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ecto-digest        Wednesday, February 3 1999        Volume 05 : Number 039



                               Today's Subjects:
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  Re: Michelle Shocked in the EGTGM          [neal copperman <neal@swcp.com>]
  Today's your birthday, friends...                [Mike Matthews <matthewm>]
  "HX for Her" Happy article?              ["Xenu's Sister" <vickie@wwa.com>]
  Re: Michelle Shocked in the EGTGM        [Mark Lowry <mlowry@startext.com>]
  Re: Looking for Wendy MaHarry                              [Riphug@aol.com]
  IMVS and THANKS!                       [julesette <julesette@softhome.net>]
  SNTR                                   [julesette <julesette@softhome.net>]
  Re: snakefarm/innocence mission            [Greg Bossert <bossert@sgi.com>]
  Heather Russell: Winter Dates 'n Top 6 Albums  [Heather Russell <hrussell@]
  Re: SNTR                                  ["Neil K. Guy" <tela@tela.bc.ca>]
  Re: Heather Russell: Winter Dates 'n Top 6 Albums  [Jeffrey Burka <jburka@]
  Bellatrix / Kolrassa Krokridandi             [Neile Graham <neile@sff.net>]

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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 23:43:06 -0700
From: neal copperman <neal@swcp.com>
Subject: Re: Michelle Shocked in the EGTGM

At 10:00 PM -0600 2/1/99, Mark Lowry wrote:

>Anyway, I noticed that her most recent of privately released discs,
>_Good News_, is on the EGTGM. She didn't swing through Dallas in 1998,
>so I didn't know about that one. I do have _Artists Make Lousy Slaves_,
>which she sold on her 1996 or 1997 tour. It's a collaboration with
>Fiachna O'Braonain (formerly of Hothouse Flowers, I believe). They both
>autographed it.

Wow, I've seen MS every time she's passed through a town I've been in, and
I've never heard of that one.  What's on it?  (I saw her in 95 & 96, and
she didn't have them then.)

> Also, didn't she sell a private disc at her concerts in
>1994/1995? Anyone know that name of that?

At that time she was without a record label, and was selling Kind Hearted
Woman only at shows.  It was later re-recorded and released with a black
cover.  If you see a copy with a white cover, that was the original.  It
has all the same songs, but on the original release they are starker and
rawer.

>If anyone has (or knows anyone who has) or wants to get rid of _Good
>News_ and/or the first privately released thing -- I'm interested. No?
>OK, does anyone have them who wants a copy of _Artists Make Lousy
>Slaves_? We could do the trade/copy (gasp!) thing.

I don't have an extra Good News, but I'd be happy to trade a tape of it for
AMLS.  I'd put the original Kind Hearted Woman on the flip, but it's with
the rest of my stuff in Maryland.

neal

np: The Good Son - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 03:00:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Mike Matthews <matthewm>
Subject: Today's your birthday, friends...

                                i*i*i*i*i*i
                                i*i*i*i*i*i
                              ***************
                            *****HAPPY*********
                      **************BIRTHDAY*********
            ***************************************************
 ***************************************************************************
 ***************** Bob Lovejoy (rlovejoy@bellatlantic.net) *****************
 ******************* Diane Burke (dburke@wellesley.edu) ********************
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 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

   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
   Teresa Ross              Wed  February 23  1977     pisces
   Michael Curry            Fri  February 24  1967     Pisces
   Paula Shanks             Mon  February 25  1952     Pisces
   Brni Mojzes              Fri  February 26  1965     the vanishing boy
   Pamela Pociluk           Fri  February 28  1964     Pisces

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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 05:56:35 -0600
From: "Xenu's Sister" <vickie@wwa.com>
Subject: "HX for Her" Happy article?

This was listed at ebay! Did anyone see this back in October??

==========
Hard to Find 23 OCT 1998 issue of HX for Her magazine with Tori Amos on the
cover! Cover has Tori kneeling in water and says "Wicked Choirgirl Tori Amos
hits the road". This magazine is only put our in New york City and is "the
totally biased politically incorrect party paper for lesbians"!!! Inside find a
full page color photo of Tori and a short interview,a full page B&W photo of
Happy Rhodes and 1 page article,music reviews,local NYC lesbian
clubs/eats/culture/websites/meets,movie reviews and more. The back cover is a
full page ad for the broadway show "On The Town" and has a photo of lesbian
comic Lea Delaria in a dress carrying a sailor! 
===========

Vickie (who, yes, has a bid on it)

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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 07:00:23 -0600
From: Mark Lowry <mlowry@startext.com>
Subject: Re: Michelle Shocked in the EGTGM

neal copperman wrote:

> Wow, I've seen MS every time she's passed through a town I've been in, and
> I've never heard of that one.  What's on it?  (I saw her in 95 & 96, and
> she didn't have them then.)

Track listing:Laundry Day
Drip Dry
Soul Searching
New Orleans
Groove Baby's Lullaby
Last Love
Can You See it in Me
Only a Prayer
Live and Learn
Carrickpergus/The Water is Wide

The cover is white and has a MS drawing of a pipe wrench.

> At that time she was without a record label, and was selling Kind Hearted
> Woman only at shows.  It was later re-recorded and released with a black
> cover.  If you see a copy with a white cover, that was the original.  It
> has all the same songs, but on the original release they are starker and
> rawer.

Cool -- I have the official release.

Later,

Mark

n.p. Meg Hengtes _Brompton's Cocktail_

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 08:16:43 EST
From: Riphug@aol.com
Subject: Re: Looking for Wendy MaHarry

I'm looking forward to hearing some new stuff from Wendy, too.  Here's what I
found on the web......this one is from our very own Joel Seigfried's guestbook
pages:

<<Friday, March 13, 1998 at 0:51 PST
Hi Joel, I received your e-mail a couple of days ago..thank you for including
me in your very interesting web site..and thank you for listening to my
music...I am in the midst of a new cd as my third one was shelved at A@M due
to politics or siticlops or otiplocs or cosmonauts or whatever.Thank you
again..Sincerely, Wendy MaHarry
Wendy MaHarry <Brucetune@aol.com>>
Rochester, NY USA - >>

And from  <A HREF="http://www.dynrec.com/pilato/maharry.html">Wendy MaHarry
</A> :

 <<Within moments of hearing her rich voice and compelling music, it's clear
that Wendy MaHarry is no ordinary singer/songwriter. Be it the well crafted
pop tracks she so easily expresses, or the troubled, dark introspective
ballads which slowly seep their way into the listener's psyche, the songs of
Wendy MaHarry make a powerful musical statement. 

After two critically acclaimed albums for A&M Records, MaHarry has already
written and recorded enough material for 2 LPs. She is currently in the
process of getting the first of these released. These new tracks were produced
again by long time collaborator and husband, Dwight Marcus, the tracks will
act as the basis for her return to live performing. 

"This might sound funny, but I really wrote these songs for myself," says
MaHarry, who composed and recorded the tracks over the past few years.
"Basically, no one else had written songs that said what these did, and I
really felt these issues needed to be expressed. I just couldn't write
anything that I truly didn't believe in." 

In the few short years she's been on the international music scene, MaHarry
has already received a myriad of press raves that compare her favorably to the
likes of Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Susanne Vega and others. And though she is
flattered to be in that league, MaHarry has emerged as an artist all her own,
with a distinctive music bent that effectively blends the young singer's
idealism and compassion with her acute awareness of life in the real world. 

Like her first two albums, Wendy MaHarry and Fountain Of Youth, the new tracks
are a collection of soaring songs, all composed on the acoustic piano either
by MaHarry alone, or in collaboration with Marcus. Varying from stark acoustic
ballads to vital, urgent rock, one might call this collection of songs, Wendy
MaHarry's " coming of age" record. 

"I'm still very proud of the first two albums, but these songs have certainly
taken my music to a new level," admits MaHarry. "I look forward to the time
when I can begin performing these songs for live audiences." 

One of the new tracks is a simple piano ballad called, "Jennifer's Song,"
written about an experience MaHarry had with her sister during a walk in
California. " I had always tried to break through to her and on this walk I
realized I had to let go. Therefore, it's kind of a personal song." 

"' Here It Comes Again' was more of a feeling that I was trying to evoke. The
words were secondary to the music I was feeling. It was a way to approach the
standard pop formula and still say something different. I wrote it with Dwight
near the end of the recording and I think it balances out the record nicely." 

The new tracks feature a guest appearance by Jethro Tull spearhead, Ian
Anderson, who contributes his trademark flute to the eerie MaHarry original,
"Diane Is Resting." The song tells the true story of a New York City
socialite, who, in a fit of depression, leapt off the ledge of a high rise
building in Manhattan. It is among one of the powerful new tracks. 

" ' Diane Is Resting' is about this New York woman who circulated in the
highest social circles. When she killed herself, there was an article about
her in the paper that I read. After that, I imagined what might be going
through her mind just before she jumped." 

"When Dwight heard the song, he thought Ian Anderson would really like it. 

So, we sent it off to Scotland. A few weeks later I get this call from an
English man and without telling me who he was, he asks me if I knew how to
make Indoneasian fish chowder. I thought this was really funny, so I kept
talking to him and it turned out to be Ian. 

" He said he really liked the song, and he was happy there was intelligent
life out there in the music world. He then offered to play on it for free. He
was really wonderful. " 

The new tracks were recorded over the period of a year in Los Angeles, at the
legendary Capitol Records Recording Studios, Dave Stewart's recording complex,
The Chapel, and in the home studio owned by MaHarry and Marcus. 

Accompanying MaHarry on the tracks are Marcus, guitarist Tim Pierce (Crowded
House), bassist Bob Parr, drummer Bernie Dresel, and the backing vocal trio
most recently used on Elton John's world tour. 

More information will be posted shortly considering the upcoming release. >>

Jill :D

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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 13:07:13 -0500
From: julesette <julesette@softhome.net>
Subject: IMVS and THANKS!

I want to thank all the folks who responded about CD Import
sources online.  Not only did IMVS have the Pooka cheaper than I'd seen
it, but they got it hear sooooo fast.  (and I love the feature where
they convert their price to your local currency

Julie

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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 13:12:18 -0500
From: julesette <julesette@softhome.net>
Subject: SNTR

I had kinda forgotten about Sixpence until I saw their name listed on
that movie commercial (followed by this week's video on 120 minutes).

I think I heard about them from CMJ a couple years back, I have "The
Fatherless and the Widow".(REX, 1993)
At the time I think they were a Christian band, but I think they've
strayed from that a bit, listening to the new song. I think they did
still have that "sundays" kind of sound, which is why I probably bought
it (anything compared to the Sundays I just have to get, same thing with
Kate Bush)

Julie

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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 10:51:05 -0800
From: Greg Bossert <bossert@sgi.com>
Subject: Re: snakefarm/innocence mission

Neile Graham wrote:
> I feel like a Leonard Cohen album. No one listens to me.

but everyone says they do ;)

n.p. yulduz usmanovz "alma alma"
n.f!

- -- greg bossert                                          650-933-6431 --
- -- silicon graphics, inc.                             bossert@sgi.com --
- --          i have never been afraid to change -- Happy               --
- --            the circumstances of the world   -- Rhodes              --

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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 20:50:39 -0500
From: Heather Russell <hrussell@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Heather Russell: Winter Dates 'n Top 6 Albums

Hi everyone,

Here's a shortened version of the latest newsletter I sent out - hope to
see you at a show!

Heather Russell Winter '99 Shows

Saturday, February 6 
Smelly Cat 
21 S. Union St. 
Concord, NC 
8:00 p.m. 

Tuesday, February 16 
NC Songwriters Alliance 
Borders Books & Music
Cary, NC 
8:00 p.m. 
Info: Heather will 
perform in the round with 
other Alliance members. 


Monday, February 22 
The Cave 
Rosemary Street 
Chapel Hill, NC 
Info: Also on the bill will be 
fellow indiegrrl member 
Vivian Slade from Tennessee! 
Heather will perform at 10:00 p.m. 
and will be joined by Rick Keena 
on guitar and percussion 


Saturday, February 27 
The Mad Hatter 
Erwin Square, Erwin Road 
Durham, NC 
8:00 p.m. 
Info: Special guest Rick Keena 
will sit in with me on 
guitar and percussion 


Friday, April 9 
Horses Mouth 
424 W. 4th St. 
Winston-Salem, NC 
9:00 p.m. 


Late July TBA 
Heather will be appearing on the 
national Indiegrrl concert tour this summer 
in selected cities along the East Coast! 

I'm adding shows all the time - check
http://www.freecloud.com/heather/news.asp
for all the latest concert information, especially before driving long
distances.


Here's a smattering of what I was listening to the past year:

1. Dana and Karen Kletter - Dear Enemy.  I cannot rave enough about the
gorgeously dark piano-driven melodies and harmonies of the twin Kletters
- - you must run out immediately and buy this album.  

I mean it.  

Really.  

Go now.

I'll wait.


...


Ok you're back.  Good!  On with the list...

2.  Elliott Smith - XO.   If you're not already familiar with Elliott,
he did the soundtrack to Good Will Hunting.  Baby Britain and
Independence Day are my favorite tracks.

3.  Friend Side Monkey - Those Pesky Bubbles - unfortunately, this
innovative Chapel Hill electronica ensemble broke up recently, but they
leave as their legacy this self-released CD filled with delightful
bleeps, blips and grooves.  

4.  Jane Siberry - Child - although it was released last year, I didn't
start listening to it until the holidays.  It's a double CD filled with
beautiful songs about winter and the holidays, many quite ancient and
obscure, performed live by Jane and other singers and musicians in New
York City.  Highly recommended.  And I just heard that she is planning
another tour of Child this coming year!  

5.  The Simpsons - Songs in the Key of Springfield - you *know* how big
a fan I am.  I am seriously thinking of working up a couple of these
tunes, so don't be surprised if you hear "happy birthday lisa" or "Dr
Zaius" at a future show :-)

6.  Loreena McKennitt - Book of Secrets. I've been a fan of Loreena's
for years, and I'm glad that she's finally got the recognition she
deserves. Boy, I never thought I'd hear her on Top 40 radio though! 

- - heather
- -- 
|*********************************************************|	
| Heather Russell                                         |
| My music site: http://www.freecloud.com/heather         |
| The Mending Wall: http://www.unc.edu/~gumption/tmw.html |
| Email: hrussellatbellsouthdotnet                        |
|_________________________________________________________|

"I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when 'The
Simpsons' is on television."  ---  Anita, age 6

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:03:46 -0800
From: "Neil K. Guy" <tela@tela.bc.ca>
Subject: Re: SNTR

 OK - well on the topic of Sixpence None the Richer, they've just signed to
Nettwerk Artist Management. (Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies, Moist, Tara
MacLean, etc.) For those interested. :)

 - Neil K.
- --
 t e l a  computer consulting + design   *   Vancouver, BC, Canada
      web: http://www.tela.bc.ca/tela/   *   email: tela@tela.bc.ca

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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 22:04:12 -0500
From: Jeffrey Burka <jburka@cqi.com>
Subject: Re: Heather Russell: Winter Dates 'n Top 6 Albums

Heather sez:
 
> Here's a smattering of what I was listening to the past year:
> 
> 1. Dana and Karen Kletter - Dear Enemy.  I cannot rave enough about the
> gorgeously dark piano-driven melodies and harmonies of the twin Kletters
> - you must run out immediately and buy this album.

I came *very* close to putting this on my list for '98, and the
only reason I didn't was that I didn't listen to it all that much in
the second half of the year, and I never really put my finger on why.

> 6.  Loreena McKennitt - Book of Secrets. I've been a fan of Loreena's
> for years, and I'm glad that she's finally got the recognition she
> deserves. Boy, I never thought I'd hear her on Top 40 radio though!

This morning I got e-mail from musicboulevard which announced
the release of a compilation, _Celtic Woman_ or something like that.

It actually had the gall to refer to Loreena as the genre's
"one breakout artist."

Am I missing something?  What happened to, amongst others, Enya?

jeff
np:  nothing; I stuck Maria McKee's _You Gotta Sin to Get Saved_ in
the CD ROM, but my still-not-yet-back-from-the-dead NT system isn't
actually producing any noise, even though it claims the sound card
is alive.  and yes, the speaker wire is plugged in.  <sigh>



- -- 
|Jeffrey C. Burka|||http://www.cqi.com/~jburka ||||"I've got time to rest /  |
||||||||||||| And I've got a clear, able mind that sees my life going fine.  |
| 'Cause  everything I need is right here in my hands..."  --Melissa Ferrick |

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:19:31 -0800
From: Neile Graham <neile@sff.net>
Subject: Bellatrix / Kolrassa Krokridandi

Some of you might remember me mentioning a strange Icelandic group in my
year-end epic list, or maybe previous mentions of them by Jens Brage and
myself a few years back.

Anyway, it seems they're trying to break in the UK, and there's a good
article on them online at http://www.sampler.co.uk/features/bellatrix/ with
real audio attached.

Take a listen--they're wild, strange, as off the wall as Bjork in her
wilder moments.  They took a while to grow on me, but I adore them.

- --Neile

n.p. (from Jim's study) Morcheeba--Big Calm

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The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music .... http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide
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