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 #1024 ecto, Number 1024 Friday, 25 February 1994 Today's Topics: *-----------------* I'm *happy* hope you're happy too! Story comes to Montreal the devlins Sarah...how curious Noa, etc. Re: Happy's new release on digipak? Hips and Makers Re: I & II Coming and leaving The gospel according to Steve Re: A couple of questions ..] Norway in the winter video disaster & HTML HaPpY Birthdays Happy B-Day Brni! To the Siberry fans on Ecto... ======================================================================== Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 17:21:17 EST From: WretchAwry Subject: I'm *happy* hope you're happy too! Der Vickster is back from Kansas City...*finally*! A 2-3 day trip turned into a 2-week "vacation" of sorts, and, for the most part, without net access. 3 times while in Kansas City, I was able to go to where Chris was working and log on, but only for a short time each time, and due to some technical problem with the telnet connection, I couldn't use the edit so I could only read and not reply or write anything at all. Blah! I'm hundreds & hundreds of messages behind (includes ecto, rdt, fte, gabriel and others) so it's going to take me quite a while to catch up with everything. For now... HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Doug, Jim & Juha!! (and anyone else I might be forgetting) WELCOMES & HELLAYS to any new and delurked ectophiles out there! CONGRATULATIONS to Jens & anyone else who deserves kudos! (Also to Yngve & other Norgewians on behalf of your beautiful country! Yes, I've been netless, but not TVless and I've been watching the Olympics every day) **GUH**HUG** (take your pick) to you all! Der Vickster (who has *lots* of reading to do) ps, special *GUH* to Uli, who I was able to "talk" to for about 2 minutes while in Kansas City. Uli, in case you were wondering why I had to leave so suddenly, Chris and his boss walked in and Chris needed his computer. Sorry! ======================================================================== From: ezust@marge.cs.mcgill.ca (Alan Ezust) Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 00:03:38 -0500 Subject: Story comes to Montreal The Story, that lovely folk-music duo from Boston, is finally coming up to Montreal. I've seen them live 4 times in the last year, and was only disappointed once, when they played with a full band. They're coming to Cafe Campus on the 12th of March. Tickets are $7.00 + tax, show starts at 8, and they're playing as a DUO. Anyone spitting distance of Montreal should make a point of seeing them! you won't regret it. -- | Alan Ezust ezust@cs.mcgill.ca Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |------------- McGill University School of Computer Science ----------------| "Recursion is a lot like recursion, only a little simpler." ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 00:11:11 EST From: woj@remus.rutgers.edu (the king of spain) Subject: the devlins jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu sez: >Incidentally, some band called the Devlins is opening for Sarah. Anybody >know anything about 'em? yeah, they're a pretty decent rock band with one album out. if i remember correctly, they're irish. someone gave me a copy of their debut last year and i didn't expect to be all that impressed with it - but i was, instead, pleasantly surprised. granted, it's not ground- breaking, but it's catchy and the songs are endearing in their honesty. +woj ======================================================================== Subject: Sarah...how curious Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 23:33:31 -0500 From: jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu Well, I found out today that the tickets for the Sarah McLachlan show at Lisner in just under a month are general admission. I was quite surprised to hear this. Lisner seats what I would guess to be a few thousand. I've never been to a GA show at such a "large" auditorium (we're not talking about the Dead filling a stadium here...). Certainly none of the shows I've been to at Lisner (including Dead Can Dance, Suzanne Vega, and Concrete Blonde) have been general admission. Is this common for Sarah? Hmmm. I wonder if all the seats were GA or if the up-front seats are assigned. Sure as hell hope not. At least this way I have a chance of getting there early enough to get *good* seats. ;-) Incidentally, some band called the Devlins is opening for Sarah. Anybody know anything about 'em? Also incidentally, I'm finally starting to warm toward FTE a bit. I still don't think it's nearly as good as _Solace_ or the better tracks on _Touch_ (including "Out of the Shadows" which is one of the Best Songs Ever Written) but it's definitely a good album. It's odd; the songs I liked the best before are still the ones I prefer ("Good Enough," "Fear," "FTE"). But I like them better, and I'm starting to like the others. I still think that "Possession" is pretty lame, though the acoustic version is nice. This isn't terribly surprising, I suppose. I'm not crazy about "Into the Fire" which was the first single from the last album. I suppose I should stop pining for another "Mercy" (Another of the Best Songs Ever Written). Jeff (listening to Volume II) |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: jzitt@llnj.ll.pbs.org (Joseph Zitt) Subject: Noa, etc. Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 23:56:23 -0500 (EST) Hi, all! I saw a feature on the news last night about a singer with Ectopotential. She goes by the name "Noa", and is Yemenite Israeli, born in the Bronx. From the clip they showed, she's sort of jazzy, performing live with a guitarist and playing percussion. Her debut record is due on March 1 on Geffen, produced by Pat Metheny. Anyone else heard of her? In the Tori interview about "Cornflake Girl", what did she mean about having done a cornflake commercial? I've heard similar stories to those posted about Nina Simone's irascibility (sp?). Maybe she should gang up with Kathleen Battle :-). -- Joseph Zitt jzitt@llnj.ll.pns.org Verona, NJ (for a while) "I have nothing to say and I am saying it and | This space intentionally that is poetry as I need it" -- John Cage | left non-blank.......... ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 01:11:29 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Lamb Subject: Re: Happy's new release on digipak? On Wed, 16 Feb 1994, Alvin Brattli wrote: > >OK, they don't protect the artwork as well, > > This is exactly the reason i prefer jewel cases, and not digipaks. I buy albums for the music. What do you buy them for. :) > I handle all my CD's (and CD cases) with care, but still - the digipaks > leave a lot to be desired concerning pure quality and resistance against > wear and tear. Ooops - must be careful not to repeat myself :) Hmmm.. They weren't designed with just wear and tear in mind. They were designed to be ecologically sound. My two digipaks (Tori Amos - Winder and Bjork - Venus as a Boy) get about 1 play every other day and they've stood up well enough. And if the arwork gets munched, oh well. The CD is what matters. > Remember - accidents DO happen. Yeah, I dropped my Motley Crue CD case and now it has no teeth in it and one of the plastic corners is broken off. My Information Society CD got hot chocolate on it and it was still inside the case, loads of protection there... And it's been dropped once and it is broken as well. :/ > I consider it much more wasteful to buy a new CD when the artwork > on a digipak is worn out than to buy a new plastic case. I consider the thousands of jewel cases thrown out each year screwing up the Earth. What good is artwork when you're knee deep in trash and can't appreciate the art? :P Steve "Rava" Lamb - SysOp, Abcb Cafe| My thoughts, my actions are my own. BBS: (916) 363-1424 2400-v32bis 14.4K| I need not worry if others do not PGP CRC: 384/6CFEE3 | like them. For they are me, there "I feed the fire" -- Happy Rhodes | is no changing that. ======================================================================== Subject: Hips and Makers Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 10:29:04 GMT From: tim@falcon.is (Tim Breitkreutz) I have finally had time to completely soak in ``Hips and Makers'' by Kristin Hersh, and I am *very* happy to report that one of my absolutely favourite artists has *not* lost it after all. I was hugely disappointed with _Red Heaven_, the only Throwing Muses album which I think is less than perfect. When I first heard that it was going to be an acoustic album, I got worried. When I heard Michael Stipe was on it, I got even more worried (I love REM and Stipe but I didn't think it would fit)--but my worries have proved to be unfounded. I agree with whomever said the guitar work is somehow compelling. The cello works very nicely with the guitar. Michael's background vocals work well in the first track too. The vocals are wonderful, and the lyrics are probably Kristin's best yet. They are becoming more coherent but haven't lost the stream-of-consciousness arbitrary feeling. It is amazing to compare this album to Belly, how different they are. Tim (from Iceland) ======================================================================== Subject: Re: I & II Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 13:16:31 -0500 From: jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu mjm sez: >I'm just now listening thru Rhodes I and II, which >I haven't done in a long time. Although I still believe firmly >that Ecto is the *definitive* Happy Rhodes album (i.e. == TD), >I still hold I and II as my personal, pet favorites. I'd be hard pressed to decide between _Ecto_ and _Rearmament_ as the definitive HTR album. Both are exquisite. >Anyone who hasn't heard V1 and V2 yet, should really >hurry and scurry to find them. They are *very* special. Yeah. What he said. >Happy Purim!!!! (the happiest of Jewish Holidays!) Gack. See what happens when I embroil myself in academia? Holidays come and go and I could be none the wiser. Can I be ecto's Queen Esther? Jeff (wondering where he's going to come up with some decent hamantashan in Adelphi) ======================================================================== From: Anders.Hallberg@eua.ericsson.se (Anders Hallberg) Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 22:05:46 +0100 Subject: Coming and leaving Dear Ectophiles, thanks for the welcome messages I received. This seems to be a very friendly list :-) Too bad I have to