From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V4 #236 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, July 20 1998 Volume 04 : Number 236 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Lord have mercy [Neal Copperman ] Re: Our Pantheon ["Tim Finney" ] Delia's compilation CD [Rachel Kramer Bussel ] Re: Lord have mercy [dmw ] Re: Our Pantheon [meredith ] Re Various [meredith ] Martha & The Muffins / M+M News [Neile Graham ] connection of Phil Thornalley to Ednaswap [Melissa Barberer ] Happy Rhodes Mousepads [Michael Pearce ] jenifer smith [frater tot ] Re: Our Pantheon [charley darbo ] Thanks Ecto!/Joy Eden Harrison New Album info [ABershaw@aol.com] Upcoming on KCRW [deanorez@juno.com (G Perez)] Re: Boys For Pele [Michael Curry ] Re: Happy Rhodes Mousepads [Joseph Zitt ] Re: New Releases July 14 [Michael Pearce ] Still no updated Samson site [Michael Pearce ] Re: Happy Rhodes Mousepads [charley darbo ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 03:27:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Neal Copperman Subject: Re: Lord have mercy Welcome back Irvin! Good too have a chance to read your long posts again. Did someone say "really bad, muddled, masturbatory, vague" :) (Just kidding, I couldn't help myself.) On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, pink wrote: > after the third album (0898 BS) came MIAOW (and the swapping of female > singers, bye bye beautiful voiced BRIANA hello adequate, but not quite > as unique sounding JAQUELINE) which was never released here in the US Didn't BRIANA have a solo album or something? > BEST OF...: only reason to get this is for completists, as it has one > extra song on it, a cover of the mama and the papas song, argh, i > forget the name. sorry it is late. anyone? Another reason to get it is that it's a hellofalota fun to listen to. Even if you have the other albums, it's pretty great to be able to pop in a cd and hear songs taken from a bunch of their albums. I bought it for a friend, and miss having it around. > >I just ordered Jane Siberry's obscure import cd, "Summer in the Yukon," > > this is just a "best of" album. If you have everything by Jane, I > don't think there is anything exclusive to this album. While I was in Boston staying at Chez Smoe, I got to watch the Jane documentary I Muse Aloud. It was a little sad to realize that was filmed at what was probably the height of her commercial popularity, just after Speckless Sky. It was a blast for me to see, since I saw the Speckless Sky tour, and it's full of great footage from that time period. Plus, watching Jane make videos is far more fun than watching old Jane videos. And the one reason why any Jane fan should immediatly send $20 to Sheeba for a copy of this is a truly brilliant demo that appears late in the film. They are showing Jane in the studio and talking about how she works. John Switzer says that she comes in with full song arrangements, but no lyrics. And they usually just completely knock him out. Then you see Jane sing The Walking, just as I described. She sings the melody, but there are no lyrics, while she plays piano. And the entire song is already there. Just like it sounds on the album, but even more fragile and powerful. I was in total awe. If Sheeba was in better financial straits, I'd be sending off the suggestion that Jane should release a whole album of demos. Amazing. > I am glad to see NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL talked about here on the list. I think it's later this week that NMH is playing at the Metro Cafe in DC. That album is pretty amazing, so I'm going to try to check them out. I think it might be Thursday, but maybe some DC 'phile could verify that? Anyone else thinking of going? > ANYONE have news on the new LISA GERMANO album that is suppose to be > coming out soon? read about it someone. what's the 411? Also while in Boston I had a fun time watching Ofer do his radio show and nosing around in the studio. One thing I notices was a couple of Mystries of Life discs I was unfamiliar with. Their first one came out in 1996, and somehow I thought they were the non-Juliana Hatfield part of the Blake Babies, but that doesn't seem to quite jibe with my BB disc. Can anyone help me out here? Anyway, there disc is cool, mellow indie pop, and I liked it lots. So when I saw more than the one I had, I pulled them out and glanced at them, only to be surprised to find that they featured Lisa Germano on vocals and violin on a few tracks. Anyone heard any of these? > ROUNDER by the way put out one of the > great overlooked albums of the 80's PIANOSAURUS. and album played on > and composed entirely on TOY instruments. and