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 #647 ecto, Number 647 Tuesday, 13 July 1993 Today's Topics: *-----------------* re: re: hr5 Re: Test post- non Love-Hounds disregard Re: LA Ectophiles, please read this message ... Re: YABNOD (yet another bass note of doom) XPN/music for Brian Bloom Cocteau Twins PG Re: The Cocteau Twins Penelope Houston's summer tour Re: man bites dog HR5 and thoughts Re: Music, musick, musecch :-) Followup stuff... ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1993 15:03:19 +1000 (AEST) From: anthony@xymox.apana.org.au (Anthony Horan) Subject: re: re: hr5 In apana.lists.rec.happy-rhodes, article <9307121432.AA11767@ns1.rutgers.edu>, you wrote: > Anthony writes: "It's a New Zealand film shot in Australia" (the > Navigator) > > Sorry mate but most of the movie was shot in New Zealand. Auckland > was the site for the modern era, and they shot the cumbria scenes Oh. :-) <----- Sheepish grin That'll teach me to believe gushing Fox-Columbia press notes in future, I suppose.... :) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Horan, Melbourne Australia - anthony@xymox.apana.org.au "Not everybody likes me, but I don't like everybody either!" - Ilka Heber ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1993 15:23:28 +1000 (AEST) From: anthony@xymox.apana.org.au (Anthony Horan) Subject: Re: Test post- non Love-Hounds disregard In apana.lists.rec.happy-rhodes, article <01H0GJSR0BOI8WWNTJ@delphi.com>, you wrote: > Is it just me, or are the song titles for Kate's new single(s) and their > descriptions just a bit too far out to be believed? "Eat The Music" as > a Brazilian song about music and food??? "Big Stripy Lie"? (Okay, that one > I can see on a Kate album.) The Madagascan Mix of the former??????? I can't quote any more of your message - wow, unique one. I showed up fine in my newsreader, but once it hit my editor, which shows control codes on screen instead of acting upon them, I was confronted by almost 2 pages of Cntrl-H's - and all the characters that you had backspaced over that didn't show up in the newsreader! So now I know how many typing mistakes you made! Hee hee... :-) Anyway, to the subject. I don't think that titles such as those are at all unusual for Kate; considering some of the lyrics of her other songs, let alone the titles of some of them. You see, it may be that Kate devotees are so used to the song titles they know and love that they find nothing unusual about them, but after song titles like "There Goes A Tenner", "Suspended In Gaffa" and "Heads We're Dancing" I have no problem at all coping with a title like "Big Stripy Lie". And if she doesn't use that one, I will! As far as the Madagascan Mix goes; it depends who did the mix, strange names are attached to most of them and the remixer is usually the one who gets first go at naming it. There have been some strange ones over the years. By the way, I've been meaning to ask; is the 12" UK pressing of the single of "The Sensual World" that's double-grooved on Side A with the instrumental a common edition? It's not announced on the cover, but it sure proved itself when, upon its release, I played it on radio, knocked the turntable stupidly half way through the song and it suddenly went instrumental on me...! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Horan, Melbourne Australia - anthony@xymox.apana.org.au "Not everybody likes me, but I don't like everybody either!" - Ilka Heber ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1993 15:09:53 +1000 (AEST) From: anthony@xymox.apana.org.au (Anthony Horan) Subject: Re: LA Ectophiles, please read this message ... In apana.lists.rec.happy-rhodes, article <9307120127.21936@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU>, you wrote: > Are there any ectophiles who live in LA ??? I haven't heard from > anyone since I sent out my last message. Oh well. I'll just have to > go to Disneyland on my own ... :):) Well you haven't lived until you've been on Space Mountain when it breaks down. I spent 20 minutes suspended inside a steel-filled semi-underground barn at an angle of approximately 70 degrees to the ground, while they tried to figure out why the power had gone off... :-) Great ride, though. When it's working. Other exciting LA things to do... SEE the building seen at the start of LA Law!!! AVOID Hollywood Boulevard at all costs!!! COUNT how many motels there are in