leave for a while. I have to go away and serve my country by "playing war" up north where the snow is mighty deep and the weather is mighty cold (we have a conscript army in Sweden. Most adult men are part of it). I'll be back at the end of march. I'll have to part with my newly acquired Happy CDs unless I smuggle my portable player along :( It seems that ordering Happy CDs at "Pet Sounds" in Stockholm is reliable (ask for Per, he has all the "magic numbers"). I picked up Rhodes II and Ecto this tuesday (RhodeSongs and Equipoise a couple of weeks ago). It takes one to two weeks for them to arrive. The price has been 169kr so far. Don't take me off the list yet Jessica! I'll mail you an unsubscribe message when it's time. Bye! -- \aha ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 17:08:59 CST From: Subject: The gospel according to Steve A masterpiece, that. (Or as I might have put it on IRC, A.masterpiece,that:-) ) Mitch ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 22:13:10 -0500 (EST) From: Suspended In Duct Tape Subject: Re: A couple of questions ..] Hi! The story I heard was that Annie and Dave were just not having fun with Eurythmics any more. Dave had the direction he wanted to go in and Annie had her (very different) direction, and they decided it was time to go their separate ways. I don't think personal problems had *that* much to do with it, since they had had the same problems all along anyway. Hope this helps. :) +==========================================================================+ |Meredith Tarr meth@delphi.com| +==========================================================================+ |"When I was young, my grandmother would write me letters about this little| |girl named Annie, and what Annie would do to be a very good girl. Well you| |know, I just wanted to fucking grenade Annie." - Tori Amos | +==========================================================================+ ======================================================================== From: Neil K. Guy Subject: Re: A couple of questions..] Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 17:54:38 -0800 (PST) > Hi. Are there any other Vancouver ectophiles out there? [...] Well, I guess that'd be me and Art in CS at SFU, now, wouldn't it? :) (Grocible puts on Vancouver ectophile hat) > [...] If so, where do > you buy your happy albums... are there any Vancouver music stores that > regularly carry them? [...] I've never seen Happy for sale around here. I'm lucky enough to have a wonderful RP in Baltimore who has given me Happy as presents. :) (thank you, Holly!) I'm sure that A & B Sound or whoever would be able to order in a copy or two if you wanted, and I'm sure Vickie would encourage you to do so if she was online because it increases demand for Happy's work. (well, by one voice but that's better'n nothing!) Of course you could always just order stuff directly from Aural Gratification. > Oh, and one more thing... a question that has bugged me for as long as I > can remember. Why DID Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart break up the Eurythmics > anyway? I dunno... I always had the impression it was because they were tired of that game and wanted something new. Some things just come to an end. I think I may have heard Lennox say that in an interview sometime... Anyone else? > Uh... *HUGS*, since that seems to be the tradition! Definitely! :) Fuzzy blue ones, no less! - Neil K. -- 49N 16' 123W 7' / Vancouver, BC, Canada / neil_k_guy@sfu.ca ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 16:42:16 -0800 From: Michael G Peskura Subject: Norway in the winter Welcome back, Vickie! Who sez: > CONGRATULATIONS to Jens & anyone else who deserves kudos! (Also to Yngve > & other Norgewians on behalf of your beautiful country! Yes, I've been > netless, but not TVless and I've been watching the Olympics every day) I agree! Susan asked me, "Does this make you proud to be part Norwegian?" (one of my grandfathers came to America from Oslo -- back in the dim past). And, you know, i *am* feeling vicariously proud. From what we've seen during the Olympic telecasts, the Norwegian people seem warm and sensible, and REALLY know how to produce a speed skater. (But, then, so does the U.S. midwest !) Hating to be cold & wet (as i do), it is humorous to think that i actually have Norge heritage, tho'. ----- Michael Peskura -- University of Washington -- Seattle USA ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 20:13:08 EST From: woj@remus.rutgers.edu (the king of spain) Subject: Re: Norway in the winter Michael Peskura explains: >Hating to be cold & wet (as i do), it is humorous to think that i >actually have Norge heritage, tho'. it is also humorous to note that he lives in seattle. ;) +w ======================================================================== From: klaus@inphobos.wupper.de Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 22:51:07 Subject: video disaster & HTML Meth> (How does one conjugate "to Klaus"? Let me try: > ... > Ist das richtig? ;>) Purrfect! :) I'm sorry to hear that KateCon and EurEcto have been moved into May on what is probably the only weekend in months where we definitely can't go. This wednesday, which promised to become a major resource for my collection of audiovisual recordings turned into a medium size disaster. The evening started with the complicated task of distributing 6 recordings on 2 VCRs, considering to make recordings of more important items on the SVHS recorder and putting it on the right tapes. This process took about 20 minutes and required a detailed list, two piles of tapes and some post-it's. Ten minutes before the 1st recording was to start, I was programming the VCRs, Uli called to let me know that Tori Amos was announced to appear on MTV Most Wanted in 30 minutes. Needless to say that this required to rearrange the whole plan, but of course I didn't want to miss Tori. The first recording started, and it was a success! ARTE, a french/ german culture channel was focussing on norwegian music, and the first program did cover Bel Canto and Mari Boine, as I had hoped. I don't have details yet; I still have to watch it completely, but what I saw was excellent. I switched over to MTV. This required my attention and manual control for the whole show, as I didn't want to use 90 minutes of the expensive SVHS tape for a maximum of 10 minutes Tori. So I waited for her appearance, while the other recorder stopped, skipping a piano concert and ballet. Still no Tori; Ray hasn't even mentioned her yet. I'm getting nervous. Not only because of Tori, but also because the other VCR hasn't restarted. Uli calls again, telling me that Mari Boine is on ARTE again. I switch over to that channel; right, another 20 seconds of a Mari video. It shouldn't be. Where's the Jan Garbarek special? My guess is that it was before that, that the channel changed the order of it's program. So I missed all that. No Tori, no more Mari Boine, no Jan Garbarek. I tried to solace Uli by telling him that at least WDR3 is quite reliable, and that they will surely air the announced Nina Hagen concert from '81. No such luck. Lore Lorentz, the First Lady of political cabaret in Germany had died that morning, and WDR3 broadcasts one of her shows in memory. At least I was able to catch Letterman with the Sinead O'Connor appearance (haven't seen that yet, but the show is on the tape, and she was announced), thanks to Sue for the notice. Also, the recording of MTVs Alternative Nation worked out alright and brought me video's from The Sugarcubes and the B-52's that I didn't already have and focussed on the Cocteau Twins. Now, you know about my medium disaster. :) While I'm here (and you hopefully as well): I'm looking for someone who has some practise with HTML. Currently I'm trying to write a converter to bring The Happy Rhodes Encyclopedia to WWW, but there are one or two puzzles remaining before I can release it, so someone familiar with the language would be a big help. _____ Klaus "cosmic vagabond" Kluge spiderdust, spiderdust! Bel klaus@inphobos.wupper.de hotchpotch for spellbound lusts Canto ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 25 Feb 94 14:23:20 +0000 From: Terry Partis Subject: HaPpY Birthdays Here's wishing a HAPPY Birthday to Brni Mojzes on February 26th Have a great day Peace Terry === Only in your eyes lies your soul ========================= Happy Rhodes === _ __ Jolly Hockeysticks _ __ / `-' ( ,,, / `-' ( ,,, | I I ||||||[:::] Terry (Tel Boy) Partis | I I ||||||[:::] \_.-._( ''' (tgp@ukc.ac.uk) \_.-._( ''' With a smile and a song - I'm HaPpy Let me sleep awhile and dream of Avalon and the Beltane fires.................. ............................................our souls entwined for all eternity ======================================================================== From: brianb@netcom.com (Brian Bloom) Subject: Happy B-Day Brni! Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 08:58:00 -0800 (PST) Sending a "Happy" birthday wish to Brni!!! Brian, the dyslexic Brni.. :) -- __ ____ __ ____ __ __ (__==__) /\ \ / \_\ / /\ / \ \ / |\ / /\ (oo) ( moo.) / \_\ / /\ |_| / / /| /\ \ \ / ||/ / / /-------\/ -' / /\ | |\ \/ /_/_ / / / \ \/ \ \ / |/ / / / | U.T.|| / \/ |_| \ __ \_\ /_/ / \ /\ \_\ / /| / / * ||----|| / /\ ./_/ \ \ \/_/_\_\/ \ \ \/_// / | / / ^^ ^^ \ \/ |_| \ \_\ /_/\ \ \_\ /_/ /|_/ / Br!an Bloom \__/_/ \/_/ \_\/ \/_/ \_\/ \_\/ brianb@netcom.com .. but music hides me so well, ..and reveals me.. oh well - HR ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 12:10:35 -0500 From: gerstel@underground.irhe.upenn.edu (Brian Gerstel) Subject: To the Siberry fans on Ecto... I've been told that lots of Siberry fans hang around this list, so I have a question for you: Is there a need/desire for a Jane Siberry mailing list? It *seems* that the old list (siberry@bfmny0.bfm.com) is dead. I happen to be a big fan as well as a system administrator, so I *could* start a list, if people want one. But if the old list died of neglect, I'd rather not bother. Since this is obviously *not* a Happy Rhodes issue, please e-mail me personally if you have an opinion/vote/whatever. "You have bad taste in movies." |Brian Gerstel "No, I like movies that are in |The Institute for Research on Higher bad taste." |Education - University of Pennsylvania "Love and Curses" |gerstel@underground.irhe.upenn.edu ======================================================================== 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)