From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V3 #90 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, December 2 1997 Volume 03 : Number 090 Today's Subjects: ----------------- No birthdays, just a monthly listing [matthewm (Mike Matthews)] Home for Christmas [Renee Canada ] Richard Johnson [Gary Davis ] song ID & Gael Force [sspan ] Mailing list for indie labels? [Joseph Zitt ] Two weeks to go ["Mitchell A. Pravatiner" ] Re: Mailing list for indie labels? [Carolyn Andre ] amy x neuberg performances [squeaky watson ] Re: song ID & Gael Force ["J. Wermont" ] Devils Wielding Scimitars/Lucious Jackson [rjk1@cs.wustl.edu (bob)] Susan McKeown ["J. Wermont" ] Re: Mailing list for indie labels? [Neal Copperman ] wow... and replies [meredith ] Re: Devils Wielding Scimitars/Lucious Jackson [Joseph Zitt ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 03:00:16 -0500 From: matthewm (Mike Matthews) Subject: No birthdays, just a monthly listing - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Marvin Camras Sat January 01 1916 Tapehead Jeanne Schreiter Tue January 03 1967 Capricorn John Sandoval Wed January 04 1967 Capricorn Paul Cohen Tue January 05 1954 Capricorn Tony Garrity Mon January 08 1962 Pool of Life Greg Bossert Tue January 09 1962 OfTheTimes Troy J. Shadbolt Thu January 14 1971 Capricorn Chris Sampson Wed January 15 1964 Void where prohibited Dennis G Parslow Fri January 17 1964 ...of the Saint Ross Alford Thu January 17 1957 Positive Nancy Whitney Mon January 19 1959 slippery when wet Sarah Noelle Pratt Ferguson Tue January 20 1970 Seanympf-Aquarius Terry Partis Sun January 22 1933 Rocker Sarah McLachlan Sun January 28 1968 Aquarius Ilka Heber Mon February 01 1965 Mermaid Bob Lovejoy Sun February 02 1947 Aquarius Diane Burke Sat February 02 1963 slow children Timothy S. Devine Tue February 03 1970 Aquarius Stephen Thomas Fri February 04 1966 Aquarius Doug Burks Tue February 14 1956 Blank Jim Sturnfield Thu February 18 1954 Aquarius Juha Kannisto Wed February 18 1970 Aquarius Joel Siegfried February 19 Penguin Crossing Linda Saboe Tue February 20 1951 aimless Michael Curry Fri February 24 1967 Pisces Paula Shanks Mon February 25 1952 Pisces Brni Mojzes Fri February 26 1965 the vanishing boy Pamela Pociluk Fri February 28 1964 Pisces Tim Steele Fri March 08 1963 Pisces Matt Bittner Thu March 12 1964 Pisces kIrI Hargie Fri March 13 1970 Pisces Bob Dreano Thu March 13 1958 Pisces Randall K. Smith Sat March 15 1969 Pisces Jessica Skolnik March 16 Pisces Alan Sodoma Thu March 18 1965 LuckyLurker Barry Wong Thu March 19 1970 Merlin Graham Dombkins Fri March 19 1965 Pisces Ian Young Wed March 19 1969 Squiggol Jeff Wasilko Wed March 19 1969 Pisces Geoff Carre Sat March 20 1954 Pisces John Stewart Sat March 21 1970 Aries Bob Brown Thu March 22 1951 Ham Valerie Nozick Thu March 25 1971 Aries Tom Proven Sat March 27 1971 P.T. Jennifer Albert Wed March 30 1966 Aries (w/Cancer rising!:) Warpaint Mon April 01 1991 Brilliant! Michael Pearce Wed April 03 1946 Pegasus Michael E. Bravo Mon April 05 1971 Dandelion Wine Brion McIntosh Sun April 06 1958 Aries Marcel Kshensky Thu April 06 1950 Aries David Dixon Tue April 07 1970 Aries Klaus Kluge Sun April 10 1960 Unicorn Steve VanDevender Sun April 10 1966 Racer Art Liestman Fri April 10 1953 Repeat Stephen Golden Sat April 10 1971 Jokey Michael Bowman Wed April 11 1962 Aries Wolfgang Ullwer Fri April 11 1969 Widder Janet Kirsch Thu April 11 1974 Aries Jerry Tue April 13 1971 Aries Stuart Myerburg Mon April 14 1969 Aries T-Bone Wed April 15 1992 happy cat Jeff Hanson Sat April 16 1966 Aries Michael Klouda Mon April 17 1967 Aries Harry Foster Sat April 21 1956 NiceGuy Angelos Kyrlidis Fri April 22 1966 Taurus Kjetil Torgrim Homme Thu April 23 1970 Taurus Pablo Iglesias Thu April 23 1964 Positive Jeff Burka Thu April 24 1969 GoFlyAKite Christine Waite Tue April 25 1972 Taurus Matt Adams Thu April 26 1962 Taurus Brad Hutchinson Tue April 28 1964 What sign? Geoff Parks Sun April 30 1961 Taurus Barney Parker Fri May 02 1986 happy cat Gray Abbott Tue May 03 1955 Suprised Tamar Boursalian May 03 Taurus Joe Dembski Wed May 07 1952 Rumple Richard A. Holmes May 07 Taurus John Warren Mon May 08 1961 Taurus - the Ox Steve Ito Fri May 08 1970 DA Bull... Brian Gregory Thu May 09 