>
>Excuze me, but isn't this the DREAM THEATER mailing list??? Am I asking too
>much to request the reades of this list to restrict their posts to DREAM
>THEATER???? Please, tell me if I am, becuase if y'all want to discuss every
>prog rock band in the world BESIDES Dream Theater, I'll unsubscribe, and you
>can all have a ball going off on your damn tangents! Sorry, but I could give
>a rat;'s ass about all these other bands -- I subscribe to this list to read
>about Dream Theater...period. I think all this crap on OTHER bands could more
>effectively be posted in other newsgroups, or transmitted via EMAIL.
>
>I'll get off my soapbox now, but please, I *am* looking for a response here
>from the subscribers of this list -- does anyone else mind the fact this
>mailing list is out of control and totally off the subject?? Please advise.
>
Actually, I like the fact that we talk about other bands besides DT
sometimes. I found out about DT because some people on the Marillion digest
(Freaks) were talking about DT and pointed me in this direction. On this
list I found out about a number of other bands that I listen to now (like
Enchant, Inferno, etc...). I'm very glad that people posted about those
bands -- it gave me an opportunity to try out new stuff when I wouldn't
have got to otherwise.
It's true that some bands (like Rush and maybe Marillion) have enough
fans that people can go to their own list, but that's certainly not true for
relatively unknown bands like Magellan, Enchant and Inferno. I think its
great that we can talk about those bands in this forum -- we learn about new
music and can support other small bands and help make them into the next
Dream Theater.
Also, I know for a fact that Inferno opened up for Dream Theater at
least once, and the DT members are fans of Magellan's music (and they've done
and interview together I think). So, there are at least some DT connections
here.
I do agree with you that the other band discussions should not
dominate the list, but I don't think that's the case. Remember that right
now many of the regular subscribers are home for the summer so traffic is
rather low. That makes the discussions of other bands seem more dominant.
Still, given the benefits (IMHO), I think it's worth it if I have to skip
a few messages that I don't care about now and then.
Steve
schew@tis.com
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Steve /
\ Chew / / -- And you and I reach over the sun to
-- Wonderful, \\\' , / // the river.
wonderful, \\\//, _/ //, -- A smile costs nothing, but
most wonderful! \_-//' / //<, gives much.
\ /// <//` -- It's only the giving that makes
-- Convictions are / >> \\\`__/_ you what you are.
more dangerous /,)-^>> _\` \\\ -- Only through love changes come.
enemies of truth (/ \\ / \\\
than lies. // _//\\\ -- Better to have loved and have lost,
((` (( than never to have loved at all.
schew@tis.com
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