From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V5 #129 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Sunday, April 11 1999 Volume 05 : Number 129 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: huh? [neal copperman ] Re: huh? [Joseph Zitt ] Today's your birthday, friends... [Mike Matthews ] Mandolin ["Donald G. Keller" ] Re: Miriam Stockley [John Rice ] French/English was Re: huh? ["Mickey Ferguson" ] Re: ecto-digest V5 #128(Miriam Stockley) ["Elina Sorva" ] Lisa Germano re-release [Jeffrey Burka ] Re: Lisa Germano re-release [Joseph Zitt ] Re: Lisa Germano re-release [neal copperman ] Re: Lisa Germano re-release [neal copperman ] re: Paula Cole info for the guide--This Fire [Neile Graham ] Re: Happy Covers [Mister Jim ] Re: Lisa Germano re-release [meredith ] Re: Lisa Germano re-release [Jeffrey Burka ] Re: Lisa Germano re-release [jason and jill ] Re: Lisa Germano re-release [Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: huh? At 1:30 AM -0400 4/11/99, JoAnn Whetsell wrote: >Neal wrote: >nr: Hell Passport - Kathleen Yearwood (Curiously enough, after using >initials throughout, she slams Jane Siberry by name in the final attachment) > >What was that about? I'm curious. Kathleen Yearwood is a Canadian performer who has been mentioned on ecto a few times. I'm not sure how to describe her. She often uses folk-type instruments, but her music is very strange. Very layered and angry and political. Also powerful, moving and baffling. Maybe Neile has worked out a description in the past? Hell Passport was a limited edition hand-made booklet that she put out. I think there were only 30 of them. It appears (and claims) to be excerpts from diaries and letters covering a trip to NYC and the various friendships made and lost surrounding the trip. Every character in the story is listed by their initials (supposedly the initials of the real people). It starts with her being invited to open for more successful Canadian artist M^2 in NYC, but getting bumped from the bill even though she had already paid her own way from Vancouver. (The only M^2 I could think of was M2OH, Mary Margaret O'Hara. I have no idea if this is who she is talking about.) Anyway, once everything is said and done, and I got to the end, there was a piece of paper taped to the inside back cover. It looks like a piece of an e-mail reply (each line starts with a ">"). It says: "as long as there are homeless or poor people, no one should live in a big house and be able to sleep at night. the poorer classes are a result of the rich greedy bastard classes. i will never be rich, no matter how much money i make. fuck. fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck. god damn. i might vent my anger in an e-mail to that maggot jane siberry. there's an ad in the paper, special private concert & holiday workshop (!) only $200! what a sould drained ego capitalist shit she's become. i'll make sure she realizes that. kathleen, i want to organize a party for you and invite all my fridns, if you come to ny that will happen. anyay, i will write later for sure... please write & tell me how you feel. whatever about praying, but i've said your name each night before bed in my "prayers". that's probably why scout comes running in, excitedly wishing you were there, with gifts of fancy feast." (the main portion of the text is more coherent, less of a rant, and actually has some interesting reading in it.) Not sure that clears things up much. I personally think she's pretty hard on Jane (though maybe it was wrong of me to repost that... it wasn't private mail though, as she sold it to me!). After all, Jane ditched her record contract to maintain artistic control of her work, which was as a bold and somewhat disastrous move. And she continued to tour with a large group, despite being on the verge of bankrupcy, which couldn't have been at all profitable. Now, it seems to me that she is trying to milk her fans (or at least, the "rich greedy bastard class" of fans) to keep Sheeba solvant. I personally don't mind. I'm happy to donate money to a good cause, and the chance to hear more Jane albums is a good cause in my mind (though I would like some new music, even though I'm eagerly looking forward to the live albums). neal np: Summersong - Frifot ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 07:16:23 -0400 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: huh? On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 12:20:33AM -0600, neal copperman wrote: > all profitable. Now, it seems to me that she is trying to milk her fans > (or at