1963 Eclectic Patrick Varker Wed May 12 1954 Torius Steve Fagg Tue May 13 1958 Nightwol Karel Zuiderveld Fri May 13 1960 Stier Michael Colford Wed May 16 1962 Taurus Christopher Boek Tue May 19 1970 Taurus Yngve Hauge Fri May 21 1971 Gemini Lisa Laane Tue May 22 1973 Gemini Jewel Kilcher Thu May 23 1974 The Gem Chandra Sriram Thu May 27 1971 Gemini Urs Stafford Thu May 31 1973 Give Way Perttu Yli-Krekola Thu June 02 1966 Kaksoset Alex Gibbs Thu June 08 1967 Betelgeuse Gleb Zverev Tue June 09 1964 Gemini Sonja Juchniewich Mon June 10 1963 Pegasus Joerg Plate Mon June 12 1967 Gemini Chris Montville Tue June 13 1978 Gemini Ectoplasm (original name) Mailing List Thu June 13 1991 Fuzzier blue Mark R. Susskind Wed June 15 1966 Gemini Mike Matthews Mon June 16 1969 SAFH Albert Philipsen Mon June 17 1968 Gemini Neal R. Copperman Thu June 17 1965 Gemini Susan Kay Anderson Tue June 17 1969 Gemini Ecto-The Mailing List Tue June 18 1991 Fuzzy blue Tracy Barber Mon June 18 1956 Gemini Greg Dunn Thu June 18 1953 + Paul Blair Thu June 18 1964 Objectivist David Lubkin Fri June 20 1958 OurLady Marisa Wood Fri June 20 1969 Gemini Cheri Villines Sun June 20 1965 Gemini-Pisces Ray Misra Sat June 20 1970 Gemini Nik Popa Sun June 22 1969 Cancer Teresa VanDyne Thu June 23 1960 Cancer Dave Torok Mon June 24 1968 Cancer Ethan Straffin Thu June 24 1971 Cancer Kevin Dekan Mon June 27 1960 Cancer BunkyTom Tue July 02 1968 Cancer Anders Hallberg Tue July 03 1962 Cancer Kevin Harkins Thu July 05 1973 Cancer Laurel Krahn Mon July 05 1971 Cancer Jim Gurley Mon July 06 1959 Cancer Courtney Dallas Fri July 09 1971 Catte Michael Peskura Sat July 09 1949 HallOfFamer Finney T. Tsai Sat July 09 1966 Cancer Marion Kippers Tue July 13 1965 Kreeft Ellen Rawson Thu July 13 1961 Double Cancer Mitch Pravatiner Mon July 14 1952 Cancer Rich R. Wed July 14 1954 Cancer John Zimmer Sun July 16 1961 Cancer Dan Stark Sun July 16 1961 Cancer Cathy Guetzlaff Mon July 18 1955 Cancer Vlad Sat July 18 1970 Warning: severe tire damage Jani Pinola Thu July 20 1972 Jonquil Tom Johnson Mon July 25 1966 Leo Alvin Brattli Sun July 27 1969 Lefthanded Christy Eger Smith Thu July 27 1944 Horse Crossing Rob Woiccak (woj) Sun July 28 1968 children at play John Relph Sat July 28 1962 Leo Bob Kollmeyer Wed July 28 1971 Leo Steve Lusky Tue July 29 1952 Bike! Kate Bush Wed July 30 1958 God Chuck Smith Wed July 30 1958 Reboot Yves Denneulin Fri July 30 1971 Lion-Heart Joel Kenyon Wed July 31 1963 Leo Eli Brandt August 05 Leo Martin Bridges Sat August 08 1970 BigGuy Happy Rhodes Mon August 09 1965 HolyGhost Michael Stevens Sat August 12 1967 For Sale or Lease Vickie Mapes Wed August 15 1956 WretchAwry Martin Dougiamas Wed August 20 1969 Positive Tori Amos Thu August 22 1963 Leo Sam Warren Tue August 22 1961 Leo Henk Van Wulpen Sat August 22 1970 Leo Kerry White Wed August 22 1951 Exact Leo/Virgo Don Gibson Wed August 26 1959 Virgo Marcel Rijs Mon August 31 1970 A rose growing old Meredith Tarr Wed September 01 1971 Virgo Mary Lou Rowe Sat September 03 1960 Virgo Scott Zimmerman Mon September 04 1972 Virgo Mike Mendelson Fri September 04 1964 Virgo Richard Dean Wed September 06 1967 Virgo David Blank-Edelman Sat September 09 1967 Neon Holly Tominack Thu September 10 1970 Virgo Sharon Nichols (Rhodeways) Wed September 11 1963 Victim of Christianity Heather Russell September 11 Total Virgosity Troy Wollenslegel Mon September 18 1972 Virgo Joyce Wermont Sat September 18 1954 Virgo Mark Frabotta Sun September 19 1965 Don't even THINK about parking here Joe Zitt Sat September 20 1958 Will Hack for CDs Ani DiFranco Wed September 23 1970 Virgo Paul Kim Sat October 01 1977 fetal position Susan Krauss Tue October 04 1960 Libra Dan Riley Sun October 08 1961 Libra Neile Graham Wed October 08 1958 pen Quenby M. Chunco Tue October 08 1968 Crunchy Frog Mike Garland Wed October 08 1952 Creature_of_the_Night Irvin Lin Tue October 09 1973 Libra Michael C. Berch Wed October 10 1956 No parking Chris Gagnon Sat October 10 1970 Libra Wolfgang Drotschmann Thu October 13 1966 Waage Gracescape Fri October 13 1967 unbalanced Brian Bloom Tue October 14 1969 spam Erik N. Johnson Tue October 16 1962 Handle with Care Kim Klouda Tue October 17 1967 Libra Anthony Amato Sat October 20 1973 Libra Dave Steiner Sat October 24 1959 Scorpio Tara MacLean Thu October 25 1973 Scorpio Jessica Koeppel Wed October 29 1969 Scorpio Kathy Clark Sat November 01 1969 Bunnies Katie Dougiamas Sat November 02 1974 Scorpio Anthony Horan Fri November 04 1966 Positive Michael Sullivan Mon November 05 1962 Scorpio Jens Brage Sun November 08 1964 Scorpio Rising Lynn Garrett Sat November 08 1958 Scorpio Sam Murgie Fri November 08 1957 Scorpio Rachel Kramer Bussel Mon November 10 1975 Scorpio Ken Latta Sun November 11 1951 Scorpio Michael Doyle Wed November 12 1969 Scorpio Neil K. Thu November 14 1968 Grocible Dave Cook Mon November 15 1971 Scorpio Jeff Pearce November 16 Orpheus Naama Avramzon Mon November 18 1974 Scorpio Jeff Smith Mon November 19 1962 Crash Kevin Bartlett Fri November 21 1952 Scorpio Claudia Spix Wed November 23 1960 Schuetze Anja Baldo Tue November 23 1965 Garbanzo Tommy Persson Wed November 25 1964 Sagittarius Pat Tessitore November 26 Sagittarius Justin Bur Fri November 27 1964 Sagittarius Sue Trowbridge Sun November 27 1966 Skytten 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 Michele Wellck December 08 Sagittarius Jeremy J. Corry Fri December 11 1970 Sagittarius Renee Canada Tue December 13 1977 Sagittarius Julie C. Kammerzell Sun December 15 1968 Sagittarius/Scorpio combo Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti Sat December 15 1956 Sagittarius 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 Sherry Haddock Sat December 17 1960 Sagittarius Tracy Benbrook Tue December 18 1973 Sagittarius Uli Grepel Wed December 25 1968 Steinbock Joseph Wasicek Sat December 25 1976 Brown Eagle Stuart Castergine Mon December 30 1963 You Are Here ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 10:32:00 -0800 (PST) From: Renee Canada Subject: Home for Christmas I am going home for Christmas holidays:Connecticut. I notice a lot of ectophiles are in the area, so can anyone give me a run down who'll be playing Dec 13-Jan 4? Maybe I'll get a chance to meet some of you! Thanks Renee laverick@leland.stanford.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 15:26:30 -0500 From: Gary Davis Subject: Richard Johnson For those of you who were fortunate enough to catch Happy Rhodes' performance at the Troy Music Hall in October of '96, you were also witness to a truly mind blowing opening act in the form of acoustic guitarist Richard Johnson. While the following reviews certainly heaped praise on Happy, they also described Richard as the toughest possible act to follow! For those of you who are interested, Richard will be back in the northeast this week doing Taylor Guitar Clinics and concert dates. His schedule is as follows: DEC. 1 ~ Victor's House of Music ~ Paramus, NJ ~ 7:00 pm 2 ~ Ritchie's ~ Rockaway, NJ ~ 7:00 pm 3 ~ The Music Emporium ~ Lexington, MA ~ 7:00 pm 4 ~ The Music Nook ~ Milford, MA ~ 7:00 pm 5 ~ IBM Music Research ~ Yorktown Heights, NY 12:00 Noon 5 ~ Border's Books & Music Grand Opening ~ North Wales, PA ~ 8:00 pm 6 ~ Border's Books & Music Grand Opening ~ North Wales, PA ~ 8:00 pm 7 ~ Border's Books & Music Grand Opening ~ Mount Kisko, NY ~ 12:00 noon 7 ~ Bitter End ~ New York, NY ~ 8:00 pm 9 ~ Rodeo Bar ~ New York, NY ~ 10:00 pm The Taylor Guitar Clinics are often free events. The same goes for the Border's grand openings. If you're in this area, take this opportunity to see an artist who is actually revolutionizing the acoustic guitar. I guarantee you will not have heard anything like Richard Johnson before. Check out his soundbites at and at his own website . Gary ************************************************************** Gary Davis The Artist Shop The Other Road http://www.artist-shop.com artshop@artist-shop.com SUPPORT THE INDEPENDENT ARTIST!!! ************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 19:00:53 -0800 From: sspan Subject: song ID & Gael Force > Starts off: "You say, I only hear what I want to..." > You're going to get a million responses to this one... > Lisa Loeb. "Stay". Had a tres cutesy video. If I recall correctly, the >song was on the soundtrack to the film Reality Bites, and sold extremely >well, such that Loeb was able to win a record contract. Well, I'm glad someone knew, because I was clueless on this one.. Yes, it sold well enough to make Lisa the first (and I believe