From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V6 #296 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Thursday, October 5 2000 Volume 06 : Number 296 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: new Cowboy Junkies [Daniel ] Re: vickie's shoutcast ["Matt Bittner" ] the knife [anna maria "stjärnell" ] Re: Another Canadian music e-tailer ["Suzanna Otting" ] Re: new Cowboy Junkies [Joseph Zitt ] Re: new Cowboy Junkies [kitty kat ] RE: Jingle singers ["Mattoon, Melanie" ] Re: Jingle singers [jjhanson@att.net] Christine Fellows [Neile Graham ] Re: vickie's shoutcast [WretchAwry ] Hand to Mouth Schedule for California [Neile Graham ] Re: new Cowboy Junkies and wild strawberries [Gordoja@aol.com] project lo - waterbury [meredith ] Re: vickie's shoutcast/Wendy Rule [Andrew Fries ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 01:19:59 -0700 From: Daniel Subject: Re: new Cowboy Junkies Neal Copperman wrote: > The CD is culled from performances recorded over the past year I hate seeing the word 'cull(ed)' used like this. It means 'selected' but usually refers to rejects. (I learned this word many long years ago [in history? (snicker)] in connection with cattle drives and it always brings to mind diseased cattle.) Daniel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 07:31:07 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" Subject: Re: vickie's shoutcast On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 22:12:59 -0400, meredith wrote: > Just thought I'd post an appreciation of Vickie's "Suspended In Gaffa" > Shoutcast stream. I finally joined the 21st century and got a sound card > in my PC at work, so for the past several days I've been tuning it in > during the day. It's a lot less work than lugging my entire CD collection > back and forth to the office. :) I would like to second that. I've been listening to it off and on from work (since I have a T1 it makes it oh so nice) and really appreciate what Vickie has done. Thanks Vickie!!! Matt Bittner _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 05:52:57 -0700 (PDT) From: anna maria "stjärnell" Subject: the knife hi.. have mentioned swedish indie band Honey is Cool..they have a side project the very strange The knife who sound like Kate gone early synth.. Check this at www.rabidrecords.com. anna maria __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 06:09:38 -0700 From: "Suzanna Otting" Subject: Re: Another Canadian music e-tailer - -- On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 01:37:18 DanStark wrote: >www.mymusic.com > >I haven't seen them mentioned on Ecto before. Looks like they have a >pretty good selection and reasonable shipping costs to the US . Some Happy >Rhodes back catalog too. > >Dan They do have good prices and friendly customer service, but they don't have the out of print Happy Rhodes CDs listed on their site...I've tried ordering them several times, and they always tell me that their distributor can't get them in. (of course!) Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 09:39:13 -0400 From: Valerie Richardson Subject: Saturday evening concerts: Mary Gauthier in Connecticut and Susan McKeown in NYC A friend of mine sent these announcements to me, and I thought I'd pass them along. - --Valerie Richardson ________________________________________ 1. Singer MARY GAUTHIER comes to Connecticut on Saturday, Oct 7th for two performances: 4:00 pm, GEROSA RECORDS, Free in-store performance 246 Federal Rd., Brookfield, 203-775-7074 and........... 9:00 pm, ACOUSTIC CAFE 2926 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, Tix $10; 203-335-3655 Hailing from Thibodeaux, Louisiana, Mary Gauthier (pronounced go-shay) is a powerful new voice who is drawing comparisons to John Prine and kd lang. Gauthier's new album "Drag Queens and Limousines" reflects a profound and unflinching songwriter. In a sweet, gruff voice, she etches lives of those she’s known on the edge. Now living in Boston, Gauthier has been nominated for Outstanding New Folk Act by the Boston Music Awards. 2. SUSAN McKEOWN & The Chanting House to perform at The Bottom Line Sat October 7th Celebrating the release of “Lowlands,” her new album on Green Linnet Records Saturday, October 7th, 7:30pm and 10:30pm The Bottom Line, 15 W. 4th St, NYC Tickets: $20, Box Office 212-228-6300 Irish vocalist SUSAN McKEOWN celebrates the release of her new album LOWLANDS in concert on Saturday October 7th at the Bottom Line. On Lowlands, Susan returns to her roots with an album of rare and beautiful songs collected from the Irish and Scottish folk traditions. Joining her in concert will be her band The Chanting House plus special guests from Lowlands. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 09:57:36 EDT From: JavaHo@aol.com Subject: Re: Jingle singers Sue mentions: << > Just curious, does anyone recognize the singer in the Ralph Lauren TV > commercials running these days? If you heard the phrase "I need love" in the lyrics, it's Sam Phillips. I happened to catch this on TV last night and was quite surprised to hear Sam's music turning up in a Ralph Lauren ad! >> Yes...it is Sam Phillips. "Martinis & Bikinis" is a very cool CD (on which you will find this song). Also, I did think the Home Depot ad was Jewel. Still wondering who the artist is that does the Noa perfume ad. I think it runs on VH1. It was mentioned here a while back, but I don't know if anyone ever pinpointed it. Can't think right now what it sounds like, but I always liked it when I heard it. Might be the one that is sort of Sheila Chandra-ish. Maybe I'm thinking of another ad, though. Tired...Lisa ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 07:47:20 -0700 From: "Brian Errickson" Subject: Re: vickie's shoutcast I third it :). Vickie is so cool. Thanks Vickie..I just wish I didn't feel compelled to go out and buy 5 cd's after listening for 30 minutes :) So much music so little money. Brian - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Bittner" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 5:31 AM Subject: Re: vickie's shoutcast > On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 22:12:59 -0400, meredith wrote: > > > Just thought I'd post an appreciation of Vickie's "Suspended In Gaffa" > > Shoutcast stream. I finally joined the 21st century and got a sound card > > in my PC at work, so for the past several days I've been tuning it in > > during the day. It's a lot less work than lugging my entire CD collection > > back and forth to the office. :) > > I would like to second that. I've been listening to it off and on from > work (since I have a T1 it makes it oh so nice) and really appreciate > what Vickie has done. Thanks Vickie!!! > > > Matt Bittner > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 10:27:59 -0400 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: new Cowboy Junkies On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 01:19:59AM -0700, Daniel wrote: > > I hate seeing the word 'cull(ed)' used like this. It means 'selected' but > usually refers to rejects. > > (I learned this word many long years ago [in history? (snicker)] in > connection with cattle drives and it always brings to mind diseased cattle.) > Anyone who collects diseased cattle for pets must have an awesomely post-Zen sense of kindness to animals. n.p. Radiohead: Kid A (After a few listens: a pleasant mostly-pop album with eccentric arrangements, but not nearly the deeply weird oddity I had been led to expect. But then, I have fairly extreme standards for musical weirdness :-]) - -- |> ~The only thing that is not art is inattention~ --- Marcel Duchamp <| | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt | | Latest CD: Jerusaklyn http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt | | Comma: Voices of New Music Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 08:42:12 -0700 (PDT) From: kitty kat Subject: Re: new Cowboy Junkies On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Daniel wrote: > > I hate seeing the word 'cull(ed)' used like this. It means 'selected' but > usually refers to rejects. > From the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary (www.m-w.com): Main Entry: 1cull Pronunciation: 'k&l Function: transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French cuillir, from Latin colligere to bind together -- more at COLLECT Date: 13th century 1 : to select from a group : CHOOSE 2 : to identify and remove the culls from - - culler noun It has neither a given positive or negative connotation. In the immortal words of Inigo Montoyo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." ;) - -K > (I learned this word many long years ago [in history? (snicker)] in > connection with cattle drives and it always brings to mind diseased cattle.) > > > Daniel > > - -- - ------------- "The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." - Niels Bohr - ------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 10:47:01 -0500 From: "Mattoon, Melanie" Subject: RE: Jingle singers That would be This Mortal Coil, otherwise known as Ivo's Merry Gang ;-) The singer is Liz Fraser (from Cocteau Twins) and you can find it on the album It'll End in Tears. The whole album is very good and features artists from 4AD circa 1984. Mel - -----Original Message----- From: JavaHo@aol.com [mailto:JavaHo@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 8:58 AM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Re: Jingle singers Sue mentions: << > Just curious, does anyone recognize the singer in the Ralph Lauren TV > commercials running these days? If you heard the phrase "I need love" in the lyrics, it's Sam Phillips. I happened to catch this on TV last night and was quite surprised to hear Sam's music turning up in a Ralph Lauren ad! >> Yes...it is Sam Phillips. "Martinis & Bikinis" is a very cool CD (on which you will find this song). Also, I did think the Home Depot ad was Jewel. Still wondering who the artist is that does the Noa perfume ad. I think it runs on VH1. It was mentioned here a while back, but I don't know if anyone ever pinpointed it. Can't think right now what it sounds like, but I always liked it when I heard it. Might be the one that is sort of Sheila Chandra-ish. Maybe I'm thinking of another ad, though. Tired...Lisa ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 15:48:56 +0000 From: jjhanson@att.net Subject: Re: Jingle singers If I remember correctly the Noa ad is performed by This Mortal Coil--it features Elisabeth Frasier of The Cocteau Twins on vocals on that song--covering a Tim Buckley tune (Song to the Siren). (and yes, Tim Buckley is Jeff's dad). Jeff Hanson > Sue mentions: > > << > Just curious, does anyone recognize the singer in the Ralph Lauren TV > > commercials running these days? > > If you heard the phrase "I need love" in the lyrics, it's Sam Phillips. I > happened to catch this on TV last night and was quite surprised to hear > Sam's music turning up in a Ralph Lauren ad! >> > > Yes...it is Sam Phillips. "Martinis & Bikinis" is a very cool CD (on which > you will find this song). > > Also, I did think the Home Depot ad was Jewel. > > Still wondering who the artist is that does the Noa perfume ad. I think it > runs on VH1. It was mentioned here a while back, but I don't know if anyone > ever pinpointed it. Can't think right now what it sounds like, but I always > liked it when I heard it. Might be the one that is sort of Sheila > Chandra-ish. Maybe I'm thinking of another ad, though. > > Tired...Lisa ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 15:11:30 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Christine Fellows Hey, all-- I just discovered Christine Fellows has a page on mp3.com so there are a couple (literally) more samples available for her than just the one on the endearing records site. Check out http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/165/christine_fellows.html She's got a page on The Ectophiles' Guide and will definitely be fairly high on my year-end list. Fans of Kristin Hersh/Veda Hille/Cat Power should check her out. - --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: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 17:39:47 -0500 From: WretchAwry Subject: Re: vickie's shoutcast At 10:12 PM 10/3/2000 -0400, Meredith wrote: >Hi! > >Just thought I'd post an appreciation of Vickie's "Suspended In Gaffa" >Shoutcast stream. I finally joined the 21st century and got a sound card >in my PC at work, so for the past several days I've been tuning it in >during the day. It's a lot less work than lugging my entire CD collection >back and forth to the office. :) > >Today I was thrilled to note that instead of shuffling through every MP3 on >Vickie's hard drive as it usually does, the stream was shuffling through >the entire Happy Rhodes catalog. I haven't listened to that much Happy >stuff in one sitting in *years*. It was the only thing that made work >bearable today. It was a good warmup for this week's Project Lo shows, too. Thanks Meredith! (and Matt and Brian and others who listen!) I had started a conversation with a fellow in Sydney, Australia and as I try to do often, lured him into listening to the Shoutcast. Sometimes it's specifically to listen to Happy if we've been talking about her, other times it's to listen to something else, but I always make sure Happy is playing when they tune in. He had never heard of Happy before and I was playing the radio edit of Glory. He liked it and asked me to play some more. I did and he said..."just keep it going" and so I made up a playlist of just Happy songs. I left the house with Happy going strong and that's what you tuned into. I'm thrilled that you did!! I upped the quality to 48 kBit/s, 22,050 Hz Stereo (whatever that mean, I just know it sounds better) but it has a bad side effect of not allowing as many listeners, and causes drop-outs every now and then. The URL of songs played is http://64.34.20.125:8000/played.html in case listeners miss the name of a song. (This also has a Listen option which when clicked should hook up with the broadcast. I've never tried it though). >Speaking of which, hope to see many of you in Waterbury tomorrow, and NYC >on Thursday! Lucky lucky lucky you all! If Happy's going to be doing new songs, *please* someone tape it. They can be transferred to mp3s and I can add them to my playlist just for Ectophiles. Vickie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 16:05:25 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Hand to Mouth Schedule for California For those in the area, they're definitely worth checking out. See http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/guide.cgi?artists/hand.to.mouth for Damon's and my comments about them. - --Neile n.p. An Pierle mp3s n.r. _No More Sad Refrains_, a Sandy Denny bio >From: "h2m" >To: >Subject: Hand to Mouth Schedule for California >Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 22:36:32 -0700 >Organization: Microsoft Corporation >X-Priority: 3 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 > >Hi Neile >Just wanted to see if this could be put on the the Ectophiles list. I wasn't >sure how to go about getting it posted. We would definitely appreciate it if >you can find the time. Our schedule for the next two weeks is below. Hope >you are well. >Thanks, >Grace > >Hand to Mouth Schedule: > >Thursday October 5th CafÈ Roma Davis, CA 7:30 pm (530) 756-4444 > >Friday October 6th Claire de' Lune San Diego, CA 8:30 pm (619) 688-9845 > >Saturday October 7th Kulak's Woodshed w/ Bright Blue Gorilla and David Zink >North Hollywood, CA 8:00 pm (818) 766-9913 > >Sunday October 8th Coffee Gallery Backstage Altadena, CA 4:00 pm res. (626) >398-7917 > >Tuesday October 10th KKUP 91.5 FM w/Lisa Atkinson Cupertino, CA 12pm > >Wednesday, October 11th Venue 9 w/ Ariel San Francisco, CA (415) 626-2169 > >Thursday October 12th Espresso Garden CafÈ, San Jose, CA 7:30 pm (408) >298-0808 > >Friday October 13th KKUP 91.5 FM w/Dave Stafford 3:00 pm > >Friday October 13th Cayuga Vault w/Ariel Santa Cruz, CA (831) 425-4452 > >Saturday October 14th Hear Music, Berkeley 1 pm (510) 204-9595 > >Saturday October 14th House Concert, Sacramento, CA 7:30 pm For location and >reservations (916) 448-5848 (space is limited) > >If you have friends in these areas, please let them know about our concerts! >CD's available through Amazon.com & CDBaby.com >Thanks, >Hand to Mouth www.htom.com > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 21:48:02 EDT From: Gordoja@aol.com Subject: Re: new Cowboy Junkies and wild strawberries I just ordered my Cowboy Junkies and noticed that they have the first two wild strawberries (craving wooden spectacles and grace) albums for sale too :) :) - -jason np cory sipper "swimology" (check her out at cdbaby.com ... reminds me very much of sinead lohan sans accent) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 23:47:49 -0400 From: meredith Subject: project lo - waterbury Hi! Just got back from seeing Project Lo in the back room of Brass City Records in Waterbury, CT. Not my prime choice of venue: the city of Waterbury is definitely one of the nether regions of the United States, and in the room itself the sound was decidedly DIY. As a result, it was completely impossible to hear Happy until a few songs in, and even after that was fixed she was still buried in the mix. I'm sure things will be better tomorrow at the Knitting Factory. The set was great, though. They did two new Happy songs (!), a couple groovin' Hansford Rowe numbers, a mini-Peter Gabriel set ("Mercy Street" and "Here Comes The Flood"), and a few more songs from _Black Canvas_ (including "Perfection"). For an encore they did a Project Lo number, then closed things out with a great rendition of "Serenading Genius". Bon Lozaga was magical on guitar, as always, and I really liked Han Rowe's bass work. The drums and percussion were cool, too. The whole package was sublime. I can't wait for tomorrow night - I need to hear Happy's vocals, particularly on the new songs! I did hear Happy telling someone that she's going into the studio this month to start work on her next album. It sounded like she's planning to release it herself, though that bit was overheard -- I'll confirm tomorrow night. Hope to see a lot of you at the Knitting Factory ... woj and I will be at the early show for sure, and quite probably the late show too. :) +==========================================================================+ | 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: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 16:33:02 +1100 From: Andrew Fries Subject: Re: vickie's shoutcast/Wendy Rule On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, WretchAwry wrote: >I upped the quality to 48 kBit/s, 22,050 Hz Stereo (whatever that mean, I >just know it sounds better) but it has a bad side effect of not allowing as >many listeners, and causes drop-outs every now and then. I'd love to join in the chorus of appreciation because I also used to tune in to Vickie's broadcast and enjoy it a lot. Sadly, this "upgrade" has rendered the broadcast practically useless on my 56k connection, where it used to stream perfectly at the lower bitrate... Yes, I'd love to get broadband access one of those days, but for now it's back to listening to my own CDs for me :( And speaking of CDs, I have some good news as well: Wendy Rule just released "World Between Worlds" - her third studio album. Those in the know will rejoice. Others can always find out more about Wendy at her website . I'll probably have more to say after I see her, and buy the record. Note for any locals who might be reading : Wendy will play in Sydney on the 14th, at the Harp Hotel in Tempe. Miss it at your peril. - ------------------------------------------------------ "Today I want to talk about piracy and music. What is piracy? Piracy is the act of stealing an artist's work without any intention of paying for it. I'm not talking about Napster-type software. I'm talking about major label recording contracts." -- Courtney Love - ------ http://www.zip.com.au/~afries/spot.php3 ------- ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V6 #296 **************************