YTSEJAM digest 1200

From: ytsejam@arastar.com
Date: Wed Dec 20 1995 - 17:02:58 EST

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    Today's Topics:

      1) More info on Petrucci REH video
     by Brandon Vaughn <EDLEADER@uwf.cc.uwf.edu>
      2) The past Jams/god(s) etc.
     by nga@software-ag.de (Neil Gallop)
      3) RE: YTSEJAM digest 1191
     by BURGER KING EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH <jccrowder@postman.harding.edu>
      4) bad traders
     by Pat Daugherty <pdaugher@bdmserver.mcl.bdm.com>
      5) YTSEJAM digest 1191
     by Olaf Bode <100734.3240@compuserve.com>
      6) Take The Time verses
     by Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu>
      7) You do intend to eventually have DT on the DT mailing list?!
     by Brandon Vaughn <EDLEADER@uwf.cc.uwf.edu>
      8) ACOS' Malmsteen section
     by steve matthews <WSM95003@UConnVM.UConn.Edu>
      9) Pop trivia stuff..
     by "Richard Karsmakers" <r.c.karsmakers@stud.let.ruu.nl>
     10) DT's tour
     by szebro1@gl.umbc.edu
     11) Awake in '95 delay
     by Skooc@aol.com
     12) RE: AD and Subconscious
     by Adam Edwards <maedwar@students.uiuc.edu>
     13) Re: YTSEJAM digest 1195
     by Mark Smeets <msmeets@ibm.net>
     14) bah, humbug
     by Jaime Kimpton <jaimekimpton@vwc.edu>
     15) Amusing Story of the Day ....
     by "Ryan P. Skadberg" <skadberg@wicked.stigmata.org>
     16) No RS gig video :(
     by mer@sol.iii.net (Marc Respass)
     17) loopholes in postings
     by mer@sol.iii.net (Marc Respass)
     18) ATTN: AL BALKIEWICZ
     by Skooc@aol.com
     19) ferret snot
     by MillerA@act.org

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 10:23:08 CDT
    From: Brandon Vaughn <EDLEADER@uwf.cc.uwf.edu>
    To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
    Subject: More info on Petrucci REH video
    Message-ID: <m0tPB5j-0000hyC@donews.cts.com>

    Thanks to all who posted kind words for me giving a description of this
    video. Will Kriski asked if the video had any on-screen notation
    (right?), and sadly it doesn't. Most of everything Petrucci plays is
    notated in the book. I say _most_ because there is a solo in which
    the first minute is notated and then he goes off. Most of what he plays
    is easily seen due to the quality of the closeups. Some of his variations
    in the exercises are also not notated.
        To the guy asking about keyboard videos, I know they exist but can't
    recommend any (since I haven't seen any). Some Chick Corea videos, jazz
    videos...I'm sure I've seen some advanced videos for keyboard available.

    Hope that helps!
     Brandon Vaughn ** edleader@uwf.cc.uwf.edu **

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 16:38:37 +0100
    From: nga@software-ag.de (Neil Gallop)
    To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
    Cc: donews!nga
    Subject: The past Jams/god(s) etc.
    Message-ID: <9512111538.AA00495@sundoc13.software-ag.de>

    Hi all

    just back from a little trip to the homelands (England, that is), and I'm
    catching up on the backlog of Jams from the past five days. Some interesting
    stuff going on out there. Here are my comments (forgive me if I don't mention
    the contributors by name: I'm sure you will know who you are).

    I especially liked the contribution about 'chilling out' and the fact that the
    boys from DT are just normal people who happen to play some very good music.
    Excellent. Perhaps some politicians and dictators would like the grovelling
    servility that some people display towards DT, but I doubt if the boys do.
    Ten out of ten.

