From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V5 #27 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, January 23 1999 Volume 05 : Number 027 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Random trivia - equipoise ["Neil K. Guy" ] Re: lisa cerbone offer [neal copperman ] Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Kristeen Young show ["Donald G. Keller" ] matrimony [LilWhirl@aol.com] Kristin Hersh in NYC [Yves Denneulin ] The Hope Blister ["Craig Gidney" ] Petition to Help Online Lyrics Web Sites Fight the NMPA and the Harry Fox Agency ["Spencer Lewis" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 23:11:32 -0800 From: "Neil K. Guy" Subject: Random trivia - equipoise http://www.anglepoise.co.uk/history.htm Summary: the English guy who invented the design of the modern swing arm desk lamp originally named it an "equipoise" lamp. Interesting? Well. Not incredibly. But there it is. - Neil K. - -- t e l a computer consulting + design * Vancouver, BC, Canada phone: (604) 254-0520 * email: tela@tela.bc.ca web: http://www.tela.bc.ca/tela/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 23:36:09 -0700 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: lisa cerbone offer At 10:32 AM -0500 1/21/99, Jeff Burka wrote: >(who, now that he's written this, wishes he had the ordering details to >include, or even Lisa's url, but he doesn't. maybe Neal will chime back >in) hah, since I chime in unprompted most of the time, how could I ignore this one? Just so people know where I'm coming from on Lisa's discs, here's a bit of a recap. Her first disc, "Close Your Eyes" (which is a re-release of her independently distributed original disc) is a fine disc. However, Mercy is a huge leap forward. Both discs have strong songwriting, but the singing, arranging and production on Mercy is dramatically better. I highly recommend "Mercy" to everyone, and "Close Your Eyes" to people who'd like more, though at $10 for the two (including postage!), I don't see how you could go wrong. Thanks Jeff for reviving the interest after I posted the info :) Here's the order info ( and don't forget to mention the ecto connection!) neal np: Do You Want More? - The Roots - ---- from Lisa's mailing ------ Have Mercy -- Some of you know that Ichiban and I recently ended our relationship. Because of this, the distributor will no longer be carrying _Mercy_ or _Close Your Eyes_. These CDs will become increasingly harder to find in record stores from now on. So, I've decided to make both CDs available to my mailing list for a one-time only, special sale price. You can order two CDs for only $10.00, including postage and handling. It's my little way of making sure that the CDs get out into the world and into the hands (and hearts) of music lovers (not stuck in some dark warehouse corner in a box). This sale will be going on for the next month or so. Just print out this sheet and send check or money order to Little Scrubby Music, PO Box 1714, Ellicott City, MD 21041. Make checks payable to Little Scrubby Music. Or you can print out the order form from the website : . Please specify quantity and which CD(s) you would like to order. Many thanks to all the people who will be supporting this endeavor to put more Mercy (and Close Your Eyes) in the world. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 03:00:03 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************* Terry Partis (no Email address) ********************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Terry Partis Sun January 22 1933 Rocker Sarah McLachlan Sun January 28 1968 Aquarius Ilka Heber Mon February 01 1965 Mermaid Bob Lovejoy Sun February 02 1947 Aquarius Diane Burke Sat February 02 1963 slow children Timothy S. Devine Tue February 03 1970 Aquarius Stephen Thomas Fri February 04 1966 Aquarius Doug Burks Tue February 14 1956 Blank Jim Sturnfield Thu February 18 1954 Aquarius Juha Kannisto Wed February 18 1970 Aquarius Joel Siegfried February 19 Penguin Crossing Linda Saboe Tue February 20 1951 aimless - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 07:02:12 -0500 (EST) From: "Donald G. Keller" Subject: Kristeen Young show What should have been the last musical event of 1998 (although =de facto= the first of 1999, i.e. 2 a.m. New Year's Eve night), Kristeen Young at the local Goth club Mother, never happened for me: when I got to the club at 1 a.m. the creature at the door told me it was too crowded. So I had to go home disappointed. And with one thing and another I haven't been to a show this year yet (and not for a month overall) until last night's Kristeen Young return engagement at Coney Island High. I'd been antsy for days anticipating it, and ended up getting down there so early that the venue hadn't even opened its doors yet. So I went across the street and CD shopped (without finding anything--haven't bought any CDs this year either) until it was time. As I walked up the stairs to go back down the stairs again (they have two floors but only one entrance--at least =this= week) I could hear Miss Young soundchecking "...HI-TEK," and when I got into the main space she was going through parts of "Mouth to Mouth" and "Enemy." A nice appetizer. Then a bit of a wait until she took the stage; as it started there were very few people there (though a few more by the end). But 8:00 bands frequently play to small houses no matter who they are. She opened with "Night Blindness," one of the solid B-level songs from her new album =Enemy=, and it was great to hear her pounding keyboard riffs at full concert volume, as well as her full-bore mid-register and her true soprano upper register. (Only in the register break does she occasionally hit a thin note.) After which drummer Jeff White went into the intro paradiddle to "Take Me," and I was transported. It's one of my favorite songs on =Enemy= (the quasi-"Kashmir" one), and a great live song: the crashing keyboard washes were even more effective than they were on the album. I think it was at this point that she took off the black sweater she was wearing to reveal her sleeveless red jumpsuit as she set the keyboard going on "Have you ever worked with anything HI-TEK" and took center stage with the boom microphone. In the fairly dim stage light I didn't notice at first that she had bandaids up and down both arms (a fashion statement), and clothespin "epaulettes." When she bounced up and down between vocal sections it was rather a "Mummy as aerobics instructor" effect. "...HI-TEK" is a barnburner of a song, with its uneven-meter riff and hectoring speak-then-sing vocals, and was no disappointment this time around (including visually, with her ballet moves all about the stage). She returned to the keyboard to play a song which I spent most of its length trying to think if I recognized it; it's very much in the "Enemy" group of driving-verse-and-stop-for-chorus songs which sound rather alike. It turned out to be a new song (maybe titled "Honest") they were playing for the first time out. Back to the center-stage microphone for the rousing triple-time =Enemy= opener "Year of the Woman," which I'd never heard her do live before. This was the one song where they seemed to have a bit of ensemble trouble: the tempo of the self-playing keyboard seemed slower than the album version, and the drummer kept getting a little ahead of it. Still a strong song, however. Next was "Enemy" itself (the one about her Native American heritage), not a great favorite but a very good live version (this one she played herself), followed by one I like a lot, "Mouth to Mouth," another big keyboard riff it can play alone while its mistress prowls the stage. Then she announced last song, and I was a little startled; it didn't seem possible the set was over so soon. The finale was "Marley's Ghost," the one song she did from her previous =...All-Boy Band= album. A very complicated, very busy song the pair do on a dime, highlighted by Miss Young's full-bore screaming (a little more musical this time). And then it was over. I think it seemed so short because I was waiting for her to do perhaps my two favorite songs of hers, "Skeletons" and "Incubator" (which she'd done the last two times I'd seen her), and that was a disappointment; but on the whole it was a very fine show that was worth the wait. I hope I don't have to wait another 10 months to see her play again. (But at least I can listen to the album.) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:56:56 EST From: LilWhirl@aol.com Subject: matrimony hiya. thanks for the info on Andrea Parker -- didn't know she remixed Depeche Mode. I heard Rocking Chair, its fabulous. not sure the extent to which you all may sure an appreciation for Riot Grrrl bands, but Kill Rock Stars reissued a cd by an australian band called Matrimony. here is a review i found in a boston paper (pheonix?) online: anybody know anything else? ============================================================================== = *** Matrimony KITTY FINGER (Kill Rock Stars) This is the great lost riot grrrl album, released by a young mostly female (they had a boy drummer) band from Sydney in 1989. Not many heard it back then, but Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hanna took note and pushed for this reissue on the Olympia indie Kill Rock Stars. It's easy to hear why: Matrimony favor the same raw combination of confrontational vocals, snarling guitars, and driving punk rhythms that powers Bikini Kill. They also dip into the hypnotic jangle of Beat Happening, and they owe a debt to Lydia Lunch's New York school of dark humor and sexually explicit lyrical content. Which makes Kitty Finger something of a late-'80s bridge between the pioneering feminist punk of the Slits and Lunch and the cock-cutting posture of Bikini Kill (not to mention Babes in Toyland, Hole, etc.). This CD also features the best song about frozen cadavers since the Freeze's "Refrigerator Heaven." - -- Joe S. Harrington ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 19:08:39 +0100 (CET) From: Yves Denneulin Subject: Kristin Hersh in NYC Hi folks, Found on her site On Friday January 29th, 1999 Kristin Hersh will play 2 half-hour sets at the world-famous Bottom Line in New York City. She'll be appearing as part of the Required Listening series produced by the club and radio station WFUV (90.7 in the NYC metro area). The shows are at 7:30 and 10:30 pm. Tickets are $15 (cash only), and are available at the Bottom Line box office on the corner of West 4th St. and Mercer St. For more information call the Bottom Line at (212) 228-6300 Best, - -- Yves. n.p.: Cornu (a french indiepop ecto-friendly band. singer with a nice voice, interesting arrangements (violin), intelligent songwriting) I am trying to find a good comparison but with no success, their music is very original. They remind me of both PJ Harvey and Lili Fatale but are quite different. n.r. Jame Harrison _Dalva_ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 13:48:44 -0500 From: "Craig Gidney" Subject: The Hope Blister - --0__=Yob44mMJjXvsQy22MDNKOxvRFeOEVbMNwiyYjkQ4rFKBzMKwYAMTgvFx Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline The Hope Blister, - --0__=Yob44mMJjXvsQy22MDNKOxvRFeOEVbMNwiyYjkQ4rFKBzMKwYAMTgvFx Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable ?Smile?s OK?. My friend Phil once said that you could judge the quality of the three This Mortal Coil (TMC) albums by the cov= er art. On ?It?ll End in Tears,? woman made out of starlight and mist, he= r eyes closed, seems to emerge from a sepia wall; it?s appropriate for t= he ghostly, unearthly quality of the music. The ?Filigree and Shadows? im= age is abstract and self-conciously arty--fitting for the pompous, sometime= s pretentious aspect of the album (which still has gems in its midst). ?Blood,? the final CD, features a model whose expression is stylishly bored. By this time, TMC?s reverential and arty take on some great cov= er songs began to stale, and become a parody of itself. ?Smile?s OK? is a sort of sequel to the TMC trilogy. The album art wor= k has photographs of mundane, even unpleasant things--a lamp, a field, a = dog about to shit--put through a filter that washes the color out. There ar= e also treatments put on the photographs that deliberately ?ruin? the ima= ges, blotches, and waterspots. This new album finds many of the same sounds= , samples, and ambiance of the TMC trilogy--strings, sounds of nature, mournful female vocals. But there?s a difference. Ivo and gang?s choi= ce of material is excellent--Mojave 3; Brian Eno; David Sylvian, the Cranes--but rather than treat them as sound experiments and ?texts?, th= ey inhabit them. The process has been refined. The presence of ghosts is= felt in this CD, but not the gothic phantasms of the black-clad, cappuccino-sippin? crowd. The ghosts conjured in these songs are the m= ore familiar variety--memories, loss, and regret. What ?ghostly? sounds th= ere are serve to enhance the songs, rather than overwhelm them. ?Smile?s O= K? is like Black Tape for a Blue Girl--but for grownups. - -Craig = - --0__=Yob44mMJjXvsQy22MDNKOxvRFeOEVbMNwiyYjkQ4rFKBzMKwYAMTgvFx-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 18:58:43 +0000 From: "Spencer Lewis" Subject: Petition to Help Online Lyrics Web Sites Fight the NMPA and the Harry Fox Agency Go to this site and sign this petition against the Harry Fox agency who is trying take music away from the fans. This petition is in response to their legal actions and closing of the International Lyrics Server. SL http://www.radiorequests.com/petition/ - -- "I wax poetic, as you're waxing your legs." Barenaked Ladies ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 22:00:01 -0700 From: neal copperman Subject: Ofra in Egypt? The other day a friend of mine mentioned that Ofra Haza was one of the main singing voices in The Prince of Egypt. (She sings for Sandra Bullock.) I had little interest in this movie and it's music before, but I've been into Ofra Haza's music for a long time. It often seems that what she does is as heavily influenced by her collaborator's as by her own vision though, and that doesn't raise my interest level in The Prince of Egypt much. Anyone have any comments on that music and how she does? neal np: god's home movies - horse ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V5 #27 *************************