only) unsigned artist to have a #1 song. So... did anyone else see the PBS show Gael Force? From what they said in the pledge breaks they made it in response to the success of Riverdance. They really put together a good assortment of Irish/Celtic artists, I only caught part of it, but I saw Sinead O'Conner, Ashley MacIssac, Sharon Shannon, Clannad, Mary Black and others. Mary Black was fantastic, seeing her and Clannad on TV really made my weekend. Anyone interested in Celtic music should definitely check it out. - -- ++ -dave- ++ + irc.Dal.net #Panic_Beach + + Maria McKee/Grey Eye Glances/Lisa Loeb + ++ ++ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 18:34:04 -0600 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Mailing list for indie labels? This seems to be as good a place as any to ask: I'm in the process of releasing an independent CD, and am running into a lot of questions that I figure others have run into in the same process. Is there an online mailing list, or other online resource, for indie labelmakers (?) to discuss this stuff? BTW, sorry if mail to me has bounced over the past few days. The ISP that hosts humansystems.com screwed up to an unbelievable degree, then became unreachable because their tech support voicemailbox filled up and it appears that no one checked it for four days. If you ever have a chance to deal with Adhesive Media, AKA eden.com, in Austin, be afraid. Be very afraid. And don't plan on email working. Meanwhile, in a few days, the domain will be moved to realtime.net, which also hosts my web page and the Silence mailing list, and all should be well. - -- - ---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------- |||/ Joseph Zitt ===== jzitt@humansystems.com ===== Human Systems \||| ||/ Maryland? = <*> SILENCE: The John Cage Mailing List <*> = ecto \|| |/ http://www.realtime.net/~jzitt ====== Comma: Voices of New Music \| ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 18:43:40 -0600 (CST) From: "Mitchell A. Pravatiner" Subject: Two weeks to go The deadline for submitting music to the '97 Happy Gift Project is now exactly two weeks away--Monday, December 15. I have already gotten word from one Project veteran that he's in, and an expression of interest form another. Let's all celebrate the sixth anniversary of the HGP, and The beginning of Happy's new association with Samson Records, with a compilation to remember. If you had wanted to contribute to the '97 Birthday Project, but never got around to it for whatever reason, now is the perfect time to contribute whatever it was that you were going to contribute before. For your convenience, here is the original call for participation in this year's HGP. Mitch - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 19:28:25 -0600 (CST) From: Mitchell A. Pravatiner To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 1997 HAPPY GIFT PROJECT The contributors' copies of the 1997 Happy Birthday Project tapes are duplicated, and wending their way through the mail stream. And now it's time to start on the companion compilation for this year, the 1997 Happy Gift Project. This post is to invite you to participate. As veterans of this list know, and many newcomers might not, the Happy Gift and Birthday Projects are a series of compilation tapes that we on ecto put together, more or less semiannually, for Happy and for one another. The Birthday Project is assembled in honor of Happy's birthday on August 9th; the Gift Project is for the holiday season. Happy gets a copy of each, of course, and has remarked in the past about how much she enjoys them; each of the contributors also gets a copy, and noncontributing ectophiles are elegible to order copies. It is easy to participate in the making of this, the sixth anniversary edition of the HGP. What you need to do is dub one or more musical selections of your choice onto a 100-minute audio cassette, preferably with a spoken introduction, and snailmail it, along with another 100-minute cassette, to me. I then assemble the contributed materials into the final tape, send a copy to Happy, and then dub the contribtors' copies onto the tapes they send me, which they subsequently get back. Confused yet? :-) Your contribution can be any musical or spoken word material. Original performances/compositions are especially encouraged, but stuff that has already appeared on record is most welcome as well. (You should not, needless to say, contribute any of Happy's own recordings--coals to Newcastle and all that. But covers of Happy's songs that you perform yourself are fine.) Multiple selections are allowed. The total of all your selections, and spoken introductory material, should not exceed ten minutes in length--at least not significantly. I have sometimes accepted longer contributions; please consult me if you have something of the sort in mind. In addition to your "official" contribution, you may send along as much additional material as you like, to be used at my sole discretion to ensure that the compilation fills up both cassettes. While spoken introductions that you record yourself are very much preferred, we realize that not everyone is equipped to do that. So you also have the option of sending me a prepared text along with your tapes, for me to read on the final mix. The cassette with your contribution, the second blank cassette, the intro text for me to read (if applicable), and return postage should be snailmailed to me at this address: Mitch Pravatiner 8025 S. Oglesby Ave. Chicago, IL 60617-1134 USA In order to maximize the chances of getting the finished product into the mail (express or otherwise) to Bearsville in time for Happy to actually get it by Christmas morning, you should send your contributions in time for them to reach me by December 15. You can expect periodic posts to the list from me in the weeks to come, nagging you all about this :-). The going rate for return postage is $2 in the United States, and $4 US in other countries. If this is a hardship, let me know and we'll see what we can work out. The past several compilations have been very fine assortments of music, I have high hopes for this one. Some people expressed a desire to contribute to the '97 Birthday Project, but ultimately were unable to for various reasons. They are especially encouraged to try again this time. So--let's all get the ball rolling, and make this a musically merry Christmas for Happy. Feel free to email me with any questions. Mitch ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 18:57:17 From: Carolyn Andre Subject: Re: Mailing list for indie labels? At 06:34 PM 12/1/97 -0600, Joseph Zitt wrote: >This seems to be as good a place as any to ask: I'm in the process of >releasing an independent CD, and am running into a lot of questions that >I figure others have run into in the same process. Is there an online >mailing list, or other online resource, for indie labelmakers (?) to >discuss this stuff? there are several 'folk' mailing lists which may be of interest ... and two of their names are somewhat self-explanatory: FOLKBIZ and FOLKTALK . Then there's also a FOLK_DJ, which is titled as 'folk and bluegrass djs', but is primarily people who host community radio programs; their playlist postings are helpful, but equally so are discussions on what they want/need to see on a CD to consider it for airplay. Alan Rowoth has been updating the website from which one can subscribe to some of the lists, but try http://www.folkmusic.org <-- browse around; its in major reconstruction also at the Hidden Water site, look under "resources" for archives from several of these lists: http://www.hidwater.com Regards, Carolyn Andre - ------------------- Chicago, IL / USA | Support Independent Music! Use the Internet candre@enteract.com | Carolyn's House of Music: http://house-of-music.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 20:29:47 -0500 From: squeaky watson Subject: amy x neuberg performances ecto-specific outtakes from the latest racer records mailshot (subscription info is at the bottom of the note): >Amy X Neuburg & Men in San Francisco! >===================================== > >* December 7: Amy performs a new original work at the all-day Opus 415 >Composer's Marathon at the New Performance Gallery in San Francisco. Amy >says: > >...Herb (one of the Men) and I are doing a 10-minute electronic duet thingy >at the Opus 415 New Music Marathon, Sunday December 7 at the New >Performance Gallery (Now called ODC Gallery), 3153 17th St, SF. We're on >sometime between 2:30 and 3 pm. $15 gets you in all day, from 