    The religious wars seem to be hotting up nicely again. Stuff about not being
    human if we don't believe this or that, people claiming to be able to see deep
    down in my soul and my heart etc. Telepathic christians? Interesting concept.
    If they could see into my heart, all they would find would be a bit of muscle,
    a couple of fairly nasty-looking valves, a healthy coating of cholesterol and
    a few other bits and pieces. As for souls, I don't have one, never did, never
    will. There are, however, some good bits about religious philosophy and
    comparative religion appearing - keep 'em coming. Never trust a man who lets
    his god tell him how to f**k (not mine, I saw it on a tee shirt).

    Do the letters IRC stand for 'I rule, cool'? A good dose of reality is much
    more fun than all this computer stuff. I sometimes wonder how long some of the
    people out there could last during a power cut before the men with the one-armed
    tight-fitting canvas jackets came round.

    I also heard a good new band yesterday, they are called Theatre of Dreams or
    something like that. I heard two songs, one about a cow being milked, which I
    think was called Pull My Udder (the song, not the cow), and the other was about
    scarring birds away from milk bottles and was called Lifting Sparrows Off The
    Cream. Is this band any good, and are the members being sponsored by the Milk
    Marketing Board? I think there are also a couple of tracks called A Fortune In
    Flies, and A Change Of Trousers by the same band.

    By the way, is Bafu Vai a four-legged dog (there are some with only three: check
    out the new Alice In Chains video), or did I misunderstand this whole logical
    proof of god's existance stuff?

    stay safe and happy listening
    Neil Gallop
    (nga@software-ag.de)

    Currently playing: Therapy? - Troublegum

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 09:45:37 CST
    From: BURGER KING EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH <jccrowder@postman.harding.edu>
    To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
    Subject: RE: YTSEJAM digest 1191
    Message-ID: <0099AB35.E3C3B280.52@postman.harding.edu>

    >
    >Chris Crowder," Burger King Empoyee of the Month"...the last thing we need on
    >the Jam in another fucking idiot bragging about his life's
    >achievements..change your sig!!<G>
    >

         Oh, do you like my SIG :) It's a joke! I've never worked at Burger King
    before in my life, and if all goes well, I won't have to, considering what I've
    heard about working there <G>. Well, on with the jam.

         Later,
            Chris
    P.S. here comes the sig, just for you :).....

    ********************************************************************************
    * Chris Crowder * Dream Theater, Rush, Alice in Chains, *
    * HU Box #596 * Queensyrche, Genesis, Metallica, *
    * Searcy, AR 72149-0001 * Silverchair, Clint Black, Blues Traveler *
    * * *** and the list goes on *** *
    * <jccrowder@harding.edu> * *
    ********************************************************************************

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:53:08 -0500 (EST)
    From: Pat Daugherty <pdaugher@bdmserver.mcl.bdm.com>
    To: Dream Theater <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com>
    Subject: bad traders

    Wow,

    I am really impressed by Al Balkewicz.

    I love the way he has taken over 10 months to record 2 videos and mail them
    to me, yet I have still received nothing.

    I love the way he responds to my emails asking what the deal is.

    I love the way he acknowledges me posting to the jam saying he has ripped me
    off.

    I like how he has time to organize so get together before one of the DT
    shows and has time to reply to email by people who want to go to it, but
    refuses to acknowedge me at all.

    Do others think that it is all right for me to be pissed off about this?

    I sent my tapes to him within a week to him after we made a deal. He
    promised to get his tapes out that weekend.

    _10_ months later I have nothing.

    I know he was in an accident 3-4 months after we made the deal. Then he
    vanished for a few months and has now been back at least 2 months.

    I know that dubbing 2 videos requires a brain surgeon, but come on....

    -----------

    Do not trade with anyone by the name of Jeremy Haynes of Sue Moscardino or
    anyy one at 6 Kish Pl in Wallingofrd CT. He/She/They have ripped off many
    people.

    -----------
    Well if you trade with Al Balkewicz, you risk being ripped off as well.

    Thanks for allowing me to vent.

    Did I mention that the only reason I traded with Al Balkewicz was because
    I decided to be nice since he kept hounding me (he had nothing I really
    wanted). I figured another DT video and Yngwie video would be ok...

