From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V4 #183 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, June 10 1998 Volume 04 : Number 183 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] NXNE/some reviews/Sarah Slean [Steve I ] Re: Deux Filles albums? ["Xenu's Sister" ] Re: peter gabriel [Riphug@aol.com] the cult of ectophilia and recent acquisitions [aardvark of destiny ] Re: Corrs Light ["Joanna M. Phillips" ] my reviews and sub-average vocab [aardvark of destiny ] RE: Corrs Light [Tim.Cook@Swift.Com (Tim Cook)] Zoe etc. ["Kay S. Cleaves" ] Susan McKeown Scratched @ St. Ann's. [jjh969@juno.com] Sessions at West 54th question [cspacerage ] Upcoming on KCRW [deanorez@juno.com] Sad news about Mike Weaver ["Xenu's Sister" ] Re: NXNE/some reviews/Sarah Slean [Ofer Inbar ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 03:00:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ****************** Sonja Juchniewich (sonjaj@erols.com) ******************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Sonja Juchniewich Mon June 10 1963 Pegasus Joerg Plate Mon June 12 1967 Gemini Chris Montville Tue June 13 1978 Gemini Ectoplasm (original name) Mailing List Thu June 13 1991 Fuzzier blue Mark R. 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Tsai Sat July 09 1966 Cancer - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 03:32:51 -0400 From: Steve I Subject: NXNE/some reviews/Sarah Slean Hiya folks, NXNE fast approaches, and I seek some recommendations. There are some artists I'd like to get impressions of from ectofolk, so I can decide whether or not I should go see them: Mr. Henry Paul Kelly (Australian) Deni Bonet Karen Novy Cheri Knight Suzanne Wyllie Amazon Mollies Audrey Becker negative impressions as well as positive ones sought! No throwing cans of food though. ;-) If there's anyone out there in ectoland who is planning on taking in some of NXNE this year, please drop me a line! I'd love to meet you! - --------- BTW I just caught Jonatha Brooke at the Horseshoe in TO. Having only known her from the CD _Plumb_ which I'm not all that big on, I was pleasantly surprised. She put on a wonderful, all-too-short set. I may have to go and reevaluate the CD. Irish singer-songwriter Sinead Lohan played a nice set at Holy Joe's on the weekend. She had a good voice and her songs were quite good (my friend James described them as "well-crafted") but none of them were really strong enough to come out and grab me by the throat and say "LISTEN". However I liked her enough to give her another chance if she comes through Toronto again, and I can see her gaining a big audience in North America. Her openers, a zydeco band called Swamperella, were fun when they played instrumental numbers but had a lead vocalist with a voice that totally grated on my nerves. Wonder of wonders, they won one of the village stage slots on the local Lilith Fair stop. On the plus side though their band features one of the finest fiddlers around, Oliver Schroer. Last week Dan and I caught the tail end of a spectacularly good show at C'est What, a Tom Waits tribute hosted by golden-voiced Tory Cassis and featuring many surprise guests. We were unprepared for just how many and how well-known the surprise guests would be. The show apparently started at 9:30 and would not finish until 1:30, and it seemed with every new song there was a new guest artist! This adds up to a LOT of guests, and C'est What is not a big place; in fact Dan and I got the feeling that we were the only people there NOT performing. Unfortunately we missed Sarah Slean, who charmed the crowd in the first set, but in the last set we would see Kurt Swinghammer of the Wild Strawberries, the "Chia Pets" (better known as Moxy Fruvous), and Ron Hawkins, of the late Lowest of the Low. All the musicians there were extremely supportive of all the other musicians, which made for an incredibly receptive atmosphere. The whole place shook when a talented spoken word artist (Ben Carlson?) seized the mic and took us all on a giddy epileptic convulsion of rhythm, uniting us in a wierd organic orgy of clapping and foot stomping, head bobbing and hollering that is permanently imprinted on my brain. And even after that high-octane performance, the next artist (I forget his name but Dan said he was once Amanda Marshall's percussionist back in her days playing the Horseshoe) was somehow able to capture all that raucous energy that had so thoroughly infected the crowd, tame it and transform it into enrapt concentration as he played a gorgeous