From: owner-ecto-digest To: ecto-digest@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto-digest V2 #89 Reply-To: ecto@nsmx.rutgers.edu Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, 28 April 1995 Volume 02 : Number 089 The Ecto digest is now being generated automatically. Please send problems and questions to: ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ethan Straffin Date: Fri, 28 Apr 95 08:24:41 -0700 Subject: Melissa Ferrick at the Stanford Coffeehouse Well, I just posted a review of the Melissa Ferrick show I saw last night to the MF mailing list (ferrick-request@vm1.mcgill.ca), and it went something like this. (And thanks once again to the Ectophiles, especially D^2, who introduced me to Melissa's music last year. You knew what you were talking about!) - ----- Last night I had the extreme pleasure of seeing singer-songwriter Melissa Ferrick in a free concert at the Stanford University Coffeehouse, where she was taking time out from her current tour supporting Del Amitri. I went with my friend Lisa, with whom I saw Melissa for the first time last year at the same dubious-but-convenient venue, and with Lisa's fiance. The concert was completely unheralded and unadvertised around campus except for a cover story in that day's entertainment supplement to the Stanford Daily; even the coffeehouse staff themselves didn't know about the gig when Lisa called them the day before. However, word had gotten around enough that there were plenty of people there for the music -- many more than last time, which was encouraging. Opening for Melissa was a self-proclaimed "white trash" activist and mother from Minneapolis who spent her set telling stories, reading poems, and singing songs. This woman apparently had never seen Melissa before, but later spent most of Melissa's set yelling "You're a GENIUS!" after every other song. (Melissa's response: "Oh PLEASE.") Between sets we were treated to an extended sound check, which grabbed people's attention even though it would be fifteen minutes before the real show started. And when it did start, Melissa delivered, blasting through a 20-song set that sucked me in from the first note and didn't let go until the end of the new song with which she closed her encore. I think I was grinning like an idiot for most of the show. Of the four times I've seen her, this was definitely the best, although she didn't break any guitar strings this time - -- more a testament to improved upkeep, perhaps, than lack of trying on her part. Even the fourth time around, I couldn't believe how much energy she pours into her songs. I could probably count on one hand the singers I've seen who throw themselves into a performance this much: Bob Mould, American Music Club's Mark Eitzel, maybe a couple others. "Til You're Dead" is the most energetic of the "solo" songs on Melissa's new album (and one of my favorites), but even the album version can't hold a candle to the way she attacked this song live. It's no wonder that she was able to grab the attention of even the more jaded Weezer fans on her last support tour: while this woman is playing, it would be a real challenge to concentrate on anything else. Melissa played all twelve songs from her sophomore Atlantic release _Willing to Wait_, plus five of the best tracks from her debut _Massive Blur_: "Honest Eyes," "Hello Dad," "Blue Sky Night," and the singles "Happy Song" and "Love Song." She also did a Tom Waits cover, the aforementioned new song (to be released on upcoming projects for the Knitting Factory and a gay and lesbian rights coalition), and a hilarious rendition of live favorite "Girls With Guitars (The Juliana Hatfield Song)" -- more on this one in a moment. While Melissa's last tour was strictly a solo affair, this time around she was joined by bass player and _WtW_ co-producer Marika Tjelios for about half of the songs. (I was thinking of volunteering my services on snare and/or bongos next time she came around, but ended up forgetting. Damn!) Melissa herself played most of her set on the same well-worn acoustic guitar with a hole in the soundboard that Lisa and I recognized from the last tour. She pulled out an electric for the close of her main set, "Falling on Fists" and "Willing to Wait." When encore time came around, Lisa and I knew what we had to do, so we shouted "Juliana Hatfield!" at the top of our lungs. Considering that Melissa was only about six feet away, she couldn't help but hear. She laughed "Oh God!" but, to her credit, managed to pull off the funniest version of "Girls With Guitars" I've heard, replete with her usual name-dropping of other Atlantic artists: Juliana, Liz Phair, Tori Amos ("but she plays piano so she doesn't count"), and