YTSEJAM digest 2217

From: ytsejam@ax.com
Date: Wed Jan 22 1997 - 22:55:50 EST

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    Today's Topics:

      1) JJ
     by "A.R. Bell" <salyavin@ames.net>
      2) Re: Guitar Accessories help
     by Jeff Hayes <haye@micro.ti.com>
      3) DT disc , SFAM
     by Soul Madness <mcauburn@iinc.com>
      4) dammit dammit dammit
     by Carlos Alfaro <calfaro@caribe.net>
      5) Soundclips.
     by Geir Botterli <geirb@hekta.iet.hist.no>
      6) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2214
     by tbaddley@airmail.net (Tom Baddley)
      7) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2214
     by buster@ee.net
      8) Bafu's last post
     by buster@ee.net
      9) Re: Soundclips.
     by Carlos Alfaro <calfaro@caribe.net>
     10) Re: Portnoy at NAMM
     by Drummnstan@aol.com
     11) er...re
     by Pat Sullivan <psull@ici.net>
     12) Mastermind in PHL and Japan
     by "Dave Neff" <dneff@maaco.com>
     13) Portnoy at Namm
     by Andrew Dietr Miller <ytsejam@UDel.Edu>
     14) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2216
     by Madelaine <maddy@enteract.com>
     15) Swapped Binary
     by Adam Barnhart <adamb@cfmc.com>
     16) Re: Magna Carta's web site
     by "Beavis (Wes Foll)" <wfoll@america.net>
     17) Re: er...re
     by Taco Belhai <belhai1@gl.umbc.edu>
     18) Fanclub, and stuff
     by Andrew Dietr Miller <ytsejam@UDel.Edu>
     19) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2216
     by Quazel Schmirt <jmlentch@mailbox.syr.edu>
     20) Vai, Damn the Machine
     by Eschnack@aol.com
     21) "The DJ" internet music service
     by "NEVANS.US.ORACLE.COM" <NEVANS@us.oracle.com>
     22) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2214
     by Jon Byrne <rael@access.mountain.net>

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 13:50:34 -0600
    From: "A.R. Bell" <salyavin@ames.net>
    To: <trevorw@ms.kallback.com>
    Cc: <ytsejam@ax.com>
    Subject: JJ
    Message-ID: <199701221950.NAA07113@brain.ames.net>

    Jens played in Malmsteen's band during the early years (and on a couple
    tracks recently) with his brother Anders on drums. He is now playing keys
    in the incredible Stratovarius from Finland. Jens and Anders both released
    a project with Allan Holdsworth recently, which I haven't been able to
    locate. (Any help, anyone?)

    Later...
    Aaron

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 14:17:26 -0600
    From: Jeff Hayes <haye@micro.ti.com>
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: Re: Guitar Accessories help
    Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970122141724.006cfbdc@pcmail.micro.ti.com>

    B.C. Rich is evidentally still in business. They had a fairly large setup
    at NAMM this past weekend. The Warlock series was featured as well as
    several Strat-styles. And now for DT content. I got to play a JPM100P3 at
    the Ibanez setup. WAY COOL, Jr.!!!!! The black and white Picasso thing is
    pretty bitchin'. I messed around with a Universe Seven string as well.
    Highly playable guitars, both. I preferred the Petrucci though. List
    price I believe was $1599. Save your pennies boys and girls!!!

    Shred 'til yer dead!!
    Jeff aka IceBLADE

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 15:26 EST
    From: Soul Madness <mcauburn@iinc.com>
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: DT disc , SFAM
    Message-ID: <m0vn9FL-0002NKC@xcalibur.iinc.com>

    Can anyone give me info on the bootleg CD by DT called Scenes From A Memory?
    Does it have good sound, packaging, etc. I did order it from Mike Bahr so I
    will recieve it one way or another but I'd like to know in advance.

    To the Devin Townsend haters, check out "The Last Time" off James Murphy's
    (Testament) solo disc "Convergence"...its a great song.

    Savatage fans, can you tell me where to get the bootleg CDs by them called
    Live At L'Mour, Live In Offenbach, Germany or Live In Denver. I recently
    recieved "Mentally Yours" (a live bootleg) and its amazing.

    Don Compton

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 16:35:17 -0500
    From: Carlos Alfaro <calfaro@caribe.net>
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: dammit dammit dammit
    Message-ID: <32E68815.38DB@caribe.net>

    Dammit dammit be stupid cd storagebooklets!!!! I just broke Paco de
    lucia/al di meola /joh n maclaughlin's guitar trio cd!!F uck damit

    -- 
                  Seize the day, I heard him say :
                 "Life will not always be this way,    
                   Look around...hear the sounds...
             Cherish your life,while you're still around... "   
                  <Dream Theater: A Change Of Seasons>
                  WoWoW! WoWoW! WoWoW! -Mike Portnoy
                      mailto:calfaro@Caribe.net
                    mailto:ytsekurt@geocities.com
                  http://premium.caribe.net/~calfaro
    

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 21:52:44 +0100 From: Geir Botterli <geirb@hekta.iet.hist.no> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Soundclips. Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970122205244.0066056c@hekta.iet.hist.no>

    Hi, I downloaded some soundclips from a web-site some time ago. The soundbites I downloaded, was Intuition (Lemur Voice), Ludicrous, and two other songs, with the word thirst and crystal in. Can someone direct me to this web-site, as I can't find it. If the clips don't exist anymore, can someone please tell me who plays these songs?

    Thanks -- Geir Botterli XMIR geirb@hekta.iet.hist.no DT rules.

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 20:57:06 GMT From: tbaddley@airmail.net (Tom Baddley) To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2214 Message-ID: <32e67d70.20132615@mail.airmail.net>

    >I was under the impression that 'jan hammer' was the name of a band, >and that jordan rudess was the keyboard (ski?!) player... >if this is not so, can someone straighten me out?

    Jan Hammer is an actual person. Probably most popular during his days of doing the music for "Miami Vice", he remains one of the most expressive keyboardist ever. At one point in the eighties he and Neil Schon (of Journey) put out a CD together that was really good.

    My favorite, though, is the work that JH did for "Beyond The Mind's Eye", a computer animation collection on video tape, with original music by him. With the exception of one song ("Too Far"), each and every song touches me in some way. He plays in a style more reminiscent of a guitar player, with riffs and bends (much like the honorable Mr. K. Moore).

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 16:06:59 -0500 From: buster@ee.net To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2214 Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970122210659.0069680c@ee.net>

    >As for the LaBrie signing thing. As I said dislexia sux. Read the >original post again. It was a poke of fun at the typo in it. James >singing has nothing to do with his signing. (We hope.)

    > --David Arkenstone

    Thanks for clearing that one up David! I was really trying hard to bite my tongue and not respond to that one :) buster

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 16:17:04 -0500 From: buster@ee.net To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Bafu's last post Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970122211704.006ac820@ee.net>

    Bafu, I think I'm starting to really understand your sense of humor....and it scares me <G>

    Seriously though, I got a good laugh out of his last post, but now I see why people are always taking him the wrong way. If you're not careful to notice the sarcasm, he could really seem like a jerk.

    Anyway, thanks for the laugh, buster

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 17:14:26 -0500 From: Carlos Alfaro <calfaro@caribe.net> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: Soundclips. Message-ID: <32E69142.6257@caribe.net>

    Geir Botterli wrote: > > Hi, I downloaded some soundclips from a web-site some time ago. > The soundbites I downloaded, was Intuition (Lemur Voice), Ludicrous, and two > other songs, with the word thirst and crystal in. Can someone direct me to > this web-site, as I can't find it. If the clips don't exist anymore, can > someone > please tell me who plays these songs? > > Thanks > -- > Geir Botterli XMIR geirb@hekta.iet.hist.no > DT rules.

    what do you mean by ludicrous? ... and thirst must be enchant... and crystal must be shadow gallery

    -- Seize the day, I heard him say : "Life will not always be this way, Look around...hear the sounds... Cherish your life,while you're still around... " <Dream Theater: A Change Of Seasons> WoWoW! WoWoW! WoWoW! -Mike Portnoy mailto:calfaro@Caribe.net mailto:ytsekurt@geocities.com http://premium.caribe.net/~calfaro

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 16:40:00 -0500 (EST) From: Drummnstan@aol.com To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: Portnoy at NAMM Message-ID: <970122163346_73132959@emout10.mail.aol.com>

    In a message dated 1/22/97 6:11:03 PM, you wrote:

    << .now this really confuses me & makes me feel that this post is not quite truthful (my apologies if I am wrong tho') cos I understood that Portnoy has been a Mapex player for some time... >>

    Was a mapex player, he went back to tama about a year ago, Matter of fact at Birch Hill 95, (December) he had his mapex set with 3x5 cards that said TAMA covering the mapex logo, this is because at the time he had just signed a contract with TAMA and they hadn't yet finished his new kit, and obviously since he was contracted with TAMA, playing Maoex would be a breach of caontract. Soooo.. they covered up the logo, around June or July of 96 ads for his new TAMA kit started showing up in Modern Drummer and he had it at the fix shows, its quite groovy looking. so there may be some merit to the NAMM post. Maybe they have all the material recorded and thier label is just giving them the runaround, or whatever.......

    Laterz, Stan

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 17:27:47 -0500 From: Pat Sullivan <psull@ici.net> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: er...re Message-ID: <2.2.32.19970122222747.006813ec@ici.net>

    >and reading the thanks and credits sections in the CD booklet. They >thank several bands including DT. However, they misspelled it (ie: >reversed the R and E in theater - Dream Theatre).

    Hmm...I sense something similar to what happened between DT and Fates Warning, (FW put "Dream Theatre" on Parallels, DT put "Fatez Warning" on Awake).

    Basically, don't be shocked if on the thank-you list for DT'd next album you see "I Mothre Earth" :)

    -----

    ________Pat Sullivan__________________________________ E-mail: psull@ici.net WWW: http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/psull/psull.html IRC: DDictator NP: Tool - "Aenima"

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 17:56:14 -0500 From: "Dave Neff" <dneff@maaco.com> To: "The Non-DT Mailing List" <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Mastermind in PHL and Japan Message-ID: <199701230136.RAA01829@pawn.ax.com>

    Hey Folks!

    I got to see Mastermind in Philadelphia on friday, and I must say that I was mucho impressed! Got to meet Bill Berends after the show, too. Nice guy. I identified myself as a Ytsejammer (he knows who we are), and asked him if there was anything he wanted to tell the world. He said "Yeah! Check us out!" Not too profound, perhaps, but I did put him on the spot.... Anyway, he said that they were leaving for Japan soon - yesterday I believe - and they also have plans in the works to tour with Spock's Beard and ... uh, (doh!) somebody else, so we should keep an eye on their web page:

    http://www.mosquito.com/~bberends/mastermind/

    I also managed to get a copy of "Mastermind IV: Until Eternity", which I like a *lot* more than "Mastermind III: Tragic Symphony". I would recommend picking up #4 if you can find it (try Tower), but you may want to give it a listen first, especially if you demand high quality vox. They're a great live band, but his singing is an acquired taste.

    During the show, they played "Ride of the Valkyries" and "William Tell Overture". :) Some of us commented about how cool those tunes were; he said they'd like to put out an entire album of "cover songs" like those! That would rule!

    So check out the web page, especially you Japanese Jammers, and go see a great 3-man prog band!

    Back to lurk mode ... - Dave Neff (dneff@maaco.com)

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 20:15:16 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Dietr Miller <ytsejam@UDel.Edu> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Portnoy at Namm Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95.970122201341.11016A-100000@copland.udel.edu>

    I'm sure someone answered the question about Tama, but to reiterate what John Pettruci told me himself..... Paul Northfield will produce the new album.

    andy

    Andrew Miller The world couldn't be much more grey, ytsejam@Udel.Edu Andy died that day. The world couldn't -or- turn away, Andy died that day. The world andym@dreamt.org could find the words to say "We'll miss you", Andy died that day.

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 18:12:40 -0600 From: Madelaine <maddy@enteract.com> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2216 Message-ID: <2.2.32.19970123001240.006a48e4@enteract.com>

    >Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 16:16:20 -0500 >From: Phil Carter <carter@negia.net>

    >Bafu then graced us with his views on zamboni-patrol (and other things): ><SNIP>

    >I don't know whether you live in a "college town" or not, Bafu, but lemme >tell you that here in a 28,000+ -student college town like this one (Athens, >GA) it's just about unendurable. Am I the only one who thinks that when you >cross a street and the light changes, you should HURRY?

    I used to live in a college town... (Oshkosh, B'gosh, Wisconsin), and, even on the campus street, I'd move my butt pretty quickly getting to the other sidewalk. Of course, maybe it's because I'm short and most people can't see me over their monster jacked-up pickups with the deer carcass tied to the front grille... ;)

    >> A dream of mine is to buy a car completely made of steel, or >>build it myself. I would then humble all of the fiberglass conveyance >>driving Jersey morons by crippling their fragile vehicles. Ahhhh... the >>sound of crunching plastic as that Lexus driving bastard gets his due for >>not using a directional when changing lanes...

    >Er....what I meant to say is that it's a cool idea. I've actually toyed with >the idea of fixing a ram-plate (a la "Mad Max") onto the front of my >parents' junk-hauler, a '76 Ford LTD station wagon. (We call it "Tank.") > My family has an '82 Ford LTD station wagon...we (I) call it the "Toad Mobile"... (It's powder blue...there's a long story behind the nickname) However, while driving it down the road, I always drove with the attitude that my car was made of cast iron, and therefore could crush just about anything but one of them Ford Suburbans. :)

    > >Neither one is true. Guns don't kill people. People don't kill people. >Bullets kill people. Just make bullets impossible to get and you'd see a lot >less deaths from shootings. (The rate of clubbings would probably rise >pretty quickly though)

    Either that, or pistol whipping would be a grand sport... ;)

    *******NDTC********

    -Maddy

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 19:03:41 -0800 From: Adam Barnhart <adamb@cfmc.com> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Swapped Binary Message-ID: <199701230303.TAA15401@main.cfmc.com>

    Jan Hammer:

    Yeah, he HAS been around for a long time. He's done a number of things, including the movie and telvision themes, some solo work...even that record he did with Neal Schon (anyone remember that thing?) He's really a superior player and probably the master of the pitch wheel -- he's a very guitaristic player, like Derek.

    Singers:

    Ray Alder's a great one live. Or, at least, he was the night (the ONE night) I saw him. He was just awesome...tremendously powerful, hitting notes, the full range. I was extremely impressed -- it was probably the best live performance I'd seen by a rock vocalist. I always see Queensryche at the end of tours, for some reason, when Geoff Tate's suffering from Ian Anderson Disease, though he's still sounded good. On record, though, I'm far more impressed with him than any other vocalist. Jon Anderson's good in both environments, as well, and Greg Lake's voice is pretty strong live, though I don't think it's been recorded with quite as much oomph.

    Adam D. Barnhart adamb@cfmc.com ydnt85a@prodigy.com http://www.cfmc.com/adamb

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 22:04:38 -0500 (EST) From: "Beavis (Wes Foll)" <wfoll@america.net> To: Randall Braun <RBraun@adnc.ameridata.com> Cc: "'Ytsejam'" <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Re: Magna Carta's web site Message-ID: <199701230304.WAA21240@web1.america.net>

    thanks for the help! see ya on da jam...8) Beavis (Wes Foll) http://www.america.net/~wfoll/beavis.htm /| / ||\ / || \ ______________ _ ______ _ __ __ //| || \\_____ _____| ||___ // |\ \/ / //_| || \ | || || | | || |/ ///|| \ / / __ || |\ \ | || || |__| || <//_|| / \ / / | || | \ \| || || __ || |\ \__ |/ /\ \ /_/ |_||_| \ || || | |_||_|/\ \ || / \_\ \ || ||/ \_\||/ \ ||/ \| "What is, is. What is not, is not. What is is, and is not, is is, and is not."

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 17:44:52 -0500 (EST) From: Taco Belhai <belhai1@gl.umbc.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Re: er...re Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.95.970122174327.29884B-100000@umbc10.umbc.edu>

    > >and reading the thanks and credits sections in the CD booklet. They > >thank several bands including DT. However, they misspelled it (ie: > >reversed the R and E in theater - Dream Theatre). > > Hmm...I sense something similar to what happened between DT and Fates > Warning, (FW put "Dream Theatre" on Parallels, DT put "Fatez Warning" on Awake).

    I doubt that IME intentionally did that. Neither did FW. But DT spelled "Fatez Warning" on purpose in the liner notes.

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 20:27:54 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Dietr Miller <ytsejam@UDel.Edu> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Fanclub, and stuff Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95.970122201647.11016B-100000@copland.udel.edu>

    How long does it take for the fan club shit to get to you? two weeks?

    I was thinking earlier today about the power ballad. Listen to Another Day, I had a few thoughts as to why it never made it. In my opinon and I think I'm right, Silent Lucidity was the last power ballad to top the charts(this is baring Metalica songs). Hear me out before you say I'm wrong. I think it was one of two things, 1) Silent Lucidity was the best power ballad every written and therefore they need not every show another video, or air another song in its vain again. ----or---- 2) Silent Lucidity was only the tip of the iceburg and MTV officals relized that Progressive metal was going to overtake all forms of music in general. Therefore by stopping Queensryche, they put a stop to Prog-rock because they just thought Kurt Cobain (not to bust on Kurt... he has made some awesome music) just looked cooler. And it's not really about the music at all but about the image.

    ---------- 3) Acually it could be a little of both of these but I just think MTV didn't relized that Queensryche was a progressive band, and just see all bands of the sort of shoots of Glam rock, and for all intensive purposes just didn't want to support that image anymore.

    later...........andy

    Andrew Miller The world couldn't be much more grey, ytsejam@Udel.Edu Andy died that day. The world couldn't -or- turn away, Andy died that day. The world andym@dreamt.org could find the words to say "We'll miss you", Andy died that day.

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 17:50:00 -0500 (EST) From: Quazel Schmirt <jmlentch@mailbox.syr.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2216 Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95.970122174915.3274A-100000@forbin.syr.edu>

    Yes, I missed the joke. Yes, I feel like an ass! Oh well!

    Jill ----------- Quazel

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 18:28:12 -0500 (EST) From: Eschnack@aol.com To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Vai, Damn the Machine Message-ID: <970122173757_2023966452@emout04.mail.aol.com>

    ABout Ya-Yo Gakk... I don't find it at all annoying... it's the humor song on the album... and just thinking that Steve spent a year recording his son singing that, and then went thru the whole thing to find all the phrases that were in tune, etc...

    A question for those who know... is Damn the Machine still around? Did they only release one CD? I got it, and it just rocked...

    ok. that's it for now

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    Date: 22 Jan 97 14:33:40 -0800 From: "NEVANS.US.ORACLE.COM" <NEVANS@us.oracle.com> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: "The DJ" internet music service Message-ID: <199701230055.QAA21046@mailsun3-fddi.us.oracle.com>

    Just wanted to inform you all that there is an online music service (FREE) at "www.thedj.com". It is similar to DMX, in that you can select a genre of music, and songs from that genre will play, without commercials, continuously. The "progressive" and "great guitar" channels are sadly lacking right now, but things should be picking up soon, as I am going to lend a large portion of my CD collection to the guys who started this company (I know them, some are ex-employees of my company). So check it out if you wish and enjoy -- and remember that the content and variety of "progressive" and "great guitar" should be improving.. later, -Neil. /===============================================================\ | Neil Evans Phone: 415.506.3503 | | Server Technologies Division Fax: 415.506.7370 | | Oracle Corporation email: nevans@us.oracle.com | \===============================================================/

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    Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 22:39:43 -0500 (EST) From: Jon Byrne <rael@access.mountain.net> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2214 Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19970122224029.2197037e@access.mountain.net>

    At 01:01 PM 1/22/97 -0800, Tom Baddley wrote about Jan Hammer: >He plays in a style more >reminiscent of a guitar player, with riffs and bends (much like the >honorable Mr. K. Moore).

    I have the album _Untold Passion_, which is Hammer and Neal Schon (of Journey & Santana fame), who's no slouch on guitar himself. There is a lot of guitar & guitar synth playing off Hammer's keys, and sometimes it is very hard to tell who is playing what.

    Jonathan Byrne, 1L West Virginia University College of Law rael@access.mountain.net (WormWood or DrNick on IRC) NEW WEBPAGE! http://access.mountain.net/~rael/home.htm ----------------------------------------------------------- "Can a song bring out the love inside us? Can it ease our deepest fear? Can a song change all the wrong to right? Cand it stop a single tear?" -Brett Kull, "Meaning and the Moment", echolyn

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