YTSEJAM Digest 3416 Today's Topics: 1) The Piano by Nigel Bridgeman 2) Re: Angra unplugged by Graham Boyle 3) Who let Eckie back in? by email_address_removed 4) Re: Angra unplugged by Rogerio Brito 5) The most useless post in ages by email_address_removed 6) background music at DT show by "Justin" 7) You or/not me/fan club/xmas cd no spoiler by "Trevor W. Hoit" 8) Re: You or/not me by "Vincent G. LuPone" 9) bassdrum pedals. by "Ville Rassi" 10) Xmas CD NO SPOILERS by Graham Boyle 11) March 1st Show! by Kyrre Trohjell 12) Re: YTSEJAM digest 3415 by Daniel Vasconcelos Gomes 13) Re: DT on the radio by Matthew Robbins-McDaniel 14) Fate's Warning (NO DTC) by "Brian J. Ketelsen" 15) Re: Fate's Warning (NO DTC) by email_address_removed (Carlos Alfaro) 16) whumpa, whumpa, duh duh duh weeeeeeeeweeeee! by "woot" 17) VA Plates by Jason Birzer 18) event of a lifetime? / setlists by "Tedesco, Matthew" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 17:31:57 +1000 From: Nigel Bridgeman To: email_address_removed Subject: The Piano Message-ID: Rogerio wrote: > But (aha!) he has a connection with Dream Theater (and, IMO, > this is the best part of the movie). If you are a "real" > fan, you know this. :-) Just wanted to hear your opinions > (BTW, if you're going to comment on the movie only, please > send it privately and if you're going to comment on the DT > connection, please send it to the 'jam, so more people can > give their comments and contribute to the discussion). "I want to wake up... and find that this... is all a dream..." as spoken by Sam Neill in "The Piano". One of my favourite movies, brilliant stuff. I recognised the line the first time I put in the Mind Control boot. Spiff --- Nigel Bridgeman (email_address_removed.au) The Movie Pages - a movie page: http://www.powerup.com.au/~nigelb/movies ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 18:29:31 +1000 From: Graham Boyle To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Angra unplugged Message-ID: John Hough wrote: > > Was this post for real or was this just someones idea of what a cool Angra unplugged > > cd would list like? I am seriously interested in this... Nope the CD does exist, it was available from Empire Entertainment last year for a ridiculous price of $49.99 USD, that's why I didn't buy it. On their most recent catalogue it was no longer available. graham ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 00:48:45 -0700 (MST) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Who let Eckie back in? Message-ID: On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Brian Larkin used a fake id as a Dream Theater fan and wrote: > > The other songs all showed off the musical talent we've > > all come to expect from DT but still, something was missing. > > Kevin Moore?? Ehhhh, you haven't heard the "Fasten Your Seatbelts" version of The Ytsejam. Sure he was good, but some people just seem to be too stuck up on that Kevin what's his name guy.... If you only followed DT for Kevin Moore, why are you still here? Derek's been in the band for a WHILE now.... > > It a shame though, that after > > three years or so of waiting for this new album to come out we, the > > dedicated fans, were only allowed 20 or 30 minutes of bliss on a 78 > > minute album. :^| I missed this initial post in a flurry of repeated depressions of my "delete" key, so I'll spew forth this nipple in before I lose the passion to do so. :) Speak for yourself dude! 20 to 30 minutes?! Egad, did somebody use your CD for a street hockey puck? Was there a major crack in your CD? The whole album is loaded with "WOW!" in one form or another. Of course, i can't help but think of the Mad About You theme song whenever I hear Take Away My Pain (THANKS A TON, ERN!!! >;) ).... > cArPe DiEm, > -bRiAn- cArPe Q-TiP, ******* *********** * *********** * *********** * *********** * *********** ** ********* ** *** ******* |= | |= | |= Q | |= | |= | | |= | |= T | |= I | |= P | |= | |= | ******* *********** * *********** * *********** * *********** * ********** ** ********* ** ** ******* DREAM THEATER KICKS ASS AND YOU KNOW IT! ~Eckie, the eternal defender of something or other ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 05:52:14 -0200 (EDT) From: Rogerio Brito To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Angra unplugged Message-ID: On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, John Hough wrote: > Was this post for real or was this just someones idea of what a cool > Angra unplugged This is an actual bootleg CD. I saw some copies of it on "Rock Galleria", here in Brazil. It is from an unplugged show in Argentina. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - email_address_removed.br - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito Undergraduate Computer Science Student - "Windows? Linux and X!" Bootleg/trade page: http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/bootleg.html "Life is ours, we live it our way (...) / And nothing else matters" James Hetfield (Metallica), Nothing Else Matters =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 00:53:20 -0700 (MST) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: The most useless post in ages Message-ID: > The Most Frequent Poster hath returned, brothers! Watch out Roger! >;) > The Noble Washburn Ecksthrey, Master Swordsman. ^^^ It wasn't me.... unless of course....this is some insidiously new form of THE IMPERSONATOR! 'sides, i haven't been that incoherent since finals week. ~The REAL Eckie (stays crunchy even in milk) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 03:37:12 -0500 From: "Justin" To: Subject: background music at DT show Message-ID: I went to DT's second show for the FII tour in Cleveland Oh... I've been a DT fan for a long time and it was the first concert I've ever been to and I have to say it was the shit!!!! During the intermission between Big Wreck and DT there was some background music playing at it sounded like DT but it was stuff that I have never heard before.. I have all of their CD's (I think) except the Christmas CD and the Hollow Years single.. Does anyone know what it was that I heard??? I have to say that I seen someone earlier post something about the crowd really liking Big Wreck... It wasn't necessarily like that at the show I seen... I think most of the people were just trying to get through them waiting to hear DT... However the majority of the audience were all DT fans and just trying to make Big Wreck feel welcome.. But in my opinion, Big Wreck isn't that great... Also... I wanted to buy a t-shirt but they weren't selling any at the show.. I don't know if it was because it was only the second show of the tour or because they just didn't have any yet, or because it was a rather small club... But does anyone know where I can order one?? One more thing... I have the Ibanez JP-100 third series guitar, (what can I say I'm a fan), laugh... For those of you that don't know what a JP-100 is, it's the same exact guitar that John Petrucci plays.. It plays beautifully too.. Next time someone sees John Petrucci, ask him if he'd be willing to sign that if I brought it to their next show with me??? DT rules.... Justin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 00:50:17 -0800 From: "Trevor W. Hoit" To: "'email_address_removed'" Subject: You or/not me/fan club/xmas cd no spoiler Message-ID: >You or Me is great! It is at least 100 times better than You NOT Me. >This recording confirms all of my suspicions about Desmond Child's >doctoring of the song. Before, I thought that _MAYBE_ Desmond hadn't >really changed too much, and that maybe it was just a weak song to >begin with. But no! Every single thing that I don't like about You >NOT Me was Desmond Child's doing (assuming that any changes between >this recording of You OR Me and the final You NOT Me are completely >his fault). Here's the thing, though. In the latest issue of the fanzine, it says that they were going to "throw away" the track, so what the heck, give it to DC and see what he could do with it. This proves two things: A) Without DC, we may never even have heard You or Me or You Not Me, so you really should thank him. 2) The fanzine contains information that is not on the Jam, and is well worth subscribing to, especially since you get a free cd that is really cool. My $2, Trevor ps. A HUGE thank you to DT and especially MP for putting together the cd. I can't imagine how long it must have taken to edit, especially while on tour. > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 02:40:16 -0700 From: "Vincent G. LuPone" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: You or/not me Message-ID: At 01:03 AM 1/6/98 -0800, Trevor wrote: >A) Without DC, we may never even have heard You or Me or You Not Me, > so you really should thank him. Should we really? I don't think so. To me, this is the weakest song Dream Theater has ever put out. It ranks right down there with "Poor Twisted Me" by Metallica, "Problems" by Megadeth, and that song on Steve Vai's Fire Garden where all the people are singing. Every great band needs at least one bad song :) Let's be thankful it's only one bad song, out of 5 albums. Not too shabby! Peace and love, and good happiness stuff, ~Vince =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/6933 | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 01:58:11 PST From: "Ville Rassi" To: email_address_removed Subject: bassdrum pedals. Message-ID: Hey. Since there hasnīt been any "drumtalk" on the jam for a while, I thought I should start some up. :-) Iīd like to know your insights about bassdrum pedals.What brand do you use, how you tension your pedals, etc...I personally use a Pearl p-202 double pedal, and tension the springs very loosely.I canīt understand how someone can play fast doublebass patterns with the springs tensioned tightly.I know Nick Menza of Megadeth does this. Also, are there a lot of drummers here who only use traditional(military)grip?I use it when I play jazz, since it doesnīt require much volume but I find it really difficult to play hard with a traditional grip.Doesnīt Mark Zonder play with a trad.grip? -Vilzu- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 21:51:07 +1000 From: Graham Boyle To: "email_address_removed" Subject: Xmas CD NO SPOILERS Message-ID: Hey the CD arrived today, it is great, a big thanks to Neil, Denis, Steffan and most of all to Mike Portnoy for his hard work in putting the CD's contents together. And what do you know, there is stuff in the fanzine that I haven't seen on the jam, 'proof is in the eating' as one might say :) Fingers crossed DT make it downunder this year graham ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 12:11:41 GMT+1 From: Kyrre Trohjell To: email_address_removed Subject: March 1st Show! Message-ID: Just bought tickets, and we're a couple of people coming to Oslo. Will probably spend the week-end! I am so EXCITED!!!!! (Jammere fra Vestlandet/Bergen som reiser?) Later! Kyrre ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 13:58:02 -0200 (EDT) From: Daniel Vasconcelos Gomes To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 3415 Message-ID: Hey, I recently got a cd from a band called NOCET. They're (as Angra) a prog metal band, but IMO a bit superior to Angra. ((I also played some of their songs on Iparty to Mosh and Gaz, ask them about :)) Their harmonies and melodies reminds me old DT (WDADU and I&W), Fates Warning. And the singer is very good too. Their songs are full of time changes, odd signatures, while they have some wild guitars, with some Holdsworth/vai solos. The keyboardist is quite good too, he does not only add atmospheric chords on the music. I was really surprised with this band, because I thought all of our brazilian prog metal bands followed Angra' style, Nocet though, it's not a Heavy metal band with some progressive elements like Angra.I'd even say that they're as good as Enchant, Shadow gallery, imo. seeya Daniel _______________________________________________________________________ ************************************************************* * Daniel V.Gomes (aka Aragorn) * * email:email_address_removed.br * * email_address_removed * * homepage:http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8551 * * "The price for the new, it's the end of the order" * * (Marcelo Gleiser) * ************************************************************* _______________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 10:10:51 -0500 From: Matthew Robbins-McDaniel To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: DT on the radio Message-ID: > > >>Pardon me, but, IMO, it is a completely different situation, > > >>feeling when you hear songs from your favorite (or top 10 favorites, for > > >>that matter) on the radio and when you put the CD in your player. > > > > You're right. There's the static, the dj's stupid comments, them cutting it > > off at the end... > > C'mon, you did understood what I meant on my original post. Being > so strict doesn't win you anything. There's no contest being run here. C'mon, yourself Roger. Why is it that you can post in disagreement with someone, but anyone who disagrees with you is being too strict? You said you can't just listen to the CD 'cause your car doesn't have a player. Fine, I can understand that. Does it have a tape deck? Ever heard of dubbing? If it doesn't at least have a tape deck, all I can say is: Hitch a ride into the 20th century, before you get run over by the New Millennium! =) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 09:20:15 -0700 From: "Brian J. Ketelsen" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Subject: Fate's Warning (NO DTC) Message-ID: <000d01bd1abe$f8cd8990$message_id_removed> I finally broke out the Chasing Time cd I bought last summer and started listening to it because of all the FW content on the 'Jam lately. Some of the stuff is really good, but some of it sounds too much like 80's metal. Can a dedicated Fate's fan tell me which songs come from which albums so I can gauge what albums I can safely buy? Thanks, BrianK ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 12:44:17 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Carlos Alfaro) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Fate's Warning (NO DTC) Message-ID: Brian J. Ketelsen wrote: > I finally broke out the Chasing Time cd I bought last summer and started > listening to it because of all the FW content on the 'Jam lately. Some of > the stuff is really good, but some of it sounds too much like 80's metal. > Can a dedicated Fate's fan tell me which songs come from which albums so I > can gauge what albums I can safely buy? > > Thanks, > > BrianK i havent seen my chasing time cd in a while but, doesnt it say so on the liner notes??? In the stream of consciousness There is a river crying Living comes much easier Once we admit , We're dying. Dream Theater: Lines in the Sand http://premium.caribe.net/~calfaro mailto:email_address_removed mailto:email_address_removed Universal Internet Number (ICQ) 1254229 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 12:05:51 -0700 From: "woot" To: Subject: whumpa, whumpa, duh duh duh weeeeeeeeweeeee! Message-ID: <001101bd1ad6$1f3173a0$message_id_removed> >Not to be confused with You Nor Me, which in predicate would determine >that >the song would be absolutely pointless, because if it ain't about your n= or >me, then who is it about and why should we care? Was the song pointless >to >begin with? What is James singing? Napalm my back? Ship on my >should= er? >Did Mike get stuck on top of the ferris wheel and pee his pants? hahaha= h. >I'm bored. Welcome me back with open flames. :) I probably missed >mor= e >than I should have. Welcome me back with open flames. :) > >The Most Frequent Poster hath returned, brothers! >The Noble Washburn Ecksthrey, Master Swordsman. uh oh. grab the kids guys Chuck's back. Stupid Idaho jammers... I completely agree that TWIUTB is classic DT. It's my fave FII bside at = the moment. Now if they'd only release WAYN. I recently received the 2 CD set of the 12/3/97 DT show. It gives me a pretty good idea of what I missed since DT cancelled the SLC show. KJ was really on that night. I suggest that everyone look up Marcel and get this thing. I also got 4 more Billy Mclaughlin CDs. I realize I plug this guy too much but he just kicks too much butt. one of the CDs was him with his band and he's the singer too. He sounds somewhere between Sting and Bob Marley. Kinda similar to Stevey Vai. If anyone plays UO email me! It rolls down stairs It comes not in pairs Runs over your neighbor's foot. It's great for a snack And fits on your back It's woot! woot! woot! woot=99 from Blammo!=AE ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 15:23:34 -0500 From: Jason Birzer To: email_address_removed Subject: VA Plates Message-ID: >* What's the deal with the excess of wacky personalized license plates in >VA? One of my favorite ones was a long white sedan reading "NANNIES" >(driven by -- you guessed it -- Katherine Hepburn and Jessica Tandy). Well >that's who they looked like! :) They had a little "pep in their step" as >they dared to drag with us. But this Honda wasn't about to surrender to >NANNIES!!!! Virginians just have more personality than anyone else. We aren't afraid to show it. :^) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason Birzer There is a theory which states that if anyone "The Longshot" discovers what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be email_address_removed replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened -Douglas Adams --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 16:14:00 -0500 From: "Tedesco, Matthew" To: email_address_removed Subject: event of a lifetime? / setlists Message-ID: from David Plotkim: >I have no doubt that there are others on this list who witnessed the show >that can offer a much more detailed account of the historic event that took >place on Sunday. Wow... melodrama! =) from Mark: >I totally agree with Mark Metzgar that DT should spice up their set list. Just a thought on this... maybe DT sticks to the same set list (for the most part) because they're music is extremely complex and tight, without much room for improv or error. I couldn't possibly imagine having to work up that entire catalog to play, so maybe they work up the songs for the tour, make sure those are precise and perfect, and don't vary much. Just a possibility... --MATt ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 3416 **************************