this time around, new face on the block Jewel Kilcher. For Lisa and me, one of the show's highlights had to have been when Melissa mentioned that she had brought some CD's along this time "so that you folks who had to run out to the store last time won't have to...ah, there you are!" (pointing at us and our raised hands). When we first saw her last February, Lisa and I were so impressed that we ran out to Tower and grabbed a copy of _Massive Blur_ for Melissa to sign. (Silly Ectophile trivia: I got that copy, but Lisa got her revenge by scoring Meredith's extra copy of the "Juliana Hatfield" promo, which she finally got signed last night.) This time, of course, Tower was well-stocked and we came prepared -- but those who didn't got to buy either disc for a measly $10, and business was amazingly brisk. After the show, Melissa asked us if we were surprised that she remembered, and we could only answer affirmatively. When Melissa was about to sign my disc, I told her that I thought she needed a little revenge. I had just read her interview in the Stanford paper, in which she shared her experiences opening for Lemonheads singer Evan Dando at a string of in-store appearances last year (one of which I was lucky enough to catch). Largely at Evan's request, she ended up signing *his* discs as well as her own, but she felt so guilty about it that she'd always sign in tiny letters down in the corner. So this time I asked her to sign her name in big letters and Evan's in tiny ones. I don't know if she got the joke, but she was happy to oblige anyway. :) Well, I seem to have rambled long enough. If you're still with me at this point, you deserve a medal. You also deserve to see Melissa Ferrick next time she comes to your town. I guarantee you won't be disappointed. Ethan ------------------------------ From: Ethan Straffin Date: Fri, 28 Apr 95 09:45:41 -0700 Subject: Melissa Ferrick tour dates Pursuant to my earlier post, here are the remaining Del Amitri/Melissa Ferrick tour dates, also from the MF list. Check 'em out! Ethan - ----- April 04/28/95 CA Troubador Los Angeles 04/29/95 CA Troubador Los Angeles 04/30/95 CA Slim's San Francisco May 05/02/95 CA Coach House San Juan Capistrano 05/03/95 AZ Electric Ballroom Phoenix 05/05/95 CO Fox Theatre Boulder 05/06/95 CO Fox Theatre Boulder 05/08/95 TX Music Hall Austin 05/09/95 TX Satellite Lounge Houston 05/10/95 LA Tipitinas New Orleans 05/12/95 GA Music Midtown Fest-99X Atlanta 05/13/95 GA The Post Office Augusta 05/15/95 SC Acme Charleston 05/16/95 AL 5 Points S. Music Hall Birmingham 05/18/95 TN Riverfront Park Nashville 05/19/95 TN 616 Memphis 05/20/95 OH Bogarts Cincinnati 05/21/95 PA Rosebud Pittsburgh 05/23/95 VA Town Point Park Norfolk ------------------------------ From: rishepp@magicnet.net (Rick Sheppard) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 13:49:36 -0400 Subject: Re: New music Hello. I just wanted to comment on the following... >From: "Matt Bittner" >Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 09:32:30 +0000 >Subject: New Music... > >Ectoers, > > Went out last night and bought suddenly, tammy!. It's not too bad. >I believe there were other people commenting about it before. > > The one thing I really enjoy is the lack of guitars. The lead >singer - Beth Sorrentino - is also the piano player. Her brother >(SO?) Jay provides the drums/vocals, and Ken Heitmueller provides the >bass/vocals. They thank WXPN in their "liner notes". > > The music is good. At first listen it was difficult to listen to, >but on the second go-around, it's definitely growing on me. >Unfortunately (?) I can't think of any group to compare them to. >Maybe that's a good sign. I can say one thing, though; I needed to >get used to her voice, almost as much as getting used to Victoria >Williams. > > Overall, I'm pleased. It's a good first effort, and recommended. >However, I want more Jewel!:-) > >Matt Bittner >meba@cso.com Joy! Ecstasy! Did you pick up the first suddenly, tammy! album or their second, _We Get There When We Do_ (or both, maybe?) I personally think both are brilliant. It's refreshing to hear someone else talk about this band--I've been raving over them since late 1993, when I saw them at WXPN's 5-star night. As to who to compare them to...while I agree they don't have many modern equivalents, I found their piano-bass-drums trio vaguely reminiscent of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer (feel free to comment, scold, scream, whatever...) One other interesting bit of trivia--the liner notes also thank the band Live and lead singer Eddie Kowalczyk in particular. Why? Well, according to my sources, Beth and Eddie are dating. Mind you, I have been out of touch for a little while, so my information may be wrong, but that is what I have been told. Comments? As to Beth's voice, it brings up an interesting question about "modern women artists'" voices. It has been commented to me that many women out there either sound like "mature" women (Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos) or children (Juliana Hatfield, Belly, Beth); what do you think? Which vocal style do you prefer? Where does Happy's voice fit (if at all?) I don't expect definite answers, I just thought it would make for interesting discussion. I am unfamiliar with Jewel, will someone please educate me? Thanks. Kudos to the Ecto list for paying attention not only to Happy, but to so many other talented artists out there. I am recently displaced from the Phila. area to the suburbs of Orlando. I can no longer look forward to hearing these artists, or stations like WXPN, on a regular basis; instead I get to listen to "Wacky Morning DJ's" and Greenstoneoffspirvanagardenjam twelve times an hour. It's enough to give you hairballs. I will, as a result, be reading this list a lot, as it makes me feel closer to home. Thanks to all who made the ecto list possible! I'll stop ranting now... -rs "Hey -- d'you remember that rocket they blasted into God knows where Yeah -- with the pictures for someone to find with chemical symbols saying Hi how you doin' to the folks out there Yeah -- they put the Bach music in left all the s**t behind Sometimes I think we should be sending out an SOS" -Joe Jackson ------------------------------ From: lakrahn@iw.net (Laurel Krahn) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 15:11:20 -0500 Subject: Minicon music review (long) (I sent my annual report on music encountered at Minicon-- a large Science Fiction convention held in Minneapolis, MN each Easter weekend... to the Boiled in Lead/leadheads mailing list. Thought it might be of interest to some ecto folk, as well. Contains show reviews of folks we've discussed occasionally on ecto-- Boiled in Lead, The Flash Girls, Cats Laughing, Steven Brust, Lojo Russo. Other authors and comic folk are mentioned occasionally as they were at a number of the parties. I remembered the stuff the best I could. -laurel ) Alright, here we go, an attempt to summarize, and review, the music I encountered at Minicon 30 in Bloomington, Minnesota. By the way, Websurfers take note, there is a Minicon web page-- it was constantly upgraded during the con. The program listing is there, as well as a ton of pictures taken during the weekend. I'm still wading through the pictures, and I keep finding more folks I know (in fact, I think Ellen and Benjamin are in one, but I'm not certain)... The URL is http://nam.ing.com:80/minicon30/ The first music I encountered at con, was at the Dark Star Cafe'. Dark Star is a nifty place where coffee is served and featured two rooms where bands/musicians could play. This year, Dark Star was up on the 22nd floor of the Radisson South. I was doing a convention wander on Friday afternoon, when I spotted two of my friends up on stage in one of the Dark Star rooms. Turned out that they call themselves "East Dakota." But I know them as Kurt Griesemer (guitar, vocals) and Andy Anda (mandolin, fiddle). Caught the last half of their set. They did a couple of originals, mayhaps. As well as Jethro Tull's "Locomotive Breath," Moxy Fruvous' "The Drinking Song" (yay!), Indigo Girls "Closer to Fine" and a Toad the Wet Sprocket b-side ("All She Said" I think is the name, I always get it confused...)... Was fun, neat to see them playing together, and to hear 'em do a bunch of songs in a row (as opposed to the usual runs around music circles). Later on Friday night, it was time for the Gallowglass reunion show in Dark Star. They were playing one room at 11pm, while the Flash Girls were playing in the other room. What to do? Well, I figured one doesn't get many chances to see Gallowglass since Ken moved to Portland-- so I grabbed a chair in the room early. Caught about a half hour of Peggy O'Neil's set, which was mellow and pleasant enough. The room was packed to capacity (and then some) when Gallowglass took the stage. Gallowglass is an acoustic irish trio, featuring Lojo Russo on mandolin and vocals, Ken Larson on bodhran and vocals, and Michael Matheny on guitar and mandola. (tho they sometimes play electric and such, and not always irish). It was a raucous set... They opened with "Queen of Argyll" which made me very happy. And proceeded to do "The Auld Triangle," and "500 Miles" and "Johnny Jump Up." and other fine songs. By request, they played "The Town that I Loved so Well" in honor of Mr. C's (the old Minicon consuite, now remodeled... sigh...). It was fun. Shortly after