      **** Pat Daugherty pdaugher@bdmserver.mcl.bdm.com ****
    **** "Every breath leaves me one less to my last" --Dream Theater ****
    **** "That is not an option, Mr. Mulder" --X-Files ****
      **** Album of the week:Savatage - Dead Winter Dead ****
      GO REDSKINS! GO CAPITALS! GO BULLETS! GO BROWNS??

    ------------------------------

    Date: 11 Dec 95 12:55:33 EST
    From: Olaf Bode <100734.3240@compuserve.com>
    To: ytsejam <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com>
    Subject: YTSEJAM digest 1191
    Message-ID: <951211175533_100734.3240_EHV138-2@CompuServe.COM>

    On Friday, 08 De.95, Richard Karsmarkers wrote :

    <<From: "Richard Karsmakers" <r.c.karsmakers@stud.let.ruu.nl>
    <<To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
    <<Subject: To the German guy who would send me Deep <<Purple's Flying in a
    Purple Dream

    <<I still haven't received it?! I forgot your email address, so <<please
    contact me about sorting this out. I surely hope there is <<a perfectly good
    explanation... >>>

    Here's my answer :

    YES SIR, OF COURSE there's a percfectly good explanation.
    The delivery can't be finished successfully, because you're not
    at home all the time : On Thursday 7 Dec + on Friday 8 Dec, so perhaps you're at
    home today. Make sure that a delivery is
    possible and than enjoy listening.( I send a parcel last Monday incl. the
    requested LITS tapes ) Lemme know, you rethorical Hurricane, why do you need so
    offensive words, am I the one who lost / forgot the e-mail adress or do you have
    nightmares, after reading the : DON'T TRADE WITH SUSAN ...... STUFF ?
    Welcome to the nightmare of reality !!
    To sort this out mail me _personally_ !

    Sorry for sending this to the list, but I've forgotten his e-mail adress !

    To all other Jammers on the list :
    I'm interested in trading audio - tapes, especially from the states,
    but also from all over the world. Send your lists and we can work out the
    details.

    BTW, thanx to the following Jammers : Prof. Holloway, Ties - gibt
    es schon was Neues ? - & Neil for succesful trades. Very special thanx to :
    Stephane - I'll send next week - in France.

    Later

    OH, ANOTHER(?) KRAUT FROM GERMANY
    DON'T ............! 'Coz in Germany they've noses ..... < G >

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:07:37 -0800 (PST)
    From: Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu>
    To: Dream Thespians <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com>
    Subject: Take The Time verses
    Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91j.951211100705.84988B-100000@homer14.u.washington.edu>

    Here's what The Wind told me:

    Verse #1 - (just let me catch my breath) Mike Portnoy

    Verse #2 - (there is something that I feel) John Myung

    Verse #3 - (the unbroken spirit) John Petrucci

    Verse #4 - (I close my eyes) Kevin Moore

    Verse #5 - (for the first time in a long time) Dust Pan Ghost

    Bafu Vai

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 13:14:55 CDT
    From: Brandon Vaughn <EDLEADER@uwf.cc.uwf.edu>
    To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
    Subject: You do intend to eventually have DT on the DT mailing list?!

    Dear Jammers,

         I was just thinking about how far the Ytsejam has gotten off
    target. I know not much is going on with DT right now, but still it
    seems that all that is happening now is complaining.
         One problem is that there is such a diversity of people on here.
    That could be something good, but right now it is working against us.
    The more I think about it, though, there has always been complaining about
    the content, as long as I can remember....

       --> Jam: Here is the tab for .....
           Response: Please keep this music stuff off the Jam. Not all of
                      us are musicians.

       --> Jam: What kind of equipment does .... use?
           Response: Didn't I just say we aren't musicians?!
       --> Jam: Have you heard of this band ....?
           Response: Please only talk about DT on this list.

       --> Jam: Let's talk about the meaning of this song.....
           Response: Read the FAQ
                or < the eternal silence >
                      
       --> Jam: Here are my top five ....
           Response: Who cares?! And what does this have to do with DT?

       --> Jam: Should DT replace James?
           Response: Who cares?! Let's talk about the music.

