YTSEJAM Digest 7147 Today's Topics: 1) RE: New Xbox 360 Rocks by "Niall Connaughton" 2) Spring Cleaning by Ryan P Skadberg 3) Re: possessed stitch doll auction by "Christopher Oates" 4) Re: possessed stitch doll auction by Eduardo Ojeda 5) concert reviews x2 (spoilers, lengthy) by Mike Shetzer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 21:35:13 +1000 From: "Niall Connaughton" To: Subject: RE: New Xbox 360 Rocks Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: ytsejam@torchsong.com [mailto:ytsejam@torchsong.com]On Behalf Of > email_address_removed > Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2005 9:21 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: New Xbox 360 Rocks > > > I have a feeling that the PS3 will be much better than that. I play > gaming systems for their game lineup and have sworn by sony forever. > The Ps3 has a multicore chip on it. That is all that has been revealed. > According to an article, it was revealed that 1 of those chips alone > has the power of the slowest supercomputer. With Nvidia's emotion > engine.... I think PS3 will win this one on capabilities. X-box is > using ATI. Good company.... they used to be #1 in my book. But that > changed with the newer nvidia cards on the market. But the new PS3 is > supposed to be revealed on Wednesday at E3 i heard. > > Pfft, the power of the slowest super computer, what a load of carp. What does that actually mean? There were supercomputers in the 60s, I'm sure the PS3 would be faster than one of those, so is my mobile phone. Sounds like marketing crap to me... if game consoles, sold for a few hundred dollars were as fast as super computers, we'd be seeing the CIA purchasing bulk orders of PS3s and super computer manufacturers scratching their heads wondering where they went wrong. Now that sounds like fun. We could have NASA controlling the space shuttles with gamepads! Niall ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 09:36:30 -0400 From: Ryan P Skadberg To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Spring Cleaning Message-ID: Some time over the course of the week this week, I am planning on doing a cleansing of the Ytsejam Mailing List. This basically involves removing all e-mail addresses that are bouncing on a consistent basis. If you get an e-mail saying you have been unsubscribed, just re-subscribe to the list. It just means that your e-mail address was bouncing enough that I removed you. Please let me know if you have any questions. Skadz Ytsejam Moderator -- Ryan P Skadberg Dream Theater Information Network ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 15:00:04 -0400 From: "Christopher Oates" To: Subject: Re: possessed stitch doll auction Message-ID: > Subject: possessed stitch doll auction > Message-ID: <000601c55a94$5692fb60$cdf7fea9@mizz> > > I dunno where I heard this first, but it occurred to me to look for this > again after having heard of it when the auction was still up. It sold > for... > well, check it out yourself. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5566217149 > > the dude who bought it left no feedback, hope he's ok =P Given that the only item currently for sale from the same seller is a "finger stuck in a piece of toast" http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=5580139712&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW it says "no hoax" and then it says later that the finger is rubber (probably to cover him since you can't sell body parts on eBay, and to be honest so a buyer doesn't sue him for false advertising) Even ignoring the obvious impossibility of a demon-possessed toy, the stitch thing has gotta be a joke. A well-made and funny joke, but still a joke. I wish him luck in his selling, but I suspect the buyer is fake as well. ~Chris ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 16:18:22 -0300 From: Eduardo Ojeda To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: possessed stitch doll auction Message-ID: > Even ignoring the obvious impossibility of a demon-possessed toy, the > stitch > thing has gotta be a joke. A well-made and funny joke, but still a > joke. I > wish him luck in his selling, but I suspect the buyer is fake as well. > Actually he WAS fake, so he made a second auction. And then a third. Had quite a bit of fun reading the whole saga, really... Especially the messages from all the clueless people who believed him - Edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 16:01:27 -0400 From: Mike Shetzer To: email_address_removed Subject: concert reviews x2 (spoilers, lengthy) Message-ID: <000701c55b1b$364010a0$cdf7fea9@mizz> About time :P From my site... www.angelfire.com/music5/sandman/stuff.html Definite spoilers for Mars Volta and Porcupine Tree setlists, so beware the texts of march... or May, rather. "Enjoying a well deserved blob of concerts is the name of the game this month! I just returned from a day at work to write a review for the two fantastic concerts I witnessed in the last week. The first of two was last week and it was the fantastic spastic Mars Volta. I heard only bad things about their live perfomances (saw that as well from clips, etc), so I went in hoping for the best but expecting nothing. Although about 30 minutes late, TVM put on one of the best shows I've ever seen. Sporting what appears to be extra musicians, this 7 piece of guitar, keys, percussion/keys, percussion/flute/sax, vocals, drums, and bass effortlessly breezed through a remarkable 7 songs. Why remarkable? Their concert lasted approximately 3 hours. Yes, they played 5-6 minute songs that had random inserted, no joke, 30 minutes of jamming and chaos. In between each song was what I can only describe as a "musical wormhole", allowing the audience breathing room in the form of strange noises, samples and soundscapes. They were remarkably tight, with a powerful sense of dynamic, going from bombastic insanity to a quiet, relaxing jam in the blink of an eye and then back to a wall of sound. The vocals were a little distorted at times, but the sound was crisp and everything could be relatively well heard. Without John Frusciante and Flea, I can safely say TMV played perfectly fine without them! Drummer and guitarist (Omar and Jon respectively) are both monsters that simply do not stop! Get a chance to see them if possible, regretting it should not be an option! The 2005 setlist included new tunes L'Via Viaquez, Cygnus, The Widow, and the 30+ minute epic Cassandra Gemini (complete with the extended sax solo!). On top of that, old tunes Roulette Dares, Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt (complete with insane odd time tapping section at the end) and Drunkship of Lanterns (with 30 minutes of extended jamming). Inserted into one of the songs was a bit of the EP only tune Concertina. Last night was the second of two concerts, the fantabulous incarnation of one of the UK's best exports, Porcupine Tree. Often hailed as the new Pink Floyd, the venue in the middle of nowhere was completely sold out, with literally a mile long line up outside 2 hours before they let us in. The venue was packed, so my friends and I shoved to the front to watch. As usual with most prog bands (strangely enough), PT came on approximately an hour late, after one lonely stage man came out to set up towels, then 5 minutes later water bottles, then 5 minutes later setlists. The boys came on and headed right into the set's opener, my tied-for-favorite tune on Deadwing, the title track. Guitarist/vocalist John Wesley certainly impressed us all, as he got to sing a song on his own, got several guitar solos, and has a beautiful accompanying voice for frontman Wilson. Colin Edwin, as usual, was perfection in bass form, barely breaking a sweat. New drummer Gavin Harrison pounded the skins with power and confidence (although in comparison he is rather calm compared to Mr.Volta!), while Richard Barbieri delivered his usual display of lights and dazzling soundscapes as well as his unmistakeable remarkable keyboard solo sounds. Incredibly, Steven Wilson reproduced all album solos flawlessly, including those by Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt and KC's Adrian Belew! Great sound at the venue too, although the only minor complaint was Wilson's guitar was a little low in the mix during solos (perhaps due to where I was standing). Setlist included Deadwing, Arriving Somewhere But Not Here, Mellotron Scratch, Halo, Shallow, Lazarus, The Sound of Muzak, Hatesong (with extended jamming and solos), Fadeaway (sung by John Wesley), Even Less, Shesmovedon, Blackest Eyes and an encore of Trains. All in all a successful last week! " ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 7147 ************************** === Contributions to ytsejam: ytsejam@torchsong.com === === Send requests to: ytsejam-request@torchsong.com === === More information at: http://www.dreamt.org/local/ytsejam.php === === Brought by the ghost of ytsejam@arastar.coms past === === Reach the owner of this list at: ytsejam-owner@torchsong.com ===