From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V4 #259 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, August 7 1998 Volume 04 : Number 259 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Sohre [Neal Copperman ] Emily Bezar news [Neal Copperman ] Syd Straw [queen of carrot flowers ] Yes and Tori [Suzanne Cerquone ] Re: After "RhodeSongs", what next? [Marion Kippers ] "Many Worlds" at CDNow ["C. K. Coney" ] Re: How to order IWBKate [stunning@tezcat.com] Back to the Garden ["Tom Ditto" ] Many Worlds CD for those living out of USA [MRL220@aol.com] Omaha's Happy [mbittner@juno.com] Equipoise, anyone? [Riphug@aol.com] Re: Ectophiles' Guide Volunteer Wanted: review/permissions compiler [And] Re: Equipoise, anyone? ["Bill" ] Re: How to order IWBKate [Joseph Zitt ] Trina Hamlin at Newport [cos@wbrs.org (Ofer Inbar)] tori in concert [FAMarcus@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:54:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Neal Copperman Subject: Sohre Here's some impressions on another disc I received from the ectophiles guide. It's by a woman named Chris Sohre, who goes by the single name Sohre on her disc "who will know". She's a multi-instrumentalist up in Seattle who assembled an intriguing cast of musicians to assist in the multi-layered overdubbed tracks of herself. The disc made favorable impressions upon arrival, as it has a haunting photograph of a shadow figure in a circle of light illuminating what may be a subway station. The music is really tough to categorize. It's carefully constructed and crafted - a hint of classicism, a pinch of world music sounds, and a smattering of jazz touchs. On several occasions I thought "chamber goth". A huge number of instruments make appearances on the album, including cellos, trombones, didgeridoo, accordian and euphonium. But the sound is never cluttered. There's a lot of space, but ample texture too. One song sounds so much like something I know that I really wish I could put my finger on it. (Pilot Light) Every time it comes on I feel like I'm about to get it, but the comparison continues to elude me. It sounds a bit like October Project, but I'm sure that's not what I'm thinking of. Actually, I'd love for someone to get this and tell me if it reminds them of anything. I'm listening to it again now, and there is definitely a hint of the melodicism of OP on this track, though Sohre doesn't have Mary Fahl's amazing voice. (This is the only song that strikes me as really OP-like.) The album is full of striking guest contributions. The opening track features a tape of a Native American Pow Wow that opens up into Fretless Bass, Mandolin, and acoustic and electric guitar with E-bow, which gives you a hint of the scope fo the disc. The didgeridoo playing of Steven Kent (who apparently has an album of his own) frequently adds much more than a background rumbling, rising up in weird, swooping accents. I was really happy to see Jami Sieber adds her electric cello to a number of tracks, as I was completely bowled over by her when I saw her performing with Ferron in 1995. She doesn't disappoint at all, completely filling up a song with a chorus of cellos. Also present on a track is Amy Denio on accordian. I'm not really familiar with her, but I know her name shows up (and that Neile is fond of her). hmmm, this seems to be more of a frustrating mish-mash of opinions than a coherent reviews. oh well. For more info, you can check out her web-site: http://www.w-link.net/~fleetingechoes/index.htm One thing I thought was particularly cool was that she is willing to trade her album as well as sell it. So any of you with discs of your own might want to check it out. Also Cyoakha, she's looking for Northwest collaborators to work on projects together. I don't know how well you guys would hit it off, but it could be interesting. You both have a world music sensibility, but you come at your music from a wild, tribal angle, while Sohre's tunes have a more rigorous classical bent. I can't guess if this would be a fruitful of frustrating pairing. Neal np: Sohre - Who Will Know ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:58:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Neal Copperman Subject: Emily Bezar news Last weekend I was happy that I managed to cut my trip to Albuquerque short by a day so that I could catch the tale end of a visit from former ectophile Sue Trowbridge (who cut short her Baltimore visit to see Veda Hille in NYC... So how was that meth 'n' woj?) Anyway, of particular ecto interest was her Emily Bezar news. She'd been over at Emily's place a short time before, and Emily had written a bunch of new songs and was trying to work out a schedule ofr composing and recording around caring for her new son. She's expecting to get things together and have a new album out sometime next year. No hints as to what the music would be like though. Neal np: Jewelstock Unplugged (tape 3) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 08:42:34 -0400 (EDT) From: queen of carrot flowers Subject: Syd Straw My little ears perk up around here whenever anyone mentions my favourite girl singer, Syd Straw. Yay! I'm glad someone else out there wants to attend the Boston (area) show to catch Syd's set. However, while "People of Earth" is a pleasant song, I highly recommend you check out her most recent album _War and Peace_, which is very rootsy, very beautiful, and very, very sad. Some good stuff, that. At present, she's working on her third album, and the songs I've heard so far have been tremendous. Sorry, she just brings out the fangirl in me... - ---- Chelsea, the mod pixie home: away: tugboat@channel1.com odyshape@hotmail.com "I started out as a missionary, but I couldn't find a religion which didn't promise things to some people at the exclsion of others. The personal voyage into that kind of light shouldn't be denied to anybody." -- Patti Smith ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 08:41:45 -0500 From: Suzanne Cerquone Subject: Yes and Tori Bill wrote: >>And, speaking of which, my heart is broken to know that Her Majesty Happy seems to favor "Yes West" (the "new" Yes, Trevor Rabin and rat pack) versus "Yes East" (the "real" Yes, the Anderson / Bruford / Wakeman / Howe / Squire / White gang).<< I think Happy enjoys all eras of Yes, but yeah, she relates most to Trevor Rabin. And why not? They're both excellent songwriters that are interested most in the texture and atmosphere of the songs, not just the notes and words. Rabin always wrote that way, including his 1989 solo album, as if you would only listen via headphones. Chad then wrote: >>Are Trevor and the rest continuing to make music as some version of Yes? The only line up I've seen was the ABWH etc. one on talk shows and on tour and such.<< Trevor left Yes in 1995 and now has a very successful film music career: Armageddon, Con Air, HomeBrew, etc. He'll be doing the music for the Christmas Disney flick, too, "Frost." ABWH was just a one-off "reunion" of sorts. Rick Wakeman hasn't been in the band in an official status for years, and the current line-up consists of Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Igor Khorashev (keyboards), Billy Sherwood and Alan White. *** A couple people have been asking about opinions about the Tori show. Some have even said it's a "must see." I tend to disagree. While I admire Tori greatly, and enjoy her new album immensely, I thought seeing her play to a venue of 10,000 was disappointing. I doubt I'll ever see her live again if she continues to play such large venues here in America. I saw her from the beginning days of LE, like the early shows at The Bottom Line in NYC. When she graduated to 2,000 type venues, it was still intimate enough to enjoy. But 10,000? I could barely see her. The band environment was powerful and Tori played well, but her funny stories and intimacy was gone. But probably the one thing I hated most was the crowd reaction to her. When she sang lyrics like "so you can make me cum, that doesn't make you Jesus" was met with this hysterical shrieking. I have always loved that line, and have always inwardly said, "right on, sister!" but I don't think it's intended for millions of 20 year old girls to scream and clap about. Did anyone else feel that way? - --Suzanne ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 16:22:12 +0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time) From: Marion Kippers Subject: Re: After "RhodeSongs", what next? Hi, Norm wrote about "RhodeSongs": > While I enjoy both the acoustic and non-acoustic songs on this > album, I'm favouring the acoustic ones. Having said that, which > album would all of you suggest I purchase next? Perhaps 'Warpaint'? And Steve replied: > If you prefer the acoustic side of Happy, I would suggest that you > try to check out "The Keep" or "Rearmament" next. While I completely agree about "The Keep" (that would be my first choice as well) I wouldn't think of "Rearmament" as a good place for the more acoustic Happy sound. Maybe I should add that for me 'acoustic' is like, 'unplugged'... as in songs with an acoustic guitar or piano. And while for me "For we believe" is one of the most beautiful acoustic Happy songs, the other songs on "Rearmament" are much more keyboard oriented, even though the arrangements are quite sparse and it's not as fully instrumented as for example on "Warpaint". When I'm in an 'acoustic Happy mood' I tend to play "The Keep", "RhodeSongs", or "Rhodes I", the very first Happy album. For some reason I don't listen to "Rhodes II" as often, though it's sort of "Rhodes I"-s twin album. But I think you can't go wrong with any Happy album, they're all great! (I bet you didn't expect that answer... ;-) ) Though I have to admit that until now I never really could get into "Rearmament", it was my least favourite Happy album and I didn't play it that often. But ectosynchronicity strikes again! I just started listening to it again this week, putting it on repeat, and now