sober, melancholy song. Those two performances characterized the mood of the evening, a procession of stellar performances by talented artists both unknown and well-known, all doing covers of Tom Waits and yet all wildly distinctive and individual, all in an electric, supportive atmosphere. It really was a glorious show, and it ended as a glorious show should. Tory got up on the stage alone and started performing the classic song "Time". When he got to the chorus, a soft accompaniment of harmonizing vocals could be heard from the front, and these rapidly spread to the whole room. Recall that the room was packed with musicians: they were all backing up Tory with spontaneous multipart harmony vocals! This may sound like a show that comes along maybe once a year, and in this case it's literally true; it's an annual event, one of Toronto's best-kept secrets. You can bet I'll be there next year... Anyway it's getting late and I'm waxing verbose, so I'll finish quickly. I picked up a bunch of copies of Sarah Slean's _Universe_ EP for interested ectophiles a little while back and I have about 4 or 5 left if anyone's interested. They're $10 each USD, and the money goes to support an artist who still has to work in a restaurant to pay the rent. Maybe someone who got Sarah's CD could post a review on the hidden bonus tracks on the CD (yep, that's the surprise I mentioned earlier)? For those who'd like to find out more about Sarah or get a taste of her music before you commit your hard earned bucks, visit her website: http://webhome.idirect.com/~nsounds/sarah/ Steve I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steve I | Check out cool Toronto artists Sarah Slean & Emm Gryner Toronto, CAN | at NORTHERN SOUNDS: http://webhome.idirect.com/~nsounds/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 03:29:42 -0500 From: "Xenu's Sister" Subject: Re: Deux Filles albums? A way long time ago, Neile wrote: >Hi-- > >An Ectophiles' Guide question. Can anyone help? Let me know if you answer >him directly so I don't answer him and say we don't know. > >Thanks! > >--Neile > >>From: Cocteau9@aol.com >>Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 00:39:03 EST >>To: ectoguide@smoe.org >>Mime-Version: 1.0 >>Subject: Deux Filles albums? >> >>I wondered if you know how many albums the group Deux Filles recorded. I have >>"Silence and Wisdom" on CD but have been unable to find even a trace of any >>others. The only other album I have heard of is "Double Happiness". >>Also, do you have any info as to their disappearance? The booklet that came >>with the CD is very vague (but intriguing). >>Please let me know. >>Thomas Harvey While I was fixing broken links and adding artists to my Suspended In Gaffa/ Ecto Artists page, I actually came across a Deux Fille site! We were all fooled. Instead of 2 extremely interesting women, Gemini Forque and Claudine Coule, Deux Filles is actually 2 extremely interesting guys, Colin Lloyd Tucker (who worked with Kate Bush's brother Paddy) and Simon Fisher Turner. I have "Silence & Wisdom" on CD too, and so only had the same info as Thomas. I have a very bad cassette dub of Double Happiness, and so didn't have any liner notes until I visited the web page. For those not familiar with Deux Filles (which, I guess, would be just about everybody), their site describes this group as: "Strange, haunting, obscure, sometime experimental, sometimes folky creations" though I would also add weird, ethereal-with-an-edge, sometimes playful, achingly beautiful, lush, mesmerizing, and mysterious. Both albums consist of short songs that employ processed vocals (now we know why), all manner of instruments (from the liner notes of Double Happiness, "Talking cat, Baby sax, insane woman, air tube, cello, Spanish guitar, euphonium, the prophet electrical guitars, tapes, harmoniser, rhodes, assorted percussion, bass guitar, clockwork toys, aural exciter, piano") to sound effects (my favorites are the toys and baby noises in the take-your-breath-away gorgeous piano poem "Fleur Dolls") and no easily transcribeable lyrics (well, some are in French, some seem to be in Spanish, and some just mess with your head trying to figure out what they are.) Each "song" is like a mini soundtrack to a very short film, but you only have the song title to tell you what each plot is, so it's best to just use your imagination. These albums are not overly complicated (most of the songs are very simple, though layered) but they're not really meant to be listened to as "background" music. You would never break out the Deux Filles CD at a party, unless you had *really* cool friends. A dark room, a comfy couch or bed, headphones (and, well, maybe some really good drugs!)