From: owner-ecto-digest To: ecto-digest@ns2.rutgers.edu Subject: ecto-digest V2 #69 Reply-To: ecto@nsmx.rutgers.edu Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, 1 April 1995 Volume 02 : Number 069 The Ecto digest is now being generated automatically. Please send problems and questions to: ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paula Shanks Date: 31 Mar 1995 12:43:33 -0500 Subject: Re: ecto-digest V2 #68 Syd Straw Syd Straw Syd Straw I love Syd Straw. Why isn't she famous? Did she ever have her own release other than "Surprise"? Other Syd Straw fans take note: she's been on Nickelodeon's "Adventures of Pete and Pete" playing Little Pete's math teacher three or four times. A fine episode is where Little Pete forms a garage band and brings in Mel the Meter Reader on guitar (played by Marshall Crenshaw), and his math teacher on bass and vocals (La Straw). ------------------------------ From: WretchAwry Date: Fri, 31 Mar 95 14:32:15 EST Subject: Goddesses Galore! I'm coming down from a high! This has been a major goddess concert week. I know how Neal feels now :-). Monday night was Kirsty MacColl (WOW!) (MJM, you might envy me for seeing Kirsty, but I envy you for seeing Anonymous 4 on Sunday. We were broke) Wednesday night was Paule Cole (wow!) and Sarah McLachlan (WOW!) Thursday night was Victoria Williams (WOW!) Others have given really great reviews of these concerts (thanks!) so I won't repeat what they said (go back and read them) except to say that if Ectophiles get the chance to see any/all of these women in concert, do what you can...do *anything* you have to do...to make it. They're all very different from each other, and they're all very wonderful, and they'll all be worth your time, effort and money. I guess I could give the playlists, and a few notes... Kirsty MacColl Double Door Chicago, IL Monday March 27, 1995 Titanic Days Caroline Free World Mother's Ruin Bad Innocence He's On The Beach Tread Lightly ?? (unknown song, but we don't have _Galore_ yet) Children Of The Revolution My Affair Fifteen Minutes Don't Come The Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby A New England e1 Miss Otis Regrets There's A Guy Works Down The Chipshop Thinks He's Elvis e2 Limbo They Don't Know I Wanna Be Sedated We missed the opening band Fossil, except for the last song, but we were downstairs and couldn't hear it very well. I have to say, what I did hear was average boyz with guitarz, but perhaps it's unfair. What- ever, I wasn't in the mood, and was happy that we got there late. There isn't much seating at the Double Door, so we stood up. It wasn't too bad, since we were right up front. (I was thinking about the German Ectophiles and thinking "this standing up business is ok once or twice in a blue moon, but I hate it....the German Ectophiles have to put up with it as the rule rather than the exception! Amazing!") Kirsty was wearing the coolest Cab Calloway T-shirt! I have to admit that I didn't catch the names of the drummer or bass player, but the *excellent* guitarist was Kirsty's long-time collaborator Pete Glenister (...who co-wrote such songs as "Innocence," "Mother's Ruin," "Tread Lightly," "What Do Pretty Girls Do?," "Lying Down" and "My Way Home" and who has also worked with other goddesses such as Mary Coughlan... he produced Mary's album _Uncertain Pleasures_) who blew everybody away with his casual brilliance. Kirsty played in front of a fairly small, but highly enthusiastic audience. She seemed very at ease and energetic at the same time. After the show we did get a chance to meet her downstairs, and she remembered us from the last time, when I interviewed her for my radio show. That was nice! Larry said so many nice things about Kirsty, all I can say is "what he said folks!" She's got a wonderful voice, writes (or co-writes) fantastic songs, and is one of the best lyricists in music today. I had set the VCR timer to record the Academy Awards and was so glad I did, because a new Fruitopia commercial, featuring Kate's music, was shown during the telecast. If I'd been home either I wouldn't have been taping at all (though I would have watched) or I would have been editing out commercials and would have missed all or part of the Fruitopia spot. (Thanks Kirsty!) - ------------------------------------------------ Sarah McLachlan / Paula Cole Chicago Theater Chicago, IL Wednesday, March 29, 1995 Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Drawn To The Rhythm Wait Lost Ice Back Door Man Elsewhere Fall From Grace Fear Path Of Thorns (Terms) Good Enough Plenty Into The Fire Hold On e1 Black Possession e2 Mary e3 Ice Cream We missed getting tickets when they went on sale, and the show sold out quickly, so we thought that maybe we couldn't go. Luckily (for our seeing all 3 concerts this week) Chris got paid Monday for some