From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V8 #244 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, September 2 2002 Volume 08 : Number 244 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Vienna Teng Houseconcert at my house in Boston 9/28/2002 4pm [Jeff Wasilk] Re: More BUFFY.... [andrew fries ] Re: More BUFFY.... [Joseph Zitt ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 22:33:48 -0400 From: Jeff Wasilko Subject: Vienna Teng Houseconcert at my house in Boston 9/28/2002 4pm Hey Ectofolk (especially Boston ectophiles)! Hopefully many of you already know of Vienna, since she's a fellow Ectophile. I would love for all of the Boston ectophiles to make it out to see (and support) Vienna. It's been ages since I've seen most of the Boston ectophiles (Michael, Glenn, Laura...who else am I forgetting??)!!! So, if you don't have plans, please plan on coming over and seeing the show. If you do have plans, change 'em! Oh, and Ectophiles are welcome to come over early to hang out (say, starting at 2pm). - -jeff **** If you like performers like Emm Gryner (who Vienna's toured with), Sarah Slean, Fiona Apple, Sarah McLachlan, and Tori Amos, I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy Vienna's show. Vienna's recently signed with Boston-based Virt Records, and asked if I would be willing to put on a houseconcert on Saturday before her Virt Records Showcase at the House of Blues on Sunday. From an outside perspective, 23 year old singer, songwriter and pianist Vienna Teng fits comfortably into the Asian-American stereotype. She began taking piano lessons at age 5, studying classical composers like Bach and Chopin. A straight-A student in high school, she had her choice of Ivy League colleges before eventually deciding on Stanford University. After a two-year stint on the pre-med track, she switched her major to Computer Science. By all appearances, her existence is that of the quintessential brainy Asian-American girl. As with her life, Vienna Teng's music defies any attempt at simplistic classification. Her full-length debut, Waking Hour, reveals a unique intensity in her melodies, brilliant turns of phrase in her lyrics, and a natural instinct for song craftsmanship that is difficult to comprehend given her young age. Her compositions range from simple piano ballads featuring pristine vocals to multi-layered productions with lush landscapes. Waking Hour features explorations into not just pop, folk and rock, but also new age and world beat stylings, reflecting Vienna's admission to being something of a "music geek." The album takes listeners on a ride through the haunting, the ethereal, and the comforting. Most of all, her songs reveal a keen understanding of the magic that lies beneath the surface of the everyday world and how to share that hidden beauty with others through music. Now for the details: Saturday, September 28 2002 Join us at 3:30 for snacks and drinks Performance starts at 4pm Mail jeffw@smoe.org for reservations The suggested donation is at least $10, which all goes to the performer. My house is just 2 blocks away from the Wakefield commuter rail station, and is just a few miles from Route 128, with plenty of on-street parking. If you'd like to read a bit more about Vienna, or listen to mp3s of her wonderful CD "Waking Hour", check out: http://viennateng.com/ http://www.mp3.com/viennateng What is a house concert, you ask? A house concert is a chance to experience music in a warm and intimate environment. It's when someone opens up their home and invites you into their living room to share in a performance by one of their favorite musicians. It's a chance to meet the performers and get them to sign their CD. ------------------------------ Date: 02 Sep 2002 13:07:06 +1000 From: andrew fries Subject: Re: More BUFFY.... On Sat, 2002-08-31 at 18:39, irvin lin wrote: > Grrr. Don't get me started on why I hated season six. well, I'll admit acting did seem a bit wooden at times. But as you say earlier, "they had great themes and great ideas". For me they more than made up for any shortcomings, while for you apparently they didn't. Let's agree to disagree! > I wonder if they will bring back DARLA heh, if you think Buffy had it tough dying twice, spare a thought for poor Darla. First died when made a vampire, then dusted by Angel, brought back by those sleazy lawyers only to be dusted again, and now possibly resurrected and killed once more? Dying is no longer the show-stopper it used to be! But if we are going to have fun with this season, I actually wouldn't mind if Britney made an appearance. Just a small role, say, as Harmony's companion. Don't you think they would make some pair? Thelma and Louise, watch out! And if we have to recycle characters, I would like to see more of Drusilla. I always had a soft spot for her character. I think Buffy is just about the best thing ever done on commercial TV, but at the same time I hope this will be the last series. I don't think they have another good one in them, and I'd much prefer if they quit while ahead. Sadly, "quitting while ahead" is one concept networks just don't seem to comprehend. In my nightmares I sometimes see "Buffy" played by another actress, and I wake up covered in cold sweat. I don't think I'd want to see any more spin-offs, either. Enough is enough... And with the end possibly in sight, I start wondering how are they going to wrap it all up. I thought "Normal Again" was the perfect ending. Throwing the bridge between Buffy-verse and reality, explaining it all yet leaving it open-ended. They had to see how perfect it was, yet they wasted it in a way, using what was probably one of the strongest episodes ever in a rather marginal spot in the story line. Such abandon! That's the sort of thing I mean when I'm talking about amazing courage and taking chances in the last series... But anyway... how is it going to end? - --------------------------------------------------------------------- "In the struggle of Good against Evil, it's always the people who get killed." -- Eduardo Galeano - -- 10:20am up 52 days, 54 min, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 20:23:10 -0700 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: More BUFFY.... On 02 Sep 2002 13:07:06 +1000 andrew fries wrote: > In my nightmares I sometimes > see "Buffy" played by another actress, and I wake up covered in cold > sweat. I don't think I'd want to see any more spin-offs, either. > Enough is enough... Well, the one other actress I could see being Buffy is... Eliza Dushku. She's done it once, they've laid the groundwork for how it could be done again, and would be the most logical way to continue the series should they take the (probably bad) tack of not ending it. > And with the end possibly in sight, I start wondering how are they > going to wrap it all up. I thought "Normal Again" was the perfect > ending. Throwing the bridge between Buffy-verse and reality, > explaining it all yet leaving it open-ended. They had to see how > perfect it was, yet they wasted it in a way, using what was probably > one of the strongest episodes ever in a rather marginal spot in the > story line. Such abandon! That's the sort of thing I mean when I'm > talking about amazing courage and taking chances in the last series... "Normal Again" would have been a strong ending -- but they already sorta did that on St. Elsewhere. It was, indeed, a gripping episode (and I think its repercussions were punted a bit to easily). > But anyway... how is it going to end? Well, we could end up back in the "Jonathan" universe :-) - -- | josephzitt@josephzitt.com http://www.josephzitt.com/ | | http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt/ http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt/ | | == New book: Surprise Me with Beauty: the Music of Human Systems == | | Comma / Gray Code Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V8 #244 **************************