YTSEJAM Digest 2331 Today's Topics: 1) Amazing by Pat Daugherty 2) Metropolis story and Milano DT gig by sebastjan.videc@uni-mb.si 3) Re: 80's band top ten.. by Cygnus 4) QR to DT by Cygnus 5) Re: Mike Portnoy in Toronto! by email_address_removed (Jason K. Werner) 6) 'Fix' show recordings and Whoops... by "Blevins, Mike" 7) Another Hand- The Killing Hand by Soul Madness 8) Hither, Yither, Zither by Adam Barnhart 9) DT Fantasy Baseball league by Pat Daugherty 10) Fantasy Baseball by Pat Daugherty 11) Re: That Forumula 1 Race by Mark Smeets 12) Finneus Gauge by Kevin Madden 13) 'Burlap's Theories of Bandage/Mail-Orderations by Brian Henderson 14) Re: Finneus Gauge by Walter Semerenko 15) Comments... by email_address_removed (Shane Liebling) 16) We will, we will rock you/Portnoy rocked me! (DTC ALERT!!!) by Jon Parmet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 13:10:40 -0500 (EST) From: Pat Daugherty To: Dream Theater Mailing List Subject: Amazing Message-ID: I was listening to the radio the other day and usually it is just plain crap. Well Saturday after noon I hear the beginning notes to Pull Me Under. I let out a big "What the F$%k????". I almost wrecked my fiance's car. I never thought I would ever hear DT on Baltimore's 98 rock ever again... |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | 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: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 19:47:25 +0100 (MET) From: sebastjan.videc@uni-mb.si To: email_address_removed Subject: Metropolis story and Milano DT gig Message-ID: I think its excelent to hear about this story. So when you're finished, please send it to me... :) And a question for anyone who knows anything about that italian concert,please mail me and tell me about the ticket price, hour of the beginning, etc. Jam on! StDeVil Sebastjan Videc Sebastjan.Videc@uni-mb.si ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 13:35:47 -0600 (CST) From: Cygnus To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: 80's band top ten.. Message-ID: > 7. Trixer > 5. Firehouse Just to clarify, Trixter and Firehouse aren't really 80's bands considering both bands' first albums came out in 1990, believe it or not. But Poison was definitely the kings of the make-up and poofy hair in their day. Don't they have a new album coming out sometime this year? I can't wait to get it. It seems as if virtually every band will have an album out this year - QR, Fates Warning, Galactic Cowboys, Saigon Kick, and even Slaughter and Poison (yes, I know there are a lot more bands - I am using exaggeration). Most importantly, DT will (let us all hope). All this talk of their new material is really making me anxious. ***Rob*** email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 13:42:28 -0600 (CST) From: Cygnus To: email_address_removed Subject: QR to DT Message-ID: Someone posted earlier about how maybe the new QR will attract new listeners who will then pick up their older stuff and become hooked. I can definitely see QR attracting a wider audience because I heard some people talking (who don't exactly share our musical tastes) about how they heard the new QR album is supposed to be "cool." Well, let's take this a step further. What if these people buy the older stuff, become hooked, and then hear of a band that these other QR fans seem to like called Dream Theater. At about this time of enlightenment DT releases their new album and sales go through the roof and DT becomes the leaders of the world with Take The Time as the international anthem. A man can dream, can't he? ***Rob*** email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 11:44:37 -0800 From: email_address_removed (Jason K. Werner) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Mike Portnoy in Toronto! Message-ID: > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 09:52:40 -0500 (EST) > From: "Greg R. Lee" > To: email_address_removed > Subject: Mike Portnoy in Toronto! > The ding dongs spelled Dream Theater wrong -- the usual "re" offense. Mike Yeah, I noticed that; can't win 'em all. :) > The Sabian booth was quickly moved out of the main conference room to close > up for the night, but I hung out and was the last to leave and walked with [snip] > asshole walking Mike over from the conference tried to step between us and > get rid of me at one point...I gave him the evil eye, shook Mike's hand and > took off -- far happier for my autograph! Yeah, what was the deal with that guy? He had a very strong "I'm much more important than you will ever be" attitude. Mike seemed just as pissed about herding everyone outside as the we (the fans) were. Visiting Toronto from California on business. What luck to catch Portnory doing his drumming!!!! Totally awesome experience, I must say. I can't even remember what I said to Mike at the autograph table. I think it was something like "bluah boublh abhbhal buahlbha blahb honor to meet you hboa bhahob aohb anbonalehv bhaon". I was the moron who asked Mike to sign my I&W CD liner notes thingy as "To Johnny, Guess What, Chicken Butt!!! -MP". It's a long running joke I have with a friend of mine back in California, who's just as fanatical about DT as I am. He's going to owe me, big time! :) That's