YTSEJAM Digest 2397 Today's Topics: 1) Re: Lemur Voice by Syrinx 2) Re: tightness by "KorgX3" 3) Social day, I tell you! by "KorgX3" 4) The Ritual by Soul Madness 5) Knights of the Round by Rick Audet 6) Thanks! by Jonathan Case 7) Re: me... by email_address_removed 8) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2391 by "Richard A. Rivera" 9) rebuttal,Jens Johansson, Tori Amos,Queensryche by email_address_removed (Heather J Powers) 10) Motley Fuckin' Crue (no DTC) by "Richard A. Rivera" 11) The Bashmusicotherthanprogjam by Ben Laussade 12) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2396 by "Richard A. Rivera" 13) Re: Cornell/Vedder by "KorgX3" 14) Tix (No DTC) by Cliff & Pam Wheaton 15) cd buying ritual by email_address_removed (Mark Lampert) 16) Dumb lyrics & other stuff by Mamalookabubuday 17) Re: cd buying ritual by alex fraser ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 22:05:39 -0500 (EST) From: Syrinx To: Epibatidine Subject: Re: Lemur Voice Message-ID: > I got mine direct from Magna Carta (their US label): > http://www.zaks.com/magnacarta/ > > also at Knights of the Round CD Kingdom: > http://www.knightsoftheround.com > > and M&M Music: > http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/4500/ > > I've gotten reliable service from all three i also run an OFFICAL lemur voice homepage (approved by Marcel himsef) and soon to be added to the Magna Carta page and Marcel's page. it's at: http://www.mindspring.com/~syrinx/lemur/lemur-main.htm check it out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "..666 is no longer alone. he's getting out the marrow in your backbone, and the seven trumpets blowing sweet rock and roll gonna blow right down inside your soul. pythagoras with the looking-glass, reflect the full moon. in blood, he's writing the lyrics to a brand new tune.." * * * * * * * * * * mike ostrich e-mail: email_address_removed / email_address_removed erotomania: http://www.mindspring.com/~syrinx/ offical lemur voice homepage: http://www.mindspring.com/~syrinx/lemur-lemur-main.htm (c) 1997 Happy Fun Ball, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 19:57:44 +0000 From: "KorgX3" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: tightness Message-ID: > Alright people, since so many of you use the word tight as an adjective for > bands, could you please explain what the meaning of this is and use some > examples? I mean, I kinda know what you're referring to, but i don't know > how to say a band is tighter than another one. Any explanations will be > appreciated. Bye! Haven't you ever taken a good hard look at James' butt? Still noone's sent me the pics. :( I need a scanner. KorgX3 a.k.a. email_address_removed http://www.cyberhighway.net/~ibanez/index.html Disclaimer: The content expressed in the previous document is not the opinion of the author. The author is exonerated of anything written therein. Viewer discretion is advised. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 20:18:50 +0000 From: "KorgX3" To: email_address_removed Subject: Social day, I tell you! Message-ID: I just wanna say thanks to all of you who pointed me to a good place to buy those CDs! Folks like you make the jam a great place to be! I think I've found my place. :) Laterz1 KorgX3 a.k.a. email_address_removed http://www.cyberhighway.net/~ibanez/index.html Disclaimer: The content expressed in the previous document is not the opinion of the author. The author is exonerated of anything written therein. Viewer discretion is advised. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Mar 97 22:45 EST From: Soul Madness To: email_address_removed Subject: The Ritual Message-ID: 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: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 23:45:04 -0500 (EST) From: Rick Audet To: email_address_removed Subject: Knights of the Round Message-ID: I've gotten some good recommendations from that Ptacek guy, so with all of his ranting about Symphony X "Divine Wings of Tragedy", I decided it was time to get it, despite my lack of funds these days. I found it for a nice price ($30.99) at Knights of the Round, and I figured while I was there shopping I'd also grab Angra "Angels Cry". However, I had some difficulties ordering it from their web page and an error message kept coming up. I let them know about the trouble, but it turned out they had gotten my order anyways. And here's a comment they made about my email correspondence: >We are happy that the word is getting around that we are a reliable >source for metal on the net. We have the Angra in stock but we sold >our last copy of Symphony X "Divine Wings" yesterday. Don't worry, we >will be getting it back shortly. Our in-store copy of "Divine Wings" >has been getting non-stop play, it is by far the best of the 3 Symphony >X titles probably because it is much heavier. By the way, we do still >have the first 2 Symphony X's in stock if you don't have them yet. > >Thanks again for choosing us. > >Sales Dept. >KOTR They seem like a great source for metal. Now all I need to do is get a job. -Rick Audet ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 22:53:09 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Case To: Pat Sullivan Subject: Thanks! Message-ID: Pat, That was incredibly civil and professional the way you replied to my scathing e-mail. Sorry for going off on the Jam and so forth. I just slipped and didn't think of the (as you say) flood of e-mail postings it would generate. I was put in my place, and have learned my lesson. So, things are cool between us, and I realize yours and others points in correcting me. I just got a bit hot-headed and I apologize. I've got to admit, the Jam has really sparked my interest in great music over the past several months, and it is great to listen to what others have to say about various groups. As I said earlier, I've had nothing but positive experiences in the new groups I've ventured into! Sincerely, Jon Case ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 22:59:06 -0600 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: me... Message-ID: >damn it, you figured me out! i'm a secret angent from the nirvana list sent >here to twist alll your opinions to the world of grunge, for we are building >an empire! EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT OBEY AND BOW TO THE POWERS OF ALL THINGS >GRUNGE WILL BE DESTROYED!!!!! WE HAVE ALREADY INFILTRATED BANDS, GEOFF TATE >AND QUEENSRYCHE AND GEDDY LEE AND RUSH ARE ALL TAKING PART IN OUR >EXHIBITION!! AND NEXT.. OH YES.. NEXT WE WILL CONVERT DREAM >THEATER!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT THERE IS... ONE WAY TO CONVINCE US NOT TO. WILLL >SOMEONE FIX MY DAMN STICKY "LLL" KEY?!!?!?! I always suspected a conspiracy and now I have someone to blame! Hey, I do know how to fix your sticky keyboard--it involves refraining from certain, ummm, messy activities while typing....might even fix your stuck caps lock! :D Sooo...now that I presented a solution to your keyboard problem, you will cease and desist in your efforts to brainwash DT into releasing a Pearl Jam knock off album, right? That was the deal... -- Pete Dziadzka -- Pete Dziadzka ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 00:20:40 -0500 (EST) From: "Richard A. Rivera" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2391 Message-ID: On Thu, 27 Mar 1997 email_address_removed wrote: > I'm not on any kind of rampage. > I don't know what happened in KISS, that's why I asked. My mistake. The tone of your original post suggested a bitterness to me. My basic understanding of what happened in KISS was that when the reunion started, Eric and Bruce were put on a paid vacation. When the tour became so successful, they were let go. Yes, they had contracts. After all, they were techinically hired hands, meaning that they were employees of Gene and Paul. Again, I apologize for misreading your message. > On the next album (Man in Motion) the keyboard player was gone, resulting in > a more guitar oriented album. They did, however, have a keyboardist on tour > to play the older songs. Jack Blades joined Damn Yankees with Tommy Shaw of > Styx and Ted Nugent. They released two albums, then Jack and Tommy made one > called Shaw/Blades. Brad Gillis made Gilrock Ranch and Jeff Watson made Lone > Ranger. > Then Brad and Kelly got Gary Moon (from?) to play bass and sing on Feeding > Off the Mojo. > So there you have it. I'm looking foward to hearing the new stuff. > >Listen up Ytsejamers: what you are about to witness is truly a rarity. I, Richie Rivera, self-proclaimed defender and expert on "80s" hard rock, WAS WRONG. Yes, you read that right. For some reason, I was under the impression that the Mojo-era Night Ranger was made up of three of the five original members. I have all the NR albums and upon closer inspection of the liner notes, to cop a phrase, "you are correct sir." I bow my head in humility to you, my leige. I am at your service. Richie P.S. Okay, so it happened once. Don't get used to it. Just try and squeak by some info on Poison....I'll be back. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 00:11:57 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Heather J Powers) To: email_address_removed Subject: rebuttal,Jens Johansson, Tori Amos,Queensryche Message-ID: HA HA HA He called me a newbie LOL......geez...I needed a laugh By the way...give what you can get. Perhaps you should reread your jams the below quote sure as h@ll wasn't from me I like the subliminal thing with the URL thing >(go to www.channel1.com/users/wacky) but could you please LIGHTEN UP! >(go to www.channel1.com/users/wacky) After all, how do you >(go to www.channel1.com/users/wacky) know that the person >(go to www.channel1.com/users/wacky) you flamed was a >(go to www.channel1.com/users/wacky) newbie? I think >(go to www.channel1.com/users/wacky) your flames >(go to www.channel1.com/users/wacky) may be a >(go to www.channel1.com/users/wacky) bit misplaced. >I learned Rule #1 of the Net a long time ago: Give as good as you get. I >posted what I thought was a fairly humorous 'hey, everybody, wake up and >smell the samples' thing, and was called a 'loser' for my effort. At that >point, civility, doesn't mean a whole lot to me. >Oh, and by the way, Brian thought the post that made me a 'loser' was >pretty funny. >Mike >email_address_removed ******************************* As for Kevin and his review of Jens Johansson, bravo! Many people don't realize that Jens musical passion does not revolve around heavy metal. In between projects he often plays Jazz Fusion and other styles that differ quite far from what you would expect. He's always been a very diversified person. ******************************* I can't remember who was looking for a RAINN show video tape. ( I have access to one) BUT.....the point of acknowledging it was to let you know that you can buy the Tori Live benefit for RAINN double CD and all proceeds go to help fund the RAINN charity. I know that its available at Calvin Klein sunglass booths in malls. Even if you do grab a free copy of the video...get the CD's too As of this past week I have come to realize just how important this charity really is. They keep survivors alive. ***************************** I definitely agree that the Queensryche CD is not what I was expecting, or even the direction that I necessarily would have preferred. BUT, I don't think that what they have done even remotely resembles "selling out" Queensryche has always been a band that goes through growth spurts musically. I believe that they're natural progression as a band has brought them to the style they are currently at. -Lady Dragon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 00:36:36 -0500 (EST) From: "Richard A. Rivera" To: email_address_removed Subject: Motley Fuckin' Crue (no DTC) Message-ID: On Thu, 27 Mar 1997 email_address_removed wrote: > > 1) Motley Crue- with their self-titled album. However, I still think this > was their strongest album and John Corabi outdid that whining ass Vince Neil > by a million miles. Too bad Vince is back in the band! (Restraint mode on) Anyone who knows me knows that I am a HUGE Motley fan. Tommy Lee is the reason I play drums. That being said, I think John Corabi is an amazing singer and a really talented guy (I really liked his old band The Scream). I liked the album they made with him (it contains Tommy's best work to date), but Motley Crue is Tommy, Mick, Vince and Nikki. It's like when Joe and Brad left Aerosmith. Another album was made, but eventually they kissed and made up. Anyway, I think Vince, granted he doesn't have the range of John, is a great singer because he has what I call the "Mick Jagger factor:" sure, he doesn't have range, but he's got style. Bret Michaels from Poison also has it, but I digress.... Richie P.S. If you're a fan of John Corabi, he and Bruce Kulick (ex-KISS) have written 8 songs for a new collaboration. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 21:40:36 -0800 From: Ben Laussade To: email_address_removed Subject: The Bashmusicotherthanprogjam Message-ID: but oh man whoever decided on the cover art has got to go, horrid. ---- I had been listening to "shit" music, that alternative shit. I grew up and realized that music revolves around talent. ---- I picked up Hear in the Now Frontier by Pearlryche today. Not quite as bad as I had expected from the early reports, but it is quite a change from their previous releases. It grows on you though. Then again, so does fungus. ---- There is no such thing as a "decent" gunge song... that's why it's called grunge... because it sucks and should be destroyed ---- but let's not jump to conclusions and label it the most unworthy and pathetic excuse for a noise, or grunge. ---- that's a fact, not an opinion by the way... grunge can be defined as CRAP. This is not crap. ---- and if fast solos aren't taken too kindly by grunge fans, who cares? They're grunge fans - do they deserve anything better than death? ----------- ..and that's just from one jam. Can we please find something better to do than to bash stuff we don't like? Colonel Mustard in particular...you need to shut your damned trap. Thank you all those who post without bashing somebody else. Ben Laussade isn't wearing any pants. The fact that you like Dream Theater does NOT make you special, dammit. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 00:46:02 -0500 (EST) From: "Richard A. Rivera" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2396 Message-ID: On Thu, 27 Mar 1997 email_address_removed wrote: > > Richie and I are getting there. I notice sometimes on jam tapes that he > and I will do similar fills accidentally. We've only been playing > together for about 6 months now, but we're getting tighter - getting > better at communicating only with music. Actually, the reason that it hasn't happened already is that I never know what my fills are going to sound like until I play them. That and because I never listen to you :) Richie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 22:45:03 +0000 From: "KorgX3" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Cornell/Vedder Message-ID: > I just don't get this. I'm certainly no Cobain supporter, but neither > Vedder nor Cornell have anything remarkable to offer. Some may see > Vedder as a great lyricist, but frankly I hate having to read between > the lines to try to figure out exactly what the fuck he means by > "breakfast table in an otherwise empty room." Hrm. That's kinduv a sad life to lead. I personally love those types of lyrics that make you contemplate their meaning. There are some that most people don't understand because they just don't take the time to decipher them. Others just decipher them in their own way. I tend to try and decipher them in the way they were meant to be. As an example, one just dawned on me today while listening to Marillion's "At that Time of the Night" (Great trilogy song BTW) "Summon all your answers with an ice cube chime" When I first listened to this a year or so ago I had the same idea about lyrics. I was like "What the fu*k is that supposed to mean?" I pictured an icicle wind chime everytime for some reason. A little deeper probing reveals that the guys drinking away his problems, finding his answers at the bottom of a glass. For some reason, it just hit me like a brick today and I almost ran off the road. The same thing with the Pearl Jam song "Black." I'd listened to the song in my own way wondering wtf for about 3 years before the idea hit me in the face. It's a wonderfully annotated explanation of an art student who falls in love with his model. Think again about those "Five horizons revolving around the sun." If you can't figure it out, oh well. :) You might need some tips from Rosey Palmer and her five sisters. :) Personally I think Eddie's an excellent lyricist. Cornell, too. My style kinduv copies theirs on some occasion. Dream Theater's lyrics are rather deep themselves. I wish I still had that real killer explanation someone posted a long time ago about the relationship between Under a Glass Moon's lyrics and a person surviving a plane crash. After reading that, I've never heard the song the same way I did before, and I grew to like it more, even though JP said that it wasn't written about anything in particular. The lyrics fit it near perfectly. Mebbe the author's still here and might post it again. It wokked nadz. Anyway, I don't know where I'm coming from, so I guess I must be going... :P KorgX3 a.k.a. email_address_removed http://www.cyberhighway.net/~ibanez/index.html Disclaimer: The content expressed in the previous document is not the opinion of the author. The author is exonerated of anything written therein. Viewer discretion is advised. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 23:06:59 -0700 From: Cliff & Pam Wheaton To: email_address_removed Subject: Tix (No DTC) Message-ID: Hi! I'm looking for info as how to get tix for the Rush show(s) in Seatle and Portland-I know they're NOT confirmed yet-but I'm sure they will be soon-so need to know how to do this! Pam -- Pam Wheaton Cliff Wheaton _____/----^---\____ The greatest tool for world peace Subject: cd buying ritual Message-ID: Ahoy, >lemme guess... you're one of those types that buys the cd, goes home, pops >it into the cdplayer and stares at the booklet the whole time the songs are >playing. Maybe reading the lyrics and even reading the thank you's and where >they made it and how long it took. Cuz that's what I do! The first day I had >ACOS I even managed to smudge a nice big greasy thumbprint in the black ink >on the inside cover. How? not sure. Maybe the ink wasn't fully dry yet! > >thats just my cd buying ritual. well hey - why not? I do the same, and I think it's a good way to "get to know" a band... you know, you start to recognize some of the names in the album making process within the booklet, so then you notice changes, maybe