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[ReciprocityTM]

Hello. ReciprocityTM here.

 

My Intro: So, I am doing some shopping on Amazon a couple weeks ago and am cleaning up my “recommendations” list to keep it from reflecting all the random stuff I bought people for Christmas. I got it cleaned up and lo and behold Caught in the Act is now on DVD and Amazon thinks I might want it! I ordered it, of course. As soon as I added it to my cart, I got a “people buying this item also buy…” and I found there was a new book on Styx, an unauthorized history! As soon as I added that to my cart, I got another “people buying this item also buy…” and it turns out Dennis has a new album out! A Styx Bonanza!

 

I got the shipment a couple days later and quickly watched the video (I do have the VHS version, but the extra videos were nice), read the book, and listened to the CD- in that order. The book was great and helped me learn more about the band, especially the early days before A&M.

 

Reading the book, there were several quotes from Andie Denny, who I remember from my early Styx internet days on the original Styx mailing list I signed up for back around 1995. Her quotes about the breakup of the band (version 1999) really hit home and reflected exactly how I felt at the time. The whole Behind the Music issue has scarred me since the night I saw it premier. So, I thought I might see what the internet scene for all things Styx-related was going.

 

I found this site and a couple others. I was pretty active with Styx on the net until maybe 2000 or so. One could find me on the Styxchat on IRC almost every night for a while. A lot of people are still using the same names, so I “recognized” quite a few people.

 

Finally, I went over to Dennis’ site and clicked on the “concerts” link not really thinking there would be a show anytime soon or one I could make it to. It turned out that Dennis was doing a show in Clearwater, where a friend of mine lives. This happens to be the friend who went with me to the show in 1996. I ended up flying down there from NC and going to the show with him and his girlfriend.

 

I’m not much of an entertainment reviewer and there are a lot of reviews of the different shows already, so I don’t necessarily have much useful to say. I will say that Dennis’ show was MUCH better than the non-Dennis “Styx” show I saw a few years back. It was great to see stuff like Castle Walls and Roboto that they didn’t play then I saw the real Styx play back in 1996. Dennis sounded great and did all his normal goofy stuff. He looked good in the suit and I was glad he wasn’t wearing that striped “pirate” shirt, or anything like it, from the 96 tour. It was a song or two shorter than I expected. I was especially disappointed he didn’t do Desert Moon. Just that one more song would have made the set perfect.

 

I truly believe “Styx” is defined by Dennis AND Tommy AND JY, but if I can’t get that, I’ll take a Dennis show every time. Actually, a Dennis and Tommy show might be nice, but JY is dead to me. He can kiss my Robutto. I’d gladly miss out on the handful of songs of his I like to see and buy an album from a Dennis/Tommy Styx .

 

Thanks for this site. It is well-done. Balin’s old “Equal Time for Dennis Concern” site was great back in the day when he maintained it. I’m glad someone took the torch and put up another Dennis site.

 

Recip

[Ron]

Hello

Glad you joined, and that you have caught up on all of the new Styx and DeYoung-related material available. There's more to come in 2008, and I'm sure everyone here will be talking about it. We're all a friendly bunch here, so feel free to join right in with anything you wish.

Ron

[ladybugking]

Hey! Welcome. Looks like you picked up a nice cartload of stuff from Amazon.

 

I would love to hear your take on DDY's new album some time in detail.

 

How nice you got to go to the concert!

[mendelstyx]

Welcome aboard. Enjoy.

 

Liz