work he'd done, and we decided to see if we could get tickets the day of the show. Chris got there before I did, and the box office had freed up some tickets that had been held back. An hour and a half before showtime, we got 4th row (but off to the side) tickets. Amazing! I'm not familiar with Paula to know the names of songs. All I can say for sure is that she sang a killer version of "Jolene" which is my all- time favorite Dolly Parton song. From what others have said, I'm sure she sang a song called "I Am So Ordinary" (?) which, unfortunately, was a very ordinary song. That was my impression, anyway. Maybe I'd come to like it better on other listenings. I liked all the songs I heard except that one. Chris was the one who was *really* blown away by Paula, and I'm sure he'll buy her album soon. Sarah...well, what to say? Great music, great voice, great band, great light show. As usual! (If I were a paranoid person, I'd say that Sarah thought I might be taping, and thought that I'd be using a 90 min tape, and so timed her new song "Fall From Grace" to be sung 45 minutes into the show, so that I'd be enthralled and I'd lose track of the time, and the tape would cut off in the middle of the song. Good thing I wasn't ...ahem... taping. Portishead on the sound system before Paula, and Sheila Chandra on the sound system before Sarah...how utterly cool! Cathy at Nettwerk now has a CD of _RhodeSongs_, btw. :-) We didn't hang around after the show. There were lots of people waiting to talk to Cathy, and at the stage door to see Sarah, so we cut out. - ------------------------------------------------ Victoria Williams Park West Chicago, IL March 30, 1995 Psalms Century Plant Nature's Way Harry Went To Heaven You R Loved Love Is Everything (with Syd Straw) Sail On Sailor When We Sing Together Graveyard Waterfall Polish Those Shoes TC I Can't Cry Hard Enough On Time Don't Let It Bring You Down Lorna Doone's Garden Crazy Mary Boogieman ??? (song about trains) My Ally Holy Spirit Happy To Have Known Pappy Sunshine Country What A Wonderful World *WOW*WOW*WOW* What an amazing show! I wanna become a Victoria groupie and like a Deadhead, follow her from city to city. Each show is different ("Loose"!) and you never know what she's going to sing... originals or covers. Every city is treated to something special. Our very own Ectophile Nick Hill is traveling with her as tour manager! He wasn't going to, but the original tour manager got sick and Nick was called in as an emergency replacement. If anyone sees Vic on any of the remaining dates, ask around for Nick and say hi. He's a nicenice guy and is the *luckiest* Ectophile right now :-) We just about died when Victoria sang Jane's "Love Is Everything" (and yes, MJM was right...Victoria *mis*pronounces her name as Seeeberry). It was breathtakingly beautiful, with the only down spot being poor Syd Straw trying to sing harmony on a song she'd never heard before she walked up on stage. :-) Nick said that Victoria played Toronto Wednesday night, and that Jane was in the audience. Unfortunately, Jane didn't tell Vic that she was there beforehand, and so Vic didn't do the song. Victoria told the story on stage and said that she would have done it if she'd known that Jane was in the audience. I think Jane would have loved it. The Park West is a general admission venue (one thing I love about it) and we got there early so we could get seats right up front. I was only a few feet away from Victoria, and it was quite neat when, after she came on stage, she winked and said hi to me. It was fun to be able to interact with her sometimes throughout the concert. I asked for "TC" and she did it (and said "certainly" when I thanked her), and another time I asked her if she knew any Mary Margaret O'Hara songs, and she looked thoughtful, said "hmmm, next time" and smiled. Perhaps the wheels were turning...they are good friends, and there are so many MMO songs Victoria could tear into. They'd all be incredible! They are incredible (shoo...rush out and search for "Miss America" by Mary Margaret if you don't have it) and to hear Victoria Victoriaize songs like "Anew Day" or "Body's In Trouble" (wow, shiver)... Awe... Victoria's dog is so cool. Molly (? I hope I have that right) had free rein of the place and walked through the audience (I got to pet her) and around the stage....finally just going to sleep by Victoria. It's already been mentioned how Victoria picks songs at random depending on her mood, and how the band scrambles to keep up with her (she said it was "stump the band night") and yet, they're all such great musicians and are so in tune with Victoria's wavelength that all the songs sound perfect. It's really something! This isn't just a show...it's an experience. Very casual, very laid- back, very warm and intimate, very funny and silly and