From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V4 #337 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, September 21 1998 Volume 04 : Number 337 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Re: tori on leno [Richard Holmes ] Y KANT TORI READ [FAMarcus@aol.com] Re: Y KANT TORI READ [Faerymouse@aol.com] Libby Roderick [00jnweiser@bsuvc.bsu.edu] Happy "Tour" '98 ["Drew Harrington" ] Fresh from the Egg ["Aaron M. Brown" ] re: Holly McNarland ["J." Wermont ] Re: Fresh from the Egg [JavaHo@aol.com] HAPPY AT THE PAINTED BRIDE [FAMarcus@aol.com] Snowpony, Over the Rhine [Paul Blair ] Re: EVE hints [Ted & Debbie ] Love is a Battlefield [Sherlyn Koo ] some people that just don't get enough credit around here [queen of carro] Re: Happy "Tour" '98 ["Neil K. Guy" ] Re: some people that just don't get enough credit around here [Valerie Kr] NYC Prime CD concert [Carolyn Andre ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 03:00:05 -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********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************** Joe Zitt (jzitt@humansystems.com) ******************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joe Zitt Sat September 20 1958 Will Hack for CDs Ani DiFranco Wed September 23 1970 Virgo Paul Kim Sat October 01 1977 fetal position William Gill Wed October 05 1960 A wide-eyed wanderer Dan Riley Sun October 08 1961 Libra Neile Graham Wed October 08 1958 pen Quenby M. Chunco Tue October 08 1968 Crunchy Frog Mike Garland Wed October 08 1952 Creature_of_the_Night Irvin Lin Tue October 09 1973 Libra Michael C. Berch Wed October 10 1956 No parking Chris Gagnon Sat October 10 1970 Libra Wolfgang Drotschmann Thu October 13 1966 Waage Gracescape Fri October 13 1967 unbalanced Brian Bloom Tue October 14 1969 spam Erik N. Johnson Tue October 16 1962 Handle with Care Kim Klouda Tue October 17 1967 Libra Anthony Amato Sat October 20 1973 Libra - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 00:04:38 -0700 From: Richard Holmes Subject: Re: tori on leno On Fri, 17 Sep 1998, Eponine writes: > I would also like to take this opportunity to say to all Toriphiles > that, upon reflection, I feel that I slammed 'Boys for Pele' way too > hard the other day. I did say that there were gems on the album > (although no one who responded noticed that!), but I need to > ammend/clarify my comments. I believe that my all-time favorite Tori > Amos song is "Putting the Damage On", so I can't really hate BFP all > that much!! Plus, I love "Hey Jupiter", "Marianne", "Doughnut Song", > "Caught a Lite Sneeze" and "Horses". It's just that, for some reason, > when I think of BFP I think of Tori squawking like a chicken on "Blood > Roses" - a song I otherwise like except for the squawking!! That is > always what I think of when I think of BFP. It's just one of those > things: I don't WANT to dwell on that, but there it is! It just pops > up in my head. So let's just say that, for me, it's an uneven work. > By Tori Amos standards. By regular artist standards it woudl be > great!! It's funny: I remember when it came out, Rolling Stone gave > it 2 1/2 out of 5 stars. Spin gave it 9 out of 10 points. So, ya > know, it's like anchovies, as Tori herself has said. Hi Eponine. I too enjoy "Caught a Lite Sneeze", "Hey Jupiter". I also like the "Mr. Zebra" song because it seems, for some reason, to remind me of some sort of shamanic transformation. Or something. And its a bit silly (I can deal with silly). "Blood Roses" is a difficult song - I didn't immediately like it. But find it now one of the most moving and evocative. Especially after knowing it is related to Alice Walker's "Posessing the Secret of Joy", it is just very moving - reminds me of the main character up in her room painting larger and larger roosters, being obsessed, drawing them on the wall as she is remembering when they performed the clitoridectomy that killed her sister (? trouble remembering plot here, it's been a while), and the person who performed it is tossing the result to the pecking chickens / roosters casually and they scramble for the leftovers like a tasty treat. The suppressed memory surfacing. I don't know if it would have the same effect reading the book *after* hearing the song, but it is certainly one song I don't play all the time - too emotionally devastating. But certainly a song which has a profound effect on me. The Choirgirl Hotel, OTOH, hasn't hit me yet - there are songs on "Y Kant Tori Read" that I like better ("Etienne Trilogy", "Floating City"). Bye for now. - -Richard. @ \@/ Richard A. Holmes (rholmes@ccrma.stanford.edu) @ | @ \|/ "O dark expansive sea of night, @ | Tapestry of stars and solitude, @ , , | , , Crashing waves of chaos, Deep void of becoming, @ ' ' ' ' ' Radiant blackness, all-enfolding, @ Constant well of creation, @ Bestow you dark gifts and silver sparks @ On your parched and thirsty child. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 10:17:48 EDT From: FAMarcus@aol.com Subject: Y KANT TORI READ In a message dated 9/20/98 3:08:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, rholmes@ccrma.Stanford.EDU writes: << The Choirgirl Hotel, OTOH, hasn't hit me yet - there are songs on "Y Kant Tori Read" that I like better ("Etienne Trilogy", "Floating City"). >> Well I agree with you here. I never understood Tori's hatred for this album. As long as you can accept that Pat Benatar and Quaterflash were enjoyable, then this album is valid. It was a bad time in her life that she associates with that album I guess. And is it only me that feels her sound on the new album has gotten closer to the sound in that first album? I told a story here once of Tori singing half of COOL ON YOUR ISLAND in response to what someone in the audience said. I liked that cut also. Tori has proven with this tour and her past albums that she can be a lot of things. I think maybe she is starting to embrace her diversity. I know I always have................ fred ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 11:58:28 EDT From: Faerymouse@aol.com Subject: Re: Y KANT TORI READ In a message dated 9/20/98 7:21:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, FAMarcus@aol.com writes: > << The Choirgirl Hotel, OTOH, hasn't hit me yet - there are songs on "Y Kant > Tori Read" that I like better ("Etienne Trilogy", "Floating City"). >> > > > Well I agree with you here. I never understood Tori's hatred for this album. > > As long as you can accept that Pat Benatar and Quaterflash were enjoyable, > then this album is valid. It was a bad time in her life that she associates > with that album I guess. And is it only me that feels her sound on the new > album has gotten closer to the sound in that first album? Personally I love YKTR...yeah, it's somewhat cheesey in parts (ok, a lot of parts..."Pirates, yeah!" ?? What was she thinking...) But I love Cool On Your Island, Etienne (which is really beautiful) Fire On The Side and some others. I also love the new album, and after seeing her in concert this tour you can tell she really loves to rock out. : ) BTW, my favorite off the new album would have to be Hotel...I also love She's Your Cocaine and Raspberry Swirl...speaking of which, that is one fucked up video! Love Siobhan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 11:23:28 -0500 (EST) From: 00jnweiser@bsuvc.bsu.edu Subject: Libby Roderick Has anyone heard Libby Roderick's stuff? She's a folk singer from Alaska and apparently pretty good. Her new cd is "Lay it all down" and apparently is getting radio airplay. Just wondering if anyone has heard her stuff... jessica n. weiser - http://adam.nettfriends.com/Jess "what has happened" - my 5 song EP available now through the website! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 10:42:21 -0700 From: "Drew Harrington" Subject: Happy "Tour" '98 Okay kids, I have a deliemma. I live in the SF bay area, and I very much want to see Happy perform. Am I going to have to travel as far east as Philly or NY to do that? Anyone have any firm reason to believe that there will be more "tour" dates? Maybe something farther west? Now is a really bad time (financially) for me to be travelling that far to see a show.... 8-( But then again, if she's not coming anywhere near here, maybe now is the time to start making those arrangements... Drew (Who is very unhappy with the liberal use of the word "tour" in this context. :-) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 13:31:25 -0500 From: "Aaron M. Brown" Subject: Fresh from the Egg Hello Ectophiles, I'm a newcomer to the list. I've been aware of Ms. Rhodes for several years, and I must say the new disc is very inspiring (it must be, here I am). I'll keep this terse--I don't want to stick my neck out just yet! By way of continued introduction: if any of you enjoy esoteric digital/traditional media artwork, the address of my cyberhacienda is below. Pax, A. Aaron M. Brown http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~ambrown ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 12:14:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "J." Wermont Subject: re: Holly McNarland Neile wrote: > Anyway, she's Canadian, and has one other full-length recording, > _Stuff_. Look for the cover with the dog butt on it. It's not quite > as perfect as the EP, but is still pretty damn good. It should be > pretty widely available. I see it all over. In keeping with the tradition of diversity of opinion here, I feel the opposite of Neile regarding the full CD and the EP - I like the CD a lot but didn't like the EP very much at all. I wish I could be more specific about what I didn't like about the EP, but I haven't listened to it for a while, so I can't remember. It just didn't grab me. The CD "Stuff," however, has a lot of good songs on it. Not my favorite album in the long run, but I listened to it fairly often when I first got it, and still find it enjoyable sometimes. Her singing style is in a similar vein as Alanis, Meredith Brooks, and (sometimes) Chantal Kreviazuk. Joyce ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 15:29:38 EDT From: JavaHo@aol.com Subject: Re: Fresh from the Egg Aaron steps forward: << By way of continued introduction: if any of you enjoy esoteric digital/traditional media artwork, the address of my cyberhacienda is below. >> First, I'll urge other ectophiles to check it out. Very cool. Quite an interesting life...:) I won't give away any more than that. Second, welcome aboard. Third, Woo Hoo!!!! Another Kansan! I'm in the Lenexa-ish area. Let me know if you're headed eastward to the metropolis that is KC. It would be such a breath of fresh air to have a real live ecto chat. Jave np...nada. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 15:30:59 EDT From: FAMarcus@aol.com Subject: HAPPY AT THE PAINTED BRIDE Someone asked for the phone number of the Painted Bride in Philly a while back and I do not recall anyone posting it so here it is: 1-215-925-9914 The show is on Sunday October the 11th begins at 7:30 Box office opens at 6:30 It is general admission and is located at 230 vine st. seating is limited to 300. I believe I was told by Helen Leicht that it was a WXPN sponsered event even though they have done nothing to promote the cd. Ironic that. fred i'm now listening to the sound my pc makes........oh wait i hear an airplane........is that a bird???? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 17:46:23 -0400 From: Paul Blair Subject: Snowpony, Over the Rhine Last night I decided I had to do something to get the Cowboy Junkies' "Summer of Discontent" out of my head (I've been playing it over and over, and over...) and saw that Snowpony was playing at the Mercury Lounge. Based on the discussion on the list, I decided to go investigate. I got there just as some band whose name I never learned was finishing up. Wish I'd found out, since I want to make sure never to hear them again. Basically a bunch of posturing boys shouting angrily and acting as if making lots of noise with guitars is just so cool. They also got the award for most amplified band of the evening. Next up was Granddaddy, a band from central California. These fellows weren't awful, but there wasn't much originality to them and the lead vocalist was incredibly weak. Not worth going out of your way for. Finally, Snowpony came on about an hour and a half late. Frankly, I was bored enough that I left in the middle of the fourth song. However, I believe I caught sight of Don Keller up in front and it might be worth getting a second opinion from him. I actually can't remember a thing about what I heard, except that the lyrics (or what I could make out of them) seemed to bear no relation whatever to the music. So... I wen't back home and played the Cowboy Junkies a few more times before going to sleep. To Mike's question about new stuff from Over the Rhine: At the concert Friday they were saying things like "We have a CD" and "Buy our CD," and there was only one CD for sale by them at the concession stand--I didn't get the title, because I didn't plan on buying it right away. So if you already know of one CD by them, that's probably it. Cheers, Paul ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 18:24:16 -0400 From: Ted & Debbie Subject: Re: EVE hints Okay, I'm really slack and late with this, but just in case anyone wants to know. . . There's actually a numbered hint list in a file on the cd of Peter Gabriel's EVE. Just search the disk and you'll see it. It was pretty instrumental in me being able to finish the game (and the ending is pretty nifty). The enclosed book probably mentions the hint file too. My copy is packed away somewhere or I'd have the exact filename for you. That darn Ted, packing to head to Waycross, GA for PogoFest. n.p. Martin Simpson, Leaves of Life n.r. Barb Sher's "It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 11:19:32 +1000 (EST) From: Sherlyn Koo Subject: Love is a Battlefield Hey folks, Fred said: > As long as you can accept that Pat Benatar and Quaterflash were enjoyable, I'm going to take Fred's mention of Pat Benatar and run it in a completely different direction... Last night I went to see "Small Soldiers", which I found pretty enjoyable - it was funny, the