YTSEJAM digest 1861

From: ytsejam@ax.com
Date: Sun Sep 22 1996 - 20:47:37 EDT

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    Today's Topics:

      1) what i think
     by RipZero <ripzero@dreamt.org>
      2) *** NEWSFLASH ***
     by Mark Bredius <bredius@globalxs.nl>
      3) Re: Mindcrimer
     by Richard Harris <Richard_Harris@brown.edu>
      4) Innovation?
     by zack@lsil.com (Zack Gemmill)
      5) dt tree, when a band is not a band
     by Jennifer <jenibear@gvn.net>
      6) mindcrimer v. portnoy
     by jazzmin@pop1.backbone.ou.edu
      7) Re: Time Machine / ANGRA
     by blane@nla.gov.au
      8) need info about techie stuff
     by jazzmin@pop1.backbone.ou.edu
      9) Altura and Magna Carta
     by Ryan Good <rtgood@students.wisc.edu>
     10) RE:Mindcrimer rips on Mike P. read and laugh.
     by Matt Mommaerts <mattymo@inxpress.net>
     11) This dick Mindcrimer needs a life./ Does anyone know how to contact Superior?
     by Cam Hall <mosh@hotmail.com>
     12) Vinnie Moore (fwd)
     by Stephen Daedalus <Mathew.J.Birskovich@williams.edu>
     13) Ticketmaster.... (NDTC)
     by Mark Stahl <stahl@primenet.com>
     14) NDTC: Rush tix on sale when?
     by "Damon M. Fibraio" <s0067977@hawkmail.monmouth.edu>
     15) What happened to echolyn
     by "Damon M. Fibraio" <s0067977@hawkmail.monmouth.edu>
     16) Re: Mindcrimer rips on Mike P. read and laugh.
     by "Damon M. Fibraio" <s0067977@hawkmail.monmouth.edu>
     17) Re: YTSEJAM digest 1858
     by "Damon M. Fibraio" <s0067977@hawkmail.monmouth.edu>

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    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 16:41:11 -0500
    From: RipZero <ripzero@dreamt.org>
    To: Heavy Metal Computer Nerds <ytsejam@ax.com>
    Subject: what i think
    Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960922214111.006fea8c@mail.inlink.com>

    hell, i dont know who mindcrimer is, where to address him, but i'd put a few
    cents in on he's probably a drummer... he's probably just jealous to hell
    of mike portnoy. as far as the rambo machine gunning goes.. someone just
    pays a little too much attention to whats going on and doesnt just sit back
    and enjoy the tunes. actually mindcrimer reminds me of yngwie malmsteen as
    far as attitude goes... he made pretty much the same comments yngwie did in
    his I&W review too... hell, he's probably just a pissed off plagarist with
    nothing better to do than quote YM :)
                                                    ~Rip

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    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 23:47:33 +-200
    From: Mark Bredius <bredius@globalxs.nl>
    To: "'The Ytsejam'" <ytsejam@ax.com>
    Subject: *** NEWSFLASH ***
    Message-ID: <01BBA8E0.762382C0@Tuvok.startrek.GlobalXS.nl>

    Remember my monthly "Most Frequent Poster List" ?

    Well, from now on you'll be able to find it on my HOMEPAGE, instead of
    on this mailinglist... This allows me to make the ENTIRE list available
    (*everyone* who posted the month before) AND add some extra features !

    When *I* post to this mailinglist, my message says :

    > From: Mark Bredius <bredius@GlobalXS.nl>

    The "Most Frequent Poster List" will display my name (Mark Bredius)
    and will use my e-mail address (bredius@GlobalXS.nl) as a 'mailto:'
    link. This means you'll be able to mail ANYONE on the list by simply
    clicking their names ! This way you can use it as an 'address book',
    *or* to thank them for (over)posting ! ;-)

    If you want a DIFFERENT name to appear on the list, just put a
    "NAME:<different_name>" line ANYWHERE in your message, for example :

    NAME:Mark 'Itchy' Bredius

    This is very helpful when you're using someone else's account.
    (for instance you parent's account or an account from work)

    If you want the list to have a link to your homepage, just put an
    "URL:<your_homepage> in the next message you send to the mailinglist :

    URL:http://www.globalxs.nl/home/b/bredius/

    You can also use the "NAME:" option for a description of your homepage :

    NAME:Itchy's Homepage !!!
    URL:http://www.globalxs.nl/home/b/bredius/

    These options could possibly make the "Most Frequent Poster List"
    the biggest Ytsejammer-Homepage jumpstation on the web !!!