who did the art... etc... but after a few releases you know more about the band than others who just lose the booklet...I think it's a good way to follow a band... and by the way - maybe this isn't as "hidden" as the right/left ear thing, but in the binding, that binding being black in color, I was looking for words and found the word "LISTEN" in dark blue... it's hard to see, maybe you've already seen this, maybe not... but if you haven't you will now eh? just thought I'd point that out.... you just can't get these things with other types of music (generally speaking) especially in the alternative cd's... where there is usually just a picture of a stuffed cartoon character taken on exposed camera film by a 5 year old....with some clipart for color... and then the band's name written on there with a crayon or something... · • Colonel Mustard • · ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 22:25:32 -0800 (PST) From: Mamalookabubuday To: email_address_removed Subject: Dumb lyrics & other stuff Message-ID: >I hate having to read between the lines to try to figure out exactly what >the fuck he means by "breakfast table in an otherwise empty room." WTF? >That has to be the single worst line in lyrical history. My vote for dumbest lyric of all time is ironically enough from one of the great songs. "Mountains come out of the sky and stand there." followed by "24 before my love and we'll see you" I'm not sure if that's *exactly* right, but that's how I hear it. >I know QUITE a bit about music, being a drummer and such. What do you call a guy who hangs out with musicians? A Drummer :) ATTN: I would *personally* like to thank *every* person who posted saying the new QR sucks! I went to Blockbuster to give it a listen today and all I can say is THIS FUCKER ROCKS!!!!! I wish they would've released this instead of Empire. They called that album Empire because they knew it was going to be *so* commercial that it was going to build their empire. It seems there are a lot of people here that just can't accept that bands change with time. Led Zeppelin's last LP sounded *Nothing* like their first. They just sort of evolved, which is what's happening to QR. If anyone doesn't like them anymore then great! DON'T buy the cd and DON'T go see them on tour. Then they can get back to smaller venues instead of the barns that they had been playing. Then us *real* fans can go back to seeing them that all you "We'll love you as long as you always do *exactly* the same thing album after album" fly by night types can go find another trendy band to follow. Maybe my ultimate dream will come true and they'll do a co-headlining tour with Metallica, and call it the Metalliryche tour. Scott ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 00:29:54 -0600 (CST) From: alex fraser To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: cd buying ritual Message-ID: On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Mark Lampert wrote: > follow a band... and by the way - maybe this isn't as "hidden" as the > right/left ear thing, but in the binding, that binding being black in > color, I was looking for words and found the word "LISTEN" in dark blue..= . > it's hard to see, maybe you've already seen this, maybe not... but if you > haven't you will now eh? just thought I'd point that out.... you just can= 't > get these things with other types of music (generally speaking) especiall= y > in the alternative cd's... where there is usually just a picture of a > stuffed cartoon character taken on exposed camera film by a 5 year > old....with some clipart for color... and then the band's name written on > there with a crayon or something... =20 > =B7 =95 Colonel Mustard =95 =B7 umm... does your general hatred of "alternative rock" have anything AT=20 ALL to do with THE MUSIC? after all, that's what you're buying, not=20 fancy packaging... i can't say any more than what's already been said=20 recently - there are fans of some grunge bands here. heck, richie and i=20 even like poison, and they're about as good an example of mainstream,=20 follow the leader music making as anyone else... the point, as has also=20 already been made, is that just because you're a dream theater fan=20 doesn't mean you have some right to judge other music. take that=20 self-righteous stick out of your ass (and ears) and listen to the music=20 you like because OF THE MUSIC... and respect the tastes of others. lord= =20 knows i'm not a country music fan, but out of respect to any fans out=20 there, i don't post about hating "wife-leaving, dog-getting-hit-by-truck=20 music"... much less several such idiotic posts in one day... =20 later gators, id ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2397 **************************