loose, but full of emotion, fun and friendliness. Gone are the days when Richard Thompson fans booed her (as the opening act) off the stage. People are there to see *her* now, and you can tell she appreciates the warmth and enthusiasm. She hugged me after the show, and remembered my name! She is *so* sweet! Tonight she plays a last-minute gig in Columbia, Missouri, then she's off to Minneapolis, then the West Coast (I remember Portland, Seattle?, San Francisco and Los Angeles) then will probably take a well-deserved rest. Ectophiles in those remaining cities....go see her. It'll be wonderful, I promise! Whatta week! Vickie ------------------------------ From: Ray Misra <2657rmisr@umbsky.cc.umb.edu> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 15:45:48 EST Subject: Who maintains this list? Hello, friends. It is of the UTMOST IMPORTANCE that I talk to the maintainer of this list. PLEASE contact me privately at the address in the heading above. Once again, please let me say that this is urgent and the sooner we can talk, the better. Thanks, Ray ------------------------------ From: Richard Holmes Date: Fri, 31 Mar 95 13:48:56 -0800 Subject: Hi Everyone... Hello all: I hope that I haven't broken the ecto ettiquette, but I notice I have made several posts to the group without officially "delurking" or introducing myself. In this post I will attempt to an introduction in the, um, introductory portion of the post... Hello, ALL! My name is Richard A. Holmes, and I have been a subscriber to ecto (only) since December 5, 1994. I am a masters student in computer science at Stanford, and I have a very silly web page (http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~rholmes/) which at the moment only has some pointers to computer music facilities and HTML info, which I myself need to absorb. In my other life, I enable the creation of new file system models by providing a "model translation engine", which sometimes is a real hassle, often is interesting, and pays the bills. In my third, and most important life, I have a family (my wife, Janet, and sons Brian (6 yrs) and Kevein (2 yrs)). I have an internet connection at work, and a CD ROM drive for reading technical documents and software development kits, but more often it is reading Happy Rhodes, Kate Bush, and many other ecto (and non-ecto) fare. Sometimes during long compiles I find time to read ecto, post things, and play on the net. I found out about ecto from Vicky Mapes, when I saw some of her posts to various newsgroups had an interesting signature which mentioned "Happy Rhodes". I was curious for a while who this "Happy Rhodes" might be and what she would sound like. Then Vicky made a post about Sheila Chandra (on alt.music.alternative.female), and I mailed her and asked her about Sheila Chandra, and while at it, about Happy as well. She wrote back with a very informative note about Sheila C. and lots of other stuff (THANKS AGAIN, VICKIE!). I've made a handful of posts, and read many many pieces of ecto mail - such a GREAT LIST! I've also bought many CDs as a result. I REALLY LIKE Happy - of all the CDs I've bought, Happy Rhodes has always met or exceeded my expectations. I think the only other band/group that has consistently met all my taste bud's expectations has been "early" Renaissance... I read the group for almost two months before buying any Happy, which was kind of strange, but now I feel more like one of the group... I also like Kate Bush, but none of her releases knocks me over like the "Hounds Of Love" - I have "The Dreaming", "The Kick Inside", and have heard "LionHeart". Would I be knocked out by "The Sensual World" or "Red Shoes"? Does anyone know the difference between the "normal" "Sensual World" and the "Sensual World (Picture CD) Import from Canada"? Does this have digital photos on the CD as well, or something? Jane Siberry is another artist who is on my short list of unbelievables. I only have "When I Was A Boy" - are her others like this as well? I'm tempted to go out and get ALL her stuff! I think Lisa Germano is REALLY GREAT when I'm in the right mood, but that isn't always - I have her two most recent, "Geek the Girl" and "Happiness", does anyone know how to get a hold of her earlier release, "The Moon Seven Times"? I'd be really interested! For some strange reason, I've been liking Danielle Dax lately - -- I have seems to be a compilation, "Dark Adapted Eye". I was put off somewhat at first by the mainstream rockishness of some of the songs, but really came to like "Fizzing Human Bomb", "Sleep Has No Property", "Bed Caves", and "Inky Bloaters". as well as a few others... I was sort of reluctant to get some of her stuff due to somewhat disgusting cover art. What does anyone else think of her? What is her story? I think that Sarah McLachlan's "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" is absolutely incredible, but "Touch" and "Solace" (which I acquired later) don't reach me in the same way. I bought the Freedom Sessions multimedia CD last night, but left it at home :-( (maybe its the dramatic presentation in FTE which is the difference?) I bought Paula Cole's "Harbinger" the other day, and although it may be too early to tell, I think I'll like this person a lot. I particularly like "Saturn Girl" and "Watch the Woman's Hands". I've heard about Toni Childs her and was wondering how she compared to what I've presented above? I also am curious about Jenn Vix and Heather Nova - All I've heard is the samples on the CMJ samplers recently, but they seem interesting - it is so hard to tell from one song. I really like Sinead O'Connor's "Lion and the Cobra", and am tempted to get "Universal Mother", but haven't heard much about it here... And of course, Happy -- I bought "War Paint", and immediately had to go out and get "Equipoise" and "Rearment", all of them great. I then bough "Building The Colossus", which I found excellent. I just got "Rhodes I" a couple of days ago. It is very hard to say which ones I like the best, so I won't... I like Tori Amos, but haven't been listening to her much lately - I guess I've been searching for more music, and tending towards the more ethereal bent.... I like Loreena McKennitt's more mysterious and ancient songs. For non-ecto-ish (or fringe), I like Pink Floyd (Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Ummagumma, and others before Dark Side of the Moon), Patti Smith, Dog Faced Hermans, Diamanda Galas, & PJ Harvey, among others. Also like Pauline Oliveros, Jean-Claude Risset, and a few other "composers". I like Belly (Star, but not King so much), and after I played it a few times, Lush (Spooky) was very effective. If I'm in particular moods, I'll even listen to music like Bikini Kill, 7 Year Bitch, and (some) female rap. Perhaps its that I grew up hearing the "guy's" side of music all my life that now I'm just more interested in what women say through music - maybe its just a phase I'm going through. I hope this isn't boring - but since there seems to be a very diverse range of tastes represented in this group, a synopsis of one's favorites seems appropriate upon introduction. I don't get to listen to much radio (not that it would echo my tastes anyway), so the "net" has been my primary means of finding new music! I don't get much time to write, so my contributions may be rather sparse, but thanks for listening.... - -Richard (rholmes@cs.stanford.edu) ------------------------------ From: Chris Sampson Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 17:04:29 -0500 (EST) Subject: Emily Bezar Concert in NYC Emily just informed me of the following information.... WHO: Emily Bezar - solo acoustic (Pno/voice) show WHERE: the Knitting Factory's Alterknit Theater, NYC 74 Leonard St., btwn. Broadway and Church. WHEN: Monday, APril 17 at 10:00 HOW MUCH: $6 opening act is Rebecca Moore -singer/guitarist at 9:00 I *know* woj and meth are interested in hearing this...anybody else???? Chris Sampson ------------------------------ From: Jacob Paul Leonard Date: Fri, 31 Mar 95 15:20:00 M Subject: RE:Who maintains...(SARAH IN UTAH...) >Hello, friends. It is of the UTMOST IMPORTANCE that I talk to the >maintainer of this list. PLEASE contact me privately at the address in the >heading above. Once again, please let me say that this is urgent and the >sooner we can talk, the better. I am scared..I feel like something is going to blow up... anyway I just got my tickets to go see Dar Williams at a Library in Park City Utah which sounds like an interesting place to have a concert...a library sounds so scholarly...I can't wait...The last time she came I guess she stayed after and talked poetry with those who wanted to stay...I hope she does the same this year...I am also going to see Sarah Mclachlan and Paula Cole tomorrow and I can't wait...yipee...are there any other Utah'ns going? I would love to meet some fellow listies...see ya... -Jacob Paul Leonard ...I was a girl too... ------------------------------ From: "Mitchell A. Pravatiner" Date: Fri, 31 Mar 95 17:35:51 EST Subject: Home sweet homepage? The idea of an ecto family album on WWW, along the lines of the one on the IG web site, elicits the reaction "sure, why not?" from me. The notion of ecto having its own net.domain seems like it could have useful future applications, too. BTW: I heard on NPR at the top of the hour that the baseball strike has been settled for the moment at least. As they say around the University of Chicago (where, coincidentally, WBEZ is this minute reporting a tuition increase), hell does freeze over :-). Mitch ------------------------------ From: David Dixon Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 15:12:06 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Emily Bezar Concert in NYC Take my word for it folks, you don't want to miss this concert, especially considering it's her only East Coast show. I talked with Emily on the way home from the Amy X Neuburg concert last Friday (which was great, by the way; and Amy's new CD is forthcoming; more news later..). She's decided to put a band together, and is currently auditioning players. I have *no* idea what Emily's music would sound like orchestrated for a band, but she promises to make me a tape when it comes together. Again, *don't* miss this concert. She's truly unique. D^2 ------------------------------ From: lynne@bsbbs.columbus.oh.us (Lynne Evans) Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 21:37:51 -0500 (EST) Subject: Computer question? Sorry for the non-Happy content, but I know of no better place to get advice on computer stuff! I recently obtained an older monitor from work, which came off a proprietary network that was used to display graphic meterology information. The monitor is a Mitsubishi AUM-1381A, manufactured in 1989. It has switches in back for the following: Scan: Over/Under; Color: 8/16/Auto; Vscan: Norm/Auto, and inputs for analog, TTL, and Video (BIN-type connector). I am interested in connecting this monitor to an older compatible pc, 386/dx2. I'm assuming this monitor is a 16 color type. Can I just use a regular monitor cable, and hook it up and see what happens? I'm trying to put together as cheaply as possible a simple system for my daughter to do word processing, and this would allow me to get her up and running for a coupla hundred bucks. She has been using my old beloved Amiga, but it finally died. Thanks for everyone's help! Hugs, Lynne - ---- Lynne Evans lynne@bsbbs.columbus.oh.us The Big Sky BBS (+1 614 864 1198) ------------------------------ From: THE OLIVE-LOAF VIGILANTE Date: Sat, 01 Apr 1995 00:11:23 -0500 (EST) Subject: quickie newies Hi! A couple real quickies -- I have to post about the 10,000 Maniacs show I attended the other night, but I'll do that later when I'm awake. 1.) Putomayo has put out a compilation of Laura Love songs called _Putomayo Presents: The Laura Love Collection_. This is widely distributed, and should be either in the folk or world music section, depending on the store (Straw- berries has it under folk). Her three albums, _Z Therapy_, _Pangaea_ and _Helvetica Bold_ are only available via direct mail-order or from that rare independent store that carries teeny-weeny little labels that make AG look major, so this is a PRIME opportunity to check her out, and it's highly recommended. 2.) Susan Voelz has a new album out called _Summer Crash_ (I think -- it's Summer something). Heard a few tracks on the radio today, and it's great. (Voelz was the violinist in Poi Dog Pondering, and now is part of the Austin scene, playing with the Cactus Cafe Orchestra occasionally and providing fiddle on Ingrid Karklins albums.) 3.) The Strawberries outlet in Orange, CT has one copy of Lisa Germano's _On The Way Down From The Moon Palace_ (not The Moon Seven Times, they're a band all their own, but come to think of it, they had a copy of M7X's eponymous first album as well). If anyone is dying to get it, let me know and I'll pick it up for you on Monday -- it's rather hard to find and is well worth the search, imo. 4.) Aimee Mann's new one was supposed to be out on Tuesday, but it didn't appear, and Strawberries didn't have it on the upcoming releases list at all. Anybody know what happened?!? 5.) On the TBA list at Strawberries (upcoming new releases that are due some- time but nobody can say when) were Shane MacGowan and (urk) Lisa Loeb. Maybe she's taking the songwriting tips she got at the Sarah show in NYC and putting them to good use. ;> That's all for now... 'night! +==========================================================================+ |Meredith Tarr meth@delphi.com| |Boonton, NJ USA finger info at: mtarr@eagle.wesleyan.edu| +==========================================================================+ |"Though she's just in her twenties, Sarah McLachlan is a throwback to the | | days when female singers weren't expected to cuss like truck drivers." | | -- The New Yorker magazine, March 20, 1995 | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ From: klaus@inphobos.wupper.de Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 23:33:03 CET-1 Subject: Re: Ashley Maher Anthony wrote: > I just thought I'd emerge briefly to tell any London-based rdt or ecto > or stormcock people that Ashley Maher is playing at the Subterania in > London this Sunday 2nd April. Yay! These are good news! Not that I can make it, but Claudia might. She'll arrive in London on the 2nd, and I've just sent her a FAX with the details to Athens. Yes, she's a bit busy right now, but I hope she'll find the time to see the show. ...Klaus _____ Klaus "Cosmic Vagabond" Kluge --*-- klaus@inphobos.wupper.de "and now that you're here, stay with me light years" - Heather Nova ------------------------------ From: eric jensen Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 11:48:44 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Summer shows in DC hey neal and other ectophiles -- this concert isn't exactly in dc, but it's close and it's FREE! june 16th at the columbia arts festival lakefront, there will be a concert with lisa cerbone and band at 7:30 and disappear fear at 9:30. should be a great night of music! ej ------------------------------ From: Ulrich Grepel Date: Sat, 1 Apr 95 12:20:46 +0200 Subject: Re: Heather concert & more Hi! > The Cologne show was at the same venue where we've previously seen > the Sugarcubes and later Bjoerk. The show was nearly sold out; > quite a difference to the previous ones we've seen, and if her > popularity continues at this speed we'll soon see her at the same > venues that Peter Gabriel plays. They wouldn't even have to turn > up the sound! :) Yep: 75, 300, 1200 can only be continued by 3600, 10800, 32400, 97200... > Thanks to Uli for mentioning that Felix Todd is > Heather's producer, as I wasn't aware of that fact. We've already > seen him perform in december and liked him slightly more this > time. Yes, we too. By the way, you should read album credits, Felix Tod (only one 'd', not to start something similar to the thing with a certain lady from Nova Scotia) is mentioned there. But to be honest, wouldn't it be for some *FANS* we met in Frankfurt in December (they traveled around and visited every single concert, and we think we've recognized them in Stuttgart again) I wouldn't have known either. But Felix is also the guy in charge of the audience sound during Heather's performance. Look back during (or after) the concert and you might see him. > Surprise number two was the 2nd act. In fact we even knew them. > They have been around for a couple of years and they've probably > released more albums than Heather. Their name is "Oil on Canvas" > and those of you who have Rough Trade Record's "Music for the > 90's, Volume 4" sampler (hi woj! :) can check out their "Alalala" > song. Yes, the singer is pretty strange and having a real opera > singer doing BVs opera style does add to that image. Nevertheless > Claudia and I quite enjoyed them. I wasn't sure. Closing your eyes (or fixing them on the Lady in Black) might help, so maybe the albums are better. IMHO it's certainly something to check out. > Heather and band played a great set. Those songs have become very > familiar to us and we enjoyed hearing them live again. The band > has improved a lot since the last year. It can't be just the new > bass player. Everybody seemed to be playing better than before. > They've now also put some effort in a light show. Felix told us that they did so, and wanted to know whether it worked. It certainly did! > The shadows of > the guitarist and bassists were thrown on two white bedsheets > hanging in the corners of the stage, making Heather in the center > look even smaller as she actually is. Why are so many good singers so tiny? ;-) > In the last weeks Heather has received enormous media coverage > over here. Unfortunately much of it focused way too much on her > good looks rather than her songwriting and singing. But her songs > are soooo good that I can only recommend to check out her new > album "Oyster" when it will be released in your country. Or the new live album which will appear in the USA first. Don't remember the name though. Again: someone willing to go shopping? Bye, Uli - -- "Ein 32-Bit-Betriebssystem fuer uns?" - "Wozu? Wir haben doch zwei mit 16." [IBM ad promoting OS/2] ------------------------------ From: Greg Bossert Date: Sat, 1 Apr 95 13:47:41 EST Subject: Re: ecto-digest V2 #68 in the words of Flaming Carrot: ut! (one of my backburner projects is an opera based on the Flaming Carrot issues in which Death takes a holiday in Palukaville, with a moving aria from Sponge Boy recounting his kidnapping by the Bandit Moons during his birthday picnic... if you missed those issues, check at your local comic bookery: i imagine Bob Burden could use the money...) Amy randoms: > There was this nifty documentary about Ed Wood [...] on cable last > night called "Look Back in Angora". snarfed my tea on that one ;) > Oh yeah, and I turned 29 yesterday... happy etc.s :) > A nice fuzzy warm story > [...] and a fine one it was, at that... ;) Mitch connects: > Casper and Harold (especially the former) seem to respond especially > well to something called Da Bird, which is basically a bunch of > feathers on the end of a cord on the end of a stick. yah, i like that one too. Face and Binky are indifferent, mind you, but