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        _Screaming_in_Digital______________________________Editor's Note_

                Greetings, all.  In case there's someone out there in the
        backwaters of the net who actually hears about things even slower
        than I do - now that I've got a night job and am never awake at 
        times my EMI contact answers the telephone - numerous sources
        are reporting that the new CD and companion CD-ROM will be out
        October 18th.
                I will, of course, be trying to confirm this and learn 
        whatever else I can about the album, as soon as I manage to get 
        through to EMI.  Offers of day jobs are welcome. :)

        _Contents________________Contributors____________________________

        Release Date            Don <ai699@yfn.ysu.edu> 
        Release Date            Michael <mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu> 
        Release Date            Skirdman <skirdman@aol.com>
        Release Date            Paul <raistlin@expert.cc.purdue.edu>
        Rage for Order          Jonathan <st92kjd3@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu>
        Diverse Audience        Brandon <blcampbe@sdcc13.ucsd.edu>
        CD-ROM                  Ben <ben_ball@qmailgw.esy.com>
        Mindcrime Musing        Brian <bps106@psuvm.psu.edu>
        How Everyone Died       Ben <ben_ball@qmailgw.esy.com>
        Compatible Groups       Grame <graeme@csd.uwo.ca>
        Compatible Groups       Markus <mb@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de>
        Compatible Bands        <rycherox@aol.com>
        Madison Boot Wanted     Terry <ttuschen@students.wisc.edu>
        Discs for Sale          Jeff <dilcher@netcom.com>

        _Neue_Regel_______________________________________News_&_Reviews_  

        Release Date            Don <ai699@yfn.ysu.edu> 
                I talked to my representative yesterday and the date for 
        the new Queensryche is October 18, 1994.  This is the most 
        definite and assured date that has been given to me from her 
        about this, so let's start the countdown.

        Release Date            Michael <mikeb@cs.brandeis.edu> 
                I have seen from the new release mailing list, and I 
        forget where else, that the release date for "The Promised Land"
        appears to have been moved up to October 18.  I don't know how
        true it is, but that's what I've seen.

        Release Date            Skirdman <skirdman@aol.com>
                The latest I've heard on AOL is October 18th.  This date 
        was said to be from someone within EMI.  I hope this one is the 
        real date!

        Release Date            Paul <raistlin@expert.cc.purdue.edu>
                I went to Tracks, a local campus record store that 
        usually knows what's going on.  On the new release board, 
        Queensryche was listed as "coming soon."  I asked if they had a 
        date, and was happy to hear that it will be released October 
        18th!

        _Speak______________________________________Comments_&_Questions_

        Rage for Order          Jonathan <st92kjd3@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu>
                I think "Rage for Order" definitely has a universal 
        appeal to it.  The music is pretty complex and the lyrics are 
        more emotional than "Empire."  Take a listen to 'Neue Regel' and 
        then think about how old a song it really is.  It is easily as 
        progressive as anything else they have ever done.  I would bet 
        that 95 percent of fans would put "Rage" as one of their top 3 
        Queensryche albums.  It bridges the huge gap between "The 
        Warning" and "Mindcrime," pleasing both fans of the old and the 
        new styles.  I myself would still take "Mindcrime" to a desert 
        island if I could only bring one album.  But if I could bring 
        two...

        Diverse Audience        Brandon <blcampbe@sdcc13.ucsd.edu>
                It struck me in the last digest what a diverse audience
        Queensryche appeals to.  My friends who listen to them have some
        strange tastes as well.  Personally, I like music with a harder 
        edge than say, Rush, so I find bands like Iron Maiden more 
        compatible for me.  One band I think is quite compatible is 
        Flotsam and Jetsam, although their similarity in the vocals 
        borders on making them Geoff Tate copycats.  I also like Alice in 
        Chains, AC/DC, and Accept.  Not much like Foreigner and Journey,
        are they?

        _Spreading_the_Disease__________________________Info_&_Resources_

        CD-ROM                  Ben <ben_ball@qmailgw.esy.com>
                ISO-9660 is an industry standard for recording data.  
        There is a difference between how data is recorded on the media 
        and the format of that data.  Amiga, Next, Macintosh and Windows
        machines can _all_ handle just about anything put on a disk.  
        There are players for all these platforms for any kind of sound 
        or animation file format I can think of.  Yes, there is QuickTime 
        for Windows - and it's even from Apple!  Yes, there are WAV, MOD,
        AVI, MPEG, VOC, AIFF, uLaw and 8SVX players for Macintosh.  That 
        said, I'd be very much surprised if the new companion CD-ROM was 
        anything but cross-platform.

        _The_Whisper__________________________________________Discussion_

        Mindcrime Musing        Brian <bps106@psuvm.psu.edu>
                After many a long night with Mindcrime blaring from my 
        stereo while working on my script I've come up with a few ideas 
        which I think solves one of the most reccuring and nagging 
        questions about the album, "How could Mary have hung herself or 
        have been strangled with a rosary?"
                I'm assuming that this stems form the line "your rosary 
        wrapped around your throat".  I think the literal interpretation
        of the line is misleading.  Rather I think it is more an analogy 
        for Nikki's view that religion has a strangle-hold on Mary.  This 
        also jives with the line from 'Suite Sister Mary,' "your precious
        cross is gone, it made me wait so long for what you gave to every 
        one," which suggests that Nikki didn't express his feelings for 
        Mary because he really believed that she was a Nun, as well as 
        injury upon finding out her past and "relationship" with Father 
        William.

        How Everyone Died       Ben <ben_ball@qmailgw.esy.com>
                Nikki shot the priest.  I think Mary hung herself, but 
        not with her rosary.  Nuns do wear them.  The reference to it 
        being wrapped around her throat is just a striking visual; a 
        brutal contrast between a rosary and a rope.  These images of how 
        Father William and Mary died, combined with a heavy chemical 
        dependence, are why Nikki has finally lost it and is hospitalized 
        and being sedated.  It's a brilliant album and would make a 
        moving play.  

        Compatible Groups       Grame <graeme@csd.uwo.ca>
                I'd have to agree with Rush, and also mention Pink Floyd
        and Marillion.  Neither is as heavy as Queensryche, but all seem 
        to be into the concept/theme album thing.  "Mindcrime," Floyd's 
        "The Wall" and "Animals" and Marillion's "Misplaced Childhood" 
        are my favorite concept albums.  Empire was more of a theme album 
        than a concept album, as were Marillion's "Clutching at Straws" 
        and Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon." 
                All three groups also have excellent musicians; 
        guitarists and vocalists especially.  Geoff Tate and Fish 
        (formerly of Marillion) are two of my favorite singers.

        Compatible Groups       Markus <mb@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de>
                In my eyes, Queensryche is compatible with Dream Theater,
        Fates Warning, Secrecy, and Black Sabbath's "Born Again" album.

        Compatible Bands        <rycherox@aol.com>
                Dream Theater immediately comes to mind.  They have the
        same qualities (superb musicianship, complex and intelligent 
        lyrics and unbelievable vocals) that have set Queensryche apart 
        from the rest of the pack.  If you listen to Dream Theater's last 
        album, "Images and Words," you should be able to pick out dozens 
        of influences, such as Yes, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Queensryche 
        (but of course), Metallica, etc.  They have a new release set for 
        late September or early October if memory serves, and with the
        new release from Queensryche due in October, the possibility 
        exists of the tour to end all tours, Dream Theater/Queensryche.  
        I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope it happens.

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        Madison Boot Wanted     Terry <ttuschen@students.wisc.edu>
                I'm looking for a bootleg of the complete Madison, WI
        show, either video or audio.  I was at that show and figure
        someone must have a copy of it.  If anyone can help me, e-mail
        me.  I'd really ($) appreciate it.

        Discs for Sale          Jeff <dilcher@netcom.com>
                I have a few Japanese imports (which Shag describes as
        "harder to find than European ones") for sale - "Operation:
        Mindcrime," "Rage for Order," and the 'Best I Can' single.  I 
        looked up the prices in "CD Europe" and they want a total of
        $119.85, not even including shipping and handling.  I'll sell
        all those for $49.00.  E-mail me if interested.
                I also have the 'Sound of Building Empires' promo and
        the 'Jet City Woman' and 'Another Rainy Night' singles.  I'll
        sell those three for $35 plus postage.

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                That's all for now, I leave you with the countdown
        apparently standing at 7 weeks.  Tune in next time, and keep
        spreading the disease.

                'Ryche on,
                                -Shag