From: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org (believers-digest) To: believers-digest@smoe.org Subject: believers-digest V10 #17 Reply-To: believers@smoe.org Sender: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-believers-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk believers-digest Saturday, February 25 2006 Volume 10 : Number 017 In Today's believer's digest: ----------------- Saturday Morning Yarn [Frank ] Re: Saturday Morning Yarn ["Ron Rosen" ] Susan @ the Ark 2/24 ["Suzanne Thiel" ] SW Ark 2/24 ["Suzanne Thiel" ] oops ["Suzanne Thiel" ] Re: oops [wojizzle forizzle ] Re: oops ["Ron Rosen" ] Re: oops ["john vavrek" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 06:30:32 -0800 (PST) From: Frank Subject: Saturday Morning Yarn Hi Folks, I have seen Susan perform several times during the length of her career, and we have always enjoyed her shows. I have my favorite Werner tunes from each of her releases. I was particularly impressed with her latest songbook. Having spent a long time trying to write tunes myself, I feel more than know when I hear really well-crafted songs. I caught her warming up at the piano in a church in Pennington, New Jersey, and I thought her scale practice was even good enough to release, like some modern Julie Andrews teaching children the Do-Re-Mi. I can't wait to hear what she'll come up with next. I mentioned to her at that church about the Roland Fantom-X8 with Sonar. I know that she would be blown away at how a musician's palette could be so expanded. But, it would lead her so far out from her genre that we'd probably wonder whether she was cloned by a space alien. Another time, I sat smack-dab in front of her at Odette's in New Hope, and felt the heat from her guitar--that's how close I was. She had a Jazz Bass that night. Her encore was a John Lennon song. What was it? "Starting Over" That was a real surprise. So, I took the Magical Mystery tour last summer, and visited all of John's hometown haunts while in the company of his half-sister, Julia. Julia had a few mannerisms that made one feel like they were with a slightly altered version of John. Anyway, I wrote a soundtrack to that experience and made a DVD. I am not self-promoting myself. I don't tour. I work a nine-to-five, with out Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, or Lily Tomlin. So, I found a very exciting artist at Puck Fair in New York City. I mention this because when I hear a CD that sounds masterfully crafted, and lyrically cohesive, I try to promote the enjoyment. I am going to Joe's Pub tonight to hear his new release. His name is Pierce Turner at www.pierceturner.com. The name of the work that I love so much is "3 Minute World." Pierce hails from Wexford, Ireland, and annually comes to the Big Apple. When I saw him at the Puck, he had a string quartet. Susan has made a political statement. Oh No! Isn't that a little risky for an artist? I thought that it was again on-the-mark. I read a lot of blogs from the left and right--like watching a tennis match. It's frightening sometimes. There are paranoid leftists and paranoid rightists, but the issues remain clear. We are in a global interlock, and we have lifted up the Japanese and Chinese. We have exchanged ideas, technology, culture...but we're sort of imbalanced, or perhaps becoming balanced. What is scary is the thought that our currency is being devalued at such an alarming rate, that we are being economically reduced to slave wages, yet we have all of these lovely merchant stores to shop in. The collapse of the middle class can't be too healthy for our survival. When pressures become too intense, usually there's always a violent reaction or backlash, which probably explains Homeland Security. But, I truly believe that there are far more good people in this world than bad, and good change has been known to happen in our history. Fear is their control mechanism, so I try to stay fixed in the present, and not wander off too long into the distant future or past. Well, sorry for the soap box chatter. I can't wait to catch Susan again. I enjoy her wit and her charm. Stay well, friends and fans of Suan Werner. It has been nice pressing keys with you. Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at World Cafe CDs http://worldcafecds.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:05:18 -0800 From: "Ron Rosen" Subject: Re: Saturday Morning Yarn > So, I took the Magical Mystery tour last summer, and > visited all of John's hometown haunts while in the > company of his half-sister, Julia. Julia had a few > mannerisms that made one feel like they were with a > slightly altered version of John. Who is this half-sister? How related to John? Never heard about her. Also, interesting that she would have the same name as John's mother. How did you meet her? HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at World Cafe CDs http://worldcafecds.