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 #884 ecto, Number 884 Wednesday, 1 December 1993 Today's Topics: *-----------------* Re: Ectofest and schtuff! Re: Sctuffe Enjoy! Wow! Re: Sctuffe Re: Interview with the Vampire Re: LegoLand, CA CHART: Vancouver BC Canada: 11 Nov 93 / 18 Nov 93 Dr. Who Bdays & Hellays Re: Metheny & Mays/Concrete Blonde RE: TRS At Night, NFE Is Schnopia, and B-Sides RE: D'Cuckoo, and howdy! Re: Bdays & Hellays Re: HR Mae Moore on the radio! ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 12:03:00 +0100 From: uli@zoodle.robin.de (Ulrich Grepel) Subject: Re: Ectofest and schtuff! > >> > [...] > > Just imagining you sitting in a large computer room at campus ;-) ;-) > > Tee hee! That sort of thing would not raise any eyebrows amongst > my buddies. :) Sounds like you do such things more than once a month or so... ;-) > > Yes, Ecto photo album! Klaus! Klaaa-hauuuus! Describe your photo album! > > Uli! Mind your manners! You forgot to say "please!" :) Sorry! Klaus? Please forgive me my sins! > I am very fond of telling Tim how well he looks, even if I can't see > 'im for the goshdarned distance. We should find someone with a scanner or video grabber! > As for my taste in males, that is something I am more than happy to > discuss privately. > > Okay...so I'm weak. Let's discuss my taste in males, shall we? As if Ecto wasn't private! > I don't think biology has very much to do with love. If I > fall in love with someone, I fall in love with who they are and > I don't allow myself to be limited by what is below his or her > belt. Right. But this sounds as if you only think of Tim looking good below his belt? ;-) [now please, don't hit me...] > As it is right now and hopefully for a long time, my taste in > males is defined by a certain person on this list. (Don't worry, > Neil, I won't discuss our passionate love affair in on Ecto!) ;-) Ciao, Uli ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 15:53:00 +0100 From: uli@zoodle.robin.de (Ulrich Grepel) Subject: Re: Sctuffe > > Here is the track listing for FTE courtesy of the > > great CDdb program: > > > > McLachlan, Sarah > > Fumbling Towards Ecstasy > > Okay, I'll bite. Who is she, what does she sound like, what label's she on, > and what's the EctoOpinion? :-) She is: Sarah McLachlan She sounds: GREAT! (compares to: hmmm... dunno. dunteverno...) She's on: Nettwerk/Arista EctoOpinion: GET HER IMMEDIATELY! Really, Sarah McLachlan is more than worth exploring. Bye, Uli ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1993 15:35:16 +1200 From: sainty_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz Subject: Enjoy! Well it seems that the American 'philes are all on holiday today! I don't know the reason for Thanksgiving, and someone even mentioned the possibility of some being offended by the idea, and so ignoring all that I shall simply wish you all a very happy holiday and suggest you do something nice for a friend - it feels good! :-) Philip (that doesn't mean you shouldn't indulge yourself!!! ;) ======================================================================== From: r.lovejoy1@genie.geis.com Date: Fri, 26 Nov 93 04:43:00 BST Subject: Wow! Hello ecto, I'm still here, albeit more the lurker these days. I have a litle modem incompatibility problem on which I'm working. It's very strange and if anyone knows the vagaries of these devices (esp. the more esoteric problems!) please email me on Genie and I'll be glad to describe it in detail. More to the point, I came on in response to Paul in Russia - wow, what a post! I am going to fax it to Susanne (Happy's manager) tomorrow morning. Thank you, Paul, for posting that. Are you new to Ecto? I've been slightly out of touch lately (sigh)... Mitch, I faxed your new store outlet up there too. (That part of the modem seems fine!) Heavy DCD volume these days. Great stuff, from what I've heard. Music is so wonderful, but then you all know that! My best to you all. I hope to be back on deepspace or something faster soon. Meanwhile, I'll be here digesting as much as I can! Speaking of which, hope all you fellow Americans had a great Thanksgiving day! I for one joined my kids in great helpings of MST3K, a new tradition here. Take care all, and see you soon! Bob the disconnected, except on the west coast. Sort of. -foop- ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 15:53:00 +0100 From: uli@zoodle.robin.de (Ulrich Grepel) Subject: Re: Sctuffe > > Here is the track listing for FTE courtesy of the > > great CDdb program: > > > > McLachlan, Sarah > > Fumbling Towards Ecstasy > > Okay, I'll bite. Who is she, what does she sound like, what label's she on, > and what's the EctoOpinion? :-) She is: Sarah McLachlan She sounds: GREAT! (compares to: hmmm... dunno. dunteverno...) She's on: Nettwerk/Arista EctoOpinion: GET HER IMMEDIATELY! Really, Sarah