Errors-To: owner-ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu Reply-To: ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu Sender: ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu From: ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu To: owner-ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu Bcc: ecto-digest@ns1.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto #1196 ecto, Number 1196 Monday, 1 August 1994 Today's Topics: *-----------------* misquotes -or- huh? More band that you can shake a stick at. Or to. Or Something. misheard lyrics Re: More band that you can shake a stick at. Or to. Or Something. Musical Web Pages? Woodstock, Mazzy Star, Milla, and stuff Re: misheard lyrics... (and GvG) misheard lyrics (i assume) misquotables ... or .... huh? new ecto albums I'm back Milla Re: More band that you can shake a stick at. Or to. Or Something. (fwd) Vancouver Ecto gathering Re: More band that you can shake a stick at. Or to. Or Something. (fwd) ======================================================================== From: saboe@monet.vill.edu (saboe linda ) Subject: misquotes -or- huh? Date: Sun, 31 Jul 94 22:35:43 EDT hi there. i tried to post from my regular acct. but the system is so slow tonight, well, my patience ran thin. anyway about the misquotes and all... my most embarrassing mis *hearing* was during the height of disco (massive groan). i thought they were saying, "shake your boobie" and couldn't understand how they got away with it. but my absolute favorite misquote was from my sister in church. it was the part of the mass where everyone recites the Lords Prayer, or as we called it, "the art father" after art linkletter.... anyway, lori is about 3 or 4 and she is really into this communal prayer thing. so, she proceeds to get into the swing of it all and at the top of her lungs intones, "art father who are in heaven, HELLO, WHAT BE THY NAME?" mom was very embarrassed. lori was a big hit. -linda ======================================================================== Subject: More band that you can shake a stick at. Or to. Or Something. Date: Sun, 31 Jul 94 23:29:51 -0400 From: jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu Okay, folks, here's some more of my usual "I've heard some of and you make like 'em and I want more info" pleas/reccomendations. A) Magnapop, a band apparently fronted by Michael Stipe's sister. Piffle. I can't remember who produced it, but it's a Name We Know [tm]. I only heard one song from the upcoming album, but it was way cool. Your basic crunchy pseudo-alternative-pop stuff. Is the album out yet and who's that producer I can't remember? B) Somebody-or-other (can't remember her name either, but it was a woman's name) and the San Francisco Seals. I heard three of their songs, but they were live-in-studio and I'm not sure how representative of the band's recorded sound it was. What I heard was vaguely folkish, in an ecto-y alternative way, the lead singer had your standard little-girl-voice. Who are they and do they have an album out? C) Stoa, a band on the Hyperium label (which folks will recall for the oft mentioned compilation "Heavenly Voices" discussed on Ecto several times). I heard the entire Stoa disc tonight, and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes Dead Can Dance. The music is *very* DCD-ish, as are the vocals. Hmmm. And there's a female singer and occasionally a male singer. Could this be...a knock-off? Naaaah. The music is very atmospheric, and as I said, very reminiscient of DCD. Except that it sounds like it's *all* done with synths, not the interesting mix of electronics and acoustic instruments that DCD use. The female vocals are gorgeous, a clear soprano. The male vocals aren't as distinctive as Brendan Perry's, but there's nothing wrong with them, to be sure. The album has a mix of instrumentals and songs with vocals. Many of the lyrics are snagged from various dead poets, including Blake (with a piece from the "Songs of Innocence") and Tennyson. This is apparently their only album. The liner notes give no info on the band; anybody know anything about their history, their members, etc.? Jeff (wondering if he might actually catch part of 120 Minutes tonight...) |Jeffrey C. Burka | "Everything is still with a fear of never coming out | |Suffering Bad Grammar| Never following through / Never ever finishing | |jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu | What we wanted to do." -- Melissa Ferrick | ======================================================================== From: dbburke@mit.edu Subject: misheard lyrics Date: Mon, 01 Aug 94 00:13:07 EDT Have to respond belatedly to misheard lyrics: That song "Oh what a night. I remember back in '63....etc: "Blah, blah..rolling ball of thunder. Craning my head around and checking for body odor, oh what a night..." -one D and two Bs ======================================================================== Date: Sun, 31 Jul 1994 21:18:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Emily Breed Subject: Re: More band that you can shake a stick at. Or to. Or Something. On Sun, 31 Jul 1994 jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu wrote: [snip] > B) Somebody-or-other (can't remember her name either, but it was a woman's > name) and the San Francisco Seals. I heard three of their songs, but they > were live-in-studio and I'm not sure how representative of the band's > recorded sound it was. What I heard was vaguely folkish, in an ecto-y > alternative way, the lead singer had your standard little-girl-voice. Who > are they and do they have an album out? Barbara Manning. She's got a solo album out called *One Perfect Green Blanket*, but I don't know if she & SF Seals have any recordings out. A minor bit of bragging - Barbara (she was Bobbie back then) was a drama major at Chico State. My mom taught her to knit. :-) -- Emily ======================================================================== Date: Sun, 31 Jul 1994 23:25:59 -0500 (CDT) From: Laurel Krahn Subject: Musical Web Pages? I'm seeking info on fave Web homepages.... Coolstuff you've found. Particularly those dealing with Cool Bands/Musicians or art or books... Drop me mail or post to the list... :) Much thanx! :) The Flash Girls Web site is currently under construction and looking good. The mailing list is on it's way. (Though I'm still open to suggestions re list software)... Best... ::: Laurel Krahn ::: lakrahn@inst.augie.edu ::: GEnie: L.KRAHN ::::::::::::: "Have pity now, what's signal and what's noise?" - Emma Bull/Flash Girls :::::: GAT d- -p+ c++ l u+ e+ m* s n+(n-) h f+ g+(+++) w+ t+@ r x? ::::::::: ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 02:14:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael K Curry Subject: Woodstock, Mazzy Star, Milla, and stuff Hi all, Wow... I love checking my email and finding a pile of ecto digests! I am thinking about switching to the reflected version though... in fact I think I'll switch right now and see how things go. While the digest is a lot more convenient I always feel like I'm behind. :) Robert Lovejoy wrote: > Michael K Curry asks: >> Just where is Joyous Lake anyway? > It's in the town of Woodstock, NY. It's a very small town... Actually I was wondering where in Woodstock it was. :) I was there a few weeks ago to see Milla, and was wondering if Joyous Lake was somewhere on Main St or somewhere else. On the subject of the show, I haven't gotten anything via concert@jane.tiac.net in a few days, and I've gotten a bit jumpy. :) I just wanted to make sure that everyone was experiencing this delay, not just me. Even if Happy will only play for an hour I still want to go! :) woj@remus.rutgers.edu (nimm es zu den kuhlschrank!) said: >Michael K Curry asks: >>Does anyone have any comments about Mazzy Star? > i'll just add my opinions: _so tonight that i might see_ is okay but > doesn't hold a candle to _she hangs brightly_. as with neile graham, > that album more or less defined the summer of 1990 for me. Considering the amount of affection I've developed for _So Tonight That I Might See_ over the past week I guess a trip to the record store is in order. :) I never realized just how much money ecto was going to cost me, but I guess I'd rather be enlightened and poor than ignorant and rich! :) :) :) BTW, a belated Happy Birthday! I knew I should have paid more attention to that birthday list... Both Michael and Neal Copperman wrote about Milla. And thanks for doing so! :) Mike *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* | Michael Curry / mcurry@world.std.com / CIS: 70372,3563 | |+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++| | Reaching-From-Nowhere -- The Milla Mailing List | | reaching-from-nowhere-request@world.std.com | *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* ======================================================================== From: Klaus Kluge Date: 1 Aug 94 11:49:37 MET-1 Subject: Re: misheard lyrics... (and GvG) Misheard lyrics on "Warpaint", from the song "All Things": I tripped over a soap in flight. and I saw Happy flying through the bathroom after slipping over a wet bar of soap. Noooo, don't hit me! :) Doug about the HBP'94: > It might even clear up the confusion between Go van Gogh and Gogh van > Go, since both groups make an appearance. Only on Ecto!! Claudia selected "Tunnel of Trees" by Gogh van Go. Lemme guess, Go van Gogh are performing "Trees of Tunnel"? _____ Klaus Kluge _O_ private: klaus@inPhobos.wupper.de |_|appy cosmic vagabond |< work: Klaus.Kluge@Materna.DE R| |odes ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 01 Aug 94 05:11:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: misheard lyrics (i assume) From: Damon_Harper@mindlink.bc.ca (Damon Harper) I'm still puzzling over some nina hagen lyrics, and would actually like to get her lyrics so i know what she's saying in several places :). But the one specific line i'm mishearing which bugs me a lot because i keep singing it this way in my head all day is in "dread love", on nunsexmonkrock, just before she starts singing "nunsexmonkrock" over and over at the end... and what my brain hears there is "nobody for the love of bedrock", which is starting to drive me nuts. someone please fill me in! :) *HUGS*, Damon -- "Days go by endlessly, endlessly pulling you into the future." - Laurie Anderson, "White Lily" Damon_Harper@mindlink.bc.ca - nomad@kazak.nmsu.edu - nomad@helix.net ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 09:49 EST From: SABOE@ucis.vill.edu (linda) Subject: misquotables ... or .... huh? hi there. my most embarrassing mis *hearing* was during the height of disco (massive groan). i thought they were saying, "shake your boobie" and couldn't understand how they got away with it. but my absolute favorite misquote was from my sister in church. it was the part of the mass where everyone recites the Lords Prayer, or as we called it, "the art father" after art linkletter.... anyway, lori is about 3 or 4 and she is really into this communal prayer thing. so, she proceeds to get into the swing of it all and at the top of her lungs intones, "Art father you are in heaven, HELLO, WHAT BE THY NAME?" mom was very embarrassed. lori was a big hit. -linda ======================================================================== From: Tim Cook Date: Mon, 1 Aug 94 14:55:29 BST Subject: new ecto albums I see that Peter Gabriel is releasing a new live album in the next couple of weeks and Shawn Colvin and Sophie B Hawkins and Jan Johnston and ... I need more money!! tim ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 01 Aug 94 16:06:24 MEZ From: Dirk Kastens Subject: I'm back Hi folks, it's the first day of my new job at our university's computer centre. Well, I haven't been away, really. Since I've finished my studies (geography), I've been at university once a week to clear my mail-box. So I've read nearly all the digests. My address is the same as before, because it's the same university :-) I hope to find the time to be more active on this list. Thanks to Vickie for typing in the BtC details. WOW, Jerry Marotta on drums and David Torn on guitar!!! Can't await to hear the album! See you later Dirk P.S.: Congratulations to Doug on his new job! P.P.S.: What a pity that Vickie isn't on this list anymore :-( ------------------------------------------------------------------------ || \\\\\ || ///// | dkastens@dosuni1.rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE || ))))) IRK || ((((( ASTENS | "Music's the way, the only way I know" || ///// || \\\\\ | Happy Rhodes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 1 Aug 94 09:23:47 PDT From: hanson@ast.saic.com (Jeffrey Hanson) Subject: Milla Neal and I went to see Milla last Saturday night. She played at a small theater here in San Diego. A week after tickets went on sale, we finally picked ours up--and ended up with front row center. I guess she isn't too popular here--but the theater was actually close to being a sell-out. All in all, I was very pleasantly surprised. After reading all the interviews, seeing the Bikini pictures, etc., I expected to like the music, but not r eally like her. But despite her over-dramatic expressions, and her little girlie ballerina antics, she was surprisingly likeable. She wore an embarassingly tight t-shirt with no bra, her hair pulled back with barettes, and a long black skirt with embroidered flowers and Keds black canvas tennis shoes. The girl definitely needs to gain some weight! She is almost anorexic-- having absolutely no hips. When she first came out on stage, she had quite a struggle with the mircrophone, which was set up about a foot too high, and was almost impossible to adjust. It kind of ruined her entrance, as she admitted herself, but we got to see a more natural side of her than her artificial poses and assumed personas that seemd to be more prevalent through out the rest of the show. One of her most likeable features, as recently commented on in one of the interviews someone posted, is her brash outbursts of laughter. In these moments, it seemed we were once again dealing with the "real Milla". She often reminded me of a nervous junior high school student, which contrasted sharply with her mature singing and over-dramatic facial expressions she uses whens singing. The high point of the show though was definitely her band. I'm not sure how she hooked up with them, but they were definitely a talented bunch. Two of the band members are from Sweden, and were discovered playing on a street corner in Paris. The one who played the infamous key fiddle/nykelharpa was absolutely the most gorgeous guy I've seen in a long time. Definitely much better looking than Milla! I was surprised she let herself be upstaged by him, but then she definitely seems to be downplaying her own looks. The ethnic flavor of the music often made you forget you were at a "rock" concert. The clumsy twirling of Milla on stage and the accordian-sounding fiddle evoked pictures of drunken gypsies. Her voice was quite captivating, but not particularly precise. She had trouble sustaining almost all the high notes, but her lower range was quite powerful. Yet this is also what gives her her unique style. Many of the songs I found to be much more likeable than on the album, particularly The Alien Song and Bang Your Head. The Gentlemen Who Fell was surprisingly flat. She played several new songs--all of which sounded great at the time, but weren't very memorable. Local musicians Jeffrey Jones Bloom and Gregory Page (with special guests The Rugburns) opened the show to a very receptive audience. Though I have a feeling that most people in the audience were more familiar with their music than with Millas. All in all, the show was quite entertaining, and Milla shows a lot of promise. It will be interesting to see how her career progresses. Much of her unique sound can be credited to the musicians she plays with, and it is unclear how much of that vision was her own, and how much was her producers. I guess we'll see on the next album. Anyway, definitely check her out this time around--tickets are cheap and easy to come by. They might not be for long. Jeff Hanson ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 10:22:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Neile Graham Subject: Re: More band that you can shake a stick at. Or to. Or Something. (fwd) Jeff wrote: > > B) Somebody-or-other (can't remember her name either, but it was a woman's > > name) and the San Francisco Seals. I heard three of their songs, but they > > were live-in-studio and I'm not sure how representative of the band's > > recorded sound it was. What I heard was vaguely folkish, in an ecto-y > > alternative way, the lead singer had your standard little-girl-voice. Who > > are they and do they have an album out? Emily wrote: > Barbara Manning. She's got a solo album out called *One Perfect Green > Blanket*, but I don't know if she & SF Seals have any recordings out. I write: I'd like to put another plug in for _One Perfect Green Blanket_. By ectosynchronicity, we listened to it again last night and it sure is good and lively and fun. My favourite song is "Lately I Keep Scissors" but it's all good. It seems very much in the mainstream of alternative pop. I'm not good at comparisons, but she really does remind me of label-mate Penelope Houston in the style of music. --Neile neile@u.washington.edu ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 1 Aug 94 19:42:30 MET DST From: Albert Philipsen Subject: Vancouver Ecto gathering I've been quite busy lately, so I haven't been reading Ecto very carefully. Could someone please update me on the Vancouver Ecto gathering? When is it, to which airport should I fly, where can I sleep, etc. Email me personally, since I'm on digests and I'd rather not clog the list with it. Thanks! It will be great to meet all the friends I found on #ecto. I'll be there! (But I'll be Ecto.) Albert (Warpy on IRC) ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 13:00:56 -0500 (CDT) From: Laurel Krahn Subject: Re: More band that you can shake a stick at. Or to. Or Something. (fwd) Re: Barbara Manning.... "One Perfect Green Blanket" is a mighty fine album. :) I found it for $3 or something ridiculous on CD, used or cut-out, I forget. Manning and the S.F. Seals have done a number of EP's during the past year or two. Including one with an all baseball motif (go figure). And, I think they have a full album out now or in the very near future. Which has gotten good reviews in Alternative Press and other such mags. Worth looking for, I would wager. ::: Laurel Krahn ::: lakrahn@inst.augie.edu ::: GEnie: L.KRAHN ::::::::::::: "Have pity now, what's signal and what's noise?" - Emma Bull/Flash Girls :::::: GAT d- -p+ c++ l u+ e+ m* s n+(n-) h f+ g+(+++) w+ t+@ r x? ::::::::: ======================================================================== 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)