From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V4 #115 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, April 14 1998 Volume 04 : Number 115 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] re: Terra Incognita ["Tom Ditto" ] Some My Scarlet Life dates [Neile Graham ] Susan James Update April '98 (list c) [Neile Graham ] Re: Susan James Update April '98 (list c) [David Dixon ] Re: Philosophical Question. [Greg Bossert ] Re: ecto-digest V4 #113 [Land of the Blind ] Merrie Amsterburg In April (fwd) [Michael Curry ] ["Jeffrey C. Burka" ] Re: Terra Incognita [jjh969@juno.com] zap haiku [BarBearUh ] Re: Terra Incognita [Jeff Wasilko ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 03:00:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ************************ Jerry (Quickling@aol.com) ************************ *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 11:05:59 -0400 From: "Tom Ditto" Subject: re: Terra Incognita > From: Sharon Nichols > Subject: Terra Incognita > > Important new update on the Happy Rhodes site at OK. Did that. What is Intelligent Lighting? Dr. Tom ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 08:03:52 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Some My Scarlet Life dates For those interested here are some My Scarlet Life dates. - --Neile >From: Kliktrax >Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 02:13:26 EDT >To: Kliktrax@aol.com >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Subject: If MC Escher made music . . . > >Quote(s) for April: > >"BuzzBomb is evocative, a landscape of alien beauty. >If MC Escher made music, it'd sound like this." -The ORB Mag > >"Reminiscent of Enigma & October Project, My Scarlet Life >blends angel-sweet vocals +electric vibes, dance grooves, >mid-eastern & heavy guitars, rap lyrics, world drums, & an >exotic mix of samples... listen with headphones @ high >volume! My Scarlet Life whispers their secrets in your ears >...a maze of sounds & textures. A flawless affair." -InTheMix >---------------------------------------------------- >My Scarlet Life will be playing: > >4/17 fri -Chicago @ GUNTHER MURPHY'S (773-72-5139, > 1638 W Belmont) 11:30ish, +Chika @10ish. >5/5 tue -Bloomfield Hills MI @CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART >5/8 fri -Madison @2ND STORY (608-256-2434, 508 State) >5/9 sat -Mpls @7TH ST ENTRY 10ish, +SavageAuralHotbed >5/14 thu -Champaign @BLIND PIG 10ish, +Lanterna >5/15 fri -Joplin, MO @MO SOUTHERN STATE U >5/16 sat -St Louis (tentative with Collaborateur or Galaxia) >5/21 thu -Chicago @COLUMBIA COLLEGE 8ish >5/29 fri -Chgo @MORSELAND +Collaborateur & Tarantati (?) >8/22 sat -Toronto CAN @C4 @THE OPERA HOUSE > >Please come help us celebrate BuzzBomb's release! >ALL info subject to change: Check the venue and our website: >www.mcs.net/~msl > >Watch for the KATE BUSH TRIBUTE CD due out in late May >with MSL doing "Suspended In Gaffa". > >FYI: We NEVER loan/share/sell our mailing lists to anyone. >We value our relationship with our audience & won't abuse it. We will drop you >if you want --just ask, >& make sure you include your to-be-dropped address. > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Neile Graham ..... http://www.sff.net/people/neile ..... neile@sff.net The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music .... http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 08:09:09 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Susan James Update April '98 (list c) A Susan James update. Whoo hoo! - --Neile >X-Sender: susanj@pacificnet.net (Unverified) >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 23:19:01 -0400 >To: susanj@pacificnet.net >From: susanj@pacificnet.net (susan james) >Subject: Susan James Update April '98 (list c) > >Hellooooo One and All: >Susan James here. I know I know this little email newsletter is a bit >overdue and I apologize. The albums are finished and so now I am slowly >becoming human again. I'll start performing live again sometime in May. >As for all of you, I hope each and every one of you is doing well and >good! >So here's what's up: > >The new recordings will be released as a DOUBLE album in late May/early >June. Two CD's in one happy little package. One CD will be my new songs, >and the other CD is all my new instrumentals. The whole shebang will be >called "FANTASTIC VOYAGE" . The whole thing is something I'm VERY proud of >and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did making it. It's a BIG step >forward for me. (I'm VERY INTO CAPITAL LETTERS THESE DAYS. SORRY.) Way >down below is a list of which songs and instrumentals are on the double >album. > >My next email I will be giving you INFO on where to find "Fantastic >Voyage" i.e. which stores, and how to mail order. Also I'll be giving you >the DATES of the CD release PARTIES. We plan to have one in Los Angeles >sometime around the last week of May, and one in San Francisco around the >first week of June. Hope those of you in those towns can MAKE it out! > >There are two videos being made for the album. One video for the song part >and one for the instrumental part. The video for THE instrumental is >already in production and will be a combination of STOP motion and >ANIMATION. We hope to have at least one of the video's done in TIME for >the cd release parties so we can show it at the party. > >Other than that, I'm exhausted and have a whole %$#@ load of touring coming >up this year! > >Thanks to all of you for your support and love, I hope to see y'all at the >shows! Oh yes, make sure and buy this album! It'll be available in a >couple weeks and I promise you'll enjoy it! >xoxox, >Susan > >On the Song cd are these songs: >1. Manna >2. Static >3. The Blood of Experience >4. Fantastic Voyage >5. Love >6. Every Side of Lonely >7. Love & Luck & Sin >8. Falling Waltz >9. All She Ever Wanted >10. Spinning Down >Players are: >Susan James: vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, mandolin, >tambourine madness >Tommy Stinson: bass on #1,2,3,5,6,9. addt'l acoustic on #2 >Gary Eaton: bass on #8 & 10 >Amy Wood: drums on #1, 3, 9 >Peter Burke: drums on 8 & 10 >Rusty Squeezebox: drums on #2 >Ben Powers: cello on #5 >Tempo: Percussion on #5, 6 >John Wood: lap steel on #8 >Joseph Hammer: analog loops and noises >Mike Randle/Rusty Squeezebox/Probyn Gregory/Morley Bartnof: backing vocals >on #10 >All songs written by Susan James. >Produced by Susan James and John Wood > >Cuts on the instrumental : >1. From Black Sheep >2. The Don Don Song >3. The Bean March >4. Magic Hour >5. Happy Camper >6. Dark Mississippi >7. Drone >8. Stringfellow's Garden is Growling >9. Stranger Bedfellows >10. To Black Sheep >The Players: >Susan James: voices, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass >Tempo: drums and percussion >Joseph Hammer: analog loops, concerned looks >Carol Hansen/Rob Jameson/Marie Kolofsky/David Holmes: string quartet on #8 >all instrumentals written by Susan James except #4 and #9- James/Hammer/Tempo. >Produced by Susan James > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Neile Graham ..... http://www.sff.net/people/neile ..... neile@sff.net The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music .... http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 17:32:15 +0100 From: David Dixon Subject: Re: Susan James Update April '98 (list c) At 08:09 AM 4/13/98 -0700, Neile Graham wrote: > >A Susan James update. Whoo hoo! > >> >>On the Song cd are these songs: >>1. Manna >>2. Static >>3. The Blood of Experience >>4. Fantastic Voyage >>5. Love >>6. Every Side of Lonely >>7. Love & Luck & Sin >>8. Falling Waltz >>9. All She Ever Wanted >>10. Spinning Down Man.. *still* no recording of her version of "Heroes" (by Bowie). Well, just another reason to go see her live. :) D^2 (hoping Susan makes it over to Europe sometime) ====================================================================== David Dixon (D^2) dixon@qt.tn.tudelft.nl Department of Applied Physics, Delft University of Technology TWBM: "Thorough physicists dot all their i's and cross all their h's." ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:36:36 -0400 From: Valerie Nozick Subject: Tori chat tonight Tori Amos will be chatting on Yahoo tonight at 7pm ET. ==> Valerie ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 10:04:14 -0700 From: Greg Bossert Subject: Re: Philosophical Question. > Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 22:07:48 -0700 > From: "Bill" > > Would you file Happy Rhose's Warpaint disc with, say, Enya's in the > NewAge/WorldMusic/Instrumental section of your CD collection, or > with, say, Jonatha Brooke's in the Pop/Rock-N-Roll section? Just > for you who fall beyond two standard deviations (math humor), I also > have a Blues/Jazz/R&B/Dixieland section, and a > Classical/Baroque/NeoClassical section to my CD stash. > >[...many worthy replies deleted...] i have two categories: cds-and-vinyl-in-the-shelves, and cds-and-vinyl-stacked-on-the-floor. Ms. Rhodes is filed for the most part under 'H' in the former category, right next to Talking Heads (Happy is happy and the Heads are definitely heads...) and just under Debussy (recently i have been browsing vertically through the in-the-shelves category -- i browse the on-the-floor category by kicking it over accidently and swearing...). Ms. Bush is filed under "K", Pink Floyd under "F". in a fit of amusement at my alphabetizing scheme, my friend Dan Riley once filed all my Pat Metheny Group albums under "G". were i to feel the need to sort albums by genre, i suspect i'd put _Warpaint_ next to _Peter Gabriel IV_, _The Dreaming_ and _Hounds of Love_, Debussy's _La Mer_ (Boulez), and Vaughan Williams' _Third Symphony_ (Marriner) in the hauntingly-evocative-and-suggestive-but-not- explicit-of-narrative-and-f*ing-brilliant section (that's not just hooey, either; i feel great similarities in these recordings and their intent, or at least their effects on me...) - -- greg bossert 650-933-6431 -- - -- gwis, silicon graphics, inc. bossert@sgi.com -- - -- i have never been afraid to change -- Happy -- - -- the circumstances of the world -- Rhodes -- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 12:25:32 -0700 From: Land of the Blind Subject: Re: ecto-digest V4 #113 ECTO-SPRING HAIKU dreaming of voices women sing honey blossoms drift down over me Cyoakha, The Blind 3439 NE Sandy Blvd., Suite 266 Portland, Oregon USA (503) 321-5093 email lanblind@teleport.com http://www.teleport.com/~lanblind/ Distributed through: "Out of Chaos"-- Burnside Distribution "One Eye"-- Rainforest Records ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 18:04:35 -0500 (CDT) From: Michael Curry Subject: Merrie Amsterburg In April (fwd) Merrie Amsterberg news.... - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 18:35:39 -0400 From: Jessica Smyser Subject: Merrie Amsterburg In April Friday, April 17 The Kendall Cafe Cambridge, MA w/ Roger Manning & Everything Else 11 PM Monday April 20 On the Air - WYEP Pittsburgh, PA 3pm Monday, April 20 Metropol - 1600 Smallman St. Pittsburgh, PA (412-261-2232) w/ Paula Cole 7 PM Tuesday, April 21 Grape Street Pub - 105 Grape St. Philadelphia, PA (215-483-7084) w/ Paul Camberis & Jennifer Teft 10 PM Wednesday, April 22 Community Theatre - 100 South St. Morristown, NJ (201-539-0345) w/ Paula Cole 8 PM Thursday, April 23 Beacon Theatre - 2124 Broadway, New York, NY (212-496-7070) w/ Paula Cole Saturday, April 25 Universal Coffeehouse - 211 Bridge St. Salem MA (978-927-8822) w/ Barbara Kessler 7:30 Sunday, April 26 Lupo's - 239 Westminster St. Providence RI (401-831-4071) w/ Paula Cole 7 PM ** We are looking for volunteers to help out at the following concerts, Pittsburgh, Morristown & New York. We need one person per show to help out by handing out free stuff to departing concertgoers.In exchange you get a ticket to the show! Please reply if you're interested. Thanks!** **************************************************************************** Please Visit our web site at http://www.qdivision.com **************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 19:40:22 -0400 From: "Jeffrey C. Burka" Subject: okay, so I was having a look at tunes.com, which purports to suggest music based on what you're looking at, or, well, who the hell knows just what the hell it's based on. Anyway, when I was looking up a Happy album, the system offered to notify me when there was news concerning a new HR release. I click the button, and am told: Select artists about whom you want to be notified: Happy Rhodes Artists related to Happy Rhodes: Nirvana Alice in Chains Mark Lanegan Soundgarden Fluid So would it have been possible for them to be ANY MORE WRONG? jeff ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 21:33:54 -0400 From: jjh969@juno.com Subject: Re: Terra Incognita On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 11:05:59 -0400 "Tom Ditto" writes: >> From: Sharon Nichols >> Subject: Terra Incognita >> >> Important new update on the Happy Rhodes site at > >OK. Did that. >What is Intelligent Lighting? > >Dr. Tom > Her lights hooked up to a big ass clapper ? 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Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:06:58 +0000 From: BarBearUh Subject: zap haiku saw zap mama on tv she was on sessions in that a capella vein barbara np: cassandra wilson/jacky terrasson, rendezvous ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:18:24 -0400 From: Jeff Wasilko Subject: Re: Terra Incognita On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 11:05:59AM -0400, Tom Ditto wrote: > > From: Sharon Nichols > > Subject: Terra Incognita > > > > Important new update on the Happy Rhodes site at > > OK. Did that. > What is Intelligent Lighting? It's Smarter Than Your Average Lighting(tm). - -jeff n.p. Emma Townshend ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V4 #115 **************************