From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V8 #266 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, September 24 2002 Volume 08 : Number 266 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Fwd: Noisy Rock Women - Women in Music Project Content Page [Neb Rodgers ] Grey Eye Glances ["Bill Adler" ] New Fisher CDs! Re: Music on Chrysler 'Drive=Love' commercial? [Jeff Wasi] Re: New Fisher CDs! Re: Music on Chrysler 'Drive=Love' commercial? [Jeffr] If this doesn [tneff ] ectophiles in Oslo? [Kjetil Torgrim Homme ] Tra - Hedningarna ["Karen Hester" ] Zazie ["Karen Hester" ] stuff I heard over the weekend [Steve VanDevender Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************* Ani DiFranco (no Email address) ********************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ani DiFranco Wed September 23 1970 Virgo Lord Tyr Mon September 24 1979 Libran Paul Kim Sat October 01 1977 fetal position JoAnn Whetsell Fri October 01 1976 Pendulum William Gill Wed October 05 1960 A wide-eyed wanderer Dan Riley Sun October 08 1961 Libra Neile Graham Wed October 08 1958 pen Quenby M. Chunco Tue October 08 1968 Crunchy Frog Mike Garland Wed October 08 1952 Creature_of_the_Night Irvin Lin Tue October 09 1973 Libra Michael C. Berch Wed October 10 1956 No parking Chris Gagnon Sat October 10 1970 Libra Wolfgang Drotschmann Thu October 13 1966 Waage Gracescape Fri October 13 1967 unbalanced Brian Bloom Tue October 14 1969 spam Erik N. Johnson Tue October 16 1962 Handle with Care Kim Klouda Tue October 17 1967 Libra Anthony Amato Sat October 20 1973 Libra Suzanne DeCory Tue October 22 1968 Balancing Libra - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 05:29:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Neb Rodgers Subject: Fwd: Noisy Rock Women - Women in Music Project Content Page An intersting site I saw mentioned on another list. I can think of a lot of other ladies I'd like to add to the list, but a good selection of them anyway. - -Neb > Subject: Noisy Rock Women - Women in Music Project Content Page > Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:13:00 -0400 > > > > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:48:06 -0400 From: "Bill Adler" Subject: Grey Eye Glances There's an article about Grey Eye Glances in today's New York Times Business Section. The article talks about how GEG developed an innovative way of financing its latest CD, "A Little Voodoo." You can read the article online at www.nytimes.com, a free website that requires registration. And, of course, there's more information about GEG at www.greyeyeglances.com. - --Bill n.p. Julia Macklin, Half Wild ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:12:05 -0400 From: Jeff Wasilko Subject: New Fisher CDs! Re: Music on Chrysler 'Drive=Love' commercial? On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 12:14:51AM -0400, Jeff Wasilko wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 11:28:17PM -0400, meredith wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Jeff wondered: > > > > >A google search for "Jacklyn Fisher" turns up nothing. Any ideas? > > > > Hmmm. Could this be Fisher?? Surely that musician was born with more than > > one name. :) > > > > Thinking back on the ad, it would make sense. Unless I'm hallucinating > > again, it sounded like Fisher. > > > > Thanks for the sleuthing, Jeff!! > > We have a WINNER: > > http://www.digitalsound.net/ > > The first blurb mentions that she did the music... Fisher have released a new double-CD, and they managed to convince Chrysler to allow them to release the song written for Drive=Love. The double-CD is called Uppers and Downers. I picked up my copy at Newbury Comics over the weekend, but they're also available from CDBaby and Amazon. Check out http://fishertheband.com/ for more news. - -j ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:31:07 -0400 From: Jeffrey Burka Subject: Re: New Fisher CDs! Re: Music on Chrysler 'Drive=Love' commercial? gee, somehow I missed all that, or no sleuthing would be necessary...though in fact my copy didn't arrive from CD Baby until saturday afternoon. Fisher's latest, _Uppers & Downers_, came out at the beginning of last week. They're back to doing the indie thing -- guess that after all the hype, when _True North_ only sold around 60,000 copies, Interscope decided they didn't really want the band after all. The double set, comprising an "uppers" disc of upbeat songs and a "downers" disc of more melancholy stuff had an initial limited release (2200? something like that) in some of the nicest packaging I've seen since Ingrid Karklins' _Red Hand_ (is that still available? it occurs to me that I never actually got the thing). CD Baby was carrying that release, as were a few other places. >Fisher have released a new double-CD, and they managed to >convince Chrysler to allow them to release the song written for >Drive=Love. The double-CD is called Uppers and Downers. Actually, "L-O-V-E" is one of the two covers on the uppers disc. It's from 1963, was written by Sammy Gallop and Arthur Kent (no, not Dent) and was performed by Nat King Cole. The other cover on the uppers disc is a fairly faithful rendition of Aerosmith's "Dream On". So far, I definitely prefer the downers disc. It's got a new recording of one old song, "Miss Kathleen" (this was available for download back around the time the indie _One_ was released). The new album has more of the production values of the first one, not the gee-whiziness of _True North_ which I always found to be a bit detracting from the songs. Quite worthwhile for anyone who's dug previous stuff by the band. jeff n.p. _Girl Versions_, Emm Gryner (but I was listening to _Downers_ before this disc...) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:02:36 -0400 From: tneff Subject: If this doesn ------------------------------ Date: 23 Sep 2002 19:57:57 +0200 From: Kjetil Torgrim Homme Subject: ectophiles in Oslo? for some reason, none of my friends seem to have taken to the Beth Orton, so I will be going alone. for future reference, are there any other ectophiles in the area? this has been a good season for concerts. the last month I've been to Hope Sandoval too introspective, really, but quite nice if you manage to let yourself be immersed. she gets a prize for most withdrawn stage personality, her _only_ two words came after a fan shouted out in his best attempt at Southern drawl "it's awright!". her comment? "I know". I'm not so sure. Mari Boine her collaboration with modern jazz and techno artists have rejuvenated her work without compromising her Lapp heritage. she had a strong band with her, playful and happy to do the odd improvised solo. it was a very good crowd, not afraid to jump around to the more energetic tunes. Ugress Ugress[1] is a very young Norwegian, who was sporting a T-shirt with the C= Commodore logo emblazoned on his chest (one of the songs which were available on his website before he got a record contract sounds like it was made on a SID). he makes pleasant electronica, much in the same vein as fellow Norwegians Rxyksopp. he was accompanied by bass guitar and drums, as well as Therese Vadem on a few tracks. she has a lovely voice and wonderful technique. she wriggles prettily, too. well worth checking out. [1] "weeds" in Norwegian, literally it means "un-grass", but I don't think it is an anti drugs statement ;-) BTW, I'll be the guy with the thingy making red text floating in the air if anyone reading this should happen to go to the Beth Orton concert. - -- Kjetil T. ==. ,,==. ,,==. ,,==. ,,==. ,,== ::://:::://:::://:::://:::://:::: =='' `=='' `=='' `=='' `=='' `== http://folding.stanford.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:06:21 +1200 From: "Karen Hester" Subject: Tra - Hedningarna There's a peculiar division in foreign (to me) music between stuff which I immediately 'get' musically, and other sounds which I remain completely confused by and disinterested in. Not too much inbetweenness. As well as being due to some musical traditions sharing a history with familiar western music, groups that combine rock with noises from the 'don't get it' category often produce music I like on first listen. Due to mislaying my favourite two Garmarna albums for several months, and not yet 'getting' Varttina, I've been listening to Hedningarna lots. The pounding drums, guitars (and opening motor-cycle or chainsaw?) of frantic 'Min Skog', the chanting against drones, and then rousing melodic instrumentation of 'Tass' on nainen', the strings and jumping vocal melody of 'SaglaTen', none of this sounds too strange to bounce around my living room to. There's so much life in this album. There is too much - so many instruments, the women's voices, a very different deep man's voice, it is dizzying, but being overwhelmed by something so vibrant is what you need on a drizzly day. Garmarna are probably easier if you want to step into Scaninavian music bit by bit. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 12:10:52 +1200 From: "Karen Hester" Subject: Zazie Zazie - Zen (1995), Made in love (1998), La Zizanie (2001). Surprisingly good, no, great 'mainstream' rock & pop music. So catchy. It's in French. Zazie's singles aren't stunning - 'Larsen' promises churning dark guitars with its beginning but slips into mid-tempo pop beats as it progresses, and 'un point c'est toi' is pretty and frothy but more memorable for its low budget Jane-Austen-girls-discover-some-boys-prefer-other-boys video. Somehow I ended up buying four of her albums in a Parisian super-market - my shopping basket was full of European chocolate and fresh figs, and that was kinda embarrassing (you have no idea how much chocolate was in there, I'm still finishing it 3 months down the track!), so I covered them up with mid-price cds. Those albums turned out to be brilliant. These are *albums*, not a few catchy singles and filler as I expected. Well, 'Je, tu, ils' (1992) is dreadful other than 'Sucre-Sale' (spoiled by its white-boy funky bass), but Zazie didn't write this stuff. Quite a surprise then that she co-wrote most of the 'Zen' songs and came up with a great album. I love the guitars, intelligent arrangements, the combination of loudness with the rhythm and melody of the best French pop, 'Fou de toi' is a sexy crunchy rock song, 'Craque monsieur' menacing & dark (about cracking up, and a man gobbling little girl's eyes? probably not, I really can't rely on Babelfish for translations!). 'Larsen' is welcome to combine rock and pop when surrounded by both, unlike my reaction to it as a stand-alone single. 'Au diable nos adieux' is gorgeous pop, and 'J'envoie valser' is a pretty accordian song, a fine thing on any French album. I'm not so fond of the slow tracks solely written by Zazie - "Je t'aime mais' is pleasant, I rarely make it to the closing 'La La La', 'Homme sweet homme' is a boring ballad, its title a bad joke in any language, and the sexy chant of 'Une souris verte' is half a song. The album isn't so strong by the end. 'Made in Love' is where things get really impressive. It begins with silence - I often hit play again, not realising the slow build-up. 'Tous des anges' starts with chiming acoustic guitar and Zazie's singing, slowly - she intends for you to listen to the entire album, not judge it by the first few seconds of every song. Then the guitars charge in, and I'm enthralled for the entire album. Everything about this is great - the production, the way Zazie uses her voice, dark, soft, raw, loud. Sometimes the drums are too pop/machine like for me, but whatever. I particularly like the soaring strained 'la preuve par trois', the two versions of 'tout le monde', one funky beats, the other a brilliant disco song (the chorus goes 'everyone is beautiful'? - the verses are people's first names, maybe the famous - Salman, Elvis, Pascual, or maybe her mates). I like the end of the world spy movie chorus of 'la vie devant moi' (I have life in front of me.. say that I have time to run the world before it is put to blood and fire? or maybe it is tooth-brushing instructions). 'Stop' is fun and crunchy. The closing elegant 'Chanson d'ami' is the only song not written by Zazie. This album was such a surprise. My copy of 2001's 'la zizanie' is an uneven octagon - not just the cd booklet, but the case itself was made in that shape. A few lyrics in the corners are cut. Odd. I found it second hand in San Francisco, odder. Maybe it is a promo copy. Great rock songs, though not as strong an album as the previous one. Plus more people were involved in writing the songs. Maybe 'Made in Love' was a special thing for her too. Singles 'Rue de la paix' (about a hotel on a street, so maybe it is a seedy hotel song like 'Silver Bell' and, uh, 'Hotel California') and 'Adam et Yves' are very catchy and loud, the latter with urgent electronic noises as well as guitars. Her slow songs are much more compelling than the early days (the constant sway of 'On eteint', scrummily gorgeous 'Dans la lune', the dramatic strings of 'Qui m'aime me fuit'). The photos are peculiar, Zazie holds a man's leg in one of them, but she did odder things with her own stomach in the 'Made in Love' pictures. Wish I understood the words (le paroles/mots! ha!) Karen (hey, my flatmates have decided Dolly Parton's new album is great dish-washing music! They usually take off my bluegrass stuff. She's great.) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 17:51:41 -0700 From: Steve VanDevender Subject: stuff I heard over the weekend This last weekend was the Eugene Celebration, an annual downtown festival featuring, among other things, lots of musical acts. Friday night I first went to see King Black Acid, whose tenuous Ecto connection is that their drummer has also toured with Susan McKeown. It was somewhat reminiscent of Cocteau Twins, but my enthusiasm rapidly waned when they played a song that in real time probably didn't last more than ten minutes, but felt m u c h l o n g e r due to monotonous repetition. So I left shortly after that. I ran into a friend who was extremely enthusiastic about seeing the Austin Lounge Lizards, so I ended up hanging out with him during their show. They were a bit hard to hear over crowd noise, and my friend in fact went to bug the sound guys about it and found out they had turned the sound up as much as they could without running into feedback problems. What I could hear was actually pretty enjoyable; I'm not usually much for country or bluegrass, but the Lounge Lizards satirical take on the genre was fun to listen to. Saturday evening I started out trying a local band called Kawaida (I happened to discover this was Swahili for "usual" when I was looking through someone's Swahili language guide earlier this summer). They turned out to be a hip-hop band. I fled. After that, though, was Fishbone, which was big loud raunchy fun. And a couple of friends I saw there pointed out how much they sounded like Frank Zappa in a few places, which I had to agree with. Sunday was the most rewarding. First I saw Norma Fraser. I was curious about her mainly because I met her at a Tympanic show earlier this summer, not knowing who she was, but when talking to the band members later about how enthusiastic she was about their show, they told me "Oh, that's Norma Fraser, she used to sing with Bob Marley." Her show was pretty much standard reggae fare, but she is a good singer and an enthusiastic, humorous performer. Then I saw one of Eugene's few famous native bands, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. I get the impression they're semi-retired now, having passed their peak of fame (mainly from when they latched onto the swing band resurgence a few years ago). The theatrics of their lead singer is probably the main draw of their act, but their music is fun too. Finally, the icing on the musical cake, so to speak, was a Tympanic show at a local bar that isn't one of the official Eugene Celebration venues, but which books a bunch of bands over the weekend to try to cash in on all the people wandering around downtown. Have I mentioned yet how great Tympanic is? Oh, yes, several times now. I feel sort of like Meth raving about how great the Nields are except it seems hardly anyone else got to hear them (or at least not me). ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 23:44:20 -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. 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: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 20:55:20 -0700 From: "William Mazur" Subject: RE: Vienna Teng Houseconcert at my house in Boston 9/28/2002 4pm Hello Everyone, Billi and I saw Vienna again about a week or so ago. I want to just reiterate how wonderful she is in an intimate setting. Billi really loves her music. I do as well. Enjoy the house concert! Bill M. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Wasilko Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 8:44 PM To: ecto@smoe.org 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. 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: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 00:27:19 -0400 From: Jeff Wasilko Subject: Re: Vienna Teng Houseconcert at my house in Boston 9/28/2002 4pm On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 08:55:20PM -0700, William Mazur wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Billi and I saw Vienna again about a week or so ago. I want to just > reiterate how wonderful she is in an intimate setting. Billi really > loves her music. I do as well. > > Enjoy the house concert! Woohoo! I'm getting very excited about this weekend! Thanks for the info, Bill! - -j ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V8 #266 **************************