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 #656 ecto, Number 656 Tuesday, 20 July 1993 Today's Topics: *-----------------* unsubscribe Hap Bir Re: unsubscribe paperthin and cellophane Suspended In Gaffa Margot Smith - an Australian musical goddess A rumour Happy compilations Just a wacky idea Oblique Strategies High as a Kite? Penelope Houston hearts, heat, habits, etc. ======================================================================== my apologies for 4 digests in a row!! I didn't log in at all over the weekend, and not until very late today as I spent all day dealing with doctors and pharmacies and rain. --jessica ======================================================================== From: shelly25@aol.com Date: Fri, 16 Jul 93 19:32:47 EDT Subject: unsubscribe please unsubscribe me from the ecto mailing list ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 16 Jul 93 23:44:32 EDT From: WretchAwry Subject: Hap Bir HAPPY BIRTHDAY to John Zimmer!! -v- (Didn't want you to leave too) ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 16 Jul 93 23:46:24 EDT From: WretchAwry Subject: Re: unsubscribe > please unsubscribe me from the ecto mailing list :-( -v- ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 16 Jul 93 23:51:29 EDT From: WretchAwry Subject: paperthin and cellophane You are all so wonderful...just wanted to tell you that I think so -v- "ooh don't hate me if I break under the strain" HTR ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 17 Jul 93 0:54:30 EDT From: WretchAwry Subject: Suspended In Gaffa HI! to all the new Ectophiles & lurkers-no-more! Chicago... July 14, 1993 Julianna Raye-I'll Get You Back Iva Bittova-The Vampire's Ball Happy Rhodes-He Will Come Happy Rhodes-The Flight Gabrielle Roth-Surrender Area-Sincerely Charlotte Nina Simone-Mississippi Goddam (nothing personal kiri!) Rainbirds-Big Fat Cat Hex-Antelope Virginia Astley-Second Chance Happy Rhodes-Ecto BMI conducted a station survey this week, so maybe Julianna, Happy, Hex & Virginia will get a check in the mail. (Jane's ASCAP) Is anyone into Anne Sexton? Congratulations Dr. Kyrlidis! Congrats to Kiri too (though I guess it means that SiG is out, but I understand) and thanks to everyone for lots of great reading, even though I haven't responded to anything. The vapors, you know... I hate Freud, I really do. -v- "On the brink of insanity, I see my friend(s)..." HTR ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1993 01:47:17 +1000 (AEST) From: anthony@xymox.apana.org.au (Anthony Horan) Subject: Margot Smith - an Australian musical goddess A couple of weeks ago a writer at a rival magazine to the one I write for turned up at a party I was at. I hadn't met her before, so I cornered her and congratulated her on the excellent Tori interview she's done last year, and mumbled my annoyance at Warner for giving the Tori interview to her magazine instead of mine, as I missed out on the chance to interview her myself. Anyway, having established that I was a big Tori fan, she told me that she'd just heard an advance tape of a new Melbourne artist named Margot Smith, and said that if I liked Tori, I'd *really* like this. The single was released this week, and I managed to snarfle one from EMI; it's *brilliant*, and I now am faced with an agonising wait for the release of the album. The single is called "Fall Down" and is, I'm told, atypical of what's on the album. The album material is more similar to the other two "b-side" tracks on the CD, which is something oike listening to Tori in conversation with Happy Rhodes at a This Mortal Coil concert. It's sublime. It's superb. And it's the first decent thing that EMI's usually tone-deaf A&R people have signed for years. Production on the single, and forthcoming album, is split between Eddie Raynor (former member of Split Enz) and Steve Kilbey - yep, the one from The Church. The Kilbey-produced track was also co-written by him, and sounds a lot like his solo work (which may not have been released in the US as it was released under a seperate deal) and his work with Curious (Yellow) - ask Stacey about that one :-) I'll report on the album as soon as it's out; in the meantime, those wanting to hear god-like music should hassle their import stores for the single: "Fall Down" by Margot Smith, EMI Records (Australia) 8740212. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Horan, Melbourne Australia - anthony@xymox.apana.org.au "Not everybody likes me, but I don't like everybody either!" - Ilka Heber ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================== From: boek@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (Christopher Boek) Subject: A rumour Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1993 15:17:16 +1000 (EST) Hi people, I don't want to scare anyone but ... I heard a rumour recently that one of the airlines I was planning to travel on are in danger of going out of business very soon ... If anything disastrous like this eventuates, I will let you know, but at this stage everything is on schedule. I will keep you posted on events as they unfold ... Chris. (keeping all available appendages crossed) -- | ||| ||| | ||| ||| ||| | ||Christopher Boek - boek@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au | ||| ||| | ||| ||| ||| | || Dept Elec Eng Univ of Melbourne Australia | | | | | | | | | / "Anybody remotely interesting is mad in |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___| \_/\_/\_/\_/\__/(:*- some way or another" ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 17 Jul 93 13:19:29 MET DST From: Albert Philipsen Subject: Happy compilations Someone posted the contents of a compilation tape recently. Here is one I made for my psychiatrist a long time ago: Side A: To The FunnyFarm I Won't Break Down Warpaint Given In Let Me Know, Love Poetic Justice Baby Don't Go Beat it Out Crystal Orbs Possessed Off From Out From Under Me The Issue Is Project 499 Side B: 'Til The Dawn Breaks Ode Oh The Drears The Revelation Box H.A.P. Rainkeeper Not For Me Because I Learn Ecto Words Weren't Made For Cowards To Be E. Mortal That was before _equipoise_ was released. He hasn't listened to it yet, because he hasn't had access to a working tape deck since I gave him the tape, he says. Albert "Tell me lies. Tell me big stripy lies." -- Kate Bush & Fleetwood Mac (unreleased) ======================================================================== From: brianb@lobby.ti.com (Brian Bloom) Subject: Just a wacky idea Date: Sat, 17 Jul 93 10:35:47 CDT I had a weird idea and I wanted to get some feedback to it. Most of us have shown ourselves to be outgoing and supportive of each other, a large family of sorts... Anytime someone is on the road, they take every effort to visit nearby ectophiles. I wanted to know if anyone out there would be interested in offering their hospitality to travelling ectophiles.. For me, at least, the worst cost of travel isn't the transportation itself, but rather lodging at the destination and along the way. If anyone were willing, it would be relatively easy to set up an Ecto-hostel of sorts. Meaning, anyone on their way to/thru Dallas, would be welcome to stay at my place free of charge. I've got plenty of room if you don't mind two dogs and a cat. No one would be expected to offer food (since dining in a new town can be an exciting adventure.) just a place to crash for the night. There are lots of places, including overseas, that I would love to visit, but becomes a little cost-prohibitive when hotel expenses are added in. So I'd like to run a little survey (email is probably best if anonymity is desired- we don't want people to get the wrong idea if you *can't* offer a place for someone to stay) Anyone who would be interested in participating in an Ecto-hostel, let me know. Or if you think the idea is ridiculous, tell me so! Thanks for the time and sorry for the nonHappy content. br!an -- __ ____ __ ____ __ __ (__==__) /\ \ / \_\ / /\ / \ \ / |\ / /\ (oo) ( moo.) / \_\ / /\ |_| / / /| /\ \ \ / ||/ / / /-------\/ -' / /\ | |\ \/ /_/_ / / / \ \/ \ \ / |/ / / / | U.T.|| / \/ |_| \ __ \_\ /_/ / \ /\ \_\ / /| / / * ||----|| / /\ ./_/ \ \ \/_/_\_\/ \ \ \/_// / | / / ^^ ^^ \ \/ |_| \ \_\ /_/\ \ \_\ /_/ /|_/ / Br!an Bloom \__/_/ \/_/ \_\/ \/_/ \_\/ \_\/ brianb@lobby.ti.com .. but music hides me so well, ..and reveals me.. oh well - HR ======================================================================== Subject: Oblique Strategies Date: Thu, 15 Jul 93 23:58:48 CDT From: Joe Zitt dixon@physics.berkeley.edu (David Dixon) writes: > Well, I finally finished my contribution to the HPB yesterday. It's a > song I've been twiddling with for the last few months.. I could never > get the melody right, but now I think it's ready. Now if I could > only think of a title... Seems like we have a trend. I, too, intend to send one or two original songs. > I recently posted a request on rec.music.newage, asking for information > on getting a deck of "Oblique Strategies". These are cards invented > by Brian Eno and artist Peter Schmidt used to circumvent creative > blocks. If you get stuck on whatever it is you're working on (music, > art, Great American Novel, etc.), just draw a card and do what it says. > The cards say things like, "Water", "Think of the radio," "Remove > specifics, convert to ambiguities", "Be dirty", etc. Well, within > the same day, I got a complete list of all the Oblique Strategies > cards, so I can make my own. If anyone's interested, I'll post the > list here. I think Happy would really groove on these cards, so if > I have time, I'll print up a deck and send them off to her for her > b-day. I have a bootleg stack that I copied onto laminated card stock ten or more years ago. (As synchronicity would have it, I get surprise email today from the owner of the deck, after having dropped out of touch for nearly a decade. Seems like the old Hill Center gang are tracking each other down...) Anyway, the Opal Information issue #21 (I find these occasionally at tower) offers Oblique Strategies for the following prices: UK, Eire: #17.00 Rest of Europe: #17.50 S. America and Africa: #18.50 Australia, New Zealand and Japan: #18.90 USA & Canada: $35.00 (I guess people in India, etc, would have to interpolate a value.) Cheques or money orders to OPAL INFORMATION P.O. BOX 141 Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK. It's a cool magazine. This issue includes news on Eno lectures and installations, Eno's talk (and discussion with Laurie Anderson and Peter Gabriel) about the Real World Theme Park, Eno's initial design conception for the U2 ZooTV tour, a review Eno did of a book on hypertext, and lotsa other stuff. Unrelatedly: I just heard a gorgeous song by a group that I'd never heard of, Over the Rhine. Very KHJTish. (That's Kate, Happy, Jane, and Tori, of course B-]). I called KGSR to doublecheck the name and request some Happy. They should be playing something by her in the next hour or so... ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 17 Jul 93 22:56:04 MET From: brage@sphere.home.id.dth.dk (Jens P. Brage) Subject: High as a Kite? Hi! Jeff writes: > Are folks really interested in a kite for Happy? > [...] > I'm more than happy to donate the time/labor but at this point I can't > really put in any money, 'cept maybe for the incidentals like the edge binding > material and the various colors of thread I'd need to do it right. I think it's a great idea, and if you're willing (and have the time) to do the work, I'd be happy to donate something. Doug, could I draw the contribution from my tape account? Of course, this means that we really will have to use "Kite" as the intro song for the HBP... :-) On more-or-less the same subject Bob writes: > I thank you all for your generous vote of confidence on those > extra four minutes of my HBP tape! I hope that Happy, and all of you, > enjoy the songs I've sent. They were written by myself and my very > good friend Rich Laferriere, who plays guitar and provides vocals. Though I didn't get around to writing ealier, I'll support your four minutes, too! ;-) > He asked me yesterday if > I would be willing to play bass for some recording sessions, so I > may be getting a whole new second career out of this! Wow! Neat! > I promised no more Jethro, but today's science project features > the amazing program Babble! Having already typed the lyrics to "To > The Funnyfarm" and "The Chase", I added the lyrics to "Feed The Fire" > and mixed them all into Babble! > > [Sacrilegious material deleted! ;-)] Hmm, this comes very close to breaking your promise! But you can make it up by putting this to music and sing it for the next HGP! ;-) Of course, then you'll have to dodge Happy and her stake for a couple of years... ;-) On the CD acquisition front, the title of this posting is partly derived from the fact that I've had a copy of the two Bobo in White Wooden Houses albums for about a week. Great music! Especially the first one ("Bobo in White Wooden Houses") which have been on almost continuous play during the week (only rivalled by "HR^5" which arrived Tuesday). Absolutely recommended! "HR^5" is (obviously) great too, even though I'm not familiar with the original "Ashes to Ashes". The cover shot reminds me quite a bit of someone I know, btw. Is there something from Yes in the tribute version of "Feed the Fire" (don't know much about Yes, either)? Jens P. Brage | And I looked up and there they were: Millions brage@sphere.home.id.dth.dk | of tiny teardrops just sort of hanging there. /\ | And I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. \SphereSoft | And I said to myself: What next big sky? ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 17 Jul 93 19:42:42 PDT From: dixon@physics.berkeley.edu (David Dixon) Subject: Penelope Houston There's a good article about Penelope Houston in the latest Bay Area Music Status: RO magazine (BAM). I'll post it soon. RE: "You Went The Wrong Way Old King Louie" Wasn't there another verse about "pink satin pants"? I seem to recall it from my Dr. Demento days. My g/f Emily, who is turning more and more into an Ectophile, came up with a neato Mondegreen the other day. (Mondegreens, for those of you not in the know, are when you "mis-hear" something, especially song lyrics, resulting in something quite funny.) Emily thought that Happy was singing, "To find me, follow the red highway", and not "You'll find me, forever in hiding." Kinda reminds me of the "bacon in the sky" convo we had a few months ago.. Any other Mondegreens out there? Tschuss, D^2 Content-Length: -1 ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 17 Jul 93 22:47:19 EDT From: mojzes@monet.rutgers.edu (brni) Subject: hearts, heat, habits, etc. hi ho, just had a very wonderful visit from my SO, so now i have almost 100 messages to wade thru. s'alright. :) we saw "orlando" on