Errors-To: ecto-owner@ns1.rutgers.edu Reply-To: ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu Sender: ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu From: ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu To: ecto-request@ns1.rutgers.edu Bcc: ecto-digest-outbound@ns1.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto #1093 ecto, Number 1093 Friday, 29 April 1994 Today's Topics: *-----------------* Sarah's Coming to Portland Sarah in Buffalo Belly Show (Saratoga Springs, NY) Hey Bdays... Re: Help from someone on rdt list Re: rhodeways UK Ecto Party May 7 1994 - How To Find It Today's your birthday friends.... KonvenTion Re: WHUS update Re: Sarah in Buffalo Rhodeways to Connecticut... Re: Rhodeways to Connecticut... Today's your birthday friend.... Count us in!!! Happy Birthday to Jeffy! Re: Midge Ure's "Pure" Review: "The Crow" Soundtrack ======================================================================== From: mklprc@aol.com Date: Fri, 22 Apr 94 18:31:10 EDT Subject: Sarah's Coming to Portland Sarah McLachlan plays LaLuna in Portland, Oregon on May 28! Tickets $15 reserved. Info: Call (503) 241-LUNA. Do we want to make this a NW Ectoid group activity? Michael Pearce mklprc@aol.com ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 00:05:33 -0400 (EDT) From: "she listens like her head's on fire.." Subject: Sarah in Buffalo Hello, Just another Sarah concert story coming your way....;-) I am so glad I went! It was amazing...I really think I'm starved for live music. The last concert I went to was John and Mary last September. Anyway... I wish that I could have packaged that concert up and carried it with me. I'm thrilled to hear that there is another live album to be released because after seeing her live, it seems the recordings don't do her justice. What a voice! I don't know if anyone is interested in the set list since there have been so many... what I remember (in no particular order) is Path of Thorns, Into the Fire, I will not Forget you, Home, Drawn to the Rhythm, Out of the Shadows, Song for Ben, Vox, Mary, Good Enough, Hold On, Ice, Fear, Possession,Ice Cream, another song..the second from FTE which I like alot but can't remember the name of argh, Plenty...I think thats all. I love the variations on the songs. She opened with an acoustic rendering of Plenty and then went into full band. I spent almost all of the concert in chills.:-) If it is true about the live album I do hope it will have Elsewhere on it. That is one of my favorite songs off the new album. :-) -Quenby ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 23 Apr 94 01:59:37 -0500 From: "Dennis G Parslow" Subject: Belly Show (Saratoga Springs, NY) Great show! Cold Water Flat (form Boston) warmed up the crowd...sort of. Not too impressive, but they didn't suck. Show was an hour later than anyone expected, and the stage crews were obviously stalling, for some reason, but when Belly hit the stage, all wsa forgiven. They played quite a bit of new stuff (one song they claimed wasn't named yet) they had just created for a recent demo tape, and one song they claimed had never been played in public before (they also apologized once, and once Tanya said, "You've been good, so we'll reward you with something you've heard before" I will post a set list tomorrow, with any details I can pull out of my fogged mind. Dennis Parslow You know what I like about hockey? Troy, NY 12180 I'm on breakaway with the greatest player p00421@psilink.com of all time. You know what I hate? I wrote him this song, He's not passing to me. He gave me his bandanna Denis Leary Suzanne Vega ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 23 Apr 94 5:58:27 EDT From: WretchAwry Subject: Hey Bdays... (Wow, pop the corks, lots of birthdays this weekend) HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Angelos!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kjetil!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Pablo!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Jeffy!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Christine!! Vickie ======================================================================== From: Philip Sainty Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 22:12:36 +1200 Subject: Re: Help from someone on rdt list Ethan wrote: > I just sent this to Neile...I'm not posting it to ecto because it's quite > long, and because it was posted to alt.music.alternative.female just > yesterday. If enough people are interested who don't have news access or > don't get that group, I'll be glad to post it here! I'd love to see it, and a.m.a.f isn't carried here yet :/ This does remind me though that I keep meaning to ask someone on the list where the rdt archives are! I've been meaning to ftp things from them for ages... (Is the recent 'Creem' interview there?) I'm happy to get it any way I can :) Philip _ _ ___ _ _ _ (_ / | / \ |_) |_| | | (_ Philip Sainty (_ \_ | \_/ | | | | |_ (_ psainty@comp.vuw.ac.nz -------------------------------------------------------------- "This is where I want to be, this is what I need." --Kate Bush ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 23 Apr 94 6:44:22 EDT From: WretchAwry Subject: Re: rhodeways > >vickie, i suspect that happy and kevin must have given our addresses to > >the rhodeways folks as i received a postcard from them today as well. > Count me in. I got my card yesterday as well. Thanks for letting me know, woj and Sam. I have a lot of opinions about Rhodeways, none of which I've felt like expressing in "public" since I haven't expressed any of them to Happy. I did write some of them in a letter I sent to Sharon today...along with a money order for a subscription. If she wants to discuss some of my opinions with me after she gets it, I'd be glad to talk to her. Until then, I'll keep my mouth shut. I was suprised to read on the card that Rhodeways isn't just a "fanzine" but is (according to Sharon) the official Happy Rhodes *Fan Club*. Bob, did Susanne happen to mention this? Whatever... I subscribed because Sharon's a fan trying to do something good for Happy. If I had been the one to start a fanzine/club (and I should have) then I'd want support too. That doesn't mean I'm saying anyone else should subscribe, that's up to everyone individually. I'm not willing to recommend anything I haven't seen for myself, but I am willing to subscribe for myself. Will it help Happy? Who knows? We'll find out. Vickie ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 23 Apr 94 12:19:45 BST From: GTP10@phx.cam.ac.uk Subject: UK Ecto Party May 7 1994 - How To Find It I'm posting this information as several Ectophiles have requested it and more may. How to find my home (30 New Square, Cambridge) if coming by public transport to the Ecto Party on May 7th: If coming by train, on arrival at the railway station take a taxi direct to my home (if you are feeling rich - the fare will be two or three pounds) or take a bus (there is a frequent service) to the Drummer Street bus station. You could be dropped at any of the stops indicated on the map below. If coming by bus/coach, you'll end up at Drummer Street by default! If coming from any of the London airports, you'll be dropped opposite the taxi stand shown below. To find my home you just need to walk across (or around) the park just behind the bus station, cross the road to New Square (easily spotted because of the grass lawns at its heart) and locate #30 which is roughly where indicated below. If in doubt ask for directions (or follow the signs) to the Grafton Centre, which is a shopping centre just behind New Square (off the right edge of the map). Schematic map (not very accurately to scale): Key: **** grass/vegetation .... pedestrian crossing | | | | Church | | | | Church --------------------------------------------- ------------------ ------- ********************************************|.....------------------ ------- ********************************************| |****************| | ********************************************| |**** New ****| |#30 ********************************************| |**** Square ****| | ********************************************|.....|****************| | ********************************************| ------------------ ------- ********************************************| | | | ********************************************| | ***************** PARK *********************| ------- ********************************************| ------- **************** Several *****************| | ^ ****** footpaths *****************| | | ****** cross it *****************| ------- | **********************************| ------- North **********************************| | **********************************| | --------------------------------------------- ----------------- | More Bus Stops | Bus Station | Taxi Stand ----------------- ------------------------------------------- | | | Bus | S | Stops | h | Both | Emmanuel o | Sides | College p | | s | | | | Shops Bank | | ----------------- ------------------------------------------- Yet More Bus Stops ---------------------------------------- ---------------------- Shops Shops | | Shops | | (NB. If you're planning on driving, contact me for information about where to park.) Geoff Parks ======================================================================== From: klaus@inphobos.wupper.de Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 10:25:53 Subject: Today's your birthday friends.... i*i*i*i*i*i *************** ***HAPPY******* ********BIRTHDAY*** ******************* *** Kjetil T. Homme *** *** Pablo Iglesias *** *********************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Kjetil Torgrim Homme Thu April 23 1970 Taurus Pablo Iglesias Thu April 23 1964 Positive Jeff Burka Thu April 24 1969 GoFlyAKite Christine Waite Tue April 25 1972 Taurus Brad Hutchinson Tue April 28 1964 What sign? Geoff Parks Sun April 30 1961 Taurus William Morse Tue April 30 1968 Taurus Barney Parker Fri May 2 1986 happy cat Gray Abbott Tue May 3 1955 Suprised Tamar Boursalian May 3 Taurus Mark Semich Thu May 6 1965 Yield Joe Dembski Wed May 7 1952 Rumple Brian Gregory Thu May 9 1963 Eclectic Steve Fagg Tue May 13 1958 Nightwol Karel Zuiderveld Fri May 13 1960 Stier Michael Colford Wed May 16 1962 Taurus Christopher Boek Tue May 19 1970 Taurus Yngve Hauge Fri May 21 1971 Gemini Lisa Laane Tue May 22 1973 Gemini -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _____ Klaus Kluge * klaus@inphobos.wupper.de * I'll be here, I'll be (in) Ecto! ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 11:10:23 -0500 From: iago@merle.acns.nwu.edu Subject: KonvenTion Sorry that this isn't too ecto-related, but it's the quickest way to respond to everyone who has sent me e-mail about the KonvenTion. Sadly, and after much gut-wrenching, I am not able to go. Not because of money (I've been expecting that for months), but because of time. This quarter is simply too demanding, and I cannot afford to take off a weekend. I took off two days last weekend (and worked at night), and it wasn't enough. This past week I have been a bumbling mass of nerves, and I don't ever want to go through that again. I've come to the realization that as much as I want to see everyone and experience a Kon, it simply cannot be done right now. I'm sorry to everyone who was counting on my being there. Know that I really want to be there, and have a wonderful time. ==> valerie (the over-worked and stressed) ============================================================================ iago@merle.acns.nwu.edu "Patience, Iago. He was obviously less than worthy." -- Jafar "Am I in heaven here or am I in hell? At the crossroads I am standing." --Sarah McLachlan ============================================================================ ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 23 Apr 94 20:10:05 EDT From: WretchAwry Subject: Re: WHUS update ChrisS asked: > Of course, the BIG QUESTION, is this.....IS she, in fact, planning > on touring any time soon.....Vickie? Meredith? Woj? Jessica?? Well, they *want* to tour. How long and how far will probably depend on their bank loan manager, so we'll see. The date in August (in Woodstock) is the only date comfirmed. AS more information becomes available, I'll pass it along. If you have suggestions wrt Connecticut, by all means pass it along. Sending it to Susanne via Bob Lovejoy might be the best way. (Unless Bob has another idea) Congrats on your and SteveF's Happyvangelizing! > Oh, yeah, BTW.....WOMAD will be at the Saratoga Performing Arts > Center on July 17.....Meredith???? Any Albany/Upstate NY/Boston-Based > Ectophiles.....Tix go on sale Saturday May 7....I'm getting mine at > Filene's Box office......Who else is going... Ah! if anyone hears full tour dates for WOMAD, please post them. Vickie ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 23 Apr 94 20:28:02 EDT From: WretchAwry Subject: Re: Sarah in Buffalo Quenby writes: > Hello, > Just another Sarah concert story coming your way....;-) Fine by me :-). I always enjoy hearing concert reports, be it Sarah, or anyone else, such as MJM's jaunt up to Wisconson, or Jeffy's tips for Betty shows ("HELLO BETTY!"), so keep 'em coming! Vickie (who's not sure she's be brave enough to yell "Use the force!") ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 22:28:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Lovejoy Subject: Rhodeways to Connecticut... Hi again! Vickie, Susanne never mentioned Rhodeways as anything other than a fanzine. I'll pass along that "fan club" blurb, probably it's a minor mistake... I'll also put in a good word for a Connecticut Tour Stop or two if there should be a tour (we are all Hoping!); would any of you Connecticut folks care to suggest venues? Having an incredibly busy time, but managing to (barely) keep up with the mutitude of ecto posts! Wish I had more time to jump in, but at least the weekend brings some time. Locally, WXPN is doing OK - today I heard some Sam Phillips for the first time (nice!) as well as some other ectofolk. I requested some Milla but they didn't get to it while I could listen. Really looking forward to hearing her. Off to send this and petition panix to carry amaf! Best wishes to you all! Bob the hanging in there ======================================================================== From: jzitt@ssnet.com (Joseph Zitt) Subject: Re: Rhodeways to Connecticut... Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 23:06:34 -0400 (EDT) Bob happamours: > Locally, WXPN is doing OK - today I heard some Sam Phillips for the first > time (nice!) as well as some other ectofolk. I requested some Milla but they > didn't get to it while I could listen. Really looking forward to hearing > her. WXPN is *the* best thing about moving down here. It's not unusual for me to hear Sharah, Jane, and Kate in a single listening session. They also have my all-time favorite DJ, Michael Tierson. I was down on South Street in Philly today, and almost went to the Kristen Hersh concert; if I had known ahead of time of other Ectoids there (which there probably were) I woulda gone. I vaguely recall reading (in the FAQ?) about an Ecto T-shirt; I should probably get one so I'll be recognisable should I stumble across other members of the tribe :-) in my wanderings. ======================================================================== From: klaus@inphobos.wupper.de Date: Sun, 24 Apr 1994 09:22:48 Subject: Today's your birthday friend.... i*i*i*i*i*i *************** ***HAPPY******* ********BIRTHDAY*** ******************* ***** Jeff Burka ****** *********************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jeff Burka Thu April 24 1969 GoFlyAKite Christine Waite Tue April 25 1972 Taurus Brad Hutchinson Tue April 28 1964 What sign? Geoff Parks Sun April 30 1961 Taurus William Morse Tue April 30 1968 Taurus Barney Parker Fri May 2 1986 happy cat Gray Abbott Tue May 3 1955 Suprised Tamar Boursalian May 3 Taurus Mark Semich Thu May 6 1965 Yield Joe Dembski Wed May 7 1952 Rumple Brian Gregory Thu May 9 1963 Eclectic Steve Fagg Tue May 13 1958 Nightwol Karel Zuiderveld Fri May 13 1960 Stier Michael Colford Wed May 16 1962 Taurus Christopher Boek Tue May 19 1970 Taurus Yngve Hauge Fri May 21 1971 Gemini Lisa Laane Tue May 22 1973 Gemini -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _____ Klaus Kluge * klaus@inphobos.wupper.de * I'll be here, I'll be (in) Ecto! ======================================================================== Date: Sun, 24 Apr 94 13:29:59 EST From: Ilka Heber Subject: Count us in!!! Hi Everybody!! Guess what: we'll be joining the Ectoparty in Cambridge!!! I'm so excited!!! We booked our tickets yesterday, so we're basically all set! Thanks, Geoff, for offering accommodation - we'll be arriving Friday after- noon. Is that okay? We don't need to be picked up, we'll be coming from Gat- wick. Special *Hugs* to Vickie: I'm so excited about meeting you!!!!! I'm also very much looking forward to meeting everybody else and to seeing some of you again we had the pleasure in meeting before (hi Meredith and woj!). Well, that's all, really. See you soon, *HUGS* Ilka = ) ======================================================================== Date: Sun, 24 Apr 1994 10:00:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Happy Birthday to Jeffy! Here's wishing a Happy Birthday to Jeffy! Last year I mentioned something about him needing only a kite (which he's got oodles of), a field, and some wind. He doesn't need the field anymore. Doesn't really need the wind, either. But I'm sure he would like someone who won't flinch when he lands his Revs on said guinea p-er, person. Happy Birthday, Jeff! You'll get your present July 9. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Matthews, Mike_Matthews@sgate.com (NeXTmail accepted) ======================================================================== Date: Sun, 24 Apr 94 22:45:23 +1000 From: anthony@xymox.apana.org.au (Anthony Horan) Subject: Re: Midge Ure's "Pure" smudge speaks of midge! > Um... Err... I'm a _huge_ Ultravox/Midge Ure fan, but I thought 'Answers to > Nothing' was a little weak, and I flat out didn't like 'Pure'. Especially the > single 'Cold, Cold Heart'... *shudder* > > I am in no way trying to slam Mike, I'm just giving my own response to the > album. Go figure... (Anthony? Your two cents?) This Anthony? Oh, alright. I think it's a dreadful album - in fact, Midge really hasn't come up with the goods since "The Gift", though I did like "Dear God" somewhat. *Shudder* sums it up perfectly, especially for those of us who took "Vienna" and "Rage In Eden" into our hearts back in the early '80s. > Anthony: we still have that Rare CD at the store for you; my boss never got > around to figuring out what the $$$ total will be with shipping, and our > schedules have been pretty incompatible lately i.e. I never see much of her > anymore. I'll bug her again tomorrow... Thanks! Mail me and let me know the cost; I wondered what had happened about that! Last time we spoke you'd just ordered it, I think. - Anthony (preparing to mail something creative to Ecto for a change :-) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Horan, Melbourne Australia - anthony@xymox.apana.org.au "All told, Under The Pink is small but likeably formed; ideal for those herbal-tea moments." - Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian reviewing the new "Victoria Amos" album. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================== Date: Mon, 25 Apr 94 00:26:27 +1000 From: anthony@xymox.apana.org.au (Anthony Horan) Subject: Review: "The Crow" Soundtrack This review will be in Beat Magazine this Wednesday, April 27th. Yes, you lucky Ectiods get it first. :-) ***** The Crow - Soundtrack (Atlantic) The Crow has had a troubled genesis as a film; numerous problems on the set and production delays culminated in the whole thing almost being shut down when star Brandon Lee died in a tragic accident while filming. The film - the US feature debut of Australian director Alex Proyas - has been completed, and preceding it to Australia is this soundtrack album, one of those rare beasts that offers a set of almost entirely brand new songs by some essential and diverse artists. Opening the album, The Cure weigh in with 'Burn", a traditional Disintegration-era Cure song that of course runs well over six minutes. A lush rhythmic wall of sound, it's quite listenable but really offers nothing that hasn't already been served up over the course of the last two Cure albums. Robert Smith's cinematic guitar work is the best thing about this inoffensive bit of Cure-ism, a song which proves beyond a doubt that The Cure are the Pink Floyd of the alternative world. Machines Of Loving Grace come up with "Golgotha Tenement Blues", sounding for all the world like an identikit Nine Inch Nails, not surprising considering the band's associations with Trent Reznor in the past. Some nice production gives this an edge, though, and it probably works better in the context of the film. Stone Temple Pilots pinch Pearl Jam's producer for their contribution, an slide-guitar assisted bit of laid-back blues that morphs into the traditional Pilots at chorus time. Nine Inch Nails himself serve up the first truly essential track here with a cover of Joy Division's "Dead Souls", recorded during the "Downward Spiral" sessions. Reznor's always-inventive production and his barely contained emotion and hysteria make this track alone worth the price of the album. Rage Against The Machine have one song which they rewrite when required; their "Darkness" here attempts to vary the formula in much the same way that the Stone Temple Pilots just did two tracks before. It works, to an extent. Pearl Jam's producer pops up here again, this time mixing. Violent Femmes contribute a song that takes adopts the shuffling quietness that has become almost mandatory on this album, and the result sounds like Neil Young singing with The Cure. Interesting. The Rollins Band covers Suicide's "Ghostrider" as only Rollins can, and then Helmet put us well and truly into metal mode with their traditional brand of indie-cred cod-rock, produced and mixed by Butch Vig but sounding surprisingly dreadful. Pantera continue the assault with "The Badge", stylistically nothing new for them. Hot new guitarmeisters For Love Not Lisa put things into perspective next with their more melodic wall'o'guitar approach, a track that should arouse some interest in their just-released album. My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult launch into industrial heaven with the sample-heavy "After The Flesh"; this band sounds like a sequencer-driven Pantera at times, and this is one of those times. The Jesus And Mary Chain's offering is disappointingly uninspired, the Reid brothers sounding for all the world as if they are asleep in the studio. The final two tracks are unusual but inspired choices; first, Medicine contribute "Time Baby III" as a remix by Cocteau Twin Robin Guthrie, who adds guitar of his own and a dose of Elizabeth Fraser. The result is an indie Cocteau Twins. It's great, but Adelaide band Batteries Not Included might be amused to hear what is almost the chorus from their "Anthem". Jane Siberry closes the album with "It Can't Rain All The Time", recorded with and produced by SPK's Graeme Revell. The result is a potent Siberry track that stands up to anything on her last album, though it seems curiously out of place here; still, this is one of three essential tracks on this record. AS far as soundtrack albums go, "The Crow" at least attempts to offer something new and exciting; when it succeeds, it does so admirably. When it fails, it's a brave failure. Regardless, it's a much-needed tonic for the tired concept of the soundtrack compilation. (7.5/10) ANTHONY HORAN -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Horan, Melbourne Australia - anthony@xymox.apana.org.au "All told, Under The Pink is small but likeably formed; ideal for those herbal-tea moments." - Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian reviewing the new "Victoria Amos" album. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================== The ecto archives are on hardees.rutgers.edu in ~ftp/pub/hr. There is an INDEX file explaining what is where. Feel free to send me things you'd like to have added. -- jessica (jessica@ns1.rutgers.edu)