From: owner-ecto-digest To: ecto-digest@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto-digest V2 #261 Reply-To: ecto@nsmx.rutgers.edu Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, 28 October 1995 Volume 02 : Number 261 The Ecto digest is now being generated automatically. Please send problems and questions to: ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: sra5@psu.edu (Sarah Andrews) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 08:32:33 -0500 Subject: Unexpected ecto-ness The John Laroquette Show was on last night, but I wasn't watching it (how dare they put on a bunch of reruns of my favorite shows just because of the silly World Series! Except for the JL show, which I don't watch, which is why I wasn't watching it). So while I was talking to a friend on the phone, ignoring the show, suddenly my ear was drawn to the sounds coming from the TV - it was Jane Siberry's "Everything Reminds Me of My Dog"! I have no idea how it fit into the overall scheme of the plot, but it certainly was unexpected! pax, Sarah ------------------------------ From: "Matt Bittner" Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 07:51:33 -0500 Subject: Rickie Lee Jones Has anybody heard _Naked Songs_ yet by RLJ? Is it worth getting? Thanks. Matt - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Matthew Bittner WW1 Modeler, ecto subscriber, semi-new dad, meba@cso.com PowerBuilder developer; Omaha, Nebraska Disclaimer: opinions expressed by me are my responsibility only. "Villians I say to you now: knock off all that evil!" - - The Tick - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ------------------------------ From: rjk1@cs.wustl.edu (Bob Kollmeyer) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 08:17:37 -0500 Subject: Re: Unexpected ecto-ness Sarah Andrews writes: > The John Laroquette Show was on last night, but I wasn't watching it (how > dare they put on a bunch of reruns of my favorite shows just because of the > silly World Series! Except for the JL show, which I don't watch, which is > why I wasn't watching it). So while I was talking to a friend on the phone, > ignoring the show, suddenly my ear was drawn to the sounds coming from the > TV - it was Jane Siberry's "Everything Reminds Me of My Dog"! I have no > idea how it fit into the overall scheme of the plot, but it certainly was > unexpected! Just caught the tail end as well. It was right as the show was ending and one of the characters had just said something to the effect of "that sounds just like my dog". Then the "bum-ba-dum-a bum-ba-dum-a bum-ba-dum-a" from ERMoMD started playing and fade to black. Didn't catch the credits to see if she was credited. Can't imagine what tiny percentage of the audience got it. Wonderful placement, though. bob ------------------------------ From: "jeffrey hanson" Date: Fri, 27 Oct 95 09:42:07 cdt Subject: Heather Nova at 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis, MN Last night Heather Nova played at 7th Street Entry, a small little room of the much larger First Avenue. Opening for her was Acetelyne (whom I found to be the most unbearable band I've seen in a long time), and Ben Folds Five--which I quite enjoyed. The Squeeze references mentioned here are quite apt--but I found their music, though not overwhelmingly original, to be a refreshing change from the heavy-guitar laden sound so common (and done so badly by Acetylene). For an encore, Ben Folds Five performed the Buggle's classic Video Killed the Radio Star--apparently they've recorded it for a tribute album of one-hit wonders. It sounded almost identical to the Buggles version. Despite all the many reviews of Heather's shows over the last year or so, I still didn't know quite what to expect. I still didn't have a very clear picture in my mind of what she looked like--as most of the album photos are not that great. I was surprised to see how young she looks. Although the band didn't have a whole lot of interaction, I thought they played together quite well, and the cello player was pretty awesome. It seems odd though to see a cello player in tight leather pants. The band was definitely supporting Heather--sometimes you see "solo" artists that seem much more like an ensemble--this show definitely belonged to Heather alone. I was also surprised at the fairly sophisticated light show they had for playing such small venues. Very psychedelic--but it seemed to fit the music and Heather's style of playing. Heather didn't say a whole lot to the audience, she seemed pretty shy, yet she was also confrontational at times, the way she would lean herself out into the audience, playing her guitar. It reminded me of the way Tori can play her piano--it almost becomes obscene. Yet she hads this cool reserve, leaning out into the audience as if teasing them, but never really looking anyone in the eye, almost as if she were inviting sexual catcalls, yet saying "fuck you" at the same time. The audience didn't seem overwhelmingly appreciative of the music--a small devoted crowd close to the stage, and the remainder mainly oglers. It seems Ben Folds Five actually had a better crowd response, but with Belly playing next