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 #1027 ecto, Number 1027 Monday, 28 February 1994 Today's Topics: *-----------------* lisa germano news Nettwerk Garage Sale Fuzzy blueness on ice Re: in search of clowns Concrete Blonde interview excerpt Bark Psychosis rubber mail Bizarre commercial ID Re: The Accelerating Tourist Re: Digi-paks Ticketmaster, Tori in L.A, etc. no longer dazed and confused Re: Digi-paks (and other nonectopics) Manhattan Street Names ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 26 Feb 94 18:30:11 EST From: woj@remus.rutgers.edu (the king of spain) Subject: lisa germano news i just received a newsletter from 4ad america with some interesting news. i'll just quote this from the newsletter: indiana-based recording artist lisa germano has left capitol records and signed with 4ad, worldwide. initially, 4ad's ivo watts-russell approached capitol about licensing germano's _happiness_ lp for the rest of the world. however, after further discussions, all parties agreed that 4ad may be a more suitable home for lisa's artistic vision, and subsequently, germano parted amicably with capitol records. lisa's first 4ad release will the _the inconsiderate bitch_, a 5 song ep of _happiness_ material remixed by john fryer and ivo at blackwing studioes in england, released in the uk only and available [in america] only as an import. _the inconsiderate bitch_ is a 4ad temporary release, running in a limited edition of 8,000 to 10,000. lisa will be appearing at the ace club in san francisco on thursday, february 17th. there you go. +woj ======================================================================== From: Neil K. Guy Subject: Nettwerk Garage Sale Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 15:04:58 -0800 (PST) Well, I'm just back from the Nettwerk Records garage sale. Interesting piles of stuff and lots of bargains. Sadly I should be devoting my meagre income towards more prosaic concerns - rent and groceries come to mind - so I didn't have much to spare but I did pick up a few things. It's kind of a neat office to go into - lots of usual music biz stuff kicking around. But in the corner is the giant human-sized birdcage that was in... er... one of Sarah McLachlan's videos. I forget which one - the one with lots of beach footage. Drawn to the Rhythm, I think. And one wall was taken up with an enormous piece of Sarah McLachlan art - part of which is printed on the back of the FTE album. It's a lino cut at least 2 x 4 metres in size, with drawings that look vaguely like Renaissance medical diagrams of things that look vaguely like severed genitals, kinda. They were also showing a video compilation of a whole bunch of Nettwerk artists' videos. They had Sarah's Ben's Song, which I'd never seen before - a young Sarah with a grand piano, and the Canadian (original) video for Possession. They also had Bel Canto, Lava Hay, Grapes of Wrath. I don't know if this video is available for sale - I know a lot of Sarahfans would probably like it. They had heaps of cassettes and a fair bit of vinyl - old releases of relatively unknown Canadian artists. Lots of Skinny Puppy and Severed Heads, of course. (well the latter are from Oz I think) I picked up a Lava Hay album on vinyl for $1 and Moev's best hits CD for $2. The Moev one I'm happy about - I've been wanting to get a copy of ha bible belt for the last ten years... Anyway, in terms of Sarah they had piles of CD singles - Vox, Drawn to the Rhythm, Hold On, Possession, Into the Fire, Path of Thorns, etc. They also had all three of her albums ultra cheap - $10 for CD and $5 for cassette! Presumably that gives an idea of the markup involved with record stores. And oodles of T-shirts and several posters. The new tour poster (came out a couple days ago, I'm told) is quite nice - has a decent photo of Sarah on it, not like the rather unflattering (IMHO) photos on Solace and FTE. I wish I could have picked up more stuff - I know lots of people out there would have liked singles or posters or whatever. Oh, well. I do have an extra unopened copy of the Hold On CD single, if anyone wants it. I've decided not to keep it. It was released this week sometime (BRAND NEW - BE THE FIRST ON YOUR BLOCK!) and has two versions of Hold On and an early demo track of Mary on it. It's a nice single - heard yesterday (thanks, Art! :) and for some reason has her name spelt wrong on the cover - lower case L. So, it was an interesting expedition. Well, actually as I write this the sale's still on for another couple hours... It was pretty crowded and the friendly people on the till seemed to be very unused to handling money as they took *forever* to ring stuff in. Maybe it was intentional - to give the place a bustling, crowded feel by having a long lineup that barely moved. :) They also sold capuccino and cookies to raise money for a local women's organization, which was cool. And to make up for the long queue or something, they gave free promo CDs with Sarah, Ginger and Rose Chronicles on it. - Neil K. -- 49N 16' 123W 7' / Vancouver, BC, Canada / neil_k_guy@sfu.ca ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 15:33:48 CST From: Subject: Fuzzy blueness on ice Mike Peskura sez the U.S. midwest !) >Hating to be cold & wet (as i do), it is humorous to think that i >actually have Norge heritage, tho'. I find it no more humorous than to think that I have Hotpoint heritage, that being the model of washer and dryer that kept me in warm and dry clothing when I was a kid :-). Meredith tarrs: >Geesh, after the funniest Simpsons episode in months and a typically funny >Seinfeld, reading that post was almost overkill. I haven't laughed this >much in one evening in a while! Typically, I missed both of those by listening to the WBEZ management call-in for the month (where people are still calling in to decry the cancellation of Stuart Rosenberg), followed by the new Inspector Morse story on _Mystery_. I did manage to catch _L.A. Law_, but then returned to form by sleeping through Letterman, where Dave's Mom reportedly interviewed Nancy Kerrigan. I did man- age to wake up in time to catch the vignette on _World News Now_ from the news on the Inuit channel in far northern Canada. Which somehow segues well into the next quote from Meredith... >I am sick of winter, guys. Can't one of you do something about this? Maybe if we all stay with them freon aerosols, it'll bring on global warming in time to do some good for this season :-). While on the subject of the Olympics: I seem to have a better imagination for background music during the summer games than the winter ones. The only things I've been able to think of so far have been "Cornflake Girl" for anything hav- ing to do with Kerrigan, Blair, Street, and the rest of the women medalists now destined for brilliant careers as cover art for cereal boxes; and Tom Paxton's "Don't Slay That Potato" for anything on Picabo Street, the hippie kid from Idaho who's skiing performance has given her the proverbial quarter- hour of fame for this year. Plus, I'd be amazed if the Chicago Bar Association 's annual satirical christmas revue didn't do something to the tune of the Beatles' "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," along the lines of "Bang bang, Tonya's silver hammer/Came down upon her knee...." In other practical applications of music, I recently came across a newsletter item that the University of Illinois Hospital has installed a stereo system in the magnetic resonance facility, as an aid to patient relaxation while they undergo that procedure. I wondered if Happy's music ought to be promoted to them, but then it occurred to me that the likes of "Runners" could hardly be expected to work wonders for the patients' anxiety levels :-). In other matters Olympian, I saw a report last weekend that few people around the games, allegedly, care much about this year's mascots, Haakon and Kristin, though apparently a short-term child labor market has emerged :-). In local folklore, according to the report, Haakon was an heroic prince who went on to become a legendary king of Norway, and Kristin was his aunt. Surely deserving of an artistic treatment in the Boris Vallejo tradition. True to form, the powers that be turned them into something more in keeping with Misha the bear, Sam the eagle, and even Cobi the nonspecific animal. Typical was a clip of Bonnie Blair taking a victory lap, flanked by clones of Hamlet and Hernia, the little kids from the Hagar the Horrible comic strip. Somehow, it seems to me that if the organizers had really used their imagination, they could have come up with a mascot like Oscar the sardine, or even Garrison the bachelor farmer :-), that would have had greater success in galvanizing the public imagination. WRT Sam's reportage on "Send In the Clowns:" the late Steve Goodman once did a parody called "Send In the Clones." It's the only other significant rend- ition of the song that I can think of :-). Happy birthday to Paula. In memory of the mosque massacre victims. Mitch ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 17:16:48 -0500 (EST) From: Sam Warren Subject: Re: in search of clowns >Some friends of mine saw a movie, maybe two years ago, that had a version >of the song Send In The Clowns in it. For some reason they think it >was done by Clannad, or at least someone that sounds much like Clannad, >but have completely forgotten what the movie was. Any hints? Or anyong >know of a song meeting that description? If it's not "A Little Night Music" (by Stephen Sondheim), then I'm afraid I can't help. In the film, the character Desiree (the one who sings "Send In The Clowns") was played by Elizabeth Taylor. There was also a single recorded by Judy Collins. Is this helpful? -Sam ======================================================================== From: Ethan_Straffin@next.com (Ethan Straffin) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 94 13:45:17 -0800 Subject: Concrete Blonde interview excerpt Here's a bit of an interview with Johnette Napolitano which was just posted to the Concrete Blonde mailing list, little-conversations@wave.cerf.net. Thought it might strike a chord with certain ectophilic souls! Ethan ----- Q: You've been described as a "conscience" of the L.A. rock community. Do you feel comfortable with that kind of role? A: I'm a musician and I play and I write music. I don't claim to be anybody's role model. I like to drink. I have a lot of fun with a bottle of wine