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    Today's Topics:

      1) Re: YTSEJAM digest 5378
     by Dustro2@aol.com
      2) Re: Is the Doc on hir period or something?
     by Janne Jokitalo <janne_jokitalo@yahoo.com>
      3) cut those signatures!
     by "Tibor Varady 2.0" <lawinen@freemail.hu>
      4) Re: YTSEJAM digest 5378
     by "Carlos Alfaro" <calfaro@yunque.net>
      5) Birthday
     by "heather jackson" <rdyfrde@hotmail.com>
      6) Re: BIG GUNS (mondo part 3)
     by Janne Jokitalo <janne_jokitalo@yahoo.com>
      7) Jordans Keyboard
     by "Christoph" <schroedhelm@gmx.de>
      8) Re: Re: Jordan is a bit limited
     by Jens Johansson <jens@panix.com>
      9) Re: Birthday
     by "A_Change Of_Seasons" <sacredjade@hotmail.com>
     10) how do you pronounce "Neil Peart"?
     by Sebast87@aol.com
     11) RE: YTSEJAM digest 5379
     by "Andres Falcon " <anfalcon@cvmail.cl>
     12) Re: Jordan is a bit limited
     by Adam Pye <alpine1@mindspring.com>
     13) Re: Jordan is a bit limited
     by drkhoe@gms.gmsnet.com (Dr. Mosh)
     14) Re: Gaz
     by Fett2002@aol.com
     15) limited
     by Dustro2@aol.com
     16) beats Sfam?
     by Dustro2@aol.com
     17) all the key players...
     by "M P" <mremann6@hotmail.com>
     18) Re: Jordan is a bit limited
     by Alex V Ramos <tazzola@juno.com>
     19) RE: YTSEJAM digest 5379
     by "Greg Stafford" <thwizard@bellsouth.net>
     20) NEED 2 DALLAS TICKETS NOW!
     by "Mauricio Martinez" <hipi@compaq.net.mx>
     21) Re: Super Tuesday
     by "Neil Evans" <progmtl@mindspring.com>
     22) Re: Jordan is a bit limited
     by "Neil Evans" <progmtl@mindspring.com>
     23) Re: Giant/Huff brothers /White Heart
     by "Alistair Davidse" <adavidse@maths.uct.ac.za>
     24) Marillion "Brave" video
     by Graham Borland <graham@picsel.com>

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    Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 14:48:01 EST
    From: Dustro2@aol.com
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 5378
    Message-ID: <26.2b82aa3.25f6b6f1@aol.com>

    In a message dated 3/7/0 8:19:29 AM, you wrote:

    <<Greetings all,

    After checking out those online reviews,
    there were just too many 'special moments' to choose from.
    Here are the ones that made me howl out loud...Enjoy!
    8-)
    _________________
    RE: Images and Words

    "Another stupid release from this shitty band."

    " The masturbation contests these guys indulge themselves in are
    recorded and then cleverly packaged and sold in the form of CDs"

    "this has to be some of the worst self-indulgent overblown senseless crap
    to ever be put on CD, and I can attribute the sales of this band only to mass
    hypnosis."

    "Any band that records insufferabe ballads like "Another Day"
    deserves to be banned in a sensible music community."

    "[Labrie] tends to grate the nerves with his lapses into Whitney
    Houston-style
    high-pitched hollering."

    "Another Day" vacillates between genuine heart-tugging moments
    (such as the guitar solo) and pure Kenny G. cheese."

    ________
    RE: Awake

    "DT proves throughout Awake that they have all sorts of skill at their
     instruments, but aren't going to let good songs get in the way of things."

    "Awake tends to put me right to sleep."

    "it's a strain to sit through the moments where they must be technically
    proficient."

    __________
    RE: Falling Into Infinity

    "This album has taken a lot of flak from fans of Images and Words and
    Awake for being too mainstream and not progressive enough. I've even
    heard it called "alternative"-sounding by a tone-deaf person or two."

    "their lackluster Falling Into Infinity had obliterated my usually voracious
    record-hunting zeal."
    _______
    RE: OIALT

    "Dream Theater, for reasons unknown to myself, decided to release this
    disappointing live dud."

    "the drum solo is agonizing."
    ___________
    RE: SFAM

    "A quick glance at the track listing made me shiver in fear, evoking the
     atrocious pomposity of bloated progressive rock concept albums."

    "James LaBrie's vocal bits are short and much less annoying than usual
     (how can anyone listen to that guy's singing for more than a few minutes
    at a time?)"

    "James LaBrie's vocal bits ...almost functioning as breaks between
     instrumental sections."

    "Overall, the CD's concept-albumness is not nearly as annoying and
    overwhelming as it may seem."
    _________________________

    -G-
    gkampf@mondenet.com
    Ottawa, Ontario>>

    why even wast the time to write something like this....i like never post on
    the jam but i read....and SHIT LIKE THIS just makes my day slow down that
    much....your a fuck
    laterz
    dustro

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    Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 21:58:00 +0200
    From: Janne Jokitalo <janne_jokitalo@yahoo.com>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: Re: Is the Doc on hir period or something?
    Message-ID: <38C55F48.66B5C07C@yahoo.com>

    "Awake ." wrote:
    >
    > them for twenty years? Of course they're mass-produced, so
    > is your car you dick! That doesn't detract from them being any good!

    Unless you actually know what particular car Doc is driving (if any), how can
    you tell ?

    >
    > >>>the keyboard players? Ye gadz don't
    > >>>get me started, Kevin vs. Derek vs. Jordan...
    > >>
    > >>Well, I think they ALL suck....;)
    > >
    > >I bet they think the same of you, well,
    > >they probably don't think of you
    > >at all...
    >
    > Doc, every single other person on this mailing list
    > except you is capable of understanding sarcasm - and
    > given that 80%+ of this list is American, and thus has
    > a damned good excuse to pretend not to understand the
    > concept of sarcasm, that's amazing. A quick tip, OK? When you see this symbol:
    > ;)
    > at the end of a post, it means the poster IS ONLY JOKING. That's when someone says something they don't really mean to ilicit a cheap laugh, in case
    > you didn't know.
    >
    > ~Simon

    Simon, in case YOU didn't know, sarcasm can be meant even without that
    symbol....But, what do I know...

    - Jaska aka Winger

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    Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 21:03:11 +0100
    From: "Tibor Varady 2.0" <lawinen@freemail.hu>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: cut those signatures!
    Message-ID: <200003072000.VAA10896@altair.ceu.hu>

            Listen, I won't overcomplicate this.

            Many jammers have SIGNATURES which are too LONG, and
    very BORING.
             I mean, I am happy to read them once or a few times, but if
    you post every day, why do we have to scroll through the same
    stuff every day?

            Half of the jam is message headers and your signatures.

            Please follow the rule, I think it makes sense.

                                    Cheers
                                    T-Bone

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    Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 16:19:20 -0400
    From: "Carlos Alfaro" <calfaro@yunque.net>
    To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
    Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 5378
    Message-ID: <000d01bf8872$6c23d480$37351ec8@yunque.net>

    > why even wast the time to write something like this....i like never post
    on
    > the jam but i read....and SHIT LIKE THIS just makes my day slow down that
    > much....your a fuck
    > laterz
    > dustro

    Why even waste time replying and quoting the entire post about the comments,
    when you hate them so much? Why do people always take bad criticism to DT
    in such a personal way?! Some people are going to like DT, some not, LIFE
    GOES ON PEOPLE. Most of those reviews made me laugh my ass off at the
    ignorance of the reviewer. If you take such offense at someone elses
    OPINIONS about your favorite band's works, then i suggest you find a life.

    BTW- DT is my favorite band in the world, with Opeth a close second, both of
    which got some bad reviews some good in that page, you dont see me
    complaining.

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    Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 12:29:05 PST
    From: "heather jackson" <rdyfrde@hotmail.com>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: Birthday
    Message-ID: <20000307202905.82727.qmail@hotmail.com>

    Hey I just wanted to give a birthday wish to the youngest Dream Theater fan
    club member, Max John Portnoy. He turns the rip old age of 1 today. Have a
    happy birthday and hopefully you get to spend it with daddy.

    Heather
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    Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 22:59:10 +0200
    From: Janne Jokitalo <janne_jokitalo@yahoo.com>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: Re: BIG GUNS (mondo part 3)
    Message-ID: <38C56D9E.645BABE4@yahoo.com>

    This post must be the post of Millennium, or something !!! I agree in everything
    on it, Jon really talks the shit out, and it made me ROFL so many times...

    Sorry for almost a one-liner, but this just needed to be said. I'll just leave
    some snippets here for the people to get a clue of what I'm talking about...Way
    to go Jon !!!

    Jon Parmet wrote:
    >
    > > I'm sorry I have to make this generalisation,
    >
    > as well you should be, because therein is where the problem lies. you
    > generalize and yet you can't even get that right.
    >
    >
    >
    > let me tell you something folks, i've lived in this country for a few
    > years now. i have NEVER seen a shooting on the street. i have NEVER see
    > anyone pull a loaded weapon in public (erect penises don't count ;).
    >
    >
    >
    > learn to separate reality from 'spin' that a money-motivated media
    > machine might make.....
    >
    > mmmmmmmmm.... Ms ;)
    >
    >
    >
    > now, if i were a real asshole, i'd lump the selfish punks that bullied
    > their way onto the train, along with the train prick at the Frankfurt
    > airport stop, that didn't give a fuck about people who - because of
    > their luggage were obviously trying to catch a plane, duh! - into the
    > same European category now, right?
    >
    > but that would be making a 'generalization' now, wouldn't it? who the
    > fuck
    > knows why he did what he did?
    >
    > maybe the train dude guy just didn't get laid that weekend and had to
    > take it out on somebody.... :)
    >
    > maybe he's just a prick to begin with? maybe his dad beat the piss out
    > of him when he was a kid? maybe him mom's nipple was salty?
    >
    > one has NO IDEA where shit comes from sometimes!!!! so STOP assuming.
    >
    >
    >
    > > on the other hand, schoolkids shooting at eachother is becoming a fashion,
    >
    > some disturbing incidences, agreed, but the leap of faith to fashion is
    > probably do to that old Pentium floating point chipset doing the
    > statistical calculation on that one :)
    >
    >
    >
    > > so get off your high horses and look in the mirror.
    >
    > He says "jump!" I say 'YES SIR! HOW HIGH, SIR?!'
    >
    >
    >
    > or maybe I'll just look for ya in the mosh pit for DT at StadtHalle and
    > we can crack each other's skulls :)
    >
    > or maybe we could just go down to a Biergarten and have a few laughs and
    > enjoy each other's company; and we can each talk about what our minds
    > think is wrong with each of our own respective countries instead of the
    > other's. You know so we can learn from each other firsthand? (no
    >
    >
    >
    > the case. You take people as they come, one at a time, as individuals.
    > People are people. Except for Boy George, of course.... but don't get
    > me started ;)
    >
    >
    >
    > The Cldyesale harumphs off at a rather slow pace *clickety clack*,
    > *neigh*
    > *clickety clack*, *Tschuus!*, *POOP*, *clickety clack*, *bring out yer
    > dead*,
    > *relinchar*, *clickety *POOP* *WILLLLLLBURRRR!* clack*.... :)

    Get it ? ;)

    - Jaska aka Winger

    PS. Sorry if you feel this unnecessary and dull...I'm European ;)

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    Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 22:09:45 +0100
    From: "Christoph" <schroedhelm@gmx.de>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: Jordans Keyboard
    Message-ID: <200003072114.NAA02800@fugazi.torchsong.com>

    Hi!

    > This sounds about right. It's such a dumb situation; why
    > doesn't he stop being so dumb and just use more than one
    > keyboard like everyone else?! As far as I can tell, the
    > Kurzweil he uses is an amazing, flexible machine; but if
    > the above is all true, then he's being limited by the
    > technology when he could just get a second 'board and
    > solve the problem!

    In November while touring Germany I asked Jordan exactly the
    same question: Why do you just use one keyboard?

    His answer / question: Why not use the state-of-the-art technology?
    Why use dozens of keyboards when I can have all the sounds I
    want in just one?

    He definitely seems NOT to feel limited in any way!

    Christoph

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    Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 16:15:15 -0500
    From: Jens Johansson <jens@panix.com>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: Re: Re: Jordan is a bit limited
    Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.20000307161515.0370bd9c@popserver.panix.com>

    On 07:10 2000/03/07 -0800, you wrote:

    > > In addition, the presets that he has to program in have
    > > nothing to do with the patches - that's the EASY part. But he also has
    > > to set key mappings (some keys do different things on his keyboard, and
    > > there are different zones or splits that he uses), ribbon controller
    > > settings, pitch/mod wheel settings. Basically, the K2500/2600 can do
    > > ANYTHING with those settings, so you have to pretty much set everything
    > > exactly the way you want it. It takes quite a while.
    >
    > With this convoluted setup, I can't envisage DT suddenly jumping into an
    > impromptu jam or cover version any more,

    Why not? Just punch in an appropriate patch by hand..

    (The pedal-patch-chain setup speaks volumes, though. That's what you have to resort to for very tricky two hand parts if you don't want any gaps!!! I guess the whole set is like that.. good grief.. :) I still don't quite believe I don't get to see this show... :( )

    ---
    Jens. (offline) <jens@panix.com> (http://www.panix.com/~jens/)
    

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    Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 15:16:01 CST From: "A_Change Of_Seasons" <sacredjade@hotmail.com> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Birthday Message-ID: <20000307211602.52714.qmail@hotmail.com>

    >Hey I just wanted to give a birthday wish to the youngest Dream >Theater >fan club member, Max John Portnoy. He turns the rip old age >of 1 today. >Have a happy birthday and hopefully you get to spend it >with daddy. >Heather

    Thanks for pointing that out Heather!

    I wish to convey my own wishes to Max, as mine was three days ago!

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    Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 16:21:30 EST From: Sebast87@aol.com To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: how do you pronounce "Neil Peart"? Message-ID: <a4.185fa2f.25f6ccda@aol.com>

    Is it "nEIl" as in "sAve" and "pEArt" as in "wEIrd" or is it "nEIl" as in "dEEp" and "pEArt" as in "fArt"? or is it anything else?

    thanx

    -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. - SebasT - http://members.aol.com/sebast87/page1.htm -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.

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    Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 17:47:25 -0400 From: "Andres Falcon " <anfalcon@cvmail.cl> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: RE: YTSEJAM digest 5379 Message-ID: <200003072150.NAA04085@fugazi.torchsong.com>

    Someone wrote: "I was listening to an interview with Angus Young, he did the same thing recently."

    Oh yes, he did, but it was for charity and the winner had to pay over 2.000 dollars for it. (Nunno=B4s lesson was for personal profiting, costs 1.000 and, last time i checked, no bids.....)

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    Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 16:59:29 -0500 From: Adam Pye <alpine1@mindspring.com> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Jordan is a bit limited Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20000307165201.00a1a880@pop.mindspring.com>

    At 11:51 AM 3/7/00 -0800, you wrote: >This is one of the most retarded threads I've ever read. PMU is a classic, >it's what really "broke" DT out... why would they stop playing it? It sure >beats the crap out of the other crap like FII and SFAM when you hear it next >to most of those songs...

    I think most people would rather see it only occasionally than every show. Whoever said that DT doesn't have much of a casual fan base is right - this isn't music for the casual listener. I think the majority of people at the shows are those who have at least a couple of DT albums, not someone who heard PMU several years back and liked it but doesn't own an album. The problem is that DT has no "special" songs, really. I'm talkin' songs that they only break out occasionally - "Where Are You Now?" at the last couple of Xmas gigs in '98 is a good example. Do that shit more often. Like only play PMU occasionally, or throw Scarred or Ytsejam or Learning to Live in somewhere every few shows. Treat the people that go to more than one show to something different every time out, or people won't go to as many shows... Bah... :)

    Adam

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    Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 14:50:27 -0800 From: drkhoe@gms.gmsnet.com (Dr. Mosh) To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Jordan is a bit limited Message-ID: <200003072250.OAA21432@gms.gmsnet.com>

    Before being sacrificed upon the altar..., Adam Pye thus begged: > >At 11:51 AM 3/7/00 -0800, you wrote: >>This is one of the most retarded threads I've ever read. PMU is a classic, >>it's what really "broke" DT out... why would they stop playing it? It sure >>beats the crap out of the other crap like FII and SFAM when you hear it next >>to most of those songs... > >I think most people would rather see it only occasionally than every >show. Whoever said that DT doesn't have much of a casual fan base is right >- this isn't music for the casual listener. I think the majority of people

    That's inexcusable, I don't care what other people want, it's not about them it's about me... f*ck them... They should just play a show with 2 hours of PMU... All the rest of you bitching can suck my collective ass. :)

    >at the shows are those who have at least a couple of DT albums, not someone >who heard PMU several years back and liked it but doesn't own an >album. The problem is that DT has no "special" songs, really. I'm talkin' >songs that they only break out occasionally - "Where Are You Now?" at the >last couple of Xmas gigs in '98 is a good example. Do that shit more >often. Like only play PMU occasionally, or throw Scarred or Ytsejam or >Learning to Live in somewhere every few shows. Treat the people that go to >more than one show to something different every time out, or people won't >go to as many shows... Bah... :)

    Yes, that would be nice... but alas... those songs are nice replacements for PMU. But like you said, there are no "casual" listeners of DT, so we would go see them every show regardless of what they played to view and listen to the musical accuracy that is DT. I personally vote for the Killing Hand.