friday. see it. its very cool (unless you have some deepseated gender insecurity, in which case it might bother you quite a bit). i haven't read the book yet, which is good. i think i might have been disappointed had i read the book first. >From: Neile Graham >Subject: A belated DiD > >Steeleye Span--Ten Man Mop a lot of people have mentioned steeleye span in this whole did thing. a woman i know is in a band called broadside electric here in philadelphia which has a very steeleye span-esque sound. they are very good in concert and the cd is very fun. to order, send a check (cd=$16, tape=$11) to melissa demian, 19-A cricket ave, ardmore, PA 19003. or you can get them thru 21st century sound in brynmawr (where happy was, btw--broadside electric was displayed right next to equipoise during the signing). >It took me forever to do these, so I'm not even thinking about DiVs or >DiBs. One DiV would surely be _The King of Hearts_. > YES! this is a GREAT film. i would also include "birdy" "poison" "naked lunch" "gothic" thats 5. i'll save the rest for later. (notice how i deftly smuggle in both a peter gabriel soundtrack and a thomas dolby soundtrack? :> ) dib's would include: _finnegan's wake_ james joyce _the pan-european omnilingual dictionary_ (necessary for the above) _gravity's rainbow_ thomas pynchon _the phantom tollbooth_ norton juster _"flow my tears" the policeman said" philip k. dick _the collected stories of philip k. dick_ (i'd glue the covers together so that the 5 volume set could pass for one book) _Anti-Oedipus_ and _A thousand plateaus_ gilles deleuze & felix guattari (also glued together) _labyrinths_ jorge luis borges _visions of excess_ george bataille _also sprach zarathustra_ friedrich nietzsche i'd have the rest of my library shipped via ups later. >From: Suspended In Duct Tape >Subject: Ein Klaus fuer heute > >}later on, another dj (mikaela mejoun) at wxpn had an argument on >}the air with the other dj's, during which she convinced everyone >}at the station that they should pronounce the album title >}"equipwas" lest they suffer more public ridicule at her hands. > >People are idiots, and should be shot on sight. > as benoit in "man bites dog" says: "don't do that. it's habit forming." :) >}she needs to learn that doing a show of all female artists does >}*not* mean playing only those artists who sound identical to the >}indigo girls; there are tons and tons of women out there who are >}doing really interesting things, and *that* is what women's hour >}should celebrate, not just folk, more folk, and a couple pop >}songs we've all heard before. > >Hey brni, what's her address? Vickie and I could send her tapes >of our shows and show her how's it's done. ;) (Although I do >readily admit to having played Indigo Girls on my show just last >week...) > which is perfectly fine, 'cause you cover a variety of styles of music. when mikaela is on vacation, one of the other dj's does the show and i've learned some interesting stuff from her (it was one of these times when i first heard pj harvey). >}41 people have died from the heat in philadelphia this past >}week. :( > >Why so many in Philly, or is it just that the news reports are >focusing on that city alone? > for as long as i have known it, philadelphia has remained one jump ahead of total collapse (one might actually suspect that groucho marx was manipulating things behind the scenes). a huge percentage of the city lives in 3rd-world-esque squalor. when i was teaching at temple, you could look out my window on the 9th floor of anderson hall and see broken down row homes, rows and rows and rows and rows, some boarded up, others occupied, some burnt out, for as far as the eye could see, disappearing over the horizon. the only employment (legal, that is) opportunities are the corner store, the occassional pizza place and bars. the magnitude of the problem defies comprehension, i certainly have done a poor job in representing it here, and also defies any attempts to solve it. >From: S.L.Fagg@bnr.co.uk >Subject: Back from hols (a Klaus) > >(again one book per author, and I assume we get the Bible & >Shakespeare anyway, as per Roy Plomley's radio show) > HAH! we have subversively switched your bible with a copy of the _the book of mormon_. (tee hee) brni ****************************************************************************** Oh, I'd love that. | And on his dying bed I am sleepless nights | I'd be a mineral deposit, | the dirty angels I am actors in dreams | a ball of mica | flying over him like I am concience. | inside a rock. | buzzards asked him Karen Finley | Then there'd be no whistles | Do you confess? no radios, | Do you confess? no screams. | Diamanda Galas ****************************************************************************** WE DON'T WANNA GROW YOUR STINKING BANANAS ANYMORE! ======================================================================== 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)