From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V4 #367 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Thursday, October 15 1998 Volume 04 : Number 367 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Cry Cry Cry and Latest Susan Werner [JavaHo@aol.com] Happy at Philly! [Matthew Levy ] Re: Roy and more sighs of relief :) [Joseph Zitt ] Re: Happy Shows [cspacerage ] RE: Roy and more sighs of relief :) ["Foghorn J Fornorn" ] Re: Cry Cry Cry and Latest Susan Werner [neal copperman ] Re: Cry Cry Cry and Latest Susan Werner [Neile Graham ] Re: NYC show P.S. [samsamiam@juno.com (Sami T.)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 22:30:01 EDT From: JavaHo@aol.com Subject: Re: Cry Cry Cry and Latest Susan Werner << n.r. World of Wonders - Robertson Davies >> Oh my! Roberston Davies is my favourite author. I'm assuming you know that World of Wonders is part of the Depford Trilogy. The other two are Fifth Business and The Manticore (or something like that...I've loaned it to a friend, so this is from memory). I've read it three or four times, and it still stands up as wonderful storytelling. What's Bred in the Bone is also an intricate bit of storytelling. Any other Robertson Davies fans out there? Good evening...Java ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 22:51:37 -0400 From: Matthew Levy Subject: Happy at Philly! I guess I'll step out of my lurker mode and add my 2 cents about Happy's Philly show. It was my first and I thorougly enjoyed it! It's unfortunate that Happy experienced all those vocal mike and video problems, but what came out was still excellent! Hearing a full band, especially live percussion, made it all worthwhile. I hope Happy keeps a similar set-up for her next studio album. My one little gripe about Happy's albums is the artificial percussion in some of the songs. I feel sorry for those poor souls who took seats in the first couple rows. I sat there for Tom Freund's set (who I thought was similar to David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker fame). Not only were they uncomfortable, you had absolutely NO legroom! I moved up to the 2nd elevated row for Happy's set and that was a helluva lot better! Unfortunately I didn't really get to meet other Ectophiles at the show, but I could tell who they were by either the glowsticks or overhearing particular conversations. But I did meet Vickie! Vickie, I was the guy standing in line for my ticket who you asked "Are you an ectophile?" because I happened to look at you. I said I was an ecto-lurker and asked how the dinner at Dinaerdo's was. BTW, thanx for the glowstick! Well, that's it! I heard that because the show was sold-out, there will be another one at the Painted Bride scheduled. Is this true? I hope so, because I'd like to meet other ectophiles at a time when I'm not stressed out with medical school mid-terms! Matt ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 22:27:37 -0400 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Roy and more sighs of relief :) Andrew Fries wrote: > I agree, that's probably how Samson see it. Perhaps they are right - I can't > speak for the public at large. All I can say is that if that was *my* first > exposure, it would probably remain my last. What is the consensus about "Roy" > on our list? Could we have a quick show of hands? My guess is that they chose "Roy" because it's the only track on the CD tha, like so many pop hits, goes "thump thump thump thump". ("Not that there's anything wrong with that...") > But I feel that the importance of having a single is a bit over rated anyway. > There was no single from "Tubular Bells" and it still shifted a couple of > millions of copies... What I'm trying to say is, the single is an utilitarian > format, well suited to pop songs but pretty useless otherwise. And I don't > think Happy would fit comfortably in the "3-minute pop" category :) My memory may be imperfect, but I recall owning a copy of the Tubular Bells 45 when I was in college. It contained the opening excerpt, which also appears on The Exorcist (or was it Exorcist 2? I had and lost both) soundtrack and got heavy pop airplay. - -- - ---------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, 14 Oct 1998 23:43:40 -0400 From: cspacerage Subject: Re: Happy Shows Thanks to those on the list for the show reviews! They're much welcome to those who are too far away and too poor to travel! (I was planning on making the NYC show... which fell on my birthday, a present to myself... with a visit to some friends I haven't seen in a while in that corner of the planet, but finances dictated otherwise. Medical bills are starting to arrive. Send waves of sympathy. More for my pocketbook than for my innards, which are healing, praise God.) I hope she plays in NYC again, or some NJ dates, so I have a double excuse to travel thataways. I'm sure I'll see a show that makes it up to N. New England...but I love NY. I just wanted to grumble! ggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ~!@L. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 23:35:52 -0400 From: "Foghorn J Fornorn" Subject: RE: Roy and more sighs of relief :) Tubular Bells sales were boosted tremendously by its use in the Exorcist movie. The movie tie-in arena is much more crowded today than it was in the '70s when that came out but it does still appear to be a viable marketing ploy. Witness the success of soundtrack albums lately. Perhaps Samson should be trying a little harder to obtain exposure in the L.A. area. Or, any ectophiles in tight with the Hollywood producer/director circuit? I mean, if it would help, I would volunteer to sleep with Jodie Foster, play some tunes for her... but she's probably not up for it, look at all the trouble that other guy caused. :} Whoa, look at the time, gotta go... fog ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 13:36:27 +1000 From: Andrew Fries Subject: Re: frente! In a message "frente!" on 13/Oct/1998 11:58:14 irvin lin says: > hey if there are any FRENTE! fans out there. i ran across a bunch of > old ep/singles of there for dirt cheap. if anyone wants me to pick them > up (they are imports and such) let me know. they were in the $3 range. I seriously recommend you people go and grab them while you can - these early EPs were excellent! Especially if this is "Whirled" we're talking about. What a classic! For 3 bucks, it's a steal. > which of course makes me wonder, what is angie up to again - i know > someone mentioned her and what she was doing, but i wasn't paying > attention. and is simon in any other bands as well? Well, the last comment on Ecto was that Angie appeared on Buffy the Vampire Slayer; the band was called Splendid and featured Petra Haden and Janet Klein. Did I get this right? Any updates, anyone? I also would love to know what Angie is up to... __________________________________________________ There are two rules for ultimate success in life. 1. Never tell everything you know. http://www.zip.com.au/~afries/hall.html __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 22:20:31 -0600 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: Cry Cry Cry and Latest Susan Werner At 10:30 PM -0400 10/14/98, JavaHo@aol.com wrote: ><< n.r. World of Wonders - Robertson Davies >> > >Oh my! Roberston Davies is my favourite author. I'm assuming you know that >World of Wonders is part of the Depford Trilogy. The other two are Fifth >Business and The Manticore (or something like that...I've loaned it to a >friend, so this is from memory). I've read it three or four times, and it >still stands up as wonderful storytelling. What's Bred in the Bone is also an >intricate bit of storytelling. I know Jeff knows this because I know he's been reading the trilogy straight through. Actually, we sort of came to the trilogy as a recomendation from Jonathon Carroll, one of my favorite authors. When I asked him what books to give to someone who already had and loved all of his, he answered Davies Depford Trilogy. He said it was a big influence on his books (the way the different books focus on different characters who may have only a modest part in previous books). I bought the trilogy and gave it to my friend. I don't think she was bowled over. Can't recall. I then didn't get it for myself, but ectophile Brad Hutchinson is also a giant fan, and even had extras! (That's how much of a fan he is.) Which I now have. For some reason, I read the first two and stopped. Just like me to do that. I liked Fifth Business fairly well, but I was really impressed with how the Manticore completely turned it on it's head. The trilogy as a whole seems to be a far greater work than any of its pieces, which are fine by themselves. The three just add up to a lot more. I think I liked the heightened anticipation of knowing I had another one to read, and one that seemed the most tantalizing, since it focused on the most intriguing character. I like to do that. Tease myself. But then I take it too far and never get around to the payback! Anyway, since I'll finish Richard Ford's The Sportswriter tonight, and I did bring World of WOnders with me (see, I really did plan on reading it), I think I'll start in on that next. Neal np: Tori - Me and a Piano (bootleg) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 21:43:55 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Re: Cry Cry Cry and Latest Susan Werner At 10:30 PM -0400 10/14/98, JavaHo@aol.com wrote: ><< n.r. World of Wonders - Robertson Davies >> > >Oh my! Roberston Davies is my favourite author. I'm assuming you know that >World of Wonders is part of the Depford Trilogy. The other two are Fifth >Business and The Manticore (or something like that...I've loaned it to a >friend, so this is from memory). I've read it three or four times, and it >still stands up as wonderful storytelling. What's Bred in the Bone is also an >intricate bit of storytelling. > >Any other Robertson Davies fans out there? Absolutely. And you're right about _What's Bred in the Bone_--it's brilliant. Far superior to the other two books in that particular trilogy (The Cornish Trilogy), _Rebel Angels_ and _The Lyre of Orpheus_, and can actually be read separately. We have a copy of _The Cunning Man_ but I'm embarrassed to say that I haven't read it yet. I guess I'm saving it for when I really need it. I do that with books sometimes. - --Neile - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Neile Graham ..... http://www.sff.net/people/neile ..... neile@sff.net The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music .... http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 22:38:51 -0700 From: samsamiam@juno.com (Sami T.) Subject: Re: NYC show P.S. >> were treated to a view of a nice fireworks show over Chelsea Piers. Since I can't think of any holiday that falls two days after Columbus Day, we were all pretty sure they were celebrating Happy's return to New York City.<< Yeah, I'm sure it was DEFINITELY all about Happy and that the fireworks had *nothing* to do with the Yankee's winning the game that's sending them to the World Series... ;-) ~Sami~ <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> "Visualize Whirled Peas" ___________________________________________________________________ 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] ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V4 #367 **************************