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        _Screaming_in_Digital______________________________Editor's Note_

                Greetings once again, and welcome to May!  Plenty of new
        things to mention.  First, I've put the latest batch of pictures
        and sounds up for download on the Glia FTP site.  Some of them
        are from Nick's WWW page, some of the sounds are from someone in 
        England who I owe an apology for taking so long.  Speaking of 
        Nick's WWW page, it's one of the new things covered in the latest 
        revision of the FAQ, which is also up on Glia.
                This issue, for its part, contains some of the newest
        facts and rumors about the new album and related things.
                Important note: If you're leaving school for the summer
        or whatever and your e-mail address will be going away, please 
        let me know ahead of time so I can take you off the subscriber
        list.  Thanks!

        _Contents________________Contributors____________________________

        Interview & New Album   Gerhard <gerhard@jason.nl>
        New Album & Tour        Scott <syaeger@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
        Fanclub E-mail?         Don <blitzer@wybbs.mi.org>
        Obscure Things?         Loula <lburton@beta.centenary.edu>
        Silent Lucidity Ending  Jim <jimd@sscl.uwo.ca>  
        Rage for Order Demos?   John <jlb@tpg.tpg.oz.au> 
        How Mary Died           Dave <dgood@pomona.claremont.edu>
        How Mary Died           Todd <twl102@psuvm.psu.edu>
        Who Killed Mary         Timothy <tfreeman@cwis.unomaha.edu>
        Geoff Tate, Superstar   Steve <steveh@wpi.edu>  
        Another Rainy Video     Stephen <sgorny1@umbc2.umbc.edu>
        Silent Lucidity Voices  Wouter <decock@psws.uia.ac.be>
        Queensryche BBS Net     Don <blitzer@wybbs.mi.org>

        _Neue_Regel_______________________________________News_&_Reviews_  

        Interview & New Album   Gerhard <gerhard@jason.nl>
                The latest issue of the Dutch metal magazine Aardschok 
        features an interview with the band.  Some highlights:
                The band is almost finished recording, and will soon 
        start the mixing.  The album will be "a step back in the 
        shadows," meaning more gloomy, though not grungy.  The album will 
        be a lot "darker" than "Empire."  The band thinks the album 
        should hit the shops this autumn.
                The interview was conducted via telephone; officially the 
        place where the band is recording is a secret, neither the fan
        club, nor EMI nor the management were able or willing to tell 
        where they were recording.  However, a few hints were given in 
        the interview.  They are far away from friends and relatives.  
        The phone lines to the place are unreliable, they lost connection 
        during the interview.  There are otters and stuff like that 
        around.
                        {Sounds like British Columbia to me.  -sh}

        New Album & Tour        Scott <syaeger@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
                This was posted in the alt.music.dream-theater newsgroup
        by ghost@oz.plymouth.edu:
                Dream Theater has announced a new album this summer, to 
        be released the same day as Queensryche's new album.  Also, 
        supposedly, Queensryche has chosen Dream Theater to open on their 
        world tour this summer/fall.

        _Speak______________________________________Comments_&_Questions_

        Fanclub E-mail?         Don <blitzer@wybbs.mi.org>
                I was wondering if anyone out there knew if the 
        Queensryche Fanclub had an internet address.
                        {They _used_ to be on Prodigy.  -sh}

        Obscure Things?         Loula <lburton@beta.centenary.edu>
                I want know a little about the guys themselves - little
        obscure things that I wouldn't have discovered in the cheesy 
        metal magazines.  Michael Wilton absolutely fascinates me (lovely
        lovely lovely) and I'm trying to set Eddie up with a friend of 
        mine. =)  Please help me know my favorite band personally.

        Silent Lucidity Ending  Jim <jimd@sscl.uwo.ca>  
                Recently I was listening to 'Silent Lucidity' and noticed 
        that the at the very end of the song the orchestrated part plays 
        a bit of the "Lullaby" song sung to little children.  How 
        appropriate for an ending!  Has anyone else noticed this? 

        _Spreading_the_Disease__________________________Info_&_Resources_

        Rage for Order Demos?   John <jlb@tpg.tpg.oz.au> 
                I just got a tape of some "Rage for Order" demos, and I 
        was wondering how common they are.  The tracks are 'Walk in the 
        Shadows,' 'Chemical Youth,' 'The Dream,' 'Screaming in Digital,'
        'Surgical Strike,' 'I Will Remember,' 'The Whisper,' 'From the 
        Darkness,' 'Rage for Order' (some "Mindcrime" riffs), and 'Ballad 
        in Bm' ('I Dream in Infrared').  All the album tracks are 
        noticably different on the demo, and the other tracks are good 
        too.  If anyone is interested in a trade, email me! 

        _The_Whisper__________________________________________Discussion_

        How Mary Died           Dave <dgood@pomona.claremont.edu>
                In the first letter I ever wrote to the guys, before 
        "Video: Mindcrime" came out, I asked if Mary committed suicide or 
        whether Dr. X got her.  When my letter was replied to with all 
        the introductory band stuff, the page of my letter with that 
        question on it was also returned, with "suicide" circled.  That 
        is a pretty satisfactory answer for me, unless Sushi was trying 
        to yank my chain.

        How Mary Died           Todd <twl102@psuvm.psu.edu>
                I have always believed that she was murdered by Dr. X.  I 
        think I am right because, as someone mentioned earlier, the 
        "Video: Mindcrime" tape has "murder" flash on a TV screen during 
        the video after the credits.  I believe the little book that 
        comes with the video says something like "this will answer some 
        of your questions... or raise new ones."  Something to that 
        effect.  So, do you think that this means she was murdered, or 
        they (Queensryche) want us think she was?  We all know that an 
        outline is put around a dead body, right?  Well, a friend of mine 
        told me that when someone is hung, since they can't put the 
        outline on the floor, they put it on the wall ("chalk outline 
        upon the wall...").  That is why I think that she was hung, by 
        her rosary, by Dr. X.  What do you think?

        Who Killed Mary         Timothy <tfreeman@cwis.unomaha.edu>
                I watched my copy of "Video: Mindcrime" over the weekend, 
        looking for the answer to everyone's question as to who killed 
        Mary.  I know this is a _major, major spoiler,_ but I think I've 
        figured it out.  And the answer is - I'm still not sure who 
        killed her.
                The thing is, there's a second video for 'I Don't Believe 
        in Love' at the end of "Video: Mindcrime," and it focuses almost 
        entirely on Mary. She's shown with a knife in her hands, kneeling 
        at the altar, but _both_ Father William and Dr. X come through 
        the door behind her (at different times), carrying rosaries as if 
        they're going to strangle Mary.  Also, there's a strange scene
        where Mary is kneeling at the altar, and she's kissing Nikki, but 
        the camera tracks over to focus on Mary, and then when it moves 
        back to the left again, she's kissing not Nikki but Father 
        William.  This leads me to think that Nikki _might_ have actually 
        killed her (after all, Dr. X might have put a subliminal command 
        into Nikki's mind that would force him to kill Mary).
                Still, with the confusion as to who actually came through 
        the door (and more importantly, who really killed Mary), I don't 
        think there's a definite answer to be found. The only thing I do 
        know for sure is that Mary _was_ strangled with a rosary, 
        explaining the "...rosary wrapped around your throat" line from 
        'Eyes of a Stranger.' For what it's worth, though, I personally 
        think that Dr. X killed Mary, but somehow put Nikki's 
        fingerprints on the rosary to make it look as if Nikki was 
        guilty. Only Geoff knows for sure. 

        Geoff Tate, Superstar   Steve <steveh@wpi.edu>  
                I have no knowledge of Geoff possibly portraying Jesus in 
        a revival of "Jesus Christ Superstar" any time soon (his voice is
        more suited to be Judas, anyway IMHO) but Gary Cherone (Extreme's 
        lead singer) was Jesus in a revival of the play last month in 
        Boston.  The revival was only for 5 or 6 area shows total.

        Another Rainy Video     Stephen <sgorny1@umbc2.umbc.edu>
                Personally, I wish this video had been released to 
        eMptyTV instead.  I found it to be rather creative - especially 
        considering that a number of "Empire" videos ('Silent Lucidity,'
        'Empire,' 'Another Rainy Night') looked alot alike, like they 
        were all made up from one set of footage all shot at the same 
        time.

        _The_Killing_Words________________________________Interpretation_

        Silent Lucidity Voices  Wouter <decock@psws.uia.ac.be>
                I'd like to know if the spoken line "How's that then? 
        Better?" in 'Silent Lucidity' comes from one of the Hellraiser
        movies.  I believe I heard that line in Hellraiser II or III.
        Can someone put me out of my misery and tell me I'm not dreaming?
                        {You're not dreaming - I'm not sure which of the
                        Hellraiser movies the line is from but all past
                        reports have indicated that it's definitely from
                        one of them.  -sh}

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        Queensryche BBS Net     Don <blitzer@wybbs.mi.org>
                The RycheNET BBS network that I started has taken off 
        like fire.  Right now the net is in 5 states (Michigan, Ohio,
        Illinois, North Carolina, and Florida).  If there are any other 
        BBS's out there that would like to join, let me know at the 
        address above and I will get back to you with the packet and 
        everything you need to join.  

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                That's all for this week, see you again next time, and
        then it's back home to the east coast for me.  And for those who
        are new, don't worry, the digest continues regardless of my
        location.

                'Ryche on,
                                -Shag