least, the "rich greedy bastard class" of fans) to keep Sheeba > solvant. I personally don't mind. I'm happy to donate money to a good > cause, and the chance to hear more Jane albums is a good cause in my mind It's an interesting quandary (sp?). An artist depends on the fan base to stay solvent without selling out, but how to raise that money is a real problem. Jane seems to be generating ephemera for that purpose, which is fine -- I probably wouldn't buy it, but there are other artists from whom I would. Sometimes artists try to create business dealings with other artists, which can end badly, depending to some extent on what markups happen. I saw one case generating some ill will, being refers to "the artists eating their own". Obviously the most effective way to get $$ from the fan base is to release CDs, but there's the good old capitalist rub: it takes money to make the money. I recall that a Texas artist (Sara Hickman?) managed to pre-sell her CD to some fans, which seems like a good deal, if everyone remains convinced that dealings are honest -- all it would take would be one disgruntled person questioning things on the Net, validly or not, to cause a cascade of problems. I like Jane's approach with giving the workshops. It looks like she's thought that out really well. It does require a certain amount of salesmanship and ego/confidence to pull off, but what little I've heard of them has been positive. And I can see how another artist could become bitterly jealous of that success. (And to judge from some posts a while back, Jane has on occassion been ... um ... abrasive, which might contribute to that perception on the part of some of her peers.) Um, that went on longer than I planned. (I'm winding down from seeing Evelyn Glennie with the National Symphony. Yow!) n.p. Bernhard Guenther: Un peu de neige salie (What does "salie" mean?) n.r. James Tenney: Meta Hodos and Meta Meta Hodos ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 03:00:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friends... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************* Michael Bowman (bowman@lib.pdx.edu) ******************* ******************* Wolfgang Ullwer (no Email address) ******************** ********************* Janet Kirsch (GOTHIC@UWYO.EDU) ********************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Kjetil Torgrim Homme Thu April 23 1970 Taurus 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 Tue May 03 1966 Taurus Richard A. Holmes May 07 Taurus Steve Ito Fri May 08 1970 DA Bull... Brian Gregory Thu May 09 1963 Eclectic - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 09:50:35 -0400 (EDT) From: "Donald G. Keller" Subject: Mandolin I'm another one who just kinda picked up mandolin--I went from guitar to mandolin to violin (a little) without a great deal of trouble. A mandolin is, in size and tuning, more like a violin, and in method of play more like a guitar. I would imagine that approaching it from either direction (guitar or violin) wouldn't be that difficult if someone is basically musical. (A lot of violin players--Dave Swarbrick and Lisa Germano spring to mind immediately--play mandolin as well.) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 01:38:20 -0700 From: John Rice Subject: Re: Miriam Stockley >>I just watched the Winfrey/Demme movie of Morrison's >>_Beloved_ and saw Miriam Stockley's name in the >>credits as "music contractor," but her name was not >>included in the list of "featured singers." Anyone >>have any insight? I don't know about this but I bet some one on the Adiemus Unofficial Home Page might know. Go to http://www.noahgrey.com/adiemus/ and post a message on the discussion board. Also you could email Miriam directly at MiriamStockley@msn.com , she is really good about answering questions to fans and probably one of the nicest, most sincere, most humble and likable persons I have ever gotten to know through email! ;-) >I can't help you, but I was curious who Miriam Stockley was. I didn't see >any mention of her in the internet movie database entry for Beloved. Then >again, I didn't see Bernice Johnson Reagon, and I think she was involved in >the music too. Miriam Stockley, IMHO, is one of the finest female vocalists in the world today but unfortunately one of the most unknown. ( actually I have no problem throwing out gender and saying I think she is one of THE finest vocalists in the world today ) See her web site for a breif history of her work at http://www.1212.com/a/stockley/miriam2.html Although her obscurity rivals that of Happy Rhodes she has in the last few years become well know in certain circles for her work on the three much praised ADIEMUS albums, Songs of Sanctuary, Cantata Mundi, and Dances of Time. For more info on Miriam and Adiemus visit Noah Greys excellent Adiemus Unofficial Home Page at http://www.noahgrey.com/adiemus/ My favorite work by Miriam so far though is on the now out of print self titled album from 1992 by the group Praise. This album still blows me away and I've probably heard it hundreds and hundreds of times! It's very hard to find but you can get info about the album and hear MP3 and RealAudio sound samples at my Unofficial Praise Tribute Site at http://207.137.99.182/praise/index.htm ( and please sign the guest book if you have time, I'd like this album to be re-released and the more documentation of interest that I can show the better! Thanks! ;-) Check out Miriam Stockley's Unofficial Discography at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rwelliot/miriams.htm for all the albums she appears on. Also, Miriam has a solo album coming out sometime in May 1999 I believe so keep an eye out for that! I hope this helps! :-) John L Rice ImJohn@worldnet.att.net http://www.ImJohn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 11:05:28 -0500 From: "Mickey Ferguson" Subject: French/English was Re: huh? Joseph Zitt asked us: | n.p. Bernhard Guenther: Un peu de neige salie (What does "salie" mean?) That would be 'dirtied' as in the English 'soiled', if my self-taught French doesn't betray me. - ---Mickey F. Austin TX USA n.p. Sounds of lawn mowers and water sprinklers n.r. Ghostletters ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 10:42:24 PDT From: "Elina Sorva" Subject: Re: ecto-digest V5 #128(Miriam Stockley) >From: neal copperman >I was curious who Miriam Stockley was Here's a bit I came across a while ago: MS: I am currently signed to Virgin Records UK and my first solo album is due for release the first week of May. I have had relative success with a project called Adiemus, and after making three albums under this name, I wanted to do a solo project under my own name. I am hoping to get a new web site set up over the next few weeks with information on the new release. The first Adiemus album, 'Songs of Sanctuary' is available in the States at most large stores and my solo album will be available later this year on the Virgin label. Hope it helps. Elina ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 12:51:44 -0700 From: Billi Mazur Subject: Re: Cyoakha, THE BLIND, AZIGZA, ECTO, leg hair & wheelchair dancing Hello Everyone, I just wanted to drop everyone a quick line before I have to run out this afternoon. I went last night to see Cyoahka's S.F. band, Azigza, at the Benefit for Integrated Arts. I really enjoyed myself for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the fact that the benefit was for a truly worthy cause. I went there with my friend Phil and we both had a great time. We saw a number of excellent performances that I wanted to briefly comment on. The Charming Hostesses are a three-piece female acapella group. They were wonderful. Although I couldn't understand everything that they were saying when they were introducing their songs, it appears that they did a mix of original and traditional compositions. They seem to take music from different parts of the world and deliver it in a unique and compelling way. Some of it was ethereal, some of it haunting and mournful, some of it joyful and uplifting. They were accompanied by a very interesting dance troupe that at times enhanced and at other times distracted from their performance. All three women are beautiful singers and they work very well together to create an engaging music. Some of the music seemed to use the more complex musical scales that are not found in Western music. I'm not sure from where they are drawing their traditional material. Some of the pieces reminded me of the Trio Bulgarka who contributed to several of Kate Bush's recordings. Azigza is an excellent band. They have an outstanding electric violin player. The rest of the band which consists of electric guitar, bass, several percussionists and, if I remember correctly, a keyboard player is also very accomplished. The violin player also played harp (celtic harp if I'm not mistaken) on one piece. Then of course there is Cyoakha! She is a very dynamic and powerful vocalist. Her charisma and energy on stage is compelling. Musically the band reminded me as a cross between Daevid Allen era Gong, Curved Air and Dead Can Dance. Visually they remind me a lot of Gong because of their stage presence and attire. To my ears, Cyoakha's vocals at times are reminiscent of Lisa Gerrard and at other times seem to be mixture of Siouxsie and Sonja Kristina (Curved Air). They opened with a very interesting Middle Eastern tinged version of Led Zeppelin's "Four Sticks" (I'm pretty sure that was the Zep song). The rest of the 45-minute set was a mix of powerful percussive and hypnotic music that featured excellent violin playing and Cy's fantastic singing. They definitely set the dancers free with their music. I know that Cy is pretty proactive on the list about announcing her activities with her different projects. Ectophiles in the SF Bay Area, Portland and Seattle may really want to go check her out with either Azigza or Land of the Blind. Take care everyone, Bill M. n.p. Kate Bush _The Sensual World_ > for those of you wanting to know what I am up to, for AZIGZA fans that > have ended up on this email list, here is what I am doing in SF. If > you signed up for BLIND only, please excuse me and hit that button > again. My SF symphonic/world/rock project-AZIZGA is recording a cd, > currently at 4 songs and adding. Anyone interested can order one for > $8 now. You can also download songs from mp3. Within the month we will > have 3 more songs available. Daevid Allen of GONG fame, likes the band > and is adding his style to the cd, LAKE OF FIRE this weekend. AZIGZA > will play the following SF concerts for those Bay area & ECTO fans > that have been asking; > > SAT April 10th Benefit for Integrated Arts, a program that puts > together workshops and classes for handicapped artists/dancers. Held > at Cellspace, 2050 Bryant, between 18th and 19th in upper mission, > party from 8pm to 2am, 23 live acts including wheelchair dancers, > arial acts, spoken word, video and dance premieres, slides, and live > bands are; > ECHOLALIA, 9pm (my trance dream pop project with William) > THOTH, 10pm, many of you remember Stephen from touring with THE BLIND > CHARMING HOSTESS, 11pm (simply amazing 3 women vocals) > AZIGZA, 11:30- (my main SF band, Led Zeppelin meets Dead Can Dance) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 17:35:48 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re: Happy in Europe! Hi! Marcel reported: >It seems like this is Happy's first release outside of North America, and that is very exciting. I hope they will do some sort of promotion for the CD - especially magazines like Q (UK) and Oor (Holland) may well be interested in this sort of thing. And Dirk followed: >I just discovered that JPC has 10 Happy CDs in their online >catalogue (www.jpc.de). None of them is listed as an import >and each CD is from the Samson label. Sounds great. Do any of you have any more information on these releases? Marcel, I'm particularly interested in catalog number and contact information for Gold Circle. Dirk, have you tried to contact JPC to see if they actually have these Samson releases of the back catalog in stock? I noticed they have them filed under Jazz, and Samson still has only MWABT on their web site, so I'm skeptical. :) I'd like to get as many details as possible so I can update the ecto news page with something a bit more substantial. Thanks! :) +==========================================================================+ | 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: *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 18:38:58 -0400 From: Jeffrey Burka Subject: Lisa Germano re-release I was in a Borders this afternoon and was rather shocked to see, somewhat prominent in the front of a bin, a couple of copies of _On the Way Down to the Moon Palace_!!!! The Guide lists this as "out of print and difficult to track down" and I can believe it...I was exceedingly happy to score a copy when I saw Lisa at the old Birchmere two years ago, and haven't seen one since. The new release is on Koch Records (of whom I'd never heard until I picked up Peter Himmelman's most recent, released earlier this year). One of my comments in the Guide suggests that one might contemplate Lisa in this way: Think angst-ridden, quaalude-dosed bitter young Carrie Newcomer. Unlike the later albums, this is very much hoosier folk music, with lots of great fiddle playing and several wonderful instrumentals. While it's still angsty and dark, it's really quite different from what you might have heard. Still has those vocals, though, so if you can't stand the way she sings, don't bother. jeff np: _Retreat From the Sun_, That Dog (didn't somebody mention an Anna Waronker solo album a week or so ago? does that mean