YTSEJAM digest 6770

From: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Date: Sun Jan 18 2004 - 20:46:31 EST

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    Today's Topics:

      1) DT in London
     by Antony Gelberg <antony@antgel.co.uk>
      2) Re: DT in London
     by Mike Shetzer <echo26@videotron.ca>
      3) DT in milwaukee question
     by Partha Mukhopadhyay <ahtrap@yahoo.com>
      4) Re: DT in milwaukee question
     by Michael & Pamela Nazer <mnazer@pressenter.com>
      5) Re: Songwriting contest winners
     by Eric George <drizzt@sdf.lonestar.org>
      6) co & ca
     by "Trevor Hoit" <trevorhoit@comcast.net>
      7) DT in London
     by Graham Borland <graham@moonbog.net>
      8) Re: DT in London
     by xcitor <xcitor@sdf.lonestar.org>
      9) Re: DT in London (SPOILERS)
     by Antony Gelberg <antony@antgel.co.uk>

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    Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 03:39:38 +0000
    From: Antony Gelberg <antony@antgel.co.uk>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: DT in London
    Message-ID: <20040118033938.GA29286@brain.pulsesol.com>

    Rocked.

    T

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    Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 23:46:10 -0500
    From: Mike Shetzer <echo26@videotron.ca>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: Re: DT in London
    Message-ID: <001801c3dd7d$fe3bfaa0$9b00a8c0@mizz>

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    DETAILS!
    but put spoilers in the subject, some people might get anal ;)
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      From: Antony Gelberg
      To: Multiple recipients of list
      Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 10:41 PM
      Subject: DT in London

      Rocked.

      T

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    Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 00:33:09 -0800 (PST)
    From: Partha Mukhopadhyay <ahtrap@yahoo.com>
    To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
    Subject: DT in milwaukee question
    Message-ID: <20040118083309.7552.qmail@web61007.mail.yahoo.com>

    >Dream Theater was just announced for Milwaukee, WI -
    and >will be playing a 4 hour set, no opening act, and
    one >intermission! Check it out at www.therave.com

    you take a look at the web site right now, the DT show
    is up top, with the details the guy posted above. But
    it also says stuff about how it's a special reserved
    seated show, with limited general admission tickets.

    What's the deal there? especially about the special
    reserved tickets, but also about the seated show part?
    That's not how I envisioned seeing DT indoors. Maybe
    more like, that's not how I've ever seen DT indoors,
    and it doesn't make *sense* to me....

    about the reserved part, limited general admission
    tickets.....what's that mean, so I have to finally
    bite the bullet and join the fan club to be able to
    show that I'm a real fan? if that's the case, that's
    BS. I'd hate to have to add a $28 surcharge (DTIFC
    membership fee as of right now) to the ticketmaster
    overcharges, to the $10 bucks I'm always gonna pay for
    parking in Milwaukee after having had a car window
    busted out when I tried parking for free on a previous
    concert run up there....basically, if I have to join
    the dtifc for a shot at seeing DT, then I'll be paying
    upwards of a hundred bucks to see a Dream Theater
    concert (no comments, please, from the road
    trippers....I haven't felt your pain, and I feel
    myself fortunate for that, but right now, I'm bitching
    and moaning, and this isn't the time :) and
    being a poor grad student once again, that's not
    friendly....even if it is for a 4 hour show.

    just curious, is this the way other DT shows on this
    tour are being sold/touted? I've seen the "an evening
    with" signs on dt.net, but the 4 hour, seated concept
    i haven't noticed....

    partha

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    Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 08:24:08 -0600
    From: Michael & Pamela Nazer <mnazer@pressenter.com>
    To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
    Subject: Re: DT in milwaukee question
    Message-ID: <BC2FF328.4F65%mnazer@pressenter.com>

    on 1/18/04 2:56 AM, Partha Mukhopadhyay at ahtrap@yahoo.com wrote:

    >> Dream Theater was just announced for Milwaukee, WI -
    > and >will be playing a 4 hour set, no opening act, and
    > one >intermission! Check it out at www.therave.com
    >
    > you take a look at the web site right now, the DT show
    > is up top, with the details the guy posted above. But
    > it also says stuff about how it's a special reserved
    > seated show, with limited general admission tickets.
    >
    > What's the deal there? especially about the special
    > reserved tickets, but also about the seated show part?
    > That's not how I envisioned seeing DT indoors. Maybe
    > more like, that's not how I've ever seen DT indoors,
    > and it doesn't make *sense* to me....

    >
    > just curious, is this the way other DT shows on this
    > tour are being sold/touted? I've seen the "an evening
    > with" signs on dt.net, but the 4 hour, seated concept
    > i haven't noticed....
    >
    > partha

    HI Partha,

    I don't know anything about the Milwaukee show, but I have seen them 5 times
    in Minnesota, and 2 of those have been seated. It just depends on the
    venue.

    Pam

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    Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 15:23:39 +0000 (UTC)
    From: Eric George <drizzt@sdf.lonestar.org>
    To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
    Subject: Re: Songwriting contest winners
    Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.58.0401181522001.24465@norge.freeshell.org>

    On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Rick Rosinski wrote:

    > > does anyone know where to get MP3s of the winning entries?
    > > http://www.dreamtheater.net/news_dreamtheater.php#results
    > >
    >
    > This site has a link to all of the Dream Theater Contest Entries:
    > http://67.66.219.2/dtcontest/

    that website only lists 22 of the 54 entries that were sent in. however,
    the songs on that site kick arse. well, most of them at least...