Anaheim!!! WATCH all 127 cable channels!!!! MARVEL at the most unbelievably long peak hour traffic jam ever!!!! GET CONFUSED at LA International Airport and end up in Cleveland! (No, that didn't happen to me. I almost ended up in *Dallas* :-) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Horan, Melbourne Australia - anthony@xymox.apana.org.au "Not everybody likes me, but I don't like everybody either!" - Ilka Heber ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1993 15:27:01 +1000 (AEST) From: anthony@xymox.apana.org.au (Anthony Horan) Subject: Re: YABNOD (yet another bass note of doom) In apana.lists.rec.happy-rhodes, article <9307121350.AA08344@zeus.engr.startek.com>, you wrote: > There are several ingredients to this story 1) my beer bottle collection of > ~500 bottles which lines the walls of my basement 2) Klipsh KG4 speakers > (about the cheapest Klipsh but they crank the bass) and 3) Peter Gabriel's Another Klipsch owner! They *do* exist! Wow! :-) Must be a company policy or something, every Klipsch speaker I heard in the store had varying degrees of Doom Laden Bass; they knew, though, that as soon as they showed me the Tangent 500s, I'd have to buy them. Salespeople. Just this once, I love 'em. :-) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Horan, Melbourne Australia - anthony@xymox.apana.org.au "Not everybody likes me, but I don't like everybody either!" - Ilka Heber ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 13 Jul 93 8:07 EDT From: robert@deepspace.nj00802.sai.com (Robert Lovejoy) Subject: XPN/music Hello all! Brni writes of Michela Majoun, XPN jockette: > silly person. and she was passing herself off as the happy rhodes > expert at xpn. blech. she needs to learn that doing a show of > all female artists does *not* mean playing only those artists who > sound identical to the indigo girls; there are tons and tons of > women out there who are doing really interesting things, and *that* > is what women's hour should celebrate, not just folk, more folk, > and a couple pop songs we've all heard before. I must agree with my esteemed colleague. To try to get XPN to play more than two or three songs from any album is impossable. There have been many, many times I specifically requested Warpaint, The Song, and out comes "Waking Up" several hours later. Grrr. Lately I've been trying to get them to play "I Say". No dice. I am no longer a member of WXPN, and I told them why. Unfortunately, they are still the only station in the area that plays a lot of good music. They're just too inflexible. > now for something completely different: a while ago bob lovejoy > made me a gentle giant tape, and included a song of his own on it. > i must admit that i wasn't instantaneously wowed by it, but every > time i hear it, i like it better. its a very cool piece, bob. > thanks. Wow! Thank you! I admit it's a rough recording, demo-quality, but my buddy Rich is an awesome guitarist. We still get together and jam every now and then. That particular tape was recorded in 1974 on a Teac 3340. I have several other songs, one of which is going to Happy for the Birthday present. Thanks for helping me make the decision! Enjoy! Bob the flattered ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 13 Jul 93 07:36:18 MDT From: dbx@olympic.atmos.colostate.edu (Doug Burks) Subject: for Brian Bloom [I'm sorry to bother everyone with this, but some mysterious electronic creature is eating my e-mail messages to Brian]. Brian, By default, I use a medium (some people say, low) grade chrome bias cassette tape, which I can buy in bulk. I have no default premium quality tape per se. What I can do is purchase locally whatever quality tape you request. Had I gone on your letter, I would have bought and used some Maxell XLII-S cassettes. The disadvantage here is the price, since any discounts are dependent on what I can scare up around the Fort. For your order, going this route would cost $20-25, including package and postage. Using the default tapes, your order would be under $10. In the end, the decision is yours! I hope to see your order (and HBP contribution? Nudge, nudge :) ) soon. Doug Burks _O_ dbx@olympic.atmos.colostate.edu |< She really is!! ======================================================================== From: brianb@lobby.ti.com (Brian Bloom) Subject: Cocteau Twins Date: Tue, 13 Jul 93 9:28:36 CDT brni suggested: > i have a "best of" disc called _the pink opaque_ which has wonderful > songs, but i never listen to it, because it lacks the flow that the > studio albums had. i'm not sure that i'd have much better luck with > the boxed set. buy all the albums. all the singles will be on them. The singles are only on the European releases... the domestic re-releases do *not* contain the singles, hence the box set to compensate. And for the record, I just used my box set to generate a 'definitive' Cocteau twins cassette, and really haven't listened to much since then.. (I hate popping in a cd and only getting 4 songs.. *sigh*) br!an -- __ ____ __ ____ __ __ (__==__) /\ \ / \_\ / /\ / \ \ / |\ / /\ (oo) ( moo.) / \_\ / /\ |_| / / /| /\ \ \ / ||/ / / /-------\/ -' / /\ | |\ \/ /_/_ / / / \ \/ \ \ / |/ / / / | U.T.|| / \/ |_| \ __ \_\ /_/ / \ /\ \_\ / /| / / * ||----|| / /\ ./_/ \ \ \/_/_\_\/ \ \ \/_// / | / / ^^ ^^ \ \/ |_| \ \_\ /_/\ \ \_\ /_/ /|_/ / Br!an Bloom \__/_/ \/_/ \_\/ \/_/ \_\/ \_\/ brianb@lobby.ti.com .. but music hides me so well, ..and reveals me.. oh well - HR ======================================================================== Date: 13 Jul 1993 10:52:01 U From: "Christine Waite" Subject: Re: Cocteau Twins Reply to: RE>Cocteau Twins > i have a "best of" disc called _the pink opaque_ which has wonderful > songs, but i never listen to it, because it lacks the flow that the > studio albums had. i'm not sure that i'd have much better luck with > the boxed set. buy all the albums. all the singles will be on them. Hmm...I didn't realize that "The Pink Opaque" was a "best of" album. It's the first one I was introduced to in high school and by far my favorite of their albums... Maybe its my favorite because it was the first that I heard of them and just fell in love.... Isn't 4ad based in New York? If so, why does all their stuff have to be imported? Stay cool...(under 80 degrees if you can manage it).... Christine :) ======================================================================== From: Martin Hanley Subject: PG Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1993 16:08:30 +0100 (BST) Mike Mendelson wrote: > I never knew EVERYBODY loved Solsbury Hill SO much. A great song; mind you, you haven't lived until you've watched sunrise on the summer solstice from the top of Solsbury Hill - a truly moving experience. > Ahh well, at least PG TOURS!!!! Better than that (for me ;-)), he's playing on the first week of the WOMAD World In The Park concert in Bath this year since he (a) run Real World which owns WOMAD and (b) lives about 7 miles from Bath. It's useful having a local lad who's done so well :-) > -mjm > i have a "best of" disc called _the pink opaque_ which has wonderful > songs, but i never listen to it, because it lacks the flow that the > studio albums had. i'm not sure that i'd have much better luck with > the boxed set. buy all the albums. all the singles will be on them. :) THE PINK OPAQUE? Hmmm that just might be the thing. We were about decided on TREASURES but now maybe not. We haven't seen TPO yet, so I guess we need to keep looking. BTW, I looked at that box set again and the sticker says that it contains every single release PLUS 4 additional singles never released commerically. (Of course, the key word is "commerically", since generally many singles are released as promos and "not for sale".) Thanks for the recommendation. TRAVIS hhtra@chevron.com ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 13 Jul 93 08:59:00 -0700 From: Michael G Peskura Subject: Penelope Houston's summer tour >From the mailbag, Penelope Houston and her band will be touring the WestCoast of the US this summer: 16 July: La Luna, Portland, Oregon 17 July: Backstage, Seattle, Washington :) 25 July: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California 6 Aug: Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco 14 Aug: Starry Plough, Berkeley, California Plus, she will be at the POpKomm Music conference in Koln, Germany from Aug 20-21st. Neile Graham, Jim Gurley, and i will be having a great time at the Backstage on the 17th. Maybe you can be there, too? Mp ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 13 Jul 93 12:03:15 EDT From: Laura Frank Clifford Subject: Re: man bites dog brni, sorry - i don't remember the poem (i'm lucky to remember yesterday :-) and yes - the 'dueling' film crews was my favorite part as well ('That's not film - it's video'). Laura ======================================================================== Date: Tue, 13 Jul 93 11:33:42 -0500 From: hhtra@usho0b.hou281.chevron.com (T.M.Haddock) Subject: HR5 and thoughts I finally got to listen to HR5. Nice. :) Now you must remember that my background is rock-n-roll, though in later years I've come to add jazz (since mistaking a Spyrogyro LP for rock) and classical (since the movie "Amadeus"), and have only recently been introduced to Tori Amos and just now Happy Rhodes (though Sherry's been a fan of this music style since ... forever). So it is somewhat understandable that I ask of Sherry - "Hey, I like it [HR5]. BTW, who does the backup vocals, they're great!" Do-oh! ;) S'okay, Sherry and I would now like to get more of Happy's stuff but we're faced with a small quandry. In acquiring more of Happy's releases, which way would benefit her the most: 1) We could order them directly from AG for $14 each + shipping. We think that this would give her (and Kevin) the most positive feedback since it would be direct communications with her fans. Plus equally feel-good feedback to us too. :) And it should help better financially since there is no cut for the retail outlet - ie more goes to her and AG. 2) We could buy them at record stores and shows for $13-$14 + tax. We've seen Rhodes I, Rhodes II, Ecto, and Equipoise at Best Buy and Sound Warehouse stores. Now, this may not directly help Happy financially but it should help to tally sales through the retail outlets thus encouraging them to carry more product and such - you know, a marketing thingie - and to boost her ratings on the charts and whatever. 3) (something we've overlooked?) Any ideas? Thanks, TRAVIS hhtra@chevron.com ======================================================================== From: byron@netcom.com (Byron C. Go) Subject: Re: Music, musick, musecch :-) Date: Tue, 13 Jul 93 09:58:53 -0700 Mitch Pravatiner wrote: > I'm not at all sure, but the weather and sports music for the latest > WNN sounded a little like Bette Midler doing WWII shtick. If there > was a soundtrack album for _For the Boys_, maybe they're from that. The only one I recognized as Bette Midler was "In My Life", which I believe was recorded by the Beatles after double-U double-U eye eye. *grin* {suggested flood visual music deleted} You forgot "Two Rivers" by the Adventures. Still one of my favorite songs from 1985. byron (: ======================================================================== Date: 13 Jul 1993 13:54:31 -0500 (EST) From: SANDOVAL@stsci.edu Subject: Followup stuff... I just wanted to followup on a few things, one old and one recent. First the old one... :) ========================= Neal, It's funny, because within the last year (Sept 92, to be exact), my wife and I moved from San Diego to Maryland. :) We went back at the beginning of last month for the first time, and we loved it. It'll always be home to both of us (we're both native San Diegans...). ========================= Bob, Well, you got the last inital right, but it's me, John, who works with the Hubble. I actually work for CSC (Computer Science Corporation), but we are contractors to the project. I work at The Space Telescope Institute in Baltimore. I'm responsible for the database that holds all of the engineering data for the telescope and it's instruments. Ironically, my wife also works with Hubble. She's a member of the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph team. That's one of the instruments on the telescope. We are going to be able to go down to Florida for the servicing mission launch in December (or whenever). We're excited about that... :) I have done Astronomy research for the past two years (I have a B.S. in Physics), and my first paper was published this last March! I was really excited about that! :) I'm actually the second author, since the professor I was working for is the first. :) But it's still great! I guess you could say that, indirectly, the Hubble Space Telescope is responsible for my finding Happy. Without my current job, I wouldn't have had access to the Net, and I would've never seen Vickie's posts on gaffa, which prompted me to pick up Warpaint. So, see, Hubble is a VERY valuable piece of equipment! :) John (Sorry for the mostly non-Happy content... :)) ======================================================================== 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)