YTSEJAM Digest 2583 Today's Topics: 1) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2579 by "Jeremy C. Hallum" 2) ELP by Jon Parmet 3) Cancel membership by email_address_removed.k12.ma.us (Matthew H. Gamble) 4) Cancel membership by email_address_removed.k12.ma.us (Matthew H. Gamble) 5) Re: lars' post by Albert Balkiewicz 6) Re: Cancel membership by Albert Balkiewicz 7) Top 5 Singres by "Sousa" 8) Moonspell by "Sousa" 9) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2582 by Adam 10) Color/Toto by Jon Parmet 11) Re: Play With Me by "The Evil Midnight Bomber" 12) Re: veterans by Eric Rodger 13) History of the jam by Eric Rodger 14) Re: Tick Urge by "The Evil Midnight Bomber" 15) CD review (motley crue and harem scarem) by email_address_removed.ne.jp (Keiji Nishihara) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 11:25:56 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jeremy C. Hallum" To: "Distributor of fine NDTC. Ytsejam Inc" Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2579 Message-ID: > From: email_address_removed > Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2577 > > Please take me off of this list!! > > Immediate action will be taken if I am not removed from this list. Wow. A threat. Impressive. Ooh. I'm shaking. Anybody email him the digest FAQ? > ------------------------------ > > From: Pat Daugherty > Subject: veterans > > Mike Bahr wrote: > > Say, is anyone still on here that was on here before I was? I > >believe I subscribed in October 1993. > > I got on the list shortly after the first one started up. At the time > there was a lot of DT content in alt.rock-n-roll.metal.progressive so I > didn't join. But the DT content dropped so I signed up for the list. > > Weren't you the one who did the Rush Montage video or was that someone else? > I've been lurking on and off since arastar, I took 6 months off between the move from arastar to ax, and resubbed when ACoS came out (I think.). -------------------------------- Whoever talked about Therion the other day, I went out and picked up Theli last night. After two run throughs, it is really good, but not great. I really dig the choirs and their grand symphonic sound from their keys. Their vocalist definitely is a death metal vocalist, which I'm really not into, but the choir gets more time than the vocalist. If you don't like fantasy type lyrics, you may not like this album either. Here, I think it works, though, because the keyboard sound really gives things that ethereal sound necessary for the lyrics. More comments after a few more listens. Listening to Magellan after Therion is quite a shock, too. > From: Steve Chew > Subject: Non-DT content... > I agree. Some of my favorite and most rewarding parts of the Jam > have come from NDTC. :-) I love learning about new bands and such! It's > really just not that hard to skip over what you don't want to read. Every > mailing list cycles through those kinds of problems and you eventually just > have to learn how to deal with it in your own way. Fortunately, the Ytsejam > still has something of a community -- a sense of caring -- thanks to people > like Mike Bahr who put in the extra effort. Without the community and > without the diverse non-DT content that comes from it, I don't know if > I'd still be here. The Ytsejam is a community -- DT being the core that > initially joins us. But, it's our diversity that lends us strength and makes > it an interesting place to be. We all learn and grow from the various > viewpoints and knowledge that are passed around here. Of course, the > diversity also leads to conflict, but that's also part of learning and > growth as we learn to handle it. Damn, hitting the nail on the head! Over half of my new CD purchases have been jammer recommended stuff. Magellan, Therion, Shadow Gallery, Altura, Fates, Ivanhoe, Galactic Cowboys, all stuff I've heard here on the jam. Add Symphony X, Superior, Stratovarius and Angra to that list, when I get my Credit card balance down, and that is a lot of stuff I'd never hear about, without input from the jam. -jeremy +=====================================================================+ # grad student, Boston U. # "Some people fly, and some of us worry # # Boston, MA 02134 # I'd risk it all to have wings # # Astronomy # I know if I try, I'll get where I'm going # #<*> Jeremy Hallum <*># keeping my eyes on the sky" # #<*> email_address_removed <*># -Queensryche, "Some people Fly" # #<*>email_address_removed <*># http://bu-ast.bu.edu/~jhallum/ # +=====================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 15:46:04 +0000 From: Jon Parmet To: email_address_removed Subject: ELP Message-ID: > From: Randall Excellent post on history of the band! > If you recognize classical music, you'll notice that Emerson uses a > lot of classical music in his compositions; sometimes this is noted > on the albums, sometimes not. I'd add to that a commanding grasp of jazz that he displays on Karn Evil 9 (2nd impression I believe). He was always know for having an amazing left hand, something keyboardists tell me is an acheivement. For those seriously into classical music, they do an interesting interpretation of "Pictures at an Exhibition" on a live album by the same name. I guess the only warning I'd give when listening to is to not expect Greg Lake's guitar to measure up to JP's. Greg was mainly used for his