...would be a perfect listening experience for these quite unique and wonderful albums. Silence & Wisdom page: http://titan.iwu.edu/~whood/df1.html Double Happiness page: http://titan.iwu.edu/~whood/df2.html I hope Double Happiness will someday be re-released on CD. My tape copy is just about worn out, and I haven't seen the guy who taped it for me since the mid-80's. Vickie (Neile, yep! :-) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 08:29:00 EDT From: Riphug@aol.com Subject: Re: peter gabriel Andrea Metcalf wrote: <Point of View. Can you give me any information or let me know where I >can look for it on the web?>> You can find a list of links to check out at: http://www.metacrawler.com/crawler?general=%22Point+of+View%22+%22Peter+Gabrie l%22&method=0&target=®ion=0&rpp=20&timeout=5&hpe=10 Peter Gabriel's "Point of View" video is 85 minutes long and was filmed in Athens, Greece, in 1988. Here's the track listing: PoV - 1990 [VHS: US: Virgin 3-50189, UK: Virgin VVD 626] [LD: JP: ? PVLM-5] 1. This Is The Picture 2. San Jacinto 3. Shock The Monkey 4. Games Without Frontiers 5. No Self Control 6. Mercy Street 7. Sledgehammer 8. Solsbury Hill 9. Lay Your Hands On Me 10. Don't Give Up 11. In Your Eyes 12. Biko Note: PoV = Point Of View Live concert in Athens, Greece, 1988 Executive producer: Martin Scorsese Since it's on the Virgin label, you might try getting in touch with them to find a copy. Jill :D ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 08:35:45 -0400 (EDT) From: aardvark of destiny Subject: the cult of ectophilia and recent acquisitions >I don't think I've ever considered ecto a cult! I didn't mean it in a bad sense. You're not the kind of people who listen to good music and sit around swilling poison-laced Kool Aid...it's more the kind of cult who follows an artist (or artists) with a cult following. Does that make sense? >That's quite a pseudonym for this mail message. What, more so than "Aardvark of Destiny"? :) That address was my work location for the past six weeks -- since I was working a position where I had internet access, I milked it for all it was worth. And since I don't like using my real name as my "email alias"/screen name, that one seemed appropriate. Don't know how many animeniacs there are on the list, but Mononoke Hime is the new film by Hayako Miyazaki (the mastermind behind _Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind_ and _My Neighbor Totoro_) which tells the story of a monster princess. The stills I've seen are gorgeous. >The review seemed pretty fair to me. I like the album much better >than >you did. I knew that some of the people reading it would be Veda's fanbase, because I'm the same way. If a favourite artist of mine comes out with an album, I want to read any reviews I can find of it. Keeping that in mind, I wanted to pay some respect to those fans and not trash it (and since there wasn't a whole lot worth trashing on the album), I kept up a civil tone. It's a likable album, certainly. BTW, apologies to the list for taking this long to respond to this message. My last few days at the temp job were busy, which made me put off writing this response until now. So, here's some timely stuff: Now that my main source of income has, for the time being, halted (damn college students!), I've started working for some other online zines to keep EWS at bay. Here are some records I'v gotten for review...well, the ones I liked, anyway. DEBBY SCHWARTZ, _Wrongs of Passage_ -- you may remember her from her stint as lead singer/songwriter for the Aquanettas, a band that blended the Feelies' North Jersey Surf sound with the lush pop melodies and snarly bad girl singer/songwriter tradition of Aimee Mann. Though the 'Nettas make up her backing band on several tracks, WofP takes the sound further into the songwriter mode, with more ballads than you'd find than in the band's output. Lyrically, Schwartz seems to be examining the aftermath of the hard life she portrayed in the Aquanettas music. Good stuff, may be one of the best things I've heard all year. DANA AND KAREN KLETTER, _Dear Enemy,_ -- this was discussed on the list before I subscribed, but I'll reiterate. A beautifully realised and deeply felt sonic picture album of twin sisters and their unusual upbringing. "Sister Song" gives me goosebumps. Musically, this draws from arty folk, Transylvanian folk song, show tunes, and