    -The Doc

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    Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 19:55:07 EST From: Fett2002@aol.com To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Gaz Message-ID: <94.193fbf3.25f6feeb@aol.com>

    >Your right some are way too serious here....

    Didn't you just recently flame someone for their poor grammar? Meanwhile you posted THAT greatly constructed sentence.

    > Your worthwhile contribution today was to tell us that > you still haven't got the DT Xmas CD, riveting news for the rest of > us I'm sure. That news had us on the egde of our seats, anxiously >waiting for your CD to arrive.

    And you made your usual 27 posts per jam. Do you just sit up all night waiting for the things to come? >Yep that was areal funny one too, we were all rolling on our backs >in fits of laughter.

    Another terrific sentence from the great Gaz!

    >End Of Conversation

    I agree on this. You got anymore problems, email me personally instead of insulting me on the jam. -Mike C.

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    Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 20:03:43 EST From: Dustro2@aol.com To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: limited Message-ID: <3b.1ef090d.25f700ef@aol.com>

    In a message dated 3/7/0 2:49:29 PM, you wrote:

    << > And besides, how many sounds does he WANT? On that > setlist, he's not using a whole lotta sounds! You can > count them on your hands: > Main pad > Piano > Lead > Sitar for Home > err... > Nope, that's about it! >> R U High?? he uses soooooooooooooooo many more sounds in that set than your fingers...i wont name all of them now because i really just feel like it but ill let you go back and fig it out! laterzz Dustro

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    Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 20:13:56 EST From: Dustro2@aol.com To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: beats Sfam? Message-ID: <4a.282bf97.25f70354@aol.com>

    In a message dated 3/7/0 2:49:29 PM, you wrote:

    << This is one of the most retarded threads I've ever read. PMU is a classic, it's what really "broke" DT out... why would they stop playing it? It sure beats the crap out of the other crap like FII and SFAM when you hear it next to most of those songs...

    -The Doc >> r u sure u want to say this on here...SFaM is top noch...PMU is just a good song and that is as far as that will go...IMHO later dustro

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    Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 22:14:06 EST From: "M P" <mremann6@hotmail.com> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: all the key players... Message-ID: <20000308031406.91091.qmail@hotmail.com>

    > >> since Kevin's not around to give > >>him a crash course as he did Derek. > > >Is this right? I thought KevMo left a LONG time before >Derek came onto the picture. KevMo trained him up?!

    while Lord knows I've gotten my facts mixed up before, I believe this was posted that he hung around long enough to show Derek some of the stuff in the songs they'd be playing on tour. It might be in the FAQ.

    >Subject: Re: Jordan is a bit limited >With this convoluted setup, I can't envisage DT suddenly jumping into an >impromptu jam or cover version any more,

    they could, but it could easily leave Jordan with a sound that's nearly inaudible beneath the rest of the aural wall (like his percussive bell sound leading into 'Headline. Murder. Young girl killed.'

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    Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 23:41:09 -0500 From: Alex V Ramos <tazzola@juno.com> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Jordan is a bit limited Message-ID: <20000307.234111.-369645.0.tazzola@juno.com>

    I haven't seen any shows by DT yet, but all of you are forgetting that this Jordan Rudess has more musical experience than perhaps all the other members combined! (No offense to the other guys, but let's get real...) Let's not limit this on the merits of the equipment alone, or his recorded work with LTE and DT.

    Any of you heard his recent contribution to an album of classical works done by the great keyboardists of rock on acoustic piano? How about his score for "A Christmas Carol'? His tours of duty with bands like the Dregs? Not to mention the countless hours of work doing sessions, jingles and other loads of stuff that would fill a few volumes onto anyone's music collection! The experience that he got from being at Julliard and afterwards is at least ten years or so ahead of the other guys in the band. Let's not forget that he actually works for the company that provides him with some of the world's finest synthesizers ever made (Kurzweil).

    I'm not dismissing other opinions here, but please consider his entire history as a professional musician. You will see that he is most definitely no fluke!

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    Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 01:03:53 -0500 From: "Greg Stafford" <thwizard@bellsouth.net> To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: RE: YTSEJAM digest 5379 Message-ID: <NDBBJAOKCLFDIHNFDJMHGEBLCBAA.thwizard@bellsouth.net>

    Queensryche show in Atlanta: review.

    After just returning from the show I'd have to say that it was classic Queensryche. They did mostly Empire and Operation:Mindcrime with some of Q2K in there as well. Geoff was in prime vocals as always. Never heard him sing badly yet. This being my 4th or 5th (getting old and forget these small details) I found that Geoff sounded no different when I saw them back during the Empire tour and when they did the Operation: LiveCrime. The only difference was not seeing Chris DeGarmo. Most of the sounds were the same, but there were suttle differences that were expected. Over all it's a concert worth seeing.

    Just for the record, Dream Theater still kicked their ass though (as expected). Hmmm, Geoff Tate sings for Dream Theater. Now wouldn't that be cool. Nothing against James at all, but it would be interesting to see what songs they'd come up with between them all. Mike Portnoy's next SUPERGROUP: Mike Portnoy, Geoff Tate, Guitar, keyboards, and drums. Plug in your favorite musician for this DREAM band. No fights or arguments over who's the best here. I don't want no war or arguments just fun. Sorry about the Jordan, Derrick thing (between you all and me let's drop it and forget I said anything).

    Hope those going to the QR show have as much fun as I did. later Greg AKA The Wizard <begin website plugin>Comedy site Are you a Lazy American? Take the quiz and find out. http://www.lazyamericans.com </end website plugin>

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    Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 00:11:55 -0600 From: "Mauricio Martinez" <hipi@compaq.net.mx> To: <themirror@egroups.com>, <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: NEED 2 DALLAS TICKETS NOW! Message-ID: <00ec01bf88c5$36f7af40$3cbbfea9@host>

    Hi there. Anyone here have 2 extra tickets for the Dallas concert? I)Bīm willing to buy them, but reply NOW!!!!!!!!!! See, if i get them now, i must make travel plans. Mauricio

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    Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 23:41:42 -0800 From: "Neil Evans" <progmtl@mindspring.com> To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: Re: Super Tuesday Message-ID: <001d01bf88d1$c0135ca0$cdc3aec7@default>

    I'm going to state this as politely as I can..

    Let's keep the political and religious discussions OFF the jam. They have no place here. If I want to talk about such topics I'll find a list or forum, of which there are plenty, for that purpose.

    I'm sure skadz (and Mike Bahr, for that matter) would agree.

    -Neil.

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    Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 23:49:30 -0800 From: "Neil Evans" <progmtl@mindspring.com> To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: Re: Jordan is a bit limited Message-ID: <002901bf88d2$d6c7ef00$cdc3aec7@default>

    >And besides, how many sounds does he WANT? On that >setlist, he's not using a whole lotta sounds! You can >count them on your hands: > Main pad >Piano >Lead >Sitar for Home >err... >Nope, that's about it!

    I think he's using a lot more sounds than that. Also, you have to consider that each pedal hit changes the configuration of his keyboard. Jordan does a lot of subtle things on the keyboard while he has it divided into two completely different sounds. This is very evident on the Rudess/Morgenstein Project disc. He's often using completely different sounds for each hand, and this configuration may change much more often than the "most evident" sound does. I think you're over-simplifying the situation.

    >It's time to put PMU to bed, methinks.

    For once I agree with you.

    -Neil.

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    Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:50:41 SAST-2 From: "Alistair Davidse" <adavidse@maths.uct.ac.za> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Giant/Huff brothers /White Heart Message-ID: <E12Sd7i-0000yj-00@mail3.uct.ac.za>

    >Was cathing up on jams and saw someone mention White Heart, and he >said something that it was the Huff brothers' first band before they >went on to the studio musician career. I might be totally wrong >here, but I think that White Heart was formed (much like Koinonia, >anyone know them?) around talented christian studio musicians... for >example, Tommy Sims played with them for a few albums etc.

    You're right. They basically had a core consisting of the singer, keyboard player and rhythm guitarist who wrote most of the songs, and lead guitarist, bassist and drummer changed quite regularly. Most of them were studio musicians, and played for a lot of the big names in the Christain music industry. I think they might have split now, but I'm not sure.

    Alistair

    "Behind your computer, what do you picture When you read my words and thoughts and dreams Do they all come alive and breathe?" -- Shadow Gallery - Mystery

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    Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 10:31:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Graham Borland <graham@picsel.com> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Marillion "Brave" video Message-ID: <499c02a646graham@picsel.com>

    Where can I get Marillion's longform "Brave" video? I have tried every online source I can think of, and nobody has it listed. :-(

    -- Graham Borland Picsel Technologies Ltd graham@picsel.com Glasgow, Scotland

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