door, maybe a lot of would-be fans were watching them. Her voice was great--strong yet fragile, breaking at just the right times to lend the songs more emotion. She did one cover song, and the rest of stuff was from Oyster. Nothing from Blow (unless the cover song she did is on that--I don't know--I've never heard Blow). Definitely check her out, it's hard to imagine her playing such small venues much longer. Jeff Hanson ------------------------------ From: petite piquet Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 01:13:19 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: Unexpected ecto-ness Speaking of unexpected ecto-ness, imagine how surprised I was when I opened my long-awaited copy of 'Only Forward' by Michael Marshall Smith (I lucked out and found it at a sale, I didn't really wanna spend full price on it... :) - only to find that it begins with a quote from Tori's 'Silent All These Years'! Boy, I was impressed... And the book's great too. I cannot stop raving about it (as some of you already know *grin*). If you're into hilarious science-fiction type detective adventure knell-o'ever-so-funny-doom books, read this! :) "As you may know, Mr Stark, seven until eight is leisure time here in the Centre, and Alkland's chosen regular form of relaxation was to make his way to the swimming baths in the Results Are What Counts sub-section of the Neighbourhood. There he would work extremely hard while wearing a bathing costume." Teehee, :) take care all, sherlyn =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= piquet the cat - piquet@geko.com.au; aka Sherlyn Koo - sherlyn@geko.com.au "Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you when you think everything's okay and everything's going right... And life has a funny way of helping you out when you think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up in your face..." - Alanis Morissette, "Ironic" ------------------------------ From: ptv@rtp.scm-metals.com (Patrick Varker) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 14:17:59 -0400 Subject: Alanis Morissete TV Hi, Haven't seen it mentioned so I thought I'd let anyone interested know Alanis Morissette is the musical guest's on Saturday Night Live tomorrow (Oct.28) night. Patrick ------------------------------ From: mp@moonmac.com (Michael Pearce) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 19:06:58 -0700 Subject: Ecto artists in Portland What a great month for ecto artists in this town. I missed Heather Nova due to overwork, and will miss Maura O'Connell tonight, but upcoming is Ferron on Nov. 15, Jane Siberry on the 17th (Aladdin Theater); October Project at Belmont's on Nov. 7, Ani DeFranco at Roseland Nov. 4. Also, Philip Glass will be doing solo piano at PICA on Mon. Oct. 30, and other non- or semi-ecto Alanis M, Belly, Thrill Kill Kult, Kinky Freidman and, with better taste in makeup, Boy George. Our cup drippeth over. The only two I will catch for sure are Jane and OctProj but maybe more... depends on the state of my EWS. |^^^^^^Please don't add "*@aol.com" to your twit filter. Thank you.^^^^^^| | mklprc@aol.com | "Give them a light and they'll | | mp@moonmac.com | follow it anywhere!" | | http://www.teleport.com/~mklprc/ | -- Firesign Theater | \----smuggle FSF terrorist BATF (fnord) FBI nuclear Saddam PGP Clinton---/ ------------------------------ From: Neal Copperman Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 00:46:58 -0400 (EDT) Subject: disappear fear tour I just got back from seeing disappear fear at the Birchmere. For anyone that doesn't know, df is a former Maryland band now located in San Francisco. They play occasionally obvious but always passionate songs about politics, sexuality (generally the it's great to be a lesbian type, but not always) and personal relationships. This show was much stronger than the last time I saw them. They always put on a fun show, so if they're in your area, you might want to consider seeing them. 10/28 Tin Angel - Philadelphia 10/31 Lafayette College - Easton PA 11/2 Cypress College - LA, CA 11/3 The Palms - Davis, CA 11/8 Jazzhaus - Lawrence, KS 11/9 Club du Wash - Madison, WI 11/10 Canal Street Tavern - Dayton, OH 11/11 Blue Moon Coffeehouse - Wesleyan College, Bloomington, IL 11/14 Penn State U - Universtiy Park, PA 11/15 Lock Have U - Lock Haven, PA 11/16 Bard College - New York 11/17 Iron Horse - Northampton, MA 11/18 Sommerville Theatre - Cambridge MA Many of these dates were listed as tentative on the schedule, so you should check with the venue to make sure. Neal ------------------------------ From: saw03@health.state.ny.us Date: Sat, 28 Oct 95 01:05:38 EDT Subject: Delurking and *WOW* I wouldn't normally delurk so soon after joining a list (I've been on less than a week), but I just had to write and share my good fortune! A few of you already know me from jane's list, siblings. A fellow sib had sent me a tape with some artists I hadn't heard before - one of whom was Happy, doing "Feed the Fire." I was awed and bought "Building the Colossus," because it was the only one I could find on cassette. (I'm separated and my ex got the CD player, but I'll be getting one when I move in 2-3 weeks - short story but not relevant...) I played BTC over and over again (similar to Garry's reaction) - it became an addiction. My 4-year old daughter, who loves Jane Siberry ("The Doggie Song") fell in love with "Collective Heart." She'd sing along made-up nonsense words, obviously entranced by the medody. I then went and bought "Warpaint," in preparation for me new CD player (that I have periodic access to already). AND THEN... I noticed in the paper that Border's was having a silent auction tonight to benefit the National Endowment for the Arts and one of the donations was a Happy Rhodes collection! I'm fortunate to live in the same general area (Albany). Anyway, I went and actually got the entire collection, each one signed in silver ink, for a shamefully low (but lucky for me) price - $24. In no particular order, I'm now the ecstatic owner of: The Keep, Building the Colossus, Equipoise, RhodeSongs, Warpaint, Rhodes I, Rhodes II, Ecto, Rearmament and 2 promo CDs: HR5 (1993) and a 1995 one for BTC. Where does one begin??? I actually thought I might meet Happy tonight too, but it didn't happen. The store manager let it slip that when Kevin Bartlett dropped the collection off, he said that Happy might come by tonight (for the auction, I guess, or for the entertainment that followed). As much as I would have *loved* to meet her, I think she would have felt depressed that her collection brought such little money. I guess no one but me noticed it mentioned in the paper...stupid Amtrak tix to NYC brought almost four times as much... * Suzanne Cecala O * New Internet address: <\S/>~ * SAW03@health.state.ny.us / \ ------------------------------ From: Neal Copperman Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 03:12:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Delurking and *WOW* and woe On Sat, 28 Oct 1995 saw03@health.state.ny.us wrote: Welcome aboard Suzanne, and congratulations on your incredible score. > Anyway, I went and actually got the entire collection, each one > signed in silver ink, for a shamefully low (but lucky for me) price - $24. > In no particular order, I'm now the ecstatic owner of: The Keep, Building > the Colossus, Equipoise, RhodeSongs, Warpaint, Rhodes I, Rhodes II, Ecto, > Rearmament and 2 promo CDs: HR5 (1993) and a 1995 one for BTC. Where does > one begin??? > I feel like I'm stating the obvious, but it's really appauling that the collection sold for $24 (and not because I've bought them all except the Keep for about $140). I mean, the people running the auction could have just taken the lot of them to a used cd place and gotten more money than that! I guess we can write it off to an uninformed marketplace, but I couldn't help but feel pained at what must seem like a pretty nasty slap in the face for Happy :/ (Don't take any of that as negatively directed towards you Suzanne.) Neal ------------------------------ From: anthony@xymox.apana.org.au (Anthony Horan) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 95 20:38:36 EDT Subject: Re: lisa cerbone band upcoming performances >NEWS! "close your eyes" has just been released in germany, austria, and >switzerland. it will also be released in the uk in november. And it's also out in Australia, distributed by Shock Records. I may have mentioned that before. If so, shoot me. :) - - Anthony - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Horan, Melbourne Australia - anthony@xymox.apana.org.au http://daemon.apana.org.au/~anthony/ Physical mail: P.O. Box 40, Malvern 3144, Victoria, Australia "The red sky was bleeding glimpses of heaven, in sections of seven..." - Rose Chronicles reaching lyrical perfection on "Awaiting Eternity" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: WBStudio@aol.com Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 09:07:28 -0400 Subject: Fwd: happy too - --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Fwd: happy too Date: 95-10-28 09:01:54 EDT From: WB Studio To: ecto.@ns2.rutgers.edu - --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Fwd: happy too Date: 95-10-28 08:59:13 EDT From: WB Studio To: ecto.@nsz.rutgers.edu - --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: happy too Date: 95-10-28 08:56:27 EDT From: WB Studio To: sawo3@health.state.ny.us Suzanne greetings. i saw your note about happy and had to reply. Im a graphic artist living outside albany, berne actually and found BTC about a year ago i guess, collective heart pulled me in too. Im new on line but did get the rest of her catalogue and a CD player because i couldnt find anything else on tape. I havent been able to get rearmament or the keep yet, but did recently buy direct from aural grat. a signed prom CD with a live version of Collective heart and Look for the child, i guess they were made in her living room! Suzanne they blew me away. anway her music has definately changed my life and my creative work and i havent been intereted in much other music since ive found her. I have a licensing contract for designing greeting cards and also manufacture a line of childrens clocks and accessories. Please write when you can Id like to connect up with more of her fans. We live on a 100 acre farm and