YTSEJAM Digest 1318
Today's Topics:
1) Mail Item Format Warning
by "RESPONSE at IBMMAIL 03/04/96 - 04:13:56" <response@ibmmail.com>
2) wow..............crazy shit
by WildKoba@aol.com
3) More Misc. Miasma
by Gilbert Jack Thetgyi <thetgyi@bgnet.bgsu.edu>
4) Me, the DT DEmo Cd's
by Timothy Lodge <axe@usa.nai.net>
5) Ytse-LOOSAH / Mid-YtseCon
by Bigman <martinah@csd.uwm.edu>
6) Is DT deity?
by Steven & Julia Young <syoung@primenet.com>
7) Frizzle YYZ
by "Andrew Keith Garinger" <garinger@pilot.msu.edu>
8) Highlander
by Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu>
9) More Highlander, Scott Travis, ?
by Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu>
10) Berklee?
by Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu>
11) Ytsecon, Clinics
by Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu>
12) Deletion of member from list
by dylan4@mdx.ac.uk (ULRIKAKAKAKAKA)
13) Re: YTSEJAM digest 1314
by babs@sgenva.cc.geneseo.edu (Barb Battaglia)
14) Re: YTSEJAM digest 1314
by babs@sgenva.cc.geneseo.edu (Barb Battaglia)
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Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 23:14:45 EST
From: "RESPONSE at IBMMAIL 03/04/96 - 04:13:56" <response@ibmmail.com>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
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Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 23:44:34 -0500
From: WildKoba@aol.com
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: wow..............crazy shit
Message-ID: <960303234432_340191432@emout06.mail.aol.com>
well, the leader in the "find an anagram for the kobayashi" contest is scott
daugherty, with
yo, bash a kid diva!
ahhh.....comp students. always the crackheads in the house.
peace out, g!!!
david diva
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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 00:30:25 -0500 (EST)
From: Gilbert Jack Thetgyi <thetgyi@bgnet.bgsu.edu>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: More Misc. Miasma
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9603032355.A17676-0100000@bgnet1.bgsu.edu>
>Sorry, just a pet peave..kind of like spelling dream Theatre!!!! argh!! :)
Aargh! It's pet peeve, not pet peave! :)
>You ig'nant! Just because they DON'T play it doesn't mean they CAN'T
>play it.
Just because they DON'T play it doesn't mean they CAN play it, either.
> and their vocalist sounds like a pissed-off mutant frog (pissed-off 'cos
>he's a mutant frog, probably).
Hmmmmm...Frog-rock?
>An interesting note: it seems when everyone discusses Tori Amos, they use
>languange like "she's very special" or "intimate warmth." When we speak
>of DT it's "they rule", "Portnoy kicks ass", etc.
Tori woons your inner child, while DT kicks your inner child's a$$!
>Get off your horse. (Semi-credibility factor -- I'm a partial musician who
>grew up in a family where the matriarch has a masters in music and
>concentrate son classical and the patriarch is finishing his Ph.D. in
>music and concentrate son jazz and rock) SHEESH!!!
I guess "Mr. Masters in Music" has some company now.
>Hell, I ain't gonna shit on anyone who got into Berkelee...
To paraphrase someone, "Berklee ain't no friggin' guarantee!"
>So much old stuff was nominated other than RCHP's BSSM. I don't know if many
>know this, but one of the nominees for best Metal performance was
>Metallica's For Whom The Bell Tolls, a song thats well over 11 years
>old, and Nine Inch Nails won for Happiness in Slavery, a sond thats been
>around for a while. Anyway, I think that these 3 songs were all nominated
>from the Woodstock 94 soundtrack, which should've been nominated last
>year anyway.
Led Zep's "Kashmir" got nominated too, under the Page/Plant moniker.
>I got 5 digests in one day! That's way to many! Can the number of
>lines be increased so mailboxes don't get filled with Ytsejams? Can it
>go out once a day like the NMS? Help..please!
You just increased the volume of the Jam!
> A few WDADUers I've met actually like Chuck D.
Yeah, Public Enemy is great! Apocalypse '91 The Enemy Strikes Black is a
killer album, their collaboration with Anthrax, "Bring The Noise", is on it.
>This girl that I'm friends with didn't know what kind of music I
>normally listen to (DT, Poison, Warrant, etc).
Poison, Warrant, AND DT in the same sentence?
>Hi all! I have a request. I'm going away for a week, and even though I love
>reading the jams, if I come back and find 30 of the damn things I'm going to
>track you all down and throw up all over your keyboards...
Throw up all you want on the keyboards, I play guitar, bass, and sax!
>I will admit that I do not know of any big-name-successful musicians
>who are known for and make a living playing more than one style however.
Wynton Marsalis and Branford Marsalis.
>Well, I'm probably boring you non-bass players out there.
Not at all (even though I play bass), at least you're talking about music.
>From: Sheila Swanson <swanson@henge.com>
>Reply to: ytsejam@ax.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com>
>Subject: The New Guy
>
>I'm new here, so I am going to start by saying something totally irrelevent
>to get conversation started.
Wow! A guy named Sheila!
Sincerely,
G. Jack Thetgyi
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G. Jack Thetgyi thetgyi@bgnet.bgsu.edu
"Any movie with wakka-cha-wakka in it is okay by me."
-Tom Servo, Mystery Science Theater 3000 #512: "Mitchell"
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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 00:52:25 -0500
From: Timothy Lodge <axe@usa.nai.net>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Me, the DT DEmo Cd's
Message-ID: <199603040552.AAA01710@usa.nai.net>
To all of those who have ordered dt demo cd's from me, or
have questions on them, I am going to be out of town
on vacation for the next full week. (3-5 to 3-11).
For those who have ordered, and will order within the next
week or two, i plan to begin total shipping around 3-15-96.
So, all of you who have your orders placed, hang in there,
it won't be too much longer.
See you all in a week,
Take Care,
Tim Lodge
axe@nai.net
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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 00:41:30 -0600 (CST)
From: Bigman <martinah@csd.uwm.edu>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Ytse-LOOSAH / Mid-YtseCon
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960304003556.17657D-100000@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu>
> Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 03:12:57 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Ryan P. Skadberg" <skadberg@wicked.stigmata.org>
> Subject: I'm an idiot
>
> I forgot the #1 ytseloser :)
>
> Hi Bigman :)
>
> He comes to irc alot too
>
> :)
>
> Skadz
Heh... Yeah, that's me... what can I say, Skadz-meister has said
it all...
BTW, rumors of a Midwest YtseCon ARE true. I'm not gonna say
anything else, cuz there's really nothing more to say (that Sinista
didn't already cover). You'll all be the first to know when details are
available. Thanks, later...
Da Bigman
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Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 23:10:56 -0700
From: Steven & Julia Young <syoung@primenet.com>
To: "'Ystejam Digest'" <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: Is DT deity?
Message-ID: <01BB06FB.492155E0@ip219.tus.primenet.com>
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>I'm new here, so I am going to start by saying something totally irrelevent
>to get conversation started.
>Is Dream Theater God or what?
No, they are not God. But, I'm pretty sure He has a few of their CD's in his BMW.
Steve from Tucson
syoung@primenet.com
"Whoa! Yeeeeeeah!" - James LaBrie, Long Island Expressway (Acoustic Dreams)
P.S. "Sorry about the mess" - Han Solo, (referring to the crap below)
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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 01:52:15 -0500 (EST)
From: "Andrew Keith Garinger" <garinger@pilot.msu.edu>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Frizzle YYZ
Message-ID: <199603040652.BAA15704@pilot12.cl.msu.edu>
Yep, that's YYZ. This is from a fellow 'Jammer and friend of mine, Jon
Heller, who is on vacation right now. He's a huge Primus fan and says that
Primus are(is?) huge Rush fans, especially Les. They've been known to cover
Rush live on occasion. I noticed that the first time I heard it and since
he isn't a Rush fan, he never noticed it until I said something. From what
I've heard here, Primus opened for Rush at one time.
Later,
Andrew
-- garinger@pilot.msu.edu Zeta Beta Tau-Beta Epsilon Chapter "Ynos" --- "There's a man who is lonely There's a girl he's been seeing This could change if he'd only From afar he's been dreaming Take a chance and risk stepping He could have her if he were outside himself someone else So he silently awaits A major change in fate A change that comes too late" - Enchant "The Thirst" "A damn accurate assessment of my love life." - Me --- DreamTheaterBraindanceALLRushthedroogsThOughtIndustryStabbingWestwardDownbyLaw------------------------------
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 02:00:13 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu> To: Dream Thespians <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Highlander Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91j.960304014943.90550D-100000@homer24.u.washington.edu>
> From: Charone Frankel <96sp211@dvc.edu> > Subject: Highlander > > I just wanted to respond to the guy that said TLF would be a good theme > song for Highlander. It might, but the reason why the subject came up > on the Highlander mailing list (there's a Highlander mailing list?) is > probably that the Highlander music has always been done by Queen.
Neat thing is, when I first heard I&W, I saw "Highlander" a month later and heard the music by Queen and thought, "Boy, this Dream Theater could probably do a really cool soundtrack if anyone ever does another Highlander." Little did I know there already was a second one in the works and a third on the horizon.
> In the original movie there is a song by Queen called To Live Forever. > You guys probably knew that already, but it may be news to those of you > who have actual lives outside the TV.
