From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V6 #174 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, June 19 2000 Volume 06 : Number 174 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friends... [Mike Matthews ] **Rachael Sage in Battle of the Babes Playoffs!!!* [MPressinfo@aol.com] RE: semi-technical question [Greg Dunn ] happy anniversary ecto [meredith ] Sleater/Kinney article in NY Times [meredith ] Re: happy anniversary ecto [Jeffrey Burka ] Re: happy anniversary ecto [Mark Miazga ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 03:00:05 -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********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** **************** Ecto-The Mailing List (no Email address) ***************** ********************* Tracy Barber (no Email address) ********************* ********************** Greg Dunn (gregdunn@indy.net) ********************** ******************* Paul Blair (psfblair@ix.netcom.com) ******************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ecto-The Mailing List Tue June 18 1991 Fuzzy blue Tracy Barber Mon June 18 1956 Gemini Greg Dunn Thu June 18 1953 + Paul Blair Thu June 18 1964 Objectivist David Lubkin Fri June 20 1958 OurLady Marisa Wood Fri June 20 1969 Gemini Cheri Villines Sun June 20 1965 Gemini-Leo rising Ray Misra Sat June 20 1970 Gemini Nik Popa Sun June 22 1969 Cancer Teresa VanDyne Thu June 23 1960 Cancer Dave Torok Mon June 24 1968 Cancer Ethan Straffin Thu June 24 1971 Cancer Kevin Dekan Mon June 27 1960 Cancer Samantha Tanner Tue June 30 1970 Wild Goose BunkyTom Tue July 02 1968 Cancer Anders Hallberg Tue July 03 1962 Cancer Kevin Harkins Thu July 05 1973 Cancer Laurel Krahn Mon July 05 1971 Cancer John J Henshon Mon July 05 1954 The Year Of The Horse / Ruled By The Moon Jim Gurley Mon July 06 1959 Cancer Lisa Wilson Fri July 08 1960 Moonchild with Java Rising Courtney Dallas Fri July 09 1971 Catte Michael Peskura Sat July 09 1949 HallOfFamer Finney T. Tsai Sat July 09 1966 Cancer Larry Greenfield Tue July 11 1950 Virgo Rising; Gemini Moon Marion Kippers Tue July 13 1965 Kreeft Ellen Rawson Thu July 13 1961 Double Cancer Mitch Pravatiner Mon July 14 1952 Cancer Rich R. Wed July 14 1954 Cancer John Zimmer Sun July 16 1961 Cancer Dan Stark Sun July 16 1961 Cancer Cathy Guetzlaff Mon July 18 1955 Cancer Vlad Sat July 18 1970 Warning: severe tire damage - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 02:33:00 EDT From: MPressinfo@aol.com Subject: **Rachael Sage in Battle of the Babes Playoffs!!!* Rachael Sage Has Made It To The Next Level in MP3's "Battle of the Babes"!!! * * * JUNE PLAYOFF VOTING at "Battle of the Babes" IS NOW AND THE FINAL LEVEL WILL START JUNE 21ST... Please go to the new link for the Playoff Station, if you have a sec, & vote for Rachael (or your favorite artist), it's great competition, we're sure it'll be very close. Cut & paste this link: http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/45/battle_of_the_babes_level_.html Congrats to all the "indiegrrrl" finalists - hey Jennifer, hey Pepper, hey Allison! - & thanks to y'all for helping us win "round one" in our color group, the last 2 weeks! OK, that's all the 'net la-di-da for now... Happy Friday! Thanks for the support, as always. xoxoxo, walter parks, rachael & the folks @ mpress records * * * www.rachaelsage.com www.mp3.com/rachaelsage 1.877.TRU.SAGE ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 13:53:44 -0500 From: Greg Dunn Subject: RE: semi-technical question >Those cassette adapters always disturbed me. It may be an outdated >understanding on my part, but I was under the impression that a tape head >needed a tape moving across it to dissipate heat. Without this, you should >expect shortened tape head life. Actually, tape motion past the head probably increases the heat dissipation slightly, by friction. It's probably not significant, though. The current in the head is minuscule, and shouldn't result in noticeable heating on a playback-only deck. >I use one of those radio shack fm modulaters, basically a narrowcaster that >should have enough power to broadcast to your car radio from anywhere within >the car. Works well enough, although sometimes if you drive into an area >where the station you chose as "unused" for broadcast suddenly becomes used, >it can get a little noisy. The only problems I have with these are that they have touchy tuning controls. Unlike the old analog radios, most of the new digital ones tune to fixed frequencies generated from a crystal oscillator -- and if your little modulator drifts or isn't fine-tunable you have to constantly fiddle with it. :-) - -- | Greg Dunn | Now I know I'm being used. But | | gregdunn@indy.net | that's okay man, 'cause I like | | The Sultan of Slack(tm) | the abuse. | | http://www.indy.net/~gregdunn/ | The Offspring | ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 13:57:28 -0400 From: meredith Subject: happy anniversary ecto Hi! It's hard to believe this list is 9 years old today. Many, many people out there would be hard pressed to believe that the Internet has existed that long. :) Happy anniversary, ecto! (I'm thinking we should come up with a way to observe the 10th anniversary next year ... that's definitely a milestone. Any ideas?) +==========================================================================+ | 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, 18 Jun 2000 14:00:58 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Sleater/Kinney article in NY Times Hi! The feature article in this weekend's New York Times Arts & Leisure section is on Sleater/Kinney. The article is on line at for at least the next day or two. +==========================================================================+ | 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, 18 Jun 2000 22:57:31 -0400 From: Jeffrey Burka Subject: Re: happy anniversary ecto meth sez: > It's hard to believe this list is 9 years old today. wacky, hunh? Kind of amazing we haven't all killed each other yet. Instead, quite the opposite -- this list continues to amaze with its ability to recommend good music and to (mostly) get along. I mean, even with the recent kvetching pro and con about Napster, y'all still managed to steer me toward Jorane, who is simply mind-boggling. (is _Vent Fou_ her only available item? I WANT MORE!) > Happy anniversary, ecto! Yeah, what she said... > (I'm thinking we should come up with a way to observe the 10th > anniversary next year ... that's definitely a milestone. Any ideas?) No ideas, but it does seem we ought to do something... jeff n.p. _Telling Stories_, Tracy Chapman (I'm surprised there hasn't been more talk about this; granted, it's mostly More Of The Same, but after five albums, I've pretty much decided that I have no limit for More Of The Same from Tracy. Besides, who could pass up the fabulous track with Emmylou Harris guesting?!) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:37:34 -0400 From: Mark Miazga Subject: Re: happy anniversary ecto > n.p. _Telling Stories_, Tracy Chapman (I'm surprised there > hasn't been more talk about this; granted, it's mostly More Of The > Same, but after five albums, I've pretty much decided that I have no > limit for More Of The Same from Tracy. Besides, who could pass up the > fabulous track with Emmylou Harris guesting?!) When "New Beginning" came out, I remember Entertainment Weekly say something like, "Well, nothing's really new here. She could just as well called it "More Songs About Relationships and Social Ills". I thought that was pretty clever (the review was positive). For the new album, their hook was another clever line: "Songs like 'The Wedding Song' show she can still be someone, be someone." Funny. Anyhow, I basically enjoy "Telling Stories". It's very mellow, and I was miffed a bit at first that Chapman didn't go along the more bluesy-rock route she showcased in "Give Me One Reason" or her electric pairing with B.B. King on his "Dueces Wild" album singing "The Thrill is Gone". The album is very much straight-ahead folk-rock, without the cool world music touches or surprising sexiness (on "GMOR" or "Smoke and Ashes") that she displayed throughout "New Beginning". Still, her voice is one of the greatest in all of music - an amazing instrument that rises above her work. There are moments of very, very beautiful music on this CD - my favorites are "Unsung Psalm" (which I'd compare to NB's "At This Point In My Life") and "The Only One". And she's still got the occasional political zinger in herself as well - the passionate "Nothing Yet" is a song decrying the lack of social progress African Americans have made in society, and it's good to see Chapman passionate about social causes. "Paper and Ink" is also a great, anti-materialism song. That being said, her tendency to repeat herself over and over again sometimes really deludes her music, never more than in the track I always skip - "Speak the Word". And the music is just not that interesting. The straight-ahead production makes the songs run together. Only when the production is stark - and Chapman's vocals are allowed to really, really rise (her high notes have gotten better and better with age) - does the musical backing really impress. I was intrigued with the vaguely-Mellencamp-ish production of the title track and first single, but it doesn't continue throughout the album. I miss a lot of the David Gehman touches that marked "New Beginning". David Kershenbaum produced Chapman's first couple albums, so I was hoping for great things, but the production is simply uninteresting. All in all, this is a middling release from an artist that I'll follow throughout my entire life no matter what. But at one release every five years, I was hoping for more. She's still amazing live. Chapman would be smart to release a live album - it really showcases her vision and talent better than any of her studio work. np: Sinead O'Connor "Faith and Courage" (I can't get enough) nr: Katherine Dunn's "Geek Love" PS - Has anyone heard the new release from The New Bohemians (yes, they've reformed with Edie Brickell)? I think they did an Internet release in early June. http://www.newbohemians.com. Anyone heard it? - -- Mark Miazga miazgama@msu.edu http://go.to/MarkMiazga W-2 Wilson Hall, MSU East Lansing, MI 48825 (517) 353-0651 http://www.msu.edu/~miazgama English & Secondary Education, Class of 2000 "We must elect Al Gore as president of the United States. ... The very future of the U.S. Supreme Court for the next generation hangs in the balance." --Human Rights Campaign Executive Director Elizabeth Birch *It will be a great day when schools get all the money they need and the army has to hold a bake sale to buy another tank* ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V6 #174 **************************