YTSEJAM Digest 3975 Today's Topics: 1) boots by Chris Oates 2) My responses are... by Christopher Ptacek 3) advertisement in a local pape by "James C. Shields" 4) Sava' and 'Ryche by "David M. Campbell" 5) Re: Sava' and 'Ryche by email_address_removed (Carlos Alfaro) 6) Re: Good shows... by Adam Pye 7) Email problems by Mark Bredius 8) Re: Good shows... by Matt Johnston 9) Save the Graham! by "KorgX3" 10) The Beard by "Thomas Forcier" 11) LTE Review and CD on a magazine? by email_address_removed.ar 12) New Prog Rock Band !!! by Dave 13) Re: Save the Graham! by email_address_removed (Dr. Mosh) 14) Re: The Beard by Lisa Marie 15) Re: LTE Review and CD on a magazine? by Andrew Embler 16) Re: YTSEJAM digest 3974 by email_address_removed 17) Info... by email_address_removed.au (Paul Dyer) 18) RE: YTSEJAM digest 3974 by "Geoff Stephens" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 11:22:44 -0700 From: Chris Oates To: email_address_removed Subject: boots Message-ID: I only have one thing to say, and it's a general comment on those who feel that "boots hurt the band" (old boot-related topic, but it's come up again) If it weren't for bootlegs, we would not have A Change of Seasons. Period. Because of the number of boots out there with the original version of the song, there were enough people to sign the petition so the band could record it. I completely fail to see how the band was hurt by this. ~Chris __ /\ __ Chris Oates: email_address_removed __\/__\/__ +---- \_||_/ | "Still awake, I continue to move along, cultivating my | ./__||__\ | own nonsense" -Dream Theater, "Trial of Tears" | // \ | \\ ----+ \| http://www2.ucsc.edu/people/aspect/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 13:25:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Christopher Ptacek To: email_address_removed Subject: My responses are... Message-ID: Going provate on this one with Jonny Jon Jon. That way, you can all smile and eat Cheerios and wait for the coming of the dark ones to a neighborhood near you. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 13:28:41 -0500 From: "James C. Shields" To: email_address_removed Subject: advertisement in a local pape Message-ID: Cameron is Matt Cameron from Soundgarden. He's actually a damn good drummer, and Soundgarden was one of the best alternative/grunge bands of the 90's, in my opinion (and you must all agree with my opinion, which is actually a fact, or suffer the consequences!) James C. Shields Undergraduate University of Texas at Austin =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Spread before you is your soul So forever hold the dreams within our hearts Through Nature's inflexible grace I'm Learning to live Dream Theater "Learning to Live" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 14:39:48 -0400 (EDT) From: "David M. Campbell" To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Sava' and 'Ryche Message-ID: "Dead Winter Dead" is indeed a great concept album. But musically and structurally, it is far short of Queensryche's "Operation: Mindcrime." The emotion that Tate puts into the vocals are nothing short of stunning, and the guitar work and moods of the songs are chilling. Listen to "Suite Sister Mary" or "Waiting for 22" for examples of this. The story flows musically so well, to the point where it almost seems as if it is not fiction but rather real. I regard Operation Mindcrime as one of hard rock's finest albums ever, and I don't believe there will ever be a parallel. Dave ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 14:56:53 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Carlos Alfaro) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Sava' and 'Ryche Message-ID: David M. Campbell wrote: > "Dead Winter Dead" is indeed a great concept album. But musically and > structurally, it is far short of Queensryche's "Operation: Mindcrime." > The emotion that Tate puts into the vocals are nothing short of stunning, > and the guitar work and moods of the songs are chilling. Listen to "Suite > Sister Mary" or "Waiting for 22" for examples of this. The story flows > musically so well, to the point where it almost seems as if it is not > fiction but rather real. I regard Operation Mindcrime as one of hard > rock's finest albums ever, and I don't believe there will ever be a > parallel. > > Dave I guess thats right.. but still... now having heard Edge of thorns, Handful of Rain, Streets, DWD and specially The Wake OF maGEllan... i have to say that aside from streets ( i just cant get over his vocals, dont get me wrong i love his work on Dwd and TWOM doing 2 songs on each, but i cant take oliva singing songs like A little to far and others ) DWD is their weakest effort.... (from the ones i listed above) and TWOM being their best... but i guess thats just IMO. But i think everyone would agree that for someone whos never heard the 'tage TWOM is the one to start with! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 16:10:58 -0400 From: Adam Pye To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Good shows... Message-ID: >Then of course the four HFTH tour shows, 12/27 thru 30, 1995, and the >Fix for 96 shows. Every single '95 show and nearly every '96 show is >worth having as there are subtle nuances unique to each and they're the >only dates from those years. The best '95 show I've heard, as far as performance goes, is the 10/26/95 Osaka, Japan show on the ACOS mini-tour. I've never heard a better full ACOS from James and it includes the rare (at least since early in the Awake tour) Innocence Faded and Surrounded - both excellent versions. It also has some cool improv stuff from JP and DS. Sound quality on my copy is a B+. As far as other excellent boots go, my favorites include these: 6/8/92 New York - One of the first (if not the first) LaBrie shows with the band. Nothing spectacular, but a good collectors (if there are any true collectors anymore) boot. 3/4/93 New York - The famous Limelight show. One of the best versions of the original ACOS (tho' there are better ones on other much rarer boots) and Eve w/ samples. Alot of people seem to think this was the only time they played the original ACOS live. There were actually at least 5 times that I've seen (mostly in Europe). 9/9/94 LA - Just a 45 minute set, but interesting for Jordan Rudess on keys and pre-Awake versions of alot of Awake tunes. James is superb... Sound quality is pretty sad. 11/18/94 Houston - Excellent Awake show, and not one of the common/generic (IMO) Awake CD boots released by bootlegging companies that everyone and their mother has (ie, 1/24/95 Tokyo or Tap the Rockies which aren't nearly as good). Good sound and an excellent Voices. 12/29/95 Birch Hell - The classic recorded by fellow (ex?)Ytsejammer Brian Cox. Excessively bassy when converted to analog (as many DAT masters are), but an excellent show nonetheless. Scarred! 4/16/97 Tilberg - First ToT and even tho' James' voice was tired that night he pulled it off flawlessly. Amazing even tho' James got into it with the crowd some (they got sick of the same setlist 6 nights in a row except for ToT)... But shitty sound quality - very low levels. 12/16/97 Atlanta - Excellent sound quality (mine's off the DAT master) and the first time DT visited my home town since the I&W tour. My first DT show, as well. 1/2/98 Hartford - You Not Me, electric Silent Man, JLMB -> Lie, Metrop w/ Smoke on the Water - Nothing particularly spectacular (except TSM), but one of my favorites anyway. 1/10/98 Kanagawa (Japan) - Noteworthy for good sound (Mine's 1st gen off DAT master) and for Nicky Lemmons appearance. Also, the weirdest Ytsejam I've heard. It's not the Fasten Your Seatbelts version, but they play several parts of it in totally different time than the original. I'm not sure if it was intentional (DT fuck up?! Say it ain't so!), but it makes this tape unique. 1/16/98 Tokyo - Scarred, Speak to Me (first time I bleeve), Japan debut (and only one AFAIK) of Nightmare Cinema. Excellent sound. Mine's 1st gen off the Minidisc master. There it is - The Adam's Notes guide to a few bootlegs. :) The best thing about most of these is that you can't buy them. You actually have to break down and do some honest trading. You actually have to assume some musical (as opposed to financial) responsibility and search them out - like bootlegging should be. Take care all! __________________________________________________ Adam Pye (Alpine/Alpineone/Alpione) alpineone(-at-)mindspring.com ICQ: 9382967 http://www.mindspring.com/~alpineone/tapelist.html ^ Above URL for bootlist w/ setlists __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 22:47:23 +0200 From: Mark Bredius To: "'Ytsejam'" , "'Freaks mailinglist'" Subject: Email problems Message-ID: Hey kids, If any of you emailed me since Friday, please mail me again. My Internet Service Provider "GlobalXS" has been trying to