From: owner-ecto-digest To: ecto-digest@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto-digest V2 #60 Reply-To: ecto@nsmx.rutgers.edu Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, 24 March 1995 Volume 02 : Number 060 The Ecto digest is now being generated automatically. Please send problems and questions to: ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike Mendelson Date: 23 Mar 95 12:22:24 EST Subject: Jewel -- anyone? So, did anyone in Chicago end up going to see Jewel last night? I had a horrible time deciding between her and Michael Smith at Schuba's and opted finally for the latter. He was awesome, and he played with a violinist (Miriam Stern -- question: why is every female rock violinist I have ever seen *very* skinny and relatively tallish, without exception?) and another guitar player. You will remember I ranked _Time_ by MS the best new CD of 94. The great thing about MS is he has such a huge repertoire of rare/unavailable-on-recordings stuff that every time I see him it's 90% "new" (well, really old) stuff. So I am glad I made the choice I did, though I wish I could have seen Jewel too. Next Wed. is Sarah and Paula, so that is out, then Apr. 5 we are recording so I don't know when that will end. If anyone *did* see Jewel at Urbis Orbus, I would be very interested to hear a) did they start on time, b) how long did she play, c) was it really good? Tonight, I will try to go see Susan Werner at Urbis. Is anyone going to Kirsty MacColl Mon. at Double Door?! - -mjm ------------------------------ From: John Zimmer Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 09:31:22 -0800 (PST) Subject: Ute Lemper irvin asked about Ute Lemper, among others: Ute is a German vocalist of exquisite talent and technique, largely known for her classical recordings of Brecht/Weill (a couple of which I have). She's also recorded some more popular/cabaret music, which is what I love most of the recordings I've found. My personal faves: Crimes of the Heart: Torchy, passionate love songs. Illusions: A concert recording on video & CD of her performance of the music of Piaf and Dietrich (whom she resembles). If the laserdisc is any indication, it must have been a hell of a show -- costume changes, theatricallity (sound like anybody we know? ;) There is also apparently a new recording, called City of Strangers. I've seen glowing reviews (no surprise there), but so far no CD. Anybody know if it's out in the US yet? John Zimmer "Irgendwo in der Tiefe gibt es ein Licht!" tiefe@agora.rdrop.com ------------------------------ From: John Shepard Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 14:35:37 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: sarah in dc On Thu, 23 Mar 1995 jeffy@wam.umd.edu wrote: > > Ahhhh. Just back from seeing the third (and final) US leg of Sarah > McLachlan's FTE tour. > > Wow. > > I must admit that the show disappointed me in a few ways, and I don't > think it was quite as strong as either of the last two. I'd have to > say that of the three shows I saw, the second leg was the best. So I'm not the only one? > Still, as others have commented, the light show for this leg is > fabulous -- Pink Floyd, eat your hearts out. ;-) And a live Sarah > McLachlan show is better than, well, gee, better than virtually anything. :-) > Let's see: > [set list deleted] > > (I think that's everything). > Uh... if you've not been following the threads on FTE lately (and be glad if you haven't) it seems Sarah is a bit miffed at people spoiling the surprise by posting setlists. But don't worry. Don't bootleg the show and don't post the lyrics to the new song and everything should be fine... hopefully. > Comments: > > I was shocked that she didn't play anything from _Touch_. Perhaps my > favorite Sarah song is "Out of the Shadows" and I was crushed to not > even hear part of it (many of you (and especially Mike) will remember > my rants about Sarah segueing out of OftS before the end). A number of > folks have commented on the ommission of "Home" (one of the songs > Sarah sometimes segues into from OotS...), and I missed that as well. > Still, despite my disappointment about "Out of the Shadows," I was > perhaps more surprised not to hear "Vox" or "Steaming." She hasn't played "Steaming" at all on this tour, as far as I know. And be careful who you tell what songs aren't in there this round. As I said, we've been... shall we say, discussing, exactly how upset Sarah really is at the news that we've been spreading spoilers in a thick layer around the FTE list. > I much prefer the older, rather stark rendition of "Ice." Previously > it was performed with just Ash and Dave, with Dave playing a hooter. > This time, the hooter melody was replaced with a vaguely > Spanish-sounding acoustic guitar played by Luc. I think that the > full-band treatment took away some of its somberness. > > "Hold On" rocked, of course. Ahhhh. I used to like the album version until I heard it live. Somehow the album version jus' don' do it no more. > > Hmmm. I'm trying to remember some of the other arrangements that were > changed