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    Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 09:55:04 -0800 From: "Trevor Hoit" <trevorhoit@comcast.net> To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: co & ca Message-ID: <00b401c3ddec$33ed0ea0$05d01018@attbi.com>

    >Subject: coheed >Just as a heads up though: Their shows are definitely not like a DT show. >Expect tons of teenagers, and a LOT of mosh pits! Yeah! I saw them Friday night in Seattle. Not mosh pits, per se, but smash pits! I haven't been squashed like that since I used to see Primus in the early 90's.... I was probably the oldest one there except some obvious parents... Great show, though. Go see them, Rick.

    >I'm just glad I could turn at least a couple people into listening to them. I thought I mentioned them first on this list. :)

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    Date: 18 Jan 2004 20:34:24 +0000 From: Graham Borland <graham@moonbog.net> To: Ytsejam <ytsejam@torchsong.com>, Thoughts <thoughts2@yahoogroups.com> Subject: DT in London Message-ID: <m3r7xxkncf.fsf@fry.gborland.force9.co.uk>

    The Dream Theater show in London on Saturday was probably the greatest concert I've ever seen them play. Phenomenal setlist (Only A Matter Of Time and Trial Of Tears, for fuck's sake!), awesome crowd, packed-out venue, immaculate performances from all five band members.

    I also had the pleasure of meeting Tony Gelberg and Graham Boyle, whom I know from these mailing lists. Nice meeting you guys. :-)

    DT rule.

    -- Graham Borland graham@moonbog.net

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    Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:35:24 -0500 From: xcitor <xcitor@sdf.lonestar.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <ytsejam@torchsong.com> Subject: Re: DT in London Message-ID: <20040118213524.GA29010@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG>

    Quoting <Graham Borland <graham@moonbog.net>> on <2004-01-18 - 13:00>: > > The Dream Theater show in London on Saturday was probably the greatest > concert I've ever seen them play. Phenomenal setlist (Only A Matter Of > Time and Trial Of Tears, for fuck's sake!), awesome crowd, packed-out

    that's awesome! i've never seen DT perform Trial of Tears live. i hope they continue that on their US leg. which would be great, since i've sort of re-discovered FII this week. it's been in my CD changer since Thursday! i didn't remember how much i dug that record.

    -- xcitor@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

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    Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 21:56:58 +0000 From: Antony Gelberg <antony@antgel.co.uk> To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: DT in London (SPOILERS) Message-ID: <20040118215658.GB2463@brain.pulsesol.com>

    On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 09:11:57PM -0800, Mike Shetzer wrote: > > --Boundary_(ID_w+8wRsZoGd4o7PcBHgCoIg) > Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > > DETAILS! > but put spoilers in the subject, some people might get anal ;)

    Well, I'd love to get into details, but it's all too much for my poor little head. I said it to everyone who would listen, every time they tour or bring out an album I prepare myself for inevitable disappointment, and every time, they blow my nuts off.

    Hammersmith is a totally different venue with no seats. It's like the Astoria, but larger, and with some of the theatrics of Brixton Academy. It was packed to the rafters. Usual mix of people, from old-school Maiden fans, to middle-aged prog geeks, to the Tool-influenced tats-and-piercings lot. The band were visibly pleased at this, and really appeared to be enjoying the jams. I didn't see that really cute girl who fainted last time around.

    Jordan is bald. Portnoy has his mullet back - probably as long as it's ever been. Petrucci has gone quite nu-metal with spiky hair and trendy shades. Myung reinforced his reputation as the coolest man in rock. I'll talk about James at the end.

    As a unit, they were tight but loose. If I'm gong to nitpick, it was a _little_ bit like the old days of Petrucci and Portnoy being too loud in the mix, and Myung and Rudess being a shade low. Also, I sometimes wonder if Portnoy has even heard his drum sound out of the PA. I must emphasise that this is like those people who complain that Cameron Diaz has bad skin, and I'm not complaining, as I've heard it be much worse in years gone by.

    Now an incomplete and certainly not in order attempt at a set list.

    As I Am Fatal Tragedy Caught In A Web This Dying Soul Finally Free Endless Sacrifice Only A Matter Of Time Another Day The Great Debate Honor Thy Father A Mind Beside Itself (yeah, all of it baby, yeah!) In The Name Of G-d Trial Of Tears Metropolis

    The new material was incredible live, as I thought it would be. I think a lot of older stuff has been given a new lease of life as the band have realised that there is no point in being anything other than heavy. :-P

    Coming from someone who doesn't usually like that kind of vocal, I have to say that James The Brie was totally on fire and has turned into an outstanding frontman as well as singer. He looks confident, and appears to have lost the chip on his shoulder, _and_ the chips on his plate - looking quite trim ;-) . His tambourine playing still needs work. ;-) He also didn't wear one of those really bright XXXXXL hockey shirts, which is a Good Thing.

    I planned to forego taping the show and take some photos instead. Bought some batteries from a newsagent and got totally fucked over as they literally lasted 10 seconds.

    Portnoy's parting comment included something about coming back later in the year.

    T

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