YTSEJAM Digest 4077 Today's Topics: 1) Re: Scientific shit by "Ernesto Lotitto" 2) Re: live album packaging by email_address_removed 3) Rippin' off by "Ernesto Lotitto" 4) Geetars... by "Andrew Forcier" 5) Explorers Club at Magna Carta by "Braun, Randall (CAP, ITS, US)" 6) new album packaging by "Alex Smith" 7) classical music by "Alex Smith" 8) LiveConcerts.com Show by "Bill Barry" 9) Re: PISSING ME OFF!!! by Digital Man 10) Re: Streams of Consciousness???, plus new thread "hypocrisy" by Rick Audet 11) Re: YTSEJAM digest 4076 by Lars Hellsten 12) New Live Album by Andy 13) Live album by Andy 14) Re Scientific Experiment by Brien Denis O 15) Re: YTSEJAM digest 4075 by "Richard A. Rivera" 16) X-Japan by "Tetsu Hamanaka" 17) Questions n stuff by Christopher Steidel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 15:20:19 PDT From: "Ernesto Lotitto" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Scientific shit Message-ID: >From: "Scott Sturdivant" >Subject: Scientific Experiment > >OK yall, I'm sure you've all heard about the experiments that were >done that proved that children who grew up under the influence of >classical music were slightly more intellectually capable than children >raised on "normal" music. So I was thinking...why could this be? >And I came to the conclusion that it must have to do with the >complexity of the music itself. Which leads me to my thesis. Prog is >undoubtedly quite complex, so...I think we should organize a little >experiment... Anyone who plans on having a kid or is in the process >of raising one, let em listen ONLY to prog. And then, have another >kid, and play them Green Day. Then in ten years, compare the two >kids and then post your findings. Jeez! That's just what I've been doin' for the past five years, but with MY PARENTS. My mom's the one with Green Day and my dad's the one with DT... And I must say that my Dad's a lot smarter that my mom.... Thank you Dream Theater, now I know how I'm going to raise my kids! Ernesto >Anyway, there's my wonderful idea. Yeah, shit like this happens >when im tired :) > >Scott Sturdivant Now, I'm REALLY tired AND bored!!! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 17:28:31 -0500 (CDT) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: live album packaging Message-ID: <> If it isnt, just do what I do. Get a 2 CD case taht fits a single slot (some CD stores sell them, if not, just use one from a double CD you're not currently listening to :-) take the backing behind the CD, then take the bookelt from inside. Put the backing of the album in the back, and the booklet in the front (like normal CDs) and thats it. Thats what I did with the remastered Pink Floyd the Wall CD I bought. Now its in a less cumbersome case while still retaining the conveinience of alphabetically sorted CDs :) Matt "chuckles wants REAL eggs." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 15:41:26 PDT From: "Ernesto Lotitto" To: email_address_removed, email_address_removed Subject: Rippin' off Message-ID: Hi again!!! I just noticed how cool Christian P Kremo's signature is (-C#), and I figured out I can do the same thing, only mine would be a non-existing note (yes, it is a such rip-off, but what the hell, I like the idea!). Christian, I hope I count with your approval. ;) -E# ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 19:16:03 -0400 From: "Andrew Forcier" To: Subject: Geetars... Message-ID: Hello, To the fellow who just bought himself a Brian Moore: all the power to you. If you love it, fuck the price. At least you didn't buy it for some artist's name, you bought it for the luthier's name. It really offends me to see that Gibson is making signature model Les Pauls (Jimmy Page, Ace Frehley). Wasn't the whole point that they were Les Paul's guitar? Then again, my dream guitar is my Ibanez JS6000, formerly known as the Radius model . Take heart in the fact that not only are you getting your dream guitar, but that its being custom made FOR YOU. And thanks to the guy who posted the link to one of the original Washburn N4s. But I'm curious. It says its in new condition, but the pickups are different from what I remember seeing on other N4s. Is this just me? I don't remember seeing a blade pickup in the bridge. So now I must move on to the next guitar territory to be conquered. I have my amp of choice (for my price range), my axe of choice, now I have to save up for that Replifex! I can feel the drool oozing from the corner of my mouth... Stodgers is a long way from guitar heaven but is enjoying the view on his journey there... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 19:20:57 -0400 From: "Braun, Randall (CAP, ITS, US)" To: "'email_address_removed'" Cc: "'email_address_removed'" Subject: Explorers Club at Magna Carta Message-ID: Quoth: Looking forward to Explorer's Club release... I thought it would pretty well be common knowledge by now that you can already get EXPLORERS CLUB "AGE OF IMPACT" direct from Magna Carta: http://www.magnacarta.net/magcar19.htm I've had mine for several weeks already-JP kicks big A on shred -Randall sent: 7/17/98 4:13 PM PDT Randall Braun - Configuration Services GE Capital ITS, West. Region. Dist. Ctr., Tulare, CA Phone (209) 685-4508 * FAX (209) 688-6696 email: email_address_removed **"There always comes a time when you do what you want to do. You know you shouldn't do it, but you do it anyway..." from 'Paragons of Innocence' by Savatage (Romans 7:15-21)** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 16:22:13 -0700 From: "Alex Smith" To: "YTSEJAM" Subject: new album packaging Message-ID: <01bdb1d9$baf6d4c0$message_id_removed> as long as the CDs aren't packaged in one of those digipaks, who cares if they're in a thick or slimline jewel? if they're in a thick, buy an empty slimlime case. i always buy one when I buy thick doubles. then again, DT and friends could save me an extra $1.79 by giving us a slimline :-). Alex Smith email_address_removed http://www.azstarnet.com/~bacchus/rush/ "Out for my own, out to be free One with my mind, they just can't see No need to hear things that they say Life is for my own to live my own way See them try to bring the hammer down No damn chains can hold me to the ground." -Metallica ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 16:24:47 -0700 From: "Alex Smith" To: "YTSEJAM" Subject: classical music Message-ID: <01bdb1da$16c2e460$message_id_removed> hey, I was raised on classical music mostly (mozart, beethoven, philip glass) and kraftwerk (!?) so that's why i'm so sophisicated ;-). maybe it's also why girls don't like me..... NP: Beastie Boys "Hello Nasty" (bought yesterday and hasn't left my CD player yet!) Alex Smith email_address_removed http://www.azstarnet.com/~bacchus/rush/ "Out for my own, out to be free One with my mind, they just can't see No need to hear things that they say Life is for my own to live my own way See them try to bring the hammer down No damn chains can hold me to the ground." -Metallica ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 16:39:06 -0700 From: "Bill Barry" To: Subject: LiveConcerts.com Show Message-ID: <000001bdb1dc$16a6e600$message_id_removed> Hi All, What's up with last Wednesday's re-broadcast of the DT show over liveconcerts.com? I had an awesome feed with awesome sound which I was recording...then the bastards stop the transmission after LitS! I was hoping to get the whole show...not just half!!! I missed the original broadcast back in May...was that also 1/2 of the show back then? Or did they decide to cut this short for no particular reason? Just curious..... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 20:02:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Digital Man To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: PISSING ME OFF!!! Message-ID: One thousand monkeys in Kevin's basement typed: > So, now we have shitheads bitching about what the newest DT 2cd live > case will come in? F**k the packaging, you F**king Assholes! We all understand your sexual frustration, Kevin, but is the hole in the middle of the CD *really* big enough for you? Wow. I suppose you'd rather people talk about soccer than a Dream Theater album on a Dream Theater mailing list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.dreamt.org/d-man \__U_/ He's a digital man" -Peart ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 20:23:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick Audet To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Streams of Consciousness???, plus new thread "hypocrisy" Message-ID: On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, TheCowGod wrote: > You obviously haven't read his page recently (if you're sending him money, > you sohuld probably check in once in a while). just correcting a few things > - some of the things you described are un purpose. not to cut corners. Actually, I have. I read the front page, but until today, not the FAQ. Your points raised here brought my attention to the FAQ. Thanks. > >Fine. Let's streamline the operation by not even clipping out the liners > >from the 8 1/2 x 11 paper it was printed on and just stuff them > > this is because some people in some foreign countries the CD cases come in > slightly different dimensions, or something like that, and since an uncut > liner can always be cut, but not vice versa, he opted to do the thing which > accomodates everyone. I've never heard of this before, though it may be true. Can anyone confirm this ? (asked out loud to the crowd) I request that you point me specifically to where on Mr. Bahr's site this is stated, because I can't find it. Further, he knows my mailing address is in the USA. We use standard sized CD cases over here. That's okay, I can clip it out myself. "Some assembly required" :) And while I'm at it, I guess I'll head out to the store and pick up a 2CD jewel box. > >right ? Sure. And let's streamline the whole process a little more by not > >cleanly editing/fading/etc the audio at the beginning and end of each CD > > this is also un purpose (how the hell is that supposed to be spelled, > anyway? and what does it mean? un purpose means without purpose, which > might be better used for things done by accident than un purpose. i'm > probly just spelling it wrong. anyways...), "On purpose", to mean "for a reason". > so that in the (near) future > when larger media becomes available, people can record both CDs to one i > dunno, DVD or whatever and it'll play fine, instead of having the dropout > in the middle of the show. read mike's page, he explains it better than i > do. the rest, i have no comment on, maybe he'll reply. Well this makes sense, but again, I can't find it on his site. I've read so far as the front page with all the big news about the mail thefts and Melissa's supposed rejoin with the "company" (you could never tell because she doesn't reply to email either) and the FAQ. I don't see this "in anticipation of larger-capacity media" thingy. The closest thing I've found is where it says in the FAQ "[all] discs are gapless" without an explanation why. I wonder if the new live DT album will have abrupt edits between the two discs in anticipation of larger-capapcity media in the future. Somehow I doubt that. However, this does not address the issue of my comment about "simple signal processing" in my previous post. It would be a snap to clean up all those nasty clicks and pops in the recording. It's no big deal, but the message it sends to me is that no pride is taken in the craftmanship of his work... at least not anymore. > don't worry, i'm > owed a Bahr CD too. i'm impartial. not defending, though not attacking. Moo. Meow. ------- Here's something else that comes to mind. Mike recently discontinued selling CDR's of Kevin Moore's "Music Meant To Be Heard" because "the material is now available on the Chromakey album." Alright. Let's wander over to Mike's list of Currently Available Unauthorized CD's located at http://www.goodnet.com/~durnik/master.html and we see: Dream Theater "Instrumental II". Isn't this a collection of demos that are now available legitimately, exactly the same way the MMTBH demos are ? So why discontinue one and not the other ? Is this hypocrisy, or am I misunderstanding something ? Discuss. :) Rick Audet San Francisco ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 20:31:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Lars Hellsten To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 4076 Message-ID: Pat Sullivan wrote: > > Remember, kids usually listen to > > different music than their parents. Or you might have another scenario > > where raising a kid on prog will turn him into a computer science Star > > Trek geek who reads the ytsejam every hour of every day of the week. > > Hey, I resemble that remark! :) Wow - if this is at all true, no wonder I'm such a fucking geek! :) (I can't stand Star Trek though... I just don't get what's good about that show at all, same with the X-Files, Babylon-5, etc.) I won't say I was brought up on classical music, but I certainly had a lot of exposure to it. I'd thought of this before, but didn't realize it might actually be true. I don't think my parents really had much influence on my musical tastes though. Aside from the classical stuff, there's nothing they listen to that I can stand. (And believe it or not my dad started listening to country a few years ago... he still only listens to it in his car, but you can imagine the shock when I found out! I thought about changing my last name, or even killing myself! :) ) Lars Hellsten - U(Waterloo) CS/Pure Math "Linux: Because a PC is a terrible thing to waste." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 20:57:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Andy To: email_address_removed Subject: New Live Album Message-ID: Did I miss a post from Mike Portnoy about the title and, maybe track listing, of the new live album? If such a post lives could someone forward it to me?......thanks!! andy Andrew Miller email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 21:09:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Andy To: email_address_removed Subject: Live album Message-ID: Disreguard the last post, I got the info....but!, Are all the songs from the Electric show or are some from the acoustic show? Thanks....andy Andrew Miller email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 18:14:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Brien Denis O To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re Scientific Experiment Message-ID: Hey all I introduced my son to DT when he was 6. He grew to really get into the music, howling along to CiaW and IF at the top of his lungs! Then he asked me to play Operation Mindcrime one day. That has now become his #1 request. I try to limit his exposure due to the rather dark subject matter (he is 10 now, and the questions never stop!) Iron Maiden soon followed, along with Rush and many of the other classics. On his own he has discovered the Spice Girls and much of the other pop currently out (Matchbox 20, Ben Folds 5, etc.) I don't own ANY of this stuff. He gets turned on to it by other kids at school. My point is that we can introduce our kids to any kind of music, and if it is of an enduring quality (DT, QR, Rush, etc) it will likely become part of their own music libraries as they get older. We've ALL got some flash in the pan DOGS in our collections, which I feel helps to contrast against the music that truly moves us. What we like may be subjective, but it is useful to have a point of reference from what we DON'T like. On music and intelligence: my son has been reading well beyond his grade level from the start. His current top request? LTE! Rock on, Little Man! -D ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 21:33:46 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard A. Rivera" To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 4075 Message-ID: On Fri, 17 Jul 1998 email_address_removed wrote: > > P.S.-Sorry about this post, but people who grip about getting what they > complain for and then complaining about it really bother me! What about people complaining about what other people are complaining about? :) Richie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 19:15:03 PDT From: "Tetsu Hamanaka" To: email_address_removed Cc: email_address_removed Subject: X-Japan Message-ID: Hello, Jammers! =) First of all, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Tetsu Hamanaka! I am staying Honolulu, but originally coming from Hiroshima, Japan. After I graduated from Leeward Community College (under the University of Hawaii system), I am working at Hawaii Yacht Charters and Tour company. Recently I started subscribing Ytsejam mailing lists. I enjoy reading people's opinions on various bands and topics on anything. But I am kind of fed up with sports topic, too. But It is interesting to see people's taste on every subject. I usually make my comments on Shadow Gallery, e-prog, Perpetual Motion (not recently, but I will come back soon because I had so many e-mails friends....). Next time, I am going to put my favorite bands. But let me say something about X-Japan.... >Okay, here's the skinny -- X (Japanaese Band) and X-Japan are the same >band -- X nearly got sued over name issues from the American band X, As Matt said about changing the name, X-Japan was kind of very popular heavy metal band. It is very rare because most Japanese listeners think Japanese Heavy Metal band is very stupid (no IQ). That is pretty sad, but Japanese loyal HR/HM fans usually care American/European bands,such as Metallica, Megadeth, Yngwie Malmsteen, Mr.Big, Helloween, and of course, Dream Theater. Sadly, such fans do not like X-Japan. X-Japan was very popular, but their fans are almost Girls and some hardcore fans. But most HR/HM listeners hated X-Japan. In fact, I did not like their looking before. Their looking is kind of punkish and crazy looking and outfit. However, after they changed the name, their music is also polished along with their hard rock looking. Still they made up too much like Poison and Warrant, nevertheless, they started having their original sounding. Well, X-Japan is definately influenced by Melodic Speed Metal like Helloween along with Loudness, Kiss, and so on IMO. And then They feature lots of Piano playing such as Longing, Forever Love, and Endless Rain (it really sonds like Beatles and Savatage...) > >Vanishing Vision >Blue Blood >Art of Life >Jealousy >Singles >Dahlia >LiveLiveLive >and the single Forever Love for the anime X (no relation to the band other >than name) I think your discography sounds fine. I guess they had one more earlier album, but it sounds very horrible. Still they were not professional band..... But after they released Kurenai (Fire), they got polished up. Esp. I was amazed when I listened to Blue Blood.... Later, they got contract with Atlantic Record (It is amazing since Loudness and EZO....) If you like Dahlia, you might like Rusty Nail. Industial sounding meets Modern Speed Metal. I think some people already know that Hide commited suicide. Hide made his new project called Zelchi (featuing some members from Killing Joke, Prong, and so on). After X-Japan broke up, Hide is the only member who got No.1 hit Rocket Dive (that is single). Before he died he released two singles, then all went to No.1. I do not like other singles too much, it reminds me of Stabbing Westward and Gravity Kills. However, Rocket Dive is my favorite song. May he rest in Peace, Hide. If someone is curious about X-Japan, I have a Japanese rock magazine which features X-japan, so I can trade for something. I like all kinds of great and cool music. Such as, Progressive music, HR/HM, Jazz, Classical Music, and so on. Please keep in touch. Tetsu Hamanaka np:Bad Moon Rising "Full Moon Fever" (Doug Aldrich and Kal Swan's Hard Rock band which reminds me of Whitesnake and Blue Murder a little bit) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 22:48:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Steidel To: email_address_removed Subject: Questions n stuff Message-ID: A bit of advice to you guys, never go without checking ytse-mail for over 3 weeks. Spending three days reading 1150 messages blows dead horse. Any way: A) What's a Taurus pedal? As sad as it is, my band's setlist is half Rush and I havn't a clue what there are. I know Liefson and Peart aren't stepping on a bull's ass, so can someone enlighten me? B) Input wanted: I'm planning on selling my RG550 and buying a Jackson KE-2 (the one like Friedman's only nicer?) Think $1395 is a decent price? (for the Jackson) C) Yes, there is DTC! In the band photos on ACOS, Mike Portnoy has a katakana "ki" with an extention bar after it tatooed over his flaming heart tatoo. What does he have written there? (Yes, you have a very bored Nihongo student in your prescence) Thanks in advance. -Chris Steidel- ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 4077 **************************