it transcended the > gimmick too. the songs were genuine gems. I saw Pianosaurus back whenever, at the old 9:30 Club, and they were a blast. Plus, they busted their toy guitars at the end of the show, which was a hoot. Some months ago, I took a course on the history of experimental film at Hopkins, and they showed a few videos that were kind of fun. The really bizarre thing was that they were by a woman who used to be in Pianosaurus. I thought I had the names of them, but they don't seem to be in my pile of stuff from that class. She had three names, and I think the first one was masculine (like Billie). Both videos were kinda cabaret pop, but very clever and catchy. Anyone know a thing about her? > the BETH ORTON BEST BITS ep (better than TRAILER PARK methinks, > i can't wait for the new album) I'm so bummed that Beth Orton cancelled her tour. Anyone know what's up with that? (And can anyone tell me why everyone started saying "what's up with that?"?) JeffW and I were going to see her in Boston last Wednesday, but not only did she cancel her tour, but the club she was to play at got shut down. ANd she was scheduled to play Lilith today, but was replaced by Rebekah, who was ok, but nowhere near as good at BO would have been. (Lilith review another day.) > which is pretty much i don't have one. ANYWAY email me direct if you > want info on my move, my new apartment, my lack of a job, my new > roommate, my dwindling bank account, or anything else. Drop lots of the story in your e-mails so we can all keep up! > which reminds me ANY BAY AREA ecto people want to get together for > coffee? i would love to put a face to a name, and besides, i don't have > all that many friends out here yet...moving was, shall we say, more > difficult that i imagined it to be. Sue's no longer on ecto, but she told me she was disappointed that you guys weren't able to hook up when you visited Berkeley some months ago, so you should drop her a note. (trow@slip.net) Neal npimh: Jelly's Pierced Tattoo (If I'd written this an hour ago, I could have written "now playing live in my living room" :) ) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 19:50:40 +0000 From: "Tim Finney" Subject: Re: Our Pantheon - ---------- From: "Tim Finney" To: Neile Graham Subject: Re: Our Pantheon Date: Sat, Jul 18, 1998, 9:21 PM >It's not as though the artist has to be perfect. I know we could all think >of quibbles about each one, and many of us don't like some of the artists >there at all. But still... (may as well join in) The artists in my pantheon but not in the Ecto Pantheon: Bjork - Exploring the outer limits of what we can be done with pop music - or even music in general Ani DiFranco - Ani has the strongest song collection of any 90's artist I can think of - except Tori, but she's already on there. I don't understand why the Ectoguide comments are all against her early albums - Imperfectly especially is one of my fave albums ever. Stina Nordenstam - How come no-one knows how brilliant Stina is? After releasing two excellent jazz/folk/pop albums worthy alone of a place in the pantheon, she then released what has to be one of the most interesting and awe-inspiring albums of the nineties in Dynamite. A totally original creative spirit. Marillion - Slightly non-ecto (although if Peter Gabriel can get in...), but this eighties/nineties progressive rock group (in both incarnations) has IMHO made some of the most emotionally affecting music ever. Fish (their first singer) is certainly in king of my lyrics pantheon (ruling over Tori, Ani and Joni Mitchell), and Steve Hogarth (their second) is my favourite male singer. If you're scared off by the "p" word then sample the Steve-era of the band for some excellent atmospheric rock. Imogen Heap - A new entry, but her recently released debut album is enough for me to add her. Regards, Tim ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 11:37:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Rachel Kramer Bussel Subject: Delia's compilation CD Delia's catalog (they sell girlie kinda clothes and jewelry, etc.) has put out a compilation CD and it has "Lights Are Changing" on it, for you completists (or just shoppers) out there. The catalog says the CD is free with every order over $75 but maybe there is a way you can purchase the CD separately, I'm not sure. You can get a catalog or contact Delia's at www.delias.com or 1-800-DELIA-NY or 1-888-5-DELIAS. The other tracks on it are: Save Ferris - The World Is New K's Choice - Believe Mary Lou Lord - Lights Are Changing Chantal Kreviazuk - Believer Bic Runga - Sway Esthero - Country Livin' (The World I Know) Imani Coppola - Legend of a Cowgirl Taja Sevelle - I&I