i like it ;) the layout of our current apartment being less suitable for rug surfing, the current feline fave is "queen of the greg", best played, needless to say, at 4-5am. Face has found that she can get more leverage by standing on my head and attacking over the shoulder ridge, forcing the Binkless to scramble for a pawhold somewhere over my groin. yerk. Bob echoes: > Apparently they will perform a "living room concert" right in John's > living room! yeeps. envy is (barely) overcome by gladness of the continued enthusiasm for Happy in the Philly area... veronica versectolunates: > [stuff] well, footah (in its truest and deepest sense) is what i have to say to all that. ;) Neil proposes: > What do people think of the idea of an Ecto family album on the Ecto > home page? while i'll take the thousand words over the picture any day, i have no personal problems (! hey, i wasn't finished) with the idea. note that the archives contain a few ectophile photos... Neil again: > I'm currently getting my own domain name set up (tela.bc.ca) and > will be moving the Ecto page there. > > Heck, I could register ecto.org as a domain - I don't think it's > taken! :) What do people think of that idea? I wouldn't want to > control the domain name, just use it for the Ecto page and make sure > nobody else takes it for non-ectophilic purposes. Somehow it doesn't > seem right, though... registering a name that's sort of community > property... I wouldn't do it unless there was unanimous consent that > doing so would be a good idea. Maybe Greg should do it for the > mailing list? i confess i've given the matter some thought in weeks past. there is some chance that i will find myself moving, in the coming month, to sunnyvale (*sheesh* such a name) CA USA, to a house with a T1 into the basement. (translation: a big fat pipe to the Net) This would mean a machine devoted entirely to Ecto, with WWW and FTP archives (actually, fegmaniax and IM would probably come with as well...) it'd be pleasant to have the list address be ecto@ecto.org, but hardly essential. anyone else got an opinion? one notes that i would gladly provide the service on such a machine of providing space for Ectophile homepages... the topic having been broached: anyone know the sales and income tax rates for that area? and anyone around SF want to be in a band? radio zero is down to just me again, so i'm looking for bass and drums and violin/fiddle (sorta avant-irish, the latter, and willing to take solos ;) and female vox and probably kbs and another guitar wouldn't hurt. as many singers as possible. and a willingness to play absolutely any kind of music ;) i'm serious - i've got recent songs written that no one has ever heard, and this simply won't do. Mike reports: > (Love is Everything, for which she summonsed Syd Straw who tried to > keep up but wasn't anywhere near a mic -- I met Syd before the show > in the hall -- she is a huge chestnut fan -- and when I said we > hoped to see her on stage, she said I was a sweetie -- We love you, > Syd!) Syd is definitely way way. "Surprise" is a favorite album (with Jane Scarpantoni on it, now that i think of it :) i wish she'd do another. Laurel in answer to Elionwyr: > The Fairy Tales series was/is edited by Terri Windling. lessee, i've read 5 novels this week (haven't been sleeping much, alack...): Pamela Dean's _The Dubious Hills_, Charles de Lint's _The Wild Wood_, Patricia McKillip's _i forget, it's the other Brian Froud faerielands book_, Michael Swanwick's (erk, sp?) _The Iron Dragon's Daughter_, and Emma Bull's _Finder_, and at least 4 of those were edited by Terri Windling (dunno, but doubt, that _TIDD_ was). all were excellent. says something, no doubt... > As always, a good place to start.. . _The Years Best Fantasy & > Horror_ anthologies, edited by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow. yup, indeed, no doubt, surely, and ditto that. (now you say: "don't call me shirley") i'm off tomorrow to boston for the IETF meeting, though it looks dull this time, and i mostly plan to hang out at my folk's house in harvard square, and most likely spend too much money in book and music stores :) maybe the new Heidi Berry album will turn up... the liner notes to Robert Fripp's _1999_ are worth price of the album. several pages of fine print end with the comment: > And this remains the best way I know of making a lot of noise with > one guitar. hear hear. - --+ greg bossert rutgers university network services +-- - --+ bossert@noc.rutgers.edu +-- - --+ http://www-ns.rutgers.edu/~bossert +-- - --+ i have never been afraid to change -- Happy +-- - --+ the circumstances of the world -- Rhodes +-- ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V2 #69 ************************* ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to ecto-owner@nsmx.rutgers.edu