From: owner-apple-tree-digest@smoe.org (apple-tree-digest) To: apple-tree-digest@smoe.org Subject: apple-tree-digest V2 #24 Reply-To: apple-tree@smoe.org Sender: owner-apple-tree-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-apple-tree-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk apple-tree-digest Thursday, August 26 1999 Volume 02 : Number 024 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [Fwd: Fwd: ~*~Autumn Days~*~ BREAKING NEWS!!!!!] [Jonathon Stooner ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 12:01:50 -0700 From: Jonathon Stooner Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: ~*~Autumn Days~*~ BREAKING NEWS!!!!!] NEWS! NEWS! NEWS! hehheheheh > Subject: ~*~Autumn Days~*~ BREAKING NEWS!!!!! > Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 07:49:04 EDT > From: AutmnDayz@aol.com > To: FionaApps9@aol.com > > Autumn Days > "BREAKING NEWS ALERT!" > Remember that feeling you got when you First heard Fiona sing? Well, this > morning I have that same feeling again in anticipation of the November 9th > release! For all the fans who are still on this list and have kept believing > in Fiona LOOK its paying off! NOW we have a date to put on the calendar > guys!!!!!! The article is as follows: > > [ Tues., August 24, 1999 11:08 PM EDT ] > Fiona Apple Pens Short Album With Tall Title > > When the Pawn Hits ... will be preceded by piano songstress' single 'Fast As > You Can.' > > Senior Writer Gil Kaufman reports: > > Singer/songwriter Fiona Apple will break a three-year silence Nov. 9 when she > releases an album that may have the longest title in the history of rock 'n' > roll. It will be preceded by a single whose title is a bit more succinct — 86 > words fewer, to be exact. > > When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws > the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He > Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So > When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the > Greatest of Heights And if You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to > Land And if You Fall It Won't Matter, 'Cuz You'll Know That You're Right, is > the full title of the singer's sophomore album, according to spokesperson > Luke Burland. > > "We are expecting a more mature version of Fiona." — David and Nanikita, both > 28, webmasters of unofficial Fiona Apple website > > Though Burland said she was not sure if the title was the longest ever for a > pop release, she suspected it might be. It's unclear, she added, how the > 90-word title — lengthier than some songs — will be displayed on the album's > cover or spine. > > The album, produced by musician Jon Brion (Aimee Mann, Rufus Wainwright), > will be preceded by the first single, "Fast As You Can." > > The upbeat, almost frantic rock song is propelled by a boogie-woogie piano > riff, Beatlesque backing vocals and a funky drum beat that has the feel of a > drum & bass dance track. The enigmatic songstress delivers the chorus in her > trademark throaty deadpan, singing, "Fast as you can/ Baby, run free yourself > up/ As fast as you can." > > "We are expecting a more mature version of Fiona," wrote two 28-year-old New > York fans who gave only their first names, David and Nanikita. They are the > webmasters of the unofficial "Fiona Apple — Never Is a Promise" website. ( HREF="http://members.aol.com/bigkamuela/Fiona.html">Never is a Promise ) > > "Some of her music from her first album was written when she was around 15 > years old and was a culmination of a life's work with insight that belied a > very young person. Fiona has always shown a depth in soul and spirit, and > with this album we expect to be touched with the same soulfulness," they > wrote. > > Guest musicians on the 10-track album include session-drummers Matt > Chamberlin (Macy Gray) and veteran Jim Keltner (Bob Dylan, John Lennon) and > Patrick Warren, the keyboardist from Apple's 1996 debut. Drummer Butch, from > the pop-band the Eels, who uses only his first name, plays on the songs > "Limp" and "To Your Love." > > Producer Brion plays a variety of instruments on all the album's songs, which > also include the tracks "Love Ridden" and "Paper Bag," according to Burland. > > Among the contenders for longest album title are a pair of albums from > hip-hop pop group P.M. Dawn and a 1998 effort by former American Music Club > singer Mark Eitzel. P.M. Dawn did their best to stretch things out on Of the > Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience (1991) and The > Bliss Album ... ? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life > and Existence) (1993). Eitzel gave it a shot on Caught in a Trap and I Can't > Back Out 'Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby (1998), but both lag behind Apple > by more than 70 words. > > Apple has been at work in a Los Angeles studio honing the album since > January. The eagerly anticipated release is the follow-up to the singer's > multiplatinum debut, Tidal (1996), which featured the emotive, piano-driven > radio hits "Shadowboxer" (RealAudio excerpt) and "Sleep to Dream." > > The 22-year-old singer's debut mixed cathartic lyrics and sultry, throaty > singing over trip-hop drum beats and lush arrangements from manager/producer > Andrew Slater (Wallflowers, Macy Gray). The album was not a strong seller at > first, but it slowly gained steam over the course of a year, in part thanks > to the video for the song "Criminal" (RealAudio excerpt), which featured > Apple in a variety of provocative poses. > > Apple took home the Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for > "Criminal" after performing the song on the 1998 show. > > She recorded a cover of the Beatles song "Across the Universe" for the > soundtrack for the 1998 film "Pleasantville." Her boyfriend, "Boogie Nights" > director Paul Thomas Anderson, directed the accompanying video. > > Well this is all for now visit NIAP HREF="http://members.aol.com/bigkamuela/Fiona.html">Never is a Promise > for previous info! > > ~*~Sencerely, Jen > ~*Autumn Days*~ > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 15:39:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Pham Subject: Woo hoo, actual news I just felt like dancing around when I saw this... actual news, being posted on the mailing list. With the release of the new record, I hope that subscriptions to our list will grow again. At our peak, we hit around 200 on our discussion list... obviously that has dropped off right now. So, if you guys want to spread the word about our little FAMLy over here on smoe.org, it would be greatly appricated. :) Tuan your strangly happy list-op ------------------------------ End of apple-tree-digest V2 #24 *******************************