From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V5 #376 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, November 13 1999 Volume 05 : Number 376 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Heather Duby (was Re: Cyber-waifs--2 CD reviews) [Neile Graham ] cat power show ticket [NNadelS@aol.com] fiona apple [NNadelS@aol.com] Re: Heather Duby (was Re: Cyber-waifs--2 CD reviews) [Andrew Fries ] Happy in Chicago ["Mitchell A. Pravatiner" ] Re: Happy in Chicago [LynnGarret@aol.com] FW: THE SAN FRANCISCO TREAT ["Drew Harrington" ] Janet Dunbar's new CD [Richard Holmes ] siberry tour dates [joann.whetsell@oberlin.edu (JoAnn Whetsell)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 22:53:18 -0800 From: Neile Graham Subject: Heather Duby (was Re: Cyber-waifs--2 CD reviews) Andrew asks: >The description sounds intriguing. Does she have a website/samples anywhere? Try the links on http://www.subpop.com/index2.html. There are some downloadable Real Audio files if you don't mind waiting for some cutesy graphic effects to move on. >Any other opinions? Well, I've seen numerous reviews hereabouts, all positive enough that I've had her name in my mind and on my list of things to look for for a while. I'm downloading the sound files now. - --Neile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 00:07:54 -0800 From: Neile Graham Subject: Re: Heather Duby (was Re: Cyber-waifs--2 CD reviews) I wrote: >I'm downloading the sound files now. Ugh! I spent all the time to download them only to get error messages saying they aren't Real Player files. This is with a Mac using Real Player 5.0. Darn. - --Neile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 03:00:04 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************* Michael Doyle (maeldun@i-2000.com) ******************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Michael Doyle Wed November 12 1969 Scorpio Neil K. 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Corry Fri December 11 1970 Sagittarius - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 03:34:02 EST From: NNadelS@aol.com Subject: cat power show ticket any new yorkers going to the cat power show at knitting factory? i have an extra ticket, 10 bucks or best offer. let me knwo, shows' sat. at 730. - -nick ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 03:35:54 EST From: NNadelS@aol.com Subject: fiona apple I have to say that i'm very pleased with When the Pawn. Musically, I think it's stonger than Tidal. Very well produced and I like the lyrics too. On the bound, love ridden, mistake and paper bag are great. really, this is one everyone should try. better than i expected. - -nick ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 21:53:03 +1100 From: Andrew Fries Subject: Re: Heather Duby (was Re: Cyber-waifs--2 CD reviews) On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Neile Graham wrote: >Ugh! I spent all the time to download them only to get error messages >saying they aren't Real Player files. This is with a Mac using Real Player >5.0. > But they are, and they worked fine on my Mac Realplayer v6.0.6 (I had to check, I had no idea what version I've got). I liked what I heard, and I suspect you would too, Neile - this is in the Cooldown/Suvome ballpark. - ------------------------------------------------------ "Macintosh for Productivity, Linux for Development, Palm for Mobility, and Windows for Solitaire." - - spotted on a t-shirt @ macsurfshop.com - ------ http://www.zip.com.au/~afries/hall.html ------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 06:30:15 -0500 From: "Michael Lugo" Subject: Heather Duby (was Re: cyber-waifs) You can access Heather Duby's website through her label, Sub Pop, at www.subpop.com I currently have her CD but I haven't listened to it yet... Here's a review from the Philadelphia Inquirer, September 12th, 1999, that I have saved on my hard drive. The tone of Heather Duby's voice is fairly unremarkable. It's featherweight, almost frail, the disnegaged cool of an electronica ingenue. What's amazing is the way this singer and songwriter uses it: She sounds as if she's calling from the other side of a large, fogbound body of water, and though there's urgency in what she's saying, most of it gets swallowed by the distance. She concentrates less on presenting a single lead voice than developing an overlapping and interconnected chorale, crafting an ethereal atmosphere from vague echoes, half-swallowed wordless cries, and pealing, close-knit harmonies. Duby's debut, the Steve-Fish produced _Post to Wire_ (Sub Pop ****), due out Oct. 19, is a minor masterpiece of vibe, a collection of disarmingly gorgeous lamentations and petulant questions, each outfitted with unusual harmonic twists. [Those are stars. The Inquirer rates records out of 4 - so that's the best rating.] Though many female artists (Dido, Beth Ortion) are exploring the folk-lyrics-meets-programmed-beats realm suggested by Bjork and Everything But The Girl, none has come up with songs as engrossing as Duby's. The eight-minute "Halo Sky"is a psychodrama about a woman slowly going mad as she grieves for her lost, seafaring husband; "Falter" uses Eastern European harmonies (the shrill Bulgarian women's choirs are among her influences) to atone for petty frailties. Duby, who still buses tables at a restaurant ("It's best if I don't have to talk to people too much"), says she began composing after getting embroiled in a debate about the blues at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash. "There was this huge argument about whether white people could sing the blues, and I was saying you can't be exclusionary about it. People were disagreeing with me, and what was funny was I was singing at the pub, doing standards and stuff, and bringing the house down. For people to tell me I couldn't sing the blues when I was obviously affecting people, that was it for me." So she moved to Seattle and began writing songs -- sprawling confessionals and stories about lonely women -- and eventually stirred up interest at Sub Pop. Which still amazes here, considering that unlike many in the indie-rock world, she concentrates on things like musicality and accuracy: "Someone who sings well isn't accepted in that community, and I've never apologized for singing in tune." Duby, 25, no longer worries about that kind of acceptance: She says she knew she'd accomplished something when, one night as the restaurant was closing, the manager put on her CD. "My friend Ollie, he's a chess coach, probably in his 60s, he was sitting there listening at the bar. And he got a little weepy. He actually became angry at me, because I'd made him all emotional." Maybe I should actually listen to the CD, since I've been thinking of getting it since I read this review two months ago? Be happy for me... this is my first post... now I'll go back to lurking. Mike mlugo@thelabelguy.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:27:13 -0800 (PST) From: John Drummond Subject: Heather Duby vs. Kym Brown kind of Y'all, I downloaded the realaudios and I like them a lot... I'm excited by the idea that she uses Eastern European harmonies... that's incredible to me, I'm all about that Eastern European music... mmmmmm... it seems that there are a good number of female singer-songwriters going this more technological route... the queen of them at the moment is of course Kym Brown, since she's doing it all herself... program them beats, Kym! Play that theremin! Produce! Yeah... but this Heather Duby character is certainly rockin'... and then we come to the opposite end of this spectrum to Dido and Moa.. both of whose CDs I was extremely bored by. Ack. But yeah, I'm also surprised that Sub Pop is releasing the album, I'm extremely surprised. They're so known for their 1993 grunge heyday... and now I guess they're wanting to branch out. But anyhow... umm... this is still missing Kym's toughness, her grime dried into the cracks... so Kym still wins this round, though I'm still buying Heather's CD. ;D John P.S. But it's not like Heather is actively or consciously challenging Kym's role as Technology Singer Girl or whatever, I totally understand that... but I read the bio and thought, "Hmm... rather Kym-like, from the sounds of it..." but Kym has an butcher streak. Heather doesn't seem to. And I'm all about the butcher streaks. Anyhow. ===== "However, for all you S&M fans out there, fill your jodhpurs with whatever tickles your fancy, xoxo." - - Kym Brown __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:23:34 -0700 From: moseley@tatrc.org Subject: Ecto Archives URL Hello all... I've misplaced the URL to the old Ecto Archives that features the word-search option. Could somebody refresh my memory? Thanks, S.P. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:41:04 -0500 (EST) From: Jay Behel Subject: Carla Lother I'm listening to this CD that found at Reckless in Chicago. The artist looks like a cross between Annie Lennox and Red Riding Hood. Her name is Carla Lother; the CD is Ephemera. It's on Chesky, and the sound is great. It's a very interesting CD. CL draws from pop, cabaret, new age and classical traditions. Three of the songs are Yeats poems, one is the 18th century song, Geordie, CL wrote or co-wrote three songs and remaining songs include 'Black is the Color' and 'Flow My Tears.' It was recorded in an Episcopal church last year. It sounds more ecto on paper than in reality. But still quite enjoyable. CL's voice doesn't call anyone to mind. But maybe an earthier Dawn Upshaw or more classical Jan Arden. Anyone else out there heard of her? Jay M. Behel, Ph.D. \"When I dare to be powerful-to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it begins to matter less and less whether I am afraid.\" Audre Lorde ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:15:57 -0600 (CST) From: "Mitchell A. Pravatiner" Subject: Happy in Chicago I can remember when Happy performing in Chicago would have generated a lot more buzz on this list than yesterday's date seems to have. For all that, her first appearance here was memorable indeed, well worth the unusually high cover that Martyr's charges. The opening act, the Third Coast String Quartet, was excellent. Happy performed with Project LO. Some of their numbers didn't involve Happy, but the quality of the entertainment was uniformly high. Happy performed some songs from MWABT, some from Equipoise, some from Warpaint, and possibly some that don't fit in any of those categories. I was part of an intimate group of ectophiles seated close to the stage. After the show, I had the pleasure of meeting Happy for the first time. All thoroughly delightful. Mitch ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 17:52:22 EST From: LynnGarret@aol.com Subject: Re: Happy in Chicago I'm glad to hear the concert in Chicago was such a hit. It still looks like they won't be playing here in Detroit tonight and no one (including Samson Records) knows anything about what is going on. If anyone happened to get a good recording of the show and wants to trade, please contact me privately. Lynn ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 15:32:11 -0800 From: "Drew Harrington" Subject: FW: THE SAN FRANCISCO TREAT Hey all, Sorry for the cross-post of material you've probably all see before, but I just wanted to make sure any and all soon-to-be Mila Drunke fans in the Bay Area know: M I L A D R U M K E P l a y s S F N e x t W e e k ! Be there, or regret it FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE! Drew __________ Do you have friends or family in the Bay Area? If so, please forward this information--along with all kinds of praise for Mila's music--to them. (This is Mila's first trip to San Francisco, so we can certainly use your help in filling up the clubs): Hotel Utah Saloon* Thursday, November 18 @ 9 500 Fourth Street San Francisco 415.421.8308 With Zoe Keating on cello. Above Paradise/Paradise Lounge* Monday, November 22 @ 10 308 Eleventh Street San Francisco 415.621.1911 Again with the lovely Zoe Keating. Also, keep an eye on http://littlepro.com for details on Mila's upcoming album of standards. We're hoping to get it to you by Christmas! We'll keep you posted. Thanks for your support, - -- Little Pro Records 328 Flatbush Avenue, Suite 207 Brooklyn, NY 11238 info@littlepro.com http://littlepro.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 17:03:58 -0800 From: Richard Holmes Subject: Janet Dunbar's new CD Hi all - sorry for being so silent as of late. Just dropping a line to let you know that Janet Dunbar (she did Song of the Shaman on Ectopia, as some of you may remember) just released a full-length (~60 minutes for those who care) CD. The website is http://www.amberlight.com and is also available at http://janetdunbar.iuma.com I think it will be slightly cheaper via the amberlight site, as we're paying any applicable sales tax and shipping :) Well, I'll include the press release now and sign off.... Take care, - -Richard. ===================== Press Release ============ AMBERLIGHT PRODUCTIONS P.O. Box 3211 Saratoga, CA 95070 (408) 378-9313 www.amberlight.com rholmes@amberlight.com Contact Person: Richard Holmes For Immediate Release SPIRIT JOURNEY CD by Janet Dunbar RELEASE DATE November 11, 1999 Composer/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Janet Dunbar's new release, Spirit Journey, takes you on a trip to the imagined world of the Ancient Earth Mother, a time and place of cooperation, healing, and inspiration. Janet sings intriguing melodies, and performs flights of guitar and synthesizer improvisation passionately. The poetry, which is recited by its creators, April Eiler and Jacqueline Thurston, entrances, while the music itself spans the gamut from highly meditative environmental collages to new jazz compositions and world music inspired dance cuts. The composer interweaves an array of musical traditions in an electroacoustic tapestry of timbral contrast which suits the poetry quite well. The striking originality of Janet's compositions is also partially due to her use of computer music and recording techniques. Though the songs are very accessible, they are interesting and appealing enough to stand up to multiple listenings. Everywhere the obvious effect of the music is to calm, comfort, and recharge the soul. ================================================ @ \@/ Richard A. Holmes (rholmes@ccrma.stanford.edu) @ | @ \|/ "In the name of Annah the Allmaziful, the @ | Everliving, the Bringer of Plurabilities, haloed @ , , | , , be her eve, her singtime sung, her rill be run, @ ' ' ' ' ' unhemmed as it is uneven!" @ - j. j. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 23:37:00 -0500 (EST) From: joann.whetsell@oberlin.edu (JoAnn Whetsell) Subject: siberry tour dates >* * * SIBERRY MUSELETTER 17 * * * PILGRIM SOLO TOUR > >B. PILGRIM SOLO TOUR > >2 new dates have been added to Jane's tour schedule! > >December 14 Vancouver, BC The Vogue >Tickets are available through Ticketmaster: 604-280-4444 > >December 20 Toronto, ON Trinity-St. Paul's United Church >Ticekts are available through Ticketmaster: 416-870-8000 > >For more information visit www.sheeba.ca/tour.html > ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V5 #376 **************************