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:03:38 -0500 From: "Suzanne Thiel" Subject: Susan @ the Ark 2/24 Hello, well, for the first time in 11 years, I did not keep a set list. But I think I've got 'em all, except for a couple of the new ones. Took a new set of newbies this time around - some good friends of mine, retired, in their 80's, and my BF Michael brought his parents, also up there in years. So I had the novel pleasure of actually sitting inside where it was warm, enjoying fun conversation and coffee after a fine meal, rather than standing in frigid temps for 1.5 hours, while Michael dined and dashed to go claim the spot at the front of the line. It paid off; yeah, he had frostbite, but we were in the front row, dammit. Actually, we let our elders have the front row proper, and we sat front row around the corner at one end of the stage - which put Susan's back to us when she played piano, but gave us a perfect view when she played guitar, as all she did was swivel on the piano bench, which she puts perpendicular to the piano. And Susan, if you're reading this, he also likes to sit there so he can have an unobstructed view of your, um, posterior. (Steve Murphy - I got the same parking spot we got in July! But of course I had to bow to the self-proclaimed 'King of Ann Arbor', who waltzed into Starbucks having gotten the spot RIGHT in front of the Ark'.) Anyway....SW came out in worn jeans, a green John Deere t-shirt, jeans jacket, biker boots, tousled hair and no makeup. She was radiant. "nice legs and decent looks" is an understatement, IMHO. She said that some of us may have noticed the new 'look', clothing-wise. She said she was getting reacquainted with her midwestern country roots, and claimed to be shooting for a look at the intersection of "Marlene Dietrich and the Indigo Girls'. She also spoke of her rural Iowan roots, claiming proudly that not only was she qualified to wear John Deere apparel since she could drive a tractor, but that she could also back up a tractor that was hauling both a trailer AND a hay-baler. She went back to the farm theme a few times, claiming prior to 'Give me Chicago' that, in farm-speak, 'I'll Take Manhattan' just had to be 'put down'. As I said, I didn't keep a set list. I know she opened with 'Unread Book', followed by 'Don't Work With Your Friends'. Then, in no particular order, 'When I'm Away From You' (sigh...), 'Much At all', 'Philanthropy', 'No One Needs To Know', 'Let's Regret This In Advance', 'May I Suggest', 'I Can't Be New'. Then she lightened the mood with 'Give Me Chicago Any Day', which she followed with a couple of plays on other cities - St Louis, Minneapolis, Tulsa, East Lansing (which the crowd loved, of course - I had to just keep quiet, since that's where I live, and so, it's best to keep that quiet when in UofM country)...then she paused, and asked what town the Ann Arborites had the most issue with - and of course everyone yelled 'East Lansing', which she'd already addressed. Then someone yelled 'Columbus' - and Suze was confused for just a beat, and then she nodded knowingly, and said 'ah, yes, it's that Schembechler Syndrome' and sat there pondering for quite a while trying to think of an adequate rhyme to appropriately bash the Buckeyes. And I'm sorry to say that while she did sing something, she did it quietly and quickly, and I can't remember what it was! And again, in no particular order, 'Time Between Trains', 'Movie of My Life', and a new song at the piano that I'd be hard pressed to come up with a title for, but it started out quoting directly from the Song of Songs from Solomon, then talked about her friend Tim and the first time he read those words in the bible at church, then more from Song of Songs (all, of course, singing the praises of 'my love'), culminating in Tim bringing his friend Kevin home to meet the parents. When it was done, she said she was really looking forward to debuting that one on the 700 Club. After that, she went right into her new 'religious' set - a side of things she'd found she'd been exploring since having a birthday where 'the first number changed'. While she usually considered herself an 'evangelical agnostic', she presented her theory that we should take all the best parts of all religions and make one big religion for all. The Jewish people would supply the food. The Catholics, the concept of 'good works'. The Mormons, their geneology reference library. (and she dissed the Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses for never having hosted her in concert). She explained vehemently that you don't just GET IN to heaven, you have to earn it - followed by 'Help