YTSEJAM Digest 5222 Today's Topics: 1) Pull My Finger by email_address_removed 2) Pull my... finger? by Steffen Barabasch - The Mirror 3) Paul Winter concert w/Jordan Rudess by Gary Davis 4) Re: Re: Ytse-Baby by Angelo Lombardi 5) SFAM Structure by Fernando Rauber 6) Re: Re: Ytse-Baby by Trent 7) Silmarillion by "Fran Brennan" 8) Re: Silmarillion by Brad Plumb 9) Musings by "Gallop, Neil" 10) PF rarities by CyberDuke 11) Blind Guardian/Bjork/etc by Giannotti Nick Contr ESC/JS 12) Finn CDs in Minnesota by "Al @ Switchcraft" 13) The Dance? of Eternity by mams.gajic@t-online.de (Alex Gajic) 14) Queensryche free tickets by "Lauzon, Gary: #IHAB-NGR - AAI-RND" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 15:50:23 EST From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Pull My Finger Message-ID: Matt Johnson wrote: "Listening to the Medely of I&W/WDADU songs from the Lux. concert, and I had to laugh out loud at james singing our favorite filk chorus: Pull my finger Pull my finger Pull my finger I'm not a frog There's other little things, like the way he sings "arrows fly" (my God!) at the beginning. I used to think James was making fun of the material when he did stuff like this. Now, I *know* he is, and I don't mind a bit! :)?">>>> ---------------------- MP: Actually, James had nothing to do with that...his mic was out to the audience..... That was me and John Petrucci.... John lost a bet to me that afternoon, so he had to sing these lyrics for me.... BTW - the last line is: "Pull My Finger... I gotta fart" Mike Portnoy www.mikeportnoy.com www.dreamtheater.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 21:51:30 +0100 From: Steffen Barabasch - The Mirror To: Ytsejam Subject: Pull my... finger? Message-ID: >Pull my finger Yes, this wasn't the first time, they are doing this quite often. Notice that it's not only James, it's also (and especially) Mike who's mocking at their own material. Well, after having played this song about a gazillion times it's just natural that they are getting bored and want to mess around with it a bit (a good bit). Steffen -- Steffen Barabasch (mailto:email_address_removed) THE MIRROR - German Dream Theater Fan Club (http://www.dtifc.com/themirror) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 16:03:35 -0500 From: Gary Davis To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Paul Winter concert w/Jordan Rudess Message-ID: Hi, folks: While many of you are no doubt aware how well Jordan Rudess fits in with Dream Theater, some of you might not be aware of what a total musical chameleon Jordan is, able to fit into almost any musical situation. Jordan will be part of a series of performances by new age artist Paul Winter this weekend in New York. I thought some of you might be interested in the following info: S O L S T I C E C E L E B R A T I O N ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Paul Winter's 20th anniversary celebration of an ancient holiday tradition that predates New Year's Day and Christmas will feature the world premiere of new music and theatrical effects, with world music percussionist Mickey Hart, formerly of the Grateful Dead, as a special guest. The new show will incorporate a variety of instrumental, human and animal voices and a galaxy of percussion from around the world. The stage set will be centered upon a new 20-foot-tall "Tree of Sounds" entirely composed of gongs, bells and giant chimes. More than ten thousand people are expected at the non-denominational event in New York's vast Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and they will be joined by hundreds of thousands of listeners to the Tenth National Public Radio (NPR) broadcast of Paul Winter's celebration. Performances of Paul Winter's 20th Anniversary Winter Solstice Celebration, a musical, theatrical and environmental spectacle, are on Thursday 9 December at 7.30pm Friday 10 December at 7.30pm Saturday 11 December at 2pm and 7.30pm Joining Paul Winter will be: - world music percussionist, Mickey Hart, formerly of the Grateful Dead - concert cellist and master improviser, Eugene Friesen - Armenian percussionist and vocalist Arto Tuncboyaciyan, from the Anatolian region of Turkey - Irish Uilleann piper Jerry O'Sullivan - keyboards wizard Jordan Rudess - organist Dorothy Papadakos - the Forces of Nature dancers and drummers, directed by Abdel Salaam. Some $38 general admission seats are still available for Paul Winter's 20th Anniversary Winter Solstice Celebration from the Cathedral Box Office at (212)662-2133, although reserved seats have sold out. For charge card orders by phone, buyers can call CityTix, at (212)581-1212. Tickets are available online via http://www.livingmusic.com/concerts/wintersolstice99.html The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is located at Amsterdam Ave. and West 112th St. in New York City. Travel information to the Cathedral is available online from http://www.livingmusic.com/concerts/directions.html. Gary ************************************************************** Gary Davis The Artist Shop The Other Road http://www.artist-shop.com email_address_removed phone: 330-929-2056 fax:330-945-4923 SUPPORT THE INDEPENDENT ARTIST!!! ************************************************************** Check out the latest Artist Shop newsletter at http://www.artist-shop.com/news.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 16:55:34 -0800 From: Angelo Lombardi To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Re: Ytse-Baby Message-ID: On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Al @ Switchcraft wrote: > Angelo Lombardi wrote: > > In about 4 months I'm gonna welcome a baby girl into this world. > >> Congratulations! I can't help but be curious what that web page will >> look like when she is seventeen and knows EVERYTHING :) > Angelo, don't worry; Al's just going through his own midlife crisis > because HIS daughter knows everything. :) Hey... I'm not worried, I still have a little more than 17 years to prep up for it. I know when I was 17, I knew EVERYTHING! But now that I'm 2?... a lot older... I know absolutely NOTHING! Also... I'd like to thank all those who have visited my site and/or signed the guestbook. THANX! For those who might of missed it, or just would like to visit it again, here's the link: http://members.home.net/aylarose2000/. Thanx, again! Angelo ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 22:02:46 -0200 From: Fernando Rauber To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: SFAM Structure Message-ID: Hello! I was reading alt.music.dream-theater and I found a very interesting SFAM site: http://flabonde.free.fr/DTSFAM.htm. It has almost all the "SFAM structure", with the time signatures and chords instead of tabs. Very useful. NP: Egberto Gismonti - Sol Do Meio Dia []s Fernando Rauber ICQ: 2281311 http://fast.to/frmp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 16:48:14 -0800 (PST) From: Trent To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Re: Ytse-Baby Message-ID: > Hey... I'm not worried, I still have a little more > than 17 years to prep up for it. I > know when I was 17, I knew EVERYTHING! But now that > I'm 2?... a lot older... I know > absolutely NOTHING! > > Also... I'd like to thank all those who have visited > my site and/or signed the > guestbook. THANX! For those who might of missed > it, or just would like to visit it > again, here's the link: > http://members.home.net/aylarose2000/. Thanx, > again! Congratulations man. I'm 19 and obviously I don't have any children yet but I think my reaction to the blessed event won't be unlike yours. Congratulations and good luck. ===== *Trent "There's colors on the street. Red, white & blue. People shuffeling their feet. People sleeping in their shoes. There's a warning sign on the road ahead. There's a lot of people thinking we'd be better off dead. Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them. So I try to forget them anyway I can." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 21:40:09 PST From: "Fran Brennan" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Silmarillion Message-ID: last jam, someone wrote: The SIlmarillion was written later, but it tells stories that take place long before the hobbit. It's basically all the old tales of Middle Earth. Actually, I believe The Silmarillion was written BEFORE all of Tolkien's later "middle earth" stories. It was written mostly for Tolkien's own reference, and wasn't published until after he died. I may be wrong though, as I'm not a big Tolkeinophile. -Banjoman np: Jerry Goodman, Steve Smith, Howard Levy, Oteil Burbridge: The Stranger's Hand (stumbled across it by mistake in a record store yesterday, and almost screeched with glee reading the personell listings one by one =^). It seems to contain a lot more musical substance than some other "let's get a bunch of technical wizards together and have 'em spontaneasly record a record in a week" albums. (LTE comes to mind....as does the horrendous "Vital Tech Tones".) Ok, I think I'm done. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The buck doesn't stop anywhere, anymore - Col. Bruce Hampton, Ret. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 00:17:32 -0600 From: Brad Plumb To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Silmarillion Message-ID: At 09:51 PM 12/5/99 -0800, you wrote: > >last jam, someone wrote: The SIlmarillion was written later, but it tells >stories that take place long before the hobbit. It's basically all the old >tales of Middle Earth. > >Actually, I believe The Silmarillion was written BEFORE all of Tolkien's >later "middle earth" stories. It was written mostly for Tolkien's own >reference, and wasn't published until after he died. I may be wrong though, >as I'm not a big Tolkeinophile. I believe the truth is this, and I could consult several Tolkienphiles which I know, but I'm too lazy. Anyway, after completing the Hobbit, Tolkien was not sure what his next work would be, but he had a great desire to write about the history of middle earth. He began work on the Silmarillion but was paused when he recieved continuous fanmail demanding more stories about hobbits. At this point, he put the work aside, and began working on The Lord of the Rings. This too could be wrong as well, I suppose. Oh, and the someone mentioned above was me, as well ;) Palpatine Co Founder of NARF: The North Houston Anime Resistance Force, and Historian of Anime-no-kai "Thank God I'm an atheist" -Luis Bunel "What an incredible smell you've discovered" -Han Solo, Star Wars: A New Hope "He said I was crazy, and it's not true! Although I did try to burn his house down once..." - Werner Herzog regarding Klaus Kinski ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 14:56:38 +0100 From: "Gallop, Neil" To: "'ytsejam@torchsong.com'" Subject: Musings Message-ID: Hi all first off, thanks to everybody who has submitted their top 10 of 99 lists - but keep them coming so that the poll is as representative as possible and also contains as many good albums as possible. Please send your lists to me directly. Concept albums - my favourite concept "album" is without doubt "The Ring Of The Nibelung" by Richard Wagner. Huge, awe-inspiring, goose-pimple inducing and very, very long - a complete live performance takes 4 nights. A few years ago, I fulfilled a dream and went to Bayreuth, Germany, to see a complete cycle. Simply stunning. And the story that is told is much better than "Lord Of The Rings" (for me, at least). Pass the tissues... I was back in England again over the weekend - the place is really going to the dogs. No wonder bands like Dream Theater don't play there. What sort of country is it where the pubs shut at 11 pm? One good point though: my parents gave me 8 different bottles of single malt whisky to bring back. Winter can come and I'm prepared. stay safe and happy listening Neil Gallop (email_address_removed) Currently playing: Tristania - Beyond The Veil ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 12:05:52 +0100 From: CyberDuke To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: PF rarities Message-ID: > From: "Korg Ecksthrey" > > but doesn someone here know where a person can download Pink > Floyd/Roger Waters rarities in MP3 format? I'm looking for some > of their unreleased songs > Thanks! Private mail please! Damn man, (;) why private mail??? Get it up here. > From: email_address_removed > > I was just wondering about The Final Cut album. I'm a huge fan of > Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and the Wall, > but I dont have The Final Cut and dont really know anything about > it. I dont think I've ever heard any of the songs on the radio. > Could somebody give their opinion on it? I heard that it is all the > songs that didnt make the Wall essentially. I'm just > wondering if it's worth getting. IMHO, the album is OK, but definitely not as Wall or WYWH. It seems like very atmospheric album, doesn't have so much music, it's more ambientic. I guess as a PF fan you SHOULD get. It's decent. Blah, forget that, I have a friend who really likes it! :) So, it's up to you. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 10:26:23 -0500 From: Giannotti Nick Contr ESC/JS To: "'ytsejam@torchsong.com'" Subject: Blind Guardian/Bjork/etc Message-ID: >but the best Concept Album IMHO is 'Nightfall in Middle-Earth' by Blind >Guardian - at least for fans of >the fantasy genre! See, now, I got 'Nightfall', and the only thing I can compare it to is anything by Manowar. Yes, Manowar. That cheesy metal band? They're so old they owe Jesus $4? Yeah, them. I was actually disappointed that I spent the money for the disc, but kept it for those times that I want to remind myself what NOT to do as a musician. The harmonies, the screaming, high-pitched guitars... all reminded me of that (to put it bluntly) gay shit that Manowar puts out. "Rain falling, across the land... Electric guitar, in my hand (YEAH!!)..." Heh, funny story about Manowar - a friend of mine did security for them (they wanted nine security guards for some rinky-dink club here in Boston - probably thought they were gonna get lynched), and they brought this girl on stage, and said, "Show us your tits, good maiden!" So she goes, "I don't think my boyfriend would like that." The singer says, "If he were a TRUE Brother of Metal, he wouldn't mind. Now, off with your shirt!" Meanwhile, the entire crowd is spitting at the band, screaming "YOU SUCK!!" and my buddy's friend Toebreaker (private emails will get you the story of why his name is Toebreaker) is backstage, eyes wide, going, "These guys are my metal heroes..." heh... > I was wondering what you guys (and gals) all thought about Bjork. > Do any of you have any opinions of her work? Well, IMHO, the only time I've thought a Bjork CD sounded good was when I used it as a frisbee and it crashed in a parking lot. They're visually appealing through an AK-47 Mounted scope, however - and a 7.62 will shatter anything nicely. Weird for the sake of being weird alone, as opposed to being genuine, she should have stuck to acting when she was nine and then been relegated to the "Whatever happened to that child actor?" closet. Your money would be better spent on Lorenna McKennitt. On a lighter note, I rediscovered Haji's Kitchen last night when a friend of mine returned their disc to me. What a good band. Their bassist blows me away. Nicholas Giannotti x6745 Joint STARS Contracts / JSK System Resources Corporation email_address_removed "Build a man a fire, he is warm for a day. Set him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life." "Who gossips to you will gossip of you." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 09:28:12 -0600 From: "Al @ Switchcraft" To: retaehT maerD Subject: Finn CDs in Minnesota Message-ID: Attention Minnesota Jamsters! Several of the Cheapo's stores now have copies of both Jon Finn CDs.. For those of you that have never heard Finn, I sure Jon Parmet can enlighten you and perhaps point you in the direction of some downloadable MP3s. Finn is kind like LTE meets the Dregs with a twist of DiMeola.. Good shit! I can't imagine anyone on this list not liking Finn's efforts. The two CD titles are: "Don't Look So Serious" and "Wicked" -- Al - The Ytse-ProGtologist ^ Switchcraft Microsystems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You come into the world headfirst. You go out feet first. Everything in between is a matter of balance. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 16:50:15 +0100 From: mams.gajic@t-online.de (Alex Gajic) To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: The Dance? of Eternity Message-ID: Yo, Jammers! Did anyone notice that the *Dance* of Eternity is in fact the least danceable song on the whole CD? I think it goes through so many time signature changes that it's impossible for anyone to keep pace. And also - isn't the dance of eternity supposed to be love? Very cha- otic love indeed if you see how DT depicts it. Just my two Euro-Cents Alex -- Alex Gajic email_address_removed Visit my websites... WIDE AWAKE @ http://WideAwake.freesite.de/ THE FANATASY QUEST @ http://www.FanatasyQuest.cjb.net MEMORIJA @ http://jugendgruppe.taunusbuehne.de/ * Kjeldoran's should rule supreme. And for the rest ... death! * AVRAM GARRISON ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 11:38:06 -0500 From: "Lauzon, Gary: #IHAB-NGR - AAI-RND" To: "'DT'" Subject: Queensryche free tickets Message-ID: Hello all, I have 4 free tickets for tomorrow nights show (Tuesday Dec 7) in Toronto at the Warehouse.. is there anyone near Ottawa.. because that is where I'm from who would be interested in this? Write me an email at email_address_removed first come first serve. Mr. ProG PS: i can't go because of work. ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 5222 **************************