       --> Jam: DT sing about God.
           Response: God bless you.

       --> Jam: Atheists don't believe in God.
           Response: God doesn't believe in atheists.

         My point is, although I wish we would just talk about DT, it seems
    that for every thread on this list, there are always a group of people
    who think it shouldn't be on there. I guess if everybody had their way,
    there wouldn't be anything to talk about! Go figure....
         So on the one hand, diversity is good. But on the other hand,
    this is still the DT mailing list, and I'm pretty sure most of us signed
    up to learn and talk about DT, right?
         Maybe it would be a good idea if everybody thought about what this
    Jam _is_ supposed to be about. Maybe somebody who likes doing surveys
    could collect everybody's opinion on this. For example, here is the
    things I'm interested in discussing:
         1) Guitar related issues regarding Petrucci and DT
         2) Products available of DT (boots, songbooks, etc.)
         3) Team-tabbing of DT songs not published
         4) Bands that sound _similar_ to DT.
    Now, obviously, this is what _I_ want; not everyone would want this. But
    I imagine that there are probably clusters of people, who if they sat
    down and thought about it, have particular things they look for in the
    Jam. I don't mean as in a list of rules, but we ought to think is the
    reason why we read the Jam to look at top 5 band lists and religious
    debates?
         Now I have nothing against talking about religion. I am a
    Christian. And atheists don't intimidate me. But we have people
    talking and not listening, and in that case, it is a waste of time
    and energy. Nobody is convincing anybody of anything.
         I would be interested in knowing why others of you read the Jam.
    What are you interested in finding in the Jam? Maybe then we could get
    back on target and start talking about DT again!

    Is the commercial over with yet?

    Brandon Vaughn ** edleader@uwf.cc.uwf.edu **

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 13:20:31 EST
    From: steve matthews <WSM95003@UConnVM.UConn.Edu>
    To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
    Subject: ACOS' Malmsteen section
    Message-ID: <951211.133426.EST.WSM95003@UConnVM.UConn.Edu>

    Just a reply to Lars' post about the Malmsteen section. I never said there was
     anything wrong with the section itself, it just sounds a lot like Yngwie. And
     in light of the new version of ACOS, the song works just as well without it.
    Sure, it would be cool in another song, but it just added to the string of riff
    s that made up the original ACOS, albeit they were cool riffs. It could be com
    pared to the intense solo sections of Metropolis, but they are put together in
    one coherent whole in of themselves. ACOS was peppered with a bunch of smalle
    r solo sections based on unrelated material, whereas now, it makes more sense a
    s a coherent whole. So there it is. I'm sure I'll catch some shit for this, s
    o, you know where to find me. later

                                        steve matthews

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 13:41:52 CST
    From: "Richard Karsmakers" <r.c.karsmakers@stud.let.ruu.nl>
    To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
    Subject: Pop trivia stuff..
    Message-ID: <49314.r.c.karsmakers@stud.let.ruu.nl>

     Hi there!

     I have a question. I need some help identifying some bits of
    song lyrics. If you recognise some of 'em, can you email me
    personally? They are supposed to be really difficult to
    identify, so it's quite a challenge!

     "Letters feast the smell of cooked flesh; last scent of sweet death"

     "I love you, I love you my little porno slut"

     Hint: The two above come, alphabetically, before "Gathering".

     "Rise through the gate, Iak Sakkath from depths beyond the sky"

     "Sadness, despair sometimes the things I cherish"

     "Love crushing, skulls smashing in the vice of Hell"

     Hint: The three above are between "Gathering" and "Orphanage".

     "Schizophrenia, paranoia, insane death rests in pain"

     Hint: This one comes between "Paradise Lost" and "Sodom". Might
    this be Sepultura?

     "Oooooh, ooooh, you've always been a good friend of mine till you
    said farewell"

     Hint: This one comes after "Uriah Heep".

