YTSEJAM Digest 3355 Today's Topics: 1) Guitar Wars by Kyrre Trohjell 2) DT show on Viva by "Antoni Krasinski" 3) Re: YTSEJAM digest 3353 by Jim Suplizio 4) Re: DT gig at the Forum by A P Longley 5) Milan, soccer, Derek on guitar by email_address_removed.de (Ties Goebel) 6) ICED EARTH by Choon-Kang Walther 7) NDTC car cd player by Dave 8) What a great idea! by email_address_removed (Pat Sullivan) 9) My email account has changed..... by "Ollila Marko/Tietopari" 10) Loreena McKennit... by Luke 11) Enya by Nicholas Giannotti 12) TSO by Pat Daugherty 13) Re: Mike Portnoys whereabouts by Choon-Kang Walther 14) How To Get More Orders by email_address_removed 15) re: Rush on the radio by Jon Parmet 16) More TSO X-mas Music and DT Action Figures!!! by Shawn Carroll 17) House of Blues -- Chicago by email_address_removed 18) Crowds at the FW shows by Phil Carter 19) Re: Rush on the radio by "Christopher R. Merlo" 20) attention NORWEGIAN jammers by imajica@algonet.se (Niklas Thorpenberg) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 11:59:48 GMT+1 From: Kyrre Trohjell To: email_address_removed Subject: Guitar Wars Message-ID: Do they still arrange Guitar Wars in Los Angeles (I believe it's where they used to be located). I know Paul Gilbert won a couple of them... Kyrre ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 11:57:39 CET-1CEST From: "Antoni Krasinski" To: email_address_removed Subject: DT show on Viva Message-ID: Hi everyone! How many of you watched the DT show on Viva yesterday? I think it was great, the quality was better than on my LiT video. I like the new version of A Crack in the Mirror, it sounds much cooler than the previous. I'm curious if any of German Jammers recognized themselves on that video. That would be cool when some of you would write to the jam "that guy in the middle of first row, that in the black shirt, that's me!" bye for now, Antoni Krasinski email_address_removed.pl ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 06:58:00 -0500 From: Jim Suplizio To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 3353 Message-ID: > I wish DT stopped playing covers, and would treat us to one more great > DT song. Remember, every goofy Nightmare Cinema spoof is one less > > > Scarred we get to see. C'Mon DT, play Scarred!!!!! I can agree with the fact that you would like to see more of DT's songs live but common, some of the covers they do are just too incredible. As far as I'm concerned they could play just about any cover in their 'style' and I'd stand there amazed while they did it. Jim -- "We are all books of blood, as soon as we're open we're red" --Clive Barker ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 11:44:51 +0000 From: A P Longley To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: DT gig at the Forum Message-ID: On Fri 12th Dec '97 Graham B wrote, > > Portnoy always delivers and his incitement to bombard Kerrapp with letters > > was spot on. "Kerrapp".. LOL! Graham. > Yes. I wonder if he actually read the FII reviews in Kerrang and Metal > Hammer? They were surprisingly complimentary. Still, it deserved a lot more > coverage than the miniscule obligatory album reviews. True, although whereas Metal Hammer was definately +ve ( 8/ 10 ) the Kerrang review seemed like begrudged praise along the the lines of ( not a direct quote) " I could just say - If you hate people with talent like most of our readers, then you won't like this etc. but It is surprisingly listenable. " It seemed to me as though the reviewer liked it a lot, but was afraid to say so, so as not to rock the boat ( 3 / 5 BTW) > I desperately need a tape of the London gig. If I don't get one, I'll go > crazy. Anyone? YES PLEASE! Then we'd have proof that Portenoy promised to do more than just 1 date in the UK next year. ( I'll believe it when I see it) Actually, Mike did seem genuinely impressed with the response from the London crowd. I remember Dave Mustaine saying ( in London in October ) that music bizz. people in the US tell him - Don't go to the UK, they all listen to dance music etc. and I think DT may have had this opinion too. The show itself was incredibly powerful. I mean after MP's complete flipout at the end of LiTS, he played the most aggressive BMS you could imagine - awesome! - totally blew away the album version. For me, my favourite part of guitar came in the 1st song - the solo in the middle of LiTS. That is just the most emotional bit of guitar ever, and watching and hearing JP play it with so much feeling... Voices - well...the crowd were so loud singing along during the "I'm lying here in bed, swear my skin is inside out..." bit, that I couln't even hear La Brie! This was the DT that we expect. - enough said. ___ Adrian. P.S. (hi to everyone I met there from this list, - Graham, Adrian, Sam, Tom...) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 13:05:05 +0100 (MET) From: email_address_removed.de (Ties Goebel) To: email_address_removed Subject: Milan, soccer, Derek on guitar Message-ID: Hi! I don't know if it already has been mentioned, but at the first gig of the European tour in Milan there were nearly 8000 people so that would be the highest number of people at a DT headliner show ever. This was also the show that was recorded for a possible release in Japan. Steffen wrote: > Well, you're wrong, Ties! James and Mike showed up after the show. Ok, so next time I have to wait a little bit more than one and a half hours... Roger wrote: > You mean the soccer world cup? Don't worry. :-) Brazil will have > the first place again. :-) ..and later: > I'm sure Mike Bahr would have agreed with what I said Maybe he would, because he's American and most of the Americans don't know much about soccer. ;-) Ok, I guess we better stop the soccer thread now, Germany will win the world cup anyway. ;-) (Even if Charlie cheers on the Iranians...) Graham wrote: > Nightmare Cinema . . . I was really impressed with Derek's guitar playing! I just read in a magazine that during the year before he joined DT he didn't play keyboard but only guitar! They also wrote that he played guitar for Alice Cooper and Kiss. Can anybody confirm this? In Wayne's World he's playing keyboards, isn't he? Take care, alles Gute, Ties -- The Web Thing - Vanden Plas Internet Site: http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/~goebel/vp/vp.