YTSEJAM Digest 1569
Today's Topics:
1) Mail Item Format Warning
by "RESPONSE at IBMMAIL 05/21/96 - 23:27:55" <response@ibmmail.com>
2) Re: Let's not start this again.
by BERTAPELLE ADAM RAYE <bertapel@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
3) Tokin' - I mean, Takin' It All in Stride
by hawkeye7@ix.netcom.com (Larry Odneal)
4) MusIc Is EmoTiON
by RipZero <ripzero@dreamt.org>
5) A few new CDs
by BigDTFan@aol.com
6) re: death's lyrics
by jestok@interlog.com (Mike Estok)
7) Re: Candlebox
by jforte@acl.nyit.edu (Oh yeah, that guy)
8) Echolyn
by Mithrandir <mithrandir@pb.net>
9) EVE
by kurt@fgallery.com
10) Re: King Crimson
by lists@flatearth.xs4all.nl (Ruud van de Kruisweg)
11) JP guitar sound on ACOS
by Fretburner <dlg3441@is4.NYU.EDU>
12) Re: YTSEJAM digest 1568
by ernie@pananet.com (Ernesto Schnack)
13) opening bands
by subtlerage@gnn.com (Andrew Miller)
14) RE: YTSEJAM digest 1568
by "Frank Benenati" <mojonet@pb.net>
15) musicans/chalkboard mutiliation
by subtlerage@gnn.com (Andrew Miller)
16) Trends...
by KAYC@VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU
17) very sad news...
by AirDance@aol.com
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 18:26:24 EDT
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 16:31:39 -0600 (MDT)
From: BERTAPELLE ADAM RAYE <bertapel@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: Re: Let's not start this again.
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.93.960521163029.8513A-100000@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
On Tue, 21 May 1996, Ben Laussade wrote:
> If fingernails on a chalkboard pisses you off, is that music? The
> emotional response should be pleasurable, and the sound should have some
> kind of pattern. Notice I said SHOULD, not that it has to. I ran out of
> things to say on this topic last time it came up....oh well.
What about the first track on the new Pantera disc? It's not pleasurable,
but it is cool as shit, kick ass music!
->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->
Adam R. Bertapelle "Scuse me...while I kiss this guy!"
bertapel@ucsu.colorado.edu Jimi Hendrix
Ask for my bootleg list! Purple Haze
<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 16:19:29 -0700
From: hawkeye7@ix.netcom.com (Larry Odneal)
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Tokin' - I mean, Takin' It All in Stride
Message-ID: <199605212319.QAA29104@dfw-ix11.ix.netcom.com>
Dave King wrote:
> 9) Larry Odneal can't get enough DT!
YOU GOT _THAT_ RIGHT!
>OK this IS a DT mailing list, but I believe everyone can have a go at
>whatever he wants, no?
A little behind on your 'jams, Dave? This has been covered ad nauseum
on the last 7 or 8 episodes. I'm still smoldering from the responses I
got. Guess I was a little pissy . . . but I've changed my attitude
(sphhhhhhffftt . . . (inhales deeply) (holds it in) ahhhhhhhh (exhales)
ah, 'lumbo . . .)
Not really, I haven't done that stuff in a long time. Anyway, sorry
for the impressions I imparted on your Metallica-lovin' minds (not a
put-down, really). Also sorry that my name appears in my mail header
:^) I'm changing it to (drum roll) . . . Biafra Satriani! You like?
No relation to Bafu Vai, by the way.
>So keep cool, take it easy, and de-focus.
>
Yeah, bro . . . I will (sphhhhhhffftt (see above))
And now, for something completely different -
Somebody else wrote:
>
>I recently ordered Ivanhoe's CDs, _Visions_and_Reality_ and
>_Symbols_of_Time_ from Media Play on the east side of Columbus,
>Ohio, USA. They arrived in two weeks and cost $12.99 each. They
>are both issued by Avalanche Records here in the states.
Go Avalanche!
But seriously, folks, "Symbols of Time" is still available on the
Avalanche Records Web site (www.bonaire.com) and with any CD ordered,
you get another one free, till May 31st. Somebody else mentioned this
on the 'jam - I checked it out and ordered SOT plus Threshold's
"Psychdelicatessen" just as he had done, both for US $18.95. Cool deal,
no? I didn't see "Visions and Reality" there but I mighta missed it.
Late, d00dz and d00dettz,
Biafra
"This is not (sphhhhhhffftt) Reality"
p.s. I think this post deserves an EOJ
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 18:25:34 -0500
From: RipZero <ripzero@dreamt.org>
To: Heavy Metal Computer Nerds <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: MusIc Is EmoTiON
Message-ID: <31A250EE.6B63@dreamt.org>
> If fingernails on a chalkboard pisses you off, is that music? The
> emotional response should be pleasurable, and the sound should have
> some kind of pattern. Notice I said SHOULD, not that it has to. I ran
> out of things to say on this topic last time it came up....oh well.
and more so response doesnt necessarily have to be pleasure... just look
at Fear Factory's 'Replica' i mean, when you look into that song, its
very depressing, but its music... just look all those depressing goth
bands... thats definately not pleasure... its more of getting an
emotional response, not necessarily positive or negative, IMO... music
*is* emotion to speak bluntly... and emotion can get pretty pissed off
at times ;)
~Rip
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 19:34:05 -0400
From: BigDTFan@aol.com
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: A few new CDs
Message-ID: <960521193404_118329268@emout15.mail.aol.com>
Hey everyone.
I borrowed a few CDs from friend of mine...
- Tales From Yesterday, the Yes tribute on Magna Carta. All I gotta say is
HOLY SHIT!!!! The new, fucked up, totally, re-vamped, totally cool version
of "Roundabout" rulz, d00d!
- Trevor Rabin, Can't Look Away. I won't make fun of Trevor Rabin ever
again!!! He's an incredible guitar/keys/bass player and singer too!
- Asia, Aqua. Very good, although not the Asia I'm used to. Besides, they
have an Al (Pitrelli) AND a Steve (Howe) playing guitar in this lineup. ;)
And after I got home from my friend's place, I realized what all three CDs
had in common...
Later...
Elliott Kim, BigDTFan@aol.com
The Ytsejammer Formerly Known As ekim01@fiu.edu
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 19:42:32 -0400
From: jestok@interlog.com (Mike Estok)
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: re: death's lyrics
Message-ID: <199605212341.TAA18919@gold.interlog.com>
To the one who posted about Death's lyrics being un-original:
I understand the point that you are trying to make comparing each
song off "Symbolic" to another song, but I disagree. Though I haven't heard
most of the songs that you compared, the few I did contradicted themselves.
Savatage's "One Child" came out AFTER the Death song. As for Fear Factory,
I'm not sure which one came out first, but my cd's each read "1995".
Therefore, those two FF songs were released and probably written fairly
close in time to the Death songs. So how could they possibly be
regurgitating old ideas?
For some reason though, when I listen to this cd and read the lyrics
along with the music, it really annoys me and I can't listen to the whole
thing, probably because of the voice and lousy vocal arrangements. But when
I put the book away and just lay back, I am blown away by the music, and to
me that is all that matters.
Bernd: White Zombie's "Astro Creep 2000" was No. 1 on some charts
here when it came out. Many people say it is alternative, but I think it is
just metal with a bit of a weird streak. But, more importantly: THEY ARE
TOURING WITH PANTERA THIS SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!! Later,
Michelob
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 20:07:10 -0400
From: jforte@acl.nyit.edu (Oh yeah, that guy)
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Re: Candlebox
Message-ID: <96052120071052@acl.nyit.edu>
>ok one last thing, anyone into candlebox? i just got that new one fromsome
>dude for a few dollars and its pretty good. Klett's into a lot ofHendrix and
>D. Gilmour stuff, just wonderin if anyone else digs it andwhat they think.
I like Candlebox a great deal. Klett is one of the better guitarist in
"alternative rock" (in quotes b/c I dont like the term). Anyway, their new
record "Lucy" isnt horrible, but it was a let down. Their first record is the
one to get. Im hopefully going to see them at Malibu on June 11th. Cant wait.
Later
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Chambers jforte@acl.nyit.edu
"Hope is epidemic, optimism spreads, bitterness breeds irritation, ignorance
breeds imitation" --Rush
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 17:18:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mithrandir <mithrandir@pb.net>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Echolyn
Message-ID: <199605220018.RAA18271@mindcrime.ax.com>
Well hello there fellow DT fans!!!!!!
I just received my copy of Echolyn's "Suffocating the Bloom", and I
must say I am impressed. Although the production is not quite up to "As the
world" It is still quite good. I must recomend this album to any Echolyn
fan. It is a little more progressive than ATW. Really kickin!!!!
This is a trivia question for any Echolyn fan:
What is the song "My Dear Wormwood" about? Anybody know?
Hey Anna, good to see one more Long Island jammer on board, and a
girl to top it all off.
Hating the oppressive heat!!!!!!
Elen sila lumenn omentilmo, Mithrandir
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 21:00:04 -0400
From: kurt@fgallery.com
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: EVE
Message-ID: <TCPSMTP.16.5.21.-11.0.4.2916992174.293144@bbs.fgallery.com>
I just heard eve about 2 days ago ..and ive been listening to it nonstop
.IT JUST RULES !!!
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 19:19:00 +0100
From: lists@flatearth.xs4all.nl (Ruud van de Kruisweg)
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Re: King Crimson
Message-ID: <052196191903Rnf0.79b6@flatearth.xs4all.nl>
>OK,/me asks for advice from any King Crimson fans on the jam... which CD do
>you think I should get first..."In the Court of the.." or "Discipline"? I
>want to hear something really edgy and aggressive, yet really out there.
>I've heard 21st Century Schizoid Man already on the GD boxed set,and liked
>it, but a lot of people have recommended Discipline... what do y'all think?
ItCotCK is rather mellow (sometimes exceedingly so), so if you want to see a
rocking Crimson, this disk may not be for you. I think 'Red' is a great
album to start: terrific songs, an epic 12 minute track that's hauntingly
beautiful, John Wetton when he still had the most wicked bass sound this
side of the universe and more. The CD is 23 years old but it could have been
recorded yesterday, this one hasn't dated a bit.
If you want to get a taste of modern Crimson, get the double live CD
'B-boom' which contains tracks from all KC incarnations played by the double
trio (2 drums, 2 guitars, 1 bass, 1 Chapman stick). I'm playing this now and
tracks like 'Red', 'Vroom vroom', 'Lark's Tongues in Aspic' sound great.
If you've got money to burn, get the Great Deceiver box. I'm still not a big
fan of the improvs, but there's plenty of other good stuff on there.
Ruud
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 23:01:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Fretburner <dlg3441@is4.NYU.EDU>
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: JP guitar sound on ACOS
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.93.960521225731.15162A-100000@is4.NYU.EDU>
Hey all,
It's been a while since I last posted because NYU swicthed my account to
a new address without giving me enough warning. So, I've been recieving
forwarded jams, but I haven't been able to post. I'm not even sure if this
will go through, but here goes.
John Petrucci gets thast sound on ACOS with a PHASER. It's similar to a
flanger, but doesn't employ as much delay.
Anyway, here is a tasteless joke I heard yesterday that I can't help but
laugh at:
"For such a cheap airline, they sure serve great food"-An alligator in
the everglades.
Sorry,
-Dan
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 23:56:24 -0400
From: ernie@pananet.com (Ernesto Schnack)
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 1568
Message-ID: <19960522035623.AAA5628@mail.pananet.com>
It's weird how DT keeps creeping up in my differential equaitions class...
first there was the already mentioned y(x)=Acosx + Bcosx. Then there was
d(t)=.... And now (and this is the best one) the teacher taught us the
'Three Term Taylor method'...guess what song I started humming in my head:)
and then obviously I start hearing Dt songs in my head and I don't pay
attention...as if i ever did in the first place:)
>ok, me and Dan McCormack (mi vaca hermano) are in this mall, and for
>some reason Mojoman works in the survailance/lost and found area in this
>hidden big closet type room, and we go in and hang with mojo... heres
>the weird thing though, the fact that i dont even fucking know mojo in
>any way besides his posts... i've never mailed him and weve never talked
>on irc... nuthin against the dude, just wondering how the hell he ended
>up in my head...
Did I ever mention I dreamt I met Ben? What a nightmarE!! ;)
>
>>"That's...bad as shit!"
>
>No. "Now THAT is some baaaaaad sheet!"
>
No. " DAT!...is baaaad as sheet!"
Anybody see Joan Jett on Letterman? Doesn't that song sound suspiciously
like Green Day? And did anybody notice Def Leppard's new grungy look?
"OK...great, OK...listen Bert,uh...how about this one?"(this one,this
one,this one,this one, this one, etc.)
Ernie :) AVOID THE NOID!
Levadura,levadura. Dame musculatura. DURA! DURA!
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Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 00:16:59
From: subtlerage@gnn.com (Andrew Miller)
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: opening bands
Message-ID: <199605220512.BAA03430@mail-e2b-service.gnn.com>
>Has anyone ever noticed how effective an opening band can be to getting
>your musical attention?
i saw Def Leppard (no flames please) in '88 with (LOL) L.A. Guns opening
for them. LA guns came out all fired up, but no one cheered. well, except
for one guy., imagine being the only person out of 18,000 that jumps up
and yells "WOOHOO!" he he. before their last song, the singer said "and
for our last song," THEN everyone started screaming. BEFORE he even
finished the sentence. i felt sorry for them. but not sorry enough to be
only the 2nd person out of 18,000 to cheer....
Andrew
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- SubtleRage (progressive rock)
- Interum (new age/prog instrumental)
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Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 01:24:03 -0400
From: "Frank Benenati" <mojonet@pb.net>
To: "ytsejam@ax.com" <ytsejam@ax.com>
Subject: RE: YTSEJAM digest 1568
Message-ID: <199605220525.WAA20974@mindcrime.ax.com>
> stuff been happening... i had this dream...
>
> <dreamy wave music>
>
> ok, me and Dan McCormack (mi vaca hermano) are in this mall, and for
> some reason Mojoman works in the survailance/lost and found area in this
> hidden big closet type room, and we go in and hang with mojo... heres
> the weird thing though, the fact that i dont even fucking know mojo in
> any way besides his posts... i've never mailed him and weve never talked
> on irc... nuthin against the dude, just wondering how the hell he ended
> up in my head... anyways we get on his computer and he's about to send
> a letter to the jam and he walks out of the room, so me and dan grab the
> computer and type "BOW TO COWS, COWS RULE!" all over the dudes post and
> send it... then mojo came back and we just kinda said bye and split, and
> then i pretty much woke up... man this is pathetic! I'm having dreams
> about computers and shit! DAMN YOU ALL!!!!!!! :)
>
Thats fucking cool....
Rip, wanna know the funny thing???? I saw Twister for the second time,
this past weekend....
And all I've been able to think about was the cow in the movie....
(You know, the one that was taken for an involuntary flight....)
So, Im hanging out with my Friend, Mike, after the movie..and all I could
say in this Butthead type of speach, was..." huh, huh, huuh....COW!"
Now thats fucking weird!!!!
See Ya
M O J O M U T T E R S M O O !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 00:36:48
From: subtlerage@gnn.com (Andrew Miller)
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: musicans/chalkboard mutiliation
Message-ID: <199605220532.BAA32497@mail-e2b-service.gnn.com>
>my quick thoughts on "what is a musician?"
>
>Who gives a fuck.
that's about the best thing i've heard yet. but if anyone cares, here's
what Webster's dictionary has to say about it:
"one skilled in music." and "a composer or professional performer of
music."
i might as well throw something in while i'm at it. i understand that
we're in between DT albums and all, but let's PLEASE not let this thread
become a flame war again. have you noticed people posting their 'opinions'
with no reference to "IMHO, IMO, this is what *I* think, etc.?" to the
guy that originally posted the question about singers being musicans...
answer it for yourself. there IS no true answer. everyone has their own
opinons about music AND what they consider to be a musician. i think
people that sit around and truly try to analytically define music and
musicianship are missing the point. IMHO it's about FEELING. it's
EMOTION. when do you consider a song to be GOOD? for me, it's when i'm
moved emotionally. when i heard Metropolis for the first time, i nearly
drove off the road. it MOVED me. i didn't analyze why.
my suggestion: just relax and listen to the music. don't try to define
it, or the people that create it. some people on this list get over
critical about genres of music outside of prog/metal. i find it kinda
funny that DT, which consists (IMHO, of course) of 5 of the most gifted
musicians alive, has openly stated that they listen to all kinds of music.
just something to think about.
>what I mean? Lots of death metal, to me, is no tougher than Green Day and
>don't repsect them as musicians AT ALL. Next?
why do i hear a fire starting somewhere........
> If fingernails on a chalkboard pisses you off, is that music?
well..... if it actually produces a recognizable note and is done within a
certain rythmn....... (that was joke. laugh dammit)
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C O M E V I S I T M Y W E B P A G E!!!!!!!!
http://members.gnn.com/subtlerage
Andrew Miller - keyboardist - SubtleRage@gnn.com
- SubtleRage (progressive rock)
- Interum (new age/prog instrumental)
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Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 01:32:51 -0600 (CST)
From: KAYC@VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: Trends...
Message-ID: <01I4ZK2BZ9PI00AN9W@VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU>
If y'all forgot, this is Dr. Teeth's new account. Dat's me.
Here's a kind of refreshing viewpoint on the trends of music.
First, in the 80's, there was the first glam bands: Van Halen, Motley Crue,
Ratt, Poison, Def Leppard, Guns and Roses, and AC/DC (though they aren't
exactly glamourous..) These were the big ones, at least. Anyway, they got
big because they had a fresh new attitude that fit with the times and every
highschool kid adored them! Raw, uncut, pure, hard, brand-new Rock. (With
apologies to the Fresh Prince on that reference...)
But then, the high school kids in their bands started saying, "Yeah! This shit
rocks! Our band should sound like THAT!" And thus the second generation of
glam bands appeared: Slaughter, Warrant, Mr. Big, Bad English, Jackyl, and
about 50 other copycat bands without a whole lot more to offer than the same
old tired formula. They were cool for a while, but then the kids got tired of
the same old recipe. So they moved on.
Insert Seattle bands here.
Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots (I know they're not from Seattle),
Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and to an extent, Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Also, NIN and Ministry became more radio-worthy...
These bands came through with a fresh new intensity that drew the masses to
the "alternative" side. Ya gotta admit, the first albums by these guys pretty
much kick ass. Some more than others, but it was new and it was cool. Kids
threw themselves into the whole "I hate myself, but I hate this world even
more" mentality. I wonder if they suicide rate has been going up recently?
But then the kids started saying, "What a great band! I want our band to sound
like this!"
(Do you see where I'm headed with this?)
Silverchair, Hole, Bush, Oasis, Letters to Cleo, Sponge, Wax, Filter, Crash Test
Dummies, Ween, Presidents, Toadies, CIV, Candlebox, Korn, KMFDM, White Zombie,
Foo Fighters, Marilyn Manson, Dink, Faith No More, The Cranberries, Frente,
Green Day, Blind Melon, Rancid...
I really don't want to step on anyone's toes on this, because the above bands
do have talent, some more than others (Namely FNM, KMFDM, Korn and Filter).
If you look at each band, you can say they have something there, but if you
look at the whole list, you might be able to see what I'm getting at. It's
basically a bunch of bands sticking with a formula. Gotta be "alternative" to
be cool, ya know?
My point is, this is a cycle. Just like Glam died in the 80's, Alternative will
die out too. The sooner the better if you ask me. 80's music was about having
fun and living dangerously. 90's is introspective and often sad or depressing.
Quite pessimistic. I'm thinking that the next wave of music will be a more
positive sort again. People can be depressed for only so long.
What will the next wave be? I'd like to think Progressive, but somehow I don't
see it happening. First, it's an intellectual thing. Only a certain type of
person can REALLY appreciate prog. A lot of people will only listen to the
lyrics no matter WHAT is being played, and frankly, songs like DT writes don't
exactly relate directly to your average Joe Blow. I mean, if you extract them
and find their meaning, some prog stuff is amazingly meaningful and heartfelt
but the average person wouldn't put that much effort into it. They'd take the
songs for what they hear "Watch the sparrow falling?" What the hell's that all
about? Though I'd like to see Prog-rock catch on, I just don't think it'll be
next. Maybe a few more generations down the road. Society will be more
educated by then. (Do I sound snooty?)
Actually, I'm thinking along the lines of the music of bands like Dave Mattews
Band and Blues Traveller. The grunge feel is gone and you have a more perky
feel and message from these guys. I guess you could put Hootie in with this
group too, but their music is too damn simple for me to give much respect to.
But that same sort of spirit is there. Unfortunately, these bands have a
lighter feel to them (except for non-radio Blues Traveller) and I don't know if
this is a GOOD direction for music to be taking. But if it's away from
Alternative, then I guess anything's good. And I see Alternative dying out
within 2 years. In 5 years, we'll roll our eyes at the thought of us listening
to "Peaches" and "No Rain". I mean, we do that with glam rock, don't we? And
at the time, wasn't it pretty damn cool to see David Lee Roth prancing about
talking about women and drinking? The same'll happen again...
To conclude this, everything above this is my opinion and if I offended anyone,
deal with it. If you don't like my opinion, come to my house and we'll settle
it with a good ol' thumb-wrestling match.
Hasta!
Dr. Teeth
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Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 02:42:35 -0400
From: AirDance@aol.com
To: ytsejam@ax.com
Subject: very sad news...
Message-ID: <960522024234_496175496@emout13.mail.aol.com>
Ytsefriends,
I haven't had the chance to read this digest for the past couple of days for
reasons that will become clear later on in my note, so please forgive the
possible tardiness of this post.
Kevin Gilbert, a dear friend of mine & a brilliant musician/producer who had
many fans in DT circles (including the band members themselves), was found
dead of accidental asphyxiation in his home in Eagle Rock, CA Saturday
morning. He was 29 years old, only a few months younger than me, and was one
of the few people I've ever know whom I would categorize as a musical genius.
He was one of the kindest, gentlest men I've ever known and like a brother
to me, and I will miss him more than I could ever possibly express to you in
words.
There is an unfortunate DT sidenote to this story. As of last Wednesday,
Kevin Gilbert had agreed to produce the next DT album. As you might imagine,
the project will now be delayed indefinitely because of this horrible
tragedy. Kevin was the only producer they had in mind at this time, so now
they have to start looking from scratch all over again.
Mike Portnoy called today to try to make some sense of all this. He had
originally called me a couple of months ago to discuss the possibility of
Kevin producing the album since he knew that Kevin & I were friends, so I
gave him Kevin's phone number, wished him good luck, and Mike took it from
there. I knew that they'd been negotiating this production deal between
them, but didn't know for sure until today that Kevin had actually said
"yes." I know it would have been an amazing collaboration and it's a shame
that now we will never know what it would have sounded like.
Mike is in total shock right now, as am I and everyone else who knew Kevin.
This is the first time I personally have ever lost anyone like this and I
never thought anything could hurt so much. He was so young, and so full of
life, and still had so much to give. I just can't believe he's gone... all I
can hope for is that he's in a better place now, and that he's in peace.
Thanks to all of you who have sent your condolences. Your support means a
lot to me.
Take care everyone,
Jennifer
<airdance@aol.com>
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