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 #883 ecto, Number 883 Thursday, 25 November 1993 Today's Topics: *-----------------* RhodeSongs listing in _Pulse_ sarah/bone/albums purchases/some other stuff Mae Moore review I hung out with Madonna! what about Delicious Monster? Today's your birthday friend.... HR Melissa Ferrick ======================================================================== Happy Thanksgiving! ======================================================================== Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1993 20:15:00 -0800 (PST) From: Neile Graham Subject: RhodeSongs listing in _Pulse_ I can't recall anyone mentioning seeing this before (but we all know that I have a defective memory--sieve-like would be the polite way of describing it), but _RhodeSongs_ is listed in the November _Pulse_ (Tower Records' magazine) new releases in the Folk/Blugrass/Celtic/Cajun section. Hmmm. And wasn't _Warpaint_ listed in their top ten Dance albums of 1992? Seems they have a problem categorizing, but at least it's a mention. The store itself had a good selection of Happy's discs in the pop section, even under "R", including 3 copies of _RhodeSongs_. They even had one copy of Mitch Eldrod Swim Team, which we resisted buying, not having a clue what it might sound like. We did pick up the Jane Siberry "Temple" single, though, which is very entertaining. Got a postcard from C'est la Mort records today. I'd written asking about availability of Area releases. They've just moved. Their new address is: P.O. Box 1351, Eugene, OR 97440. They have _Fragments of the Morning_ and _Radio Caroline_ on cd, and _Perfect Dream_ on cassette. Cds are $15 and cassettes are $9. I presume that includes postage & handling because they didn't list that. If anyone sees a copy of _Between Purple and Pink_ on disc anywhere, please grab it for me. I will repay you!! Oh, and just another word of praise for Holly's retelling of the Persephone myth--it was great. I nominate Holly as ecto's official bedtime storyteller. More! Happy turkey day! --Neile neile@u.washington.edu ======================================================================== Date: Wed, 24 Nov 93 23:58:14 EST From: mojzes@monet.vill.edu (brni) Subject: sarah/bone/albums purchases/some other stuff hi all, i'm *still* not caught up. can y'all stop writing for a little while? huh? oh well, at least i'm getting *closer*!! today i stopped at medley music to check out bass effects pedals (xmas is coming!!), and i discovered a record shoppe right next door that i'd never noticed before: repo records. they had *tons* of used disks (including a promo copy of warpaint), a bunch of rare (to me) kate stuff, and were just packed with goodies in general. and all th e used disks were extra cheep! i forced myself to stop when i got to M, and then put back a bongwater disk and a misfiled stan ridgeway disk, leaving with only: the blue aeroplanes: _swagger_ caterwaul: _pin & web_ joy division: _unknown pleasures_ rickie lee jones: _pop pop_ alien sex fiend: _altered states of america_ i got the first 2 because they'd been mentioned and highly regarded in these here fuzzy blue files, and they were well worth the money i paid and more! joy division is, well, joy division. this was the only one i didn't have on disk. now i do. now when i'm really depressed i can lie in bed staring at the ceiling for even longer without repeating a song... rickie lee jones is really one of the amazing singers of our time, i think. _pop pop_ is really jazz disguised cleverly as pop. alien sex fiend is bad. i mean, i expected it to be bad, yeah, since i've heard them before, but on first listen they are bad bad, rather than good bad, like their earlier stuff. maybe i just didn't have the volume up enough... um, since i'm talking about things that i recently got, and y'all have mentioned sandman here of late... i picked up a comic book called _bone_, which is really really really great. anyone out there that loved Pogo (or even walt kelly) will love this book. there's no superheroes in tights, no demons from hell, no human sacrifices in pentagrams or pale guys giving people bad dreams, but sometimes you have to sacrifice reality for some cute animals... :) on the topic of comics...i just wanted to say that i've been under- impressed with the latest spat of sandman comics. this inn at the end of the world thing is wearing thin...on the other hand, the sandman and death spoofs in the more recent cerebus issues have been brilliant!! and the issue of spawn with cerebus in it is quite good too. well, enough original thought. lets get to some good ol' fashioned klausing! >Probably the closest thing Jerry Lewis came to a horror film was >"The Day the Clown Cried", which was *so* bad it was never released. > >D^2 > if this is the story that i've heard about, the reason that it was never released was that jerry never figured out how to make an ending that he liked (never found the "perfect" scene). there is an episode of animaniacs that spoofs "apocalypse now" but with jerry lewis playing marlons part--the renegade director in search of an ending... ********************** >> McLachlan, Sarah >> Fumbling Towards Ecstasy > >Okay, I'll bite. Who is she, what does she sound like, what label's she on, >and what's the EctoOpinion? :-) > she's a musician. she's canadian. she's on nettwerk (along with skinny puppy, the tear garden, and other similar artists) if you like margot smith, you'll *love* sarah...:^> (of course, one of these days i'll have to find out what margot sounds like...) hmmm. that didn't take too long... maybe i can get some more reading in... brni mojzes@monet.vill.edu ======================================================================== Subject: Mae Moore review Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 23:20:19 +1100 From: anthony@xymox.apana.org.au (Anthony Horan) As printed in Beat Magazine, Melbourne, Issue 375, November 24th 1993. Mae Moore Bohemia (Tristar Music/Sony) This second album for Canada's Mae Moore has taken its time escaping from its home country; released last year there, "Bohemia" has finally appeared almost simultaneously here and in the US. Produced by the increasingly prolific Steve Kilbey and recorded in Sydney, it's an album that falls into the rapidly growing category of music that refuses to tie itself to a particular genre, time or place and instead plays out like a carefully crafted film, oblivious to transient commercial considerations. The title track opens proceedings somewhat deceptively; a lush keyboard and guitar backing provides the soundtrack for a Luka Bloom-style rap on the song's verses. It all gels, however, once the gentle dreamscape of the chorus appears. "Shape Of Love" is as close as this album gets to radio-friendly with a little more quiet rap preceding a song which quite possibly could have turned into a dreadful MOR ballad in the hands of many a producer; Kilbey's extensive contribution in the playing department puts paid to that, thankfully. He also has co-written three of the songs here with Mae; "Fall With You" is the first of them, and it's sublime. Crystalline guitars, phased backing vocals, and Mae's nostalgic lyrics wash in and out of the song like poetry. "Because Of Love" is easily the album's standout track, luring the listener in with a delicate vocal and staccato guitar before launching into the chorus, simultaneously a pop masterpiece and one of the most simple yet seductive things imaginable. And just when you least expect it, a small keyboard-sourced string section appears to firmly stamp the label "perfection" on the song. Things quieten down a notch after this for "Arrow", a mood piece whose quiet nature belies the reflectively bitter lyrics. "Pieces Of Clay" adds Boris Goudenof's trumpet to the mix but the song never quite seems to get to where it's going; "Coat Of Shame" experiments with a gospel-tinged groove with mixed success; Mae's knack for creating killer chorus hooks saves this one. "Western Front" veers dangerously close to country music territory and contains one of the most inappropriate horn sections you'll ever hear, but remains hard to dislike completely. >From here things improve again drastically, firstly with the "The Wish", a slice of string-assisted epic scope that contains a far more appropriate horn section and paints a sweeping picture far beyond the confines of a mere song; "Ophelia" is an exercise in ambient restraint that is simply beautiful, and over all too soon despite being the longest track on the album. The appropriately named "Full Circle" brings things to a logical conclusion with a positive outlook, Killjoys-calibre instrumentation and more of those killer hooks. This album is probably going to get lost in the pre-Christmas frenzy and its so-quiet-you-d-never-know-it-was-out release here. But in what has proven to be quite a year for new music, this is another piece of silvered plastic that your life will be a better place to live in for owning. (8.5/10) ANTHONY HORAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Horan, Melbourne Australia - anthony@xymox.apana.org.au "I kind of feel like I'm Metallica..." - Tori Amos on the perils of long tours, November 1992 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================== Subject: I hung out with Madonna! Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 23:17:49 +1100 From: anthony@xymox.apana.org.au (Anthony Horan) ...almost. :-) At work at Virgin today, I staggered in with a hangover and about 3 hours' sleep to be told by the management that Madonna, who's touring here at the moment, wanted to go record shopping and Warner Music had just called to say she'd be coming in. TV crews were called, and she duly showed up. And headed straight for the DJ booth, came in and said hello. The record company slave introduced us to each other, we chatted about the merits of having an in-store radio station, and she went off in search of records for a while before leaving. At this point, I was thinking "hey, one of those great moments in pop to tell Ecto about - I met Madonna and wasn't even slightly moved to feel nervous...! (I'm not a huge fan, but she does have a bit of a legend built around her...). BUT! After she'd gone, our manager popped in with a chastened look on his face, and said that the person I'd just happily been chatting to about the logistics of touring a stadium-sized show was in fact not Madonna, but an impersonator hired by Warner to drum up publicity. *Embarrasment*. The woman was *Australian*, for heaven's sake. I should have at least spotted the faked accent. I hate being conned. A certain Warner publicist is getting a phone call from me tomorrow, when I'll say something like "I *knew* it couldn't have been the real Madonna, because Warner would never get a lowly publicist like *you* to escort her around the city...!" :-) Ok, that's my Industry Column for this week. Back to the regular transmission, and some somewhat more decent music... Angelos synthesises: > It's a complicated story. They have been around since 1985, and have > released various things. I have a tape 'D'Cuckoo (formerly We*be)', > and two CD's 'D'Cuckoo' and 'Umoja'. The tape has 4 songs of which three > are remixed in 3-d sound for the CD (or re-recorded for all I know). 3d sound? Sounds interesting... Paul Cohenises: > Just downloaded the HR Encyclopedia from the archive and I'd like to > congratulate all who worked on it. Very nice work. Klaus has done a fantastic job there (I've been roadtesting the AmigaGuide version for a while now) and I hope it keeps growing. By the way, Klaus, a new version of AmigaGuide just arrived, so I must check to see if it supports things like highlighting yet... Neile says moore about Mae Moore; > Anthony asked which picture is on the cover of the Canadian issue of Mae > Moore's _Bohemia_--it's the one on the last page of the U.S. booklet of > her sitting on a doorstep looking rather gamin. Gamin? Yep, the Australian cover is the same as the US one, then. Explains why we had to wait a year for it like the US did. Well worth the wait, though. I'll post the review of the album I did for Beat in a seperate posting, in just a sec. > You were also asking about Sarah McLachlan. She's another Canadian, from > Halifax and currently living in Vancouver, B.C. She records for > Nettwerk, a Canadian label that has net access. Her third album was just I'm on the Nettwerk mailing list, and they kept going on about Sarah. I never knew who they were talking about, as they only ever seem to call her Sarah. :-) Nettwerk also have the rights to an Australian label called Volition, who brought you electronic noisemakers Severed Heads, dance exponents Boxcar, industrial-turned-eastern Single Gun Theory, and the wonderful, wonderful Falling Joys, whose new album "Ariel" is a must. I'll have to get someone to fetch me FTE, I think. I can't see it being released here in a hurry... though you never know! Anthony ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Horan, Melbourne Australia - anthony@xymox.apana.org.au "I kind of feel like I'm Metallica..." - Tori Amos on the perils of long tours, November 1992 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 08:57:47 -0800 From: Art Liestman Subject: what about Delicious Monster? Happy Turkey Day to those of you in the USA. I spoke to my parents last night (they still live in the old country - in Kansas, in fact) and they were admiring the bird, assembling the accompanying delicacies, and generally preparing for major feastage. Oh well, some of us have to work today. On to matters musical. I have recently acquired three CD singles by Delicious Monster and am eagerly awaiting the full length CD which is apparently out already. (I went looking for it at my local disc emporia last weekend - one store had had one copy but someone beat me to it. Sigh.) Anyway, on with the story. I read a very positive review of DM in a recent VOX or Q - something with Kate or Bjork on the cover, anyway. The review likened DM's femme vocalist to a mixture of Kate, Bjork, and Harriet Wheeler. The Sunday's reference seems closest, although DM often have a rockier sound. I sometimes hear a little bit of Innocence Mission in them, but then I tend to hear Innocence Mission in lots of groups. Her voice is quite versatile, which the above comparisons would indicate. At any rate, I would recommend them. The Delicious Monster discs that I know about are: Power Missy (also contains Best Babe, Biggest High, Blood) Flute 1cd (1992) Snuggle (also contains Simulate, Double Double) Flute 2cd (1993) Big Love (also contains Fresh Cream, Shedding, Elbuod Elbuod) Flute 8cd (1993) Joie De Vivre - the elusive full length CD - presumably also on Flute - (1993). If anyone knows of other releases by them, please let me know so I can add to my seek list. I, for one, am quite curious about what happened to Flutes 3cd-7cd. Are there other bands on this label? Are there a ton of other discs by DM also released in the last 11 months? Is somebody just being difficult? Collectors minds want to know! art ======================================================================== From: klaus@inphobos.wupper.de Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 07:16:10 Subject: Today's your birthday friend.... i*i*i*i*i*i *************** ***HAPPY******* ********BIRTHDAY*** ******************* **** Tommy Persson **** *********************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tommy Persson Wed November 25 1964 Sagittarius Pat Tessitore November 26 Sagittarius Justin Bur Fri November 27 1964 Sagittarius Sue Trowbridge Sun November 27 1966 Skytten Chip Lueck Thu December 5 1968 Sagittarius Ken Hoyme Sun December 8 1957 Sagittarius Shelby Sun December 13 1970 Roscoe the Frog Laura Clifford Tue December 17 1957 Sagittarius Dirk Kastens Tue December 17 1963 Sagittarius Uli Grepel Wed December 25 1968 Steinbock -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _____ Klaus Kluge * klaus@inphobos.wupper.de * I'll be here, I'll be (in) Ecto! ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 21:54:32 +0300 From: apg@demos.su (Paul Antonov) Subject: HR Hi ectophiles, I just recently got two Happy CD's (I've asked my friend to bring these from US). I must say that I'm very astonished and impressed. And not only me ... when I came to visit my friend late midnight (about 2am :-) I found there several other wandering guys, mostly programmers. Usual noisy semi-technical meeting. Then I put these CD's to play, and the whole company sat down to the floor and silently listened for almost two hours. I never seen such response before, really ... I immediately was given a bunch of empty cassettes from my friends. One of them was from Novosibirsk, so HR' music just reached middle of Siberia :) I think at first I'll talk with my friend who works at alternative music radio show in Moscow. I'll give him the only CD's I have ("Warpaint" and "RhodeSongs"). Such a talent as HR must not be wasted ... Also, I wonder if HR have any video stuff?? -- Paul Antonov Demos, Moscow, Russia ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 25 Nov 93 11:20:49 PST From: stevev@miser.uoregon.edu (Steve VanDevender) Subject: HR Paul Antonov writes: > Hi ectophiles, > > I just recently got two Happy CD's (I've asked my friend to bring these > from US). I must say that I'm very astonished and impressed. And not > only me ... when I came to visit my friend late midnight (about 2am :-) > I found there several other wandering guys, mostly programmers. Usual noisy > semi-technical meeting. Then I put these CD's to play, and the whole company > sat down to the floor and silently listened for almost two hours. I never > seen such response before, really ... I've never seen such a response before, even to Happy. Wow. > I immediately was given a bunch of empty cassettes from my friends. One > of them was from Novosibirsk, so HR' music just reached middle of Siberia :) This is also amazing. Who's going to tell Happy about her latest international fame? > I think at first I'll talk with my friend who works at alternative music > radio show in Moscow. I'll give him the only CD's I have ("Warpaint" and > "RhodeSongs"). Such a talent as HR must not be wasted ... > > Also, I wonder if HR have any video stuff?? Unfortunately, Happy has not put out any videos, although she's considered the possibility for a while. ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 19:23:09 +0000 From: tjfs@tadtec.co.uk (Tim Steele) Subject: Melissa Ferrick My apologies if anyone's brought this up before. There was an article on Melissa Ferrick in the "Independent" newspaper (a British title) last weekend... she sounds as if she may be Ectoid. Has anyone heard of her? Debut album "Massive Blur" due out on the Atlantic label on November 29th in the UK, apparently. She's a Bostonian, aged 22; the article describes her songs as "dynamic" with "powerful, throaty vocals". She play acoustic guitar. She seems about as happy with American record companies as Tori Amos - her album release was delayed as Atlantic didn't want her confused with Juliana Hatfield - according to Melissa, about the only thing the two of them have in common is that they're female. The article also describes the album as "first collection of songs [which] lay her emotionally bare: love, pain, passion, frustration and uncertainty are explored in a manner that belie [sic] her youth - and, sometimes, her sex." Tim ======================================================================== 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)