it's rapidly growing on me. I'm especially surprised at how well Happy's voice in it's total range is featured on this album and how beautiful some of the vocal arrangements are. I never really noticed that before. :-) I've been on a new Happy high since I received the back-issues of Rhodeways and Terra Incognita last weekend, in which Happy talks about lots of her songs, making me listen to them again in yet a different way. Very worthwhile reading! Finally, on a completely different note and totally non-Ecto (but that's what I like about Ecto): we have a new member in the family! After our cat Micky died a couple of months ago we've been looking for a new cat to keep us and especially our other cat Minou company, and last Saturday we were joined by little Prince Jiriki, a 3-month old kitten. He likes Happy as well, especially the thunderstorm in "'Til the dawn breaks". :-) Just wanted to tell you... Best wishes, Marion - ---------------------- n.p. Happy Rhodes - Rearmament n.r. Terence H. White - The once and future king (still getting used to it at page 166, but I want to finish it at least once) Marion Kippers Marion.Kippers@wkap.nl ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 10:40:39 -0600 From: stunning@tezcat.com (Thomas Dunning) Subject: Re: Syd Straw >My little ears perk up around here whenever anyone mentions my favourite >girl singer, Syd Straw. Syd covers "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" on I WANNA BE KATE:The Songs of Kate Bush. 2 words. Gor Geous! ...since you mentioned her. Peace, Thomas Dunning Chicago Brown Star Records I WANNA BE KATE: The Songs of Kate Bush http://www.clubi.ie/twomey/trib.htm http://www.tezcat.com/~stunning/kate/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 12:36:22 -0400 (EDT) From: "jeffrey c. burka" Subject: Re: Syd Straw Mr. Producer Man wrote: > Syd covers "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" on I WANNA BE KATE:The > Songs of Kate Bush. 2 words. Gor Geogous so what are the chances of finding a local store carrying this here in Washington, DC? Or are you only doing the mail-order gig? jeff ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 13:06:44 -0700 From: "C. K. Coney" Subject: "Many Worlds" at CDNow I just pre-ordered "Many Worlds" at CD Now, which has a $10.00 off sale for folks who enter through search engines such as Lycos. The catch is, you have to spend $19.99 to use the $10 off "coupon"...and they're offering Happy's long-awaited new release for only $11.99. But surely you can find another Happy disc to give as a gift...or heck, order two copies of "Many Worlds", one for your house, and one for your car! Happy shopping! Carol ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 12:18:40 -0600 From: stunning@tezcat.com Subject: Re: How to order IWBKate >Moi, aussi! >Like Stuart C, I wasn't paying close attention to how to order the I Wanna Be >Kate album, but now that the reviews are showing up, it looks like it might be >worth the wampum. So, now I'm paying attention. >Would someone kindly repost the info on how to go about getting hold of the >album? I'll be in Chicago in a couple weeks if that is a necessary part of the >equation. Hi Friends, I hope nobody minds if I post the information on ordering "I WANNA BE KATE: The Songs of Kate Bush," here. I've been taking a lot of individual orders, and typing the info individually is no problem but this would be a big help. Since a few people are asking I'll throw this up on the list. As always feel free to e-mail me for more details. Your local record shop can special order it form Carrot Top Distribution in Chicago. Otherwise... The official release date is set for September 22, 1998. It will be in stores at that time IF we get some decent distribution. Here's the ordering information. The CD is $14US. Inside the US add $2 for shipping, outside the US add $4 for shipping. Payment by check/m.o. or credit card. Check/m.o.'s payable to Brown Star Records. Send order to: Brown Star Records 1060 W. Glenlake Avenue Chicago, IL 60660-2977 For credit card payments I need the following information: Type of card, Name as it appears on card, Card number, Expiry date, Billing address associated with the account. Credit card info can be e-mailed, sent to me through regular postal service, faxed at 630-325-4910, or you can call me with the info and leave it on the voicemail machine at 773-508-5221. The charge to your credit card will appear on your bill as "High Point Security." So if you know anyone who is interested in the CD, please pass this info on to them. Thanks. Thanks again for your interest, I hope you like it. Sincerely, Thomas Dunning Chicago Brown Star Records I WANNA BE KATE: The Songs of Kate Bush http://www.clubi.ie/twomey/trib.htm http://www.tezcat.com/~stunning/kate/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 14:40:11 -0400 From: "Tom Ditto" Subject: Back to the Garden KB hipped me to this: http://www.dayinthegarden.com/ I haven't been to a concert like this since the 60's. I even skipped a back door pass to the original Woodstock (don't like crowds, don't do drugs). But I'm going to this one through the paying gate. You can obtain two tickets for one day for $70. Scatterday's line up: Donovan Ritchie Havens Lou Reed Joni Mitchell Peter Townshend Other events on Friday and Sunday. Check it out. Any Ectophiles planning to be there? Tom ditto@taconic.net "Do you copy? Over" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 14:52:35 EDT From: MRL220@aol.com Subject: Many Worlds CD for those living out of USA Happy's CD is finally due out next Tuesday. I will be glad to send copies to those living out of USA. Please send me an e mail off line. I have had the CD about a month (found a promo copy) and can say it is quite good. Its a little different than her previous CD's but is still very "Happy." Marty ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 17:39:21 -0500 From: mbittner@juno.com Subject: Omaha's Happy The subject line could have two meanings. It could be the conjunction with "is", or it could be the possesive...:-) Seriously, though, the ecto-friendly radio station, 89.7, KIWR, The River, is having a "Happy Rhodes Weekend". All weekend long they're giving away MWABT. Plus - and here's the great part - they're having a phone interview with her tomorrow. I was only given a two-hour time frame, so I'm going to hook up the VCR to capture the two hours, and transfer that to audio tape. Assuming I remember and all goes as planned. :-( Anyway, this is also a personal Happy weekend for myself. My sister is visiting from Ohio this weekend, and she bought me _Rhodes I_, _Rhodes II_ and _Ecto_. Awesome! That leaves _Equipoise_, _Rearmament_ and _Warpaint_. Woo hoo! :-) Matt Bittner _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 18:50:42 EDT From: Riphug@aol.com Subject: Equipoise, anyone? I did some pretty heavy shopping at Borders yesterday......but mostly the bargain bins this time. Anyway, I rescued a copy of Happy's "Equipoise" just so that I could give it a good home -- one where I know it will be truly appreciated -- an ecto-home! So, if you are in need of this album, please write to me and tell me the saddest sob story you can, and if you're really, really lucky, *you* might be the person who gets to adopt this wonderful album by our heroine, Happy Rhodes! I'm tending to think that Happy's music is more difficult to come by in non- U.S. areas. If that's true, maybe people from those areas will have first dibs. Hell, maybe I'll just go out and by the rest of y'all an album, too! Hee-hee! Sing Hallelujiah, c'mon, get Happy! Jill :D ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 11:37:16 +1000 From: Andrew Fries Subject: Re: Ectophiles' Guide Volunteer Wanted: review/permissions compiler In a message "Ectophiles' Guide Volunteer Wanted: review/permissions compiler" on 05/Aug/1998 01:27:18 Neile Graham says: > Help Wanted: attentive ecto reader to collect review comments from the list > and request permissions to use those comments in The Ectophiles' Guide to > Good Music. Maybe it would be possible to organise a roster of compilers, each taking their turn for a couple of months? Perhaps more volunteers might rise their hands if they know that they'd be performing the job for a definite period of time. This occured to me because I know that I for one would gladly help out for a while, but I'm not really prepared to accept this responsibility for the rest of Ecto's existence... __________________________________________________ Some people, you just wanna headbutt them in the hope of direct data download.... (from alt.gothic) http://www.zip.com.au/~afries/hall.html __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 20:50:34 -0700 From: "Bill" Subject: Re: Equipoise, anyone? On 98/08/06, at 3:54 PM, Riphug@aol.com wrote: >Anyway, I rescued a copy of Happy's "Equipoise" just >so that I could give it a good home -- one where I know it will be truly >appreciated -- an ecto-home! > >So, if you are in need of this album, please write to me and tell me the >saddest sob story you can, and if you're really, really lucky, *you* might be >the person who gets to adopt this wonderful album by our heroine, Happy >Rhodes! If I don't have a copy of Equipose in my hands by next week, the good Lord is going to call me home! HALLELUJAH! - - St. Bill. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 23:15:44 -0400 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: How to order IWBKate stunning@tezcat.com wrote: > I hope nobody minds if I post the information on ordering "I WANNA BE KATE: > The Songs of Kate Bush," here. I've been taking a lot of individual > orders, and typing the info individually is no problem but this would be a > big help. Since a few people are asking I'll throw this up on the list. > As always feel free to e-mail me for more details. The album is quite wonderful. Each track takes a Kate song in a new, and often unexpected, direction. Instant faves of mine were Justin Roberts' "You're the One", Tom Dunning's own "Not This Time", and most especially Thomas Negoyan's chamber-classical "And Dream of Sheep". Not a clinker in the bunch! - -- - ---------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: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 01:06:50 -0400 (EDT) From: cos@wbrs.org (Ofer Inbar) Subject: Trina Hamlin at Newport Perhaps some of you remember my second posting to ecto, wherein I talked about Trina Hamlin. I mentioned that she's going to be at Newport Folk Festival, and now the time is almost here and I wanted to remind folks about it. Trina's doing the first set on the main stage on Sunday, at 11am. After that, 12 or 12:30 (I forget which), she's doing a set on the second stage. If you're going to Newport on Sunday, get there early and catch her set. Trust me. [Don't forget to plan for the *horrible* traffic in Newport itself - last year I spent 45 minutes just getting past the waterfront area.] For those of you in the Boston area, Trina Hamlin is also performing tomorrow (Friday) evening at the Bull Run Coffeehouse in Shirley, MA. She and Stephen Fearing are doing a half hour set each, opening for Lucy Kaplansky. Trina is also doing an interview here at WBRS 100.1 FM sometime between 3 - 5pm. Below is the text of my aforementioned "second posting to ecto": - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Currently living in NYC, originally from Minnesota, she attended Berkeley and lived in Boston for a while. Sang with various Boston musicians, including Rick Nichols and Anita Suhanin (currently lead singer of Groovasaurus) before moving to New York and joining two other people in a new band called Blue Leaves. After Blue Leaves broke up, she started on a solo career. Originally she sang and played harmonica, when she went solo she also picked up guitar. Her singing voice is extremely powerful and involving. I don't know exactly how to convey it, but maybe this anecdote does the trick: the other day I was listening to Bluesology on WERS (88.9 FM Boston) and the DJ played Coco Montoya, and remarked afterwards that "nobody sings with passion like that anymore", and my immediate reaction in my head was "obviously he hasn't seen Trina!". She would stand out of the crowd if it were just for her singing, but add to that her excellent harmonica skills, and you get a really powerful and unique blues/folk sound. Trina Hamlin opened for Eddie From Ohio at the Somerville Theatre this March, and forgot one of her harps at home, so Mike from EFO lent her one of his. Afterwards when EFO was on stage, Mike said, "I think my harmonica was crying at having to return to me. Trina played notes I didn't even know existed on it!" Trina had a tape, which is sold out. She has one CD, called "Alone", self-produced, which she is selling at her shows. She recorded it with a home DAT deck, in her Kitchen, alone :) The CD is good, but you really need to see her live to get the full effect of her performance. She connects with her audience really well, and has a personality and mannerism that remind me a lot of Susan McKeown (who she has worked with in the past). If you're in NYC, check Musi-Cal for her upcoming shows. If you're not in NYC, you can see her at the second day of the Newport Folk Festival, on August 9th. Other people performing that day at Newport include Ani Difranco, Dar Williams, Indigo Girls, and Loudon Wainwright III. Definitely a good lineup for one day! -- Cos (Ofer Inbar) -- cos@leftbank.com cos@cs.brandeis.edu -- Producer, Free Live Music -- booking@wbrs.org http://www.wbrs.org/ All genre ethnic diversity 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Free live music three times weekly WBRS in Waltham, 100.1FM stereo ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 01:44:35 EDT From: FAMarcus@aol.com Subject: tori in concert I too saw tori in the smaller more intimate settings. Those memories are not soon forgotten. The show she did then was perfect for those halls. The show tori brought with her this time was not aimed at those venues. No way...no how. This show was meant for a big hall. The music little resembled anything that you've heard on CD. I think this show proves how brilliant she is. I dot think a lot of singers could have turned her music inside out like this and pulled it off. Maybe I'm alone in this but my mouth was wide open the whole show. And I don't remember the last time I wanted more as I did for this show. I refer to the two songs she did in the middle as the eye of the hurricane. I remember settling down as she got back to the familiar voice and solo piano that I was accustomed to. When the band came back on again it was an instant visual and aural rush for me. I could see if she tried to do her personal show in these large venues as being a disappointment. That's an entire different memory altogether. Thanks for both of them Tori. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V4 #259 **************************