From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V8 #268 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Thursday, September 26 2002 Volume 08 : Number 268 Today's Subjects: ----------------- left hand demos ["Suzanne DeCory" ] Recent changes to the Ectophiles' Guide ["The Ectophiles' Guide" ] Fwd: Salon.com: Old men take longer -- Peter Gabriel [Valerie Richardson] Re: Vienna Teng [] Re: Vienna Teng [Neile Graham ] digital gramophone ["Nadyne Mielke" ] Re: Alice Peacock, Garrison Starr [Ellen Rawson ] Re: left hand demos [FAMarcus@aol.com] frou frou live [JoAnn Whetsell ] RE: frou frou ["glenn mcdonald" ] Re: frou frou live ["Bill" ] RE: frou frou ["Bill" ] Desperation alert [Philip David Morgan ] RE: frou frou [Neile Graham ] garmarna live [meredith ] Re: frou frou live [Dan_Stark ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 02:07:41 -0400 From: "Suzanne DeCory" Subject: left hand demos Greetings.. Maybe someone can point me in the right direction. Does anyone still have the URL for Happy's lyrics to the Left Hand Demo songs? I had it but somehow managed to misplace it or misfile it. It's driving me crazy. I would really appreciate it! Thanks Suzanne A Toltec is an artist of Love, an artist of the Spirit, someone who is creating every moment, every second, the most beautiful art - the Art of Dreaming. Life is nothing but a dream, and if we are artists, then we can create our life with Love, and our dream becomes a masterpiece of art. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 04:16:29 -0700 From: "The Ectophiles' Guide" Subject: Recent changes to the Ectophiles' Guide Latest changes to the Ectophiles' Guide 24 September 2002 New Guide entries added for: * Anneli Drecker * Rachel Gaudry * Marcia Guderian * Frank Morey Changes made to the entries for: * Patty Griffin (new album) * June Tabor (new album) * Donnette Thayer (additional comments) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this email because you have asked to be notified of updates to the Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music at http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/. If you are no longer interested in receiving these notifications, please unsubscribe yourself using the form at http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/guide.cgi?newsubscribe&action=unsubscribe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 08:47:26 -0400 From: "Michael P. Schneider" Subject: Re: left hand demos >Maybe someone can point me in the right direction. >Does anyone still have the URL for Happy's lyrics to the Left Hand Demo >songs? http://www.auntiesocialmusic.com/lhd cheers! Michael ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 09:54:55 -0400 From: Valerie Richardson Subject: Fwd: Salon.com: Old men take longer -- Peter Gabriel I heard Peter Gabriel's name mentioned this morning on NPR in a rather bizarre context. He will be a character witness in the Pennsylvania trial of guru Ira Einhorn who is facing murder charges. More in the Philadelphia Inquirer: http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/4146016.htm Has anyone listened to the new album? - --Valerie Richardson Neb Rodgers wrote: > > The title might lead you to think it's an article about Viagra, but > it's really about Peter Gabriel's new album! :-) > > -Neb > > > Subject: Salon.com Arts & Entertainment: Old men take longer > > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 00:57:50 -0400 > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > _________________________________________________________________ > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 07:47:06 -0700 From: Subject: Re: Vienna Teng Hi! Karen said: >I didn't check out Virt's >other two artists. I don't know Beth Boucher but Virt Records sent me Rachel Gaudry's CD (For review on my site) and I like it a LOT. She's touring a TON right now so check out her website and see if she's in your area. If you want to know more about Rachel's style and stuff you can check out her pages on my website www.collectedsounds.com (I didn't mean to make that sound like a plug, I just didn't want to repeat everything here) :) ~Amy www.collectedsounds.com A Guide to Women in Music On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 15:17:58 +1200 Karen Hester wrote: According to cdbaby (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/viennateng) the first version of Vienna Teng's Waking Hour is in stock again. Wonder how many of the songs have been re-recorded for the new one. The opening tracks have been switched around by the look of the Virt tracklisting. Maybe you can pre-order the new version of Waking Hour, due 5 Nov, but Virt's order form doesn't work for me (http://www.virtrecords.com/Order/order.mv). 'Outside US' (supplied on their drop-down menu) comes back as invalid. I just wanted to see what the shipping costs are, not actually put through the order. Ah well, suckiness in life abounds. The album cover is striking. I didn't check out Virt's other two artists. Of the new recordings of 'gravity' and 'between' available as mp3s on viennateng.com, they're more filled out. Having drums leap in on 'gravity' takes some getting used to! The cello (?) rumbles along like it was always there, yey low grumbly instruments. I like songs where the strings are distinguishable, like in chamber music, rather than a sugary orchestral backdrop. The song will be 'immediate' to new listeners. Okay, I've played it 6 times now. The (third?) 'between' has atmospheric beepy noises in the background and maybe different drums; I haven't my copy of Waking Hour here to compare. The vocals are strong, Vienna enunciates beautifully as well as singing so well! Karen (np Charlotte Martin mp3s, which I really really like, melodic twisted songs with piano and loud guitars, but her flash heavy site takes several minutes to do nothing, so I'm not returning. Idiot web-designers). ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 07:54:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Neile Graham Subject: Re: Vienna Teng Amy wrote: > I don't know Beth Boucher but Virt Records sent me Rachel Gaudry's CD (For > review on my site) and I like it a LOT. She's touring a TON right now so check > out her website and see if she's in your area. If you want to know more about > Rachel's style and stuff you can check out her pages on my website > www.collectedsounds.com (I didn't mean to make that sound like a plug, I just > didn't want to repeat everything here) :) Her page just went up on The Ectophiles' Guide, too, with a review thanks to Anna Maria. http://www.ectoguide.org/guide.cgi?artists/gaudry.rachel. - --Neile - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- neile@drizzle.com / neile@sff.net......http://www.sff.net/people/neile The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ......... http://www.ectoguide.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 13:35:35 -0500 From: "Nadyne Mielke" Subject: digital gramophone This is a bit off-topic, but I figured that some of y'all would be interested in the following site: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~springer/ This guy has taken his vinyl records, scanned them, and written a program to construct a .WAV out of 'em. /nm ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:12:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Ellen Rawson Subject: Re: Alice Peacock, Garrison Starr - --- Cheri Villines wrote: > Hey folks :) > > Here are a couple of cds that I have been listening > to over and over > again: > > Alice Peacock - self titled - from Aware > Records/Columbia 2002 - Love this > cd, a gift from my best friend! I first heard Alice last year when she opened for Lucy Kaplansky in London. Alice was fantastic. I bought her independently released CD that night. Lucy is playing in London tonight, but I don't feel well, and it's a two-hour commute... Ellen, seeing Kate Rusby tomorrow night closer to home. ===== "Literature stops in 1100. After that, it's just books." - -- JRR Tolkien New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:38:30 EDT From: FAMarcus@aol.com Subject: Re: left hand demos In a message dated 9/25/02 8:44:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, michael@cybermagician.com writes: << Does anyone still have the URL for Happy's lyrics to the Left Hand Demo >songs? >> let me go you one better..........i never received my copy of the this cd. is it still being made? is it possible to pay someone to make me a copy? can i steal it somewhere. can someone hum it to me over the phone? i'll take anything at this point. fred ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 17:42:48 -0400 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: frou frou live Thanks to the person who posted the information on Frou Frou's shows in NY and LA. I went to the NYC show at the Mercury Lounge last night and had a good time. There were maybe 40-50 people there (maybe less, maybe more), the place looked pretty full, especially for a 7:30 show, and people were standing up dancing and the sitters were tapping their feet and bopping their heads. All good signs. Imogen wore 2 red floppy hat, white open-toed fur-covered boots, a blue leopard print dress with a black pinstriped jacket over it for the first few songs, long skinny silver earrings, and 2 wild ponytails. Certainly an outfit only an artist could get away with. She was clearly enjoying herself, dancing around and striking little poses, and playing keyboard on several songs. They played: Hear Me Out, Let Go, It's Good to Be in Love (Imogen solo on keyboard), a harder edged song from a single that had everyone rocking, Breathe In, and Must Be Dreaming. Everyone wanted them to play longer. There was no banter, no stories, but that's at least partly because of the short set they had. Imogen whispered "Thank you" in such a husky voice after several songs, I would love to hear her just talk. I'm continually impressed with the range of styles of her voice, from whispery to angry, and curling, and other things in between. Guy looked like he was having a good time too. I'm not sure what he was doing, besides playing keyboards, because I couldn't see him really, and I'm not versed in the language of sampling and other electronic tools that these kinds of artists use. I am amazed at the soundscape that can be created in a live setting, not just in a studio over a period of time. All in all, it was a fun, but too short, show and I hope to see them play a full set someday. JoAnn ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:35:30 -0400 From: "glenn mcdonald" Subject: RE: frou frou In case there's anybody else here who had avoided Frou Frou on the basis of not really liking Imogen Heap's solo album, I will report that after hearing a couple Frou Frou songs by accident, I went ahead and bought _Details_ and am *really* pleased I did. Particularly highly recommended if you were sad when Mandalay broke up... glenn ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:36:01 -0700 From: "Bill" Subject: Re: frou frou live On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 17:42:48 -0400, JoAnn Whetsell wrote: >Thanks to the person who posted the information on Frou Frou's shows [...] Any CDs out? (I live a sheltered life) - - Bill G. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:37:39 -0700 From: "Bill" Subject: RE: frou frou On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:35:30 -0400, glenn mcdonald wrote: >In case there's anybody else here who had avoided Frou Frou on the basis >of not really liking Imogen Heap's solo album [...] What?! You didn't like Imo's solo album? You crazy??!! :) Okay, you know I am just teasing... but it was a pretty innovative work. How does Frou Frou's music differ? - - Bill G. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 22:10:50 -0400 From: Philip David Morgan Subject: Desperation alert Good Hello: Guess what Sony's decided to do with the pre-release music they're fanning out to critics: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/16/business/media/16EPIC.html (Just make sure you get a New York Times account first). Philip David (some people will never know when it's best to let go, I guess) 9/25/2002 - --- The Polly Stephanson Project - No glue! No welding! Just a new look this October 1st! http://homepage.mac.com/pollyshows/ - --- "Now go back and finish your oatmeal." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:30:21 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: RE: frou frou Bill wrote: >Okay, you know I am just teasing... but it was a pretty innovative >work. > >How does Frou Frou's music differ? Frou frou is much poppier and less innovative, but no less catchy. I didn't like it all that much when we first got it, but it has grown on me a lot. It's full of catchy hooks. - --Neile - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neile Graham ...... http://www.sff.net/people/neile ....... neile@sff.net Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal . http://www.sff.net/people/neile/semaines The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ............ http://www.ectoguide.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 22:34:21 -0400 From: meredith Subject: garmarna live Hi, While JoAnn was seeing Frou Frou at the Mercury Lounge, woj, Paul Blair and I were a few blocks away at Joe's Pub seeing Garmarna. It was one of those annoying conflicts ... but I'm glad we went to see Garmarna instead. They absolutely *rocked*, and put on one of the best shows I've seen this year. The last (and only other) time we saw them was during a short CMJ set a few years back, where the sound was awful and the band was obviously not happy - -- and yet it was an amazing show. This time the sound was great, they played for over an hour, and it was unbelievably good. (There's just something so cool about witnessing a hyper Swede jumping around a stage playing the hurdy-gurdy through a wah pedal. ) They did a surprising number of songs from _Vengeance_, which is one of my very favorite albums ever, including "Vulture", which is one of my very favorite songs ever, so I was even happier. :) I hope it's not another five years before they come back to this time zone to play ... ============================================== 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://muzak.smoe.org NEXT UP: Annie Gallup, Saturday, 9/28 at 8 pm ============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 23:58:27 -0400 From: Dan_Stark Subject: Re: frou frou live > All in all, it was a fun, but too short, show and I hope to see them > play a full set someday. Ah, the double-edged sword of living in NYC. All the good artists come to play, but the assembly line mentality of the clubs leaves everyone but the guy at the door feeling shortchanged. Frou Frou's Mercury Lounge set was only 35 minutes long, and I think they played the same songs as the previous night's in-store performance at Virgin Megastore. The difference is the Virgin store felt less rushed, and it was free. Oh, and we learned that Immi's hand held keyboard takes 6 AA size batteries, since they died prior to the second song. Luckily, they sell batteries at Virgin Megastore, haha. Anyway, is it just me or does Imogen win the award for most dramatically changed appearance since the last time through? She looked and dressed funky last time I saw her in NY (about three years ago), but this time around she looked exceptionally cute, if I may say so. The Frou Frou album is more laid back, has more of a groove, and dare I say less innovative than Imogen's solo work, but it's a pleasant listen. Dan ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V8 #268 **************************