McLachlan is more than worth exploring. Bye, Uli ======================================================================== From: snpf@ugcs.caltech.edu (The Duchess Of York) Subject: Re: Interview with the Vampire Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 22:20:25 -0800 (PST) Wait. Tom Cruise a good actor? -seanympf ======================================================================== From: snpf@ugcs.caltech.edu (The Duchess Of York) Subject: Re: LegoLand, CA Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 22:29:08 -0800 (PST) > > Lego's decided on the West coast for their LegoLand theme park. YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! -seanympf ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 11:37:00 +0100 From: uli@zoodle.robin.de (Ulrich Grepel) Subject: CHART: Vancouver BC Canada: 11 Nov 93 / 18 Nov 93 Just found in rec.music.info. Seems like a nice chart... In rec.music.info article <1993Nov15.220649.29357@mprgate.mpr.ca> jakubec@mprgate.mpr.ca (Trent J Jakubec) wrote: > Thursday, 11 November 1993 > Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada > > THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT TOP 50 > =========================== > > TW = This Week; LW = Last Week; WOC = Weeks on Chart > * = Canadian Artist (excerpts only) > TW LW WOC | Artist Title | Con Date > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2 2 3 |*Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards Ecstasy | > 3 - 1 |*K.D. Lang Music from 'Even Cowgirls ...' | > 19 - 1 | Kate Bush The Red Shoes | > 28 - 1 | 10,000 Maniacs MTV Unplugged | > 30 42 7 | Melissa Etheridge Yes I Am | and later: > Thursday, 18 November 1993 > 3 2 4 |*Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards Ecstasy | > 7 19 2 | Kate Bush The Red Shoes | > 9 3 2 |*K.D. Lang Music from 'Even Cowgirls ...' | > 24 28 2 | 10,000 Maniacs MTV Unplugged | > 27 30 8 | Melissa Etheridge Yes I Am | > THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT TOP 50 is a weekly survey of the best-selling albums in > the Greater Vancouver area, based primarily on record sales charts provided > by major retailers, and modified by chart trend indicators such as new > singles, releases, radio airplay charts and add-ons, and trade magazine > charts. Bye, Uli -- There are many Gods, but there is only one Steven Jobs - Doug Waldron There are many Goddesses, but there is only one Kate Bush - ? - Bernd Driegert ======================================================================== From: Tim Cook Date: Fri, 26 Nov 93 08:03:11 GMT Subject: Dr. Who I know there's a lot of Dr. Who fans out there. For UK ectophiles there's going to be a 3D episode of Dr. Who on tonight night (Fri). So nip down to Smiths and get a pair of 99p specs right now!! tim PS Anthony - thanks for the Margot Smith. It arrived yesterday. ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 26 Nov 93 4:58:57 EST From: WretchAwry Subject: Bdays & Hellays Hello to new Ectophiles Jeff Pierce, Roy Sette, Paul Antonov, Cliff Furnald & Anthony Baxter!! Welcome to Ecto, land 'o Happy! (If I missed anyone, or you're not ready to delurk, welcome to you too!) HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Claudia Spix!! (b'late but b'loved *HUG*) HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Tommy Persson!! (our only? Swedish Ectophile *HUG*) HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Pat Tessitore!! (who? If you don't know, read on) (Repeat of a post from 1991) Today (11-26) is Pat Tessitore's birthday. He won't see this, but HB anyway. For the people who don't know who this very important dude is... He's the owner of Cathedral Studios in Rensselaer, NY, just outside of Albany. This is the place where all of Happy's music has been recorded. Way back in 1984 Happy's mother arranged for her to start working there as an apprentice engineer, to provide a start into the recording business. Happy wanted to learn the technical side of the recording process so it was perfect for her. Pat asked Happy if she wanted to record her own music while learning the equipment. That's how it all began. Many of the songs on I and II are exercises to get to know the equipment, and how to do things like overdubs and echoes and whatnot. They really weren't recorded with the intention of ever being released on albums for the public, just to get the songs on tape and learn the ropes. (Pardon me while I swoon in awe)...... Pat recognized her talent right away and encouraged her to continue recording her music, knowing that she had no money to pay for recording time. He would check the schedule and whenever there was free time between sessions, he would call Happy and she would race over to the studio to work on another song. Happy met Kevin at Cathedral. Pat introduced them. OK, so she had all these songs on various tapes and Kevin knew what they sounded like because Pat played some of them for him. Kevin had started his label (Aural Gratification) to release his own music on cassette, and encouraged Happy to gather up all of her songs and he would release them. There turned out to be more than would fit on one cassette, so Vol. I and Vol. II were born at the same time. Pat continued to give Happy free time to work on songs and still does, to this day. Warpaint was so cheap to make because of the kindness and support of Pat Tessitore, who waived most studio fees because he believes in Happy. This paragraph is confidential to Ecto. H&K will pay him back when Happy has broken through and has the money. He's an important name in Ectocyclopedia Britannica because without him, well, none of us would be here now. I love chains, don't you? Happy's mum & dad Happy Rhodes Pat Tessitore....enabled Happy to record the music Kevin Bartlett...put that music onto cassette Dore Stein.......took the music to San Francisco Bob Davis........received music from Dore Stein and sent to John Reimers Kate Bush........connection between Bob Davis and John Reimers John Reimers.....my friend who turned me on to Happy Kate Bush........connection between John Reimers and Vickie Vickie Mapes.....yours truly Kate Bush........connection between Vickie & Doug Alan Doug Alan........started Love-Hounds Kate Bush........connection between Doug and Jessica Jessica Dempski..LH reader and main Ecto Goddess This could go on and on if I were to include everybody's mom's & dads and their mom & dads and....but this is the basic chain that led us all here to this fuzzy blue wonderland. It may seem silly to put Kate in there 4 times, but without the Kate connections, we wouldn't be here either. Anyway, Happy Birthday to Pat Tessitore! Vickie ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 26 Nov 93 5:15:41 EST From: WretchAwry Subject: Re: Metheny & Mays/Concrete Blonde > From: Lt Jeffrey A. Pearce Hi Jeffrey, welcome to Ecto! > Subject: Metheny & Mays/Concrete Blonde > > On an unrelated topic, I saw Concrete Blonde saturday night in Cincinnati. > I've seen a couple of mentions previously about them on Ecto, so if there's > anyone out there who wants more details of the show, let me know, I'd be > glad to give my synopsis and opinion. Yes, please post it. I think there are quite a few Concrete Blonde fans here. I *love* their new album and I missed their last concert. > the way, I saw "Rhodesongs" in the Spectrum SuperStore for $15.99, is it > worth paying $3 more to get it 3 weeks sooner? The only other Happy I have > is Equipoise (it's the only other one I've ever seen). Well, it does help Happy when you buy from stores, because hopefully it will encourage the stores to reorder. With the $2.00 postage fee, you'd be paying the same price if you ordered it alone from Happy. My advice would be to get RS from the store. If it encourages you to try her earlier albums, you can ask the store to order them. If they won't, then write Happy. If you buy her CDs from stores, yet you want Happy's autograph, mail one of the booklets to Happy, including postage or a stamped. self- addressed, correctly-sized envelope for the return trip. Happy will sign it and send it back to you. She told me she would, so it comes straight from the Hapster's mouth. Vickie ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 26 Nov 93 5:22:39 EST From: WretchAwry Subject: RE: TRS At Night, NFE Is Schnopia, and B-Sides JeffP talks to Mortimer: > specifically and I'd be glad to help. Anyway, you deserve my help just for > giving Robyn a little exposure!!! What'd I miss? Who's Robyn? (Jeff, I think I spelled your name wrong a few minutes ago in my welcome message. I'll see if I did as soon as it arrives back here. If so, sorry! My face is still beet-red from embarrassment in my NeIl/NeAl paux pas. Apologies to the Ne*ls too!) Vickie ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 26 Nov 93 5:33:22 EST From: WretchAwry Subject: RE: D'Cuckoo, and howdy! Our New Zealand Ectofriend says: > About the only thing I could possibly contribute is a poem I wrote last year > which I couldn't possibly record on tape as I know I don't know how to say > it aloud... it's something which has to be read I think as it depends on the > reader... does that make any sense?? > Besides, I'm not sure it's something I'd _want_ to give Happy... it isn't > exactly an ideal present... Why not? You can do it! Anyway, if you decide not to, that's ok too, it's up to you. Besides, it doesn't *have* to be something you personally wrote/recorded/whatever. Happy enjoys them, to be sure, but if you have a favorite song by someone else, maybe someone none of us have heard before, you can put that on. Instrumental, vocal, whatever. Past contributions have ranged from personally recorded songs to songs by Enya, Dead Can Dance, Muzikas, and many others. > Oh yes... I've finally heard "When I Was A Boy" and I like it very much! > (Yay for libraries which help out pennyless persons!) > I took it around to a friend along with "The Red Shoes" and he liked them > both (he is a bit of a Kate-fan, but he hadn't heard Jane before) Yay! Good for you for spreading the word about Jane! Has he heard Happy? :) > Blue fuzzies to all, Blue fuzzies back to ya! > Philip (I *love* ecto!) We love you too Philip, *HUG* Vickie ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 26 Nov 93 11:35 MET From: Paul Davidsson Subject: Re: Bdays & Hellays Vickie writes: > HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Tommy Persson!! (our only? Swedish Ectophile *HUG*) Hmmmm... I'm in fact also Swedish and an Ectophile, I think... (I will elaborate this topic further in a future post). I bought Ecto, Warpaint, and Equipoise (spelling?) when I was in the US last month. I like them *very* much. I bought them without ever having heard a single tone of Happy, only by reading about her in rec.music.gaffa! /Paul Davidsson ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 26 Nov 93 5:56:16 EST From: WretchAwry Subject: Re: Bdays & Hellays Paul joins the fold: > Vickie writes: > > > HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Tommy Persson!! (our only? Swedish Ectophile *HUG*) > > Hmmmm... I'm in fact also Swedish and an Ectophile, I think... You're not sure if you're Swedish or if you're an Ectophile? You check on the Swedish part, and I'll tell you that *YES*, you're an Ectophile! :) Welcome to Ecto! > I bought Ecto, Warpaint, and Equipoise (spelling?) when I was in the US last > month. I like them *very* much. I bought them without ever having heard a > single tone of Happy, only by reading about her in rec.music.gaffa! I would have liked you enough, just 'cause you're Swedish, but this very nice paragraph is the kind of thing that just melts my heart. YAY! Vickie ps, See, I'm part Swedish too. I'm German/Irish/Scottish/Swedish. Swedish on my mother's side-her maden name was Ingeson, changed to Ingerson at Ellis Island, when her grandparents came over. ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 26 Nov 93 6:18:00 EST From: WretchAwry Subject: Re: HR Paul(A) joins the fold (2 Pauls in one day!) > Hi ectophiles, Hi, welcome to Ecto! > I just recently got two Happy CD's (I've asked my friend to bring these > from US). What a nice friend, good for him! How did you hear about Happy and where did your friend pick up the CDs? > I must say that I'm very astonished and impressed. And not > only me ... when I came to visit my friend late midnight (about 2am :-) > I found there several other wandering guys, mostly programmers. Usual noisy > semi-technical meeting. Then I put these CD's to play, and the whole company > sat down to the floor and silently listened for almost two hours. I never > seen such response before, really ... *Wonderful*!! Thank you for posting and telling us. > I immediately was given a bunch of empty cassettes from my friends. One > of them was from Novosibirsk, so HR' music just reached middle of Siberia :) Great! Normally I'd frown on giving cassette copies of Happy's albums, but since it might be a lot harder for you to mail order her albums, I can understand. Right now, spreading the music is the most important thing. Perhaps someone in your group of friends can try mail-ordering something from Happy, to see what might be involved. Post details if you or someone else does try. > I think at first I'll talk with my friend who works at alternative music > radio show in Moscow. I'll give him the only CD's I have ("Warpaint" and > "RhodeSongs"). Such a talent as HR must not be wasted ... Yes! Wonderful! (Ask your friend if he wants an American radio show called "Suspended In Gaffa" - it's my show, and I feature female artists such as Happy and Kate Bush and Jane Siberry and many others. If he seems interested, I'll see what's involved in mailing a show to Moscow.) > Also, I wonder if HR have any video stuff?? Not yet, sorry! > -- Paul Antonov > Demos, Moscow, Russia Ooooh, keep warm! There was a feature on the news that Moscow is having its coldest November in 50 years. Brrrr! *HUG*, if it helps! Vickie ps, I tried to "talk" to you but got the message "checking for invitation on caller's machine" for apg@dream.demos.su ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1993 09:06:14 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Colford Subject: Mae Moore on the radio! Hey! I'm sitting here at work, listening to Boston alternative radio station, WFNX, and the d.j. announces a new song by Canadian vocalist Mae Moore, called _Bohemia_. Sounds nice! Michael ======================================================================== 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)