I don't think that's the actual title, but that song Kicks Ass. If DT ever does a Queen cover, I hope it's that song. Hey, I like "We Are The Champions" as much as anyone, but that Highlander theme just hurts brains. ("hurts brains" (c) WildKoba Magical Brain-Hurting-Funk Productions 1996)
BTW, Charone, nice animals. Frog and cat?
> <*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<* > @ .. @ Charone Frankel /\_/\ > (----) <96sp211@dvc.edu> ( o.o ) > ( >__< ) "Death is the first > - < > dancing turtle" -James LaBrie > <*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*<*
James LaBrie said that?
Bafu Vai
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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 02:18:35 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu> To: Dream Thespians <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: More Highlander, Scott Travis, ? Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91j.960304020014.90550E-100000@homer24.u.washington.edu>
> From: Martin Spain <M.G.Spain@herts.ac.uk> > Subject: TLF > > The song Queen contributed to the film "Highlander" was from their 1986 > album "A Kind Of Magic" and is called "Who Wants To Live Forever", not > "To Live Forever". Both are absolutely incredible songs, however, and > TLF (or should that be TeeLuff?) would have been great in "Highlander", > IMO.
True, would have been. BTW, to anyone who hasn't seen "Highlander III: The Sorcerer," the closing song (end credits) is done by Nuno Bettencourt. It's called "God Took A Picture Of Me," and is a total Nuno-piece, I mean it really does sound like his style, you should be able to pick that out a minute into the song. Maybe it'll be on his solo album, which I think is due out sometime this year. Then there's that Vai geetar-player d00d with a solo album. He's going country, just watch. You'll see. Mark my words.
And let's not forget Vito Bratta and Reb Beach who either have yet to get their shit together, or defeat their recording companies (da man) who are mercilessly holding them back.
> dk, you are one strange individual! ;-)
I concur. (Can you?)
> Currently playing: Judas Priest - Painkiller. Scott Travis should be > locked away for being that fast! :-)
Scott Travis?? As in Racer X?? I heard "Painkiller" a long time ago and was fascinated by the drumming, but never got into Judas Priest. I've also been listening to Racer X's "Live Extreme Volume" for the last year wondering if "Mister Scott Travis onda drumkit!!" ever got into another band. Now I gotta check out Judas Priest...
Speaking of Judas Priest, when Pantera says "Beckon the call, beckon the call," does anyone ever find themselves chanting "Breakin' the law, breakin' the law?" A point to ponder. Food for thought. Sliced cucumbers of ponderance for the cuisinart of your mind.
Otherwise, I have a general, un-DT-related question. There's this song from 1988 I think, that goes something like this:
Male voice: "Well I hate my job and I got no car, and my ATV won't take me that far. Halla-halla-ho and a halla-halla-hay, another holiday."
Female voice: (chorus) "Distant lands, I run so far away. I don't know where we don't go. Take my hand I'll show you the way, pack your bags and sail away."
I think the song was called "Holiday" or something of that travelling nature. Anyone with any memory of this 80's tune please e-mail me, cause it's burning a hole in my crackpipe. ("crackpipe" (c) Wildkoba Magical Brain-Hurting-Funk Productions 1996)
Bafu Vai
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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 02:27:46 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu> To: Dream Thespians <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Berklee? Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91j.960304022101.90550F-100000@homer24.u.washington.edu>
> From: marcr@tiac.net (Marc Respass) > Subject: bass players > >> she said....and I QUOTE "Hell, I'm not going to shit on ANYONE who got >> into Berkelee!" > > I was going to say something here but I'll just say that I wouldn't shit > on anyone for any reason (but maybe she meant that figuratively) :)
Yeah, what you should have told her is how much of a guarantee Berklee really is.
(so Scotch, do we drink on that, or just the Mercy Fuck line?)
Bafu Vai
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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 02:42:30 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Borzilleri <magellan@u.washington.edu> To: Dream Thespians <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Ytsecon, Clinics Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91j.960304023748.90550I-100000@homer24.u.washington.edu>
Geez, this is like my fourth post. I'm doing the Brian.
> From: Jeff Chew <jc309@columbia.edu> > Subject: YtseCon III > > The suggested date for the YtseCon III is somewhere like Late May to early > June (probably early June).
Cool, a switch from the deadly cold to the deadly hot. How hot does it get in NY over the summer anyway? Just thinking about all those black ytsejam shirts makes it stuffy in here.
> But, I do have to act fast. I'm thinking of having the DT tribute in my > HS theatre (which was recently renovated and is EXTREMELY nice).
Oooh, a tribute concert. Someone'll be there with a recording device, right?
> I have connections so I'll probably be able to rent it out for a night > and a lot of my neighbors are into DT so they would definitely go (plus > I could say to my friends that DT visited my school!).
Yeah, da Chews, dey getchu whatevah you need, baby.
> Well, that's all I have so far. If any of you guys have any suggestions > or would like to help, that'd be great! Drop me a line if you have > anything to say or suggest, etc. TTYL! > > Yours, > Jeff =)
Mine? Cool, a Jeff Chew! Now all I need is a Greg Chew and I'll have the whole set!
---- > From: Steven & Julia Young <syoung@primenet.com> > Subject: Contribution to the proposed DT Instrumental tribute CD > > P.S. Again, my most profound apologies for the incessant CRAP that keeps > popping up after my posts. WHAT THE HELL IS IT?!?!?!?!? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ MOTORMAAAAAN!!!
---- > From: sw0101@aixrs1.hrz.uni-essen.de (Steffen Barabasch) > Subject: German workshop dates - addition > > John Petrucci, guitar workshop, March 24, 16:00, 10DM > Mike Portnoy, Tama drum workshop, March 25, 18:00, 10DM
Steffen, please tell me that you are a pirate at heart and have no qualms about recording these events for the sake of musical history? ;)
Bafu Vai
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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 11:01:41 GMT From: dylan4@mdx.ac.uk (ULRIKAKAKAKAKA) To: YTSEJAM@ax.com Subject: Deletion of member from list Message-ID: <96030411014112@mdx.ac.uk>
Would it be at all possible to delete myself, dylan4@mdx.ac.uk from the ytsejam mailing list, as the messages are rather long, and some of them do not come out becuse my buffer is too full. At the moment I cannot send or be sent any messages, so some of the ytsejams may not get to me anyway. I have begun to delete some of my previous messages, but this is going to take a rather long time to do. If, in the near future my buffer is deleted and receive very basic messages.a recipient of ytsejam.
Thanks for the messages I have had though, and I hope to re-enrol fairly soon.
Cheers
Dylan
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Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 08:33:44 -0500 (EST) From: babs@sgenva.cc.geneseo.edu (Barb Battaglia) To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 1314 Message-ID: <v01510103ad605acb5814@[137.238.26.12]>
>to it, it seems to be about a person who's PARENT (mom OR dad) left him or >abandonded him in some way shape or form...maybe given up for adoption or >just plain old left for no good reason. "Dont tell me ya wanted me, don't >tell me ya thought of me" get it? and the "I'll try, i swear i'll try" is >that infamous promise that so many kids have heard from deadbeat parents
Hello everyone, it's BABS. Wow, out of all the people I've ever talked to about LIE this is the first one that comes close to my interpretation of it. Here's my theory:
I perceive it as a guy talking to someone with whom he had once been involved with. Especially where he's saying "let me in honey, I've been out in the rain all day" Then it goes into a dialogue of talking about trust. The part where it says "you tell me 'bout your two more coming, but once was just enough for me..." I view it as a guy admiting that he and this woman had a child together and now she has moved on with her life and is possibly carrying another man's twins????????? I guess that the part that really hits me between they eyes is where it appears that the man is talking to his child and he's saying "I don't want to talk about life long mistakes you can tell your stepfather I said so..."
Now everybody go home tonight and listen to LIE again and see if it hits you guys this way. Let me know what you think, it will be very interesting to see everyone's point of view.
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Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 08:54:28 -0500 (EST) From: babs@sgenva.cc.geneseo.edu (Barb Battaglia) To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 1314 Message-ID: <v01510104ad605f155a15@[137.238.26.12]>
Hello everyone, it's BABS. Ok, it is time to get everything out on the table where the YTSE Cons are concerned.
I have been in contact with both Jeff Olson and Jeff Chew and have told them what I have heard from management. I will recap everything.
According to my talk with Don Douglas the band will not be going anywhere until they finish recording. That is their #1 priority, remember everyone the damn record labels own them. No recording equals no future.
When there is a pause in the recording it will be because John and Mike P will probably over in Europe conducting guitar and drum clinics.
As for YTSE Con in Las Vegas. Yes, I have been working with Todd Strictland on this for several months. I feel that it would be fantastic. I feel that it would be a good way to get the west coast involved. I mainly plan on turning most of this over to Todd. What I would do on my end is try to organize cheap airfare and travel accommodations for the east coast people as well find someone in the midwest to organize the same. What I would eventually like to see is that each region (east, midwest and west coast) be set up so that we could eventually combine everyone and have a big doozy once a year - that is the ultimate dream.
Again, this is something that is WAY DOWN THE ROAD. It is way too premature to pull together overnight.
Now that doesn't mean that everyone can't get together and meet, but as far as the band being able to show up to each one is being a bit demanding on our end. They are all people like you and I and have their own personal lives that I'm sure they wish to focus on. I can honestly tell you that Don Douglas was very sincere in saying "for as much as we and the band would love to do all these things (i.e. conventions) we have too many loose ends that we need to take care of at this time..." So there is your answer right there- they are open to these conventions, but they aren't always available to take part in them.
Ok, I've rambled enough.
-BABS
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