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ecto-digest           Tuesday, July 6 1999           Volume 05 : Number 228



                               Today's Subjects:
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  RACHAEL SAGE TO PLAY INDIEGRRL SHOW THIS TUES...         [SpiritWe@aol.com]
  Today's your birthday, friends...                [Mike Matthews <matthewm>]
  re: CD's                                  ["Tom Ditto" <ditto@taconic.net>]
  Wishing Chair Schedule                                     [JavaHo@aol.com]
  Katheleen Michaels                      [Jack Sutton <jsutton@hrmusic.com>]
  tori at the hard rock hotel           [four episode lesbian <woj@smoe.org>]
  church of betty and najma             [four episode lesbian <woj@smoe.org>]
  Morphine                          ["Spencer Lewis" <skilroy@earthlink.net>]
  RE: CDR labeling                              [Bill Adler <badler@csi.com>]
  Marci Geller - _Here on the Edge_ release news  [Philip David Morgan <phil]

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Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 02:43:58 EDT
From: SpiritWe@aol.com
Subject: RACHAEL SAGE TO PLAY INDIEGRRL SHOW THIS TUES...

*RACHAEL SAGE*
will be appearing this
TUESDAY, JULY 6 @ 
THE SIDEWALK CAFE - 9:15 PM
(Ave. A & 6th St. - Free!)

...This special performance is part of the INDIEGRRL TOUR as it makes its way 
through NYC and all around the country this summer - come early and catch 
some other fierce-and-beautiful female singer/songwriters!  The entire 
evening begins at 7:30 & goes on all night.

For more info. please contact Lisa Cohen at:
wickedroz@aol.com 
212.533.3443
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Other News:
*Don't forget--Rachael will be performing at the Lilith Fair on August 7th, 
3:15PM (PNC Bank Arts Center - NJ)...Check out www.lilithfair.com for more 
details, or call ticketmaster for tix.
*Rachael's song "Alive Before You" appears on the "Harmony at Home" CD 
compilation;  all proceeds benefit victims of domestic violence & child 
abuse.  The CD-release party was held on June 28th at the Westbeth Theater, 
NYC, and featured Rachael and the other contributing artists performing live 
with a house band.  Information on ordering/supporting this powerful album 
and the Harmony at Home organization is forthcoming...
*"Ladino", the ballet composed by Rachael & produced by Rachael, Rob Curto & 
Andy Zulla, premiered at the Spaletto Festival this June and was extremely 
well received.  The American Jewish Ballet intends to revive the work 
sometime next year in our own hometown NYC, so you all can come check it out!
- - - - - - - - -
That's it for now...Hope to seeya at the Sidewalk next week!
Stay cool, & chew that ice if you want to...Who needs enamel, anyway?
Peace & xoxo -
Lisa Cohen / MPress Records
1.877.TRU.SAGE
www.rachaelsage.com

If you have been added to this list in error and wish to be removed, please 
reply with the words "remove address" in the header. Thank you.

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Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 03:00:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mike Matthews <matthewm>
Subject: Today's your birthday, friends...

                                i*i*i*i*i*i
                                i*i*i*i*i*i
                              ***************
                            *****HAPPY*********
                      **************BIRTHDAY*********
            ***************************************************
 ***************************************************************************
 ******************** Kevin Harkins (no Email address) *********************
 ********************* Laurel Krahn (laurel@pobox.com) *********************
 ******************** John J Henshon (jjh969@juno.com) *********************
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   Kevin Harkins            Thu  July 05      1973     Cancer
   Laurel Krahn             Mon  July 05      1971     Cancer
   John J Henshon           Mon  July 05      1954     The Year Of The Horse / Ruled By The Moon
   Jim Gurley               Mon  July 06      1959     Cancer
   Lisa Wilson              Fri  July 08      1960     Moonchild with Java Rising
   Courtney Dallas          Fri  July 09      1971     Catte
   Michael Peskura          Sat  July 09      1949     HallOfFamer
   Finney T. Tsai           Sat  July 09      1966     Cancer
   Larry Greenfield         Tue  July 11      1950     Virgo Rising; Gemini Moon
   Marion Kippers           Tue  July 13      1965     Kreeft
   Ellen Rawson             Thu  July 13      1961     Double Cancer
   Mitch Pravatiner         Mon  July 14      1952     Cancer
   Rich R.                  Wed  July 14      1954     Cancer
   John Zimmer              Sun  July 16      1961     Cancer
   Dan Stark                Sun  July 16      1961     Cancer
   Cathy Guetzlaff          Mon  July 18      1955     Cancer
   Vlad                     Sat  July 18      1970     Warning: severe tire damage
   Jani Pinola              Thu  July 20      1972     Jonquil
   Alvin Brattli            Sun  July 27      1969     Lefthanded
   Christy Eger Smith       Thu  July 27      1944     Horse Crossing
   woj                      Sun  July 28      1968     children at play
   John Relph               Sat  July 28      1962     Leo
   Bob Kollmeyer            Wed  July 28      1971     Leo
   Steve Lusky              Tue  July 29      1952     Bike!
   Kate Bush                Wed  July 30      1958     God
   Chuck Smith              Wed  July 30      1958     Reboot
   Yves Denneulin           Fri  July 30      1971     Lion-Heart
   Joel Kenyon              Wed  July 31      1963     Leo
   Eli Brandt                    August 05             Leo

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Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 10:10:23 -0400
From: "Tom Ditto" <ditto@taconic.net>
Subject: re: CD's

And while we're on the topic of platters

From their inception, I've been staring at the rainbows in CD's and seeing
3D. So, while others are contemplating the beautiful music mysteriously
encoded in the grooves, my mind has turned to those spoked rainbows. Now I'm
reading that some unfortunates have been had by Block Bastard with their
DIVDs. I wondered if any ectophiles had one of these now obsolete coasters
that I could see.

The damage done by markers on CD's has been mentioned to me. I suggest
caution. First, be sure you're marking the type of CD with a painted area on
the back. The clear CD's are the most vulnerable. Secondly, use a water base
pen. If the label was designed properly, it will absorb the ink. I notice
that Kodak's latest version of CD-R's, advertised as data secure, have a
label area almost like a steel plate, yet the label does absorb the ink off
even a cheap water base felt tip. Don't use Magic Markers, Sharpies or other
markers with exotic solvents. These apparently will compromise the dyes that
make up the CD-R and CD-RW, perhaps by diffusing through the polycarbinate
disc substrate. Some ink dyes have longer lives. A black permanent ink, once
called India ink, would seem a good choice, but I'm just guessing.

As for the paper labels, they've worked for me so far and offer an
opportunity for making pictures, but from the sorry history of pulp-based
acid-content paper, one can say with some certainty that ultimately the
labels are going to turn to dust, leaving an inscrutible scum behind. Fact
is, we just don't know about the digital data, especially if the discs are
stored at normal temperatures and in the dark. They might last much longer
than acid-pulp paper. As for balance after labeling, I am sure that for
audio CD's the labels are no problem in a player, but for the latest
generation of spinners, now reaching "40x", off-center means trouble. A good
player will slow itself down when there is a balance problem, but my advice
would be:
If you are depending on high CD speed
Let's say for some hacker-type backup
Or if your archive is supposed to survive
So another generation can hear
Art made before its time
Then
Skip the extra weight and eccentricity
Of the pretty paper label
(Fun though it might be)
And practice your long hand calligraphy
On a painted-label CD

Tom
ditto@taconic.net
"Do you copy? Over..."

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Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 11:45:47 EDT
From: JavaHo@aol.com
Subject: Wishing Chair Schedule

Terrakin Recording Artists
 WISHING CHAIR
 Summer Schedule
 
 1-800-762-3364
 terrakin@aol.com
 www.terrakin.com
 
 News and Updates:
 Carnegie Center Songwriting Series
 	Thank you one and all who came to our first effort! The concert was a 
great 	success! Our featured artists, The Therapy Sisters Mother Jane did a 
great 	job for a very appreciative audience. The open mic was wonderful, 
very poised 	performances for a very supportive audience. 	We are 
planning the next concert 
	for sometime this fall, so watch here or check our website for 
upcoming 	information.
 
National Women's Music Festival
	We just got back last week from a successful trip to the festival in 
Muncie.  Our 	second visit there was well received and we are looking 
forward to climbing up 	the ladder, so to speak. You all can help. If you are 
going to any festivals or 	would like to see us play at one of your 
favorites, request us! The more the 	powers that be hear 	about us, the 
better are our chances of getting picked next 	year. Let us know if 	there 
is somewhere you think we should be applying to!

Looking for a few good people
 	We often have people ask us, is there anything we can do to help? 
Well, the 	answer is, you bet! We're compiling a volunteer list, people 
who would like to 	help out at concerts, put up posters, help with big 
mailings, etc. In the near 	future we will need help here in the office 
with all kinds of stuff as well. If you 	would like to be on the 
volunteer list, we would love to have you. Email us back 	and let us 
know what you would be up for. Be sure to include your name and 	phone 
number as well.  
 
New CD
	While we love Undisputed Country, it is time to begin working on our 
next 	recording. We're writing away and plan to begin recording in the 
fall. Look for its 	release early next winter.
 
Links and other stuff
	In the continuing process of updating and expanding our website, we 
are on the 	search for sites we should be linked to. Know one? Let us 
know. Radio stations 	near you who should have our CDs? Let us know. Clubs 
we should be 	playing? 	Let us know.
	
Hip new place to go in Lexington
	If you haven't been to Regina's Club and Cafe yet, give it a try. It 
is rapidly 	becoming a place to be. Live music, good food, great 
atmosphere, run by good 	folks.

Our thanks
	Please know that we could not be doing any of this without your 
continued 	support and encouragement. Thanks to all of you who continue 
to come to our 	shows, buy our records and request us on the radio. We will 
always try to keep 	things alive and fresh for you. Many thanks!
 
And now, the schedule:
 
JULY
1		Cheapside, Lexington, KY (full band) 10- 1
4		KY State Theater, 1st Annual Women's Blues and Rock Festival, 
Lex. KY
		Featutring us and Mother Jane, 8 pm, $5
9		Picasso's, Elizabethtown, KY, 8-11
10		Regina's Club Cafe, Lex. KY, 9-12
15/16/17	Cheapside, Lex. KY (full band)
23   	WEB Coffeehouse, Yellow Springs, OH, 9-11
		(While you're there, check out Ursula Roma's art show hanging 
at The 			Winds retaurant)
24		Regina's Club Cafe, Lex. KY, 9-12
29    	Cheapside, Lex. KY, 10-1 (full band)
 
AUG
6      	Regina's Club Cafe, Lex. KY, 9-12
12    	Cheapside, Lex. KY, 10-1 (full band)
13    	Regina's Club Cafe, Lex. KY, 9-12
15    	Canal St. Dayton, OH, 9-11
19    	Cheapside, Lex. KY, 10-1 (full band)
21    	Ford's Alley, Tahlequah, OK 8pm (full band)
22     	Winfest Music Festival, AR
28     	Rib Shack, Ft. Smith, AR
 
SEPT
4       	Regina's Club Cafe, Lex. KY, 9-12
9       	Cheapside, Lex. KY, 10-1 (full band)
10     	Regina's Club Cafe, Lex. KY, 9-12
11     	Ironweed Festival, Pipestem, WV
18     	Electric Brew, Goshen, IN
23/24/25 Cheapside, Lexington, KY, 10-1 (full band)
 
OCT
2          with Indie Grrl Tour, Second Story, Bloomington, IN
6       	with Indie Grrl Tour, Regina's Club Cafe, Lex. KY
		(check our website for more info on this tour, coming soon)
7       	with Indie Grrl Tour, Rudyard Kipling, Louisville, KY
9       	Burlington Coffeehouse, Burlington, VT, 8-10
26        WCUW, Crosstracks w/ Richard Fox, Worcester, MA
 
NOV
4          Cheapside, Lex. KY, 10-1 (full band)
5       	Joey's, Benefit, Dayton, OH 
6          Cafe Fantastique, Worcester, MA (tentative)
11         The Milltop, St. Augustine, FL, 9-12:30

DEC.
2/16/30  Cheapside, Lex. KY 10-1(full band)


Our CD's continue to be available on-line from 
Amazon.com, Cdbaby.com, 	
and 
Ladyslipper, Goldenrod, Crazylady's Bookstore, 
Joseph-Beth Booksellers 
and of course, 
Terrakin Records.

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Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 09:36:46 -0700
From: Jack Sutton <jsutton@hrmusic.com>
Subject: Katheleen Michaels

I've been listening to ECTO compilation artists Katheleen Michael's and
Bill Mazur's  CD "Faces, Traces
And Timelines" (http://www.kmichaels.com) quite a bit lately. It's one of
those albums that grows
on
you with each listen. It's a very well produced, well written, good
feeling CD 
that flows evenly throughout. I noticed when I listen to this
album,
I start to feel good. I couldn’t figure it out at first, then boom it
hit me, 
it's the music. It's hard to explain but it has a soothing euphoric
feel to it. It's  melodic, Katheleen's voice is crisp beautiful and
clear as a 
mountain lake, and she has done some wonderful heartfelt songwriting to
tie it 
all together. No need to reach for the lyric sheet (there is none
anyhow) 
the vocals are impeccably understandable, and flow like a good novel.
Bill's guitar playing is very tasteful and I think that word along with
consistant may sum up
the entire 
album. The arrangements, and the instrumentation flow in such a way
as to not overpower the vocals but assist and compliment it. I think
this is where 
the good feel to this music comes from, the melodies are beautiful, and
everything
adds and compliments that melody and nothing grates, overpowers, and
challenges
the flow and ambience of the music. To me the strength of this is in the 
consistency throughout the CD. 
So I couldn’t select a favorite song or
two, as
nothing
individually stand above the rest, it's just consistently good. The music
invites you to relax and listen straight through. Also, from my experience
and from what I've hear other people say about
this, 
it seems to require several listens for it's essence to embrace you.

Jack Sutton
Harmony Ridge Music
www.hrmusic.com

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Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 12:29:05 -0400
From: four episode lesbian <woj@smoe.org>
Subject: tori at the hard rock hotel

toriadores,

it appears when tori played the joint in las vegas last year, she donated a
number of items to be displayed at the hard rock hotel and casino. among
other things, they included the yellow chemise she had been wearing
on-stage, lip balm and a signed bottle of evian.

full details, including a photo, can be found at:
<http://www.hardrockhotel.com/flashsite/rock/memorabilia/mem/toriamos.html>.

woj

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Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 14:06:24 -0400
From: four episode lesbian <woj@smoe.org>
Subject: church of betty and najma

wah! i'm going to miss the shows on the 9th and the 18th (they rather
nicely bracket the time that meredith and i will be in seattle/vancouver)
and the gig on the 20th will be tough to catch, but i hope that someone can
make it to any of the indo-pop shows in nyc, philadelphia or washington.
not only do you get the best hindi/western pop fusion this side of the
himalayans, you also get najma! she may be less well-known than sheila
chandra, but she's every bit as wonderful.

woj

n.p. jules verdone -- diary of a liar

>Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 09:05:18 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Chuch of Betty <churchofbetty@yahoo.com>
>Subject: CHURCH IF BETTY JULY SHOWS -- GREAT MUSIC, GREAT AIR CONDITIONING
>
>We are proud to announce that all of the July CHURCH OF BETTY shows are
>at venues that have top quality AIR CONDITIONING!!! 
>
>Give yourself a taste of the North Pole and come check out the goings
>on.
>
>Here's the July schedule for shows in NYC:
>
>FRIDAY JULY 9:  FEZ (behind Time Cafe, Great Jones & Lafayette). CHURCH
>OF BETTY at 10pm.  Also playing...At 11pm,  our good friends from
>Boston, Thirsty Ear recording artists (and these guys are really great)
>Baby Ray...At 9pm, our old pals Johnny Society ...and at 8pm The
>Solipsistics.  $8
>
>SUNDAY, JULY 18, 9pm: INDO-POP EXTRAVAGANZA at the KNITTING FACTORY, 74
>Leonard St. Church of Betty lays down the mother of all sets, then
>backs a set by the dulcet London diva Najma. The Indian music event of
>the summer! $10
>
>TUESDAY, JULY 20, 9 pm: DIGITAL MUSIC CLUB live concert internet
>broadcast from the Old Office at The Knitting Factory. Chris, Deep, Joe
>and cellist Matt Goeke will perform a "small chamber" version of Church
>of Betty, featuring special guest flutist Steve Gorn. The set will be
>followed by an Indian classical performance by Steve, tabla maestro
>Samir Chatterjee, and Myra Melford on harmonium. The evening will
>conclude with Sync: Samir, reed virtuoso Ned Rothenberg, and bassist
>Jerome Harris. $10
>
>
>OUT OF TOWN DATES:
>
>FRIDAY, JULY 16, 8 pm: INDO-POP EXTRAVAGANZA at THE TIN ANGEL, 20 S.
>2nd St., PHILADELPHIA. Church of Betty will give Philly its first dose
>of Raja Rock and then back the sweet-throated London chanteuse Najma.
>You just don't get this in the City of Brotherly Love every day! $12
>
>SATURDAY, JULY 17, 7:30 pm: NAJMA and CHURCH OF BETTY perform The Music
>of S.D. Burman at the FREER GALLERY OF ASIAN ART AT THE SMITHSONIAN
>INSTITUTION  on the National Mall,  WASHINGTON, DC. Betty returns to
>Chris's home town to commit acts of High Culture in the Nation's
>Capital. 
>
>Coming in August...dates in upstate New York, Vermont...and in
>September, October, some very special events indeed!!!

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Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 20:09:56 -0400
From: "Spencer Lewis" <skilroy@earthlink.net>
Subject: Morphine

Saw this on the Aimee mann list:


This isn't Aimee-related, but I just learned that the key member of
one of the best Boston-based bands of recent years is dead.
Various press reports say that Mark Sandman, Morphine's lead
singer/songwriter/bassist, collapsed onstage and died of an
apparent heart attack during a concert near Rome, Italy.  He was
47.  His passing almost certainly marks the end of the band.

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Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 21:20:06 -0400
From: Bill Adler <badler@csi.com>
Subject: RE: CDR labeling 

For the neurotic (that's me), you can also get the special TDK CD markers 
at Best Buy.  I picked up a couple pens at the Alexandria, VA store today; 
there are still some left there.

- --Bill

n.p. Emily Bezar, Moon in Grenadine



Bill Adler

www.adlerbooks.com

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Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 21:49:09 -0400
From: Philip David Morgan <philipda@li.net>
Subject: Marci Geller - _Here on the Edge_ release news

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Some news on Marci Geller for those who still remember her _Live with
Regis & Kathi Lee_ appearance last year...

Philip David
(will someone turn the sauna off?!)
7/6/1999

npimh - John Corigliano's score to Francois Girard's film _The Red
Violin_
http://www.redviolin.com/
http://www.lionsgatefilms.com/
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http://dianewolkstein.com/

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"Cats are smarter than dogs.  You can't get eight cats to pull a sled
through
snow."--Jeff Valdez


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Hey Everyone,
Just a quick note to let you know that Marci's newest CD "Here On The Edge"
is available through our website.  You can read about the recording of the
CD, preview audio files and more.  Just go to:
http://www.sonicunderground.com
and click the "Artists" link button, and choose Marci Geller

Marci is now in Europe touring with Blackmore's Night and wishes you all a
wonderful summer!

Sonic Underground

P.S.-Feel free to pass this email along to any friends who might be interest!

______________________________________________________________________________
Marci Geller will be touring internationally and domestically with Ritchie
Blackmore's new band "Blackmore's Night" this summer and fall.

She will be the opening act July 2-4 in Italy!


For more news, upcoming shows and details, check out our website at:
http://www.sonicunderground.com

Sonic Underground Records
P.O. Box 352
Stony Brook, NY 11790
Tel (516) 689-7992
Fax (516) 689-2103
email mail@sonicunderground.com

or to reach individuals:
Gian Di Mauro (radio)-gian@sonicunderground.com
Marci Geller-marci@sonicunderground.com
Gear Head Freaks-gearheadfreaks@sonicunderground.com
Deborah Jones-deborah@sonicunderground.com
Judith Zweiman-jz@sonicunderground.com
John Tabacco-jt@sonicunderground.com
Jim Dexter-jim@sonicunderground.com




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