YTSEJAM Digest 563
Topics covered in this issue include:
1)
by drkhoe@netcom.com (Dr. Mosh)
2) DT in Baltimore
by pdaughe@aplcenMP.apl.jhu.edu (TR Daugherty james pa 4104616416)
3) Re: INFERNO - on CD
by Nate Bradley <nbradley@d.umn.edu>
4) I Mother Earth
by Keast Michael J <4mjk@qlink.queensu.ca>
5) To the guys in Kansas
by SPOOK SPEHAR - THE GALLOPING GHOST <SMS012@ACAD.DRAKE.EDU>
6) Dream Theater Top 10
by kruisweg@flatearth.xs4all.nl (Ruud van de Kruisweg)
7) Re: *** IT'S OFFICIAL ***
by Eric Moegling <emoeglin@bigcat.missouri.edu>
8) Re: NEW UPDATED DT TOUR DATES 10/20/94
by zack@lsil.com (Zack Gemmill)
9) CiaW on the Radio!!
by Phil Felicia <FELICI53@SNYBUFVA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU>
10) Black Sabbath - DT link
by "Martin Heath" <mheath@morgan.com>
11) Re: Aunt Kate???
by kbibb@arastar.com (Ken Bibb)
12) 6:00 SAMPLES
by Phil Felicia <FELICI53@SNYBUFVA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU>
13) Possible FAQ header
by Phil Felicia <FELICI53@SNYBUFVA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU>
14) correction: Possible FAQ header
by Phil Felicia <FELICI53@SNYBUFVA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU>
15) SPOILER: Providence show
by Michael Burstin <mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu>
16) Re: YTSEJAM digest 561
by ST40V@Jetson.UH.EDU
17) Voices and Stuff
by 2502pls%itsinet1@cobe.com (Peter Smith)
18) tour dates
by Michael Burstin <mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu>
19) Re: San Francisco DT show?
by Kelly Johnson <kelly@ENG.Trimble.COM>
20) SPOILERS: More on the Providence Show
by Michael Burstin <mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu>
21) Dream Theater Top 10
by kruisweg@flatearth.xs4all.nl (Ruud van de Kruisweg)
22) Re: Innocence faded
by zack@lsil.com (Zack Gemmill)
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 15:34:50 PDT
From: drkhoe@netcom.com (Dr. Mosh)
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Message-ID: <199410202234.PAA03773@netcom6.netcom.com>
>
>I am a bit confused by the news that FW will be opening for DT starting
>in St. Louis and going for the rest of the tour. According to the FW
>tour schedule (from Metal Blade), they are to be in Detroit on November
>12, however, Dream Theater is NOT scheduled for Detroit on November 12.
>Does anyone have a definitive answer?
>Thanks,
>-Dave-
The rest of the FW tour dates from Metal Blade are all tentative now that
it is a double bill starting in St. Louis...
-The Doc
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 94 18:43:35 EDT From: pdaughe@aplcenMP.apl.jhu.edu (TR Daugherty james pa 4104616416) To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: DT in Baltimore Message-ID: <9410202243.AA11553@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu>
If any Ytsejammers want to get together before the show let me know via email.
Don't reply to this message but send mail to: pdaugher@bdmserver.mcl.bdm.com
I would have sent this message form that address, but at this momment I cannot get to that address.
98 rock here in Baltimore is giving away tickets to the DT show, even though I have not heard them mention the new album or play one track from it. Actually, they haven't been playing any DT lately.
Send me email Baltimore Ytsejammers!
--Pat Daugherty pdaugher@bdmserver.mcl.bdm.com
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 20:18:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Nate Bradley <nbradley@d.umn.edu> To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Cc: jpeele@unf6.cis.unf.edu Subject: Re: INFERNO - on CD Message-ID: <199410210118.UAA28235@ub.d.umn.edu>
Jay,
I would like to pick up PD on CD if possible. SHould I get it thru you or wait until cdeurope.com has it. (BTW if you could get them to carry it, it might boost you sales and theirs)
later, :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Nathan I Bradley the more I think 1320 Stadium Dr. G106 the more I tend to worry Duluth, MN 55812-2405 -Fates Warning (218) 726-7720 URL http://ub.d.umn.edu:8080/~nbradley/ ============================================================================
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 23:05:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Keast Michael J <4mjk@qlink.queensu.ca> To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: I Mother Earth Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9410202249.A12410-0100000@qlink>
William Wright asked about I Mother Earth ("Are they progressive like Dream Theater? Or what?"). I guess you could call them progressive: they definitely display excellent musicianship and long, complex songs. They are heavier than DT, but not really heavy enough to be called "metal". Whatever you want to call them, they are a great band (and they're Canadian! Bonus!!)
Michael Keast Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 22:14:13 -0500 (CDT) From: SPOOK SPEHAR - THE GALLOPING GHOST <SMS012@ACAD.DRAKE.EDU> To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: To the guys in Kansas Message-ID: <01HIIK24R1KI0065NC@ACAD.DRAKE.EDU>
I'm in Des Moines and will be heading down to KC on the 11th. How do I get to Memorial Hall? I'll be driving down on 35 south. Scott
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 19:50:00 +0100 From: kruisweg@flatearth.xs4all.nl (Ruud van de Kruisweg) To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: Dream Theater Top 10 Message-ID: <102094195059Rnf0.79b5@flatearth.xs4all.nl>
Ruud van de Kruisweg Van Eeghenstraat 33f Amsterdam The Netherlands 1071 ET kruisweg@flatearth.xs4all.nl
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 22:42:32 -0500 (CDT) From: Eric Moegling <emoeglin@bigcat.missouri.edu> To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Cc: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com> Subject: Re: *** IT'S OFFICIAL *** Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9410202243.A1504-0100000@bigcat>
Starting date is Nov. 10th (I'm hoping to be at both the ST.Louis, and K.C. shows...but can't make any promises).
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ERIC MOEGLING: emoeglin@freenet.scri.fsu.edu as297@freenet.hsc.colorado.edu
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 94 20:59:04 PDT From: zack@lsil.com (Zack Gemmill) To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: Re: NEW UPDATED DT TOUR DATES 10/20/94 Message-ID: <9410210359.AA11699@teng6.fmt>
> From ytsejam@arastar.com Thu Oct 20 20:09:19 1994 > Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 18:48:50 +0800 > Reply-To: ytsejam@arastar.com > Originator: ytsejam@arastar.com > Sender: ytsejam@arastar.com > From: drkhoe@netcom.com (Dr. Mosh) > Dream Theater Tour Dates > Awake Tour 1994/1995 > > > >From here we have a double bill with Fates Warning! > > 12/01/94 San Francisco, CA The Warfield > 12/02/94 Sacramento, CA TBA
(Community Center???) > Eastwest Records America: > > (212)275-2500
Ahhh! Sacramento, too? Thurs, and Fri, perfect! Anyone going to the Sacramento show?
Z.
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 00:31:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Phil Felicia <FELICI53@SNYBUFVA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU> To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: CiaW on the Radio!! Message-ID: <01HIIOVFI4OY9BVZUH@SNYBUFVA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU>
I just turned on the Fox(103.3, Buffalo), a station that has been sucking lately by playing NOTHING but Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and STP. To my suprise...Caught In A Web was on. It was a one hour interview w/ John P. The DJ played CiaW and announced it as 'the next single' then went on to ask some rather dumb questions like;
'what's it like to [blah, blah]' 'do you like doing this kind of [blah, blah]
nothing important was revealed - hence: DUMB QUESTIONS
Anyway, I just caught the end of the program -heard CiaW, PMU, and Another Day
Anyone else from the Buffalo area catch this show? Maybe I missed alot of important stuff...
it was on 103.3 Thurs at 11:00 pm - midnight
Phil,
BTW:right after the show ended, they *OF COURSE* went right back into Interstate Love Affair-STP yuk!
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 01:01:23 -0400 From: "Martin Heath" <mheath@morgan.com> To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: Black Sabbath - DT link Message-ID: <9410211401.ZM5916@morgan.com>
Hi, Anybody got the 'Nativity in Black - A Tribute to Black Sabbath' album? The US version seems to have been available for a while here in Japan. I waited for the Japanese version, it has a great cover, the CD case and everything has no transparent plastic, its all black with the title in silver on the front. Anyway, the DT link is that there are a whole load of quotes about how BS was the world's greatest band etc (quite a few of them very funny esp. Richie Kotzen's). The relevant quote is from Mike Portnoy: "I think Sabbath's impact on the metal world is pretty obvious. If there was no Black Sabbath, every band out there would sound like Blind Melon. They were the heaviest of the heavy and the entire metal world owes them a debt of gratitude." Obligatory sniggering.
Martin.
P.S. Its great to hear a load of these songs decently recorded for once, pity Ozzy couldn't guest appear on all songs.
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 22:40:05 +0800 From: kbibb@arastar.com (Ken Bibb) To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: Re: Aunt Kate??? Message-ID: <9410210540.AA12286@anthor.arastar.com>
> From: William Kriski <wkriski@enci.ucalgary.ca> > > Am I on glue or am I correct in stating that the lady says "I know all > about the honour of God, Mary Jane"? I don't know where they say > "applegate" or "aunt kate"!!
Here's what I hear (Applegate being a man's voice, Mary Jane being female):
Applegate: Six o'clock on a Christmas morning and for what? Mary Jane: Well isn't it for the honour of God, Applegate? Applegate: I know all about the honour of God, Mary Jane!
I faintly recall a character by the name of Applegate in a Victorian (Edwardian?) novel. Dickens? I'll look it up tomorrow.
-- Ken Bibb "Upon a wave of summer kbibb@arastar.com A hilltop paved with gold jester@crash.cts.com We shut our eyes and make the promises we hold" David Sylvian--"Colour of Roses"
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 01:07:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Phil Felicia <FELICI53@SNYBUFVA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU> To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: 6:00 SAMPLES Message-ID: <01HIIQ5H7JYG9BVZUH@SNYBUFVA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU>
>Am I on glue or am I correct in stating that the lady says "I know all >about the honour of God, Mary Jane"? I don't know where they say >"applegate" or "aunt kate
TRACK SAMPLED TIME SAMPLE FROM =============================================================================== 00:45 6:00 on a Christmas morning... UNKNOWN 00:47 6:00 on a Christmas morning... UNKNOWN 00:49 6:00 on a Christmas morning... UNKNOWN 00:52 6:00 on a Christmas morning... UNKNOWN 00:54 ...and for what? UNKNOWN 00:59 But is it for the honor of God, Aunt Kate? UNKNOWN 01:01 I know all about the honor of God, Mary Jane. UNKNOWN 05:09 6:00 on a Christmas morning... UNKNOWN 05:12 6:00 on a Christmas morning... UNKNOWN 05:14 6:00 on a Christmas morning... UNKNOWN 05:16 6:00 on a Christmas morning... UNKNOWN 05:19 I know all about the honor of God, Mary Jane. UNKNOWN 05:21 I know all about the honor of God, Mary Jane. UNKNOWN 05:24 I know all about the honor of God, Mary Jane. UNKNOWN 05:26 I know all about the honor of God, Mary Jane. UNKNOWN
I'm quite positive that the *younger* woman is saying, "But IS IT..." not "but it is...", "but it's" etc. Especially from the inflection in her voice, which implies a question. ok, who wants to do SDV, heh hee :)
Phil,
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 01:23:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Phil Felicia <FELICI53@SNYBUFVA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU> To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: Possible FAQ header Message-ID: <01HIIQPMRGB69BVZUH@SNYBUFVA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU>
Matt or Mike,
I thought maybe you might want to use this as a FAQ header It does add a nice 3-D appearance and it's not much use to me -too long to be a sig.
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 01:34:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Phil Felicia <FELICI53@SNYBUFVA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU> To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: correction: Possible FAQ header Message-ID: <01HIIR2ZZLAG9BVZUH@SNYBUFVA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU>
Sorry, I reduced the # of characters per line so that it would be view-able on most terminals.
