From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V9 #198 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Thursday, July 10 2003 Volume 09 : Number 198 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friends... [Mike Matthews ] Thea Gilmore in London [adamk@zoom.co.uk] summer info on Cyoakha and Blind [Land of the Blind Subject: Today's your birthday, friends... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************* Courtney Dallas (no Email address) ******************** ******************** Michael Peskura (peskura@scn.org) ******************** ******************** Finney T. Tsai (tsai@syntest.com) ******************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Courtney Dallas Fri July 09 1971 Catte Michael Peskura Sat July 09 1949 HallOfFamer Finney T. Tsai Sat July 09 1966 Cancer Larry Greenfield Tue July 11 1950 Virgo Rising; Gemini Moon Marion Kippers Tue July 13 1965 Kreeft Ellen Rawson Thu July 13 1961 Double Cancer Mitch Pravatiner Mon July 14 1952 Cancer R. Rapp Wed July 14 1954 On a Gray Eye Sojourn John Zimmer Sun July 16 1961 Cancer Dan Stark Sun July 16 1961 Cancer Cathy Guetzlaff Mon July 18 1955 Cancer Vlad Sat July 18 1970 Warning: severe tire damage Jani Pinola Thu July 20 1972 Jonquil Alvin Brattli Sun July 27 1969 Lefthanded Christy Eger Smith Thu July 27 1944 Horse Crossing Shirley Ye July 27 Lioness woj Sun July 28 1968 children at play John Relph Sat July 28 1962 Leo Bob Kollmeyer Wed July 28 1971 Leo Steve Lusky Tue July 29 1952 Bike! Kate Bush Wed July 30 1958 God Chuck Smith Wed July 30 1958 Reboot Yves Denneulin Fri July 30 1971 Lion-Heart Joel Kenyon Wed July 31 1963 Leo Eli Brandt August 05 Leo Amanda Williams Tue August 05 1969 phoenix Martin Bridges Sat August 08 1970 BigGuy Rosana L. de Oliveira Wed August 08 1973 Leo Happy Rhodes Mon August 09 1965 HolyGhost - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 09:28:43 +0100 From: adamk@zoom.co.uk Subject: Thea Gilmore in London Thea played the Water Rats last night, an evocatively-named venue near King's Cross (itself one of London's seedier areas, in the midst of a much-needed major facelift). On a warm, muggy night, this was probably the hottest, sweatiest, most crowded gig I've been to for a while. The place fits about 200, but was sold out and seemed packed with about 300. A more varied demographic mix than for Kathleen Edwards, with only a handful of middle-aged musos to keep me company, but a definitely good vibe for Thea. And she paid it back in spades. Looking particularly rock chick in a sleeveless t-shirt, she fronted a really tight band, and came across as fun, down-to-earth and genuinely pleased to be there. I thought she'd be mostly showcasing her upcoming album, Avalanche, but after playing a handful of songs from that, she varied the repertoire and threw in many from Rules for Jokers and even a couple from Songs from the Gutter. Although she's an acoustic guitar player, she didn't play much of it last night, content to let the band carry the instrumental weight (which they did with amazing versatility) and concentrate on the singing. It's hard to describe her voice: it's limited, but she works brilliantly within its limits: kind of a lower-key Joni Mitchell with a blues/folk/almost jazz-like bent, without Joni's high bits or vocal acrobatics. Her talent  her great talent  is for a good tune and stunning, kaleidoscopic lyrical twists, and she can go (as she did) from the stomping blues of "Mud on My Shoe" to the haunting, desolate, small-wee-hours beauty of "Inverigo". Covers, too: she did a folked-up acoustic version of "Bad Moon Rising" which was stunning. All the new songs, unfamiliar as they were, sounded fantastic, too. Driving, forceful, focussed and immediate. If this is anything to judge by, Avalanche is going to be a great album. The acid test? My girlfriend -- despite the wilting heat, the crowds and the lack of oxygen --- thought it was brilliant, and is now a fan. Avalanche comes out on August 11th. The single, "Juliet", comes out on August 4th. Buy it, and your lives will be all the richer for it. Adam K. np - Lotion/The Full Isaac - ------------------------------------------------ This mail sent through http://webmail.zoom.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 11:45:39 -0700 From: Land of the Blind Subject: summer info on Cyoakha and Blind Hi all, Cyo here, some NEWS FOR THE BLIND We have lots of news, a new cd and some fun summer gigs! GIGS COMING UP for Ectos North of Cali Oregon Country Fair, July 12th Saturday.. out front at entrance line 11am to 3pm We are greeting you on the way in, and just gonna play and play to celebrate the fair, it's such a great time! Hang with us!! Fair info and directions: we're also playing Sunday, July 13th, see below House Concert, Salem Oregon, July 12th These folks are great fun and they put on an amazingly welcoming house concert, last time we toured up to Oregon, we didn't want to leave them! House concerts are a one-of-a-kind experience, since it's so intimate and we do different versions of all our works. And we all get to hang out together too! There is a lot more info on this event, and a very cool poster Diane made, on our site. I was going to email it, but everyone hates attachments. This will take you right to it < http://www.landoftheblind.com/posterpage.htm> Brad & Diane's/ Salem, Oregon RSVP call for tickets (503)316-3338 or (503) 931-6232 email: evett@advcorp.com doors open at 7:15 for food/drink/fun concert from 8pm-10pm address and map on calendar page of Community Village Stage, Oregon Country Fair Sunday, July 13th Sunday, July 13th 4pm-5pm MORE SUMMER FUN SF Ectos, check web site, we will play Cafe International all summer, in Haight BLIND confirmed at Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada Labor Day Weekend, Aug. 28-30th @ Oregon Country Fair Embassy Tent, for more info on tours/gigs go to NEW LIVE CD AVAILABLE Since adding two new players 11 months ago, master percussionist Roland Robles, on hand drum/hybrid kit, and Akash on bass/dilruba & cello, after many requests for an album capturing our new live sound, and many months of work, Blind has just completed their brand new LIVE CD. we are proud to offer this 7-song cd on summer tours (see below) and only to our fan list and ecto-list. Anyone catching us this summer can pick it up in person, or you can order it thru us, I don't think we will put it out onto on line music catalogs for awhile....To order your copy now ($10 plus $2 shipping) just send a $12 check to LAND OF THE BLIND PO BOX 198, Mill Valley, CA 94941 thanks all, continue your wonderful musical summers! love, cyo ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 00:05:51 -0500 (CDT) From: "Mitchell A. Pravatiner" Subject: In the belly of the beast To get some insight, at no cost, into what we've periodically been bashing lately, tonight I went to Liz Phair's free in-store performance at Tower Records. She performed perhaps half a dozen songs, some from her new album and others from the earlier ones. I was fairly far back in the crowd, so I was unable to see whether the performance was fully unplugged, but it was definitely less amplified, and of course less produced, than her studio recordings. Some of the latter were played afterward on the store's sound system, so I had a chance to compare renditions of some numbers; tonight's live renditions were actually better. The heavy electric guitar riffs, etc., that producers seem to think are needed for radio may actually be counterproductive from an esthetic standpoint. This is not cutting edge-music; we all know that. But at the same time, it wasn't quite as insipid as the primarily negative reviews might have conditioned one to expect. Some of the lyrics were quite well written indeed, as were some of the tunes. She also is an excellent stage banterer, with a lot of wit, and reminiscences on her years in Chicago. She clearly is an intelligent, articulate person whose particular career aspirations have arguably driven her to fall in with the wrong crowd of handlers. Phair's recent music is actually better than many in the pop/rock genre; is it possible that a lot of the bashing is ultimately driven by relative deprivation, a longing for the indie-rock mainstay she might have become had she managed to stay on the _Guyville_ track? It's pretty widely agreed that her desire for radio play was what caused her to arguably lose her way artistically. It makes one long for the days when free-form, open-cabinet radio was a bigger business than it is today. If it still was, perhaps the _Guyville_ Phair could have had her radio and eaten it too, as it were. Mitch ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V9 #198 **************************