Errors-To: owner-ecto@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 #229 ecto, Number 229 Friday, 1 May 1992 Today's Topics: *-----------------* Gemischtes three in one go Re: Gemischtes Diamanda Galas GLITTERING GENERALITIES Fluff (tm) Albany, 1st4, Tori, and more ======================================================================== Date: 30-APR-1992 18:26:47.34 From: MTARR@eagle.wesleyan.edu Subject: Gemischtes Hi! From: Albert Philipsen >Some more evidence that she really is... ;-) I've told you all before >that I was sitting really close to her during the concert in Amsterdam. >Not only could I look her straight in the face, but I believe she did >the same to me, most of the time, that is, if she saw me clearly with >the lighting and all. She looked like she really enjoyed watching me >turn into jelly. I must have had some silly expressions on my face... She must do that every show. In Northampton she settled upon a guy right in the front, and stared at him for most of the show... luckily for him she didn't stare at him during "Me And A Gun"! :) During that song, incidentally, she did seem to be entranced, like the interview Jody posted said. Watching a movie and suddenly remembering something you've repressed must really be horrific. A friend of mine is slowly recovering an awful night she repressed and is just beginning to recall, and she is NOT liking life because of it... ick. Mike reports: >Chris had some interesting theories about silent all these years' video. >He thought that there were three Kate references (none of which had >occurred to me, natch). Well, the box was obvious to me from the first. But those others? I think he's grasping at straws, but knowing Chris, he's fully aware of it... :) >Dennis Miller described Sarah as "Canada's answer to Kate Bush." >It always shocks me when I hear stuff like this. First off, I bet >98.2% of the 7 people watching this show who had not heard of >Sarah, had not heard of Kate either. Second, I wonder if Miller >even knows who Kate is? This just further supports the theory that >any female slightly alt artist is instantly stapled to Kate. >Silly, ain't it. Yes, exceedingly. Miller obviously knows who Kate is, or he wouldn't have made the reference, even if what he himself hadn't written the script. I wonder if anyone who was impressed by Sarah's performance and wondered who Kate is will go out and try to find some of her music? Fans are made in the weirdest ways sometimes. From: Valerie Nozick >maybe even a banner at mocon! An explanation for the non-Wesleyan-speaking community: "Mocon" is short for "McConaughy Dining Hall", the round glass enclosure closely resembling a spacecraft, where ARA serves stuff not-so-closely resembling food. There's a balcony where you come in, and groups hang banners from it advertising events around campus. I can see it now: KATE BUSH FANS Kome ouT of the KloseT VIDEO PARTY :) >and i hope people had a great time at the tori concert monday. i was thinking >of you (with large pangs of envy). will i ever learn my lesson? No, Val, you won't. Mitch implores: > Got a question for the zoologically inclined. A couple of weeks ago, one >of the resident company of stray cats that frequents my backyard showed up >pregnant. Several weeks before that, I noticed it being humped by one of >the other regulars. How many more weeks before the patter of little claws, >and how many little claws are we talking? Ooh, baby baby. My sister just took her new cat Trouble to be spayed this morning. Let this be a lesson to us all. :) (My guess, Mitch, would be another three weeks or so.) From: Chris Sampson > So, who are you people anyway??? ;) I briefly met Meredith at the >QE2 show, and also ran into a woman who had come from Chicago (with a purse >full of Happytapes :) I figure that a few of y'all were there, though I >didn't meet you. HI CHRIS!!! I really wish more people like you would call me up during my show and ask for the Ecto address... :) Well, the woman from Chicago is our long-lost Vickie, who will hopefully return realsoonnow. Doug was there, as well as woj, Jessica, Greg, Angelos, David Lubkin, kIrI, and Dave Steiner. (I hope I didn't forget anybody...) woj, re: your comment "i hope abc doesn't do that": are you saying you're hoping ABC doesn't air the Tori concert? That's what it sounded like, just looking for a clarification. The Sugarcubes were on Arsenio last night. Bjork was a bit hoarse and Einar was annoying as ever, but overall a good performance worth sitting through Charles Grodin for. (I've never been able to stand him.) Unfortunately they didn't have much time, but the camera effects were funky! Arsenio said _Stick Around For Joy_ is the #1 album in the country- is this true? Wow... weird. Thinking of that, then Tori... maybe we *are* waking up! (Nah...) ====================================================================== |Meredith