YTSEJAM digest 5582

From: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Date: Fri Aug 18 2000 - 17:27:38 EDT

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                                YTSEJAM Digest 5582

    Today's Topics:

      1) re: Symphony X in Japanese
     by "Metzger, Mark" <mmetzger@comversens.com>
      2) Re: YTSEJAM digest 5581
     by Digital Man <cmerlo@optical.mindstorm.com>
      3) Chaos Theory (Dali's Dilemma) Demos?
     by "Chris Vogel" <vogue@monmouth.com>
      4) (no subject)
     by INNSOUL@aol.com
      5) **SPOILER!**
     by Zack1183@aol.com
      6) You know I had to be THAT guy.
     by "Christopher W. Ptacek" <someone@digitalrodent.com>
      7) Re: You know I had to be THAT guy.
     by "Korg Ecksthrey" <korgx3@safelink.net>
      8) RE: Chaos Theory (Dali's Dilemma) Demos?
     by "T.D. Smith" <tdsmith@netcomuk.co.uk>
      9) Re: Survivor II
     by IAmClay777@aol.com
     10) L.A. HOB Show on Sunday.....
     by Bonetones@aol.com
     11) Milwaukee Show Review in "Shepherd Express"..GOOOOOOD!!!
     by Thomas <tommer@execpc.com>
     12) IRON MAIDEN REQUEST ON TRL (August 31st)
     by JeremyRagsdale@aol.com
     13) VH1 My Music awards
     by Brian Hansen <bhansen10@yahoo.com>
     14) Powermad, anyone?
     by "Gary M. Gettier" <gmgettier@home.com>
     15) Re: You know I had to be THAT guy.
     by Al Balkiewicz <balkiewi@UMDNJ.EDU>
     16) NDTC: Spock's Beard set list?
     by "Jennifer" <jenibear@usa.net>
     17) Bands
     by Krewzman@aol.com

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    Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:37:39 -0400
    From: "Metzger, Mark" <mmetzger@comversens.com>
    To: "'(ytsejam)'" <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
    Subject: re: Symphony X in Japanese
    Message-ID: <35A7D40B978CD311AF05002048404D34024B1D1E@wm2.btrd.bostontechnology.com>

    >> Actually, I think Symphony X doing an all-Japanese album is
    >> pure genius!

    Well, I just got mine today in the mail and this idea is not pure genius, it
    is pure CRAP !! I have been buying Jap imports since they were those shiny
    black frisbee-like discs called records. How is one supposed to know that I
    am going to have to suffer through Japanese lyrics ?? And, in case you dont
    know, Japanese lyrics all sound like "ooooo-yeeee-ya-ya-neee". YUCKO !!

    This blows !!

    Hugh G. Rection

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    Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:49:52 -0400
    From: Digital Man <cmerlo@optical.mindstorm.com>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 5581
    Message-ID: <20000817174952.A21180@optical.mindstorm.com>

    On 2000-08-17 at 14:28 -0700, ytsejam@torchsong.com
    <ytsejam@torchsong.com> truly believed:

    > Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 21:00:13 EDT
    > From: JamesAhab@aol.com
    > Subject: Tape Trade2K
    >
    > Did I miss something, or is this thing still on?

    Yes, it's still on. The problem is that I've been really really busy
    lately. I was planning to send a post, explaining what's going
    on... oh, fuck it, I'll just explain it now.

    OK, a very close friend of mine got married this past weekend, and her
    husband's bachelor party was the weekend before. So, two weekends
    shot right there. (I really only have weekends available to me these
    days, between 8 hours of work, 2 hours of commute, 3 nights of band
    rehearsal, 1 night of fire house, you understand.) Then, on top of
    everything else, my best friend went and got his stupid ass dumped by
    his girlfriend of some 2.5 years, so I've essentially been on suicide
    watch the past few days, which hasn't left any time for anything
    (including sleep). (He's better now; I'm exhausted. Thanks for
    asking.)

    OK, so on top of all that, I'm starting a new job in about three
    weeks. (No, really, this is good news concerning the Tape Trade.)
    I'm going to be a full-time faculty member at my local community
    college (so all you western LI jammers, sign up for CS now!), which
    means mondo free time.

    So, essentially, everything gets pushed back a month or two. Which is
    good, anyway, because then all the college jammers will be back at
    college, and they can participate as well, rather than trying to fit
    this in with packing up the van for the new semester.

    Sit tight, and thanks for being patient. (Those of you who have a
    harder time being patient can stuff it up your dumper. Have a nice
    day. :)

    > Thats basically all I have to say.

    Well, thanks for asking. I'll update the page, and send something
    official RSN.

    > I'm just trying to make this e-mail longer so it's not a total waste
    > of space.
    >
    > Hey hey.

    OK, OK, that's enough.

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    > Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:21:02 +0100 > From: Graham Borland <graham@picsel.com> > Subject: Re: SymX, Booting (no, not puking), Metal reviewers, and > Survivor II! > > Oh, for goodness' sake, I was joking!!!!

    Damn, Graham, how are we supposed to tell? I think you're joking about screwing sheep, but no, that's real. Then I think you're serious about SymX, and it's a joke. You bug me.

    :)

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    > Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 16:19:34 -0400 (EDT) > From: Ryan P Skadberg <skadz@mindstorm.com> > Subject: like, yo and stuff :) > > I know I owe a few people mails about stuff, hopefully I > will get to that all this weekend too.

    We should start a contest. Guess when Skadz will reply to e-mail message X and win a prize. :)

    > Other than that, I seem to be back reading the jam again, be afraid > :)

    Yeah. Five digests from now and it'll be back to "Nah, just wicked skimming." :)

    Hey, Skadz, I just heard an ad on the radio today. Southwest Airlines, 49 bucks, Islip to Providence. You better be here for the Roseland show.

    -d NP: Soundgarden/Badmotorfinger

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Digital Man \|/ ____ \|/ "640 K ought to be enough d-man@dreamt.org "@'/ ,. \`@" memory for everyone." -Gates cmerlo@mindstorm.com /_| \__/ |_\ "He won't need a bed http://www.dreamt.org/d-man \__U_/ He's a digital man" -Peart ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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    Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 19:00:25 -0400 From: "Chris Vogel" <vogue@monmouth.com> To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: Chaos Theory (Dali's Dilemma) Demos? Message-ID: <001d01c0089f$3fb01320$c43ebfd1@vogue>

    Hi all.

    Any of the ytse-veterans on this list remember the old tapes of demos from Chaos Theory? I'm hoping someone here could help me out. Is there anyplace to download MP3 versions of them? If not, I'm willing to buy/trade for copies of them, either on tape or CDR. Please e-mail me if you can help out. Thanks!

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    Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:09:28 EDT From: INNSOUL@aol.com To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: (no subject) Message-ID: <30.90c5b33.26cde6c8@aol.com>

    Hey everybody,

    I try not to promote the band and stuff like this, but I'm really happy with how my band's new recording came out and would like to ask everybody to check it out. We have a more developed and focused sound now and I'm excited to share it with everybody. Please visit <A HREF="http://www.mp3.com/MoneyForTheToll">http://www.mp3.c om/MoneyForTheToll</A> and check out the song "Islands". As always, I'm looking for comments and criticism. Thanks.

    Sean MFTT/ Sonic Ocean

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    Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 22:14:18 EDT From: Zack1183@aol.com To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: **SPOILER!** Message-ID: <bb.63bb9dc.26cdf5fa@aol.com>

    **SPOILER!** There are spoilers in this post!

    **SPOILER!** Here come the spoilers!

    **SPOILER!** Oh my God!. Look over there! A Spoiler!

    **SPOILER!** Knock, knock. Who is there? **SPOILER!**

    Not yet! Next exit... **SPOILER!**

    Symphony X's V isn't sung in Japanese.

    You just missed a **SPOILER!**

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    Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 22:36:06 -0500 From: "Christopher W. Ptacek" <someone@digitalrodent.com> To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: You know I had to be THAT guy. Message-ID: <000901c008c5$74adca60$9297fea9@madstation>

    Could we PLEASE not make jokes about the Russian sub thing? I don't know about you, but I think it's a pretty shitty way to go, and unlike some people, I don't think you can make an argument saying that they deserved it.

    I hate to be that guy who bitches about this kind of stuff, but jeez, I thought _I_ was hard core... I can't believe people are actually slimier than ME. Must be my huge ego.

    - Hugh Jeego

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    Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 22:49:35 -0600 From: "Korg Ecksthrey" <korgx3@safelink.net> To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: Re: You know I had to be THAT guy. Message-ID: <001701c008cf$bdcf0f10$750d84d0@korg>

    > I can't believe people are actually slimier than ME.

    You know better than to question my sliminess, Chris. :p -- KorgX3 is dying for a sandwich, but Subway's closed so I won't hold my breath.

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    Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 09:49:14 +0100 From: "T.D. Smith" <tdsmith@netcomuk.co.uk> To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: RE: Chaos Theory (Dali's Dilemma) Demos? Message-ID: <NEBBIOPHILKBECAJDLBEOEGBCBAA.tdsmith@netcomuk.co.uk>

    > Hi all. > > Any of the ytse-veterans on this list remember the old tapes of demos from > Chaos Theory? I'm hoping someone here could help me out. Is > there anyplace > to download MP3 versions of them? If not, I'm willing to buy/trade for > copies of them, either on tape or CDR. Please e-mail me if you can help > out. Thanks!

    I have a tape of the demos, that Matt sent me, which I promptly made into mp3s. Unfortunately I don't have enough webspace to upload them all, but I can upload them one at a time, if you want.

    ======================================================= In a world which your mind controls, belief is reality. tdsmith@perfectcode.net - 1491970 - www.perfectcode.net =======================================================

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    Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:00:40 EDT From: IAmClay777@aol.com To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Survivor II Message-ID: <f2.1ec06fe.26ce9b88@aol.com>

    ROFL!! This is the best laugh I've had in a while...

    > What *I* can't believe is that CBS hasn't picked up on this. Think > about it: > > "One hundred seven Russian sailors. Trapped on a nuclear submarine. > At the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. Who will be the last one left? > Tune in this fall for... Survivor II! Who will be voted off the > submarine first? Vlad the commo officer? Pitr the weapons > specialist? Perhaps Aleksandr the pilot. Tune in Tuesday at 9 to > find out!" > > Don't look at me in that tone of voice. You think no one at CBS has > thought of this?

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    Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:40:39 EDT From: Bonetones@aol.com To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: L.A. HOB Show on Sunday..... Message-ID: <200008181444.HAA06800@fugazi.torchsong.com>

    Hey Dudes & Dudetts, Anyone planning on attending the showes this weekend? I was at last showes back in Feb when they were in town and this time, I would forsure like to hook with other fans as well.......Any thoughts, ideas ????

    Big D

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    Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:48:05 -0500 From: Thomas <tommer@execpc.com> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Milwaukee Show Review in "Shepherd Express"..GOOOOOOD!!! Message-ID: <4.3.1.0.20000818102515.00a61eb0@mail.execpc.com>

    (**long post warning**)

    The following article is in the most recent edition of the "Shepherd Express", a small newspaper here in Milwaukee, but has a loyal reader following. I tried finding this on their website, but it wasn't there, so me, being the nice guy that I am, typed the following review up word for word, because I wanted you all to see it. And hey, the media isn't ALL bad! :-)

    [ ***NOTE*** There are a few SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS in the following article, so if you don't want to see what the band played, DO NOT read this article!!! ]

    ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS***

    ========================= "Dream Time"

    It wasn't exactly Jesus playing a guitar solo Friday night at the Riverside Theatre, but Dream Theater's John Petrucci -- whose long, curly brown locks and well-grown beard bear an odd resemblance to a certain Biblical figure -- definitely fulfilled the role of savior for a small but rabid crowd of headbangers. For almost two-and-a-half hours, the guitarist and his four disciples in Dream Theater stomped on the sorry state of modern mainstream metal with a precision performance of highly technical arrangements and operatic vocals. Consisting of only about a dozen long songs -- including an encore of the 25-minute "A Change of Seasons" -- the set played like a clinic for musicians in training, with each player receiving the opportunity to stretch out and display virtuosity. Any moshers who favor barked vocals, distorted guitars and fast-and-furious songs were wise to steer clear of this gig. And while you can hear traces of Metallica, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden in Dream Theater's progressive-metal music, those bands enjoy much greater success on rock radio. Dream Theater's airplay -- at least in Wisconsin -- has been limited to a few tracks, none of which were performed Friday night. On record, vocalist James LaBrie sings with an intensity virtually unmatched by his contemporaries. Live, that intensity increases and transmits to the audience, making it difficult not to strain with LaBrie as he reached for the high notes on 1992's "Another Day" and "Home," from the band's latest album, Scenes From a Memory. LaBrie disappeared for extended periods during complex, multiple-passage jams by Petrucci, six-string bassist John Myung, sedate but brilliant keyboardist Jordan Rudess and Mike Portnoy (perhaps rock's greatest drummer since Rush's Neil Peart -- no exaggeration). But whenever he took center stage, LaBrie's extraordinary range, long hair and burning eyes set deep into his sockets lent a dignified aura of mystery and wonder to the proceedings. Spock's Beard, a California quintet that bridges the gap between old-school progressive rock (Genesis and Yes) and pop sensibilities (the Beatles and Cheap Trick) opened the evening with a rousing five-song, 50-minute set of headlining caliber. Front man Neal Morse goofed with his guitar-playing brother, Alan, who mimicked faux rock-guitar antics, and he joined Nick D'Virgilio for a two-man drum session. Unfortunately, an earlier-than-posted start time meant many fans were still filing into the theater as Spock's Beard played. Still, the fact that such a zealous albeit slight crowd gave almost four hours of its time to these two outstandingly unconventional bands on a magical Friday evening (during the waning days of summer, no less) is enough to restore one's faith in the redeeming power of music.

    ---Michael Popke =============================== That'd be it. I was very happy to read this article last night. It renewed my faith in some of the media people here in town.

    Take care... -Tom ========================================== Web: http://www.digityzed.com ICQ: 15240956 AIM: DigityzeThis "I'm not closed-minded....you're just wrong." ==========================================

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    Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 14:01:47 EDT From: JeremyRagsdale@aol.com To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: IRON MAIDEN REQUEST ON TRL (August 31st) Message-ID: <8.921805c.26ced40b@aol.com>

    Hey everyone -

    A few digests ago, someone mentioned having everyone request Iron Maiden on August 31st during Total Request Live on (ahh it hurts to say it...) MTV.

    I'm definitely planning on calling in that day. Is anyone else planning on it?

    ~ Jeremy

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    Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 11:49:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Hansen <bhansen10@yahoo.com> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: VH1 My Music awards Message-ID: <20000818184951.18199.qmail@web120.yahoomail.com>

    O.k. everybody, here's our chance to put "Progressive Metal" on the map. This should work better than any petitions that have been attempted in the past. VH1 is letting people suggest a "category" for an award, and also nominate a candidate for that award. If we all choose the category "Best Progressive Metal Band", and nominate a select group of bands, we have a chance of getting this through. (Wouldn't it be cool to see DT on VH1 accepting an award?)

    Here's what you need to do:

    1. Go to this address: http://www.vh1.com/mymusic

    2. Click on ">SUGGEST AN AWARD". (This will take you directly to the voting pop-up form. Otherwise you have to wait for their flash animation to download if you click on the "ENTER HERE" button).

    3. A "suggestion form" should pop up.

    4. In the "SUGGEST AN AWARD" box, type in "Best Progressive Metal Band". This is important. We must all type in the same category so that they will get counted together. Feel free to suggest other categories AFTER you do the "Best Progressive Metal Band", dammit! ;o)

    5. In the "WHO WOULD YOU NOMINATE" box, enter your favorite Prog Metal Band. (I.e. Dream Theater, Pain of Salvation, Fates Warning, Symphony X, etc.)

    6. Fill in whatever else you want and submit your vote.

    7. Repeat every day until November!

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    Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:20:20 -0400 From: "Gary M. Gettier" <gmgettier@home.com> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Powermad, anyone? Message-ID: <399D8C74.7D118CD8@home.com>

    Anyone going to Powermad? Is Jag Panzer definitely playing Saturday night?

    Gary

    -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary M. Gettier ><(((+> gmgettier@home.com "One of the proofs of the immortality of the soul is that myriads have believed it - they also believed the world was flat." - Mark Twain

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    Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:52:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Al Balkiewicz <balkiewi@UMDNJ.EDU> To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: Re: You know I had to be THAT guy. Message-ID: <Pine.HPX.4.10.10008181652130.25581-100000@njmsa.umdnj.edu>

    > KorgX3 is dying for a sandwich, but Subway's closed so I won't hold my > breath.

    aaaaah, good ol' Korgie........

    :)

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    Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 14:06:35 -0700 From: "Jennifer" <jenibear@usa.net> To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: NDTC: Spock's Beard set list? Message-ID: <000301c00958$3188e100$099b0818@scrmnt1.ca.home.com>

    Can anyone tell me what the set list is for Spock's Beard as the opening act for DT? I just saw 'em this week and we've decided we want to pick up some of their stuff. :) Thanks!

    Jen

    {~._.~} Close your eyes ( Y ) You can find all you need ()~*~() in your mind (_)-(_) DREAM THEATER

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    Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 17:08:18 EDT From: Krewzman@aol.com To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Bands Message-ID: <f7.1fb423c.26ceffc2@aol.com>

    Jammers,

    I just burned a CD with the following bands: VANDEN PLAS, SYMPHONY X, THRESHOLD, SAVATAGE, PAIN OF SALVATION, T-RIDE, ANGRA, A PERFECT CIRCLE, FATES WARNING, THE TEA PARTY, ARENA, IQ, DREAM THEATER, VAST, AYREON

    What other bands are there out there that you guys and girls would recommend? I discovered a lot of these bands by being on this list, so thanks a lot. Any further info would be appreciated.

    Thanks, The KREWZMAN

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