From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V5 #261 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, August 3 1999 Volume 05 : Number 261 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Rachael Sage News/Lilith Fair Update... [SpiritWe@aol.com] Re: songs about songwriters [rlewis@adnc.com (Russ Lewis)] Re: kristin hersh _sky motel_ [Eek the Cat ] Hello Ecto [Ted Jacobs ] Re: Hello Ecto [Joseph Zitt ] Feng Shui books [Zoetrope ] Susan Court News [Neile Graham ] Re: Beth Hart [Justduff@aol.com] Re: Veda Hille in Europe (was Re: Peter Hammill fans dig Jane!) [Marga Ta] Re: songs about songwriters ["Joanna M. Phillips" ] Re: songs about songwriters [cdrouin@locus.ca (Caroline Drouin)] Re: Veda Hille in Europe (was Re: Peter Hammill fans dig Jane!) [Marga Ta] Many worlds are Born Tonight E-Bow question ["Power, Marc (ETS - Equity D] Rickie Lee Jones Question [Joshua Smith ] Re: Rickie Lee Jones Question [Mark Miazga ] Re: Rickie Lee Jones Question [Joshua Smith ] Re: Rickie Lee Jones Question [Laura Clifford ] happy in chicago ???!!! ["Mike Mendelson" ] ectofest incidental music ["Mike Mendelson" ] Performing this week ["Mitchell A. Pravatiner" ] Re: Performing this week at Schuba's ["Jen(ni)" ] Merrie Amsterburg news [Michael Curry ] Re: songs about songwriters [Yngve Hauge ] Lists, lists, lists: SPIN's 90 of the 90s [Mark Lowry Subject: Re: kristin hersh _sky motel_ Michael started: > Let me start off by saying that I'm someone who *loved* _Strange >Angels_ (and actually liked it more than _Hips and Makers_). > > And I also love _Sky Motel_! H+M is ostensibly my favourite; but the albums are all so different, it's difficult to compare them. I guess Sky Motel seems more like Strange Angels than H+M, if I had to draw any similarities between them, but with a good portion of Muses thrown in for good measure. >Seeing the new material performed live had made it seem as though >it was going to be a Throwing Muses CD under a different name My first inkling there was even going to _be_ a new KH album in the near future was seeing the thing sitting in the new releases stand in a shop... I guess I've been out of the loop! I delayed getting it just long enough to wander across town to my favourite record store :) (While I was there, I also found out why it was that I'd seen Sarah's Surfacing being advertised everywhere... It's being re-sold over here as a double CD pack with Mirrorball. No doubt more evidence concerning my loop-proximity. A bit annoying to end up with two copies of Surfacing, but never mind.) >(not that that would have in any way been a bad thing), but >instead it falls somewhere between Kristin's solo albums and a >Muses album. It rocks more than the solo stuff, but isn't as >intense as TM. Agreed. The first time I played it was on headphones, walking home from the train on the night I bought it. Expecting an acoustic album, I had the volume turned up good and loud, so the effect was fairly devestating when the guitars came out in full swing :) Actually, there's probably a good argument for playing _every_ album through headphones the very first time you listen to it... there are some things that are just magic the first time you hear them, which become even more so when piped straight into your head! Finding the time to do this, on the other hand... > Anyway, if you're a Kristin Hersh fan you really need to run out >and buy this CD, assuming of course that you don't have it already. :) Definitely. Particularly if you're a Muses fan as well. - -Philip (who can't believe how much accidentally kneeing a desk cam hurt... ow.) np. Kristen Hersh, "Sky Motel" nr. Stella Duffy, "Singling Out the Couples" (deliciously evil, this) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 10:18:17 -0400 From: Ted Jacobs Subject: Hello Ecto I'm new to the mailing list but not new to Happy, I figured I'd introduce myself. I've been a bit of a Hell Raiser on the Love-Hounds mailing list, but I will try to keep it mellow and lurk more here, in keeping with the tradition of what appears to be a more laid back format. I was aquatinted with Jessica Koppel for a brief time years ago when she worked at Rutgers, so I'm not a stranger to this discussion group in some respects. I repair alarms by trade and tinker with computers as a hobby, as a matter of fact I've finally completed working on this dandy PII 450 Mhz 192 Meg 100 Mhz 10 gig monster I'm running just in time for it to become obsolete. I'm next going to be helping my room mate build a Multi processor Linnux or NT Based PC (he's a bit over the top, he's still running a 386 and now wants to over compensate by sinking about 5 g into his next sys.) So I'd love to hear form any serious computer heads on the group as well with hardware or software advice on building a dream machine, as long as going that far off subject doesn't offend anybody. I hope to be at Ecto-fest as I missed Happy's Tin Angel appearance due to an emergency at work. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 10:39:45 -0400 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Hello Ecto On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 10:18:17AM -0400, Ted Jacobs wrote: > I'm new to the mailing list but not new to Happy, I figured I'd > introduce myself. Welcome aboard! > I was aquatinted with Jessica Koppel for a brief time years ago If the aquatint hasn't washed off, you'll fit right in with this fuzzy blue list :-) - -- | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt | | Latest CD: Shekhinah: The Presence http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt | | Comma: Voices of New Music Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 10:44:02 -0400 From: Zoetrope Subject: Feng Shui books Hi, Sue... For some really well written work on the subject by a highly respectable and knowlegeble author (doctor/teacher/martial artist), see _Feng Shui Hndbook_ and, _The Personl Feng Shui Manual_ by Master Lam Kam Chuen who also wrote a wonderful book on Chi Kung called _The Way of Energy_. ~!@L. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 07:57:50 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Susan Court News Some Susan Court News for those interested. - --Neile >To: SusanCourtNews@ONElist.com >Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 16:24:36 -0700 >From: Susan Court >Mailing-List: list SusanCourtNews@onelist.com; contact >SusanCourtNews-owner@onelist.com >Delivered-To: mailing list SusanCourtNews@onelist.com >Precedence: bulk >List-Unsubscribe: >Reply-to: SusanCourtNews-owner@onelist.com >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Subject: [SusanCourtNews] ...and One and Two and Reach and Lift... > >From: Susan Court > >Hi again! It's really me this time, not Rosie the ONElist Robot. Got >some new news to share... > >New Gear: >After repeatedly wrestling with a slowly sinking boom and nearly >breaking my neck trying to stay within constant singing range of >it (especially on the crossed hand demanding "Fundevogel"), I >have finally relented and bought a headset mic for live shows. >Don't laugh. I won't be taking telephone orders or leaping around >the stage a la Britney Spears or an aerobics instructor anytime >soon; the mic is firmly anchored to the power source. But my head >is no longer anchored. Whee! I tested the new setup at the Chehalis >Street Fair on Saturday (in the most supreme sacrifice my career has >demanded thus far - missing the wedding party of some dear friends, >congrats again, Mose & Megan) and have learned that it will do the >job. I'll just have to be careful and remember to keep any sardonic >asides to myself. "Oh, is this thing on?? Woops!" Actually the show >went rather well. Speaking of... > >Saturday 8/7 show WILL be recorded! >I'm renting a DAT recorder for this Saturday's show at Pegasus >Coffee on Bainbridge Island, so barring any technical difficulties, >this time I should end up with a decent live recording of the show. >Wish me luck. :) Jen Cass is also performing - her guitar sound is >described by some as "folk-n-roll" and by me as "really really >good!" (I tend to use up all my descriptive powers in song lyrics.) >Come on over; the ferry is lovely this time of year! > >Survey: >Thanks to everyone who voted or attempted to vote on a "favorite >song." I confess that was a bit strange... I set up the survey and >had meant to come back to it later, but ONElist helpfully shot out >an instantaneous email to the list prompting everyone to vote. I >was going to write a little note about how helpful your feedback >is to me and also explain that you can vote for more than one >song if you don't have a single favorite, but... pow, there it was >without any social niceties. People were also having problems >accessing the survey - the direct link seemed to demand that you >register, even though you're already registered or you wouldn't >have received the survey email in the first place. Anyway, if you >still want to make your opinion known (and again, I really love your >feedback) you can login to the Member Center at ONElist and then >click on "survey" to cast your vote(s) for favorite song(s). You'll >need to remember your password to get that far. > >Automatic Reminders: >I have stopped fighting my early senility and am learning to embrace >the whole me, memory lapses and all. Therefore I've set up ONElist >to send out automatic show reminders, unless I remember to disarm >the bomb and send out a personal reminder before each show >instead. Please don't be angry with me for seeking help! I'm just a >poor little hermit musician! > >Snail Mail List: >On the subject of show calendar... I've starting sending out postcards >to those who could conceivably make it out to a show in the general >Seattle vicinity. If you didn't receive the last mailing and want to be >added to the snail mail list, please email me with SNAIL MAIL in the >subject and give me your mailing address, and I'll add you. I don't yet >have a fancy form set up to handle this, so it has to be done this way. >Conversely, if you want to save me the 20 cents + printer ink + paper, >tell me you want off that crazy ride and I'll remove you. But then you >won't have a funky little calendar to stick on your fridge. > >Take care until next time... enjoy the heat, or respite from it as >the case >may be. :) > >Love, > >-Susan > >Susan Court: Between the Quiet http://www.fundeling.com > "Ectophilic" pop from Seattle: debut album High Relief >available NOW at www.cdbaby.com/court and select stores! > Download mp3's at http://www.mp3.com/susancourt > >Fundeling Productions PO Box 61128 Seattle, WA 98121 >Indiegrrl---Breaking the Sound Barrier---www.indiegrrl.com > >--------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > >ONElist: your connection to online communities. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 11:04:49 EDT From: Justduff@aol.com Subject: Re: Beth Hart >>Are there any Beth Hart sites out there? Just wondering. The only one that I've found is specifically Beth is the Atlantic Rec site (attached below), which surprises me a ton. There are a couple that were set up around her old band, but she has some new members in it, so they seem to be outdated. Duff np: Exit 159 * Lost on Earth Beth Hart website http://www.atlantic-records.com/nonframes/Artists_Music/index.html?artistID=34 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 17:15:35 +0200 From: Marga Taris Subject: Re: Veda Hille in Europe (was Re: Peter Hammill fans dig Jane!) Hi, >So far I've seen "Spine" and "Here's a picture" in the better cd-stores in The Hague and Utrecht,.. >I still haven's seen a European copy of any Happy albums in the stores yet, even though "many worlds..." should have been released in Europe last year. The German release of "Women in E(Motion)" on the T&M label has been available in the "Plato" record shop (-chain) in the Netherlands for quite some now and an aquaintance of mine who did a review of Happy's "Many worlds are Born Tonight" assured me that he saw the very cd for sale in the same shop last week. I'd better hurry to collect it then. BTW, that's one of the places to be just in case you're in search of any *Peter Hammill* stuff as well! :) I don't know if this has been mentioned before as I have been a subscriber for only a little more than a week but lately my attention was drawn to a songwriter by the name of Alison Faith Levy. I bought her cd "The Fog Show" which I instantly fell in love with because of her beautiful piano playing. I'm sure especially Tori Amos (whom she reminds me of sometimes) fans will appreciate her too although she does have a style of her own. Thought you might like to know. Bye, Marga. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 12:01:30 -0400 From: "Joanna M. Phillips" Subject: Re: songs about songwriters At 06:47 AM 8/3/99 , you wrote: >For starters, how about... (snip) >* God Dylan -- "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" (Joan Baez?) Yes, about Joan Baez. It's interesting to hear *her* sing this song! >* Joni Mitchell -- "Willy" (Graham Willy Nash) Didn't know this was about him! >* Nanci Griffith -- "Listen to the Radio" (Loretta Lynn) GREAT SONG! Or this about her! Thanks for the list! fleur ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 12:47:50 -0400 From: cdrouin@locus.ca (Caroline Drouin) Subject: Re: songs about songwriters rlewis@mail.adnc.com wrote: >For starters, how about... > >* Leonard Cohen -- "Tower of Song" ... and his "Chelsea Hotel" is about Janis Joplin. caroline ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 20:51:05 +0200 From: Marga Taris Subject: Re: Veda Hille in Europe (was Re: Peter Hammill fans dig Jane!) OK, just allow me to correct some mistakes in my first mail to this list.:) >The German release of "Women in *(E)Motion*" on the T&M label has been available in the "Plato" record shop (-chain) in the Netherlands for quite some *time* now and bla..bla..bla.... Marga. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 15:17:05 -0400 From: "Power, Marc (ETS - Equity Development Support)" Subject: Many worlds are Born Tonight E-Bow question Hiya all orgasmic ectoplasmic extraverted ectophiles, I just bought MWABT (which incidentally I am having a hard time getting into, I like 'RA is a busy God' but the rest is eluding me) and noticed on the credits that Kevin is credited variously with 'Harmonic and Original E-Bow' also 'Shadow E-Bow'. Wassup? did the E-Bow go over to the dark side? I have an original E-Bow myself, but what does the Harmonic mean? Is Shadow a different manufacturer? is there any difference in application or sound? Or is this the same deal as 'drippy bass'? Kevin? do you still read this stuff? Cheers! Marc. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 12:19:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Joshua Smith Subject: Rickie Lee Jones Question Hey, all! I, like Suzanne, was totally shocked and thrilled to see that Rickie Lee Jones ranked at #30 on VH-1's Top 100 Women of Rock 'n' Roll. I've been listening to her stuff again as a result (Just gotta' love "Living it Up" from the "Pirates" album). Does anyone know what Rickie Lee Jones has been up to lately? Can we expect a return-to-form album soon after her 1997 miss-step "Ghostyhead"? Josh _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 15:38:10 -0400 From: Mark Miazga Subject: Re: Rickie Lee Jones Question > Does anyone know what Rickie Lee Jones has been up to lately? Can we > expect a return-to-form album soon after her 1997 miss-step > "Ghostyhead"? I loved this album! I'm hoping for more like that one.--mark - -- Mark Miazga e-mail: miazgama@pilot.msu.edu 302 Mason Hall, MSU East Lansing, MI 48825 (517) 355-2106 http://www.msu.edu/~miazgama Voicemail: (517) 355-9380 Program Coordinator of The Common Grounds Coffeehouse. Cheap Concerts every Thursday and Friday night in the basement of Akers Hall on the MSU campus. Schedule, booking, and mailing list info at: http://www.msu.edu/~cgrounds ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 12:44:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Joshua Smith Subject: Re: Rickie Lee Jones Question - --- Mark Miazga wrote: > > Does anyone know what Rickie Lee Jones has been up > to lately? Can we > > expect a return-to-form album soon after her 1997 > miss-step > > "Ghostyhead"? > > I loved this album! I'm hoping for more like that > one.--mark Okay, okay, so "Ghostyhead" is definitely a bold creative effort by Rickie Lee, but there's just nothing you can sing along to like on her earlier stuff. You just kind of sit there and listen to it and fall into a trance, which I guess is kind of cool. Josh _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 15:47:55 -0400 From: Laura Clifford Subject: Re: Rickie Lee Jones Question Speaking of Rickie Lee Jones, isn't that her singing 'See the USA in your Chevrolet' in the commercial currently airing? Laura ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 16:33:44 -0500 From: "Mike Mendelson" Subject: happy in chicago ???!!! kay cleaved: >Lastly, a call out to all Chicago ectophiles--it's a bit early, but from >what I've gathered, there's gonna be a Happy appearance with Project Lo >at Martyr's on Nov. 11. Might this be cause for another mini-gathering? I knew this would happen. The day I decide to travel 1000 miles to see happy live, she decides to come to chicago. Of course, seeing her with Lo is not quite the same as seeing her solo, but nonetheless, it's a big first step. Does she tour with Lo often? How does this work? Does she just sing the 2 songs and that's it? What else does she sing? And once she is there, do they ever let her play some of her own stuff? E.g. letting her open for them would be IDEAL (much the way that english dude let jill sobule open for him, then she played in his band for his performance). Anyone have a clue about this? - -mjm _______________________ Michael J. Mendelson mjmjm@usa.net Harmonic Vision Makers of Music Ace and Music Ace 2 Software that brings music to life! http://www.harmonicvision.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 16:42:57 -0500 From: "Mike Mendelson" Subject: ectofest incidental music chuck opined: > >just thought we could have a contest about what music to play over the p.a. >between artists' sets at ectofest! >my _personal_ thought tends to run toward playing only instrumental music... >but maybe someone here can come up with a great list of tunes! > well, chuck, believe it or not, some excellent between set music would be almost anything by Kate Bush. I'm particularly partial to The Dreaming. 1) it pays homage to the true source of all things ecto without whom none of this would be here in the first place, 2) It sounds surprisingly great blasted through speakers into a crowd, 3) when else would you ever get the chance to hear it other than in your own living room? That's my vote. - -mjm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 17:57:42 -0500 (CDT) From: "Mitchell A. Pravatiner" Subject: Performing this week This Friday, August 6, 8-10 PM, an acoustic band called Life in the Garden will be performing at Borders at Clark and Diversey in Chicago. I have heard them several times, and they are excellent. BTW, Cheryl Wheeler did perform the Handy House song last week at Schuba's. Mitch ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 18:06:27 -0500 From: "Jen(ni)" Subject: Re: Performing this week at Schuba's Hello! I saw your mention of Schuba's and thought I'd mention that Nina Storey is playing there on August 8th, this Sunday. Hmm..Sunday? Oh well, anyway, she's an awesome singer/songwriter with an amazing voice. She's a mixture of blues, alternative, funk and a little soul and jazz thrown in too. You won't regret seeing her, I can guarantee it! :) - -Jenni - --- Jenni ftejenni@radiks.net | Jenni@fumblers.org | AIM - FumbleIn2U Midwest Fumblers | http://fumblers.org/MidwestFumblers Check out the talented Nina Storey | http://listen.to/NinaStorey "..so often our dreams become our hobbies and it deadens our passions." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 19:25:24 -0400 From: Michael Curry Subject: Merrie Amsterburg news >Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 13:10:55 -0400 >From: jsmyser@qdivision.com (Jessica Smyser) >Subject: Merrie Amsterburg > >Hi all. > >Tomorrow!! Wednesday, August 4 - Once again Merrie will sing the National >Anthem at Fenway Park! It's a day game, Sox vs. Indians. Anthem at 1 PM. >Need more information ? http://www.redsox.com/ > >Saturday, August 7 - Merrie will be playing at the Newport Folk Festival! >There will be a special Respond set at the festival featuring Merrie, Lori >McKenna and Pamela Means on the Harbor Stage at 11:30 am (PLEASE NOTE NEW >EARLIER TIME) Later that day at 1:30 Merrie will be doing a signing at the >HMV records booth. Please stop by and say hi. For more information go to >http://www.newportfolk.com/ > >Friday, August 13 - The Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA w/ Donna Delory. >The Lizard Lounge is located at 1667 Mass Ave (under the Cambridge Common >restaurant), between Harvard and Porrter squares, Cambridge, MA, the music >starts at 10 for more information call (617) 547-0759. > >Wednesday, August 18 - Fez 9 PM w/ Catherine Porter. Fez is located under >Time Cafe at 380 Lafayette. The cover is $8 for more information call >212-533-2680. > >Stay tuned for fall dates west of the Mississippi! > >AVAILABLE NOW -The re-release of "Season of Rain" featuring 2 newly >recorded tracks "Patchwork" and "Walking On The Moon". >Also Available the " World Of Our Own Making" CD EP featuring the songs >"World Of Our Own Making", "Walking On The Moon", "Patchwork", "No >Tomorrow" and a beautiful version of "Say Goodbye" recorded live on the >"Acoustic Cafe" radio program. The CD and the EP are both available at >records stores,at shows, on the web at http://www.qdivision.com or >http://www.rounder.com or by calling Q Division at 800-284-2964. > > >Please call or e-mail your local radio station and request "World Of Our >Own Making" ! Reply to me with the call letters of the station if you need >the number or e-mail address. > >Thanks! > > >___________________________________________________________________________ > Please visit our web site at http://www.qdivision.com > Q Division Records 443 Albany Street Boston, MA 02118 617-542-0081 >___________________________________________________________________________ > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 01:30:53 +0200 (CEST) From: Yngve Hauge Subject: Re: songs about songwriters > For starters, how about... > > * Leonard Cohen -- "Tower of Song" > * Lisa Sanders -- "The Jewel" > * The Porchupines -- "Keef" (Keith Richards) > * The Replacements -- "Alex Chilton" > * Pink Freud -- "Wish You Were Here" (said to be about Syd) > * Led Zeppelin -- "Hats off to [Roy] Harper" > * The Airplane -- "Ballad of You, Me, and Pooneil" (allegedly about Fred Neil) > * Kirk Kelly -- "Heroes of Tomorrow" (Phil Ochs) > * God Dylan -- "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" (Joan Baez?) > * Joni Mitchell -- "Willy" (Graham Willy Nash) > * CSN&Y -- "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (Judy Collins) > * Nanci Griffith -- "Listen to the Radio" (Loretta Lynn) GREAT SONG! > Hmmm ... really old songs and only one of them available as far as I know. Neil Sedaka -- "Oh Carol" Carole King -- "Oh Neil" Carole King's song just showed what she thought about Sedaka expressing his love for her in a song I guess as it is probably the worst song she's ever written (wonder why it did get released in the first place :) - -- Yngve ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 23:55:31 -0500 From: Mark Lowry Subject: Lists, lists, lists: SPIN's 90 of the 90s Hey, (First of all, I'm finally back from long vacation and will soon post my comments about Happy's Tin Angel shows). But, to waste time from doing other things I should be doing, SPIN magazine has its top 90 albums of the 90s, and there are quite a few ectoalbums on there: 3. PJ Harvey _To Bring You My Love_ 7. Bjork _Post_ 13. Liz Phair _Exile in Guyville_ 21. Sleater-Kinney _Dig Me Out_ 28. Lauryn Hill _The Miseducation of LH_ 31. Tori Amos _Little Earthquakes_ 37. PJ Harvey _Rid of Me_ 39. The Breeders _Last Splash_ 42. Portishead _Dummy_ 44. Sinead O'Connor _I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got_ 46. Stereolab _Emperor Tomato Ketchup_ 54. Bikini Kill _Bikini Kill EP_ 61. Lucinda Williams _Car Wheels on a Gravel Road_ 66. Missy Misdemeanor Elliott _Supa Dupa Fly_ 73. Elliott Smith _Either/Or_ 81. Kristin Hersh _Hips and Makers_ 84. Lisa Germano _Geek the Girl_ 87. Everything But the Girl _Walking Wounded_ 90. Cibo Matto _Viva! La Woman_ There are lots of other artists that have been discussed on the list (Tricky, Hole, My Bloody Valentine, etc). And don't even get me started on what I consider some very questionable choices, like: 1 I think Bjork is a little high, even though I love that album. 2. The list was way too heavy on electronica. I mean, yes, there's some worthy stuff on there (like Aphex Twin), but to put the new Basement Jaxx at #45? We're talking important albums, right? 3. Albums that, not just IMHO, were overlooked: Spiritualized's _Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space_ (serious omission here) Ween's _Chocolate and Cheese_ Wilco's _Being There_ Arrested Development's _Two Years...._ But oh well, you know what they say about opinions ... (I'd certainly like to ask the folks at VH1 how they surmised that Bonnie Raitt and, hell, even Janis, should come before Joni) Kudos to SPIN for rating PJ Harvey's TBYML so high. PJH was one of the few artists who got honored twice (others were Nirvana, which of course, has the #1 album with _Nevermind_; Prince Paul/De La Soul; Pavement; Fugees/Lauryn Hill). And how can they can get away with this list considering there's still five months left in the decade? Anyway, the entire list is supposed to be at Spin.com, but I can't find it there. Later, Mark np Macy Gray _On How Life Is_ (and totally digging it) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 02:43:19 -0400 From: Mark Miazga Subject: [Fwd: MAGDALEN HSU-LI'S 1999-2000 TOUR SCHEDULE (Updated)] Here's Magdalen Hsu-Li info, for anyone interested. Excellent live show, if she's in your area. --mark - -- Mark Miazga e-mail: miazgama@pilot.msu.edu 302 Mason Hall, MSU East Lansing, MI 48825 (517) 355-2106 http://www.msu.edu/~miazgama Voicemail: (517) 355-9380 Program Coordinator of The Common Grounds Coffeehouse. Cheap Concerts every Thursday and Friday night in the basement of Akers Hall on the MSU campus. Schedule, booking, and mailing list info at: http://www.msu.edu/~cgrounds Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 16:15:11 -0700 From: Magdalen Hsu-Li <"powrbabe"@speakeasy.org> Organization: CHICKPOP Records To: powrbabe@speakeasy.org Subject: MAGDALEN HSU-LI'S 1999-2000 TOUR SCHEDULE (Updated) PRESS RELEASE: 7/27/99: TO: API, WOMEN'S, LGBT, AND RELATED COMMUNITIES RE: ASIAN AMERICAN BI-MUSIC ARTIST MAGDALEN HSU-LI'S UPDATED 1999-2000 TOUR SCHEDULE July 31, 99’ - Borders Books and Music (in-store appearance) Seattle, Wa September 3, 99’ – Borders Books and Music (in-store appearance) Milipitas, Ca September 4, 99’ - Borders Books and Music (in-store appearance) Los Gatos, Ca September 4, 99’ - Borders Books and Music (in-store appearance) Sacramento, Ca September 5, 99’ - Borders Books and Music (in-store appearance) Sand City, Ca September 9, 99’ - Borders Books and Music (in-store appearance) San Francisco, Ca (Stonestown) September 10, 99’ - Borders Books and Music (in-store appearance) San Mateo, Ca September 11, 99’ – Borders Books and Music (in-store appearance) Davis, Ca. September 11, 99’ - Borders Books and Music (in-store appearance) San Francisco, Ca (Post Street) September 12, 99’– Borders Books and Music (in-store appearance) Palo Alto, Ca September 18, 99’ Delaware Pride Festival, Wilmington De September 30, 99’ – Mills College, Oakland, Ca October 2, 99’ - Duke University, Durham NC October 6-8, 99’ - Scripps and Pomona Colleges, Claremont/Pomona, Ca October 9, 99’ - Borders Books and Music (in-store appearance) Visalia, Ca October 11, 99’ - Ohio State University, Columbus, Oh October 13, 99’ Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI October 16, 99’ - Indiana State University (Lesbopalooza), Bloomington, In October 17, 99’ – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Il October 21, 99’ - Western Illinois, University, Macomb, IL November 10, 99’ – University of California at Irvine, Irvine, Ca November 13 , 99’– Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge , Ma January 9, 99’ – Borders Books and Music (in-store appearance), Tukwila, Wa February 18, 99’ - University of California at Fullerton, Fullerton, Ca April 11, 00' - Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa ********************************************************************** CHICKPOP Records 604 E. 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Hi everyone, After stumbling across a rave review of Happy on a personal homepage dealing with some other interesting music, I decided to order MWABT along with some other stuff and got hooked pretty quickly (the album the reviewed on the page had actaully been Rearmament, but I settled for the new one instead - easier to get...). I´ve been trying to snap up as many HR CD´s as possible since then; since I live in Germany the only possibility has been ordering over the internet. I´ve never seen *any* Happy Rhodes CD in a store over here, whether it was a huge commercial or specialist indie store. *Supposedly* MWABT has been offcially released in Germany by in-akustik last month, but it turns out that despite the bad exchange rate it´s usually cheaper to have it sent across the pond:). JPC, a music mailorder, claimed to have the entire discography in stock, but after I ordered 6 CD´s from them, they informed me none of them were available and radically cut down their list. But MWABT, Equipoise and BTC might actually be there. I´ve managed to add Rhodes I, II, Rhodesongs, Equipoise and Building the Colossus to the collection so far. Then I searched the Samson music website some more after reading on the Harmony Ridge site that Samson was rereleasing the back catalogue. I ordered some more HR CD´s from the Samson online store but I´m left with a question that maybe someone here can answer as you´ve probably dealt more with the company - are these guys for real? They surely didn´t do anything more for me than charge me, never send anything, and ignore all communication. They were the only online vendor I ordered from (and that included tiny second hand shops somewhere in the US, not just big names) that didn´t add an international shipping charge, or at least inform about it, but I figured they´d just add that offline and charge the total sum for sending the package. This is also the first time ever I´ve been ripped off in an internet purchase. Does anyone have info whether they even intend to ship internationally or just charge everybody who´s stupid enough to order from outside the US and then play dead. I want to get my hands on Rearmament, Ecto, the Keep and Warpaint, and it bugs me that Samson has these CD´s but while they refuse to send anything to me tehy dont refuse taking my money. I´d be thankful for any tip about how to deal with these individuals... Apart from moanings about Samson, I guess ecto will be an opportunity for me to find new good and hard-to-get music, as there´s quite an overlap with what I listen to apart from HR. PJ Harvey, Cocteau Twins, Portishead, Sundays, Joni Mitchell, Siouxsie & Banshees are some of my favorites (when it comes to male vocals - Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Van Morrison up to ca. ´80, Pixies, Jello Biafra [yes!], Peter Gabriel, etc); the last CD I got was Sky Motel (listening scheduled for later this evening) the survey Equipoise vs Building the Colossus: Well, I do love both of them. Equipoise was the 2nd Happy CD I heard after MWABT. It´s a lot different and it´s one of the albums that one can sort of explore. Among the more beat-driven songs I almost overlistened Mother Sea or Temporary and Eternal but discovered those as among my favorite tracks soon after. Equipoise sounds darker, more brooding than BTC, which was more of a 'pop it in and it sounds nice' experience. Also, there´s a wonderful topic mix on Equipoise, a vampire mini series, aliens, personal/social observations, etc. Not that BTC lacks multilayeredness (is that a word) or depth or topic, but it has a more sparkling, clear sound that seems more constant than Equipoise. Clear BTC favorites for me are Just like Tivoli, Dying and Collective Heart. All in all I´d say I rank Equipoise a bit higher, but this may have something to do with the sequence of getting to know the albums. I was still finding out what Happy is capable of when first listening to Eq., when my CD player swallowed BTC I was already expecting magic :) personal ranking of the ecto 'goddesses'... Happy Rhodes - currently reigning the pantheon Kate Bush - have all the regular albums, mostly on vinyl, but find myself listening a lot less to her than 10 years ago, although I don´t like her any less. But, so many musicians have developed their entire careers and changed the musical landscape in between rare occasional Kate Bush albums that she´s taken a backseat. How many 'new' PJH albums have I bought since I bought the last 'new' Kate Bush album...today, I have to consciously decide 'lets grab one of those Kate albums again'. All time favorite - the Dreaming. Used to be ruling goddess in the 80´s but got dethroned by Liz Fraser later on... Sarah McLachlan - I have "Fumbling..." but it failed to touch me. Maybe I´ll give it a listen again these days. i heard a Joni Mitchell cover version by her one of those days that just really didn´t seem to work at all. Tori Amos - sometimes I find she bugs me, sometimes she´s just impressive. I´m more of a casual Tori consumer, not a truly devoted fan. Of the three albums I have, I like Under the Pink best, closely followed by From the choirgirls hotel. Boys for pele, i tried but it just didn´t take a hold. Jane Siberry - havent heard her yet. Veda Hille - ditto enough for now, Christian ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V5 #261 **************************