YTSEJAM Digest 933
Today's Topics:
1) Still here...
by Maraya007@aol.com
2) Re: A possible project...and other tidbits
by mattymo@inxpress.net (Matt Mommaerts)
3) Hi all!
by Michael Bahr <durnik@indirect.com>
4) Aviad and Myung :)
by mer@sol.iii.net (Marc Respass)
5) Re: A possible project...and other tidbits
by Shaft <polzin@glibm21.cen.uiuc.edu>
6) Re: D.T. Fan Club
by "mmetzger" <mmetzger@bostech.com>
7) Dear Mr.Akiyama
by Kotaro Nagai <GAA01107@niftyserve.or.jp>
8) A favor/Info for AOL'ers
by JennieBear@aol.com
9) echolyn
by imowatt@escape.ca (Ian Mowatt)
10) Re: YTSEJAM digest 932
by ZapcoDT@aol.com
11) 'boring' drum solo's
by dief@vt.edu (Brian K. Diefenderfer)
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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 01:47:50 -0400
From: Maraya007@aol.com
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Still here...
Message-ID: <950826014750_63679563@emout04.mail.aol.com>
The Dragon has entered college at last, and some of my stuff is still at
home, including the finally completed of Metropolis Watch. That's what
happens when your parents decide they don't want to drive you half an hour
home so YOU can figure out what you need to take and what you don't need to
take, but instead lump stuff in the van and drive it over and then don't
understand why you're torqued!
Um, Mom? I didn't want my entire dresser contents, just what I shoved in
suitcases! You forgot my shampoo, too...
..and when she finally remembered it, she didn't close the top and a pair of
my shorts and quite a few cassettes (yikes) were covered with green gooey
stuff. GRRRR!
ANYWAY - it's done, I'm NOT screwing anyone over, I just need to get it
copied, but I can't do that until it's in my hands, so you folks'll just have
to hold your shorts til about the end of this week, maybe early next week.
I'm *really* sorry about the delay, but there's nothing I can do about
parents that are obvious victims of the Clue Bandit - they forgot the phone
cord when they brought the computer, and I had to go steal someone's.
Sheesh.
Jaime the absolutely looney Dragon who's quite happy being the only frosh in
an upperclassman dorm... hehehehe
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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 01:12:57 -0500
From: mattymo@inxpress.net (Matt Mommaerts)
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Re: A possible project...and other tidbits
Message-ID: <199508260612.BAA07965@ns1.inxpress.net>
>I kinda got an idea from Screaming in Digital (The Queensryche Digest) the
>other day. Someone was asking about 'Ryche bitmaps, and since I was kinda
>looking for some myself, I was wondering if any other Ytsejamers would be
>interested in trading some DT (or really any other) bitmaps.
We could use that Dream Theater newsgroup for something and uuencode some
bitmaps!
>On a side note...if anyone is in the Quad City area, drop me a line. If
>you've seen anyone with Iowa license plates which say "Ytsejam", that was me.
That was my third choice for my Wisconsin plates, but my first (Matty Mo)
was available!
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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 03:14:35 -0700 (MST)
From: Michael Bahr <durnik@indirect.com>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Hi all!
Message-ID: <199508261014.DAA09836@bud.indirect.com>
Just thought I'd share some thoughts with you all...
.. Are the bunch on alt.music.rush IMPATIENT or what?? You Jammers
quietly and politely waited during my nightmare of slow shipping of
Subconscious, and now everyone's happy. I run two or three days behind
schedule on Cygnus, and all of a sudden half of alt.music.rush is asking
if they've been had! Geesh! I can only work so fast!
.. Today my bank lost $1000 out of my account. Just like that. I went to
make my deposit in the morning, and had $1600. Later, I decided to make a
withdrawal to get lunch & such, and it showed my remaining balance as
$580. Needless to say, I damn near had a heart attack. And it gets worse!