    In order for this to work, you only have to include these options
    in your messages ONCE A MONTH. So if you post 3 times this month,
    you only have to put those options into ONE of your messages...
    You could, of course, put them in your sig if you want to...

    Oh yeah, I didn't put together the "Most Frequent Poster List" so
    people can compete over the number one spot... I mean, if you're
    gonna post *anyway*, you might as well have some fun with it :-)
    Originally, I came up with the list so people could see just how
    *much* they posted, and possibly post *less* because of that...

    I hope you guys like this idea. I already put up last months "Most
    Frequent Post List", so check it out :-) Let me know what you think
    by signing my guestbook :-) Enjoy !

    Mark
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    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 18:09:48 -0400
    From: Richard Harris <Richard_Harris@brown.edu>
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: Re: Mindcrimer
    Message-ID: <199609222211.SAA04446@golden.brown.edu>

    Mindcrimer wrote:

    > If you listen
    >to 'Pull Me Under', 'Take the Time', 'Metropolis I', and 'Under a
    >Glass Moon', you can clearly hear the overexcessive, hot dog,
    >showboat, annoying, machine gun drumming.

            I like his use of double bass and fast fills, which is what I assume
    that you mean by "Machine Gun Drumming." Yes, it can be construed as
    overplaying. But, I think that part of the Dream Theater experience is the
    enjoyment gained by listening to the individual performances by each player,
    as well as the song as a whole. In other words, the spotlight is to be
    shared within the group, not relegated to the guitarists and the singer, as
    in most other heavy acts. Apparently, though, you don't share this opinion,
    which is fine. But, you have to realize that there are people who get very
    defensive about the music they listen to, and when you use terms like "hot
    dog" drumming to describe the style of the drummer who they love, you have
    to be prepared for flames like "you suck......," because you strike an
    emotional chord. The best way to state a dissenting opinion is to avoid the
    hot-button, instant flame words. Other than that, you have clearly
    explained why you don't like Mike Portnoy, and hopefully that will be the
    end. If you do, however, enjoy flamewars, you could try using the
    newsgroup, alt.flames. Sayonara Mindcrimer-san.

                                     Rick

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    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 96 15:18:07 PDT
    From: zack@lsil.com (Zack Gemmill)
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: Innovation?
    Message-ID: <9609222218.AA18966@tengs1>

    >Oh, do tell me how either of those two are innovators. There have
    >been sloppy guitarists that play little else than type I or II barre
    >chords and fifths since long before those guys were born. I would
    >really like to know what makes players like them innovative. Could
    >it be that they're innovative because they played their music when
    >MTV saw the possibility to create a trend? Or do you honestly
    >believe that it's the artists that create the trend, and not the
    >companies with the $$$ and the people who give the exposure?

    >i'm willing to bet even record companies arent stupid shit enough to just
    pull out a non talented form of music and make it popular...

            Disco.

    >implying that the fans are a bunch of mindless trend followers

            Disco.

    >isnt right, there's a lot of bright people who enjoy the music simply
    because its fun.

            Disco!

    Zach

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    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 96 15:47:48 -0000
    From: Jennifer <jenibear@gvn.net>
    To: "Ytsejam Mailing List" <ytsejam@ax.com>
    Subject: dt tree, when a band is not a band
    Message-ID: <199609222246.PAA00786@pawn.ax.com>

    jazzmin wrote the following in Ytsejam #1853:

    >Pink Floyd as it is known today may not have any of the originals, or only
    >one, I forget if Nick/Rick is/are still with them or not. David Gilmore
    >replaced Syd Barrett, Roger split in '89...

    Roger was gone long before '89. Roger's last album with the band was
    "The Final Cut." In fact, I'd heard band members themselves say that
    "Wish You Were Here" should have been entitled "Wish *We* Were Here."
    Anyhow, if the Rick you're speaking of is Wright...yes, he's still with
    the band.

    Jen

     o.-.o For millions of years mankind lived just like animals
     ((^)) Then something happened which unleashed the power of our
    imagination
    O) _ (O
     O/ \O We learned to talk (Gilmour/Samson)
              

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    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 96 17:45:39 -0500
    From: jazzmin@pop1.backbone.ou.edu
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: mindcrimer v. portnoy
    Message-ID: <3245c18f2d5c002@cliff.ou.edu>

    >from MINDCRIMER

    >First of all, Petrucci is a great guitarist, and if the band would
    >look to him as a leader and let the songs be based on his own rythms,
    >they would be better off.

    Sez hoo that they don't? Or that Petrucci doesn't solicit the opinions of
    the band?

    > The keyboard player doesn't need to be sharing leads with the guy.

    ..except that Kevin Moore wrote the music.

    > The guitar should lead.

    I suspect that this person plays the guitar. What about the bass? He
    didn't say one thing about Myung.

    >completely ruined by Portnoy's selfish attitude towards demanding that
    >he be upfront and doing all that unnecessary crap. I even feel like
    >Petrucci was forced to follow the drums in some of his writing.

    .. Why, oh why, does this bring Charles Manson to mind?

    > I also cannot call him Peartnoy anymore
    >because his style is nothing like Peart's. Not at all. Peart knows
    >how to show his skills without killing the song, Portnoy doesn't.

    Well, that's a good thing, too, since his name is PORT-noy, yagodda say it
    with that Long Island accent, too.

    >1. Pull Me Under- Great guitar work, some of which is drownded out by
    >the keyboards in the intro of the song. Would be very good if it

    .."drownded"?

    >7. Wait for Sleep- The most beautiful song on the album. So simple
    >with good melody. THE DRUMMER DOES NOT EVEN PLAY.(hint)

    Yeh, well, okay.

    >8. Learning to Live- 11 minutes of long boring solos and the melody
    >is poor. The reintroduction of the Wait for Sleep piano lead is not
    >needed.

    For that matter, music itself is not "needed"... but aesthetically pleasing.
    This song is the one that takes the most appreciation, IMHO, since it is in
    reality 5 songs only loosely joined together through music (Or I am thinking
    that it is the one where each member took off and wrote a section). Not
    boring, just ... disjointed.

    Upon hearing this album for the first time (how long ago!) I thought that
    they'd gotten much more relaxed than from When Dream and Day Unite. Most of
    all I liked the disappearance of Charlie Dominici's strained-at vocals (was
    he trying to be Robert Plant or what?). KJLB's smooth vocals are STILL
    ear-candy, I love this album! The point here (from which I digressed) being
    that I&W is a much more mature album and shows some growth and restraint on
    the part of the band. The song length could be worked on, and has been; we
    have heard them tighten up their songs and put more meaningful passages in
    where previously they had rambled a bit, much like this post.

    But my question is, "how can someone named Mindcrimer be complaining about
    machine-gun drumming after listening to pre-Empire Queensry:che???" (can't
    forget that hokey Umlaut over the Y. "Early Pretentious", said my huz, when
    I asked him what language that was from.)

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    Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 08:43:44 +0000
    From: blane@nla.gov.au
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: Re: Time Machine / ANGRA
    Message-ID: <199609222246.IAA17361@email.nla.gov.au>

    Lo Jammers,

    This will be short and sorta sweet/

    >
    >Does anyone here like ANGRA ??? Anyone ???
    >
    >Frederico

    Yerp Angra fully rock. I definitely recommend any die hard prog fan
    to have a listen to 'holy land', it may just blow you away.

    Brett

    ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Brett Lane blane@nla.gov.au
    CSC Australia Phone: +61 6 262 1659
    A Unit of Computer Sciences Corporation FAX: +61 6 273 2116

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    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 96 17:58:00 -0500
    From: jazzmin@pop1.backbone.ou.edu
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: need info about techie stuff
    Message-ID: <3245c4583112002@cliff.ou.edu>

    I'd like to get my own equipment, been borrowing someone else's for practise
    and don't like it. To avoid biasing the replies, I won't give the brand
    names, half of 'em I am not sure of anyhow (duct-taped together, spliced,
    yada yada).

    It occurs to me to note that I'm a 3-octave soprano I. Might be helpful.

    The geeks at the music store just try to sell the most expensive thing, and
    suggest that I RENT a sound system when we're ready to play a show! Uh,
    excuse me McFly, has anyone heard of PRACTISING???

    So. I wanna mike and PA and whatever else goes with that, preferably
    something small enough to fit into my living room (well, the guitars have
    amps, and those are itty!). Preferably portable-ish, of course mobile homes
    are portable (especially by tornadoes ha ha), but I'm thinking small enough
    for a Mercury Topaz trunk.

    Seeing that I don't have a working band this is not a priority (if anyone's
    interested in GETTING TOGETHER and you're in an hour's radius of OKC email
    me! Tulsa even!), but I'd like to know from people who use the stuff what
    sort of equipment I'd like to go after.

    ALSO, if anyone knows of a mail order catalogue for musicians, PLEASE tell
    me. I figure if Garth Brooks can get equipment (lived 15 miles or so from
    me ->IN ANOTHER CITY, mind you<-) around here, so can I. If those luser
    grunge-wanna-be bands (what an aspriation...) can get equipment, so can I.
    But I don't WANT to sound like a grunge band, I like a very clean sound...

    Feeling quite Oklahomish today (be afraid!)...

    jazzmin sommers
    jazzmin@ou.edu

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    Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 05:25:17 -0500
    From: Ryan Good <rtgood@students.wisc.edu>
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: Altura and Magna Carta
    Message-ID: <199609222320.SAA100439@audumla.students.wisc.edu>

    I don't know but I must disagree with the person (sorry, I forgot the name)
    that says MC is corrupting ANYONE, let alone Altura. There's no way a label
    like Magna Carta is going to make a band sound like someone else. I can
    understand big major labels doing it, but Magna Carta? No one made World
    Trade or Enchant or Cairo sound like Dream Theater, and I believe no one
    made Altura sound like Dream Theater either. This is not an attack, by the
    way, just a disagreement. I *HOPE* MC does nothing like that.
    __________________________________________________
    "A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver,
    the separation between himself and the artist."
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    __________________________________________________

    Ryan Good - Madison Student Radio; Music Stapher
    the Official Madison Progressive Rock Monster
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    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 18:16:11 -0500 (CDT)
    From: Matt Mommaerts <mattymo@inxpress.net>
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: RE:Mindcrimer rips on Mike P. read and laugh.
    Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19960922182802.28d7daac@inxpress.net>

    >What
    >this band should do is get the drummer to tone it down bigtime or get
    >a new drummer, period. The rest is tolerable. If you let Petrucci
    >write the songs and work the rest of the lyrics and music around his
    >guitar leads combined with normal drumming, you have a winner. Now,
    >go get your CD and listen to those four tracks. I dare you to tell me
    >that you can't hear that machine gun.

    yea, I can hear the machine gun, and that's what I like about it! But to
    each their own... I wonder what this guy normally likes to listen to!

    Well, a few good things have come across the old CD player at the radio
    station lately....

    Steve Vai.... If you like DT, you'll like this.
    Overdose.... If you like Sepultura, you'll like this.
    Galactic Cowboys... nuff said... they have an EP out soon... with "Fear Not"
    with a Kiss cover, Beatles cover, an unreleased track and two live tracks....

    that's it for now....

    P.S. Just saw Styx/Kansas last Friday... whoa... what an awesome show!
    They were right on... It was Chuck Panozzo's birthday, and would have been
    John's too I guess... sigh... Man, I hope they tour again!

    P.P.S. And two weeks ago, I got to see Jethro Tull/ELP... Gosh... another
    great show!! But ELP seemed bored.... Wasn't like the Black Moon tour...
    But it's still great to see them live!

    Well, that's enough.... (Back to lurk mode)

    matt

    [***Mattymo sets mode +lurk]

    mattymo@inxpress.net
    Personal Home Page: http://www.inxpress.net/~mattymo
    WORT-FM Mosh Pit page: http://www.inxpress.net/~mattymo/moshpit

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    Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 20:50:45 +1100
    From: Cam Hall <mosh@hotmail.com>
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: This dick Mindcrimer needs a life./ Does anyone know how to contact Superior?
    Message-ID: <30E7AE75.2C9C@hotmail.com>

    >All jammers: Just got this off of the queensryche newsgroup. Yep,
    >the infamous mindcrimer is at it again. This time he really rips on
    >Mike P..... The problem with
    >this band is (and this is a big problem) the drummer. If you listen
    >to 'Pull Me Under', 'Take the Time', 'Metropolis I', and 'Under a
    >Glass Moon', you can clearly hear the overexcessive, hot dog,
    >showboat, annoying, machine gun drumming. If you can't hear what I'm
    >talking about, please see the ear doctor. Those four songs are
    >completely ruined by Portnoy's selfish attitude towards demanding that
    >he be upfront and doing all that unnecessary crap.

    Well one things for certain Queensryche haven't put out a decent album
    since Operation Mindcrime which was exceptional as were most of their
    stuff up to that point. I can't see how this dick can critique DT's
    music when the band he's into lost it years ago. As a jammer stated
    here a few months ago: Compared to a few years ago Geoff Tate can't
    cut it live like he used to and that James Labrie is the heir apparent
    for Geoff Tate if you want a great live vocal performance.
    The other thing I don't understand is why when musicans get a little
    older why is it that they 1. Cut their hair 2. Wimp out 3. Get more
    commercial? Some or all of these categories apply to Metallica and
    Queensryche. Dream Theater should be applauded for keeping their
    integrity. Many Jammers are wondering and hoping that DT will be
    mega popular. Think again. How would you react if in 5 years time
    Mike P took this dicks advice and lost the passion in his playing
    DT would then release their equivalent of Metallica's Load the
    biggest load of shit that they have ever put out. I think its cool
    that DT do not kow tow to the record company execs. When Metallica
    got their big record contract 10 years ago they promised they would
    not wimp out and bare their ass to no record exec but they have.
    As for drummers being upfront well DT is unique in that the usual
    stereotype that you're the guitarist or singer therefore you're the
    god of the band type bullshit doesn't apply here leaving out the
    equally creative bass and drummer and keys to contribute their talent.
    Thankfully thats exactly what gives DT their unique appeal.
    Give us this dicks E-mail address he needs to be flamed!!!
    If thats not possible, somebody drop this E-mail into his box for
    me to remind him of his transgressions.

    Finally I've been trying to E-mail Bernd Basmer of Superior at his
    German E-mail address but haven't heard from him. Well they're
    currently playing shows in Germany. Has anyone on the JAM been in
    contact with him recently. I have sent heaps of E-mail over the
    last few months with no reply. If anyone has been in contact and
    know of any way I can contact him please let me know on the Jam
    or by E-mail. Thanx CAM

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    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 19:50:12 -0400 (EDT)
    From: Stephen Daedalus <Mathew.J.Birskovich@williams.edu>
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: Vinnie Moore (fwd)
    Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.960922194912.6027K-100000@colrain.williams.edu>

    I tried this guys personal adress and it didn't work so here's them letter
    going to everyone. Sorry.
    Matt B

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 19:35:57 -0400 (EDT)
    From: Stephen Daedalus <99mjb@colrain.williams.edu>
    To: vantin@infinity.com.br
    Subject: Vinnie Moore

    Greetings friend,
         I'm a new jammer and got your post. The title of the last Moore
    release is Meltdown and it is the most impressive albom to date. He
    focuses on penatonics a lot more, which make his amazing sweeps and
    picking runs all that much more impressive when they come. His tone is
    amazing. I met him over the summer at a free guitar clinic in California.
    He's a cool guy with a good sense of humor. Anyway, happy listening.
    Take care and be well.
    Matt B

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    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 16:56:10 -0700
    From: Mark Stahl <stahl@primenet.com>
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: Ticketmaster.... (NDTC)
    Message-ID: <3245D21A.124D@primenet.com>

    I was wondering if anybodt knew if you order tickets over the phone
    through ticketmaster when they sent them to you. Do they send them
    immediately or do they wait till a week or two before the show and them
    mail them out. Any info would be appreciated.

    -mark

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    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 96 20:06:13 EDT
    From: "Damon M. Fibraio" <s0067977@hawkmail.monmouth.edu>
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: NDTC: Rush tix on sale when?
    Message-ID: <9609230006.AA18456@hawkmail.monmouth.edu>

    Hey, guys. It's time to ask the following question. Does anybody know when
    tickets for the Spectrum Show in Philadelphia for rush are going on sale? Or
    the East Rutherford show, in NJ? I checked tickbastard web site
    WWW.ticketmaster.com and nothing. What do you all know?

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    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 96 20:28:29 EDT
    From: "Damon M. Fibraio" <s0067977@hawkmail.monmouth.edu>
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: What happened to echolyn
    Message-ID: <9609230028.AA00187@hawkmail.monmouth.edu>

    Hey, guys. Am I the only person who thinks what happened to Echolyn sucks
    hard? I mean, Sony signs the band. What the hell did they think? They think
    Echolyn was going to go alternative? The knew what they had signed. Then,
    they don't promote As the World, so of course it won't sell. Then when it
    doesn't sell, Sony vomits them out? Not only that, but Sony holds the rights
    to Ehcolyn's material and we can't even get that released on a wide scale?
    Sony broke up Echolyn, a fine prog rock band that had more than enough
    potential if only they would've been given a chance to develope it more. Sony
    broke up Echolyn. Now, I may have my facts screwed up, and if I do, I am
    sorry. But does this make you sick? It makes me sick. Everytime I read
    something about Echolyn and the disillusionment of that fine band, I want to
    regurgitate what I ate here, although I don't have to think of Echolyn to
    want to do that, the food blows goats here. Anyway, I digress. Does anybody
    feel the way I do? I don't know, I just wish that there was something we as
    fans could do to impress upon Sony, and other record companies that prog rock
    is just as viable an art form as the mediorcity that they sell millions of
    copies of. I mean, these record companies market jazz, don't they? Do they
    really expect jazz records to go platinum. They don't, but jazz still sells
    and believe it or not, is a more respected for mof music than rock. God, it
    makes me sick.

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    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 96 20:36:33 EDT
    From: "Damon M. Fibraio" <s0067977@hawkmail.monmouth.edu>
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: Re: Mindcrimer rips on Mike P. read and laugh.
    Message-ID: <9609230036.AA30567@hawkmail.monmouth.edu>

    Dusty, why oh why do you send us this stuff? You are only going to start
    another war. Now, onto mindcrimer directly.

    I have previously stated that this guy doesn't know the workings of
    progressive music. don't play this guy anything that involves complexity, he
    can't mentally adjust to it. His comments on MP make sense, if you don't like
    prog. Of course, he may actually be referring to the triggered drums as
    opposed to the drums themselves, but his statements that MP overplays are
    garbage. Truthfully, so what if he overplays. If he was the only one, the
    songs would suck. But, let's face it. Everybody shreds and therefore there is
    no inballance of overplaying. His comments on keyboards sharing the lead with
    guitar and how he doesn't like it don't even make any sense. Why shouldn't
    the keyboards and guitar share lead? He never says. All he says is that he
    don't like it. So, jammers, and DT, you should all conform to what HE likes.
    At least he produced evidence to back up his ill-conceived opinion. Somebody
    send me his email address. I want to give the boy an education on progressive
    rock. HEEHEEHEE.

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    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 96 20:40:23 EDT
    From: "Damon M. Fibraio" <s0067977@hawkmail.monmouth.edu>
    To: ytsejam@ax.com
    Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 1858
    Message-ID: <9609230040.AA09177@hawkmail.monmouth.edu>

    Frank, I was just making the point that original to me, meant the original
    members. Hell, how many bands go through lineup changes before even being
    signed? I mean, if we really wanted the original members of a band, let's go
    back to the basement/garage days and get those original members. I stand
    corrected on the Journey stuff, but Journey had a lot of hits before Escape,
    "Loving touching squeezing, Lights, anyawy you want it, ..." Oh well, I don't
    want to get into a debate over this, I have other things to argue about, like
    welfare. Back to work.

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