From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V7 #338 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, November 26 2001 Volume 07 : Number 338 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] attn: drew harrington. ["heidi maier" ] Dead Can Dance boxset [Craig Gidney ] Motherland [JoAnn Whetsell ] michael hedges [JoAnn Whetsell ] Penelope Houston news [Neile Graham ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 03:00:08 -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********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ****************** Tommy Persson (tompe@lysator.liu.se) ******************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tommy Persson Wed November 25 1964 Sagittarius Pat Tessitore November 26 Sagittarius Valerie Kraemer November 26 Sagittarius Justin Bur Fri November 27 1964 Sagittarius Sue Trowbridge Sun November 27 1966 Skytten Ward Kadel Tue November 29 1977 Sagittarius Jesse Hernandez Liwag Wed November 29 1972 Water Rat Mirko Bulaja Sat November 30 1974 Block Juha Sorva Thu December 02 1976 Sagittarius Chip Lueck Thu December 05 1968 Sagittarius Michele Wellck December 08 Sagittarius Jeremy J. Corry Fri December 11 1970 Sagittarius Renee Canada Tue December 13 1977 Sagittarius Julie C. Kammerzell Sun December 15 1968 Sagittarius/Scorpio combo Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti Sat December 15 1956 queen_nefertiti@prodigy.net Damon Harper Tue December 16 1975 COOL BANANAS Laura Clifford Tue December 17 1957 Sagittarius Dirk Kastens Tue December 17 1963 Sagittarius Milla Wed December 17 1975 Sagittarius Chris Schernwetter Tue December 17 1974 Sagittarius Sherry Haddock Sat December 17 1960 Sagittarius Tracy Benbrook Tue December 18 1973 Sagittarius Mark Lowry Mon December 22 1969 Capricarius Kay Cleaves Wed December 22 1976 Prancing Pony Uli Grepel Wed December 25 1968 Steinbock Joseph Wasicek Sat December 25 1976 Brown Eagle - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 00:46:25 +1000 From: "heidi maier" Subject: attn: drew harrington. i apologise for posting this here, everybody, but if you're out there drew, could you please e-mail me? thanks :) heidi. - ------ "i want so much to write well, though i know i don't ... but during and at the end of my life, i will adore those who have." -- *dorothy parker* * heidi maier - bruised@shiver.org * ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:37:04 -0800 (PST) From: Craig Gidney Subject: Dead Can Dance boxset Has anyone else got it? It's very handsome, basically a hardback book with the cds hidden in sleeves made to look like pages, and it includes the DVD of Towards the Within, plus other videos. As for unrecorded tracks, it has 5 unreleased songs, plus several Peel sessions. - --Craig ===== "I hope that Cream of Tartar isn't what I think it is..."--Rita Rudner Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 18:01:24 -0500 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: Motherland Natalie Merchant's new cd Motherland is excellent. It starts out with 3 very strong tracks (the Middle-Eastern/reggae influenced "This House Is On Fire"; the country waltz "Motherland". "Saint Judas" has a kind of southern soul feel. I love the use of the mandolin and banjo on the second and third tracks, especially the banjo solo at the end of the third. Natalie's voice works in many different styles, but even she can't pull off a torch song. At least she doesn't on the 4th track, "Put the Law On You," not for me. The album bounces right back though with "Build a Levee." The last 4 tracks are great up-tempo pop ballads. I only wish they were interspersed more with the slower-paced songs in the middle (tracks 6-8). Does this not sound very enthusiastic? I think it's a great album; I might have ordered it differently. I've had it about a week now and have played part or all of it every day. The first three tracks and the last four are particularly strong, but there's really only one bad track. If you liked _Ophelia_ you'll like this too. JoAnn ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 23:34:48 -0500 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: michael hedges Wow, Neile, that was a huge update you put up today! I was glad to see Michael Hedges' page finally up. I like his music but only have 2 albums-- Taproot and Torched, both of which I find uneven. There are songs I love, and others that just bore me. My favorite must be "i carry your heart," set to an e.e. cummings poem. I usually start _Taproot_ with that song (the last track) and then let it play the album from the beginning. Anyway, I would like to hear more of his music but wasn't sure where to start. I think I had a badly dubbed copy of _Aerial Boundaries_ a long time ago but can't remember what I thought of it. I was introduced to him by a high school teacher, who, although he later turned out to be a jerk, did introduce me to some good music like Rickie Lee Jones and Cat Stevens' _Teaser and the Firecat_. Those were good musical discovery years, my sophomore and junior years of high school: Tori, Shawn Colvin, the indigo girls, the Beatles namely came out of those years. And Rickie. Who has a new or rereleased album either just out or soon out. Any news on that? JoAnn (first paragraph only Ectoguide quotable) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 20:19:17 -0800 From: Neile Graham Subject: Penelope Houston news For those interested. - --Neile >Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 17:32:46 -0700 >From: Phuzz >Reply-To: phous@earthlink.net >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: penelope >Subject: Penelope plays! > > Hi friends, > >You haven't heard from me in awhile and I hope you are all safe and well. > >I'll be coming out of the hermitage to play in the East Bay Music Festival >BEASTFEST 2001 >Sat. Dec 1st @ Club Muse >856 San Pablo Ave. Albany, CA (right next to the Ivy Room) >(510) 528-2878 >I'll be doing a set with Pat Johnson at 9:30PM >The Naked Barbies will play at 11:PM. >ow! >9 East Bay venues! 22 Shows! 5 Nights! >Many strange and interesting people will be playing that weekend so... >please come out and see your local bands. Schedule in the East Bay Express. > >Another batch of songs has been flattened onto thin 2inch tape at the >mysterious Wally Sound Analog and Organ Temple and someday may reach your >eyes via radio or disc... >Designing the cover of that disc will be the insane genius, Patrick >Roques, who's got a strange page to see... >http://www.patrickroques.com >go there if you dare. > >Is your head chilly? or your scummy friend's head? >I have only 3 SCUM hats left for you. Three black knit hats with the word >SCUM on the front. >Don't delay! >http://www.penelope.net/tpost.html > >Stay warm, >and remember I love each and every one of you, >Penelope > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ectoguide.org ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V7 #338 **************************