     Cheers!

     r.c.karsmakers@stud.let.ruu.nl

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 14:53:02 -0500 (EST)
    From: szebro1@gl.umbc.edu
    To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
    Subject: DT's tour
    Message-ID: <199512111953.OAA11228@rpc20.gl.umbc.edu>

    >When DT go on their first tour, I don't think they should have t.v. screens
    >in the back because Queensryche already did that. They should have their own
    >thing, you know, Metallica had that weird stage, Aerosmith has that guy with
    >the lips, Poison had that hot chick on guitar(i'm kidding! C.C. DeVille
    >rules!)So heres my idea for DT: Live Donkeys! On Stage! Lots of them! Think
    >of the possibilities!

    How 'bout flyin' dogs?

    Steve Z

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 15:20:45 -0500
    From: Skooc@aol.com
    To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
    Subject: Awake in '95 delay
    Message-ID: <951211152038_51016967@mail04.mail.aol.com>

    Hello Jammers,

    Effective 12-11-95, ALL orders for the Awake in Japan '95 video will delay in
    shipping until 12-26-95. The line at the post office is getting too long with
    everyone shipping out presents. I will continue to make the dubs, they just
    won't be sent out until 12-26. ALL orders I have received as of 12-9 have
    been sent out. Also I have hed problems with people sending me checks, so
    from now on ALL CHECKS WILL BE RETURNED!!!!!
    I'm sorry if this seems harsh, but that's my policy.

    Hope everyone has a good holiday season. Take care

    Scott Cook

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 16:04:19 -0600
    From: Adam Edwards <maedwar@students.uiuc.edu>
    To: "'Ytsejam'" <ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com>
    Subject: RE: AD and Subconscious
    Message-ID: <01BAC7E2.54FFDA60@far0626.urh.uiuc.edu>

    This is just one quick message before finals suck me away. I just want =
    to publicly thank Mike Bahr Mr. Metzger for AD and Subconscious, =
    respectively. These guys deserve a great deal of thanks from the DT =
    public. Hope you all have a cool Christmas and I'll hear from you all =
    in January.

    Adam

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 14:05:01 PST
    From: Mark Smeets <msmeets@ibm.net>
    To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
    Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 1195
    Message-ID: <199512112207.WAA09372@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net>

    ** Reply to note from ytsejam@arastar.com 12/11/95 12:09pm +0800

    Hey, here is somethin I don't think has been discussed about IRC yet, What the
    hell is everyone's nick names on it. I've met a few ppl but other than that, no
    one really knows eachother.

    Mine's "Stranger"

    Long story how I got the name, don't take it cause I'm admin at another diner
    and from my understanding there are already a few ppl on IRC with this name as
    well. We got enough Stranger's for the time being.

    Mark

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    ----------------------------
    Are we the lucky ones saved for another day or are they the lucky ones who are taken

    away.
    Is that a hand on your shoulder from the Lord above or the Devil himself come to give

    you a shove.
    Fates Warning-Iron Maiden'90

    email at msmeets@ibm.net

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 22:11:55 GMT+0000
    From: Jaime Kimpton <jaimekimpton@vwc.edu>
    To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
    Subject: bah, humbug
    Message-ID: <m0tPLBn-0000SBC@donews.cts.com>

    Irrelevant subject header, but who cares. Not me. :)

    I'm going home for Christmas vacation Wednesday, so I can ONLY be reached at
    Maraya007@aol.com from then until January 4th, when I return for a J-term
    (two weeks of watching movies auf Deutsch for 2.5 hours a day - cool!) and
    will have access to my school account. Repeat: FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS,
    I'M ONLY ON AOL! (That also means I won't be back on #ytsejam til then, either)

    Jaime the Dragon

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 17:22:07 -0500 (EST)
    From: "Ryan P. Skadberg" <skadberg@wicked.stigmata.org>
    To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com
    Subject: Amusing Story of the Day ....
    Message-ID: <199512112222.RAA20069@wicked.stigmata.org>

    Just called Ticketmaster to order tickets for the Birch Hill
    Show and the guy was a Dream Theater fan!! We exchanged email addresses
    and he'll prolly be getting on the mailing list soon :)
    I just thought it was hilarious.

