From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V6 #48 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, February 19 2000 Volume 06 : Number 048 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: The Cowboy Junkies ["Dan Knoff" ] Cowboy Junkie tour dates ["Dan Knoff" ] Today's your birthday, friends... [Mike Matthews ] Jess Klein and Kris Delmhorst [Jess913@aol.com] some interesting upcoming NYC concerts ["JoAnn Whetsell" ] Kate cover [steve ] Re: some interesting upcoming NYC concerts [meredith ] Re: The Cowboy Junkies [meredith ] "Don't Think of Me" - who does this? [J Wermont ] aimee mann [meredith ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 01:31:24 -0600 From: "Dan Knoff" Subject: Re: The Cowboy Junkies Bill asked: > Has anybody heard the Cowboy Junkies? Heehee. Yup! They are my second favorite artist(s). I just saw them last week in Kansas City and as usual, they were incredible. I have all their albums, and a couple of "other things"..hehe. They are originals and they are artists. Trinity Session was their first, recorded for something like a few hundred dollars in a church in an afternoon live with two mikes. It is very low key with very sparse arrangements. Not really anything uptempo. Very dark. Covers of I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams,) Walkin' After Midnight (Patsy Cline,) and Sweet Jane (Lou Reed.) An unbelievable debut. Caution Horses contains more original work from Michael. I love Cause Cheap Is How I Feel. Great slow cover of Powderfinger (Neil Young.) The sound is fuller....less sparse. Black-eyed Man is one of my favorites. It shows Michael's growth as a songwriter and introduces Ken Myhr into the mix with sometimes startling results. Southern Rain, Murder Tonight In A Trailer Park, and Townes' Blues give him a chance to add much to the sound. They do two Townes Van Zandt covers, including To Live Is To Fly. Great stuff. Very dark at times, but that's CJs. Pale Sun Crescent Moon was my introduction to the magic of Michael, Margo and company. It is still my favorite. Crescent Moon is one of the most amazing songs I've ever heard. Absolutely striking in it's imagery, sound....absolutely beautiful. Ring On The Sill, Anniversary Song and White Sail are utterly gorgeous. Seven Years and Hunted are completely whacked and psycho. First Recollection has William Faulkner quotes. White Sail is full of mythological references....Tristan and Isolde. P.S.- They are playing a lot of this in concert this year, including Ring On The Sill, White Sail and Crescent Moon. 200 More Miles is one of the best live sets I've heard. Great stuff from all incarnations of the band, from just the four of them, to the accordion, mandolin, pedal steel group; to the guitar oriented stuff with Ken Myhr. Lay It Down returns to the sparser sound. A great album. I'd go into it more, but I'm tired! heehee Miles From Our Home is one that took a while for me to get into. The title track is the most poppy thing they've done. But after really hearing Good Friday, I was amazed. Incredible song. Great album. Sad Slow Waltzes is really good. Some of it I love (Few Simple Words, I Saw Your Shoes, Leaving Normal) and some of it doesn't do much for me, but it is all B-sides and rarities 'n stuff. Studio is a greatest hits type thing. Although the Cowboy Junkies are about as far from a hits band as you'll get. It's a good place to start, if you want a variety of their stuff. Sorry to ramble so much, but I love these guys. Michael writes what I think are the best damn lyrics around right now and the music is always so interesting. They just left Geffen....kind of a mutual agreement...and are on their own, so they don't have to answer to anyone right now....not that they ever did anyway. ;-) Love and Peace, Dan "All this flowing water has got my mind wandering Do you ever finally reach a point of knowing or do you just wake up one day and say I'm going? What will I tell you when you ask me why I'm crying? Will I point above at the Red Tail gracefully soaring or down to below where