From: owner-ecto-digest To: ecto-digest@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto-digest V2 #326 Reply-To: ecto@nsmx.rutgers.edu Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, 2 January 1996 Volume 02 : Number 326 The Ecto digest is now being generated automatically. Please send problems and questions to: ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kerry White Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 21:43:49 -0600 (CST) Subject: re:Sinead-Universal Mother Hello, -The Fire on Babylon- single has a few 'B-side's incl. -House of the Rising Sun- and the *beautiful* and gentle -The Streets Of London-, as long as a few of us were talking[] 'bout Ms O'Conner. KrW It was the least I could do! And never let it be said that I didn't do the least I could do. ------------------------------ From: abehrend@direct.ca (ariane behrend) Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 01:56:13 -0800 Subject: Fast Dar/ Top Albums of '95 Ariel quotes Sage's Top 10 and replies: >>4. Dar Williams - "This Is Not The House That Pain Built" >>I admit to not being very fond of most of the songs on The Honesty >>Room (I almost never like 'fast' songs and most of these are pretty >>boppy) but this song never fails to have me in tears by the end. >>Besides, I like to sing harmony with Dar while I'm listening to it. > >My three thoughts here are, 1) Dar? Fast? Huh? 2) An ANI fan doesn't like >fast songs? and 3) Dear GOD, I love that song! :) > >Seriously though, Dar's fast? I thought she was pretty ballady, actually, >with the exception of like 4 songs. OK, I have to jump in on this one, though I was afraid you'd beat me to it, Ariel ;). I have heard Dar accused of other things, usually having to do with her being too slow and or folky, but "fast"??? "Boppy"? Are we talking about the same Dar, Sage? OK, I'm willing to concede that *perhaps* up to 3 songs on The Honesty Room (Alleluia, Traveling Again and Flinty Kind of Woman) could conceivably be construed as 'on the fast side of slow', but *boppy* ??? And what about When I Was A Boy, The Great Unknown, In Love But Not At Peace? I Love, I Love ??? Arrival????? And yes, a lot of Ani songs really are rather fast, are they not? Hmmm... Just in case you were all wondering, btw, [>:)], The Honesty Room is pretty much my favourite album of all time - the most lyrically brilliant and beautiful thing I have ever heard... and shall remain so until Dar's new album, Mortal City, comes out on Jan. 23, along with Tori's :) :) :) :) :) !!!!! Well, while I'm here, I'll just quickly mention some other great '95 discoveries (some being from '94 but I only found them this year). I'm too lazy to comment on them individually though (and have a broken hand I shouldn't be typing with)... Her Dar-ness - 'The Christians and The Pagans' EP >:) Indigo Girls - '1200 Curfews' Ferron - 'Phantom Center' Catie Curtis - 'Truth From Lies' Veda Hille - 'Path of a Body' Ashley MacIsaac - 'hi how are you today?' Natalie Merchant - 'Tigerlily' Ani DiFranco - 'Out of Range' (I like 'Not a Pretty Girl' as well, but like this one better) Melissa Ferrick - 'Willing to Wait' Jonatha Brooke and The Story - 'Plumb' (also just discovered and love 'Angel in the House') Catie Curtis - 'Truth From Lies' Not Drowning Waving - 'Follow the Geography' My Friend the Chocolate Cake - 'The Brood/Quiet Bits' ALT - 'Altitude' (has anyone else heard these guys? I read an article about them in the local entertainment paper a couple of weeks ago and it said they were playing the next night... I bought a ticket on the spur of the moment because they sounded so intriguing, and loved the show. This, as I understand it, sort of part-time-when-we-can-manage-to-get-together band consists of Belfast singer-songwriter Andy White, Liam O'Maonlai from Hothouse Flowers, and Tim Finn ex of Split Enz and Crowded House (and his solo career). This album is very 'loose', almost sounds like a jam session at times... like they're making it up as they go along, but for some reason I just *love* it! The show was amazing too, if only for the diversity of instruments ranging from didgeridoo to guitars, basses, mandolin, keys, drums/percussion, bodhran, flutes, whistles, etc. etc. It has definate folk/ trad. Irish roots with pop/rock overtones and some of that 'Australian sound' I love but can't quite put my finger on... Anyway, love it, would highly recommend it, and won't even bother to apologize for it being potentially non-ecto ;)) Happy New Year y'all! Ariane ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ariane Behrend ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Vancouver, Canada ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The waves are perfect and the sun will always shine, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ But there's got to be more to death than surfing all the time ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Dar Williams ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ------------------------------ From: Emmy May Lombaerts Date: Tue, 2 Jan 96 09:37:16 PST Subject: Musical discoveries Hiya everyone, ariel_b@pipeline.com (Ariel Brennan)wrote: >Well, I'm a bad girl. I went out and spent $150 I didn't have on CD's th= is >week, to compliment the $160 I spent LAST week. So I'm nuts. And broke.=20 Glad to see I'm not the only one who does stuff like that :) =20 >'Til Tuesday - Everything's Different Now=20 The first Til Tuesday album I ever heard, and I love it! Especially = "RIP in heaven" and "At the =0D other end"... In parts, it kind of reminded me of the Primitives. I love = their stuff. Does anyone =0D here know if their lead-singer is still involved in making music?=20 =20 >And there's always the stuff you didn't get the first time because you >forgot, or didn't know the singer's name, or whatever. Like T'Pau. I ado= red >the song "Heart And Soul", but never knew who sang it. Finally, this yea= r, >I found out, and bought the CD.=20 I never noticed T'Pau either at the time.. But last year, someone bou= ght me their "greatest =0D hits", and it was a real discovery. Pity I missed them first time around.= =20 =20 The same thing happened with Sin=E9ad. At the time of release I didn'= t like "Nothing compares 2U" =0D either.. Maybe because it was everywhere, and I have this strange sense o= f rebellion against =0D anything that's really popular musically *grin*.. Or maybe, at the time I= just wasn't ready yet for =0D that kind of music.. Now, I really like Sin=E9ad, and "The lion and the c= obra" (indeed far superior to =0D her 2nd album) must be one of the most powerful albums I ever heard. "Tro= y" is just fantastic. Emmy. "Butterflies don't belong in nets" ~ Tori Amos Emmy May Lombaerts lombaeg@mail.interpac.be http://www.ping.be/~ping2242/emmy.html ------------------------------ From: ariel_b@pipeline.com (Ariel Brennan) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 05:31:25 -0500 Subject: Re: Sinead (and Sarah) On Jan 01, 1996 11:33:40, 'jeffy@wam.umd.edu' wrote: >You don't know what "emotionally affecting" is until you've been blasted >with Sinead's "Troy" (based on William Butler Yeats' "No Second Troy," >which was also the basis for the cranberries' "Yeat's Grave"). Ouch. Well, I don't know about THAT (I've heard some DAMNED affecting stuff, from Happy, Tori, Ani, Sarah, you name it), but I will certainly put it on my "buy soon" list. A - -- "Where's my hope now that my heroes have gone?" - Jewel ------------------------------ From: anthony@xymox.apana.org.au (Anthony Horan) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 96 22:50:26 EST Subject: Anthony tackles the Top 10 Well, now that we're into 1996 I can safely send out my list of my personal Top 10 albums for 1995. It's been an interesting year for music, with many key players absent and with some that promised big things delivering disappointing albums. It's been pointed out to me by the editorial gang at Beat that every one of my Top 10 albums this year features a female vocalist. While a few have assumed this to be typical Anthony behaviour, it is in fact a pure coincidence, and the first time that's happened. Not much male-originated music has really excited me in 1995, with the possible exception of Jeff Buckley, whose "Grace" album had some fine moments but ultimately disappointed. The remainder of the male output in '95 seemed to be quite grunge-based, a musical genre that is, to my ears, becoming stale and tired. Anyway, to the list: 1. "Garbage" Garbage (White Records) A remarkable album by any standard, this collection of a dozen perfect pop songs redefined pop music as we know it, and proved it is possible to fuse emotion, melody and sheer electric excitement without resorting to cliched guitar posturing. Equally attractive to the grunge and industrial crowds, "Garbage" really is nothing more than a straightforward pop album, and it's the best pop album for at least a decade. The production is stunning - subsonic rumble with shimmering melody laid on top. And it's an album that lasts - I've been listening to the first Garbage single - 1994's "Vow" - for over a year now, and I still haven't tired of it. This is an album for anyone with a love of melody and invention, and it's not an understatement to say that it restored my belief that there's still room to create whole new and exciting genres in pop music. 