YTSEJAM digest 3684

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Date: Sun Mar 29 1998 - 00:14:26 EST

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    Today's Topics:

      1) Re: Falling Into Infinity (fwd)
     by rbrito@ime.usp.br (Rogerio Brito)
      2)
     by "Neal Brown" <nealus@hotmail.com>
      3) Re: YTSEJAM digest 3683
     by "reuben" <admin@obstacleillusions.com>
      4) All Kiiinds of stuff.
     by "g-HosT" <g-host@geocities.com>
      5) it's me
     by "TheCowGod" <dmc@dreamt.org>
      6) Jason Becker
     by AlisOn Wonderland <kym@eagle.cc.ukans.edu>
      7) Re: it's me
     by Rogerio Brito <rbrito@dijkstra.ime.usp.br>
      8) Absolutely convergent, conditionally convergent & divergent series
     by Rogerio Brito <rbrito@dijkstra.ime.usp.br>
      9) Re: Encyclopedias, Chemistry, Bafu Vai & Progressive Rock
     by The iban <Theiban@aol.com>
     10) Re: Encyclopedias, Chemistry, Bafu Vai & Progressive Rock
     by The iban <Theiban@aol.com>
     11) Re: binary like numbers
     by The iban <Theiban@aol.com>
     12) Liquid Tension Experiment
     by Rogerio Brito <rbrito@dijkstra.ime.usp.br>
     13) Re: All Kiiinds of stuff.
     by "KorgX3" <korgx3@safelink.net>
     14) Re: "End of the Beginning"/Yanni (!!!)
     by AURACLE <AURACLE@aol.com>
     15) The Spirit of Radio
     by "Christopher R. Merlo" <cmerlo@CS.WM.EDU>

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    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 03:04:48 -0500
    From: rbrito@ime.usp.br (Rogerio Brito)
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: Re: Falling Into Infinity (fwd)
    Message-ID: <g8KH1MlyZ0ZY092yn@ime.usp.br>

           Hi,

           I think that this is a quite interesting point of view and
           that perhaps you might enjoy this post from the a.m.dt
           newsgroup.
           
           Hope you enjoy, Roger...

    -------- Forwarded message --------
    Newsgroups: alt.music.dream-theater
    Date: 23 Mar 1998 18:56:52 GMT
    ]From: jgordon452@aol.com (JGordon452)
    Subject: Re: Falling Into Infinity

    >Subject: Re: Falling Into Infinity
    >From: Chris Klecker <chris.klecker@gateway.laswson.com>
    >Date: Mon, Mar 23, 1998 09:41 EST
    >Message-id: <35167483.575B9630@gateway.laswson.com>
    >
    >David Matthews wrote:
    >
    >> James Ahab wrote:
    >> >
    >> > >< > 3. Peruvian Skies: An incredibly dynamic song, taking you through
    >many
    >> > different moods and emotions.<
    >> >
    >> > Pink Floyde intro, Marillion guitar solo for the bridge, Metallica
    >> > Load style for the last section.
    >> >
    >
    >I find this comment rather silly. Are you saying that DT is sounding like
    >Metallica's Load? YIKES!Load in my opinion is a disgrace. Metallica is no
    >longer
    >speaking to the Hard Rock and Rollers, but
    >to the teenage alternative crowds. Sad thing, this is where all the money is.
    >
    >
    >

    Load and Reload ARE hard rock. I wouldn't call it alternative; at most, hard
    rock with a shallow tinge of alt-rock facade. The problem that a lot of people
    have with it (including me, and I actually find the Load albums enjoyable at
    this point....not sure why, though) is that Metallica has lost much of the
    complexity that they once had. e.g.- "Outlaw Torn" is almost 10 minutes long-
    yet exhibits little complexity. For at least 7 minutes, the same 3 riffs are
    used as the basis of the song, in a verse chorus manner. Reload's attempts at
    longish songs are better, though, and a step in the right direction.

    As for Peruvian Skies, there are some definite new Metallica style riffs in it,
    but truthfully, those riffs could've also been done by Metallica circa 1986, as
    the major changes that have taken place in Metallica are mostly decreasing
    ARRANGEMENT skills, and a downturn in the guitar solos, rather than individual
    riff styles changing that much.

