YTSEJAM Digest 2584 Today's Topics: 1) Re: This could get long... by Walter Semerenko 2) Re: ELP by Walter Semerenko 3) SoCal radio by "Zakk Jones" 4) Re: Top 5 Singers by "Dave Neff" 5) could it be? by Partha Mukhopadhyay 6) New dick, comes in crimson, with a crow-eating Patrick Roy by Kevin Madden 7) Just when you thought it was safe to go to the bathroom... by Buck Stodgers 8) Re: Production value. by Eric Rodger 9) Re: Top 5 Singres by "Mr. B" 10) Re[2]: veterans by email_address_removed 11) Re: Roy Z 'n stuff... by Karri K Kiviluoma 12) DT not on the favorite live list by Eric Rodger 13) arastar and ax by Eric Rodger 14) ax vs. arastar by alex fraser 15) Enchant, Megadeath in PHX. by "Edwin Voras" 16) Female Singers.... by durnik 17) The Lost World by durnik 18) The Cone of Silence... by Adam Barnhart 19) dsfkj;klj by Chris Oates 20) Re: The Lost World by Carlos Alfaro ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 13:09:30 -0400 From: Walter Semerenko To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: This could get long... Message-ID: Neil Gallop wrote: > Spock's Beard - Beware Of Darkness > > If any other band deserves to tour with Dream Theater, then it must be these > guys. No Rush, no Fates Warning, no Enchant, not even Queensryche - just Dream > Theater, Spock's Beard and at least 5 hours. OK, to the album. The title track > and opener is a cover version of a George Harrison song and is by far the > weakest point of the album, Don't forget that kick ass hammond solo in the middle. Walter. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 13:14:18 -0400 From: Walter Semerenko To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: ELP Message-ID: Jon Parmet wrote: > I'd add to that a commanding grasp of jazz that he displays on Karn Evil > 9 (2nd impression I believe). He was always know for having an amazing > left hand, something keyboardists tell me is an acheivement. I love those hard hitting staccato notes. > A lot of people that mention the uniqueness of some of the newer bands' > sounds out there may want to take a look at some of ELP's stuff. You may > find that a lot of it has been done before... Yep, listen to the keyboard sounds that Kevin Moore uses in I&W and you will find out that those analog sounds were used before. Walter. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 23:31:04 -0700 From: "Zakk Jones" To: email_address_removed Subject: SoCal radio Message-ID: Anybody moving to Southern CA with hopes of finding a good radio station= better stay put (even my requests get ignored!). I've lived here all my= life, and if I'd learned only one thing, it's that CA is one of the= trendiest states in the U.S of A. Sure, the weather's nice, and the people= are ok, but it sometimes seems as if there's no need for conformity around= here. One station here used to have a real whup-ass show called 10-21= Thrash, where they'd select an album, and play the whole thing during the= show, along with some other choice tunes (my fave was when they chose= "..And Justice For All :) ,but not only did the show get axed, but so did= the DJ! They ended up replacing it with Subject to Change, a 2 hour show= that showcases nothing but local alt. bands. Shitty, eh? Not that I dont= like some alternative music, but they just decided to take a perfectly= good radio station and turn it into a KROQ clone. Anyhow, I've gotta get goin... Till next time, Zakk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 13:47:41 -0400 From: "Dave Neff" To: "Ytsejam" Subject: Re: Top 5 Singers Message-ID: Hey, did I miss something? I can't believe no one's mentioned Superior's Michael Tangermann yet. Go listen to Tainted Silence again! - Dave (email_address_removed) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 13:49:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Partha Mukhopadhyay To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: could it be? Message-ID: >Snoop doggy dog didn't know the name of one the most played videos of 96! WEll, maybe he doesn't watch MTV either........ psm Adam (the dude that started the rap thing): all anyone here knows of your rap inclinations is what you put on the jam........if it was meant to be a joke, it wasn't obvious, and it obviously wasn't funny to those who responded..... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 14:13:46 -0700 From: Kevin Madden To: email_address_removed Subject: New dick, comes in crimson, with a crow-eating Patrick Roy Message-ID: Well, hello happy jammers. I decided to take the day off of work (Any of you from Maryland know why - I live two exits before the Bay Bridge off US 50. *You* trying getting home from work on the Friday before Memorial Day with the beach traffic swarming!) and was rewarded with a picture perfect day. Anyway, I was surfin' around on the web, and came across the HardRadio site, and they have the new Bruce Dickinson cd in its entirety. I have to say that I am anxiously awaiting its shipment to me next week. This stuff rocks, from what I can tell over a 28.8 real audio link. Adrian Smith plays on it, and Bruce's voice is back on track. Check it out if you are interested. Here I sit in front of the screen, and for some strange reason I am listening to King Crimson's Thrak. Why would I do this? I am not sure. I have owned the cd since it came out and this is just the third time I have put it in. I guess I just can't get excited over it. It is sorta interesting, though. Anyone want to join me in laughing gleefully at Patrick "We'll really see how ready Detroit is willing to pay the price. That's what I want to see." Roy??? HA HA HA, you idiot. So much for the "Dynasty" some list member was touting. GO WINGS! Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 14:38:27 -0400 From: Buck Stodgers To: email_address_removed Subject: Just when you thought it was safe to go to the bathroom... Message-ID: Hello, Man, Lars... Just when I thought you had loosened and lightened up: >Okay, let's get something straight here. This post was way out of hand. It was directed solely at Chris and should have been sent to him. Come on, spare us the flame bait. Oh, and just so you all know: I'm a raving hypocrite. Thanks. >Since we are on the subject, do any of you jammers recall hearing "Plaw >With Me" during the mall chaos scene in "Bill and Ted's Excellant >Adventure"? Yep, it's on the soundtrack. Along with a ton of bands that never made it big. The sequel's soundtrack is awesome, though. On No Doubt: >They're not exactly a one year-old radio wonder. Yeah, I know they've been around, but have you noticed that every year there's a band just like this. For instance: Green Day was around for years before Longview went big, started playing arenas for $10 a seat (admirable I must say, keeping tickets low), then the following year, their new album is released and no one cares anymore. I expect No Doubt to go the same route. >it just might not be in a genre others like. I like the genre No Doubt would purport to be in. Ever hear of Fighting Gravity? Amazing ska band. I like Dave Matthews and Collective Soul too. They could also be pegged in with ND. I just think that No Doubt is mindless and uninteresting, and mostly annoying. But that, like most else I say, is opinion. Hey Al, if you really want to get funky, you gotta own some Parliament. The P-funk is where its at. :) >I have some CD reviews of some stuff but none of them are really proggy Review 'em anyway. I reviewed Sammy Hagar and got some response (okay, ONE response). Don't let the record companies labels limit your reviewing... :) >Anybody email him the digest FAQ? How did I miss this guy? I'm on it Jeremy! :) >Subject: Cancel membership What does it take? Another sign-up note is on its way! >Carpal tunnel syndrome blowz. Have to agree. Have a job where I work on a PC most of the day, then playing guitar a couple hours at night is hell on my wrists. >Now, if I could get that bastard Buck Stodgers to give back my damned >Zippo. Hey now, if you valued the thing so much, it wouldn't have felt so neglected and hopped into my pocket. :) And if I'm a bastard, who's my father? >Another band from LI, right? Queens perhaps? Great guitar work on >Africa... Steve Lukather rox nadz. > I always though White was, and Black was the absence of any color :) Doubting me Mr. Parmet? What are those government training classes doing to your brain? :) Someone one back me up on this. I remember it from Physics. Thanking the man who created the pastrami omelette, Andrew Forcier a.k.a. Buck Stodgers ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 14:58:29 -0400 From: Eric Rodger To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Production value. Message-ID: >My question: >I feel that "Awake" is one of the best produced rock albums I own. >Especially compared to the "give me more compression" >sound of the 90's. It is hard hitting, clean, execellently mixed, >with a huge sound. Are these new sessions under the same producer >and engineer as the "Awake" sessions? > >Glad to be aboard the Ytse Welcome to the YtseJam. I also agree that the production on Awake is among the finest I've ever heard, and better than the production on Images and Words because the drums were not triggerred on Awake. ACOS is also a slightly weaker production IMO, but that could be because of the snare drum. I know that thread has come up a million times, but that piccolo snare just ruins the song for me. The new album will NOT be produced by the Awake producers (there were 2 for Awake, although their names escape me). The new album will be produced by the same guy who produced Aerosmith's latest album (although his name escapes me also). If you need any help with these abbreviations, or any other questions in general, email me directly at email_address_removed. KAI ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 15:06:04 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mr. B" To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Top 5 Singres Message-ID: This message is just going to any newbies and any that have forgotten: I'm pretty sure that there is a ytsejam rule that we can't post top 5's anymore. So please knock it off. No one cares anyway. Brandon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 97 12:46:04 PST8 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re[2]: veterans Message-ID: >I don't believe the first Ytsecon happened until 1995. Awake came out in >Oct. 1994, and I thought it preceeded the first ytsecon. I could be >wrong. >KAI Yeah, you are correct... The first Ytsecon was in May or June of 1995.. My memory is fading fast! ... So that means that I joined probably in late 1994 or thereabouts... So