    Well, that's it for now.

    Skadz

    -- 
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    |      skadz@bluesky.net	|	http://www.dreamt.org/		 |
    |  System Admin/Web Developer	|	http://www.stream.com/		 |
    |       Blue Sky, Inc.		|	http://www.ma.cancer.org/	 |
    |   http://www.bluesky.net/	|	http://www.frontier.com/	 |
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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 17:35:26 -0500 From: mer@sol.iii.net (Marc Respass) To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: No RS gig video :( Message-ID: <v01530501acf2566179eb@[199.232.46.229]>

    Mike Bahr asks: > Why do you all think that DT chose not to release that video > of the RS gig? It was a covers gig... it would have sold at > LEAST as well as LIT did anyway.

    I think it SUCKS! I was really hoping they'd release it. For goodness sake. Didn't they think that people woulda wanted it? I mean, they put some of the tunes on ACOS. They're just teasing us.

    --Marc R

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 17:35:31 -0500 From: mer@sol.iii.net (Marc Respass) To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: loopholes in postings Message-ID: <v01530502acf257d3d14a@[199.232.46.229]>

    > Thanks for including that "corrections" loop hole. I think > I could mean: > > 1. spiritual change > 2. political change > 3. personal change

    Actually, Mike, that corrections was refering to what the band wrote. I thought that TTT was written in response to what the band was going thru after all the trouble with Mechanic records and WDADU and all. But, good use of a loophole :)

    --Marc R

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 17:37:28 -0500 From: Skooc@aol.com To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: ATTN: AL BALKIEWICZ

    ATTENTION AL BALKIEWICZ,

    HEY AL ! THERE'S A PERSON ON THE JAM WHO YOU HAVE OWED SOME STUFF

    FOR ABOUT TEN MONTHS NOW !!!!!! WILL YOU PLEASE SEND IT TO HIM

    ALREADY !!!!!!!!

    Scott Cook

    (sorry for all the caps. I was trying to get his attention.)

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 17:27:42 CST From: MillerA@act.org To: ytsejam@anthor.arastar.com Subject: ferret snot Message-ID: <9511118187.AA818731519@SMTP.ACT.ORG>

    Hey all:

    he he. That subject usually draws some attention.

    This is just one guy talking, but I like all the different subjects and non-DT topics that everyone seems to get involved with in here. I disagree with the people that say this list should stick to DT related topics only. I live in Iowa, in the heartland of the U.S.A., where hardly anyone i've meet has heard of Dream Theater, and don't have a clue as to progressive rock is. This is the ONLY place i get to read and learn about Dream Theater and other progressive bands. If it weren't for you, I may not have known about ACOS. Which, by the way, hearing this song was the closest thing to a 'religious experience' that i've had since the first time i heard _metropolis_. Unfortunately, I was driving my car down I-80 at a nice cruising speed. I had just finished listening to_surrounded_, and damn near drove off the road. By the time _metropolis_ was finished playing, i had parked my car on the shoulder because i emotionally didn't have the strength to continue on. I was drained, but in a GOOD way. I'm still trying to recover from this phenomenon, but i'm afraid everytime i listen to DT, the symptoms keep coming back; cold sweats, bodily shakes, my brain thinking "how the hell is that possible", etc........

    Sorry. I got kinda lost there for a minute. I wanted to say that i also enjoy reading about everyone's beliefs. I AM NOT, IN ANYWAY, A RELIGIOUS PERSON, but i do have a strong religous upbringing. I don't see any of the discussions here as being 'shoved down my throat', which if i thought they were, you'd most definitely hear about it.<<grin>> I enjoy reading most of what you folks write. The only time i get irritated is when i see an email in capital letters with swear words everywhere threating their unsubscription. Hey, if you don't like what you see, don't be a dumbass; either unsubscribe or come up with a new thread. Ranting and raving and cussing and carrying on like a 3 yr old won't change anything. It'll just make you feel and look like an idiot.

    Enough said. Talk to you later.

    Andy Miller

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