indie pop, but its whole is far more than the sum of those parts. Of course, those searching for a shorthand way to classify the sound may think of this as the great collaboration that never happened between Nina Simone and Damon & Naomi. Excellent. HUB, _HUB_ -- "You may remember me from such films as _Surviving Desire_, or _Trust_..." Yep, the guy who collaborated with Ned Rifle (heh) for the music in Hal Hartley's films finally steps out on his own. A droll yet deeply felt collection of tunes that looks at life through drooping eyelids and makes some pretty astute observations. Vaguely ambient production extends the dreamy feel. This includes "Mess With Me", which was used in a pivotal scene in _Trust_, and a highly appropriate cover of the Replacements' "Swingin' Party". Coming soon -- Mimi, _Soak_. Yes, I know it's not Hugo Largo and it's not as melodic, but I love the Mimi-girl's voice and need to learn on my own. - ---- Chelsea, the mod pixie home: work: tugboat@channel1.com odyshape@hotmail.com "Love reads like a bad biograpphy/all the names are changed to protect the innocent." -- William Finn (via Mendel), "Love is Blind" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 08:42:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Stuart Myerburg Subject: Re: What Do Pretty Girls Do?/Nightbirds On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Valerie Nozick wrote: > Is this a new album or a greatest hits package? "What Do Pretty Girls > Do?" is the name of a song off of Kite... It's a collection of all of her BBC Radio 1 sessions. A lot of it is simply live versions of previously released stuff. But there are some live B-sides and previously unreleased songs. I almost picked it up as an import but didn't think it was worth $26. But I'll definitely get it now that it's being released in the US. Stuart _________________________________________________________ Stuart Myerburg Information Services, Rollins School of Public Health http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~stuart _________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:45:36 +0100 (BST) From: nightwol@dircon.co.uk (Steve Fagg) Subject: Re: peter gabriel Hi there! Neile Graham asked on Ecto: > Okay, wisdom of ecto: can anyone help this person? Please let me know if > you email her directly so I don't then apologize for not being able to tell > her anything... > > >From: andrea metcalf > > > >Hi! I'm looking for some information on the 1982 live concert video > >Point of View. Can you give me any information or let me know where I > >can look for it on the web? The only information I have on anything called Point of View is: PoV - 1990 [VHS: US: Virgin 3-50189, UK: Virgin VVD 626] 1. This Is The Picture 2. San Jacinto 3. Shock The Monkey 4. Games Without Frontiers 5. No Self Control 6. Mercy Street 7. Sledgehammer 8. Solsbury Hill 9. Lay Your Hands On Me 10. Don't Give Up 11. In Your Eyes 12. Biko Live concert in Athens, Greece, 1988 Executive producer: Martin Scorsese I'm not at all sure that this is what's being sought. Anybody else on Ecto able to add anything? TTFN Steve npimh: Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes nr: Granta #16 (Science) - -- Steve Fagg (nightwol@dircon.co.uk) http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Metro/1313/ ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 1998 13:17:48 +0000 From: Tim.Cook@Swift.Com (Tim Cook) Subject: RE: What Do Pretty Girls Do?/Nightbirds >Ooohhh...June 16 is when a new Kirsty MacColl album called "What Do Pretty Great news :-) >Does that woman ever tour? I've yet to see her and I really really like She does in the UK :-) I've seen her twice (once at the Waterfront in norwich and more recently at Manchester Uni students union). Not sure if she's toured in the U.S. tim ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 09:23:09 EDT From: Riphug@aol.com Subject: Re: What Do Pretty Girls Do?/Nightbirds In a message dated 6/10/98 9:17:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Tim.Cook@Swift.Com writes: << She does in the UK :-) I've seen her twice (once at the Waterfront in norwich and more recently at Manchester Uni students union). Not sure if she's toured in the U.S. >> I guess she *used* to tour in the US, anyway......I saw on one of her websites that she had performed at Mountain Stage.... Jill ;D ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 06:53:16 -0700 (PDT) From: charley darbo Subject: Re: Corrs Light - ---Xenu's Sister wrote: > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Vickie (long-winded and rambling, but sincere) > ^What she said.