Somebody'. I'm blanking on the possible titles for the others. One repeated the concept that she was going to get her reward. She also did her new revised version of the Lord's Prayer ('deliver us from those who follow you'), and at least one other I know I'm not remembering. All new, all with sheets of paper at the ready for reference. She finished to a rousing immediate standing-O with 'My Strange Nation'. Her first encore was 'Never My Love', with that beautifully flowing piano accompaniment. She eventually came out for a second encore, and everybody was yelling out stuff, and she sat down and pondered for a sec, and then in her inimitable style, started in on something, and it took a beat to realize what it was, cuz, well, that's what she does so well - and it was a slow, jazzy 'I'm Not In Love' (10CC, 1974, 'my brother used to play this on the way to Mass'). Very, very cool. As usual, another stellar Susan experience, and our whole gang just LOVED her, and were thrilled to be able to actually meet and greet afterwards. One bummer was that all the ticket stubs were gone! The Ark staff always put that night's ticket stubs out on a table after the show, and they were all gone! I believe that is the first time I've gone to the Ark and had to leave w/o a souvenir ticket stub. :-( Next up, Eddie From Ohio on 3/23! Happy Listening st HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at World Cafe CDs http://worldcafecds.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:04:19 -0500 From: "Suzanne Thiel" Subject: SW Ark 2/24 Hello, well, for the first time in 11 years, I did not keep a set list. But I think I've got 'em all, except for a couple of the new ones. Took a new set of newbies this time around - some good friends of mine, retired, in their 80's, and my BF Michael brought his parents, also up there in years. So I had the novel pleasure of actually sitting inside where it was warm, enjoying fun conversation and coffee after a fine meal, rather than standing in frigid temps for 1.5 hours, while Michael dined and dashed to go claim the spot at the front of the line. It paid off; yeah, he had frostbite, but we were in the front row, dammit. Actually, we let our elders have the front row proper, and we sat front row around the corner at one end of the stage - which put Susan's back to us when she played piano, but gave us a perfect view when she played guitar, as all she did was swivel on the piano bench, which she puts perpendicular to the piano. And Susan, if you're reading this, he also likes to sit there so he can have an unobstructed view of your, um, posterior. (Steve Murphy - I got the same parking spot we got in July! But of course I had to bow to the self-proclaimed 'King of Ann Arbor', who waltzed into Starbucks having gotten the spot RIGHT in front of the Ark'.) Anyway....SW came out in worn jeans, a green John Deere t-shirt, jeans jacket, biker boots, tousled hair and no makeup. She was radiant. "nice legs and decent looks" is an understatement, IMHO. She said that some of us may have noticed the new 'look', clothing-wise. She said she was getting reacquainted with her midwestern country roots, and claimed to be shooting for a look at the intersection of "Marlene Dietrich and the Indigo Girls'. She also spoke of her rural Iowan roots, claiming proudly that not only was she qualified to wear John Deere apparel since she could drive a tractor, but that she could also back up a tractor that was hauling both a trailer AND a hay-baler. She went back to the farm theme a few times, claiming prior to 'Give me Chicago' that, in farm-speak, 'I'll Take Manhattan' just had to be 'put down'. As I said, I didn't keep a set list. I know she opened with 'Unread Book', followed by 'Don't Work With Your Friends'. Then, in no particular order, 'When I'm Away From You' (sigh...), 'Much At all', 'Philanthropy', 'No One Needs To Know', 'Let's Regret This In Advance', 'May I Suggest', 'I Can't Be New'. Then she lightened the mood with 'Give Me Chicago Any Day', which she followed with a couple of plays on other cities - St Louis, Minneapolis, Tulsa, East Lansing (which the crowd loved, of course - I had to just keep quiet, since that's where I live, and so, it's best to keep that quiet when in UofM country)...then she paused, and asked what town the Ann Arborites had the most issue with - and of course everyone yelled 'East Lansing', which she'd already addressed. Then someone yelled 'Columbus' - and Suze was confused for just a beat, and then she nodded knowingly, and said 'ah, yes, it's that Schembechler Syndrome' and sat there pondering for quite a while trying to think of an adequate rhyme to appropriately bash the Buckeyes. And I'm sorry to say that while she did sing something, she did it quietly and quickly, and I