From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V8 #15 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, January 15 2002 Volume 08 : Number 015 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] catching up: arson garden [Greg Bossert ] RE: Angelit and a few short reviews [JoAnn Whetsell ] Max Bickford ["M. Tabasko" ] RE: Firsts.. [Phil Hudson ] Whose head is it anyway? [Phil Hudson ] Re: Music lists [Two Loons For Tea] ["Vienna Teng" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 03:00:15 -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********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************* Troy J. Shadbolt (no Email address) ******************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Doug Burks Tue February 14 1956 Blank - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 15:11:21 +0100 (W. Europe Standard Time) From: Greg Bossert Subject: catching up: arson garden arson garden is an all-time fave. i saw them a number of times. a show at the teeny, dirty, and wonderful middle-east in cambridge MA stands out in particular; we talked to April and James before the show and they were so gosh darn nice and calm and then they got on stage and April's eyes literally rolled back in her head and then wonderful, baffling noise happened. i saw them the very next day at a Tower appearance, which made them either flattered or nervous or both ;) i seem to remember that April and some of the others were in a group called butter afterwards -- anything come of that? thanks to the Ecto'Guide, i found James' stuff at Ubiquity. funny that he's in SF now, or maybe not -- an awful (word chosen carefully) lot of people are. anyone heard his solo album? any other news of any of them? it's a shame if April isn't singing any more... - -g n.p. Sleater-Kinney "The Hot Rock" which just suddenly made me think of Pylon -- man, that was out of nowhere...! funny, but i don't think of this as grrrl post-punk at all, it's like new wave pop -- more Athens GA for sure than 'Muses. well, okay, Muses too. eh, whatever, it just finished. hmm, what next... n.r. email, duh! - -- Greg Bossert / -- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:24:59 -0500 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: RE: Angelit and a few short reviews Neal, Thanks for the info. I think I will pick it up on one of my next binges. I've seen it in numerous stores and was surprised when you said you had trouble finding it. I hope it hasn't disappeared by the time I go to get it! Last binge: Cantychiels: Cantychiels traditional and traditional with modern feel Celtic music from Scotland. a group composed of friends in different bands who came together to do this album. only one listen so far, but it's good. a mix of traditional and contemporary, vocal and instrumental. Khadja Nin: Sambolera her first album. i LOVE this woman. her second album, Niya Yesh (i think that's the title; it's at home) is also very good and a lot easier to find. i'll have to say more about her when i can actually present a critical review. Annbjorg Lien: first album; can't remember the title traditional Nordic music from this Norwegian violinist. my favorite is still her second album, Prisme, but this is definitely worth getting for fans and lovers of traditional music. Afro Celt Sound System: Vol. 3 Further In Time only one listen so far, but another great album from this group. Lila Downs: Border i love her voice. generally deep. (her voice i mean). the album's title refers to the US-Mexican border and "This music is dedicated to the Mexican migrants, to the spirits of those who have died crossing the line." it's a great mixture of upbeat songs and ballads, a range of musical styles and human experience. the cd booklet is also beautiful, as usual. one of the great albums of 2001, i think. Inti-Illimani: Leyenda a live album from the famous chilean group. some instrumental songs, some with vocals. a great album, and i see it everywhere for under $10. JoAnn ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 11:47:00 -0500 (EST) From: "M. Tabasko" Subject: Max Bickford Meth wrote about the tail end of "The Education of Max Bickford" and the bit involving Isaac Hayes. On the off chance that I'm the only person who watches this show, here's a little background. The girl (Nell) is Max Bickford's daughter. He's a prof at an all-girls college, which he has semi-forced his daughter to attend. She'd rather be elsewhere; she's somewhat rebellious but also a talented musician. She's got a band, and they frequently play gigs around the school area. Her father has recently come to appreciate her talent as real; he's knows a fair amount about music himself. He has frequently tried to encourage her to listen to some of "his" music, which she has (not surprisingly) resisted. (Her band and her vocals are featured quite frequently in the show, one of the reasons I watch it.) In this episode, Isaac Hayes (playing a producer called "Night Train") catches one of Nell's gigs (her father is also watching from the back, and he recongizes Hayes' character and makes a little bit of a fool of himself as a zealous fan). Hayes is interested in cutting some demos with Nell but, as it turns out, not with her band. This puts her in the obvious quandry, and she asks her father's opinion, since he saw so many bands when they were starting out. He tells her that, had her band been playing back then, "you'd rule". In the scene Meth described, Nell basically tells Hayes' character that she doesn't want to do it without her band, which leads to the Laura Nyro comment. Nyro is one of the artists her father had pressed and she'd resisted. Of course, she goes to Dad's and checks it out. Anyway, that's a little more context. Back to lurking... - -- Mary Tabasko ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:21:14 -0800 From: Phil Hudson Subject: RE: Firsts.. *Did* any of Elvis' records come out on 78??? fleur, who is not really a great-grandma, only feels like it sometimes ::grin:: Come to think of it; it may have been a 33 or 45 made of the old 78-style plastic, the kind that would break if you stared at it too hard. Either way, my toy tractor made short work of Elvis that year. phil ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:33:26 -0800 From: Phil Hudson Subject: Whose head is it anyway? Or alternatively, while you're working taping the final arrangement, Elton John hears it in HIS head and beats you to release :) phil - -----Original Message----- From: Mitchell A. Pravatiner [mailto:mapravat@prairienet.org] Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 5:44 AM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: The dark side of music in your head The downside of hearing detailed music in your head, whose origin you have no idea, is that if it inspires you to write your own hit, someone may come out of the blue and sue you, claiming it was they who wrote the original song in your head. Ask Michael Jackson or the late, great George Harrison :-). Mitch ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 12:58:25 -0800 From: "Vienna Teng" Subject: Re: Music lists [Two Loons For Tea] I just bought the Two Loons For Tea debut CD a few weeks ago (first purchase I can credit entirely to Ecto -- thanks, y'all!). I'm with Neile: it's a gorgeous album with a signature sound all its own, working that delicate balance between high energy and moody atmospherics. Current favorites are "Boy," a wistful ballad that spotlights Scott's rich, soulful voice; and "Ice Cube Crocodile," a song (near as I can tell) about the bar scene...it really captures the circus-like air and vaguely predatory vibe of those places. - - Vienna - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neile Graham" To: "Ecto" Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: Music lists > 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. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 19:01:30 -0500 From: Jason Gordon Subject: Disc for review for the Guide - Mariel I have a disc by Mariel called "Fragments of a Dream" for review in the Guide but cannot get into the disc enough to give it a fair review...It is somewhat mainstream acoustic pop similar in a way to Lori Carson. If anyone is interested in giving it a review, let me know and I will mail the disc/bio to you. - -Jason n.p. Lamb - What Sounds ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 21:21:03 -0600 (CST) From: "Mitchell A. Pravatiner" Subject: Max Bickford I saw Sunday's entire episode of _The Education of Max Bickford_, CBS's attempt to do for higher education what _The West Wing_ does for government. The subplot Meredith entered at the end started at the beginning, when the Richard Dreyfuss character's kids find an old LP in the attic, with numerous great songs from the 60s. Dreyfuss notices that the tracks on it include "Save the Country," and muses that he wishes that today's hits showed as much social conscience. Turns out his eldest daughter is lead singer for a rock band. When they audition for a club, the owner, played by Isaac Hayes, tells them he'll take her, but not the whole band. They naturally walk out. Much later, she goes back to see him, still hanging tough. He is impressed by her resolve, and that's when he tells her she reminds him of Laura Nyro. I don't remember his explanation for this, but it didn't really touch on the fact that in her heyday, Nyro was well known for her aversion to artistic compromise, even when her position arguably cost her a lot in commercial success. (All this carries an unspoken allusion to another subplot, in which one of Dreyfuss's students hangs tough in a career choice her parents don't like.) Ultimately, she is inspired to actually listen to "Save the Country," much to her father's delight. Definitely a drama with a message :-). Mitch ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V8 #15 *************************