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From: WretchAwry <vickie@pilot.njin.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 95 12:54:34 EDT
Subject: If you wrote me...

Please forgive me for showing my stupidity in public....um...

I had some e-mail asking questions about the Ecto MUSH and I lost 2 weeks
work of unanswered e-mail, so if you wrote me...I wasn't ignoring you
on purpose.  Please write back if you haven't gotten an answer elsewhere.
(and if you wrote me about anything else, I lost that too...sorry)

Vickie (who still doesn't know how she accidentally deleted her mailbox)

<sigh>


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From: itos@pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca (Steve Ito)
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 95 15:00:37 EDT
Subject: Re: weekly update

>On Sun, 23 Apr 1995, THE OLIVE-LOAF VIGILANTE wrote:
>> Neal posted:
>>  
>> >I just came back from seeing Nancy Griffith and Sarah Hickman earlier.  
>>  
>> <inserts rod in butt, dons anal retentive hat>
>>  
>> Ahem.  It's *Nanci* Griffith and *Sara* Hickman.  (Sorry!  :})
>
>Wow, I'm on quite a roll!  But Meth, perhaps you didn't stick that rod 
>far enough into your butt, cause look what i wrote in the very next 
>paragraph of the same post.  (Thanks, I guess, to Steve Ito, for the 
>correction.)

Nope, my correction (by private e-mail) was for "Sarah McLaughlin."  You really
*were* on a roll!  :-)

>>I heard lots of Best show 
>>of the year comments (which I know isn't true, because that was Sarah
>>McLaughlin's show, so far). 
  ^^^^^^^^^^^
  This was it!  

>I'm heading down to see the Glass Beauty and the Beast show in Virginia 
>on Tuesday.  Glad i didn't have to choose between that and Happee.
>
>neel

*laugh*

Well "Neel", I think you've proven the need for an EKTO SPELING CHEKKER.
Complete will spellings for all difficult-to-spell ekto artists:

Happee Roads
Cate Boosh
Sara McClockling
Nansee Griphith
Sareh Hikmen
Lori Anndursen
Vicktoreeya Willy-ums
Laurena Mickenit
Jonie Michul
Dchooul (Killtchur)
Townee Chisledz
Tory Aymus
Ockteaubur Prawdjeckt
Mealuh (Yohvuhvitch)
Polluh Coal
Sairuh Greg
Krusty Thursck (of the Rows Kraunickulls)
Cocktow Twnnz

Admittedly this is far from a complete listing, but it's all I could think
of at the moment.  Sorry Neal, I don't mean to pick on you, and it got a
little out of hand, but dammit, it was fun making up that list!  :-D

You know, I think I would like to see a "Neal" day on Ecto, and we can
discuss all the same things we normally do, but with "Nealized" spellings
(the ones from the above list can be a start)... ;-)  And of course, Neal's
job is to borrow meth's rod and anal-retentive hat (ummmm... on second
thought, the hat's OK, but maybe borrowing the rod isn't such a good idea)
and correct our mistakes.

Now the question is... will Neel ever talk to me again?

Steev Eadough

P.S.  Yes, someone really did spell my last name like that once, and it was
an honest mistake, no joking about it!


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Steve Ito, R.A.     | "Good night, sleep well, I'll most likely 
Psychology Dept.    |  kill you in the morning."
Queen's University  |   -- The Dread Pirate Roberts
Kingston, ON, Can.  | 


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From: Michael G Peskura <mpeskura@cac.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 95 12:07:46 -0700
Subject: Greetings

I just wanted to raise my lurker head and say hello to you all in 
ectoland.  Being buried under work and having nothing to say has
kept me off the list this year.  But i have been enjoying the digests;
and it was especially fun to find you talking about Delerium and
related techno/industrial subject.  That is the sort of thing i find
myself listening to more & more these days: techo, jungle, anything
with heat and noise.  It must be that time of year.

And it is a BEAUTIFUL Spring day here in Sea Wash today!

When did Meredith start commuting 100 miles (!) each way to work?!
When i lived down in Long Beach i thought a 33-mile commute was
excessive ...

Concerts of note lately have included a very pleasant evening of
Victoria Williams that i will long remember.  And, at the same
Backstage club we went to see Marianne Faithfull perform her Kurt
Weill evening she had debuted at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
She was MADE to sing this wonderful music.

Which reminds me how much i enjoy hearing about the great shows
some of you have been attending in Manhattan & Philadelphia.

Cheers.  Carry on.

Mp

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From: "Robert P. Keefer" <keefer@msmary.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 16:07:02 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Luscious Jackson in the Philly Inquirer

\Philadelphia Inquirer, Monday, April 17, 1995, E3.\
[Headline] Luscious Jackson brings laid-back cool to Troc.

Review: Music; By Faith Quintavell, For the Inquirer.

Bass is typically relegated to a vital but unobtrusive role in live pop
music, but not when Jill Cunniff plays it.  Cunniff, who doubles as lead
singer for female New Your hip-hop group Luscious Jackson, stood front
and center on stage at the Trocadero before a packed house Friday night.

For much of the evening, she strummed rather than plucked her
instrument, which was prominent in the mix.  The resulting fuzzy, funky
sounds were used as a counterpoint to Cunniff's languid, blues-inspired
vocals.

The dissonance between bass and voice conjured the rich cacophony of the
city she lives in, and made a bedrock of laid-back cool for her bandmates
to embellish.

Guitarist Gabby Glaser, keyboard player Vivian Trimble and drummer Kate
Schellenbach did her proud.  Schellenbach once drummed for rappers the
Beastie Boys, who signed Luscious Jackson to their label, Grand Royal.

The women have and LP, _Natural Ingredients_, and an earlier EP, _In
Search of Manny_.

On Friday, every sound -- whether inspired by jazz, funk, blues or 
rap -- was used to pay homage to the richness of New York's polyglot and
to declare female self-worth.  "When a man knows/Where he came from/He
can't tell me/I am shameful," Cunniff sang on "Strongman."  "Pele
Merengue," repeated a distorted, pre-recorded male voice on a song by
that name as instruments and synthesizer roiled over a dance beat.

Musical highlights included guitarist Glaser's innovative use of whammy
bar to imply a vortex as Cunniff sang about an emotionally depleting
relationship on "Energy Sucker."  Drums were added like an afterthought
- -- the bass kept the beat -- furthering the impression of a vacuum.

Also notable was Schellenbach's use of high-hat to imitate the clipped
drones of a rap DJ scratching vinyl on "Angel."

Her beats were well-suited to Glaser's percussive choke notes and
sinuous wah-wah effects.

Trimble is a marvel on keyboards: She changed musical style for nearly
every number and added sound effects such as human screams and disco
trills without becoming overbearing.

The members of Luscious Jackson feel no conflict between independence and
sexuality. On "Let Yourself Get Down," they came out from behind their
instruments to dance in a chorus line.  A low-fi recording of the quartet
backed their moves as Cunniff rapped about her "pretty little feet." A
cover "69 Annee Erotique," originally sung by Frenchman Serge Gainsbourg,
was frankly sensual. 

What was most memorable, however, was the optimism Luscious Jackson
projects while most rap and hip-hop focuses on violence and misogyny. 

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Robert Keefer               Psychology Department
Mt. St. Mary's College      (301) 447-6122
Emmitsburg, MD  21727       keefer@msmary.edu 
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[Speaking for myself.]





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From: Mike Mendelson <MJM@zylab.mhs.compuserve.com>
Date: 24 Apr 95 16:13:55 EDT
Subject: aimee mann

Amy sez about Aimee:
| - her current solo album is better than her first.  I would hate to see 

|her get shafted at this point in her career.

Um, excuse me?  Her "current" solo album?  Do you mean Whatever?
Wasn't this her "first" solo album?  Please explain.
BTW, I have a few CD5's from the Whatever sessions that have
other cuts and versions and demos.  There are even more
around (in Eur.).  Very limited editions.

- -mjm



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From: "Mitchell A. Pravatiner" <Mitch.Pravatiner@lambada.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 95 17:50:24 EDT
Subject: A quickie

Having been too beat Friday to write after processing the 300+ messages
that piled up after the crash on Tuesday, and having survived a
mini-glitch in the system today, this shall be brief.  FOr all that, some
points I wish to make before I forget.

Firstly, I am pleased to point out for your benefit and use that Valerie's
new abode is actually in Lake View, rather than in Lincoln Park as she
stated last week.  It is also a few more blocks from Tower at Clark and
Belden than she initially calculated, unless they've opened a second store
on the north side.  To people obsessed with the urban sociology of
Chicago, these things mean something, notwithstanding that I'm undoubtedly
the only one on this list in that category.  On the other hand, it is
written that accuracy also means something in some sectors of the
journalistic profession, even if such sectors make up a smaller proportion
of the total profession than they once did :-).

A couple of weekends ago, the restaurant section of the _Sun-Times_ noted
that among readers' stated favorite places for french fries was an
Evanston eatery called Cross-Rhodes.  Perhaps they should give Happy Food
and Liquors a franchise to peddle their wares on the south side :-).

WRT Meredith's weekly compendium:  Last Friday, there was a post to
Cybermind that they've now come out with a Hacker Barbie.  I'm not certain
if that's a rib, or on the level.

WRT Bob's account of the latest concert:  If Happy's tiring of seeing the
same people at all her Northeastern concerts, perhaps she should branch
out into other regions, like maybe in these parts :-).

Off to the last of the 1995 _Bright New City_ lectures.

Mitch

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From: "Chandra L. Sriram" <clsriram@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 17:42:56 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: kindness of strangers

irecall many moons ago there being some discussion of kindness of 
strangers.  i just got their album, hope, from 1993 and it's pretty 
decent.  can anyone tell me more about them?  all i know is that louise 
rutkowski did vocals on some of the this mortal coil stuff.  anyone have 
a discography or other info?

thanks,

chandra

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From: Robert Lovejoy <rlovejoy@pipeline.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 19:45:52 -0400
Subject: Joan Osbourne, Hap again, and TCP (not IP)...

Hi! 
 
Has any mention been made in these hallowed pages of Joan Osbourne(sp?). 
Just heard "St. Theresa" from Refugee(?) on XPN today, and was totally
knocked out by the lyrics, chord progression, and bass playing!  Joan's
voice is a tad smoky, but she hit some high notes that stunned me.  I
really liked this; if any of you know the album, is St Theresa typical? 
"Sweet and Dark like hash", indeed;  I'm sold! 
 
Still reeling from Hap's concert last Friday.  As a postscript, let me add:
Wow.  She never fails to amaze me!  
 
When I was speaking to her after the concert, I told her to read "The
Celestine Prophecy" - if ever there was a book for her, this is it.  It
starts with (ecto)synchronicity and goes well beyond.  She said someone
else had already sent her a copy, which she had not yet read, but now
promises to read.  She'll get back to me... 
 
Thanks again for the bandwidth, now back to your regular ecto, which is
already in progress... 
 
Rob the ert

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From: Michael K Curry <mcurry@world.std.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 20:17:15 +0059 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Emily at the Knitting Factory on 17 April...

Hi all,

Chris Sampson <CHRIS@neuron.uchc.edu> wrote:

> audience...Emily eventually made clear to me in as unobtrusive a way as 
> possible that the scruffy guy was Evan Dando (which I later confirmed by 
> glancing at his Gold Card when he was paying his bill).  Unfortunately the 
> moment was lost on me, as I only know the name of the group the Lemonheads, 
> and not their music...I'll have to give it a listen.

   I'd describe the Lemonheads music as boring alternapop... but that's just
me. :)

> At the other end of the table was (with 99% certainty) Milla...an 
> ecto-sorta person, maybe, who hasn't been spoken of much here, since 
> Mike started the Milla list.

   Wow... a Milla sighting!  You lucky bastard! :)  Actually since she's not 
on tour and is working on her next album there hasn't been much talk about 
Milla on the Milla list either (and considering how much email I plow through
every week I'm not all that upset about it).  I've heard she does have a new 
acoustic version of "Gentleman Who Fell" on an EMI compilation CD called
_Loaded_.

Mike

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From: THE OLIVE-LOAF VIGILANTE <METH@delphi.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 21:45:03 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: y kant neel spel

Hi!
 
Neal noted:
 
>Wow, I'm on quite a roll!  But Meth, perhaps you didn't stick that rod 
>far enough into your butt, cause look what i wrote in the very next 
>paragraph of the same post.  (Thanks, I guess, to Steve Ito, for the 
>correction.)
 
Oh, I saw that (and the misspelling of Sarah's last name too), but decided
to let you off the hook with only one slam. :)  (Actually, it took me a while
to even notice the misspelling of Sarah's name -- I even saw it spelled wrong
in Halifax, at which point I gave up for good.)
 
>        Chris and Kathy ran into METH and woj at the Alterknit Theater 
 
Whoa, when did I rate all caps?  :)
 
>Emily eventually made clear to me in as unobtrusive a way as 
>possible that the scruffy guy was Evan Dando 
>
>...
>
>At the other end of the table was (with 99% certainty) Milla...
 
Gack!  Where the hell did you go?!?
 
Mike Matthews greeted:
 
>Jeff, just think about flying kites and maybe blow a bit.
 
Erm... I'm not touching *that* one with a 39.5-foot pole!
 
Michael Peskura de-lurked (hi, Mike! :):
 
>When did Meredith start commuting 100 miles (!) each way to work?!
 
Back in August.  Urp.  Amazing what one will do for love and money...
 
Trundling along to work at way too early o'clock on a Monday morning listening
to _BtC_ isn't a half bad way to start off a week, I must say!

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|Meredith Tarr                                              meth@delphi.com|
|Boonton, NJ  USA                  finger info at: mtarr@eagle.wesleyan.edu|
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|  "Turnips do not invite fan members to sit on their couches on stage."   |
|                                                        -Irvin F. Lin     |
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From: wombat toga party <woj@remus.rutgers.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 01:39:04 -0400
Subject: rebecca moore

Chris Sampson <CHRIS@neuron.uchc.edu> sez:

>	Emily went on after Rebecca Moore (who followed Evie Ivy, who, in 
>an unusual arrangement was apparently the headliner even though she 
>preceded the other two acts...).  We arrived part way through Rebecca's 
>show...She wasn't my favorite, but I think that METH or woj would be more 
>qualified to review her show....one thing that sticks in my mind is that 
>she made (too?) frequent use of that Denise O'Riordan/Mary Margaret O'Hara 
>grace-note-that-sounds-(to me, anyway)-like-a-bag-pipe voice thang.

oh yeah, i completely forgot about rebecca moore's set when i reviewed
emily's last week. whoops. dunno what chris means by "grace note," but
i was pretty surprised by rebecca - enough that i'm planning on buying
her album whenever she finishes recording it (knitting factory records
will be releasing it whenever it's ready). she played guitar - acoustic
and electric (not at the same time ;) - and was joined by a cellist and
a second singer. i was kinda skeptical at first, but found myself
rather enjoying her slow, melancholy music. the songs tended towards
the long end of the length spectrum, which gave each time to evolve
nicely.  her guitar playing was reminiscent of (ready?) hahn rowe's
violin playing (he's the guy who played violin for hugo largo). what's
more, rebecca's singing reminded me of mimi goese. yikes! maybe i'm
just bellyaching about hugo largo's demise...but then, meredith agreed
with me, a sure sign that i'm being lucid! ;)

woj

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From: wombat toga party <woj@remus.rutgers.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 01:48:17 -0400
Subject: Re: Joan Osbourne, Hap again, and TCP (not IP)...

