Errors-To: owner-ecto@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 #386 ecto, Number 386 Saturday, 26 December 1992 Today's Topics: *-----------------* online again Greetings from the Danish Ecto Outpost... [2nd attempt!] Steely Dan Happy Holidays, everyone! Singing songs about cats, while waiting for girls who draw bats more TOYS My first Happy experience ... 1992 releases Memories of the yuletide in progress he's alive... Today's your birthday friend.... Toys ========================================================================= Subject: online again From: klaus@inphobos.w.open.de (Cosmic Vagabond) Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 23:50:39 GMT Now, that Xenox is finally working again, we would like to wish all of you a great winter holidays and a happy new year!!! Steve Fagg asked: > How do Ectophiles feel 1992 stacks up against previous years for > quantity of quality music released? And what was the best year you can > remember for great new music releases? I don't think '92 release are less interesting then those of former years, although I haven't taken a closer look at what has been released. The best year for great new music releases? Without hesitation: 1986! Just consider these albums: Bush, Kate "The whole story" Eurythmics "Revenge" Gabriel, Peter "So" Rhodes, Happy "Rhodes Vol. 1" Rhodes, Happy "Rhodes Vol. 2" Rhodes, Happy "Rearmament" Thanks for the information regarding the pronounciation of Equipoise. I still prefer Equipaws, but I'm getting used to the correct way to pronounce it. My latest english word creation is ectopoise. It took me a while to figure out what was wrong in that sentence. Jeff said: > On an unrelated note, anybody seen the new commercial for the VW...Passat, > I think. It features, quite prominently, Clannad's "Theme from Harry's And over here they are promoting their Polo with Genesis. They must have someone new in the PR department. Does someone know if AG still has some 1st4 CDs left? I'm preparing to order another set and reserve some copies of Equipoise. The last weeks I have been listening to some old tapes which I made 10, 15 years ago to find out if there is something interesting on them. Among them I found Steely Dan's "Pretzel Logic", which I enjoyed a lot. Can someone recommend another album by them? Tracy asked: > EC> Klaus: Pete Bardens, "Man Alive", from "Seen One Earth", 1987 > What about the title track from Barden's album? Love the Moog... Sure, it's great. I had a hard time selecting just one song. :) So you might be one of the small number of people who don't think that I'm talking about cigarettes when mentioning Camel. Vickie wrote: > The only CD I bought was Zap Mama, which was nice to find. It was in > the International section, under "France" of all places. Hey, that's great! Dirk wrote: > Best singles > 3. Tasmine Archer - Sleeping Satellite I love that song! Unfortunately the rest of the album didn't come up to my "Great Expectations". and: > One of the most interesting appearances was the one of the Rainbirds. > They performed a very quiet song, only grand piano and > vocals featuring F.M. Einheit from Einstuerzende Neubauten doing some > strange noise with a drilling machine (!). Uaaaah, I missed that. Did someone record it? Geoff asked: > Is one allowed to include the 1st4 in top 10 lists? They weren't released > on CD until 1992! Good question. Does someone know about eligibility of rereleases? ___________________________________________________________ . * | "Tell me all the plans you have for the great beyond. | _ . * .* . | Will you be physical again, or be a cosmic vagabond." | (_) . | --- Happy Rhodes --- | . . o | Klaus "cosmic vagabond" Kluge klaus@inphobos.w.open.de | <== ======================================================================== Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 17:33:35 +0100 From: brage@id.dth.dk (Jens P. Brage) Subject: Greetings from the Danish Ecto Outpost... [2nd attempt!] Hi! Earnest, but Quirky Utterances Imploring you all a Period Of Immaculate happyness from Solstice to Equinox: Merry Christmas (*) and a well balanced New Year! (*) Or whatever other event you choose to celebrate! We had very nice weather for the winter solstice in Denmark and to paraphrase Dave/David(?) Allen: May *your* goddesses go with you... Jens P. Brage (brage@id.dth.dk)| Between those in constant power and those in Design Automation Group |constant pain. Between those who run to glory Center of Integrated Electronics|and those who cannot run. Tell me, which ones Technical University of Denmark |are the cripples and which ones touch the sky? ======================================================================== Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 11:15:20 EST From: Chris Sampson Did you ever ask a question to which you expected a certain answer, only to find that the answer was not forthcoming??? This leaves you in the awkward position of having to respond as if, for instance, someone actually said, "Oh, a song about a cat? PLEASE print the lyrics!!!" :) Well, solicited or not, my compulsion to finish business (combined with a less than impressive enthusiasm to attack the stack of papers on my desk) have led me offer a transcription of the following (mentioned a couple of ECTOs ago) All you fel-o-philes(?) enjoy. Merry Christmas....and Happy Hannukah....come to think of it, HAPPY Christmas....no wait...HAPPY Holidays. Beat Time (Ric Gerics) Vocals: Cathy Kreger Double Bass: Glen Saunders Drums: John Rispoli Giz took the heat For the party in the alley Called the Mayor Got a break on her time Sullivan's waitin' on the corner With the tally Hot bones broken at The scene of the crime She's countin' on beat time It' grand havin' you Down on Seventh Avenue Six foot small talk Struttin' up behind her First time offender With his tail in the air Giz did a number On his body to remind him Take it if you need it But you gotta play fair She's dancin' on beat time It's grand havin' you Down on Seventh Avenue Late last Saturday Cuttin' through the pool hall Blue note back beat A Cadillac stride Giz called the shot Six pockets with the cue ball Scratchin' on the eight Without a mark on her pride She's playin' on beat time It's grand havin' you Down on Seventh Avenue - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Okay, so it doesn't SOUND like it's about a cat...but CAThy herself said her cat's name was Gizmo. And this could easily be a stylized allegory about a cat; especially the second verse (blush, blush) in which our heroine apparently gets "...rendered up the spout..." Chris (O->) [<-This is either the sign for male, or, in :)talk, the mark of the HAPPY cyclops] ======================================================================== From: alan moorse Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 15:17:45 -0500 Subject: Steely Dan A suggestion for a second Steely Dan album: Can't Buy a Thrill. ======================================================================== Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 14:58:34 -0800 From: Michael G Peskura Subject: Happy Holidays, everyone! Here's to another great year of friendship and music. Cheers, Mp Michael Peskura - University of Washington -- Seattle US of A ======================================================================== Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:59:09 EST From: Chris Sampson Subject: Singing songs about cats, while waiting for girls who draw bats Did you ever ask a question to which you expected a certain answer, only to find that the answer was not forthcoming??? This leaves you in the awkward position of having to respond as if, for instance, someone actually said, "Oh, a song about a cat? PLEASE print the lyrics!!!" :) Well, solicited or not, my compulsion to finish business (combined with a less than impressive enthusiasm to attack the stack of papers on my desk) have led me offer a transcription of the following (mentioned a couple of ECTOs ago) All you fel-o-philes(?) enjoy. Merry Christmas....and Happy Hannukah....come to think of it, HAPPY Christmas....no wait...HAPPY Holidays. Beat Time (Ric Gerics) Vocals: Cathy Kreger Double Bass: Glen Saunders Drums: John Rispoli Giz took the heat For the party in the alley Called the Mayor Got a break on her time Sullivan's waitin' on the corner With the tally Hot bones broken at The scene of the crime She's countin' on beat time It' grand havin' you Down on Seventh Avenue Six foot small talk Struttin' up behind her First time offender With his tail in the air Giz did a number On his body to remind him Take it if you need it But you gotta play fair She's dancin' on beat time It's grand havin' you Down on Seventh Avenue Late last Saturday Cuttin' through the pool hall Blue note back beat A Cadillac stride Giz called the shot Six pockets with the cue ball Scratchin' on the eight Without a mark on her pride She's playin' on beat time It's grand havin' you Down on Seventh Avenue - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Okay, so it doesn't SOUND like it's about a cat...but CAThy herself said her cat's name was Gizmo. And this could easily be a stylized allegory about a cat; especially the second verse (blush, blush) in which our heroine apparently gets "...rendered up the spout..." Chris (O->) [<-This is either the sign for male, or, in :)talk, the mark of the HAPPY cyclops] ======================================================================== Subject: more TOYS Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 18:59:34 -0500 From: jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu Just picked up the _Toys_ soundtrack which I (and others referenced earlier) and thought I'd mention some of the other names which appear in the "Musicians" listing. The credits to this album are really horrible, leaving us guessing about quite a bit. In any event, other "studio" musicians include David Palmer, Steve Howe, *AND* Peter Gabriel!!! (fans of old Jethro Tull will recognize that first name; fans of Genesis will recognize the last two...;-) Something about Tori's vocal performance reminds me of Mary Margaret O'Hara in places. Now that I'm listening to the song again, I'm really not so annoyed with myself for not recognizing her voices. 'Tis a groovy performance on her part. For some reason, they seem to go out of their way to avoid mentioning Jane Siberry. She sings the reprise of a _beautiful_ song called "The Closing of the Year". Whereas all other lead singers receive a "vocals" credit, Jane does not. At the end of the meager songwriting/ publishing credits for the reprise, thanks is given to Reprise for allowing Jane Siberry to appear. She also is mentioned in the list of musicians. I've decided that it's a really good album and worth recommending--something I'm still not sure about as regards the actual movie. Jeff (who hopes everyone is enjoying hanukah and/or is getting ready for kwanza and/or xmas) |Jeffrey C. Burka | "Show what you are / Be strong, be true | | | Time for you to / Be who you are." | |jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu | --Happy Rhodes | ======================================================================== From: boek@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (Christopher Boek) Subject: My first Happy experience ... Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 11:05:52 EST Hello everyone, I'm determined to squeeze a pun into any subject heading with Happy's name in it *:). I just got in the mail a sampler tape from Martin, which he kindly made for me to help me get into that Happy feeling ... so I thought I'd try and share this experience with you all ... I have to say that it is one of the best new discoveries for me in a long time! I'm having the same feelings listening to this tape (which I'm doing while I'm writing this incidentally *:) ) that I got when I first heard 'The Whole Story' back in '86, and a sampler tape of 'PG Plays Live' a friend made for me in '87. The music grabbed me straight away, it just sort of ... umm ... well it's just the sort of thing I needed right now. I know that's kind of vague, but I don't know if I can explain it any better. Sometimes when the music grabs me straight away, it's not a good sign, because it tends to be good for a little while, and then fall away. This music, however, is definitely improving upon listening (I haven't listened to anything else since I received the tape!!), and is bound to become part of my staple music diet before too long. (perhaps it already has ... *:) ) Some of it sounds vaguely familiar, though I'm pretty sure I've never heard any of it before. The song 'I Am a Legend' has a familiar ring to it, but I can't say why. It's certainly a great song! I'm still at the stage where the tape seems to be a continuous whole, i.e. I can't identify any particular tracks, except for a few, but that's normal. I still don't have any idea about the lyrics, but in many ways the music is enough for me. Maybe when I pick up the lyrics, it will enhance the songs, but I've no immediate need for such enhancement *:). Anyway, I'm going to buy it all now *:), if my sums are correct it comes to about US$91.90 (= $69.95 for the CDs, $17.45 for postage of 1st4 to Oz, and $4.50 for Warpaint postage) , which is about $130 Australian, and I've spent more than that in one hit before (a particular English artist who has a plant for a surname comes to mind ... *:)). After all, it's an investment in my own entertainment ... (well, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it) Well, that's it. What more can I say but 'I can't wait for some more Aural Gratification'. Happy Happy, Chris. -- | ||| ||| | ||| ||| ||| | ||Christopher Boek - boek@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au | ||| ||| | ||| ||| ||| | || Dept Elec Eng Univ of Melbourne Australia | | | | | | | | | / "Anybody remotely interesting is mad in |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___| \_/\_/\_/\_/\__/(:*- some way or another" ======================================================================== Subject: 1992 releases Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 19:37:07 -0500 From: jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu I'd like to raise my hand as someone who doesn't understand why folks have been disappointed with 1992 in terms of musical releases. I think it's been a superb year. _Fat City_, _Us_ (which I know some folks were dissapointed with), _99.9F^o_, _The Visit_, _Little Earthquakes_, _Solace_ (which only half counts, but I'll throw in the _Live_ "EP" to keep things honest...) were all superb. My only real disappointment was thew latest Roger Waters album which pales compared to all of his previous efforts. Jeff |Jeffrey C. Burka | "Show what you are / Be strong, be true | | | Time for you to / Be who you are." | |jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu | --Happy Rhodes | ======================================================================== From: boek@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (Christopher Boek) Subject: 1992 releases Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 12:11:06 EST > From jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu Thu Dec 24 11:47:20 1992 > > I'd like to raise my hand as someone who doesn't understand why folks > have been disappointed with 1992 in terms of musical releases. I think > it's been a superb year. _Fat City_, _Us_ (which I know some folks were ^^^^ > dissapointed with), _99.9F^o_, _The Visit_, _Little Earthquakes_, > _Solace_ (which only half counts, but I'll throw in the _Live_ "EP" to > keep things honest...) were all superb. My only real disappointment was > thew latest Roger Waters album which pales compared to all of his previous > efforts. > > Jeff > 1992 was great for me ... PG finally released his new album, that's enough for me *:) ... (with the promise of another to follow soon) Sure I know that 'soon' and 'PG' are two things that are mutually incompatible, but if soon means sometime in the next two years I'll be Happy. Oh, and even though I don't know many of you out there in ecto-land, have a Happy Christmas and New Year and stuff, and here's to 1993, of potential Kate, Peter and Happy releases in the same year ... Wow. Chris. -- | ||| ||| | ||| ||| ||| | ||Christopher Boek - boek@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au | ||| ||| | ||| ||| ||| | || Dept Elec Eng Univ of Melbourne Australia | | | | | | | | | / "Anybody remotely interesting is mad in |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___| \_/\_/\_/\_/\__/(:*- some way or another" ======================================================================== Date: 23 December 1992 14:28:05 CST From: Subject: Memories of the yuletide in progress Recently, in a personal communication to an ectophile friend, I related an amu- sing anecdote about something that happened to me last week, in the midst of this year's rounds of holiday celebrations. I've decided to share it with the rest of you now, because I think it's a good story. After the Media Research Club's seasonal long lunch, I killed the beginning of the rest of the afternoon (the holiday hoopla had gone from noon to 3 PM) by visiting an art gallery in the neighborhood, and then headed for the nearby branch of my bank to inquire about a charge that had appeared on my last state- ment with no apparent purpose. While walking toward the latter, I passed by another restaurant/bar, where I've always enjoyed the ambience, and pondered whether to stop in for a pleasant interval of beer-drinking. My pragmatic self won out; I decided that the priority at that point was to get to the bank while I was certain it would be open. At the small bank branch, it proved necessary to ask one of the tellers to get the customer service person out of the back. When she finally materialized, I explained the problem. She pondered it momentarily, asked me a few questions to rule out certain potential charge-generating exigencies, and finally told me that she couldn't figure it out either, but that there was nobody in the main office that she could call because they were about to close down there, and that they would be the ideal people to ask the next day. Having learned that outposts like that are not always the ideal places to ask arcane questions about account problems (which apparently they deal with only rarely at that location), I doubled back up the few blocks toward the gallery district, with the intent of looking at some more art. Here's where we get closer to the punch line :-). As I passed by the watering hole I'd decided not to patronize a short time before, whom should I run into coming out of the place but an acquaintance from the Media Research Club, whose day job is in a position of responsibility in a large advertising agency, and some workmates of hers. They had obviously cho- sen to extend the pleasant afternoon (in terms of activities and interactions, not the weather--which was sort of cold, rainy and overcast) awhile longer. We exchanged a few pleasantries, and then she and friends caught a cab back to the office, explaining that they felt they should get some work done that day (it was then around 4 in the afternoon). I walked away from this encounter thinking that had my decision-making taken the opposite turn, I'd have been spared the redundant trip to the bank (the spurious charge was finally fixed the next morning, at the main office, after a lengthy wait to get an audience with customer service), and instead been treated to at least a brief additional period of collegiality and ethanol, not to mention the opportunity to drop the hint that I aspire to remunerative employment in advance of the money running out. The moral, I suppose, is that He Who Sticks To Business Is Lost. (I shall now be able to dredge this up whenever I want an argument against deferr- ing gratification in any given situation. You can't wish for a more practical Christmas gift than that :-). ) I related this story to Chris and Vickie last Saturday, when I hand-delivered the second live rendition of my HGP stuff, and was told that such occurrences are not unusual at this particular bank branch. Of course, if I don't eschew the purchase of all goods and services after my Christmas shopping, this may be epiphenomenal anyway, as there will eventually be no more money to put in the bank, no matter how good or bad the service there :-). Having some funds still available for the moment, I tried yesterday to make up for last week's bad judgment call by lunching at the same spot where the enjoyable post-lunch I had cheated myself out of would have taken place. The hot Buffalo wings were as tasty as ever, but it seemed a little odd to have the sexily dressed young woman who was my waitress address me with terms such as "hon" and "sweetie"-- presumably an attempt to compete with the restaurant across the street, whose unique selling proposition is its 50's-diner ambience. Unless, of course, it was a subtle bit of guerilla warfare against a pattern of come-ons from other male customers, into which such words were commonly interjected. Ah, experi- ences :-). Regenerating my HGP tapes, due to the aggravated misfeasance of the United States Postal Service, was an experience in itself. I retrieved the prepared texts of the remarks I'd recorded for the first round (possibly indicating one advantage of prepared texts over ad-libbing) after some initial puzzling over which pile they were encased within, and retired to my own rump version of the legendary Gaffa Central. I normally keep my recording equipment (the boom box, and the AC adapter for the Walkman) centralized in the bathroom, to facilitate my listening to (and occasionally taping from) _Morning Edition_ in the morning as I steel myself to face the day ahead :-). Not being of a mind to move it, I decided to hold the recording session there. (Would Joan Didion have referred to this as "recording it where it lays?") The first take, naturally, sounded good enough as I was uttering it; just as naturally, I had the mike plugged into the headphone slot. As I prepared to restart the process, I received a visit from Casper the tac- tile cat, who indulged his habit of climbing into the sink, curling up into a ball, and attempting to suck the water out of the tap, apparently believing it purer and more wholesome than the stuff in his water dish. I was immediately concerned about which of the peripherals on the sink he would upend first (would it be the toothpaste or the dental floss?), but decided to go with the flow (or drip, as the case may be :-) ), in the hope that he might be able to punctuate my monolog with a spontaneous meow or two. Naturally, he decided that he had reached saturation point (insofar as he could with the water turned off), and left without saying a word (or whatever). After several more takes, I finally came up with one with which I was, if not exactly satisfied, at least convinced that it was as good as it was going to get. The next day, after going to see _Glengarry Glen Ross_ because it was more convenient to the Howard elevated than _The Last of the Mohicans_, I hopped on the train for the side trip to Rogers Park, to consummate my end run around the bureaucratic bungling that would otherwise have thwarted my participation in this year's HGP altogether. In this endeavor, I was a quali- fied success; I say "qualified" only because the redo wasn't as good as the original IMHO WIVH. But maybe this can still serve as an inspirational tale for prospective parrticipants in future Happy _______ Projects :-). I made the drop, got my first introduction to _MST 3000_, and had an amazing story related to me. You may recall that last week, I wrote in these pages of how as I was buying Ingrid Karklins' album, I found a small network of Karklins fans materializing around the counter, seemingly before my eyes. Vickie told me that if one of them was whom she thought it was, it was herself who had turned the other on to Ingrid in the first place. She went on to point out that it was she, rather than any of those whom I thought it was at various times, who had written the first encomium to Ingrid's music to appear in these pages. At the very least, this reveals how carefully I tend to read many of those postings that have quotes from previous postings nested within other previous postings, in the distinguished tradition of Internet Infinite Regress- ion. At this moment, I am now on the verge of going off the net for several days, to take a run up to Tower in the hope that they, by contrast to every other place I've looked, will have a CD of _The Dark Side of the Tree_ (or words to that effect), featuring "Have Yourself a Groovy Little Solstice" with lyrics such as "Someday soon we'll all dance nude together/If utility rates allow." In the worst case, though, I've still accrued digital copies of enough of my other favorite seasonal albums with eccentric spins to them to keep me in listening pleasure during the long weekend of getting my cat scratches renewed. Since the posting I submitted to this mailing list last Friday still hasn't arrived in these pages, this one may or may not reach all of you by Christmas. If not, maybe by New Year's (and then again, maybe not) :-). Mitch ------------- "It's time to put the Christ back into Christmas and the back into Chanukah." --David Steinberg ======================================================================== Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 23:29:53 EST From: Greg Bossert Subject: he's alive... we wish you a merry footah and a Happy new year... with best wishes, i remain -greg -- bossert@vizlab.rutgers.edu -- if love is a game, i win -- HR ======================================================================== From: vickie@pilot.njin.net (Vickie Mapes) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 1:04:10 EST ----- Transcript of session follows ----- >>> HELO ns1.rutgers.edu <<< 553 ns1.rutgers.edu I refuse to talk to myself 554 ... Service unavailable: Bad file number Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 1:26:28 EST From: WretchAwry To: ecto.;@pilot.njin.net Loves: Kate Bush..Happy Rhodes..Jane Siberry..Peter Gabriel..Tori Amos.. Subject: Talked to Happy... ...and the album is definitely coming out in February. They should have gotten the proofs of the cover artwork today (I talked to her last night-Tuesday) and no, I couldn't pry any hints about the cover from her. She explained to me exactly why she chose "Equipoise" for the title, but I couldn't even begin to repeat it. I urged her to write it down so I can post it. (I told her she'd have to tell the story a million times anyway, she may as well start practising with Ectophiles.) She doesn't know the person who chose Warpaint as one of the best Dance albums for Pulse. Suzanne (Happy's manager, for new 'philes) made some phone calls and found out that the person was "charged" with picking out the best Dance albums and just put Warpaint there because she wanted to mention it, genre be damned! :-) No song titles were forthcoming. Recording is finished, final mixing begins on Tuesday. Yes, there is a bagpiper on the album. Yes, she ended up using all the members of the band on various tracks. Her shoulder is warm and strong. Yes, she's a wonderful person. They have a full-time person who does nothing but call and bug distributors to carry the catalog, so that's why more albums have been showing up in the Towers. No overseas distribution though. Hey Christopher, great story! Thanks! (What songs did Martin include?) Adrian and I are going to see Toys tomorrow. At least I know I'll like the music. She hadn't gotten the HGP yet. She called in response to a note I enclosed in my Christmas card. I didn't mention the HGP, so it will be a suprise. Vickie ======================================================================== Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 22:08:28 EST From: WretchAwry Subject: Today's your birthday friend... HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Ulrich Grepel!! Merry Christmas/Happy Solstice to all! Vickie ======================================================================== Subject: Today's your birthday friend.... From: klaus@inphobos.w.open.de (Cosmic Vagabond) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 10:35:48 GMT i*i*i*i*i*i *************** ***HAPPY******* ********BIRTHDAY*** ******************* ***** Uli Grepel ****** *********************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Uli Grepel Wed December 25 1968 Steinbock Karl Dotzek Sat December 30 1961 Capricorn Stuart Castergine Mon December 30 1963 You Are Here Marvin Camras Sat January 1 1916 Tapehead Jeanne Schreiter Tue January 3 1967 Capricorn Euan Robertson (Xolf)Wed January 3 1973 LordOfTheNeverKnown Greg Bossert Tue January 9 1962 OfTheTimes Chris Sampson Wed January 15 1964 Void where prohibited Ken Taylor Tue January 21 1969 Aquarius Terry Partis Sun January 22 1933 Rocker -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _____ Klaus Kluge * klaus@inphobos.w.open.de * I'll be here, I'll be (in) Ecto! ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 23:11:59 EST From: WretchAwry Subject: Toys Jeff writes: > Something about Tori's vocal performance reminds me of Mary Margaret O'Hara > in places. Now that I'm listening to the song again, I'm really not > so annoyed with myself for not recognizing her voices. 'Tis a groovy > performance on her part. I agree. I bought it for the Tori song and the Jane Siberry part, but... > For some reason, they seem to go out of their way to avoid mentioning > Jane Siberry. She sings the reprise of a _beautiful_ song called "The > Closing of the Year". Pfft! Jane's part is so so so tiny, I don't particularly like it and it comes at the very end of the CD. I almost didn't find it because it was hard listening through the whole song. I wish she had sang "The Closing of the Year." > I've decided that it's a really good album and worth recommending--something > I'm still not sure about as regards the actual movie. It's worth it for Tori completists. I'd say that for Jane and Peter completists too, but I can't find Peter & Jane's part is so tiny. The movie? Yuk. I'm *really* disappointed, because I love Robin Williams and Joan Cusack, the toys are *utterly* cool and it's got a Tori song during the best scene in the movie. Unfortunately, the script is truly awful, the pacing was *way* off throughout most of the movie, and the actors are left to fend for themselves through most of the movie. This should have been a Tim Burton movie because Barry Levinson was on vacation during filming it seems. Nothing in the universe could have kept me from seeing this movie, because I've been waiting for it for ages, so I'm not trying to talk anyone else out of seeing it. All this is IMHO, and I wish I had liked it. :-( The same night we also saw the Director's cut of Blade Runner, so the night wasn't a total loss for films. Vickie ======================================================================== 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)