Errors-To: owner-ecto@athos.rutgers.edu Reply-To: ecto@athos.rutgers.edu Sender: ecto@athos.rutgers.edu From: ecto@athos.rutgers.edu To: ecto-request@athos.rutgers.edu Bcc: ecto-digest-outbound@athos.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto #143 ecto, Number 143 Saturday, 1 February 1992 Today's Topics: *-----------------* I must be a nut Ecto SiG in the mail! Pooh, and pooh again! WXPN Profile Happy Rhodes - WXPN Express Ectophile FAQ Loreena McKennitt on tour! ======================================================================== From: kIrI - Mew Mew Mew Mew Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1992 00:11:20 EST Subject: I must be a nut Im sitting here madly dubbing a Happy mix for someone I talked to for less than five minutes. Why? Because out of all the people in the world I was the only one (at the time) that knew about Sarah's _Solace_. SO of course the next question was what other music do you listen to? Kate, Enya, Ofra Haza, Joni Mitchell etc. (my mind is just out to burst) So, have you heard of Happy Rhodes? Ah no....(mind shifts into drive) Well if you are into Sarah and Kate etc. I bet you'll like Happy. Hmm sounds interesting can you give me more info. Shoor...ill send you a FAQ, and Ill even through in a tape with some songs on it to give you the flavor of Happy. Hey great thanks...do you know Happy or something?? (i.e. why so fanatical?? :) ) I say well in a way, you see we have this big family of fans, and well we adore Happy and will do anything to get her known! And that's that...now im madly dubbing hoping this guy will love Happy, buy all her albums, and become an Ecto fanatic like the rest of us. The things we do! :) on another note: reorganizing my tape collection today i rediscovered several gems. All my neglected Split Enz tapes, my Models tape with one of my favi songs Barbados, The Stabilizers, not to mention this is soca, my live illegal dub of ian mccullough (sp?), all my complete collections of inxs, the police, depeche mode, and aha (yes i was one of those teeny-bopper punks - still am with half a shaved head :) ) It's so good to see these old friends :) kIrI -- _ |< | | ) | ^o o^ hargieka@craft.camp.clarkson.edu | \ \\I// "People who are easily shocked should be -vv- Shocked more often" Mae West ======================================================================== From: katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris n Vickie) Subject: Ecto SiG in the mail! Date: Fri, 31 Jan 92 19:11:18 CST Vickie here. Depressed but relieved. The Ecto SiG tapes are actually, honest-to-goodness, in the mail. These were mailed out today: "-" denotes Ecto SiG Happy & Kevin -mailed Barger, Jorn will pick up Bloom, Brian -mailed Bossert, Gregory -mailed & HGP Pts. 1 & 2 Bur, Justin -mailed Burka, Jeff -mailed & HGP Pt. 2 Burks, Doug -mailed Dallas, Courtney -mailed & HGP Pts. 1 & 2 Dembski, Jessica -mailed & HGP Pts. 1 & 2 Dougiamas, Martin -mailed Fagg, Steve -mailed Foster, Harry mailed HGP Pts. 1 & 2 (no Ecto SiG) Guetzlaff, Cathy -mailed Hargie, Kirstin -mailed & HGP Pts. 1 & 2 Johnson, Tom -mailed Kluge, Klaus -mailed Kyrlidis, Angelos -mailed & HGP Pts. 1 & 2 Lueck, Jeff -picked up Malman, Joel -mailed Mendelson, Mike -mailed Peskura, Michael -mailed Philipsen, Albert -mailed Pravatiner, Mitch -mailed Relph, John M. -mailed Sady, Gene -mailed Schreiter, Jeanne -mailed Segel, Daniel -mailed Semich, Mark -mailed Tao, Sammy -mailed Tarr, Meredith -mailed Woiccak, Rob (woj) -mailed & HGP Pt. 2 & Winter Solstice Concert Wong, Barry -mailed & HGP Pts. 1 & 2 Yli-Krekola, Perttu -mailed I still have 1 tape to dub from the original list, and that's Bob Krovitz, a non-Ectophile who wanted to hear the show anyway. I was one tape short and I had to go buy some blank tapes. I wan't going to wait though, I just wanted to mail these while I had the chance. On list, I'm waiting for tapes to come in: Brown, Bob Lubkin, David Blank-Edelman, David Somerstein, Rodney VanDevender, Steve Steiner, Dave Thomas, Stephen Beth If your name is on this list and you haven't sent me a tape, please do so, if you want the show. If your name is on this list and you want it removed, let me know. If your name is not on this list but should be, please e-mail me to make sure I actually received your request. If your name is not on this list but you want it to be, let me know. Vickie katefans@chinet.chi.il.us Ps, (add appropriate word) Those who (do/do not) want to see Vickie in a vicious, flaming fury (should/should not) read my latest post in rec.music.gaffa. I'm not a happy kid and I ain't no nice guy. (See/avoid) Ecto-Mom in all her fury. :-/ ======================================================================== From: katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris n Vickie) Subject: Pooh, and pooh again! Date: Fri, 31 Jan 92 18:47:21 CST Vickie here. Darn, the sysop has turned off the "vickie" account. I don't know how long it will be off because I can't afford to pay the contributor's fee right now. Until notified otherwise, all e-mail to me should be sent to: katefans@chinet.chi.il.us I thought he had forgiven me about our run-in. I guess not :-( :-( Well, it was nice having my own account while it lasted. Tip for the day: never sass people who control things that are important to you (that includes parents, teachers, bosses, landlords and Sysops...) Vickie ======================================================================== Date: 01 Feb 92 09:49:32 EST From: Bob Brown <74756.1557@compuserve.com> Subject: WXPN Profile ======================================================================== From: the! Profile Happier trails these days for Happy Rhodes Growing up in a poor family in upstate New York wasn't exactly a barrel of laughs, says Happy Rhodes, whose current CD, "Warpaint" became an instant hit on WXPN this fall. "My family was so poor -- destitute -- that my peers teased me unmercifully. I was the girl that boys would point to and insult their friends by saying, 'You'd even go out with HER!'" During those trying early years, says Rhodes, she found comfort in teaching herself to play an old acoustic guitar she bought, and composing songs she was too shy to perform. Today, at age 26, Rhodes is making up for the bad times. She can still be found in central New York state, but she makes her living now as a singer-songwriter, and has four taped albums and a CD to her credit. She shares a home with Kevin Bartlett -- a musician, producer, and owner of a private record label - who loves her music (and her). She can even boast of her own international on-line computer fan club. When Rhodes first began recording eight years ago, she was categorized as a folk artist because of her acoustical sound. But, she says, she was never influenced by folk, and was frustrated by the categorization. "My music has always had a science fiction bent to it. It was coming from a dark place," says Rhodes. She says she's been inspired by Sting, Peter Gabriel, and bands like Queen and Yes. "On my first four acoustic albums, I wasn't able to fully express myself musically. The execution, in terms of electronics, didn't meet my standards. Now I have access to the equipment I need to grow sonically." Her new sound, apparent on "Warpaint", is the result of recent upgrades to the computer equipment in Bartlett's home recording studio. Rhodes writes her music with the different tracks already in her head. "I sit down at the keyboards and the music just comes right out," she says. She then uses the keyboard's electronically produced sounds to construct the composition, which is called "sequencing." Once the sequencing is completed, she writes the lyrics. "Basically, the music tells me what I'm singing about," says Rhodes. "The computer allows me to fine tune the sound. I can pan right or left, turn the volume up or down on a certain track, or take a chunk and double it, then mix and match the pieces to form the song." Bartlett, who Rhodes says is the more technically inclined of the two, gets the keyboards set up so that the electronic music can be transferred, mixed and submixed in the recording studio along with vocals, guitar, bass and other live sounds. Because the process of recording to compact disc is especially expensive, Rhodes says, she and Bartlett worked long hours on their own in their home studio to produce as much of "Warpaint" as they could. According to Bartlett, the time and effort has paid off. "This was our first CD. The other albums were cassette-only releases, which don't cut it with program directors (at radio stations). We sent out 'Warpaint' to select stations across the country and 70 picked it up. We're sending another 550 more in January," he says. Thanks to on-air play the new Happy Rhodes CD got on WXPN, Bartlett reports sales are booming in Philadelphia. "We have just added a new distributor and the old one is taking 100 CDs a week," he says. WXPN Music Director Mike Morrison explains how "Warpaint" ended up on the air. "When an unknown artist sends us a recording that strikes us as particularly interesting, we get excited. Happy Rhodes sounded as good as -- and more interesting than -- many well-known artists. When we played cuts from her album, our listeners went crazy." According to Rhodes, music is like breathing for her - she has to do it. "Making a living from music is all I ever wanted to do. The fact that I am able to do it is lucky: I left school when I was 16, I'm not skilled to do anything else, and I'm definitely not a mainstream, 9-to-5 person." When asked why her songs have succeeded so well at WXPN, she responds, "Because Philly is just cool!" Rhodes and Bartlett are busy rehearsing their new touring band, which will be in Philadelphia at the University Museum on March 21. For the latest information on Happy Rhodes, you can subscribe to her computer "fanzine" by writing to:ECTO, P.O. Box 11291, New Brunswick, N.J. 08906. You can contact her directly through her recording label: Aural Gratification, P.O. Box 8658, Academy Station, Albany, N.Y. 12208. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- There ya have it folks. I'll try to get down to the station and pick up a bunch of copies for those that want the whole issue. Vickie - I'll be glad to send one up to H+K. Let me know if they already have it...if not I'll send 'em mine cause I'll be getting more. Bob Brown The Radio Boy ======================================================================== From: katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris n Vickie) Subject: Happy Rhodes - WXPN Express Date: Fri, 31 Jan 92 23:58:27 CST Stop Typing BOB!! Bill Pringle just sent this to me. He has a scanner and just scaned it in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Profile from WXPN Express Feb/Mar 1992 (Reprinted with permission) Growing up in a poor family in upstate New York wasn't exactly a barrel of laughs, says Happy Rhodes, whose current CD, "Warpaint" became an instant hit on WXPN this fall. "My family was so poor - destitute - that my peers teased me unmercifully. I was the girl that boys would point to and insult their friends by saying, "You'd even go out with HER!"' During those trying early years, says Rhodes, she found comfort in teaching herself to play an old acoustic guitar she bought, and composing songs she was too shy to perform. Today, at the age of 26, Rhodes is making up for the bad times. She can still be found in central New York state, but she makes her living now as a singer-songwriter, and has four taped albums and a CD to her credit. She shares a home with Kevin Bartlett - a musician producer, and owner of a private record label - who loves her music (and her). She can even boast of her own international on-line computer fan club. When Rhodes first began recording eight years ago, she was categorized as a folk artist because of her acoustical sound. But, she says, she was never influenced by folk, and was frustrated by the categorization. "My music has always had a science fiction bent to it. It was coming from a dark place," says Rhodes. She says she's been inspired by Sting, Peter Gabriel, and bands like Queen and Yes. "On my first four acoustic albums, I wasn't able to fully express myself musically. The execution, in terms of electronics, didn't meet my standards. Now I have access to the equipment I need to grow sonically. " Her new sound, apparent on "Warpaint", is the result of recent upgrades to the computer equipment in Bartlett's home recording studio. Rhodes writes her music with the different tracks already in her head. "I sit down at the keyboards and the music just comes right out," she says. She then uses the keyboard's electronically produced sounds to construct the composition, which is called "sequencing." Once the sequencing is completed, she writes the lyrics. "Basically, the music tells me what I'm singing about," says Rhodes. "The computer allows me to fine tune the sound. I can pan right or left, turn the volume up or down on a certain track, or take a chunk and double it, then mix and match the pieces to form the song." Bartlett, who Rhodes says is the technically inclined of the two, gets keyboards set up so that the electronic music can be transferred, mixed and submixed in the recording studio, along with vocals, guitar, bass and other live sounds. Because the process of recording to compact disc is especially expensive, Rhodes says, she and Bartlett worked long hours on their own in their home studio to produce as much of "Warpaint" as they could. According to Bartlett, the time and effort has paid off. "This was our first CD. The other albums were cassette-only releases, which don't cut it with program directors [at radio stations]. We sent out 'Warpaint' to select stations across the country and 70 picked it up. We're sending another 550 more in January," he says. Thanks to the on-air play the new Happy Rhodes CD got on WXPN, Bartlett reports sales are booming in Philadelphia. "We have just added a new distributor and the old one is taking 100 CDs a week," he says. WXPN Music Director Mike Morrison explains how "Warpaint" ended up on the air. "When an unknown artist sends us a recording that strikes us as particularly interesting, we get excited. Happy Rhodes sounded as good as - and more interesting than - many well-known artists. When we played cuts from her album, our listeners went crazy." According to Rhodes, music is like breathing for her - she has to do it. "Making a living from music was all I ever wanted to do. The fact that I am able to do it is lucky: I left school when I was 16, I'm not skilled to do anything else, and I'm definitely not a mainstream, 9-to-5 person." When asked why her songs have succeeded so well at WXPN, she responds, "Because philly is just cool! " -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================== From: katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris n Vickie) Subject: Ectophile FAQ Date: Sat, 1 Feb 92 4:31:55 CST Vickie here. This an FAQ for new Ectophiles. Newbies, since this is for you, if there's anything not included in here that you would be interested in knowing, or if something is too confusing please post or e-mail me. Thanks! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Hello! Welcome all newcomers to Happy Rhodes and Ecto-the fuzzy blue mailing list. (Fuzzy Blue=Warm, friendly & flame-free) You are now officially an Ectophile! Abbreviations: HR-Happy Rhodes (also H, HTR) KB-Kevin Bartlett (though, with all the Kate Bush fans here, be sure to H&K-Happy & Kevin (personal partners and co-producers) check the context) B\R-Bartlett\Rhodes (a professional duo in 1988 and part of 1989) AG-Aural Gratification 1st4-Happy's 1st 4 albums (cassettes) VI-Volume I album (also V1, Vol. I or 1) VII-Volume II album (also V2, Vol. II or 2) Rearm-Rearmament album WP-Warpaint album Her full name is Happy Tyler Rhodes. She was born Kimberly Tyler Rhodes but has always been called Happy by family and friends. When she was 16 she had her name legally changed to Happy. She's 26 years old, born August 9, 1965 in Poughkeepsie, NY. The address to order Happy's music or write to her is: The discography: Happy Rhodes c/o Aural Gratification 1) Rhodes Vol. I (1986) P.O. Box 8658 2) Rhodes Vol. II (1986) Academy Station 3) Rearmament (1986) Albany, NY 12208 4) Ecto (1987) 5) Warpaint (1991) 1-4 are only available on cassette 5 available on CD and cassette The CD is $13.99 Postage for one CD is $2.00 The tapes are $9.99 each Postage for one tape is $1.50 Each additional tape is $ .35 apiece If you were to buy just the 4 tapes, the total postage would be $2.55. For the CD and all 4 tapes, postage would be $3.40. Price in English pounds is: 8 pounds per cassette (postage included) 11 pounds per CD (postage included) The postage prices for Happy (Aural Gratification) stuff to Australia: Warpaint CD (in its own package) approx US$4.50 First 4 Albums on tape ( all 4 in size 5 mailbag) approx US$8.50 Ecto - the mailing list 0.00 (yay!) Ectophiles from other countries who have not yet ordered anything from Happy but wish to do so should enquire through this list (perhaps there are others who have ordered from the same country and know the prices of postage) or write directly to Happy & Kevin. Whenever you write to them, and you want an answer to postage or other questions, please consider enclosing an IRC (International Reply Coupon) for their convenience. Americans and Canadians might consider a self-addressed stamped envelope. H&K have not requested this, I mention it only to make mail easier for them, when an answer is required. As to which album(s) to get? That's a toughie, because they're all excellent. There's a huge difference between 1 and 5, and the progression is evident in the middle three. If you asked the people here in the mailing list, you'd get lots of different answers. If you already have Warpaint, one suggestion would be to start with 1 and 4, and if you like them, you will almost certainly like the middle two. Of course, it's just about impossible to know what different people will like. My stock answer is "get them all!" :-) because they're all worth getting. IMHO, of course. The 1st4 cassettes will be made available on CD, projected date: May 1992. The cassettes are worth having, not only for their musical value, but also for their "cherishibility factor" which comes from the fact that H&K dub the cassettes, put together the inserts (complete with photographs of Happy's paintings) and package and mail the cassettes out themselves. FYI, if you ask Happy to autograph the tapes and/or CD, she will! She has been working on the 6th album. The songs have been written, but not yet completely arranged or recorded. Happy has never had a major-label recording contract. All her music has been released so far on Aural Gratification, a private label started and owned by Kevin Bartlett. Kevin started the label to release his own music (he's quite well-known as a musician in the Albany area), then added Happy after they met. The first 4 albums were recorded by Happy, all alone in the studio. She played acoustic guitar and keyboards and used lots of overdubs. She produced them all herself and even engineered quite a few of the songs. Happy started out working as an apprentice engineer at Cathedral Sound Studios and learned the equipment by recording her own songs. Pat Tessitore, Cathedral's owner, was impressed by Happy's talent and encouraged her, even giving her free studio time to play around with the equipment and record her songs. When Happy met Kevin in 1986 and he encouraged her to let him release her music on AG, she had amassed enough songs for 2 albums. They gathered together all the tapes of the various songs and VI and VII were born. Later that year, Happy released Rearmament and Ecto came in 1987. Between Ecto and Warpaint, Happy and Kevin joined forces professionally as Bartlett\Rhodes. They never released any music but did play live in the Albany area quite often. In mid-1989 they decided to continue as they had started, as separate artists. Happy then began work on Warpaint. WP is more professionally recorded (she and Kevin took out a bank loan to make sure it was as high-quality they could possibly make it) and uses more musicians, though it's mainly just her and Kevin. They also co-produced the album. H&K are still personal partners Kevin is also working very hard on the promotional side of Happy's career while keeping a full schedule with his own career. {Live} Happy has played live in and around the Albany, NY area for many years. She's rehearsing musicians for a Spring 1992 tour but the only details so far are Albany, NY on March 18 and Philly on March 21. {Background} She was a very lonely child and has always been a loner. She suffered from depression as an adolescent and teenager and sought solace and help in the music she listened to (Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Bach) and in writing songs herself. She "wrote out" the demons in her mind, never guessing that the songs would someday end up on albums that would be cherished by other people. Happy is an interesting, intelligent, singer/songwriter/musician who cares deeply about her music and makes music to last, music that matters. Happy's lyrics can sear your heart and soul in its intensity and introspectiveness. Her lyrics are very often dark and are nearly all autobiographical, but they are almost all about emotions. Human emotions are universal, so many of her songs touch nerves in other people too. Many of her songs are about depression, some are about suicidal feelings and some are cynical, but there are also songs about hope and light, with a "you must love yourself before anyone else can love you" point of view. She does have a sense of humor, and it comes out in a few songs, but most of her songs are very serious. Not that they are all slow, dirge-like ballads. Many songs are fast-paced and very melodic. You could enjoy the music and Happy's voice(s) without ever paying attention to the lyrics. The lyrics add another layer to be fascinated by if you choose to delve further, though. {Fans} Happy's fan base is small but growing and we here in Ecto think it's exciting to see how she's progressing and to "be with her" at each step of her career from now on. Happy Rhodes fans are very passionate about promoting her music. Record companies have ignored her (and, so far, continue to) I think because they don't really know what to do with her. She can't be easily put into a box and labled. We all think that it's extremely unfair and wrong that she's unknown and obscure. We want to change that :-) It's only at a small grass-roots level at the moment, but will grow as more people become aware of Happy, fall in love with her music, and care enough to spread the word about her. H&K are very aware of Ecto and are kept informed of it's topics of conversation. They are deeply appreciative of everyone's interest and have great affection for Ecto. {History of Ecto} Semi-regular postings about Happy Rhodes have appeared in rec.music.gaffa (Love-Hounds) since January 1989 via Vickie Mapes, who "found" Happy in 1988 and played her regularly on her radio show called Suspended In Gaffa. The release of Warpaint in April 1991 prompted many gaffa readers to try her music for the first time. Many of those people liked what they heard and went on to complete their collection with the early tapes. As discussion grew to deafening levels, it was pointed out to the Happy Rhodes fans that, no, not *every* Kate Bush fan will like Happy's music, and could we please start talking about Kate again? As many gaffians wanted to continue to talk about Happy, but wanted to respect the wishes of those who had no interest, on June 13, 1991 Jessica Dembski created the mailing list Ecto. The list has been *very* active, and topics on any subject of interest to Ectophiles are welcome. GIFs, Lyrics to all the albums and Ecto Archives are available from: hardees.rutgers.edu by anonymous ftp, in pub/hr (Internet address is: 128.6.18.2.) For those without FTP capability, Doug Burks has offered to send anything in the archives to you via e-mail. Write him at: dbx@olympic.atmos.colostate.edu If you are getting Ecto as loose mail, you might want to know that it is available in a Digest form. Write Jessica at ecto-request@athos.rutgers.edu for details. {Happy as artist} Happy will soon (if everything works out) be painting her first book cover, a science fiction novel by Michael D. Weaver (who wrote _Mercedes Nights_ and _My Father, Myself_, among others) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ECTO PROJECTS ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The current Ecto Projects are (for blue fuzzy newbies) : 1) The Ecto-zine $8/year for 8 issues. A print fanzine lovingly provided by Jessica for Ectophiles and those not on the net. 8 pages and an ever-expanding number of colours. Subscribers will have their first issue autographed by Happy. The first issue has been delayed, but you should subscribe ASAP anyway. Address to subscribe: Ecto PO Box 11291 New Brunswick, NJ 08906 Donations above the subscription cost are welcomed - all money goes to bringing you better issues! 2) The Ecto SiG A tape made by Vickie consisting of Bartlett\Rhodes demo tapes, and snippets of a phone interview with Happy, plus Happy songs. This tape is in the format of Vickie's regular "Suspended in Gaffa" female vocals oriented radio show. Vickie will make dubs of this program for you. Send a 100 min. tape & postage if you live in the USA or Canada. Overseas Ectophiles can either send a tape as above or American money if it's easy to obtain. Self-addressed mailers would be appreciated. A copy of the history behind this project is available via ftp (or you can e-mail Vickie) but be warned-it's veeeeeery long! :-) 3) The Happy Interview tape. (aka The World Cafe or WXPN interview) WXPN in Philadelphia syndicates a program called "The World Cafe" and Happy was interviewed on it. She recorded 3 songs live in the studio which were played within the interview. ("Feed the Fire" "Words Weren't Made For Cowards" and "Given In") The entire show is about 20 minutes total. You can get a copy of this from Doug Burks. Be prepared to send Doug a short (60 min.) tape & postage or $$ equivalent. Doug Burks, 2036 West Plum St C7, Fort Collins CO 80521 Doug> The recording is good quality with the usual radio background noise Doug> and the occasional pop, click, and signal breakup. Considering the Doug> low power Laramie station is a mountainous fifty miles away, the Doug> quality is great! 4) The Happy Gift Project This will hopefully become a twice a year tradition, a gift to Happy from Ectophiles for Happy's Birthday and the Winter Holidays. The idea is to assemble a tape with possibly a spoken message from everyone and ONE song she/he would like Happy to hear. Vickie will create a tape with all the songs and messages and will send it to Albany. Every participant will get her/his tape(s) back with a copy of what Happy receives, if postage has been included. The first HGP spilled over onto a second tape so if you want copies of both tapes be sure to send 2 tapes. Besides postage, a buck would be appreciated for return packaging, or include one in yours. There are no restrictions about what song to select, except not to take one from Happy :). It's nice to have have a variety of music, so hopefully not everyone will select one from KaTe. The deadline for the next such project, the HBP (Happy Birthday Project), will be July 1, 1992. All tapes with messages/songs on them must be received by that date. So, decide on your song & your message, put it on a 100 minute tape, and mail it to Vickie. Don't forget to include return postage if you want your tape(s) to be returned! It will be filled with lots of interesting music from famous artists and notorious Ectophiles. ;) A complete listing of the songs on HGP-1991 are available via ftp and e-mail from Vickie. Mail tapes to: Vickie Mapes 1627 W. Farwell, #2N Chicago, IL 60626 USA Again, get tapes to Vickie, and this time put a song and a personal message (if you want to) to Happy on it. Vickie will compile them into a present for Happy from all of us. Klaus' idea, this one. HGP-Happy Gift Project (for the Winter Holiday season) HBP-Happy Birthday Project (for Happy's Birthday...natch!) Note: The Ecto SIG and the HGP tapes are available to anyone, even if you did not participate. 5) The Personal Database Project Mail to ecto with all your particulars. Which particulars? We're not particular. Birthdays (for Vickie's Birthday List) and physical characteristics are a good start. Besides a Birthday list, Vickie is keeping a mailing list for Happy and Kevin. If you want to be on this (to get mailings from Aural Gratification) just send her your name and address. Do this (assuming you want to) even if you've ordered something from AG in the past. This mailing list is strictly confidential. Also let us know how you found out about Happy and what you have and what you think about what you have. 6) The Ecto\Homeground Interview Over the summer of 1991, Ectophiles sent questions to Happy via Vickie. Happy answered the questions and the interview was posted to Ecto. It will eventually be edited down and sent to Homeground (the Kate Bush fan- zine) for inclusion there. When Jessica has room on athos, or switches to another machine with more room, this interview will be available via ftp. Until then, request a copy from Vickie. (vickie@chinet.chi.il.us) We will eventually have an Ecto Interview Pt.II, so if you have any questions you'd like to ask Happy directly, post or e-mail them to Vickie. 7) The Kevin Bartlett interview This is Greg Bossert's project. If you have any questions directed specifically to Kevin, send them to Greg. (gb10@gte.com) 8) The Ecto-band Project Not sure where this is but it IS somewhere. :-) Several musical ecto people are doing joint but remote collaborations on covers of some songs. It seems to be dormant, but might be revived at any time. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Welcome to Ecto! ======================================================================== Date: Sat, 1 Feb 92 14:57:21 EST From: justin@crim.ca (Justin Bur) Subject: Loreena McKennitt on tour! Montreal - Theatre Olympia - Sat 22 Feb from the Mtl entertainment weeklies. No information on other dates... justin ======================================================================== To join ecto, please send electronic mail to the following address: ecto-request@athos.rutgers.edu To have your thoughts included in the next issue, send mail to: ecto@athos.rutgers.edu The ecto archives are on hardees.rutgers.edu in ~ftp/pub/hr. There is a README file explaining what is where. Feel free to send me (or leave in the incoming directory, just let me know) things you'd like to have added. To subscribe to "Ecto", the printed fanzine, send $8 to: Ecto PO Box 11291 New Brunswick, NJ 08906 Ecto is issued 8 times/year, and will include photos and as much material from non-net members as we can get! Donations above the subscription cost are welcomed - all money goes to bringing you better issues! I've been told I'm too far from humble to even have it in quotes, so, just "your moderator" -- jessica (jessica@athos.rutgers.edu)