its prey is quietly trembling?" Michael Timmins ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 01:39:01 -0600 From: "Dan Knoff" Subject: Cowboy Junkie tour dates Thought I'd post this for anyone who might want to go. And you really should go.... Date City State Venue 02/18/00 Atlanta GA Variety Playhouse 02/19/00 Lake Buena Vista FL House Of Blues 02/20/00 Charleston SC Music Farm 02/22/00 Towson MD Recher Theatre 02/24/00 Washington DC 9:30 Club 02/25/00 Philadelphia PA Theatre Of Living Arts 02/26/00 Poughkeepsie NY Chance 02/28/00 New Haven CT Toad's Place 02/29/00 Somerville MA Somerville Theatre 03/02/00 New York NY Irving Plaza 03/03/00 Northampton MA Pearl Street 03/04/00 Winooski VT Higher Ground 03/05/00 Montreal QC Club Soda Goin' to bed, Dan "I've sat and watched the woodpiles grow through the summer now I'm sitting, smelling summer burn through the fall Winter's coming on, days getting dreary and I'm thinking this is the season that I leave you all I've heard a man in crisis falls back on what he knows best, a murderer to murder a thief to theft And I don't want you to think that this is some kind of deathbed confession but run is what I did when put to the test" Michael Timmins & W. Faulkner ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 03:00:03 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friends... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************** Jim Sturnfield (no Email address) ******************** ******************** Juha Kannisto (no Email address) ********************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jim Sturnfield Thu February 18 1954 Aquarius Juha Kannisto Wed February 18 1970 Aquarius Joel Siegfried February 19 Penguin Crossing Linda Saboe Tue February 20 1951 aimless Teresa Ross Wed February 23 1977 pisces Michael Curry Fri February 24 1967 Pisces Paula Shanks Mon February 25 1952 Pisces Brni Mojzes Fri February 26 1965 the vanishing boy Pamela Pociluk Fri February 28 1964 Pisces Peter Clark Thu March 04 1948 Pedestrian Tim Steele Fri March 08 1963 Pisces Matt Bittner Thu March 12 1964 Pisces kIrI Hargie Fri March 13 1970 Pisces Bob Dreano Thu March 13 1958 Pisces Randall K. Smith Sat March 15 1969 Pisces Jessica Skolnik March 16 Pisces Alan Sodoma Thu March 18 1965 LuckyLurker Richard Konrad Sat March 18 1944 Pisces - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 04:24:01 EST From: Jess913@aol.com Subject: Jess Klein and Kris Delmhorst this looks to be a great show so i thought i'd pass this on. i will be driving out there with a friend who has never seen either of them and will soon be a huge fan of both. :) jess b www.geocities.com/amari913 <<>> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:43:14 EST From: "JoAnn Whetsell" Subject: some interesting upcoming NYC concerts hi. thought i'd post a list for your convenience and mine: Feb. 18,19 AIMEE MANN at Joe's Pub Feb. 18 LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO at Town Hall Feb. 24 WILD COLONIALS at Mercury Lounge Feb. 25 THE NIELDS at Mercury Lounge Feb. 25 SHEILA NICHOLLS at Eureka Joe's (also the 26 at the Living Room and the 27 at Gaslight) Feb. 29 FIONA APPLE @ Roseland 3/1 LUSCIOUS JACKSON @ Roseland 3/2 COWBOY JUNKIES @ Irving Plaza 3/3 CATIE CURTIS @ Bottom Line 3/7-11, 13-18, 20, 22, 23 SOLAS @ Radio City Music Hall 3/9 EILEEN IVERS BAND @ Irving Plaza 3/10,11 ANA EGGE @ Bottom Line 3/15-18 PAT METHENY TRIO @ Knitting Factory 3/17 CHIEFTAINS @ Carnegie Hall 3/17,18 MELISSA FERRICK @ Bitter End 3/18 AFRO-CUBAN ALL-STARS @ Town Hall 3/20 ANI DIFRANCO W/ GILLIAN WELCH & GREG BROWN @ Avery Fisher Hall 4/5 SUSAN WERNER @ Makor 4/19 SARA HICKMAN @ MERCURY LOUNGE 4/21 LUCY KAPLANSKY @ Bottom Line enjoy! JoAnn ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Feb 00 13:28:35 -0500 From: Christopher Kornmann Subject: Re: some interesting upcoming NYC concerts Also of note... Joy Askew Tuesday, February 22 The Bottom Line 7:30pm & 10:30pm 15 West 4th Street (corner of Mercer) 212-228-6300 Joy will be also be playing at the Knitting Factory on Sunday, March 5th Details to come.... - --------------------- Christopher Kornmann Graphic Designer Spit & Image 828 Waring Avenue Bronx, NY 10467 718.798.2862 spitandimage@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 15:05:09 -0500 From: Michael Curry Subject: Re: some interesting upcoming NYC concerts Another addition... February 19 Kristeen Young Meow Mix 9pm Michael np: Lunasa -- Otherworld nr: In Conquest Born by C.S. Friedman ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:01:47 -0600 From: steve Subject: Kate cover So, who's covering "This Woman's Work" on the Love & Basketball soundtrack? - - Steve _______________ We're all Jesus, Buddha, and the Wizard of Oz! - Andy Partridge ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 00:28:54 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Re: some interesting upcoming NYC concerts Hi! JoAnn posted: >hi. thought i'd post a list for your convenience and mine: > >Feb. 18,19 AIMEE MANN at Joe's Pub Sold out. :( >Feb. 25 THE NIELDS at Mercury Lounge Almost sold out -- get your tickets now!!! >4/5 SUSAN WERNER @ Makor Ack! I also think that Sarah Slean might be playing somewhere on the evening of March 26th (hence the afternoon time of the show at our house that day), but I don't know where yet... +==========================================================================+ | 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, 19 Feb 2000 00:27:22 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Re: The Cowboy Junkies Hi! Dan commented: >Trinity Session was their first, recorded for something like a few hundred >dollars in a church in an afternoon live with two mikes. It is very low key >with very sparse arrangements. Not really anything uptempo. Very dark. This was my introduction to the band, back when the album first came into the radio station when I was in college. I listened to "Sweet Jane" and I was lost forever. >Lay It Down returns to the sparser sound. A great album. I'd go into it >more, but I'm tired! heehee I love this album. It was the first CJ album I listened to over and over and over. >Miles From Our Home is one that took a while for me to get into. The title >track is the most poppy thing they've done. But after really hearing Good >Friday, I was amazed. Incredible song. Great album. I got into this instantly. The first time I listened to it I hit "repeat" halfway through because I knew I'd have to hear it again. I can't wait to see them at Toad's Place!!! +==========================================================================+ | 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, 18 Feb 2000 21:40:54 -0800 (PST) From: J Wermont Subject: "Don't Think of Me" - who does this? Hi, I've been hearing this song on our local ecto-ish station. It's a woman with a husky voice, British (maybe Australian) accent. The song is in a minor key with a lot of harmonizing voices, and has the repeating line, "Don't think of me." Does this ring a bell with anyone? Who is this, what is the actual name of the song, and the title of the album? Thanks, Joyce ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 01:24:17 -0500 From: meredith Subject: aimee mann Hi! I'm watching Aimee Mann on Conan O'Brien right now -- I didn't know she was going to be on. Those of you on the West Coast, fire up those VCR's! She's performing "Save Me" (of course). I was *so* excited to hear about her Oscar nomination this week!!! That is incredibly cool. I don't know whether to root for her or for "Blame Canada" now. ;> Even though we all know Phil Collins is going to win. :P Does anyone else think that Ms. Mann is looking more and more like Joni Mitchell with every passing year? Maybe it's the hair, but it's quite evident right now. Still distraught that I couldn't get tickets for her current tour because I'm too much of a lameass, +==========================================================================+ | 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 *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V6 #48 *************************