you were on about a year ahead of me... >ps. I think I joined right after you Mike, sometime in late '93. I can >distictly remember seeing Eric Moegling's 'key of Z - circle of fifths' >signature file, and I think he's still around. Who was the guy from Texas >who used to tape all the shows down there, was his name Brian Cox or >something like that? What ever happened to him? Yeah, that was Brian Cox, I think he is still around...somewhere... Maybe not on this list anymore, but a while back I think he gave out some info on a Texas local band called Tellus... >And Mike Burstin? Last I checked, his web page is still up...but that's about all I know... ~Mike ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 23:08:09 +0300 (EET DST) From: Karri K Kiviluoma To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Roy Z 'n stuff... Message-ID: Hey. Sorry I deleted the original post and can't remember the posters name. I'm a couple of 'jams behind so this might come abit late too... > has anyone else > seen any TV ads using Rock tracks? The one that stands out for me (UK tv) is > an ad for Lucozade and they had Daley Thompson in it (who was a Olympic Gold > Decathlete in '84 and '88) and they used the real fast bit at the start of > "Phantom of the Opera" by Maiden. Hell yeah. This was before I was turned into a Maiden freak and I only heard them once or twice when my brother played the records. I saw this commercial and the music was maddeningly familiar. (And way cool too, of course) It drove me nuts! But then I got into the music and discovered this AWESOME (no kidding!) song. > > Bruce Dickinson - Accident at Birth. > 9.5/10 > I dont know if this Cd has had a worldwide release yet but its been out since I don't really know if this has been out here, but it's in my to-get list, with big red line under it. And after this review I'm drooliug my head off... And ofcourse I'm totally broke, and no money to come in the foreseeable future. Well, maybe I'll go to Mape's and tape all the cd's I want, and wait for better days to get the discs. ;) As for Roy Z... He was in Bruce's second solo album 'Balls to Picasso'. I don't know much of the technical stuff, but IMO this guy has loads of (raw?) talent and isn't afraid to try different stuff. To me he also has an easily distinguished tone, kinda ala Reb Beach. (I don't really like Winger, but his playing just gives me the creeps.) In short: I'm glad he's the other guitarist... (Well maybe Dave Murray would have been a dream come true, but you can't have everything =) Toodles, Karri email_address_removed.fi PS: I know the 'jam is kinda painful to read sometimes, but is it really THAT hard to skip the uninteresting parts? Besides I think there still is the Metropolis list if you like your DT content without sidedishes. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:33:38 -0400 From: Eric Rodger To: email_address_removed Subject: DT not on the favorite live list Message-ID: >He also posted his list >of bands he'd like to see play in what he called the "ultimate concert" >once and guess what, no DT. So why do we have non-DT fans spewing this >crap on our list? I think everyone on this list has heard of Fates before, >we don't need a message every jam plus a 1-page .sig to remind us that they >exist. > >Maybe I'm being unreasonable, but personally I take it as an insult to DT >when someone comes onto a mailing list for *DT* fans, and lists their 10 >favourite prog bands, none of which is DT. That list of favorite bands to see live specifically excluded DT, being that this is the DT list, everyone assumed they would be first and foremost. I remember seeing the request for such lists, and it explicitly said 'other than Dream Theater.' This could be the reason they were excluded. I believe this person is a DT fan, and not just using this list to promote other prog bands. Calm down. KAI ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:43:46 -0400 From: Eric Rodger To: email_address_removed Subject: arastar and ax Message-ID: > I've been lurking on and off since arastar, I took 6 months off >between the move from arastar to ax, and resubbed when ACoS came out (I >think.). > This can't be right. When ACOS came out, the list was still on arastar. Shortly after the release of ACOS, I UNsubbed for about a year, and when I tried to get back on the 'jam, I couldn't find it anywhere. Finally, after two months of searching (passive searching I might add), someone pointed me to ax. KAI ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:10:42 -0500 (CDT) From: alex fraser To: "Ytsejam International House of Pancakes (and Mailing List)" Subject: ax vs. arastar Message-ID: just to clear up any possible confusion: the last jam (1257) to eminate from arastar came forth on the 13th Day of February, 1996 (Which was a Tuesday). it contained Bafu Spice's little commentary on life entitled "Everything I need to know I learned in Ytsejam" how do i know such things? well, i still have the jam... oh yah, that proves that the move was after ACoS, which was out in the fall of 95... D-Man, get back on the horse already... well, maybe not the horse, since the ride's all bumpy and might cause the need to urinate... but get well, K? peace and love and shit, id ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 14:16 -0700 (MST) From: "Edwin Voras" To: Ytsejam Subject: Enchant, Megadeath in PHX. Message-ID: <19970523211716.AAB14433@localHost> Two things Today. 1) Got the new Enchant Tuesday and after several listens must say I am quite impressed. Much musical growth from the last one, not that it wasn't really good IMHO, but this one seems alot more cohesive and well written. Alot of variety also. Not real heavy though if thats what you're looking for but if you like like good, I hate to say it, "Prog" then I highly recommend it. 2) Any of you Jammers going to Megadeath here in Phoenix that want to meet before or after the show just E-mail me 'cause I'll be there. Later, Ed ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 14:24:47 -0700 (MST) From: durnik To: email_address_removed Subject: Female Singers.... Message-ID: I don't think singer gender is really an issue. I mean, think about it... many of us Jammers are huge fans of Tori Amos. - Mike Bahr - email_address_removed - http://www.goodnet.com/~durnik ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 14:28:25 -0700 (MST) From: durnik To: email_address_removed Subject: The Lost World Message-ID: Saw the sneak last night. It's pretty good as movies go. Nothing spectacular... nothing I'll be buying on LD/DVD. And it has jack shit to do with the book, so don't go expecting even a remotely similar plot. I think the book was a lot less hokey at times. But I can't fault the action scenes in this version of the film... - Mike Bahr - email_address_removed - http://www.goodnet.com/~durnik ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 14:37:59 -0700 From: Adam Barnhart To: email_address_removed Subject: The Cone of Silence... Message-ID: Hmmm...this one is post-sorting through a dozen digests or so. I get too damn much mail sometimes.... 1) I'm not a big fan of rap music, generally speaking, but it has its strong points. I rather LIKE some bands that have incorporated the style into their music...you can find rapping on albums by Living Colour, Faith No More, Urban Dance Squad (obviously...)...well, this actually could turn into quite the long list. Remember that Run DMC, for example, already updated rap that existed in the Aerosmith canon, Rush has done "Roll The Bones," and our beloved Dream Theater has sampled a little, though James isn't likely to become MJ James anytime soon, as far as I can tell. The notion that rap is without pitch and, hence, without melody isn't exactly accurate. It's the difference, for example, between "perfect pitch" and "absolute pitch"...being able to hum a note from memory and being able to hear the overtones created by a running river, for example. That point aside, sprechstimme, or using a pitched voice, is something that's been used in "classical" music over the last century or so. Basically speaking, a voice, even a spoken one, has pitch. Part of how we create coversational flow is via changes in volume and pitch. Rappers often emphasize these attributes even more, to create something that is at least somewhat melodic, if it isn't exactly Placido Domingo or Jessye Norman. 2) No top anything lists, right? Okay. I'll rephrase all of this, couch it in something else. Contemporary music has brought us a host of good vocalists. Some personal favorites: Geoff Tate, Ray Alder, David Coverdale, Linda Thompson. B.B. King always sounds tremendous, though his range isn't anything to speak of. Geddy Lee's sounded awfully good after the last few albums, and, prior to "Hold Your Fire" or so, he was certainly an interesting vocalist. Sam and Dave are always fun for me to listen to. And, of course, the golden throat of Mr. LaBrie, who, I'd still assert, is one of the best working. Adam D. Barnhart email_address_removed email_address_removed http://www.cfmc.com/adamb ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 14:43:31 -0700 From: Chris Oates To: email_address_removed Subject: dsfkj;klj Message-ID: Al -- what's this about Gwen from No Doubt being your HO? I thought the rap thread was dead ... The color issue: In light, white is the combination of all other colors. In pigments, it's black. So yer both right. Add like KAI, I also have been trying to remember the name of the server before arastar. I'm another old school from fall of '93. __ /\ __ __\/__\/__ ~Chris \_||_/ http://www2.ucsc.edu/people/aspect/ /__||__\ // \ | \\ "Let nothing bleed into nothing, and did nothing at all" \| Jim Matheos, Fates Warning, "A Pleasant Shade of Gray" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 17:49:56 -0400 From: Carlos Alfaro To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: The Lost World Message-ID: durnik wrote: > > Saw the sneak last night. It's pretty good as movies go. Nothing > spectacular... nothing I'll be buying on LD/DVD. > > And it has jack shit to do with the book, so don't go expecting > even a remotely similar plot. I think the book was a lot less hokey at > times. But I can't fault the action scenes in this version of the film... > > - Mike Bahr - email_address_removed - http://www.goodnet.com/~durnik yeah man.. they threw the book ... hehe... -- "At the edge of chaos, unexpected outcomes occur. The risk to survival is severe." Ian Malcolm http://premium.caribe.net/~calfaro mailto:email_address_removed mailto:email_address_removed ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2584 **************************