can't remember what it was! And again, in no particular order, 'Time Between Trains', 'Movie of My Life', and a new song at the piano that I'd be hard pressed to come up with a title for, but it started out quoting directly from the Song of Songs from Solomon, then talked about her friend Tim and the first time he read those words in the bible at church, then more from Song of Songs (all, of course, singing the praises of 'my love'), culminating in Tim bringing his friend Kevin home to meet the parents. When it was done, she said she was really looking forward to debuting that one on the 700 Club. After that, she went right into her new 'religious' set - a side of things she'd found she'd been exploring since having a birthday where 'the first number changed'. While she usually considered herself an 'evangelical agnostic', she presented her theory that we should take all the best parts of all religions and make one big religion for all. The Jewish people would supply the food. The Catholics, the concept of 'good works'. The Mormons, their geneology reference library. (and she dissed the Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses for never having hosted her in concert). She explained vehemently that you don't just GET IN to heaven, you have to earn it - followed by 'Help Somebody'. I'm blanking on the possible titles for the others. One repeated the concept that she was going to get her reward. She also did her new revised version of the Lord's Prayer ('deliver us from those who follow you'), and at least one other I know I'm not remembering. All new, all with sheets of paper at the ready for reference. She finished to a rousing immediate standing-O with 'My Strange Nation'. Her first encore was 'Never My Love', with that beautifully flowing piano accompaniment. She eventually came out for a second encore, and everybody was yelling out stuff, and she sat down and pondered for a sec, and then in her inimitable style, started in on something, and it took a beat to realize what it was, cuz, well, that's what she does so well - and it was a slow, jazzy 'I'm Not In Love' (10CC, 1974, 'my brother used to play this on the way to Mass'). Very, very cool. As usual, another stellar Susan experience, and our whole gang just LOVED her, and were thrilled to be able to actually meet and greet afterwards. One bummer was that all the ticket stubs were gone! The Ark staff always put that night's ticket stubs out on a table after the show, and they were all gone! I believe that is the first time I've gone to the Ark and had to leave w/o a souvenir ticket stub. :-( Next up, Eddie From Ohio on 3/23! Happy Listening st HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at World Cafe CDs http://worldcafecds.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:04:57 -0500 From: "Suzanne Thiel" Subject: oops sorry for the double post... st HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at World Cafe CDs http://worldcafecds.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:15:14 -0500 From: wojizzle forizzle Subject: Re: oops one time at band camp, Suzanne Thiel said: > sorry for the double post... the approriate people have been sacked. ;) +w HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at World Cafe CDs http://worldcafecds.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:28:26 -0800 From: "Ron Rosen" Subject: Re: oops > one time at band camp, Suzanne Thiel said: >> sorry for the double post... > > the approriate people have been sacked. ;) Yes, a Saudi Arabian company has been given a contract to monitor double posts and make sure we don't discuss certain subjects here. HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at World Cafe CDs http://worldcafecds.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:21:07 -0800 From: "john vavrek" Subject: Re: oops > one time at band camp, Suzanne Thiel said: >> sorry for the double post... > > the appropriate people have been sacked. ;) to which Ron responded: {Yes, a Saudi Arabian company has been given a contract to monitor double posts and make sure we don't discuss certain subjects here. } would that be tilting toward the mid East? (ah, a glass of Port and thou....) so...has tilting at windmills become tilting at oil rigs? where have you gone Don Quixote? a nation turns it lonely eyes to you. ;-) HELP! owner-believers@smoe.org Send mail to believers@smoe.org Susan's CD's are available on your desktop at World Cafe CDs http://worldcafecds.com ------------------------------ End of believers-digest V10 #17 ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- This has been a posting from the Susan Werner believers-digest To unsubscribe send mail to Majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe believers-digest" in the body of the message