Yes to be in Las Vegas
From: [demar35] Jan 4Jon, Chris, and Alan will make an appearance at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on January 8 & 9 as guests of XM Radio, the satellite radio service. They will be signing autographs and generally hanging out at the XM booth. One of XM's formats is dedicated to Prog Rock. Yes plans on other events with XM in the future as well. Appearance times to be posted soon.
YES FEATURED ON "OFF THE RECORD"
From: [yesworld@YesWorld.com] Jan 4Joe Benson, ARROW 93's morning DJ in Los Angeles, has an hour long nationally syndicated program in the United States called "Off the Record." At 10 PM this Sunday, January 6, the program will feature the music of Yes, including Joe's recent conversation with Jon Anderson.
To locate a station in your area go to http://unclejoe.com then click on the Radio, Music, & Racing link to find a city in your area that is broadcasting it. Check with the actual radio station to ensure they are still carrying the program. Some radio stations will stream the show for the benefit of those who will not be able to hear it locally.
Unseen YES Photos
From: James Cook [info@james-cook.co.uk] - Jan. 1I have uploaded some unique YES photos that I took in London. You can see them at www.james-cook.co.uk/yesphotos If you get a chance to have a look, I would value your opinion.
Steve Howe Interview at Chart Attack
From: RelayerBob [relayerbob@progedge.com] - Jan. 6Don't know if this already made the rounds, but there's an interview of Steve at the following URL: http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2001/12/1201.cfm
More unseen photos of YES for you!
More unseen photos of YES for you
From: James Cook [info@james-cook.co.uk] - Jan. 7I have updated my Yes page with some more photos of Yes at the HMV signing session and more live shots at The Royal Albert Hall on the Ladder tour.
Take another look at: www.james-cook.co.uk/yesphotos.
New Progressive Music Site - Progressive Edge
From: relayer2001 - Jan. 12We are happy to announce the opening of our new progressive music website, Progressive Edge at
We invite you come by and check out our new services:
Portal to online Progressive music : 40 webcasts, 26 Radio stations
Artist data: dozens of interviews, home page links, webrings
News and updated tour information
Connections forum to help link bands, promoters, labels and fans
A Featured Artists Section: Our Premier Featured Artist is Peter Banks
Spotlight on New Artists : Our Premier New Artist is the band Envision
The Alcove : Our online CD and co-op shopOne of our main goals is to further the cause of progressive music. We want to provide a community for meeting one another, as well as provide marketing and post-production services that young and upcoming bands can use.
We've worked hard to make our site fun and easy to use, and hope everyone comes by to hear some excellent progressive music, look up that old favorite band that no one else has heard of, or maybe even discover a new band to enjoy.
So come join us, Bob and Cherokee, at Progressive Edge:
Thanks!
Obligatory Yes content: there are two reviews of Mag on the site, and we both like it!! :-)
Yes at CES 2002
From: Sergio [deacha@pacbell.net] - Jan. 11
Thought I'd give you a quick run down of YES' (Jon, Alan, Chris) appearance at the XM Music trade show booth in Las Vegas.Just as they did last year with Jon, XM Music staged a live broadcast area from their trade show booth with YES members this year. YES members were scheduled to appear a few times during the trade show. The interviewer was Pat Dinizio (singer from the Smithereens), a self-proclaimed YES fan.
While MC Hammer was concluding his appearance, members of YES started to arrive and mingle with people at the booth. They were then called into the live broadcast area for the interview and Q&A from the audience. "Yours in no disgrace" started to play over the speakers, and you could immediately see Chris, Jon , and Alan getting into the groove of the music, and tapping away on the desk with their hands marking the tempo and transitions (Jon played a little air guitar for a while on Steve's "wah-wah" solo). They were really enjoying the listening session.
By now, about 100 people were congregating around the live broadcast area, and Pat started the interview. Pat started off with Alan by asking questions about his collaboration with John Lennon. In fact Pat brought up John Lennon twice during this appearance and never made reference to Alan's contributions to George Harrison's releases.
Then Pat started to ask Jon about the recent tour, the Magnification release, and future touring plans. Jon made a comment that some discussions were going on about a tour in the summer time. Jon also started to joke around a lot with Pat. Jon made a reference that a specific sound/feedback was coming in through his headphones and it sounded exactly like the film "Contact".
Pat asked the guys whether they keep in touch with past members, to which Jon replied that Peter Banks had seen them during the UK tour. Then the infamous "who's playing keyboard?" question came up to which the guys simply replied that the decided to do the Magnification album with an orchestra and left it at that.
Pat followed up with a question about Eddie Offord and why not get him to produce an album. Between Jon and Chris the response was that they were looking into this perhaps for the next album, and I believe Alan made some funny comment about Eddie's smoking habits... Then Chris followed up with a comment about not being able to find Eddie, to which they all had a good laugh. Mind you, all these comments were in rapid succession/rapid fire.
Alan seemed to be quite alert, and enjoying himself. Chris on the another hand looked tired and was somewhat slouching on the chair. I noticed Alan and Jon making fun of him through gestures. I also think that Chris had lost some weight. Chris simply seemed tired.
The interview was being broadcast on Satellite Radio (XM) and Magnification was being played throughout the breaks.
Then, they started a Q&A from the audience. I got my chance to ask Chris a question. After one-hour of interviews and Q&A, the band left the broadcast area and proceeded for a meet and greet sort of arrangement. YES management was handing out the publicity shot of the band (which I've uploaded to this list, along with another picture of me and Jon from his appearance last year).
I chatted with Jon a bit to fill him in on where I've landed since my departure from Liquid Audio, and we also talked about how nervous and excited he is about the 49er game on Sunday (Jon is a HUGE 49er fan).
That's all I can remember from the appearance.
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