From: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org (canadian-music-digest) To: canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Subject: canadian-music-digest V1 #114 Reply-To: canadian-music@smoe.org Sender: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk canadian-music-digest Saturday, October 31 1998 Volume 01 : Number 114 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alanis SFIJ Review in Sun [Paul Schreiber ] Re: compilation cd ["Tabassum Siddiqui" ] ?1 THE PERFECT CANADIAN MUSIC COMPILATION CD [Re: compilation cd] ["Andre] Re: ?1 THE PERFECT CANADIAN MUSIC COMPILATION CD [Re: compilation cd] ["S] Re: ?1 THE PERFECT CANADIAN MUSIC COMPILATION CD [Re: compilation cd] ["A] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:17:15 -0500 (EST) From: Paul Schreiber Subject: Alanis SFIJ Review in Sun Canada - Friday, October 30, 1998 New Alanis album reviewed By JOHN SAKAMOTO Executive Producer, Jam! Showbiz SUPPOSED FORMER INFATUATION JUNKIE Alanis Morissette (Maverick/Warner CDW 47094) If nothing else, success has made Alanis Morissette expansive. Irrepressibly, obsessively, relentlessly, expansive. Take this tumbling, unpunctuated, and not atypical line from the dark ballad "I Was Hoping", one of the 17 new songs that comprise the breathlessly awaited "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie": "It's a cycle really don't you think I'm withdrawing and guilt tripping you I think you're insensitive". Try singing along to that. Or how about this mouthful-of-a-stanza, from "Sympathetic Character"?: "I was afraid of verbal daggers, I was afraid of the calm before the storm, I was afraid for my own bones, I was afraid of your seduction, I was afraid ...", well you get the idea. It's enough to make you yearn for the compact elegance of "You live, you learn". In the three years since her third album, "Jagged Little Pill", transformed her from a puffy-haired Canadian disco singer into a bona fide cultural touchstone, Morissette has both survived the tumult of fame and reaped its substantial rewards. Inevitably, perhaps, "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie" -- the self-deprecating title provides one of the album's few moments of levity - -- reflects both sides of the equation: It chronicles her reaction to (and rejection of) her status as an object of adulation, but it does so from the privileged vantage point of a lengthy spiritual quest. Profoundly influenced by a recent trip to India, "Infatuation Junkie" is admirably untidy. While the ubiquitous single/video "Thank U" calmly rhymes off a series of personal epiphanies, the hard-edged "Baba" presents a scathing view of what Morissette has characterized as the "duplicity" within India's spiritual world. Elsewhere, Morissette's anger is every bit as evident here as it was on "Jagged Little Pill", but it's frequently off-set by a new sense of personal responsibilty for putting herself in certain situations in the first place. The aggressive opener, "Front Row", falls squarely into that category, as does the lyrically over-stuffed "Would Not Come". The weakness in all of this is the ungainly clash between the obvious sincerity and emotional honesty of Morissette's lyrics and what often borders on plain old lazy craftsmanship. It's the way every line in every verse of "Thank U", for example, begins with the words "How 'bout ..." It's also the repeated application of that stylistic conceit to "Are You Still Mad" (each line starts with "are you still mad"), "That I Would Be Good (ditto, with the words "that I would be good"), or "Would Not Come", whose verses all start with the word "if". It's an annoying stylistic device that gives the songs immediate impact but also makes them kind of annoying the fifth or sixth time through. When Morissette breaks out of that template, the results are positively exhilarating. "Can't Not" -- an intense mid-tempo number that was performed extensively on her last tour and which appears here in a radically re-worked version -- hits like a hammer, while the simple, joyful "So Pure" jumps out as the album's most memorable track. Musically, "Junkie" shows off a slightly more idiosyncratic use of rhythm, along with a less glossy pop sheen than on "Jagged Little Pill". Nothing here, however, should come as a shock to anyone familiar with either "Jagged" or the "Uninvited" single from this summer's "City Of Angels" soundtrack. Ultimately, "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie" abounds in ambitious and stimulating ideas. It's just that you'll have to wade through a considerable number of roadblocks to get to them. Track Listing 1. Front Row (4.14) 2. Baba (4.29) 3. Thank U (4.18) 4. Are You Still Mad (4.04) 5. Sympathetic Character (5.12) 6. That I Would Be Good (4.17) 7. The Couch (5.24) 8. Can't Not (4.35) 9. UR (3.31) 10. I Was Hoping (3.51) 11. One (4.40) 12. Would Not Come (4.04) 13. Unsent (4.10) 14. So Pure (2.50) 15. Joining You (4.24) 16. Heart Of The House (3.46) 17. Your Congratulations (3.54) Total Time: 71.51 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 15:33:04 -0500 (EST) From: James McGarry Subject: 54*40 These guys have been at it a long, long time. The quintessential university band; they can pack a hall, they can help people have a good time, and they don't seem to inspire drunken louts. But they rawked last night and I can sum up why in three little words: Coco. Love! ALCORN! She is marvy! I hadn't expected 54*40 to go on so early, I got there about 10:20 and they were already into the first or second song. Then I didn't know it was being recorded for a live album (as are subsequent dates) or that Coco Love Alcorn would be there. Big highlights were: Coco playing trumpet on "Crossing a Canyon" and doin' this wild scat thing on "Music Man" and wonderful harmonies on "Miss You". Yeah and 54*40 and Neil's brother were there somewhere too :-) This was the best 54-40 show I've ever seen. I can find only one flaw, not enough Coco!! Check 'em out: Oct. 30 Grand Theatre - Kingston, Canada Oct. 31 Cabaret - Montreal, Canada Nov. 03 Mohawk College - Hamilton, Canada Nov. 04 Big Bucks - St. Catharines, Canada Nov. 05 The Lions Den - New York City, USA Nov. 06 University of Windsor - Windsor, Canada Nov. 07 S.S. Fleming College - Lindsay, Canada Nov. 09 TBD - Peterborough, Canada Nov. 10 Brownies - New York City, USA Nov. 11 Escape Night Club - Brantford, Canada Nov. 12 Tralfamadore Cafe - Buffalo, USA Nov. 13 St. Lawerence College - Cornwall, Canada Nov. 14 Durham College - Oshawa, Canada Nov. 24 Key City Theatre - Cranbrook, Canada Nov. 27 Vogue Theatre - Vancouver, Canada Nov. 28 Vogue Theatre - Vancouver, Canada All dates are being recorded for the Live album, available from 5440.com. James. NowPlaying: BT featuring Tori Amos - Blue Skies ========================================================================== James McGarry | jmcgarry@UoGuelph.CA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- And I, infinitesmal being, drunk with the great starry void, likeness, image of mystery, I felt myself a pure part of the abyss, I wheeled with the stars, my heart broke loose on the wind. - Poetry, Pablo Neruda ========================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 15:26:34 PST From: "Tabassum Siddiqui" Subject: Re: compilation cd Rannie posted: >>"Faith & Healing" -- caring artists in suppport of a Diabetes Cure. >> >>**Roberta Carter Harrison ( of the Wild Strawberries), Beverly >>Mahood, Amy Sky, Rachel Matkin, Damhnait Doyle** >> >>Come and meet these caring artists on Nov 4th, 1998 from 11am to 1pm >>at CHATEAUWORKS, 336-340 Queen St. W. Toronto, as they receive Gold >>CD Awards for the album "Faith & Healing" >> >>CD available at le chateau or call 1-877-CURE JDF I forgot to post about this when I heard about it last week! The Cd sounds absolutely awesome, and I can finally ask Damhnait *myself* what the heck is up with her these days! ;-) Yay. :) - - Tab :) P.S. If anyone else is going, let me know! Would love to say hi. :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 20:03:32 -0500 From: "Andrea " Subject: ?1 THE PERFECT CANADIAN MUSIC COMPILATION CD [Re: compilation cd] Heyas People! With this talk of the compilation CD with alllll those awesome ladies on it, our first year-end question is... 1-----What would be the PERFECT CANADIAN MUSIC COMPILATION CD? *list maximum 15 fairly recent [past couple of years] songs, preferably by 15 different Canadian artists/bands. I was thinking of posting a different question every 1 to 2 weeks, people can respond up until the final big results collaboration at the end of the year...how's that sound? Feel reply to me privately or to the whole list for discussion :-) HAPPY HALLOWE'EN! ~Andrea! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICQ: 10294764 AOL IM: TheAndyC "I am breathless by the mercy of a smile" - -Jann Arden http://listen.to/canadianmusic - http://listen.to/boots - http://travel.to/thecomfortzone ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:24:19 PST From: "Shawna Caspi" Subject: Re: ?1 THE PERFECT CANADIAN MUSIC COMPILATION CD [Re: compilation cd] >From owner-canadian-music@smoe.org Fri Oct 30 01:56:40 1998 >Received: from smoe.org ([24.128.147.247]) > by chmls06.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA22570; > Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:55:20 -0500 (EST) >Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) > by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/listq-jane) with SMTP id TAA17798; > Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:54:07 -0500 (EST) >Received: by smoe.org (bulk_mailer v1.10); Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:54:07 - -0500 >Received: (from majordom@localhost) > by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/listq-jane) id TAA17791 > for canadian-music-outgoing; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:53:22 -0500 (EST) >Received: from mail1.toronto.istar.net (mail1.toronto.istar.net [209.89.75.17]) > by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/daemon-mode-relay2) with ESMTP id TAA17787 > for ; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:53:19 -0500 (EST) >Received: from ms01-383.tor.istar.ca ([137.186.225.129] helo=default) > by mail1.toronto.istar.net with esmtp (Exim 2.02 #1) > id 0zZPEz-00001l-00; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:50:05 -0500 >Reply-To: >From: "Andrea " >To: "Tabassum Siddiqui" , >Subject: ?1 THE PERFECT CANADIAN MUSIC COMPILATION CD [Re: compilation cd] >Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 20:03:32 -0500 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Priority: 3 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1157 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Message-Id: >Sender: owner-canadian-music@smoe.org >Precedence: bulk > >Heyas People! > >With this talk of the compilation CD with alllll those awesome ladies on >it, our first year-end question is... > >1-----What would be the PERFECT CANADIAN MUSIC COMPILATION CD? > >*list maximum 15 fairly recent [past couple of years] songs, preferably by >15 different Canadian artists/bands. > >I was thinking of posting a different question every 1 to 2 weeks, people >can respond up until the final big results collaboration at the end of the >year...how's that sound? > >Feel reply to me privately or to the whole list for discussion :-) > >HAPPY HALLOWE'EN! > >~Andrea! >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >ICQ: 10294764 AOL IM: TheAndyC >"I am breathless by the mercy of a smile" >-Jann Arden >http://listen.to/canadianmusic - http://listen.to/boots - >http://travel.to/thecomfortzone > > Hi everyone! With all the madness that surrounds me I just realized I haven't posted for a long time....well here's my opportunity...awesome thread Andy! :) Hmmmmm...who to choose....so hard.....here goes: 1. Angel-Sarah McLachlan 2. That's Me-Tara MacLean 3. I Thought I Knew-Tammy RayBould 4. Ordinary Day-Great Big Sea 5. Walk on the Moon-Dayna Manning 6. Life is a Highway-Tom Cochrane :D (I couldn't resist!) 7. Pretty Lip-Wild Strawberries 8. Happy Homemaker-Melanie Doane 9. Heaven Sent-Esthero 10. Tongue-This Minor Tremble 11. Hands-Chantal Kreviazuk 12. Go To The Moon-Moxy Fruvous 13. Silence-Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan 14. Stroboscope-Big Sur (I had to put them in....they're a really cool local band :)) 15. Joni Mitchell-Big Yellow Taxi (yeah, this one's really old but I just put it in for fun :) So the last two prolly wouldn't make the cut...but I'd pay a good chunk of my hard earned $$$ for that CD! :) I've got quite an eclectic mix there.... luv Shawna =) Happy Halloween! I'm going as Sarah! :D ***BIG SUR's *BRAND NEW* debut album is called "Here We Go!" GO GET IT! :D ....although it's prolly not available in CD stores yet :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 23:59:57 -0500 From: "Andrea " Subject: Re: ?1 THE PERFECT CANADIAN MUSIC COMPILATION CD [Re: compilation cd] > 1-----What would be the PERFECT CANADIAN MUSIC COMPILATION CD? Okie...mine...in no particular order 01 "Bobcaygeon": The Tragically Hip 02 "Dealer": Chantal Kreviazuk 03 "The Good you Make": Emm Gryner 04 "I Cry": Bass Is Base 05 "Witness": Sarah McLachlan 06 "Lines You Amend": Sloan 07 "Starseed": Our Lady Peace 08 "Pretty Lip": Wild Strawberries 09 "I Am The Man": The Philosopher Kings 10 "I'll Be Okay": Amanda Marshall 11 "Head Over Feet": Alanis Morissette 12 "Aparations": Matthew Good Band 13 "Leave It Alone": Moist 14 "My Kind": Dayna Manning 15 "Afternoons And Coffeespoons": Crash Test Dummies I'm sure I'll think of others to add to right after I click send, but oh well... ~Andrea! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ICQ: 10294764 AOL IM: TheAndyC "I am breathless by the mercy of a smile" - -Jann Arden http://listen.to/canadianmusic - http://listen.to/boots - http://travel.to/thecomfortzone ------------------------------ End of canadian-music-digest V1 #114 ************************************