vocals and bass. His acoustic guitar worked for me, though. A lot of people that mention the uniqueness of some of the newer bands' sounds out there may want to take a look at some of ELP's stuff. You may find that a lot of it has been done before... Have a great holiday weekend, folks! And remember: Don't drive, drink :) Regards, Jon *------------*------------------------*--------------* | Jon Parmet | email_address_removed | 617-494-2851 | *------------*------------------------*--------------* Rejoice, glory is ours, Our young men have not died in vain. Their graves need no flowers, The tape have recorded their names. -- ELP (Karn Evil 9, 3rd Impression) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 97 12:03:39 EDT From: email_address_removed.k12.ma.us (Matthew H. Gamble) To: email_address_removed (Multiple recipients of list) Subject: Cancel membership Message-ID: Hey, I will be permantly leaving the place where I have this account. I would appreciate it if you could cancel my membership to this mailing list. This account will probably be deleted in a couple months anyways. Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 97 12:04:22 EDT From: email_address_removed.k12.ma.us (Matthew H. Gamble) To: email_address_removed Subject: Cancel membership Message-ID: Hey, I will be permantly leaving the place where I have this account. I would appreciate it if you could cancel my membership to this mailing list. This account will probably be deleted in a couple months anyways. Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 12:14:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Albert Balkiewicz To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: lars' post Message-ID: Lars "fuckfuck" Hellesten wrote: > original than 97% of all metal. And if you got a fucking problem wit' > that, you can kiss my fucking ass. you know, I always thought for some reason that Lars was a pretentious asshole. I don't know, he just came across that way to me when I read his posts.....But this post definitely changed my mind.......I don't think he's pretentious any more! just kidding.....he made some pretty cool observations, clearly explained his point without using "dick", "moron", "cow-humper", "snot-eating prick" in the post.....some others should definitely follow this......not that I'm trying to say anything bad about anyone....... Anyway, he's kinda right about ND -- they're definitely not a flash in the pan type band - and they do have good songs on the newer album, it just might not be in a genre others like. I saw them in concert when Gwen's voice was rested for like a month or two, and I was very impressed by them....but that's just my HO. > the Jam hated them so much. And then I found out one of my friends had > their CD so I borrowed it along with one of his techno CD's (pretty good > too) and let the guy borrow two of my Satch CD's in exchange. > Hell, I like techno too! One thing I noticed at the Birch Hill show (DT content!!! whoohoo!): When the show was over, my friends and I went to the bar thing on the side of the Birch Hill. That's where the after-show stuff was on the "Home for the Holidays" thingy a year before, so we went in there again hoping DT would be there..... Anyway, they turned it into a nightclub-type deal with all guidos and high-haired girls and stuff.....A few people from the DT show went in as well (Heather was in there, I remember - we looked at each other like "I DON'T think DT is gonna come in here this time...."). So there I am, with my Ytsejam shirt on and a pair of jeans, just sittin' atround drinking.... Anyway, the point is, I think I was the only one from the DT show that actually went out on the dance floor to actually dance. The point here is that a lot of people in general enjoy a specific type of music and stick with that. Some of these people absolutely do not like anything else, and jump to conclusion that they suck. s. Others may like other stuff as well, but still absolutely would not think of listening to the other genres of music. Then again, there are others that equally enjoy all different genres of music (except country! :P ). The common denominator on the Jam is that we all like DT, but we should always be open to suggestions made by other Jammers to music that might not be "prog" per se. There's SO MUCH good music out there, that it's a shame that more people don't expand their tastes..... > don't like them, even subconsciously, I have a question for you. How many > bands/groups are you a fan of who DO have a female singer (other than DT... There are some good bands out there that have female singers. I happen to think that there some kind of male instinct where women's voices help relax the male gender somehow. I read that this was one of the reasons that a female's voice is used in fighter planes/jets when warning or status messages are said. Bands with female singers or just female singers that I like are: Sheryl Crow (some stuff), Natalie Merchant, Tori, Letters to Cleo ( "pop"py band out of Boston), Mariah (some), Baby Gopal (another poppy band from NY), Drain (although you can't tell the singer's female), some old En Vogue, Groove Theory (R&B-ish), No Doubt, Erykah Badu (jazzy, R&B), hell, even some Shania Twain stuff I can deal with. And then the one female voice that makes smoking a pound of pot seem tame - Anita Baker. I'm sure there's more, but I just can't think of it -- plus I think my hands are gonna fall off....... To summarize: 1.) Lars - you're not the dick I thought you were. My bad. You get some mad propz. 