2. "Tremble" Jan Hellriegel (EastWest Australia) Not released to date in Australia, where it was recorded by Max Sharam and Frente producer Daniel Denholm. And that's a crying shame, because New Zealand's latest export has come up with an album that could launch her as an international star. The album was preceded by a single, "Manic" - a song that rivals Garbage's material for sheer visceral thrills and emotional intensity. It didn't get radio play, the single stiffed, and the album's release became less of a priority. But if you can track a copy down (it's available in New Zealand) you're in for a treat. Jan completed this album around the same time that Alanis Morrisette released hers, and in terms of the nature of the voice and the songs, the two are vaguely similar. But Jan casually throws out melodic hooks as though the world was about to end, with lyrics that read like a miniature package of anger management. The tracks that make use of orchestration, such as "Touch Greenstone" and the title track, play like epic movies compressed into five-minute songs. At the time of writing, "Tremble" is still tentatively set for an Australian release in February or March of 1996. 3. "The Arousing" Kerri Simpson (Shock) In which Melbourne's most respected and individual singer/songwriters tackles her first full-length album. "The Arousing", recorded and released independently, was actually completed in mid-94 but remained unreleased for a year. The album format gives Kerri room to experiment - it opens with a brief American Indian chant, which reappears throughout the album until it finds its home in the form of the final, title track; an unexpected accordion instrumental fits perfectly mid-way through; and the first "proper" song, "Ah Jole", runs over 6 and a half minutes without wasting a second, a relentless drums-and-bass groove the background for the escalating drama. "51 Years" is one of the most beautiful songs released in 1995. It's not a perfect record, but it's one of the most unique released in 1995 - Kerri's voice alone sees to that. You've never heard anything quite like this album. Trivia fans might be interested to note that new Frente bassist Bill McDonald plays bass guitar here; since this album was completed, Kerri's band (VeVe) have completely changed, and there will be a new album in 1996 - the songs earmarked for it are amongst the best Kerri has ever written. 4. "The Deadly Nightshades" The Deadly Nightshades (Hot) A late entry - I received this CD in the mail in the last half of December! The Deadly Nightshades are a Sydney trio who I ran into when they played on the same bill as Max Sharam and the singer I manage, Wendy Rule. Their concept is simple - two acoustic guitarists with a penchant for playing like men possessed, and singer Lisa Hill, who also handles the odd cymbal crash and other hand percussion. Lisa's voice is somewhat similar in style to that of Killjoys (that's the *Australian* Killjoys, folks!) vocalist Anna Burley, but the comparisons end there. There are no drums on this album - instead, the rhythm instrument the band use live takes care of that. And it's... a large hollow poratble piece of wood which the band stand on, and stamp on when necessary! The sound is incredible, frantic acoustic guitars propelled by natural percussion and a small helping of very well thought-out keyboard parts. The songs are purely addictive. If it wasn't so much kinetic fun, some people might call it folk music. I'll settle for "organic pop". 5. "Stylin’ Up" Christine Anu (White Records) Who'd have thought that former Not Drowning Waving instigator David Bridie's foray into producing other people's work would have produced such unique results? "Stylin' Up" is another truly unique album, melding Christine's culturally diverse musical styles with David Bridie's lush strings and cinematic atmospheres. While there's almost always some kind of dance beat present in the songs, this isn't a dance album. It seems almost beyond being placed in a particular genre, and is so full of life and warmth that it's impossible to convey in text the aural delights that are contained within. Certainly "Island Home", a single which preceded the album and which is included on it, is the song of the year. 6. "A Million Year Girl…" Max Sharam (Warner) Max got off to a good start late in '94 with the success of her debut EP, "Coma". The title track was a huge pop song complete with bursts of opera and crunchy guitar chords; the other tracks hinted at a penchant for reckless creativity and strange sound manipulation. The album finally arrived in May of 1995, and on first listen seemed to be a disappointment - opening with second single "Be Firm" (a big, anthemic pop song), then going on to "Coma" and then a cover of Melanie Safka's "Lay Down" (also, in this incarnation, a big anthemic pop song) it appeared that the EP's subtle humour and sonic cleverness had been relaced by a crushing urge to get in the singles charts. But the greater part of the rest of the album paid off patient listeners with some truly inspired songs and, yes, sonic strangeness. Somehow, Max managed to tread the line between commercial marketability and experimentation without falling off. And the closing track, "Orchestra Au Naturel", is incredibly moving and worth the price of the whole album. Max is moving to Germany later this month, so the next album should be fascinating. 