YTSEJAM Digest 6234
Today's Topics:
1) World Tourbulence 2002- 17/06/2002, Porto, Coliseu
by "Daniel Miguel" <danielmiguel@netcabo.pt>
2) DT on FC
by "Todd O. Klindt" <todd@klindt.org>
3) my city :(
by "Stephen Gervois" <sgervois@atmel.fr>
4) Re: my city :(
by Graham Borland <graham@moonbog.net>
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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 20:05:58 +0100
From: "Daniel Miguel" <danielmiguel@netcabo.pt>
To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Subject: World Tourbulence 2002- 17/06/2002, Porto, Coliseu
Message-ID: <001a01c217c4$58f56020$cc3a16d5@netcabo.pt>
Howdy all!
Here's my take on last night's stellar DT gig at Coliseu (surely not the
coolest venue around btw). It basically floored me like no other live
concert had done in a couple of months. I got really excited about it
when I first learnt that they would be paying us a visit 'gain (I've
been a DT fan for a while now as you all know!) but I wasn't expecting
them to deliver the goods as exquisitely as they eventually did
yesterday. And DO bear in mind that I've been to lotsa live shows before
and still can honestly say that few have impressed quite as much as this
one... dunno why it amazed this much but something about it just blew me
away in ways words cannot describe. It POSITIVELY rocked out BIG TIME!!!
It was truly a great, pumping, blazing live show... and I even got to
chat (even though we only exchanged a few words) with the guys from DT
right after the show. They were refreshingly nice and thoughful... James
was particularly cool btw!
Here's what they played :
Glass Prision
6:00
Another Hand/The Killing Hand
Burning My Soul '96 (Original Demo)
Fatal Tragedy
John Petrucci's solo spot
Scarred/tiny bits of Rush's 2112
The Great Debate
Pull Me Under
(10-minute intermission)
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
The Spirit Carries On
Learning to Live
James is singing a lot better these days, he hit all the high notes and
he didn't screech half as much as he used to do back in the now
legendary Image & Words days. He just couldn't stand still, he spent the
whole gig cruising the stage! Jordan's playing was immaculate and his
soloing DID NOT come across as being blatantly redundant or pathetically
cheesy (there are way too many Jordan bashers who say this all the
time... I'd just like to shoot them all...LOL). I may be biased as hell
(I'll the first one to admit it actually) but I don't give a damn...
He's a great performer and one of my personal favorite ivory ticklers of
all time (and yes, I'm perfectly aware that there are other equally
talented players out there!). Petrucci played with the kind of restraint
I hadn't heard from him in recent times, he didn't waste too much time
aimlessly shredding around like he had done a couple of times before.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE his playing (we're talking about the man who
made me want to become a serious player) but I hate it when he
sacrifices a perfectly good musical idea for the sake of speed. I guess
he's finally growing out of it... Portnoy was clearly enjoying himself
and he did a great job bashing those skins. Oh... I've also gotta say
that John Myung played beautifully as well, he's a mighty groove keeper!
.. All in all, their performance was virtually flawless (with some
minor, meaningless, barely noticeable duds) and totally inspiring... I'm
SO glad I was there to witness it all, I wouldn't have missed it for the
world (Pat Metheny's coming up next week... Oh yeah, that's going to be
GREAT!!! And I'll even get to see B=E9la Fleck & The Flecktones next
month too... geee, things are definitely going my way!).
Hope I didn't bore you too much with this giddy review of mine...
Dan
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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 17:37:11 -0500
From: "Todd O. Klindt" <todd@klindt.org>
To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Subject: DT on FC
Message-ID: <017901c217e1$da91bda0$4164a8c0@klindt.org>
I just saw this on http://www.fuckedcompany.com.
" Caught in a Web
Normally a crappy little web shop like Dream Theater wouldn't be worthy
of a mention on FC, but they stole their name from my favorite band, so
fuck em. Rumor has it they're down to just six people, over $250,000 in
debt, and won't last through July."
tk
Todd O. Klindt
todd@klindt.org
"Remember, the government doesn't create one dollar.
When you get a dollar, that means the government
took it from someone else."
-Governor Jesse Ventura
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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 06:27:01 +0200
From: "Stephen Gervois" <sgervois@atmel.fr>
To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Subject: my city :(
Message-ID: <039c01c21812$b92ce3c0$3cff9f0a@pc0099>
> haven't hit Portland, Seattle, Vancouver since '97. Go figure..........
I live in the south of France,
every single year (and sometimes twice a year is DT comes again and my bank
allows it) I've to go either to Paris or Lyon.
Last time it was Barcellona.
That makes for 7-10 hour car trips each time.
My BEST year being SFAM tour with France (twice because they were in Lyon a
few months before before the actual SFAM show), Germany & Italy.
I don't have a clue how it is in the states though and I'm sure we can find
the worst (best ?!) "on the road for DT junkie" here.
Who has the record for number of shows and miles in a year for DT ?
See ye,
A carbon based life form descendant from an ape.
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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 09:15:04 +0000
From: Graham Borland <graham@moonbog.net>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Re: my city :(
Message-ID: <m3sn3il3af.fsf@fry.lan>
"Stephen Gervois" <sgervois@atmel.fr> writes:
> I live in the south of France, every single year (and sometimes
> twice a year is DT comes again and my bank allows it) I've to go
> either to Paris or Lyon. Last time it was Barcellona. That makes
> for 7-10 hour car trips each time.
Easyjet do cheap flights from Nice to London, and from there on to
Barcelona, Amsterdam, etc. There's no need to drive. :-)
-- Graham Borland graham@moonbog.net------------------------------
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