all. Kinda pitiful for my first post to ytsejam in quite a long time, but oh well. -Jason - +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Jason K. Werner <*> Sys Admin, USFO IS <*> Silicon Graphics, Inc. | | email_address_removed <*> 415-933-6397,932- Fax <*> UNIX PARAMEDIX 3-UNIX | |Winning is a habit-Vince Lombardi<*>These go to eleven-Nigel Tufnel| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:00:21 -0500 From: "Blevins, Mike" To: "'ytsejam'" Subject: 'Fix' show recordings and Whoops... Message-ID: First, my apologies to all for messing up my mode change post. Damn menus! Second, does anyone out there have any recordings of any of 'Fix' shows they'd like to part with? I don't have much to trade (don't do many live tapes, but I'm making an exception), but I will buy. I've been interested to hear a recording, since I was at one of the Jersey shows... Third - did somebody mention more tour dates?... TTFN Mike See DIVISION - DC power/prog metal is alive and well, and playing in NEW YORK at CBGB's on March 22... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Mar 97 15:05 EST From: Soul Madness To: email_address_removed Subject: Another Hand- The Killing Hand Message-ID: I don't know but on the Live At The Marquee version of The Killing Hand, it sounds like James messes up all the lyrics but not in a bad way...ex) I'm in the valley sounds like I'm in the fallout, etc. Still cool either way and he is 3 million times better than Charlie. 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: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:22:41 -0800 From: Adam Barnhart To: email_address_removed Subject: Hither, Yither, Zither Message-ID: >From: The Digital Man > >> From: Adam Barnhart >> Subject: Colonel Tide... >> >> Nor do I, but I'm not going to agree with your assessment of the album >> either. I'd put it in the middle of the Rush canon, not as low as "Caress >> of Steel," but not as high as "Hemispheres." > > Some of us happen to *like* Caress of Steel. As do I. I thought I'd made that whole major Rush-head thing abundantly clear (then again, I HAVE been gone a while). In any event, "Caress of Steel" is one of my least favorite Rush albums, but it's still probably one of my 50 favorites in the history of history. It's just that "Hemispheres," for example, would probably be in my personal top 10. And some other, random-type stuff: Ah-ha! A band that someone here likes that I don't! I've got bad memories of Lilian Axe, man, playing with a friend's band that was just much, much better. One of those nights when the opener just smoked the headliner. To each his own.... Live as emotionless: Can't say that I agree. That's one area in which I'd say Live is very, very strong -- they're tremendously INTO their music and what they're saying. I don't always agree with what they're saying, but the intensity of the music is first-rate. Five Gratuitous CD's: ===================== 1. Rush: Fly By Night 2. George Clinton: Smell My Finger 3. Live: Secret Samadhi 4. Tori Amos: Boys for Pele 5. Cat Stevens: Catch at Bull Four Adam D. Barnhart email_address_removed email_address_removed http://www.cfmc.com/adamb ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 16:50:07 -0500 (EST) From: Pat Daugherty To: Dream Theater Mailing List Subject: DT Fantasy Baseball league Message-ID: Join the fantasy baseball (Rotessiere sp?) league for DT fans at espnet.sportszone.com Currently there are 3 DT Fans in it. http://games-espnet.sportszone.com/cgi/flb/request.dll?FRONTPAGE it costs a 1 time only price of $29.95 for new people and $19.95 for subscribers. Isn't anyone else into Fantasy sports? |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | 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: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 16:51:00 -0500 (EST) From: Pat Daugherty To: Dream Theater Mailing List Subject: Fantasy Baseball Message-ID: I should have said in my previous message that after you sign up at: http://games-espnet.sportszone.com/cgi/flb/request.dll?FRONTPAGE join the Dream Theater Fans league. |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | 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: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 15:38:59 PST From: Mark Smeets To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: That Forumula 1 Race Message-ID: ** Reply to note from email_address_removed 03/10/97 10:26am -0800 I saw that Race on TV the other night (replay)...what a joke, The first lap wasn't even over and there must have been 5 or 6 drivers already out of the race. That first turn was sad though. Mark *You must unlearn, what you have learned, only then, will you have learned something. - Yoda, Star Wars *I have learned, that I know nothing - Mark Smeets *You have not yet completed your training - Yoda, Star Wars Check out the Megadeth Faq: http://www.smartt.com/~jsmeets/stranger/FRONT.HTM My Page: http://www.smartt.com/~jsmeets/stranger/INDEX.HTM ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 18:36:32 -0800 From: Kevin Madden To: unbelievers Subject: Finneus Gauge Message-ID: Man, I could have *sworn* I saw that cd. I didn't check too closely, so I could have been mistaken, plus there were a million ads in the place for the Orion Studios show, so maybe that snuck into my head...I did, for sure, see some Spock's Beard there, too. You schmucks coming down from Philly or wherever for the Orion shows should check out this store I am talking about. It's not very far from the studio. Though it may not be open on Saturday. If you care, e-mail me privately and I'll find out for sure. GO WINGS! Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 18:55:52 -0500 From: Brian Henderson To: email_address_removed Subject: 'Burlap's Theories of Bandage/Mail-Orderations Message-ID: Sunday morning I heard QR's new one, "Sign of the Times", on the radio (right after Rush's "Time Stand Still" if you can believe it), and I do believe that I'm going to have to go against the majority opinion here and say I liked it first-listen. "Heretic!" What, I only... "And that was your *first* mistake!" So anyway, after attending the Metallica show the other night, I've come up with a few "theories". Some might find these a little "controversial". To those of you easily alarmed, please hit page down... (1) Metallica fans are, on average, less intelligent, or at least, courteous, than Rush fans. Basis: I bought tickets for both shows at the same West Coast Video. The Rush line, everyone had exact change ready, and knew what sort of seats they wanted. Most of the line got floor seats, me seventh row. For 'Tallica, there were people standing up at the door with only twenties in their hand saying "What, there's *two* kinds of seats?!" come ticket-sale-time roll 'round. Plus, Rich in my Drawing class, the kid who amuses himself by making farting noises, laughing at plastic bags blowing across a field, and punching his twin, is a Metallica fan. Point proven. (2) Dream Theater fans are more loyal than Metallica fans. Basis: No surprise. Perhaps it was the man behind me screaming "YOU SUCK!!! YOU FUCKIN' SUCK!!! YOU FUCKIN' SELL-OUTS!!! YOU FUCKIN' SUCK!!!". And this man paid for a ticket. Call me Einstein... Oh, yeah, the point to this message... Are there any reliable Internet vendors that would carry stuff like Angra/Stratovarius/etc. with similar ordering systems to places like CDworld and CDNOW? Now I realize big-time prog-vendors may be an oxymoron, but there's got to be *one*. One last question, would anybody be willing to dub me a copy of the '95 Birch Hill Holidays show. I'm one of the handful that missed that tree. I could trade something off my meager list o' boots, or blanks. One of my kidneys? What do I need *two* for anyway? A-number-one-thanks to anyone who can help me out on any of my above-listed-help-out-fronts... Brian Henderson, Friendly Neighborhood Cyberburlap email_address_removed "Oh I trapped me a tiger before I could speak, killed me a bear when I was three; And now, with this bigfoot and giraffe-necked freak, I've finally got a full menagerie" -- Conroy Bumpus ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 19:21:12 +0000 From: Walter Semerenko To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Finneus Gauge Message-ID: At 03:50 PM 3/10/97 -0800, you wrote: >Man, I could have *sworn* I saw that cd. I didn't check too >closely, so I could have been mistaken, plus there were a million >ads in the place for the Orion Studios show, so maybe that snuck >into my head... Could of been "Finneus Wake". >I did, for sure, see some Spock's Beard there, too. Did you buy it? Walter. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 16:30:45 -0700 From: email_address_removed (Shane Liebling) To: email_address_removed Subject: Comments... Message-ID: Hey all, after reading Digital's post about how good the Galactic Cowboys CD is I think I might pick it up, but could I get an explanation of what it sounds like, what it is similar to, what name do you give to it, etc. Also if I could get the same for Savatage, also including best album to start with, I would be much appreciative. Thanks in advance... -Shane ______________________________________________________________________________ I Shane Liebling I You can call me Kennedy, you may have I I email_address_removed I killed him, but you cannot kill me. I I http://www.earthlink.net/~mariachi I - Spock's Beard "The Light" I I____________________________________I_______________________________________I ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:55:37 +0000 From: Jon Parmet To: email_address_removed Subject: We will, we will rock you/Portnoy rocked me! (DTC ALERT!!!) Message-ID: Note: This is best viewed in a fixed width font :) > From: Kevin Madden > Back to the Light, BM's first solo cd, I was immediately struck > by how much he must have contributed to the "queen-sound." Is this a hard to find in stores? It's sounds interesting. You're so right, though, Kev. Brian is what drew me to Queen. Brian IS Queen! Freddie happened to sing for the band :) One of my all-time favorites is Liar from Queen I (I think, maybe Queen II :). They certainly became an insitution. If you're at a football game and you hear that beating drum sound at the beginning of "we will rock you", do you think of Queen or do you think of picking up the phone to order Dominoes delivery? :) > had Cozy Powell on their solo albums, If anyone runs any Jeff Beck stuff with Cozy, I recommend immediate consumption :) Rough 'N Ready comes to mind. Very 70's sounding, rocks! A little funky, too, with Max Middleton on keys as I recall... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J~u~s~t~~~D~r~u~m~s~~~| M i k e P o r t n o y |~~~J~u~s~t~~~D~r~u~m~s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE RIDE/THE HOSTS!/THE TOWN: So, I ended up making the 10 hour drive to Toronto to see MP's clinic. It wasn't that bad as I stopped in Syracuse at the nephew's pad for the night. You damn Canadiens better do something about gas prices up there or I'll have to mount a spare tank on the truck :) phew!!! My nephew and I met up with Rick&Sue at a nearby TexMex place and inhaled a few Marguerita's before heading over to the convention center. I want to thank Rick/Sue for their hospitality!! I felt like we've known each other for a while, eh? :) They were so good about getting us into town easily, suggesting cool places to hang out... You can count on us returning for a longer stay! THE CLINIC: The room looked to have somewhere between 100 or so people in there. Pumped up people, that is! The show was a little late in starting. You could hear Mike's voice off-mic in the speakers. Something wasn't set up properly or whatever. Not a problem for me, though. Well, the curtains open, Mike appears, and everyone is now "IN THE ZONE" :) Mike asks the drummers to raise their hands. A small number of hands go up. Mike decides that instead of boring many in the audience with technical aspects of drumming, that it would be more appropriate to just jam. I didn't see/hear any arguments from the audience :) He wasn't able to get a soundcheck in before the start of the clinic, so we had to "suffer" through the soundcheck... As if, during just about any song, he doesn't already hit every piece of equipment! Not being a drummer and not wanting to spoil it, I don't feel it appropriate for me to comment on what Mike said pertaining to the arrangment of his drums and music in general. Look at it this way: if you wanna know, you'll just have to go the clinic yourself :) Anyway, Mike proceeds to make everyone numb with the new stuff. I'll tell ya, the sound just keeps getting heavier and heavier, plenty of changes in time signature, and the sounds just really pull you in. Not sure if it was on Lines in the Sand or Just Let me Breathe, but there's something he does (remember, I'm not a drummer, so be nice to me :) where he is just fucking with the very fibre of time itself! He's only hitting the snare twice, but it's WHEN he hits it that makes it work so well. If I had a sample, I could give you a time index. I wish I had the theory to explain it. It's the kind of stuff I really get off on, similar to the part right after "I remember a time" on ACoS. In short: ***** You're going to like the new stuff!!! ***** I was at the Strand for the Fix for '96 shows (still have the tracks on my arms to prove it :), so I'd already heard some of the new stuff. Of course, the mix in this type of environment is so much more controlled than it was at the Strand. As a result, I heard things I'd never heard before. He played parts of Erotomania. This was great as I had heard it at the JP clinic last year, so it was interesting to hear it again but with the drum sound up front. At the end, several in the audience were heard requesting Metropolis, so Mike satisfied us by playing the instrumental section in the middle. A ca Fuckin' Pella. I found myself singing the guitar and keyboards, he played it so well!! POST GAME ACTIVITIES: > From: "Greg R. Lee" Greg, sorry I missed you...next time I'm up there for sure... > The ding dongs spelled Dream Theater wrong -- the usual "re" offense. I just had to get Mike's autograph right near the "re" article promoting the clinic :) Nice Majesty symbol next to the name! We weren't able to hook up for brews afterwards. I imagine Mike needed to hang with the sponsors,etc... I'm just happy to have been able to have been there. It may not have been a CD; but for an hour or so, it definitely sent me to a place I needed to be. In closing this long-winded post, I just want to say that Mike is one heck of a nice guy in person. Very personable! He stuck around afterwards to sign many autographs and for pictures (can't wait for 'em, Rick :) I know it sucks that the group is having problems getting the CD out. We just gotta be happy with what we get, though. For me, this was an up close and in person mini concert. So at least there are Dream Theater *sounds* out there right now. I'm happy... Looking forward to all the reviews from the European jammers. There should be some happy campers here real in a month or so :) Best quote of the night was during the return trip from Toronto: "I think the exit labeled BRIDGE TO THE USA was the one we wanted" :O Has anybody seen the bridge? Regards, Jon *------------*------------------------*--------------* | Jon Parmet | email_address_removed | 617-494-2851 | *------------*------------------------*--------------* If I'd started from the top, And worked my way down There'd be no reason, To live forever To live forever - Dream Theater ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2331 **************************