From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V5 #216 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, June 26 1999 Volume 05 : Number 216 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: Ecto Compilation CD [Kay S Cleaves ] Re: Garmarna? [Dirk Kastens ] Jocelyn Pook - Eyes Wide Shut music [There is no spoon ] cat power! [Nick Nadel ] Chicago ectogathering, this Sunday [There is no spoon ] What's In A Name [LinOnnLine@aol.com] RE: Ecto Compilation update [Rubber DeNiro ] Happy and Project Lo [Anthony_Matern@vanguard.com] Australian Women in Music site & Neile offline [Neile Graham ] Re: Kila [jjh969@juno.com] the serenading genius list [meredith ] ectopages updated [meredith ] Re: cat power! [Andrew Fries ] Weird Al "The Saga Begins" [Michael Curry ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 01:51:30 -0500 From: Kay S Cleaves Subject: RE: Ecto Compilation CD Some suggestions for the title: - --Ectonic (Or perhaps this should be the beverage of choice for when listening to the disc. Goes well with the previously suggested Ectopia, for the under-21 listmembers...) - --Fuzzy Blues (Might this require furry packaging? If so, would it be boycotted by PETA?) - --Un-Listed, or Un-Digested - --Crossrhodes - --Sessions @ W Smoe.org - --Delilah (biblical companion of...) - --Aurally Gratified - --Legends (in Our Own Minds) - --The EWS Strikes Back (BTW, nearly jumped out of my skin when I saw "EWS" on a major website today, then realized they were talking about the Kubrick film...) - --On the Outside (which is, after all, what "ecto" means in the scientific sense) - --Ectoskeleton - --Pieces of wonderful music that I can't wait to hear... - --Fierce Beauty - --The Ectophiles' Disc of Good Music - --Terra Recognita - --Think This Disc Looks Weird? You Should See the REST of My Collection... - --File Under Ectophilic Leaving off before this gets any sillier... - --Kay npimh: Hello Earth, Kate Bush (tiefe, tiefe...) nr: Titles of CD's in my collection for other silly parodies... ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:24:11 +0200 From: Dirk Kastens Subject: Re: Garmarna? At 17:39 24.06.99 -0400, Bill Adler wrote: >Well, this is what the Ecto list does. I've just ordered Vittrad. Writing these lines I'm just listening to Garmarna's real audio samples. What a GREAT band!!!!!! I have to go out after work and try to get their latest album. Thanks ecto :-) Dirk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 04:07:24 -0500 From: There is no spoon Subject: Jocelyn Pook - Eyes Wide Shut music I just saw a track listing of the soundtrack to the upcoming Stanley Kubrick film Eyes Wide Shut. I'm not at all interested in seeing the movie (even though I worship Kubrick) but the music looks pretty good. The track listing is here: http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=3788 I had never heard of Jocelyn Pook, but for some reason her name was familiar. (I think I was thinking of Pooka) She has worked with a number of ecto-friendly artists. V This bio is from http://www.schirmer.com/composers/pook/bio.html - ---- Jocelyn Pook studied violin and viola at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama after which she toured for three years with the Communards. She has appeared in A Place in Europe (Impact Theatre Co-op) and Paradise (Lumière & Son Theatre Company). She has composed music for several DV8 Physical Theatre productions including "My Body, Your Body" (1988), "Strange Fish" (1993) and "MSM" (1994). She has also composed scores for Insomniac Productions (Utopia, The Fall of Lucas Fortune and l'Ascensore) as well as contributing music on various Derek Jarman films including Carravagio and Edward II, in which she also appeared. Jocelyn has composed several pieces for TV and film in the past few years. In 1994 she was commissioned to write a three minute opera, The Alien for the BBC TV series "Mad about Music." The following year, Jocelyn also wrote the music for the Omnibus documentary about Keats. She has written pieces for Dance on Film ("Mothers & Daughters" - 1994) and her music for "Strange Fish" (DV8) won the Prix Italia Award in 1994. She recently collaborated with the film maker John Smith on the BBC2 short film Blight for which her imaginative and thought-provoking score was singled out for critical praise. She was also specially commissioned to write a piece of music for an episode of "People's Century" covering the women's movement entitled Half the People. Jocelyn co-founded ELECTRA STRINGS, who now have a busy touring schedule undertaking sessions and tours of their own music as well as working regularly for TV and film and for many leading rock and pop musicians. As Electra Strings, Jocelyn has performed with a wide range of artists including Peter Gabriel, PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Paul Weller, The Cranberries, Lyle Lovett and The Manic Street Preachers. Jocelyn also plays for Regular Music II and is a founder member of 3 OR 4 COMPOSERS with whom she has just completed a short series of dates. In 1994, Jocelyn wrote the music for Deluge which was commissioned by the Canadian dance company O Vertigo and which toured internationally. The tour and musical score attracted much critical attention and one of the tracks, Blow the Wind was chosen as the music to the recent Orange TV advertisement. More recently she has been commissioned to write the music for a documentary history of the Papacy, Saints and Sinners, due to be broadcast in over 20 countries around the world. She has also written the score to Stanley Kubrick's next movie Eyes Wide Shut featuring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 02:10:53 PDT From: Nick Nadel Subject: cat power! tell me you all have Cat Power's new album Moon Pix! I listen to it constantly, everyone would love it. haunting, folk, mazzy star meets beth orton vocals. Cat Power is singer/songwriter Chan Marshall and Moon Pix is her best album by far. she's big on the indie scene, rolling stone called Moon Pix one of 98's best. get it! have i written this before, probably, this album is tremendous. it's tied with Katell Keineg's Jet as my favorite from the last couple of years ( well not counting the releases from Sarah Mc, Tori A, and Natalie M., everything is second to them). Cat Power's other albums are more feedbacky, sonic youth-ish. anyone have albums before what would the community think? how are they? Cat Power fans? let's talk! seriously, u must own Moon Pix! anyone seen her live, comments? i haven't unfortunately. speaking of milla "i'm married to the guy who did the fifth element" jovovich.....new album anytime soon? last in read, like a year and half ago, she recorded a few songs, said they were "jazzy, loungey, like Sinatra on Acid", this was in one of the ubiquitous magazines she's in, Interview or Index or Detour or Details or Car and Driver I can't keep 'em straight. i assume her album was sidetracked by the Joan of Arc biopic she's been filming with Messiuer Luc Besson. any news? i love divine comedy! need more milla! mazzy star? album news? it's been a while....next thing u know they'll break up like cocteau twins. david roback produced some tunes on beth ortons new album and hope sandoval's on the chemical brothers album so at least their still around. i read hope hates to tour, shy or something. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 04:16:43 -0500 From: There is no spoon Subject: Chicago ectogathering, this Sunday Heya, Neal Copperman is traveling through our fair city and wants to meet some Ectophiles, so I'm having a very informal gathering this Sunday. Anyone can show up anytime after 2:00pm, though at least one Ectophile won't be able to come until after 6:30, so we're real easy on time. We have nothing specific planned. We can watch movies, watch videos, watch some Happy concert clips, listen to music, whatever anyone feels like doing. At some point, we'll probably order in from the local middle eastern restaurant. Our phone number is (773) 279-1723. Call Sunday for our address and directions. (or e-mail me) Vickie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 08:45:59 EDT From: LinOnnLine@aol.com Subject: What's In A Name I love the playful creativity you all devote to naming yourselves and your fave music. This one is particularly enjoyable . . . Linda Donahue newest(?) Ectonaut * **** In a message dated 6/25/99 5:12:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, vickie@wwa.com writes: > I had never heard of Jocelyn Pook . . . . > She has worked with a number of ecto-friendly artists. > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 06:10:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Rubber DeNiro Subject: RE: Ecto Compilation update - --- Andrew Fries wrote: > > I agree with this reasoning... How about "Ectopia"? > Second! - --Charley n.p. Missy Elliot "Supa Dupa Fly" n.r. Simone Weil: A Modern Pilgrimage, by Robert Coles _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:55:51 -0400 From: Anthony_Matern@vanguard.com Subject: Happy and Project Lo Philly, being a stronghold of support for HR and Bon Logaza, has been treated with November dates. Tin Angel will host Bon Lozaga's Project Lo featuring Happy Rhodes on Friday Nov. 19. Show times are 8PM and 11PM. Additional dates in surrounding locations will follow. It was in November 1998 that Project Lo made it's local tour in the tri-state area. The performance at Old Swede's Church featured Happy with 5 vocal selections and the splendid music from Lozaga's band. If you can........just do it. Later, Tony M ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:19:06 -0800 From: Neile Graham Subject: Australian Women in Music site & Neile offline Hi, all-- A reader of The Ectophiles' Guide sent me this great resource site: http://www.alphalink.com.au/~funbuns/ Also, just wanted to alert everyone that I'll be off line in a couple of days until the middle of July--Jim and I are heading off for two weeks of adventure in Turkey. This means that this weekend's upload of Ectophiles' Guide updates and additions will be the last for a while, and everyone will be spared my barrage of email requests for the site as well. You all play nicely amongst yourselves while I'm gone, okay? - --Neile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Neile Graham ...... http://www.sff.net/people/neile ....... neile@sff.net Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal . http://www.sff.net/people/neile/semaines The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ....... http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 11:06:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Subject: RE: Ecto Compilation update On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Foghorn J Fornorn wrote: > Let's hear how others feel... should I use my plain and obvious title? Use > one of these (or another) Happy Rhodes phrase? Or something completely > different...? My suggestion is: "The Ecto Files". - - Bill G. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:23:38 -0500 From: jjh969@juno.com Subject: Re: Kila I heard their vocalist is acquired taste but I understand that they are extraordinary instrumentally, sort of along the lines of a Lunasa or Stockton's Wing. I think they are doing a thing Monday night at Arlene's too. Not sure though so I'd check beforehand. John On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 13:16:22 +0930 blloyd@ashfordhosp.com.au writes: > >>I, and several other ectophiles, are going to be seeing >>Kila open for Susan McKeown on Sunday night (at the Towne Crier >>in Pawling, NY) and I have to say I'm a bit apprehensive about >>the whole thing > >No need to worry - they are brilliant - saw them in Adelaide earlier >this >year. The lineup includes Ronan and Lance of Dead Can Dance. The cd is >wonderful too....... > >bronny ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 20:15:45 -0400 From: meredith Subject: the serenading genius list Hi! I got an invitation to join Serenading Genius, the new Happy list today. It's run by an individual called Kelesyn, and is at OneList. The description there says: >This is discussion list is primarily for fans of the musical artist, Happy >Rhodes. (Other artists for potential discussion include: Kate Bush, Lili Haydn, >Loreena McKennitt, Sarah MacLachlin and any other non-mainstream artist.) If you >haven't heard it, I encourage you to pick up your copy of Rhodes' latest CD, >"Many Worlds Are Born Tonight" (Samson Music). Welcome! > >You can join this list by going to the following web page: > > http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/Serenading_Genius Sounds like a carbon copy of ecto ... I'm not quite sure I see the point. I've asked Kelesyn to provide some insight on why a second Happy list. If I get a response, I'll let y'all know. Has anyone here joined Serenading Genius? If so, what's it like? (I don't do lists at OneList because it's an advertising-supported service and I get bombarded with enough spam in a day, thanks.) +==========================================================================+ | 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 *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 22:53:24 -0400 From: meredith Subject: ectopages updated Hi! I've made a few updates to the ecto home pages. In addition to updating the "latest news" area with the Project Lo date (thanks, Anthony!) and info on the Serenading Genius list, I also spent some time making the different pages follow the format we sort of fell into using the cool Celt-ecto logo (thanks, Vickie :). Then I found myself actually working on updating the links page. So here's my plea for help -- if anyone is interested in helping update the links page , please let me know! What I want to do is a.) make sure all the links work and b.) briefly annotate the links so people know what they're going to. I've done that with the Happy/Ecto and Kate Bush links so far, but there's lots more to go, and lots more that could be added. One of these years, I'll be able to consider the ectopages "done" ... sigh. Thanks in advance, +==========================================================================+ | 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 *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 13:22:14 +1000 From: Andrew Fries Subject: Re: cat power! In a message "cat power!" on 25/Jun/1999 02:10:53 Nick Nadel says: > tell me you all have Cat Power's new album Moon Pix! I do - as well as her other two. I think it's great myself, but I wouldn't go recommending it to everyone. In fact I'd say it will only appear to some, but those who like it will probably end up liking it a lot... > anyone have albums before what would the community think? I also have "myra lee" which I believe was her first. Haven't played it in a while and perhaps I should but my original impression was that it was a rather amateurish effort. She sounded like a kid learning to play music in the kitchen - - the sort of thing that you can release as a limited edition once you're bigger than Jesus and it could be of interest to musicologists and historians, but otherwise best left burried in the vaults. > anyone seen her live, comments? i haven't unfortunately. Nor have I - and I've only got myself to blame because she played in Sydney several times in the last year. I think my major fear was that this very sparse music won't translate well into a pub setting. And frankly, I had some doubts about her ability to pull it off live, although perhaps the weren't justified; the reviews of her gigs that I've read were quite positive. - ------------------------------------------------------ 62,400 repetitions make one truth. - Aldous Huxley - ------ http://www.zip.com.au/~afries/hall.html ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 00:19:19 -0400 From: Michael Curry Subject: Weird Al "The Saga Begins" Weird Al singing a song about The Phantom Menace to the tune of "American Pie." http://www.sagabegins.com/ np: Weird Al Yankovic -- "The Saga Begins" nr: Blindness by Jose Saramago ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V5 #216 **************************