From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V3 #97 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, December 8 1997 Volume 03 : Number 097 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Veda Hille news and sTuff ["jeffrey c. burka" ] Re: Lenedra/LF on CBC [Neal Copperman ] Re: I put them on the scanner... [Paul Blair ] Re: News from Ingrid Karklins & Backbone [Paul Blair ] Re: I put them on the scanner... [yngveh@mo.himolde.no] Re: I put them on the scanner... [Richard ] meryn cadell [squeaky watson ] Re: Jane Siberry in NYC 12/4 [Neal Copperman ] Re: Nields in Bloomington... [Karen Snyder ] Susan James info [Neile Graham ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 03:13:06 -0500 (EST) From: "jeffrey c. burka" Subject: Re: Veda Hille news and sTuff On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Paul Blair wrote: > >I got _Warpaint_ on spec based on > >Vickie's enthusiasm 'round about January of 1992, and an ectophile was > >born. Happy's voice and songwriting blew me away. I know I've said this > >before, but I knew from the instant "Phobos" started to play (the machine > >we first played it on was at a friend's and we'd all bought a bunch of > >stuff and set it at random play) that I was going to _love_ the disc and > >Happy. > I guess "Phobos" does that to people. It's what got me, too--but all I had > at the beginning was the clip off the net. I played it over and over! :-) I actually pre-ordered _Warpaint_...er...must have been February of '91. I'd been listening to Happy for, oh, 6 months or so, and had the 1st4 on tape already (Hi, Vickie!). In fact, I guess the transcription project was well along at that point. At the end of March, on a lark, some friends and I decided to roadtrip to NYC (from Bloomington, IN) for a long weekend. The ingrate I took (in my car) slept the entire way home, so I arrived back at my dorm after ~17 hours of straight driving, and for some reason decided to check my mail before going up to my room and grabbing some z's. Didn't get much sleep that morning, as what should be awaiting me, but, of course, _Warpaint_. Y'know, I still get shivers listening to "Words Weren't Made for Cowards." And "Warpaint." And...... jeff ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 02:19:46 -0500 (EST) From: Neal Copperman Subject: Re: Lenedra/LF on CBC On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, jeffrey c. burka wrote: > On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Steve Ito wrote: > > > I remember that, Neile. I'm still kicking myself for screwing up my first > > Jewel tape too. The one where she made everyone say "hi" to me. :-) > > if he were more physically available, I'd still be kicking Neal > for not getting on tape the verse she sang about him and me during her > warm-up for the first Escape Club show in DC lo those many moons ago. Don't worry, I've kicked myself for you. I guess you must have momentarily forgot, since you neglected to kick me at the Project Lo show :) Neal np: Roger Eno and Kate St. John - the familiar ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 10:05:42 -0500 From: Paul Blair Subject: Re: I put them on the scanner... Alvin wrote: >_Finally_, after approximately 16 months, I scanned in the pictures I >took at Happy's show at The Bottom Line in New York on August 10, 1996. >They can now be found at . Nice shots, Alvin. Have to say it, though: Kevin's look in p17 reminds me of the Renaissance paintings of the martyrdom of St. Sebastian, complete with arrow shaft in the lower left :-) Cheers, Paul ***************************************************************************** "Let her out? But she's a killer!" "No she's not. And give her your coat." SINED "Why me?" "Because you're perfect." Paul Blair "You have a point there..." psfblair@ix.netcom.com ***************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 11:23:22 -0500 From: Paul Blair Subject: Re: News from Ingrid Karklins & Backbone Neile wrote: >Paul, I can't imagine that you wouldn't like _Red Hand_ given the other >music that you like. ...probly because I only write about the people I like and she can't hear me retchin' when certain Venerable Names are mentioned around here :-) Thanx to Neile, Neal and Philip for filling me in and for the pointer to the site; looks and sounds worth investigating more. Cheers, Paul ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 12:22:26 -0500 From: Paul Blair Subject: Jane Siberry in NYC 12/4 Thursday night I went and saw Jane play at the Town Hall in New York. This is a fairly big concert hall; when I arrived there was a crowd outside the front doors comparable to that outside any Broadway show. A good sign Deanna Kirk opened for Jane. Backing her were a pianist (Pete Dougherty?), trumpet player (Tim Horton?) and occasionally a guitarist (Kevin B-something); the first two also did some backing vocals, to good effect. I really liked Deanna and was disappointed that a lot of the audience hadn't