migrate to a new network... They sent out a letter with new passwords last week. Except, there was one slight problem... The morons sent them to the wrong addresses... This means someone else has been able to get my email. I'm already missing four Ytsejams and three Freaks digests, so heaven only knows what else I missed. :-/ I also haven't been able to get online for the last two days because of this... They simply blocked all accounts and waited for people to call the helpdesk... I spent five hours on hold over the last two days. So if you've been wondering why I haven't updated UACM, that's why. If you're Dutch and looking for a new Provider, don't say I didn't warn you about "GlobalXS". Mark Bredius ____________________________________________________________ Dream Theater - Under A Cyber Moon E-mail: email_address_removed * http://www.prognosis.com/dream * Last updated: Today ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 14:07:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Johnston To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Good shows... Message-ID: On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Adam Pye wrote: >There it is - The Adam's Notes guide to a few bootlegs. :) The best thing >about most of these is that you can't buy them. You actually have to break >down and do some honest trading. You actually have to assume some musical >(as opposed to financial) responsibility and search them out - like >bootlegging should be. Take care all! Cool! Would you do a 2-for-1 trade? See, I have no boots to trade, and would love to trade boots eventually (my setup is almost complete...) E-mail me privately if you're a trader and would do a 2-for-1 deal... > >__________________________________________________ >Adam Pye (Alpine/Alpineone/Alpione) >alpineone(-at-)mindspring.com ICQ: 9382967 >http://www.mindspring.com/~alpineone/tapelist.html >^ Above URL for bootlist w/ setlists >__________________________________________________ > --Matt --------------------------------------------------------------------- "I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died." -- Steven Wright --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:11:30 -0600 From: "KorgX3" To: Subject: Save the Graham! Message-ID: <004e01bd93eb$2fbf3660$280d84d0@korgx3> >Graham if you don't like Korn I don't care about it! >I just would some informations and not your fucking comments! >Where are you from Graham?? In the America? No, poor Graham lives in Thailand and is forced to work in a sweatshop that manufactures Addidas footwear. He is poor, destitute and blind and his only communication to the outside world is through a tin can with a string tied to the end of it. Once a week, some kind stranger enters his cell and relays information to him from this mailing list and replies for him in turn. His only entertainment is to receive information about a band called Dream Theater. He has never actually listened to them before, but his eternal dream is to experience their music just once before he dies. Graham is now 54 years old and is still confined to a small, dark cell where he is forced to sleep in a bed of his own fecies. The only thing he can ask is that people discuss Dream Theater here. I think for his sake, we should. If only I had the money, I would personally fly to Thailand and free this poor, old soul and make his dream a reality. They may have stolen his vision, but the beauty captured within DT's music is enough alone to shed light on a thousand, thousand worlds. >I thought that your country was the most free in the world >but if you talk with me in this way I think that isn't true!! After wading through its millions of laws, surlaws, bylaws, and taxes, America is still a free country. The guy openly flamed you in brought daylight, buddy! If that's not freedom I don't know what is! --KorgX3 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 18:04:32 -0400 From: "Thomas Forcier" To: Subject: The Beard Message-ID: Hey, Can anyone explain why, despite a May release date, I still can't get Spock's Beard at my local Mom & Pop CD store? These guys have Angra in stock, but can't get Spock's Beard's most recent. Oh, sure- they have the promo, but fat chance of them parting with that. :) Besides, the boys wouldn't see any of that $$... Also, any of you folks going to the Megadeth show at the Meadows in Hartford? Three years is too long for me to go without some 'Deth. Swifty!!! Swap v.1998 yet? Heheh... And on another note... B flat. Stodge has taken his Ritalin. ------------------------------ Date: 9 Jun 1998 19:08:48 GMT -0300 From: email_address_removed.ar To: email_address_removed Subject: LTE Review and CD on a magazine? Message-ID: Hi Jammers! I remember that someone tells to other jammers there was a review of LTE on a magazine and it was coming with a CD including unreleased tracks from LTE. Was that true? In which magazine and which month? Tnx in advance. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 18:22:36 -0400 From: Dave To: email_address_removed Subject: New Prog Rock Band !!! Message-ID: My drummer friend's name is Steve Tobin. He's been a loyal DT fan for the last 6 years. I'd like to mention that he's in a band called Black Mountain Shadow. Most of their music is progressive. He was in the February 97 issue of Modern Drummers's "On the Move" column, page 140 (the issue with Danny Carey on the cover). Please check it out. Also the guitar player (Mark Swicegood) has been in Guitar Player magazine twice in Mike Varney's column. Please check out their website at : http://www.mindspring.com/~t21music/willtheraincome.html There's a sound sample of one of their songs there. They've also just finished putting together a CD that will be available very soon. Please contact me if interested. These guys FUCKING ROCK !!! Zildjian NP: Galactic Cowboys ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:25:44 -0700 From: email_address_removed (Dr. Mosh) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Save the Graham! Message-ID: Before proofreading..., "KorgX3" said: > >>Graham if you don't like Korn I don't care about it! >>I just would some informations and not your fucking comments! >>Where are you from Graham?? In the America? > >No, poor Graham lives in Thailand and is forced to work in a sweatshop that >manufactures Addidas footwear. He is poor, destitute and blind and his only No, that's BOOTwear... >forced to sleep in a bed of his own fecies. The only thing he can ask is >that people discuss Dream Theater here. I think for his sake, we should. >If only I had the money, I would personally fly to Thailand and free this >poor, old soul and make his dream a reality. They may have stolen his That would only disorient him, he can barely handle the music of DT, if he knew there was a whole prog/progmetal world out there, I think he would become a hermit... oh... I guess he is already... >>I thought that your country was the most free in the world >>but if you talk with me in this way I think that isn't true!! > >After wading through its millions of laws, surlaws, bylaws, and taxes, >America is still a free country. The guy openly flamed you in brought >daylight, buddy! If that's not freedom I don't know what is! Anything non-prog should be outlawed, it is the only way we as humans can evolve. > >--KorgX3 --KorgX4 -- "Right from the start I've fallen. Slow motion I try to scream. Nobody hears the muted cries. Dreams are crashing from side to side..." -Living in Fear, Dali's Dilemma. http://progmetal.gmsnet.com ----> email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 15:30:27 -0700 From: Lisa Marie To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: The Beard Message-ID: Thomas Forcier wrote: > > Hey, > Can anyone explain why, despite a May release date, I still can't get > Spock's Beard at my local Mom & Pop CD store? Because they are slackers? The Kindness of Strangers is available from Metal Blade now, so they just have to order it... ask them. Neal Morse announced just this morning that Metal Blade is definitely picking up the option to distribute The Light and Beware Of Darkness, so soon they should all be available in your finer CD stores everywhere! :o) Lisa Marie "Jessie" email_address_removed http://home.pacbell.net/ytsegirl _________________________________________ THOUGHTS - The Spock's Beard Mailing List http://www.dreamt.org/spocksbeard/ _________________________________________ The #Ytse Mirror - #ytsejam news & gossip http:/www.dreamt.org/ytsemirror/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 98 15:32:39 -0700 From: Andrew Embler To: "A daily dose of Ytsejam..." Subject: Re: LTE Review and CD on a magazine? Message-ID: >I remember that someone tells to other jammers there was a review >of LTE on a magazine and it was coming with a CD including unreleased >tracks from LTE. Was that