From: ecto@athos.rutgers.edu To: ecto-request@athos.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto #85 ecto, Number 85 Monday, 16 December 1991 Today's Topics: *-----------------* None ectoship mammoth records address Live musics I have known Sharkey Lisa Germano Feed the Fire _Christmas with Elvis_ review More Chicago (and at least one National) entertainment papers/mags HPG ======================================================================== Date: 15-DEC-1991 20:26:55.37 From: MTARR@eagle.wesleyan.edu Subject: None Hi! Vickie, thanks for posting that request for info. from soc.feminism. I sent a note off, which included a nice little bit about Happy. :) I knew about Ecto cooler, but I didn't know it still existed. Weird stuff. I don't think it would be possible to make it blue. Or to make it taste good, either... green. Ick. :P I featured Happy on the final installment of Amelia Earhart for the semester. I didn't get any specific response, but I'm meticulously logging every song I play, in the hopes others will emulate me and we may get her name in CMJ yet (yeah, right- but we can always dream :)! Thinking about it, I can't figure out how "Feed The Fire" managed to take off on WXPN like it did. I think it's the least engaging song on the album- when I play anything for people, "Waking Up" and "Words Weren't Made For Cowards" are the ones which grab people and take hold. I'm going to recommend "Waking Up" be the one treated as a single at WESU, simply because of the response I've gotten from it already. It seems to be more, I don't know, _radioworthy_ than "Feed The Fire", somehow- the latter is a nice song, but as far as making someone put down what they're doing and *listen*, I think "Waking Up" does a better job. But that may be just me. Off to study for Exam 1 of 3- auf deutsch, no less- maybe I'll survive the week, who knows? :) *---------------------------------------------------------* | Meredith Tarr | | *** | | "I want to be a scholar, but I really can't be bothered | | Ooh just gimme it quick, gimme gimme gimme"- Kate Bush | | *** | | mtarr@eagle.wesleyan.edu | *---------------------------------------------------------* ======================================================================== Date: Sun, 15 Dec 91 21:51:37 EST From: woj@remus.rutgers.edu (shoeless joe gazer) Subject: ectoship first off, i want to remind everyone that today is the anniversary of the bill of rights. the 200th anniversary, in fact. i heard two rather disturbing factoids about this in the past few days. two polls were held. in the first, only a third of the people correctly identified what the bill of rights was (the first ten amendments of the constitution). in the second poll, some 41% replied that they felt that police searching for drugs did not need a search warrant to enter a person's home - and another 20% were undecided. it is hard for me to comprehend that people would feel that way. it is even harder for me to say that bill of rights is our only protection against the government - i truly believe in a government *for* the people and *by* the people, but we no longer have that and the bill of rights is our only defense against what we no longer have...if we ever had it. so please, keep aware of that. and support the freedoms that others would have you give up. don't just let those rights be taken away from you. nobody may be coming for you now, but if someone does, those rights are you're only shield. on a more musical and less paranoid note... hargieka@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Nimue - Gwragedd Annwn) sez: >Mary's Danish Circa i've set to hear this album (it's in the mail to me as i type, i hope), but i've been told that it is not as good as their earlier release, _there goes the wondertruck_. i hope that it's not true - that record was like a rougher and tougher voice of the beehive and throughly wonderful. >Single Gun Theory like stars in my hands on Nettwork jonny drukman likes this, and i have to agree with him on this utterly. came very close to stealing the cd from the radio station when i was last up at clarkson, kiri! there is a previous effort called _exorcise this wasteland_ that is also well worth your hard easrned dollars (or pounds or deutschmarks or whatever...). >Antenna Sway rumor has it that this band marks the breakup of the blake babies, but i do not suspect that such a bad thing like that will happen. juliana hatfield is working on a solo album now and there is a new full-length blake babies record coming sometime soon as well. my guess is that they just want to do other things for a bit...i hope. >can someone tell me what the earlier Blackgirls album was like, _procedure_ is wonderful: tense, moody, dark, intense. much like _happy_, which i found in a used bin just the other weekend for $3 on cd. and it has strings! yum! (as i've mentioned on 4ad-l, i'm a slut for a violin, double bass, viola, cello, you name it...). >FYI: Ecto Cooler is a lovely shade of green! :) it sure it. and it really doesn't taste all that good either - had some way back at the beginning of the summer. it was good for getting me from place to place as drink in teh car, but i'd never let it grace my refridgerator, no matter what it's name is! vickie@chinet.chi.il.us (Vickie Ann Mapes) sez: >> From: scocan.sco.COM!olafb@wrs.wrs.com >> Lovers In A Dangerous Time - Bare Naked Ladies oh yeah! many thanks to michael hui for sending me a copy of the bare naked ladies cassette release - most fun stuff here: well-written pop songs, with humorous content, portrayed in a acoustic rock setting. i think i am going to have to get this compilation (the bruce cockburn one that is) even if only for this only track. >> One Day I Walk - Skydiggers i know that i've heard this band somewhere, but for the life of me, i can't remember where! >Re: Five Guys Named Moe. a long time ago, yeah - in love-hounds actually. yow. um, i have their self-titled release and truth is that nobody in the band is named moe. they are pretty good too - pretty straightforward light, melodic rock sound with a hint of an country folky feel. i'd go see them, but i don't know if i'd go on new year's eve. they have a number of singers, male and female. at times, the female vocalist borders on the style (if not the sound) of karen peris, but nowhere near as etheriel or glancing (i think that's a good word - karen's voice sometimes seems to just miss your ears...). the music is pleasant, but not heart-striking. if you do go though, ask them if they are going to play anywhere near new york if you get the chance. >"Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Vickie Mapes confirmed as an exceedingly >dull pointless rambler in rec.music.gaffa! Says Vickie, 'I'm not dull!'" hee hee! woj@remus.rutgers.edu - love is the distance between reality and pain ======================================================================== Date: Sun, 15 Dec 91 22:12:28 EST From: woj@remus.rutgers.edu (shoeless joe gazer) Subject: mammoth records address oh yeah, kiri mentioned that she lost the address for mammoth records, the folks who released the blake babies and blackgirls releases. here it is for anyone who wants it. they mail order, so drop them a line: mammoth mail order carr mill 2nd floor carrboro, nc 27510 +w ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1991 19:15:21 +0800 (SST) From: N_HAYS@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au Subject: Live musics I have known Hiya! Marty here... KIrI, KIrI, of whom we never grow weary, writes: [ ... a short review of an album by Single Gun Theory ] By massive coincidence, I saw this band live only a week or two ago, at a "Techno-Pop" concert I took my Swedish cousin to see. They appeared with Boxcar and Severed Heads. All three of these bands are Australian. Although I really like their albums, the trio that makes up Single Gun Theory appear to be a little proficiency deficient, since in the "live" concert I saw, about 90% of the music was pre-recorded. They also gave the impression of being wierd for wierd's sake, their wierdness didn't really come off too well and just looked tacky. Boxcar are a very high-energy band with a repertoire a little like that of Electronic, the British amalgamation, but do it far better. Severed Heads were the real highlight of the evening. Now THEY are wierd... the music is really unique electronic stuff, and they have fabulous accompanying backdrop videos ... Actually, I suspect Chris Mape might be into that kind of stuff. While on live shows, I went to a great blues concert last night. Junior Wells supported by The Chicago Allstars. Absolutely superb. The hidden rivalries and tiny practical jokes between the drummer and the bass-man had me laughing all night. Aaaanyway, later. Martin ======================================================================== Subject: Sharkey Date: Mon, 16 Dec 91 08:38:51 EST From: jeffy@lewhoosh.umd.edu Y'know, the nice thing about Tower is that when you've been working *all* day on Sunday, and you leave the office and realize you still have gobs o' energy (possibly caused by leaving the office, or perhaps because you just listened to the 3 songs on the Alternate Hounds single *really* loudly), you know there's still a record store open... I finally found a copy of _Miss America_ by Mary Margaret O'Hara. The jury is still out on that one. I want to give it a lot more chances to grow on me; I know it's quite popular amongst a lot of the Ecto/Love-Hounds crowd. For some reason which I completely don't understand, I found the CD mixed in amongst the Celtic stuff upstairs, not in the Rock section. Weird. And truly weird music. One of the comments I'd heard was about how strange MMO'H's part on Morrissey's "November Spawned a Monster" is. Having heard her entire album now, it seems to be fairly typical of her. I also picked up _Mister Heartbreak_ by Laurie Anderson. I've considered her to be one of my favorite artists for over a year now, but I only actually owned 2 of