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IMPORTANT!!

Hey you! Just to let you know that fanzine 19 has been shipped and that the forthcoming issue will be right at its tail. And more important...this fanzine nr. 20 will contain your FREE Xmas CD!! Expect it January/February, so if you are not a member yet then you better subscribe and if you are a member...have you renewed your subscription? Mind you...it will be worth it!!

DTIFC

On december 18th, the year "2000 line" of Dream Theater rings will be a closed chapter, just to give birth to the new "2001" line in january.

So if you want to get your hand on one of these beauties, you should order now.

If you want to purchase a Dream Theater ring as an X-mas gift, check out the two special offers on the A.Thorulf Gold/Silverwear homepage.

(If you want to be sure to get your rings before X-mas, last chance to order is: December 2nd)

Cheers

A.Thorulf

Carrying the torch for progressive rock into the 21st century, Dream Theater remains one of the strongest, most consistent draws on the road. Watch them perform songs from their latest album, Scenes From a Memory, in this concert recorded at Maritime Hall in San Francisco

Hi all,
This is something I've been planning for a while and it now looks like it can be confirmed and announced....

The August 30th show at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City is set to be another major milestone show and very special night in DT's career...

(ala Images & Words tour - Limelight NYC March 1993, The Marquee London April 1993, Sun Plaza Tokyo August 1993/ Awake tour - Ronnie Scotts Fan Club show London January 1995/ Falling Into Infinity tour - Rotterdam Fan Club show/ Le Bataclan Paris July 1998)

The plans for the performance are this:
"An Evening With Dream Theater"
August 30th 2000 - Roseland Ballroom, New York City
No opening act - 2 sets with an intermission.
SFAM performed in its entirety for one of the very last times.
The show will be recorded for a *possible* Live DVD/Video/CD.

Important!

Methods of payment

Starting from September 1st 2000 the possibilities to pay your membership or Dreamshop orders will change! We have decided NOT to accept foreign checks any longer. This because our cash-in costs for these kind of checks are exceeding 40% of the total amount. The exceptions are Eurocheques (for Europe), Giro-checks (for Holland) and US checks that are sent to the US P.O Box. All other checks or US checks that are sent to Holland will be returned directly!

To offer an alternative we'll start with a new service, also from September 1st 2000. From that date it will be possible to pay with your VISA credit card, EuroCard or MasterCard. We can't offer this service on-line (yet), but only by fax.

Send a fax to (00) 31 345 599 132 with the following details:

- Your name and full address
- Your credit card number and expire date (VISA, EuroCard or MasterCard only!)
- Your membership number (to be found on the address sticker on the envelope)
- Your signature

We shall cash in the amount at VISA, EuroCard or MasterCard and after we receive it your payment is completed.

Of course it remains possible to pay by a money transfer on our bank account or by sending cash. However, when sending cash, we inform you of the fact that it frequently happens that the envelope doesn't arrive, resulting in a painful situation where you have to pay for your order or membership a second time! So always send this by Registered Mail!

DTIFC

VERY IMPORTANT NEWS!!

We'd like to introduce a new membership-administrator. From NOW on all questions about your membership, renewal and changes of address should be directed to him. This to achieve a quicker and more accurate way of handling your questions. Furthermore we ask you to please add as much details as possible in terms of address, phone-number, date of birth etc. when corresponding with us (letters, e-mails, money transfers) with the most important thing being YOUR MEMBERSHIP NUMBER, which you find on the address sticker on the envelope!
Contact person for all of the above is John van Empel. He can be reached through empel32@zonnet.nl

thanks
DTIFC

"Originally formed in 1988 under the name Majesty, the members of Dream Theater met while attending the Berklee School of music. Through the years they have managed to generate a dedicated fan base that has embraced their consistently unique progressive rock. Always known for avoiding trends and following their own plan, Dream Theater have survived the fads of pop music by staying true to the sounds that got them started. Don't miss this HOB.com 24 Hour Pay-Per-View Cybercast of Dream Theater recorded live at the House of Blues on March 3, 2000."

"Originally formed in 1988 under the name Majesty, the members of Dream Theater met while attending the Berklee School of music. Through the years they have managed to generate a dedicated fan base that has embraced their consistently unique progressive rock. Always known for avoiding trends and following their own plan, Dream Theater have survived the fads of pop music by staying true to the sounds that got them started. Don't miss this HOB.com 24 Hour Pay-Per-View Cybercast of Dream Theater recorded live at the House of Blues on March 3, 2000."

Dream Theater Video Interview
Thurs, January 20th, 9:00 PM EST

Link to event:
http://www.sonicnet.com/channels

New York prog-metal band Dream Theater's latest effort, Scenes From A Memory was released in a shroud of mystery. Hear the band share secrets about the new release, their outlooks on life and future plans

"Dream Theater Frontman John Petrucci

Guitar.com presents Dream Theater's John Petrucci, the amazing technical guitar master who leads this dynamic thrash-influenced progressive rock band into the sonic fray. Join John online on Friday, December 10th at 9pET/6pPT."

PRESS RELEASE EVENT INFO:
Dream Theater Chat!
Tue, October 26, 11:00 PM EDT

http://www.sonicnet.com/channels

New York's leading prog-rockers return with Scenes From A Memory on Elektra Records. Chat with the band "live" from the SonicNet Studios and hear about their new release, outlooks on life and future plans.

Sweden - March 17
Denmark - out now
Italy - March 10
Switzerland - March 10
The Netherlands - March 24
Germany - March 27
France - March 31

1. Through Her Eyes (Radio Edit)
   
2. Through Her Eyes (Alternate Album Mix)
   
3. Home (Live)
   
4. When Images and Words Unite (Live medley)
   
   1. Pull Me Under
   2. Under A Glass Moon
   3. A Fortune In Lies
   4. Only a Matter of Time
   5. Take The Time

Currently in production for commercial release in Europe and Japan very soon is a new Dream Theater CD Single featuring "Through Her Eyes"

The track listing is set to be:
1. Through Her Eyes (Radio Edit)
2. Through Her Eyes (Alternate Album Mix)
3. Home (Live)
4. When Images and Words Unite (Live medley)

It is possible that the japanese version will also contain the radio edit for Home...

The 2 live tracks were recorded this past November in Brussels, Belgium....

Details of the exact release date as well as the specific countries that it will be available in are to come.....

MP

1. Regression
2. Overture 1928
3. Strange Deja Vu
4. Through My Words
5. Fatal Tragedy
6. Beyond This Life
7. Through Her Eyes
8. Home
9. The Dance of Eternity
10. One Last Time
11. The Spirit Carries On
12. Finally Free

The first single from Dream Theater's upcoming "Scenes From A Memory" CD is the track "HOME". It will be available to US rock radio for impact beginning on Monday October 11th 1999. If you'd like to hear it, call your local station and DEMAND it!!!!

Hi all,
As of this moment,
the official release date of the new Dream Theater Cd is Tuesday, October 19th, 1999

Hopefully it will remain on schedule....
MP

Hi all,
We are back from an incredibly exausting trip in & out of Korea for the live debut of "Dream Theater 2000"!
Well, the whole experience was nothing short of unusual....

For starters, this was the very 1st Rock festival EVER in the country of Korea.
(which also made it the "biggest" concert event as well..)
Given the inexperience of handling such an event, we went in expecting the worst of conditions....and we weren't too far off in expectations!!
It was like a war-zone!!!
And to make matters absolutely worse, there was a typhoon that hit on Friday and didn't stop the entire weekend.......EXCEPT for the hour we were on stage!
It was the most bizarre thing!

For the 24 hours leading up to our performance, it was nothing but a giant hurricane...
Most of the bands all throughout the day had to be cancelled...
It finally lets up for a moment, we hit the stage, and it stayed beautiful out the entire time!!! We definately got lucky....
After we finished, Deep Purple hit the stage but the luck ran out and they ended up getting completely poured on!!

Anyways, it was quite a first experience for Jordan and for the fans in Korea!
(I won't even get into that we were plagued with technical problems throughout our set as a result of this chaos...)
There was around 30,000 crazy, screaming Korean fans who loved every minute of the experience regardless of the weather, so I think it was worthwhile...

The set list - for those of you who keep track - was:

Metropolis
Puppies on Acid
Just Let Me Breathe
Hollow Years
Voices
Caught in a Web
Peruvian Skies
Another Day
Pull Me Under

That's right, no new material..... You'll have to keep waiting in suspense!

That's all....it's time for a much-deserved vacation with my family!

Mike Portnoy

PS - Oh yeah....we finally finished up that new album of ours last week!   : )

We are 95% finished with the recording process...
(Just a few vocal, guitar & percussion overdubs that still need to go to tape...)

We are scheduled to begin mixing July 15th with David Bottrill (Tool, King Crimson, Peter Gabriel) at Electric Ladyland studios in NYC.

We seem to still be on track for an October-ish release with an extensive World Tour to follow......

Unfortunately, that is all I am prepared to give out just yet....but in the coming weeks (or months) more info will begin to surface....

In other news:

Tomorrow recording begins at Millbrook Studios (home of LTE & Platypus) for my latest side-project with Neal Morse (Spock's Beard), Pete Trewavas (Marillion) and Roine Stolt (Flower Kings).
We are going to try and knock out the writing and basic tracks within this one week as we are booked through to July 6th....

I will keep you guys up to date with the details on this project as they are not "Top Secret" like the new DT!!! : )

Carpe Diem,
Mike Portnoy

"Well, better late than never!
Apparently, this has been confirmed for a while....
but I only found out yesterday!!

Tomorrow - Friday July 28th - 6pm to 7pm
Guitar Center - Larchmont, NY
2141 Palmer Ave.
(914) 833-9600

This is an instore appearance/ autograph session (not a clinic), so come down and say hello!

MP"

• Over 160MB's of multimedia, including video clips
• Voice message updates from Mike
• Java Chat Room
• Bulletin board for public message postings
• Rare / unique photos

Click here for the transcript!

"MIKE PORTNOY - Up Close and In Person!
Tuesday, May 27 - 9 - 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

A 'drummers drummer' for the 90's and beyond, Mike Portnoy is one of the most popular, influential and important players in the world today. With riveting double kick drumming and rapid sticking he has powered progressive rockers Dream Theater into the upper echelons of the global music scene. Mike found real inspiration in the music of Rush, Genesis and Frank Zappa. Hit recordings with Dream Theater include Images and Words, Live at the Marquee, Awake, A Change of Seasons and Falling into Infinity. The disc Liquid Tension Experiment sees him in the role of leader, composer and player, driving an all-star lineup comprising bassist Tony Levin, keyboardist Jordan Rudess, and guitarist John Petrucci. Mike has also proven to be very popular in the Modern Drummer readers' polls, with chart-topping results like #1 Up & Coming Drummer (94); #1 Progressive Rock Drummer (95, 96, 97, 98, 99); #1 Recorded Performance (95 - Awake, 96 - A Change of Seasons, 98 - Falling into Infinity).

Don't forget to visit the chatroom in the Zone April 27th for David Garibaldi and May 27th for Mike Portnoy. You will need to be a Zone member, so register now! Chat with David and Mike while they are visiting the SABIAN factory."

Marlene & myself are proud to announce the birth of our second child and first son:

Max John Portnoy

Sunday March 7th, 1999 at 12:37pm
8 lbs, 13 oz in weight and 20 1/2" in length

Please excuse the delirious parents if they can't reply to phone calls or emails for about a week or so....we've got some re-adjusting to do!!!!

Mike Portnoy
3/7/99 SK - RIP

1997 / 1998 Touring Into Infinity T-shirts
1997 / 1998 Touring Into Infinity Baseball Caps

Dream Theater- 2nd best band
Mike Portnoy - Best drummer
John Petrucci - 3rd best guitarist
James LaBrie - 3rd best vocalist
Jordan Rudess - Best keyboardist
John Myung - 4th bassist
Scenes From A Memory - Best album
Scenes From A Memory - Best cd jacket
Mike Portnoy & John Petrucci - 2nd Best Producer

"IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

After nearly six years of succesfully running the Dream Theater International Fanclub Neil Elliott has decided time has come to move on to pastures new.

As a result, the entire fanclub set up will from now on be dealt with by us, the Dutch fanclub "Theater Of Dreams". Although the fanzine's name will be changed into "Theater Of Dreams", there's no need for current subscribers of "Images And Words" to worry. The fanclub's name will remain Dream Theater International Fanclub and we will honour all existing subscriptions. You will not miss out on the number of issue's that you are subscribed to. If you are a member of both fanclubs, we will put the number of issues you paid for together and change your membership accordingly. Our fanzine will be in English, on A5 sized glossy paper and in full colour. "The best fuckin' DT fanzine in the world", according to Mike, so there you go.

Our address is

D.T.I.F.C
P.O Box 1597
2003 BP Haarlem
HOLLAND

Regarding payments:

For 4 fanzines and the highly exclusive FREE Xmas-cd members outside of Holland pay the following:

European: 45 Dutch Guilders
Rest of the World: 50 Dutch Guilders

This can be made payable through Eurocheques IN GUILDERS, International Money Orders IN GUILDERS or by sending cash IN GUILDERS OR AMERICAN DOLLARS(Europe 23$ / Row 25$). We cannot be held responsible for any losses, so if people send in cash they should do it by Registered Mail. If not, then it's their own risk they are taking.

For American fans an American address and way of payment is currently under construction. Details follow as soon as possible.

We thank Dream Theater for their trust in us and of course Neil for his dedication, time and efforts he put into the creation of the D.T.I.F.C and for the good collaboration. Although we will undoubtedly stay in touch for a while we'd like to say: "Thanks a lot! We wish you lots of success in the future. Gonna miss you, bro'!"

Theater Of Dreams"

We have a new chat on the schedule. Keyboard Wiz Jordan Rudess will be joining us on Sunday, February 21st at 3pm eastern/12 noon pacific. Jordan Rudess is one of the hottest new keyboardists on the progressive music scene today. It was made official in 1994 when the readers of Keyboard Magazine voted him best new talent. They made that honor all the more significant by giving him second place in the best overall keyboardist category right behind Keith Emerson! Jordan's tastes have proven very diverse as he has worked with the likes of Vinnie Moore, Jan Hammer, Tony Williams, the Paul Winter Consort, Rhonda Larson, the Dixie Dregs, Rod Morgenstein, Liquid Tension Experiment, Annie Haslam, and many more. And just last month he accepted a gig as the newest member of Dream Theater much to the absolute delight of DT fans everywhere!

Jordan will be discussing this new phase in his career, the recent LTE gigs and recordings for their next album, as well as taking questions from the fans. Again, information on joining the chat can be found at <http://www.artist-shop.com/irc>.

Hello Ytsejam Subscriber!

The Dream Theater Mailing List moved this past week. In order to continue receieving the Ytsejam, you will need to re-subscribe. The new address is:

ytsejam@torchsong.com

To re-subscribe, please send mail to:

ytsejam-request@torchsong.com

With the Subject:

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And in the body of the message put:

subscribe ytsejam Your Name

Replace the "Your Name" section above with your real name.

Thanks!
Skadz - Ytsejam Moderator
skadz@dreamt.org

Due to unforseen circumstances, the latest issue of the DTIFC fanzine has had to be pushed back. The next issue #20 will be out as soon as possible, but don't expect to see the issue until late September/early October. Thanks for your support and patience, which is much appreciated. And sorry for the delay. If you have any questions, please feel free to email Neil or Mike any time and we will do our best to answer any inquiries.

Neil Elliott - DTIFC

"Be there when the veil of secrecy is lifted...

Join other fans for a Dream Theater CD release party Tuesday, October 26, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. We will meet at Borders Books, Music, Cafè in the Meyerland Plaza in Houston, Texas (at the corner of West Loop South and Beechnut). View map

We will hold a giveaway with prizes from the band, celebrate the release with a cake, and listen to the new album in its entirety. Members of Dream Theater are NOT expected to attend. For details, please email HoustonParty@mikeportnoy.com or ytsekirby@yahoo.com or visit http://dt.alluvium.com."

On October 14th Dream Theater will play the Maaspoort in Den Bosch Holland. Prior to their gig we are currently organizing a convention that will take place from 1 PM until 6 PM (doors close at 5 PM!), also in the Maaspoort. It will be a pleasant gathering of fans. The total program is still under construction, but so far we can tell you that there will be a mini Metal Market, where you can buy interesting CDs and stuff we will show interesting Dream Theater material on the video screens in the Maaspoort foyer (with bar, snackbar, restaurant), Anomaly (see review in the coming fanzine) will play from 4 PM until 5 PM. EVERY HOUR WE WILL DRAW LUCKY WINNERS OF BACKSTAGE PASSES, THAT WILL ENABLE YOU TO MEET DREAM THEATER DURING A SPECIAL MEET & GREET AFTER THE SHOW!

as a DTIFC member you will pay 5 guilders entrance (normal price is 10 guilders)
as a DTIFC member you will get a sticker, that later on allows you to have access to the main venue before the doors open to the public

IMPORTANT! Make sure you bring the voucher you'll find in the coming fanzine. It will be your proof of membership and the only way to get the reduction price and the sticker, but only in combination with your concert-ticket! We don't accept photo-copies or other than the original voucher that you will have to cut out of the page.

See you on the 14th of October!

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU HAVE THE POSSIBILITY TO PAY FOR YOUR MEMBERSHIP AND/OR OUR MERCHANDISE BY VISA CREDITCARD!

DTIFC

The Official Greek Dream Theater Fan Club is organizing a Dream Theater Party on Thursday the 13th of July -just a day before Dream Theater's show at RockWave Festival with Iron Maiden- in Athens. The Party will take place at the Club "REVENGE OF ROCK" -OFRR- (34 Alexandras Aven.). Guest DJ for this night will be SAKIS FRAGOS from the Greek Metal Magazine 'Metal Invader'. Whoever will attend the Party will have the opportunity to listen to rare music material of the band!

Hi all,

as every year, Italian Dreamers Fan Club has organized the 4th DT Party in Italy.

This party will be in Rome the day before DT Show, on 10 april at the "H.M. Rock Cafe"

The name of this party is "Scenes from a Night" and it will start at 9:00 Pm to late night with two live shows, the band will be Abstracta and Zen.

During the night there will be some videos on a megascreen and some contest for all the people

The right address for the club is:

"H.M. Rock Cafe"
Via dei Querceti, 21
(Zona Colosseo)
Roma

the ticket for the partecipation will be Lit. 5000

For any info:

Tel. 0349 6090093 Matteo
Tel. 0347 2257224 Marco (Sera)
Tel. 0347 5870383 Simone (Sera)

Dear Sirs,

"Italian Dreamers, the Official Italian Fan Club of Dream Theater is proud to announce:
"Spirit Carries On" Official Dream Theater Party
26th of October 1999
Psycho Circus Rock Club
Bologna
Italy

In occasion of italian leg of guitar clinic by John Petrucci, the "Italian Dreamers" takes the occasion of having one of the most charismatic and popular axe-man during the same day that the new record of Dream Theater worldwide hits the road.
Following the guitar clinic, that will take place in the afternoon, "Italian Dreamers" organised a night party in the famous "Psycho Circus Rock Club" with John Petrucci as special guest, pre listening of the new DT masterpiece and guitar jam session with famous italian artists.
See ya there!!!
Italian Dreamers Staff"