From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V9 #16 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 Tuesday, February 3 2004 Volume 09 : Number 016 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: basia-digest V9 #15 [Time Voyagers ] Smokers [JPovlock@aol.com] RE: Smokers ["Steve O'Hearn" ] Re: Smokers [] Re: Smokers ["JC" ] RE: Smokers ["Steve O'Hearn" ] Ruthie Henshall ["Barry" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 06:57:12 -0800 (PST) From: Time Voyagers Subject: Re: basia-digest V9 #15 Smoking kills both smokers and their voices. Countless scientific reports have established the causal connection between tobacco smoking and cancer of the mouth, throat, lungs, and esophagus. The relative risk of developing cancer of the larynx is doubled in those who smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day. Alcohol and tobacco appear to act synergistically to elevate this risk still further. It is not the nicotine in tobacco which causes cancer. Tobacco smoke is dark with tar -- a mixture of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that is markedly carcinogenic. The heat of the smoke in the throat is dangerous as well. Pipes and cigar smoking are not harmless substitutes for cigarettes, since they too cause cancer of the mouth and throat. In the tissues of the respiratory tract, cigarette smoke provokes effects similar to those of inflammation: redness, swelling, increased mucus production, and thickening of the surface lining or mucosa. Both the smoke particles and the heat of the inhaled fumes appear to damage the mucosa. Interestingly, unfiltered marijuana smoke causes even greater irritation to the throat and trachea than does tobacco smoke. A laryngologist can recognize smokers just by the typical appearance of their nose and throat: nicotine staining of the nasal hairs, dry throat, dry swollen vocal cords, and tenacious secretions. Singers who smoke have a harsh breathy voice and a loss of clarity in their upper range. Women who smoke may suffer from polyps on their vocal cords and severe degeneration, polyps which have the appearance of big balloon blisters. Persons with chronic smoking-related inflammation often develop leukoplakia, or white patches on the lining of the throat, a known precursor of cancer. Smoking also reduces normal breathing capacity. The decrease in air flow due to bronchial constriction impairs vocal performance, and such organic changes to the respiratory tract cannot be overcome by heroic singing technique alone! Smokers cannot expect to produce a clear ringing pianissimo that will reach the far corners of a hall. Obviously, very few singers of the classical repertoire choose to smoke. Some rock and pop singers do use smoking to create a characteristic vocal quality that fits this repertoire. Some women find that deepening their normal vocal range is well suited to a blues or soul sound. The cost of this choice is high, however. Emphysema, bronchitis, recurrent throat infection, and sometimes cancer have brought numerous singing careers to an early and disquieting end. The damage to vocal cords may not completely heal even after the smoking has ceased. Mild swelling may take six to nine months to resolve and the more significant inflammatory lesions may require surgery. Smoking is a major cause of refractory vocal nodules, since constant irritation in the throat prevents them from healing. Even with surgery there is no guarantee of recovering a desirable singing voice. Singers who perform in smoke-filled clubs may also suffer some of the same effects. When it is not possible to avoid such situations, non-smoking performers should compensate for them by increasing their water intake and going out for fresh air between sets. Finally, all serious singers learn how to give meticulous care to their complete vocal instrument, i.e. to both vocal cords and throat. Such attention is usually rewarded many times over. With appropriate care, the gift of voice and song may indeed endure the whole life long. From: Frangoise P. Chagnon, Director of the Voice Lab at the Montreal General Hospital > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 01:56:14 -0500 > From: "Jeff Abrams" > Subject: RE: Is she a smoker? (Re: more singers) > > What is interesting to me is how many of the > greatest singers have been > smokers. > > Luciano Pavarotti > Whitney Houston > Dionne Warwick > Sara Vaughn > Billy Joel > Mariah Carey > > The list goes on. Those a just of the few that I > have seen smoking. I'm sure > there are even more "closet" smokers. > It is hard to live the musicians life and avoid > picking up the habit, > especially in Europe. > > > - --- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:25:33 EST From: JPovlock@aol.com Subject: Smokers And I will never again kiss a smoker, no matter how well she sings :) Jim P. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:59:52 -0500 From: "Steve O'Hearn" Subject: RE: Smokers Sign me up for that. Tried it once. Yuck. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of JPovlock@aol.com Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 12:26 PM To: basia@smoe.org Subject: Smokers And I will never again kiss a smoker, no matter how well she sings :) Jim P. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 13:59:59 -0500 From: Subject: Re: Smokers Is this a variation on the oldie but goodie of: Do you smoke after sex...... I dont know I never look. bfn BobR On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:59:52 -0500 "Steve O'Hearn" wrote: > > Sign me up for that. Tried it once. Yuck. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-basia@smoe.org > [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > JPovlock@aol.com > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 12:26 PM > To: basia@smoe.org > Subject: Smokers > > > > And I will never again kiss a smoker, no matter how well > she sings :) > > Jim P. - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider. http://www.nni.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 15:44:33 -0700 From: "JC" Subject: Re: Smokers Fine words, gentlemen, but I don't quite believe you could make good on that. This is a very, very partial list of models/singers/actresses who smoke (or DID smoke, in the case of some who are deceased) - and there are many women among them who I cannot imagine the most macho of you turning away in the event one of them broke into your house at night and pounced upon you in your pajamas, trying to force a kiss out of you ... (such as Britney Spears) ... Joey Lauren Adams Christina Aguilera Kristian Alfonso Mddchen Amick Gillian Anderson Pamela Anderson Christina Applegate Nadja Auermann Lucille Ball Ellen Barkin Drew Barrymore Kim Basinger Angela Bassett Justine Bateman Shari Belafonte Monica Bellucci Mayim Bialik Yasmine Bleeth Debby Boone Lara Flynn Boyle Toni Braxton Christie Brinkley Sandra Bullock Kate Bush Mariah Carey Belinda Carlisle Mary Chapin Carpenter Barbara Carrera Cher Natalia Cigliuti Rosemary Clooney Shawn Colvin Holly Marie Combs Cindy Crawford Cameron Diaz Shannen Doherty Nicole Eggert Carmen Electra Linda Evangelista Marianne Faithfull Michelle Forbes Samantha Fox Daisy Fuentes Melanie Griffith Nanci Griffith Bridget Hall Teri Hatcher Barbara Hershey Eva Herzigova Helen Hunt Elizabeth Hurley Natalie Imbruglia Famke Janssen Angelina Jolie Nicole Kidman Nastassja Kinski Juliette Lewis Amy Locane Jennifer Lopez Andie MacDowell Madonna Alyssa Milano Demi Moore Kate Moss Gwyneth Paltrow Andrea Parker Christina Ricci Julia Roberts Mimi Rogers Sade Jane Seymour Cybill Shepherd Brooke Shields (Rumoured to have quit or tried to quit) Grace Slick Patty Smyth Britney Spears Lisa Stansfield Sharon Stone Marisa Tomei Christy Turlington (Rumored to have quit) Liv Tyler Nikki Tyler Deborah Kara Unger Amber Valletta Rachel Weisz Kate Winslet Kari Wuhrer Renee Zellweger Daphne Zuniga http://smokingsides.com/asfs/home.html Cheers! /jan - ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve O'Hearn To: basia@smoe.org Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 10:59 AM Subject: RE: Smokers Sign me up for that. Tried it once. Yuck. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of JPovlock@aol.com Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 12:26 PM To: basia@smoe.org Subject: Smokers And I will never again kiss a smoker, no matter how well she sings :) Jim P. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:10:23 -0500 From: "Steve O'Hearn" Subject: RE: Smokers Tell you what - pick any one of these celebs and send them over to my house, let's test this. *sitting by the front door in my PJ's* - -----Original Message----- From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of JC Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 5:45 PM To: basia@smoe.org Subject: Re: Smokers Fine words, gentlemen, but I don't quite believe you could make good on that. This is a very, very partial list of models/singers/actresses who smoke (or DID smoke, in the case of some who are deceased) - and there are many women among them who I cannot imagine the most macho of you turning away in the event one of them broke into your house at night and pounced upon you in your pajamas, trying to force a kiss out of you ... (such as Britney Spears) ... Joey Lauren Adams Christina Aguilera Kristian Alfonso Mddchen Amick Gillian Anderson Pamela Anderson Christina Applegate Nadja Auermann Lucille Ball Ellen Barkin Drew Barrymore Kim Basinger Angela Bassett Justine Bateman Shari Belafonte Monica Bellucci Mayim Bialik Yasmine Bleeth Debby Boone Lara Flynn Boyle Toni Braxton Christie Brinkley Sandra Bullock Kate Bush Mariah Carey Belinda Carlisle Mary Chapin Carpenter Barbara Carrera Cher Natalia Cigliuti Rosemary Clooney Shawn Colvin Holly Marie Combs Cindy Crawford Cameron Diaz Shannen Doherty Nicole Eggert Carmen Electra Linda Evangelista Marianne Faithfull Michelle Forbes Samantha Fox Daisy Fuentes Melanie Griffith Nanci Griffith Bridget Hall Teri Hatcher Barbara Hershey Eva Herzigova Helen Hunt Elizabeth Hurley Natalie Imbruglia Famke Janssen Angelina Jolie Nicole Kidman Nastassja Kinski Juliette Lewis Amy Locane Jennifer Lopez Andie MacDowell Madonna Alyssa Milano Demi Moore Kate Moss Gwyneth Paltrow Andrea Parker Christina Ricci Julia Roberts Mimi Rogers Sade Jane Seymour Cybill Shepherd Brooke Shields (Rumoured to have quit or tried to quit) Grace Slick Patty Smyth Britney Spears Lisa Stansfield Sharon Stone Marisa Tomei Christy Turlington (Rumored to have quit) Liv Tyler Nikki Tyler Deborah Kara Unger Amber Valletta Rachel Weisz Kate Winslet Kari Wuhrer Renee Zellweger Daphne Zuniga http://smokingsides.com/asfs/home.html Cheers! /jan - ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve O'Hearn To: basia@smoe.org Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 10:59 AM Subject: RE: Smokers Sign me up for that. Tried it once. Yuck. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of JPovlock@aol.com Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 12:26 PM To: basia@smoe.org Subject: Smokers And I will never again kiss a smoker, no matter how well she sings :) Jim P. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 21:37:53 -0600 From: "Barry" Subject: Ruthie Henshall A few months back someone was looking for a couple of Ruthie Henshall albums. One of them, The Ruthie Henshall Album, is currently available on eBay. There are actually 2 copies of it on cd. The links to them are below. If they don't work, just go to eBay and put her name in the search box and they should come up. They have a few days left on them. Hope this is (still) helpful. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2592948189&category=43661 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2593281766&category=1576 Barry ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V9 #16 **************************