would love to invite Happy here for a concert. I think we need to promote this woman. She deserves to be on top. Best, Wendy WBStudio@aol.com ------------------------------ From: saw03@health.state.ny.us Date: Sat, 28 Oct 95 12:25:03 EDT Subject: Auction woes Neal (Neile? - I forgot to take note, sorry), I don't take any of what you said personally. I totally agree. It helps to know, however, that virtually all of the items went for ridiculously low prices. I don't think the event was well publicized (certainly the actual items weren't), there was a poor weather forecast...and people bid on weird things. As mentioned, the hottest item was two Amtrak tix to NYC. The other major bidding war ($1 at a time) was for Blotto items. A signed copy of John Steinbeck's "S," never got the opening bid of $10. A boxed collecction of Herman Wouk (I forget the title) also never got the initial bid of $10. I go to antique auctions all the time and am always surprised at some of the goings-on. People bid on weird stuff. The owners of the stuff (some attend the auction) must feel...many emotions as they watch their beloved items go for a song. Or even for good money, for that matter. I also find that you can rarely predict the outcome. Competing events for the same time, weather reports, etc., play a major role. I don't know if Happy lurks here, but she shouldn't feel slapped - she did a good thing for a good cause. I just happened to majorly luck out. * Suzanne Cecala O * New Internet address: <\S/>~ * SAW03@health.state.ny.us / \ ------------------------------ From: mp@moonmac.com (Michael Pearce) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 13:33:19 -0700 Subject: comments for EctoGuide OK, Neile, here's my $2 worth (.02 adjusted for inflation): Julee Cruise I first heard her on Saturday Night Live during Twin Peaks' first year. I was astounded to hear that familiar TwP theme, with vocal accompanyment! She had not yet appeared on the series herself, but did later. I searched record stores and found her album "Floating," which included music from David Lynch's "Industrial Symphony #49(?)" and it became one of my most-played records. Just loved her eerie, breathy voice, which with Angelo Badalamanti's music, defined the program for me. I was a Twin Peaks junkie for the full run of the show, including "Fire, Walk With Me." Julee released a second cd, "The Voice of Love," also arranged by Angelo B. All songs are great, including standouts "Until The End of the World" (from the Wim Winder movie), and the post-Peak "Questions In A World of Blue." Julee is on my MustHave list for ecto-recommendations. Her personality, as seen in interviews on VH-1 and the like, is 180 degrees away from the image she projects in her singing. I hear she now tours with the B-52s, but is not on any of their recent recordings so I can't imagine her new sound. I probably wouldn't even know it's her. I suppose you should also include a separate category for Angelo (B)adalamanti, since you are finishing up the Bs. He and Marianne (F)aithfull produced "A Secret Life," which sounds like a Parisianne chanteuse in a smoky cafe in the '40s. Especially the smoky part. And of course he produced the two Twin Peaks soundtrack albums. I would like to know about any other Angelo work. Cowboy Junkies Loved a lot the albums "The Trinity Sessions" and "The Caution Horses." So powerfully bluesy and such a great soulful voice from Margo Timmins. Their last two I don't play as often, but I recently discovered a copy of their unknown-to-me first album "Whites Off Earth Now" and I like it most of all. Excene Cervenka When she released her first post-X solo cd, I decided she must be a few fries short of a Happy Meal. She had written a really stupid anti-space song called "Don't Pollute Heaven" or somesuch. Rant after rant about how we have destroyed our earth and instead of looking to space as a possible cure for some of our problems she postulates this place called "heaven," wherever that is, and that we can somehow damage it, so stop looking to space. Sorry, Excene, a big fat F for Fool on that one. Reminds me of the low-watts who complain about "sending all our money into space." The rest of the album was pretty unimpressive, musically, as well. And I _liked_ early X albums. Paula Cole Thanks to Ecto, I had bought and loved her record before seeing her with Sarah McLachlan in Portland. But it was fun to see Paula just knock out Sarah's audience. I doubt any of them knew what to expect; Paula probably sold a lot of records as a result of that tour. | mklprc@teleport.com; pmug.org; aol.com - who needs a life? | | Moonlight Mac Services (503) 653-5673 <-> help for new Mackers | | Online support $1/min any problem -- support@moonmac.com | | Interesting rants &such at http://www.teleport.com/~mklprc/ | ------------------------------ From: jeffw@triple-i.com (Jeff Wasilko) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 20:07:12 -0500 Subject: Re: Ecto & Other Mailing Lists At 7:29 PM 10/24/95, beach house tiki god wrote: >an idea i like better would be a news-only mailing list. yeah, i know: >another mailing list. however, if it is widely advertised amongst the >female artists mailing lists, it could succeed. one thing is, it'd need >a home and i can't supply one. there's also the problem that people >might not use it even if they know about it. I'd be willing to provide a home at smoe.org, and I think it would be a good idea....Perhaps the list could be moderated to keep the noise down (but then you have to find a moderator...) - -jeff ------------------------------ From: Neill Griffin Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 11:30:15 +1100 (EST) Subject: The voice of October Project Greetings Ectophiles, after all this comment about OP, curiosity finally got the better of me - like it did with Sarah McL - and I haven't looked (or heard) back since :-) A big thanks to you guys. I did a quick search of the net with Lycos and came up with the Sony 'promos' of the OP albums. I have included the Mary Fahl specific references for interest. I first played OP with a friend and when Mary started singing, we both looked at each other in amazement and we couldn't stop trying to think who she reminded us of - that is, apart from enjoying every moment of the album - - one of the most accessible albums I have heard for a long time. No, we never did work out who she reminded us of - maybe a mixture June Tabor, Alison Moyet, and, don't laugh (we had been sharing a few red wines by then), Cleo Laine - that deep, husky voice... mmmmm. and from Sony @ http://www.music.sony.com/Music/ArtistInfo/OctoberProject/ An upstate New Yorker with years of vocal training behind her, Mary Fahl took a 1987 sabbatical in Holland, where she sang with various expatriate American bands and was exposed to a wealth of musical influences. "Holland gave me my musical education. I literally found my voice there." And what a voice to find: Once back home, Mary cut a demo with a collaborator/friend of Julie's. "When we played it, we all thought `My God! We've never heard anyone like that!'" Julie recalls. While she jokingly claims to owe her deep, expressive voice more to a former cigarette habit than to any specific vocal training, Mary credits October Project with allowing her to develop as a singer. These songs are emotionally quite powerful for me, but technically demanding as well," explains Mary. "Emil's melodies will take you from the top of your range to the bottom in one sustained breath. I needed to stretch the limits of what l thought I could do." And perhaps an insight into the 'jamming' during the concerts... Although not a performing member of the band, Julie's intriguing, passionate lyrics are their cornerstone. Mary describes them as "primal, emotional energy." Add David's dazzling guitar work (check out "Where You Are") and the charm is complete. "The way we work on songs now," David says, "is to go all out and just jam away. Then later on we redefine them, strip them back to basics, to get that beautiful simplicity. All of us work together intuitively." Cheers Neill ------------------------------ From: THE OLIVE-LOAF VIGILANTE Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 23:55:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Jane on Tour Hi! Well, it's been a week already since we saw Jane Siberry at the Iron Horse in Northampton, MA, and this is the first chance I've had to sit down and write something about it. Fortunately (depending on your point of view ;), there hasn't been much talk of her fledgling tour in these pages, so hopefully I won't be too repetitive. First of all, let me make it perfectly clear that the weather SUCKED. It rained small domesticated animals all day, and I drove from Boonton to White Plains, where we met my friend the pseudo-ectophile Shura up at the train, then continued on to pick up Tamar and her SO Graham in New Haven before heading up to Western MA, where we dropped Shura off at her parentals' house before finally heading back to Noho (I'll leave out the bit where my brand new car, in my possession three weeks to the day, got rear-ended at a stop- light in Hadley -- I don't think Tamar and Graham will ever let me drive them again :P), where we were only an hour late meeting Jeff Wasilko out in front of the Iron Horse. This left little time for browsing around town before the doors opened, but the rain made that a distasteful option anyways. We ended up at a little Italian pastry cafe across the street which served $1 vats of tea (Earl Grey. Hot.) and great fattening food, then dashed over to huddle in the recessed doorway of the Iron Horse waiting for them to let us in. When we had first met Jeff, Jane and her band were doing their sound check, and we had a perfect view from the doorway. A few minutes after we got into line Jane came out of the Iron Horse (presumably on her way to dinner) and greeted us as she went by. I was wearing my WIWAB tour T-Shirt, and as she passed me she noticed it, stopped, pointed to it, and said to me, "Oh! You have one of those!" Then, concerned: "How's it wearing? Is it washing well?" Dumbfounded, I stammered, "Great -- it hasn't shrunk or anything -- um, I don't wear it much." She smiled and went on her merry way. Only Jane would be concerned about the welfare of her souvenir T-shirts. :> We were among the first through the door, and since we had a large group we were either assured of a great table or doomed to be stuck in back of the balcony. Fortunately, the former option prevailed, and we were seated at a table pushed up right at the stage, so close that we had to be worried about Jane spitting on us. :) Unfortunately the new ownership of the Iron Horse hasn't quite gotten the kitchen figured out yet, so we ended up not getting our dinner until after the band had started to play. It was weird to be stuffing our faces not five feet in front of Jane as she sang, but I don't think she was paying much attention to us at the time. The set was magical, mesmerizing, and way too short. Not only was there a fair amount of musical improvisation, but Jane did her share of vocal improv as well. She directed the band with her hand movements and, sometimes, by turning to look at them and nodding or pointing. It was immediately apparent that her band is a bunch of amazing musicians. Not as apparent, but a mid-set revelation, was the identity of her drummer: Dean Sharpe! Hey, that's Happy's drummer! (Oh, and Jeff -- he was with her for all of her BTC shows, not just at the Middle East -- he had hair at Joyous Lake, which is probably why we didn't recognize him. :) ***SERIOUS SPOILERS IN THIS NEXT PARAGRAPH! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!*** The musical content: all of _Maria_ (except, alas, "Oh My My"), plus some jazzy numbers interspersed with Broadway standards and assorted other of Jane's favorite songs, including a hilarious rendition of "Girl from Ipanema" that turned into a birthday ode to someone in the audience named Vickie. It was amazing how well these old songs blended in seamlessly with Jane's own, and also how well Jane blended her own songs together, playing with them, almost rewriting them as she went along. Most notable was "My Mother Is Not The White Dove", which contained almost none of the original lyrics and little of the original musical accompaniment, neither of which mattered. The only downside was Jane's voice, which was rather hoarse, due to a slight cold she'd been battling that week. She still sounded great, though. ***YOU CAN START READING AGAIN NOW :)*** The show was so good, Jeff and woj and I decided to stick around for the second one. :) This time we sat up on the second level on the left-hand side of the stage, which was actually better since we didn't have to crane our necks to see. After the first show I said hello to Dean Sharpe, who was really psyched to see a bunch of Happy fans who were also into Jane's music. He'd told Jeff how he got the job with Jane: he's been a huge Jane-fan for years, and he heard she was looking for a drummer and called her up. Pretty cool. :) He's really, really good. As Dean said after the second show was over, if the first show was the musical show, the second one was the comedy hour. :) Jane was *really* hoarse, but it didn't really matter. The set was rearranged, lyrics were going out the window, Jane was a lot more chatty and outgoing (not to mention hysterically funny), and even cracked up the guys in the band on several occasions. I confess that we helped a little bit -- at one point Booker White, the bassist came in too early on a backing vocal, and the look on his face afterwards got Jeff, woj and I in stitches. A couple songs later Jane looked our way and asked, "What was so funny back there?" We explained what had happened, and Jane was confused because she hadn't heard him come in early in the first place, but then she got it and thought it was pretty funny too, especially after Booker reenacted his reaction for her. :) (When Jane asked if anyone had any questions, I wanted to ask if I could have some of whatever she had in between shows, but refrained.) Basically, folks, if she's coming to your area, do it. Don't even think twice, drive as far as you have to go, but DON'T MISS THIS TOUR!!! (I'm thinking especially of the Chicago crowd here -- Valerie Nozick, you are ***not*** allowed to miss this one, you hear???) You're guaranteed to have a good time. Plus, if you're lukewarm about _Maria_, the live show will definitely turn you around. Good news for New York City-area fans, especially those of us who didn't make it to any of the Fez shows: they're finalizing booking for Town Hall soon, the show will probably happen the first week in December. We're there. :) (Maybe Happy and Kevin will be there, as well -- Dean said he knew H&K were planning to come down to one of the Fez shows.) Gee, in case you couldn't tell, we enjoyed it. Hopefully the rest of you will have a good time, too. :) +===========================================================================+ |Meredith Tarr meth@delphi.com| |Boonton, NJ USA http://remus.rutgers.edu/~woj/methpg.html| +===========================================================================+ | "Warum hast du gestupid driven?!?" -- woj | +===========================================================================+ ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V2 #261 ************************** ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu