From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V7 #3 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, January 3 2001 Volume 07 : Number 003 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Best concert of the year [Neile Graham ] christine fellows [anna maria "stjärnell" ] Emilie Autumn [anna maria "stjärnell" ] Re: favorites for 2000 and song from last year most likely to be put on repeat [Craig Gidney ] downtown messiah [recount dracula ] Pushing a re-release [Brian Errickson ] Re: Pushing a re-release [dmw ] Re: The Best of 2000 [Joseph Zitt ] [jamesk@telisphere.com: MJZC: Zony Mash w/Frisell & Holcomb - 1/6/01 Seattle] [Joseph Zitt ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 23:28:19 -0800 From: Neile Graham Subject: Best concert of the year I forgot one thing: the best concert I went to all year (and probably of the decade) was Veda Hille's performance at the Vancouver East End cultural center where she premiered and recorded her new song cycle. That performance tied with the cd launches for _Spine_ and _Here is a picture_ (by the same artist at the same venue) and seeing Tori Amos in a small club in town here when she was first touring for _Little Earthquakes_ as the most powerful and intimate shows I have ever been to--and it certainly was one of the most joyous. - --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: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 01:39:32 -0800 (PST) From: anna maria "stjärnell" Subject: christine fellows Hi.. Neile wrote.. Christine Fellows, 2 Little Birds The best songs here are brilliant, haunting, all those wonderful things. Kind of like Cat Power or Kristin Hersh with a touch of Veda Hille. Very indie feeling. The disc as a whole is a tad uneven, but when it's good, it's great, and this is overall extremely promising. Hear, hear..This disc just arrived from Jeff(thanks!) Its ace throughout IMHO. Very minimalistic and haunting. Anna Maria Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 02:04:27 -0800 (PST) From: anna maria "stjärnell" Subject: Emilie Autumn hi.. Happy new year to all.. Have fallen for the very ectoish Emilie Autumn..her website has lovely graphics and songs..www.emilieautumn.com. Her album will be a must buy for me. Shades of Susan Court methinks. Anna Maria Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 07:03:04 -0800 (PST) From: Craig Gidney Subject: Re: favorites for 2000 and song from last year most likely to be put on repeat - --- Gordoja@aol.com wrote: > Here are some of my favorite albums of last year in > no particular order or > number: > Sigur Ros- "Agaetis byrjun" > Goldfrapp - "Felt Mountain" > Thievery Corporation - "The Mirror Conspiracy" I concur with these. Sigur Ros is like an ambient, Icelandic Radiohead with gorgeous male vocals. I discovered them through an Icelandic e-buddy. Goldfrapp is Portisheady torch songs, and Theivery Corp is nice chill out music. I've seen the white guy in the band walking around my neighborhood in DC--Adams Morgan. - --Craig ===== Craig L. Gidney http://profiles.yahoo.com/quisquose11 Reviews of books and music, http://www.egroups.com/group/Ethereality Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 07:05:02 -0800 (PST) From: Marla Tiara Subject: Re: New music (for me, anyway) - --- meredith wrote: > ... or, buy a Palm Pilot. I know at least two > ectophiles whose main reason > for purchasing that particular toy was to keep their > "CDs to buy" list > current, and with them when they go shopping! I'm > sure there are many more. I do that! I've been keeping a list of everyone intriguing that has been mentioned on ecto, as well as a list of CDs to buy, movies to see, movies to rent, books to read, etc etc etc. :) I love my Palm. marla tiara PS While I'm here, just got back from Toronto and bought a ton of CDs including 3 by Emm Gryner, Sarah Harmer's Songs for Clem, Weeping Tile - Valentino, a bunch o'Cowboy Junkies, Cub, Chantal K, and so many more that I can't even remember...I love Toronto, although I'm sad that we missed a benefit featuring Sarah Slean by mere days. *sigh* ===== ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Famous people wearing my tiara: http://www.marlatiara.com (*updated 9/21/00 - All pictures active!) "I will always love you like a milkshake." - Wesley Willis Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 10:07:11 -0500 From: recount dracula Subject: downtown messiah a review of this year's downtown messiah (with a photo of jane) can be found at . free registration required. woj ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 07:46:08 -0800 From: Brian Errickson Subject: Pushing a re-release Does anyone have any suggestions for going about convincing a record company to re-release an artist on cd? The artist I had in mind was Lani Hall who was on A&M. I would either like to have sundown lady or a greatest hits compilation. Who do I write to and what do I say to convince them it would be a good thing to do? Brian n.p. The Johnny Mann singers - at our best ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 11:56:38 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: Re: Pushing a re-release On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Brian Errickson wrote: > Does anyone have any suggestions for going about convincing a record > company to re-release an artist on cd? The artist I had in mind was > Lani Hall who was on A&M. I would either like to have sundown lady or a > greatest hits compilation. Who do I write to and what do I say to > convince them it would be a good thing to do? I don't mean to be discouraging, but I don't think this is something a single private individual, or a focused letter writing campaign from a small mailing list, can have much impact on. To convince a label, you need a business case, and the fundamental ingredients are: You can acquire the rights for $XX. You can expect to sell $XXK copies. Expected profitability of the re-release is $XXK. Risk is low. There are boutique labels that will re-release something for the sheer love of it, but I think few of them have the $$$ to license material from a major label artist. The one major exception I'm aware of is a company called One Way Records, which specializes in licensing and re-issuing early/mid-80's new wave albums. - -- d. - - oh no, you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net - get yr pathos - - www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. = reviews - - www.fecklessbeast.com -- angst, guilt, fear, betrayal! = guitar pop ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 15:17:41 -0500 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: The Best of 2000 I understand that, better, than sitting alone with a sign, there will be well-planned mass demonstrations and non-violent civil disobedience here in DC, organized by the people who worked in the Globalization protests. I heard an interview with the DC Police Chief in which he said that they are working together so that the protests are both effective and peaceful. On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 11:16:47PM -0500, ArtfulMdrr@aol.com wrote: > Hello, everyone!, > > Meredith wrote that she'd like to see this in 2001: > > "-- Mass demonstrations across the country on January 20, protesting the > fact that the man being sworn in as President is not the man we the people > elected to that office." > > Being a resident of the Washington metro area myself, I see that idea as > being nothing but feasible. For my part, I've been planning to sit outside > the White House ( or rather the pedestrian park directly across from it, for > fear of being shot by the Secret Service - note the fact that it abbreviates > to S.S. ) and politely hold up signs pointing out his idiocy ( pro life, pro > *DEATH* penalty ) after he's signed in. Before he's signed in, I urge > everyone to bury your local press in an onslaught of letters in attempt to > rescue our democracy. - -- |> ~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: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 15:30:54 -0500 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: [jamesk@telisphere.com: MJZC: Zony Mash w/Frisell & Holcomb - 1/6/01 Seattle] A double bill of Robin Holcomb and husband Wayne Horvitz's bands in Seattle. Ooh, wish I was there... - ----- Forwarded message from James Kirchmer ----- Reply-To: "James Kirchmer" From: "James Kirchmer" To: "Zorn List" Subject: MJZC: Zony Mash w/Frisell & Holcomb - 1/6/01 Seattle Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 06:23:59 -0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Precedence: bulk Hi folks - Happy New Year from the Northwest USA! ("MJZC" = Marginal John Zorn content, btw ;) I write today to help get the word out about a mighty fine (and somewhat underpublicized) show coming up here in Seattle. Basically, Wayne Horvitz and Zony Mash are getting ready to record a follow up to their outstanding "American Bandstand" release. (www.songlines.com) Robin Holcomb (Wayne's wife, btw) is also set to return to the studio after a prolonged absence. So they've joined forces for a "warmup" show of sorts. Expect to hear *lots* of new tunes as these fine musicians prep for what promises to be a great new year. Here's the scoop: * Jan. 6th, at the Tractor Tavern (www.tractortavern.com) * 9pm show - $12 cover. Adv. tickets are available through Ticketweb (link via the club site). The evening will unfold as follows: 1st Set: WAYNE HORVITZ - "AMERICAN BANDSTAND" With members of Zony Mash, an all acoustic set featuring mostly new compositions - for their upcoming follow up to "American Bandstand" -> Wayne Horvitz - Piano -> Tim Young - Guitar -> Keith Lowe - Acoustic Bass -> Andy Roth - Drums 2nd Set: THE ROBIN HOLCOMB BAND w/BILL FRISELL! A final concert before going into the studio to record her first new CD in years.... (check out her profile at Allmusic for the big picture, via, what else, www.allmusic.com ....) -> Robin Holcomb - Piano and Voice -> Bill Frisell - Guitar -> Wayne Horvitz - Hammond B-3 -> Tim Young - Guitar -> Keith Lowe - Bass -> Andy Roth - Drums ~ Ciao Ciao Ciao Ciao Ciao ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James L. Kirchmer Seattle, WA, U.S.A. * Yea Huskies! da P10 rulz! * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "My kids can do whatever they want as long as they are not Republicans or junkies..." - - - Steven Bernstein, arranger & slide-trumpeter for SEX MOB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - - ----- End forwarded message ----- - -- |> ~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: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 14:09:38 -0800 From: Phil Hudson Subject: Quick review of Quicksilver Messenger Service, 12/31/00 Not really Ecto at all, but of some possible interest to those who liked this band in the 70s, so read no further if you're hoping they had a female vocalist ;) Due to a severe warp in the space-time continuum, I ended up doing sound for this gig at the Brookdale Lodge in the Santa Cruz hills. The lodge is a weird rambling place, done in fake Swiss chalet style, and rather resembles the old ersatz-Swiss area of Disneyland where you get on the overhead rides. It boasts a stream running through one of the main dining rooms and a real live ( or more accurately, real dead) ghost, which has been featured on the America's Wackiest Home Poltergeist Videos show, or something of that ilk. (If the ghost made an appearance that night, it went unnoticed by the majority of the living). The Quicksilver of the 70s was a supremely innovative band, with guitarist John Cippolina writing and taking most of the leads. They were influential on many acts at the time, most notably the British band Man, who modeled many of their ideas on Quicksilver's. John Cippolina died a while back, having struggled with heroin addiction for many years, however the band has continued, off and on over the years. They are currently touring the west coast, doing mostly small houses. Line up was sparse, 2 gtrs, a conga/djembe player, and a keyboard player sporting a vintage 60s Hammond B3, and some Korg hardware. What we got was about two hours of loose, Barcalounger 70s jamming, rather pleasant to listen to, but not really what the New Years Eve crowd was expecting. I got about a dozen (polite) requests, asking if the band would be doing any "dance music" during the evening. "Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude, but...." was the most common opening line. For anyone who has seen the movie "Spinal Tap" one can get an idea of the entire set by watching the scene where Nigel precipitately quits the band, leaving them with no material other than the half-baked "Jazz Odyssey" to play at a theme park attended by about a dozen rather bored people. The attendance here was a little better, but the music could have been lifted from that scene. In fairness, the musicianship was quite superb, with a lot of interesting interplay between keys and guitars, but essentially, nothing appeared remotely rehearsed, or even scheduled, the band would roll into a gentle groove, which would occasionally morph into a recognizable 60s or 70s song for a while, then drift out into another tempo-less ambient musical space, leaving an audience that had been gamely dancing on whatever downbeats they could locate now self consciously hopping from one leg to another, waiting for the next recognizable tempo. As a living room or coffee house concert, this would have been a very nice show, but this was New Years Eve, and people were there to dance and party, not drift aimlessly on some ambient musical currents. I was kind of disappointed; these guys had some incredible and ground-breaking stuff on their peak albums, and I had hoped that they might revisit some of that, as I had never seen them play in their prime. (Check out "The Fool", from, I think, "Happy Trails" to get an idea, or their version of "Who do you love?' from the same album (?) I suspect my discography may be shaky here; please correct me if my information is incorrect. The opening act, Previously Lost Dogs, put on a spirited show of original tunes in the west coast road-band/Dead vein, and actually should have been on last, due to their significantly more lively set. All in all, a nice trip down the west coast nostalgia highway, but it almost put folks to sleep before the ball dropped. Happy new Millennium to all. Phil ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 18:43:36 -0500 From: recount dracula Subject: confessions of a pop junkie kollektor skum (like me!) may enjoy this article from the portland mercury... ;) woj ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V7 #3 ************************