From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V6 #374 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, December 13 2000 Volume 06 : Number 374 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Sara Craig for trade/sale [anna maria "stjärnell" ] Keven Keller Trio (March 25th in SF) [Drew Harrington ] n.p. [RedWoodenBeads@aol.com] New Louisa John-Krol cd. [Craig Gidney ] Re: n.p. [Neal Copperman ] 2000 Favorites [jjhanson@att.net] Re: 2000 Favorites [Joseph Zitt ] Re: This year --- what a way to start a millennium. [kerrywhite@webtv.net] Re: This year --- what a way to start a millennium. ["phclark" ] Good audio equipment on a budget [Phil Hudson ] Re: Good audio equipment on a budget [dmw ] Re: This year --- what a way to start a millennium. [meredith ] Re: Millenium Favorites [GSS ] Elysian Fields, dec 16, tonic,nyc [Michael Curry ] Re: This year --- what a way to start a millennium. [third damon Subject: Sara Craig for trade/sale Hi.. If anyone is interested I have a copy of Sara Craig's Miss Rocket for sale or trade. Anna Maria np-Susan Court-high relief Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 00:32:27 -0800 (PST) From: Drew Harrington Subject: Keven Keller Trio (March 25th in SF) Just a humble suggestion... Occasionally I like to try out new music sound unheard. Maybe someone I know mentions something (that's why I read this list... thank you all 8), or maybe I meet an artist and decide to go hear them perform. The later is the case with Kevin Keller. I met Kevin at an Imogen Heap show and we got to talking about music and I really liked many of the same things he liked. When he opened for Steve Roach last year at the Morrison Plantarium, I decided to go see him. I though Kevin was great! (For the record, I wasn't crazy about Steve Roach.) If you like Harold Budd, Roger Eno (or Brian for that matter), or especially Roger's work with Kate St. John or Channel Light Vessel, then you will definately like Kevin Keller Trio. I don't doubt that many on Ecto would really enjoy his music and this fairly rare live performance. Kevin's Website is at www.kevinkeller.com His MP3 page: http://www.mp3.com/kevinkeller includes one track from the last Morrison Planetarium show. Drew - -- *** TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE FOR EQUINOX 2001 *** The Kevin Keller Trio is pleased to announce their return to San Francisco's Morrison Planetarium for a musical celebration of the Spring Equinox. This concert will take place Sunday, March 25, 2001, and will feature new ambient chamber music performed under the planetarium's virtual night sky. Admission is $10 in advance, $12 day of show. Visit the Datebook page at http://www.kevinkeller.com to order your tickets online through Ticketweb. This concert is being produced in association with the Dub Beautiful Collective, http://www.dub-beautiful.org. Kevin Keller Trio - Equinox 2001 Sunday, March 25, 2001 8 PM Morrison Planetarium, San Francisco, CA Admission: $10 advance/$12 door Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:52:58 -0000 From: "Adam K." Subject: This year --- what a way to start a millennium. End of year time approaching, and everyone's drawing up their "Best of" lists, and I gotta admit, I'm feeling despondent. I could easily draw up a list of best films I've seen this year, but best albums? Hmmm. It doesn't help that I have yet to hear PJ Harvey, Aimee Mann and Michael Penn's offerings for the year (on order from Father Christmas), and that, as usual, most of my music buying this year has been from back catalogue stuff, catching up with ecto recommendations, etc. In fact, this year, of all the stuff I bought only 17 of the cd's were new. Enough, I suppose, but there's little in that that's made me go "Wow", with the exception of Tom McRae, and there's been an awful lot of disappointment. Q Magazine just published their list of top 50 albums of the year, and it's the usual suspects. I can't believe that I've been waiting for intelligent, sensitive rock to become fashionable and, now it has, I don't believe it for a minute. There is, in the list, (and I'm sure in many others) Coldplay, Muse and Doves. The problem is, these guys sound like they're slavishly following a trend, not doing their own thing. Just as a bunch of punk bands sprung up after the Sex Pistols who, as Glen Matlock pointed out recently, didn't have the influences that they had had (Can and Van der Graaf Generator are cited, interestingly enough) but were merely working from their copies of "Never Mind the Bollocks", and just as a bunch of Britpop blokey bands sprung up in '95 (Coast, anyone? Northern Uproar?) with the right hairstyles and the Adidas jackets, but not much else, this recent wave (I believe NME has attempted to brand it NAM -- the New Acoustic Movement) reeks of opportunism - "Hey, Radiohead are slow with that follow up, let's fill the gap with widdly guitars and high-pitched angst!" Fortunately, they've come along at a time when the music press are desperately looking for the Next Big Thing to brandname (remember New Wave of the New Wave a few years ago? These Animal Men? S*M*A*S*H? Naaah, thought not). Q does actually put Tom McRae in their list, but ----hey, what a surprise! -- compare him to Nick Drake again. I notice that Goldfrapp, whose cd I also have, made several lists, so I guess appallingly, hysterically bad lyrics don't count for much as long as it sounds pleasant and dreamy. Most of the choices are highly predictable, (Badly Drawn Boy, Kathryn Williams) but I like the inclusion of Black Box Recorder's "Fear of Life", also one of my purchases this year. A bit cold and clinical for my tastes, one I can admire rather than like (Kid A is still hovering in that part of my collection). My year has also been blighted by following the critics and striking out: Last year it was the hideous, glossy Shelby Lynne, this year it was Smog and Yo La Tengo. The latter' "And Suddenly Everything Turned Itself Inside Out" is definitely going to make it onto several lists (Q ignore it, Melody Maker puts it in) but they both have to be the dullest, most monotonous, mind-numbing musical experiences I've ever had. I'm listening to the Yo La Tengo right now, in a "Well, might as well give it another chance" mood, and am ready to tear my own head off rather than listen to another note of this plodding, smug wankfest. I guess if pressed I could put forward a couple of the new cd's I bought --- Pinback's "This is a Pinback CD" is the kind of thing that wouldn't normally be to my taste, but there's a skewed sense of humour at work that I really like, and of course I rate Tom McRae highly. Naomi's "Liquid" shows BIG promise, although it came out late last year, so that's cheating. In all honesty, the best discovery I've made this year is Veda Hille, whose albums I bought and who I got to see in concert. She has instantly become one of my all time favourites, and I avidly look forward to her next release. It does raise a question that has always bothered me, though (wake up at the back, I'm almost done) -- when choosing, what plays the most important factor - -- is it what you LIKE or what you think is IMPORTANT? I mean, you may hate an album, but recognise it's importance that year -- do you list it? Okay, I'm done. Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 06:20:59 -0800 (PST) From: anna maria "stjärnell" Subject: Nick Cave news hi.. To those interested..Nick Cave has a new album called No more shall we part for release april 2001. Woo hoo! Anna Maria Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:35:01 EST From: RedWoodenBeads@aol.com Subject: n.p. In a message dated 12/11/00 11:05:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org writes: << n.p. Cocteau Twins, Heaven or Las Vegas >> does that mean now playing? and what does that other thing you guys put at the end of your posts that looks kind of like that? "And though the holes were rather small They had to count them all" - -John Lennon (commenting on Election 2000) http://www.angelfire.com/indie/impryan http://www.chickpages.com/musicmania/frank.joe ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:07:05 -0800 (PST) From: Craig Gidney Subject: New Louisa John-Krol cd. Hi: I just heard from Louisa John-Krol, Austrulia's answer to Loreena McKennit/Enya with a little bit of Lisa Gerrard thrown in. Her new cd is called ARIEL and will be available in early 2001. People curious about her sound and wanting to purchase her cds should check out her page of sound-samples at http://www.cdbaby.com. - --Craig ===== Craig L. Gidney http://profiles.yahoo.com/quisquose11 Reviews of books and music, http://www.egroups.com/group/Ethereality Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:34:42 -0700 (MST) From: Neal Copperman Subject: Re: n.p. nr = now reading anything else is fair game, so feel free to make some up. The only other one that seems to have caught on slightly is npimh - now playing in my head. neal np: cure for pain - morphine On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 RedWoodenBeads@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/11/00 11:05:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, > owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org writes: > > << n.p. Cocteau Twins, Heaven or Las Vegas >> > > does that mean now playing? > and what does that other thing you guys put at the end of your posts that > looks kind of like that? > > "And though the holes were rather small > They had to count them all" > > -John Lennon (commenting on Election 2000) > > http://www.angelfire.com/indie/impryan > http://www.chickpages.com/musicmania/frank.joe ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:08:49 +0000 From: jjhanson@att.net Subject: 2000 Favorites OK, the year's not over, but I'll go ahead and post my favorites so far. This has been a fairly good year musically-- but most of my favorites surprised me. Some of the albums I didn't expect to be overwhelmed by, were the ones that spun in my CD player(s) the most. Others that I really expected to like, fell a little flat. Few major releases from my favorite artists--but a good year to discover new artists. So, while some albums may be more creatively ambitious, or brilliantly crafted, I chose to go with the albums I played the most. Radiohead's latest may get the critical praise, but it does nothing for me. So, these may not be the most "important" albums, but the ones that I connected to the most and the ones that rarely left my CD player. 1. Caecillie Norby - Queen of Bad Excuses This Danish jazz singer blew me away with this release. I had her previous release on Blue Note records, My Little Corner of the Sky, which is about half covers and half originals, and I tended to like her originals better. But this album of all original material is a giant leap forward. Really great songs, with complex arrangements that still maintain a "smooth jazz" feel without being bland, and perhaps the best lyrics of the genre--and a really, really great voice. I think the album actually was released in 1999, but I just got it this year. And I've yet to get tired of it--easily the album I played most this year. Thanks to Rene Lauritsen, I was also able to pick up her self-titled debut album--mostly covers of standards, it's also a great album worth tracking down. 2. Jann Arden - Blood Red Cherry I've always liked Jann Arden, but always felt her albums were good, but not particularly compelling. The songwriting was "pretty" and "nice", and she had a interesting voice. With this year's release, Jann gets angry, and writes some of the most exciting material of her career. Emotionally varied from great love ballads (her Cherry Popsicle is a bit like Sarah McLachlan's Ice Cream), to bitter angry songs (I Only Wanted Sex and Jeanine), and some songs that are just phenomenal pop songs (Another Human Being, and Best Dress). I got this album at a particularly emotional time in my life (during the ending of a twelve year relationship) and it seemed to echo the entire gamut of emotions I was feeling. I'm sure that whenever I play this album I'll be reminded of this time. 3. Sinead O'Connor - Faith and Courage While not as stunning as her debut album, Sinead's latest packs a good punch--her strongest material in years--and again, some songs that just really resonated with me emotionally. Also, just love the groove on 'Til I Whisper U Something. 4. Haris Alexiou - Whispers Greek diva Haris Alexiou releases an album of her favorite songs with just piano or guitar accompaniment. These ballads really highlight her incredible voice. 5. Holly Cole - Romantically Helpless Dark Dear Heart showed Holly leaving her jazz roots for more pop accessibility, an effort I wasn't sure really suited her. But this album succeeds in many ways that Dark Dear Heart did not. A great collection of songs, worth the price for "Loving You" and "Same Girl" alone. 6. Poe - Haunted Poe puts out an adventurous, complex, rocking concept album. A great ambitious leap forward. Strong vocals, and some really catchy material. The interspersed recordings of her father's voice do get a bit tiresome after repeated listenings, but the great songs make up for it. Here Poe shows she can be as rocking as Liz Phair (I'm Not a Virgin Anymore) or Garbage (Wild), as well as writing some pretty complex, but still accessible and catchy pop material. While not the strongest voice singing today, there's something about her voice that I just love. 7. Anna Wolf - Baby Blue The debut album by local Albuquerque artist Anna Wolf is actually a couple years old now, but I just discovered it this year. Quite an artist--one to keep an eye on-- with a unique voice and unique style. The arrangements are pretty straightforward folk, but her voice ranges stylistically from the purity of Joan Baez to the eccentricity of Kathleen Yearwood. The follow-up album is also good, but the jam band studio recordings are not as good as the full band live renditions of the songs, and I prefer the debut album--but would recommend both to anyone. She also opened Neal's first house concert and has been really one of the best artists he's hsoted so far. Definitely an artist to watch--part Maria McKee, part Victoria Williams, and part rocker--all while being uniquely herself. (Check out www.annawolf.com) 8. Sarah Harmer - You Were Here This is an album that had to grow on me a bit. First listen I thought, hmm, sounds interesting, but nothing special. But the more I listened to it the more I reallized how Sarah's voice really captures the emotions of the songs. Another very solid album--not a bad track on it. 9. Over the Rhine - Good Dog Bad Dog Over the Rhine is a band I always liked, but never got really excited about--but this album grabbed my attention from the first note and didn't let go until the end of the last song. Man, her voice is gorgeous on this album. 10. Hannah Fury - The Thing That Feels Gotta have at least one Tori-like girl-with-piano artist on the list each year and Hannah gets my vote for this year. It's also the second album on my top 10 list to have part of the songs based on a novel (Poe's Haunted based on her brother's House of Leaves) and this album with songs based on Geoffrey Maguire's Wicked. Great songs, great piano, great voice--beautiful moody music, goth without being overly dark, emotional without being over the top. Best Collection of Previously Released Material - ----------------------------------------------- The Wild Colonials - Reel Life, Vol. 1 - Music From Hollywood Wow--a great collection of new and old Wild Colonials songs, and some beautiful instrumentals that I had never heard before, from the various Wild Colonial side projects. Honorable Mentions - ------------------ Eurythmics - Peace Always great to hear Annie Lennox's voice. This is a very solid album, but nothing about it really excited me. However, the Peacetour DVD is great. Proves that Eurythmics can still put on amazing live performance. Marianne Faithfull - Vagabond Ways Great, moody collection of material that is ideally suited for Marianne's world-weary voice. However, it just didn't do as much for me as some of her other releases. Ute Lemper - Punishing Kiss Ambitious album from a phenomenal singer--leaving her cabaret roots, Ute creates a dramatic rock n'roll album. Some really beautiful moments, as well as some quite strange ones. Great album overall. Susan McKeown - Lowlands A great album by a really great singer, but who's studio recordings have never really impressed me until this one. I've always liked them, but were never really wowed. This captures the beauty, strength and fragility of Susan's voice--the fragility which was lacking in most of her previous recordings. Favorite Track: The Snow that Melts the Sooneset Moby - Play I'm not always in the mood for this album, but everytime I play it I'm amazed at Moby's musical genius. He can take samples and repeat them endlessly, but still makes melodic, catchy music that feels fresh and never wears on my nerves--which in this genre, is a pretty rare thing. And some of his keyboard ballads are just gorgeous. Jane Siberry - Hush A beautiful album but one I just didn't find compelling enough to make the top 10. Dar Williams - Green World Good solid album, love the song Spring Street, but the album just didn't quite offer enough to make it memorable. Victoria Williams - Water to Drink Likeable enough album, but somehow doesn't quite capture the joy and irrepresability that is Victoria's trademark. Some great songs, and a solid release, but somehow the magic is missing. This years discoveries (older artists I just discovered): - --------------------------------------------------------- Lisa Ekdahl - ended up with 6 of her albums this year-- much more than I expected to when I first heard her--I thought her Blossom Dearie/Little Girl-ish voice would grow tiresome, but I just grew to like her more and more. Her two albums with the Peter Nordahl trio are great jazz arrangements of American standards, her three Swedish-language albums show definite aturation as an artist, and her latest, Lisa Ekdahl Sings Salvador Poe has a great 60's, Girl from Ipanema feel. Great melancholy love songs with a 60's feel and a South American beat. Would be a great summertime album. Medieval Babes - Great project of Katherine Blake's (Miranda Sex Garden). Midaeval music sung by some hip chicks. These albums are beautiful, but fun. Wendy Rule - Heard Wendy Rule for the first time this year and was absolutely floored by the power of the first track on her first CD--Zero. Surprisingly, nothing else has yet matched the power of that track, and each album tends to get a little bit mellower and a bit less adventurous, but all are still great albums. One of the best and most unique voices I've heard in a long time. Teri Thornton - I'll Be Easy to Find An interesting story--a woman who gets a recording contract after giving up the business 30 years ago. Great mature jazz vocalist, great jazz arrangements. Amazing rendition of the Lord's Prayer. Vas - (Got all 3 of their albums this yera). Well, if Dead Can Dance are no longer, this is the closest you'll get. Great wordless vocals, great percussion and instrumentation--new-agey without being bland. VAST - Visual Auditory Sensory Theater I got both of VAST's albums this year, but much prefer the first. A little bit of Peter Murphy, Nine Inch Nails, Enigma and New Order rolled into one. Most Promising New Artists - -------------------------- Basque - haven't played their albums enough yet to know whether they deserve to be in the Top 10, but they definitely are a band to watch. Great mood music. Amazing vocals. Neko Case and Her Boyfriends - Taking up where Lone Justice left off, this wailing woman sings country-tinged rock n' roll songs. Great songs, great voice, great band. Laurianne Fiorentino - This woman really floored me in concert--while her albums are good, they don't compare to her live performance. Very arresting performer, with a great voice. Bird York - An amazing debut album--very close to being in my top 10. Interesting songs, great voice, not a bad song on the album. Hannah Fury - see comments above (#10) Jorane - Vent Fou Yeah. Strange. Exotic. Compelling. Disturbing. Definitely an artist to watch. Still a little rough around the edges. Many of the songs sound more like improv than well- crafted tunes, but fascinating none the less. n.p. The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass (getting ready for the Creekdippers concert this Sunday) n.r. House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 11:39:34 -0500 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: 2000 Favorites On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 05:08:49PM +0000, jjhanson@att.net wrote: > Most Promising New Artists > -------------------------- > > Basque - haven't played their albums enough yet to know > whether they deserve to be in the Top 10, but they > definitely are a band to watch. Great mood music. > Amazing vocals. I've been getting increasingly into Basque after hearing them a couple of weeks ago in DC. The bass and voice fill the soundspace beautifully. I'm giving a friend several of their albums and I think he'll start drooling :-) - -- |> ~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 | ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:52:15 -0600 (CST) From: kerrywhite@webtv.net (kerry white) Subject: Re: This year --- what a way to start a millennium. Hi, er..excuse me but it is actually: This year---what a way to >finish< a millennium. We are finishing the 2000th year. When it is done we will start the next batch. Don't know why people went crazy over the end of 1999. We can't say we are done with something until the last one is finished. "They said it couldn't be done, but, sometimes that doesn't work either." KrW I'm Peter Pan! I'm perpetually young!! OW!! What's wrong with my back? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 14:26:48 -0700 From: "phclark" Subject: Re: This year --- what a way to start a millennium. Thanks, Alas, this is not the last time this will need to have been said. Peter C - ----- Original Message ----- From: "kerry white" To: "That warm and fuzzy [place]" Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 12:52 PM Subject: Re: This year --- what a way to start a millennium. > Hi, er..excuse me but it is actually: This year---what a way to > >finish< a millennium. We are finishing the 2000th year. When it is > done we will start the next batch. Don't know why people went crazy > over the end of 1999. > We can't say we are done with something until the last one is > finished. > > "They said it couldn't be done, but, sometimes that doesn't work > either." > > KrW > I'm Peter Pan! > I'm perpetually young!! > OW!! What's wrong with my back? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 11:35:02 -0500 From: "Dave Upham" Subject: Re: tori bsides query >Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 18:58:22 -0800 >From: blah blah blah >Subject: tori bsides query >hey quick query for you toriphiles. >i am finally utilizing my CDburner to it's potential and am trying to make a TORI >BSIDES compilation(s). >i was wondering if anyone could either point me to a site that has some of these >MP3's... Hello, I've stumbled across a website that will provide what appears to be a complete listing AND the mp3's. Check out: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Vine/1766/sounds/etc.html This might turn out to be a bigger project than you imagined! Hope that helps. Dave ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:39:25 -0800 From: Phil Hudson Subject: Good audio equipment on a budget A while back we had a thread about loudspeakers, which seemed to generate a lot of interest. I have recently been communicating offline with some Ectopians about audio equipment, and thought that this info might be of use to some on the list. I accidentally discovered the joy of thrift stores, through my office being in close proximity to two in San Jose. The folks who run them generally have a good idea about what to charge for a sofa or a woman's dress, but don't have a really good handle on audio equipment and computers. ( thrifts are also good places to find DRAM chips, if you have an older machine!) In the six months that I have been haunting the stores (generally a quick visit during lunch), I have found the following for sale. Acoustic Research AR94 tower speakers $35. Cerwin Vega 15"/horn PA Speakers $50 DBX Split spectrum power amp $20 Daewoo 6-speaker bi-amped surround system $35 Harmon Kardon 80w power amp $20 Bang & Olufsen 3003 turntable w/cartridge $20 Apple 15" color monitor and ergo keyboard $12 Fosgate Tate II surround sound processor $30 ( One of these just closed on Ebay for $750.00) Adcom 400w power amp with preamp $40. The Cerwin Vegas and the AR speakers would cost about $250 and $200 respectively, if sold privately. The Adcom is a high end piece, and cost about $2000 when new. It's incredible that someone would have even donated it at all, but that's one of the points of this post. You can find some real gems here every now and then. Unfortunately someone got to the Adcom before me. (I thought of tackling him in the womens clothing aisle, but I was not carrying my customary bottle of ether; curses, foiled again!) I heard from him later, he was a dealer and sold it for about $900.00. Probably just as well; that much power would probably shake my little cabin to bits. So folks, if you have any good thrift stores in your area, consider checking them out every now and then. Some of the older, quality audio pieces that end up there can be used as slave amps for your existing sytems, speakers in other rooms, etc. All the thrifts in my area will allow returns if the stuff doesn't work when you get it home, and you can find some surprising bargains. Try to find stores that are in more upscale areas and have their own drop off points; some stores just buy stuff wholesale, and those are the ones that are generally harder to find bargains at - too much filtering already. I have some Thrift 101 hints and tips for those unfamiliar with this particular Snark hunt; email me offline if you want. Has anyone else got any thrift store stories and finds? Regards Phil ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:06:40 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: Re: Good audio equipment on a budget On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Phil Hudson wrote: > visit during lunch), I have found the following for sale. > > Adcom 400w power amp with preamp $40. !!! i don't drive, which makes thrifting a little difficult, but i do need a 400w power amp. (yeah, i'm the worlds' only non-driving live sound reinformcement provider.) if anyone stumbles across a pro power amp like this for a cost in the same order of magnitude and you drop me a line, i'll try to make it worh your while. - -- d. np fear of commitment _paper dolls and paper plates_ - - oh no, you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net - get yr pathos - - www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. = reviews - - www.fecklessbeast.com -- angst, guilt, fear, betrayal! = guitar pop ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 19:24:38 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Re: This year --- what a way to start a millennium. Hi! Adam wondered: >It does raise a question that has always bothered me, though (wake up at the >back, I'm almost done) -- when choosing, what plays the most important factor >-- is it what you LIKE or what you think is IMPORTANT? I mean, you may hate >an album, but recognise it's importance that year -- do you list it? Not me. I list my favorites of the year -- the CDs that have found their way into my player the most often, the ones that have made me the happiest over the past 12 months. I don't care how "important" they are to anyone else - it's how important they are to me that matters. Which reminds me, I guess it's time to start thinking about my list for this year... +==========================================================================+ | 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: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:08:53 -0800 From: Phil Hudson Subject: Millenium Favorites Hey folks, this is a once-in-a-lifetime event here, what happened to our sense of scale? Forget the year 2000 favorites, what about your top ten favorite pieces of music from the passing millenium? You have a whole 1000 years to choose from. (No fair promoting songs you wrote in a previous life ;) regards Phil ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 20:36:59 -0500 (CDT) From: GSS Subject: Re: Millenium Favorites On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Phil Hudson wrote: > (No fair promoting songs you wrote in a previous life ;) Ssshhhiiitt! That ain't right. gss ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 23:02:15 -0500 From: Michael Curry Subject: Elysian Fields, dec 16, tonic,nyc >From: Ashersand@aol.com >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 01:17:32 EST >Subject: ef dec I6 tonic,nyc > >E L Y S I A N F I E L D S > >Saturday December 16, 2000 >midnite > >Tonic >107 Norfolk St. (Delancey/Rivington) >$5 > >w/ Oren Bloedow, Jennifer Charles, Ben Perowsky, Ted Reichman, >Michael Tighe ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 23:58:10 -0500 From: third damon Subject: Re: This year --- what a way to start a millennium. kerry white wrote: > > Hi, er..excuse me but it is actually: This year---what a way to > >finish< a millennium. We are finishing the 2000th year. When it is > done we will start the next batch. Don't know why people went crazy > over the end of 1999. > We can't say we are done with something until the last one is > finished. > your mistake is in thinking there is only one year a millennium ends, and in your misplaced belief that THE millennium ends in 3 weeks, all in the name of pendantism. - -- Bush/Lieberman for 2001! Bush's lawyers argue that Florida election laws should be adhered to, even though they argue those laws are unconstitutional. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V6 #374 **************************