I go in to inquire as to where it went, and the response I get is "well,
it must never have been _in_ there." I show them my ATM receipts and ask
what they think of that. They decide I'm getting too hot on the trail of
the mysterious missing money, or something, because they ask for ID and
say my drivers licence dosen't look like me. Of _course_ it dosen't. I
got it when I was sixteen, I'm now 21. I don't have long hair anymore,
and my beard is a prominent addition. They say I'm just some common
criminal trying to get money, so they call the cops. The police officers,
for a change, took my side entirely! (I guess state ID, SS card, college
ID, and photo drivers license _DO_ count as proof of identity... imagine
that!) So it was back to "where is my goddamn $1000 bucks!" And the end
answer was "you'll have to come back Monday and talk to the manager." So
I guess I'm fucked. $1000 for nothing. I should at least have parked
across three handicapped spaces or something, so at least the "fine"
would have meant something. Don't worry, it won't affect Acoustic Dreams
or Cygnus (both are paid for) but if I don't find out what happened, I
won't be able to produce any more. I'll be bankrupt. To be continued...
.. Dream Theater won't tour to follow the release of ACOS in the USA, so
I guess I'll be pretty dead for comments on them for about a year. What
the hell are they thinking? Rush toured after every release, no matter
how dismal (Caress of Steel) and it's a big part of the reason they are
where they are now.
.. Speakin of Rush, does anyone notice the EXTREME parallels that
developed between Rush and DT where the first albums are concerned? If I
don't miss my mark, ACOS is DT's "2112". Here's hoping for similar results.
.. Live's show in Phoenix was entertaining, but I was sort of just
reminded by it of how great DT and Rush are. Something inside me just
rails against mediocrity. Live is a good band, but they put on a
painfully mediocre concert.
.. The next night, Dokken blew away a sellout crowd at the Electric
Ballroom in nearby Tempe. That show was incredible. They even had time to
do a Zep cover as a third encore (Whole Lotta Love). Whatever you may or
may not think about the glam '80s, that's where the showmanship was, and
that's a fact. Who the hell wants to see a current concert where the band
sits around in rocking chairs and croons quietly amongst themselves. I
yearn for the days of Kiss with makeup, of early Van Halen, of Rush
during the "fantasy" years, of a show with Zeppelin in it. Some people
were just born too late, I guess.
.. Brothers and sisters I have none, but this person's father is my
father's son. Who am I?
Mike Bahr, durnik@indirect.com
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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 13:12:26 -0500
From: mer@sol.iii.net (Marc Respass)
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Aviad and Myung :)
Message-ID: <v01510100ac6510fd594f@[199.232.46.229]>
Aviad Hay,
I'm glad that you brought up Myung's solo. I haven't heard it so I have to
go by what you say. I was mostly playing devil's advocate but I still
believe that one doesn't have to be a soloist to fully express himself.
Maybe some think that's a contradiction. I don't. I don't think you should
have kept it to yourself. You got flamed. It's the Internet. Say something
that someone doesn't like and they may call you a jerk (or whatever). It
was interesting and I enjoyed talking about it. We can end it if you like.
Until I hear it, I don't really have much more to say. Don't worry about
what someone else says. You didn't like his solo. Some people might have.
How about this. Years ago, I went to the Newport jazz festival. Three of
the bands were Wynton Marsalis, Kenny G (G for Jazz ;) and Nancy <someone>.
My favorite - Kenny G. My quote "he's as fast as any guitar player!" Just
thought it was funny. I'll cover myself by saying that I'd only been
playing a short time and didn't know what I was listening to. Somehow I
thought it was relevant in illustrating how different people like different
things.
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+ Marc Respass mer@sol.iii.net +
+ http://www.iii.net/users/mer/welcome.html +
+----------------------------------------------------------+
+ Check out the Joel Rivard Group home page at +
+ http://www.iii.net/users/mer/joelpage.html +
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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 12:49:56 -0500 (CDT)
From: Shaft <polzin@glibm21.cen.uiuc.edu>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Cc: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com>
Subject: Re: A possible project...and other tidbits
Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.90.950826124848.7021A-100000@glibm21.cen.uiuc.edu>
If you want to set up an ftp site or something, I could set up both an
extra page on my web page and an ftp site. Everything seems to run more
stable now with win95. Let me know if any or all are interested.