her albums and had heard a 3rd. I'd also heard a few of the songs off _MH_, and have a couple of the videos (thanks, Vickie!). This is a great album! Very similar to _Big Science_ in terms of her method of singing/speaking, and the music is very similar, but with much better textured arrangements. I'm not sure whether I like those textures as well as or better than the stark simplicity of _Big Science_. But it's a *great* album... Jeff (who's about to be late for work) |Jeffrey C. Burka | "Show what you are / Be strong, be true | | | Time for you to / Be who you are." | |jeffy@lewhoosh.umd.edu | --Happy Rhodes | ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 16 Dec 91 11:23:17 -0500 From: hargieka@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Nimue - Gwragedd Annwn) Subject: Lisa Germano I was wondering if someone with the lyrics sheet to Lisa's album could email the lyrics to "Hangin with a Deadman." Im presently in love with this song. gerdy I just hate finals week! kIrI \____________________/_______________________________________\ | kIrI | hargieka@craft.camp.clarkson.edu | | "who is by my | Im a thinking breathing human being | | immortal side" | What the hell are you? | /-------------------\----------------------------------------/ ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 16 Dec 91 11:37:42 MST From: dbx@olympic.atmos.colostate.edu (Doug Burks) Subject: Feed the Fire Greetings, Meredith noted: Thinking about it, I can't figure out how "Feed The Fire" managed to take off on WXPN like it did. I think it's the least engaging song on the album- Actually, the reason is quite simple. "Feed the Fire" has something rare in Happy's music, a clear unequivocal 'hook', i.e., a musical or lyrical phrase that catches an inattentive listener's attention. Pop music is full of hooks, part of its popularity. In "Feed the Fire", Happy (consciously or not) puts a definite hook in the chorus. She starts out normally with "Let me go ...", then soars high out of the previous range of the song and descends slowly with "... back to the trees". A couple of similar and lesser hooks show up in the rest of the chorus. This is a very effective hook, if sparingly used. In case my argument needs support, note that WXPN callers often call the song "Back to the Trees" (See Happy's Nov 12th interview). Musically, it and "Phobos" are the hookiest songs on _Warpaint_ (or any of her albums for that matter), and I love both of them for it (and other things (and her other songs) and her other albums))). With all these albums being mentioned recently, I am beginning to wonder what some Ectophiles budget for their record purchases. Of course, you need to add in all the official Ecto products! Do you eat? Do you have a roof over your heads? :) :) Doug Burks _O_ dbx@olympic.atmos.colostate.edu |< She really is!! ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 16 Dec 91 14:31:08 -0500 From: gb10@gte.com (Gregory Bossert) Subject: Re: Feed the Fire Doug ponders: >With all these albums being mentioned recently, I am beginning to wonder what >some Ectophiles budget for their record purchases. Of course, you need to add >in all the official Ecto products! Do you eat? Do you have a roof over your >heads? :) :) i eat CDs and LPs, of course, and live in a little hut made from jewel cases ( the new eco-packs keep biodegrading on me)... :) footah! -greg -- gb10@gte.com -- "if love is a game, i win" -- Happy Rhodes ======================================================================== Date: 16 December 1991 13:20:18 CST From: Subject: _Christmas with Elvis_ review Ectoians living or passing through the Chicago area the rest of this month will enjoy the play _Christmas with Elvis_, now playing at the Beat Kitchen, a theatre in the back of a bar at 2100 W. Belmont (corner of Belmont and Hoyne). The action all takes place in the apartment of Trudy, a lonely, neurotic woman who is spending Christmas eve alone with her anxieties, her Evian, and the messages on her answering machine from her parents and ex-husband. She puts on a recording of "Are You Lonesome Tonight," and guess who appears midway through, in a burst of sudden darkness and possibly some smoke (I forget). Elvis is, of course, incredulous and dismayed at where he suddenly finds himself--the dearth of food and drink in Trudy's fridge, her aversion to being touched and to gaining weight, her general jumpiness and self-absorption, etc., etc. He finally is delighted to find her medicine cabinet full of Motrin #6 (for the pain of Trudy's goiter) and rubbing alcohol (which, he reasons, can't kill a dead man). He calls Domino's for ten pizzas (he reduces the num- ber to nine after she says she doesn't want any), and the liquor store for a few fifths of Jack Daniel's. They eventually get to discussing Trudy's life, and Elvis's afterlife (or whatever); he finally convinces her to make love. They dim the lights, and are about to get down to business when the doorbell rings; it is the pizza delivery. (Act I ends at this point.) Act II begins with Elvis and Trudy having finished what they began before the intermission. (Trudy characterizes it as the ultimate in safe sex, Elvis having died before the age of AIDS.) She is far more relaxed in the second act than in the first; she partakes freely of the food and drink, and they talk freely of their past and present existences and hangups. Elvis makes the obs- ervation that addiction can work both ways--that Trudy was as addicted to control as he to excess. Finally, the chants of Elvis fans are heard from outside, and there is a visitor in the person of an off-duty police detective, whose hobby is investigating reported Elvis sightings. Elvis, wisely, makes himself scarce by this time; but Trudy and the detective seem to be hitting it off, and the play ends with the impression that true love may soon be on the horizon. Terry Spencer's writing for this play is marvelous; the memorable lines are too many to list here, even if I could remember them (which I can't). The Chicago-brewed Legacy Lager (which I discovered for the first time there) isn't bad either. _Christmas with Elvis_'s run has been extended to January 6th. Performan- ces are at 3 PM Sunday and 7 PM Monday. Tickets are $6 at the door. For more information, call (312) 281-0010 Mitch Pravatiner ======================================================================== Date: 16 December 1991 14:27:28 CST From: Subject: More Chicago (and at least one National) entertainment papers/mags More media outlets to worry about if Happy does Chicago: Nocturne 6502 N. Navajo Ave. Lincolnwood, IL 60646 Puncture Magazine 1592 Union St., #431 San Francisco, Cal. 94123 _Puncture_ is worth dealing with no matter what. It's a national magazine on alternative music. The artist features in the issue I just stumbled onto (August '91) seem quite interesting, and include (among _many_ others) an inter view with Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses, and a profile of a band from Austin called (by an interesting coincidence) Happy Family. They seem unusually recep tive to female artists and female or partly female groups. They run a lot of informative record reviews (also concert reviews); best of all, they list the addresses of the labels for all the records they review. On a totally unrelated matter: I've gotten a couple of bounce messages toda y, that we're not getting through to Steve Fagg at the moment. Perhaps Jessica should check this out. Mitch ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 16 Dec 91 14:56:11 EST From: spix%sparc6a@harvard.harvard.edu (Claudia Spix) Hi everybody, this is Klaus. Currently no time to write more, just wanted to tell you that I've arrived safely in Boston. More later ... Klaus. ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 16 Dec 91 16:07:20 -0500 From: hargieka@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Nimue - Gwragedd Annwn) Subject: HPG Well Vickmeister proprietress of the house of Kate my HPG tape will soon be snail walking its way to your address. Knowing snail I will arrive before it does :) and im not leaving til thursday. At any rate it took eight cazillion times to get the message down pat, and I about suffocated on my laughter with the bit of the Merow tape I inserted between the message and the song. Oh beware, after the song it cuts right into Deadbeat Club by the B52's. the amazing Footah <- sounds like something you would say after your foot fungus was releived haha :) sayz: You live in a jewel box house too!!! yeah! yeah those damn eco boxes are really cramping my lifestyle although they do work great as temporary shelters over outdoor swimming pools, jacuzzis, and especially the little monsters playbox - they last the winter and just when the heat returns they turn into mush...perfect :) On a more serious note Doug, the last cds I bought were in sept. this semester has been awful money wise...too many trips and things :) Those CDs I semi-reviewed were ones I listened to at our now glamourous radio station. Although I do tend to prefer buying albums over food as my shelfs stocked with rice and cans of soup and mac and cheese will testify! :) A big prethanks to Mitch for the lyrics! kIrI \____________________/_______________________________________\ | kIrI | hargieka@craft.camp.clarkson.edu | | "who is by my | Im a thinking breathing human being | | immortal side" | What the hell are you? | /-------------------\----------------------------------------/ ======================================================================== To join ecto, please send electronic mail to the following address: ecto-request@athos.rutgers.edu To have your thoughts included in the next issue, send mail to: ecto@athos.rutgers.edu To subscribe to "Ecto", the printed fanzine, send $8 to: Ecto PO Box 11291 New Brunswick, NJ 08906 Ecto is issued 8 times/year, and will include photos and as much material from non-net members as we can get! 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