YTSEJAM Digest 4375

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    Today's Topics:

      1) Trouble playing OiaL Past LtL
     by "Joshua B. Wingell" <wingell@alctrz.ENET.dec.com>
      2) Re: MP Fessed Up On This One.
     by "TheCowGod" <dmc@dreamt.org>
      3) in defense of Kevin Villines
     by Phil Carter <phil@usefulware.com>
      4) Top 20!
     by ytse jam <ytse_classics@yahoo.com>
      5) "Tyranny" sounds like <insert band here>, Fear Factory
     by David Dixon <David@iisweb.com>
      6) Re: Mike Mangini and Spock's Beard..
     by Andrew James Embler <aembler@gladstone.uoregon.edu>
      7) Re: in defense of Kevin Villines
     by Mark Jeffrey McEuen <mceuen@owlnet.rice.edu>
      8) Mike Mangini, EVENT news
     by MFishook@aol.com
      9) Re: in defense of Kevin Villines
     by Lisa Marie <ytsegirl@pacbell.net>
     10) OiaL
     by IceQD@aol.com
     11) DTIFC?!?!?
     by OmegaMusic@aol.com
     12) Take Away My Ytse-Pimp Sax Player
     by "KorgX3" <korgx3@safelink.net>
     13) OiaL (again I'm sure)
     by Alex Smith <bacchus@azstarnet.com>
     14) OIAL Question (Minor Spoilers).... Kudos to MP!
     by MTeiper@aol.com
     15) Portnoy and 12th notes.
     by "Vincent G. LuPone" <vgl@syspac.com>
     16) DMB and the Stick
     by "Thomas Forcier" <thomas.o.forcier@worldnet.att.net>
     17) What a day!
     by "Christopher Files" <cfiles@erols.com>
     18) RE: the video
     by "Christopher Files" <cfiles@erols.com>
     19) UACM stats
     by Mark Bredius <bredius@globalxs.nl>
     20) OiaL
     by NuGgeTMaN <emoeglin@wezl.org>

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 98 16:30:28 EST
    From: "Joshua B. Wingell" <wingell@alctrz.ENET.dec.com>
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: Trouble playing OiaL Past LtL
    Message-ID: <9810272130.AA03127@us7rmc.bb.dec.com>

    I have jsut finnished listening to OiaL...PREMATURELY!

    It seems the CD player on my workstation at work will not play
    the second OiaL CD past 3/4 of the way through Learning to Live! :-(

    It just stops!

    I guess that is the danger of squeezing 80 minutes of music onto
    a CD. Hopefully my other CD players will not have any trouble
    with the long play.

    I found "5 Years In a Livetime" at Newbury Comics! I guess I know
    what I am doing tonight! :-) Incidentally, Newbury Comics also had
    OiaL for $18! Not bad at all.

    Derek really shines on these CDs! Actually, the entire band was in
    excellent form for this concert! The Petrucci solo just blew me
    away!

    One more thing, was the sax in TAMP an overdub or was Jay Beckenstein
    really in Paris with DT? Sorry if this has already been covered on
    the Jam :-)

    Josh

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 16:35:44 -0500
    From: "TheCowGod" <dmc@dreamt.org>
    To: <ytsejam@axnet.net>
    Subject: Re: MP Fessed Up On This One.
    Message-ID: <001201be01f1$c215b060$3a1110ac@demccor.clemson.edu>

    > To Mike Portnoy: if you want to have some authentication of your
    >posts to the 'jam (or any person, for that matter), you should probably
    >use a thing called cryptography, or one of it's variations (digital
    >signatures). There are many programs out there whose purpose is to provide
    >authentication of messages.

    does that work with the jam tho? we might get a bunch of garbage posts worse
    than html, cuz at least with mime/html you can find the text if you want to.
    moo.

    *** END OF TRANSMISSION ***

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 16:44:47 -0500
    From: Phil Carter <phil@usefulware.com>
    To: The Divine Wings of Ytse <ytsejam@axnet.net>
    Subject: in defense of Kevin Villines
    Message-ID: <4.1.19981027133118.0093c990@pop.usefulware.com>

    Greetings ye 'jamanoids....

    Kevin V. posted the following discs for sale:
    >> Angra-Angels Cry $13
    >> Angra-Holy Live $10
    >> Angra-Holy Land (2 cd set w/ Bonus track on Holy Land (Queen of the
    >> Night) and 2nd disc with Live Acoustic At FNAC with the following Tracks
    >> (1)Angels Cry (2)Chega de Saudade (3)Never Understand) (I believe this
    >> 2cd set is no longer in print, someone let me know if I'm wrong) $27

    and then Jeremy Hallum responded:
    > Wow, not only a price inflated sale, but an HTML encoded price
    >inflated sale! ooo!
    >Lets see what the new prices of these CD's are!
    > (from www.empireent.com:)
    > Angra-Angel's Cry (Ital Import) $13.98
    > Angra-Holy Live (Ital Import) w/ slip case and sticker. $10.98.
    > Angra-Freedom Call (Ital) 6 track EP w/three acoustic tracks $10.98

    Three points:

    1) I have dealt with Kevin on at least ten separate occasions. In every
    case the CDs I received on my end were essentially brand-new: the only
    thing that showed they were used CDs was the fact that they had no shrink
    wrap. No scratches on the CD or case, no fingerprints on the jewel cases,
    no hints that the discs had even been listened to.

    2) Kevin's deals on shipping are better than the ones you'll get from most
    CD stores. Try figuring that in and see how much of a "deal" you get buying
    the discs new.

    3) Jeremy's choice 2 and 3 don't match Kevin's choice 2 and 3. "Holy Live"
    is not the same as "Holy Land", and "Freedom Call" is not the same as "Live
    Acoustic at FNAC". Plus, the double-CD version of "Holy Land" has the bonus
    track "Queen of the Night" (one of the best on the disc IMHO), which has
    not been released on any other CD to the best of my knowledge.

    In sum, buying from Kevin is definitely worth it.

    ta,
    Phil

    ==================================================
    Phil Carter -- Usefulware Tech Support -- phil@usefulware.com
    "Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
            -- Berthold Auerbach

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:53:02 -0800 (PST)
    From: ytse jam <ytse_classics@yahoo.com>
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: Top 20!
    Message-ID: <19981027225302.21001.rocketmail@send203.yahoomail.com>

    What's your favorite Van Halen album?

    What's your favorite Yngwie album? Deep Purple? Extreme? Queen?
    Journey? Ozzy? Pantera? Peter Gabriel? Spock's Beard? Steve Vai? The
    Police? Tool? U2? Whitesnake?

    It's time to give your opinion! Time's running out, and we need your
    input. (What? No opinions out there?!)

    Send a list of your Top 20 all-time favorite albums to:
    ytse_classics@yahoo.com

    Example list (Artist - Title):

    Dream Theater - Images and Words
    Led Zeppelin - Presence
    Dream Theater - Once in a Livetime
    Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
    Steely Dan - Aja
    Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
    Sade - Best of
    AC/DC - Highway to Hell
    Queensryche - Rage for Order
    Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE
    Symphony X - Twilight in Olympus
    Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz
    Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love
    Metallica - Ride the Lightning
    Chromakey - Dead Air for Radios
    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
    Tool - Undertow
    Van Halen - Van Halen
    U2 - The Joshua Tree
    Conception - Flow

    Once again, send your Top 20 to: ytse_classics@yahoo.com

    Jam on!

    _________________________________________________________
    DO YOU YAHOO!?
    Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 16:05:28 -0700
    From: David Dixon <David@iisweb.com>
    To: "'ytsejam@ax.com'" <ytsejam@axnet.net>
    Subject: "Tyranny" sounds like <insert band here>, Fear Factory
    Message-ID: <3093FD59DB69D11193AA00A0C960564980905E@messaging>

    Hey jammers - just my additions to the "SG's 'Tyranny' sounds like
    <insert band here>" thread:

    Track 3 (Out of Nowhere) - about 00:49: the accompanying vocals are
    patented Suicidal Tendencies (breathy, sort of lazy).
    Track 5 (Hope for Us?) - the piano intro: same chord progression as
    Alanis Morissette's "Uninvited" (City of Angels Soundtrack).
    Track 5 (Hope for Us?) - about 3:35: the keyboards sound a lot like GnR
    in "November Rain" (not to be blasphemous :) ).
    Track 6 (Victims) - the whole intro: the same chord progression as a
    section in DT's "Erotomania" (I think someone mentioned this before).
    Track 6 (Victims) - about 4:00: the guitar sounds like Dave Matthews'
    vocals at the end of "The Dreaming Tree" ("Oh, if I had the
    strength...")

    And WTF!! CDNow hasn't sent me my OiaLT CD (I did get it FedEx'ed!!)
    :(

    Well anyway, for those of you who enjoy a good concept album (and
    judging by the responses to SG's "Tyranny", I'd assume that's most of
    you), Fear Factory's "Obsolete" is great! A little different from
    Tyranny, of course, because FF is definitely far more straight-up
    whoop-ass metal than SG, (SG's of course way more prog), and the ideas
    are different. The album is based on Orwell's "1984", and deals with a
    man being a "virtual slave" to a machine. Very cool music (especially
    if you like double bass - Raymond Herrera is THE DB god!), if you like
    the "full-ass metal onslaught" genre, like Pantera, late Slayer, AJFA
    Metallica, etc., with the growling vocals like Pantera. The song
    "Resurrection" is definitely worth a listen, even if you don't like Fear
    Factory. Also, "Timelessness" is just KB's and vox, a very pretty,
    eerie song that concludes the album, and sounds uncannily like VAST (Jon
    Crosby's new project). Very cool!

    Till next time,

    David Dixon
    Internet Developer
    Integrated Information Systems, Inc.
    david@iisweb.com

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 15:08:38 -0800 (PST)
    From: Andrew James Embler <aembler@gladstone.uoregon.edu>
    To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@axnet.net>
    Subject: Re: Mike Mangini and Spock's Beard..
    Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.981027150510.9802A-100000@gladstone.uoregon.edu>

    > Nevertheless....
    > I was wondering if any of you know any records with Mike "Metronome" Mangini
    > on it, exept for Extreme's "Waiting for the Punchline", and Steve Vai's
    > "Firegarden"...... I really dig that dude.....

    If memory serves, Mike Mangini plays on a number of tracks off of Mike
    Keneally's latest, "Sluggo". Keneally played with Frank Zappa, plays just
    about every instrument, and his releases are pretty intense. I read a
    review of "Sluggo" by Modern Drummer, and they said that Mangini was
    amazing on it. I have yet to pick it up, yet, unfortunately. So many CDs,
    so little time.

    Andrew

    Memo to CDNow: Ship my damn OIAL !

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 17:24:53 -0600 (CST)
    From: Mark Jeffrey McEuen <mceuen@owlnet.rice.edu>
    To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@axnet.net>
    Subject: Re: in defense of Kevin Villines
    Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.981027172320.2436A-100000@pollock.owlnet.rice.edu>

    On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Phil Carter wrote:

    > Acoustic at FNAC". Plus, the double-CD version of "Holy Land" has the bonus
    > track "Queen of the Night" (one of the best on the disc IMHO), which has
    > not been released on any other CD to the best of my knowledge.

    Actually, there's a remixed (and better, IMO) version of "Queen of the
    Night" on the Freedom Call EP.

    Mark McEuen
    mceuen@owlnet.rice.edu

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:30:03 EST
    From: MFishook@aol.com
    To: dl@xs4all.nl, Ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: Mike Mangini, EVENT news
    Message-ID: <feaf40c4.3636577b@aol.com>

    Dennis

     Mangini played on an Annihilator album, not sure of the title (Waking up the
    World or some shit, I forget, and last I talked to Mike (He was at a show to
    see my Drum teacher Dave Dicenso) He is all set to do Steve Vai's next album,
    I believe he did some stuff with Mike Keneally, but I cant say if it is on a
    record or not.

    Mike is the most INSANE drummer ever known to man...If you havent seen him
    live or in clinic, holy shit, the man rocks...

    BTW, My name is Matt, I'm a drummer from Boston, in a band called EVENT, check
    us out at www.mysticfishook.com

    just figured I'd try and help, but hey I'm sure somebody on the Jam there will
    have some more useful info

    Matt
    EVENT

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 15:37:22 -0800
    From: Lisa Marie <ytsegirl@pacbell.net>
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: Re: in defense of Kevin Villines
    Message-ID: <3.0.32.19981027153720.0069ccd4@postoffice.pacbell.net>

    At 02:08 PM 10/27/98 -0800, you wrote:
    >
    >Plus, the double-CD version of "Holy Land" has the bonus
    >track "Queen of the Night" (one of the best on the disc IMHO), which has
    >not been released on any other CD to the best of my knowledge.

    "Queen of the Night" is also on the Japanese version of Holy Land (which is
    a single cd).

    Oh, and Kevin rules and stuff.

    :o)

    Lisa Marie "Jessie"
    ytsegirl@pacbell.net
    http://home.pacbell.net/ytsegirl
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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 19:22:15 EST
    From: IceQD@aol.com
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: OiaL
    Message-ID: <abc3480e.363663b7@aol.com>

    I went to my local Tower Records today and they didn't have it.
    So did anyone remember who did a review and do you have their e-mail address
    please?

    Also, has anyone heard when Tony (LTE) Levin's book 'Beyond the Bass Clef'
    will be out?

    Thanks ....

    Ice Queen

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 20:17:12 EST
    From: OmegaMusic@aol.com
    To: ytsejam@axnet.net
    Subject: DTIFC?!?!?
    Message-ID: <feafac5d.36367098@aol.com>

    I must have been asleep. I need to renew my subscription...I think. What's
    the deal???? We have to send cash to England? Has anyone tried this yet?
    Please let me know. I guess I could mail off a $20. Where is Neil? Is he
    still around here?

    Rob

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 06:46:48 -0700
    From: "KorgX3" <korgx3@safelink.net>
    To: <ytsejam@axnet.net>
    Subject: Take Away My Ytse-Pimp Sax Player
    Message-ID: <006e01be01b0$43caf940$1e0d84d0@korgx3>

    >One more thing, was the sax in TAMP an overdub or was Jay Beckenstein
    >really in Paris with DT? Sorry if this has already been covered on

    No, it was an overdub. Whatever happened to the Jazz teacher from England
    or whatever who played the sax originally? Did he just absolutely blow ass
    or something? :) Just curious as to why they'd plop some vintage Jay B.
    stuff in there. Jay B. rocks. My only complaint is that he cut off every
    melody just as James started singing again. It would've been nice to have
    him fade back as James starting singing his verse. The straight cutoff is
    kind of corny, IMO. It's like musical blueballs to me.

    >I must have been asleep. I need to renew my subscription...I think. What's
    >the deal???? We have to send cash to England? Has anyone tried this yet?

    The New York division is run by a bunch of lazy dickmunches or something,
    yes, and yes. I haven't heard any complaints yet about sending the $20
    across the sea. Which reminds me, I have to do this rather soon! :) I been
    lazy about getting my membership renewed. heheh.

    And without further adieu...

    --
    KorgX3
    NP: Nothing.
    

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:54:45 -0700 From: Alex Smith <bacchus@azstarnet.com> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: OiaL (again I'm sure) Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19981027185445.007c2820@azstarnet.com>

    My God!

    This is probably the best sounding and most kicking ass live album I've ever heard! I'm only halfway through the first CD (Derek's piano solo), but Voices and Take the Time blew my fucking mind! DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Thank you mucho Mike!

    Alex Smith bacchus@azstarnet.com

    "Seeing is believing, hearing is receiving=97 Deaf and blind world, I don't believe in, Blinded by light, flattened by sound, Over and out=97underground. Down here, talk to us, we'll hear, The future will heal, walk with us from here." =97Pop Will Eat Itself

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:20:20 EST From: MTeiper@aol.com To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: OIAL Question (Minor Spoilers).... Kudos to MP! Message-ID: <db67d44d.36367f64@aol.com>

    Howdy -

    Just a quick question here about OIAL (which ABSOLUTELY SHREDS, BTW!)

    Being that I have not heard Platypus yet, what part of the new CD is the "Platt Opus"? Is it part of Derek's monster key solo?

    I also wanted to give mad props to our beloved Mikey... you've outdone yourself this time! 2 1/2 hours of audible ecstasy AND 2 hours of visual ecstasy on the SAME DAY?!? You savage..... :-) Thanks for taking care of us. And by the way, the fuckin' GROOVE of Peruvian Skies on the video had me on my feet headbanging like a teenager again... it was great!!! Thank god the wife wasn't home at the time to see the carnage.... ;-)

    So long folx. Now back to my CD and neckbrace.... Matt T.

    NP: SOYBOMB!!!!!! :-)

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 19:40:49 -0700 From: "Vincent G. LuPone" <vgl@syspac.com> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: Portnoy and 12th notes. Message-ID: <3.0.32.19981027194047.006f3a60@postoffice.syspac.com>

    Yo, I didn't see anyone post this yet and I'm sure you'll all get a kick out of this. Last night at the Portnoy clinic someone asked Mike something about some 8th note fill, Mike didn't quite hear the guy correctly, and responded with something like "uuh, 12th notes? hehe." The 4 ytsejammers in attendance were laughing hard at that one. Just to let ya know 'big brother' is always watching :)

    ~Vinnie is proud it was his copy of the live CDs that was played through the PA :)

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    Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 23:44:24 -0500 From: "Thomas Forcier" <thomas.o.forcier@worldnet.att.net> To: <ytsejam@axnet.net> Subject: DMB and the Stick Message-ID: <19981028044705.CSWO1127@239157822worldnet.att.net>

    Hello,

    >I went to the Dave Matthews Band concert tonight, and >apparently they have hired a guy to play Chapman Stick. Either that or >they just brought him in for the concert, but the guy can play. I didn't >catch his name,

    It wasn't Tim Reynolds by any chance, was it? This guy plays some of the guitars on Dave's albums and also does tours with just him and Dave playing acoustic. He's an incredible guitarist who's playing is completely undefinable, genre-wise. But if its not Tim, I'm out of guesses. What songs did he play Stick on? Curious Me.

    Stodge

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    Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 00:00:21 -0500 From: "Christopher Files" <cfiles@erols.com> To: <ytsejam@axnet.net> Subject: What a day! Message-ID: <000f01be022f$e026a4e0$e3c97ad1@artoo-detoo>

    okay, so today i got both OiaL and the newest from TSO. oh, what a great day it has been. and two weeks from now--it's some live RUSH (and a greatest hits album by U2--i'm not interested in the limited edition, since i'm not a huge fan--which will be an added bonus). "party on, dudes." chris

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    Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 00:11:09 -0500 From: "Christopher Files" <cfiles@erols.com> To: <ytsejam@axnet.net> Subject: RE: the video Message-ID: <001101be0231$604d8a20$e3c97ad1@artoo-detoo>

    >>>>>From: Chris Calabrese <ccalabr1@ic3.ithaca.edu>

    this fucking blows....I live in a town where there are 30,000 college students and there are 2 or 3 record stores within miles of here and none of them have videos...and I just called one of them and I asked if they have the new Dream Theater video and their response was, "We don't have it, cuz who would want to buy that???" WELL FUCK YOU! Excuse me for not running to all the stores today for the new Phish CD like every other fucking hippie in this town.<<<<<

    whoa! somebody has issues. i must say that it sucks that your stores don't have the video; however, this particular dream-theater-loving hippie who thinks phish are a pretty damn good prog band (now THERE'S a statement that will get some flames thrown! :) might suggest that you take your disappointment out on someone else; i mean, i'd be pretty psyched to live in a town of 30,000 hippies over say 30,000 fans of rap or country. but hey, whatever makes you feel better, that's what's important. oh, and congratulations on your perfect mastery of the use of the word 'fuck'. a great achievement. :)

    tongue in cheek, chris f.

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    Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 07:39:24 +0100 From: Mark Bredius <bredius@globalxs.nl> To: "'Ytsejam'" <ytsejam@axnet.net> Subject: UACM stats Message-ID: <01BE0246.1B2AAB20@197.153.dialin.mxs.nl>

    On October 27th...

    * the Official Dream Theater Website had 3415 visitors ! The previous record was 2807, on October 12th, the day after the site got its new "LIVEtime" look.

    * the weekly UACM newsletter got over 60 new subscribers. There are currently 1736 subscribers on the newsletter!

    Btw, OIAL rocks. ;-)

    Mark Bredius _______________________________________________________ Under A Cyber Moon - The Official Dream Theater Website http://www.dreamtheater.net/ E-mail: itchy@dreamt.org *** Join the FREE weekly Dream Theater newsletter ! *** http://www.prognosis.com/itchy/uc/ Website Tips & Tools

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    Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 02:04:04 -0500 From: NuGgeTMaN <emoeglin@wezl.org> To: ytsejam@axnet.net Subject: OiaL Message-ID: <3636C1E4.2BACDF6A@wezl.org>

    All I have to say is this CD is AWESOME!!! And the Video...My lord!!!!!! Thank you VERY much Mike, and all of DT for the work put into this video over the past 5 years...it FUCKING RULES!!!!!!

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