And there's a little bio of Mary Lou, mostly about her former busking career. :) Rachel ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 11:50:44 -0400 (EDT) From: dmw Subject: Re: Lord have mercy On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Neal Copperman wrote: > > I am glad to see NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL talked about here on the list. > > I think it's later this week that NMH is playing at the Metro Cafe in DC. > That album is pretty amazing, so I'm going to try to check them out. I > think it might be Thursday, but maybe some DC 'phile could verify that? > Anyone else thinking of going? at the black cat, on wednesday, absolutely. loud family at dccd then at metro cafe on tuesday (anyone, please, e-mail me for more info on the free in-store!). also jack logan free at dccd on friday -- not a very ecto week, mayhap, but a pretty incredible week of music nonetheless. and i speck to be able to finally score a copy of loud family keyboardist/vocalist alison faith levy's ecto-praised _the fog show_ woohoo! > Mystries of Life discs I was unfamiliar with. Their first one came out in > 1996, and somehow I thought they were the non-Juliana Hatfield part of the freda boner on the black babies albums = freda love on mysteries of life the other blake baby, john strohm, has released albums with antenna and as john strohm and the hello strangers (revealing heretofore unsuspected alt-country leanings). jake smith of mysteries of life was on at least one of the antenna records. there will be a quiz later. ;) i have the 'anonymous tip' ep by mysteries of life, which does feature lisa germano, which i'd never noticed before. so, it turns out, does one of the antenna records (the only one i can find at the moment). 'anonymous tip' is more o' that tuneful indie pop. good stuff. one cut reminds me a good bit of freedy johnston crossed with, oh, say, tommy keene. speaking of which: in the public service announcement dep't: tommy keene's wunnerful mid 80's disc _songs from the film_ (source of the semi-hit "my mother looked like marilyn monroe") has at last been released on silver plastic with a heapin' heap of bonus tracks. i haven't heard it yet, but believe you me my copy is on order. - -- d. n.p. mysteries of life "anonymous tip" - - oh,no!! you've just read mail from doug = dmayowel@access.digex.net - - and dmw@mwmw.com ... get yr pathos at http://www.pathetic-caverns.com/ - - new reviews! tunes, books, flicks, etc. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 11:52:37 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re: Our Pantheon Hi! Joe wondered: >Senior thesis? >/me scratches his head. Oops, sorry. Elucidation time. :) Dar Williams was a senior at Wesleyan University when Valerie Nozick and I were frosh. She was a theater major, and most of the theater majors ended up writing an honors thesis, which usually involved a public performance of something: if they were concentrating in acting their thesis was the lead role in a play, usually directed as the thesis of someone whose concentration was direction, etc. Dar wrote and directed a play which, if I remember correctly, also involved the acting thesis performances of a few of her friends. I've had a mental block on the name of it - it was called _The Blue _ - Valerie, do you remember what it was? I remember it took place in the 92 Theater (the smaller, but imho cooler theater on campus) and I went to see it, but that's about it. It was a long time ago and I of course had no clue I was witnessing the work of one of my future musical goddesses. If I had, I would've paid attention. :) +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | New Haven, CT USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | | *** TRAJECTORY: the Veda Hille mailing list *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 12:33:10 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re Various Hi! A few replies to a few things before I disappear into the wilds of Maine for a week (with my parents. Aieeee! They bought a Discman with a car kit for their car, so at least I know there will be good music on the way up - I'm going to force them to submit to my musical will, henh. ;). First, I thought I'd pass along an interesting URL for the Susan McKeown fans among us (scroll down a few screens once you get there to get to the salient bit): Strange to see a familiar name in such a big-time Internet setting! Neile proposed: >--Below it, add a Personal pantheon list with links to all the artists >people have mentioned so far, including after the name a link to the >commentators guide entries for the people who mentioned them (I will >request