^ Plus my additional two-cents' worth (what am I up to, $187.50?): Let me please remind everyone--I'm gonna be redundant here and repeat myself here--Let me please remind everyone that every Ectophile has his or her own subjective response to any given artist. It's my feeling that that's why we're Ectophiles. How many of us would stick around if all we were allowed to do here was deify one artist, like most other lists? How interesting is that? It's the bizarre mix of tastes and reactions and approaches to communication that makes Ecto Ecto. And again, as I've said before, when Ectophiles post opinions about an artist and his/her music, it's about that artist, not his/her fans. You have (excuse the shortness of tone here)--You have no right to take it personally, unless the artist happens to be your mother or something. Each of us has every right to communicate our reaction to an artist's work, and each of us has every right to engage the other in a discussion of those reactions, but none of us has the right to impose our tastes on the others: we have no right to dictate how the rest of us address an artists work, except for some accepted Ecto-conventions about tone and politeness. But keep in mind that most of those rules of Ectoquette pertain to how we communicate with each other; the artists are on their own. If I say "The lead singer for the God Nuggets has a squeaky voice that makes my teeth hurt," _that's_about_my_teeth._ It has nothing whatsoever to do with the God Nuggets' legion of loyal fans. Any statements of opinion or subjective reaction should be welcome here. So, to reign in my ramble (I'm at work, fer crysaches!) please, all of us, learn to differentiate between subjective statements ("I don't like the music of the God Nuggets") and objective statements ("Buffy Sainte Marie had twins by a wolverine"), and let us all learn to roll our eyes at the former, or engage the opinionated in a discussion, and save our objections for abuses of the latter. Needles to say, let none of us abuse the latter; and let none of us take it upon ourselves to police the former. If any of that made sense, someone please write and explain it to me. - --Charley n.p. Blossom Dearie: _Blossom_Dearie_ (Verve) n.r. W.B. Yeats: _Mythologies_ _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 11:11:02 -0400 From: "Joanna M. Phillips" Subject: Re: Corrs Light > From: charley darbo > To: ecto@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Corrs Light > Date: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 9:53 AM (snip) > But keep in mind that most > of those rules of Ectoquette pertain to how we communicate with each > other; the artists are on their own. I know I am being picky (eep!)...but I hope that Happy is never "on her own" here. "My community is always here to comfort me..." fleur ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 11:55:38 -0400 (EDT) From: aardvark of destiny Subject: my reviews and sub-average vocab >That's a lotta deep felt -- maybe one of them is actually mid-depth >flannel? :-) Hey, I wrote those when I was thawing out from six hours of sleep (not enough!) and my vocabulary wasn't up to its standard, so forgive the redundancy. :) If you change the offending phrase in the mini-review of HUB from "deeply felt" to "earnest, in a good way", you'll get my desired effect. - --Chelsea np: the internal fan in my computer nr: _A Room Of One's Own_, Virginia Woolf - ---- Chelsea, the mod pixie home: work: tugboat@channel1.com odyshape@hotmail.com "Love reads like a bad biograpphy/all the names are changed to protect the innocent." -- William Finn (via Mendel), "Love is Blind" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 10:59:32 -0500 (CDT) From: "Joseph S. Zitt" Subject: Re: my reviews and sub-average vocab On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, aardvark of destiny wrote: > >That's a lotta deep felt -- maybe one of them is actually mid-depth > >flannel? :-) > Hey, I wrote those when I was thawing out from six hours of sleep (not > enough!) and my vocabulary wasn't up to its standard, so forgive the > redundancy. :) If you change the offending phrase in the mini-review of HUB > from "deeply felt" to "earnest, in a good way", you'll get my desired > effect. I've caught myself doing that on occasion, usually also due to lack of sleep -- there was one time when I was doing a poetry reading and discovered that a given phrase appeared in three of the poems. Fortunately I was able to palm it off as "thematic continuity" *grin* - - ---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------- |||/ Joseph Zitt ===== jzitt@humansystems.com ===== Human Systems \||| ||/ Maryland? = <*> SILENCE: The John Cage Mailing List <*> = ecto \|| |/ http://www.realtime.net/~jzitt ====== Comma: Voices of New Music \| ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 12:11:03 -0400 (EDT) From: athol-brose Subject: Re: Maire Brennan On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, dave wrote: > I myself found the music to be almost as subtle as the packaging.. > unless you really dwell on the lyrics (and a good portion of them are in > Gaelic anyway) you'd hardly notice the Christian content. The music is > beautiful, if you like Maire and Clannad I'd definitely suggest it, > unless you're seriously anti-christian. For those that like to try > before you buy, there are RA clips from all of the songs at: Sheesh...I don't think you'd have to be "seriously anti-Christian" to consider the lyrics on Maire Brennan's new album in your purchasing decision. "Non-Christian" does not equal "seriously anti-Christian", and neither does "not interested in music with explicitly Christian lyrics". Hell, some of my best friends are Christians... *cough* ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 1998 16:41:32 +0000 From: Tim.Cook@Swift.Com (Tim Cook) Subject: RE: Corrs Light I'm really curious to hear the Corrs now I've heard so much about them!! I always think its more provocative to say something like "blah blah blah is garbage" rather than "I don't like blah blah blah because....". Everyone's tastes differ and if you know where someone is coming from you can use their opinions much more effectively. For example, I'm much more likely to take notice of someone's opinion if I know that their musical tastes coincide with mine. Just my two and a half p's worth!! tim ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 12:10:49 -0700 From: "Kay S. Cleaves" Subject: Zoe etc. 1)Zoe. Well, I did find "Scarlet..." in the cutouts bin. There is a reason for that...I've spun it a couple more times. Pretty forgettable, yes. But original, in that it is something I can actually use as background music--occasionally a useful thing! 2)Vickie: thanks for the invitation to Katemas, I will unfortunately still be in New Hampshire at the time. Probably in the middle of Carousel...I will probably chatter a bit with you when I get there in September, though. I've got my Chinese side of the family in large numbers out there (lots of good food and little cousins. Yay!), but it's nice to know that there's ecto-family, too. - --Kay Free web-based email, Forever, From anywhere! http://www.mailexcite.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:45:41 -0400 From: jjh969@juno.com Subject: Susan McKeown Scratched @ St. Ann's. Rats ! Rats ! Damn ! After plunking down long green for the St Ann's benefit Thursday night I was told that Susan has been scratched from the bill. Being a good cause is a bit of a consolation. Finally seeing the much touted Mary Margaret O'Hara ought to be cool too. I must also admit to being something of a Debbie Harry fan and a big time Jazz Passenger fan. Picked up the "Blond and Beyond" that's been mentioned lately if for no reason other than the Fripp cut. It's spinning in the drive as I type. Yow ! Fripp & Debbie Harry ! What's this world coming to ? I was lucky in that slow ticket sales due to Fledah competition got me bumped up from the $ 75 seats to a choice second row pew. Kim Fields, "Tootie" from the moronic "Facts of Life" punked out, or so the real nice mistress d' box-office tells me, so I ended up getting her Big Dollar seat. Second time that last minute high-roller cancellations have gotten me a primo seat for a St. Ann's show. Last time was first row center aisle for Robin Holcomb. Kim another disappointed Susan Fan ? :-) John (Who's anxiously looking forward to and dreading the Fleadh at the same time.) ********************************************************************************************** Paradise Sound The Sound Choice For Choice Sound ParadiseSound@juno.com ----- 718-850-2300 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/triadmedia/sound.htm _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:27:48 -0400 From: cspacerage Subject: Sessions at West 54th question Hey there fuzzy blue people! I was wondering if any enterprising videotaping fiend has been covering the PBS show (airs here in Maine on NH PBS Saturdays at midnight) _Sessions at West 54th St_ . (I'm pretty sure that's the correct name off the top of me brainpan) Barring this, does anyone know if actual audio of these sessions is available commercially? I have a few of these taped on a pre-used VHS tape, and was looking for some better quality sound to transfer to cassette. (I've currently got this Leo Kotke riff going through my head and am wishing for something to stick into the stereo. The VCR runs thru it just fine, but you watch it in the car, it upsets the other drivers) Willing to trade, if anyone is interested. thanx! ~!@L. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 14:38:50 -0700 From: deanorez@juno.com Subject: Upcoming on KCRW Upcoming on KCRW 89.9FM (Santa Monica, CA) Tuesday, June 9 Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:00 AM L.A. based "Ozomatli" is as diverse as the city they live in and as the music they perform. Listen for everything from ska to salsa when they play live during the 11 o'clock hour. Wednesday, June 10 Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:00 AM Canadian Mid-West duo "Esthero" lavish silky sound when they perform live at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, June 11 Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:00 AM Swedish born pianist, singer, and lyricist Ebba Forsberg performs original material from her debut release "Been There" at 11:15 a.m. Friday, June 12 Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:00 AM Nigerian King Sunny Ade brings his band to perform a tidal wave of sound when they join Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15 a.m. The Treatment at 2:30 PM Elvis Mitchell hosts screenwriter and journalist David Mills — former staff reporter for "The Wall Street Journal" and "The Washington Post," staff writer at "ER," "NYPD Blue," and "Picket Fences," and co-author of "For the Record: George Clinton and P-Funk — An Oral History." Mr. Mills is a two-time Emmy Award nominee and winner of the Writers Guild of America Award and the Humanitas Prize. Saturday, June 13 This American Life at 10:00 AM This show is built around a story by a reporter named Rich Robinson. His father's black, his mother's white, and they married during the civil rights movement, believing the whole nation was moving toward greater and greater integration, and that they were part of the great march of history. Then integration never really kicked in, in the way they'd imagined. After having three children, they divorced. Rich's mom went back to her segregated white world. His dad returned to his segregated black world. What they make of the experience, and what they say to their own children about marrying out of the race. And other stories. Sunday, June 14 Playhouse at 6:00 PM The Real Thing. Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close star, Mike Nichols directs this romantic comedy by Tom Stoppard. Monday, June 15 Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:00 AM Venezuelan band Los Amigos Invisibles transcends barriers and description; it performs live at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, June 16 Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:00 AM Beach Boy Brian Wilson shares selections from his latest work "Imagination" at 10:30 a.m. Listen live online at http://www.kcrw.org/live/ ~gp _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:58:29 -0500 From: "Xenu's Sister" Subject: Sad news about Mike Weaver I just talked to Angel, Mike's former wife, and she gave me the sad news that Mike has died. He was in Key West Florida working for IBM and he drowned. That's all I know about the circumstances. Mike will be known to some Kate fans as a major contributor to the old fanzine Break-Through. That's how Chris and I met him. We lived in Kansas City and Mike was in the Air Force in St. Louis at the time. We all went up to Winnipeg for the Kate Bush fan convention, Bush-Con '84. Over the years Mike moved around and we moved around and so rarely got to see each other in person, but we always tried to stay in touch. Mike was also an author, known as Michael D. Weaver, whose major books included "Mercedes Nights" (in which Kate is mentioned), "My Father Immortal," "A Second Infinity," "Bloodfang," "Nightreaver" and "Wolf Dreams." Mike was also a Happy Rhodes fan (which is why this is cc'd to Ecto). Mike wanted Happy to do the artwork for one of his books ("A Second Infinity" I think) but his publisher wanted to use an in-house artist and Mike didn't really have the clout to insist. I'll