Errors-To: ecto-owner@ns1.rutgers.edu Reply-To: ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu Sender: ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu From: ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu To: ecto-request@ns1.rutgers.edu Bcc: ecto-digest-outbound@ns1.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto #1071 ecto, Number 1071 Thursday, 7 April 1994 Today's Topics: *-----------------* Champagne Jam, 4/3/94 Hey Belay Bday! Milla - The Divine Comedy Ein April Klaus :) An Inner Need to Fulfill an Inner Need Re: Rachel Morrison! Today's your birthday friend.... Re: Milla - The Divine Comedy Re: Milla - The Divine Comedy Re: Milla - The Divine Comedy ======================================================================== Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1994 23:12:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Suspended In Duct Tape Subject: Champagne Jam, 4/3/94 Hi! And finally... CHAMPAGNE JAM 88.1 FM, WESU-Middletown Wesleyan University Middletown, CT Sunday, April 3, 1994 4:00 - 5:30 PM TORI AMOS: "Space Dog" (Under The Pink) BIG HAT: "Flowerbox" (Inamorata EP) ROSE CHRONICLES: "Brick and Glue" (Shiver) SIRENSONG: "My Thief" (Sirensong EP) FRENTE!: "Bizarre Love Triangle" (Labour of Love) KATE BUSH: "Show A Little Devotion" (UK MoP CD5) [r] LOREENA MCKENNITT: "The Bonny Swans" (The Mask And Mirror) MARGO HENNEBACH: "Fool's Gold Paradise" (Margo Hennebach) JOHN AND MARY: "Two Worlds Parted" (The Weedkiller's Daughter) CHERYL WHEELER: "Further and Further Away" (Big Times In A Small Town) SARAH MCLACHLAN: "Wait" (Fumbling Towards Ecstasy) SARAH MCLACHLAN: "Fear (Jane's Mix)" (Possession CD5) TORI AMOS: "Honey" (UK PGY CD5) [r] KRISTIN HERSCH: "The Letter" (Hips and Makers) HAPPY RHODES: "Poetic Justice" (Ecto) THE MOON SEVEN TIMES: "Guppy" (7=49) SUDDENLY, TAMMY!: "Plant Me" (Suddenly, Tammy!) KATE BUSH: "Experiment IV" (The Whole Story) (And thus ends our little experiment on how many different ways we can spell Kristin Hersh's name. :}) +===========================================================================+ |Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA meth@delphi.com| +===========================================================================+ |"and there is a love that's inherently given a kind of blindess offered to | | deceive and in that light of forbidden joy oh I know I won't receive it " | | - Sarah McLachlan, "Wait" | +===========================================================================+ ======================================================================== Date: Wed, 6 Apr 94 23:45:14 EDT From: WretchAwry Subject: Hey Belay Bday! (oops!) HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Michael Bravo!! v ======================================================================== Date: Wed, 6 Apr 94 23:48:14 EDT From: kosky@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Anthony Kosky) Subject: Milla - The Divine Comedy *WARNING for rdt - non-Tori (but read it anyway)* Strange days, when a new album from the remains of what, ten years ago, I would have sworn was the greatest rock band in existence can be eclipsed by a release from yet another new female singer/songwriter. Tuesday saw the US release of The Divine Comedy, the debut album by Milla Jovovich. I'd heard a promo CD from this album some months ago, and been awaiting this album eagerly since. I haven't managed to find out much about Milla, other than that she's Russian and is also a model/actress. Having scoured the sleeve notes carefully, I haven't even been able to find a references to what if any instruments she plays on the album, though she's pictured with a lute. It's difficult music to categorize, beyond falling in that rather vague but increasingly populated no-mans-land that lies between folk and rock. Certainly there's an Eastern European flavor in parts, perhaps slightly reminiscent of Marta Sebestyen; the last song on the album, In A Glade, is a hauntingly beautiful arrangement of a traditional Russian folk song, though the remainder of the lyrics are by Milla and are in English. The instrumentation on this album is very unusual, featuring such things as mandolins, penny whistles, violins, violas, harmoniums, hurdy-gurdies and hammered dulcimers, as well as a variety of percussion instruments some of which I can't quite fix. (I should perhaps admit here that any album involving a hurdy gurdy automatically gets a high recommendation from me. I love the things. However, before I start extolling the virtues of Nigel Eaton and Blowzabella, I shall return to the matter at hand.) The choice of instrumentation gives much of the music a Celtic feel, and