From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V4 #253 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, July 31 1998 Volume 04 : Number 253 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friends... [Mike Matthews ] Neutral Milk Hotel [basil@naxs.com (Brad Hutchinson)] Re: Help! [Paul Blair ] Keep 'em coming ["Mitchell A. Pravatiner" ] Re: Car Commercial Singer [Ofer Inbar ] Dar Williams as Gabrielle [Sherlyn Koo ] Re: Rebecca Campbell/Rebecca Jenkins [charley darbo ] Livin Room Concerts: Tales From the Living Room KICK OFF CONCERT [kartals] If I Ran Lilith Fair by Lois Maffeo [Rachel Kramer Bussel Subject: Today's your birthday, friends... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************** Kate Bush (no Email address) *********************** ********************* Chuck Smith (no Email address) ********************** ******************** Yves Denneulin (denneuli@lifl.fr) ******************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Sun August 05 1900 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 - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 14:08:06 -0400 From: basil@naxs.com (Brad Hutchinson) Subject: Neutral Milk Hotel true confession time--I've been a bad ectophile and haven't kept up this year. In fact I just scanned posts from April til July and feel a little ecto drugged. Anyway, I just saw irvin (i think)'s bit about discussion about NMH on ecto??! Can anyone fill me in on what was said? I've been addicted to them this year (so much so that my daughter loves their stuff now which is an accomplishment for a 15 month old whose previous love was Fleetwood Mac!) and would like to hear/read what y'all said. brad np Rickie Lee Jones _Ghostyhead_ nr John Gregory Brown _The Wrecked Blessed Body of Shelton Lafleur (good writing!!) Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking. - --Wallace Stevens ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 14:13:27 -0400 From: Paul Blair Subject: Re: Help! Tim Cook wrote: >Second question: where are the good 2nd-hand cd stores in Manhatten. I feel >the need to shop!!! and Joe Zitt answered: >My usual swing through lower Manhattan takes me to Kim's Music (St >Marks Place, which is E. 8th St), Downtown Music Gallery (E 5th), >and Other Music (E 4th). If you're specifically looking for 2nd-hand, >hit Sounds (also on St Marks); DMG might be less useful for you. St. Mark's Place is the center of it all. Just south of St. Mark's place on Bowery/3rd Ave. (I can't remember which it is at that point, but it's one or the other) there's a little shop that looks like a video-game/comic book store but is actually FULL of used CD's. Unfortunately, I forget the name. Also on St. Mark's on the other side of the street from Kim's Music is Joe's CD's, up a steep flight of steps from the street. (Note that the store has two sides separated from each other by the entranceway.) Last night I picked up a bunch of CD's there including some Kate Bush, Jane Siberry, Bel Canto, and Veda Hille's *Spine* (not for myself!). There's a third used CD store just a bit further down from Joe's on the same side of the street whose name I forget. That might be Sounds. - --Paul ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 15:32:07 -0500 (CDT) From: "Mitchell A. Pravatiner" Subject: Keep 'em coming So far I have received only three people's Happy Birthday Project submissions. A fourth is said to be in the mail. If you have expressed an interest in submitting music, and have not yet done so, ACT NOW. If you have questions, email me. Mitch ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 17:36:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Ofer Inbar Subject: Re: Car Commercial Singer Joseph Zitt writes: > I've had a car commercial stuck in my head (and of course I can't > remember what kind of car it was). A female voice sings at the end > "Get in my car and drive for miles and miles and miles" and I *know* > that voice sounds familiar. Any clues? Might it be Julianna Hatfield? She has a song called "Girl in Old Blue Volvo Disowns Self". I have it on a 5-song EP of hers which I brought in to work with me yesterday, but not today, so I can't check to verify that line is in there, but I think it is. The chorus is something like: "Drive in my Swedish Car, Swedish Car Ride in a sexy young road star." But then, they may not have used the chorus in the commercial. -- Cos (Ofer Inbar) -- cos@leftbank.com cos@cs.brandeis.edu -- The Left Bank Operation -- lbo@leftbank.com http://www.leftbank.com/ "24 hour parking this side even days of month begins at 8:30am. No parking other times. U.P.D." -- sign in Utica, NY ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 07:46:25 +1000 From: Sherlyn Koo Subject: Dar Williams as Gabrielle Hey folks, This is a bit silly but... anybody who's ever thought that Dar Williams looked like Gabrielle from Xena should enjoy this: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/4225/darbriel.html Ditto for anybody who's ever thought Stephanie Winters from the Nudes looked like Xena herself... :) sherlyn =-= Sherlyn Koo - sherlyn@fl.net.au =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= a+e=ig "It's better to breathe out, better to leap before you look." - Peter Mulvey ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 08:41:53 -0700 (PDT) From: charley darbo Subject: Re: Rebecca Campbell/Rebecca Jenkins Rebecca did indeed record with Jane, on just about all her albums. She's also one of the five women on the _Count_Your_Blessings_ album, and a featured soloist on _Child_. She's done a lot more with Jane than just sing, though; anyone who's seen them together can have little doubt as to the nature of their relationship. Though I don't know its current status . . . Rebecca also had a decent-sized role in Tim Robbins' first film as a director, the unspeakably brilliant, funny, and horrifying _Bob_Roberts_. - --charley - ---Jeffrey Hanson wrote: > > Thanks for the clarification and correction. I knew at one time they were > two different people, but my memory somehow merged them into one > (and managed to screw up the title of the movie). > > Jeff > ---------- > > Jeffrey Hanson wrote: > > > > >Didn't Rebecca Campbell also star and sing in a film version of Bye, Bye > > >Birdie > > >or was that someone else? > > > > The ex-Siberry backup singer who starred in a movie (as a singer) was a > > different Rebecca, Rebecca Jenkins. She toured with Jane but I don't think > > recorded with her--she also appeared in the Siberry special from about > > 1988, and in in the "An Angel Stepped Down" video as the angel shaking Jane > > and in the chorus of the "Sail Across The Water" video. > > > > The movie was _Bye Bye Blues_ and was quite good--about a singer during > > wartime in small-town Alberta. She also did an album of her own which was > > very very mainstream pop. She was a better actress than a songwriter, > > though I remember really liking her singing in the movie I couldn't stand > > the song that played on Much Music from her album. > > > > --Neile _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 20:06:36 -0400 (EDT) From: kartalst@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU Subject: Livin Room Concerts: Tales From the Living Room KICK OFF CONCERT Hello you lovely people!! ...PLEASE feel free to send this email to all your friends... As many of you know, living room concerts are becoming quite a phenomenon around this country and are a tried-and true tradition in the Boston folk scene. Through the organization of living room tours and other "spin-offs" of the simple living room concert, this is, I hope, turning into a radical, amazing movement of concert-going & gigging around this country. Definitely it is what will "make the difference" in the local folk & singer-songwriter scenes, as grass roots is always what seems to work. I am pleased to announce yet another spin-off of living room concerts: my monthly series, dubbed TALES FROM THE LIVING ROOM, which will focus on singer-songwriters in Boston and in a perimeter reaching as far as New York City--with some performances even beyond! TALES... invites you to its official "kick off" concert on AUGUST 15, 1998, featuring two of what I believe to be the east coast's most talented, soulful singers: Joy Askew and Jenny Bruce, both from New York City. Joy has an ability to hit you hard with something as simple as the inflection of her voice. Each inflection eludes familiarity of different senses and emotions: sometimes searching, sometimes affirming, sometimes crying out. Always powerful. Always so beautiful that you feel as if the song were written solely for and about you. Her ability to embrace the hearts of each listener and her amazing talent have caught the attention of so many people--from Joe Jackson and Laurie Anderson to Peter Gabriel and the folks of LillithFair! Her dedication has lead her to transform her own apartment into a recording studio, where she has laid down the groundwork for several tracks on her Private Records release of "Tender City" (full length album) and her independent EP "Gorgeous Creature." She has again been drawn back to her studio to release a bootleg CD of music she has composed for the yet-to-be-released independent flick WHEN. Most importantly, at least, most importantly to me, Joy has touched me so much that she has entered my top-circle of favourites and "artists whose CDs are on constant rotation in my stereo" list. There's something about this woman that's so real. There's something about her that makes you think "dude, I would love to take her out for some coffee or something." There's something about her that feels so accessible that you just want to express it all in a hug. Jenny Bruce is another amazing singer/songwriter from New York City. On May 2, she "wowed" an audience of 20 from my living room. Every time I see Jenny perform or hear her concerts, I fall in love all brand new again, as if I had never before heard her music. Her lyrics are so accessible that you know the song was written just for you and that she breathed life into each song with you and your heart on her mind. Her music isso beautiful that you know it can only be *real*. And the overall peacefulness of each song embraces you so much that everything in life becomes awesome...and you know that you can still go on dreaming and hoping. Recently Jenny has performed as part of Intel Fest, New York City's largest music festival. She was part of a week-long line up including the likes of Mary Lou Lorde, Steve Poltz, The Negro Problem, Lucinda Williams, Victoria Williams, and many others. Those of you who know Jenny's music, either from live performances or from hearing the CD, know that it's something really special...that it's something that you want to listen to you over and over... With all that in mind, here's the breakdown... What: Tales From the Living Room Kick-Off Concert When: August 15, 19948 Time: 7:30-ish PM Where: The Spirit of Seventy Six (aka my house, 76 Boston Ave, Medford MA) Who: Joy Askew & Jenny Bruce Invited: YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! Adimssion: $10 suggested minimum donation CDs: Jenny: $10, self-titled album Joy: $10, GORGEOUS CREATURE $15, TENDER CITY RSVP: PLEASE DO!!!!! Space is a good size but is no endless... ***THIS IS AN ALCOHOL FREE/DRY EVENT ***THIS IS A SMOKE-FREE EVENT ***BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS!!!!!!! For directions, please email me privately. Upcoming concerts for TALES FROM THE LIVING ROOM: September 7: Joy Eden Harrison & Lisa Sanders October 25: Jane Kelly Williams & Joel Cage November 21: Jerald Harscher & Jody Blackwell December 5: Mica Richards & Linda Sharar details on even mor shows yet to come!!! you all rock my world... love, stephanie Stephanie Maria Kartalopoulos And I know it's easier to think kartalst@hugse1.harvard.edu the grass is always greener on The Greek Poet Chyck the other side -Jenny Bruce A new world waits for me- my dreams, my way To love another person is to see -Enya the face of God -Les Miserables ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 22:51:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Rachel Kramer Bussel Subject: If I Ran Lilith Fair by Lois Maffeo taken from: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/categories/music-alternative/july-28- 1998-anti-lillith-article/002-0582982-0883029 OR just go to www.amazon.com and click on music and there's a link. You can also order Lois's CDs and the other CDs mentioned in her article. If I Ran Lilith Fair Lois Maffeo dreams of an alternative to the all-women concert tour. In those daydream moments when we wishfully ponder what we'd do if we ran the world, I often think of Lilith Fair. I harrumph and sigh when I think how (Missy Elliott aside) it's a pretty stodgy, middle-of-the-road affair. I mentally revamp the lineup to include a greater variety of styles, ages, and colors! I lower the ticket price in recognition of the wage gap! But mostly I would want to explode the myth that women are best at making folk-type music. Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, and Suzanne Vega all make great music, but when I run the Lilith Fair, it's going to stretch the notion of women in rock. It's gonna wreck the joint. First on tap will be the Donnas, a quartet of Palo Alto, California, teenagers who put the Runaways on notice by being the snottiest, sexiest, and loudest girl punk band around. They might sleep peacefully in bunk beds beneath posters of the Ramones and Kiss, but come daylight they swagger forth in tight vinyl pants and lip gloss to declare their desire to get down, skip school, and go nowhere at hyperspeed. The songs on their LP American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine are the sonic equivalent of being flipped off, so if you're sensitive about good manners, be warned. Holland's Solex are next on the bill. Along with creating sophisticated and mesmerizing music with sampler and keyboard, Elisabeth Esselink has conjured the character Solex, who inhabits each of the lo-fi trip-hop tracks on her Matador debut, Solex vs. the Hitmeister. The vocals may sound eerily childlike, but Solex is a mature woman who has kept her day job running an Amsterdam record shop in between rare live appearances and recordings. To pick up the pace a bit, let's go worldbeat. Marisa Monte remodels the music of her native Brazil by coming up with something that might be described as "alterna-samba." Her stunning voice and highly nuanced phrasing are the focal points of the recorded work she makes in association with art-damage king Arto Lindsay. The live tracks on 1997's A Great Noise indicate the joyous sense of abandon her performances generate. Prepare to kick aside the chairs to make more room to dance. There's no doubt the Lilith Fair was partially inspired by the all-girl rock extravaganzas created within the riot-grrrl movement of the early 1990s, so it's fitting to include one of its icons. Bikini Kill vocalist Kathleen Hanna takes third-wave feminism to a higher level with her new solo project Julie Ruin. Targeting the media ("Just another book about women in rock / You make me want to crochet!") and overzealous PC-ness ("Fake feminist police force / Is really bumming me out"), the songs on Julie Ruin's self-titled album range from sloppy drum-machine new wave to spare electronic vignettes that emphasize the scorch and cool of Hanna's voice. Support groups now forming in the line to the women's restroom! As the day fades into evening on my mock-Lilith stage, it's time for the sultry pop of the Spinanes. Led by indie-rock goddess Rebecca Gates, the Spinanes create smart and beautiful tunes with metal-detector lyrics that skim the sands to find the lost gold of old loves and hot crushes. Gates's voice has grown a lot sexier in the years since the band's innocent and giddy 1994 debut, Manos, as she displays on the Spinanes' 1998 record, Arches and Aisles, so now might be a good time to attempt that "stretch, yawn, and put your arm around" move on your concert date. The headliners of my Lilith Fair are Sleater-Kinney. If you haven't noticed, they have redefined rock music in a most unrock manner. They aren't defiant or brash or in-your-face. They are simply extraordinarily good at everything they do. Carrie Brownstein's complex guitar leads mesh effortlessly with Corin Tucker's fire-alarm vocals. The riff-heavy sounds of 1997's Dig Me Out will long be the standard to which other bands--male or female--strive. Sleater-Kinney have style, substance, and heart enough for three bands. They are what I hope the future of women in rock looks like. What am I forgetting? Japanese pop like Shonen Knife and Pizzicato Five? An underground hip-hop siren la Queen Pen? Off-kilter performance artists like Miranda July and standup comic Janeane Garofalo? Would drag queens count? I know, I know. I've got to relax--it's just a daydream. 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