From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V7 #247 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, September 3 2001 Volume 07 : Number 247 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Happy CD is ready [Jeffrey Burka ] What happened to Happy? [Castergine ] RE: What happened to Happy? ["Foghorn J Fornorn" ] Fwd: #163 | ProjektFest'02 -- Band and venue announcement. ["Datura Child] Left Hand Demo [CptBryant@aol.com] Ananda [carnivore@bigfoot.com (DanS)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 10:01:26 -0400 From: Jeffrey Burka Subject: Re: Happy CD is ready andrew sez: > Failing that, is there anyone on Ecto who already owns paypal account and > would be willing to accept my donation and pass it on? If Happy is unwilling to set up a paypal account or some other mechanism for folks to pay, I'd be happy to pass along donations. I have a paypal account at burka@jeffrey.net. No, really, I'm trustworthy! jeff n.p. _Waking Hour_, Vienna Teng (who, incidentally, accepts paypal payments for her cd's...an extremely convenient thing as far as I'm concerned....) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 10:06:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Castergine Subject: What happened to Happy? I just joined the list a few weeks back and keep hearing oblique references to Happy's health problems -- something with her hand? -- but I don't know the details. Could someone please fill me in? Thanks, Stu ===== castergine@yahoo.com All young gentle dreams drowning In life's grief Can you hang on to me? -Kate Bush, _Big Stripey Lie_ Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 14:49:55 -0400 From: "Foghorn J Fornorn" Subject: RE: What happened to Happy? Let Happy tell it... http://www.auntiesocialmusic.com/manyworlds/archive/MayJune2001.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 15:23:49 -0400 From: "Datura Child" Subject: Fwd: #163 | ProjektFest'02 -- Band and venue announcement. This is from my non-Ecto e-mail account; I can't wait!!! Who would have thought--Projektfest in my very own town.... >From: "Megan Congdon" >To: neverwhile@hotmail.com, gilj@dca.net >Subject: Fwd: #163 | ProjektFest'02 -- Band and venue announcement. >Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 15:04:08 -0400 > > > > >----Original Message Follows---- >From: Sam Rosenthal >To: >Subject: #163 | ProjektFest'02 -- Band and venue announcement. >Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 19:27:14 -0500 > >#163 | Friday August 31, 2001 > from sam rosenthal > > >Over the last few months, Lisa and I have been thinking alot about >projektFest'02. This week seems to be the one when all the planets >come into alignment, because most of our big decisions were resolved >in rapid fire succession! > >I have the majority of the bands lined up, the venue reserved, and a >designated hotel (that announcement will be in a week or two, after I >sign the paperwork)...... Today, I have information regarding the >bands and the venue. Please help us by passing this information to >your friends (and post freely).... >projektFest'02 / http://www.projektfest.com >Projekt's first multi-day festival in five years will be held >Memorial Day Weekend (Friday May 24th - Sunday May 26th), 2002 in >Philadelphia. Our festival is an all-ages event, with three of the >four concerts at the historic Trocadero Theatre. The first two nights >of the festival feature live performances by Projekt bands and and on >the third night you can enjoy a Projekt ambient performance and then >a vampiric-themed gothic/industrial ball. Teaming up with >Philadelphia's most successful promoters allows Projekt to >cross-promote with these two events for your added enjoyment. Aside >from the music, this will be our biggest and most exciting festival >yet! We'll have a designated hotel (with a 25% discount on room >rates) where you can hang out and socialize with your virtual and >analog friends, a bizarre bazaar, suggested day activities, acoustic >performances, local discounts, and much more. I've already started >work on http://www.projektfest.com --- and in the coming weeks I'll >be adding useful information about everything you need to complete >your weekend, including an area where you can network with other >attendees. Along with the social aspects of projektFest, there's the >music: the most important reason to attend . . . so it's time I let >this cat out of the bag.... > : ) >.................................................................................................. >ProjektFest | Friday Night | May 24, 2002 >8:15 doors open / DJ spinning ethereal music >9:00 a different DJ spinning more ethereal music >10:00 Lowsunday >11:00 Mors Syphilitica >12:00 Mira >1:00 Artist to be announced >2:15 doors close > >ProjektFest | Saturday Night | May 25, 2002 >8:15 doors open / DJ spinning ethereal music >9:00 Roach / Obmana (a darkAmbient prelude) >10:00 Artist to be announced >11:00 Unto Ashes >12:00 Audra >1:00 Voltaire >2:15 doors close > >1:00 am - 6:00 am "Stars End" on WXPN features ambient music from >Projekt artists > including rare Roach / Obmana material. Listen to it while >you chill out in your hotel room. > >The Gathering (at the ProjektFest) | Sunday Night | May 26, 2002 >Our ambient concert hosted by Chuck Van Zyl [free admission with >festival laminate] > - located at The Cathedral on the campus of the University of >Pennsylvania >9:00 -- 11:00 Steve Roach / Vidna Obmana > >Dracula's Ball | Sunday Night | May 26, 2002 >A Gothic/industrial ball hosted by Dancing Ferret Concerts [separate >admission price] >9:00 - 2:00 Two (non-Projekt) bands to be announced + Two DJs >.................................................................................................. > >A few things you can do to help: >1) if