always take solace in the fact that the last 2 times I saw Mike were at Happy Rhodes concerts in Philadelphia, in 1996 and 1992. And the time before that, was when we went to New York to see Kate promote "Hounds Of Love" in 1985. Mike was with us when we crowded into the control booth to watch the "Night Flight" interview taking place live. The questions were so stupid that none of us could make eye contact for fear that we'd burst out laughing and get kicked out. Mike didn't have a home page that I could find, but I was surprised to see this page when I did a search. Mike was always influencing and helping people out. http://members.accessus.net/~padams/PromStd.htm Sad day... Vickie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:12:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Ofer Inbar Subject: Re: NXNE/some reviews/Sarah Slean > NXNE fast approaches, and I seek some recommendations. There are some > artists I'd like to get impressions of from ectofolk, so I can decide > whether or not I should go see them: > Deni Bonet I like her. She's based in New York City, plays electric fiddle, and has a rock band with an eclectic sound and some folk & celtic overtones. I first saw her at Mama Kin about two years ago, she & her band were opening for someone I'd gone there to see (I forget who), and caught my attention. We've got her booked to do two shows on WBRS later this year. She'll be performing acoustic as a duo on July 8th, and hopefully with the full band on the afternoon of Friday September 18th. (Free shows - see http://www.wbrs.org/ for live music info & schedules) > BTW I just caught Jonatha Brooke at the Horseshoe in TO. Having only known > her from the CD _Plumb_ which I'm not all that big on, I was pleasantly > surprised. She put on a wonderful, all-too-short set. I may have to go > and reevaluate the CD. I have some trouble with Plumb too, but I think it's mostly personal. Jennifer & Jonatha, later known as The Story, were my favorite act in the early 90s. I used to go see them every few months, back before I became a live music addict, and only used to see live music every few months :) They got a band with some superb musicians, and that was cool, but it was mainly the harmonies of the two of the singing that kept drawing me in for more shows. They released two albums together. Elektra picked them up, re-released their earlier Green Linnet album, and started promoting them heavily, doing some real tour support and all. Then Jennifer Kimball left, and Jonatha kept the band and the name. Elektra dropped them. Plumb was recorded. I realized that the sound I loved was not lost, when I heard Jennifer sing in Patty Larkin's band at Falcon Ridge '96, and on with Carrie Newcomer. Her voice & harmony skills are quite portable :) No wonder she's one of the most sought after backup singers in the industry today, appearing on over 20 albums that I know of (including ones by Jim Infantino, Carrie Newcomer, Peter Mulvey, Geoff Bartley, John Gorka, Barbara Kessler, Catie Curtis, Patty Larkin, & Dennis Brennan). I often buy these albums more to hear Jennifer Kimball sing harmony with someone, anyone, than I do for the person named on the cover. To me, Plumb will always sound like "Jonatha without Jennifer". I think it is a good album, actually, and I think the musicians in The Story are still superb, but I just can't get past that and enjoy it. I would recommend you get either of the first two albums by The Story: Grace in Gravity, and Angel in the House. Jennifer & Jonatha, along with Alain Mallet, Ben Wittman, and Duke Levine. What a combination! (Ben Wittman & Duke Levine, you may recall, I recently mentioned in connection with Carol Noonan Band. I'd actually really love to see Jennifer Kimball sing with Carol Noonan someday. And Jennifer seems to be friends with Carol's publicist, Ellen Guirleo, so maybe...) Oh, and Jennifer Kimball has a solo release called Demo, which is kind of hard to find. I'm gonna see her at the Songstreet 5th Anniversary show tonight at Johnny D's, so I'll pick up a few of that. Speaking of which, that show starts in a half hour, so I'd better go! -- Cos (Ofer Inbar) -- cos@leftbank.com cos@cs.brandeis.edu -- WBRS (100.1 FM) -- WBRS@brandeis.edu http://www.wbrs.org/ "There's a time when you know that your love is all right, and a time when you know that it's wrong; and I might get my heart broke tonight, but I won't come undone." -- Carol Noonan, "Come Undone" ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V4 #183 **************************