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 03:08:11 -0500 (EDT) From: Michael Burstin <mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu> To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com (Ytsejam SERVER), Cc: mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu (Michael Burstin) Subject: SPOILER: Providence show Message-ID: <199410210708.DAA13873@rasp.cs.brandeis.edu>
Just a warning... this message is a spoiler for the Providence show. I am skipping lines before and after this message. Please bypass this message if you don't want to see the spoiler...
SPOILER STARTS HERE:
Well, just got back from the Providence show... First off, we don't have any worries with the new keyboard player!!! He certainly can play with the guys... There were a _few_ mistakes, but that also can be expected on the first show of the tour.
Next, here is the set-list, as I remember:
Pull Me Under 6:00 Innocent Faded Take The Time (with extended instrumental) Caught In A Web w/ drum solo Lifting Shadows Off A Dream The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun Mirror Lie Another Day A Mind Besides Itself (entire trilogy)
Encore: Metropolis
First off, we all sorta knew that they would be doing TOWHTSTS from the IRC, but at the show, b/c we were there so early, we sorta heard them do it in a soundcheck... It was funny looking around during TOWHTSTS seeing NOBODY else with a clue as to what it was... People looked at me even more strangly when I yelled for A Change Of Seasons a few times... :)
I was almost surprised to hear PMU b/c one of the person in our group told us that James said on a radio broadcast before the show that they would not be doing PMU... but they got it out of hte way quickly...
Most songs sounded incredible... They had just about all of the sample queued on time, but a few were slightly off, and the first ones in 6:00 were quite distorted, but they had the sound worked out by the end of the show.
Let's see... Metropolis for the encore was pretty much the same as on the I&W tour... they played the CD at the beginning before entering.
Hmm... I'm sorta tired, so not really thinking straigh... I will probably post more tomorrow...
I was able to get a camera into the show, and got 14 or 15 pictures with one of those panoramic disposable Kodak cameras, so hopefully they turn out ok, and even more importantly, hopefully I can find a color scanner somewhere... :) I though I was dead during the show, b/c a guard pointed in my direction after I had finished taking a picture, and they came over and confiscated a camera from the person standing 2 people over from me...
I think that we were able to get a tape of the show, which I should hopefully have TOMORROW before the Berklee show.
What else... The get together was cool... nice finally putting some faces to the names...
Oh... IME... what to say... I was not at all familiar w/ them, so I didn't enjoy them at all... I especailly hated when people started moshing.... but it was even WORSE when they started moshing to DT!!! I am really glad that Berklee has seats, so there will not be any moshing... One asshole in the croud started a fight with a guard, and 3 or 4 other guards came in, and basically beat the shit out of him b/c he kept on resisting... The only good to come out of that was I was able to get even closer to the stage... At the beginning, I was about 5 people back, but right in front of the speakers... After that, I went next to Tim Lodge 3 people back center stage (I got pictures from both locations...)
Anyway, I will write more tomorrow, but I need some sleep... Have another show to goto tomorrow... :)
One final thing was I didnt' get to meet the guys... I was too tired, so I left early b/c I had to drive back alone... Hopefully tomorrow will be different...
END OF SPOILERS
-- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Let's stare the problem right in the eye | | It's plagued me from coast to coast | | Racing the clock to please everyone | | All but the one who matters the most | | Dream Theater The Mirror Awake | | Get AWAKEned. Available in stores everywhere!!! | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Michael Burstin Brandeis University | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ For info about Dream Theater, finger mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 08:36:46 -0500 (CDT) From: ST40V@Jetson.UH.EDU To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 561 Message-ID: <01HIJ5RTAWLK8WVYO5@Jetson.UH.EDU>
Who has the master list of the 1994 tour? Who is opening for DT in Houston on November 18?