1 to 11 pm. >Lots of diverse and talented composer/peformers... too numerous to list >here. > >* December 17: Amy X Neuburg & Men perform in Cafe du Nord's Xmas >extravaganza, 2170 Market, San Francisco; 9:30 pm. > >Also, Amy will be appearing in The Birds - first at the South Coast Theatre >in Los Angeles, January 23 - February 22, then at Berkeley Rep (in >Berkeley, of course) from March 11 - April 25. > >For the latest on Amy's many diverse projects, visit and bookmark Amy's web >site. > >Check out sound files, news, and info on Amy X Neuburg & Men, other fine >Racer artists, their many releases, and other fine music at the Racer >Records web site: >http://www.racerrecords.com/ > > >Grinning madly and wishing you peace - and the very happiest of December >holidays, > > >Kristi Wachter >Racer Records > > > >To remove your name from this mailing list, send email to > > racer-records-request@lists.best.com > >with the command "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body of the message. > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >| Kristi Wachter (800) 5-RACER-5 | >| Racer Records (415) 931-1614 | >| Intelligent rock, indie spirit racer@racerrecords.com | >| check out http://www.racerrecords.com for sound files, | >| artwork, artist info, and resources for artists & | >| labels (including our demo policy & contract) | > --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 18:29:26 -0800 (PST) From: "J. Wermont" Subject: Re: song ID & Gael Force > So... did anyone else see the PBS show Gael Force? [snip] > Anyone interested in Celtic music should definitely check it out. Check it out? Is it going to be on again? If so, when? Thanks, Joyce ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 21:08:24 -0600 From: rjk1@cs.wustl.edu (bob) Subject: Devils Wielding Scimitars/Lucious Jackson Okay, so am I the last to know they finally released another album (6 year gap - who does Suzy think she is, KaTe???) and you all have just been keeping it a big secret or had everybody else given up looking, too? Anybody have it? Comments/comparisons? And somebody please Please PLEASE tell me my mind was disoriented from flipping channels too fast and didn't see what appeared to be the last 5 seconds of Lucious Jackson doing a commercial for "The Gap". Please? Somebody? bob np. Devils Wielding Scimitars - Worry Dolls ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 19:56:10 -0800 (PST) From: "J. Wermont" Subject: Susan McKeown I bought "Bones" by Susan McKeown and the Chanting House because of the good things people said about her on this list (this is about the 5th time I've gotten a good steer from this list - thanks!!). My question is, does anyone else think her style is somewhat reminiscent of Patty Larkin at times? I don't mean her vocal style at all, but rather the guitar playing, and general "open-stringed" sound of many of the songs. Especially since many have Celtic influences as do some of Patty's songs. Joyce ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 23:20:07 -0500 (EST) From: Neal Copperman Subject: Re: Mailing list for indie labels? On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Joseph Zitt wrote: > This seems to be as good a place as any to ask: I'm in the process of > releasing an independent CD, and am running into a lot of questions that > I figure others have run into in the same process. Is there an online > mailing list, or other online resource, for indie labelmakers (?) to > discuss this stuff? Joe, you should try to get some info from local indie record label Simple Machines. They are based in Arlington, and are the brainchild of Jenny Toomey if Tsunami, Licorice and more. I know that in the past they have put together booklets and information on what it takes to put out independant cds. Someone here may even be able to direct you closer to them (Doug? Irvin? Hey, Irvin, how was your time in DC? Sorry I never got to see you.) You may be able to do better with the web or a phonebook, but here is a mailing address: simple machines po box 10290, arlington, va 22210-1290. There'll undoubtedly be some simple machines people at the upcoming Danielle Howle show at the Black Cat. (Date not at my fingertips.) Good luck, Neal np: Ingrid Karklins - Red Hand ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 23:42:03 -0500 (EST) From: Neal Copperman Subject: Love Riot, Amy Rigby This Friday is the night that local band Love Riot appears prominantly on Homicide. Love Riot are a poppy sorta-folk rocky band featuring an excellent lead singer and electric violin to liven up the mix. A couple of the band members have speaking roles on the show, and apparently the song from their new ep "Killing Time" is somehow worked into the plot. All sounds pretty intriguing to me. Now I'll just have to invite myself over to someone's house to watch it. Saw the mod housewife herself, Amy Rigby, open for Pete and Maura Kennedy a few days ago. I'd only had a quick listen to Amy's disc at Sue's place when I was in SF, but had been meaning to pick it up, so it seemed a good excuse. Plus, I always like the Kennedys blend of intricate guitar interaction (or wanking) and generally cheery songs. In fact, I saw them the week before too, opening for, and then playing with, Tom Paxton. That highlighted exactly the Kennedys' problem. Maura's an excellent backup singer, but just doesn't project enough to be in charge. They are so nice though. Amy Rigby's edgy, skewed outlook was a perfect contrast. Her killer wordplay was really highlighted by the absence of her band. ("You left the conversation dangling like a bare lightbulb in a cheap hotel") She seemed a somewhat awkward performer, sort of nervous and jittery, but really brought her songs to life. The rather buttoned down, clean cut Kennedys crowd seemed a bit taken aback by the song with the chorus "tonight I'm going to give the drummer some". She said she'd be going into the studio to work on her next album in February. The Kennedys always play a cover of Richard Thompson's Wall of Death. Recently, they realized many people were not only unfamiliar with the song, but unable to understand the words very well. So they thought they were always saying "waterbed". This certainly does some interesting things to the song - "Let me ride on the waterbed one more time" and "I'm going to take my chances on the waterbed". Helium live - a weird mish-mash, that missed as often as it hit. At it's best, they hit those groovy transcendent jams a la Stereolab, or even My Bloody Valentine. But as often as not, the music pretty much fell apart. Neal np: Ingrid Karklins - Red Hand ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 23:49:17 -0500 From: meredith Subject: wow... and replies Hi! I'm not even through my first listen, but already I can say unequivocally that Ingrid Karklins' new album _Red Hand_ is one of the best things I have ever heard. And it wins every packaging award I'd like to create for the purpose. :) I join Neile in exhorting each and every one of you to get thee to the web site and order. It's lush yet sparse, moving, intelligent, beautiful, and just plain *good*. (For the Nick Drake fans, there's an inspired cover of "Know" near the end.) Neile reported: >Veda was, of course, wonderful, but the set was way too short. She had her >bass and drum players with her to accompany her, and so the combo was >pretty smoking, though she called it something else. I wish I could >remember because it was amusing. "Veda Hille And Two Drunk Guys"? That's who they were the first time they came to the Bottom Line. :) >Anyway, the set was a good sample of her sound--a mix of things from _path >of a body_ and _spine_ and energetic. I think she made a lot of converts >during her set, as the applause got louder with each song. Veda was in >great form, though she told us beforehand that she was fighting a virus. That was her last show of the year, right? I'm sure she was desperately wanting to get home and decompress for a while. I hope she gets the corrected batch of Emily Carr CDs back soon... waaah! Renee posted: >I am going home for Christmas holidays:Connecticut. I notice a lot of >ectophiles are in the area, so can anyone give me a run down who'll be >playing Dec 13-Jan 4? Maybe I'll get a chance to meet some of you! Where exactly will you be? I'm not sure what exactly you're looking for, so I just did a general search on Musi-Cal. Most of that is in the folk vein: 12/13, Suzzy Roche at the Night Lights Coffeehouse in Norwalk 12/20, Cathy Kreger at Cornerstones in Middletown 12/20, Pierce Campbell at the Black Brick Coffeehouse in New Britain 12/20, George Winston at the Palace in New Haven 12/31, Northern Lights at First Night Westport 12/31, Salamander Crossing at First Night Hartford 1/02, Brooks Williams at Susan's in Granby 1/03, Martin Sexton at the Farmington Art Guild There's nothing going on of interest at Toad's Place during that time, unfortunately. (Alas, there's rarely anything of interest happening there any more...) If you're into traveling a little bit, Richard Shindell is at the Iron Horse in Northampton on 12/14. I know a few ectophiles are planning to go to that show. :) bob implored: >And somebody please Please PLEASE tell me my mind was disoriented from >flipping channels too fast and didn't see what appeared to be the last >5 seconds of Lucious Jackson doing a commercial for "The Gap". Please? >Somebody? Um, sorry, but that was indeed Luscious Jackson doing that commercial. I just figured that out yesterday. (I also saw a rather embalmed-looking Lena Horne do a GAP commercial during King Of The Hill last night -- scary.) Hey, it's better than Aerosmith! Joyce noted: >I bought "Bones" by Susan McKeown and the Chanting House because of the >good things people said about her on this list (this is about the 5th time >I've gotten a good steer from this list - thanks!!). Yay!!! :) Now do yourself a favor and get _Through The Bitter Frost And Snow_ too. :) >My question is, does >anyone else think her style is somewhat reminiscent of Patty Larkin at >times? I don't mean her vocal style at all, but rather the guitar playing, >and general "open-stringed" sound of many of the songs. Especially since >many have Celtic influences as do some of Patty's songs. Hmmm... that's interesting. I'd never thought of that before. Most of the lead guitar work on the album is done by Chris Cunningham, who is one of the better guitar players I've ever seen (Patty Larkin included). Patty Larkin and Susan McKeown and the Chanting House would be a great Bottom Line double bill, come to think of it. +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | New Haven, CT USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | |***TRAJECTORY, the Veda Hille mailing list: trajectory-request@smoe.org***| +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 23:52:46 -0600 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Devils Wielding Scimitars/Lucious Jackson bob wrote: > > And somebody please Please PLEASE tell me my mind was disoriented from > flipping channels too fast and didn't see what appeared to be the last > 5 seconds of Lucious Jackson doing a commercial for "The Gap". Please? > Somebody? Was that Luscious Jackson? I knew they looked familiar. I've also seen a parallel commercial with what I think was Lena Horne. n.p. Christian Marclay & Gunter Muller: Live Improvisations n.r. "Meredith Monk", ed. Deborah Jowitt - -- - ---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------- |||/ Joseph Zitt ===== jzitt@humansystems.com ===== Human Systems \||| ||/ Maryland? = <*> SILENCE: The John Cage Mailing List <*> = ecto \|| |/ http://www.realtime.net/~jzitt ====== Comma: Voices of New Music \| ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 00:02:59 -0600 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Mailing list for indie labels? Neal Copperman wrote: > Joe, you should try to get some info from local indie record label Simple > Machines. They are based in Arlington, and are the brainchild of Jenny > Toomey if Tsunami, Licorice and more. I know that in the past they have > put together booklets and information on what it takes to put out > independant cds. Someone here may even be able to direct you closer to > them Thank you! Websearching for them has led me to their "Introductory Mechanics Guide To Putting Out Records, Cassettes, And CDs" at http://www.wam.umd.edu/~ahacop/Guide/guide.html I will devour it in detail! - -- - ---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------- |||/ Joseph Zitt ===== jzitt@humansystems.com ===== Human Systems \||| ||/ Maryland? = <*> SILENCE: The John Cage Mailing List <*> = ecto \|| |/ http://www.realtime.net/~jzitt ====== Comma: Voices of New Music \| ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V3 #90 *************************