Tarr "Get to the point you sappy wimps| |Wesleyan University I haven't got a lifetime | |Middletown, CT Simplicity is beauty | |USA, Earth Are there poets less sublime?" | |mtarr@eagle.wesleyan.edu -Happy Rhodes | ====================================================================== ======================================================================== Subject: three in one go From: klaus@inphobos.w.open.de (Cosmic Vagabond) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 92 23:57:09 GMT Three digests arrived this evening, and I had time to read them. | melodies. I recommend getting the single "Shimmering, warm and bright" > with the Alien Nation remixes as well. Where is my notebook. I have to write this down. :) I love Bel Canto's new album so much, that I started looking for their ealier ones. Also, I'm considering their "die geschichte einer mutter" for the HBP although it's a bit long (6:54). Ah, good music can't be too long. > ordering the CD(s?) yet. Is it possible to order 1st4 now? Yes! They probably won't be ready to send out, but AG are taking orders already. Make sure you're among the first 1000. :) |>oug about a new tape: > The Rainbirds Fireworks (Don't Want to Miss That) Rainbirds Please remove the "The". They are plain "Rainbirds". :) die Katze: > N.Ireland for two days, again to be with friends, then we went to Dublin for Well, I'd be in Dublin, I would visit the Guiness brewery. ;) > ya know...and also want to swing by York, Stratford Upon Avon, Canterbury > to see Stephen again, Stonehenge, Glastonbury, and Tintern Abbey.. If you haven't already, you should visit Tintagel, one of my favourite places in Britain. I even love it when the weather is bad. Thanks for all the Tori Amos concert reports! Have you all been wearing your Ecto T-shirts? Have you made sure that Tori will remember them, so that she knows what to expect when she sees Claudia in me in one (er...two) in Frankfurt. ;) Martin showed us his birthday file: > August 20 1969 - Ectophile Martin Dougiamas has a birthday today! (Positive) I have a very similar birthday list for my own datebook program. It's amazing, though, how may different formats there are. Here is an example from my file: :) > 20.08.92 M1 J1 (1969) birthday: Martin Dougiamas Barry wondered: > Hey I was just curious, how do some of you manage to get into like these > get togethers aftger a concert to chat with the artist? And he doesn't wonder alone. Reading these pages, I have the impression that many an artist has to live with Ectophiles waiting in the back alley of the venue, hoping for a chat and a signature. :) After a show I always try to get home as quickly as possible. Valerie announced: > aren't true southerners. :-) anyone from the south? i may be moving to > atlanta, so if not, there will be one soon! Good to know! :) I my vote for Glasgow at MagiCon shouldn't be sufficient, I might be in Atlanta in 1995. > Hello........ My name is Chris.....and...well...I'm an ECTOPHILE ;) Welcome Chris !!! Claudia is currently reading through dozens of digests, where she hasn't found the time to do it earlier. Be prepared for a big, if not BIG, message from her. :) G'night, Klaus. _____ Klaus "cosmic vagabond" Kluge spiderdust, spiderdust! Bel klaus@inphobos.w.open.de hotchpotch for spellbound lusts Canto ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 1 May 92 12:12:36 MET DST From: Albert Philipsen Subject: Re: Gemischtes Meredith writes: >She must do that every show. In Northampton she settled upon a guy right in >the front, and stared at him for most of the show... It all makes sense now! I must be one of the "lucky" few who are personally bewitched by Tori Amos. That's why I have to mention her in almost every message. >luckily for him she didn't stare at him during "Me And A Gun"! :) Yeah, that was a BIG disappointment! ;-) >During that song, incidentally, she did seem to be entranced, like the >interview Jody posted said. I don't know how to tell if someone is entranced, but before she sang that song, she stood up from behind the piano. It seemed like she needed some time to prepare herself. During the song, she was standing, leaning back against something, facing the audience, but staring straight over everyone. Ein gemischtes Eis ohne Sahne, bitte! (for Jody's fingers :-) Albert ++ `I know I'm sounding insane' :: Happy Rhodes ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 1 May 92 10:45:10 EDT From: Chris Sampson Subject: Diamanda Galas Hi, all, Don't remember who mention DG in their last communique, but there is a one paragrpah blurb about the "performance artist" on p. 212 of the April Vanity Fair. Who IS she anyway?? I'm struck by the broad application of that moniker (all the way from Karen Finley to Laurie Anderson -- who are both mentioned in the photo essay by Annie Leibovitz). Some comments about the pictures: If you get the chance, browse. Karen Finley (one of the NEA 7(+ or -) Still wouldn't recognize her face. Laurie Anderson -- probably the definitive picture(s) of Ms. Anderson. It hangs in a place of honor in my lab. Diamanda Galas -- Must be this picture of the mostly nude Ms. Galas (with long hair strategically arranged) on a crucifix that prompted NPR to call her a "gospel singer" ;> This leads me to ask the following question: Does _she_ have any CDs out??????? :) Also, anybody care to intperpret "My ears have parasites" for me??? Best I could come up with is a reference to the actual "hunger" for satisfying sounds (poetry, music) that can't be slaked...as if one were feeding a tapeworm. Sound reasonable, or am I OTL :) Chris Sampson ======================================================================== Date: 1 May 92 12:44:00 EST From: jody_ferguson.asw.navairtestcen%pcgate@natc-fw.navy.mil Subject: GLITTERING GENERALITIES Albert writes: >Ein gemischtes Eis ohne Sahne, bitte! (for Jody's fingers :-) Um, I only know one sentence in German (and it's kinda unmentionable :-) ), so I'm not too sure what that means. If you are talking about how difficult it must have been to type all that stuff, you are right! I spent a whole afternoon on the two pieces and had to hold them for a week until the VMSGATE was back up. Goddess, it was frustrating not being able to send it after all that work! But it's out now and I am happy. Not Happy...just happy. :-) Take care, everybody! Jody ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 1 May 92 13:29:05 -0400 From: gb10@gte.com (Gregory Bossert) Subject: Re: GLITTERING GENERALITIES let me second Albert's kind if baffling wishes, and thank Jody for typing in all the Tori trivia... footahtah for now! -greg -- gb10@gte.com -- "we're afraid to call it love let's call it swimming" -- Martha and the Muffins ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 1 May 92 11:25:35 PDT From: stevev@greylady.uoregon.edu (Steve VanDevender) Subject: Re: GLITTERING GENERALITIES Gregory Bossert writes: > > let me second Albert's kind if baffling wishes, and thank Jody for > typing in all the Tori trivia... Albert wrote: >Ein gemischtes Eis onhe Sahne, bitte! (for Jody's fingers :-) I can't tell whether it's grammatically correct (I have as much German vocabulary as my dictionary does but not as much understanding of German grammar), but it appears to say something like "A mixture of ice without cream, please". Somewhat baffling indeed but Albert says he knows he's sounding insane :-). I've been lurking lately due to insufficient urge to write. Since my last posting I have been keeping up with my Happyvangelical duties; now one friend has my original tape of Warpaint, so I made another one with a high recording level and Dolby B which sounds utterly terrific, and which has Warpaint almost twice over on a 100 minute tape. The friend who has my CD won't let me have it back yet, though. But now I'm about to run around frantically dealing with last-minute things before flying to Spokane for Bloomsday, so I'll see you all when I get back. And appropriately enough "In Hiding" just started :-). ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 1 May 92 14:43:11 -0400 From: gb10@gte.com (Gregory Bossert) Subject: Re: GLITTERING GENERALITIES Steveveveveve mourns: > The friend who has my CD [of Warpaint] won't let me have it back yet, though. alas, this footah is *still* and again Warpaintless :( goodness knows, if i give the 1rst4 away as often as i do my copies of Warpaint, i will be beggared! (*snarf* i just thought of Klaus' slight confusion over 'to bug' vs. 'to bugger' and dribbled tea all over my keyboard ;) >Albert wrote: > >>Ein gemischtes Eis onhe Sahne, bitte! (for Jody's fingers :-) > >I can't tell whether it's grammatically correct (I have as much >German vocabulary as my dictionary does but not as much >understanding of German grammar), but it appears to say something >like "A mixture of ice without cream, please". Somewhat baffling >indeed but Albert says he knows he's sounding insane :-). alas, though i lived a year in austria, i too have less knowledge of german grammer than does my dictionary (or any other inanimate object), but i remember enough to recognize an order for ice cream without whipped cream... note that such a thing would not be said in austria, not so much because the common term for whipped cream is "Schlag", but rather because the thought of ice cream without a topping was, mm, unthinkable... on the flip side, orders for "Schlag mit Schlag" were common... :) hot fudge footah with nuts and a cherry on top! -greg -- gb10@gte.com -- "i want to feel you in the dark, babe" -- HR ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 1 May 92 12:42:38 MDT From: dbx@olympic.atmos.colostate.edu (Doug Burks) Subject: Fluff (tm) Greetings, Warm fuzzy blue greetings to Chris and Chris, and anyone more shy Ectophiles who have joined this list in the last couple of weeks! If any of you would like a copy of the latest FAQ (though a new one is supposedly appearing Real Soon Now :) ) or have any questions, feel free to ask, either here or in e-mail! Also, if you post your birthdays, you can be embarrassed by declarations like the second paragraph of this note. Chris S., if our over-burdened humble pseudo-moderatore Jessica is too overwhelmed, I'd be happy to e-mail anything from the archives that you need, (assuming I figure your e-mail address :) ). Again, WELCOME!! A warm fuzzy blue birthday to GRAY ABBOTT. Well, it's actually on Sunday, but I can't post then, but it's meant just as sincerely! Enjoy it! Doug Burks _O_ dbx@olympic.atmos.colostate.edu |< She really is!! ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 1 May 92 15:58:07 EDT From: shane@sbcs.sunysb.edu Subject: Albany, 1st4, Tori, and more Greetings Ectologists: I've seen a lot of traffic about who was at the Albany concert based on the "ecto-photo" puzzle, but has there been a list of actual attendees? I was there as was the newly vocal Chris Sampson. The concert was at an Albany bar (QE2), so I thought most of the audience were Albany locals. Perhaps not! For instance: who was the woman recoring tapes in the front row (Vickie? Jessica?)? Comments about the concert: 1. Drums were too loud, Happy was drowned out occasionally. 2. Did anyone notice Kevin Bartlett using an E-Bow? It's an electronic device that simulates a string bow (hence the name). You hold in next to a string and it vibrates it while you play the fret. This was used extensively by BeBop Deluxe founder Bill Nelson (any Nelson fans out there?). 3. The bass player was great... is he on WarPaint? 4. Wasn't the "Back at 1:30" joke funny? 5. Her backup singer seemed nervous, and was cautious about actually being heard, but during Mia Ia Io and Murder, she really belted it out. Nice! I don't think this person is on WarPaint. 6. Happy Happy Happy. Question(s) about 1st4: Is it 4 individual re-releases or just 1 CD? What's the sound quality like? Can you charge it or does AG only take checks? Is there a phone number or did you write AG? Any extra tracks? Price? Ordering info? As a gift to myself at the end of the semester I'm buying _Little Earthquakes_. Thanks to all you Ectographers for a new voice to listen to. -Shane -- Shane Bouslough | #include shane@sbcs.sunysb.edu | #include ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 1 May 92 22:48:46 MET DST From: Albert Philipsen Subject: Re: GLITTERING GENERALITIES hi ! Steve VanDevender writes: > Albert wrote: > > >Ein gemischtes Eis onhe Sahne, bitte! (for Jody's fingers :-) > > I can't tell whether it's grammatically correct (I have as much Klaus, where are you? :-) > German vocabulary as my dictionary does but not as much > understanding of German grammar), but it appears to say something > like "A mixture of ice without cream, please". Somewhat baffling > indeed but Albert says he knows he's sounding insane :-). It makes perfect sense, as always. Don't you think that Judy would have liked to cool down her overheated fingers with some ice-cream in various flavours? I left out the whipped cream, because that would be far too messy :-), and in Germany, they usually don't put sugar in the whipped cream, which makes it taste like... whipped cream without sugar. :-* Besides, I had to add the ice-cream order, otherwise the subject of my message (Gemischtes) wouldn't have covered the contents. :-P I'll forgive you for once, because it was almost Friday afternoon. :-) > Since my last posting I have been keeping up with my > Happyvangelical duties Well, I lent out an old set of worn-out Happy tape dubs to a colleague of mine some time ago. He hasn't given them back yet, and even made a compilation tape for his girlfriend! She was very pleased with the tape. When I told him that I had ordered the original tapes and CD from Happy herself, he suggested that he should send her some money for the music. :-) I'll try to convince him to order the CDs. I've asked him for the song list of the compilation tape, but he's been too busy lately to remember. I hope you remember the casual Kate Bush fan who had only heard _The Whole Story_, I mean the other colleague of mine that commented on the _The Ninth Wave_ picture I am using as a backdrop for my computer screen. He picked out as his favourites the two songs from _The Dreaming_ (_Suspended in Gaffa_ and _Houdini_) that I had recorded on a compilation tape of mostly female vocals I had lent him. Wonderful, isn't it? Albert ++ `I know I'm sounding insane' :: Happy Rhodes ======================================================================== 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@ns1.rutgers.edu)