YTSEJAM Digest 5924 Today's Topics: 1) Siamese Monster, Overkill & other things to really cause a stir... by Cyberwolf 2) (no subject) by email_address_removed 3) mullmuzzler2 by Partha Mukhopadhyay 4) The media server at LITS is back up! by Andrew Coutermarsh 5) CD-Now's bargain pre-order price for LSFNY by Scott Hansen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 09:14:40 -0400 From: Cyberwolf To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Siamese Monster, Overkill & other things to really cause a stir... Message-ID: I don't understand all the hoopla over Portnoy's overkill drumset. granted, it IS strange, and somewhat unorthodox, but he has been known to enter into the arena of overkill, overplaying and excess time and time again! Although this 'criticism' does not at all diminish his skills and abilities, which are incredible, and he is personally, still one of my top 10 favorite drummers, for sure. I just think that his overplaying at times detracts from DT's material. I much prefer the Neil Peart/Dave Weckl/Mark Zonder approach of sometimes 'less is more' and subtlety. Again, so as to pre-empt a personal flame war, this is just my home-friend, humble opinion, and like i said, Mike is still one of my favorite drummers, although coming from a guy who didn't care for SCENES FROM A MEMORY as much as most, perhaps I am off the mark? I just can't delve into Jordan's dramatic (melodramatic) style much. He is incredible, but I actually prefered the jazz-flavored, rock-tinged playing of Derek Sherinian and Kevin Moore's abstract soundscapes and flair for the eccentric. Ah... well, who knows, perhaps I been drinking to much imported water or something... Anyhow, if anyone is stil interested, my new CD of AMBIENT NEO-PROGRESSIVE CYBER ROCK is available for listening, seeing and hearing (and more!) here: Scott M. http://www.theambientmind.com http://www.theambientmind.com/virtuality/ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mosher ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 11:47:55 EDT From: email_address_removed To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: (no subject) Message-ID: North Jersey based DREAM THEATER Tribute seeks vocalist/ frontman. Please be able to perform material and have great stage presence! We're ready to go and just need you! E-mail email_address_removed Sign up for EROTOMANIA's Mailing List!!! Send a blank E-mail to: email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 09:16:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Partha Mukhopadhyay To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: mullmuzzler2 Message-ID: when does this one come out, anyway? I got it for review purposes, and so far, I like it better than the first, if only because it doesn't sound like, "James Labrie doing guest vocals on Magellan/Shadow Gallery/Dali's Dilemma songs." (Although, who knows what Dali's sounds like these days....) I like the Trent Gardner song, Afterlife, best so far, it's got a cool New Millenium-ish opening, and LaBrie sings it as if it were an FII outtake (although that may just be me reading too much into the intro).... Still and all, there isn't the sense that we get to know who KJL is as a songwriter. Even if his cowriters' influences aren't as obvious this time, his own musical personality doesn't fill the gaps..... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 12:49:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Coutermarsh To: ytsejam@torchsong.com, themirror@yahoogroups.com Subject: The media server at LITS is back up! Message-ID: Amazingly, the media server at Lines in the Sand (http://dreamtheater. mit.edu) has gone back up! At this very moment, Bogie is uploading the Boston G3 show, as well as some other various goodies. Keep an eye out for new stuff, including G3 Boston as well as Nighttown Nostalgia (a big thank you to Lisa Marie for providing me with that boot as a favor to a guy who had no DT boots, you rock) and some other new stuff. ------------------------------------------------- Andrew Coutermarsh email_address_removed Lines in the Sand - http://dreamtheater.mit.edu ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 23:39:54 -0700 From: Scott Hansen To: Subject: CD-Now's bargain pre-order price for LSFNY Message-ID: Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that with the current $5.00 off coupon, you can pre-order the 3CD Live Scenes From New York from CD-Now for only $16.48 which INCLUDES shipping! Here's the URL: http://www.cdnow.com/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/itemid=1414179/from=sr -9735822 I dunno how long this deal's gonna last, but I thought I'd pass it on. Scott ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 5924 ************************** === Contributions to ytsejam: ytsejam@torchsong.com === === Send requests to: ytsejam-request@torchsong.com === === Brought by the ghost of ytsejam@arastar.coms past === === Reach the owner of this list at: ytsejam-owner@torchsong.com ===