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 13:46:04 +0100 (CET) From: Choon-Kang Walther To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: ICED EARTH Message-ID: Hi whoever is into Iced Earth, I've been a fan of this band for many years, I picked up their 1st release back in the time when I went to the record store and listend through everything in the 'news'section. I happen to have met the guys personally. They are very friendly and all I can say besides of that I really like their music (kinda melodic speed metal with a lot of the power of the metal from the 80's but fresher than for instance Iron Maiden) support this band because they deserve it, give it a try and listen to one of their CDs. My personal fave is still 'Night of the Stormrider'. Cheers Choon-Kang PS: Watch out for my report on my DT-odyssey, PT 1 AND PT 2 (AND MAYBE PT 3) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 08:32:24 -0500 From: Dave To: email_address_removed Subject: NDTC car cd player Message-ID: NDTC: I have a nice car stereo/cd player for sale. If you need one give me a shout and I'll send you details. Serious inquiries only please. Thanks, email_address_removed ps - DTC: All Dream Theater CD's sound awesome in this player! :) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 08:47:16 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Pat Sullivan) To: email_address_removed Subject: What a great idea! Message-ID: >I have this idea.....I know it has probably been thought of before but it >would be cool. DT should remix WDaDU and have the vibrant James LaBrie >perform the vocals. I am almost positive the members of DT would not be >up for it but it sure would be cool. I guess a live bootleg could be made >up of the songs in the order of WDaDU. Yeah...and maybe they could call it something like "When Dream And Today Unite", and, like, Mike Bahr could print up, say, 1000 or so copies and then sell them to us, and then......err......oh, yeah. :) _____Pat Sullivan_____________________________________________ E-mail: (psull)-(at)-(ici)-(dot)-(net) IRC: DDictator WWW: http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/psull/psull.html NP: Dream Theater - "Falling Into Infinity" ______________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: 12 Dec 97 15:44:04 +0200 From: "Ollila Marko/Tietopari" To: "email_address_removed" Subject: My email account has changed..... Message-ID: Hi there, As the topic says, my email account has changed. From now on you can reach me (yeah right, like someone still wants to say something to me :)) at: marko.ollila@logisware.fi So I suggest you do a bit of updating to your address books. Be well, everyone. _Mape_ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 23:44:03 +1000 From: Luke To: ytsejam Subject: Loreena McKennit... Message-ID: Okay, I've seen Loreena McKennit's album, Book Of Secrets, at my local record store, and before I fork out $30.95 for it, I was wondering what DOES it sound like exactly ? There seems to be a bit of debate as to whether or not it sounds like Enya etc., so what other influences are there that can give me some point of reference to go on ? Not necessarily other influential bands or songs (although that would help), but stylistic influences. I'm just kinda curious because I'm usually a bit of a skeptic when it comes to seeking out new bands/artists. -- Until the eleventh hour calls.... Luke email_address_removed.au ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 09:01:49 -0500 From: Nicholas Giannotti To: email_address_removed Subject: Enya Message-ID: What with the talk of Enya in a few recent jams, I thought I might mention that she'll be on Rosie O's show today (for those of you in ack mode) and on David Letterman's show this coming Wednesday. -Nicholas "Everyone who believes in psychokinesis please raise my right hand." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:30:54 -0500 (EST) From: Pat Daugherty To: Dream Theater Mailing List Subject: TSO Message-ID: TSO is a great album. I started listening to it again yesterday. I think the song Old City Bar (I think that is the name) tells what Christmas is really about. The whole concept of the album is excellent. |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Pat Daugherty email_address_removed | |===================================================================| | Washington Redskins 7-6-1 | | Upon the murder scene of a NY Yankee fan at Camden Yards: | | "I didn't know that was illegal in Baltimore"-Munch on Homicide | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:32:02 +0100 (CET) From: Choon-Kang Walther To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Mike Portnoys whereabouts Message-ID: I think having heard on the tour that all of the dudes except Derek live in New Jersey? But don't hit me if I'm mistaken. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 08:51:44 -0500 (EST) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: How To Get More Orders Message-ID: Are you ready to learn how you can create an immediate "cash-flow explosion"? Would you like to know how I've totally eliminated most of my advertising & marketing costs in one of my businesses and how YOU can do the same?!? Are you ready to absolutely . . . BLOW YOUR COMPETITION OUT OF THE WATER! If so, I have some very, very exciting news for you! Visit our web site for full details... http://www.mail-man.net/eol/index.html To be removed: click here ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:43:16 +0000 From: Jon Parmet To: Just Let Me Ytse Subject: re: Rush on the radio Message-ID: ]From: Andrew > If Rush has "cycled toward commercialism", then why is it that the much > of the Rush I hear is from 1982 (ie: Signals) and earlier? Wouldn't > their newer material get more airplay if it was more commercial? Maybe it confirms what those of us in the "older Rush still kicks ass" camp having been saying. Notice I didn't say "is better than newer Rush." I ain't even gonna go there! By the way, heard Free Will the other day on the radio :) I bet many of the DJs out there (around Boston at least) are of the age that they grew up listening to a lot of the vintage Rush. And I personally know at least one major Rush fan on this list (you know who you are :) with whom I went to the TfE tour; and he loved the new stuff live, but couldn't stop talking about Natural Science after the show...when he was able to actually speak that is :) Regards, Jon -- *------------*----------------------------*--------------* | Jon Parmet | email_address_removed | 617-494-2851 | *------------*----------------------------*--------------* "The Apollo Guidance Computer was primitive by any modern comparison having but 72 kilobytes of ROM and 4 kilobytes of RAM" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 11:46:22 -0500 From: Shawn Carroll To: email_address_removed Subject: More TSO X-mas Music and DT Action Figures!!! Message-ID: Hey folks, All this talk about TSO (which is great), but how come no one has mentioned the Steve Vai X-mas cd called "Merry Axemas?" This record has some awesome new takes on seasonal songs. For example, Steve Morse does an awesome job on Joy to the World! Totally cool! Satch is on it and I was actually impressed with Kenny Wayne Sheppard doing a pretty cool version of Rudolph... As for the DT action figures... LOL!!! My question is this, will they have "swivel arm METAL grip?" :^) Shawn >email_address_removed wrote: > >Hmmm. Was that the Lion Voltron or the Vehicles Voltron?? > >I'm thinking about making some DT action figures, btw. James gets a megaphone >and a tamborine, etc. I could do it, too, if I had the time. > >josh >email_address_removed.ed ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 97 11:07:48 -0600 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: House of Blues -- Chicago Message-ID: Hey all, My acid-jazz band just played an opening gig last night at the HoB here in Chi-town. The place was pretty packed and people were way into the groove. One thing I couldn't get out of my head before, during and after the show was the fact that I was tracing the footsteps of OFB who was there barely a six weeks before!! I love this venue. Everywhere from the green room to the stage sound board where Portnoy hurled his sticks. And to see this sea of head-bobbing, groovin' and dancing with the balconies........ Who else has been able to play the same stage as some of their musical hero's. Isn't it just an amazing feeling?? Steve ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 12:19:07 -0500 (EST) From: Phil Carter To: Under a Glass Ytse Subject: Crowds at the FW shows Message-ID: Greetings ye 'jamanoids... With the FW show here in the Atlanta area coming up soon, I was curious: those of you who've been to FW shows so far on this tour, how are the crowds behaving? APSOG is a pretty quiet, contemplative song at times, and it could be absolutely ruined by a bunch of people making a lot of noise during the quiet parts. How's the noise level been so far? I realize that your mileage may vary, but I was just wondering what the shows've been like so far. Happy holidays, Phil ===================================================================== Phil Carter -- email_address_removed (work), email_address_removed (personal) Tech Support, NorthEast Georgia Internet Access, 546-5787 "Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold Auerbach Currently playing: Mannheim Steamroller -- "Christmas" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 13:11:56 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Merlo" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Rush on the radio Message-ID: > And I personally know at least one major Rush fan on this list (you know > who you are :) with whom I went to the TfE tour; and he loved the new > stuff live, but couldn't stop talking about Natural Science after the > show...when he was able to actually speak that is :) That wasn't my fault. That was the most flawless rendition of Natural Science I've ever heard. *Ever*. :) Still, I would have loved to hear anything - anything at all - from _Presto_. BTW, if anyone has any footwear from that show (6/??/97, Great Woods, MA), I will make a trade worth your while. I *need* that show. :) Check out http://www.cs.wm.edu/~cmerlo/live-stuff.html if you would like to trade. -d ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Digital Man \|/ ____ \|/ "640 K ought to be enough email_address_removed "@'/ ,. \`@" memory for everyone." -Gates email_address_removed /_| \__/ |_\ "He won't need a bed http://www.cs.wm.edu/~cmerlo \__U_/ He's a digital man" -Peart ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maintainer of the Official Dream Theater Frequently Asked Questions List http://www.cs.wm.edu/~cmerlo/dtfaq.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:37:49 -0800 (PST) From: imajica@algonet.se (Niklas Thorpenberg) To: email_address_removed Subject: attention NORWEGIAN jammers Message-ID: Could one of you norwegian jammers please e-mail me? I might have a job for you. Thanks! 'I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.' Groucho Marx Ha det! Niklas ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 3355 **************************