From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V5 #355 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, October 26 1999 Volume 05 : Number 355 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Eleftheria in the US [Angelos Kyrlidis ] Re: Neiles September report [Tim Cook ] Grey Eye Glances - some heartening news [Philip David Morgan ] the november project ["cjmacs" ] new cool stuff [NNadelS@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 03:00:04 -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********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************* Tara MacLean (no Email address) ********************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tara MacLean Thu October 25 1973 Scorpio Jessica Koeppel Wed October 29 1969 Scorpio Kathy Clark Sat November 01 1969 Bunnies Katie Dougiamas Sat November 02 1974 Scorpio Anthony Horan Fri November 04 1966 Positive Michael Sullivan Mon November 05 1962 Scorpio Anna Pryde Wed November 05 1975 Scorpio Sun; Sagittarius Moon; Pisces Rising Jens Brage Sun November 08 1964 Scorpio Rising Lynn Garrett Sat November 08 1958 Scorpio Sam Murgie Fri November 08 1957 Scorpio Rachel Kramer Bussel Mon November 10 1975 Scorpio Ken Latta Sun November 11 1951 Scorpio Michael Doyle Wed November 12 1969 Scorpio Neil K. Thu November 14 1968 Grocible Dave Cook Mon November 15 1971 Scorpio Jeff Pearce November 16 Orpheus Naama Avramzon Mon November 18 1974 Scorpio Jeff Smith Mon November 19 1962 Crash Kevin Bartlett Fri November 21 1952 Scorpio Claudia Spix Wed November 23 1960 Schuetze Anja Baldo Tue November 23 1965 Garbanzo Tommy Persson Wed November 25 1964 Sagittarius - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 18:56:49 -0400 From: Angelos Kyrlidis Subject: Eleftheria in the US Hi, Just found out (complete coincidence) that Eleftheria Arvanitaki will be playing two US dates this week: Sat 10/30 Town Hall New York City Sun 10/31 Berklee Performance Center Boston, MA Go, if you can. She is probably one of the two best female singers from Greece. Check out her website www.arvanitaki.gr for music clips. I am obviously excited and will be there. Let me know if any Bostonian ectophiles are interested. Angelos ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 07:46:28 +0100 From: Tim Cook Subject: Re: Neiles September report >If i could encapsulate why i subscribe to this board this post by neile would >be all i need. i made notations and now i will start looking. thanks neile, >as always. Me too. Its like having a magazine review of your favourite musical genre's delivered straight to your mailbox. Thanks Neile. Tim ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 21:57:10 -0400 From: Philip David Morgan Subject: Grey Eye Glances - some heartening news This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------C48575AC16566B02E29C8C4D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Good Evening, Ectofolk: The latest incoming from the Grey Eye Glances list. Let's all hope they have better luck with their new label - and hope it isn't owned or run by Universal. Philip David 10/26/1999 - --------------C48575AC16566B02E29C8C4D Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from dfw-smtpin4.email.verio.net ([129.250.38.54]) by dfw-spool2.email.verio.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.04) with ESMTP id FK6CQN00.8VX for ; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 19:56:47 +0000 Received: from goose.prod.itd.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.18]) by dfw-smtpin4.email.verio.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.04) with ESMTP id FK6CQM00.SAN for ; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 19:56:46 +0000 Received: from aol.com (ip2.moorestown2.nj.pub-ip.psi.net [38.26.74.2]) by goose.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA03316 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 12:56:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:55:01 -0500 From: "Grey Eye Glances" Message-ID: To: "Philip David Morgan" Subject: Important update from GEG X-Mailer: eMerge 1.53 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Hi Folks, As of October 24th we have raised, through the generosity of many, 80% of the funds needed to buy back our music. We have therefore decided to go ahead with the purchase of the "Masters." We have arranged to acquire the remaining 20% via a bank loan and will soon be closing the deal with the record label. Those who have already placed orders, thank you for your patience. Your credit card and checks have been cleared and deposited. We are making an effort to have everything to you around Thanksgiving. The limited number of CDs ordered from the manufacturer was based on the total amount of money needed to buy back our music. Therefore some CDs will still available for sale until the last is sold. The following is what remains of the original packages offered: CD #1 of Unreleased Material (New Songs) $50.00 This CD features studio versions of Big Red Boat, Even, Moonlight, Ordinary Day, and many others. CD #2 of Unreleased Material (Our Past) $75.00 This CD features Calm Through the Thunder, Pirate Song, The Last Time (a.k.a., the banjo song), the acoustic version of Let it Go, and more. Both CDs of Unreleased Material (#1 New Songs & #2 Our Past) $100.00 The "Live" Double CD Set $100.00 GEG captured "Live in Concert" March 26 & 27, 1999 Both unreleased CDs and The "Live" double CD set $200.00 All CDs will be signed, dated, and numbered. You may call Toll Free: 877-916-5862 to reserve yours. Again, thanks so much for your patience and generosity over these last 3 months. GEG - --------------C48575AC16566B02E29C8C4D-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 23:42:14 -0400 From: Ted Subject: "Roy" Dance Remix???? I hadn't visited Vickie's Page in awhile.... Vickie or somebody, is it true that there is a dance remix of Roy out there somewhere? Where can I get my hands on it? I don't remember seeing such a thing on Samson's website.. Ted. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 00:20:25 -0400 From: "cjmacs" Subject: the november project hi all! this past saturday i had the experience of going to the towne crier in pawling ny to see the re-constituted "october project 2", now reborn as "november project". the originality of their new name should clue you into what they were like. actually, musically they were very good but not as extraordinary as the seven-piece version that toured in 1994. vocally was an altogether different story. the band consisted of emil adler on keys and vocals, maryann marino on vocals, julie flanders on keys and spoken vocals, mike visceglia on bass, doug yowell on percussion and rob friedman on guitar, emil and julie being the only members from the original october project lineup. in october project mary fahl's voice (on recordings, but especially live) was breathtaking. even in the 5-piece band incarnation, where musically they suffered the most, her voice continually captivated me. many times i was in awe, wondering where on earth that voice was coming from. the voice of maryann marino did no such thing... not once.... not for a second. shockingly, a band that i felt was known for their exceptional vocal talents has now become a professional, slick-sounding musical outfit topped by singing that was pedestrian at best. the gothic splendor of the original band was replaced by a by-the-numbers-follow-the-fad-alterna-lillith presentation. the vocals were pleasant when they were in tune, but frightfully dull. and the almost sex-kitten-style of vocalizing was out of place with the music and lyrics. the remarkable thing was that emil adler and julie flanders' music was as wonderful as ever. it was truly a shock to see it delivered so blandly. is it fair to compare the original october project with the new one-month-later version? seeing how emil even addressed the fact from the stage that they intended to go out as "october project 2", yes i think to compare them is fair.... and unfortunately for the current lineup, anyone that expects to hear the majesty of their original dazzling sound will more than likely also be comparing, and i'm sure most will come away disappointed. if the singing was extraordinary, tackling songs like "ariel" and "bury my lovely" shouldn't have been a problem. but these and the addition of an a capella encore only exagerrated how un-interesting the singing was. almost perversly, i bought the 5-track cd they offered. i enjoy 4 of the songs, and the vocals are decent on the recording (studio tweaking?). for those interested the set list consisted of the entire 5-track cd, an additional 8 new songs, and "ariel", "bury my lovely" and "sunday morning yellow sky" as the lone holdouts from the earlier era. chuck np: cocteau twins- bbc sessions nr: david guterson- east of the mountains ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 01:46:09 EDT From: NNadelS@aol.com Subject: new cool stuff Lori Carson, Stars: I just got this one, but wow! So far I like it as much as her last album, seems this one has less production. Very Ecto-friendly back-up band: Chris Cunningham, Lindsey Horner and Jane Scarpatoni. Great songs, very calming. Cowboy Junkies, B-Sides, Rarities and Slow Sad Waltzes: Their new B-side collection on their own label after being dumped in th Geffen/Polygram merger. Alot of these songs are album worthy and some good covers: "Water is Wide" and a Dylan song. People often complain that all their songs sound the same, but that's really unfair. Micheal Timmins is an underrated songwriter and Margo just has one of the best voices in creation. Everyone should own at least one CJ album. Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin: Beautiful psychedelia, very much like recent Mercury Rev record ( Dave Fridmann of MR co-produces). Dot Allison, Afterglow: Similar to Dido and Beth Orton. Great production and voice a bit like Julee Cruise - -nick ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V5 #355 **************************