CGI was excellent, and the cast list was highly impressive (they had the members of Spinal Tap and the Dirty Dozen, as well as Sarah Michelle Gellar and Christina Ricci doing voices, for example). The music was also excellent. I really really want to get my hands on that Queen Latifah remix of Pat Benatar's "Love is a Battlefield", one of my favourite songs ever. Does anyone know if I'm going to have to buy the "Small Soldiers" soundtrack to have this, or is it available anywhere else? Whooee... :) sherlyn =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= a+e=ig Sherlyn Koo - sherlyn@fl.net.au [Sydney, Australia] "Well I've taken to talking to myself, And I don't even get it..." - Patty Larkin ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:33:08 -0400 (EDT) From: queen of carrot flowers Subject: some people that just don't get enough credit around here Hey gang! I've been looking over my record collection and hitting the used stores lately, and wanted to bring up some little-known singer/songwriters that just don't get enough mention around here. They seem to fit the ecto thumbnail, and since no one talks about them all that much, I figure I might as well start talkin' 'em up. Actually, come to think of it, I have seen some mention of Lucinda Williams in these here parts of late. Given my notorious love of Syd Straw's music, no one will be all that surprised that Lu's latest album has taken up residence in my stereo of late. Like Straw, Williams has a similar rootsy musical worldview, but where Syd's ambitious songs fly through the air propelled by the influence of both Henry Cow and Patsy Cline, Lucinda's four-on-the-floor country rockers are happy to chug forward, hugging the road with their rhythmic melodies and writerly lyrics. (Did that even make sense? Egads!) Lucinda's latest album has been hotly anticipated and could well be saddled with the sticker Straw's solo debut carried nearly a decade ago (cf., "Years in the making"), and the extensive production and overdubs has had many wondering if _Car Wheels on a Gravel Road_ would indeed be worth the wait. Lo and behold, this release has the makings of one of the best albums to come out this year. Each song is solid, well-written, well-recorded and well-executed, the pacing is spot on, and the production isn't as bad as something with this reputation could be. And while Williams doesn't have a technically amazing voice -- it's a bit thin and nasally in parts -- the passion she imbues within it cuts you in two. Her presence, man, she really brings you into the out-of-the-way places she sings about and makes you feel the sun against your back and the cool of the shade. A veritable Carson McCullers of rock. I think Ulali got mentioned in these here parts a few months ago, but in the two times I've caught the movie _Smoke Signals_, I've been struck by how well their powerful acapella suite was used over the closing credits. Though I'll be receiving a review copy of this any day now, I'm curious -- how's the rest of their stuff? I finally got a copy of Amy Rigby's solo debut, _Diary of a Mod Housewife_, this weekend (for a mere $4, no less), and was impressed. When I saw her play CMJ with Rachael Sage and Brenda Kahn last year, I found her music and onstage persona charming, but somehow never got around to buying her record until now. The songs, which are obviously more instrumentally fleshed-out than at the solo acoustic show, ring with hook and melody and plumb the depths of being both a wife and mother who isn't ready to give up such youthful amusements as rock and roll. I want to listen to it some more before I give a full review, but I like the way she's rewriting the storybook of aging gracefully in rock and how that experience is different for some women. I also like the album on its musical merits, which I would recommend to fans of Peter Holsapple and the dBs. A few weeks ago I found a copy of Mae Moore's first album (?), _Bohemia_. I saw her open for the Barenaked Ladies a few years ago, and like her music, which is good to listen to after class when you just wanna chill out and decompress. However, it seems like she's not recording in the US any more, and that she did some Lilith dates this year. What's she been up to, anywhoo? Aside from those, I'm going to try and rustle me up a copy of the new Pee Shy album. Their last elpee I picked up on the basis of their association with indie dreamboat Dean Wareham, but was nonplussed with their twee style. However, I have a tape of some of the tracks off the new one, _Don't Get Too Comfortable_, and I think it's far preferable to _Who Let All The Monkeys Out?