Ed
On Fri, 25 Aug 1995, Tymoteusz Altman wrote:
> >
> > I kinda got an idea from Screaming in Digital (The Queensryche Digest) the
> > other day. Someone was asking about 'Ryche bitmaps, and since I was kinda
> > looking for some myself, I was wondering if any other Ytsejamers would be
> > interested in trading some DT (or really any other) bitmaps. If there is
> > some interest, I would almost be inclined to volunteer my time compiling,
> > copying, and distributing them. I think it would be fairly easy...send a
> > disk and a little postage money, and we sould all be fortunate enough to have
> > DT (or QR or whatever) wallpaper or screensaver modules. Let me know what
> > you think, anything's possible.
>
> yes, that would be cool...except instead of sending a disk via mail,
> why not just send it via e-mail, or through IRC (/dcc), or set up some
> ftp site.
> >
> > On a side note...if anyone is in the Quad City area, drop me a line. If
> > you've seen anyone with Iowa license plates which say "Ytsejam", that was me.
>
> you're lucky! i've been wanting to get "YTSEJAM" for some time now,
> but we only can have 6 letters on our plates :(
> i'm holding off until we get 7.
>
> tim a.
>
>
Ed Polzin
WWW: http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~polzin/
polzin@coewl.cen.uiuc.edu
polzin@ripco.com
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Date: 26 Aug 1995 14:14:10 -0500
From: "mmetzger" <mmetzger@bostech.com>
To: "YTSEJAM" <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com>
Subject: Re: D.T. Fan Club
Message-ID: <n1402675633.36500@macsmtp>
Saw the posting from Warren in Oregon in YTSEJAM 929 about difficulties that
he has had with the DT fan club. Warren, you are not alone !!!
>> Quoth Warren: "I sent them the money in January. H E L P!!!!!"
Warren, I assume that you mean January, 1995 (you will need to begin using
both months and years when discussing this matter). You haven't seen nothin'
yet. While in my 24+ months being a member, I DID receive my introductory
package (about eleven moons ago), that has been it. I feel that this is
rather out of control and I hope that someone who is connected with the band
realizes that it is not good PR to screw their most loyal fans.
BTW, many heart felt thanks are in order for BABS in New York for making phone
calls to DT's management in an attempt to remedy this matter, but alas, even
her attempts have failed.
Mark in Massachusetts
mmetzger@bostech.com
Mark partial(?)-member #209; DT fan club
Mark, $16.00 poorer
Mark the (also) ignored
Mark...I know they cashed my check and bought a case of beer
Mark in Massachusetts...now I am thirsty for (many) beers
Mark, who doesn't own a parrot
But, Mark who can spell rhythm correctly
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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 05:09:00 +0900
From: Kotaro Nagai <GAA01107@niftyserve.or.jp>
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: Dear Mr.Akiyama
Message-ID: <199508262012.FAA21802@inetnif.niftyserve.or.jp>
Dear Mr.Akiyama,
Welcome to Ystejam!
I can answer to you for your questions.
First, "Status Seeker " had been played in 1993 Tour. It can be heard in
the CD named "Lords of Sound"(live in Milwaukee 29-06-93) and "Dance of
Eternity"(live in Buffalo 18-05-93). They can be obtained easily in Japan.
Second, The email address of Miss Kaoru Kobayashi is
gch06672@niftyserve.or.jp, and I know her very well.
"Status Seeker " is a favorite number of Dream Theater's,too.
regards.
*** K.Nagai: gaa01107@niftyserve.or.jp from Japan<95/08/26 20:25> ***
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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 17:18:24 -0400
From: JennieBear@aol.com
To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
Subject: A favor/Info for AOL'ers
Message-ID: <950826171823_84072292@mail02.mail.aol.com>
Now that school is starting up again (many absent student Ytsejammers are
back and able to work on their Web pages), I'm going to extend a request I
made a number of months ago. If you have a Kevin Moore dub site list on your
Web page, *please* contact Jen Albert at AirDance@aol.com and ask for an
updated version. Yet again, I am receiving a great number of requests, and I
closed my dub site in *March* - not only that, if your list is old, it
probably has a large number of outdated e-mail addresses as well. Thank
you...