the percussion at times seems to have a Latin American influence creeping in. Undoubtedly a strange composition. The production seems good: not actually sparse, but sufficiently clear, crisp and open to make following the individual instruments easy. That's fortunate, since to spoil such a collection of instruments with muddled sound would indeed be a pity. I'm still in too early a listening stage to give an absolute assessment of the music. In particular I haven't come to grips with the lyrics yet, though the odd line that has caught my attention suggests that they're worth more thorough examination. Musically the songs vary from gentle and delicate to up-tempo: there are plenty of catchy tunes to buzz around your head and keep you humming for a while. I suspect this album is going spend alot of time in my CD player for quite a while, and strongly suggest you check it out. The new Floyd album? I suppose I'll get it sometime but I can wait. -Anthony (the-one-who-isn't-Australian) ======================================================================== Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1994 23:02:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Suspended In Duct Tape Subject: Ein April Klaus :) Hi! And now, I present to you all ein April Klaus! :) super dave inquired: >A friend of mine was telling me that he saw a Sarah video but didn't know the >name of the song. He said it's set in the jungle or something and that she's >naked and covered in mud. I think he's pulling my leg. Is this Sarah, and if >so, what's the name of the song? This has already been answered: "Into The Fire". It was the first Sarah video I ever saw, and indeed the first time I'd ever gotten a good look at what she looks like (granted, I got a better look than I'd bargained for... ;). _Solace_ had just come out, and I was barely familiar with her music, and one night I taped 120 Minutes for some reason and there she was. And the rest, as they say, is history... I've seen most of Sarah's videos, and I must say "Into The Fire" is one of my favorites, because in the entire song there's not one fire image, just tons and tons of water.... even the part that looks like she's standing in front of a wall of flame is really a waterfall. I just think that's really well done. woj asked Mike P: >> if fte is what drew you into sarah's music, are you implying that you >> didn't like her first two albums or that you hadn't heard her first two >> albums? > >Well, i have her first two albums, and like the 1st more than the 2nd, >but i can't say she really GRABBED me until recently. Now, where did >i put my copy of that mudbath video ...? :) I'm trying to keep a tally of the people who love _FtE_ who also like _Touch_ better than _Solace_, as well as of those who love _Solace_ but don't really like _FtE_. I'm noticing that the people who really really like _Solace_ aren't at all impressed by _FtE_, and the people who really really like _FtE_ aren't all that impressed by _Solace_, like me. Interesting. Neile made comparisons with Gogh van Go: >I can't really think of anyone they are quite like, but feel as though I >should be able to. I guess I would mainly compare them with 10,000 >Maniacs and the Innocence Mission. Oooo! Now I *really* want to check them out. woj confessed: >i'll get the urge to listen to something depending on my mood, >the weather, the phase of the moon or even the color of the socks i put >on (don't laugh - it happened once!). Pardon me for asking, but what the hell about your socks helped you choose what you were going to listen to? I can see your Chucks inspiring you to listen to Field Fresh's _Stinky_, but the color of your socks??? >i must admit that i'm disappointed that she is sticking with the >woman-and-piano thing. yes, it's effective, but i think that she could >stand to gain a new dimension to her live performances with a band >backing her up. I do think "Precious Things" loses 100% of its intensity when delivered piano- only, but I also think every single one of her other songs would be massively disappointing with a band. Do you really think Tori could stand to keep herself within the intrinsic constraints of a band? She'd still be trying to play with the rhythms, and then the drummer would try to keep up (or down) with her, and soon you'd have a musical train wreck, or Tori would get really frustrated and not have any fun with it at all. The piano would be drowned out, and it generally would be a Bad Thing for Tori to get a band, as far as the music goes. I would think twice about seeing her live if she had a band. As far as Tori herself goes, though, she might have to get a tour band simply to take some of the pressure off of herself on these long tours, and to shield herself a little bit from problem audiences. Who knows? >huh. i *really* like _this is the story_. i always got a kick out of how >they looked like my dad when he was about 25 years old. Good thing you look like your mother, then... >>- Loreena McKennitt; The Mask and the Mirror: Clannad for the foreground. > >i've listened to this a few times now and it's yet to stick in my brain >yet. i like the direction that she is heading (a fusion of her celtic roots >with other ethnic traditions) but i don't think it goes far enough. I *love* _The Mask And Mirror_. It grabbed me from the first time I paid attention while listening to it, especially "The Bonny Swans" - the guitar riff is one of the more unlikely things Loreena could have done, but it works. Chris Sampson inquired: > 1) Has anyone else had this kind of success with ordering from > AG for radio stations? (Meth, Vickie???) I'm probably not a good one to ask, since when I told Kevin to send stuff to WESU only _Warpaint_ was available on CD. When the 1st4 came out on CD we didn't get them, but then again, I don't think anybody ever asked. We did get _Equipoise_, _HR5_, and _Rhodesongs_, though, so we are definitely on AG's list! >All this talk of Sarah videos has me curious to see them; unfortunately, we >never got any singles of hers released here, so no videos. Anyone know if >there's a video compilation available, or any plans for one? There isn't a compilation available now, but I've heard rumblings from Nettwerk that one might be in the works. Neal reported: >Apparently Jerome Augustyniak, Rob Buck, Dennis Drew and Steve Gustafson (that >is all of 10K Maniacs except Natalie, right?) have hooked up with early >Maniacs offshoot John & Mary and are planning a late April tour. The band >currently has no name, but they do have some tour dates. Don't expect much >Maniacs stuff though. They will be doing new material, John & Mary stuff >and some older Maniacs music like My Mother The War and Can't Ignore the Train. Oh, wow. I was hoping something like this would happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just wish they were playing somewhere closer to me... :P D^2 remarked: >Dead Can Dance, eponymous > >Boy, they sure have come a long way, haven't they? :) I'm almost tempted >to take this one back, but I'll give it a few more spins first to give it >more of a chance. Oh, give it a chance. It really is interesting, as brooding Goth-rock goes. :) I listen to it every once in a while when I'm in a Mood. It's useful for that sort of thing! And on the topic of Ingrid Karklins, I found a compilation CD at the radio station the other day with "Time/Incredible March of the Spiny Lobsters" on it! It was the _Auron I - Musical Tomorrows_ compilation, and had a page-long blurb/interview with Ingrid and picture in the booklet. I'm not sure which label this disc was on, but it sure surprised me to find it! Finally, last night I saw the movie _What's Eating Gilbert Grape?_ STUPID title for a most excellent movie. Leonardo DiCaprio should've won the Oscar, hands down. If it's still playing in your area, go see it (but beware, it's sorta kinda depressing but not really at the end). It's awful, though- I really can't watch anything that has Mary Steenburgen in it, because the entire time I'm just going, "Wow, does she ever look like Kate Bush!" and not paying any attention to what's going on in that particular scene. It's quite sad, really... +===========================================================================+ |Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA meth@delphi.com| +===========================================================================+ |"and there is a love that's inherently given a kind of blindess offered to | | deceive and in that light of forbidden joy oh I know I won't receive it " | | - Sarah McLachlan, "Wait" | +===========================================================================+ ======================================================================== Date: 07 Apr 94 05:02:11 EDT From: "Wendy S. Ettinghoff" <72064.3606@compuserve.com> Subject: An Inner Need to Fulfill an Inner Need Hi fellow ECTOPHILES, I have a need to add to my collection of favorite artists and I think you are just the folks that can help me with this very specific type of addiction. Presently, I have a line-up of favorite artists that goes like this: 1) Happy Rhodes 6) Maire Brennan (from Clannad) 2) October Project 7) Shawn Colvin 3) Loreena McKennitt 8) Deborah Levoy 4) Clannad 9) Disappear Fear 5) Enya 10) The Story All I ask is that you point me in the right direction of artists with similar feel and talent. The right lyrics with the right music to create the right feel is all I need! I realize how subjective this is but I trust in your tastes. I already own every one of these artists CD's, except still waiting for Happy's order of remaining 5 CD's (can't wait!). It's a collection I enjoy sharing with friends. This listing is subject to change... And, yes I'm new here. Thanks for Being There (where ever you may be!), Wendy E. from Santa Cruz, CA ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 09:11:00 +0200 From: uli@zoodle.robin.de (Ulrich Grepel) Subject: Re: Rachel Morrison! Ilka writes: > Maybe those of you, who already know Rachel's music, could write a few > lines about her, too? (Uli, Tim, Richard,...) I second everything you said about Rachel Morrison, she's fantastic! Unfortunately I was told this fact just after the Frankfurt concert... But if she's from around Frankfurt maybe she'll have another concert sometime! Maybe if Tom likes the idea of electronic mail etc. they will end up with a *.robin.de address? ;-) Bye, Uli -- "Mann, was glaubst'n Du, was das fuer 'ne Rechenleistung is?" - "'n 66'er, _mindestens_" (2*anon, CeBIT '94, SGI booth, Onyx/PowerChallenge presentation) ======================================================================== From: klaus@inphobos.wupper.de Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 08:45:56 Subject: Today's your birthday friend.... i*i*i*i*i*i *************** ***HAPPY******* ********BIRTHDAY*** ******************* ***** David Dixon ***** *********************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- David Dixon Tue April 7 1970 Aries Klaus Kluge Sun April 10 1960 Unicorn Steve VanDevender Sun April 10 1966 Racer Art Liestman Fri April 10 1953 Repeat Michael Bowman Wed April 11 1962 Aries T-Bone Wed April 15 1992 happy cat Jeff Hanson Sat April 16 1966 Aries Harry Foster Sat April 21 1956 NiceGuy Angelos Kyrlidis Fri April 22 1966 Taurus Kjetil Torgrim Homme Thu April 23 1970 Taurus Pablo Iglesias Thu April 23 1964 Positive Jeff Burka Thu April 24 1969 GoFlyAKite Christine Waite Tue April 25 1972 Taurus Brad Hutchinson Tue April 28 1964 What sign? Geoff Parks Sun April 30 1961 Taurus William Morse Tue April 30 1968 Taurus Barney Parker Fri May 2 1986 happy cat Gray Abbott Tue May 3 1955 Suprised Tamar Boursalian May 3 Taurus Mark Semich Thu May 6 1965 Yield Joe Dembski Wed May 7 1952 Rumple -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _____ Klaus Kluge * klaus@inphobos.wupper.de * I'll be here, I'll be (in) Ecto! ======================================================================== Subject: Re: Milla - The Divine Comedy Date: Thu, 07 Apr 94 12:49:57 -0400 From: lcliffor@bbn.com Wow - an album from the star of the sequel to The Blue Lagoon???? She was also Chaplin's child bride in Chaplin... Laura ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 7 Apr 94 10:54:45 PDT From: hanson@ast.saic.com (Jeffrey Hanson) Subject: Re: Milla - The Divine Comedy Ecto is truly amazing. I had never heard anything about Milla or this album, but the last time I was in the Wherehouse they had the album playing, and I was looking at it wondering what it was. Unfortunately I didn't listen to it very closely and remember nothing about it, except that when I first saw the CD booklet I mistook it for Bette Midler (don't ask me why--must have just caught the "m" "i" and "l" letters in the name and the "Divine".) Then two days later, its all over ecto. Maybe I'll have to check it out. Jeff Hanson (Sorry Laura--realized after I responded directly I meant to post it to ecto.) ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 14:33:11 -0400 (EDT) From: "Sarah A. Tigay" Subject: Re: Milla - The Divine Comedy On Thu, 7 Apr 1994 lcliffor@bbn.com wrote: > Wow - an album from the star of the sequel to The Blue Lagoon???? She > was also Chaplin's child bride in Chaplin... She was also a regular on the pages of " 'Teen " magazine! Imagine that one... (she's still, hmmm about 18 or something?) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \ | "listen as the wind blows..." \ / / S A R A H T I G A Y | "...you'll hear me in the wind." \/ \ stigay@umich.edu | We are all gods of our own creation, /\ / | mastering our private worlds with the / \ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ precision of ants. \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ ======================================================================== The ecto archives are on hardees.rutgers.edu in ~ftp/pub/hr. There is an INDEX file explaining what is where. Feel free to send me things you'd like to have added. -- jessica (jessica@ns1.rutgers.edu)