_ -- there's been some maturation in the PS camp, I think, and some interesting new musical ideas. Okay, that's it for this monster post...I'm gonna shut up now, I swear... - ---- Chelsea, the mod pixie home: away: tugboat@channel1.com odyshape@hotmail.com "I started out as a missionary, but I couldn't find a religion which didn't promise things to some people at the exclsion of others. The personal voyage into that kind of light shouldn't be denied to anybody." -- Patti Smith ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 20:08:58 -0700 From: "Neil K. Guy" Subject: Re: Happy "Tour" '98 At 10:42 AM -0700 9/20/98, Drew Harrington wrote: > Drew (Who is very unhappy with the liberal use of the word "tour" in this > context. :-) Tourette syndrome maybe? - Neil K. - -- t e l a computer consulting + design * Vancouver, BC, Canada phone: (604) 254-1002 * email: tela@tela.bc.ca web: http://www.tela.bc.ca/tela/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 23:57:46 -0400 From: Valerie Kraemer Subject: Re: some people that just don't get enough credit around here This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------373B27725C9FD597A176675A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit queen of carrot flowers wrote: > I think Ulali got mentioned in these here parts a few months ago, but in > the two times I've caught the movie _Smoke Signals_, I've been struck by > how well their powerful acapella suite was used over the closing credits. > Though I'll be receiving a review copy of this any day now, I'm curious -- > how's the rest of their stuff? Funny you should mention Ulali. Someone requested their music on my radio show three days ago after having just seen them live. I was unfamiliar with the group, and I've never been a big fan of Native American music for extended periods of listening, but this was something very different. I listened most of the way through to their CD _Mahk Jchi_. The voices and harmonies were gorgeous and the arrangements quite unique. If someone had played the record for me without my knowing who the group was my first guess might have been Zap Mama. I second your enthusiasm for Lucinda Williams and Amy Rigby. I understand that Amy Rigby has a new CD out this fall? - --Valerie Kraemer - --------------373B27725C9FD597A176675A Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from chmls05.mediaone.net (ne.mediaone.net [24.128.1.70]) by igcb.igc.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA03011 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 19:36:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smoe.org (080020908e73.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.147.247]) by chmls05.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA16794; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:36:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/listq-jane) with SMTP id WAA09715; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:33:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: by smoe.org (bulk_mailer v1.10); Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:33:53 -0400 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/listq-jane) id WAA09706 for ecto-outgoing; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:33:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from user1.channel1.com (root@[199.1.13.9]) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/daemon-mode-relay2) with ESMTP id WAA09701 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:33:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [204.96.32.214] (remote214.channel1.com [204.96.32.214]) by user1.channel1.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA21067 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:33:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:33:08 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender: tugboat@pop.channel1.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: ecto@smoe.org From: queen of carrot flowers Subject: some people that just don't get enough credit around here Sender: owner-ecto@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Hey gang! I've been looking over my record collection and hitting the used stores lately, and wanted to bring up some little-known singer/songwriters that just don't get enough mention around here. They seem to fit the ecto thumbnail, and since no one talks about them all that much, I figure I might as well start talkin' 'em up. Actually, come to think of it, I have seen some mention of Lucinda Williams in these here parts of late. Given my notorious love of Syd Straw's music, no one will be all that surprised that Lu's latest album has taken up residence in my stereo of late. Like Straw, Williams has a similar rootsy musical worldview, but where Syd's ambitious songs fly through the air propelled by the influence of both Henry Cow and Patsy Cline, Lucinda's four-on-the-floor country rockers are happy to chug forward, hugging the road with their rhythmic melodies and writerly lyrics. (Did that even make sense? Egads!) Lucinda's latest album has been hotly anticipated and could well be saddled with the sticker Straw's solo debut carried nearly a decade ago (cf., "Years in the making"), and the extensive production and overdubs has had many wondering if _Car Wheels on a Gravel Road_ would indeed be worth the wait. Lo and behold, this release has the makings of one of the best albums to come out this year. Each song is solid, well-written, well-recorded and well-executed, the pacing is spot on, and the production isn't as bad as something with this reputation could be. And while Williams doesn't have a technically amazing voice -- it's a bit thin and nasally in parts -- the passion she imbues within it cuts you in two. Her presence, man, she really brings you into the out-of-the-way places she sings about and makes you feel the sun against your back and the cool of the shade. A veritable Carson McCullers of rock. I think Ulali got mentioned in these here parts a few months ago, but in the two times I've caught the movie _Smoke Signals_, I've been struck by how well their powerful acapella suite was used over the closing credits. Though I'll be receiving a review copy of this any day now, I'm curious -- how's the rest of their stuff? I finally got a copy of Amy Rigby's solo debut, _Diary of a Mod Housewife_, this weekend (for a mere $4, no less), and was impressed. When I saw her play CMJ with Rachael Sage and Brenda Kahn last year, I found her music and onstage persona charming, but somehow never got around to buying her record until now. The songs, which are obviously more instrumentally fleshed-out than at the solo acoustic show, ring with hook and melody and plumb the depths of being both a wife and mother who isn't ready to give up such youthful amusements as rock and roll. I want to listen to it some more before I give a full review, but I like the way she's rewriting the storybook of aging gracefully in rock and how that experience is different for some women. I also like the album on its musical merits, which I would recommend to fans of Peter Holsapple and the dBs. A few weeks ago I found a copy of Mae Moore's first album (?), _Bohemia_. I saw her open for the Barenaked Ladies a few years ago, and like her music, which is good to listen to after class when you just wanna chill out and decompress. However, it seems like she's not recording in the US any more, and that she did some Lilith dates this year. What's she been up to, anywhoo? Aside from those, I'm going to try and rustle me up a copy of the new Pee Shy album. Their last elpee I picked up on the basis of their association with indie dreamboat Dean Wareham, but was nonplussed with their twee style. However, I have a tape of some of the tracks off the new one, _Don't Get Too Comfortable_, and I think it's far preferable to _Who Let All The Monkeys Out?_ -- there's been some maturation in the PS camp, I think, and some interesting new musical ideas. Okay, that's it for this monster post...I'm gonna shut up now, I swear... - ---- Chelsea, the mod pixie home: away: tugboat@channel1.com odyshape@hotmail.com "I started out as a missionary, but I couldn't find a religion which didn't promise things to some people at the exclsion of others. The personal voyage into that kind of light shouldn't be denied to anybody." -- Patti Smith - --------------373B27725C9FD597A176675A-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 23:11:15 -0500 From: Carolyn Andre Subject: NYC Prime CD concert I'm not sure how many of these folks count as ecto-ish other than Susan, but wanted to pass along that Prime CD is holding a concert at The Bottom Line on Wednesday, October 7 from 7:30-11:30 p.m. for their 10th anniversary. Currently scheduled performers include: 5 Chinese Brothers, Aztec Two-Step, Hugh Blumenfeld, Annie Gallup, Jack Hardy, Margo Hennebach, Christine Lavin, and Susan McKeown. I've heard Annie (combination spoken word/singer songwriter type - with wry humor as well as 'the serious stuff'), Margo Hennebach (combination celtic & singer-songwriter, with a lighter voice than Susan), Christine Lavin (well, if you haven't seen Christine, you need to ), and Susan. more info about the evening is on the Prime website. http://www.primecd.com/ http://www.primecd.com/anniversary.html Regards, Carolyn Andre - ------------------- Chicago, IL / USA | Support Independent Music! Use the Internet candre@enteract.com | Carolyn's House of Music: http://house-of-music.com ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V4 #337 **************************