From: owner-ecto-digest To: ecto-digest@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto-digest V2 #62 Reply-To: ecto@nsmx.rutgers.edu Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, 25 March 1995 Volume 02 : Number 062 The Ecto digest is now being generated automatically. Please send problems and questions to: ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Greg Bossert Date: Fri, 24 Mar 95 23:19:54 EST Subject: Words were made for Ecto This footah finds himself in a state of some consternation, in response to impending and undecided changes in location and livelihood. Faced with any number of vital and urgent tasks, one sees no reasonable course of action save that hereby undertaken: Klausing through the last few digests. *** Which prompts, first of all, a hello and hearty foo of the tah to Klaus and Claudia :) *** One notes with some delight the responses to Irvin's inquiry regarding 'honorary ecto music' from male vocalists; the range of styles spanned most of (more or less) popular music. Your humble footah is rarely surprised, but always captivated, by the diversity of taste and opinion amongst Ectophiles. In this spirit, then, I offer the following: * Brian Eno - arguably the most influential person in the last 20 years of 'popular' music. "My Life in the Bush of Ghost" and "Remain in Light" (with David Byrne, and face it, RiL was an Eno/Byrne album) and his ambient albums were the major inspiration for entire genres of contemporary music. His production work and collaborations includes Talking Heads, U2, Genesis, Jane Siberry, James, Devo, Jon Hassel, Harold Budd, Michael Brook, John Cale, David Bowie, and Bob Calvert. His, er, disciple, Daniel Lanois (whose albums with Martha and Muffins, "This is the Ice Age" and "Danceparc", are highly Enoic and highly recommended), is everywhere these days. And I like his vocals, too ;) "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" and "Before and After Science" are great solo vocal 'pop' albums of his, often overlooked in the commotion over his collaborative work. * 3 Mustaphas 3 - Much as I enjoy Boiled in Lead and the Pogues, it's the brothers (and ocassional beloved sister) Mustapha who've stolen my world-beating heart. Take it to the fridge, cuz Mustapha no stoppa, and get "Heart of the Century" and "Soup of the Century". Taxi! Taxi! * yeh yeh, Peter Gabriel and early Genesis, and David Bowie, and early Yes. In particular "Us" and "Security", "Foxtrot" and "Selling England by the Pound" (T.S. Eliot junkie that I am...), ""Heroes"" and "Low", "Fragile" and "Close to the Edge". I try, I really do, to find something worthwhile in these folks' post-1980 efforts. * David Sylvian - a bit of tolerance for self-importance and you can't go wrong here. Don't overlook the Japan stuff, particularly "Tin Drum" and "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" (Karn, Jansen, and Barbieri get full credit here), and the remarkable Japan album that wasn't, "Rain Tree Crow", where a mournfully bluesy touch brings Sylvian down to earth. * Uh oh, the next one is four guys with guitars. and a chart-topper. And in heavy rotation. And when they don't sound like R.E.M. (sheesh, Ed, i hope you didn't shave your head just because Michael did), they sound like Pearl Jam. But Live's "throwing copper" is awfully good despite all that. I've been listening to it pretty much daily, and usually have to pick up my strat (conveniently standing next to my desk) and enthusiastically bang out the wrong chords until my office-mates throw things. (A process, one notes, that seems equally cathartic for all concerned.) The production from ex-Modern Lover Jerry Harrison is dead-on. And "Lightening Crashes" is the most gorgeous video I've seen in a while... And R.E.M. and Pearl Jam aren't so bad, really, nor as far from some basic Ecto ideas as they might seem from casual audits. The "Chronic Town" EP and "Murmur" changed my life in '82 (it got changed a lot that year, before being whupped upside the head by "The Dreaming"). * yeh yeh some more to Trent Reznor, and toss in Depeche Mode and Gary Numan. A note on NIN: don't go attributing too much to Flood, who is a producer worth some attention, but not the defining voice of NIN. And don't forget to be awe-struck by John Fryer's (4AD/This Mortal Coil) touches on "Pretty Hate Machine". * Dire Straights - the first three albums are why I own a candy-apple red Fender Stratocaster. I need say no more. After "Making Movies", I seem to have lost interest. * Pink Floyd - Mr. Gilmour didn't just give KaTe a leg up; he's been turn out great songs and soaring solos for almost 30 years. Nick Mason and the lads also deserve credit for bringing "academic" electronic music to the masses. * Talk Talk - the albums "Spirit of Eden" and Laughing Talk" are glorious astral smudges. I would welcome much much more of this stuff. * Bach, Vaughan Williams, Debussy, Handel, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Mendelssohn, Gorecki, Ravel - Maybe not known for their own vocals (short of John Belushi's take on Beethoven), but you want ethereal, peaceful, melancholy, fey, wild, exuberant, beautiful, truthful, it's there somewhere. A random sampling of essentials: Vaughan Williams: 3rd Symphony (Pastoral) Debussy: La Mer Prokofiev: Lt. Kije Suite Mendelssohn: Mid-summer's Night Dream Gorecki: 3rd Symphony Beethoven: Late String Quartets Bach: any- and everything * Medicine, Innocence Mission, Cowboy Junkies. Brilliant groups all. I know they have female vox; I just want to note that the men in these and many similar groups have contributed a great deal lyrically and/or musically. (As has, don't forget, Kevin Bartlett to Happy's work.) It's a matter of some significance for me, since most of the songs I have written have been written for women to sing; i truly believe that music, and art in general, can transcend sexual and cultural boundaries. Much of the music and literature and visual art that I enjoy have strong female voices, whether literally or metaphorically; I enjoy those voices; I am fascinated and attracted to them. But the Ecto-ness of something, the odd combination of staggering ethereal strangeness and honest clarity, isn't a factor of pitch or formants or hormones or upbringing, and I seem to find it equally from women and men from all places and upbringings. *** Back from murky male waters to the safety of mother earth (hmm, all this talk of penises and eggs -- must be spring, no?), here are some random comments on items in the "just bought" stack: * Belly, "King" - dunno, just not as weird as "Star". Tanya won with that album over "Red Heaven", but Kristen takes this round with "University". * Letters to Cleo, "Aurora Gory Alice" - A concise, pithy exercise in the pop genre, from the continually frustrated Boston milieu, and the bit where she sings real fast is cool. yeh, heh heh, it rules. watch this: "thecomfortofaknowledgeofariseabovetheskyabovecouldneverparallel thechallengeofanaquisitioninthe here and now here and now." heh heh, that was cool. * Milla, "Divine Comedy" - Having embarrassed oneself (one hopes) with the previous allusion, one anticipates further mortification at the admission that I noticed the video for "The Gentleman who Fell" first because of a shapely nude form (lit, apparently, by the same evil genius who put shadows in all the wrong places in Sarah's "Terms of Endearment" video), and the very next day came across a pair of images of Ms. Jovovich clad in a see-through top and a mandolin and nothing else. This happy coincidence, I concluded, was suitable inspiration to finally buy "The Divine Comedy". Needless to say (one hopes, again), the music more than stood on its own. * Gorecki, "Third Symphony, David Zinman, London Symphonietta, Dawn Upshaw, soprano" - I'm told this is a yuppie trend, as far as avant-garde neo-classical music goes; this is perhaps a result of its prominence in the film "Fearless", in which it provides the backdrop to the stunningly effective plan crash sequence. Beautiful, haunting music, with lovely Polish vocals from Ms. Upshaw, and a libretto that borrows from a monastic hymn, a Polish folk song, and a prayer found on the wall of a Gestapo cell. *** I've listened to Dave Steiner's copies of the Jewel album (forgive me, I forget the title) and Dar William's "The Honesty Room" -- too many years doing sound on the folk circuit hearing confessional female 'folk' singers with guitars has left left me sharing woj's wariness regarding the genre. I found myself enjoying Ms. William's album more than I thought I was, and enjoying Jewel's less than I thought I was. I'm not sure I can clarify that any further at this point, except to note that Jewel reminded me somewhat of Tori's quirkiness, and I think Tori's quirkiness has been wearing thin recently... *** Irvin inquired: > on a cocteu twins note (what with the band brought up) could someone > tell me what they think about the 10CD box set? i have always eyed > it, but am not sure if it is worth it. are the CDs the eps or are > they full length CDs or what are they in the dull burgandy box....is > it worth it...? It's EPs/extended singles, 3-5 songs or so apiece. Perhaps a bit expensive, but gorgeously packaged, and including a disk of hard-to-find songs. (At the time, the latter were unreleased on CD, but I've seen some of them appear in odd places since.) Personally, I think the set is very much worthwhile, even throwing in the cost of a CD changer so you can listen to the set without constantly getting up and changing discs... (this same laziness has driven us to get a 24-disc changer for the office ;) *** I find myself in agreement with Elionwyr and Laurel in preferring Emma Bull's _War for the Oaks_ to Gail Baudino's _Gossamer Axe_. In part, this is because WgtO recalls my college years in MN, but more significantly, I like the way Ms. Bull puts words together. Putting words together is, after all, the actual act of writing: everything else, all the characterization, plot, imagery, development, rides on the train of words put one after the other. If that train of words is poorly put together, those things riding on it, the characters and structure, have to push and struggle, and rarely get anywhere. If the train is well built, even the simplest declarative statement can move me to some surprising, even devastating, conclusion; eg. "I have never been afraid to change the circumstances of the world", or "Words weren't made for cowards". When I read or hear something, I inevitably have a strong feeling about the words and how they go together, whether they are well constructed or otherwise. I seem unable to identify the general qualities that distinguish a well-built train of words from a less-successful effort; if I could, I'd be a writer ;) But I know when someone has got it right and put the words together well, and when that happens, it's perilous and wonderful. So, in the end, i feel that Ms. Baudino's words don't quite fit together as well as I'd like. The characters and plot and harps and guitars and such kept me well entertained, but I wasn't, mm, transported quite as much as I was by Ms. Bull's book, for all that the latter was, perhaps, more naive and less ambitious... Of all that scribbly bunch, my favorite remains Pamela Dean. Like several of the others (though exactly who I now forget), she attended Carleton College, just a few years ahead of me, and is in fact the daughter-in-law of my math professor there, the formidable Prof. Dyer-Bennet (who once graded a friend's exam as "illegible, but almost certainly wrong" ;) Her "Hidden Lands" series is full of wonderful words, well-assembled. I'm currently half-way into her latest, "The Dubious Hills", and find it challenging and every bit as well-written; I recommend it highly. *** Having reached some closure on the Matter of the Pigtails, your humble footah finds himself again in some small disagreement with Meth over Sarah McLachlan. The matter is presented here by Ms. Tarr: > "Fall From Grace", the new song is still a work in progress, but has > the potential to be one of her best songs -- it'll be interesting to > see what she ends up doing with it. Right now she sings it alone at > the piano. It seems to be partially about being away from home for > a long time -- gee, I wonder if she's been on tour for the past year > and a half? :) It was really great to hear something new from her > after so long. One can't help but agree with the final sentence. Alas, this footah reacted less enthusiastically to the song itself. The lyrics seemed overly full of familiar ideas (drawn down by the undertow, don't how to love you, fall from grace, etc.), the music lacked the little rhythmic and harmonic quirks that distinguish Sarah's better songs, and her piano performance was, mm, kind of whitebread. All in all, my impression was something like a circa 1978 Jackson Browne b-side; not bad, just not, er, necessary. In all other particulars I agree wholeheartedly with Meth and others: the concert was great, and a milestone in Sarah's career. I do want to emphasis the excellent company with which I attended the concert, who were all quite tolerant of a blathering footah... One hopes y'all are likewise ;) - --+ greg bossert rutgers university network services +-- - --+ bossert@noc.rutgers.edu +-- - --+ http://www-ns.rutgers.edu/~bossert +-- - --+ i have never been afraid to change -- Happy +-- - --+ the circumstances of the world -- Rhodes +-- ------------------------------ From: Ursula Stafford Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 17:38:14 +1200 (NZST) Subject: [none] unsubscribe ecto ------------------------------ From: Ursula Stafford Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 18:10:00 +1200 (NZST) Subject: Oops. Sorry folkses... it was a slip of the finger, honest. :) Urs. :) - -- Urs Stafford (stafford_u@ix.wcc.govt.nz, whiskers@mu.sans.vuw.ac.nz) God came to earth and performed for 2 1/4 hours. [qlc] ------------------------------ From: Nicholas Hill Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 01:58:13 -0500 Subject: Victoria Neal wrote: >Of course, nobody in the band could see what she was talking about, so >the guitar player would wander over and look over her shoulder. She >would >sometimes give some hints as to what she was going to play, or else just >start a song out of the blue. It was hilarious to watch the band shuffle >around, looking for music, changing instruments, and trying to jump into >the songs at the right place. Hey Neal, Thanks for the great Victoria post.. I talked to Vic tonight and she said she had a really good time at that show.. She never has worked with a set list, any time she's tried it turns out wrong. She needs the spontineity to feed off the audience. And she likes to keep the band on thier toes.. The W. Bros are no relation to vic.. although they are *old* friends.. you can here them together on the Neil Young tribute LP- *The Bridge*.. They are Andy Williams *nephews*.. They were teen heartthrobs in the eary 70s.. Teen Beat Mag and all.. Any chance you recorded the show? or anyone you know.?. ***Nicholas A "happy" victoria tape trader... No pun intended... PS i really recommend Vic Chesnutt to any one in reach of the Victoria shows he opens.(Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, and maybe Columbia) He is one of a kind, a beatiful writer and performer.. Very haunting, His 3 albums have been almost completely unavailable thru Texas Hotel Records, But he is about to sign with a major.. dont miss him.. ------------------------------ From: HYAMS@alpha.nsula.edu Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 01:39:18 -0600 (CST) Subject: re:of De Lint and such Steve in the uk! paula has the funk! she's intouch with the heavy-ness in the soul dig it now? I just saw paula cole with sarah and I was truly amazed at the strength, power and grace this woman had! sexy to the bone... imho fo sho heavy lady ps: I worked with mariam makebim (spelling) in New Orleans. ( I do audio engineer work) classy and respectible like bob's mom (cedella booker marley) I also got to work with the mahotella queens at an international fest. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ tschuess! {8-> | "...I see red/sleek and bare/suits will die collier hyams | /their lives false/I will shave my head/before hyams@alpha.nsula.edu | parting at the ear/I will shave my head..." http://rever.nmsu.edu/~maldrin/idc/idc.html | international dub corps ------------------------------ From: HYAMS@alpha.nsula.edu Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 01:47:34 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: paula cole article. thanks irvin! nice bit of paula info - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ tschuess! {8-> | "...I see red/sleek and bare/suits will die collier hyams | /their lives false/I will shave my head/before hyams@alpha.nsula.edu | parting at the ear/I will shave my head..." http://rever.nmsu.edu/~maldrin/idc/idc.html | international dub corps ------------------------------ From: Michael Matthews Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 03:30:16 -0500 Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** **************** Valerie Nozick (iago@merle.acns.nwu.edu) ***************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Valerie Nozick Thu March 25 1971 Aries Jennifer Albert Wed March 30 1966 Aries (w/Cancer rising!:) Warpaint Mon April 01 1991 Brilliant! 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Bravo Mon April 05 1971 Dandelion Wine Brion McIntosh Sun April 06 1958 Aries David Dixon Tue April 07 1970 Aries Klaus Kluge Sun April 10 1960 Unicorn Steve VanDevender Sun April 10 1966 Racer Art Liestman Fri April 10 1953 Repeat Michael Bowman Wed April 11 1962 Aries Wolfgang Ullwer Fri April 11 1969 Widder Stuart Myerburg Mon April 14 1969 Aries T-Bone Wed April 15 1992 happy cat Jeff Hanson Sat April 16 1966 Aries Michael Klouda Mon April 17 1967 Aries Harry Foster Sat April 21 1956 NiceGuy Angelos Kyrlidis Fri April 22 1966 Taurus Kjetil Torgrim Homme Thu April 23 1970 Taurus Pablo Iglesias Thu April 23 1964 Positive Jeff Burka Thu April 24 1969 GoFlyAKite Christine Waite Tue April 25 1972 Taurus - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ From: WretchAwry Date: Sat, 25 Mar 95 4:19:40 EST Subject: The Difference This Week (forwarded to me by Chris) Newsgroups: alt.music.todd-rundgren Subject: This Week on The Difference - #12 Date: 22 Mar 1995 23:07:37 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) THIS WEEK ON THE DIFFERENCE WITH TODD RUNDGREN (airs 3/20-26) - --------------------------------------------------------------------- *Melissa Etheridge drops by, plays a tune from her smash hit album "Yes I Am," and tells us how long it REALLY takes to become an "overnight" success... *Everything... AND The Girl! Tracey Thorn teams up with Massive Attack to perform their new single "Protection," and sings a classic track with her own 2-piece band, Everything But The Girl... *Straight Outta Newark... From the University of Delaware comes a phenomenal new four-piece band, The Caulfields. They perform their soon-to-be-a-smash, "Devil's Diary," live in our studios... *MORE LIVE TRACKS!!! From Jeff Buckley (yeah... we knew Jeff before that flashy video o' his was plastered all over MTV), Sonia Dada (yeah... we knew them when they were busking in Chicago), the Bottlerockets (okay, we didn't know them until they showed up. But they're from Festus, Missouri, and they're really nice, okay?)... *THE DIFFERENCE MIX... TR spins new stuff from The Nits, Del Amitri, Annie Lennox and Dada... plus some classic tracks from Trio, The English Beat, Joe Jackson, Steely Dan and Peter Gabriel. - --------------------------------------------------------------------- COMING SOON ON THE DIFFERENCE WITH TODD RUNDGREN: Episode 13. Hoo Boy. Wait 'till you hear THIS one. Todd brings in some VERY special co-hosts, and even (after your repeated letters, e-mail and phone calls) plays one of HIS OWN SONGS!!! Just when you think you've got this show all figured out, think again... *PLUS... 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(1-800-827-6364) Here's a repost of our station list so far. -jt THE DIFFERENCE WITH TODD RUNDGREN - Affiliates as of 2.16.95 State/City Station Day/Time - ------------------ ------- ------------------ AZ Phoenix KZON-FM Sat. 6-8am CA Fort Bragg KOZT-FM Tue. 9-11pm Los Angeles KSCA-FM Sun. 8-10pm Sacramento KQPT-FM Fri. 10pm-Midnight San Luis Obispo KWBR-FM Sun. 5-7pm CT Hartford WHCN-FM Sun. 6-8pm DC Washington WWDC-FM Sun. 10pm-Midnight FL Gainesville WRRX-FM Sat. 5-7pm IL Chicago WLUP-FM Sun. 7-9am IN Indianapolis WTTS-FM Sat. 7-9am ME Portland WCYY-FM Sun. 10am-Noon Portland WYCI-FM Sun. 10am-Noon NH Plymouth WPNH-FM Wed. 10pm-Midnight MA Springfield WRNX-FM Tue. 11pm-1am ME Bangor WKIT-FM Sat. 8-10am MO Columbia KBXR-FM Sun. 10am-Noon NM Albuquerque KIOT-FM Sun. 5-7pm Angel Fire KAFR-FM Sat. 10am-Noon Roswell KSFX-FM Mon. 7-9pm NY Binghamton WKGB-FM Sat. 8-10am Ithaca/Cortland WIII-FM Sat. 9-11pm New York City WNEW-FM Sat. 10pm-Midnight Poughkeepsie WPDH-FM Sun. 7:30-9:30pm OH Portsmouth WNXT-FM Sat. 10pm-Midnight OK Stillwater KSPI-FM Sun. 10am-Noon OR Medford KBOY-FM Sun. 9-11pm PA Philadelphia WXPN-FM Sun. 10pm-Midnight TN Nashville WRLT-FM Sat. 6-8am TX Harlingen KVPA-FM Mon. 10pm-Midnight WI La Crosse WQJY-FM Sun. 9-11pm Wausau WCCN-FM Sun. 6-8am WV Logan WLOG-AM Sun. 10am-Noon "The Difference" is distributed in the U.S.A. by United Stations. For more info/comments/questions, e-mail: RadioRadio@aol.com ------------------------------ From: "Lundgren, Chad" Date: Fri, 24 Mar 95 11:32:25 CST Subject: Ms. Bullock.... 'Lo all. Veronica asked: Was there any other stuff that Sandra Bullock was in before _Speed_? (Not a direct quote, but then, you knew that didn't you? ;) Answer: Yup, she was. I think that her big screen debut might've been her role opposite Tate Donovan (Memphis Belle) in Love Potion No. 9 . If you haven't checked this movie out at the video store, please do. It's absolutely hilarious and has a nice, romantic love story to boot. Chad (Who is absolutely loving the Dave Matthews Band's song "What Would You Say". I'll probably get sick of it, as teh local radio stations and MTV are playing tha song to death. Until then, I'll enjoy it while it lasts. BTW, comic lovers, try Strabgers in Paradise by Terry Moore. Fantastic book!) Chad Lundgren--------->lundgren_c@music.lib.matc.edu 2211 N. Newhall St. ************************************************* Milwaukee, WI 53202 *"Bumbie's mom is...AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" * * -Skippy (Animaniacs) * *HUGS* and *PONGS* ************************************************* for all!!! * "Taz like Dingo" * * -Taz (Taz-Mania) * ************************************************* ------------------------------ From: WretchAwry Date: Sat, 25 Mar 95 5:30:40 EST Subject: Re: Jewel -- anyone? Chip writes: > MJM writes: > >So, did anyone in Chicago end up going to see Jewel last night? > > Yes. Vickie and I went to see her Wednesday night. She played for > about an hour or so. Yep, it was indeed an hour exactly. Mucho thanks to Chip for picking me up and taking me to the show. > I could have listened to her yodel a lot more, I might add! Same here. That was my favorite song from the entire show. > When the show started, she began by talking to the audience and > Vickie piped up with "Neal says hi". She wanted to know how Vickie knew > Neal, to which Vickie replied "through the 'puter". Jewel > thought that was kinda neat. :-) I don't know what got into me...it just popped out :-). But yeah, she thought it was cool. I said "Neal says hi" and she said "Neal who?" and I said "Neal Copperman from San Diego" and she said "Wow, how do you know him?" and I said "through the 'puter" and she said "ah, you're connected eh? It must be scary" and I said "not at all" and that was all while she was up on stage. Her whole persona invites casual interaction...she's so nice! I was pleased to find out that Urbus Orbis, even though it's a coffee- house (the kind of place where really hip, cool-looking people sit at tables reading really thick, literary-looking books while sipping really expensive, luscious-looking coffee), there's a separate room in back for the performers, so you don't have to strain to hear over the really loud, pseudo-intellectual-sounding conversations. I let out a *big* sigh of relief, because I felt uncomfortable enough just being in a place like that and I was so afraid that Jewel would have to compete with the patrons. I give the Urbus Orbis people a lot of credit for taking music seriously enough to separate it from the rest of the place. There were maybe 30-40 seats, all filled, and people were sitting on the floor in front of the stage and standing along the back. I think Jewel wowed just about everybody, and got a good reception. I liked the stories she told before songs, and her very natural stage presence. > After the show, Vickie and I > greeted her and got autographs. Yep, and she said to say hi to Neal and Jeff Hanson in particular, and to pass along a big old **HUG** from her. **HUG** :-) > The bottom line is that I would recommend her to anyone who has the > opportunity. I don't about the other places she is playing, but in > Chicago you can't beat the price -- it's free. I plan on seeing her > on one of her next stops if my schedule allows. Same here. I don't know about next week. We don't have tickets to the Paula/Sarah show, but we might try to score some from scalpers outside the venue. If we can't, then we'll probably go see Jewel. If we do get into the Paula/Sarah show, then we'll catch Jewel the last week she plays. Does she know about Happy? I thought about bringing a Happy CD or cassette to give her, but didn't. Vickie ------------------------------ From: WretchAwry Date: Sat, 25 Mar 95 6:05:18 EST Subject: Re: Newbie Question Time Joe (hi!) writes: > Hi. I've just discovered the music of Happy Rhodes, and I have a few > newbie questions. FWIW, I did check the FAQ before posting. > > 1) What is "Doug's TDS" (as mentioned in the FAQ). It's a "Tape Dubbing Service" that Doug Burks maintains. He has a whole library of tapes sent to him by Ectophiles, for Ectophiles. Much of it is Happy-related, such as live tapes, interviews, radio performances, but quite a few of the tapes are of other artists too. Doug will make and send out dubs of these tapes free of charge, minus tape and postage costs. The TDS is only for Ectophiles, so don't spread the word around to other lists or friends, okee? :-) Mail Doug at dbx@netcom.com for the entire TDS FAQ. > 2) Having purchased BtC first, I was quite surprised by the artwork that > adorns the other albums. Is there any explanation, interpretation. Anyone > know Happy's comments on these? Happy *loves* monsters, and considers them her friends. This is an excerpt from an interview she gave to Ectophiles and Homeground readers a few years ago: ============================================================================ Gregory Bossert: Are there more monster paintings? When did you start painting? What is your favorite medium to work in? Oils, watercolors etc. Do you like painting and drawing more/less/as much as writing music? - ----------------------------------------------- There ARE other gruesome looking critters lurking around the premises here. I started painting when I was about 14. My father was the catalyst. The reason I started painting monsters was because I didn't have to follow any rules, such as anatomical proportion. I always hated "rules" in art. I don't exclusively paint monsters anymore, but I'll never do a landscape. I prefer to use oils, but acrylics have their advantages sometimes. I love to create with a canvas, but honestly, a painting has never evoked the kind of feelings in me, that music can. HR Klaus: Were you inspired by the paintings of _H.R._ Giger? - --------------------------------------------- Indeed. Not only that, but two of my favorite movies are "Alien" and "Aliens". HR ============================================================================= Btw, the monster on the cover of Rhodes II (if my memory is correct) was never painted on canvas. Happy painted it on the gas tank of a motorcycle! It's probably been painted over by now (Happy lost track of the guy she painted it for) but if not, and anyone sees a scary-looking monster on a motorcycle sometime, look close and you might be seeing a Happy Rhodes original! Offer to buy the gas tank, or pass on my phone number. :-) > 3) I just bought RhodeSongs from Ladyslipper (thanks to the FAQ). They no > longer seem to carry then entire Happy catalog. What they currently have > listed in their catalog is: > > Warpaint > Equipoise > RhodeSongs > Building the Colossus Hmm, interesting. I hope it's only temporary. > 4) Any other cool things to tell a newbie? Welcome to Ecto! Ask anything, anytime. (Are you in Chicago?) Vickie ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V2 #62 ************************* ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu