From: owner-ecto-digest To: ecto-digest@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto-digest V2 #199 Reply-To: ecto@nsmx.rutgers.edu Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Thursday, 24 August 1995 Volume 02 : Number 199 The Ecto digest is now being generated automatically. Please send problems and questions to: ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Neile Graham Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 11:22:08 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Ecto Guide help request Thanks, everyone-- I've got the info (or commitments for the info) that we needed now. And in the usual ectosynchronicity, there wasn't duplication with the answers or promises! Thanks to Philip Sainty, Michael Colford, and Marisa Wood. Oh, and as Damon pointed out, I forgot KaTe from the "B" list. That's because she transcend classification, even on the alphabetical level, right? Of course, we do have a long, lovely, luscious entry on KaTe, maybe leaning a little heavily all our ambivalence about _The Red Shoes_ because that's what came out when I was collecting comments, but that's balanced by an incredibly beautiful and long piece of praise by Vickie (who says she's not a great writer--HAH!) Grateful thanks, - --Neile ------------------------------ From: "Mitchell A. Pravatiner" Date: Wed, 23 Aug 95 15:52:11 EDT Subject: Re: ecto-digest V2 #197 > - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > Matthew Bittner WW1 Modeler, ecto subscriber, new dad > meba@cso.com Omaha, Nebraska > > Hickory Dickory Dock > Two Mice ran up the clock > The clock struck one > And the other escaped with minor injuries > - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Reminds me of a bit of business on _Chicago Hope_ the other night. Birch, the hospital lawyer, is in the nursery singing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" to his infant daughter, when Dr. Geiger, the imperious cardiac surgeon, needs his attention. Geiger brusquely tells Birch something on the order of "just tell her the spider died of melanoma from too much exposure to the sun." :-) BTW: This morning's _Sun-Times_ gave a very favorable review to Holly Cole's concert in Chicago the other night. Mitch ------------------------------ From: mklprc@teleport.com (Michael Pearce) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 16:13:00 -0700 Subject: Re:Phil Glass Red Garter Girl ;-) writes, >Squid was disappointed with "Glassworks"... I think the CD you are looking >for is "Songs from Liquid Days". Unless you've heard it already... > "Songs..." has Glass's keyboard wizardry with featured vocalists, among them >Linda Ronstadt and The Roches... lyrics for the disc were provided by such >luminaries as David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, and Paul Simon. It's not all >instrumental so I'm not sure if that's the organ piece you heard.. but if you >haven't heard "Songs..." pick it up, it is quite a good collection of music >(especially the title track sung by The Roches ) I was also a non-fan of Glass' work; used to think it was just tedious and repetitious. Then I got ahold of his album "Solo Piano" and suddenly I understood. I could see the subtlties and get an idea of what he was trying to do. Because it is impossible to make the music completely machine-like at the piano; slight variances with each attack of the keys, it sounded more human. When the band was performing the work, and on his other albums that I've heard, the subtle variances were gone; it did truly sound tedious and repetitious to me. I can now appreciate his other work a bit more. Not enough to actually _buy_ any of them of course, but I will look for the "Songs from Liquid Days" cd as Amy recommends. | mklprc@teleport.com; pmug.org; aol.com - who needs a life? | | Domain, domain, domain... You're all Netters now. | | Moonlight Mac Services (503) 653-5673 <-> help for new Mackers | | Interesting rants &such at http://www.teleport.com/~mklprc/ | ------------------------------ From: Date: 23 Aug 95 19:41:58 EDT Subject: many concerts, so little time... In the last 5 days, I've been to 3 shows, giving Neal Copperman a run for his money. :-) I'm not gonna give full huge reviews, but would like to mention them as follows: Susan Werner 8/17/95 Schuba's -- I have seen Susan twice before but never has she been so obviously an emotional wreck. I really felt for her. As she sang some of the songs about love and loss, she ended virtually in tears -- in fact I cannot recall seeing any artist be so drawn in to their own performance. It was really incredible to see. I can only guess after seeing this happen for the songs that it happened for that she has somewhat recently gone through a tough relationship or some such emotional draining experience. Anyways, she was still (if not more) as good as always... playing some admittedly tricky guitar parts, some very effortless piano, and doing some fine singing. I Still Believe also ended in near-tears, and she said having once been asked whether it was true, that indeed the cancer patient in the last verse was a real friend of hers and she has been clear for 5 years! Anyways, get out and see Susan, who has been beating the pavement and traversing the U.S. for a long time now. (Again, another theory of mine, is that the road is taking its toll in addition to who knows what else.) I spoke to her briefly after the show and she did remember me :-). I told her to cheer up, undoubtedly belittling any real life situations she may be in, but I was able to get a hug out of it... :-). She did not scrunch up her face as much this time, it seemed -- either that or I'm getting more used to it. Holly Cole and Moxy Fruvous 8/21/95 Royal George Theatre -- My first time seeing Cole -- the theatre proved to be a good venue for her, as she has a flare for the dramatic. She played many songs from Temptation, and *really* hit, I thought, on the most straightforward of them, where she belted at just the right times with the right level of intensity (Calling You (?), I can see clearly, for example). Heart of Sat. Night, Cry (If You Want To), Que Sera, Jersey Girls were also included (Heart is a personal fave of mine -- Shawn Colvin also covers this one). Moxy opened to a crowd that continued to file in during their performance... they were great as usual, and played some of the new stuff off Wood that is not yet available in U.S. (they're working on it). They said they'd be back in the fall with their own show. The crowd, most of whom had never heard of them (only I and 2 or 3 others sang "Now he eats humble pie" and knew to yell out "tell us king"! :-), seemed to appreciate their talent. They did one song about food in which they sang together perfectly *really* fast (lots of tongue-twister foods) that was truly amazing. And the Rush song (Limbaugh, that is) is always hilarious. *Do not* miss these boys. They're lurking on the edge of stardom. [Aside -- Is the Cranberries John Lennon song they did on Letterman out on any of their albums?] Marimolin and Toby Twining Music 8/22/95 Ravinia -- Marimolin is a violin and Marimba duet group from boston who perform commissioned works almost exclusively. They dwell on the modern edge of classical music, which I am not entirely enthralled with. They did jump around quite a bit and it was fun hearing and watching the marimba be played. Their most interesting piece was by Lyle Mays which included taped accompaniment of some percussion and more marimba -- very cool stuff. Toby Twining was brilliant. I never got to see Mouth Music, his old group that got lots of raves in this space, but now he has formed a very able and talented quartet of vocal savants (himself, 2 men and a woman), who prance around the stage and the hall throwing their voices and making sounds that range from dead-ringer didgeridu to glottal uvulation, all with amazing precision. This is avant-garde at its avant-gardiest -- a feast for the senses -- go see'em if you can. The CD, Shaman, does almost nothing to prepare one for the wonder of the live show. That's it for now, folks. If you'll be in Chicago Sept. 3 and don't know about my party yet, drop me a note and I'll send you details. Later. - -mjm ------------------------------ From: David Dalton Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 17:15:14 UTC-0700 Subject: Re: Tanita Tikaram I like her music a lot, of her recordings I have Ancient Heart and The Sweet Keeper, and like Ancient Heart a little better (but also like The Sweet Keeper). My favourite song on Ancient Heart is the "World Outside Your Window" one, but the cathedral and twist and other songs are great too. For some reason I like the arrangements and production slightly better on Ancient Heart than Sweet Keeper. I plan to get her latest recording soon, another one for my long list. David ------------------------------ From: "David O'Toole" Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 20:38:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Just bought Secret World Live. On Tue, 22 Aug 1995, JOHN SHEPARD (CALAMARI) wrote: > vocals. But I wasn't prepared for the level at which the whole > disc(s) put me in the mind of a Sarah concert. Funny you should mention that... I caught PG on the Secret World tour when it came to town. I left the show with a feeling of euphoria - I kept thinking over and over "damn, that was a GREAT show". It was the excellence of music plus all the theatrics that come with a PG live experience. I kept reflecting on the concert for weeks afterward, it was definitely one of the best I'd ever seen. Then I caught my first Sarah concert, her second of four appearances 'round here on the infinite FTE tour. I left that show with the same feeling as the PG show. While Sarah didn't have theatrics to the extent Gabriel did, I had the same "damn, that was a GREAT show" thoughts for weeks afterward. Both concerts were very enchanting... As for Solsbury Hill, the version on PG's 1983 live album _Plays Live_ is much the same as on _Secret World Live_. It's a great song, and I don't know if it could be done effectively any other way. But I could always be surprised :) And one day I'll get around to posting the description of the FTE/Us mix tape I made a while back. It turned out very well... - --David O'Toole otooledj@frc.com Auburn Hills, MI USA ------------------------------ From: "Torin/Darren/Who Ever..." Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 18:21:03 -0700 Subject: Re: Just bought Secret World Live. "JOHN SHEPARD (CALAMARI)" spoke unto the world and said: >Also Alan Parsons Project "Best of." Hotspots: Eye in the Sky, >Games People Play, You Don't Believe, Lucifer. Aside from that, Cool. I'll have to look up APP. There was a really good song on Games People Play(?) about dealing with the future and remembering. I'll probably remember the title right after I send this post...Something about "When I'm old and grey" As for bad purchases: Faith Assembly. I sometimes buy a CD based on 1 song. This usually works. It didn't with Faith Assembly and Shades of Blue. The rest of the album is completely different. >And nobody forget: tonight, on VH-1, Lifebeat, with a >performance by Sarah McLachlan! Set 'em and feed 'em tapes! I still don't have cable and didn't last night either. Could I interest someone in me sending them a tape and $5 plus postage for a copy of this? Thanks, Darren Darren Stalder/2608 Second Ave, @282/Seattle, WA 98121-1212/USA/+1-800-921-4996 @ Do you have your clothes on? I probably don't. Take yours off. Feel better. @ @ Sysadmin, webmaster, postmaster for hire. C and Perl programmer and tutor. @ ------------------------------ From: THE OLIVE-LOAF VIGILANTE Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 21:40:48 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Bizarre Sarah Sighting Hi! This one will be a quickie, but I have to share with you all. :) First, thanks to Squid for mentioning that the Lifebeat thing was on VH-1 last night! I read his note at 8:05, and thus missed nothing of importance (though when Sarah came on and I pressed record to add this year's Lifebat to the tape of last year's, nothing happened -- in which we learn that some- times we pop the tabs of important things so they can't be accidentally recorded over :P -- good thing it will be on a bajillion more times in the next few weeks). Haven't been able to find the Brothers McMullen soundtrack yet (though I do know it is now out), but the song sounded interesting. Will definitely have to explore further. And what was the deal with Ash's lame (pronounced lam-AY, though the other way works too) jeans?!? The cameraperson sure thought a lot of him, that much was obvious. ANYway. Was looking at something on Plodigy today at work (yes, I actually get paid for using P*, which is the only way I would do so ;) and stumbled across this little item in the cover story of the Television listings, of all places: "BENEFIT BEAT "While many artists take pains to let their audiences know how involved they are in political causes, Sarah cLachlan is quick to put her role in perspect- ive. As one of the performers in VH1 Presents...And The Beat Goes On (Tues.), a benefit for the AIDS organization LIFEbeat, McLachlan humbly insists: "It's such a simple thing for me to do -- show up at a gig, let my voice do something. It's just one night, a small gesture on my part. Nobody trusts politicians anymore -- not that musicians are good people to trust," she says, laughing, "but at least you're doing something positive." But McLachlan has also felt the backlash of "letting her voice" express itself; when she glibly referred to the Internet as the "geekernet" while in Detroit, she found herself to be the victim of some cyberspace venom. "I was just in a bad mood," she says, "said something cheeky, and it turned out that 500 people had bought their tickets to the concert through the Internet. It was like, Wow, people are really listening." Geekernet. Betcha the good folks in the Nettwerk home office were pleased to hear that one themselves. Yes, Sarah, people actually listen to what you have to say. And some of us even put it up on the Web for everyone else to hear too. ;> Anyone else find it interesting that Sarah was the only performer at this year's Lifebeat who was also there last year? Must go... woj and I are taking off for Montreal tomorrow. Y'all behave yourselves while we're gone. +===========================================================================+ |Meredith Tarr meth@delphi.com| |Boonton, NJ USA http://remus.rutgers.edu/~woj/methpg.html| +===========================================================================+ |"A mistake made by a transcription service mangled a quotation from William| |Bennett in Michael Kelly's July 17th Letter From Washington. In criticizing| |the political views of Patrick Buchanan, Mr. Bennett said, `It's a real us-| |and-them kind of thing,' not, as we reported, `it's a real S & M sort of | |thing.'" - The New Yorker, August 14, 1995 | +===========================================================================+ ------------------------------ From: FoghornJ@aol.com Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 22:35:52 -0400 Subject: Re: Pretty and Twisted I just found out about this myself, heard some tracks on the radio and then discussed them with some friends who play Concrete Blonde material (Sweeter Than Wine, a local Connecticut duo who play every now and then at a local pub) and they told me they were going to see P&T in NYC about a week or so ago. They wanted to see them in New Haven recently but they were booked for a gig themselves. Don't know anything else about tour dates or places, but it is definitely one to watch out for. ------------------------------ From: FoghornJ@aol.com Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 22:35:53 -0400 Subject: Re: Gentle Giant-R Lovejoy Yes, 4 Gryphon CDs (well, 5 if you count "The Collection"). I very recently found their 1st 4 albums on CD. And I know Treason is available on CD, I just didn't buy it at the time, but will soon. I liked Triumvirate, even the 'rip-off' albums you mentioned. Spartacus, for instance, struck me initially as more ELP than ELP but on continued listening I actually began to like it better than much of ELP (whom I have always liked too). I've seen a couple Triumvirat CDs, but haven't bought yet. I do have that 1st album (vinyl). Yes I liked PFM. I've seen some CDs of them but they're mostly the Italian imports. I'm looking for their 1st English album on CD. Speaking of all this Manticore label stuff, I was very surprised to find Pete Sinfield's solo album released on CD - and extended with stuff from a never completed 2nd effort. I always liked that album. Yes, Crack the Sky are not quite in the same corrall but I liked them a lot, and was pleased to find CDs of their back catalog (although they are 2 lps to a CD and they dropped a couple of tracks to fit). Last year a friend of mine from NYC picked up a CD in a 99-cent bin and thought the vocals sounded familiar so he checked the notes and it was John Palumbo! The name of the new band is (or perhaps was, haven't heard anything more from them) Cruel Shoes. It's actually become one of my favorite recent-ish albums, it sounds more like Palumbo's solo stuff than CtS, sort of jazzy, sort of Steely Dan-ish. The band has a couple of ladies who sing backup and former CtS guitarist Rick Witkowski makes a guest appearance. "Caucasian jazz from back east" is a lyric from one of the tunes... JP hasn't changed much at all. Banco, yes I think I had (or have) one or more of their albums from long ago. I'll have to rummage and listen to that again. I know the name Ekseption but don't know the music. Never heard of Trace. Heard of Happy the Man, have heard them on the radio recently ( bless non-commercial radio!) but never owned their stuff. I did see a fairly well populated slot for them in a store recently while rummaging for Peter Hammill. This is a fun thread... I can't seem to think of anything else suitably obscure without going and rummaging. But when I do, I'll post! fog ------------------------------ From: geek the boy Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 22:36:50 -0400 Subject: bel canto news >From dewy-fields-request@ifi.uio.no