From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V5 #107 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, March 23 1999 Volume 05 : Number 107 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Review #4: ECTO [Patrick Moseley ] Re: Review #4: ECTO [Patrick Moseley ] Monsters of Grace [Mark Lowry ] Re: Monsters of Grace ["Joseph S. Zitt" ] Review #4: ECTO ["Tom Ditto" ] Re: Review #4: ECTO [Patrick Moseley ] Why Monsters? [Ricardo ] Hounds of Love final performance! [stunning@tezcat.com] Monsters of Grace [Mark Lowry ] Peter Gabriel ["Marcel Rijs" ] Re: Monsters of Grace [Hiptones@aol.com] The Unknown Soldier [cinders blue ] rachael sage and beth orton [meredith ] Re: rachael sage and beth orton [Jeffrey Burka ] Re: rachael sage and beth orton [Michael Curry ] Re: rachael sage and beth orton [Michael Curry ] Re: rachael sage and beth orton [meredith ] this week's new releases [meredith ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 07:53:18 -0500 From: Patrick Moseley Subject: Re: Review #4: ECTO I said: >>Here I am again, this time dressed in my flame-resistant clothing... ;-) and meredith responded: >Patrick, if you're flamed for stating your own honest (and very well >stated) opinion about Happy's album just because it's not totally adulatory >and boot-licking, then things here are really much worse than I ever could >have imagined. as did Chris: >In danger of kicking a dead horse (hey, it's a dirty job, but someone's >gotta do it... don't they?) I would point out here that nobody (to my >knowledge) has ever been flamed for offering a negative (but considered) >review of Happy's work on EcTo... I'm beginning to realize the thing I need to be MOST careful of on this group is how I *kid*! (Just like signing off "I'm so stupid and man am I dull" a few weeks ago lead to a stream of quite friendly but misguided e-mails that basically tried to re-boost my self-esteem.) No, I didn't honestly expect to be flamed for my review of ECTO, at all. Don't worry, Meredith, I haven't gotten a bad opinion of the group even through the occassional disagreement as of late. It's still a very friendly and interesting atmosphere. I'm frankly still amazed that people have embraced my newbie CD reviews with open arms; initially I was afraid the reaction would be, "Go away and don't state an opinion until you've lived with these albums for a few years." But I *did* expect a bigger reaction to my review of ECTO than my review of REARMAMENT (which warranted no replys yet), simply because I get the feeling this may be the one album of Happy's where people are most divided. (Am I wrong?) And I think ECTO-enthusiasts are a pretty die-hard bunch. Just like trying to convince me that MWABT has a single flaw on it...you'd be sure to get a response from me! Patrick ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 07:57:20 -0500 From: Patrick Moseley Subject: Re: Review #4: ECTO >> I don't think it's a coincidence that after a monster-free album >> and album cover (REARMAMENT), > > Funny... I thought all of the 1st4 had monsters... Are you sure it's >just that you can't really see it? I'd be interested to hear if anyone knows for sure what's hidden in that black/white blurry photo in the cover art of REARMAMENT, but to my eyes, it's not a monster, especially not as obviously as the monsters of the other three. I think I read someone on this group stating it was actually a shot of Happy's eyes, out-of-focus. Patrick ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 07:49:39 -0600 From: Mark Lowry Subject: Monsters of Grace Hi, brad wrote: >Wow--I'd love to see that again! I got to see it in Chapel Hill and found it wonderful! Well Brad, I guess it's pretty safe to say that we have different tastes. I have one word about "Monsters of Grace": Y A W N . . . . . . OK, so that was two words. I have little-to-no tolerance for anything that might be considered for a relaxation tape, which is to say, anything remotely New Agey. I had heard a few Philip Glass things in the past, and was not particularly moved. But being a fan of video and opera, the idea of a "3-D Opera" intrigued me. About 10 minutes into MoG, I knew it was going to be a long night. At 30 minutes, I was on the verge of tears because I wanted for it to be over. But I knew I could make it through another 40 or so minutes. (It's a short piece, no intermission). Plus, I had good seats (thankfully I was invited by a friend who gave me a ticket), in the middle of a row, so I couldn't bolt. (Not to mention that I get really annoyed with people who get up and move around during fine arts performances ... or cough a lot or don't turn off their cell phones/beepers or who bring whiney babies or who whisper or who do any of that rude stuff. I wasn't about to become one of my own pet peeves ... BTW, is it just me or are American audiences getting more rude by the day?). Anyway, at the end I clapped hard because I was so thankful that it was over. To me, the music had no emotion whatsoever. The animation was slow and fourth-rate. The singers had good voices, but what does that matter when the lyrics are so picayune? Now, don't get me wrong. I can definitely enjoy electronic and experimental music ... even instrumental stuff. But it has to move me in some way -- be it through melancholia or kick-ass dancability, or gosh, something ... anything. With MoG ... nothing. My only emotion was anger at myself for going to this at all. Afterwards I ran to my car as fast as I could -- I had to have some good, emotionally stirring music, or else I might have crumbled to dust or something. In my auto CD player was Gillian Welch's "Hell Among the Yearlings." Yes! When I got home, I popped in the most anti-Glass thing I could come up with: Dead Milkmen's greatest hits collection "Death Rides a Pale Cow." I bounced around the house screaming the lyrics to "Punk Rock Girl." I shouted "anarchy!" and called my cat "Minnie Pearl." OK, maybe that last part is slightly embellished. In short, I'd rather swim in a pool of mustard (and I *hate* mustard) than sit through another minute of MoG. Mark n.p. Martin L. Gore _Counterfeit e.p._ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 10:19:51 -0600 (CST) From: "Joseph S. Zitt" Subject: Re: Monsters of Grace I haven't seen/heard MoG, but Mark's review matches what I've heard about it, even from avid Wilson/Glass fans. I'm much more a fan of Wilson's theatre work than his videos -- the incredible slowness of his work seems to function better on stage where he isn't limited by resolution. And I understand that even he wasn't too pleased with the results of the animation process. And even as somewhat of a fanatic, I admit to having dozed off a bit at just about every Wilson performance I've seen. And Glass seems to have been coasting for the last decade or so. The last thing of his that I heard that interested me strictly as music was ... hm... his music from "the CIVIL warS" which, amazingly, has never been released. On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Mark Lowry wrote: > To me, the music had no emotion whatsoever. The animation was slow and > fourth-rate. The singers had good voices, but what does that matter when > the lyrics are so picayune? While I'm not familiar with the particular texts for this piece, this has to be the first time I've even heard the poetry of Rumi called "picayune". Though I could believe that they did an unusually bad job of selecting and translating... n.p. Joseph Zitt: Yes, That's My Real Name (and other stories) [Inspired by pulling together tracks for the Ecto compilation, I remembered that in the mid '80s I had put together an instrumental album, but had never pulled together the resources to release it. With my new soundcard and CD burner, I've been able to clean up the tracks (originally done on 4-track cassette at home in Brooklyn and in hotel rooms in Israel) and dub them to CD-R. Somewhat anarchic sounding somewhere between Ornette Coleman's Prime Time, PIL, and ... hmm ... the stuff Zappa did with guitar and sequencer. I'd be open to trading copies, if anyone's interested...] - - ---------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: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:21:30 -0500 From: "Tom Ditto" Subject: Review #4: ECTO I'm a well known flamer, sporting the red on my head, so if any Ectophile can make Patrick pull out his metal underpants, it's me. Here's what I sense about his Review #4. It shows that he's tried to digest too much Rhodes at one time. Much like eating chocolate, you can enjoy it so much that you forget how rich it is. Review #4 notwithstanding, Ecto is appropriately the namesake of this mailing group, because here Happy's talents are fully employed. I had the pleasure of getting my doses of H.R. gradually, in the time frame of her actual releases. My appetite fully restored as each tape and then C.D. hit my hifi, I was able to metabolize these works fully. Within a listen or two I knew that Ecto was perfecto. This will dawn on Patrick eventually, because he has demonstrated in his prior reviews the sensibilities that afford a deep appreciation of the ecto genre. I will agree with one thing to be found in Review #4 and intimated earlier in others. It is the perfect irony that the one track that fails for me is the namesake track itself. I concur with Patrick about the spoken song. I infer from a conversation I initiated with Happy herself that the spoken song works perfectly for her, but from out here in fan land, the absence of melody and the loss of the voices from heaven (and hell) make it far less of a musical experience than all the other pieces in the collection, much as the cover art falls short to my eyes. Those happen to to be the only criticisms I can muster for an album otherwise slated to outshine all comers in the pantheon of song save the remainder of this woman's oevre. Tom ditto@taconic.net "Do you copy? Over..." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:59:29 -0500 From: Patrick Moseley Subject: Re: Review #4: ECTO Tom wrote: >I'm a well known flamer, sporting the red on my head, so if any Ectophile >can make Patrick pull out his metal underpants, it's me. Here's what I sense >about his Review #4. It shows that he's tried to digest too much Rhodes at >one time. Much like eating chocolate, you can enjoy it so much that you >forget how rich it is. I don't know. In a way, I hope you're right, because that means eventually I'll have another Happy album to treasure. But I don't see how it can be a case of "too much, too quickly," when none of the other albums effect me negatively. >Review #4 notwithstanding, Ecto is appropriately the >namesake of this mailing group, because here Happy's talents are fully >employed. This statement just floors me (because I couldn't disagree more) and really illustrates what Jeff said earlier today: our individual reactions to each album is "so deeply personal that there aren't two matching ones on this mailing list." It's so interesting that so many of us adore Happy, but for such tremendously varying reasons. Patrick ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:55:18 -0800 From: Ricardo Subject: Why Monsters? What is the significance of the Monster art on the early Happy Rhodes discs? - -- Q: What does it mean when the flag is at half-mast at the post office? A: They're hiring. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 02:43:39 -0500 From: stunning@tezcat.com Subject: Hounds of Love final performance! Hi Gang, I got this from the Moviegoers today and thought I'd pass on the bittersweet news. I will be in tears, so if you can send me good thoughts I'd appreciate it. Thanks. Thomas _________________________________________ The Moviegoers call it a day - March 27th, to be exact. Lovely, lovely people-- Ten years ago today, Worth and Liam wrote "Method Actor" in South Carolina on Spring Break. A trip to Savannah GA later that week would provide the inspiration for "Azalea," and later that spring, Worth would pen the first half of "Emily in Ecstasy," later fleshed out with the help of Liam and Chris Toft, who, over fried fish Venice, FL, gave us our first name... The Resonators. Aren't you glad we changed it? The Moviegoers are so grateful to all of you who've listened to us and believed in us, even, through the handful of years, many shows, two records, a car crash, an electrocution, and more broken strings than any of us would like to think about. We'd like to thank you again and again, and to invite you to please join us as we play our last show together at good ol' Schubas tavern on March 27th. We'll be playing with the inimitable Hugh Bartling on drums and the endearing Ross Bergseth on bass--the lineup on the last record, Twinpop. Also joining us will be Thomas Madden on keys and John Kayaian on our cover of Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love." Big Hello [http://www.fcg.net/~boris/bighello.html], Cockeyed Ghost [], and Fluid Oz. [] will also take the stage that night, so it'll be a smashing evening all the way around. The first 50 through the door will get a free poster commemorating the Moviegoers farewell. Please help us celebrate! ___________________________________________ Thomas Dunning Brown Star Records Chicago The Kate Bush Tribute CD is here! I WANNA BE KATE: The Songs of Kate Bush http://www.tezcat.com/~stunning/kate/index.html VISIT THE WEBSITE! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 23:05:43 -0600 From: Mark Lowry Subject: Monsters of Grace Hi, brad wrote: Wow--I'd love to see that again! I got to see it in Chapel Hill and found it wonderful! Well Brad, I guess it's pretty safe to say that we have different tastes. I have one word about "Monsters of Grace": Y A W N . . . . . . OK, so that was two words. I have little-to-no tolerance for anything that might be considered for a relaxation tape, which is to say, anything remotely New Agey. I had heard a few Philip Glass things in the past, and was not particularly moved. But being a fan of video and opera, the idea of a "3-D Opera" intrigued me. About 10 minutes into MoG, I knew it was going to be a long night. At 30 minutes, I was on the verge of tears because I wanted for it to be over. But I knew I could make it through another 40 or so minutes. (It's a short piece, no intermission). Plus, I had good seats (thankfully I was invited by a friend who gave me a ticket), in the middle of a row, so I couldn't bolt. (Not to mention that I get really annoyed with people who get up and move around during fine arts performances ... or cough a lot or don't turn off their cell phones/beepers or who bring whiney babies or who whisper or who do any of that rude stuff. I wasn't about to become one of my own pet peeves ... BTW, is it just me or are American audiences getting more rude by the day?). Anyway, at the end I clapped hard because I was so thankful that it was over. To me, the music had no emotion whatsoever. The animation was slow and fourth-rate. The singers had good voices, but what does that matter when the lyrics are so picayune? Now, don't get me wrong. I can definitely enjoy electronic and experimental music ... even instrumental stuff. But it has to move me in some way -- be it through melancholia or kick-ass dancability, or gosh, something ... anything. With MoG ... nothing. My only emotion was anger at myself for going to this at all. Afterwards I ran to my car as fast as I could -- I had to have some good, emotionally stirring music, or else I might have crumbled to dust or something. In my auto CD player was Gillian Welch's "Hell Among the Yearlings." Yes! When I got home, I popped in the most anti-Glass thing I could come up with: Dead Milkmen's greatest hits collection "Death Rides a Pale Cow." I bounced around the house screaming the lyrics to "Punk Rock Girl." I shouted "anarchy!" and called my cat "Minnie Pearl." OK, maybe that last part is slightly embellished. In short, I'd rather swim in a pool of mustard (and I *hate* mustard) than sit through another minute of MoG. Mark n.p. Still going on the Dead Milkmen, but about to switch to something more Ectoish. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 17:02:56 +0100 From: "Marcel Rijs" Subject: Peter Gabriel Hi, Re: Peter Gabriel: I don't know whether or not the man is ill, but the last I heard about him was during an interview with our favourite Dutch singer Frank Boeijen, who recorded his latest album in the Real World studios, in October 98. He talked with Peter and they were discussing songwriting. Peter commented that his work was moving so slowly because he didn't know how to start writing lyrics. Apparently he's having great difficulties finding words to start a new song... I thought that was interesting because it may be why we have to wait so long for a new PG album to arrive...... Groeten, Marcel Rijs ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 20:45:27 EST From: Hiptones@aol.com Subject: Re: Monsters of Grace 'Lo all, In a message dated 3/23/99 6:49:44 PM Central Standard Time, mlowry@startext.com writes: << Afterwards I ran to my car as fast as I could -- I had to have some good, emotionally stirring music, or else I might have crumbled to dust or something. In my auto CD player was Gillian Welch's "Hell Among the Yearlings." Yes! When I got home, I popped in the most anti-Glass thing I could come up with: Dead Milkmen's greatest hits collection "Death Rides a Pale Cow." I bounced around the house screaming the lyrics to "Punk Rock Girl." I shouted "anarchy!" and called my cat "Minnie Pearl." >> I wish I could've been there when you got home.....so much pent up emotion....I know how that goes. The Dead Milkmen are great.....I, lacking any of their albums, would've opted for Pantera and thus proceed running around the house screaming at the top of my lungs and flipping the sofa and other various furniture pieces the bird. Does this make me crazy? Note, I make no judgement on Phillip Glass....I'm not familiar with his work aside from some soundtrack stuff and the parody Glass composition on the South Park Christmas special.... L ater all.... Chad ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 20:57:36 -0500 From: cinders blue Subject: The Unknown Soldier philocanes and 'philes, just in case this information hasn't seeped out yet (as usual, i am rather behind on both love-hounds and ecto, after keeping up so dilligently at the beginning of the year, so forgive me if this is known news). _the unknown soldier_, of course, is the unreadily available roy harper album which features the vocals of KaTe (the readily available album being _once_, where KaTe guests on the title track). woj >From: "Darren Crisp/Crisp Productions" >To: "Stormcock" >Subject: STORMCOCK: The Unknown Soldier >Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:33:03 -0000 > >Dear All > >Roy's 1980 album 'THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER' gets it's first release on CD this >month. As with other releases on Science Friction the booklet features extra >photos along with the original text and lyrics. > >The CD will only be available through mail order initially at a price of >13.00 (Pounds Sterling). For information on post and packing rates and >payment methods for your part of the world email me on dc@cprod.win-uk.net > >No doubt some will now be asking when 'Jugula' will be available! >Watch this space.................. > >On the live front : Those of you in the USA and Canada will be pleased to >know that Roy intends to get back over as soon as possible. Currently late >August/ September is being looked in to. > >As for the UK, there a few dates coming up, details of which have already >been posted, but here they are again..... >March >Monday 22 - York - Fibbers - 01904 670 542 >Saturday 27 - Spilsby - Spilsby Theatre - 01790 752 936 >April >Sunday 4 - Hebden Bridge - Trades Club - 01422 845 265 >Sunday 11 - Hanley - The Stage - 01782 214991 >Monday 12 - Chester - Telfords - 01244 390090 > >The bulk of the touring however starts October through November culminating >in a number of dates with both Roy and Nick. > >I'm afraid I can't give you any details on Nick's new CD or it availability, >as I didn't know he had one! > >bye for now >Darren > > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:56:45 -0500 From: meredith Subject: rachael sage and beth orton Hi! Sunday night woj, Don Keller and myself braved the rain to see Rachael Sage's set at the Mercury Lounge. The weather and the fact that it was Oscar Night kept the crowd to a minimum, but it was a good show anyway. She and the Red Rubber Band did a good mix of songs from _Smashing The Serene_ and new stuff, plus a really wonderful old song that she's played every time I've seen her, a haunting Holocaust story that always stays in my head for days afterwards. (I'm not completely sure about the title - I think it's "93 Maidens".) I hope the Merc people took the weather and the timing into account when tallying up the audience count, and have Rachael back on a more favorable evening soon. I brought a friend with me who had never heard Rachael's music before, and she liked the show a lot, and said she'll definitely be keeping her eye out for the CD at Tower. Yay. :) The other thing I wanted to mention was how fixated I am on Beth Orton's new album. The opening track, "Stolen Car" is one of those hit-repeat-and-leave-it-there songs that comes along only a couple times a year. In fact, I love that song so much I can't really tell you a whole lot about the rest of the album, save that I'm really loving it. I'm going to go back to _Trailer Park_ now - after the initial surge on that I haven't been motivated to listen to it for a really long time. This evening on WPKN I heard several Orton songs in a row from both albums, and it all worked really well together. +==========================================================================+ | 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 *** | +============================G=O==U=C=O=N=N=!=!=!==========================+ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:05:08 -0500 From: Jeffrey Burka Subject: Re: rachael sage and beth orton meth sez: > > Sunday night woj, Don Keller and myself braved the rain to see Rachael > Sage's set at the Mercury Lounge. She really needs to come to DC. Really. > The other thing I wanted to mention was how fixated I am on Beth Orton's > new album. Tasty, eh? > I'm going to go back to _Trailer Park_ now I think my stepmother still has that disc. I really should have picked it up from her this evening when I dropped by to give her a CD of _Central Reservation_ (she'll love it...), as I've been wanting to give it a spin m'self. > Aren't you done with that yet? And when are you going to start _The Diamond Age_? (which I have to admit took two reads before I felt like I understood what the hell was going on...anyone know what Stephenson's been up to since then?) jeff np: _Rhodes II_ (mostly because I can't remember where I stuck those two Jane discs which arrived from A&B today, and stayed put long enough for me to pull the cellophane and determine that despite being cheapies, did in fact come with full liner notes. woo hoo!) (er...not that I need an excuse to be listening to _Rhodes II_. Yum.) - -- |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 | ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:16:24 -0500 From: Michael Curry Subject: Re: rachael sage and beth orton At 10:56 PM 3/23/99 -0500, meredith wrote: >The other thing I wanted to mention was how fixated I am on Beth >Orton's new album. The opening track, "Stolen Car" is one of those >hit-repeat-and-leave-it-there songs that comes along only a couple >times a year. In fact, I love that song so much I can't really tell >you a whole lot about the rest of the album, save that I'm really >loving it. I'm going to go back to _Trailer Park_ now - after the >initial surge on that I haven't been motivated to listen to it for a >really long time. This evening on WPKN I heard several Orton songs in >a row from both albums, and it all worked really well together. I got this album yesterday, and I also like it a lot. "Stolen Car" is an amazing track, and a great way to start of the album, but after three listens I'm also really into "Stars All Seem To Weep" and "Blood Red River." I never got around to buying _Trailer Park_ after hearing it once in someones car (actually, I think I heard Meredith's copy the day she bought it). I wasn't blown away by that first listen, so I guess I wasn't motivated enough to go out and buy the CD. Now I think I'm motivated. :) Mike np: Sleater-Kinney -- The Hot Rock nr: Prince of Dogs by Kate Elliot | Michael Curry / mcurry@io.com / mcurry@smoe.org | | http://www.io.com/~mcurry | | "Am I bitter? Do I sound bitter?" -- Veda Hille | ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:22:17 -0500 From: Michael Curry Subject: Re: rachael sage and beth orton At 11:05 PM 3/23/99 -0500, Jeffrey Burka wrote: >> > >Aren't you done with that yet? And when are you going to start >_The Diamond Age_? (which I have to admit took two reads before >I felt like I understood what the hell was going on...anyone >know what Stephenson's been up to since then?) According to amazon.com he has a new book coming out in May, _Cryptonomicon_. Apparently it's a big one... 928 pages (yikes). No idea what it might be about. I really do needs to re-read _The Diamond Age_. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:20:11 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Re: rachael sage and beth orton Hi! Jeffy replied: >> > >Aren't you done with that yet? And when are you going to start >_The Diamond Age_? No, I'm not (I don't have a lot of time to read, sigh). And I finished _The Diamond Age_ over a year ago, so thpth. :) >(which I have to admit took two reads before >I felt like I understood what the hell was going on... Hmmm, now I'm wondering if I really did understand what was going on - I thought I did at the time! >anyone >know what Stephenson's been up to since then?) Well, since you asked (woj sent this to me last week, he got it from another list he's on): >>Coming out in May: CRYPTONOMICON by Neal Stephenson >> >>Sez Avon books: >> >>Profound and prophetic, hypnotic and hyper-driven, CRYPTONOMICON is a >>monumental work of art, thought, and creative daring, and Neal >>Stephenson's most ambitious, accomplished work to date. >> >>In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse is assigned to Detachment 2702 on >>a secret mission to keep the Nazis ignorant of the fact that Allied >>Intelligence has cracked the enemy's fabled Enigma code. It is a >>cryptographic chess match dictated by abstract mathematical analyses >>which are then translated into action by gung-ho Sergeant Bobby Shaftoe. >>In the present, Waterhouse's crypto-hacker grandson, Randy, has joined >>forces with Shaftoe's tough-as-nails granddaughter, Amy Shaftoe, to >>create a "data haven" in the South Pacific, free of repression and >>scrutiny. Their attempts to thwart the governments and multinationals >>attacking Randy's endeavor lead them to a sunken Nazi submarine that >>holds the key to keeping Randy's company afloat -- and to a massive >>conspiracy with roots in Detachment 2702 that could mean a future of >>personal and digital liberty....or universal totalitarianism reborn. >> >>Wow! It's one of those huge conspiracy jobbies -- 928 pages and $29.50. >> >>Haven't looked, but there's a website at . Whee! +==========================================================================+ | 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 *** | +============================G=O==U=C=O=N=N=!=!=!==========================+ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:21:27 -0500 From: meredith Subject: this week's new releases Hi! I haven't seen this info posted here in a while ... guess both Jill and I have been slacking off. :) > ******************* > * ICE CD Releases * > ******************* > > *Rock and Pop new releases* > --------------------------- > - JULIE ADAMS & THE RHINO BOYS - I Don't Mind Walking (Gadfly) > - TERRY ALLEN - Salivation (Sugar Hill) > - BEENIE MAN - Ruff 'n' Tuff (reggae album) (Fuel 2000) > - BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE BOYS - Radio Favorites (HighTone) > - FRANK BLACK AND THE CATHOLICS - Pistolero (spinART) > - BLACKSTREET - Finally (Li'l Man/Interscope) > - BLUR - 13 (ICE #144) (Virgin) > - FRANKIE BONES - Factory 202 (X-Sight) > - BOOTLEG (a.k.a. Ira Dorsey) - Death Before Dishonesty (Relativity) > - THE BRAXTON BROTHERS - Now & Forever (Windham Hill) > - BILL BRUFORD'S EARTHWORKS - A Part and Yet Apart (Discipline Global > Mobile) > - CHAINSUCK - Kindly, Stop for Me (Wax Trax!) > - CHEROKEE - I Love You...Me (RCA) > - CHARLOTTE CHURCH - Voice of an Angel (Sony Classical) > - CRASH TEST DUMMIES - Give Yourself a Hand (ICE #143) (Arista) > - JULIAN DAWSON - Spark (ICE #143) (Gadfly) > - DJ DB - Presents Shades of Technology: Drum 'N Bass Mix (F-111/WB) > - MARC DORSEY - Crave (Jive) > - DREA - A Dream Come True (Warner Bros.) > - ESTER - Default State (Thirsty Ear) > - FEAR FACTORY - Obsolete (w/Gary Numan guesting on "Cars") > (Roadrunner) > - FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ - Atardecer (Knitting Factory) > - FUTURE PILOT AKA - Vs. a Galaxy of Sound (remixes by Cornershop, > Scanner, Kim Fowley, The Pastels and others) (Beggars Banquet) > - GLADHANDS - Wow and Flutter (Big Deal) > - GOV'T MULE - Live...With a Little Help from Our Friends (ICE #144) > (Capricorn) > - JON DEE GRAHAM (ex-True Believers guitarist) - Summerland (New West) > - CLIVE GREGSON - Happy Hour (Compass) > - THE GROOVIE GHOULIES - Fun in the Dark (Lookout!) > - SAMMY HAGAR - Red Voodoo (MCA) > - MIKE HARTMAN - Black Glue (Fuel 2000) > - HATE DEPT. - Technical Difficulties (Restless) > - BRUCE HENDERSON - Beyond the Pale (Paradigm) > - BOO HEWERDINE (former Great Divide/Bible vocalist) - Thanksgiving > (Compass) > - PENELOPE HOUSTON - Tongue (ICE #143) (Reprise) > - THE IGUANAS - Sugartown (Koch) > - ELTON JOHN AND TIM RICE - Aida (ICE #143) (Rocket/Island) > - LUCY KAPLANSKY - Ten Year Night (w/Jennifer Kimball, John Gorka, > Richard Shindell, Duke Levine and Larry Campbell guesting) (Red > House) > - MARK KNOPFLER - Metroland: Music & Songs from the Film (Christian > Bale film w/instrumentals and one vocal track by Knopfler and > previously released tracks by Elvis Costello, The Stranglers and > Dire Straits) (Warner Bros.) > - LADYBUG TRANSISTOR - The Albemarle Sound (Merge) > - LUCY LEE - Don't Stop Asking (Island) > - BILL LLOYD - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (Koch) > - LOUDMOUTH - Loudmouth (Hollywood) > - MAG - Hustlaz Heaven (w/Gangsta Boo, NEXT and Treach) (Relativity) > - MC BREED - It's All Good (w/2Pac, Kurupt, Too $hort and Richie Rich > guesting) (Power/Roadrunner) > - MEJA - Seven Sisters (Columbia) > - MELKY SEDECK - Da Joint (MCA) > - MOA - Universal (Tommy Boy) > - MOTORHEAD - Everything Louder Than Everyone Else (live best-of) (CMC > Int'l) > - OWSLEY - Owsley (Giant/WB) > - BIJOU PHILLIPS - I'd Rather Eat Glass (Almo Sounds) > - HENRY PHILLIPS - #2 (Oglio) > - PLASTIQUE - Empire of the Black Suns (The Music Cartel) > - PROPHANITY - Stronger Than Steel (Metal Blade) > - PULLEY - Pulley (Epitaph) > - THE QUEERS - Later Days and Better Lays (Lookout!) > - QUIET RIOT - Alive & Well (Latest & Greatest) (Deadline/Cleopatra) > - EDDI READER - Angels & Electricity (Compass) > - THE REVELERS - Day In, Day Out (spinART) > - ROAD DAWGS - Don't Be Saprised (w/Ice Cube, Mack 10 & MC Eiht > guesting) (Noo Trybe/Virgin) > - RUBBEROOM - Architechnology (3-2-1/Zero Hour) > - SAUCE MONEY - Middle Finger U (MCA) > - SILK - Tonight (Elektra) > - SPOCK'S BEARD (contemporary prog-rock band) - Day for Night (Metal > Blade) > - SQUATWEILER - Horsepower (spinART) > - SHELBY STARNER - From in the Shadows (Warner Bros.) > - STATIC X - Wisconsin Death Trip (Warner Bros.) > - SWERVEDRIVER - Wrong Treats (EP) (Zero Hour) > - SWIMMER - Surreal (Maverick/WB) > - TITO & TARANTULA (Tito Larriva of The Plugz and Cruzados) - Hungry > Sally & Other Killer Lullabies (w/Petra Haden guesting) (Cockroach) > - JON TIVEN GROUP - Yes I Ram (ICE #143) (Lucky 13) > - TRANS AM - Futureworld (Thrill Jockey) > - TSOL - Change Today (Restless) > - IAN TYSON - Lost Herd (Vanguard) > - UB40 - Labour of Love III (Virgin) > - USHER - Live (Arista) > - DAVID USHER - Little Songs (Nettwerk) > - STEVE WYNN (ex-Dream Syndicate vocalist) - My Midnight (w/Pere Ubu's > Tony Maimone and Chris Brokaw of Come guesting) (Zero Hour) > - YOUNG LORD - Presents the Red Book Masters (Honcho Mogul) > - Various Artists - Shake What Your Mama Gave Ya (includes Legal > Tender's bass-heavy cover of Force MD's "Tender Love") (Blunt/TVT) > - Various Artists - Source Material (collection of new French bands) > (Source/Astralwerks) > - Various Artists - Star Wars: Cocktails in the Cantina (lounge and > swing versions of "Star Wars" music) (Glue Factory/Oglio) > - Various Artists - Stranger Than Fiction (two CDs) (DQYDJ/Oglio) > - Original Soundtrack to - "Clubland" (film written & produced by Glen > Ballard) (Java/Capitol) > - Original Soundtrack to - "Foolish" (film starring Master P & Eddie > Griffin) (No Limit/Priority) > - Original Soundtrack to - "The Mod Squad" (ICE #144) (Elektra) > - Original Soundtrack to - "Ringmaster" (Jerry Springer film; clean & > explicit versions) (Lil' Joe) > - Original Soundtrack to - "A Walk on the Moon" (new Diane Lane film) > (Sire) > > *Rock and Pop reissues* > ----------------------- > - AGGREGATION - Mind Odyssey (w/bonus tracks) (Sundazed) > - THE ALARM - King Biscuit Presents (1983, Boston) (King Biscuit) > - BAD COMPANY - The Original (ICE #143) (EastWest) > - THE BUCKINGHAMS - Time & Charges/Portraits (Sundazed) > - JEAN CARN - Best of (The Right Stuff) > - KIM CARNES - The Mistaken Identity Collection (original album w/six > bonus tracks) (Razor & Tie) > - BETH NEILSEN CHAPMAN - Greatest Hits (Reprise) > - THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS - Where the Action Is! (Sundazed) > - THE CONTOURS - The Very Best of (ICE #144) (Motown) > - BOBBY DARIN - Swingin' the Standards (Varese Vintage) > - JOHN DENVER - Live in Australia (1977) (RCA) > - ECSTASY PASSION AND PAIN - Ecstasy Passion and Pain (w/two bonus > tracks: "One Beautiful Day" and "Touch and Go") (Roulette/Koch) > - DAVE EDMUNDS - King Biscuit Presents (King Biscuit) > - FOGHAT - King Biscuit Presents (King Biscuit) > - JULIA FORDHAM - The Collection (Virgin) > - FOUR TOPS - Their Greatest Love Songs (Hip-O) > - ELLIE GREENWICH - I Can Hear Music: The Collection (ICE #142) (Razor > & Tie) > - LEON HUFF - Here to Create Music (The Right Stuff) > - JOSEFUS - Dead Man (Sundazed) > - B.B. KING - Best of (MCA) > - KING DIAMOND - The Graveyard (Metal Blade) > - GLADYS KNIGHT - Claudine (soundtrack) (The Right Stuff) > - KOOL & THE GANG - Greatest Hits (Mercury) > - JIMMY MURPHY - Electricity (Sugar Hill) > - WAYNE NEWTON - Sings the Hits of the '70s (Varese Vintage) > - THE ORIGINALS - The Very Best of (ICE #144) (Motown) > - OS MUTANTES - World Psychedelic Classics One: The Best of (Luaka > Bop/WB) > - PETER, PAUL AND MARY - Songs of Conscience & Concern (w/one new > track, "Don't Laugh at Me") (Warner Bros.) > - SAM PHILLIPS - Zero Zero Zero (ICE #142) (Virgin) > - GENE PITNEY - 25 All Time Greatest Hits (Varese Vintage) > - RIOT - Born in America (Metal Blade) > - BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE - Many a Mile (Vanguard) > - SAVOY BROWN - The Bottom Line Encore Collection (Bottom Line) > - SHAGGY - Best of (Virgin) > - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - Dusty!, The Look of Love, Ooooooweeee!!!, Stay > AwhiIe/I Only Want to Be with You (two-fer) and You Don't Have to > Say You Love Me (Mercury) > - RICK SPRINGFIELD - Best of (RCA) > - SWV - Greatest Hits (RCA) > - DAVE VAN RONK - Somebody Else, Not Me (Philo) > - STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN - Couldn't Stand the Weather, In Step, The Real > Deal: Greatest Hits Vol. 2, Soul to Soul and Texas Flood (all > w/bonus tracks; ICE #144) (Epic/Legacy) > - THE VELVELETTES - The Very Best of (ICE #144) (Motown) > - JERRY JEFF WALKER - Vanguard Sessions (w/previously unreleased > original version of "Mr. Bojangles") (Vanguard) > - Various Artists - Best of Planet Groove (collaboration w/Black > Entertainment Television; w/Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Erykah > Badu, et al.) (Fully Loaded/Virgin) > - Various Artists - Best Soul Album in the World Ever (Virgin) > - Various Artists - Bootylicious 2000 (w/2 Live Crew, 69 Boyz, Tag > Team, et al.) (Repeat/Relativity) > - Various Artists - A Gregorian Moods (Virgin) > - Various Artists - Uptown Lounge (The Right Stuff) > - Original Soundtrack to - "Superman: The Ultimate Collection" > (contains best of Superman themes from movies, TV shows & Broadway > musical) (Varese Sarabande) > > *Blues new releases* > -------------------- > - PETER BERNAS - May the Better Man Lose (featuring guitarist John > Duich) (Waterdog) > - THE DELGADO BROTHERS - Let's Get Back (Mocombo) > - GOV'T MULE - Live...with a Little Help from Our Friends (Capricorn) > - COREY HARRIS - Greens from the Garden (Alligator) > - GARY PRIMICH - Botheration (Black Top) > - Various Artists - Deep South Blues (R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, > Jesse Mae Hemphill and others) (Highwater/HMG) > > *Blues reissues* > ---------------- > - ELVIN BISHOP - Juke Joint Jump (Capricorn) > - GATEMOUTH BROWN - Blackjack (Sugar Hill) > - STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN - Texas Flood, Couldn't Stand the Weather, Soul > to Soul, In Step and The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Epic > Legacy) > - Various Artists - 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collections on > B.B. King, Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters (MCA) > > *Country new releases* > ---------------------- > - TERRY ALLEN - Salivation (Sugar Hill) > - JESSICA ANDREWS - Heart Shaped World (DreamWorks) > - BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE BOYS - Radio Favorites (EP) (HMG) > - TONY FURTADO & DIRK POWELL - Tony Furtado & Dirk Powell (Rounder) > - JON DEE GRAHAM - Summerland (New West) > - LILA MCCANN - Something in the Air (Asylum) > - IAN TYSON - Lost Herd (Vanguard) > > *Country reissues* > ------------------ > - REX ALLEN - The Last of the Great Singing Cowboys (Bloodshot > Revival) > - JIMMY MURPHY - Electricity (Sugar Hill) > - Various Artists - Kentucky Old-Time Banjo (Rounder) > > *Jazz new releases* > ------------------- > - LAURENT COQ - Jaywalker (Enja) > - LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA - Live in Swing City: Swingin' with > the Duke (Columbia) > - BRANFORD MARSALIS - Requiem (Columbia) > - JOHN MCKENNA - Apparition (IGMOD) > - CHARLIE HUNTER-LEON PARKER - Duo (Blue Note) > - MICHEL PETRUCCIANI - Solo Live (Dreyfus) > - THE VOODOO GANG - Return of the Turtle (Enja) > - CASSANDRA WILSON - Traveling Miles (ICE #143) (Blue Note) > - NORMA WINSTONE - Like Song, Like Weather (Koch Jazz) > > *Jazz reissues* > --------------- > - ART BLAKEY - Moanin' (Blue Note) > - ERIC DOLPHY - Out to Lunch (Blue Note) > - DUKE ELLINGTON - Soul Call (Verve) > - DUKE ELLINGTON - The Complete Capitol Recordings (five CDs) (Blue > Note) > - DUKE ELLINGTON AND JOHNNY HODGES - Side by Side (Verve) > - ELLA FITZGERALD - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (three CDs) > (Verve) > - TOMMY FLANAGAN - Confirmation (Enja) > - DEXTER GORDON - Go (Blue Note) > - HERBIE HANCOCK - Empyrean Isles (Blue Note) > - JOE HENDERSON - Barcelona (Enja) > - JOHNNY HODGES - With Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra (Verve) > - FREDDIE HUBBARD - High Blues Pressure (Koch Jazz/Atlantic) > - BOBBY HUTCHERSON - Un Poco Loco (Koch Jazz) > - THE JAZZ MODES - The Most Happy Fella (Koch Jazz/Atlantic) > - ELVIN JONES - Live at the Village Vanguard (Enja) > - HANK MOBLEY - Soul Station (Blue Note) > - DUKE PEARSON - Honeybuns (Koch Jazz/Atlantic) > - OSCAR PETERSON - Plays the Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve) > - DON PULLEN - Tomorrow's Promises (Koch Jazz/Atlantic) > - MAX ROACH - Lift Every Voice (Koch Jazz/Atlantic) > - MICHELE ROSEWOMAN - Quintessence (Enja) > - WAYNE SHORTER - Speak No Evil (Blue Note) > - RANDY WESTON - African Cookbook (Koch Jazz/Atlantic) > > New and reissued Compact Disc releases are provided by ICE Magazine, a > leader in Compact Disc news. For a taste of the printed publication, > visit ICE On-Line at www.icemagazine.com. > (C) 1999 by Howard Communications, Inc. > > *Information subject to change. +==========================================================================+ | 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 *** | +============================G=O==U=C=O=N=N=!=!=!==========================+ ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V5 #107 **************************