midnight, Lojo said "hang on, we gotta go do something, we'll be right back"... the band ran out of the room (with their instruments) and soon The Flash Girls showed up in our room. They swapped stages! I didn't mind, as I hadn't seen the FGs in ages and some of the crowd followed Gallowglass so we got a bit more air ventilation in our room. The FG's did an instrumental (i forget which), "Postmortem on our Love," "Banshee," and "A Girl Needs a Knife." It was my first time hearing the Gaiman penned "Girl Needs a Knife" and I wasn't disappointed. :) They finished with their version of "Ride On," which the crowd seemed to enjoy. Tho Gallowglass does two other versions of "Ride On" that are incredible. The Flash Girls ran out, and Gallowglass returned, singing "Health to the Company" (which they started in the other room)... Was a mighty fine show, I must say. Still wish I'd managed to see Gallowglass at their Thurs night show at The Laughing Cup... One can never get enough Gallowglass, IMHO. :) Then I wandered down to 20th floor where Bob Berlien and Kathy Routcliffe were hosting a smoking music party. One of those snobby elitist music parties some of you may be familiar with. :-p Musicians in the circle included, at various times during the night, Fred Levy Haskell, Kurt Griesemer, Reed Waller, Kate Worley, Nate Bucklin, Bob Berlien, Kathy Routcliffe (forgive me if I'm spelling her name wrong...), Lojo Russo, Jan I-forget-her-last-name, and probably others I'm forgetting. Howard Harrison was there, it's starting to come back to me. It was a smallish party, with some folks having to leave early and such. But it was fun. What stands out? Just hearing Bob Berlien play some of his original stuff, which I hadn't heard since last minicon. Same with Reed and Kate, come to think of it. I think Bob played "Not Fade Away" and then Lojo picked up the tune and played "Scarborough Dead"... (Um, Gallowglass plays "Scarborough Fair" to the tune of "Not Fade Away" oft times) (This usually causes me to do the hand jive, it's involuntary, really....). Lojo did a fun cover of Christine Lavin's "What was i thinking?" as well. I know I'm forgetting lots. It was awhile ago. I just know it was fun, tho small. On Saturday, some of the first music I caught at con was Lojo's solo set at Dark Star. Alas, I missed The Flash Girls 3pm set because the service at TGIFriday's was abyssmal. So by the time I got back to the Radisson, The Flash GIrls were playing the last song of their set, "The Herring Song." Looked like they had a good crowd there, tho. And were in fine voice. Sigh. I decided to curl up in a chair in back and listen to Lojo's entire set. Was pleasant. Those who have her solo album "understated" will know what I mean. She played lots of material from the album, as well as a really nice new song called "flying" which was inspired by a hawk flying over while she was out hiking. She tells the story much better! She did covers of tunes by Loreena McKennit (All Souls Night) and Michelle Shocked (On The Greener Side, she may have done "Must Be Luff" as well)... There were funny songs, mellow songs, and everything inbetween. Dayna sang backup on a few tracks (I forget her last name, she sings backup on the album). She closed the set with a tune by Michael Matheny called "Fire"-- that Gallowglass performed, I believe, for the first time, at their farewell show. Sounds like Lojo plans to record it for her second album, which is a very good thing, as it's a fine song and she does it well. Pretty good crowd throughout the set... It seems like there should be another Dark Star show in here somewhere.... Ah-hah! I caught about 45 minutes or so of "Decadent" Dave Clement's Dark Star show. Actually, as usual, it was Dave and a bunch of friends. Primarily he and his band Dandelion Wine. Along with Nate Bucklin and other friends. They did the usual batch of traditional songs and Stan Rogers tunes. I wandered in and they played "45 Years" which was perfect timing, as I'd been thinking how I wanted to hear Dave sing that song before con was over. They had Peggy O'Neil join them on stage to lead them in one of her songs that they recorded on their latest album. Likewise, Krissy joined them on stage for the song of hers that they cover. Fun. They closed, I believe, with Mary Ellen Carter. Was a raucous laid back kindof set, with the crowd singing along and thumping their feet and some folks dancing. Very nice. I probably should've stopped by the Bhigg House and other nonsmoking music parties at some point during con, but there are only so many hours in each day... Then I was off to other places, catching Ask Dr. Mike and other such can't miss events. Sometime after 11pm, Cats Laughing took the stage in the great ballroom. I have a feeling I missed their first song, so I couldn't tell you what it was. Richard Tatge was doing his usual magnificent work on lights. The sound was good, the band was nifty. The Cats set seemed to fly by, was too short for my tastes, but one doesn't get to hear Cats Laughing very often! Steven Brust and Robin Anders each had their drum kits on stage, and they both played for the duration of the Cats set. Lojo was playing bass and singing, Emma was singing and playing a tambourine. Adam was on guitar and vocals, Frank Runyon was playing some fine guitar as well. I *know* Lojo did "Gloomy Sunday" which brought the slowdancers onto the floor. I also recall bouncing up and down a lot and singing along when they did "If I Had The Voice"... a song that MUST be recorded, and soon (anyone for another Cats Laughing album? I think it's about time, and I knowthere's enough material out there). "Signal to Noise" was played. I was stunned whenthey did "Johnny Jump Up," which is probably the song Gallowglass gets the most requests for. I think I've heard Lojo sing that song in a billion different tempos, with lyric changes, etc. Fun. They segued into "White Rabbit" at one point, which certainly got people moving on the dancefloor. I was off in front of the left speaker, kindof standing, but kindof dancing, as well. Generally having a good time. Sometime during White Rabbit, I believe, Josef appeared on stage. He and Lojo were playing off of each other, 'twas amusing. They closed with "Elijah," of course. It came so fast, I thought "Gee, why are they doing 'Elijah' already? Now what will they close with?" Silly me. It rocked. My friends who hadn't heard Cats before were mightily impressed. Then Cordelia's Dad's "comet" was playing on the speakers and folks were resting up for BiL's set.... I wandered around and socialized until Lead appeared... And now, I'm honestly spacing on what song they played first. Sigh. it all blurs. Much material from "The Gypsy" was played. "Hide My Track" sounded particularly fine, but it's currently one of my favorite songs. Lojo was up on stage helping out with vocals on that one. "Step It Out Mary" was played at some point. I recall seeing Hilda and Jane dancing on the floor early on in the set. I was off wiggling by the speaker.... :) "Bad Hair" was in evidence (and was performed as well)... "Rasputin" was belted out. I just recall dancing a lot morethan I intended to, especially considering I had a longsleeved velvet shirt on! it all flew by in a flurry of song and tunes and sweat and lights and such. The final song was a lovely long version of "The Gypsy," with all members of Cats Laughing joining BiL on stage... I then attempted a quick run up to my hotel room to get a blank check so I could buy the Gypsy album and t-shirt. By the time I got back, most folks were gone, but I chatted with friends and made the important purchases. Had the pleasure of finally meeting Don Keller and we caught up about bands such as Tsunami before heading up to Bob & Kathy's music party, part II. It was really darn late, but Bob and Kathy and Fred and Kurt and Patrick Nielsen Hayden and Emma Bull and others were playing music when I arrived. Eventually the BiL guys floated in and out of the party... primarily socializing, tho Adam joined the music for awhile. I recall him playing "Stream of Consciousness Blues" (available on Steve Brust's solo album) and I'm not certain what else. It's foggy. I was delighted to hear Emma and Patrick play "King of Bohemia" (one of my favorite songs from Richard Thompson's latest album). The moment I remember most vividly is when Fred announced he was gonna play a song he's just learning... and then proceeded to play the "wubba wubba wubba song" or whatever it's called. It's a song Grover from Sesame Street sings. The eerie thing was it was 4am and this roomful of adults knew most of the lyrics. And then proceeded to sing the Animaniacs theme a cappella.... followed by Pinky and the Brain, of course... Smile inducing, I must say. I should've written this sooner after the event, it's fading from memory already. Sigh. Was a nice party. I was off doing family Easter things and not sleeping nearly enough on Sunday. Then catching up with friends in the evening. The aforementioned Kurt was chomping at the bit to play music, as was one Andy Anda. I suddenly realized I hadn't consumed food in quite a few hours, ran to Burger King (ugh), then to my hotel room (conveniently located right down the hall from Bob & Kathy's suite, as well as the Tor books sweet. God bless you Geri Sullivan, wherever you are. :) (a note of explanation: the Radisson lost my room reservation. This did not please me. I hadn't a place to live. I mentioned it to Geri a few months ago,then again when I arrived at con. By 5pm on Friday I had a hotel room. On 20th floor. She thought I'd like it there. This is the reason I didn't see many people who weren't on 20th or 22nd floor during the course of the convention. But I heard some mighty fine music. ) I'm leaving the obvious typo "Tor books sweet" just 'cuz. I like it. Anyhow, then I wandered down to the Tor books suite and it's sunday night party. Where I got a chance to chat with lots of lovely folks. And I finally met Vnend and Ellen and Benjamin! :) I was socializing in a more quiet,less crowded room, during the initial few jaunts around the music circle. but it sounded fine from the other room. I think Emma and Lorraine did a few numbers as the Flash Girls, before Lorraine left. Other folks at the Tor music party, later christened "The Little Music Party That Didn't Suck" included: Ken Larson, Frank Runyon, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Emma Bull, Fred Levy Haskell, Kurt Griesemer, Andy Anda, Reed Waller, Howard Harrison, Bob Berlien, Jan i-gotta-bug-fred-to-tell-me-her-last-name, Steven Brust, Robin "Adnan" Anders, Drew Miller, Josef Kessler, and uh, um... I'm not sure who else. People wandered in and out. Robin, Josef, and Drew wandered in and out of the circle. At times it was jam packed (=little= music party?)... Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden were the hosts of the party, with Steven Brust hosting the music portion of the program, if I'm told correctly. Kudos to them. I'm realizing I snuck out of the party a song or two before the end as I had a breakfast date and Bob just kept playing and playing and playing.... So I didn't properly get to thank the hosts or the remaining musicians. It was *very* nice. :) As with the best music parties, there was at least one swing around the circle that produced tears, it was that kind of mood, that kind of material. And then there were the raucous swings, which had people on their feet dancing. I think Howard and/or Reed played "Twist and Shout" at one point, to give you an idea. Have I explained Minicon music parties? Unlike many cons, there isn't much filk. It's mostly rock, with some folk and blues. And a good sprinkling of songs original to thosein the music circle (or their friends). Tho other stuff harder to categorize shows up. And I hate categorizing music. A musician plays a song, then it moves to the next one. And often times people join in playing, taking breaks and so on. With the wacky crowd singing along sometimes. The quality of the music is generally high, and it's a heckuvalot of fun, too. I was very happy when Emma played a number of Richard Thompson songs... including "Down Where the Drunkards Roll" and "King of Bohemia." Patrick played some very nice guitar on those, and Drew was playing along as well. (Emma tells me Drew ordered her to go see Richard Thompson in concert when she didn't know who RT was. Ohthehumanity. Turning anyone onto Richard Thompson gets people good karma points, in my book.) The last song Emma played before she left was Mark Henley's "November Song." Blissful. I hadn't heard her play that song probably since Fourth Street. It's one of my favorite songs in the whole wide world. Very very nice. One of the happiest surprises on the tracklist for the new/forthcoming Flash Girls album is that that song is on it. :) I cannot wait... Frank was smoking on guitar. Wow. The usual great songs were played well. I don't know-- words don't do music justice, you know? Fred was having such a good time that he played his closer, "Ripple," early. Then kept right on playing. At the end, things got silly, of course. With Bob commenting that, unlike the rest of the group, he didn't know any 20 minute songs-- so he'd do a medley as his closer. He was true to his word, started with "Big Rock Candy Mountain," and proceeded into "Sugaree" and was about to launch into "One More Saturday Night" (if i'm remember right)... when Howard stood up and called Dominoes to order a pizza.... assuming that Bob would still be playing by the time the pizza arrived, of course. Bob hammed up the number, and played the role of Fred for a bit, methinks. High fun and hijinks. At this point, I *knew* the music wouldn't be done when my breakfast date showed up. Steve played "Latex Man" (and the crowd played the role of the Rubbermaids rather well, I think)... Fred played "Mediocre Fred"... Then Howard was up, and someone requested the Reincarnation Song. I suddenly realized that I hadn't heard the song all weekend, which is amazing considering how often I'd heard Howard play at con. And how he is best known for that song... I won't attempt an explanation of the song. If youdon't know it, you need to hear Howard play it sometime. Of course, Bob interrupted the song a few times... it was necessary. At that point, my friend would wait no longer for breakfast. I'm told the party broke up soon after. I went to breakfast thinking how nice it was to hear Ken play bodhran and sing (he closed with an a cappela "The Parting Glass"...), to hear Fred belt out "Watchtower," and Bob sing "Driver 8," and so on and so forth... Neat to have Robin and Drew and Josef there for bits-- I think they had fun. And to be there with friends... I tend to zone off into my own world at music parties. Not terribly social of me. And for years, I just quietly absorbed things and never actually talked to the musicians or other party goers. was still fun. I often forget to stand up or get a drink or do anything but sit there... but that's a sign that good music is being played. This year I managed to move around a bit more, be a bit more social, but the music was still very fine. And the company even finer. Thanks to all those who were a part of that. :) From that blonde girl in the velvet in the corner. Oh there's more, of course. I didn't drag myself away from the Radisson until 4am on Tuesday (I had to work at 9am on Tuesday in Sioux Falls... silly me). There wasn't much music on Monday night-- it was a bit of a dead dead dog party and a birthday party for Shannon Leslie. Steve Brust, Frank Runyon, and John Sjogren played a bit of music, most of which I missed 'cuz I was off catching up with people I managed to miss all during the convention (hrm. maybe 'cuz I was at music parties? )... Ohyeah, John was at the Tor party for a bit, methinks. And possibly at the Saturday night party for a song or two as well.... Apologies for the length, and the fact that I'm probably missing many descriptive details that would be really nice. I've been too busy with work to give this much thought until now, and now the details I wanted to write about have fluttered away. Ach well. It was a small, musical con for me. Despite the zany minicon stuff going on elsewhere. Was very nice. From the quiet moments at music parties... to the raucous adrenaline of the Cats/Lead show. A grand weekend. Best to you all, Laurel Krahn /// lakrahn@iw.net Director of Operations /// 800.386.IWAY Iway Internet Services /// info@iw.net Sioux Falls, South Dakota /// http://www.iw.net/ ------------------------------ From: "Mitchell A. Pravatiner" Date: Fri, 28 Apr 95 16:47:29 EDT Subject: The latest perturbation In a week with many little perturbations, I've just encountered the latest. Apparently a crash on the Carolina Toasternet zapped much of the incoming mail yesterday, including the April 27 digest. I naturally turned to the ecto web site, only to find out that the most recent digests apparently have not yet been made world-readable. This seems to me, IMHO WIVH, like the sort of thing that the administration ought to look into. Happily, nothing has happened to me bad enough to drive me into the arms of Demon Tobacco (cf. the discussions in the April 28 digest). It seems to me that the sure indicator that things have bottomed out would be if I got the irresistible impulse to walk the couple of blocks from home, and became a customer of that appropriately yclept (from our standpoint) but eminently seedy-looking Happy's Liquor, arguably the most memorable name borne by a Licenced Establishment in the few blocks around me since the late Family Affair Lounge, whose door carried the prominent imprimatur "No Minors." Mitch ------------------------------ From: WretchAwry Date: Fri, 28 Apr 95 17:54:04 EDT Subject: Howdy... De-MUSHING to say WELCOME to the new and recently de-lurked Ectophiles, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to those who have them (anytime) and THANKS for all the great reviews, articles...posts. A very, very special thanks to Philip for posting about Revvie. I cried as I read that. He's still in my thoughts...I think of him every time I go to the EctoMUSH, because the main discussion room is dedicated to him, and Jason made a wonderful gesture by putting Revvie's name in the "title" of the room. Everyone who goes there sees his name. Thank you Philip, for an absolutely *wonderful* post. I for one will treasure it. Was my name summoned wrt Sheila Chandra? I really have been so lax about responding to things right away. I blame it partially on my illness, partially on lazyness, but mostly because of the MUSH. Sheila...yes! My personal recommendations would be in this order: Weaving My Ancestor's Voices Quiet Monsoon's "Third Eye" (a RE-RELEASE??? with RE-MIXES???? BUY IT!!!!!) The Zen Kiss (those are my very favorites...anything after this I consider very uneven, but with songs to die for, so a must for fans) Nada Brahma Roots & Wings Out On My Own The Struggle (and...*WAY* down at the bottom...) Silk (blugh!) There's also a cool compilation called "The History of Indipop" (Great Expectations 018376 400312) which is not all Sheila, but has some re-mixes and non-album songs worth having, plus some other good groups. Here's a partial discography...CDs only (I've typed in vinyl) and not including "Silk" (yuck...phew): CHANDRA, Sheila (see also Monsoon) The History Of Indipop (UK-CD, 1992) (Great Expectations 018376-400312) 4) Sheila Chandra - Quiet! (excerpt) 3:41 6) Sheila Chandra - Correspondance 1:29 (non-album) 9) Sheila Chandra - The Struggle (Slagverks Mix) 4:53 (non-album) 11) Sheila Chandra - Bhinna Abhinna 5:03 (non-album) 12) Monsoon (Sheila) - Mirror Of Your Mind 3:38 (non-album) 13) Monsoon (Sheila) - Ever So Lonely 3:43 (re-mix) Out On My Own (UK-CD, 1984/1985, 1987rr) (Indipop SCHCD 1) 1) All You Want Is More 4:13 2) Out On My Own 4:18 3) Village Girl 4:08 4) Storm Trance 3:50 5) From A Whisper...To A Scream 5:45 6) Prema, Shanti, Dharma, Satya 3:30 7) Unchained Malady 5:07 8) Missing The Voice 3:55 9) Fly To Me 3:35 10) Songbird 4:03 11) The Awankening 5:32 12) Question The Answer 4:42 13) Raqs 4:53 14) In Essence 5:20 1 -10 from "Out On My Own" 1984 11-14 from "Nada Brahma" 1985 Quiet (UK-CD, 1984/1985, 1988rr) (Indipop SCHCD 2) 1) Quiet 1 9:00 2) Quiet 2 4:11 3) Quiet 3 4:50 4) Quiet 4 3:51 5) Quiet 5 4:08 6) Quiet 6 4:23 7) Quiet 7 3:01 8) Quiet 8 4:46 9) Quiet 9 2:29 10) Quiet 10 5:10 11) Nada Brahma 1 5:20 12) Nada Brahma 2 3:40 13) Nada Brahma 3 6:30 14) Nada Brahma 4 3:40 15) Mecca 5:12 1 -10 from "Quiet!" 1984 11-14 from "Nada Brahma" 1985 15 bonus track 1988 Roots And Wings (UK-CD, 1989) (Indipop SCHCD 5) 1) One 4:34 2) Shanti, Shanti, Shanti1 4:36 3) Roots And Wings1 4:31 4) The Struggle 4:52 5) Lament Of McCrimmon/ Song Of The Banshee 6:39 6) Mecca 4:42 7) Roots And Wings2 6:27 8) Konnokol Al Dente 0:26 9) Escher's Triangle 2:54 10) The Struggle/The Dream 7:17 11) Shanti, Shanti, Shanti2 2:05 The Struggle (UK-CD, 1985, 1989rr) (Indipop SCHCD 3) 1) Strange Minaret 4:04 2) Puppet Tears 6:02 3) The Struggle 6:45 4) Satayam, Shivam, Sundaram 6:23 5) Mukta Gaana 6:25 6) You 4:25 7) Lament 6:23 8) Om Shanti Om 6:25 9) The Struggle/The Dream 7:16 10) The Struggle 4:52 (Slagverks Mix) 11) Strange Minaret 5:21 (Ximerre Mix) Third Eye (UK-CD, 1983) (Great Expectations 018376-400015) (signed) (Monsoon) 1) Wings Of The Dawn (Prem Kavita) 3:56 2) Tomorrow Never Knows 4:01 3) Third Eye And Tikka TV 2:53 4) Eyes 3:41 5) Shakti (The Meaning Of Within) 4:04 6) Ever So Lonely 6:12 7) You Can't Take Me With You 3:04 8) And I You 3:28 9) Kashmir 4:00 10) Watchers Of The Night 3:47 Weaving My Ancestor's Voices (US-CD, 1992) (Real World 1704-62322-2) 1) Speaking In Tongues I 1:45 2) Dhyana And Donalogue 4:40 3) (a) Nana 2:45 (b) The Dreaming 5:37 4) Ever So Lonely/Eyes/Ocean 3:26 5) The Enchantment 4:49 6) The Call 1:38 7) Bhajan 7:06 8) Speaking In Tongues II 3:08 9) Sacred Stones 5:30 10) Om Namaha Shiva 2:55 The Zen Kiss (US-CD, 1994) (Real World 1704-62342-2) 1) La Sagesse (Women, I'm Calling You) 4:27 2) Speaking In Tongues III 2:14 3) Waiting 6:01 4) Shenai Song 2:03 5) Love It Is A Killing Thing 4:48 6) Speaking In Tongues IV 4:57 7) Woman And Child 3:37 8) En Mireal Del Penal 3:36 9) A Sailor's Life 4:20 10) Abbess Hildegard 3:26 11) Kafi Noir 6:45 Here's what's on the rest of the Indipop compilation: - -------------------------------------------------------------- THE HISTORY OF INDIPOP (UK-CD, 1992) (Great Expectations 018376-400312) 1) Jhalib - Mysteries Of The East 3:23 2) Suns Of Arqa - Stepping To The Music 4:20 3) Ganges Orchestra - The Dream 3:44 4) Sheila Chandra - Quiet! (excerpt) 3:41 5) East-West - Can't Face The Night 3:16 6) Sheila Chandra - Correspondance 1:29 (non-album) 7) not credited - The Calling 4:34 8) Suns Of Arqa - Ananta Snake Dance 3:32 9) Sheila Chandra - The Struggle (Slagverks Mix) 4:53 (non-album) 10) Voix De L'est - Ama 3:49 11) Sheila Chandra - Bhinna Abhinna 5:03 (non-album) 12) Monsoon (Sheila) - Mirror Of Your Mind 3:38 (non-album) 13) Monsoon (Sheila) - Ever So Lonely 3:43 (re-mix) - -------------------------------------------------------------- *HUGS*/*GUHS Vickie ps, visit the MUSH...see my Save Our Souls Extraterrestrial Summoner, which will conjure up a One Alien of your very own :-) (telnet caisr2.caisr.cwru.edu 4201 ... or access through the home page) ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V2 #89 ************************* ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu