From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V8 #234 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, August 24 2002 Volume 08 : Number 234 Today's Subjects: ----------------- The latest TORI (and a little bit about BUFFY) [irvin lin ] Fwd: [CTFolk] <> [meredith ] Not Cher, Little Jack Melody, The Daniel McDonnell Experience ["Lyle Howa] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 00:20:06 -0700 From: irvin lin Subject: The latest TORI (and a little bit about BUFFY) So I was wondering if anyone has downloaded the few tracks available from TORI's new album SCARLET'S WALK? I had to track them down via openapster, but I think they are available via other not so legal way on the 'net. I downloaded the tracks from her new album (as I am too impatient to actually wait for it to be release) and am still processing it right now. Haven't had a chance to listen to them all more than once and I certainly haven't had a chance to listen closely to the lyrics. After intensely disliking the lead single (A SORTA FAIRYTALE) I actually found it growing on me. It certainly was the most accessible radio friendly song that I've heard by her. I think liking the lyrics helped a lot, though I was disappointed in the truncated radio edit version which left out a whole verse. Anyway the new TORI doesn't seem like a departure in any regards to her previous stuff. Pretty much on the same lines of VENUS I think, though TAXI RIDE is pretty radio friendly and catchy (I am sure it will be the next single), and GOLD DUST seems like a nice orchestrated piece. Those two tracks alone have me looking forward to the new TORI, something that I haven't done in a quite a while (each release by TORI has found me progressively less interested - until the point where I didn't even bother to purchase STRANGE LITTLE GIRLS - the first TORI album I didn't buy). Looks like I'll probably get this one though. Irvin PS. On that BREEDERS and BUFFY thing. I read that KIM and KELLEY DEAL are huge BUFFY fans. They've been performing the theme song where ever they go as homage to their love of BUFF, and JOSS WHEDON apparently heard about it, and asked them if they wanted to make a cameo appearance. I personally am looking WAY forward to the next season of BUFFY as I found the last season rather terrible, and though I have avoided reading spoilers, through happenstance have heard enough about what is to come to make me look forward to a new season. Of course my friend who actually READS the spoilers says he thinks everything he's read sounds horrible, so who knows. *shrug* ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:28:19 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: (and a little bit about BUFFY) On Friday, August 23, 2002, at 02:20 AM, irvin lin wrote: > I personally am looking WAY forward to the next season of BUFFY > as I found the last season rather terrible... You're not the only one - http://www.salon.com/ent/wire/2002/08/22/buffy/index.html - - Steve ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:54:27 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Fwd: [CTFolk] <> Hi, This blipped in on another announcement list I'm on, and I thought it may be of interest to some here. >From: Xeno Music >Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:41:19 -0700 (PDT) >Subject: [CTFolk] <> > >Interested in some folk and traditional music from the Czech Republic or >Hungary or Bulgaria? > >www.XenoMusic.com archives all kinds of music from all over Eastern >Europe, and has an extensive collection of all kinds of folk from the >region. Here is some of the best they have to offer, all available for >download at www.xenomusic.com: > > > >Porta is the best folk and country festival in the Czech Republic. It used >to be, in the era of communism, the main encounter between musicians who >were not absolutely conformant and obedient to the regime. Very many >famous groups performed at the festival and its fame crossed borders; even >foreign folk bands were invited and they gratefully accepted the >invitation to play there. We have here Porta '96 live, one of the best >festivals ever. The best groups are represented here - Rohaci, who play >track 1, and Listek, playing track 5 - "The sample". The soloists: Jan and >Frantisek Nedved and Pepa Nos belong to the most distinguished group of >singers in the Czech Republic nowadays, and their music is very much in >demand. In summary, this is a great picture of Czech accomplishments in >country and folk music. > > > > >Thrace has a folk tradition unsurpassed by any other region in Bulgaria, >and Valkana Stoyanova is one the region's most renowned folk singers. >Captivated with the legendary singer's voice as a young man, Stoyan >Varnaliev was fortunate enough to study under Stoyanova. Because of >Varnaliev's skill and dedication to his craft, the teacher gave the pupil >some 80 songs - some of which had never been recorded. Intent on recording >some of these gems, Varnaliev set about attempting to overcome two >principal obstacles: 1) finding musicians capable of meeting the exacting >standards of the music, and 2) lack of money. The first obstacle was >overcome with the discovery of some young and talented musicans from >Plovdiv, and the second hurdle was cleared with a grant from the For the >Balkans Foundation. The end results are precious. Listening to the songs >of Thrace, one can feel the beauty of a maiden's garden, smell the sweet >basil, roses and other flowers of the fields; one can sense the atmosphere >of a frenetic, non-stop 'horo' dance at Easter, of buzzing bees and the >farmhand's plow. Simply lovely stuff. > > > >Kiss Ferenc wasn't joking when he classified his newest album as >"obscure-organic music". You will hear tints of folk music from around the >world, sounds coming from any number of obscure instruments, growing out >of Hungarian folk motives and branching into fully orchestrated musical >works creating an amazingly autonomous music style. This concept album by >Ferenc Kiss is a complex fusion of new age, Hungarian urban folk, >alternative, pop and rock music. The songs are subtly orchestrated to >illustrate Kiss' personal, cultural, artistic and social reflection. >Instruments heard on this recording range from tuba and saxophone to >cimbalom and choir, and are augmented with modern electronic and >traditional ornamentation techniques. This holistic reflection on Ferenc's >remarkable musical career and his eclectic knowledge of folk music will >enchant you with its simplicity and boggle with its complexity. The >nostalgic waltz "Those Good Old Days", track 11, is particularly simple, >honest and charming. As it says on the label, "Spiritual Product of Hungary". > > >A few tracks from each album are available for free, and the rest cost >about a dollar each. XenoMusic also provides artist bios, album reviews, >news and cultural articles from Eastern Europe, and a very extensive >events calendar for music-related events all over the world. > > >www.xenomusic.com ============================================== 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: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 05:37:05 +0000 From: "Lyle Howard" Subject: Not Cher, Little Jack Melody, The Daniel McDonnell Experience Hola, Tonight, instead of going to Dallas to see Cher, I stayed here in my hometown to see Little Jack Melody and His Young Turks at the local bar. And a fine night it was. Little Jack plays existential cabaret music. He played just about every song I was hoping he would. He did an especially good version of "Babylon." "I can't remember the reason I woke up this morning/ maybe awake is what's left at the end of a dream/not enough coffee anywhere to open the blinds on Babylon." Mr. Melody appeared without benefit of the regular bass player. So instead of playing his tenor banjo and cornet, he played the bass. I was pleasantly surprised that his fingers could keep up with the fairly intricate music he was singing. Not that surprising since he started his musical life as a bassist, but, considering he has had someone else playing the bass for twelve years, impressive. I was thinking how Sting-like the moment was and then Mr. Melody said he felt more like Jethro Bodine than Sting. He played his patented creepy circus music: "O holy Father/which art in Heaven/ deliver us from Evil and the calliope/ we're only human--/the spirit's willing/but flesh just trembles when it hears that calliope/stupid elephants/would you turn em away from here?/would you tell them gypsies to ride em the hell outta town?/cause we got no use for such foolishness/ and we thank You for all Your time and help, Amen." Mr. Melody was tough on the poor Republicans, dedicating a song called "On the Blank Generation" to them. It's a song about letting the masses eat cake instead of bread. He also dedicated a song called "Ballad of a Ladies Man" to the late, lamented Bill Clinton. And noted that George junior was doing a good job of keeping his pants on. When I got home I caught the last few minutes of a concert starring Daniel O'Donnell on public TV. Apparently he is some international superstar. It was comforting to look at his audience. They appeared to be the same crowd I imagine Tom Jones sings to on a nightly basis. The same audience Celine will be singing to in Las Vegas. I could even picture myself in the audience with the other chubby old people who looked like they needed a nap. Do other public television stations run televised self-help seminars and concerts by mild-mannered, not to say boring, singers during their pledge drives? Okay, I know the people outside of the US don't have a clue, but those of us who use public TV to keep our minds from atrophying understand. Do they really think I am going to call in and pledge after watching Dwyane Dyer's daughter sing "Amazing Grace?" I think my next career is going to be aging pop star or motivational speaker. Bye, Lyle n.r. _Divine Invasions, A Life of Philip K Dick_ Lawrence Sutin P.S. Little Jack doesn't pay me to write about him; I just think everyone needs to hear him. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V8 #234 **************************