this time around, and my mind's going blank on me. I remember > that there was one other song whose arrangement I preferred in the > last two shows I saw. > > Sarah in pigtails is a wonderful sight. Maybe she'll still have 'em this Saturday in St. Louis. I _have_ to see her do a concert in pigtails sometime... > > Sarah was *very* chatty tonight, more so than I've seen her. A lot of > the stories about the songs I'd heard all or parts of before, but > there were a lot more stories this time. She of course told the one > about "Plenty" in which she gives her "I love pensises" bit, but she This one I haven't heard personally, but it's in someone's signature... > seemed to goof that story a bit -- a few minutes later she made a > comment about the guy she was in love with not being able to "keep it > up" -- referring to his sensitive facade, but the double entendre was > pretty obvious. The crowd burst out laughing, and she seemed to have > a delayed reaction as if she wasn't sure what she'd said that was so > funny. At which point Kershaw riffed a bit on his keyboard and things > were kind of out of control for a minute or two. Has she used the > "keep it up" line elsewhere, or was it truly an accident? > > > Got to meet Cathy from Nettwerk. She was very friendly, and seemed to > get a kick out of it when I walked up to Jon and Jenn, who were > speaking to her, and said hi to the ectophiles and then "And you must > be Cathy!" There's something fun about being net.famous. ;-) We were > surprised to find out that she has yet to hear Happy, though she's > very anxious to. Anybody wanna volunteer to take her an album when If I had one... > they go see a Sarah show? Apparently somebody at Nettwerk had ordered > BtC, but it didn't come in before Cathy left for the tour. > > Paula Cole's opening set was fabulous. She played "Happy Home," "I Am > So Ordinary," "Bethlehem," "Dear Gertrude," Hitler's Brothers," and I > think maybe one other from _Harbinger_, as well as two new songs and I wish she'd have played "Saturn Girl." Oh shit, I've just revealed a spoiler. Now Paula's going to say bad things about me onstage... :-) > a cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene," which was just *way* too cool. It > made me think of the Resident's _The King and Eye_, on which (or so > they claim) they take Elvis songs and bring out the true emotions > behind the songs (and it's often rather evil sounding). She had two > musicians with her, Gerry Leonard (acoustic guitar, synth pedals of > some sort, and e-bow(!)) and Jay Bellerose on drums. It's amazing > what a mass of noise 3 musicians can make. > > And now I'm tired and must sleep. CATCH THIS SHOW IF YOU CAN! Planning to. And maybe they won't be renovating the theater while the show is going on... it'd be nice to breathe duyring the show. If anyone's going to take my breath away, let's let the honor be Sarah's. :-) (They were renovating the other part of the Murat Temple, for those who weren't there; the whole theater was stuffy and dusty, and I know it can't have been _that_ long since Sarah had a bath... :-) ) > > Jeff > > |Jeffrey C. Burka | "When I look in the mirror, I see a little clearer/ | > | | I am what I am and you are you too./ Do you like | > |jeffy@wam.umd.edu | what you see? Do you like yourself?" --N. Cherry | > > | John Shepard IUPU Columbus, Indiana | | The opinions expressed above are my own, and some of the facts too | | An Amiga owner and a Sarah McLachlan fan... God help me! | | "going going forgive us Lord we're going going down" -Jane Siberry | ------------------------------ From: Dario Margeli Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 10:39:03 -0800 Subject: A.Lennox Hi people: I saw the following posting on a newsgroup and I thought others on this list might find it interesting too. From: "Eric R. Ward" Subject: RCA puts music artist Annie Lennox on WEB Date: Thu Mar 23 06:48:07 PST 1995 Organization: United States Internet, Inc. Lines: 34 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Sender: netpost@use.usit.net For one month only. Exclusive writing by Annie Lennox and a hard-to-find recording in full on Webmedia's Site for the number 1 album, Medusa. Annie Lennox is one of Britain's most successful and innovative artists. Her following around the world is devoted to her uniquely adventurous blend of authentic superstar allure and thorny pop -cultural intelligence, always resistant to stereotypes and easy posturing. Annie's latest innovation takes her out onto the Internet. There's every reason to believe that the Internet will welcome her unconventional presence. Medusa is Annie Lennox' latest album. It is a collection of interpretations of songs by artists as diverse as The Clash and The Moody Blues, The Temptations and Bob Marley. This is no ordinary assembly of covers. Lennox has taken familiar songs and re-worked them to find new insights in old places. Webmedia, Britain's leading Internet production house, have built a Web Site to match Medusa's sophisticated presence. For one month only you'll find samples from all of the album's 12 songs as well as a full-length version of 'Love Song For a Vampire', a hard-to-find bonus track from the Medusa sessions that's not on the album. You'll also find exclusive descriptions of the songs by Annie Lennox herself, clips from the video for the International hit 'No More I Love Yous' and a gallery of beautiful pictures for you to download and keep. Contact: Steve Bowbrick steve@webmedia.com ******************************************************** p.s: could anyone tell me how to get Mosaic using ftp from the Internet? If so e-mail me at dmargeli@clyde.ICS.UCI.EDU More p.s: on another newsgroup there is the schedule for upcoming releases & Innocence Missions new album is listed: from area bands on the Internet Underground Music Archive. Altern 18 Apr * Dusty Springfield A Very Fine Love 18 Apr * Naughty by Nature Poverty's Paradise [PP] 18 Apr * King Friday Get It 18 Apr * Drink Me Sleep [PP] 18 Apr * Alison Moyet 6 Jun * Innocence Mission Glow [K] O.k this is all from Dario -currently unsubscribed to the list due to finals!- ------------------------------ From: David Koehler <drk@leland.stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 11:54:24 -0800 (PST) Subject: Throwing Muses in San Fran Hello... The Throwing Muses concert Wednesday night at Slim's was kind of unususal. I don't know if it's unususal for the Muses, since I haven't seen them before, but it was definitely different than other concerts I've seen. The Ass Ponies opened and they were okay, though I'm not going to run out and get their albums. They were allowed to play for about 45 minutes, which I thought was kind of long for an opening band. Throwing Muses came on and played most of their set in a boring an uninterested way. Kristin looked like she would rather have been anywhere else but on that stage. When they played Vickey's Box and then Mania things picked up, but one song later their set was over and they left the stage. When they returned for the encore Kristin said that she and David thought that they were boring and she apologized, saying that they were really exhausted and "hadn't slept in a week". She then said that to make up for this they would play an extra long encore. They then played maybe 7-9 songs, left the stage, and returned for a second encore with a great performance of Pearl. Most of the songs they did were from University, Red Heaven, and The Real Ramona. There were a couple from Hunkpapa, none at all from House Tornado, The Fat Skier or Chains Changed. Vickey's Box was the only one from the first album. They also did some b-sides and three(?) new songs that sounded quite good. There were really ugly t-shirts on sale for $15. I did not buy one. Overall it was a good concert, thought it could have been much better in the first half. cheers, David Koehler ------------------------------ From: MONTVILLE@zodiac.rutgers.edu Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 17:55:07 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Greetings Ectophiles Amy wrote, > Other discs I've been playing are Patrick Moraz "Windows of Time", and an > older disc by now defunct California band Jellyfish called "Spilt Milk". > Some other time I will get into my infatuation with the Jellyfish, they were > a truly brilliant band. But I digress..... Wow! I'm glad I'm not the only one who has played _Spilt Milk_ to death... When I first heard Jellyfish, I kind of assumed they were another "cheezer" 70's retro band. Needless to say, I changed my mind in about three seconds after actually hearing the disc. Does Andy Sturmer have any projects now that the band is no more? I'd love to hear more from him and Manning. Oh, and welcome to ecto :) Chris. -+- Chris Montville -+- Student -+- North Brunswick, NJ, USA -+- montville@zodiac.rutgers.edu-+-Ectophile, MSTy & Many things undefined -+-"Words like 'Waffle' would turn out just awful..." - Bert -+- ------------------------------ From: Ursula Stafford <whiskers@sans.vuw.ac.nz> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 12:48:22 +1200 (NZST) Subject: YAY!! New address alert, folkses! I've got a *real* account now :) Urs :) ps: Loreena tonight! YIPPEE!!! :):):) - -- Urs Stafford (stafford_u@ix.wcc.govt.nz, whiskers@mu.sans.vuw.ac.nz) DISCLAIMER: Keep out of reach of children. [qlc] ------------------------------ From: Robert Lovejoy <rlovejoy@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 22:26:25 -0500 Subject: Meredith does it again, part 1 On Sun, 19 Mar 1995 THE OLIVE-LOAF VIGILANTE <METH@delphi.com> said: >Vickie commented: > >>The days of Ectophiles being the first to know things are over. > >Sad, but true. At least until Susanne is able to hire an assistant or >three, get net.access, and have time to disseminate info to Happy's fans >online. I'm always plugged into the AG net, or as plugged as they'll have me. I think I made a few mistakes along the line that may have caused me a drop in status there, but nobody's perfekt. In hindsight, I would never have told Susanne how unhappy the slow distribution of BtC was making people, and I would never have mentioned the Prism show and wide distribution in the same millenium. I can only hope my rabid fandom and fanatical devotion may still provide me with a modicum of respect from AG. Anyway, if they want to reach the net, they still let me know, and I post A.S.A.P. It's just that now I get a fax rather than a phone call. Best wishes to all, Robert the tarnished ------------------------------ From: Robert Lovejoy <rlovejoy@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 22:26:37 -0500 Subject: A sad moment Had a rough day today. Or a rough week this week. On monday, our miniature poodle, Celia, was hit by a car. It was a freak accident, she never ever goes to the street. But one time she did, she must have seen a rabbit or a squirrel, and there was a car. We got her to the vet, and her back was broken. They tried to treat her, and we had hope she could pull through in some way. But she wasn't eating. We got to see her today, and she didn't look well, so after painfully weighing the options, we had to let her go. Our entire family came to the vet's office tonight, and we bade her goodbye. From the time the vet gave her the injection till she passed away was thirty seconds. We were all holding her as she died. The vet left us alone and the four of us were crying like mad. Celia had been with us for over eight years. I'm sorry to bum everyone out with this, but everyone here is so supportive... I've been a little less active lately, so this is why. Now she is gone and it's over (except for the pain); I'll try to get back on track. I've promised some of you some tapes; especially dbx for the project. Last week was too busy at work, this week, well, life can be rough. Hopefully I can get some progress made shortly. Thank you all for being here, as always. Ecto is still fuzzy blue heaven. And we still have two cats and a Max to contend with. I shall pull myself together and get on with things. Treasure your lives, they are so impermanent. Enjoy life's greatest gift, music, and be aware of the delicate balance of all things. Be kind to each other in the small time we have. Bless you all. Robert the verklempt (talk amongst yourselves; I'll give you a topic: Happy Rhodes - Myth or Legend?) :) ------------------------------ From: jloda@interaccess.com (Joe Loda) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 21:52:09 -0600 Subject: Newbie Question Time Hi. I've just discovered the music of Happy Rhodes, and I have a few newbie questions. FWIW, I did check the FAQ before posting. 1) What is "Doug's TDS" (as mentioned in the FAQ). 2) Having purchased BtC first, I was quite surprised by the artwork that adorns the other albums. Is there any explanation, interpretation. Anyone know Happy's comments on these? 3) I just bought RhodeSongs from Ladyslipper (thanks to the FAQ). They no longer seem to carry then entire Happy catalog. What they currently have listed in their catalog is: Warpaint Equipoise RhodeSongs Building the Colossus 4) Any other cool things to tell a newbie? Thanks! Joe jloda@interaccess.com ------------------------------ From: veronica sawyer <winona@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 00:58:58 -0800 (PST) Subject: song id, Sarah Brightman, et todo hello lovely Ectophiles, ok the firrrst thing is that i heard this song, and i'm not going to say where cause it's embarrrasing, but i really liked it and i wondered if someone could tell me about it? i got paper in time to write down the very last bit of it, mostly correct: i know what it means to be (lucky?) i know what it means to be free now i want to know how to love you turn to me anyway it has slow-ish acoustic guitar and the singer has a lovely voice. and lilting? did i say lilting? if lilting means what i think it does. and then... for my part i like Sarah Brightman's "Dive" quite a bit, especially a lot of the lyrics. especially all the verbal and aural n-way entendre in "Once In A Lifetime". and "The Second Element" always leaves me crying, although... this may have more to do with who gave me the album and when. yeah, i have to admit intense personal bias here. :) but the album *is* very watery, it's probably got a purer elemental feeling than any other album i own. after all, water is the second element, right? a little fire did sneak in there... was that really the element for her next album? hm i don't love the whole thing though... there are a couple songs on there i can't stand. moving right along, as Kermit might say... does anyone know if Nana Visitor was ever in the tv series "War of the Worlds"? Steve wanted me to ask... never seen it myself. and did Sandra Bullock show up anywhere aside from _Speed_ and the tv _Working Girl_ clone? i can't get a straight answer on this... until lately i had thought _Speed_ was her debut. and hmmm... there's a Tori UtP poster, black and white, soft focus, Tori in a chair, white picket fence behind her. does anyone else think she looks like Sarah McLachlan in this picture? ok, yes i *am* nearsighted... and i *was* flipping very quickly through the posters, as i am wont to do. ok, ok, just a thought! i haven't listened to Geek the Girl enough to report on what i think of it, but i have listened enough that i picked up "on the way down from the Moon Palace". is that a report by inference? ;) and i was obviously *meant* to spend the $15 on "All Virgos are Mad", picking up that last crucial "split" era Lush single, warming the cockles (what's a cockle anyway?) of my little completeist heart. can you say "i'm a sucker."? yep! and i really thought i had a lot more odd bits & stuff but i don't, count us both lucky on that score... i do have one more bit, for another time, and when you see it coming, be awarey. :) peace, hugs and occasional semicomprehensibility, veronica - --- veronica sawyer knows she is No-thing, born from Silence, and has no existance apart from the mind of YHVH Elohim, but sill relapses into taking herself seriously on occasion. with apologies to Robert Anton Wilson, and dear old Aleister. ------------------------------ From: GIBSOND@AA.WL.COM Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 08:33:00 -0500 Subject: Jewel in MI Finally had the chance to see Jewel perform! She was all that has been mentioned previously, go see her if you get the chance. Although, only 25% of the people were there to see her perform so we had to put up w/lots of talking during her show. But Jewel rose above all of the chatter and the noisy espresso machine. She was a breath of fresh air! :) Jewel played for about an hour maybe a little more. Sang a few new songs and lots from her CD. Which is one of the best of '95 so far (IMO). Her yodeling was amazing. :) The venue is a small coffee house in Royal Oak, Michigan. Don't know why this venue is chosen by performers instead of one in Ann Arbor, MI which has about 10 coffee-houses and would provide more interested and less rude patrons. Oh well. Talked to Jewel afterwards and she said she will try to get the set-up of the seating changed next week so people who want to listen can sit up front and then have tables in back for others. We will definately be there next week. Jeff - I mentioned to Jewel that her hotline needed to be updated. She said thanks for reminding her, she is really sorry (sincerly). Have a Great Weekend! Don ------------------------------ From: lpekow@etsd.ml.com ( Larne Pekowsky ) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 95 09:45:10 EST Subject: Re: song id, Sarah Brightman, et todo Veronica: > i know what it means to be (lucky?) > i know what it means to be free > now i want to know how to love you > turn to me This is "Return to me" by October Project. The album (self-titled) is full of sad, beautiful songs and I just can't recommend it highly enough. - Larne ------------------------------ From: Neal Copperman <neal@zombie.ncsc.mil> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 09:56:22 -0500 Subject: concerts and such I think I'm about to keel over from too much of a good thing. This past week I saw Kirsty MacColl, Sara/Paula, and Victoria Williams. Almost of as much note is the concert cancelations of the next few weeks. Innocence Mission cancelled apparently due to the lead singer being sick. SO if they cancelled in your area, the tour is supposed to reschedule. Holly Cole Trio cancelled, and I don't know why. I was really hoping to see them. As for Sarah Brightman, I'm not a fan, but there is a new gigantic amphitheater opening near here, and it's preliminary schedule includes The Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber (featuring Sarah Brightman). That's actually one of the most interesting things on the schedule, which is pretty pathetic otherwise. So maybe that is on the road as well. Tix go on sale here today for an Earth Day show with Natalie Merchant, They Might Be Giants, Collective Soul, Toad the Wet Sprocket and more. It's the first I've heard of Natalie playing in a while. (Here being MD.) Concert comments - Kirsty - openers Fossil were pleasent, strummy/crunchy guitar pop. Not too notable, but not bad. Kirsty seemed awkward and distant for a while, and the sound started muddy, but both of those things were eventually overcome. It was much like when I saw her in San Diego. She started slow, but once she got going she was a blast. Seemed like the set was Kite heavy (which is fine be me), and she played a lot of cool covers.. Something by Little Feet, I want to be sedated by the Ramones, Billy Bragg's New England, as well as some of her recorded covers. I taped the show, but have only listened to half of it. It's a decent sounding boot, but I'd probably never listen to it over the albums. So, after any of my friends who want to hear it are done, I'll probably pull off the covers and record over it, unless there is interest in copies out there. Sarah/Paula: This has been covered extensively, so I won't add much. I thought Paula was incredible! I only heard the two songs on the Imago sampler previously, and will definitely be looking for her disc. I had no complaints at all about the Sarah show either.(massive understatement) I've been slow to warm to her, but after years I finally like Touch. I loved the other two as soon as I heard them, but I was reluctant to listen because of my chilly impressions of Touch. I also saw her on the first leg of the tour in LA, and wasn't particularly wow'ed but this show was unbelievable. I was totally floored, and gladly gave probably my first standing ovation in at least 5 years. There's been lots of talk about the lighting, which was indeed excellent, but what really hit me was the sound. Both Paula and Sarah had stupendous sound. Sarah's voice was clear and bright, and was front and center where it should be. Every instrument could be heard and distinguished, and it was never muddled or too loud or anything. It is probably one of the best sounding concerts in an auditorium I have ever been to. hmmm, getting long, think I'll post Victoria seperately. Neal ------------------------------ From: Neal Copperman <neal@zombie.ncsc.mil> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 10:17:23 -0500 Subject: Victoria at the Birchmere So, last night I saw Victoria WIlliams at the Birchmere in Alexandria, one of my favorite clubs. Openers were the Williams brothers (any relation?) who did a very enjoyable set of mostly covers, with pretty tight harmonies and some fine guitar and piano playing. They played a number of songs that Mathew Sweet had sent them that he wrote for his new album but didn't get around to recording. The stage was packed for the Victoria show. I'd never seen so much stuff put out for a club show. Even with extensions on the stage, there was hardly any room, what with a grand piano, string bass, lap guitar, mandolin, a couple of fiddles, and bunch more guitars, keyboards, drum kit, and a bunch of lamps to give it all a homey look. In fact, the keyboardist would leave the keyboard and walk in the aisle in front of the stage to get to the piano, and when Victoria wanted to play it, she crawled under the piano to get to the seat. I'm not a huge Victoria fan, but I like most of her stuff, and I figured she's such a great character that a show would be fun. That was most definitely the case. I sat there with a big grin on my face for most of the 2 hour show. She's quite a character. She jabbered about whatever came to mind, talking to the crowd, the band, and frequently herself. She told a lot of hilarious little stories, and was just so exhuberant and excited all the time that you couldn't help liking her. I think it was hard for her to play harmonica for any extended time, because she's just got to smile at least once every five seconds, and her smile is HUGE. The band seemed to need sheet music to keep up with the tunes, which was kind of funny, since Victoria was completely unable to use a set list. SHe seemed to have one on a music stand next to her, but usually she would just point to it and say, I think I want to play this song. Of course, nobody in the band could see what she was talking about, so the guitar player would wander over and look over her shoulder. She would sometimes give some hints as to what she was going to play, or else just start a song out of the blue. It was hilarious to watch the band shuffle around, looking for music, changing instruments, and trying to jump into the songs at the right place. After the show, there was a long line of people waiting to get her to sign things. I bought Loose, and while I'm not really one to chat with an artist, I really wanted to say hi. This took quite a long time, because Victoria really is one of the friendliest people in the world. You could not talk to her for less than five minutes, even if you just said could you sign this thanks, because she started conversations with everyone. She was anxious to hear about peoples lives, asking questions about where they went on vacation and their families. The couple in front of me said they had recently had a baby, and Victoria, in that sweet, excited southern voice, exclaimed "That's wonderful", and went on to chat away with them. I recounted the story about the Japanese dog named Happy that was posted to ecto, which she thought was pretty amazing. (In fact, could someone re-send that to me, or direct me to the archives.) She signed my disc "To Neal, love Victoria" with a cool silver pen, which blopped out a giant puddle of ink when she got to the a in my name. "OH No", she exclaimed, as she tried to mold it into an "a". It was all pretty funny, and the mess still wasn't try when i got home 45 minutes later. I'm really looking forward to listening to Loose now. Maybe I'll be more won over to the music, but if you like her even a little bit, I'd say definitely see her in concert. (I couldn't believe this club show wasn't even sold out, though it was mostly full.) Oh yeah, covers-wise, she played a fun version of Moon River (she said teh Williams Brothers were Andy Williams sons, I think ), and an unbelievable version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow that just made you want to cry. Neal ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V2 #60 ************************* ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu