From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V8 #4 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, January 4 2002 Volume 08 : Number 004 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Re: ecto-digest V8 #3 [Dracovixen@aol.com] anticipated 2002 albums [JoAnn Whetsell ] Re: ecto-digest V8 #2 ["Matthew B. Downer" ] also due this month [JoAnn Whetsell ] Faves of 2001 [adamk@zoom.co.uk] 1st music [JoAnn Whetsell ] VOICES ON THE VERGE- TOUR UPDATES PART II [Jessica Byers ] My first music purchase ["Varker, Patrick" ] Hope Sandoval on ATC and other stories ["Mitchell A. Pravatiner" ] RE: My first music purchase ["Bill Adler" ] Neile's top of 2001 list [Neile Graham ] Re: Should auld acquaintance be forgot... ["Joanna M. Phillips" ] Fwd: it's not too late for the battle-scarred [meredith ] RE: my first record ["Foghorn J. Fornorn" ] Laurie Anderson? [Neal Copperman ] Re: my first record ["Russ Van Rooy" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 03:00:09 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************* John Sandoval (SANDOVAL@stsci.edu) ******************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- John Sandoval Wed January 04 1967 Capricorn Paul Cohen Tue January 05 1954 Capricorn Tony Garrity Mon January 08 1962 Pool of Life Greg Bossert Tue January 09 1962 OfTheTimes Troy J. Shadbolt Thu January 14 1971 Capricorn Chris Sampson Wed January 15 1964 Void where prohibited Dennis G Parslow Fri January 17 1964 ...of the Saint Ross Alford Thu January 17 1957 Positive Nancy Whitney Mon January 19 1959 slippery when wet Sarah Noelle Pratt Ferguson Tue January 20 1970 Seanympf-Aquarius David Beery Tue January 20 1976 drum Terry Partis Sun January 22 1933 Rocker Sarah McLachlan Sun January 28 1968 Aquarius Ilka Heber Mon February 01 1965 Mermaid Bob Lovejoy Sun February 02 1947 Aquarius Diane Burke Sat February 02 1963 slow children Timothy S. Devine Tue February 03 1970 Aquarius Stephen Thomas Fri February 04 1966 Aquarius - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 11:13:40 EST From: Dracovixen@aol.com Subject: Re: ecto-digest V8 #3 Ok, a whole bunch of us have done best of albums for 2001, now what albums are you breathlessly looking forward to in the year 2002? Tori Amos! Currently in the process of switching to Epic Records, rumors are rampant and believed to be true that Tori is slated for a Fall tour next year, (said in an article while interviewing her), and Tori has stated that she has been writing all this time, and what better to go with a random Fall tour than an album to make it not so random??? I knew she must have been writing her own music while creating her cover/concept album to fulfill the contract with Atlantic Recs. She would of course hand over the new material to her new label. Tapping the Vein - The Damage - out in February. This band has become one of my favorites. Dark and moody, yet often heartachingly sweet, this rock band of gothic overtones continues to impress me with their musical talent. To make it ecto-ish, Heather's voice alternates between a scared little girl and a murderous angel of hellfire. Seriously, she's freakin' tiny in person, but she has a voice like if you crossed whats-her-face from the Sneaker Pimps/Cranes with a lion. If you ever have the chance to see them live, do it. You won't be disappointed. They are also great people to meet. Kidneythieves - Zerospace - in February. I have waited a long time for this. I heard the single, Black Bullet, on the popular rock station out here in Connecticut. I was very surprised, yet thrilled. I've heard all the tracks on their new EP _Phi in the Sky_, and all I can say is that I loooooooooooooove the song Zerospace. Kidneythieves are very much in the hard rock/industrial vein of things, though her voice is much sweeter than most of the throaty growls and screams coming from many of the women in that genre. Rumor has it once things calm down in Sarah McLachlan's life, she'll most likely release an album in 2002, though there's a chance it may not be until 2003. And so those are the ones that I could think of. Anyone know of other ones to come? What are you waiting for? Black Dove ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 11:22:56 -0500 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: anticipated 2002 albums I'm looking forward to Zap Mama's new one, due Tuesday. I just looked it up at icemagazine.com. It's called "Push It To The Max." JoAnn ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 10:22:54 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew B. Downer" Subject: Re: ecto-digest V8 #2 > In a message dated 1/2/02 7:29:25 AM Central Standard Time, > jzitt@metatronpress.com writes: > > << I wonder what other people's first record (or other format) purchases > were. >> First 45: In the Air Tonight, Phil Collins (was a big Genesis fan) My first LP was either Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) or Grand Illusion (Styx). Between Styx and Genesis, I was firmly camped out on the border of prog rock and ca$h rock. matt - -- Matt Downer NP: A Change of Seasons, Dream Theater hachiman@io.com NR: Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 11:29:26 -0500 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: also due this month Mary Lou Lord has a new one on Jan. 22 called "Live City Sounds" Julia Fordham-- "Concrete Love" Jan. 29 JoAnn ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 16:49:59 +0000 (GMT) From: adamk@zoom.co.uk Subject: Faves of 2001 Yeah, ring out the old...whatever. I've come to the opinion that a good album makes you feel like you're coming home. No matter how nerve-shredding or unsettling it might be, there's always something about it that makes a connection, that makes it feel like you've come home each time you listen to it. So, anyway -- my best of..... 1) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "No More Shall We Part". Undoubtedly. Beautiful, unsettling, emotional. 2) Matthew Jay - "Draw" - a burst of tuneful sunshine. Lovely, lovely, lovely. 3) Poe - "Haunted" . Many thanks for those who recommended this to me. It's an awesome album, a supercharged ride through a spectral landscape of love and loss. One of those rare albums where, as the last tune ends, I have to choke back a tear. 4) Cousteau - "Cousteau". A unique little kettle of fish, a melancholy 4AM kind of sound, beautifully realised and soulfully delivered. 5) Eliza Gilkyson - "Hard Times in Babylon". A bit more countryish than I usually like, but this one got under my skin, and I keep...well, coming home to it. 6) Jonatha Brooke - "Steady Pull". Vibrant and energised --- great stuff. 7) Natalie Merchant - "Motherland". I got this for Christmas and, after only a couple of listens, it made my top 10 for the year. A mature and bluesey sound for Ms. Merchant, more rooted and earthier than anything she's done. Probably her best so far. (In fact, I'm soaking in it now) 8) David Kitt - "The Big Romance". Another pleasant surprise, this man has been hyped over here, but pleases on different level. Like a more laid-back David Gray, with the electronica boosted. 9) The Eels - "Souljacker". Ooooooh, they've done it again. 10) Peter Hammill - "What, now?". This is here not so much because it's a great album, but because it shows an amazing resurgance of life after the dull and tuneless "none of the above", his previous release. Hope for all of us. And it is a pretty damned good album. Runners up: Kristen Hersh/ "Sunny Border Blue", Sparklehorse/"It's a Wonderful Life", Witness/"Under a Sun"; jonathan, inc/"Waiting for Morning" Lows: Tegan & Sara (What's that girls? You've just written your 128th remix of Ani's "Shy"? Well, that's great - just leave it on the pile with the others. Now run along and play, and leave that beatbox behind); Radiohead, REM, Guided by Voices, Pepperbloodycorn (this album is evil I tell you! EVIL!) and, anachronistically, "Sweet Relief II" - - - the tribute album that made absolutely sure I never buy anything by Vic Chestnutt. Live gigs: Peter Hammill at the QEH -- a blistering, heart- stopping performance which proved, beyond a doubt, that he still has the power; Sandy Dillon at the Borderline -- possibly the most fun I've had at a gig. Yeah, that was a year. Shattered and scarred, but the melody lingers on. Let's hope 2002 is a more peaceful one. adamk. Get your own zoom email - click here - http://www.zoom.co.uk/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 12:03:05 -0500 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: 1st music I'v enjoyed this thread! As I'm only 25 my music-buying life only extends so far. I remember buying my first cassette tape at Scotti's Record Shop on Main Street in Madison, NJ. Beethoven's violin concerto. I don't remember who did the recording, but I still have that tape. My first albums were probably Debbie Gibson, New Kids on the Block, and Tiffany (I have no idea in what order). I think my first cd was Paul Simon's Concert In the Park, a Christmas present from my parents. It might have been his 1964/1993 collection. I didn't even have a cd player back then. My mom gave me hers to take to school with me. I hooked it up to my stereo, which actually had a record player. Tori Amos' "Little Earthquakes" and Shawn Colvin's "Fat City" were also early purchases, and still frequently played. Both of them I discovered through magazine reviews and bought unheard. I also got Juliana Hatfield's "Become What You Are" around the same time, also through a magazine review, but I don't listen to that much, although I played it a few weeks ago in my car and liked it a lot more than I remembered. My first concert was Billy Joel and Elton John at the Meadowlands (was it still the Meadowlands then, or was it already the Continental Arena or whatever it's named now) in NJ, summer of 1994. I think July. I stood in line for hours for tickets at that same Scotti's in Madison, NJ. I despaired when the shows sold out, but they added a new show when there were only a few people left ahead of me in line, so we got better seats (still pretty far away) than people who were ahead of me in line. Anyway, it was 1994, the year I graduated high school (also in Madison, NJ). JoAnn ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 11:11:03 -0700 From: Jessica Byers Subject: VOICES ON THE VERGE- TOUR UPDATES PART II lots of tour dates for ya. jess Subject: VOICES ON THE VERGE- TOUR UPDATES PART II hi all, JESSKLEIN.com is temporarily down. we (the management) are working to get it back up and running. we apologize for the inconvenience and encourage you to check VOICESONTHEVERGE.com regularly as jess will be performing almost exclusively with voices over the next few months. More dates just in. VOICES ON THE VERGE (ROSE POLENZANI, JESS KLEIN, BETH AMSEL, ERIN MCKEOWN) PRESENTS VOICES ON THE ROAD LIVE IN YOUR TOWN TOUR '02 SUN 1/27 Charleston, WV - MT. Stage 6pm THURS 1/31 Berkley CA - Freight and Salvage 8pm SAT 2/2 LA, CA - MINT 8:30pm SUN 2/3 San Diego, CA - Java Joe's 8:30pm WEDS 2/6 Portland OR- Aladdin Theatre 8pm FRI 2/8 Seattle WA - Tractor Tavern 7pm SAT 2/9 Anchorage, AK- Wilda Marston Theatre 8pm SUN 2/10 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre 8pm TUES 2/12 Cedar Rapids, IA - CSPS. 8pm WEDS 2/13 Chicago, IL - Schuba's Tavern (2 shows) 7 and 10pm FRI 2/15 Bloomington IL - Illinois Weslyan University/Blue Moon Coffeehouse SAT 2/16 St Louis, MO - The Duck Room SUN 2/17 Madison, WI - the Pres House 7:30pm MON 2/18 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line 9pm THURS 2/21 Louisville, KY - John Porters FRI 2/22 Indianapolis, IN - HOUSE CONCERT/ TBA SUN 2/24 Ann Arbor, MI - The ARK 7:30pm Fri 3/1 Fitchburg, MA- Fitchburg State College Sat 3/2 Boston, MA Area - TBA Weds 3/6 NYC, NY Makor 7 & 10pm (2 shows) FRI 3/8 Vienna, VA (DC area) -Jam'n Java 8pm SUN 3/10 Ashville, NC- Grey Eagle 8pm WEDS 3/13 Carborough, NC- Carborough Arts Center THURS 3/14 Atlanta, GA - Eddies Attic SAT 3/23 Alfred, NY - Alfred U. SAT 3/30 Roxbury, NY- Roxbury Arts Group SAT 4/6 Titusville, NJ- Concerts at the Crossing SAT 4/27 Holyoke MA- Chapin Hall MT. Holyoke College WHAM FESTIVAL Plus get the shows early for some great opening acts TBA including: Deb Talan, Josh Ritter, Andy Stochansky, and Lori McKenna and others. More info coming soon. Also stay tuned for dates that we hope will come through (fingers crossed) in: TAMPA, FL FLINT, MI COLUMBUS, OH NASHVILLE, TN SYRACUSE, NY RICHMOND, VA UPSTATE NY cities and MORE TBA SOON www.voicesontheverge.com Please tell your friends about us and see you on the road soon. Thank you for your support Happy New Year, Voices On The Verge and their Management office ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 11:03:38 -0800 From: Phil Hudson Subject: RE: my first record This is really going to date me! ( actually about the only entity that *will* date me these days :) " The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" I bought this album and started to learn the songs; picture a 12-year old British schoolboy playing a cheap guitar badly and trying to sing like early Dylan ( who was, in fact, trying to sound like early Woody Guthrie). This turn of events was a cruel and bitter blow to my parents, as I had been a lead chorister with a very sweet soprano voice, prior to its breaking. In stark contrast, my attempts to sing in Dylan-ish resembled an adenoidal mallard with an abdominal hernia. I finally got a call from the nearby dog pound, asking me to knock it off. Phil ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 15:16:55 -0500 From: "Varker, Patrick" Subject: My first music purchase O.K. since everyone's fessin' up. I'm not by any means ashamed of it but it definitely dates things (not that that's a bad thing either). It was, on vinyl The Beatles "Meet The Beatles" LP. I paid some ungodly sum of about $2 for it as that was the price of LP's in those days(around 1964). I had just seen them on The Ed Sullivan Show and talked my folks into letting me get the album. I think I bought a Beatle wig shortly afterwards. One of my first (if not the first) 8-track tapes I bought was The Carpenters "Close To You". What can I say, I had my first car (a Mercury Monterey passed down from my Dad) and The Carpenters made good "parking" music. My first "Rock" concert was Led Zeppelin on their first U.S. tour. By the way, Happy New Year everyone !!! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 15:40:33 -0600 (CST) From: "Mitchell A. Pravatiner" Subject: Hope Sandoval on ATC and other stories Yesterday (January 3), _All Things Considered_ on NPR had a story about the Warm Inventions, Hope (Mazzy Star) Sandoval's new band, and their new album, _Bavarian Fruit Bread_. It was a very positive review; they said Sandoval's tone now is much lighter than it was with Mazzy Star. It's on the web at the ATC section of www.npr.org . I don't recall what the first record I ever got was. There were numerous children's records in early childhood, fortunately none of which I remember much about. Then, in early adolescence, there were a variety of classical and popular singles and albums. I have no idea anymore which was the first, though I recall that _Meet the Beatles_ was one of them, and might well have been my first rock album of that period. I then was out of the listening game for many years, and when I got back into it one of the earlier ones I bought (again, clueless what the first one was) was _Smile_ by Laura Nyro. After awhile, recorded sound dropped off the radar screen of my life for another decade or so, until I got into cassette buying around 1987. One of the first batch was Nyro's _The First Songs_ (which I had gotten on vinyl years earlier), another was a double cassette of Fleetwood Mac's eponymous album and _Rumors_ (also a reprise of earlier LP purchases), and I don't recall what else. One of the first several CD's I bought, a few years later, was _Playing Possum_ by Carly Simon (which, again, I had bought on LP a couple of years after it came out). And the rest is history :-) CD's I got in 2001 that I especially like, though they may have been released in earlier years, include _Big Open Sky_ and _Simply Being Cleopatra_ by Antje, a superb Chicago artist whose I have been hoping to be able to listen to more carefully, so that I can write a review for the Ectophiles' Guide. Another buried treasure I unearthed was Mascott, whose show at the Chicago Cultural Center I just missed, but who gave me her web address, which pointed me to her album _Follow the Sound_, which I really love, and also hope to review for the guide. Another favorite, albeit predating 2001, is _New York Girls Club_ by Rebecca Pidgeon. Mitch ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 16:46:45 -0600 From: "Todd Pierce" Subject: Re: my first record Well as embarrassing as it may be the first record I bought (on cassette) was Asia by Asia. Followed by Human League, Kim Wilde and ABC and may others I would rather forget (PseudoEcho, anyone? How about Kajagoogoo?) A few years later I bought my first LP - Kate Bush's Hounds of Love - the special marble-colored vinyl - and redeemed myself for all the previous purchases. When I finally got a CD player, my only CD purchases for a while were to convert my Kate Bush and Sam Brown LPs to CD. You don't want to know my first 45...Madonna's Crazy for You. Man, I am dating myself here badly. And man, I am thankful that MTV once had a fit of taste and showed the video for Kate Bush's Suspended in Gaffa - which started me down the road that has finally led to Happy Rhodes and other ecto artists! (By the way, someone on this list once praised the books by P C Hodgell - I am now reading the 2nd book about Jame and the Kencyr - wonderful, wonderful stuff.) Todd Todd Pierce Asheville NC tpierce@terrabase.com [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of Glacier Bkgrd.jpg] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 16:48:52 -0500 From: "Bill Adler" Subject: RE: My first music purchase Will anyone respect me after I admit to "Build Me Up Buttercup" by the Foundations? It was a 45 that I played to death. - --Bill n.p. Bevel Jenny, "Above the Clouds" - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Varker, Patrick Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 3:17 PM To: 'ecto@smoe.org' Subject: My first music purchase O.K. since everyone's fessin' up. I'm not by any means ashamed of it but it definitely dates things (not that that's a bad thing either). It was, on vinyl The Beatles "Meet The Beatles" LP. I paid some ungodly sum of about $2 for it as that was the price of LP's in those days(around 1964). I had just seen them on The Ed Sullivan Show and talked my folks into letting me get the album. I think I bought a Beatle wig shortly afterwards. One of my first (if not the first) 8-track tapes I bought was The Carpenters "Close To You". What can I say, I had my first car (a Mercury Monterey passed down from my Dad) and The Carpenters made good "parking" music. My first "Rock" concert was Led Zeppelin on their first U.S. tour. By the way, Happy New Year everyone !!! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 14:25:03 -0800 From: Neile Graham Subject: Neile's top of 2001 list NEILE'S TOP SIX (in alpha order because I'd hate to have to choose) Bjork - Vespertine An incredibly wonderful album. She just gets better and better. Homogenic knocked me over, but this one mighty fine and is perhaps even more creative and maybe in the long run will last even longer in my head. The stuff of obsession. Halou - Wiser If it's possible, this is an even better album than their debut (though it repeats a couple of tracks from it). The new songs are layered in interesting ways but also catchy and the vocals are hauntingly urgent. You'll find these songs in your head at unexpected times in a powerful way. Highly recommended for anyone who likes creative electronica or intriguing female vocals, or, especially, both together. Veda Hille - Field Study I was lucky enough to be one of the audience at the concert she recorded to make the basic tracks for this album, and the concert experience was a magical event that truly is reproduced on the album. Veda writes remarkable, beautiful songs: even when they're on the experimental edge they're melodic and catchy and compel me to listen again and again. This is a lovely album best served whole but each individual part is wonderful. There's no one like Veda. Splashdown - Blueshift [CDR--never officially released] A version of this is floating around the net as it was made available to people on their mailing list and some advance promos were sent out before it was cancelled. I have no idea if this album would have been a hit big enough to please Java/Capitol, but it certainly is a wonderful, powerful album and deserves to have seen the light of day. All the songs from the brilliant _Redshift ep_ are here and many, many other great tracks that are just as strong. It's a lively kind of edgy, melodic rock that just sounds wonderful to me. The songwriting is so full of hooks it's scary and I adore Melissa Kaplan's voice here and the way the songs are put together. I've listened to this steadily for months and months and just can't get tired of it. This is the best album I've ever heard that was never released. It's a horrible shame. Two Loons for Tea - Two Loons for Tea I have utterly obsessed over this debut album. This is a wonderful combination of jazz, pop, trip hop, electronica, atmospheric guitar, and great raspy/rich vocals. I had been listening to their files at mp3.com for quite a while, but listening to the album as a whole was a revelation. There's something about their sound that is just what I want to hear so much of the time--the mix of smoothness with liveliness and depths of the flowing sound. And of course the great guitar and vocals. Heavenly. Gabriel Yacoub - :yacoub: I had to order this from a French online site with my very limited understanding of commercial French, but the disc arrived safely, and was absolutely worth the risk and cost. This is so wonderful. It's one of Yacoub's more acoustic, lower-key albums and is really lovely. Full of yearning tones and harmonies weaving around the main vocal lines that are beautiful enough to break your heart. Richard Shindell fans might be pleased to know that he covers "You Stay Here"--a gorgeous painful song (though I don't know the original to compare it with and he does omit the obnoxious, didactic verse about god thereby improving the song to my mind). OTHER TOP ALBUMS Bonfire Madigan - Saddle the Bridge It took me a while to be able to hear this properly, but after a couple of plays it really clicked for me and I then I _had_ to keep playing it. It's unusual and pushes the experimental edge and yet is also melodic and haunting. A really wonderful combination of sounds and highly recommended for any ectophile who likes the edgier side of things. Kristin Hersh - Sunny Border Blue Wait, did I say _Sky Motel_ was my favourite Kristin Hersh solo album after _Hips and Makers_ (which will always, I suspect, be first in my favours)? No, it has to be this one. "Spain" and "White Suckers" stick in my head almost as much as "A Loon". Kristin Hersh just seems to continue being her wonderful self, and this is a pretty great Kristin disc. Really, this is a brilliant album. Lamb - What Sound Slightly more pop and less intense than their previous albums, especially lyrically, this is still a strong and wonderful album. Lamb just never disappoint me--their music is always strongly, obsessively listenable, full of fascinating sounds and Lou Rhodes' odd and lovely vocals. What a delight! I don't think it will catch up to how much I loved their first two albums, though. Sarina Simoon - thread bone bare Wow--this album has totally grown on me. The sound is a little odd and unexpected, dramatic, emotional and melodic but the tunes take odd and wonderful turns. Highly recommended for anyone who like the slightly unusual. Suzanne Vega - Songs in Red and Gray I haven't loved Suzanne Vega this much since her debut album. This was a real surprise to me and continues to be a delight. Simon Wilcox - Mongrel of Love I found this disc utterly addictive. It came in for review for The Ectophiles' Guide and I immediately had to get my own copy because I couldn't bear to let it out of my disc player. More than once I have found myself hitting repeat when the album ended, ready to hear it again immediately. It's one of those discs that is magically mood-altering for me--it always pulls me in. Simon Wilcox is wickedly talented and I can hardly wait to hear more from her (or play this album yet again). Willow - sweet dark demon Willow has more than exceeded the promise shown in her earlier recordings. This is an utterly haunting album--dark but also refreshing, and utterly individual. It's wonderful, a truly rich, dark, sensual, collection of songs. This is her second work with a band, and it shows both the strong simplicity of her songs but also ornaments them well. It's just a lovely, heart-felt, passionate, folkie/bluesy collection. And of course showcases her deep, evocative voice. Kathleen Yearwood - Dog Logic Kathleen Yearwood has this amazing talent for mixing the dissonant with the beautifully harmonic and this album does just that again. It's another step down her scary and beautiful road. She's always pushing the limits, both musically and lyrically. It's full of despair and hope, ugliness and beauty. Full of contradictions that together form something magnificent. Her music is unique and harsh and telling and beautiful. And an unforgettable experience. SOME OTHER FAVOURITES (more about these later, I hope--I just ran out of time) Cranes - Future Songs (more wonderful Cranes!) Basque - falling forward (more wonderful Basque!) Annika Bentley - with leak, blink, & breath (more deep wonderful Annika Bentley!) First of June - creepy crawly live (I loved the album versions, too) First of June -What The Wind Brings (a nice new effort!) The Galerkin Method - The Galerkin Method (odd and wonderful) Anja Garbarek - Smiling and Waving (odd, but not quite so wonderful as _Balloon Mood_) Penelope Houston - Loners, Stoners and Prison Brides (live, a little mixed) The Innocence Mission - small planes (a compilation of odds & ends, very IM) Land of the Blind - Ordinary Magic (more Land of the Blind!) Low - Things We Lost in the Fire (Finally, another Low album I can stand!) Lanterna - Elm Street (more wonderful Henry Frayne guitar-- I love his sound!) Annette Parrington - Azure Wonder & Lust (from the Opium Den vocalist) Bill Jones - Panchpuran (very nice female trad-based singer songwriter) TOP DISAPPOINTMENTS Tori Amos - Strange Little Girls (I like some of this but much I would quite happily never hear again) Ani Difranco - Revelling/Reckoning (I'm just not going where she is these days, I guess) Garmarna - Hildegard von Bingen (ugh--kill deadening electronic beats here; I love the live video they have on this, so why can I not bear to play the official versions of these songs?) LATE DISCOVERIES Anne Briggs - several discs (a great British '60s singer- songwriter/trad singer) Cane - Unable (Thanks, Yngve!) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ectoguide.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 18:36:43 -0500 From: "Joanna M. Phillips" Subject: Re: Should auld acquaintance be forgot... At 05:36 PM 1/3/02 -0800, you wrote: > In >response to Bob, Lover of Joy: You win. You are 6 months older than I >am. You probably watched My Little Margie, but won't admit it. >The first music I heard or remember having heard was probably Rockabye >Baby, although time sequencing is a little vague. >Rock 'n' Roll... I remember seeing Elvis on the Ed Sullivan Show and >asking my mother why he didn't stand still. She told me that's what the >teenagers like. I wondered what was a teenager. Did you like the Rock >'n' Roll Waltz? (Rock 2, 3, Roll 2, 3) Ah, thanks for the memories. > > From: "Robert Lovejoy" > Subject: Auld? > > Jerene asks if anyone here is as old, but neglects to give out age! > I will be 55 this February, if that helps! > First music I heard was from my Dad - he was a Frankie Laine fan. I always > loved music, but when I heard Freddie Cannon's "Buzz Buzz A Diddle It" as a > teenager I got hooked on Rock 'n' Roll. Big time. > Happy New Year everyone, > > Bob Lovejoy "Uncle Ecto" (snip) >Jerene --"Grandma Ecto" Okay, it's time to let you know that fleur is aka This Old Mouse. The first 45s I remember getting (these were Christmas presents, along with my first record player (portable)) were Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock"; probably some Elvis; and possibly on that same Christmas (although things are muddly, time-wise, here) Buddy Holly's "Peggy Sue". The first ones I actually bought: Elvis 45s. I think they were "(Just Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear", "Love Me Tender", etc. I KNOW I bought lots of Everly Brothers 45s! And the first 2 LPs I ever bought were "It's Everly Time!" and "A Date with the Everly Brothers". As to seeing Elvis on the Ed Sullivan Show: I remember their not showing him from the waist down! LOL! Oh yeah, and I saw his first film, "Love Me Tender", in an actual movie theatre, first run. :-P I don't remember the first CD I/we bought...I do remember that one of the first CDs we *got*, as a present, was a Stanley Jordon one, which we still have. :-) We still have our original CD player, bought in...1983? It doesn't play mini-discs, and has the ability to play *chapters*. :-P So, I win, I am the oldest so far (unless someone else is hiding in the woodwork?). I turned 56 this last September...uh, on the 11th, of all days. :-/ fleur -- "Great-Grandma Ecto" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 18:57:03 -0500 From: dave Subject: Re: ecto-digest V8 #3 Phil wrote: > BTW, I'm not really an LOTR person anymore, having read it about thrice in > this lifetime, but the movie was really excellent, and works for people who > haven't read the books. If only George Lucas had scripted and directed the > Star Wars series in a similar fashion, instead of again going for the lowest > common denominator...... What, you're not looking forward to seing NSYTNC in the next Star Wars movie? Word is they're going to be extras who get blown up.. I'm picturing John Candy and Joe Flaherty going.. "They blowed up good!" " Yeah- they blowed up REAL GOOD!" In continuance of another thread... The first CDs I bought, Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow and Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits May the good Lord bless and keep ya, and blow ya up reeaalll soon! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 19:28:33 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Fwd: it's not too late for the battle-scarred News for Christine Fellows fans (which all ectophiles should resolve to become this year :), and also some other notes of interest as well. >From: "Six Shooter Records" >Subject: it's not too late for the battle-scarred >Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:26:43 -0500 (EST) > >_______________________________________________ >CHRISTINE FELLOWS > >Woo hoo! Six shooter records is ablaze with excitement about the addition >of Christine Fellows to our roster. And a big welcome goes out to >Christine Fellows fans who were added to this list (you were probably >wondering what that welcome e-mail was all about). Christine hails from >Winnipeg (hooray for us prairie girls), and I was introduced to her >amazing work some time ago via fellow Pegger Luke Doucet. Christine's >stunning first record, "2 little birds" was released on the very fine >Winnipeg label Endearing Records, and I'm delighted that she has brought >her next project to us. She's a joy, and her new disc, "The Last One >Standing" is simply beautiful. Like all six shooter artists, her lyrics >are exceptional and the music is divine. Lots of strings, a wicked piano, >interesting percussion, and an incredible voice. Street date for the new >disc is March 5. Stay tuned for news on a string of performances across >the country. > > >_______________________________________________ >LUKE DOUCET > >Hot off some great shows in Winnipeg, including a hugely successful >fundraiser for the Sunshine house with the above-mentioned Christine >Fellows, John Samson, and Nathan, Luke finds himself back and forth >between Canada and the UK this month: > >WATERLOO, ON: Jan. 10, Jan. 17, and Jan 30 at the Jane Bond, free admission. >LONDON, ENGLAND: Thursday, January 24 at the Twelve Bar. >BRIGHTON, ENGLAND: Saturday, January 26 at the Greys Pub. > >VEAL...Some of you may have caught Luke and Chang's reunion at the Veal >shows in December, but if you didn't, here's another chance: > >HAMILTON: January 11 at the Raven, 10 pm, $6, with openers The Noseriders >TORONTO: January 12 at the Rivoli, 10 pm, $8, with the ever-so-cool NQ >Arbuckle opening. > >Up next: Veal plays some Alberta shows in February before heading into >the studio to make a rock record with Steven Drake (The Odds). > > >_______________________________________________ >MIA SHEARD > >Mia Sheard has also got a couple dates in store for us: > >MONTREAL: Wed. Jan. 23 at Cafe del Popolo, with Kenny Smilovitch, $5. >KINGSTON: Fri. Jan. 25 at the Queen's Grad Club, $5. >OTTAWA: Sat. Jan 26 at Zaphod's, supporting Spookey Ruben, doors at 8 pm, $8. > >Up next: Watch for a Valentine's Day show in Toronto before Mia heads >into the studio to make her third album. Can't wait! ======================================= Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA mailto:meth@smoe.org http://www.smoe.org/meth "an eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind" -- mahatma gandhi ======================================= Live At The House O'Muzak House Concert Series http://www.smoe.org/meth/muzak.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 19:48:49 -0500 From: "Foghorn J. Fornorn" Subject: RE: my first record Let's see, I seem to recall (vaguely) that my very own first purchase of a stereophonic long-playing vinyl album was... Iron Butterfly's In-a-gadda-da-vida. Same band also gets the nod as my first rock concert experience. I guess we've all come a long, long way, haven't we? Well, some longer than others... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 19:18:18 -0700 From: Neal Copperman Subject: Laurie Anderson? I'm putting together an update for the guide to include the latest album. Anyone have any comments? I'll include mine below... But I also checked her web site, and it's full of tour dates. She's doing a solo, smallish show, featuring mostly accoustic instruments, and she'll be criss-crossing the states. I think the closest she gets to NM is Scotsdale AZ, but you might have better luck. It looks like she'll be within 500 miles of just about anywhere in the US :) Here's a description: (Visit http://www.laurieanderson.com for tour dates.) Solo Theater Tour - Winter/Spring 2002 Laurie Anderson will tour a new solo work in performing arts centers across the United States. Anderson's new solo work will feature stories and simple, mainly acoustic instruments. Like much of her work, this one will look at contemporary culture, through various filters: synthetic language, love songs, animal communication and techno burn out. And here's some thoughts on the latest album: A lot of people I know consider Laurie Anderson the epitome of "difficult music". I guess I can see where they are coming from, even though I like the full range of her albums. But it seems to me that within Laurie's discography you can trace a line that is heading in a fairly pop direction. You have the alternative success of 1984's Mister Heartbreak and 1989's Laurie-learns-to-sing Strange Angels. Life on a String seems to be the next album in this sequence It is easily the lushest and prettiest Laurie Anderson album to date. The singing is stronger and more assured then on older albums, and often quite melodic. But what really strikes me as being most different is the string arrangements which show up occasionally on the album. Four tracks feature prominent cello and one has a Van Dyke Parks wall of strings. The album is very musical and atmospheric, with touchs of world music and modern electronic treatments. Laurie is always recycling topics, and that's no exception here. You find a return of the snake and the Garden of Eden, an island called Kokovoko (shade's of Mister Hearbreak's Kokoku), and one song prominantly featuring the phrase "this must be the bones of a fallen angel", which echoes back to Strange Angels. There are a few pieces from her Moby Dick production (and even her interest in whales harkens back to older albums), and the typical Laurie Anderson observations, like "it's a small world... full of light... but I wouldn't want to have to... paint it". All in all, it's both identifiably Laurie Anderson, and yet has a smoother, unique sound from her previous efforts. And it's lots of fun to listen to! neal np: Fire - Magdalen Hsu-Li ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:32:25 -0800 From: "Russ Van Rooy" Subject: Re: my first record Hey , no embarrassment over here about my first record purchases, let's see Abbey Road (1969) , I was seven going on eight and I bought it with my hard earned allowance for the bank breaking amount of five dollars at Fred Meyers. Other prodigious purchases: Neil Young's Zuma (1975) when I was 13, and got into Television just after they broke up in 1978. Of course I bought my share of do-do too like Ted Nugent's "Free For All" in 9th grade and yeah, America's Greatest Hits - which had Muskrat Love...execrable ! At some point, I met the right persons and got turned onto to Many Worlds Are Born Tonight and here I am ;-) Happy New Years ! - - Russ - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Pierce" To: Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 2:46 PM Subject: Re: my first record > Well as embarrassing as it may be the first record I bought (on cassette) > was Asia by Asia. Followed by Human League, Kim Wilde and ABC and may others > I would rather forget (PseudoEcho, anyone? How about Kajagoogoo?) A few > years later I bought my first LP - Kate Bush's Hounds of Love - the special > marble-colored vinyl - and redeemed myself for all the previous purchases. > When I finally got a CD player, my only CD purchases for a while were to > convert my Kate Bush and Sam Brown LPs to CD. > > You don't want to know my first 45...Madonna's Crazy for You. Man, I am > dating myself here badly. And man, I am thankful that MTV once had a fit of > taste and showed the video for Kate Bush's Suspended in Gaffa - which > started me down the road that has finally led to Happy Rhodes and other ecto > artists! > > (By the way, someone on this list once praised the books by P C Hodgell - I > am now reading the 2nd book about Jame and the Kencyr - wonderful, wonderful > stuff.) Todd > > Todd Pierce > Asheville NC > tpierce@terrabase.com > > [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of Glacier Bkgrd.jpg] ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V8 #4 ************************