From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V5 #141 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, April 21 1999 Volume 05 : Number 141 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Susan McKeown/Mother [Kay S Cleaves ] Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Need a Reviewer [Mark Miazga ] Magdalen Hsu-Li [Mark Miazga ] Tori Amos news [Mark Miazga ] Tori and more [John Drummond ] New Releases for Tuesday, April 20 (a day late) [Riphug@aol.com] [Fwd: [Fwd: AMAZON.COM, SARAH McLACHLAN, AND LIQUID AUDIO OFFER MUSIC FANS TWO EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL DOWNLOADS]] [] Re: For The Love Of Celine [Bill Mazur ] Re: burning CD's - tech question [Joe Casadonte ] Fwd: News from the Orchard [Riphug@aol.com] Re: Don't Buy Gas on... [Chris Sampson ] Re: Don't Buy Gas on... ["Anthony Kosky" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 01:41:38 -0500 From: Kay S Cleaves Subject: Susan McKeown/Mother Hey-- For those of you who have been trying to track down Susan et al's "Mother," I saw it listed for sale at ladyslipper.org. Just a pointer... - --Kay ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 03:00:03 -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********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************* Harry Foster (no Email address) ********************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Marty Lash Sat May 01 1948 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 Patrick Varker Wed May 12 1954 Torius Steve Fagg Tue May 13 1958 Nightwol Karel Zuiderveld Fri May 13 1960 Stier Michael Colford Wed May 16 1962 Taurus Christopher Boek Tue May 19 1970 Taurus Yngve Hauge Fri May 21 1971 Gemini - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 03:31:46 -0400 From: Mark Miazga Subject: Need a Reviewer Hi everyone, I have a friend, Lori Amey, who appeared at Lilith Fair last year on the Village Stage. She plays quite often at my coffeehouse, and wows the audience everytime and averages crowds of 150. Lori is very ecto-ish in style. She has a remarkable voice, comparable to Sarah McLachlan's (with every ounce of gravity that that comparison conveys), and nice songwriting skills. Her debut CD has sold very well locally, and she's going to release her second one in July. Major labels have been sniffing around at her shows for the last several months. Her official web page is at http://www.tir.com/~amey/, plus there's another thing set up off of my coffeehouse page at http://www.msu.edu/~miazgama/coffee/lori.htm. I have one extra copy of her debut CD, signed. For the first person to respond, I'll send it to you along with a live taping of one of her concerts (the CD is now a little outdated as to her current level of performance). I want to make her an entry in the Ectoguide before she goes national. Send me an e-mail, and we'll get you started. Thanks, Mark - -- Mark Miazga e-mail: miazgama@pilot.msu.edu 580 West Akers Hall East Lansing, MI 48825 (517) 353-3321 http://www.msu.edu/~miazgama Program Coordinator of The Common Grounds Coffeehouse. Cheap Concerts every Friday night in the basement of Akers Hall. Schedule, booking, and mailing list info at: http://www.msu.edu/~miazgama/coffee "Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity." - --Christopher Morley "If only God gave me a clear sign! Like a large deposit into a Swiss bank account in my name." -- Woody Allen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 03:33:40 -0400 From: Mark Miazga Subject: Magdalen Hsu-Li Hi everyone, I'd also like to do an entry for Magdalen Hsu-Li. She just played my coffeehouse, and I was absolutely enthralled by her live performance, much more than on CD. Has anyone seen her live or listened to her CD? I'd love to get other opinions about her on her entry. Since I told her I found out about her from this list, she's been anxiously looking at the EctoGuide pages for when her entry would come up. For more info about Magdalen, check out http://www.netmusic.com/magdalenhsuli Mark - -- Mark Miazga e-mail: miazgama@pilot.msu.edu 580 West Akers Hall East Lansing, MI 48825 (517) 353-3321 http://www.msu.edu/~miazgama Program Coordinator of The Common Grounds Coffeehouse. Cheap Concerts every Friday night in the basement of Akers Hall. Schedule, booking, and mailing list info at: http://www.msu.edu/~miazgama/coffee "Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity." - --Christopher Morley "If only God gave me a clear sign! Like a large deposit into a Swiss bank account in my name." -- Woody Allen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 03:55:00 -0400 From: Mark Miazga Subject: Tori Amos news Very exciting rumors here, especial (for me), a Tori/Alanis tour!! Tori is mentioned in the latest issue of Rolling Stone with Kurt Cobain on the cover. Under The Pink was voted one of the best albums of the 90s! But other than that... On page 27, under the headline AMOS TO RELEASE THREE-CD SET, it says "Tori Amos is checking back into the choirgirl hotel: The singer plans to release a three-CD set in early fall. The as-yet-untitled project will include two discs of live material culled from Amos' 1998 US tour and a disc of all-new material, which Amos is currently recording near her home in Cornwall, England. Amos' 1998 tour was her first with a backing band. Her manager, Arthur Spivak, says Amos was so pleased with the results that she decided to document them. 