arrived yet--lots of people were still hanging around in the lobby. The highlight of this set was a sly version of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" which I wish I had on tape. Overall Deanna's sound was pretty Jane-like, minus the narratives. During the break before Jane went on I witnessed a shouting match between two women in the center aisle--it almost came to blows: "Don't you touch me!" "Don't you go talking to me like that!" At a Christmas show--at a Jane Siberry Christmas show, no less. Get a clue. By the time Jane went on the auditorium was almost full (except for the last 3 rows of cheap seats in back, by me). The audience was all charged up from the start, with people occasionally calling things out to Jane from the audience. (Probably not as lively as the Tori shows have been described, but then again, this was the over-30 crowd.) Jane had quite a troupe up on stage with her: Tim Ray on piano, Rebecca Campbell, Catherine Russell and Marlon Saunders doing backing vocals, Peter Kiesewalter on sax, clarinet and accordion, David Travers-Smith on trumpet, and Evan Richey on cello. (Can you tell I'm getting all the names off the program?) Plus special guest vocalist Gail Ann Dorsey, who appeared in a man's olive-grey suit with what looked like a dayglo green shirt (but maybe it was a white shirt under yellow light). Gail Ann Dorsey has no hair, and Jane's and the backing vocalists' were typically quirky. The music was magical. I don't have *Child,* but from the list of tracks I'd say most of the show was from that album--a mix of traditional and Siberry Christmas music. The version of "Hockey" seemed a lot longer and more colorful than the one on *Bound by the Beauty*--is that the way it is on *Child* too? Each of the vocalists had a solo number; they were all terrific. The concert ended with an immediate standing ovation and a two-song encore: the first was a version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" that made up in liveliness what it sometimes lacked in terms of missed cues :-) and the second was a carol Jane had written, "Are You Burning, Little Candle?" Jane puts on a hell of a show. Here's the rest of the tour: Dec. 7 Philadelphia Painted Bride Arts Center Dec 9 LA Billboard Live Dec 10 Santa Rosa Luther Burbank Center Dec 11 San Francisco Great American Music Hall Dec 12 Seattle King Kat Theater Dec 13 Vancouver Vogue Theatre Dec 15 Ottawa National Arts Centre Dec 16 Guelph War Memorial Hall Dec 17 Toronto Trinity-St. Paul's Church Dec 19/20 Cincinnati Emery Theatre (Siberry Ray Campbell) I'm originally from Cincinnati (won't be getting there for the holidays until the 24th this year though) and what I want to know is: Where does Cincinnati get off rating 2 separate days on this tour? Jane was in Boston Friday and at the Iron Horse in Northampton Saturday; wish I'd gotten around to posting this earlier in case any of you up in that area needed a reminder... Cheers, Paul ***************************************************************************** "Let her out? But she's a killer!" "No she's not. And give her your coat." SINED "Why me?" "Because you're perfect." Paul Blair "You have a point there..." psfblair@ix.netcom.com ***************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 21:18:29 +0100 (MET) From: yngveh@mo.himolde.no Subject: Re: I put them on the scanner... Oops, it was meant to the whole list as well :) So, another try ... > > GREAT shots!!!! and the one of Ms Rhodes after the show is particularly > wonderful! Geek query--- what kinda scanner did you use?? > *agree* Btw. I would like a copy of those overview photos of yours. Hmmm and I need to get those photos of mine scanned properly. They will be up on my page in not to long (I hope). I got this photo of Susan McKeown from the Waterloo Festival in July '96 I need both to send to Susan and to get scanned (pretty tough one btw :) > > n.p. Shostakovich: Sonata for violincello and piano, Op.40 What recording is this? (most important - who is playing?). - -- Yngve ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 17:37:29 -0400 From: Richard Subject: Re: I put them on the scanner... > > n.p. Shostakovich: Sonata for violincello and piano, Op.40 > > What recording is this? (most important - who is playing?). The Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio: Joseph Kalichstein Jaime Laredo Sharon Robinson - Arabesque Z6698: _The Complete Trios & Sonatas_ (two disc set) I'm very happy to see that someone else enjoys such depressing music..... ;-) r n.p. Joan Baez: GONE FROM DANGER - -- "This isn't a man who is leaving with his head between his legs." -- Vice President Dan Quayle discussing John Sununu's resignation and apparent lack of flexibility, 12/6/91 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 17:57:14 -0500 From: squeaky watson Subject: meryn cadell this was posted to siblings (the jane siberry mailing list) a while ago (it's no longer funny how far behind on e-mail i am). better late than never. i hope some ectophiles were able to catch meryn's rivoli gig -- meredith and i rather enjoyed the bottom line show which is mentioned in the article. woj n.p. the jazz butcher conspiracy -- waiting for the love bus - ------ Tuesday, November 25, 1997 Meryn Cadell leaving Canada By KAREN BLISS Jam! Showbiz Meryn Cadell is trading in the six blocks she calls home in Kensington Market for some new blocks in Manhattan's China Town. The singer-songwriter, whose most recent album, 6 Blocks, is about her Toronto neighborhood and its inhabitants, is moving back to her native New York. A farewell gig on her birthday, Dec. 4, will take place at the Rivoli. "It's the finishing of a long ago started circle. It feels so right," says Cadell, who spent yesterday going through some old correspondence from New York, getting reacquainted with her past to make way for the future. Born in Brooklyn, Cadell's parents, both Canadian, moved to Waterloo, Ontario, when she was just a baby so her father could take a teaching post at the University of Waterloo. But, despite her brief stay in New York, Cadell says, she picked up Yiddish expressions and a love of Brooklyn "through osmosis" from her parents, so when she went back to attend Usdan summer theater school as a teenager, it felt very much like home. "There was a girl, born the same day I was, in the same hospital in Brooklyn and our parents became friends and we're lifelong friends. I just spoke with her today," says Cadell. "I went to live with her family in New York when I went to school at that place, and I'd take trips into Manhattan every week and became a total map nerd. I know Manhattan so well." Cadell put the word out about a year and a half ago that she was interested in moving back to New York and was in need of an apartment. Now that the ideal apartment has come available, she'd be foolish to turn it down. Good (ie. reasonably priced in a good neighborhood) pads are hard to come by. "It's a beautiful place of my own, two bedrooms, so I've got a studio and a place to sleep. It's in Chinatown which I love, so I'm really happy," says Cadell. Although she'll be moving in stages, sorting through her "house of junk" and taking down as little as possible, once she gets herself straight she'd like to get a new U.S. deal. 6 Blocks, released on Handsome Boy/BMG in Canada, is still without distribution in the U.S, but a gig last week at New York's Bottom Line was attended by various label reps. "Overall, one would hope I've sold more records in America than here `cause it's such a larger(population) and certainly the Internet suggests that there's quite a good following," says Cadell, who had a deal with Sire back in 1994, after the indie success of a spoken-word piece called "The Sweater". "And in New York, in particular, there are venues set up for anything I might do. Jane Siberry went down there and found a lot of freedom in what she was able to do performance-wise, so I look forward to that." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 23:33:40 -0500 (EST) From: Neal Copperman Subject: Re: Jane Siberry in NYC 12/4 On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Paul Blair wrote: > Thursday night I went and saw Jane play at the Town Hall in New York. This > is a fairly big concert hall; when I arrived there was a crowd outside the > front doors comparable to that outside any Broadway show. A good sign Jane played two shows in the DC area, one at the Ram's Head in Annapolis (seats about 250) and one at the new Birchmere (I think it's around 500 now). I was at the Annaplis show, which had probably 150 to 180 people at it. I thought that was a farily mediocre turn-out. It was a weeknight, but then again, Richard Thompson sold out two shows on a weeknight there. Amusingly enough, I arrived somewhat early and new half of the few other people there! (Paul Kim from ecto and a friend from work.) > Deanna Kirk opened for Jane. Backing her were a pianist (Pete Dougherty?), > trumpet player (Tim Horton?) and occasionally a guitarist (Kevin > B-something); the first two also did some backing vocals, to good effect. > I really liked Deanna and was disappointed that a lot of the audience > hadn't arrived yet--lots of people were still hanging around in the lobby. > The highlight of this set was a sly version of "You're a Mean One, Mr. > Grinch" which I wish I had on tape. Overall Deanna's sound was pretty > Jane-like, minus the narratives. I liked Deana a lot. In fact, if I hadn't of done my CD buying before the show (and before her discs were out there), I would have gotten one. Does anyone know anything about her? There were a few times I thouht she sounded rather Sib-like, but by and large, I thought her sorta dour tone was more in keeping with something like Elysian Fields (not a very close comparison, just in the general vibe). I thought the style was a little too samey, but was mostly compelling in her detailed, descriptive songs. I was completely baffled by a song where she seemed to be singing "I'll take the Casbah" repeatedly in the chorus. > The music was magical. I don't have *Child,* but from the list of tracks > I'd say most of the show was from that album--a mix of traditional and > Siberry Christmas music. The version of "Hockey" seemed a lot longer and > more colorful than the one on *Bound by the Beauty*--is that the way it is > on *Child* too? Each of the vocalists had a solo number; they were all > terrific. It sounds like we got a pretty similar set. No 12 Days, but the lively Hockey, a stunning The Valley (seguing from a powerful poem that is on Child), an unbelievable extended something sorta related to Oh My My (I haven't listened to this part of Child yet, but this was really amazing. The unison counting went up to 60 as Jane spun out more and more directions and confusions of life). > Jane puts on a hell of a show. Here's the rest of the tour: yeah, what he said. I was a bit disappointed with the Teenager show I saw earlier in the year, but I certainly had no complaints on this one. The 6 or 8 Jane shows I've seen have all had transendent moments, making even a mediocre show (like the TEenager one) a guaranteed ticket as far as I'm concerned. This show had at least 5 of those brilliant moments, and was top notch throughout. It was nice to see Rebecca Campbell get to sing her own song too. Too bad we didn't have Gail Ann Dorsey down here though. My friend thought it was the best concert she had ever been too. (It amazes me how many people I drag to concerts who tell me that.) I got Child for 15.99. Is that really what it goes for? Neal np: Beat The Retreat - A Tribute to Richard Thompson ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 00:29:19 -0500 From: Karen Snyder Subject: Re: Nields in Bloomington... Greg Dunn wrote: >King >Dress >-------------N >Jack >-------------DC >Soup >Taxi >-------------N >Greta >(no list of the encores - one old, one new) > >Anyone know what the letters mean? Leader, vocalist, ??? I didn't see >this till after the set, so memory doesn't help much. Hi Greg The letters tell them which person is going to talk between what songs........I assume to prevent having total silence or five people talking at once. Glad you got to see them live. We've been following them for a number of years and get to 4 or 5 of their shows a year - it helps to live in New England - but even caught them in North Carolina when Chris was visiting a college there and they were playing in the next town. Karen P.S. How is Toni's band doing? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 22:22:10 -0800 From: Neile Graham Subject: Susan James info Susan James info forwarded FYI. - --Neile >Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 18:31:19 -0800 (PST) >Mime-Version: 1.0 >To: susanj@pacificnet.net >From: susanj@pacificnet.net (susan james) >Subject: So I Lied/Uno Mas before X Mas > >Hello Everyone! > >San Francisco was lovely and of course, playing the Fillmore sublime! > >OK, I know, I know, I said those SF shows were the last for this year, >but...I have a hard time saying no to playing live and , so, THIS is the >last show for '97: >Friday, December 19th >House of Blues >Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles 9 p.m sharp. >And after me, those musicians from another planet, Hot Tuna, will be playing. > >On a sad note: >A couple days ago while in San Francisco I found out that guitarist >extraordinaire, Michael Hedges had died in a car accident up near his home >in Mendocino - on Dec 3rd to be exact. He was 43. In 1989 in New Mexico, I >was dragged to a show of his by my beau at the time. From the first notes >Michael Hedges played on his guitar, my jaw fell to the floor and stayed >there. I was in utter awe of his talent and the beauty of his music. His >guitar playing completely inspired and influenced me. I was blessed to see >him play live five or six times after that and I'm so deeply saddened by >his death. I recommend that if you're curious or interested and don't >already have one of these, please check out his albums "Arial Boundaries" >which is all guitar, or check out "Watching My Life Go By" for his songs, >both are on Windham Hill Records. The song "Face Yourself" on "Watching My >Life Go By" was a big anthem of mine for a long time. And if you get these >and they move you, he is survived by his two young sons Mischa, 11, and >Jasper, 13 of Mendocino. Donations can be made to: >"Children of Michael Hedges" >c/o Bank of America >228 N. Main Street >Ft. Bragg, Calif. 95437 > >Please keep your travels safe everyone, and >Hope to see you Angelenos at the House of Blues, >as always, Thanks for your support!! >xox, >Susan James > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Neile Graham ..... http://www.sff.net/people/neile ..... neile@sff.net The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music .... http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V3 #97 *************************