From: owner-ecto-digest To: ecto-digest@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto-digest V2 #297 Reply-To: ecto@nsmx.rutgers.edu Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, 29 November 1995 Volume 02 : Number 297 The Ecto digest is now being generated automatically. Please send problems and questions to: ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sue Trowbridge Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 22:34:38 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: The Keep On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Matt Bittner wrote: > Well, visiting my folks in Cleveland sure helped finding _The Keep_. > I first went into a Borders looking for it, and they said it was on > order - an order that was placed on 13 Nov. Heh, yea, right. Neal gave me the copy he found in the Spanish/Flamenco Music section at Planet Music in Baltimore! :) Those of you who are still looking for this disc can be assured that it is *really* worth the hunt -- there is some tremendously beautiful music on "The Keep," plenty of moments that will send chills up your spine! I love the cover illustration, but I do have to quibble with the packaging - -- I wish Kevin's entertaining liner notes hadn't been printed in such a way that they are all but impossible to read. Also, anyone who tries sending email to "Aural Gratification @aol.com," as it appears in the booklet, will undoubtedly be met with a mailbounce! - --Sue Trowbridge ------------------------------ From: Kerry White Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 23:24:08 -0600 (CST) Subject: mail + J Armatrading Hello, I've never received my digests after 3pm, today both showed after 10pm, so: a wail in the dark, long before I was lost! Thanks for the note Sue! *Very* local wet-ware problem, I guess! Ariel: I highly recommend the A+M Classics series, I forget which # was Joan's but they have a very tasty selection from 5 or 6 of Ms Armatrading's many albums. These cds are in purple w/ "A+M Classics # whatever" and "the Artist's name" on the spine. KrW "...and 495+1/2 feet of rope!" " I just *carry* it, heh,heh." ------------------------------ From: Mike Matthews Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 00:15:07 -0500 Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************** Ward Kadel (phanes@community.net) ******************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ward Kadel Tue November 29 1977 Sagittarius Mirko Bulaja Sat November 30 1974 Block Chip Lueck Thu December 05 1968 Sagittarius Ken Hoyme Sun December 08 1957 Sagittarius Jeremy J. Corry Fri December 11 1970 Sagittarius Julie C. Kammerzell Sun December 15 1968 Sagittarius/Scorpio combo Damon Harper Tue December 16 1975 Sagittarius Laura Clifford Tue December 17 1957 Sagittarius Dirk Kastens Tue December 17 1963 Sagittarius Milla Wed December 17 1975 Sagittarius Chris Schernwetter Tue December 17 1974 Sagittarius Uli Grepel Wed December 25 1968 Steinbock - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ From: Nicholas Hill Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 01:57:47 -0500 Subject: Brian Blade / Joni Mitchell / Patti Smith I culled from the mag these words from Joni: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The truth is it had been my intention to quit music right about the time I appeared last April at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival," Joni Mitchell said in an interview with writer Jim Bessman in the 11/18/95 Billboard, two days after her Fez appearance. "That appearance was to be my swan song, until two things conspired to keep me in the business. First I heard about Brian [Blade], this great drummer from Schreveport, La., who wanted to play with me. and then Fred Walecki at Westwood Music in Los Angeles built me a prototype of this modified Stratocaster that hooks up to a digital Roland VG* unit. The VG* is basically a computerized brain with foot pedals into which are programmed a whole palette of sounds plus more than 30 songsworth of intricate tunings for the night at the Fez. This device has the capacity to hold all my tunings of all my songs, and what the audience basically heard at the Fez show was an improptu first live rehearsal jam between Brian and me. happily it turned out to be , including," she added with a laugh, "some of the wild experieces I may have slept through or blotted out from the '60s." .............. 'It's a whole new ballgame now for me," Mitchell told Billboard, "but it had to be, because I coudnt have gone on, considering the difficulties I was facing in getting the right quality of sound and presentation-I needed that level of delight again. Working in this duo form with a drummer as talented and melodic as Brian is a brand new musical romance for me, and one like a very few I've had in my career, so we're aiming to do more club appearances fairly soon in places like the Fez and the Viper Room in L.A. "I almost cancelled the Fez show just hours before I went on, maybe fearing it wouldn't work out. But happily ther were no boos when I plugged in my electric guitar instead of playing an acoustic. Actually, the Roland brain provides a sound beatifully suited to each song---like, for instance, the nylon-string tonality people are used to hearing on certain things. You also hear a freshness and distinctiveness thats almost orchestral it's so rich. I wanted to blow chords up the way Georgia O'Keefe blew up the flowers in her paintings, and now thats possible." Joni attends the Billboard Music Awards telecast (telecast where?) December 6th at the New York Coliseum to accept the Century Award, Billboards highest honor for distinguished creative achievement. Patti Smith and Bob Dylan open their short tour together on the 7th in Danbury, CT. Michael Stipe will join Patti for the first two shows. Tickets for the Beacon Theatre in NYC go on sale Friday. Only one NY show! Yikes.. Nicholas ------------------------------ From: Nicholas Hill Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 02:46:32 -0500 Subject: More Joni misc. from Joni webpage: Joni has been named the 1995 recipient of the Century Award, BILLBOARD magazine's highest honor for creative acheivement. The award, whose past winners include George Harrison, Buddy Guy, and Billy Joel, has been presented annually since 1992 to an artist to acknowledge the uncommon excellence of a still-unfolding body of work. Mitchell will be presented with the award live on FOX TV on DECEMBER 6th at the Billboard Music Awards which is being held this year at the New York Coliseum. The presenter will be Peter Gabriel... also: There are two different *very* small b/w photos from the Fez gig in print. One in the Billboard article (11-18-95) and one on page 59 of the Time Out / NewYork magazine.. (11-15-95) Both are by Peter Sillen. Nicholas ------------------------------ From: johnh@astro.as.utexas.edu (John Higdon) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 02:46:46 -0600 Subject: New Jewel video Hi, I'm truly surprised that I have not seen a mention of this, but it seems that Jewel has her second video out already. This one is for You Were Meant For Me. It's not the album version, but is actual probably closer to the version she did on Conan's show earlier tonight: slightly faster paced and rhythmic. BTW, I saw it on VH-1 on their Crossroads show, just before the station went into infomercial. Crossroads actually seems to be relatively decent; they even had Jewel on one time before for a brief interview, subsequently showing her first video. I just wish I knew it was going to be on, so I could have set up the VCR. It's already got a tape in it from recording her appearance on Conan. But my only warning was her voice. John Higdon (The Watcher) ------------------------------ From: ariel_b@pipeline.com (Ariel Brennan) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 08:58:47 -0500 Subject: Re: The Keep On Nov 28, 1995 15:54:06, '"Matt Bittner" ' wrote: >I really enjoy TK. Especially her lower register. What, would you say she has >a three-octave voice? Hmm... I believe it's generally accepted to be a four octave voice. A - -- "If I admit to all my madness then so must you" Happy Rhodes ------------------------------ From: "Xenu's Sister" Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 08:32:00 -0600 (CST) Subject: Calling Jessica Koeppel! YooHoo...please e-mail me, I lost your address. Thanks, & HUGS! Vickie - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Vickie Mapes ectoMUSH irc/#ecto "My ears are lucky to hear vickie@wwa.com alt.music.ecto these glorious songs" HR _________ "Imagination sets in, then |_ _ | _ The Happy Rhodes mailing list all the voices begin" KB |__|_ ||_| ecto-request@nsmx.rutgers.edu - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Searching for Happy Rhodes reviews, articles, interviews, mentions - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ From: "Xenu's Sister" Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 08:46:05 -0600 (CST) Subject: More Ectophilic music in skating... Sort of. On Sunday, CBS broadcast a competition that had been taped in September. It was an outdoor skating event held in Sun Valley, Idaho. In the middle of it, there was a background