and I don't really fell like I have to set an example for anybody. I think just the fact that I do what I wanted to do with my life, if that's inspiring to anybody, that's great. I had a real crisis a while ago when the "Bloodletting" album came out, wondering if I was doing something worthwhile with my life or not, and at the end of the day I get mail and people tell me they come home from a hard day's work and they put on the record and I take 'em somewhere else and it gets them through things. Q: Do you remember any specific comments? A: Some 12-year-old kid wrote me that she listened to my music when her parents started fighting. And I called her up, I called her on the phone and told her to keep writing her poetry and everything. It was a real sad letter. I said, honey, I did exactly what you're doing. I started playing guitar when my parents started fighting, and it really was a good place to go and it's still a good place to go. Music is a good place to go when you're not feeling on top of things or you feel lonely or whatever. Yeah, I think what I do is very valid. If it gets people through bad times and makes you feel better, then damn right. It's an honor to be able to do that for people. It's a gift and I appreciate it. ------------------------------------------------ -Jeff Lester ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 10:21:29 GMT From: imy@wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk (Ian Young) Subject: Bark Psychosis Anyone know anything about Bark Psychosis? Not very ecto (well, especially since they all appear to be male), but I just saw the new album Hex on one of Virgin's listening thingies on Saturday, and the name sounded vaguely familiar, so I gave it a quick listen. Wow! My first impression is that it sounds as if it's eight or ten years old, around the time of the Blue Nile's first album, Dream Academy's Life in a Northern ClicheTown, It's Immaterial (yeah, probably all different years), with a hint of later Talk Talk thrown in for good measure. On the other hand, I can see how some people might think the vocals are wimpy (they remind me of the vocalist in the Boo Radleys), and that it's derivative, so I won't say "Buy it: you'll love it", but "Have a listen: you might love it." Oh dear, I'm being over-balanced again. Whatever, Ian. ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 10:03 EST From: SABOE@ucis.vill.edu (linda) Subject: rubber mail hi there. everytime i send something to ecto, i get messages bounced back telling me they were undeliverable. but the message always makes it to the list anyway.... is this happening to anyone else. -linda dazed and confused ======================================================================== From: brianb@netcom.com (Brian Bloom) Subject: Bizarre commercial ID Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 08:26:22 -0800 (PST) Hey all, My girlfriend put me up to this: She wants to know who sings the 'Hot Chili Mama' song played in the Maalox commercial with James Earl Jones doing the voiceover. It's a cajun/Zydeco tune with lots 'o'fiddle. Anyone know? Thanks in advance... br!an -- __ ____ __ ____ __ __ (__==__) /\ \ / \_\ / /\ / \ \ / |\ / /\ (oo) ( moo.) / \_\ / /\ |_| / / /| /\ \ \ / ||/ / / /-------\/ -' / /\ | |\ \/ /_/_ / / / \ \/ \ \ / |/ / / / | U.T.|| / \/ |_| \ __ \_\ /_/ / \ /\ \_\ / /| / / * ||----|| / /\ ./_/ \ \ \/_/_\_\/ \ \ \/_// / | / / ^^ ^^ \ \/ |_| \ \_\ /_/\ \ \_\ /_/ /|_/ / Br!an Bloom \__/_/ \/_/ \_\/ \/_/ \_\/ \_\/ brianb@netcom.com .. but music hides me so well, ..and reveals me.. oh well - HR ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 28 Feb 94 10:32:21 CST From: hoyme@src.honeywell.com (Ken Hoyme) Subject: Re: The Accelerating Tourist In ecto #1025 anthony@xymox.apana.org.au (Anthony Horan) talks airplanes, forcing me to unlurk once again: > Well, I'm back from my brief sojourn to Sydney, and all I can say is, dont > you just love the way those Airbus thingys accelerate on take-off? Best > thrill ride in town, and it's got a practical purpose too! :-) (setq lurk nil) Well, heavy acceleration is a characteristic of all commercial twin engine airplanes. Each engine is sized powerful enough to be able to complete the takeoff if the other engine flames out at just the wrong time. (Good idea, huh?) I am sure that if you flew the new 4-engine Airbus A340, it would feel as lumbering as a Boeing 747. The airplane with the greatest kick (IMHO) is the Boeing 757. That baby climbs off the runway like a bat out of hell. (Obligatory dig, as I have designed part of the Boeing 777): Given that the A320 has had four crashes in 5 years, I personally "just love" it when they make it to the gound safely! ;) (setq lurk t) Ken Ken Hoyme Honeywell Technology Center (612)951-7354 3660 Technology Dr., Minneapolis, MN 55418 Internet: hoyme@src.honeywell.com ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 08:49:32 -0800 (PST) From: Emily Breed Subject: Re: Digi-paks On Mon, 28 Feb 1994, Doug Burks wrote: > While on the subject, has anyone figured out a sure-fire way to get > the silver holographic seals off the jewel boxes without leaving the > gunk behind? The method that seems to work best for me is to open the jewel box from the wrong side - ease the hinge side open, so the box is now "hinged" by the silver tab. Then s-l-o-w-l-y and carefully ease the sides apart, pulling the tab off from one side. Then, when that side's free, grasp the tab and pull it carefully off the other side. Works like a charm most of the time, but if you get a bit of stickum left, dab the sticky side of the removed tab on it, like using tape to remove the residue from a price tag. -- Emily ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 28 Feb 94 08:53:59 PST From: hanson@ast.saic.com (Jeffrey Hanson) Subject: Ticketmaster, Tori in L.A, etc. --Just a little hint when purchasing tickets for the shows...all Ticketslime --outlets for each state are on the same system. So if, for example, you're --going to the Los Angeles show, you can call San Diego and get tickets --through their outlet. Snazzy, eh? So whomever it was that said you can --call Champaign, IL, to get tickets for the Chicago show was right. There's --also about three other Illinois cities you can call...let your fingers do --the walking... :) I would be careful about doing this. Often, TicketMaster blocks sales of tickets outside the area for the first 5-15 minutes. This was the case in San Diego for the L.A. show. Tickets were blocked here for the first 5 minutes--long enough for the show to sell out in L.A. Calling the TicketMaster offices and asking to speak to an outlet coordinator will put you in touch with someone who can let you know exactly when tickets will go on sale, what the delays are (if any) for a particular area. Fortunately, a friend of mine and I went up to L.A. (Tustin actually) and went to two different outlets. I was able to buy 2 (the outlet was able to sell 4 total), and Neal was able to buy 3 (that outlet was able to sell 9 total). My two are together, dead center, four rows from the back on the floor. The 3 Neal bought are front row of the balcony on the far left, and two other tickets in the balcony on the very edges. Luckily we needed 5 total , so it worked out very well. The show sold out completely in about two minutes--though, as in S.F., tickets may still be available through other ticket agencies. I knew Saturday was going to be a Lucky Day when that morning, in the middle of shaving, I thought that I better go turn on MTV, so I did, and "God" was playing. The first time I saw it--a very good omen to start the day. I'm just thrilled we were able to get tickets. And for all South California readers--check out Lou's Records in Leucadia--great selection and great prices. They even had a large Happy RHodes selection (under "H", but at least in the Pop/Rock section and not under Blues, Folk, or Jazz). Neal and I cleaned them out though--hopefully they'll reorder. Hope everyone else that wanted tickets was able to buy them. So, any plans for get togethers before the L.A. show? Jeff Hanson ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 13:33 EST From: SABOE@ucis.vill.edu (linda) Subject: no longer dazed and confused well, at least abt. the returned mail. i'm still dazed and confused abt. everything else. :) thanks to *everyone* who took the time to explain what was happening. i thought it might be something like that, but wasn't sure. but, now i have to wander of in this direction (maybe even get some work done). -linda happy monday (an oxymoron) ======================================================================== From: Peter Johansson Subject: Re: Digi-paks (and other nonectopics) Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 13:50:31 -0500 (EST) Doug Burks wrote: > While on the subject, has anyone figured out a sure-fire way to get > the silver holographic seals off the jewel boxes without leaving the > gunk behind? Do you really need to take them off completely? I've been too poor to add but a dozen or so CDs to my collection since they started using the hologram stickers. I just use an x-acto blade to cut off the 1/4 inch tab along the thin edge of the box and leave the rest on thelarge face. Emily writes: > The method that seems to work best for me is to open the jewel box > from the wrong side [ ... ] but if you get a bit of stickum > left, dab the sticky side of the removed tab on it, like using tape to > remove the residue from a price tag. Here is an old family tip: lighter fluid -- the stuff for Zippo lighters. Even though my parents never smoked, we always had a bottle of the stuff in the house. It is great at removing all sorts of stickey stuff, drips, spills, etc. It'll take that jelly stain right off that silk shirt/tie and more! The great thing about lighter fluid is that unlike other solvents it does not dissolve most plastics. Gee, why do I feel like I'm writing to a syndicated newspaper columnist? Peter Johansson peter@cs.umbc.edu ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 28 Feb 94 12:54:32 CDT From: Chip Lueck Subject: Manhattan Street Names On Sat, 26 Feb 1994 22:31:00 uli's .sig said: >"Everywhere I've been in Manhattan the streets are >called Walk and Don't Walk." - Terry Pratchett Everywhere I went in *Germany* had streets named "Einbahnstrasse"! ======================================================================== 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)