    My opinion? Falling Into Infinity is very good- way better than Queensryche's
    latest, which I liked initially, but has eventually become grating and
    uncomfortable to me. As for those who say "blah blah blah, DT sucks, they
    abandoned classical music influences for blues influences, and they sold out,
    abandoned European sounds for American, etc.", I have news for you. Rock,
    INCLUDING PROGRESSIVE ROCK, necessarily has roots in the blues. Bands such as
    Yes and Rush both took cues from those roots, while merging it with classical
    ideas and jazz. As for DT sounding American.....of course they do! They're
    from the US. Images and Words sounded quite American in sound, as opposed to
    Malmsteen's European bent. So what's the big deal here? They always have been
    rooted in American traditions. Just check out some of the jazzy bits in Take
    the Time, or the Latin American-influenced acoustic guitar during the extended
    bridge in Learning to Live. Why do some people feel the need to shit on a
    tradition which has formed a springboard for prog-rock and metal, and which is
    respected by said performers?

    -Jim Gordon
    "Wait a minute....that wasn't the wallet inspector!" - Homer Simpson
    "Hope you enjoyed signing on, or logging off, or signing up, or whatever the
    **** it is you do..."- Dina Meyer, after tolerating a load of inane questions
    on an AOL chat.

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    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 16:47:53 PST
    From: "Neal Brown" <nealus@hotmail.com>
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Message-ID: <19980329004754.14366.qmail@hotmail.com>

    Just wanted to point something out, in case anyone hadn't yet....
    0 = 0 + 0 + 0....
      = (1 - 1) + (1 - 1) + (1 - 1)....
      = 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1....
      = 1 + 0 + 0 + 0.....
    what's wrong with this picture?
    The fourth line is written wrong, and this was Guido's mistake. (17th
    century mathematician, or something like that.) Should read
      = 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + (-1)....
     which, for those of you who've been listening to Yngwie a bit too
    loudly lately ;) is better known as
      = 0
    So we have 0 = 0. Nice little proof of the identity axiom.
    ***
    Voices reminded somebody of the Moody Blues? That's a laugh. The Moodies
    did this real wimpy, hippy-dippy early form of art rock. Imagine Yes at
    their most removed from reality, and turn them into a mid-60s white R&B
    band that believed that because they had an orchestra playing on their
    albums and they had the drummer read some bullshit poetry that they were
    making high art or something. *vomit* That said, they actually did do
    some really good stuff....they were very good at writing melodies, but
    that was about it. The playing is technically on a par with Ringo
    Starr. These guys were just not impressive musicians. But I can't
    imagine how Voices and the Moodies are similar at all....I mean,
    seriously, Voices gets really intense and angry and dark in the middle,
    especially with that narration part.

    Re the fitshaced article....somebody posted that a while back. I read
    it. I laughed at first. Then I realized how the guy digressed from good
    points to superficial mockery. The author falls into the same traps he's
    accusing MTV of. Very hypocritical. And the humor gets too scatological
    to be funny...by the end, he's just imitating Manson, being as shocking
    and disgusting as possible.

    Re the whole Marilyn Manson and KISS thread....uh....jeez. This stuff is
    like the meaning of life question for philosophy majors. You just can't
    get away from it. You see, when I mention to friends that Green Day just
    doesn't do anything for me, they point to some of the stuff I listen to
    and say that's so shitty, it doesn't have a point, it's just a bunch of
    wankers making themselves feel good, blah blah blah. And you know what?
    I thought of something the other day. (Please, please, no applause til
    the end.) Stuff like KISS' whole raison d'etre is entertainment. No, you
    won't have a technical orgasm listening to them, you won't find answers
    to mysteries of life, you can't find any deep symbolisms, etc. It's just
    about wanting to rock and roll all night, and partying every day. And
    this is what I realized: that fuckin bores me after a while. Sure,
    parties are fun....but not all the time. I actually enjoy reading a book
    from time to time (horror! ignominy! shame! fie! fie!
    fie!....sorry...people round here don't do that much.) Honestly, once
    you've heard the Beastie Boys yelling "Girls!" for the millionth time,
    you're never going to learn anything else from it. And that's what
    interests me: learning. I actually get the same pleasure from learning
    that most people get from watching Jerry Springer. I mean, you can
    listen to DT album 50 times and still hear new things. Can you do that
    with the Spice Girls? Nope. I'd make the case you can't hear anything
    new with them. (They're more of a visually oriented group, anyway.
    Performance art, shall we say. ;) ) So why am I ranting about this, and
    wasting all this bandwidth? No good reason....I've got nothing else to
    do. =)