'It was a special tour, and she taped the show every night', he says. 'Plus there are hundreds of bootlegs out there, so she decided to give something back to the fans, instead of watching them ripped off'. Of the new songs, Spivak says, 'She got on a roll in the studio, and the songs just fit with the live material'. Amos plans to release a single from the collection in mid-August, prior to pairing with Alanis Morissette for a five week US tour. Spivak would not confirm the dates, saying only that they 'looked likely', but promoters and agents contacted said the tour is a done deal" - Matt Hendrickson - -- Mark Miazga e-mail: miazgama@pilot.msu.edu 580 West Akers Hall East Lansing, MI 48825 (517) 353-3321 http://www.msu.edu/~miazgama Program Coordinator of The Common Grounds Coffeehouse. Cheap Concerts every Friday night in the basement of Akers Hall. Schedule, booking, and mailing list info at: http://www.msu.edu/~miazgama/coffee "Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity." - --Christopher Morley "If only God gave me a clear sign! Like a large deposit into a Swiss bank account in my name." -- Woody Allen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 02:03:11 -0700 (PDT) From: John Drummond Subject: Tori and more Okay, um, HOLY MOTHER. I heard on The Dent that the third disc was going to be some DVD crap. Thank GOD that she's recording new material... perhaps she'll finally record that song "Snow Cherries From France" or from Paris or wherever... we've been hearing too much about it... oh, new Tori stuff, how we love thee! Let's hope this is going to be as amazing as it sounds... ...and I must admit that I'm really damn surprised at Rolling Stone for making "Under the Pink" one of the best albums of the 90s. That's really heartening for the sake of the magazine... Oh, and I almost forgot... I've got a letter published in the new SPIN. Y'all will probably recognize my writing style, though they really edited a lot of stuff out of it, since it was long and sarcastic... but they really liked it, so that's cool. It's from John Drummond of Pensacola, Florida, though now I live in Atlanta. Anyhow, read it! I say fun things. :D John === ain't no way i lost this war and ain't no way you won _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 08:00:38 EDT From: Riphug@aol.com Subject: New Releases for Tuesday, April 20 (a day late) In the interest of space, I've only included the Rock & Pop information. You can find out the new releases for Blues, Country, and Jazz at www.icemagazine.com. ******************* * ICE CD Releases * ******************* *Rock and Pop new releases* - --------------------------- - - ADD N TO X - Avant Hard (Mute) - - THE ANGER/MARSHALL BAND - Jam (Compass) - - ASTRAL PROJECT - Voodoo Bop (Compass) - - ANT BANKS - TWDY (Thump) - - BERTINE - Morbid Latenight Show (Norwegian pop) (Netwerk) - - CASE - Personal Conversation (Def Jam) - - JUNE CARTER CASH - Press On (ICE #144) (Risk) - - TOM COCHRANE - X-Ray Sierra (World Domination) - - KEVIN COYNE - Sugar Candy Taxi (Ruf) - - CROOKED LETTAZ - Grey Skies (Penalty/Tommy Boy) - - DOMINGO PRESENTS - Behind the Doors of the 13th Floor (Honcho Mogul) - - ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN - How to Make a Monster (Victory) - - ELEVATOR THROUGH (formerly Elevator to Hell) - Vague Premonition (Sub Pop) - - THE ERNIES - Meson Ray (Mojo/Universal) - - FISH - Raingods with Zippos (ICE #145) (Roadrunner) - - THE C. GIBBS GROUP - 29 Over Me (Atlantic) - - WAYNE GRATZ - Island Sanctuary (Narada) - - THE GUFS - The Gufs (Lava/Atlantic) - - DALE HAWKINS - Wildcat Tamer (Mystic Music) - - HUMAN DRAMA - Solemn Sun Setting (Hollows Hill/Triple X) - - KINGFISH - Sundown on the Forest (ICE #143) (Phoenix Rising) - - BILL KIRCHEN (ex-Commander Cody) - Raise a Ruckus (w/Flaco Jiminez guesting on accordion) (HighTone) - - ADRIAN LEGG - Fingers & Thumbs (Red House) - - THE LILYS - The 3-Way (Sire) - - INGER LORRE (ex-Nymphs) - Transcendental Medication (w/Jeff Buckley duetting on "Thief Without the Take") (Triple X) - - MAN...OR ASTROMAN? - EEVIAC: Operational Index & Reference Guide (Touch and Go) - - MANOWAR - Hell on Stage Live (two CDs w/bonus EP) (Metal Blade) - - MANSUN - Six (Epic) - - NEW BOMB TURKS - Beruhren Meiner Affe (EP) (Overcoat) - - NIGHTMARES ON WAX - Carboot Soul (Matador) - - OVERMARS - Highlife (Lightyear) - - PIZZICATO FIVE - Playboy & Playgirl (title change) (Matador) - - POI DOG PONDERING - Natural Thing (Plateotecotonic/Tommy Boy) - - ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - Plays the Music of U2 (Music Club) - - KATE RUSBY/KATHRYN ROBERTS - Kate Rusby/Kathryn Roberts (Compass) - - SHADES APART - Eyewitness (Universal) - - VONDA SHEPARD - By 7:30 (co-produced by Mitchell Froom; w/Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers duetting on "Baby, Don't You Break My Heart Slow") (Jacket Records) - - SIMON SAYS - Jump Start (Hollywood) - - SNARES & KITES (w/Chris Brokaw of Come) - Tricks of Trapping (Inbetweens) - - CREE SUMMER (from the TV show "A Different World") - Street Faerie (WORK Group) - - SUNSET HEIGHTS - Sunset Heights (Mystic Music) - - JIMI TENOR - Organism (Warp/Sire) - - RICK WAKEMAN - Return to the Centre of the Earth (ICE #144) (EMI Classics) - - WOODPECKER - Supermodel Horse Auction (Naked Jain) - - SHANNON WRIGHT - Flightsafety (Quarterstick) - - Various Artists - Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza (two CDs; w/David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, Del & Ronnie McCoury, et al.) (Acoustic Disc) - - Various Artists - More Oar: A Tribute to the Alexander "Skip" Spence Album (ICE #144) (Birdman) - - Various Artists - Star Wars: Cocktails in the Cantina (lounge and swing versions of "Star Wars" music) (Glue Factory/Oglio) - - Various Artists - This Note's for You Too!: A Tribute to Neil Young (w/Coal Porters, Steve Wynn, Richard Lloyd and others) (Inbetweens) - - Original Soundtrack to - "Election" (new Reese Witherspoon/Matthew Broderick film) (Sire) - - Original Soundtrack to - "Message in a Bottle" (original score) (143/Atlantic) - - Original Soundtrack to - "Searching for Jimi Hendrix" (soundtrack to D.A. Pennebaker film) (The Right Stuff) *Rock and Pop reissues* - ----------------------- - - THE ALARM - King Biscuit Presents (1983, Boston) (King Biscuit) - - WOODY ALLEN - Standup Comic: 1964-1968 (ICE #143) (Rhino) - - ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE - We Are the League (Snapper) - - BLOWFLY - For President (comedy) (Pandisc) - - THE BUSINESS - Best of (Snapper) - - THE CARS - The Cars (Deluxe Edition) (ICE #144) (Elektra Traditions/Rhino) - - ALICE COOPER - The Life & Crimes of (four-disc box; ICE #144) (Warner Archives/Rhino) - - EVERLAST - Forever Everlasting (re-release of pre-House of Pain '90 debut album) (Rhino) - - DANNY GATTON - Hot Rod Guitar: The Anthology (two CDs; w/Delbert McClinton, Robert Gordon and Joshua Redman guesting) (Rhino) - - WOODY GUTHRIE - Buffalo Skinners: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 4 (26 tracks, 6 previously unreleased) (Smithsonian Folkways) - - GYPSY - Gypsy and In the Garden (both w/one bonus track) (Bedrock) - - BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS - 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection (MCA) - - THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT - Holy Roller (best of; w/two new tracks: "Bathwater Blues" & a cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues") (Sub Pop) - - BUDDY HOLLY - 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection (MCA) - - DAVID HOLMES - This Film's Crap, Let's Slash the Seats (w/bonus disc of remixes, B-sides and rarities) (1500/A&M) - - JOHN LEE HOOKER - 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection (MCA) - - THE MEKONS - I Have Been to Heaven and Back. Vol. I (Quarterstick) - - MONGO SANTAMARIA - Skin on Skin: The Anthology (1958-1995) (two CDs) (Rhino) - - STEPPENWOLF - 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection (MCA) - - Various Artists - Del-Fi Girl Groups: Gee Baby Gee (all tracks first time on CD; features songs written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Barry White, et al.) (Del-Fi) - - Various Artists - Smash Alternatives Vol. 2 (Hip-O) - - Various Artists - Uptown Lounge (The Right Stuff) - - Various Artists - Why? 2K: The Anti-Millennium Party Collection (w/previously released tracks by R.E.M., Donna Summer, Oingo Boingo, et al.) (Hip-O) - - Various Artists - World of Ska (Triple X) New and reissued Compact Disc releases are provided by ICE Magazine, a leader in Compact Disc news. For a taste of the printed publication, visit ICE On-Line at www.icemagazine.com. (C) 1999 by Howard Communications, Inc. *Information subject to change. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 08:44:45 -0700 From: Valerie Nozick Subject: [Fwd: [Fwd: AMAZON.COM, SARAH McLACHLAN, AND LIQUID AUDIO OFFER MUSIC FANS TWO EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL DOWNLOADS]] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------4611A727835B90785F0A6DEF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Something to look forward to... - --------------4611A727835B90785F0A6DEF Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from amazon.com (154-31.amazon.com [204.177.154.31]) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/daemon-mode-relay2) with ESMTP id OAA22423 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 1999 14:01:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sea-mail-1.amazon.com (sea-mail-1.amazon.com [204.177.154.241]) by amazon.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA31800 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:01:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by sea-mail-1.amazon.com id LAA20718; Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:00:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <371CC231.910B1630@amazon.com> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:06:41 -0700 From: Jon Atkins X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: valerie@nozick.com Subject: [Fwd: AMAZON.COM, SARAH McLACHLAN, AND LIQUID AUDIO OFFER MUSIC FANS TWO EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL DOWNLOADS] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 thought you might be interested. --Jon > The following press release crossed the wire this morning at 8:00 a.m. > Eastern: > > AMAZON.COM, SARAH McLACHLAN, AND LIQUID AUDIO > OFFER MUSIC FANS TWO EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL DOWNLOADS > FROM McLACHLAN’S UPCOMING NEW ALBUM > > New live versions of “Building a Mystery” and “I Will Remember You” > available for download exclusively at Amazon.com for nine weeks prior to > the new album’s release > > SEATTLE, April 20, 1999—Amazon.com, the No. 1 music retailer on the > Internet, announced today an exclusive joint effort with multiplatinum > recording artist Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk/Arista Records, and Liquid > Audio, Inc. Amazon.com is the first Internet retailer to offer free > digital downloads to promote an upcoming release by a major recording > artist. The multifaceted promotion features free digital downloads of > two new recordings from McLachlan’s highly anticipated live album, > Mirrorball, which is slated for a June 15 release. > > As of today, Amazon.com visitors can download for free new, live > versions of “Building a Mystery” and “I Will Remember You,” at > Amazon.com’s music store at www.amazon.com/sarah-exclusive. Music fans > will be able to hear the two new McLachlan songs nine weeks in advance > of the album’s release date. Both songs can be downloaded exclusively at > Amazon.com using Liquid Player software, which provides state-of-the-art > sound and security technology to ensure copyright protection. > > In addition to the free downloads, music fans will enjoy a number of > other Sarah McLachlan exclusives as part of this multifaceted promotion. > Amazon.com visitors will be able to: > > *Save 30% on pre-orders of Sarah McLachlan's Mirrorball CD, as well as > the Lilith Fair, Vol. II and Lilith Fair, Vol. III CDs, a pair of > upcoming releases culled from last year’s Lilith Fair performances. > > *Bid on 10 signed color lithographs of McLachlan’s original artwork, > available exclusively at Amazon.com Auctions. All proceeds will go to > McLachlan’s chosen charity, LIFEbeat, a non-profit AIDS resource and > awareness organization. > > *Save 20% on Plenty: A Collection of Sarah McLachlan's Favourite > Recipes, a cookbook available in the U.S. exclusively at Amazon.com > until July. > > *Read and listen to an exclusive Amazon.com interview with McLachlan, as > she waxes eloquently on everything from her new album to her future > plans for motherhood to her affinity for Kermit the Frog. > > *Read the latest news about Sarah and this summer’s highly anticipated > 3rd annual Lilith Fair tour (founded by McLachlan). > > “Customers want digital downloads from major artists like Sarah > McLachlan, and we’re thrilled to be working with her,” said Jennifer > Cast, general manager of Amazon.com’s music store. “These exclusive, > free digital downloads are a terrific way to promote Sarah’s new album, > and I know you’ll see many more like these at Amazon.com in the near > future. We are encouraging labels and artists who want to introduce > their major new releases to millions of music buyers to join us in > maximizing the promotional power of the digital download.” > > “We are very excited about this promotion and the great opportunity it > presents to build awareness for the album,” said Jim Swindel, senior > vice president of sales for Arista Records. > > “Sarah and I are very excited about the initiative with Amazon.com,” > said Terry McBride, president, Nettwerk Management and McLachlan’s > manager. “This is an incredible opportunity