From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V9 #225 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, August 9 2003 Volume 09 : Number 225 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Touch ["heidi maier" ] Today's your birthday, friends... [Mike Matthews ] Re: Touch ["Michael Pearce" ] Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch [Neb Rodgers ] Press Release: Rachael Sage Named Finalist in Newport Talent Search Contest! [SpiritWe@ao] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 16:44:13 +1000 From: "heidi maier" Subject: Re: Touch RedWoodenBeads@aol.com mused, regarding sarah's "touch": > Speaking of this one, I just recently picked it up after years of listening > to Sarah. What a fun little record! It's probably not nearly as original as she > ended up becoming, but I love all the beautiful classical textures and > rhythmic quirks. This is probably cliche, but my favorite one is "Vox." Kind of > Peter Gabrielish. Still, you can't beat that keyboard riff. sarah has said, several times, in interviews that she listens to that record and laughs so hard at herself because it reminds her how much peter gabriel and kate bush she was listening to at the time :) i eagerly await her new record, however long it takes ... heidi. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 03:00:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friends... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ****************** Martin Bridges (martin@mandab.co.uk) ******************* **************** Rosana L. de Oliveira (no Email address) ***************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Martin Bridges Sat August 08 1970 BigGuy Rosana L. de Oliveira Wed August 08 1973 Leo Happy Rhodes Mon August 09 1965 HolyGhost Loretta Pontillo Tue August 15 1978 Leo Queen of the Jungle Martin Dougiamas Wed August 20 1969 Positive Tori Amos Thu August 22 1963 Leo Sam Warren Tue August 22 1961 Leo Henk Van Wulpen Sat August 22 1970 Leo Kerry White Wed August 22 1951 Exact Leo/Virgo Don Gibson Wed August 26 1959 Virgo Marcel Rijs Mon August 31 1970 A rose growing old Meredith Tarr Wed September 01 1971 Virgo Scott Zimmerman Mon September 04 1972 Virgo Mike Mendelson Fri September 04 1964 Virgo Richard Dean Wed September 06 1967 Virgo - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: 8 Aug 2003 13:33:04 -0700 From: "Michael Pearce" Subject: Re: Touch RedWoodenBeads@aol.com writes, > > Sarah McLachlan isn't make Touch > >Speaking of this one, I just recently picked it up after years of listening >to Sarah. What a fun little record! It's probably not nearly as >original as she >ended up becoming, but I love all the beautiful classical textures and >rhythmic quirks. This is probably cliche, but my favorite one is >"Vox." Kind of >Peter Gabrielish. Still, you can't beat that keyboard riff. I liked her early stuff a lot but don't really like her work after "Fumbling...". What impressed me is that she is one of the few songwriters who does not rhyme anything in her songs at all. It works so well I didn't even notice it for quite a while. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 19:52:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Neb Rodgers Subject: Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch A new Rutles film? I'm shocked... and stunned! - -Neb - ---Original Message--- RUTLES 2: CAN'T BUY ME LUNCH TO HAVE WORLD PREMIERE IN LOS ANGELES by Hans ten Cate Tuesday, 5 August 2003 http://www.dailyllama.com/news/2003/llama196.html After sitting on a shelf at Warner Brothers for over a year, Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch, the much anticipated sequel to Eric Idle's 1978 mockumentary, will receive its world premiere in Los Angeles on August 16. The screening is part of the first annual Don't Knock the Rock Festival, which is being held August 15-17 in various venues throughout Hollywood. The festival's organizers have arranged two showings, the first at 7:30 PM and again at 11:45 PM that same night. Both screenings will take place at the ArcLight Cinema on Sunset Blvd. The first Don't Knock the Rock Festival launches what will be an annual film and music event celebrating the rock and roll roots of Hollywood. The three-day festival is a historical journey of classic and new rock and roll films. Saturday night will be the world premiere of Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch, which actually wrapped production last year. Written and directed by Eric Idle, Rutles 2 is the sequel to All You Need is Cash and, like the original, it is a parody of the myriad documentaries made about the Beatles. For Rutles 2, Eric dug up some outtakes and old footage from the original documentary. "Yes, there's found footage," confessed Eric. "I went to New Jersey and found the original outtakes  the negatives  which are fabulous. Mechanically, you could just process them, and the positive was all fresh and great." In addition, the film uses the Rutles' second album, Archeology (1996), to look back on the Rutles' influence on contemporary artists. "It's a documentary with my same narrator character," said Eric, "only it's 30 years later, and he goes around talking to Salman Rushdie, Tom Hanks, James Taylor, David Bowie and Bonnie Raitt about how the world has been influenced, and how their lives have been changed by the Rutles." "He pursues Jennifer Lopez and Madonna trying to get interviews, which is really funny, and Gary Shandling is just brilliant. I made it under the aegis of Lorne Michaels again, and we sold it to Warners." For reasons unbeknownst to even Eric, Warner Brothers sat on the project and the film has, until recently, only seen limited test screenings. August 16 will be the official world premiere. The cast includes Eric Idle, Neil Innes, Ricky Fataar and John Halsey as The Rutles, along with Rutles fans and foes David Bowie, Billy Connolly, Carrie Fisher, Tom Hanks, Jewel, Steve Martin, Mike Nichols, Conan O'Brien, Salman Rushdie, Garry Shandling, Robin Williams, and cameos from the first installment by Mick Jagger, George Harrison, and Ron Wood. Tickets to the event are available on the ArcLight Cinema's website, http://www.arclightcinemas.com. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 00:01:23 EDT From: SpiritWe@aol.com Subject: Press Release: Rachael Sage Named Finalist in Newport Talent Search Contest! **2003 NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL TALENT SEARCH CONTEST** FINALISTS ANNOUNCED: NEW YORK'S RACHAEL SAGE WILL COMPETE AUGUST 14! Newport, R.I. - The Judges have made their decision. Five finalists for the 2003 Apple & Eve Newport Folk Festival Talent Search Contest have been selected and include NY singer-pianist and John Lennon Songwiting Contest Winner Rachael Sage. In just a few days, Sage (whose music combines elements of folk, rock, pop and jazz) will compete for a slot on the Mainstage performing her winning entry, "Bravedancing". The four other finalists are fellow New Yorker Greg Alexander, Virginia native Julie Clark, and Massachusetts artists Jason Goss and Adam Hirsh. "Playing at Newport has been a dream of mine since I was a kid," said a very excited Sage, who added that she feels "incredibly blessed to have this opportunity!" The five finalists of the 2003 Apple & Eve Newport Folk Festival Talent Search will compete at noon on August 14, 2003 at Fort Adams Park in Newport, Rhode Island, the final phase of a nationwide talent search to find the next biggest singer/songwriter in folk music that kicked-off in May. An official panel of judges will select the winner who will perform at the Apple & Eve Newport Folk Festival on August 16, 2003. Free refreshments will be provided by Whole Foods Maket and Apple and Eve. ABC6 is the co-sponsor of the Talent Search, and WFUV 90.7 is the official flagship radio station of the Apple & Eve Newport Folk Festival. In the past, DIY artist and indie label founder Rachael Sage has cited the work of Newport Fest favorite the Indigo Girls as being a source of musical inspiration - as well as frequent festival performers Jonatha Brooke, Suzanne Vega and Lyle Lovett. By phone from a music event in Colorado this week, she expressed her gratitude that the folks at Apple & Eve selected "Bravedancing" (from her new CD "Public Record") and was determined to give it her "very best shot and play from my heart...overall, the most important thing for me is just to enjoy the experience, meet all the other artists and have as much fun as possible!" The Talent Search, in its first year, has added an exciting new twist to the Newport Folk Festival - one of largest and most prestigious music festivals in the country. This year's lineup will not only feature some of the biggest names in folk music today (Ani DiFranco, John Hiatt and Aimee Mann) but will become the launching pad for the one lucky artist selected from the Final Five to appear before a crowd of up to 20,000 music fans. "I can think of no greater opportunity for new talent to be discovered than this event, and webre excited to be kicking off the contest this year,b says Gordon Crane, founder and CEO of Apple & Eve. For those who'd like to see the Final Five compete on August 14, attendance at the competition is FREE of charge, but seats are limited to 500 attendees. For more information on how to reserve your spot as well as directions to the site, visit WWW.APPLEANDEVE.COM. The competition will begin promptly at noon. Media inquiries and general questions can be directed to Rich Overton at MPress Records at mpressrich@aol.com, or directly to the contest coordinators: folk@hooknewport.com. ### visit www.mpressrecords.com for latest news and upcoming tour dates for more info on Rachael Sage call 1.877.878.7243 ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V9 #225 **************************