you have jpgs from past projektFests of the bands or your >friends, let me know a URL where I can grab them. I am working on a >"history" page. >2) If you are a vendor or know a vendor, ask them to get in touch with me. >3) post this information > > >Check those expiration dates >If you received a snail-mailing from Projekt this month, please look >carefully at your expiration date. Tonite's the night!!!! > >Mira's Florida shows >Mira have two shows next week in their home state of Florida... >Fri Sept 7th - - Respectable Street Cafe - West Palm Beach, FL > 518 Clematis Street, WPB 561.832.9999 >Sat Sept 8th - Orpheum - Tampa, FL > 1902 Avenida Republica de Cuba. (813) 248-9500 > >Keep in touch >- Sam > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Contest Winners #160 > The contest asked "How Old Are You?" I received 283 >responses, which makes for a nice cross section of our subscribers. >First off, of course it doesn't matter hold old you are because age >is only a number, not how you feel inside or how you act on the >outside.... Like many of you, I really forget hold old I am... and it >takes a few seconds of stunned silence, before I do the math and >realize "eep! I'm 35!" Ultimately, I think it's what you do with your >life, not how old you are when you do it, so don't worry if you're >young, or if you're feeling old. Spend a bit more time each week on >whatever it is that makes you happy, and in a few years you'll be >doing a lot more if it than you ever expected.... > It seems like about 1/3 of you were having a birthday... so >congrats to all the birthday boys and girls! > Our youngest list members are 15, our oldest was "just about >61..." An impressive one quarter of all respondents were in the 24 - >25 - 26 - 27 age group! 25% of you are about to reach your "Saturn >Return" when all kinds of wacky things happen in your life. That's at >your 28th Birthday.... do an on-line search and read about it, it's >pretty interesting..... > >Here's some statistics, for those of you who like this sorta thing: > Total 283 people > Teens 18% > Twenties 51% > Thirties 26% > Fourties 5% > Fifties .1% > Sixties .03% > >But alas, there can only be one winner. So let me reach my hand into >the hat [... swirl ... swirl... swirl] . . . and the winner is >[crinkle crinkle..]. Kenneth J. Podolski of OHIO, who receives >LYCIA's Compilation Appearances Vol 2. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This Week's Contest | #163 >Well, that was a pretty fun contest for me.... so, here's another >informative one.... Tell me what "line of work" you are in. Please >try to fit into one of the categories, unless it's absolutely >impossible. By "line of work" I mean HOW YOU MAKE A LIVING (earn an >income)... > > __ I'm a student (studying) but i also work in: > > __ Computer / Internet (including IT / IA / etc ) > __ Graphic Arts (including webdesign, print design, ad design, etc) > __ Entertainment (musician / actor / etc) > __ Entertainment (film / video / production) > __ Business > __ Medical > __ Retail / Record Store > __ Coffee Shop / Food Services > __ Unemployed Slacker / Mooch off Mom & Dad > >Send your reply to lineofwork@projekt.com -- in three weeks I will >pick ten entrants at random and send you the Fall 2001 Projekt CD. >This is our new Almost Free CD, which is going into production on >tuesday.... >http://www.projekt.com/projekt/almostfreecd.asp >.................................................................................................... >Mors Syphilitica: Feather and Fate | $13.98 >http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=PRO00118 >a review from Alternative Press #159 - October 2001 >| 8 out of 10 | Husband-and-wife duo create the first goth >masterpiece of the 21st century >On their third outing as Mors Syphilitica, Eric and Lisa Hammer meld >the ancient with the modern to deliver an album that is at once >original and indebted to Cocteau Twins' The Pink Opague. Eric writes >the songs and plays all the instruments, while Lisa provides vocals >that equal the artistic dynamism and feminine allure of the Twins' >Liz Fraser. Every track is a winning combination of multilayered >songwriting and a gift presenting the mysteries of the distant past >in an exquisitely contemporary package. With an album this good, >imitation is a path to divine inspiration. - Mark Burbey >.................................................................................................... >Unto Ashes: Saturn Return | $13.98 >http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=PRO00117 >a review from AllMusic.com > http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Ax02vad6kl8w1 >| 4 Stars | This is over the top Gothic pop. Unto Ashes showed on >their debut that it was a diverse, extremely eclectic little ensemble >that had numerous dark tricks up their collective sleeve that they >couldn't quite pull off >musically. With Saturn's Return they sound like a different band. >Musically Unto Ashes have outdone themselves and exceeded any >expectations their debut promised. Using a sophisticated blend of >European folk musics, South American and African percussion, found >texts and original lyrics, Unto Ashes drafts a Gothic underground >music of elegance, seamless grace and dark passion. Here the sounds >of Syd Barrett's solo recordings touch medieval courtly love music, >Babylonian folk dances and the shimmer and swoon of rock viscera and >dynamics.From lushly orchestrated and tightly woven sonnets by >Petrarch to instrumental sequences on runes and Michael Laird's own >finely honed words on "A Hymn To Pan," where lyrics are worthy of >much more than praise. In the end, all you can do is praise this >record for the sum of the assembled talent and its taste in selecting >and recording its material. The voice of voices in Gothic rock-Ericah >Hagle-carries off her share of the material with an aplomb not >readily witnessed on the scene today. Finally, the band earns great >merit for a sympathetic and moving cover of Coil's "Ostia (The Death >of Pasolini). This is the future of a music >many thought was dead with the break up of Dead Can Dance and the >Cocteaus. Based on the fine, gorgeously wrought pain and pleasure of >Unto Ashes, things are just beginning to get interesting. - Tom Jurek >.................................................................................................... >Audra stands at Satan's right hand >an excerpt from an email Audra _really_ received: > "I periodically monitor my daughters activities and interests >to make sure she is living a respectable God fearing life. I was >understandably shocked by the evil that has found its way into my >home and into my precious childs mind. My daughter was a beautiful >child of god at one time and now has fallen into the clutches I >believe to be Hell. I hold you solely responsible Mr. Helm." > Often, you can't tell if letter writers are religious >crackpots or just humorous goths pulling our legs. The two emails >that Bret received *really* takes the cake. They're too long to post >here and certainly that would offend somebody on the list; however if >you are bored - and want some comic relief - email me with "Send me >that crackpot's email" and I will forward it to you (with his name >and email address purged). You must be over 21 to respond, as he >discusses naked teenagers, lesbian activity, skipping school and acts >of demonic possession. Don't tell me that I didn't warn you!!! > : ) >.................................................................................................... >Voltaire Dragon Con announcement >For those of you attending DragonCon this year, I will not be >performing on Sunday night as previously announced. Instead, I will >be playing on Saturday night between Bella Morte and my boys, the >Cruxshadows! I will also be performing Saturday on the Concourse at >5:30 a set of Star Trek parody songs and murder ballads and signing >at my booth throughout the weekend. See you there! >.................................................................................................... >Faith & Disease on the MP3.com Jewish/Israeli chart >Our traditional Hebrew prayer, "Hashivenu," from Fortune His Sleep is >#5 this week. >http://genres.mp3.com/music/world_folk/world_traditions/middle_eastern_north_african/jewish_israeli/ >.................................................................................................... >Sam, I don't have a credit card. Do you accept any other forms of >payment? -Sara >Yes: http://www.projekt.com/projekt/mailorder.asp >.................................................................................................... >The man speaks, the world listens.... >http://slate.msn.com/Features/bushisms/bushisms.asp >"One of the interesting initiatives we've taken in Washington, D.C., >is we've got these vampire-busting devices. A vampire is a, a cell >deal you can plug in the wall to charge your cell phone." - George W. >Bush - Denver, Aug. 14, 2001 >.................................................................................................... > >New in the Projekt: Darkwave store: > >Neurepublik : Gotik Neuromantik | $13.98 >http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=NRP03515 > >Back in stock in the Projekt: Darkwave store: > >The Arms of Someone New: Susan Sleepwalking | $8.98 >http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=ARC00024 >Falling You: Mercy | $13.98 >http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=ADA09802 >Twine: Reference | $13.98 >http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=ADA09903 >Jack or Jive: Kismet | $13.98 >http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=PRI00042 >Louisa John-Krol: Ariel | $13.98 >http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=PRI00049 >Ranksha Mancham: sBas-Yul | $13.98 >http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=PRI00013 > > >if you wish to be removed: >http://www.projekt.com/projekt/elist.asp >and chose the unsubscribe option. > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 16:55:54 EDT From: CptBryant@aol.com Subject: Left Hand Demo Me again........ Some of you have asked me about making donations from overseas. Our good friend Gary at The Artist Shop has stepped up and offered credit card processing for those folks who can't pay with a check. Visit this website and follow the comprehensive instructions. I hope this helps. You should check out www.artist-shop.com regardless....it's a cool site. Here's the URL for credit card donations. http://www.artist-shop.com/auntiesocial/lefthand.htm Also, I have to regrettably tell you all that signed copies won't be possible for this particular project. This is because the discs are being shipped from CA, where our own Ectofied Phil Hudson is burning the CD's. He is doing this out of the kindness of his heart and I greatly appreciate it. Your immediate response to this project is encouraging. You're a majorly good group of people......or in laymen's terms, "you don't suck much". Best and truly with love, HR ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 02:05:00 +0000 From: carnivore@bigfoot.com (DanS) Subject: Ananda Does anyone have any current news about Ananda Thorson? I was listening to some songs tonight that I downloaded last year from mp3.com, and was reminded how much I like her music. Most of her website links are now outdated or dead, though, so I'm wondering if she is still around NYC and working on her promised album. Anyone? Dan ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V7 #247 **************************