that That Dog has broken up? And can I use any more that's in a sentence, or was that some sort of limit?) - -- |Jeffrey C. Burka|||http://www.cqi.com/~jburka ||||"I've got time to rest / | ||||||||||||| And I've got a clear, able mind that sees my life going fine. | | 'Cause everything I need is right here in my hands..." --Melissa Ferrick | ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 23:57:26 -0400 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Lisa Germano re-release On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 06:38:58PM -0400, Jeffrey Burka wrote: > (didn't somebody mention an Anna Waronker solo album a week or so > ago? does that mean that That Dog has broken up? And can I use > any more that's in a sentence, or was that some sort of limit?) This "that That" that appears here doesn't hold a candle to that "that That" that that "that" that begins "that means that That" that that sentence contains implies. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 19:39:33 -0400 (EDT) From: cos@wbrs.org (Ofer Inbar) Subject: Boston area: Annika Bentley A while ago, when I first heard Annika Bentley's CD, I posted about it to ecto. I also got in touch with the band, who are based out of Rochester NY, and got them two gigs here in Boston, both of which are coming up this week. On Thursday night, April 15th, they're playing WBRS's The Joint, and on Saturday night, April 17th, they're playing the Bull Run concert series, in Shirley, MA. If you're in the Boston area and like "ectophilic" music, you should go to one of these shows! Annika Bentley plays guitar and piano, and sings lead. Other people in the band are Kathleen Frasier on bass, Heather Utton on cello, and Rebecca McCallum on violin. Although I think there may have been some change in the band since the CD was out. I know Kathleen is still the bass player 'cause she's the one I've mostly been talking to, but I think she referred to a guy violin player. For information about WBRS free live music, including directions: http://www.wbrs.org/livemusic.html For information about the Bull Run show, call Watch City Arts at: 781-647-1075 Here's what I originally posted to ecto when I heard the CD: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: cos@wbrs.org (Ofer Inbar) Organization: WBRS 100.1 FM, Waltham, MA http://www.wbrs.org/ Subject: Annika Bentley? To: ecto@smoe.org Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 16:57:45 -0500 (EST) I'm spending the day going through new CDs from the mail here, and just came across one by Annika Bentley, who I'd never heard of before. I like it a lot, and it falls right in the core of ecto: distinctive female vocals, obscure skillfully written lyrics. Annika plays guitar on some songs, piano on others. Other musicians on this album play violin, cello, and acoustic bass (all four are women, BTW). According to the web site (http://www.annikab.com/), her live performances, in addition to original music, "may also include covers of such artists' songs as: Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, Leonard Cohen, R.E.M., Concrete Blonde, and Mazzy Star." She seems to be based in Rochester, NY. Anyone here familiar with her? np: Annika Bentley - see you around, lifeguard (independent, 1997/1998) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 17:50:20 -0600 From: neal copperman Subject: Paulo Cole info for the guide I'm working on the Paula Cole entry for the ectophiles guide and need the relevant album info. Can someone post stuff like: record label catalogue number producer(s) guest artists/band members I have a ton of comments already, but if anyone feels like throwing any out for inclusion, feel free. Also, what is the availability of Harbinger. I know it was on Imago, but I don't know if anyone is keeping the Imago catalog in print. It's sad to think that Harbinger and Aimee Mann's Whatever could be out of print, but certainly not impossible to imagine. thanks in advance, neal np: The Vast Underneath - Boo Trundle Oh, and thanks to the people that posted all the Miraim Stockley info. I'll have to do some checking up on those. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 17:38:28 -0600 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: Lisa Germano re-release At 11:57 PM -0400 4/11/99, Joseph Zitt wrote: >On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 06:38:58PM -0400, Jeffrey Burka wrote: >> (didn't somebody mention an Anna Waronker solo album a week or so >> ago? does that mean that That Dog has broken up? And can I use >> any more that's in a sentence, or was that some sort of limit?) > >This "that That" that appears here doesn't hold a candle to that "that That" >that that "that" that begins "that means that That" that that sentence >contains implies. Was that the new Comma song? neal np: The Vast Underneath - Boo Trundle ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 17:44:09 -0600 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: Lisa Germano re-release At 6:38 PM -0400 4/11/99, Jeffrey Burka wrote: >The new release is on Koch Records (of whom I'd never heard until I >picked up Peter Himmelman's most recent, released earlier this year). The only album I have on Koch is Amy Rigby's wonderful Diary of a Mod Housewife. >Unlike the later albums, this is very much hoosier folk music, with >lots of great fiddle playing and several wonderful instrumentals. While >it's still angsty and dark, it's really quite different from what you might >have heard. Wow, that sounds great. It's taking me a long time and the purchase of many Lisa Germano albums before I started to like them. (You might ask why I kept buying them, but I couldn't really tell you.) Now I'm quite fond of her odd sound though. Sounds like I might have gotten there faster if I'd started with this album instead of Geek the Girl. I'll have to keep my eyes open for it. >np: _Retreat From the Sun_, That Dog >(didn't somebody mention an Anna Waronker solo album a week or so >ago? does that mean that That Dog has broken up? And can I use >any more that's in a sentence, or was that some sort of limit?) In a That Dog related note - when I was driving up to Taos to see Joy Eden Harrison a few weeks ago (aside number 2 - Joy played in a tiny coffehouse in Taos and did a house concert in Santa Fe, and though I've been terrible at posting a review, I should mention that both shows were great), I heard an intriguing instrumental track on KUNM's afternoon freeform show. It was by someone called Miss Mergatroid, and sounded pretty cool. The DJ said that Miss Mergatroid was two people, neither of whom she'd heard of. Well, one of them was That Dogger Petra Haden. Don't know what that means about the status of That Dog, but it might be intriguing to look for. Anyone heard of it? neal np: The Vast Underneat - Boo Trundle ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 19:17:01 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: re: Paula Cole info for the guide--This Fire Neal, I don't have the Harbinger info, but here's the info for This Fire (I thought I'd sent this to you!):

This Fire

Release info:

1996--Warner--9 46424-2

Availability:

Wide

Ecto priority:

Recommended

Group members:

Paula Cole--vocals, piano, Juno, tube, Wurlitzer, harmonium, beat box, toy xylophone, didjeridu, and clarinet

Guest artists:

Jay Bellerose--drums, percussion
Tony Levin--bass, chapman stick
Greg Leisz--guitars, pedal and lap steel
Seamus Egan--uillean pipes and whistle
Gerry Menoard--guitar
Wenyi Shih--violin
Elizabeth Knowles--violin
Judith Insell--viola
Chase Morrison--cello
Seyi Sonuga--string arrangement
Peter Gabriel--guest vocal
Kevin Killen--shimmer

Produced by:

Paula Cole
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Neile Graham ...... http://www.sff.net/people/neile ....... neile@sff.net Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal . http://www.sff.net/people/neile/semaines The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ....... http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:26:25 -0400 From: "Robert Lovejoy" Subject: Links (not sausage) Over the years I've been on Ecto, I've always appreciated the sharing of information not directly related to the music we all love. I've discovered a few good books, some great guitar players, and a whole bunch of misc. info that has made life just a tad more open. Last night I had an idea, so here I am to offer it to the Temple of Smoe (whatever that means!) and see if it flies. We all have at least a few things in common, but our individuality brings each of us different perspectives. We mostly share musical info, but there is another thing we all have in common and might be able to share with each other. I've learned that the Internet is vast, but along the way I've discovered a few sites that I've enjoyed. And I'd bet most of you have a few treasures as well. I'm proposing a short Festival of Links. Perhaps some of you might be willing to share certain obscure sites that you have found entertaining. I'm not asking folks to send their entire collection of bookmarks, just 3 or 4 cool sites. Doesn't have to be music related. To start, here are a few sites I've discovered along the way that are a tad out there but compelling (everyone's mileage varies!) http://www.metahtml.com/apps/zippy/welcome.mhtml http://pharmdec.wustl.edu/cgi-bin/jardin_scripts/SCG http://terraserver.microsoft.com/default.asp Doubtless many of you know these particular sites, but I'd bet for some of you there'll be a first here. If anyone else has some interesting sites to point out, I'd be appreciative. I know it's OK to go off topic a little now and then so I hope this idea doesn't ruffle any feathers. It's just that, as long as I've been on the net, I realize I'll never see all there is to see! Here are a few of my favorite little corners of the web, surely all of you folks in the vastness of ecto can produce other, more astonishing places to visit. Thanks for reading, now we'll see if this becomes a thread or ...not! Yours in Deep Space, Bob Lovejoy ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:30:08 -0400 From: Mister Jim Subject: Re: Happy Covers Suzanne Cerquone wrote: > But wait, isn't "Hold On To Love" a Jon Anderson solo song? Unless you're > thinking of Rabin's "Something to Hold Onto"......I can picture the latter > more than the former. Jon's song is way too sunshine and syrupy for Happy! Maybe a typo - there is a song on the Trevor Rabin CD called "Hold On To Me" and the line (in the chorus) is "Hold on to love, hold on to me." Mr_Jim, rippin' through 250 or so Ecto messages... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /whois Mr_Jim *** Mr_Jim is James Dixon *** Mr_Jim is a Radio Communications Systems Analyst/Technician *** Mr_Jim lives in Savannah GA USA *** Mr_Jim works predominately in Hilton Head SC (also USA) *** Mr_Jim hasn't bought any DIVX discs in, like, 2 months! FuE exfe94CFNY a+++ fte lus r+ ps+ t C++ w- p1 LF** N+ cd#+++ x+ Fa$ m? fc E rl--- d+ s** X-no-archive: yes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now Playing: Trevor Rabin, _Can't Look Away_, interspersed with some sound clips I'm downloading from various netspots. I'm FINALLY getting around to ordering Jessica Weiser's CD (something I've been meaning to do for months), and the CD Baby site wouldn't let me out without prodding me to check-out some other discs. The site has two minute long song clips so you can really get a feel for the CDs & artists - not like CDNow which limits you to 30 useless seconds. I ended up ordering a couple of Rachel Sage CDs. <><><> ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:42:56 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re: Lisa Germano re-release Hi! Jeffy reported: >I was in a Borders this afternoon and was rather shocked to see, >somewhat prominent in the front of a bin, a couple of copies >of _On the Way Down to the Moon Palace_!!!! > >The new release is on Koch Records (of whom I'd never heard until I >picked up Peter Himmelman's most recent, released earlier this year). If it's the same Koch Records, then that's also the label on which Lindsey Horner's solo jazz albums have been released. If it's not, then, well, I don't know what I'm talking about. :) >Unlike the later albums, this is very much hoosier folk music, with >lots of great fiddle playing and several wonderful instrumentals. While >it's still angsty and dark, it's really quite different from what you might >have heard. _Moon Palace_ is by far my favorite Lisa Germano album. Her other stuff just really hasn't done all that much for me ... it's too morose, and there's not enough violin. I'm happy to see it's been rereleased! +==========================================================================+ | 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: *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:54:52 -0400 From: Jeffrey Burka Subject: Re: Lisa Germano re-release neal copperman sez: [regarding my comments on _On the Way Down From the Moon Palace_ (yeah, I had the preposition direction switched earlier. sorry.)] > Wow, that sounds great. It's taking me a long time and the purchase of > many Lisa Germano albums before I started to like them. (You might ask why > I kept buying them, but I couldn't really tell you.) Now I'm quite fond of > her odd sound though. Sounds like I might have gotten there faster if I'd > started with this album instead of Geek the Girl. I'll have to keep my > eyes open for it. I remember when you saw her with us at the Birchmere; you didn't seem overly excited at the prospect, yet had come anyway. And went away liking her an awful lot more, while I found that concert far less interesting than the one I'd seen in support of Geek at the 9:30 a couple of years earlier. Anyway. Thanks for the Miss Murgatroid (note the spelling) pointer. Here's something I dug up on Music Boulevard. Looks like I'll be looking for this *immediately*. My interest is _highly_ piqued. The first solo album sounds cool too. Since the demise of avant geek-popsters That Dog, violinist Petra Haden has been exploring her more serious side. She's not adding her melodic verve to songs about crushes on gay boys and dreamy guys from Long Island anymore. Imaginaryland, her intriguing solo album two years ago, offered songs by Bach and Enya, along with something called "Song For The Whales." Now she's teamed with Miss Murgatroid-the accordionist otherwise known as Alicia Rose-on this challenging, complex and engaging classical recording that shows the pair's rich musical skills are second only to their wild imaginations. Bella Neurox evokes images of royal courts and majesty ("Theme For The Sleepless," "Jasper And Charlotte"), hunting terror that borrows from "Peter And The Wolf" ("Chill In The Air") and magical whimsy. Rose's accordion is a thing of beauty, creating remarkably thick and textured drones. Haden's violin dances around Rose's soundscapes and the two have an intrinsic feel for where the other wants to go next. Exercises in vocal harmonies like "Duet For Vox (Fancy)" just prove distracting, and give the air of a recital. Still, Haden can create so many tones and colors with her playing, and Rose gives the accordion a vivid richness few would have imagined, making this much more than a mere curiosity. [Win, POB 26811, Los Angeles CA 90026] jeff np: _This Fire_, Paula Cole (just typed up the "Harbinger" info for Neal, so don't anyone else bother doing it...) - -- |Jeffrey C. Burka|||http://www.cqi.com/~jburka ||||"I've got time to rest / | ||||||||||||| And I've got a clear, able mind that sees my life going fine. | | 'Cause everything I need is right here in my hands..." --Melissa Ferrick | ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 23:14:52 -0400 (EDT) From: jason and jill Subject: Re: Lisa Germano re-release > >The new release is on Koch Records (of whom I'd never heard until I > >picked up Peter Himmelman's most recent, released earlier this year). > > The only album I have on Koch is Amy Rigby's wonderful Diary of a Mod > Housewife. > Koch is a big classical importer and label. Dad runs the world operations, and his son the labels, although that was a few years ago and maybe the son runs the show now--they handle distribution for quite a few labels, the most familiar one being Chandos. Koch has recorded a great deal of American music--Rochberg, Bernstein, Wourinin, Randall Thompson, Copland, etc. Adding on pop/rock distribution helps pay the bills. Most people on the list would probably be familiar with them as the US distributor for Righteous Babe, Ani DiFranco's label. With Polygram shedding acts it wouldn't surprise me to see Koch releasing other familiar groups and artists. Jason ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 03:52:22 -0400 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Lisa Germano re-release On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 05:38:28PM -0600, neal copperman wrote: > At 11:57 PM -0400 4/11/99, Joseph Zitt wrote: > >On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 06:38:58PM -0400, Jeffrey Burka wrote: > >> (didn't somebody mention an Anna Waronker solo album a week or so > >> ago? does that mean that That Dog has broken up? And can I use > >> any more that's in a sentence, or was that some sort of limit?) > > > >This "that That" that appears here doesn't hold a candle to that "that That" > >that that "that" that begins "that means that That" that that sentence > >contains implies. > > Was that the new Comma song? Well, it wasn't, but... hmmm.... :-) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 03:56:22 -0400 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Lisa Germano re-release On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 05:44:09PM -0600, neal copperman wrote: > by someone called Miss Mergatroid, and sounded pretty cool. The DJ said > that Miss Mergatroid was two people, neither of whom she'd heard of. Well, > one of them was That Dogger Petra Haden. Don't know what that means about > the status of That Dog, but it might be intriguing to look for. Anyone > heard of it? IIRC, Miss Mergatroid are now on somewhat of a tour, and will be playing 33 Degrees in Austin soon. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V5 #129 **************************