YTSEJAM Digest 6300
Today's Topics:
1) DT In Rochester
by "Costello, Daniel J" <daniel.j.costello@lmco.com>
2) Various stuff
by "Paul W. Cashman" <pellaz@attbi.com>
3) Rosemont, IL thoughts
by "Kasper, Robert S. (EDP)" <kasperrs@bp.com>
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:19:06 -0400
From: "Costello, Daniel J" <daniel.j.costello@lmco.com>
To: "'ytsejam@torchsong.com'" <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Subject: DT In Rochester
Message-ID: <9EFD49E2FB59D411AABA0008C7E675C007DA2F62@emss04m10.ems.lmco.com>
One week.... :-)
-Dan.
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 15:14:26 -0400
From: "Paul W. Cashman" <pellaz@attbi.com>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Various stuff
Message-ID: <3D6D2112.7ABD@attbi.com>
> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 22:26:01 -0400
> From: Bruce Duesterhoeft <bduester@mindspring.com>
> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
> Subject: Re: Birch Hell; Atl; Godhead
> Message-ID: <3D6C34B9.499F2E08@mindspring.com>
>
> ***INVISIBLE MODE OFF***
"He's decloaking, Captain!"
> >>>Paul Cashman wrote a lot that I'm not going to copy>>>
Yea, it's all crap anyway. :)
> I was at both Birch Hell shows....I remember the first being way over packed
> compared to the 2nd. Stood right by the sound board the 2nd show & swear it was
> one of the best out of the 9 times I've seen them.
Yea, that's how I remember it. Excellent show and thankfully not too
packed. Did Einstein or Rudess-Morgenstein open that show?
> Including this Saturday in
> Hotlanta. Hope Paul had fun standing - i took a seat in the front of the 2nd
> balcony. No way was I standing for 5+ hours.
Hahahahahaha..... Five hours is NOTHING in the annals of
waiting-for-a-DT-show history. Some of those Bitch Hell/Malibu Beach
Club/Jaxx shows were HELL. Back then, it seemed like it took the crews
FOREVER to do set-changes. You learn quickly not to eat or drink much
before a show. :)
> I hope the next time they go to a
> bigger & better venue - because the Tabernacle sucks! Sound is horrible!
It's weird. Some praise the venue for its sound, some don't. I heard
that Satch sounded great, DT was so-so, and King's X started out muddy
but improved. I like the place m'self.
> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 01:59:08 EDT
> From: Isabotage3@aol.com
> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
> Subject: Atlanta concert
> Message-ID: <b4.10c2a724.2a9dc0ac@aol.com>
> Were you the person who kept leaving your front row spot to get water or
> something and was able to return without a problem? Whoever that was, I was
> really tempted to upgrade from the third-row spot.
Nope. I stayed right by the railing during all of DT's set. After they
finished I decided to let a more serious Satch fan have my spot. I like
Satch, but I was dying of thirst by this point. :))
> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 01:47:25 -0700 (PDT)
> From: rob denni <drummerdream@yahoo.com>
> To: ytsejam <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
> Subject: thanx for atlanta
> Message-ID: <20020828084725.14179.qmail@web10705.mail.yahoo.com>
>
> Thanx for the revue of Atlanta. It's nice to see that
> not everyone on this list is a cock.
No, some of us are dicks. :)
-- +--- Paul W. Cashman, ICQ #4151223 www.paulcashman.com ----+ | **** NEW email: pellaz@attbi.com | | **** NEW website address: http://home.attbi.com/~pellaz | +---------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:15:59 -0500 From: "Kasper, Robert S. (EDP)" <kasperrs@bp.com> To: "'ytsejam@torchsong.com'" <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: Rosemont, IL thoughts Message-ID: <A84940B2FEBDF4489681D238BEEA84870BA792@BP1NAPEX002.bp1.ad.bp.com>
Well last night in Rosemont was a night full of puzzled lows and insane highs.
King's X sounded very poor, I don't know if it was the sound guy's problem or if they were just playing badly, but I have never heard them sound like they did last night. I am originally from Austin, TX and have seen King's X several times in the past and they were sub-par last night to say the least. "It's Love" seemed to be draggingly slow as if the trio were struggling to hold it together.
Next up was Satriani, and he was very good as usual. We had a little monocular and my girlfriend kept cracking up at the facial expressions he was making whilst ripping out breathtaking sound from his guitar. He didn't really seem to move the audience out of their seats, though - this was definitely a DT crowd.
Dream Theater opened the set with "New Millenium" and proceeded to put on one of the best performances I have ever seen them deliver. They mixed it up throughout the evening, playing The Glass Prison and Blind Faith from SDOIT, as well as Solitary Shell later in the night. Take the Time near the end of the set was stunning, they were really having a moment of total clarity with that one. In short, the whole performance was insanely powerful and there was noone in the venue sitting down for an hour and a half. MP kept throwing drumsticks out into the crowd all evening, as well as breaking more than a few on his wickedly complex-looking drum set. I have to say I've seen DT on every tour since Awake, and they were as tight and in sync as I have ever seen them - Jordan Rudess has really meshed with the rest of the band. He ran down at the very end and was playing some sort of ethereal melody at the top end of Petrucci's guitar as John was shredding out the final notes. It was really fun to see them having such a great time and sounding so awesome. DT always seems to click with Chicago crowds, it was really an evening to remember.
I didn't see any obvious 'jammers, nor am I equipped to tape a show. If anyone knows if the show was recorded I would kill for a copy - truly incredible performance.
Later,
Rob Kasper
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