Mon Aug 21 10:21:08 1995 >To: dewy-fields@ifi.uio.no >Subject: BC album delayed (again) >Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 15:52:39 +0200 >From: Geir Friestad > > >Just thought I'd mention that the new Bel Canto album - "Magic Box" - >has been delayed *again*. It will now be out in October instead of >September 16. *sigh* > >-- > Greenwood member | >> Mustela putorius furo << | AMG FAQ maintainer > Mail: geir-f@hsr.no / emotion@gribb.hsr.no / gef@stud.unit.no > IRC: Keiichi / Koneko | WWW: http://www.hsr.no/~geir-f/ > - Censorship is the weapon wielded by weak idiots - > > ------------------------------ From: SUZANNE WEISS Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 21:00:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Pretty and Twisted ::delurks to add a comment:: saw them the 'bout two fridays back... a short but great show. check them out if they come your way... oh... and bring Johnette a bottle of red wine. ::grins:: she likes that. Suzanne ------------------------------ From: "r. n. dominick" Date: Thu, 24 Aug 95 01:02:55 -0500 Subject: Re:Phil Glass - -- [ From: r. n. dominick * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- > I was also a non-fan of Glass' work; used to think it was just tedious and > repetitious. Then I got ahold of his album "Solo Piano" and suddenly I > understood. I could see the subtlties and get an idea of what he was trying to > do. Because it is impossible to make the music completely machine-like at the > piano; slight variances with each attack of the keys, it sounded more human. > When the band was performing the work, and on his other albums that I've heard, > the subtle variances were gone; it did truly sound tedious and repetitious to > me. > I can now appreciate his other work a bit more. Not enough to actually _buy_ > any of them of course, but I will look for the "Songs from Liquid Days" cd as > Amy recommends. The only Philip Glass I've ever really liked was "Koyaanisqatsi", and I think that that is more than partly because I saw part of the movie first. The repetition and mechanical-sounding precision fits the visuals perfectly. "Songs from Liquid Days" is interesting, but not interesting enough for me to have picked it up just yet. - --r. ------------------------------ From: Neal Copperman Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 00:53:20 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: many concerts, so little time... On 23 Aug 1995 MJM@zylab.mhs.compuserve.com wrote: > In the last 5 days, I've been to 3 shows, giving Neal Copperman a run for > his money. :-) I'm not gonna give full huge reviews, but would like to > mention them as follows: Wow, since it looks like I have a reputation to live up to, I should mention the show I caught while i was in San Jose, which was unfortunatley not the Innocence Mission, who I missed again. I saw the Live/PJ Harvey/Veruca Salt show at the Lakeshore Amphitheater, one of the largest outdoor venues I have ever seen. If I had seen this concert on MTV, I'd have thought it would have been a great concert to attend. I had the same feeling actually being there. From the far reaches of the lawn, very little of the personality and energy of the music could reach us, even when the personality was as big as PJ's. My conclusion is that I may spring for an expensive scalpers ticket when the show comes to MD. PJ is not to be missed if you can see her from a more acceptable position. Neal ------------------------------ From: JC214@aol.com Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 01:19:43 -0400 Subject: which comes first? the mortgage or the cds? i am so far behind on reading ecto..... nice to see all the talk about philip glass- joe and i spent last weekend up at tanglewood where we heard the boston symphony play glass' symphony no. 2. the conductor was dennis russell davies (why do balding men grow their hair long and wear it in a ponytail?). the work, as per much of glass' music, varied wildly from dramatically sensual to interminably boring. unfortunately i heard too many "philip glass cliches" (as joe calls them) which i guess could be taken as his personal trademarks, but i tend to attribute the repititon of certain musical devices to laziness (anyone familiar with the horn and celli/bass arpeggios throughout "the voyage", "koyannisqatsi", "einstein on the beach", and other works of his will know what i mean). will i buy it on cd? yes. we also heard dr. jeffrey tate conduct a wonderful performance of elgar's enigma variations and keith jarrett play a mozart concerto. not being a fan of keith jarrett, i'll keep my opinion to myself.... all the chat about steeleye span and annie haslam made me go hunting through the vinyl archives for a good dose of maddy prior (year! steve fagg you are right- it's an incredible album and i hadn't heard it in a dog's age!), rennaisance (ashes! prologue!), and early fairport (unhalfbricking).needless to say a severe case of EWS came over me and i just HAD to go rushing out to buy something! here's the damage report- beegees: first - an overlooked gem! now i want odessa! brothers mcmullen soundtrack - go sarah! over the rhine:till we have faces - i'd say for fans only heather nova:oyster -excellent! meth & woj: do i dare tell you that joe and i will be at toads sept.21st? could it be possible that we will finally meet?? ;-) chris haskett:language - interesting acoustic stuff with some tape effects thrown in, odd because he plays guitar for rollins band fairport convention:the jewel in the crown - i enjoyed them so much at the newport folk fest last year but was kind of disappointed with this....probably shouldn't have listened to unhalfbricking first kendra smith:five ways of disappearing - finally got around to buying it but haven't put it on yet... kids soundtrack - after seeing the movie i had to have it. lou barlow hits a peak with this sugar:besides - i love everything bob mould does, and bought this for the limited live cd even though i had everything else on it already! sugar can really cook live, and with an intensity rivalled by few other bands magnetic fields: umbrellas 7" vinyl - i want to kiss stephen merritt. and if you haven't heard "wasps' nests" by the 6ths you're missing the BEST album of 1995 IMHO! i think i bought something else too but i can't remember what it was....uh oh.... chuck ------------------------------ From: kerry white Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 00:29:49 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Annie"s STILL LIFE Hello, re:A.Haslam + SL. I have a vinyl lp of AH w/ london philharmonic symph. doing orchestral favorite w/lyrics by Becky Thatcher. The cover has ," as seen on tv" or the british equivilent. I THINK it's Still Life but this is off top of my head and I'v fallen from here before. Back around 9-12-95,bye. KrW "TV or not TV, that is the question. Whether it is nobler to suffer the lies of outrageous pitch-men, or to slit your throat with an electrocoated stainless steel blade"? WOI ------------------------------ From: pink Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 01:35:51 -0500 (EST) Subject: tanita tikaram, heidi berry > I just wanted to ask for some discography assistance for people who own > Heidi Berry and Maire Brennan discs, since we have several comments on > them but no other info. Will anyone volunteer to fill out info on their > discs? The stuff we need includes label, catalog #, availability (meaning > if it's easy or hard to find & where), musicians involved, producer, and > of course any comments you wish to offer. ah. heidi berry. i have most everything by her, but for some reason i am not as into her as i should be (for someone who has everything by her, you would think i was a big fan of hers eh?) her first album was released on rockville records via creation records (or was it vice versa). it was called below the waves and my coworker compares it to sandy denny. rather ethereal her voices floats beautifully over soft instrumental music. ahem. rather ecto like methinks. catalog numebr ROCK6063-2 released in 1989 i am not sure if it is still in print, but i am used to run into it in used records stores all the time, so if you want it, i am sure it can be found. her second album is much the same, though more ethereal. perhaps it is because she switched to 4AD as her label. called LOVe. it is has one of my favorite heidi berry songs on it called "silver buttons" i fell in love with her voice. originally only available via import i think it was released here in the US at a discount (like the cocteau twins backlist) once 4AD hit our shores. came out in 1991 my copy was a canadian import catalog number 510 563-2. includes a song written by bob mould "up in the air" her third album i just found on cutout for $1! so i guess check your bargain bins for that. simply called heidi berry the third album is very similar to the second. in fact i have a hard time distinguishing the two. still on 4AD the album came out in 1993. i am not sure what the catalog number is. methinks 9 45301-2. also. there is at least two promo cd's out there. i have one called distant thunder, that includes one song from her third album (distant thunder) as well as one song from LOVe (gloria). the other two tracks are non-album tracks. the "zither song" and "you upset the grace of living when you lie" same beautiful floating music/voice. PRO-CD 6544 is the code for that one. probably not too easy to find (though i found it in the same $1 bargain bin as the above album) oh yeah and she can be found on this mortal coil's cd BLOOD. she sings a song "til i gain control again" DAD 1005 CD is the code for that one > No entries-can anyone help?: > > Blake Babies they rock! juliana hatfield's prior band, i like them more then her solo work. evan dando from the lemonheads is in this band briefly. they have a "best of" sorta called INNOCENCE and EXPERIENCE. if you like juliana's solo work, or the lemonheads, you will most likely like this. their last album SUNBURN has a really good song called GIRL IN A BOX which could have been a lemonhead song. i only know of a few albums by them, EARWIG, SUNBURN, NICELY NICELY, ROSY JACK WORLD (an ep, includes a song called nirvana, which i think is about everyone's favorite grunge band), and INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE which has some demos, a live cut and rest just cuts from different blake babies albums. i really like their stuff. if you don't know juliana's solo stuff or the lemonheads, then you can compare them to maybe BELLY or maybe VERUCA SALT. but it is not a decent enough comparison. juliana has revamped a few BLAKE BABIEs songs for her solo work (notably a song called "boiled potato" that later became 'feed me" off of one of her single) exmembers of blake babies (not juliana but the other two) went off to become luna (i think?) or was it luna2? or am i confusing them completely? i don't know. > >Well, I just dug up some stuff I hadn't heard for a while, as a result > >of cleaning up the CD rack, and ran across a fairly nice cd by Tanita > >Tikaram called "The Sweet Keeper". Decidedly pop in musical style, > > Ancient Heart is her first album and though I have it I haven't listened to it > > I don't recognize "lovers in the city" so I guess maybe she has 4 albums out tanita has 5 albums out methinks ancient heart. best one. i still love POOR COW as a great song. especially if you are a vegetarian/vegan or want to be one. peppy song about a cow about to be slaughtered (cheery eh?) no i still eat meat, but i love the song nonetheless. other notable songs would be her hit twist in my sobriety. interesting useless trivia fact about that song. a minor hit, it was once featured in the TV show MIAMI VICE. second useless trivia fact about the same song. it was covered by ABAGAIL, the woman who made the techno cover of nirvana's SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT. yes it was a dance/techno cover as well. Yes it was bad. secret keeper. i like this album almost as much as her first album. there is a companion video compilation as well i remember. don't have it though. everybody's angel was the third album. found it cutout. don't listen to much. eleven kinds of loneliness. fourth album. don't have it. lost interest at this point. lovers in the city. fifth album. we talked a little about it when it came out, but not much has been said since. how did it do over in europe? i know she was featured on the cover of a lesbian glossy magazine "DIVA" when it was released. has a yodelling song on it. anyone? another completely useless fact about tanita tikaram. anyone watch ABSOLUTLEY FABULOUS? well before julie sanders (edina) did ABFAB she was in a skit related show called FRENCH AND SAUNDERS (excellent, funny as all hell most of the time). dawn french has appeared on ABFAB as a guest, and she is credited at the end as helping to come up with the ABFAB concept (a saunders and french product). ANYWAY one of the things that they used to do is make fun of (parody) pop stars (they did a scathing, hysterical parody of bananarama, as well as parodies of sinead o'connor, sonia-a european only *thank god* phenomena, and others). well dawn french parodied TANITA TIKARAM as well, right about the time sweet keeper came out. paroding the way tanita sings about absolutely depressing things in her dead pan deep voice, dawn french answers questions like "so what is your favorite color" "black. and when i am happy.....brown" alright so it is more amusing when you watch it. i have rambled enough irvin ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V2 #199 ************************** ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu