From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V6 #292 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Sunday, October 1 2000 Volume 06 : Number 292 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Juliana Hatfield & Bonfire Madigan [DanStark ] Re: Juliana Hatfield & Bonfire Madigan [RAVEN@igc.org] Patty Larkin/Pamela Means [RAVEN@igc.org] Re: Kaitlyn Ni Donovan [Neile Graham ] Joyful Molybdenum [Paul Blair ] Re: Joyful Molybdenum [Joseph Zitt ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 13:22:57 -0400 From: DanStark Subject: Juliana Hatfield & Bonfire Madigan We went to see Juliana Hatfield in NYC last night. I haven't seen her in five years, but I remembered that last time her show was pretty amusing. Her songs were so catchy and fun that I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, even though she bordered on being so stereotypically bad it was funny. Last night was a bit of a disappointment though. She spent over an hour playing a set of almost all new material, which I didn't think measured up to her "Only Everything" days. Neither did a lot of other people in the audience from what I saw, as the crowd only showed significant signs of dancing during the two older songs she played. At one point, a couple guys shouted out that they were in a nostalgic mood, to which Juliana replied that she "needed to stay modern and alternative". I think it would have been a much better show if she'd played some of her older crowd-pleasing hits though. The pleasant surprise of the night was the opener, Bonfire Madigan, who blew us away with a truly unique set of alternafolk-punk grrl cello rock. The band consisted of Madigan Shive on cello and vocals, two other women on stand-up bass and violin, and a guy on drums. I guess they've been mentioned on Ecto before but I missed it so I didn't know what we were in for, but wow, what a performance! I don't even know how to describe them since there's not much to compare them to. I guess they bear a passing resemblance to Jorane, simply because they're both female cellist-singers, but Madigan's music has a lot more energy and attitude than anything I've heard on Jorane's CD. Anyway, we liked them so much that we bought two CDs at the show, and plan to make the two-hour drive to Philadelphia tonight to see them play at Khyber Pass. From there they go onto DC, NC, Atlanta and Texas. A highly recommended night out for any ectophiles who happen to be in their path! Dan ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 11:04:54 -0700 From: RAVEN@igc.org Subject: Re: Juliana Hatfield & Bonfire Madigan At 10:22 09/30/2000, DanStark wrote: >The pleasant surprise of the night was the opener, Bonfire Madigan, who >blew us away with a truly unique set of alternafolk-punk grrl cello rock. Yes, yes! She's on my must-see list... unfortunately for those of you in the midwest and northeast, last night's show was the last of several in those regions, but as Dan said, she's headed south and west... here's the rest of her tour schedule: October 02 Raleigh, NC @ Kings Tavern 03 Atlanta, GA @ Eyedrum 04 New Orleans @ Tipitina's 05 Houston, TX @ Rudyard's w/ 764 Hero 06 Austin, TX @ Emo's w/ 764 Hero 07 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves w/ Kapsize 14 Los Angeles, CA @ the Lab - 835 S. Spring St. theLabLA@pacbell.net John - -- RAVEN ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 11:04:22 -0700 From: RAVEN@igc.org Subject: Patty Larkin/Pamela Means I just saw Patty Larkin's sold out show at Berkeley's Freight and Salvage last night... from previous shows, I knew I'd be blown away again, but last night was even better than I expected... she's traveling with a tight band consisting of Ben Wittman on drums and Marc Shulman on electric guitar. For anyone near Santa Cruz tonight, she's playing at Palookaville, 8pm. This venue is larger than the Freight (600+ instead of 200), so I expect there are still tickets available. Opening act is Pamela Means, who I've been raving about for several years... tonight will be her 10th California show in two weeks. Tomorrow Pamela plays an intimate house concert in Berkeley, her last gig during this year's California tour, after which she returns to the Boston area. More show info, with links to the artists and venues, at my website (URL in sig). John - -- RAVEN ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 12:27:39 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Re: Kaitlyn Ni Donovan At 9:21 PM -0400 9/29/00, Bill Adler wrote: >Wow. I just downloaded her MP3, Ceiling Tiles. Yes -- I agree with those >comments. She has a seductive, lush voice. If Kaitlyn Ni Donovan's CD, >which I've just ordered, is half as good as the MP3, it's a great CD. > >--Bill > >n.p. Kaitlyn Ni Donovan, Ceiling Tiles (MP3 single) Bill and all-- It's just as good, and then some. When I read my Ectophiles' Guide comments on her (http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/guide.cgi?artists/ni.donovan.kaitlyn), I realized I didn't capture just how incredible this album is--I think it's because it's more subtle than other albums that capture my attention as deeply. I love this album as much as I love Jorane's, but it's so much less theatrical it's hard to say why. That's why I liked the Silver Platter's reviewer's comments on her so much. Another snippet from that: "Those with a quiet, introspective side who perhaps grew up listening to Kate Bush, or a lot of records on the 4AD label, will likely find solace in these songs...melancholy, but not necessarily sad. Musically, Kaitlyn Ni Donovan is in a world of her own, but a world somehow familiar to me." - --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: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 16:49:09 -0400 From: Paul Blair Subject: Joyful Molybdenum Back in January, Happy posted to the list and enthusiastically mentioned a group called the Trey Gunn Band. I visited the site and as at the time there were no clips up and no scheduled dates for near me, put off further investigation. There are now two clips up on the site, "The Joy of Molybdenum" and "Sozzle." . The music is instrumental, much more energetic than, say, Project Lo, and not as ambient-ectospooky as the Aural Gratification CDs. But it's somewhere in that universe. Trey himself is part of King Crimson. I also note that the Trey Gunn Band was here at the Knitting Factory on Sept. 14--wouldn't have helped me much, had I known, since that was about the time I pulled 47 consecutive hours at work so that we could get style.com up on time for Fashion Week... pb ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 16:24:21 -0400 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Joyful Molybdenum On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 04:49:09PM -0400, Paul Blair wrote: > There are now two clips up on the site, "The Joy of Molybdenum" and > "Sozzle." . The music is > instrumental, much more energetic than, say, Project Lo, and not as > ambient-ectospooky as the Aural Gratification CDs. But it's > somewhere in that universe. Another rave for Trey here... He's had several previous solo albums, and basically been Robert Fripp's right hand man for the past 15 years or so, playing in the League of Crafty Guitarists, Sunday All Over the World (fronted by the wonderful Toyah Wilcox), Sylvian/Fripp, several of the Crim ProjeKCts and, uh, other stuff, including the 90's and current King Crimson. (He had actually auditioned for and agreed to join my band in Brooklyn in the early 80s, when he got a call from Fripp to come to England. I had to admit that I was trumped...) > I also note that the Trey Gunn Band was here at the Knitting Factory > on Sept. 14--wouldn't have helped me much, had I known, since that > was about the time I pulled 47 consecutive hours at work so that we > could get style.com up on time for Fashion Week... Well, the gig was ostensibly webcast -- but in what consistently passes for competence at the Knit, no one that I know of that tuned in was able to get any sound with the broadcast. n.p. Cornelius Cardew: The Great Learning n.r. Neil Gershenfeld: When Things Start to Think - -- |> ~The only thing that is not art is inattention~ --- Marcel Duchamp <| | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt | | Latest CD: Jerusaklyn http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt | | Comma: Voices of New Music Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V6 #292 **************************