dude" in the exclamatory sense after hearing ES......it's presense above is just to make a point, and does not necessarily reflect the opinions nor the vocabulary of this mouth ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2320 **************************