YTSEJAM Digest 5024 Today's Topics: 1) Re: Jeremy's pleas to DT.. (and mine) by Adam Pye 2) Plea bargaining with DT. by "Korg Ecksthrey" 3) Re: Plea bargaining with DT. by Andrew Coutermarsh 4) BWP and another pseudo documentary by "Andreas Berger" 5) Re: Lost in Twilight... by Steve Chew 6) How to post a negative review by Chris Oates 7) Re: Lost in Twilight by Andreas Skarin - SDTS 8) RE: Wagner's Dream Theater by "Kevin Hammer" 9) We ever talk about Dream Theater? by "Andy Dampier" 10) Dregs tour / Gathering in Philly / Powermad / kitchen sink by IRON HENDERSON 11) a nice piece of apple pi by threedees 12) Film/gig by "Gallop, Neil" 13) Re: Danielle Brisebous by "Al @ Switchcraft" 14) Re: Danielle Brisebous by Janne Jokitalo 15) Crystal Planet by CyberDuke 16) Re: Danielle Brisebous by Andreas Skarin - SDTS 17) Re: Jim Matheos' "Away With Words" premiere... by "Mike Patrick" 18) Re: Jim Matheos' "Away With Words" premiere... by Michael Kizer 19) sorry :-) by "Sasha" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 17:31:26 -0400 From: Adam Pye To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Jeremy's pleas to DT.. (and mine) Message-ID: Jeremy said... >3. Make sure that this tour includes dates in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. : ) >So I can see them twice!! : ) This goes in perfectly with my one and only plea to DT - for once make it really WORTH going to two shows on one leg of the tour. As much as I love the band I HATE the fact that they use the same setlist (more or less) on each leg of the tour. They just seem to choose a set of several songs that they want to play that tour and rarely, if ever, stray. How about something unusual for once? TOWHTSTS (Mike whales on that song and they haven't played it since early in the Awake tour)? What ever happened to The Mirror? Surrounded? It would make the concerts much more interesting if there's a chance of a surprise song here or there. So what if most of the crowd doesn't recognize a song? They might like it. And is it totally necessary to play the "Greatest Hits" every show? (Pull Me Under - even James is "sick of that fucking song") DT isn't a pop band the last time I checked. Maybe move out of the standard concert format sometimes - I'd love to see something other than one of maybe two songs opening a set (ie, ACOS 1/2 and LITS ad naseum this past tour). Basically, I really hate having to avoid reading setlists posted on the 'Jam because I know for sure I'm going to hear the exact same thing (or pretty darned close) when I go to see them. Just my wish... :) Adam _________________________________________________ Adam Pye (Alpine) alpine1(-at-)mindspring.com ICQ: 41032734 http://www.mindspring.com/~alpine1 ^^ Above URL for MP3 of the Week and Tapelist w/ Setlists __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1993 16:11:25 -0600 From: "Korg Ecksthrey" To: Subject: Plea bargaining with DT. Message-ID: <002a01b829cb$4f510ba0$message_id_removed> Jeez. Pleas to DT. How selfish. Wah! How about we let the band do what they want? :) Shit. "Please change setlists!" "Please put Met 2 on the new album!" "Please eliminate athlete's foot!" "Please make a REAL contribution to society!" We just need to get them a new image. Throw away the instruments. Get all the guys up there to croon to 13 year old girls and impregnate as many of them as possible. "Now presenting John, John, James, Jordan, and Mike! Dirty Old Men! With their new hit single, 'Love You, Girl (When You Make My Pinky Stinky)'" Any band with a guy named Jordan in it has to be a NKOTB clone. :) Then, maybe they can work on that athlete's foot. -- KorgX3 still has his pimp hand. NP: Def Leppard - Rocket.mp3 (Guitar! Drums!) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 18:44:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Coutermarsh To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Plea bargaining with DT. Message-ID: On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Korg Ecksthrey wrote: > "Now presenting John, John, James, Jordan, and Mike! Dirty Old Men! > With their new hit single, 'Love You, Girl (When You Make My Pinky > Stinky)'" Just when I thought the sarcasm on the 'jam was dwindling, here comes Korgy with a true rant. Thank you so much - I was afraid I was forgetting how to laugh until I read this. Man, I love this list. At the point that I think I couldn't possibly have a worse day, somebody comes along to make it all sunshiny again. ------------------------------------------------- Andrew Coutermarsh email_address_removed http://cout.home.dhs.org/ Cloak on IRC ICQ: 2513441 ------------------------------------------------- If you try and don't succeed, cheat. Repeat until caught. Then lie. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:43:23 +0200 From: "Andreas Berger" To: "Ytsejam" Subject: BWP and another pseudo documentary Message-ID: <01bee381$c0c561c0$LocalHost@p100> Hi there, okay, I just saw The Blair Witch Project, and I liked it. It wasn't as creepy as I had hoped it would be, but maybe my expectations were just too high. Actually I thought it seemed to be more inspired by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre than Cannibal Holocaust, at least concerning the whole mood and some details that I don' t want to spoil for anyone that hasn't seen it. The main reason for this post was that I wanted to mention another film that fits into this little sub-genre of the pseudo-documentary. It's a Belgian film called C'est Arrive Pres de Chez Vous. The English title is Man Bites Dog. I think it's from 1992, and it totally floored me when I saw it back then. Highest possible recommendation from me. Check it out if you haven't already and if you're interested in films beyond the mainstream... Take Care, Andreas ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 18:56:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Chew To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Lost in Twilight... Message-ID: Took a listen to the Lost in Twilight tracks at: http://www.mp3.com/artists/9/lost_in_twilight.html I thought the Twilights Call (intro) was a bit repetitive, but I was impressed by the other tracks, especially "Fountain of Dreams". I liked the keyboard/guitar combination. I'm really looking forward to their adding a singer -- I think a good vocal melody on top of the music could make for some really cool songs. Steve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:30:47 -0700 From: Chris Oates To: email_address_removed Subject: How to post a negative review Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990810163047.00973be0@objypop> "Hdavila" sed: > I dont know..i downloaded one of the songs ( as the mist sets or something >like that ) and it was very boring... its all a common rythim with power >chords and some keyboard string patches on the background....sounds like it >needed vocals, badly... i didnt catch any changes, etc ( i know theyre >not supposed to be all prog, but they do mention some prog influences ) I would not call them prog. I got there from the prog metal page true, but if you notice, they had links from heavy metal, black metal, goth metal and prog metal... I'd say they are atmospheric, but definitely not proggy or highly technical. Proggy maybe in that they use keys more up front than most metal bands, I dunno... Oh, and thanks for posting something better than "I thought they sucked" as a negative review. ~Chris ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 03:15:37 +0200 From: Andreas Skarin - SDTS To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Lost in Twilight Message-ID: Chris Oates wrote: > Well, we've had one positive review and one idiotic "they suck" review... And my opinion is idiotic because...........??? Andreas Skarin Svenska Dream Theater Sallskapet http://sdts.cjb.net - mailto:email_address_removed.se ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 23:18:54 EDT From: "Kevin Hammer" To: email_address_removed Subject: RE: Wagner's Dream Theater Message-ID: >something like: "Wagner wanted to build his own theater, which would be >built by his plans. It was suppose to be a "dream theater". :-))) And they >mentioned the very well known "term" to all of us a few more times during Technically, Wagner probably wouldn't have built a "Dream Theater", he most likely would have built a "Dream Theatre". kevin _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 20:21:06 -0700 From: "Andy Dampier" To: email_address_removed Subject: We ever talk about Dream Theater? Message-ID: I was just wondering, does anyone ever really talk about Dream Theater on here anymore? I know last year when I had subscribed to the list ALL we were allowed to talk about was DT, now its full of crap about movies and bands that aren't even progressive. Well, I shouldnt complain, makes me seem like an asshole. Later, Andy HotBot - Search smarter. http://www.hotbot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:32:07 -0400 From: IRON HENDERSON To: email_address_removed Subject: Dregs tour / Gathering in Philly / Powermad / kitchen sink Message-ID: >http://www.stevemorse.com/tours.html looks tasty!! Not so much a "U.S. Tour" as a "California Tour"... Ah well, who am I to complain? I live in Pennsylvania, smack dab in the middle of arguably the best concert hotspot (mid-Atlantic region) of the U.S. Speaking of which, anyone here go to the Philadelphia Gathering show beyond me? The Gathering was great, but the other bands were laughable. One band, Season of Mourning, was totally sequenced. The two guitarists and drummer (supplemented by a drum machine) were faking most of their parts and the dude controlling the sequencer (wore a cowboy hat, trench coat, and a spiked collar -- seemed very interested in making sure the strobe light was working, so as to ensure the band looked as cool and into their music as humanly possible) had it all hidden under a black cloth so you couldn't see what he was (or, more likely, wasn't) doing. No bassist. Their sequencer messed up during the final "song" and you could hear what they actually sounded like without its mechanical assistance. What a bunch of crap -- goth/industrial's Milli Vanilli. Another thing I didn't understand was why the Gathering got bumped from top billing. Originally, the show was set as the Gathering. Then it switched to Switchblade Symphony...with Special Guests The Gathering. Switchblade Symphony was easily the least bad of the other band playing that evening, but there's no way they were better at anything (composition, playing, stage presence (unless you count repeated shouts of "You're so sexy!" to the crowd or complaining about a bootlegger in the audience as banter)) than the Euros. Many people, myself included, left soon after the Gathering was through (only about an hour set). ...and, now that I think about it, since when is the Gathering a goth band? Does not compute. Powermad '99 -- I will not be there this year. There's no way Symphony-X could beat their performance at Powermad '98, so I will not be going so as to avoid an unavoidable let-down... Either that, or I'm just trying to shield my wallet from the vendor battering that would inevitably take place given my lack of will power when it comes to CD buying. I'm still reeling from my NEARfest expenditures. One last thing -- to anyone that attended or didn't attend the NEARfest, and didn't already know, the concert's online now in sweet streaming Real Audio format. http://studiomlive.com/nearfest/ Out like trout, Brian [NP...IQ -- Seven Stories Into Ninety-Eight] =================================== Name: W. Brian Henderson, Esq. Contact: email_address_removed ROBOT-CENTRAL: http://www.wam.umd.edu/~hender/ WARNING: Do NOT go to the above website!!! =================================== ------------------------------ Date: 11 Aug 99 01:16:22 -0500 From: threedees To: email_address_removed Subject: a nice piece of apple pi Message-ID: > > PS - based on the wonderful job that Artisan did with the DVD release of > "Pi," I eagerly await the goodies that should be included on the DVD > release of BWP. If only the South Park DVD could have some of the > footage that was cut.... > Hey, what exactly did artisan put into the DVD release? I am unfortunately without a DVD player so i can't find out. But i do have the VHS version. Got it pre-viewed at blockbuster. Sure beats paying 90 some bucks for a new copy. I am also eagerly awaiting any new material from Darren Aronofsky or Sean Gullette. I thought he was great in pi. later fiends, dan. np: Planet X Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 10:06:25 +0200 From: "Gallop, Neil" To: "'email_address_removed'" Subject: Film/gig Message-ID: Hi all and I always thought the Blair Witch was the wife of Great Britain's Prime Minister. Anyway, for those of you with a sense of humour, point your browsers to: http://www.theonion.com/onion3528/infograph_3528.html I can certainly go along with the last point... I had the pleasure of seeing Apocalyptica live last night. Great stuff. They played in a new venue here in Darmstadt, Germany, and I was glad (and surprised) to see it was sold out. The support band should have stayed at home. However, their shortcomings were more than compensated for by the four fiddling Finns. How they managed to get 4 cellos sounding so heavy was beyond me, and the attention to detail and accuracy in the cover versions was just amazing - the "guitar" solo at the end of Metallica's "One" simply had to be heard to be believed. The set consisted mainly of their now famous Metallica covers, including "One", "Nothing Else Matters" (a real highlight), "Enter Sandman", "Sad But True", "The Unforgiven" and "Master Of Puppets", which got the crowd singing along. They also played some of their own compositions which were very heavy and quite bizarre. The real killers for me were Pantera's "Domination" (including the solos), Slayer's "South Of Heaven" and the ultra fast and ultra heavy version of Sepultura's "Inquisition Symphony". Simply unbelievable. Some people were head banging, but others, myself included, were shaking their heads, hardly believing what our ears and eyes were telling us. The albums are OK, but live, Apocalyptica are a real experience not to be missed. Just another 2 hours and 25 minutes before the total eclipse of the sun turns day into night here. Perhaps I'll see you on the other side. stay safe and happy listening Neil Gallop (nga@software-ag.de) Currently playing: Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (what else could you play in the run-up to an eclipse?) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 03:41:13 -0500 From: "Al @ Switchcraft" To: retaehT maerD Subject: Re: Danielle Brisebous Message-ID: Yours truly wrote: "Has anyone heard of Danielle Brisebous? I've only heard a few snippets of her stuff, but from what I've heard, wow, what a voice! The music was somewhat generic soft rock, but damn... What a voice. :)" Andreas Skarin replied with: >Once agian I fail to see what's so special about an artist. Ok she can sing, >but there's like 500 signed artists that does it better. Fair enough... Name them. -- Al - The Ytse-ProGtologist ^ Switchcraft Microsystems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ask a simple question... And some simple person will respond with something utterly useless than doesn't even begin to provide an answer. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 02:57:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Janne Jokitalo To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Danielle Brisebous Message-ID: --- "Al @ Switchcraft" wrote: > Andreas Skarin replied with: > >Once agian I fail to see what's so special about an artist. Ok she > can sing, > >but there's like 500 signed artists that does it better. >=20 > Fair enough... Name them. And, to go a little further, define better... =3D=3D=3D Janne Jokitalo Boss Information: jaska@boss.fi Jyv=E4skyl=E4 University: email_address_removed.fi Homepage: http://www.jyu.fi/~jajokita _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 01:06:28 +0200 From: CyberDuke To: "email_address_removed" Subject: Crystal Planet Message-ID: For those who owe Crystal Planet: I need some good scan of the Crystal Planet cover please! The double front and the back cover, in real size! Thanx, -- CyberDuke _________________________________________________ "What do you think about it?" "Shocking!" "Yeah, but do you think it was funny?" "Of course not! That would be REALLY shocking!" The Muppet Show _________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 13:08:37 +0200 From: Andreas Skarin - SDTS To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Danielle Brisebous Message-ID: I wrote: Once again I fail to see what's so special about an artist. Ok she can sing, but there's like 500 signed artists that does it better. Al @ Switchcraft replied: >Fair enough... Name them. We all know I couldn't possibly name 500 vocalists. I exaggerated of course. I just can't see what is so special about her. Surely you realize that there are many vocalists with a better voice. To summarize the whole argument: You think she has a kick ass voice and I don't! Please don't make a big deal out of this. It might get us both in the top 10 mfp list, but it is of very little interest to the other jammers. Andreas Skarin Svenska Dream Theater Sallskapet http://sdts.cjb.net - mailto:email_address_removed.se ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 08:32:50 -0400 From: "Mike Patrick" To: Subject: Re: Jim Matheos' "Away With Words" premiere... Message-ID: <001c01bee3f5$a0588100$message_id_removed> I like the cover, but was Jim going through a 'Presto' phase when he decided on the artwork? Hmmm.... Michael Manring!!!!!!! A) How did I not know he was playing on the album?!? B) How cool is that? Mike ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 08:03:11 -0700 From: Michael Kizer To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Jim Matheos' "Away With Words" premiere... Message-ID: Mike Patrick wrote: > > I like the cover, but was Jim going through a 'Presto' phase when he decided > on the artwork? Hmmm.... Well, I'll just say that the artwork and song titles for this album are very punny (spelling is intentional)... ;) > Michael Manring!!!!!!! A) How did I not know he was playing on the album?!? Obviously you don't check out the Island In The Stream website often enough... http://www.ivorygate.com/fw > B) How cool is that? Very cool... There is one track written by him, Astronomics (not sure if this is new or an older piece they reworked), very cool bass stuff on there... There is even one track with him using an EBow on the bass, wild stuff... In other Fates related news... Metal Blade is talking about getting Ray to tour with his "Engine" project... that should kick some ass... :) -- ~Michael Kizer < email_address_removed > < ICQ # 2070538 > "Enter ivory gates through midnight skies..." ~ http://www.ivorygate.com >>> Fates Warning ~ Island In The Stream <<< >>> Dream Theater and Kevin Moore "Unofficial" Song Books <<< >>> Underground Internet Radio at: http://www.ytseradio.com <<< ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 20:56:00 +0200 From: "Sasha" To: "Ytsejam Mailing List" Subject: sorry :-) Message-ID: <000701bee42b$2c5d6f00$6de91dc3@sasa> *ahem* i know, this isn`t the place to post stuff like this... but someone is selling (why that isn`t me!!!) a Neil Peart drum kit on e-bay... http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=144741036 i`m only posting this cause there are 4 pictures of the set... and a nice description. The kit doesn`t seem as big as Mike`s but it has some electric drums also and some rotation system er something... oh yea... someone is selling supposedly Scott Rockenfield`s Empire/Live Crime drum set also... but there are no pictures of it... "Lifting shadows off a dream Once broken She can turn a drop of water Into an ocean..." John Myung of Dream Theater ["Lifting Shadows Off A Dream"] email_address_removed.hr http://chronosphere.zambizzi.com ICQ UIN - 6098813 ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 5024 **************************