From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V8 #224 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, August 13 2002 Volume 08 : Number 224 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Re: eleanor mcevoy [Paul2k@aol.com] frou frou [anna maria "stjärnell" ] Victoria Williams New Album [JoAnn Whetsell ] danielle drumke [meredith ] Intro and looking for music [Rodney Somerstein ] When Pigs Fly [Rodney Somerstein ] Re: When Pigs Fly [Greg Bossert ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 03:00:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** *************** Michael Stevens (mjstevens@mindspring.com) **************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Michael Stevens Sat August 12 1967 For Sale or Lease Loretta Pontillo Tue August 15 1978 Leo Queen of the Jungle Martin Dougiamas Wed August 20 1969 Positive Tori Amos Thu August 22 1963 Leo Sam Warren Tue August 22 1961 Leo Henk Van Wulpen Sat August 22 1970 Leo Kerry White Wed August 22 1951 Exact Leo/Virgo Don Gibson Wed August 26 1959 Virgo Marcel Rijs Mon August 31 1970 A rose growing old Meredith Tarr Wed September 01 1971 Virgo Scott Zimmerman Mon September 04 1972 Virgo Mike Mendelson Fri September 04 1964 Virgo Richard Dean Wed September 06 1967 Virgo David Blank-Edelman Sat September 09 1967 Neon Holly Tominack Thu September 10 1970 Virgo Sharon Nichols - Terra Incognita Wed September 11 1963 Victim of Christianity Heather Russell September 11 Total Virgosity - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 06:15:31 EDT From: Paul2k@aol.com Subject: Re: eleanor mcevoy If anyone is interested in a description of Eleanor and her albums, I'll see if I can provide some illumination. Eleanor is an Irish singer-songwriter who's largest claim to fame is her song "Only a Woman's Heart" which was covered with much success by Mary Black. Her voice isn't that strong, a bit airy, sometimes a bit scotch-whiskey; I've always thought it reminded me a lot of Roberta Carter Harrison's voice of the Wild Strawberries, especially the way they both affect their enunciation at times to make it sound like they have marbles in their mouths. Her songwriting is fair. It can be treacly and trite. It's interesting that I don't think she is all that strong as a singer or a songwriter, and yet I still like her a lot. Her self-titled first album came out in 1993 on Geffen. I guess I would throw her into a Jann Arden-ish category as far as the type of songs and production she had on that album. Sweet, acoustic ballads and pop-rock songs. Clean, a little jangly, inoffensive and charming. It still holds a special place in my heart, reminds me of driving to and from music school in Maryland. The final track is a beautiful piece with uillieann pipes and just her voice. Her second album titled "What's Following Me?" came out in 1996 on Columbia. It's sound leaned more towards guitar-rock pop while still retaining the sweet, melodic songwriting style. The guitars are fuzzier and rougher, the drums more driving, the overall production is busier and fuller. There is a weird overall "muted" quality to the recording which bugs me, like they cut a lot of the higher frequencies in the final mix or mastering...now that I listen to it, it sounds like they ran the final mixes through a tv and onto a cassette tape. Stand out tracks for me are "Biochemistry", "The Fire Overhead", "Precious Little", and "The Weatherman (Twelve Days)". Her third album came out in 1999 on Columbia. _Snapshots_ moved into electronic pop territory, living in my mind in the same cubby hole as Dido, although it wasn't as engaging as Dido's album. There are drum loops, samples, synths, and other electronic staples all over the songs, but they don't mesh with the acoustic instruments seemlessly, which I think is why I like Dido's album so much more: for all the techno-dance gobbledegook that pervade Dido's songs, there is still an organic, acoustic presence that holds it all together and serves as foundation. _Snapshots_ is a bit cold in that respect, a little removed from an acoustic grounding, and a little too too clean and polite with the electronic stuff. But it still has two songs that I absolutely love: "Territory of Poets" and "Please Heart, You're Killing Me". The track "All I Have" was cowritten with Caroline Lavelle, and Caroline recorded her own version for her latest album released last fall. Her version is more uptempo and, I think, more successful with the techno edge. And now it is getting late and I think I'm losing my coherence and cogency. Hey, wasn't Carolyn Andre a big Eleanor fan? Carolyn? I became a full-fledged fan the first time I saw her in '96 in New Hampshire opening for Jewel. I had posted of my joy and anticipation of finally getting to see her live on the newly birthed email mailing list of hers and, apparently, her management in Ireland read the list and passed along the message to her before the show; when I went to the side of the stage after her set to see if I could get an autograph, her road manager asked if I was Paul Kim, then invited me back and I got to talk with Eleanor for a bit. I was flabbergasted that they were able to identify me like that since I had only posted, like, the day before the show. And each consequent time that I saw her live (Northampton, Baltimore, Boston) over the next couple of years, she recognized me and remembered my name. wheeee. So nice. I think i told that story on ecto before. Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 04:14:25 -0700 (PDT) From: anna maria "stjärnell" Subject: frou frou Hi.. Imogen heap's frou frou sounds neat..has anyone heard it yet? Anna Maria HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:45:26 -0400 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: Victoria Williams New Album I've only had a chance to listen to it once, but it sounded good, and I'm not a fan of her covers. I bought it mainly to support her and didn't have any real expectations about how much I would like it. A number of different styles, very Victoria. Mostly low-key folky, but a few are faster and wilder. As always, I prefer the songs I don't know (which is most of them) but I do enjoy "Moon River" and "Over the Rainbow" quite a bit also. JoAnn - -----Original Message----- From: jjhanson@att.net [mailto:jjhanson@att.net] Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 10:54 AM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Happy Birthday Happy/Victoria Williams New Album Happy Birthday Happy! Can't wait to hear what the album will be like--and a possible house concert tour--very very exciting! Somehow the fact that Victoria Williams released a new album on Tuesday slipped by me--especially since its an album I've been waiting for--an album of her covers--Victoria's covers are always superb and I'm looking forward to hearing this. The album--Victoria Williams Sings Some Old Songs has the following track listing: 1. Moon River 2. Blue Skies 3. And Roses and Roses 4. Over the Rainbow 5. My Funny Valentine 6. Keep Sweeping Cobwebs Off the Moon 7. I'm Old Fashioned 8. As Time Goes By 9. Someone To Watch Over Me 10. Mongoose 11. (Do You Know What It Means) To Miss New Orleans Looks pretty cool--may have to go out and buy this today. Jeff n.p. Rites of Spring for Four-Hand Piano - Fazil Say n.r. Minions of the Moon - Richard Bowes (Jonathon Carroll fans should check this out!) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:53:25 -0400 From: meredith Subject: danielle drumke Hi, I know there are a lot of Mila Drumke fans here ... this news may not have gotten to everyone (I just found out about it today), so I thought I'd post something. Mila's younger sister, Danielle died of an aggressive brain cancer (the same tumor ER's Dr. Greene had, but sadly not of the fictional kind) in June. Mila had been, and continues maintaining a web site, http://www.danielledrumke.com. It's sad reading, but it's also inspiring to read how one young woman touched so many people, and how she accepted her fate with humor and grace. Danielle's last request was that a scholarship fund be set up in her name at her alma mater, Smith College. This has been done, and at the site is information on how to contribute. I know ectophiles are a generous lot, so I thought this info may be of interest. In tangentially related news, fellow fans of Lyris Hung (the amazing violinist who has been in the Mila Drumke Band for many years) may be interested to learn that she is currently with a group called Quasilulu, which has been playing occasional gigs around New York City lately. If I find out that they're playing anywhere soon I will post here. ============================================== Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA mailto:meth@smoe.org http://www.smoe.org/meth ============================================== Live At The House O'Muzak House Concert Series http://www.smoe.org/meth/muzak.html ============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 23:09:42 -0400 From: Rodney Somerstein Subject: Intro and looking for music I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself before posting to the list. I've been a long time lurker here with only one or two posts since about the time this list was started during the Happy/Kate arguments on rec.music.gaffa. Over the years, I've gotten more recommendations for good new music from this list than anywhere else. I live in the Philadelphia area and seem to recall that there are other Ectophiles who do as well. I'd love to get together with some of you at some point, maybe for a concert or some other gathering. I've been in this area less than two years and haven't been to hear anyone live since I've moved here. Are there any non-smoking venues in the area that have good performers? I find that I don't have much tolerance for smoky bars after having been lucky enough to live in the non-smoking world that is San Jose and California in general. Also, are there good places to shop for used and/or new Ectophilic music in this area? The best I've found so far is a little store in Doylestown that I can't remember the name of right now. Other than that it has mostly been Tower Records and such. I miss being able to search through great used selections. Some of my favorites from recommendations here include Erin McKeown (Distillation), Heidi Berry, Milla (will she ever put out any other CDs?), Tara MacLean (is she still around?), Sarah McLachlan, and Tori Amos. It was great to find out about the last two here before they became popular. I was able to see Sarah on her second tour and Tori on her first. Other long time favorites of mine include Sinead O'Connor, Suzanne Vega, Peter Gabriel, The The, Laurie Anderson, and Dead Can Dance. I have pretty much anything that these folks have produced and always look forward to new releases from them. On a recent trip to Silicon Valley, I had the opportunity to do some CD shopping. Some of it is new to me. Some of it is actually new. Among my happiest finds were Dar Williams - Out There Live, Sinead O'Connor - Jealous EP, Mouth Music - Seafaring Man, and Brendan Perry - - Eye of the Hunter. I've been meaning to buy this last for a long time, but somehow never got around to it. I had no idea that any of the others existed. Other things that I've picked up were just filling out my collection - Kirst MacColl - The One and Only, Yes - Drama, Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, The Residents - Wormwood, The Residents - Petting Zoo (a sampler of listenable Residents' music for ony $5 new), and Cocteau Twins - Heaven and Las Vegas. Now, I find that I'm having trouble locating some music that I would desperately like to get ahold of. The two CDs that I want are Freudian Slip by Deborah Holland and East and West by Anna Domino. I will purchase a cassette of Freudian Slip from Deborah's website to support her, but would love to get a copy of the CD in order to have better quality and something that I will actually use. As for Anna's CD, as far as I can tell there is no way to order this one from anywhere. If anyone would be willing to duplicate these CDs for me, please let me know. I would be happy to pay for the cost of the CDs and mailing or duplicate something that I might have that is out of print in return. Thanks, - -Rodney - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodney Somerstein Meditation... it's not what you think. rodneys@io.com I think I'll get a dog and name him passion so I can live with passion everyday. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 23:24:25 -0400 From: Rodney Somerstein Subject: When Pigs Fly I hadn't noticed anyone mention this collection, so I thought I would post about it. I found it on a listening station at Borders. The album is titled "When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear". This is pretty much the most bizarre collection of covers that I've ever come across. The track listing and performers are as follows (author/original performer listed after song title): Unforgettable (Nat King Cole) - Ani DiFranco and Jackie Chan (yes, the martial artist/film star) Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young) - Devo Call Me (Blondie) - The Box Tops Insane In The Brain (Cypress Hill) - The Connells Shock The Monkey (Peter Gabriel) - Don Ho (by far the strangest cover on the CD - sort of reminds of me something by the Residents, though not as strange) What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong) - Roy Clark (probably the most straightforward cover here) Girls On Film (Duran Duran) - Billy Preston These Boots Are Made For Walking' (Nancy Sinatra) - The Fixx Carry On Wayward Song (Kansas) - The Oak Ridge Boys (fairly straightforward with a bit of a country flavor as would be expected) Get It On (Bang A Gong) (T. Rex) - The Neanderthal Spongecake (this is a band from the Czech Republic that I've never heard of) White Wedding (Billy Idol) - Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (AC/DC) - Lesley Gore (If you don't know who she is, think of the song It's My Party (and I'll Cry If I Want To) All in all this is a unique collection. If you like unusual covers, it is probably a must have. The Ecto content is somewhat questionable, but I couldn't stop laughing when I heard Don Ho singing Shock The Monkey. :-) - -Rodney - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodney Somerstein Meditation... it's not what you think. rodneys@io.com I think I'll get a dog and name him passion so I can live with passion everyday. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 20:41:17 -0700 From: Greg Bossert Subject: Re: When Pigs Fly On Monday, August 12, 2002, at 08:24 PM, Rodney Somerstein wrote: > I hadn't noticed anyone mention this collection, so I thought I would > post about it. I found it on a listening station at Borders. The album > is titled "When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear". This is > pretty much the most bizarre collection of covers that I've ever come > across. there are some samples on Amazon.... who'd-a thunk that Jackie Chan can sing? - -g - -- www.suddensound.com -- ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V8 #224 **************************