for us to promote Sarah’s > new album while providing her fans with a unique perspective on Sarah > that they can't get anywhere else.” > > “Liquid Audio’s digital-music-distribution services and software enable > the secure promotion and sale of digital music on the Internet in all > leading formats to all leading digital music players,” said Gerry > Kearby, chief executive officer of Liquid Audio. “Because our > distribution services are powered by Liquid System software, they > provide the security, scalability, rights reporting, and user experience > which Internet music sites, such as Amazon.com, require to promote and > sell music safely.” > > About the Amazon.com Music Store > As the world leader in online music sales, the Amazon.com music store > not only offers a superb selection of CDs across all music categories > (25 times more CDs than the typical physical music store), but also > provides the best shopping experience to consumers. Featuring everyday > low prices (savings of up to 30%), unsurpassed customer service and > safety, and the convenience of shopping from one’s home 24 hours a day, > the Amazon.com music store also offers a wealth of features to help > customers discover music they’ll love. From alternative to zydeco, > hip-hop to bebop, Amazon.com’s music store offers customers everything > from the latest releases to hard-to-find gems in any music genre. The > best place to discover and buy music, the Amazon.com music store > features thousands of reviews by Amazon.com staff editors and nationally > known critics, song samples, artist interviews, lists of essential > albums by style, artist and year, helpful introductions to classical, > jazz, and international music, thousands of bestseller lists, music in > the news, customer reviews, and personalized music recommendations. > > About Amazon.com > Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), the Internet’s No. 1 video, No. 1 > music, and > No. 1 book retailer, opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in > July 1995. Today, the Amazon.com store has expanded to offer more than > 4.7 million book, music-CD, video, DVD, computer-game, and other titles, > plus secure credit-card payment, personalized recommendations, and > streamlined ordering through 1-ClickSM technology. It also operates > Amazon.com Auctions, where sellers can offer items for sale to 8 million > Amazon.com customers. > Amazon.com operates two international Web sites: www.amazon.co.uk in > the United Kingdom and www.amazon.de in Germany. Amazon.com also > operates PlanetAll (www.planetall.com), a Web-based address book, > calendar, and reminder service. It also operates the Internet Movie > Database (http://www.imdb.com/, the Web’s comprehensive and > authoritative source of information on more than 150,000 movies and > entertainment programs and 500,000 cast and crew members dating from the > birth of film in 1892 to the present. > This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve > risks and uncertainties that include, among others, Amazon.com’s limited > operating history, anticipated losses, unpredictability of future > revenues, potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results, > seasonality, intense competition, risks associated with system > interruption, management of potential growth, high leverage and risks of > new business areas, international expansion, business combinations, and > strategic alliances. > > More information about factors that potentially could affect > Amazon.com’s financial results is included in Amazon.com’s filings with > the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on > Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998. > Note: Amazon.com, Amazon.com Auctions, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, > Internet Movie Database, PlanetAll, and 1-Click are either registered > trademarks or trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc., or its affiliates. All > other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective > owners. > > About Liquid Audio > Formed by veterans of the music industry and professional recording > engineers, Liquid Audio is leading the convergence of music and > technology to establish the Internet as a new medium for music > distribution. Liquid Audio is the leading provider of services and > software that enable musicians, record labels, and music retailers to > deliver professional-quality music digitally via the Internet. The > company’s software and services are based on an open architecture that > supports music distribution in all leading digital-music formats to all > leading music players. Available for free download at > www.liquidaudio.com, the Liquid™ Player software allows consumers to > preview and purchase CD-quality music over the Internet from hundreds of > music Web sites while protecting artists’ copyrights and tracking > royalties. Liquid, Liquid Audio, Inc., Liquid Audio, the Liquid Audio > logo, Liquifier, Liquid Music, and Liquid Operations Center are > trademarks of Liquid Audio, Inc. > > CONTACT: Paul Capelli, Amazon.com, (206) 834–7180 > > Editors’ note: For more information; an interview with Amazon.com; > b-roll footage; photos of Sarah McLachlan performing; or Amazon.com > music-store screen shots, please call Golin/Harris at (213) 623–4200. > > -- > Emily Glassman > PR Manager > Phone: (206) 694-2223 > Fax: (206) 694-2600 > > Amazon.com, Inc. > Books, Music & More > http://www.amazon.com - --------------4611A727835B90785F0A6DEF-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 07:42:27 -0700 From: Bill Mazur Subject: Re: For The Love Of Celine Tim Finney wrote: > > ---------- > >From: Bill Mazur > >To: Jeffrey Burka > >Subject: Re: Artist Identification Help Please > >Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 2:44 PM > > > > >Wow! I hate to admit it, but it turns out that you are correct. I went > >to Music Blvd to listen to the Real Audio clip of the song and it is one > >and the same. For what it's worth, it doesn't sound like Celine Dion's > >singing to me. I'm not a fan of her over-the-top Star Search vocal style > >either. As you state, oof! I must reluctantly admit though that I like > >her singing and the melody on that song. > > Actually it is my opinion that Falling Into You is a good song. Too bad its > the only good one she's done. The clip was cool too. But this was all before > the "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" debacle. > > Tim Tim, Thanks! BTW, I bought "Hologram of Baal" by The Church awhile back based on your recommendations. I haven't completely absorbed it yet, but I can say that I really like it. Thanks for the recommendation! Bill M. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:17:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Casadonte Subject: Re: burning CD's - tech question Hi Irvin, On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Irvin Lin wrote: > i am using adaptec's TOAST 3.5.5 to make the mix. it doesn't seem > to have any problem with plain CD's but it won't take CD's with data > on them. i, of course, am now worried about this, as more and more > CD's are being released with enhanced tracks on them. I'm not at all familiar with this for Macs, but I'll see if a little PC experience can help out. First question would be: do you have 2 CD-Roms, or just one? If you have a source CD-rom and a burner, try putting the MLL CD into the burner and ripping to your hard drive from there. I'm not sure if this is a limitation in the hardware or the software or both. The next question is: is your version of Toast the latest? My understanding of Toast is that it does not do DAO recording, which is a big no-no if you're tradnig (which you didn't say you were or were planning to do). Also, you may want to try another Mac DAE program, like: Discribe: http://www.charismac.com/Products/Discribe/index.html CD-Rom Toolkit: http://www.fwb.com/ You can find more info from: CD-R FAQ: http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/ CD-DA (Digital Audio) FAQ: http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~psyche/cdda/ ECD Site: http://www.musicfan.com/ecd/what.html Regards, joe joc@netaxs.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Llama Fresh Farms => http://www.netaxs.com/~joc Gay Media Resource List => http://www.netaxs.com/~joc/gaymedia.html Perl for Win32 => http://www.netaxs.com/~joc/perlwin32.html Perl Book Buying Guide => http://www.netaxs.com/~joc/perlbooks.html PerlRing Homepage => http://www.netaxs.com/~joc/perlring.html Grateful Dead CD Trades => http://www.netaxs.com/~joc/dead.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Free, that's the message! - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 12:13:01 EDT From: Riphug@aol.com Subject: Fwd: News from the Orchard - --part1_df60a0c6.244f530d_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - --part1_df60a0c6.244f530d_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from rly-zd02.mx.aol.com (rly-zd02.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.226]) by air-zd03.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:59:21 -0400 Received: from acme.actwin.com (acme.actwin.com [204.96.36.78]) by rly-zd02.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id LAA26552; Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:59:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by acme.actwin.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA15363; Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:37:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: by acme.actwin.com (bulk_mailer v1.5); Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:35:21 -0400 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by acme.actwin.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id LAA13642 for over-the-rhine-announce-outgoing; Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:16:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:16:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199904211516.LAA13642@acme.actwin.com> To: over-the-rhine-announce@actwin.com From: OTRhine@aol.com Subject: News from the Orchard Sender: owner-over-the-rhine-announce@actwin.com Reply-To: owner-over-the-rhine@actwin.com 21 April 1999 Hello, I'm up here in the attic again in the morning. If you were sitting here, I would hit you with a barrage of possibilities and watch your face. God bless you what is this? We will be releasing two CD's at the Bogarts show this April 30 here in Cincinnati. The first is called "Amateur Shortwave Radio". A music journalist phoned a few weeks back and reminded me that this is the ten year anniversary of Over the Rhine. Sure enough, we recorded the first half of 'Til We Have Faces in the spring of 1989, so I couldn't argue. Of course we felt we needed to throw a little party, open a good bottle of wine, do a little dance around the kitchen. This new record draws together under one roof a unique and curious sampling of what you would have heard (and did hear) if you walked into a room during an Over the Rhine performance back in the earliest days of the group through just a few weeks ago at Canal Street Tavern in Dayton. It documents some extremely rare and mildly embarrassing but undeniably exuberant early quartet renditions as well as good clean versions of songs such as Moth, Anyway and I Will Remember, which feature the six-piece version of the band (with Mike Georgin on bass…) There's a track with the Northern Kentucky Symphony that we re-mixed and mastered which is gloriously schamaltzy and full of chirping crickets and a recent reworking by the original quartet of Over the Rhine's first ever cover tune. It's a record full of smiles and tears and you're probably on it too. And it's a record that confirms for me that yeah, I would definitely do it all over again. The second CD we're releasing is called "I Don't Think There's No Need To Bring Nothin'." It's the collection of eleven solo piano tunes I referred to earlier, the simplest recordings I've ever made. Of course, in both CD's there are notes which I wrote - as if life were study hall and you were the shy girl three seats up on the left. At least we haven't been sitting around doing whatever it is people do who sit around doing nothing. Incidentally, the Bogarts show will consist of the sassy six-piece. Niki Buehrig, formerly of Plow On Boy will be opening. It's been over two years since Niki has stepped up to a microphone in public with her acoustic guitar here in Cincinnati. If you've heard her, then you already know she's one of the region's rare musical treasures. Hope you can join us and look for a few surprises. This Friday, April 23, we'll be performing as a trio with Jack at Brady's Café in Kent, Ohio. One of the friendliest rooms in the universe…We ain't rehearsin', so look out. (Of course, Thursday, we'll be sneakin' around the Hartville Flea Market.) Finally, in response to the E-Mails we received regarding our future with the (changing) music industry, let me say Thank You. I would say about 20% of you said definitely go with the vegetable stand, it's great. About 20% said go with the big offer, it's a no-brainer, this is a rare opportunity, don't trifle with the American Dream. Most of you said listen carefully to your heart. Take risks, venture into the unknown but only if you can keep your spirit intact. Go for the biggest audience possible, but don't let anybody make you something you're not. (And yes, it would sure be nice to have easier access to your recordings.) A coupla comments: the record industry is an overstuffed man in a three-piece suit wobbling around on stilts right now. There's going to be a lot of change in the next ten years. Our ability to anticipate some of those changes will allow us to keep making records for a living or not. That being said, I do absolutely want to reach the largest, widest audience I can (with spirit intact.) The question is can I ultimately reach more people as an independent, or with a major label? If a musician ever pretends that he or she makes records and gets up on stage with the hope of being ignored, well, it ain't so. Also, if I make a record and ANYBODY likes it, I'm grateful. If it so happens that Florida beach girls love "All I Need Is Everything", that is fantastic. But it gets weird when the people at a big label start second guessing how to get the Florida girls or anybody else on your side before you record note one. If an artist ever thinks his or her work is too good for someone who genuinely appreciates it, that's a bit sick. So what's going on? Our manager is currently negotiating a deal with Capitol for us. When they make us their best offer, we'll consider it. If it makes more sense for us to keep putting out our own records, there are a number of smaller companies such as Rykodisc that would be interested in distributing those records nationally for us while allowing us to retain 110% control over everything. And along with this distribution we could continue operating the virtual vegetable stand and ultimately own all our recordings. In the meanwhile, we're going to be putting out records that we like hand-over-fist. We're beginning our next full-length recording May 7. Karin and I are going to take a five-week break to tour as members of Cowboy Junkies for their summer tour this July, and then mix the record when we get back in August. I for one can't wait to hear it. And as for us, come on you Florida girls, come one, come all. Thanks for listening. Hope you can make the shindig. Peace, Linford - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | To subscribe/unsubscribe: Majordomo@ActWin.com | Subject is ignored | message: SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) listname | The three versions of this list (listnames) are: | over-the-rhine discussion list | over-the-rhine-digest digest version of discussion list | over-the-rhine-announce to only receive "official" messages from OTR ***************************************************************** - --part1_df60a0c6.244f530d_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 13:24:31 -0400 From: Chris Sampson Subject: Re: Don't Buy Gas on... Lord Tyr wrote: > > In honor of the high priced Gas, there is a protest not to buy any gas at > all on April 30th 1999. > I am going to join in, I hope u do too. Tyr, where do you live? Not the US, I suppose... From what I've learned (from several sources) the US not only uses the most gasoline per capita, but also pays either the lowest (or damned near the lowest) prices in the world... Though, I don't have those references at hand. More protest worthy, IMHO, is the cavalier attitude with which we squander this resource (e.g., for what purposes, in what gas-guzzling vehicles, in lieu of what forms of mass transportation). Though, I would add, that, for entirely other reasons, buying gasoline less frequently is a fine idea. Regards, Chris ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 10:42:21 -0700 From: "Anthony Kosky" Subject: Re: Don't Buy Gas on... Lord Tyr wrote: > > In honor of the high priced Gas, there is a protest not to buy any gas at > all > on April 30th 1999. > I am going to join in, I hope u do too. > -------------------------------- > MP & BB, Lord Tyr > http://fly.to/lordtyr I just posted to the following to a different newsgroup, when this came up. I hope you'll excuse me not re-writing it for each place the idea is posted, but that would be too time consuming.... I'm not sure that this is suitable material for an international, music-related list, especially one which has (I think) some Norwegians on it, who'll probably find the idea of Americans whinging about the price of fuel to be quite ludicrous. Still, since it's been brought up, I will raise an objection, namely that gas(*) is still far too cheap in the US, and that, if anything, the price should be increased. The US has a long history of subsidizing and inadequately taxing oil companies. (One of the ways they do this is by allowing oil refinaries to maintain inadequate safety and environmental standards, and not imposing realistic fines to cover the cost of the resulting "accidents"). As a result gas in the US is amongst the cheapest in the world. Unfortunately similar subsidies are not given to public transportations or alternative transportation. The result is that use of automobiles in the US is artificially cheap, and they become vastly over used, even when, in real terms other forms of transport are cheaper and more pratical. (similar arguments apply to use of trucks(**) for transporting heavy goods). Anything that discourages people from unnecessary use of automobiles, such as raising fuel prices, seems to me to be an extremely good thing. Ideally I'd like the extra cost to go towards environmental cleanup efforts and improved safety standards, rather than just more profits for oil companies, but either way, it's a step in the right direction. For Americans to complain that oil prices are too high strikes me as pure, self-centered greed. Now if someone started a campaign to force the oil companies to increase prices to $3 a gallon, that I would support. - -Anthony (*) gas = petrol - for our English-speaking readers. (**) trucks = lorries. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V5 #141 **************************