YTSEJAM Digest 5037 Today's Topics: 1) the essay, part 2 by "Schnipp -" 2) sava by "Isaac Trumbo" 3) The Essay... by "Jeremy Kube" 4) Re: YTSEJAM digest 5036 by Kurt Hampton 5) Internet Fax Service by email_address_removed 6) violins by "Fran Brennan" 7) Re: Essay by Andrew Coutermarsh 8) Ice Age - The Great Divide by email_address_removed.SE 9) VERTU by CyberDuke 10) Chops, James, release date by Steffen Barabasch - The Mirror 11) Lost Jams by email_address_removed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 10:00:09 PDT From: "Schnipp -" To: email_address_removed Subject: the essay, part 2 Message-ID: Part 2 He (Kevin) decided that he was not going to defend the Sleeper twin anymore. Why? Because "the siren [kicked] him from a dream." 'Siren' must of course refer to James/Charlie, who is the same person, who is The Miracle and The Sleeper in one, who is Dream Theater. He knows all about the honor of God, Mary Jane, but he also knows when he's hopelessly outmatched. Kevin's album with Chroma Key, _Dead Air For Radios_ is an attempt to let the world know what is going to happen, but Kevin chooses to do so rather abstractly. "i'm colorblind three way tragedy... maybe i'm paranoid yeah that's my problem" - Colorblind In "Even the Waves" he speaks of three pairs, "me & judas" followed by "me & jonas" and then finally "me & joseph." Note that all three start with the letter 'j.' Like Petrucci's Metropolis, this is also a 3-way tragedy. We have the first, Judas, Death and Charlie, followed by Jonas, Deceit and DT's middle period, and then finally, Joseph, Love, and Armageddon. [Judas, the betrayer, followed by Jonas, an oblique reference to Jonah (and the whale), who appeared to be dead, and then finally Joseph, the father (Love) of the prophesized one (in this case, James)]. Since DAFR is so oblique, I will only include a few more quotes in the effort of moving on. "there's a song that i'd rather forget" - Undertow "i was half outside and half inside a dream" - America The Video "left them behind or ahead and he said sooner or later you get up off the floor when no one wants to hear it anymore" - S.O.S. "each time i walk out the door someone mixes metaphors" - On the Page "she steps into the stream the level rising" - Mouse (Now watch what happens) Note the cry for help, ie SOS, 'She' once again is Dream Theater, the Mother. But, the 'someone' who 'mixes metaphors,' well, that bring us back to what I tried to skirt earlier. The part about "Deceit is the second without end," and what "Lie" Kevin really wrote about. But be patient. A 'Change' of Seasons indeed. We now have Derek instead of Kevin, and a new ep. I invite you to search through the title track on your own, in order to find out how much Mike really knew about this whole thing. Compare the earlier versions of this song to the official one, and see what, if any, changes Mike made now that Kevin, the main Sleeper force, was gone. But let us look at the covers. "Funeral For a Friend/ Love Lies Bleeding" is fairly obvious. The members were still morning the loss of the Kevin, and possibly still the loss of Charlie. In the Flesh? - Possibly James questioning his own existance as the Dream Theater, the Miracle and the Sleeper in one mind, or flesh. Brace yourself for this one. Carry On Wayward Son - John Petrucci is speaking to James, his adopted son, who he wants to finish his work here by writing Metropolis Part II - Armageddon. We're through the looking glass, folks. Yes. John Petrucci - he who wrote a song with each of the incarnations of the two twins in one, he who wrote of the future in Metropolis Part I, he who spoke of himself with the line "Deceit is the second without end," he who is the 'stepfather' (of James/Charlie with Dream Theater the Mother) from Kevin's expose "Lie," he who mixes metaphors like nobody's business, he who wrote of "Poor Vanessa" (aka Dream Theater the Mother, aka "Mother Mary quite contrary" [hence the Mary Queen of Scots logo]), he who wrote of his "Fortune In Lies" - is the true villian here. Petrucci is the mastermind behind this. He found Dream Theater, the Mother, and married her, becoming stepfather to the two twins. He was not pleased with the first incarnation, Charlie, and demanded another, "this time for real" - from the ominously titled "The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun." Thus cames James. John was estatic, so much so that he allowed the greatest force against him, Kevin Moore, to remain in the band for another two albums ("you tell me 'bout your two more coming"). He writes of his overwhelming joy in "Under A Glass Moon." I will not analyze it at this time, but you can't help but think that that song was written by some hyper child, rejoicing in what has been given him. John was less jubilant after _Awake_, and quickly disposed of Kevin, who was replaced by Derek, who John claimed to be a "Perfect Stranger." I think it's clear - Derek is a clone of John Petrucci, placed in the band to do John's bidding, which is why Derek hasn't written anything yet - there is no need for it. What else can we tie in? John's facination with pop songs, as mentioned before. To this list we can add "The Silent Man," a song which John wrote both the lyrics and the music for, which was released as a single. [Previously, only the rebellious Kevin Moore had written both music and lyrics for a song, with SDV and "Wait for Sleep." Or, as he wanted to call it, "Wait for Sleeper."] The point is, Petrucci is branching out, trying to get a larger audience for his band, which is his ticket to world domination. If James was the evil one here, he could just write "Metropolis Part II - Armageddon" and be done with it. But he's not, and he's only just realizing that he is merely a pawn in Petrucci's game. Several questions, areas for study, remain. First off, we need to study that final verse of "Metropolis Part I" to learn what the future holds for us. From FII, Petrucci's "Lines In The Sand" seems fairly prophetic, but even I cannot yet interpret it. And also, what does Desmond Child have to do with Petrucci's conspiracy of a planned Armageddon? Did he think that Petrucci was being to arrogant, calling the song "You Or Me"? And just where do Mike Portnoy, who wrote "Why'd I betray my friend" in "The Mirror," his companion song to Kev's "Lie;" and John Myung, who possibly was Kevin's only true friend in the band - he was also part of the Sleeper twin; he wrote LtL so Kevin could write the intro song, WfS - stand on this issue? And is James really neutral or is he going to rebel like so many before him, forcing Petrucci to either find another replacement incarnation of the two twins together in on mind/flesh? And if that does happen, will Petrucci replace James as he did Kevin, with a clone of himself? And actually, is the current John Myung, who wrote "Trail of Tears," a Miracle/Theater song, the same one that wrote LtL and LSoaD? TO SUM UP: John Petrucci and his army of clones (Sherinian and Myung) are taking over DT, waiting for a Charlie/James incarnation to write "Metropolis Part II - Armageddon," sparking the end of the world as we know it. If John and his clones of the Miracle/Theater twin are victorious in the final battle, Petrucci will reign forever - for he loves only himself, and "Love is the Dance of Eternity." The wild cards? Mike Portnoy, who appears to be a solid Miracle/Theater follower, who plays the party line, who has never written a Sleeper/Dream song, could be on the side of good, i.e. the side against John Petrucci. There is also Kevin Moore, who was beaten by Petrucci once, but has returned with his _Dead Air For Radios_, which he is trying to use to once again do battle with the evil that is John Petrucci. So support Kevin and his fight by buying DAFR. As for Mike? Well, we can't really help him, but he still can help himself. Mike, you must take it upon yourself to write "Metropolis Part II - John's Dementia" exposing to the world the chilling scheme that John Petrucci is trying to hatch. To close, ever wonder why "The Killing Hand" is the only song with vocals from WDADU that is still played with any regularity? It is John's confession: "No one is left now my one and only land I laugh at what I've done I am the Killing Hand" - "The Killing Hand" - John Petrucci Mad dog --- email_address_removed --- John Haveman "Im Anfang war das Wort?" ... "Nein. Im Anfang war die Tat." Goethe's Faust I - Scene III - as quoted in Phillip K. Dick's _Valis_ P.S. - John, I am _so_ sorry for exposing your plan to the entire Ytsejam... hope you have as much fun as I did. Nice work. seb _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 19:51:26 GMT From: "Isaac Trumbo" To: email_address_removed Subject: sava Message-ID: just a little ndtc.. saw Detroit Rock City yesterday and just about shit myself when they started playing The Hall of the Mountain King.. it does make sence that they'd have sava on the sound track but regardless is was a surprise.. and a nice one at that.. inferno NP: savatage - dead winter dead _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 16:17:10 -0500 From: "Jeremy Kube" To: "Ytsejam Mailing List" Subject: The Essay... Message-ID: <000501beeb51$5e729b00$3f6a67ce@jeremyku> I must say.. I never looked at it like that. Its kind of funny to look at it like that. But, I must say... the man who wrote it kind of "Reads into things too much" Worth a good laugh at best. Rock on, J Jeremy Kube Oklahoma State University Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology Major email_address_removed email_address_removed "Sex is Death, Death is Sex. It says it right here on my crucifix!" Dream Theater. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 16:34:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Kurt Hampton To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 5036 Message-ID: I have to say, I mean this in the most not flaming way, you have a little too much time your hands to read htat much out of the lyrics. I really don't think JP wrote a Fortune in Lies about his taking over DT 10 yrs later Peace out, Kurt Np-Queensryche Sign of the Times SIngle ******~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~****** @----'--,--- ******~~~~~~~~~~~~~~****** "I remember Now" "Rodney King, what the hell is that supposed to mean? He's that guy." 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Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 18:08:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Coutermarsh To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Essay Message-ID: On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Kurt Hampton wrote: > I have to say, I mean this in the most not flaming way, you have a > little too much time your hands to read htat much out of the lyrics. I > really don't think JP wrote a Fortune in Lies about his taking over DT > 10 yrs later Oh, but I thought it was a fine piece of analytical writing. Granted, I'm SURE that it was written in jest, but I thought it was very well-thought and well-planned. I, for one, got a HUGE laugh out of it. ------------------------------------------------- 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: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 01:18 +0200 From: email_address_removed.SE To: email_address_removed Subject: Ice Age - The Great Divide Message-ID: --- Inkommet fr=E5n INFODATA.SVA0193 +46 670 160 60 99-08-21 01.18 ICE AGE - The Great Divide USA Rating: * * * * (out of 5) 1999 MAGNA CARTA MA-9028-2 Time: 74:26 Ice Age is: Jimmy Pappas: Guitars Arron DiCesare: Bass Josh Pincos: Vocals and Keyboards Hal Aponte: Drums and Percussion The tracks are: 1. Perpetual Child (10:29) 2. Sleepwalker (5:24) 3. Join (5:55) 4. Spare Chicken Parts (Instrumental) (8:50) 5. Because Of You (5:32) 6. The Bottom Line (4:44) 7. Ice Age (11:08) 8. One Look Away (5:40) 9. Miles To Go (5:01) 10. To Say Goodbye (11:31): Part I: Worthless Words (Instrumental) (3:13) Part II: On Our Way (8:18) History: The US band Ice Age was founded in 1993. This is their promising debut album. Ice Age is impressive musicians and the music contains heavy riffing, great memorable melodies and a lot of complexity. Their music is somewhere between very heavy melodic progressive rock and progressive metal with many changing time signatures and great arrangements. Their influences are Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Kansas, Pink Floyd, Rush and Yes. They're also sometimes reminiscent to Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Journey and Queensryche, but most of all do they remind of Dream Theater ca. "Awake". The vocalist Josh Pincus is somewhat reminiscent to Steve Walsh of Kansas, but only a little. He's very skilled and has a powerful voice, but it's quite unusual, but after a while you'll get used to him. The guitarist Jimmy Pappas is very good and the rhythm section is excellent. Jimmy is actually one of the better guitarists I've heard in the prog metal genre. The highlights are "Perpetual Child", "Sleepwalker", the instrumental "Spare Chicken Parts" that contains a very good drum solo, "The Bottom Line", my favorite "Ice Age" that is over 11 minutes, "One Look Away" and "To Say Goodbye". It's actually the two instrumentals that are the best tracks. A good thing about the songs is the catchy and memorable choruses. The guitarist Jimmy Pappas designed the beautiful cover image. It would surely be nice to hear what they can achieve with their next album. Considering that this is a debut album it's very convincing. I'm sure that Ice Age has a very bright future, but it's with a slight hesitation I give this CD a four star rating (out of 5). But after all this is an outstanding album that probably will end up as one of the highlights of prog metal in 1999, so buy and enjoy! -Reviewed by Greger R=F6nnqvist- Email: email_address_removed.se Snail Mail: Greger Ronnqvist Risselasvagen 66 B 833 35 Stromsund Sweden ICQ No: 17275819 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Join the Prog-Reviews Mailing List: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/prog-reviews ------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact: Ice Age Website: http://www.ice-age.com/ Magna Carta, 208 E. 51st St. Suite 1820, New York, N.Y. 10022 Magna Carta Web Site where you can order the CD direct online: http://www.magnacarta.net/ Email Magna Carta: email_address_removed Order the CD from: Tower Records Online: http://www.towerrecords.com/product.asp?pfid=3D1523110 Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000IYX4/qid=3D929161835/sr =3D1-1/002-6727092-0867066 Borders music: http://search.borders.com/fcgi-bin/db2www/search/search.d2w/Detail s?&mediaType=3DMusic&prodID=3D51389213 ---- 99-08-21 01.18 ---- S=E4nt till --------------------------- -> ytsejam(a)ax.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 00:58:13 +0200 From: CyberDuke To: email_address_removed Subject: VERTU Message-ID: > From: Matej Grginic > Subject: Vanessa Mae... Mai?... Vai? :) > > I'm not crazy about her, but she's okay :) Agreed! :) > Don't forget that Karen Briggs that plays with VERTU. If I had > to pick my favorite jazz/rock/fusion violin player, she'd be my > first choice. CHECK OUT VERTU!!!!! BEST FUSION ALBUM THIS YEAR. > (Vertu = Stanley Clarke, Richie Kotzen, Karen Briggs, Lenny > White and Michael Caplan) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT?????????????????? Who put these freaks together? What? When? Where? Why? Who? SPEAK DAMN IT! :) > From: "Schnipp -" > Subject: the essay, part 2 > > Yes, Armageddon. I dunno about that, but this POST seems to be the end of a jam we once knew! :) Geez, I have a feeling that it'll 'cause a whole lot over here! -- 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 2 balcony fossils, "The Muppet Show" ________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 21:48:06 +0200 From: Steffen Barabasch - The Mirror To: Ytsejam Subject: Chops, James, release date Message-ID: Hi there, >Fans who loved DT because of the chops will like the addition of >Derek. He's a chops/jam kinda player. Fans who loved DT because of the chops will freak out when they listen to Jordan. ;-) Though the guy who wrote this weird Miracle/Sleeper analysis doesn't seem to be on this list, I'll reply anyway ;-): >Derek has yet to write any songs, so we must tread lightly. Anna Lee was a Derek Song, and don't forget he already has a solo album out... >James has only one solo credit, "Anna Lee," ... Don't know if that counts for this analysis, but James also penned "The Way It Used To Be" and "Speak To Me", both outtakes from FII. Pretty good songs actually. ;-) Oh, did anyone mention yet that the actual release date for the new album is October 26th? Steffen -- Steffen Barabasch (mailto:email_address_removed) THE MIRROR - deutscher Dream Theater Fanclub (http://www.dtifc.com/themirror) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 22:43:38 EDT From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Lost Jams Message-ID: I haven't received any jams since 5030 on 8/15. Is it just me or what? Please send me a note if this has happened to anyone else. Thanks, Todd ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 5037 **************************