From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V3 #226 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Friday, October 16 1998 Volume 03 : Number 226 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Basia Playbill etc. [Beverly Martin ] Double-grooves, pics, and bids ["Leslie Brown" ] Re: THE COPERNICAN CHRONICLES: The joy in your heart... ["Leslie Brown" <] Re: THE COPERNICAN CHRONICLES: The joy in your heart... ["Ashoke S. Taluk] Re: THE COPERNICAN CHRONICLES: The joy in your heart... ["Leslie Brown" <] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 07:15:19 -0500 From: Beverly Martin Subject: Re: Basia Playbill etc. Jan Johnson wrote: > Ok, ok I admit it. It was ME that bought the Basia Playbill. And many > apologies to Bev, who I know was also bidding for it!! And I bought the > sheet music too, not that I'm musical or anything but it was only about > $1.00 and the picture sounded rather fun. I didn't bid for the concert > ticket. I'm not quite that sad and anyway, I intend to have one of my own > one day! **grins** Jan, that's cool -- I'm glad it was a member of the list. It's amazing what neat stuff they have there. > I'm going to frame both the playbill and the sheet music, but before I do > everyone will get a full report of the contents of the playbill and a > chance to download scanned pics etc. if they want. BUT you will have to > wait until after Christmas because I get all my stuff sent to an address in > the States and I won't be out there again until Christmas to bring it all > back!! Ack! Well I may still send Ben a copy of the scan from eBay for BasiaWeb. -- Bev - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Now the internet has all these people who are sitting around typing one-handed, and they're illiterates! I mean: 'Fick me! Fick me!', 'Fondle my tots!'" --Bette Midler, "Diva Las Vegas" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 06:11:01 PDT From: "Leslie Brown" Subject: Double-grooves, pics, and bids >I have about 25 cd's, a >bunch of 7" 45's and 10" & 12" vinals. Hell, bootleg Basia even exists! >I think it's a great idea and I'll help, I can say that most of all the >stuff I have can be found on the "roach list", but i'm pretty sure that his >list needs to be updated and since Roach,, well,, some of you know,, he >does'nt have much to say anymore. Bummer. What was his deal? Did he say hell with waiting for a new CD and split? (hee hee) >One of the rarest records I have is the Epic release "BASH QT4". It is a >british 10" white vinal 45rpm record with "Promises" and "Give me that" >double grooved on the A side. Double groove reords have two parallel tracks >each one containing a different song. So when you plop the needle down onto >the record you never know which song you will end up hearing. pretty cool, >but was it worth 20 buck? does anybody else have one of these????? Send me the info on your stuff! The double-groove sounds cool. Sounds like Epic went buck-wild with UK promos for T&T. I probably would've paid $20 for it if it were up to me, but that price seems to be up there for Basia stuff. Ususally I get stuff dirt cheap beause no one realises/cares that people know who she is. For example, at a record show I bought the US promos to most of the LWNY singles and to Promises for $1 each. I'm not complaining! One of the benefits of being into a (somewhat) obscure artist. And Jan- you've gotta put the pics and stuff from the playbill up on BasiaWeb! :) Sounds like a nifty little item there. - -Leslie, waiting for your lists eagerly, and glad she didn't get into the bidding war for the playbill! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 06:55:35 PDT From: "Leslie Brown" Subject: Re: THE COPERNICAN CHRONICLES: The joy in your heart... >Joanna is also in the process of putting together her contribution for the >Basia Book (HINT! HINT! to the rest of you) You'll get another one hopefully after this midterm/senior portfolio/job fair roving crud is over for me- a few weeks I hope! I have this crazy idea that I've really got to think through to make it work, construction wise. >I have to say that when I saw the words "release dates" in Leslie's e-mail, >my heart almost stopped. Eeeek! I'm sorry! You know, does anyone know the status of the 1999 album? I'm a little worried about that. I know what you mean about the impatience! >I have to reflect with some newfound nostalgia about this list which I >joined less than six months ago and I am already so glad to have run into >such wonderful folks as Joanna and Meg (who, I think should write WAY more >often than she does). Yeah, Meg, write us! :) I really enjoy this list and usually make it a point to check my mailbox a bit more often, because it's a lot of fun to correspond with all of you! I've only been here for a month or so but I've already dealt with so many cool folks on the list. And this >would indeed be a great opportunity to thank folks like Ben and Jeff, and >many hundreds of others, whose efforts are keeping this wonderful electronic >community alive and thriving. I second that one. Thanks, guys! Your efforts are so very appreciated.You are pretty much keeping the flame alive here! >This is also a testimony to the songs of Basia being less a matter of words >and tunes, and much more of spirits, hearts and souls, hers as well as ours, The more and more that I've been thinking about the book thing, the more excited I am to have Basia get it. In more than one interview in the 'old' days, she seemed to wonder if people could relate to what she wrote about and sounded like she had come to a realization in the Sweetest Interview about the whole thing (something about being from a particular place/culture etc. did not separate her from other people- that we are all basically the same in how we feel), but if I were writing these songs about really personal stuff in my life (I mean, LWNY required a certain type of courage) I would be really hoping someone out there felt where I was coming from. Particularly if I told everyone about my life and song meaning everytime I produced something. Think about all the stuff Basia has revealed about herself- the whole Danny White romance-gone-wrong thing, coming from a foreign country and feeling like an outsider, having a son at a pretty young age, her relationship with Kevin Robinson- she didn't have to talk about any of this, but she chose not to play the typical "it's not me-it's a character I wrote about" game and tell us that it is her (or her sister, or Rachel, but still...). (Which makes her interviews so cool to find!) I mean, some of this stuff is pretty painful to remember, much less tell everybody about. Would we still feel this sort of kinship with her music if the personal element wasn't part of the equation? Okay, I'm straying, but the point is that I think she will be pretty happy to know that we are all so touched by her work. At least I hope so. :) I mean, if she read Ashoke's essays alone, I'm sure she would be amazed. Anyone would when people are touched and affected by their art. Because anyone that has a song about the end of her relationship with her musical partner, and then has him leave her in the video for the song (ouch!) is surely going to great lengths! - -Leslie, shutting up now ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 11:19:52 -0400 From: "Ashoke S. Talukdar" Subject: Re: THE COPERNICAN CHRONICLES: The joy in your heart... > >Yeah, Meg, write us! > You hear that girlfriend! I am not the only one who wants you to write more. > >The more and more that I've been thinking about the book thing, the more >excited I am to have Basia get it. In more than one interview in the >'old' days, she seemed to wonder if people could relate to what she >wrote about and sounded like she had come to a realization in the >Sweetest Interview about the whole thing (something about being from a >particular place/culture etc. did not separate her from other people- >that we are all basically the same in how we feel), but if I were >writing these songs about really personal stuff in my life (I mean, LWNY >required a certain type of courage) I would be really hoping someone out >there felt where I was coming from. Particularly if I told everyone >about my life and song meaning everytime I produced something. Think >about all the stuff Basia has revealed about herself- the whole Danny >White romance-gone-wrong thing, coming from a foreign country and >feeling like an outsider, having a son at a pretty young age, her >relationship with Kevin Robinson- she didn't have to talk about any of >this, but she chose not to play the typical "it's not me-it's a >character I wrote about" game and tell us that it is her (or her sister, >or Rachel, but still...). (Which makes her interviews so cool to find!) >I mean, some of this stuff is pretty painful to remember, much less tell >everybody about. Would we still feel this sort of kinship with her music >if the personal element wasn't part of the equation? Okay, I'm straying, >but the point is that I think she will be pretty happy to know that we >are all so touched by her work. > > ... > >Because anyone that has a song about the end of her relationship with >her musical partner, and then has him leave her in the video for the >song (ouch!) is surely going to great lengths! > :-) As a Basia fan who has seen VERY few of her videos and interviews (I listened to my first Basia CD two years ago), I love these little tales - they tell me a little bit more about Basia the person, than I could otherwise know. Thanks Leslie. > > -Leslie, shutting up now > Please don't. Ashoke. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 08:47:37 PDT From: "Leslie Brown" Subject: Re: THE COPERNICAN CHRONICLES: The joy in your heart... >As a Basia fan who has seen VERY few of her videos and interviews (I >listened to my first Basia CD two years ago), I love these little tales - - >they tell me a little bit more about Basia the person, than I could >otherwise know. Thanks Leslie. Awright, that's it! I'm going to post some interviews. The people have gotta know (ha ha!)! Seriously, I'll do the Detroit Free Press interview this weekend. You guys will love it. It's from the night before her Pine Knob show so it has special meaning to me.... ah the memories! >> -Leslie, shutting up now >> > >Please don't. > >Ashoke. *big hug* Aw! Thanks! - -Leslie again ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V3 #226 ***************************