true? >In which magazine and which month? Modern Drummer's July 98 issue, with Ricky Lawson on the cover, contains a Prog '98 section with their other CD reviews. In this section, they review the Liquid Tension Experiment, Spock's Beard: The Kindness of Strangers, and Mike Keneally and Beer For Dolphins: Sluggo. LTE gets a 4/5, SB gets a 4/5, and MK&BFD gets a 5/5 (wow!) Of course, this is mostly from a drumming standpoint. I could post either of the articles if someone would like me to, either in private email or on the jam. I thought someone already posted the LTE review, but that might just have been a product of me not getting enough sleep lately. :) As for the CD, I believe you're referring to MD Hot Trax, which I believe can only be ordered, not found at a newsstand (I could be mistaken.) It's a CD which contains many different clips, including Terry Bozzio (I believe this is something from Black Light Syndrome), Mike Portnoy in "an exclusive duet with Tony Levin." Vinny Colaiuta, Dave Lombardo, Virgil Donato, and others. They are $11.95 each. You might be able to order this through moderndrummer.com, but I'm not sure. Hope this helps. By the way, for anyone who hasn't heard, MP was voted #1 in the progressive rock category in the 1998 MD Reader Poll, beating out players such as Carter Beauford and Terry Bozzio. And his performance on Falling Into Infinity was voted the #1 recorded performance. Big round of applause! Andrew +-------------------------------------------------------+ |Andrew Embler : .<>. email_address_removed .<>.| |W e b s i t e : http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~aembler/ | +-------------------------------------------------------+ Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. -FZ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 18:59:10 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 3974 Message-ID: hey all, signed back on to the 'jam yesterday, and i noticed that it seems that although this list is named after and supposedly dedicated to Dream Theater, maybe 1/3 of the posts are related to the band and their music......any ideas as to why this is happening? i'm not a part of the whole mike bahr flame war or whatever and it kind of sucks that there isn't much else to read on this list. please, some real DT jammin!!!!!!! -Nicole ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 12:14:53 -0700 From: email_address_removed.au (Paul Dyer) To: email_address_removed Subject: Info... Message-ID: Anyone got any info on Iron Saviour? I've heard it is a concept album with Thomen Whatshisname from Blind Guardian and Kai Hansen..... Any info would be appreciated and Private mail is fine..... Cheers Paul D P.S. Oh and to the guy who bagged Graham about his comments on Korn....Graham is from Australia and I believe he is away for a while....probably lucky for you because he has something of a sharp tongue and I don't think your comments would have been accepted well! :) P.P.S after all this i'm expecting an "Iron Saviour are shit...This is a DT list" post :) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 21:22:03 -0500 From: "Geoff Stephens" To: Subject: RE: YTSEJAM digest 3974 Message-ID: <000101bd9416$8e4acca0$message_id_removed> I totally agree! Seems like these days you can almost get more dt info = from alt.music.dream-theater...which is not much to say for this list. = I don't subscribe to this list to read crap that is totally unrelated to = dt. Granted, an occasional post of something interesting is not a = problem but I was thinking the same thing...about one third of the posts = are dt related. This sucks! > -----Original Message----- > From: email_address_removed [mailto:email_address_removed Behalf Of > email_address_removed > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 6:20 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 3974 >=20 >=20 >=20 > hey all, signed back on to the 'jam yesterday, and i noticed that it = seems > that although this list is named after and supposedly dedicated to = Dream > Theater, maybe 1/3 of the posts are related to the band and their > music......any ideas as to why this is happening? i'm not a part=20 > of the whole > mike bahr flame war or whatever and it kind of sucks that there isn't = much > else to read on this list. please, some real DT jammin!!!!!!! >=20 > -Nicole >=20 ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 3975 **************************