2.) Birch Hill sucks - though the dance music was OK. 3.) "Can't we all just get along?" 4.) Free your mind (to other music), and the rest will follow. 5.) Chickz rock. 6.) Carpal tunnel syndrome blowz. 7.) Memorial Day Weekend! Whooho!!!!!!!!!!!!! -Al p.s. - Anyone here like Henry Rollins? More of his spoken word/written stuff, rather than the Black Flag/Rollins Band stuff? E-mail me if you do........... -- ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ I inhale the sun...........I exhale the absence of light I am the number One..........burning. ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^ email: email_address_removed email_address_removed HOMEPAGE:http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/9280/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 12:17:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Albert Balkiewicz To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Cancel membership Message-ID: > > Hey, > I will be permantly leaving the place where I have this account. I would > appreciate it if you could cancel my membership to this mailing list. This > account will probably be deleted in a couple months anyways. Thanks. > Hell, don't have to worry about it. In two months, esp., in ack mode, your mailbox will be so large that they'll take the account away. When they disab;ed my account for two months. I finally got back onto it, and I had (in ACK mode) over 2500 messages in the mailbox! It was *not* fun trying to deltete them all..... "....d.....d....d....d.....d....d....ad infinitum" -- ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ I inhale the sun...........I exhale the absence of light I am the number One..........burning. ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^ email: email_address_removed email_address_removed HOMEPAGE:http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/9280/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 08:06:41 +0100 From: "Sousa" To: Subject: Top 5 Singres Message-ID: Hi all ! >I'm curious: what's everybody else's opinion of the top 5 most powerful >vocalists in metal? I'd have to list KJLB (of course), Bruce Dickinson, >Tate, Michael Kiske, and Ray Alder, I think. Ronnie James Dio Michael Kiske Bruce Dickinson Andre' Matos Eric Adams Mike Vescera Jeff Scott Soto Joe Lynn Turner K. James LaBrie Timo Kotipelto Sorry :) But I can't say only five Antonio Sousa email_address_removed.pt ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 08:15:48 +0100 From: "Sousa" To: Subject: Moonspell Message-ID: >For those who want really good dark metal, I recommand you an album of >MOONSPELL called WOLFHEART. This sounds really good, I listen to it by >hazard... Does Someone here know other release of these band >(portugese???) >their most recent album is entitled "irreligious", and is superb, imho. >they should have an EP coming out soon, then another LP. they also put out >a couple demos prior to "wolfheart", one of which was an album entitled >"under the moonspell" (i think). Ya ! Moonspell is a portuguese band, they are from a city near Lisbon (Brandoa). Before the "Wolfheart" they have a mini-album "Under The Moonspell" and before that they have two or three demo-tapes. There's another portuguese band that you might like - Heavenwood - do you Know them? They have a melodic Gothic Metal. Their album is "Diva". I recommend that. I like Moonspeel (not very much, but I have Wolfheart). If anyone want more informations about this bands, maybe I can help :) By Antonio Sousa email_address_removed.pt ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 12:27:53 -0400 From: Adam To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2582 Message-ID: Albert wrote once upon a midnight dreary... >Everyone jumpin' on Adam was pretty harsh...you just gotta > take opinions with a grain of salt - 75% of the time, it's > probably sarcasm anyway (don't quote me on the stats :P ). YA! You tell 'em man... Rock on! :) Guess I see what happens when people don't read closely enough to notice a joke when they see one. There were several smileys, a couple of "hehe"'s, and even a disclaimer saying all the above was in my opinion. BUT, in all walks of life (including the Jam very obviously) there are some excessively anal retentive people that feel the need to jump on everything and everyone that differs from them, so I'm used to having to deal with people of that nature. Now, if I could get that bastard Buck Stodgers to give back my damned Zippo. Grrrrrr... :) Rock on! Adam ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:50:07 +0000 From: Jon Parmet To: email_address_removed Subject: Color/Toto Message-ID: > Actually, black is the combination of every other color, so something > couldn't be hued black. :) You might want to check your calibration wheel there, buck-stah. I always though White was, and Black was the absence of any color :) > Toto is another pretty decent group. Another band from LI, right? Queens perhaps? Great guitar work on Africa... JP -- *------------*------------------------*--------------* | Jon Parmet | email_address_removed | 617-494-2851 | *------------*------------------------*--------------* I believe that what I'm feeling Changes how