    Somebody mentioned the GEPR....yeah, OFB got slammed several times in
    there. I posted a favorable review about a year ago, but it hasn't been
    updated for about 14 months. (Don't ask me, I don't run it either.) URL
    is www.ari.net:80/prog/GEPR/gepr.html . Huge site, great place, just not
    favorable towards our heroes.

    Somebody mentioned DT opening for Dave Matthews....don't get me wrong, I
    think the DMB is one of those incredibly rare acts that get attention
    equivalent to their talent, but good god--DT open for DMB? No way. It's
    just not a good match. Seriously--a prog-metal band opening for a jazz
    outfit? (DMB is jazz, ladies and germs, in case you don't realize
    it....sure, the dumbass record companies stick em inthe alt-rock bins
    with Bush and STP et al, but they belong with the jazz guys.) Anyway,
    although I personally would love to see that show (wow, who would blow
    who off the stage? DMB is a helluva live act) I think all the Dave fans
    would be completely put off by stuff like Metropolis. Yikes. And,
    similarly, all the metalheads would leave after DT got through so they
    wouldn't be exposed to an acoustic guitar. ;)

    P.S. As a drummer, I can hear some incredible parallels between Carter
    Beauford and Mike Portnoy's respective playing styles. To wit: compare
    the drumming on Drive In Drive Out and 6:00. Discuss. =)

    I apologize for the incredibly long and totally incoherent post. I
    haven't posted in ages. This little thing called schoolwork kept getting
    in the way. (Damn professors...who do they think they are anyway, giving
    me homework....)

    Time to go before the caffeine high wears off.

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    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 16:48:16 -0800
    From: "reuben" <admin@obstacleillusions.com>
    To: <ytsejam@ax.com>
    Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 3683
    Message-ID: <9803290052.AA89302@titan.vcu.edu>

    : BTW, Niels Bohr was one of the first scientists to give a model of
    : what we call an atom. I don't remember details of his model, but you can
    : surely find more about this subject on their site.

    Also, when he was 17 he entered a physics contest with an liquid tension experiment he
    designed, and he titled it "The Liquid Tension Experiment". Apparantly, this contest was
    what sparked his interest in physics.

    -Reuben

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    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 21:14:38 -0500
    From: "g-HosT" <g-host@geocities.com>
    To: <ytsejam@ax.com>
    Subject: All Kiiinds of stuff.
    Message-ID: <001c01bd5ab8$6e08e180$2dc95bd1@emc.caribe.net>

    >Subject: fave LTE track.....
    >

    Mine would have to be universal mind. that ending just rocks! :)

    >Subject: Re: Liquit Tension Experiment - What's behind the name?

    >
    >who is Niels Bohr?? maybe i'll find that in the progressive rock
    encyclopedia

    as far as i know he wasn't a musician, but i really don't know, i didn't
    know him personally. :) He was a phyisicist i believe, something of the
    sort, proposed one of the models of the atom, the so-called 'plum-pudding'
    one where the electrons are all stuck in this positively-charged gooey
    stuff. I guess he was smart or something. :) And stuff.

    >Subject: Yanni: Tribute World Tour.
    >

    i saw him live when he came here. the show just rocked. but you already
    covered that. did he have that australian indigenous guy with the big long
    pipe? that guy rocked. i wanna get me one of those instruments and annoy
    the neighbors. but he actually made it sound really cool. it's like a
    7-foot-long or so pipe, maybe 6 inches diameter, wood, and somehow he was
    blowing through it and made it sound really cool. i really can't describe
    the sound. and yeah, that peruvian guitarist dude rocked.

    >some metaphorical sense to the title, as if the artists had such a high
    >proficiency with their instruments (which they have) and if they have
    >some kind of "fluidity" going between them, in some kind of connection
    >that each artist could read the mind of the others, knowing in advance
    >what the others were thinking of at any moment.

    Hmm. that seems like it would be kinda egotistical. maybe they just picked
    it cuz it sounds cool. :)

    So, Mike P., what do you think of that snare sound on ACOS? :)

    Hehe. Moo.

    --
    

    Dan McCormack dmc@dreamt.org http://premium.caribe.net/~emc/

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    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 21:15:42 -0500 From: "TheCowGod" <dmc@dreamt.org> To: "A Logic-Proof Shell" <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: it's me Message-ID: <001e01bd5ab8$9491b020$2dc95bd1@emc.caribe.net>

    oops, that last message that was supposedly from ghost was actually from me. like anywone cares. well, here's to wasting bandwith... well, i'll spare you the sig. moo.

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    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 19:29:18 -0600 (CST) From: AlisOn Wonderland <kym@eagle.cc.ukans.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Jason Becker Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.980328192221.5707A-100000@eagle.cc.ukans.edu>

    Ok, I'm convinced that there's a general consensus that Jason Becker is a semi-deity. I'm getting this undertone that he's overcome incredible odds somehow. Can somebody step aside from walking on glass, and just say what kind of odds he has overcome? Does he have both of his arms? -=AlisOn=-

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    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 23:46:39 -0300 (EST) From: Rogerio Brito <rbrito@dijkstra.ime.usp.br> To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Re: it's me Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980328234622.2298A-100000@dijkstra.linux.ime.usp.br>

    On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, TheCowGod wrote:

    > oops, that last message that was supposedly from ghost was actually from > me. like anywone cares. well, here's to wasting bandwith... well, i'll > spare you the sig. moo.

    No, we don't care. :-)

    []s, Roger...

    -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - rbrito@ime.usp.br - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito Undergraduate Computer Science Student - "Windows? Linux and X!" Bootleg/trade page: http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/bootleg.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 23:55:25 -0300 (EST) From: Rogerio Brito <rbrito@dijkstra.ime.usp.br> To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Absolutely convergent, conditionally convergent & divergent series Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980328234749.2298B-100000@dijkstra.linux.ime.usp.br>

    On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Neal Brown wrote:

    > Just wanted to point something out, in case anyone hadn't yet.... > 0 = 0 + 0 + 0.... > = (1 - 1) + (1 - 1) + (1 - 1).... > = 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1.... > = 1 + 0 + 0 + 0..... > what's wrong with this picture?

    There's nothing "wrong" with that thing, it's just a divergent series (a series is an "infinite" sum like the above). That's an expected behaviour (or behavior, depending on where you live :-) ). You can only rearrange (associate & commute) the terms of a series and still get the same "correct" result if it is absolutely convergent. :-)

    [...] > So we have 0 = 0. Nice little proof of the identity axiom.

    That's not a proof. :-)

    This absolutely amazing piece of math talk brought to you by Roger...

    -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - rbrito@ime.usp.br - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito Undergraduate Computer Science Student - "Windows? Linux and X!" Bootleg/trade page: http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/bootleg.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 21:55:32 EST From: The iban <Theiban@aol.com> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: Encyclopedias, Chemistry, Bafu Vai & Progressive Rock Message-ID: <2177dbec.351db827@aol.com>

    In a message dated 98-03-28 20:34:52 EST, you write:

    << I still haven't heard this damn CD, though, just the snipped posted on the web (thank you very much, Erica). :-( >>

    you have too heard the CD bafu... you were there at the Capitol Ballroom in D.C. remember the music that was on before DT's opening band came on? well, it was pretty much the whole CD to LTE i recognized most the songs from that when i bought the CD. well that should atleast give you an idea of what it sounds like.

    Rocky http://soft.simplenet.com/

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    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 21:56:28 EST From: The iban <Theiban@aol.com> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: Encyclopedias, Chemistry, Bafu Vai & Progressive Rock Message-ID: <2e08806f.351db85f@aol.com>

    In a message dated 98-03-28 20:34:52 EST, you write:

    << Hope this helps, Roger... >>

    doh, i thought you were bafu, i guess i should have read the whole post before i replied =P

    rocky

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    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 21:58:46 EST From: The iban <Theiban@aol.com> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: binary like numbers Message-ID: <34afa403.351db8e8@aol.com>

    In a message dated 98-03-28 20:57:21 EST, you write:

    << 0 = 0 + 0 + 0.... = (1 - 1) + (1 - 1) + (1 - 1).... = 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1.... = 1 + 0 + 0 + 0..... >>

    i must disagree with the last line some creatures are asexual which means they can reproduce by themselves, another little somthing i learned in sex ed. i think that was the only class i stayed awake through actually...

    rocky

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    Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 00:34:04 -0300 (EST) From: Rogerio Brito <rbrito@dijkstra.ime.usp.br> To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Liquid Tension Experiment Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980329002913.2597A-100000@dijkstra.linux.ime.usp.br>

    On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, reuben wrote:

    > : BTW, Niels Bohr was one of the first scientists to give a model of > : what we call an atom. I don't remember details of his model, but you can > : surely find more about this subject on their site. > > Also, when he was 17 he entered a physics contest with an liquid tension > experiment he designed, and he titled it "The Liquid Tension > Experiment". Apparantly, this contest was what sparked his interest in > physics.

    Here is the text (an excerpt, in fact) from the on-line version of the Encyclopedia Britannica regarding the subject:

    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Niels Bohr

    Bohr was born in Copenhagen on Oct. 7, 1885. (...)

    Bohr distinguished himself at the University of Copenhagen, winning a gold medal from the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters for his theoretical analysis of and precise experiments on the vibrations of water jets as a way of determining surface tension. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    > -Reuben

    []s, Roger...

    -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - rbrito@ime.usp.br - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito Undergraduate Computer Science Student - "Windows? Linux and X!" Bootleg/trade page: http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/bootleg.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 20:51:57 -0700 From: "KorgX3" <korgx3@safelink.net> To: <ytsejam@ax.com> Subject: Re: All Kiiinds of stuff. Message-ID: <01bd5ac6$05995040$2a0d84d0@safelink.safelink.net>

    >i saw him live when he came here. the show just rocked. but you already >covered that. did he have that australian indigenous guy with the big long >pipe? that guy rocked. i wanna get me one of those instruments and annoy >the neighbors. but he actually made it sound really cool. it's like a >7-foot-long or so pipe, maybe 6 inches diameter, wood, and somehow he was >blowing through it and made it sound really cool. i really can't describe >the sound. and yeah, that peruvian guitarist dude rocked.

    David Hudson's the didgeridoo player, but he wasn't there. I want one of those, too. There's a place I found called The Music Stand or something where you can order them for $150 and a video that teaches you how to play. I'm sure they're just cheap ones, though, but as long as it sounds right, it works for me. I think I first heard that instrument on Dot and the Kangaroo. Damn, I miss that cartoon.

    --KorgX3 is the Bunyip

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    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 23:54:36 EST From: AURACLE <AURACLE@aol.com> To: ytsejam@ax.com Subject: Re: "End of the Beginning"/Yanni (!!!) Message-ID: <80749d80.351dd40e@aol.com>

    Hello, all my fellow Jammer-types...

    In YTSEJAM digest #3683, Mauricio Martinez Villarreal <al769526@mail.mty.itesm.mx> writes:

    I recently got Jason Becker's "Perspective", and i found it very inspirating (sic) and very cool record, with some very emotional songs in it. I read on a guitar school magazine, in the listening room section, that Petrucci said that the Becker song "End of The Beginning" was very congested musically speaking, wasn't breathing either, and that this way, the emotional content of the song could not be delivered properly. Well, upon hearing that song some times now, i have to disagree with JP. I found that song very emotional, especially with Michael Lee Firkins playing, who i think has a flawless technique, and has some damn finesse in every note he plays. Plus, every time i hear that song, i'm like moved emotionally, and i get a weird feeling, i cannot describe what it is. How do you guys like this song or record? >>

    I've been a fan of Jason Becker's since the first Cacophony album; he blew me away as a nascent guitar fanatic way back when I was first starting college, and I still listen to both the Cacophony discs, as well as his solo album, "Perpetual Burn," quite often. To this day the blinding speed, technical prowess and compositional creativity he displayed on those albums never fails to astonish me. When I found out that he had contracted ALS, I was incredibly saddened, and I pretty much assumed that we would never hear any more of his music. Then the "Perspectives" album came out, and of all the pieces on it, "End of the Beginning" affected me the most, by far. There's something in the soaring melodies and Michael Lee Firkins' singing tone that stirs a deep emotional response within me. I think it's because the music quite obviously emerged from the very core of Jason Becker's being, and as such cannot help but resonate with the core of anyone who listens to it. Every person for whom I've played the piece has been quite moved by it, and that's not something that happens very often. So, Mauricio, I can tell you from personal experience that you are not alone in your emotional response to "End of the Beginning." Truly, I believe it's one of the greatest pieces of instrumental rock music I've ever heard, both in terms of musical complexity and spiritual resonance. Thanks for mentioning it here on the Jam, because after all, it's that same rare combination that we also find in Dream Theater's music, and perhaps as a result some people who haven't heard Jason Becker's music before will be inspired to go out and pick up one of the albums on which he's appeared.

    Also in YTSEJAM digest #3683:

    KorgX3's wonderfully detailed Yanni concert review has achieved the heretofore believed impossible: he has actually made me want to buy a Yanni album! This is on a par with getting me to like broccoli, so I just hope you appreciate the magnitude of your achievement here, Korg. <grin> Incidentally, Yanni's drummer, Joel Taylor, has also performed with Allan Holdsworth, who, as you have probably inferred from my previous posts to the Jam, is my very favorite musician of all time. And your description of Karen Briggs' playing really makes me want to hear her, since I'm a sucker for the use of violin solos in a prog-rock context, i.e. Kansas, UK, later Van der Graaf Generator, etc. So I guess this is all kind of a roundabout way of saying "thanks" for the review.

    Now Playing: Jag Panzer, "The Fourth Judgment." BTW, I also like the new Iron Maiden CD a whole lot as well. I guess I'm undergoing a metal mini- renaissance these days--the last time I listened to Jag Panzer, I was in the early part of high school!

    Progressively yours--

    -- Jeff :^)

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    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 23:59:50 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Merlo" <cmerlo@CS.WM.EDU> To: ytsejam@ax.com, thoughts@home.ease.lsoft.com, jordan@bway.net Subject: The Spirit of Radio Message-ID: <199803290459.XAA26158@daffy.cs.wm.edu>

    Today's playlist (and no 80s metal, Damon :)

    Korn Blind Korn Faith No More Last Cup Of Sorrow Album Of The Year Death Sacred Serenity Symbolic Liquid Tension Exp. Universal Mind LTE I Mother Earth One More Astronaut Scenery And Fish Spock's Beard Cakewalk On Easy Street The Kindness of Strangers Genesis Watcher Of The Skies Foxtrot Life Of Agony This Time River Runs Red Fates Warning Point Of View Parallels Soundgarden Spoonman Superunknown Megadeth Peace Sells Peace Sells... Megadeth Hangar 18 Rust In Peace Megadeth Use The Man Cryptic Writings Mr. So & So Hobson The Traveller Compendium Rush Lessons 2112 Yes Open Your Eyes Open Your Eyes Anthrax Antisocial Live: The Island Years Iron Maiden Tailgunner No Prayer For The Dying Frank Zappa Catholic Girls Joe's Garage Galactic Cowboys I Do What I Do Space In Your Face Dream Theater New Millennium Falling Into Infinity

    Again, any quenstions and comments can be directed to me. -Chris

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