Robert Lovejoy <rlovejoy@pipeline.com> sez:

>Has any mention been made in these hallowed pages of Joan Osbourne(sp?). 
>Just heard "St. Theresa" from Refugee(?) on XPN today, and was totally
>knocked out by the lyrics, chord progression, and bass playing!  Joan's
>voice is a tad smoky, but she hit some high notes that stunned me.  I
>really liked this; if any of you know the album, is St Theresa typical? 
>"Sweet and Dark like hash", indeed;  I'm sold! 

i mentioned that i had picked up a copy of _relish_ (not refugee)
last week and had written a little bit about it. "st. teresa" starts
off the album and meredith can confirm that i was acting weird when
that tune began - it has a great tension. i was a bit disappointed
that the track didn't turn into a total madhouse...and that kinda
sums up my initial impressions - a lot of promise, but it didn't 
quite deliver. however, subsequent listens has softened that opinion
and i find that i'm enjoying the album quite a bit now.

to answer your question, yeah, "st. teresa" is fairly representative.
none of the other songs have that way-cool-intro-feeling like "st.
teresa," but they're in the same general vein.

by the way, that's mark egan on bass - he's on the whole album. 

woj

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From: Michael Matthews <matthewm@sgate.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 03:30:13 -0400
Subject: Today's your birthday, friend...

                                i*i*i*i*i*i
                                i*i*i*i*i*i
                              ***************
                            *****HAPPY*********
                      **************BIRTHDAY*********
            ***************************************************
 ***************************************************************************
 **************** Christine Waite (waite@axon.rutgers.edu) *****************
 ***************************************************************************
 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

   Christine Waite          Tue  April 25     1972     Taurus
   Brad Hutchinson          Tue  April 28     1964     What sign?
   Geoff Parks              Sun  April 30     1961     Taurus
   Barney Parker            Fri  May 02       1986     happy cat
   Gray Abbott              Tue  May 03       1955     Suprised
   Tamar Boursalian              May 03                Taurus
   Mark Semich              Thu  May 06       1965     Yield
   Joe Dembski              Wed  May 07       1952     Rumple
   Richard A. Holmes             May 07                Taurus
   John Warren              Mon  May 08       1961     Taurus - the Ox
   Steve Ito                Fri  May 08       1970     DA Bull...
   Brian Gregory            Thu  May 09       1963     Eclectic
   Kathy Fitzgerald         Mon  May 11       1970     Lovey
   Steve Fagg               Tue  May 13       1958     Nightwol
   Karel Zuiderveld         Fri  May 13       1960     Stier
   Michael Colford          Wed  May 16       1962     Taurus
   Christopher Boek         Tue  May 19       1970     Taurus
   Lisa Laane               Tue  May 22       1973     Gemini

- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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From: Michael Colford <colford@clsn1102.noble.mass.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 08:12:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: The Jayhawks

I am just blown away by the new Jayhawks album, Tomorrow the 
green grass!  I started hearing _Blue_ on the radio a month or
so ago, and was instantly hooked.  It's a beautiful song.
That and the Victoria Williams connection (one of the Jayhawks
is married to her) compelled me to just get the album.
Wow!  Am I glad I did!  It's really wonderful, with terrific
harmonies and a song written about Victoria called, 
_Miss Williams' guitar_.  I'm sure this has been mentioned
already, but I'm kind of on a Jayhawks kick lately.

By the way, I heard on the radio last week that Laurie Anderson
and Lou Reed were married!  Does anyone know if this is true?
It seems unlikely, but makes sense in a way.  Pretty strange.

On a Happy related note, I got a friend hooked on Building
the Colossus and is ravenous for more.  She is the co-author
of my novel (currently being shopped around in NYC) and a rabid
Kate Bush fan.  I'm not sure what took me so long to turn her 
on to Happy, but I now have explicit instructions to find her
the other CDS!  I've also gotten my Australian penpal trapped
in Happy's insidious web, so chalk up another Australian fan!

Michael

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From: Neal Copperman <neal@zombie.ncsc.mil>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 10:10:13 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: lou & Laurie

From the recent interview in the Washington Post (run through the filter 
of my brain), I can say that Lou and Laurie are not married, but they are 
living together in a loft in NYC (Soho?).  They have living spaces 
upstairs and working spaces downstairs, and have recorded a lot of cool 
music together (according to Laurie), that may not see the light of day.  
This interview was about a week ago, in conjunction with her two DC 
performances of the Nerve Bible.

Neal


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From: Neile Graham <neile@u.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 07:58:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: www page for luba

For you LUba fans, here's a tidbit I got off alt.music.canada:

	http://www.zercom.net/music/luba/luba.htm

- --Neile
neile@u.washington.edu

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From: SBI!200HUBBARD!AMYD@lmbinc.attmail.com
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 10:08:00 +0000
Subject: Insights and Jayhawks..

Rob the ert mentioned -

>When I was speaking to her after the concert, I told her to read "The
Celestine Prophecy" - if ever there was a book for her, this is it.  It
starts with (ecto)synchronicity and goes well beyond. ..<

I second, third, fourth, and fifth the motion.  EVERYONE should read this 
book.  Not to go on a mile long digression about it - but has it been 
discussed on Ecto previously?  It explains so much about human nature 
cleverly disguised as "fiction".  Actually, in this book I found references 
to many different views of spirituality (not so much about "religion" in the 
traditional sense) - many of which I had encountered through my years of 
reading everything from Shakti Gawain ("Creative Visualization") to Colin 
Wilson ("Criminal History of Mankind").  I am presently reading (altho 
slowly) the "Experiential Guide" for the "Celestine Prophecy" which takes 
the material discussed in the book and breaks it down even further,  almost 
to study a chapter - or insight - at a time.  I think Happy would love it if 
she (finally) picked it up.

Brilliant suggestion Rob!  BTW, The thing that hooked me about Redfield's 
book was the idea that people come into your life for a reason, at exactly 
the moment you need them - to learn something - or give something.  I look 
back on my life and find that to be so true, the older I get!
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Michael Colford said -

>I am just blown away by the new Jayhawks album, Tomorrow the
green grass!  I started hearing _Blue_ on the radio a month or
so ago, and was instantly hooked.  It's a beautiful song.<

That CD is on my "want to purchase" list.  I also loved the first album's 
single - something like "walkin on down the road..." I don't remember the 
title.   The thing that I love about the Jayhawks is the way they take such 
a simple sound, like that of Neil Young (who I also enjoy) and making it 
sound fresh, but not "commercialized".   "Blue" has such beautiful harmonies 
and chord progressions, almost reminiscent of CSN(&Y).

Did anyone else see them on "House of Rock" ? (I think that's the name of 
the t.v. program) it was on around 11:30 pm (CDT) one Saturday night, about 
3 weeks ago.  They were quite impressive.   I didn't know the Victoria 
Williams connection.  She is also on my list of "must pick up CD".  The more 
I hear about her/by her on the radio and on this list.....the more she 
intrigues me!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
MJM called me on my faux pax re:  Aimee Mann...... I was thinking about the 
last Til' Tuesday album and comparing it to "Whatever".  She does have an 
impending release on Imago - working with the same producer as "Whatever" - 
 but it's fate hangs in the balance as far as I know.

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=========================

Thank you to those who have offered suggestions to my lack-of-www-access 
problem!  I will try them.


peace & music,

AmyD  (struggling-to-learn guitar girl...)


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