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Recently (about last week), someone expressed dismany at receiving the 'jam
digest in a file form (possibly, .mme or .txt, as I personally have been
experiencing). This is related to AOL's new policy for large e-mail
messages. Personally, I am *not* pleased with this as it requires a separate
software program to decode the damn thing, and it's taking two to three
minutes longer to receive single digests now (due to the fact that there's
half an e-mail message...and then the first half is repeated in the file!)
As if AOL wasn't in enough hot water for allegedly rounding up minutes! If
you are displeased, I *strongly* suggest that you write to AOL to make a
grievance (which I have been trying to do - I've actually sent two messages
thus far). I received some lame form e-mail that said the new policy was
enacted because people wanted to "easily" (hah!) send and receive long e-mail
messages - well, if enough people commenting caused the policy, then if
enough people write who don't like the policy, AOL can go back to the drawing
board!
If you would like to discuss the issue further with me, please e-mail me
privately.
Okay, /set serious mode off. <g>
Jen
-- "Could we see clearer in a virtual reality?" - Magellan "I am the beat of your pulse/the computer word made flesh" - Queensrychejenniebear@aol.com kethry@netcom.com
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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 22:59:40 -0500 From: imowatt@escape.ca (Ian Mowatt) To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: echolyn Message-ID: <199508270359.WAA01821@wpg-01.escape.ca>
Hi everyone.
I realize this request has probably been asked many times, so please....no flames!
A fellow jammer buddy (Hi Ghost!) has done me a favour by turning me on to Echolyn. So, because of him, I'm on the hunt for any CD's other than "As The World". I know they are out of print, but maybe someone knows something I don't know about obtaining them.
I am willing to hunt for any Canadian releases that are unavailable elsewhere for anyone who can help me out.
Just a reminder to any Canadian DT fan who might have a hard time locating ACOS when it's released. I manage a record store, so I'm willing to help if you can't find it.
Please e-mail me with any info.
Thanks in advance
ian Ian Mowatt imowatt@escape.ca
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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 00:46:46 -0400 From: ZapcoDT@aol.com To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 932 Message-ID: <950827004645_84307207@mail06.mail.aol.com>
Hello, Hi people. I just felt like posting a letter to the jam with a few questions, and opinions. First, I feel that John Myung is an awesome bass player. Ever hear the solo on 'The Ytsejam' ? Also, before you start criticizing another musician, first ask yourself if you could outperform him/her in the same situation. I know we're all fans and we analyze things and inject opinions, but hey, J.M. is a great bass player, hands down. Also, (I've said this before) anyone reading the 'JAM who is going to Potsdam in Upstate NY who would be interested in starting a DT/Rush/Queensryche/etc.. type band should really seriously get ahold of me at ZapcoDT@aol.com. Remember, Classes start Monday!! And finally, how do I get a pair of shorts like John Petrucci had on at the Providence show? Can I get them made somewhere? OK! I'll c-ya!
-Zap
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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 12:21:50 +0600 From: dief@vt.edu (Brian K. Diefenderfer) To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: 'boring' drum solo's Message-ID: <m0smaz6-0002B6C@donews.cts.com>
re: jam #932
> and I'd be hard pressed >to name a good drum solo.
Not to bust your chops Jeremy, but check out the YYZ drum solo from Rush's "Exit... Stage Left" (if you haven't already). After hearing that and seeing Neil's latest drum solo on each tour, I have a hard time finding another drum/percussion solo on the same plane in terms of musicianship and complexity. For the DT content, I've been away from the list most of the summer, has anything else come out about a return North American tour? I didn't get to see them last fall but I did catch them w/ GC July '93 in Baltimore (5th row) - one hell of a show!
Thanks, Dief...
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