YTSEJAM Digest 5246 Today's Topics: 1) Re: Concerts by email_address_removed 2) MIKE PORTNOY COST ME A TON OF MONEY THIS YEAR by email_address_removed 3) Merry Christmas at 0600 :) by "Paul W. Cashman" 4) Cats in the Cradle by "Tom Baddley" 5) Band on Leno by email_address_removed 6) Merry/Happy [insert your holiday's name here]! by Brian Larkin 7) Re: YTSEJAM digest 5245 by "T. Beachler" 8) Happy Ghoultide Festivities! by "Korg Ecksthrey" 9) emotive tunes and albums by "M P" 10) Re:Leno band? by Kurt M Hampton 11) BabyJam by Angelo Lombardi 12) Cool DT moments by CyberDuke 13) Re: Blue Man Group by Pat Sullivan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 03:56:55 EST From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Concerts Message-ID: >I agree...I hate shows like Family Values and Lalapolozacrap because u pay to >see one band or 2 if you are lucky and they only lpay for like 45 min cuz thy >need to fit in 6 bands before 11pm! i just like 2 bands one for 45 min and >the hedliner for 2.5 hrs! that is my ideal show. >Laterzzz >Dustro I agree as well, It sounds all cool at first that you'd get to see like 5 or 6 bands, but they each play such short sets that it sucks. And I especially hate it when those bands end up not doing their own tour, so it's either see them on a big tour for 45 minutes or don't see them at all.Plus, you just know they'll leave out a tone of songs ya want to hear. Give me a 2 to 2.5 hour show by one headliner and I'm much happier. -Mike C. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 05:17:14 EST From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: MIKE PORTNOY COST ME A TON OF MONEY THIS YEAR Message-ID: MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE from a seldom-posting but always lurking DT fan. This was a good year for OFB. Like most of you, I was expecting a LOT from SFAM and the band really delivered on this one! Killer melodies and sparse but highly effective harmonies coupled with some very cool Patricia / Jordan solos (especially when they transition from guitar to keys and visa versa.) make this one their best so far, IMHO. Then add in Mike's performance! To my surprise there were: No complaints about outside vocalists like there was on FII (Lines in the Sand). No bitching about album fonts. Very few Derek vs. Jordan threads. Now about how Mike cost me lots of money this year (next year looks "bad" too). I turned my son on to DT in 1994 when he was 10 and a budding drummer. Five years later he is 15, worships the ground Mike plays on, and plays only Sabian, DWG, Tama, and wants a Starclassic set this year. $$$$ I've already bought 5 copies of SFAM, Mike's new video, and John's Rock Discipline Video. Add $60.00 each month for drum lessons, more for drum sticks, heads, even MORE cymbals. Add to that the DTIFC dues, the vacation day I take when DT plays here in Portland and other hidden costs even I don't know about yet. IT IS WORTH EVERY PENNY! One reason to get Mike's video is that he explains some of the rhythm patterns they used in SAFM...as a guitar player I wouldn't have seen the patterns without the explanations. Note to MARK METZGER...I hope your surgery went well and you are feeling better. I admire you. It takes a LOT of GUTS to have a SEX CHANGE operation...Hope your "wife" appreciates you now...I forgot his name :>( Maybe I should start calling you MARCIE now! Back to lurk mode... Warren Williams Portland, Oregon DT's OLDEST non-band-family-member FAN. MIKE, how's that? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 03:08:30 -0800 (PST) From: "Paul W. Cashman" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Merry Christmas at 0600 :) Message-ID: Well, I figured I'd sneak out of quasi-lurk status to say Mary Axe-Mass and Happy New Year/Decade/Century/Millenium to all Ytsejammers -- I'm a longtime Jammer (5 years or so) but don't post as often these days, and it's only right to post THIS holiday greet at "six o'clock on a Christmas morning." To all my old friends, some still here and some who have since (apparently) drifted on (Bafuuuu, where are youuuu), hi and have a great new year. To the newer folks....the same thing. :) Cheers, --Paul / Pellaz on IRC #ytsejam -- + Paul W. Cashman email_address_removed www.crl.com/~vanyel ICQ #4151223+ | Rush * Robert Jordan * Godhead * Michael Moorcock * Changelings | | James P. Hogan * Dream Theater * Storm Constantine * NIN * Dead | | Can Dance * Patrick O'Brian * Ozric Tentacles * Raymond Feist....| ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 09:57:18 -0700 From: "Tom Baddley" To: Subject: Cats in the Cradle Message-ID: Maybe I have an age advantage, but unless my 35 yr old memory is failing, it was Harry Chapin who originally wrote and recorded Cats in the Cradle. Merry (insert holiday of your choice) !! - Tom in warm (?!) Colorado >> joe's cover of Cats in the Cradle... > >I kinda like that song; who did the original version?? > if my failing 25 year old memory serves me correct it was Cat Stevens who > did the original song. >Nope. Cat Steven's wrote Wild World which was Mr. Big most popular cover >song. I believe it was Roy Orbison who penned Cat's in the Cradle. If I'm >wrong, you're dead. hehehe. Doh! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 12:58:33 EST From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Band on Leno Message-ID: >From: O-P Komonen >To: ytsejam@torchsong.com >Subject: Band on Leno (the show with Robin WIlliams?) >Message-ID: I> happened to see a bit of Leno's show few nights ago, and some dudes made >a painting with Robin Williams, and there was this *really* weird band >playing on the background with 6 drummers & percussionists & stuff... all >players wearing nothing but black (except the faces were neon green or >yellow or something). >Does anyone know what band it was? I really liked their weird-ass stuff and >would like to get some CDs or anything. O-P, you might be thinking about the "Blue Man Group," an "avant-guard performance rt/music" troupe from NYC. They've had an off-Broadway show for quite a few years now (I first saw them in high school). The full show is very hard to explain, except that it involves audience participation, about two stomach-fulls of marshmallows, spitting paintballs, and tons of toilet paper during the finale! :) Needless to say, if you're in the NYC area, skip all the "Lion King" crap, and head into the village to see this show....and yes, they do have a CD available. scarred2112 [They closed Wolf's Deli? -JP] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 13:04:45 -0500 From: Brian Larkin To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Merry/Happy [insert your holiday's name here]! Message-ID: Season's Greetings, jammers! I hope all of you had super-merry Christmases and got what you wanted from Santa ... and to those who celebrate differently: Happy Channukah! Happy Kwanza! Happy Ramadan! Happy Tet! Sorry if I left out your holiday ... feel free to e-mail me about it. =) Take care and celebrate responsibly. ~Brian ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 12:09:59 -0800 (PST) From: "T. Beachler" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 5245 Message-ID: The Blue Man Group tb ******************************* ]From: O-P Komonen To: ytsejam@torchsong.comSubject: Band on Leno (the show with Robin WIlliams?) I happened to see a bit of Leno's show few nights ago, and some dudesmade a painting with Robin Williams, and there was this *really* weird band playing on the background with 6 drummers & percussionists & stuff...all players wearing nothing but black (except the faces were neon green or yellow or something). Does anyone know what band it was? _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 14:44:27 -0700 From: "Korg Ecksthrey" To: Subject: Happy Ghoultide Festivities! Message-ID: <003401bf4f21$3cec7df0$830d84d0@default> > Season's Greetings, jammers! I hope all of you had super-merry > Christmases and got what you wanted from Santa ... And a very Merry Anti-Christmas for all of you seeking to disrupt everyone's Yuletide festivities with your nitroglycerin-laced firewood you've been peddling from the side of the road. May your search for ultimate world war come to fruition?!? -- KorgX3 sold his soul to Santa. NP: Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Christmas Attic.m3u ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 99 16:56:44 -0500 From: "M P" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: emotive tunes and albums Message-ID: votes from various parts of JAJUID songs are in quotes. albums named for brevity's sake. Most we are certain you've never heard before ;) Many aren't songs or collections that the band is famous for. It's not intended that any albums or songs that we don't mention for any of the artists below be considered bad. Just not emotive enough to pop into our heads as 'shiver' or 'stirrer' music in the time it takes to make this email. JAJUID Devil Doll: The Girl Who Was... Death, Sacriledgium Anglagard: "Sista Somrar" Anekdoten: "The Old Man and the Sea", "Karelia: Levitation: "It's Time", "Smile" live Jim Chappell: Nightsongs & Lullabyes, "The Mirror" "Laughter at Dawn" Heather Nova: "Walking Higher" Led Zeppelin: "Tea for One", "10 Years Gone" Queen: "Innuendo", "The Prophet Song", "The Show Must Go On" Made in Heaven Dream Theater: "A Change of Seasons" original version "Learning to Live", "Scarred", "Hell's Kitchen", "Trial of Tears", "Voices" Kevin Moore: "Sun Orange, Small" (demo), "Even the Waves" (demo) LTE: "Freedom of Speech" Wavestar: Moonwind Echolyn: "Never the Same" Grieg: "Solvejg's Song" Porcupine Tree: "A Smart Boy", D's boot of the Cleveland show ;) Marillion: Brave Beethoven: "Moonlight" V. Williams: 6th Symphony Khachaturian: Sabre Dance Stravinski: "Firebird", "The Rite of Spring" Yes: "Turn of the Century", "Awaken", "The Gates of Delerium" "Close to the Edge" Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon, "Don't Leave Me Now", "ABITW3" Silly Wizard: "The Banks of the Lee" Dream Theater newsletter - http://www.dreamtheater.net/uacmmail/ ____________________________________________________________ Get up to $200 towards airline tix: www.priceline.com/promo/zzn1 - Free! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 11:46:07 -0600 From: Kurt M Hampton To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re:Leno band? Message-ID: {playing on the background with 6 drummers & percussionists & stuff... all players wearing nothing but black (except the faces were neon green or yellow or something). Does anyone know what band it was? I really liked their weird-ass stuff and would like to get some CDs or anything.} Was it heavy? Could have been Slipknot. They have 9 guys in the band really heavy, creepy stuff Merry Chroistmas. Mike you were right. the burning red tears major ass. Kurt NP-Rush Diff Stages (I LOVE XMAS!) "and though it leads to nowhere, you part debris and keep on going" - Doubledrive "Gone" "Im inspired and content"-Dream Theater "Scarred" 45.2 % of Americans pee in the shower ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 19:29:53 -0800 From: Angelo Lombardi To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: BabyJam Message-ID: Hi ALL! This is for those he care... my baby's personal web site has been updated, once again (it will be updated at least once a week to once a month). Check it out... http://members.home.net/aylarose2000/ ..and Happy Holidays to ALL!!! If you visit, please sign the guestbook, I'd like to know who has visited. Thanx! Angelo DT fan since '92 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 13:03:43 +0100 From: CyberDuke To: Ytsejam Subject: Cool DT moments Message-ID: Yep, they were cool! So, I walk around in one local shopping center, freezing on -10 Celsius ones, so I came by the most expensive pirate CDs shop. So anyway, I look the shop window filled with CDs, nothing much for someone like us, and I noticed few white papers sticked on the door that said NEW!!! They had few lists of new CDs they got. On the first one it said: - Metallica - S & M - Dream Theater - A Scenes From A Memory :))) WTH??? DT mentioned on the top new CDs list? And as the surprise wasn't big enough, 10 centimeters (inches and yards SUCKS) below was sticked big, huge, (size like an LP cover) the cover of SFAM!!! :) I heard that in this city, the CDs shops sell quite much DT CDs. I guess some folks got into it so DT is starting to be at least a little known in certain circles. OK, another moment was, I go thru one new computers magazine, local one, and suddenly my eyes got wide open. I saw the whole AWAKE cover!!! I was confused at the moment, why is it here? And then I noticed some words above that said "CD SHOP VISION". :) They used the Awake cover as a background for their shop banner in the magazine. OK, that would be all for now. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 22:00:53 -0500 From: Pat Sullivan To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Blue Man Group Message-ID: At 12:38 AM 12/25/1999 -0800, you wrote: >I happened to see a bit of Leno's show few nights ago, and some dudes made >a painting with Robin Williams, and there was this *really* weird band >playing on the background with 6 drummers & percussionists & stuff... all >players wearing nothing but black (except the faces were neon green or >yellow or something). > >Does anyone know what band it was? I really liked their weird-ass stuff and >would like to get some CDs or anything. It's actually not a "band", per se; more of an "experience". They're called Blue Man Group and they're a performance troupe that has a show in 3-4 U.S. cities. I've had the pleasure of seeing them live, and it was the wildest, most entertaining thing I have ever seen. Unfortunately, it's nearly impossible to describe - there are equal parts music, dance, humor, art, and audience participation. To anyone in or near a city where they perform, I HIGHLY recommend it. One of my New Year's resolutions for 2000 is to go see them again. (I like achievable goals. :-)) They have one album out (just came out a few weeks ago, actually), called "Audio". It is available through CDWhenever, or through their website at www.blueman.com ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 5246 **************************