permission from those people who have not already granted me >blanket permission to quote from them for the Guide) >How does this sound? I think that's a good idea. Maybe at some point there can be a tally of the artists with the most overlap, and then we can discuss adding them to the actual "goddess" list. Jeffy responded: >> Ingrid Karklins--Another totally unique artist, I can't really conjure >> up a comparison. > >Uhhhh..."Laurie Anderson if she'd been born in Latvia" has always been >sufficiently descriptive and accurate for those to whom I've made >the comment... I prefer the even more descriptive "Laurie Anderson if she fell down a manhole in Riga", but the sentiment is the same. ;) Also from the keyboard of Mr. Burka: >Just remember, meth, that some of us *love* TRS. It *is* a good album, and I >might have to rank it higher than _Lionheart_. I do remember that some of you love it, but that doesn't mean I understand why. :) I have to rank _Lionheart_ above it because when I listen to _Lionheart_ I don't skip over anything. When I listen to _TRS_ (which isn't often, but then again I don't listen to KaTe much at all these days) I skip over half of the tracks on it. Vickie posted re Lucia Pamela: >Neile, if >you want to put this in the Guide, you're >welcome to, if only to warn people away (or >at least not to pay full price). Ah, but isn't it "The Ectophiles' Guide to GOOD Music"? :) Doesn't sound like Ms. Pamela fits that bill in the least. >I haven't heard Veda Hille As much as I'd love to be in Chicago for KaTemas this year, I'll be here (seeing Veda, actually :), so I'd like to request that if anyone who is planning to attend KaTemas at Vickie&Chris' place owns any of Veda's CDs, *please* bring them so Vickie can fill in this gaping hole in her musical knowledge! I really think you're missing out, Vickie, and I don't want you to. If you don't at least like her music (if not fall head-over-heels in love with it), I'll, um, I'll do something. :} Be really surprised. Yeah, that's it. Holly (Holly!!!! It's good to see that you're still around - crawled into any boxes lately? ;) posted: >Anybody else got Laura Love in their Pantheon? That's an interesting question. I don't, though she's on my list of lesser deities. Though if I had a pantheon of performers whom I would drive any distance to see play live, she'd be near the top of the list. Her studio albums are okay (and _Pangaea_ is one of my favorite discs ever), but live she's just an amazing powerhouse of energy. I can't wait to see her next weekend at Falcon Ridge (the Saturday night lineup goes like this: Laura Love, Greg Brown (a.k.a. meth's dinner break :), The Nields, and Dar Williams - yow!!!). Andrew commented: >Well that only goes to show how often when we talk about music we really talk >about ourselves. Amen. Isn't that it, really? Why do you like something? Because *you* like it. Because it touches some chord within you, that either relates back to some specific life experience of yours or because it just makes you happy. What *you* like is an innately personal thing. You may like something that others like, but chances are it's for reasons that are unique to you. This is, I think, the reason why people tend to have such defensive reactions whenever they hear/read negative comments about something they really like. (Reference the incessant Tori bashing on love-hounds: the cycle never ends over there, because people just can't leave well enough alone.) The kneejerk response in the mind is "if you don't like something that I love and that really means a lot to me, then you must have a problem with *me*." Usually that's a completely silly notion, but that usually doesn't stop people from jumping in to defend the honor of their favorite musician or whatever. It's basic human nature. The Net just wouldn't be the same without it. :) dmw added: >there's lots that i love about "under...," don't get me wrong, but i think >in several ways it's a lesser work than either "earthquakes" or "pele." >this may open a hideous can of worms, but i'm sorta intrigued that the >first round of posters on this topic seem, implicitly, to agree. I do agree. I think _UtP_ is a nice collection of songs, but they don't add up to a cohesive whole. With her other albums (including the latest one) when I'm done I get the feeling of a journey completed. At the end of _UtP_ I get the feeling that the CD just stopped spinning. (Speaking of which, anybody else take special note of the burial of the Romanovs (including Anastasia) the other day? Wonder what Tori had to say about that ... I'm sure she must have said *something*.) Neile forwarded: >>Perhaps you've heard about the >>KATE BUSH TRIBUTE CD: I WANNA BE KATE? >>It just arrived! It's in stock. Finally! Has anyone gotten this? What's it like? (I don't know if I want it, truth be told. For a compilation of Chicago-area artists doing KaTe songs to not include Mila Drumke's "Under The Ivy" is criminal, in my book.) Melissa wondered: >I read somewhere that Ani Difranco will be on Vh1's hardrock live cafe. >Does anyone know when? According to the Hard Rock Live website , Ani will be on with Soul Asylum (!) on August 28. Whee! Here's some other notable performances coming up: > July 17 > Third Eye Blind / Natalie Imbruglia > > July 24 > YES / Moody Blues > > August 7 > Ben Folds Five / Squeeze > > August 21 > the Pretenders > (R) > > August 28 > Soul Asylum / Ani DiFranco > > October 9 > Trisha Yearwood / The Mavericks Finally, Vickie passed along: >KXCI-FM Music Mix Playlist - Jim Foley >Tuesday, July 7, 1998 - 15:00 - 18:00 MST Does anyone know the frequency of this station? Since lately every time I go out of town I come back to find that something approaching nastiness has happened around here, I'm going to politely request that y'all behave yourselves while I'm gone. :) +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | New Haven, CT USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | | *** TRAJECTORY: the Veda Hille mailing list *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 11:16:54 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Martha & The Muffins / M+M News >Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 23:52:53 -0400 >From: Ken Hamilton >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: Gleb Zverev , Ken Hamilton , > Steve Turner , > "bronaugh@chass.utoronto.ca" , > Jay Novello , Neile Graham , > Rob McIntyre , Jack , > Michael >Subject: my last pre-release message > > >Muffins Members!!! > >I will be away for a week and will not respond to email >or update my pages until I return. I called my local >HMV (in Harvard Square) which has a special order desk. >Then Again did not show up on their computer. > >The latest news is this item dredged up by HotBot: > >(from http://www.newworldcds.com/newrelea.htm) > >/////// > Martha and the Muffins / M+M - Then Again a retro-spective > A hits retrospective collection with a look to the future. > Then Again brings together every Martha & The Muffins hit > with every M+M hit for the first time on CD. 18 tracks, all > digitally remastered and closing with Resurrection a very > fitting title gives the listener a taste of what Mark and > Martha Gaines [sic!] have been up to lately. Recorded merely > weeks ago, this is the first M+M track to be released in six > years. (EMI Music Canada E21Y 96001) 12.99 US. >//////// > >Some news but not much. Please, if anyone is lucky enough >to have one in their hands this week, send info to the list >by replying to the distribution list above. Items of >interest include: > >track listing >lyrics to "Resurrection" >any press info you might see, reviews, etc. > >If you could email me a scan of the CD cover, I could post >it on my M+M homepage. > >I still have not heard from the great ones. Maybe they are >in training for their new world tour. :-) (I only wish >I wasn't joking!) > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Neile Graham ..... http://www.sff.net/people/neile ..... neile@sff.net The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music .... http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 14:26:05 From: Melissa Barberer Subject: connection of Phil Thornalley to Ednaswap I am kind of curious/puzzled on the connection of Phil Thornalley to Ednaswap. Ednaswap was the originally band that did the song "Torn". I tried to find more info on Phil Thornalley on the web. I found out alot of things about him except for that. I found out he was in the Cure and played bass for a short time. He has also produced for alot of bands. And I even saw that he had an album out in the 80's called Swamp. In a Spin article I have it says he is the Bass player for Ednaswap. In the album from '97 he is not listed as the bass player but Paul Bushnell is. His name is listed along with a few of the other band members as writing the song. I am guessing he produced their first album and he likes to cowrite. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 11:39:13 +1000 From: Sherlyn Koo Subject: Announcing deep-blue, the Peter Mulvey mailing list Hi everyone, I'm pleased to announce the creation of deep-blue, a mailing list devoted to discussion of the music of Eastern Front recording artist Peter Mulvey. To subscribe to deep-blue, send the following command in the body of an email message to majordomo@smoe.org: subscribe deep-blue (replace "" with your real address, minus the quotes and brackets) Or for the digest version, send the following command instead: subscribe deep-blue-digest For more information, send this command to majordomo@smoe.org: info deep-blue Deep-blue is owned by myself (Sherlyn Koo, sherlyn@fl.net.au). Thanks to Kerry Bernard and Young/Hunter Management. Thanks also to Jeff Wasilko and smoe.org (as always!). Please feel free to pass this message on to anybody you think may be interested. Thanks, sherlyn =-= Sherlyn Koo - sherlyn@fl.net.au =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= a+e=ig "Time has a bad habit of flying - I was sleeping when it passed me by. I was dreaming of what I would wear, when I got there..." - The Waifs ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 15:17:53 -0400 From: "Jeffrey C. Burka" Subject: Re: Our Pantheon Tim Finney wrote: > Marillion - Slightly non-ecto (although if Peter Gabriel can get in...), > but this eighties/nineties progressive rock group (in both incarnations) > has IMHO made some of the most emotionally affecting music ever. Don't worry, marrillion has been mentioned here countless times in the last seven years. I suppose one of these days I'll have to get one of their more recent albums. I loved everything through _Clutching at Straws_, and found _Season's End_ to be so utterly dull that I stopped buying their stuff altogether. (I did buy the first two Fish solo albums, but never bothered with the disc of covers; has Dick released anything else since then?) (fyi, for those keeping tabs, half of Big Country made up a chunk of the band on the first Fish solo album, and Capercaille (which gets a lot more ecto mention than Big Country) played on a couple of tracks on the second...an album which features one of the two or so examples of a sampled uillean pipe) jeff ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 13:05:58 -0800 From: Michael Pearce Subject: Happy Rhodes Mousepads Well, I'd buy one at the concert just as a souvenir, but I would never use it. I have been hooked on the 3M Precise Mousing Surface since I discovered it. It's a thin 2mm piece of plastic shaped like an artist's palette (mimicing the natural hand movement area while mousing) embedded with thousands of tiny pyramid points to grip the ball, while keeping it above hand oil, dust, etc. which brushes easily off. (This is not an advert, althoug it sounds like one.) I would love to see the Happypads printed on _this_ material. Everyone who got it would use it forever. I have found most printed mousepads had too slick a surface to really be any good. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 18:05:30 -0400 From: frater tot Subject: jenifer smith >Happy Rhodes >Proof >Many Worlds Are Born Tonight >Samson > Dark rock, samples, odd moody 15 octave female vocal. This new record > differs from previous Rhodesiana in having few lyrics, repeated mantralike, > somewhat like Jenifer Smith's record of last year. i can see why the kcxi guy would draw this comparison. in fact, oddly enough for a non-lyrics person, i picked up on the lyrical sparsity on _many worlds are born tonight_. i guess i don't notice the words as much as the sound of the words, so the repetition did register with me. not sure what i think of it, but i do like lyrical variety more than not. i picked up jenifer smith's record (_code mesa_) a few weeks ago. musically quite sparse, mostly synths with some atmospheric electric guitar sprinkled over the top and the occasional beatbox. jenifer smith's voice is mesmerising and chant-like, emphasized by lots of reverb and repetition. minimalistic, in a sense i guess. i think it's more interesting than intriguing, but worth the listens. woj n.p. nick harper -- smithereens ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 15:26:25 -0700 (PDT) From: charley darbo Subject: Re: Our Pantheon - ---Tim Finney wrote: > > > Stina Nordenstam - How come no-one knows how brilliant Stina is? After > releasing two excellent jazz/folk/pop albums worthy alone of a place in the > pantheon, she then released what has to be one of the most interesting and > awe-inspiring albums of the nineties in Dynamite. A totally original > creative spirit. According to some of the recently floated definitions of goddesshood, Stina would definitely be one of mine. _Dynamite_ was one of my favorite albums of that year, and _Searching_for_a_Color_ is one of my favorit albums ever. _The_Photographer's_Wife_ is a brilliant little gem. I nearly squealed out loud when I heard "Little Star" in _Romeo_+_Juliet_; I still thought I was about the only person who'd ever heard of her. She's the creative offspring of Rickie Lee Jones, Thelonius Monk, Bjork Gudmundsdottir, and Blossom Dearie. - --charley _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 19:32:58 EDT From: ABershaw@aol.com Subject: Thanks Ecto!/Joy Eden Harrison New Album info Hi all, First, I'd like to thank the Ectophiles that replied to my inquiry about The Henrys. Thanks to you all, I did find the info I wanted & discovered some more great Mary Margaret O'hara music in the process. I also wrote their website email address & was amazed when their guitarist/leader Don Rooke personally replied. He was extremely helpful & not only hooked me up with the 2nd Henry's CD "Chasing Grace" (which was why I was writing), but also sent me an advance of their yet to be released 3rd CD, which contains some of the most incredible Mary Margaret O'Hara material yet! There's a long MMO track called "Goddess Of Maya (Comes In A Crate)" that is phenomenal! This new CD will be called "Desert Cure" & hopefully will be out later this year. They are continuing to have distribution problems unfortunately. Any fans of MMO should track down The Henrys albums for her material alone, but everything these guys have recorded is wonderful, IMO. They're also pretty damn funny guys as their website shows (see old mailing list entries on the site). If others are interested, with Ecto's help, I found The Henrys site & an unofficial MMO site while there. Heres the URLs if interested: Henrys-> http://www.irus.rri.on.ca/~henry/ MMO-> http://www.progressive-systems.com/~bilbo/M2OH.html Thanks for all your help on this! Not only did I discover a band I'm totally enamored with, I got another full MMO album between the 13 tracks she has scattered amongst their albums. :-) Also,I know we have several fans of Joy Eden Harrison here & I just spoke to Cindy Lee Berryhill, who's producing her new album. Things are going very well & everyone is pretty excited about this project, especially me! For musicians, Joy's primarily using her regular pianist John Erickson & drummer Jeff Dalrymple, but they are augmented by Garage Orchestra bassist Chris Davies & a 3 piece string section including G.O. cellist Renatta Bratt. Joy mentioned trying to have a small run of "advance CDs" available toward the end of next month, to coincide with a Living Room Tour she'll be embarking on with Lisa Sanders in late August. Alan NP: Five Leaves Left-Nick Drake (Hadn't listened to this in many years. I find Ecto-discussions highly influencing my playlist lately!) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 17:35:33 -0700 From: deanorez@juno.com (G Perez) Subject: Upcoming on KCRW Upcoming live interview/performances on KCRW 89.9FM's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" with Nic Harcourt (all times Pacific): 7/20 - Nina Hagen 11:00AM 7/21 - Lisa Germano 11:00AM 7/22 - Phil Jones 11:00AM 7/23 - Patty Griffin 11:00AM 7/24 - Sean Lennon 11:00AM Also in the coming weeks: Gillian Welch, Adam Cohen, Sinead Lohan*, Patti Smith*, Eagle-Eye Cherry*, Wilco*, Tori Amos*, and Drugstore*. * Tentatively scheduled KCRW broadcasts out of Santa Monica, CA but you can tune in live online at . RealAudio. ___ 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: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 19:52:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Michael Curry Subject: Re: Boys For Pele On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Andrew Fries wrote: > > I agree that _LE_ was an emotional powerhouse, but it pales in comparison > > to _BfP_ when it comes to that, IMNSHO. _LE_ will always have a special > > place in my heart, but now, 6+ years later it doesn't pack the wallop that > > I'm sure _BfP_ will 20 years down the line. I don't have to be in a > > special frame of mind to listen to _LE_, but I do with _BfP_ - sometimes a > > misplaced listen to that disc has messed me up for days. > > Well that only goes to show how often when we talk about music we really > talk about ourselves. For me, everything you said in that paragraph > would hold true once we reverse positions of "BfP" with "LE" ... I thought that also when I first read Meredith's comments... I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one. :) For me _Little Earthquakes_ will always be the seminal Tori album, both for it's emotional directness and the relative simplicity of the "girl & piano" format. Most of the songs on _BfP_ do move me (and I do think that overall it's a great album), but at times I think the musical experimentation overshadows the emotional content of the lyrics. I suppose that overall when it comes to music I tend to be of the "less is more" mindset and my preference for _LE_ is a reflection of that. Oh, and I'm in agreement with those who rank _Under the Pink_ as the least of Tori's albums. Make no mistake, I do love it, but I don't think it measures up to the other three albums... maybe because it's the only one that didn't have some powerful emotional trauma as the catalyst for its creation. Mike np: Sarah Slean -- Universe nr: Nightseer by Laurell K. Hamilton | Michael Curry / mcurry@io.com / mcurry@smoe.org | | http://www.io.com/~mcurry | | Am I bitter? Do I sound bitter? -- Veda Hille | ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 19:14:45 -0400 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Happy Rhodes Mousepads Michael Pearce wrote: > > Well, I'd buy one at the concert just as a souvenir, but I would never use > it. I have been hooked on the 3M Precise Mousing Surface since I discovered > it. It's a thin 2mm piece of plastic shaped like an artist's palette > (mimicing the natural hand movement area while mousing) embedded with > thousands of tiny pyramid points to grip the ball, while keeping it above > hand oil, dust, etc. which brushes easily off. (This is not an advert, > althoug it sounds like one.) Agreed! They're quite wonderful. I wish I could find them around here... > I would love to see the Happypads printed on _this_ material. Everyone who > got it would use it forever. I have found most printed mousepads had too > slick a surface to really be any good. Ooh, yeah, now that would be both distinctive and useful! Most people that I showed the mousing surface to (it's yet another thing that I lost in the move from Texas) flipped for it. Having Happy on one of those would be a great promotion. - -- - ---------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: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 20:17:08 -0800 From: Michael Pearce Subject: Re: New Releases July 14 Riphug@aol.com writes, > Plus.... *MUDHONEY, BUFFALO TOM, MARTIN MULL, Martin Mull is recording again? This is wonderful. His albums were among my favorites back in the early '70s. Hilarious stuff. "2001 Polka," "Duet For Piano & Janitor," "Miami," "In The Eyes Of My Dog, I'm A Man..." Michael ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 20:26:56 -0800 From: Michael Pearce Subject: Still no updated Samson site What is going on over there? Not even a splash page to tell us that they WILL be updating this year-old info. Sure, I am happy that they left McKinley up all this time, but bit rot is beginning to set in. Not word one about Happy. Is there another address besides www.samsonmusic.com? Michael ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 21:25:04 -0700 (PDT) From: charley darbo Subject: Re: Happy Rhodes Mousepads - ---Joseph Zitt wrote: > > Michael Pearce wrote: > >. . . I have been hooked on the 3M Precise Mousing Surface since I discovered > > it. . . . > > I would love to see the Happypads printed on _this_ material. > . . . . . > Ooh, yeah, now that would be both distinctive and useful! . . . Having Happy on one of those > would be a great promotion. Still a bit too esoteric to have as much use promotionally, I'd say, than a more widely recognized item like a 'conventional'(!) mousepad. And this is not just because I'm partners in a company that sells 'conventional'(!) mousepads. Well, not _just_ because. But I can also tell you that if the mousepad seems too slick and you lose traction, it's almost certainly because your mouse needs cleaning. I've tried the 3M thing, and it's great; it allows you to go longer between mouse-degunkings. But with a clean mouse, the hard, slick surface of the type Apple recommends still performs the best. In my humble, profit-motivated opinion. Anyway, I'd think the 3M stuff would probably be way too expensive to use as a giveaway. - --charley n.p. !B!E!A!S!T!I!E!!!B!O!Y!S!--_Hello_Nasty_--There are few things that make me as happy as the Beastie Boys: Victoria Williams's "Why, Look at That Moon," L7's "Riding with a Movie Star," Diamanda Galas's "Do You Take This Man?" Jane Siberry's "Everything Reminds Me of My Dog," Holly Cole's "Slow Boat to China," David Bowie's "Scary Monsters, Super Creeps," Rose Murphy, _Raising_Arizona_, and sex. n.r. Knut Hamsun: _Hunger_ I thought this was going to be a really hard slog--an 1890 novel by a Norwegian Nobel Prize-winner, narrated by a madman who feels compelled to starve himself--but I cannot put it down. An amazing book: the world as seen by an insane man who's slowly torturing himself to death, yet somehow one of the most affirming, joyful depictions of life as a human that I've ever encountered. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V4 #236 **************************