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 94 07:54:53 PDT From: 2502pls%itsinet1@cobe.com (Peter Smith) To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: Voices and Stuff Message-ID: <9410211454.AA25094@>
I am right there with "toscano" who wrote about Voices being possibly his favorite song on Awake. I initially liked SDV and Caught in a Web but then I started to listen to Voices more and I love it. Everything in the song works. It is powerful and dramatic. I love the slow tempo in the beginning and the middle and then how it works right into Silent Man. I also love the part where James sings "I am just Cassandra fleeting" That is too cool!
I have only listened to the CD about 40 times so I can't say what I will like the best after my 100th listen.
Well, I can't wait for the Denver show if Ticket Ripoff ever sends me my tickets.
By the way, does anyone know if and where Fates Warning is playing. I could dig seeing them.
Pete
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 10:27:59 -0500 (EDT) From: Michael Burstin <mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu> To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com (Ytsejam SERVER) Subject: tour dates Message-ID: <199410211428.KAA14624@rasp.cs.brandeis.edu>
One quick thing about the tour dates just posted...
Most of them match the ones on the back of the concert t-shirts, but there are a few additional ones on the list that are not on the t-shirt (Lubbock, Albuquerke (sp), Colorado City, Boise, Sacremento). The biggest possible problem, however is that the t-shirt lists Seattle as being on the 28th, and the list piosted says the 27th. (They also list Los Angeles for the one listed as Hollywood, but that's no biggie)
Anyway, I'll post more of a review from the concert latrer on today...
-- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Let's stare the problem right in the eye | | It's plagued me from coast to coast | | Racing the clock to please everyone | | All but the one who matters the most | | Dream Theater The Mirror Awake | | Get AWAKEned. Available in stores everywhere!!! | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Michael Burstin Brandeis University | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ For info about Dream Theater, finger mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 94 8:37:25 PDT From: Kelly Johnson <kelly@ENG.Trimble.COM> To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: Re: San Francisco DT show? Message-ID: <9410211536.AA20321@Trimble.COM>
> > > >From here we have a double bill with Fates Warning! > > > > 12/01/94 San Francisco, CA The Warfield > > 12/02/94 Sacramento, CA TBA > > (Community Center???) > > > Eastwest Records America: > > > > (212)275-2500 > > Ahhh! Sacramento, too? Thurs, and Fri, perfect! > Anyone going to the Sacramento show? > So, does anyone in the bay area have a clue as to when tickets for the San Francisco show at the Warfield will go on sale?
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 13:03:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Burstin <mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu> To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com (Ytsejam SERVER), Subject: SPOILERS: More on the Providence Show Message-ID: <199410211703.NAA28514@amber.cs.brandeis.edu>
THIS MESSGE CONTAINS MORE SPOILERS ON THE PROVIDENCE SHOW. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE SPOILERS, SKIP THIS MESSAGE. SPOILERS START ON THE NEXT SCREEN
Let's see... I am now more AWAKE (pun intended :) so I can comment more on the show... First off, TOWHTSTS sounded good, but it has been too long since I last listened to WDADU so I really forgot most of the lyrics except for the chorus...
The new keyboard player (Derick) is quite good, and fit in well... He was about in the same place that Kevin was always in... He was slightly to the back, but that was probably more related to the size of the stage than to him... They had all of their stacks/speakers on each side of the stage, so in order to make sure that he could be seen from all locations, he had to be back farther...
At times, the sound did sound a little messed up, but it was fixed after the 1st few songs... I though that the mix was really good also... I could really hear the bass and the keys... At some times, Petrucci was a little louder in the mix, but at no times could you not hear the bass and keys b/c of it. Also, there were some spots in some songs that I was SURE were guitar portions that were done on the keys... And of thankfully, Derick was able to keep up with all of them... Derick's stage presence was about the same as Kevin's... he looked like he was having fun... but it is sorta difficult to have much of a presence when you have to stay in the same place behind the keys... About the only thing that looked comopletely different in his setup was that where Kevin had 2 keyboards in front of him and one to the side, Derick had all 3 on top of each other... He realyl did well, and I am quite impressed with his performance, especially for how long he has been working... He fit right in on Take The Time...
I was dissapointed that they didn;t do Scarred and Learning To Live... I would have rather heard them even instead of Take The Time and even Pull Me Under... although PMU makes a great opener and is great to get the crowd worked up...
Mike's solo didn't change too much from the one from the 2nd portion of the last tour... There were no other pure solos in the show and the only instumental that they did was Erotomania.
Another Day was very reminicent of the last tour... I think that they might keep AD and Metropolis for every tour as long as they are together... They both seem to get the best reaction from the crowd... Almost like Limelight, Tom Sawyer and Spirit of Radio for Rush...
Hmm... what else to say... John and John are incredible... I was again amazed to see some of the work that Myung does on Metropolis and in the MBI trilogy... Absolutly incredible...
On to more stuff, they actually had a decent selection of t-shirts for the concert. The one that I got last night was the Awake cover w/ tour dates on the back. It was $23. They had a long sleeve one with a clock with roman numerals with an eye as the background for the clock. It didn;'t have any hands on it (that I could see) although Mike's bass drums had the same picture on it with the clock reading 6:00. It was $30 I think... They had one other that I don't remember. All shirts were black. They also had a while hat with the Majesty symbol on it.
I was also able to get a free poster of the band picture from Awake (the one with them all in the studio) when I walked in... They had us wait outside of the standing area while doing soundchecks, so I conviently helped them clean up the club byy helping myself to one from the wall when a guard walked away... :)
Well, it has been a LONG post, and there will probably also be a few more reviews from Providence today, plus I will have more to add tonight and tomorrow if I get a copy of last night's show tonight so I guess that that's about it for now...
Oh, the set was almost 2 full hours, but I was pissed off b/c DT didn't even start until AFTER 11:00... which is why I had to leave w/o getting to meet the band...
END OF SPOLIERS HERE
-- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Let's stare the problem right in the eye | | It's plagued me from coast to coast | | Racing the clock to please everyone | | All but the one who matters the most | | Dream Theater The Mirror Awake | | Get AWAKEned. Available in stores everywhere!!! | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Michael Burstin Brandeis University | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ For info about Dream Theater, finger mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 17:08:00 +0100 From: kruisweg@flatearth.xs4all.nl (Ruud van de Kruisweg) To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: Dream Theater Top 10 Message-ID: <102194170841Rnf0.79b5@flatearth.xs4all.nl>
Ruud van de Kruisweg Van Eeghenstraat 33f Amsterdam Holland 1071 ET
11 - The Silent Man 10 - Caught in a Web 9 - Lie 8 - Lifting Shadows of a Dream 7 - 6.00 6 - Innocence Faded 5 - Scarred 4 - Erotomania 3 - Voices 2 - Space Dyed Vest 1 - The Mirror
I know it should have been ten reasons, but this is DT we're talking about! Ten reasons is just not enough to do justice to Awake.
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 94 10:28:00 PDT From: zack@lsil.com (Zack Gemmill) To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: Re: Innocence faded Message-ID: <9410211728.AA15236@teng6.fmt>
> From ytsejam@arastar.com Wed Oct 19 03:33:26 1994 > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 03:26:40 +0800 > Reply-To: ytsejam@arastar.com > Originator: ytsejam@arastar.com > Sender: ytsejam@arastar.com > From: Steve Fuller <sfuller@worf.infonet.net> > > I've been thinking about the instrumental portion of this song since the > first time that I heard it and after listening to it again tonight I've > come to the conclusion that this portion of the album just sounds BIG! > Big in the sense that everything is well balanced and that it doesn't > sound like 4 instruments playing, and the keyboards just have this HUGE > bouyant "I'm really holding all of this together" kind of feel. IMHO this > is about the best part of the album. Really well written with nothing > sounding like it's out of place or unneeded.
I am really starting to like this song a lot more. They could've switched this one with Under a Glass Moon being on Awake. Very IAW-ish. Very typical DT. > Also, is it just me, or does the last chord in IF sound as if it could be > held over to the beginning of Erotomania?
Yeah... it does go together well. > Steve Fuller
Zach
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