Errors-To: owner-ecto@athos.rutgers.edu Reply-To: ecto@athos.rutgers.edu Sender: ecto@athos.rutgers.edu From: ecto@athos.rutgers.edu To: ecto-request@athos.rutgers.edu Bcc: ecto-digest-outbound@athos.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto #185 ecto, Number 185 Monday, 16 March 1992 Today's Topics: *-----------------* yay! (kate-talk server, vms client) Tori Amos, solo in concert Brenda Kahn The Letter (poem) the Happy Roadsters... ======================================================================== Date: Sun, 15 Mar 92 13:12:50 EST From: jessica@cs.rutgers.edu Subject: yay! (kate-talk server, vms client) Hello! I've finally got a vms client for the kate-talk server. It's on hardees.rutgers.edu in ~ftp/pub/icb/* I haven't got a vms account, and i haven't got a *clue* what to do with these things. Hopefully you vms people will :) I've an idea to help people be able to meet more reliably - let me know (via email) what times you are likely to be there, and i will put this info (as long as it's ok by you) into the motd. I'll also put it into your nickserve entry. (so if you don't have a nickserve entry, just let me know what you'd like it to say, too.) I occasionally bump into angelos, and thne i usually get greg on too, and i'm sure when vickie's back we'll see her too.. but i havne't seen many others, and i tihnk the sparseness and the lack of arranged times is the problem :) Spread the word! Lets get other people using it too. (for music related discussions, please. :) There is another server, at bootes.unm.edu (your clients can reach it, just use -s bootes.unm.edu) that is more appropriate for general discussion. I certainly don't *mind* general discussion on the hardees server, i'd just like it to always be a group of people who have a major interest in music. Someone please try out the vms client and let me know how it works! Thanks, jesisca ======================================================================== From: xenox!inphobos!klaus@horga.ruhr.de Date: Sat, 15 Feb 92 00:45 MEZ Subject: Allerlei stuff From: klaus@inphobos.w.open.de (Cosmic Vagabond) Message-ID: <2sT6FB1w164w@inphobos.w.open.de> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 92 23:27:48 GMT Organization: Ectophiles Unlimited, Wuppertal, Germany I'm back !!! You are all back !!! The network in our part of the world has been extremely overloaded or broken. For days I didn't get mail, NetNews still hasen't recovered. So I'm happy to see you all again. I'm very glad that the archive now contains all the digests. Some of them got lost, but now I can collect them myself instead of buggering Jessica with such trivia. Oh dear, I'm lost in Ecto digests. I've read them all, but I haven't written any comments lately. So, here you see me speeding through about a dozen digests. Mitch> "Die Gedanken sind gebraten?" What does that remind me of? Oh yes, "walking toast". Jessica> Welcomes to Karl Dotzek and Keith Silver and Ken Descoteaux! Right, welcomes to you and all the other new Ectophiles! So the number of german ectophiles was increased by 50% in one second. Don't think that I had anything to do with it. The people I introduced to Happy can't be found here. Vickie: > Happy's a bit (um, make that lots) freaked that so many Ectophiles will > be in Albany. I think she wishes that Kevin hadn't told me about that > show. She really doesn't understand why anyone would want to go see it. > I explained the reasoning from a fan's point of view. Don't forget meeting other Ectophiles. I consider this an important reason. Meredith: > sitting between two French majors at the time). If you want annoying, try > watching American movies in Germany- they just don't believe in subtitling > over there, and they have the same four people with horrible voices doing > *all* the movies and TV shows. Monty Python dubbed into German is a truly > painful experience. Don't do it. But I digress. No no no, most are really done very well. That I'm watching so many films in the original version has only educational reasons. Vickie: > Court sent me the Tori Amos cassette (**THANK YOU**!) and I do like it > quite a bit. I've listened to it twice now and it's nice. I didn't care > for Tori's first album, which is why I pretty much stayed quiet while > all the Tori talk was going on, but this one is *eons* better! Is there a previous album by her? The review I read said it was her first, but maybe the other one hasn't been released in Germany. My thanks go to Court as well! After listening to her tape I had to buy the CD which had just been released here. It's still on heavy rotation, I must have listened to it about 20 times. My favourites are "Little Earthquakes", "Winter" and "Flying Dutchman" (which is not on the CD). Mitch: > or the Greens, judging from the absence of invective calling the incumbent > chancellor "Helmut the Cabbage" :-) (in the native tongue, "Helmut der Kohl"). He's well know as "Helmut die Birne" (in english tongue, "Helmut the pear") due to the shape of his head. Doug: > (Klaus, I sent you e-mail about this. Let me know if you don't get it.) Doug, I hope you don't mind if I tell you that I _did_ get it. :) Thanks. > me). Hey, if Nirvana can get an album to the top of the charts, there has to > be hope for Happy! I don't know. Think it's more like, if Nirvana can get an album to the top of the charts, there can't be hope for Happy, because of peoples taste in music. But as there are people in Ecto who like both there might be hope. But I still prefer the smell of "Truth" to "Teen Spirit". Hwoaj, not Voj: > mmmmhhhhh...9600 baud is *wonderful* - fast full screen editting and all > sorts of nifty stuff. makes my life and my logged on time much nicer! > highly recommended to all who can afford it or convince their employer > that it's good for their business-related work... ;) Actually I'm currently considering going 14400 baud and V.42bis to be able to get a bigger News-Feed in the same time, but before that I need a bigger harddisc (and some money, of course). :( Martin: > Love it... listening to "Point and Pull" right now, the groovy guitar > solo towards the end... despite what B/R may think, this is a GREAT song! Right you are! Reminds me a lot about the music Camel does. You don't hear it that often these days. Doug: > the airline ticket next week. As for the concert ticket, people have expressed > some curiosity about what it looks like. It's just your run of the mill > computer-generated piece of stiff paper. Of course, it does have something > very special on it -- the two words "Happy Rhodes". Tons of happy :) :) :) Thanks for the ticket info, as well as to Angelos who answered by e-mail. No pictures? I think I like our tickets much better, although I don't collect them. Someone want's to get my Rainbirds ticket? It's not that beautiful, but _much_ nicer than a computer printout. If someone's interested I'll send it to you. Merow!!> well..sorry folks...i have mono..thus you wont be hearing much more Merow!!> than sick weak cat mews coming out of my for a while... Get well soon, Court!!! Do you like piano music? Then you should check "Love of Colour" by Katia & Marielle Labeque, where they leave the classic tracks for some more jazzy stuff. It has some songs by John McLaughlin, Miles Davis, Chick Corea and some people I've never heard of. Mostly acoustic and midi piano (DDD-CD), but a bit of synthesizers as well. ___________________________________________________________ ( "Tell me all the plans you have for the great beyond. ) ) Will you be physical again, or be a cosmic vagabond." ( / countdown: 34 hours!!! --- Happy Rhodes --- \ / Klaus "cosmic vagabond" Kluge klaus@inphobos.w.open.de \ ======================================================================== Date: Sun, 15 Mar 92 22:39:43 MET From: Albert Philipsen Subject: Tori Amos, solo in concert A few hours ago, I attended a solo (without a band) concert by Tori Amos. The performance took place in a theatre called RoXY, in the center of Amsterdam. It's a small place with approximately 200 seats. The concert was sold out, but fortunately there were still some empty seats after everyone with a ticket had entered. I had a perfect seat on the fourth row, right in front of Tori. She played an electric piano, and her voice was amplified. The stage was beautifully lit, with lights slowly changing to the intensity of the music. The programme consisted of everything from Little Earthquakes except Girl and Mother, Upside Down ("a song which didn't make it to the album, but I made a deal with it to sing it all the time" :-), Angie (the Rolling Stones song), and two more non-album songs, of which she didn't say the title. She didn't talk much between the songs, just three or four short remarks (like "this song is for my dad", before she played Winter). After the last song, she left the stage with a quick "goodbye!". The whole show took 67 minutes. I must say that I intensely enjoyed the show. Her voice was in great condition, and her piano playing and occasional stamping on the floor with her red high-heeled shoes made up for the lack of a band. Songs like Little Earthquakes and Precious Things, which feature a lot of instruments on the album, really worked in concert. I was close enough to see every expression on her face, which was very nice. It wasn't all perfect, though. She should have played a grand piano and sung without amplification, and she didn't play Mother :-(. But that doesn't change the fact that she's a great performer! Go see her if she's in your neighborhood. Albert Philipsen ----------------------- we danced in graveyards with vampires till dawn (Tori Amos) ======================================================================== From: kIrI Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1992 17:13:57 EST Subject: Brenda Kahn Has anyone ever heard of this woman?? I found three of her songs stuck on the end of my _touch_ tape, and they are really good. I seem to remember she had a cd out a couple years ago...but I havent a clue what it's called. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks to Albert for his Tori review. Sounds like it was neat. Does she dress as weird in person as she does in her video?? Soon soon soon *bounce* *bounce* *bounce* kiri "I said hey, the nights to play, lets all go inside, cause i hate the day. in the daylight hours, I lose my powers, but in the night, something strange flowers" -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Black room mirror echoes hargieka@craft.camp.clarkson.edu< > Warm blood tickles ebony lips Kirstin A. Hargie (kIrI)< > tear the cracking bone asunder "Just another 20-something< > set to grovel screams Gothic." < > fire whips < ----------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 16 Mar 92 9:23 GMT From: Merow!! MEW all... time for me to re-emerge before i duck back down into my hole-o-work!! I will be leaving this Friday..March 20th and wont be back until April 22.. thats right..we have a whole month for Spring Break..I will be posting about my travels and adventures when i get back if anyone is interested!! NEW PROJECT TIME: i know it seems kinda silly since i am leaving for break so soon..but, what better time for what i am asking to come pouring in? WHat I am asking is that everyone send me a pix of themselves for me to compile ina huge ECTO scrapbook...I must confess that i am VERY curious as to what people that I talk to day to day look like...I want group pix also if you have them..I already have several shots from the mini-ECTO meeting in Boston back in Feb..and of course will have LOADS of pix from the up-coming ECTO EUropean party..but i would also like pix from the concerts and group meetings and such...if everyone sent me a single pix fo tehmselves..as well as group photos (group meaning two or more Ectoites)...i could put together quite a nice scrapbook!! ANd i PROMISE that anywhere i travel to meet new Ectonians...i will bring it... you can send a pix to me here in Wales..or go ahead and send it to my home in Memphis..of course those pix wont be incorporated until i return in July...so..good idea or one for the trashcan? in case you like the idea...mail pix to me here in wales.. Courtney Dallas Neuadd SIbly U.C.Swansea SIngleton Park Swansea Wales SA2 8PU or at home in Memphis... Courtney Dallas 8208 Blair Lane Germantown, T.N. 38139 I will be looking forward to a many pix as you guys want to send!!! THis isnt the kind of project that everyone will get to see the results of as in the EctoSig and the HGP..but still..it goes a long way towards uniting us as a group even more!!! ALso, wherever I celebrate KateMas it will be there with me. incentive to go to KateMas as well!! mew!!! awaiting your mail.. mew! Courtney! ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 16 Mar 92 09:08:07 EST From: dtorok@nynexst.com Jessica wants to know about the area around the University Museum for the Philly show... The immediate area around the museum consists of few buildings of interest. These are: The stadium, the Hospital of U of P, Irvine Auditorium, a Chem building, and the Penn Tower Hotel. However, less than one block away is Houston Hall - with a mini mall inside. inside: FOOD - Skolniks bagels, Little Ceasar's Pizza, donuts. MUSIC - Discovery Discs, a pretty good store. Sells both new and used discs, has a good allotment of alternative music. The used discs vary in price based on the popularity of the title and how many used copies they have at any given time! I bought my "Mouth Music" here. The best thing about this store is that they have a "Listening Bar", where you can listen to ANY CD the store sells. Stop by this store! OTHER STORES - card store, tshirts, arcade, shoes, other junk. Another music store to visit is "Spruce St. Music", which is a bit of a hike at 40 1/2 and spruce st. Eating - Why don't we meet at Eden (37th and Chestnut St, inside International House) at around 3:30PM or so? That gives us a leisurely lunch/dinner with plently of time to wait on line at the museum! The campus: If it's nice, the area enclosed by 34th to 38th st, Spruce st. on the south and walnut st. on the north is "College Green", a refuge from the city. This is a good place to frisbee or just lounge and people-watch. Also, I don't know whether I or anyone has noted this before, but "in general" areas north of Walnut St. and west of 40th St turn into high crime / low personal safety areas. Walking distances: Philly is a small town. I'd say that the Franklin Institute to Univ. Museum is about a 30 min. walk. If you arrive early, the Benjamin Franklin Pkway, running diagonally from City hall to the Art Museum, is quite interesting and is adjacent to the Frank. Institute. There is a cool Rodin museum Steven - anything to add? -=$>DaveTorok<$=- torok@nynexst.com ======================================================================== From: Jeanne B Schreiter Subject: The Letter (poem) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 92 9:11:04 CST I wrote this early this morning, and I'm off to work, moments, patterns too maybe not enough late. F00tah: send me an email address, I've got the book title. The Letter 3-16-92 These welts on my soul constant reminders of the past still crusty crimson and welded deep blue-violet. Pieces of paper in my fingertips special stationary bringing perils of good and bad stenciling the outcome of a year. I wait in crystal warming glass shrouding my face distorting the images in my mind. Clearly waivering. His voice touches mine seconds minutes lasting longer than thoughts to throw out the sheets lest she learn of them, banish old stale laughters Clearly wishing, but trusting, speaking in his own tongues. As I sit here, meshed in a room full of memories Mr Potatohead does his tongue in cheek routine the days mold into time clay figures in my adobe kiln, Firing thoughts. -JB Schreiter ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 16 Mar 92 10:31:58 -0500 From: gb10@gte.com (Gregory Bossert) Subject: the Happy Roadsters... Angelos has reserved the van, i am working on the decor, the boston-to-philly-and-points-in-between-we'll-be-there-we'll-be-ecto-experience is ready to roll your way! which is to say, anyone in the MA/CT/NYC/NJ area that doesn't yet have a ride to philly should let me know and we will pick you up sometime saturday morning... we have a van with food, music, posters, more fun than you could shake a barrel of monkeys at (yes, we are so wild and wacky we will be breaking basic rules of grammer!)...! the schedule as it stands is to leave boston around 8am, meet up with jessica and company in new jersey by early midafternoon, spend saturday evening in rapturous ectophillya, spend saturday night in a motel (sleep optional), spend sunday morning recovering (hardy souls can accompany jessica to the INSECT MUSEUM!), and return in such fashion as to get everyone safely home by midnight... i guarantee a safe, relaxed, and ectotally extraordinary time! plus valuable prizes ;) so let me know if you are interested: greg bossert gb10@gte.com 617-489-5127 the sooner i hear from people the better -- i'll try to pick people up saturday morning, but only if i have advance warning! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) footahs on parade! -greg -- gb10@gte.com -- "make me a legend in your a legend in all your minds" -- HR (hey, no problem, Happy!) ======================================================================== The ecto archives are on hardees.rutgers.edu in ~ftp/pub/hr. There is a README file explaining what is where. Feel free to send me (or leave in the incoming directory, just let me know) things you'd like to have added. -- jessica (jessica@athos.rutgers.edu)