7. "Sybil Vane" Sybil Vane (Island) Underrated, underreleased, ignored. A shame, because this debut album for the dreadfully named Seattle outfit was hugely impressive. Okay, so they're from Seattle. Okay, so they hired the guy who used to produce Pearl Jam. Thing is, they don't *sound* like a Seattle band. They sound like the end of the world with Tori Amos singing on top of it. Barely released in Australia, it's well worth tracking down (the copies released locally by PolyGram were US imports). Rose Chronicles fans especially will like this. If Island drop them, I'd be severely tempted to start a label and sign them myself. 8. "Ultrasound" Ultrasound (Mushroom) "Who?" say people outside Australia (and a few in it!). Ultrasound was a kind of mini-supergroup that gave Deborah Conway a chance to experiment a bit more than she had dared to on her earlier "Bitch Epic" album. Her partner in life and songwriting Willy Zygier reportedly had more of a hand in writing these songs, but it's the obvious cretive freedom being enjoyed here that's a joy to listen to. Recorded on a teensy budget in about two weeks, it sounds a power of ten better than "Bitch Epic" and takes more risks. Filling out the group are bassist Bill McDonald (again!) and former Crowded House drummer Paul Hester, the latter of whom provided some fine comic banter at the crazy-if-you-missed-them live gigs midway through the year. The album is almost unclassifiable, yet strangely accessible. Deborah and Willy are currently in Europe with their new daughter, recording plans unknown. 9. "To Bring You My Love" PJ Harvey (Island) Polly meets Flood in industrial noise terror shock! Or something like that. Polly rids herself of the guitar-angst hell she was descending into and reinvents herself as a sort of post-nuclear female Nick Cave, only much more interesting. Her former band might disagree, but they gave their careers for good music. As expected, it sounds like a Nine Inch Nails remix album, but the songs and lyrics are superglue strong and sound even better live. This is the beginning of the rebirth of PJ. 10. "Broadcast" Strawpeople (Murmur/Sony) New Zealand programmed music specialists Paul Casserly and Mark Tierney come up with a fearsomely impressive debut album - which is actually a collection of material from their first two NZ albums along with some new stuff. Aside from the god-awful cover version of The Church's "Under The Milky Way" (done to try and score a chart hit in Australia) there's a solid slab of genuinely interesting keyboard-oriented music here, some with vocals (often by former Headless Chickens singer Fiona McDonald) and some without. It's like all the best bits from every Orchestral Manoevres In The Dark album compiled at random and give a lush coating of cellophane production to bring it into the 90s. High melodic value, and you can dance to it too. **************** Phew! That took a lot of thought, and quite a few things I'd have liked to include didn't make it. But it's been quite a year for music, especially in this corner of the world. Of course I didn't hear everything that was released - who does? - so this list is solely based on what was living in my CD player and my head this past year. - - 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: "Matt Bittner" Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 08:44:12 -0500 Subject: Re: Re[4]: My Top 10 On 29 Dec 95 at 22:57, Robert Lovejoy typed diligently: > I deeply hope you reopen yourself to the wonder and mystery of life and > music. Don't worry about anyone else's taste in music; we are all > different. Find what moves you and enjoy it. And if you can find nothing > that moves you in music, ask yourself what things in life give you awe and > goosebumps, and develop those feelings! Wow. This is one of the reason's why ecto is one of the best places on the 'net to be. I agree with Robert. If music is not your cup of English Breakfast, then understand what it, and develop it to its fullest. Life is too short to sit, surfin' the TV. Enjoy life. As James Taylor put it: "The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time." And, if the current crop of "commercial" music isn't doing anything, then check out your local indie scene! Although I haven't gotten into the Omaha scene yet (it has changed drastically in the two and a half years I have been gone) but I still follow - somewhat - the Cleveland scene. Check yours out, you might be suprised! > Hoping I'm not out of line, Never. It's good for people to stand up and make one take notice! Thanks, Robert! 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. "You cannot make anything foolproof, because the fools are so ingenious." - Christian Walters - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ------------------------------ From: Felix Strates Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 10:45:00 -0600 (CST) Subject: Local Indie Music, was Re: Re[4]: My Top 10 On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Matt Bittner wrote: > And, if the current crop of "commercial" music isn't doing anything, > then check out your local indie scene! Although I haven't gotten > into the Omaha scene yet (it has changed drastically in the two and a > half years I have been gone) I haven't been away, but I don't know much about local music. The only ones I know are the Fishheads (a rather ecletic group, that I know only because their soundman works where I do) and a girlpunk band in Lincoln, XXY. - - - - - - - - - - Felix Strates 'Tis true, there's magic in the web... flx@creighton.edu http://bluejay.creighton.edu/~flx/ --Shakespeare Othello - - - - - - - - - - ------------------------------ From: jeffy@wam.umd.edu Date: Tue, 02 Jan 96 12:24:53 EST Subject: Re: Sinead (and Sarah) >On Jan 01, 1996 11:33:40, 'jeffy@wam.umd.edu' wrote: > >>You don't know what "emotionally affecting" is until you've been blasted >>with Sinead's "Troy" (based on William Butler Yeats' "No Second Troy," >>which was also the basis for the cranberries' "Yeat's Grave"). Ouch. And Ariel responded: >Well, I don't know about THAT (I've heard some DAMNED affecting stuff, from >Happy, Tori, Ani, Sarah, you name it), but I will certainly put it on my >"buy soon" list. I stand by my statement. "Troy" is th single most intense outpouring of emotion I've ever heard in a "pop" song. And, yeah, I've heard some damned affecting stuff by plenty of people, including those you listed above...) Jeff ------------------------------ From: jeffy@wam.umd.edu Date: Tue, 02 Jan 96 12:41:34 EST Subject: Re: Muses video on the web (fwd) Yngve wrote: >Saw this on Subbacultcha ... might interest someone around here :) > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 13:25:01 -0500 >From: Emily Arkin >To: subbacultcha@cs.mcgill.ca >Subject: Muses video on the web [...] And this made me curious. Anybody know what "Subbacultcha" is, meaning its derivation? I'm familiar with the term from a cool Pixies song (on _Trompe Le Monde_ as I recall), and was wondering if the mailing list has taken its name from the Pixies song or if the Pixies and the mailing list got it from somewhere else... Jeff ------------------------------ From: Charley.Darbo@harpercollins.com (Charley Darbo) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 11:43:22 -0500 Subject: josephs' yoko review Joseph-- Thanks for your review of _Rising._ It goes to the top of my shopping list. --charleydarbo ------------------------------ From: Charley.Darbo@harpercollins.com (Charley Darbo) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 11:35:07 -0500 Subject: ariel's diamanda review Ariel writes, regarding Diamanda Galas's _The Singer_: =I haven't played this for more than 20 seconds. I bought it because I've =heard about her incredible voice or whatever, and because I was curious =as to what all the fuss was about, and the only other CD of hers they had =was a double (? Mask Of Red Death or something?) set, and I didn't feel =like investing in a double set. Thank God I didn't. There's something =about her voice that's annoying to me. Maybe it's the way she doesn't =actually sing so much as talk and growl... Ariel, I have a great deal of admiration for anyone who gambles on music: There are too many people who won't buy a recording until they've memorized the song from radioplay. But I urge you to consider your investment: The price of a CD for twenty seconds of listening? As I'm sure you can tell from they way some of us have been speaking about Diamanda (else why would you have bought the album?), many of us think she's worth more of your time. It's true that Diamanda asks a lot of her listeners. And though _The Singer_ is the closest she's come to making an _entertainment_ (it's mostly a collection of some of her favorite old songs; a tribute to her influences), it's not her most entertaining album. Her intention in making the album was to showcase her voice, often overshadowed by the attention given to her image. (The title is, I believe, a rejoinder to those who've criticized her for being no more than a sensationalist noisemonger.) And though it succeeds in placing her in context with other singers, it hardly places her in their midst. So Ariel, let it lie for a while, and then give it another shot. Afterall, you're on the right track: I think Diamanda would take it as a compliment that her voice is annoying to you; she hardly means it to be soothing. Having said all this -- having tried to bully you into liking Diamanda -- I feel compelled to admit that she's one of the few artists whom I'll concede is not for everyone. charleydarbo PS. If you can bring yourself place yet another (what? $15?) bet, I'd lay much better odds on _The Sporting Life_. . . ------------------------------ From: 32 flavors and then some Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:43:16 -0500 Subject: RDT Update 9.2 forwarded w/o permission (not that they would care) from richard and missy caldwell/realy deep thoughts (the zine, not the mailing list): From wvcc!bsbbs!rdt-ed@MEC.OHIO.GOV Mon Jan 1 14:56:45 1996 Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 05:36:50 -0500 (EST) From: rdt-ed@bsbbs.columbus.oh.us (RDT Fanzine Editor) Subject: RDT Update 9.2 To: update3@bsbbs.columbus.oh.us RDT UPDATE December 30, 1995 No. 9.2 (beta) _________________________________________________________________ RDT Album Intro Party! On January 13th 1996, RDT will host an album intro party in Columbus, Ohio to preview Tori's new album, Boys For Pele. Arrangements are still in progress, but the focus of the party will be two runs through the entire album with a break in between for discussion and other activities. Watch for full details within the next few days. Sorry, but there is no chance that Tori will appear at this party. More From Tori on Boys... We expect to have chance to talk with Tori about the new album soon. In the mean time, here's what Tori had to say about Boys... in the album PR material. "My songs have always been reflective of what is going on in my life at a particular time," she says. "And, if anything, this album has been inspired by my relationships with men. A lot of changes have taken place in this period of time -- with lovers, collaborators, and close friends. Some of those relationships reached a crossroads, a point beyond honor where I realized that I was stealing fire from men. That's what I needed to write about. But I had to be on my knees before I could be absolutely honest, before I could find my own fire. "These songs are not about make-ups or break-ups. And they're not concerned about who is sleeping with whom. They're about the realization that you and the person you're with are talking different languages. They're about recognizing that an extreme kind of viciousness is being played out even as y'ou exchange honeysuckle. They're about the things that go on in a woman's heart -- the things that are expressed and the things that have to remain hidden. They're about the breaking down of the patriarchy within relationships and the idea of women claiming their own power. Tori In The Media Tori did a tremendous number of interviews during December. Here are some of the places to watch for these interviews. Since we don't have details on exactly when these will appear, please let us know if you hear any specifics. * Magazines + Aquarian Weekly Interview with Lydia DeFretos + B-Side Interview & Photo Shoot + Blender CD ROM Magazine + Details Magazine Feature + Elle Magazine Interview with James Herman + Musician Magazine Interview with Bob Doerschuk (cover story) + People Magazine "Talking With" section + React Magazine Interview with Lauren Lipton + US Magazine "Hear It" section * Newspapers + Associated Press Interview with Kira Billik + Baltimore Sun Interview with J.D. Considine + Boston Globe Interview with Steve Morse + Chicago Tribune Interview + L.A. Times Interview with Elysa Gardner & Photo Shoot + NY Post / Delphi Interview with Lisa Robinson + Sacramento Bee Interview with Josh Dulac + San Francisco Chronicle Interview with Julene Snyder * Television + CNN In-studio Interview + Entertainment Tonight + MTV/VH1 In-studio Interview + Much Music / Music Plus On-camera Interview + Today Show "Entertainment News" segment with Jill Rappaport Really Deep Thoughts - http://members.aol.com/rdteditor/rdt.htm - The Official P.O. Box 328606 Tori Amos Columbus, OH 43232 Missy & Richard Caldwell, Editor Fanzine ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V2 #326 ************************** ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu