YTSEJAM Digest 4995

Today's Topics:

  1) what? new tea party!
 by Joshua Rasiel <email_address_removed>
  2) LTE2 <JP tone?>
 by "Outlander 99" <email_address_removed>
  3) Any jammers out ther from Zurich? Friedrichshafen? Frankfurt?
 by email_address_removed
  4) New album - stop it!
 by "Eddy Huism@n" <email_address_removed>
  5) Re: the nerve it takes
 by email_address_removed
  6) Intro
 by "Zeusz dA ReAl V0CalISt" <email_address_removed>
  7) Mini-Digest (4989)
 by "Zeusz dA ReAl V0CalISt" <email_address_removed>
  8) All will be revealed
 by email_address_removed
  9) Conception
 by email_address_removed
 10) Prog Rock Instrumental
 by "Lionel" <email_address_removed.sg>
 11) What a week
 by "Agar, Jonathan (CAP, EURO)" <email_address_removed>
 12) Re: Zombie guitar tones
 by Dale R Newberry <email_address_removed>
 13) RE:Metallica/selling out
 by Kurt Hampton <email_address_removed>
 14) Pantera
 by Justin James <email_address_removed>
 15) Metropolis 2
 by "Christopher W. Ptacek" <email_address_removed>

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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 04:40:43 -0400
From: Joshua Rasiel <email_address_removed>
To: email_address_removed
Subject: what? new tea party!
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>


>If people are out of stuff to talk about, there's a new Tea Party CD
out

That's the kind of news that I like to hear. All you people should look
'em up, you'll be glad you did. They're really good.

Korgie said:
>Nah.  Personally, I think one of the only concept albums I can really
>appreciate fully is QR's Operation Mindcrime.  There's nothing like
that
>album.  It's the only concept album I've ever picked up where each
>song goes with the story while, at the same time, it is able to stand
strong
>on its own.

Do ya like Savatage at all? As good as O:M was, The Wake Of Magellan
topped it. And not only does each song go with the story(which has three
interweaving subplots) AND stand on it's own, but the album comes with a
booklet that has all the kickass lyrics, PLUS opera type 'in-between'
sorta poems to tie all the songs together! I mean, this was the best
album of 1998, and yes, I'm putting that ahead of LTE.

LTE2 is tops for '99, though. Or it will be until this fall.  :)

Anyway, you can't not like savatage and this is their best album so just
trust me!

>Perhaps if they milked each other

lol...

>Personally, I think it's more likely that we'll see a six-to-eight
>track album with semi-long and average length songs, plus the elusive
M2

Hey, remember those M2 ads? "M2! Mnot! M2! Mnot! M2, M2, M2!"

Man, if I could get M2 that would ROCK! Or if maybe MTV would just pull
their damn beach-houses and bogus gameshows just a tad, just ever so
slightly out of my rectum, maybe then I could finally stop ramming my
head through the TV set. I don't know what's worse - the beach house,
the game shows... oh yes, when they COMBINE THEM and put the gameshows
on the BEACH HOUSE!  And at least then, you'd think "well, they put the
game show on the beach house, so I guess they won't have the gameshow on
at it's regular time."  wrong! wrong! It's like that game where you slam
the hammer on the little groundhog, but he just pops up somewhere else.
Except instead of groundhogs, it's gameshows. Instead of a hammer, it's
another goddam gameshow. Instead of a life, I have 24 hour access to
morons dancing and playing Double Dare.

Double Dare - now that was quality programing. I just hope skadz isn't
reading all these when he gets back.

Joshua







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Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 22:21:56 EDT
From: "Outlander 99" <email_address_removed>
To: email_address_removed
Subject: LTE2 <JP tone?>
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>


WANK WANK WANK...youre all a bunch of wankers!

Actually im just jealous because i dont have this cd and everyones 
commenting on it...I just have one question ....aside from the wank comments 
hows the guitar tone?? With JP not present then im hoping its not him 
squeezing in wherever he can.

I like tunes like The Mirror where JP kinda leads things.<no flame cuz his 
tone dominates this piece>
Guess cuz im a guitarist eh?
Any info on this will be digested and processed.

Thanx in advance
Outlander out


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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 11:23:12 +0100
From: email_address_removed
To: email_address_removed
Subject: Any jammers out ther from Zurich? Friedrichshafen? Frankfurt?
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>



Or point in between? :)

I'm flying into Zurich next weekend and will be there for the weekend. Then it's
off to Germany for work. We'll be in Firerichshafen for 3 days or so then drive
north to Frankfurt.

Ideally Dream Theater, Conception, Lemur Voice, Spock's Beard, Superior have
decided to do some sort of ProgFeast that week, so I'll be hangin' out there,
telling them what the name of the new DT album shall be, whether to have it be
a box set or just stick with the original triple-disc idea. I like the triple
disc idea myself.


Disc 1 - Metropolis 2 - Dershe on Keys
Disc 2 - Metropolis 2 - Jordan on Keys
Disc 3 - Metropolis 2 - Kevin on Keys
 This would allow us to flame till the 3rd millenium the various virtues and
shortcomings of each of the three.


If time permits I may head to Leiden (sp?) in the Netherlands to meet Dennis
(Stix) but we'll have to see how tight a schedule we're on.

Anyone that wants to hang out, shoot me an e-mail. Don't worry, I'm a lot worse
in person than I am on the jam :)

Regards,
Jon

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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 13:29:51 +0200
From: "Eddy Huism@n" <email_address_removed>
To: <email_address_removed>
Subject: New album - stop it!
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>


Could everyone please stop talking about the new album!!! Please understa=
nd
that this list is meaned to flame eachother and it is very difficult to r=
ead
the discussions with all these new album mails in between ;-)

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                  http://www.JEM7BSB.com



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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 11:26:02 +0100
From: email_address_removed
To: email_address_removed
Subject: Re: the nerve it takes
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>



> Why would you then offer any suggestion about how their new album should be?

because we miss being calld dicks? :P


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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 14:34:02 +0200
From: "Zeusz dA ReAl V0CalISt" <email_address_removed>
To: email_address_removed
Subject: Intro
Message-ID: <199907241434020200.000614AD@c3.hu>


Hey out there,

I just wanna drop a quick note, and I just wanna let you know that I am
here.
I am 20, studying English at a Univ. here in Hungary ( Europe;) )
OKay, that was just a quite short intro, if any question, just ask. (I will
inform you that Bucarest is not Budapest, and that we don't travel on
horses, and Hungary is not located in Asia...;))))) )

take care, and bye:

ZZZZZ
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  	|  ) \/_)= |  ZEUSZ  | =(_\/ (    |  HP at http://RS.irisz.hu/zeusz
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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 14:36:13 +0200
From: "Zeusz dA ReAl V0CalISt" <email_address_removed>
To: email_address_removed
Subject: Mini-Digest (4989)
Message-ID: <199907241436130850.00081708@c3.hu>


Hi,

>Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 09:46:21 -0700
>From: Tom Tubbiola <email_address_removed>
>Subject: New CDs secret format
>
>...it will be a concept album based on the Metropolis story.
>What do you think about that???  I think it would just absolutely KICK
ASS!!!!!!!!!

It would be awesome. I am also interested in the way how DT built the story
up?

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>Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 16:29:37 EDT
>From: "Outlander 99" <email_address_removed>
>
>When you reach 30+ you will realize that with all your education you still

>don't know JACK-SHIT!

Agree.
The more you learn about a specific subject, the less you know about the
world as a complete unit.

(Concept album or not?)
>I hope not, we have already had ACOS 

ACOS is only one song. Okay, it has seven parts, but it is just one song,
anyway.

>Lets have a prog heavy cd with excellent vocal melody.

I think I could accept anything, no matter what they do.;) I think they
know my taste of music better than I do...;))))

Bye

ZZZZZ
Wisit: http://DreamTheater.IsCool.net
Als0 SeE http://www.ironmaiden.com , http://www.judaspriest.com
ProGrESSiVe SiTeZ http://www.dreamtheater.net and check out:
http://www.savatage.com


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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 12:40:20 +0100
From: email_address_removed
To: email_address_removed
Subject: All will be revealed
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>


As usual, the following isn't directed at anyone. Just using the quoted text for
a topical prior to skulling the mind reflective :)

Brandon wrote:

> Well, again, since you quote me, let me put my statement back into context.
> I am more than happy for them to keep it a secret!

I said this quite a while back and think it's cool it's the 'secrecy' concept
its bing discussed. It's interesting to see the different perspectives on it all.
It shows again what a diverse group of people are attracted to this band. 

> It adds a lot to anticipation.  

Not as much as a brand new bottle of Heinz catsup, though, eh? :) If nothing 
else, secrecy is a great catalyst for getting us to dream, ain't it?

> If they are really smart, they won't play any of the new
> stuff until after the CD is released either.

Yep. Although the Fix shows were still great, nonetheless!

> What "makes me crazy" is 2 fold.  1)  I am crazy about DT, and eagerly
> wishing October was already here, but more than that 2) the why behind the
> secrecy.  

Damnit, just when you though you had it all figured out, they go and change the
rules on ya. I hate it when that happens :)))))) 

> Because I've been on this list as long (maybe longer?) as you have
> Chris, and you know this isn't the way the band has behaved with previous
> albums.

What's interesting is that they change musically along the way. It doesn't
surprise me in the least that they might change any other aspect of themselves. They changed keyboardists, producers, they've branched out into side project
things, etc.  

Seasons change.... Sometimes there's something to be read into it, sometimes 
it's just where they went. Life gets boring on the same merry-go-round after a
while. It's all about getting into something different and mixing it up a
little. Some people handle change well, some don't ("OH WHY OH WHY won't they
just do another I&W" sound familiar?

What's cool is they still manage to crank out a video every now and then. Mike 
seems to be into sharing experiences with us quite a bit it would seem. I think
it's an incredible thing for a person like him to do! How many other bands can
you think of that allow us to be that close to their lives like that? I really 
enjoy the 5YiaL on-the-road type shots, similar to LiT. Think about how much
we all know about this band besides the music itself!

> The "crazy" part is the fact that the fan base may have hurt the
> band in some way that they are keeping this a secret because of that (my
> fear anyway).  And if that is the case, I think it is a real shame.  So take

Do you mean that all the bad press it got on the list might have had much of an
impact on sales? Or do you mean the band was emotionally hurt by it? DT fans on 
the whole are just too rabid to leave in any significant quantities :)

You know how some couples go into the hospital to know what the sex of the un-
born child is? While others wait till the actual birth for the surprise? That 
moment only happens once. That's not to say you can't enjoy thinking about 
names for the baby if it's a girl (boy). When I get to that point in my life,
I know I'm going to be in that latter group. 
 
:) And just to keep the religion thread alive:

In this case DT are like the all knowing, and all seeing great one. They already
know (or will soon enough) the sex and name of the child. They have all the
various attire picked out for the child.

Now, let us all pray for twins :)

Time to go carry myself to the shoreline and stare at the waves...for no 
particular reason at all...

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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 12:46:56 +0100
From: email_address_removed
To: email_address_removed
Subject: Conception
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>



> I just dont see any of the DT members (unless rudess is a closet poet...) 
> being that great storyteller thats needed to pull off a concept album.

It was our last hope for mankind......and the name of the place:

Jonathan Myung :)

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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 22:16:25 +0800
From: "Lionel" <email_address_removed.sg>
To: <email_address_removed>
Subject: Prog Rock Instrumental
Message-ID: <000e01bed5df$226f5ee0$14a415a5@tmcht>


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Thanks very very much

Lionel Wong

PS: there are MP3s of our jams on the site.

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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 15:25:01 +0100
From: "Agar, Jonathan (CAP, EURO)" <email_address_removed>
To: "'email_address_removed'" <email_address_removed>
Subject: What a week
Message-ID: <83E9BD6E053FD111B35A0000F6093E2701A5BFC1@LON01XBCAPGE>


>From:	Matthew Guillory <email_address_removed <mailto:email_address_removed> >
>Subject:	Dali's Dilemma/Mullmuzzler

>P.S. Jens Johansson rules! 

Cantcha feel the love on this list?

>if you run from God, your whole life and
>mental structure gets thrown out of whack.

>The point is, the minute that that instinct starts to prefer the other way,
we can kiss goodbye to >the human race.



Oh.  Maybe not.



> From:	Graham Borland <email_address_removed.uk <mailto:email_address_removed.uk> >
> Subject:	Divided
> Boxman have it listed for ukp 9.30 - that's where I've ordered it from.
> Indeed, that's now where I order most of my CDs from. Reliable and cheap,
> especially if you're in the UK.
>   http://www.boxman.co.uk/ <http://www.boxman.co.uk/> 
>Hmmm, in the US we have to order from http://www.boxman.com
<http://www.boxman.com>  and it's 
>not listed there....That's weird. I did find it for $20 inc postage to the
>US at:

We have $7.5 MM invested in Boxman, and we think it's going to do well.
Until now, I hadn't found the less mainstream CDs on it - the stuff we tend
to look out for - so I haven't bothered posting about it to the 'jam.  But
after CDNow Europe sends yet another shipment from the US which the UK post
office intercepts and forces me to go round and pay import duty on, I'm
looking at purely local suppliers from now on.  Check out Boxman.



>From:	"Al @ Switchcraft" <email_address_removed <mailto:email_address_removed> >
>Subject:	Religion, Shit crashing into the earth, and Type-0
>
>Even if religion is total bullshit,
>THANK GOD a few people hold themselves to higher moral standards.
>If religion is the vehicle of a better behaved society, than so be it.


No, Al, no.  That way lies Brave New World.  Don't sacrifice free will for
the sake of propriety.



P.S. - Would the M*******a band have been on Concorde from London to JFK on
Wed 21st July?  A bunch of guys were laughing at me good-naturedly as I
sprang round to grab my suit carrier, and they looked a LOT like James, Lars
& Co.  Does Lars have a Danish passport?


REAL DT content (about a year late):

I've been listening to my 'jam-acquired Hollow Years single (Thanks!) which
I got mainly to hear TWIUTB.  But I've been listening to You Or Me just as
much.  I really like the groove and even the Chorus of You Or Me more than
You Not Me.  Which surprised me - I generally like what Desmond Child does -
especially the Bon Jovi and Alice Cooper stuff.  It's only worth calling in
Child if you want to produce something catchy to get airplay. Which You Not
Me didn't really get, at least in Europe.  Hearing TWIUTB, I just thought -
what if Desmond Child had worked on that?  I think it's just the sort of
material he could have tweaked and created a real hit out of.  Waddaya
think?


Jonathan

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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 09:50:04 -0500
From: Dale R Newberry <email_address_removed>
To: email_address_removed
Subject: Re: Zombie guitar tones
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>


Someone recently mentioned something about how JP's guitar tone on part
of LTE2 reminded them of earlier White Zombie (i.e. Thunderkiss 65).  I
just heard Thunderkiss 65 on the radio, and I can sort of see a
resemblance in the heavy tones, but it reminded me mroe of Dane Sonnier's
tone on the first Galactic Cowboy's album.
Maiden tomorrow night!!!!!!!!

Dale R. Newberry

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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 10:49:31 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kurt Hampton <email_address_removed>
To: Multiple recipients of list <email_address_removed>
Subject: RE:Metallica/selling out
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>


But....
James and Kirk Grew their hair back recently. Would this be considered
"Selling back In?"

Kurt
NP:Anthrax-Stomp 442

By the way, whoever was listening to Bust a Nut, more power to ya! That is
a KICK ASS album.

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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 11:33:59 -0700
From: Justin James <email_address_removed>
To: Metal List <email_address_removed>
Subject: Pantera
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>


        Hey.  Pantera has a new album scheduled to come out in
Janurary.  Does anybody have anymore information than that on it?



Justin


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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 13:34:05 -0500
From: "Christopher W. Ptacek" <email_address_removed>
To: <email_address_removed>
Subject: Metropolis 2
Message-ID: <001d01bed603$1d17d660$89a6fea9@madstation>


Just as a side point to what Bogie said,

    Even if they HAD said Metropolis 2 would not be on the new album, that
could just be a cover for the fact that the new album may actually BE
Metropolis 2.  This is what I personally think will happen.  But I guess
that it's kind of meaningless to speculate, right?  Hmm?  :)

    I haven't read the GW with the JP interview, but if he's doing things
like the more dynamic solos in LitS, that would be the bomb for me.  That's
really what set him apart, in my mind.  His slow phrasing is pretty unique.
When he starts playing fast, it's rather well done, but I start comparing
him to his influences, who I still think you can hear in his playing (ex.
Holdsworth on ToT, Morse on You or Me / You Not Me etc).  I guess that's not
a bad thing, but I'm just really into hearing that unique sound of his.  Oh
yeah, on Age of Impact he manages to sound like what I've built up in my
head as "John Petrucci" on the whole album pretty much (where he's playing,
of course.  I know there are several players on the disc! :P) including all
the flashier playing.
    I don't think that the idea of him practicing less technique will
prevent him from playing some truly fiery stuff, including some rather
technically demanding shred, if he's inclined.  Gilbert hasn't done a real
shred album in a long time, and I bet if you went to his place and jammed
with him, he'd still shred you in half, ya know?

Chris Ptacek - email_address_removed
 "Everything that can be invented has
 been invented." -- Charles H. Duell,
 Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.



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