the world appears - Rush ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 11:59:25 +0000 From: "The Evil Midnight Bomber" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Play With Me Message-ID: > Since we are on the subject, do any of you jammers recall hearing "Plaw With > Me" during the mall chaos scene in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"? > IMHO, that movie is a must for all R&R lovers! Hehe, that movie was instrumental in getting me into Iron Maiden. I already kinda liked them, but, honestly, that flick helped big time. And yes, that's the first time I remember hearing Extreme :). Dale R. Newberry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 12:55:56 -0400 From: Eric Rodger To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: veterans Message-ID: I don't believe the first Ytsecon happened until 1995. Awake came out in Oct. 1994, and I thought it preceeded the first ytsecon. I could be wrong. KAI ps. I think I joined right after you Mike, sometime in late '93. I can distictly remember seeing Eric Moegling's 'key of Z - circle of fifths' signature file, and I think he's still around. Who was the guy from Texas who used to tape all the shows down there, was his name Brian Cox or something like that? What ever happened to him? And Mike Burstin? At 08:52 AM 5/22/97 -0700, you wrote: >Mike Bahr wrote: >> Say, is anyone still on here that was on here before I was? I >>believe I subscribed in October 1993. > Hmmm... I know I signed up early in the year (February, I think) of > the first YtseConvention... What year was that? 1993 or 1994? > >~Michael Kizer -- Computer Sciences Corporation (Tucson, AZ) >Email: email_address_removed / email_address_removed / email_address_removed >URL: http://www.goodnet.com/~mkizer >Dream Theater Song Book -^- Fates Warning Island in the Stream > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 13:01:33 -0400 From: Eric Rodger To: email_address_removed Subject: History of the jam Message-ID: Are all of the old jams archived somewhere? I'd love to see when I actually did join, and it would be easy to recognize, because I asked a ton of questions within my first week on the 'jam, and ended up getting flamed pretty bad. I think the Doc flamed me. Wouldn't surprise me... Does that spark any memories Doc? Also, when did the jam start? Someone mentioned digest 60 in the spring of '93, but that doesn't sound right to me. And what was the server name before arastar.com? KAI ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 12:06:32 +0000 From: "The Evil Midnight Bomber" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Tick Urge Message-ID: > dammit I forgot who just wrote this, wrote: Hehe, it was me. The Tick is definitely one of my favourite cartoons on right now. Too bad Fox dropped it, dammit, although I hear a movie is in the works :). >I have some CD reviews of some stuff (DefTones, BossTones, the Urge, >etc.) Urge rocks, man, especially their early stuff, which is sort of a mix of reggae-ish influences and full on 70's James Brown CHiPs funk :). If you haven't gotten it and like that kind of thing, I recommend their CD "Puttin' the Backbone Back," which was released in '90, I think. The latest "Receiving the Gift of Flavor" is killer, too for some heavy-ass groovin' stuff. I got to see them play a free show a couple years ago. One of the most lively bands I've seen, jumpin' around and running all over the place. Oh, and they're originally from St. Louis :). Dale R. Newberry ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 02:02:48 +0900 From: email_address_removed.ne.jp (Keiji Nishihara) To: email_address_removed Subject: CD review (motley crue and harem scarem) Message-ID: Greetings! 'Jammers. I bought 2 CDs today,so I'd like to tell ya something about them. GENERATION SWINE by Motley Crue (88/100) Well,well,well. It seems no-one around the world doesn't care about them anymore after their self-titled album and notorious AMA TV performance. But I used to be a big fan of them (in 80's) so I bought this offering to accept the truth that they're OVER. Yeah, I know the reason why Vince went back to their front spot, "MONEY" (grin). The Record co. said "We don't want to re-deal with Motley without Vince.". That's the truth. Anyway,musically, I like this album. Imagine Pantera's "Far Beyond Driven" and "The Great Southern Trendkill". That's what I thought. That's what this Motley's release. They tried to update them to 1997. But it's in vain. It's 1995 or 1996 music style. The music style they failed in updating really attracted me. I do like this music. So why don't you give them the last chance? BELIEVE by Harem Scarem (84/100) I was the one who introduced them on this list. This is their 4th effort in the studio. They're absolutely back to their old days. Very melodic song. I'd like to use the word HEART-WARMING. The vox. Harry Hess really has great voice. I'm into Canadian hard rock these days personally. I mean bands like Harem Scarem,Von Groove,Caught In The Act and Total Stranger really rocks. 80s style melodic hard rock (everybody forget them). Well,this opus doesn't nice as their 2nd album titled "Mood Swing". So if you are unfamilliar with them,try "Mood Swing" first. Anyway,THANKS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- -Keiji Nishihara 　Doshisha Uni. 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