thing on Sun Valley itself, with photo montages of various famous people who had visited SV over the decades. For the most part, there was no talking, just photos and music. The music was Victoria Williams' version of "What a Wonderful World"! At the end of the first part of the event, CBS ran a 30 minute tribute to the wonderful skater/human being/husband/father Sergei Grinkov, who died last week. At the end of that was a video montage of his life and career, skating with his beautiful wife Ekatarina Gordeeva, and playing with his adorable 3 year old daughter Daria. I was crying so hard that at first I didn't pay much attention to the music, and then I realized it was Sarah McLachlan's "I Will Remember You". It was a beautiful tribute, with no talking, just video clips and music. Vickie (who will never understand why...) ------------------------------ From: Markku Kolkka Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 18:19:40 +0200 Subject: Re: More Ectophilic music in skating... A couple of weeks ago I saw a skating competiotion in France called "Lalique Trophe D'Or" (or something like that, I don't know French), where the Finnish ice-dancing couple Susanna Rahkamo&Petri Kokko performed using the "Vision" version of Hildegard Von Bingen's music. I know some of us don't like that version too much, but I thought it worked quite well with the performance. - -- Markku Kolkka mk59200@cc.tut.fi ------------------------------ From: Martin N Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 14:06:48 -0500 (EST) Subject: Happy Rhodes info please/... Hi, I'm new to this list. Some of my favorite women musicians are: Jewel, Dar Williams, Tori Amos, Paula Cole, The Story (broken up but still), Sarah McLachlan, and Kate Bush. A recent cd I bought was of all live performances form Acoustic Cafe, a singer/songwriter radio program in NY. it feautures Tori, The Story, Indigo Girls, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Loreena McKennitt (who QUITE impressed me!), Cowboy Junkies, and many more including Happy Rhodes.. This was my first time of hearing her, and my first thought of the name was it was a band of guys that were going to be bad. Then I listened to it and she profoundly affected me! She sang "Feed the Fire", there was another girl singing with her harmony. Who was that? Anyone please tell me more about Happy Rhodes (starting with is that her real name? ), then does she play aninstrument, write her own songs, and have any correspondence with Kate Bush because during the song "Feed the Fire" she sang a lyric from one of kate Bush's songs "Running Up That Hill","'cause if I only could, I'd make a deal with G-d, and I'd get Him to swap our places..." Thanks for any help. Scott PEACE on EARTH ------------------------------ From: hyams@alpha.nsula.edu Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 14:24:23 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: Brian Blade / Joni Mitchell / Patti Smith interesting article on Joni Mitchell! I just spoke to Brian Sunday... he mentioned Emmy Lou, but didn't mention Joni... was this during last years jazz fest? ps... I'll see him this coming sunday in New Orleans. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ tschuess! {8-> "..music that is ready to eat." DUBMISSIVE 'ZINE collier hyams "..interesting reggae-rock sound."SHANACHIE RECORDS hyams@alpha.nsula.edu "..great feeling for reggae/world music." BANGZINE INTERNATIONAL DUB CORPS album entitled "WONDER WHERE YOU ARE" available from: CMC@1-800-882-4262/BIG EASY DISTRIBUTION@1-800-322-4439/TOWER/BLOCKBUSTER/etc. ------------------------------ From: Mike Matthews Date: Wed, 29 Nov 95 18:00:34 -0500 Subject: Re: The Keep On Nov 29, 1995, Ariel Brennan wrote: >I believe it's generally accepted to be a four octave voice. That four octave voice has my coworkers awfully confused. I think during the first track, when Happy was hitting the low range, one guy said, "man, that guy is pissed..." >A >-- >"If I admit to all my madness then so must you" Happy Rhodes Mike ------------------------------ From: "32 flavors...and then some" Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 18:54:14 -0500 Subject: my scarlet life news hey all, my scarlet life is what used to be big hat. this is their latest mail newsletter - sorry i didn't get it out sooner as i've been busy these past two weeks. if you're interested in getting this newsletter, drop jake a line and he'll add you to the list. woj >Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 15:13:57 -0600 >From: cylus66@mcs.com (Jake) >Subject: My Scarlet Life > >Hello Everybody..This is the first fully functioning/All inclusive Scarlet >Emailing. >I finally figured out the group function on Eudora and I am now able to >reach all of you wonderful people..Enough of that > >We have some shows coming up that we wanted to let you all know about. > >Saturday November 25th at Mama Java in Evanston, IL >Free Parking, 1 Block east of the Main El > >Friday December 1st at the Vogue in Indianapolis, IN > >Friday December 15th at Ottos in Dekalb, IL with the Drovers > >Definitely New Years eve..Location still in question..Possibly Morseland >with Ulele or >Mables with the Drovers > >Friday January 12th at the Loring in Minneapolis, MN > >Saturday January 13th at Stebs in Cedar Falls, IA > >Many of you have asked us about a new CD >well, we are now in the studio. >We are all very excited about recording the new material. >Hopefully this CD will be available in early spring. > >Thats it for now >I will update this info when and if things change. > >If any of you have friends with email addresses, and you think they would >dig My Scarlet Life..Please send me their addresses and I will be sure to >get their names on. >\ >Also, if I need to update your own email info, let me know > >Thanks ever so much >Jake > > > ------------------------------ From: Steve VanDevender Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 16:53:27 -0800 Subject: Happy Rhodes info please/... Martin N writes: > A recent cd I bought was of all live performances form Acoustic Cafe, > a singer/songwriter radio program in NY. it feautures Tori, The Story, > Indigo Girls, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Loreena McKennitt (who > QUITE impressed me!), Cowboy Junkies, and many more including Happy Rhodes.. > This was my first time of hearing her, and my first thought of the > name was it was a band of guys that were going to be bad. Then I listened > to it and she profoundly affected me! She sang "Feed the Fire", there was > another girl singing with her harmony. Who was that? Anyone please tell > me more about Happy Rhodes (starting with is that her real name? ), then > does she play aninstrument, write her own songs, and have any > correspondence with Kate Bush because during the song "Feed the Fire" she > sang a lyric from one of kate Bush's songs "Running Up That Hill","'cause > if I only could, I'd make a deal with G-d, and I'd get Him to swap our > places..." The other girl singing harmony with Happy is . . . Happy. During some of her live shows she has performed with a backup vocalist named Kelly Bird, who also does backing vocals on one song on _Equipoise_, but the rest of the time, when it sounds like she's singing a duet with someone, she's multi-tracking her vocals. No one knows quite how she can make her voice do that but as long as it sounds that good we don't care :-). Yes, it's her real name. She was born Kimberly Tyler Rhodes but changed her first name to Happy as soon as she legally could. She plays guitar. She also seems pretty good at programming synthesizers. She writes her own songs. She's done a few covers but her album material is all hers. As far as I know she has had no personal contact with Kate Bush, although Happy does count Kate as a major influence. If Vickie sees your letter you'll probably be getting a copy of the Happy Rhodes FAQ soon. ------------------------------ From: "32 flavors...and then some" Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 20:16:48 -0500 Subject: european tori amos tour lukewarm off the presses: >Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 08:45:30 -0500 (EST) >From: rdt-ed@bsbbs.columbus.oh.us (RDT Fanzine Editor) >Subject: *** European Tour Dates *** > >Tori Amos 1996 World Tour > >Last Updated 11/28/95 > >February 1996 > >2/23 UK; Ipswitch, Regent Theatre >2/24 UK; Sheffield, City Hall >2/25 UK; Manchester, Apollo >2/26 OFF >2/27 UK; Edinburgh, Usher Hall >2/28 UK; Aberdeen, Capitol >2/29 UK; Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall > >March 1996 > >3/1 UK; Newcastle, City Hall >3/2 OFF >3/3 UK; Nottingham, Royal Centre >3/4 UK; Liverpool, Philharmonic >3/5 UK; Newcastle, City Hall >3/6 UK; Wolverhampton, Civic Hall >3/7 OFF >3/8 UK; London, Royal Albert Hall >3/9 OFF >3/10 OFF >3/11 OFF >3/12 UK; Bristol, Colston Hall >3/13 UK; Portsmouth, Guild Hall >3/14 OFF >3/15 Holland; Den Haag, Congresbouw >3/16 Holland; Amsterdam, Rai Congrescentrum >3/17 OFF >3/18 France; Paris, Grand Rex >3/19 Germany; Dusseldorf, Philipshalle >3/20 Germany; Hamburg, CCH1 >3/21 Belgium; Brussels, Royal Circus >3/22 Germany; Stuttgart, Beethovensaal >3/23 OFF >3/24 Germany; Frankfurt, Alte Opera >3/25 Germany; Berlin, Friedrichstadpalasat >3/26 Germany; Munich, Philharmonie > >Really Deep Thoughts -- rdt-ed@bsbbs.columbus.oh.us -- The Official >P.O. Box 328606 Tori Amos >Columbus, OH 43232 Missy & Richard Caldwell, Editors Fanzine drop a line to missy and richard to get on their tori infolist. woj ------------------------------ From: Richard Holmes Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 17:24:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Ultra Deluxe DeLurkorama..... Amy, >my various e-mail addresses / alter-egos: >Selkie@netcom.com ("Selkie" on irc) >RedGtrGirl@aol.com >and this stupid extra-long mail address I hate using! ;-) I now have this image of a Selkie Girl with a red guitar, jamming on the rocks as the waves crash, weaving a symphony of lush and brilliant splashes, high-distortion crashes, and the bell-like harmonics causing the night stars to twinkle by the light of a full moon. Thanks for the great email addresses in your .sig, and the images they have evoked for me! =8^) - -Richard. mwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmw Richard A. Holmes (rholmes@cs.stanford.edu) "Drum to your future, Sing your dreams alive!" Loreena McKennitt / Kate Bush / Katell Keineg / Happy Rhodes / Renaissance / Sheila Chandra / Laura Love / Jane Siberry / mwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmw ------------------------------ From: Kerry White Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 19:35:54 -0600 (CST) Subject: digest and vinyl Hello, The digest seems to be much later to arrive lately. ie: after 10pm cdt last night and probably that again, tonight. Is this part of the automation? Helpful Tip #12358314594370774156178538190: When taping from vinyl, spray water onto the lp, enough to drag a bead along at the needle. This will damp down all noise except the actual defects in the vinyl: dirt and static are gone. A *really* worn lp can benefit from a drop of mild dish-washing soap. Wet the lp and put the drop on your finger-tip and *gently* touch the revolving disc. This is a *bit* thicker, and is safe as long as it doesn't dry out. The high freqs will come thru fine. Rinse the lp when done and the cleaning will help it to 'live' a lot longer. KrW "Are you all sitty comftubole to squirm your botty? Then I'll begin.........." ------------------------------ From: petite piquet Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 13:35:23 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: Happy Rhodes info please/... On Wed, 29 Nov 1995, Martin N wrote: O, the wonderful world of work-avoidance... :) > Hi, I'm new to this list. Some of my favorite women musicians are: Jewel, > Dar Williams, Tori Amos, Paula Cole, The Story (broken up but still), > Sarah McLachlan, and Kate Bush. dardardardarsarahsarahdardardardardarsarahsarahsarah yay... (O, the wonderful world of caffeine-deprivation hallucination... :) > A recent cd I bought was of all live performances form Acoustic > Cafe, > a singer/songwriter radio program in NY. it feautures Tori, The Story, > Indigo Girls, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Loreena McKennitt (who > QUITE impressed me!), Cowboy Junkies, and many more including Happy Rhodes.. Hmm. Acoustic Cafe? A recording with the Indigo Girls on it that I don't have, and I am even more ashamed to admit, don't recall ever having heard of? May I beg more details, please? O gad, this is ridiculous, I'm going to go and drink an enormous amount of caffeine and I'll be *much* more normal next time y'all see me, really... *grin* sherlyn =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= piquet the cat - piquet@geko.com.au; aka Sherlyn Koo - sherlyn@geko.com.au "Christine Lavin isn't as nice as everyone thinks she is. She's got quite a temper. But it's not true! I am nice, damn it, and I'll smack anybody who says I've got a temper!" - Christine Lavin ------------------------------ From: Nicholas Hill Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 21:59:26 -0500 Subject: Re: Re: Brian Blade / Joni Mitchell / Patti Smith On Wed, Nov 29, 1995 2:24:23 PM at hyams@ALPHA.NSULA.EDU wrote: >interesting article on Joni Mitchell! >I just spoke to Brian Sunday... he mentioned Emmy Lou, but didn't mention >Joni... was this during last years jazz fest? >ps... I'll see him this coming sunday in New Orleans. Yes, last year. Also he met Victoria Williams that night. Also from Schreveport, La.. They spoke of doing a gig together when they both go home for the holidays. Nicholas ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V2 #297 ************************** ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu