From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V9 #349 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, December 12 2003 Volume 09 : Number 349 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: tops for 2003 and war games ["Jack Sutton" ] Re: tops for 2003 and war games [FAMarcus@aol.com] Two Loons For Tea - NEW DATES! ["[[ todd bramy ]]" ] Re: tops for 2003 [Joseph Zitt ] Carol Noonan [Sherlyn Koo ] Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] thank you for what you said ["R.L Smith" ] Year End List [jjhanson@att.net] Best of 2003 ["Mattoon, Melanie" ] Best of 2003 (WPM) ["William Mazur" ] thanks and a defense of amg [breinheimer@webtv.net (bill)] Re: Best of 2003 [Ethan Straffin ] Re: Carol Noonan [Greg Bossert ] RE: Best of 2003 ["Mattoon, Melanie" ] question [meredith ] Re: Carol Noonan [meredith ] RE: Best of 2003 [meredith ] Re: Best of 2003 [Ethan Straffin ] Re: Best of 2003 ('n other stuff) [Jeffrey Burka ] honest to goodness harmer news! [fingerpuppets ] AMG screw-ups [Josh Burnett ] susan mckeown at fez [fingerpuppets ] Re: Best of 2003 ('n other stuff) [meredith ] Growing Up Live [Ethan Straffin ] Best of 2003 (WPM) [Steve VanDevender ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 23:17:35 -0800 From: "Jack Sutton" Subject: RE: tops for 2003 and war games I understand your point, and I did not delve into the past history, as a matter of space and time. Since I was born, the US is the only nation to use the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we with our allies fire bombed Dresden killing hundred of thousands of people. We lied again about Viet Nam where 50,000 Americans died and countless Vietnamese (However we don't count the enemy as human) died. So no, in 1945, I don't think I was listening to music, but everything said and done since who knows when, is the result of you and I the consumer hypnotized by our corporate sponsors. It does not matter when we wake up, it only matters that we wake up. Kind regards, Jack Sutton Harmony Ridge Music www.hrmusic.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of FAMarcus@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:32 PM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Re: tops for 2003 and war games In a message dated 12/11/03 1:20:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, jsutton@hrmusic.com writes: This year turned sour for me when some time in March I saw our massive bombs destroying Iraq, fed by lies and greed, killing innocent people on both sides. So music has not had the attention I would normally give it. that's really moving jack. you seem like a sensitive person. nothing wrong with that. have you felt the same way every year, since probably you were born, about the genocide that's taken place in africa to the tune of millions? i hope this isn't too distressing to you but that's not the only place it's been happening post world war two either. did you have any problems listening to the music then? fred marcus ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 02:12:29 EST From: FAMarcus@aol.com Subject: Re: tops for 2003 and war games In a message dated 12/11/03 2:05:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, jsutton@hrmusic.com writes: It does not matter when we wake up, it only matters that we wake up. i don't know about you but i've been awake for a long time. in my humble opinion.......i look to the arts as a distraction to the realities that are all around me. whether they be personal or societal. music is a big part of that. notice i said a distraction and and not a means to denial. peace............................fred ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 23:18:25 -0800 From: "[[ todd bramy ]]" Subject: Two Loons For Tea - NEW DATES! Two Loons For Tea's December Mini Tour: Dec 10 (Wed): Los Angeles (Los Feliz) CA: The Derby. 4500 Los Feliz Blvd. (323.663.8979) Two Loons for Tea @ 9pm, Trespassers William @ 10pm, Tarmac @ 11 pm, $8 ################ Dec 12 (Fri): San Diego, CA: Winston's, 1921 Bacon St. (619.222.6822) Two Loons for Tea @ 9pm, The Big Wu @ 11pm. $8 ################ Dec 13 (Sat): Santa Barbara, CA: Absinthe 500 Anacapa St., (805.965.5057); Two Loons for Tea @ 9:30 pm, Makai @ 11:00 ################ ToST 513 N. 36th St., Seattle (206.547.0240) Sun Dec 14th Two Loons for Tea Graig Markel and Verses on Venus 9:30 pm, $5 ------------------------------ Date: 10 Dec 2003 23:46:01 -0800 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: tops for 2003 On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 22:32, Jack Sutton wrote: > So music has not had the attention I would normally give it. I only > mention this because while compiling my sparse top ten list for 2003, > one song stands out in my mind amid the sad behavior of the United > States since 9-11. That song is by Laura Love, titled "I Want You > Gone" dedicated to George Bush. Hmm, I did do a lot of listening to antiwar music, but it entirely missed my list because I listened to them on MP3s. My tops of those would include Beastie Boys: In a World Gone Mad Chumbawamba: Jacob's Ladder/Not In My Name John Mellencamp: To Washington Paula Cole: My Hero Mr President Spearhead: Bomb the World Which reminds me that Mellencamp's "Trouble No More" was near the top of my favorite albums this year. And watching the Billboard awards earlier reminded me how much I liked Mandy Moore's "Coverage". > Noa (Achinoam Nini)."Oxygen" she rocks out on this Which reminds me: some days ago, a customer came in looking for a Noa record, and I was able to recall that she was the same person as Achinoam Nini and handed the customer the recent Israeli compilation album she did. At which point a coworker looked at me and said "OK, maybe you *do* know everything about every musician on earth." Later on, I spotted someone getting her the recent Dead Can Dance compilation, and proceeded to sell her the live album, Lisa Gerrard's first solo album, a Vas CD, and the solo disc by Azam Ali. My boss (who used to be the music guy at the Friendship Heights store in DC) and I wondered if Craig Gidney was eligible on a commision for that since he turned us on to some of that music (variously in person and by email). ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 18:31:32 +1100 From: Sherlyn Koo Subject: Carol Noonan Hey folks, Just a quick one to say that I note that Carol Noonan has a holiday album available... - -sherlyn - -- Sherlyn Koo - sherlyn@pixelopolis.com - Sydney, Australia ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 03:00:04 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************* Jeremy J. Corry (no Email address) ******************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jeremy J. Corry Fri December 11 1970 Sagittarius Renee Canada Tue December 13 1977 Sagittarius Julie C. Kammerzell Sun December 15 1968 Sagittarius/Scorpio combo Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti Sat December 15 1956 queen_nefertiti@prodigy.net Damon Harper Tue December 16 1975 COOL BANANAS Laura Clifford Tue December 17 1957 Sagittarius Dirk Kastens Tue December 17 1963 Sagittarius Milla Wed December 17 1975 Sagittarius Chris Schernwetter Tue December 17 1974 Sagittarius Sherry Haddock Sat December 17 1960 Sagittarius Tracy Benbrook Tue December 18 1973 Sagittarius Mark Lowry Mon December 22 1969 Capricarius Kay Cleaves Wed December 22 1976 Prancing Pony Uli Grepel Wed December 25 1968 Steinbock Joseph Wasicek Sat December 25 1976 Brown Eagle Stuart Castergine Mon December 30 1963 You Are Here Marvin Camras Sat January 01 1916 Tapehead Jeanne Schreiter Tue January 03 1967 Capricorn John Sandoval Wed January 04 1967 Capricorn Paul Cohen Tue January 05 1954 Capricorn Tony Garrity Mon January 08 1962 Pool of Life Greg Bossert Tue January 09 1962 OfTheTimes - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:07:10 +0000 From: "R.L Smith" Subject: thank you for what you said Hey Fred. I am on the ecto list and I wanted to thank you for your eloquent response to jack's comments. I will never be able to banish from my mind the news wire images of thousands of dead Hutus and Tutsis floating in a lake in Central Africa in the mid 1990s. I also remember the stories about food sent by Live Aid rotting in containers on docks because East African warlords were preventing its distrubution to the populace. I was priveleged to have two African professors at university, and I understand that wars between the nations there are no less complicated than the polarizing conflicts in our own u.s. politcal system. I also understand that this degree of brutality is not the sole invention of Western people or of modern man--such inhumanity predates recorded history. The sad fact is that man has a propensity to be nasty to his "fellows," and we are nowhere near solving this issue in my lifetime. What may be most tragic of all is I suspect people like Jack who would like to be instruments of peace and progress are more often used as pawns in a local and narrowly personal (in a global sense) politcal process. The issue of this outrageous treatment of human beings will only be resolved when an overwhelming majority of us refuse to be part of the cancerous animus which has plagued our species. Here's hoping I'm wrong and that we can all learn to grow up. Best wishes, Rita _________________________________________________________________ Browse styles for all ages, from the latest looks to cozy weekend wear at MSN Shopping. And check out the beauty products! http://shopping.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:45:20 +0000 From: jjhanson@att.net Subject: Year End List My favorite CDs I received this year (may have come out in previous years): Road Dog Divas - Everythings in Boxes Annie Lennox - Bare Jewel - 0304 (yes, I actually like this album) Caecillie Norby - First Conversation (my favorite vocal jazz artist doing original stuff) Wendy Rule - Lotus Eaters Damien Rice - Live at Union Chapel and O Katie Todd - Changing Faces Maria McKee - High Dive Kim Tuvin - On the Mend Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem - Gambling Eden - doesn't quite live up to their live performances, but still a great album Full Frontal Folk - Stormin' the Castle Michael Buble Emmylou Harris - Stumblin' Into Grace Beth Gibbons & Rustin' Man - Out of SEason Discoveries of the Year Damien Rice Best Comeback Cyndi Lauper - At Last (quieter and classier than expected) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:18:17 -0600 From: "Mattoon, Melanie" Subject: Best of 2003 Here are my picks for 2003, in no particular order. Third Eye Blind - Out Of The Vein Kenna - New Sacred Cow Alicia Keys - The Diary of Kathleen Edwards - Failer Eisley - Laughing City EP Linkin Park - Meteora The Strokes - Room On Fire AFI - Sing The Sorrow The Stars - Heart A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step These came out in 2002, but I didn't start listening to them until this year. OK Go - OK Go Two Loons For Tea - Looking For Landmarks Neko Case - Blacklisted Common - Electric Circus Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper np Hem - Rabbit Songs nr Orson Scott Card - Seventh Son ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:03:07 -0800 From: "William Mazur" Subject: Best of 2003 (WPM) My favorite CDs of 2003: Louisa John-Krol: Alabaster Kevin Bartlett: Near Life Experience Released in 2002 but acquired and thoroughly enjoyed this year: 21st Century Schizoid Band: Original Bootleg Volume One Camel: A Wink and a Nod On my wish list (of CDs released in 2003): Noe Venable: The World is Bound by Secret Knots David Bowie Reality David Sylvian: Blemish Sarah Brightman: Harem My favorite music DVDs released in 2003: Concert for George Peter Gabriel: Growing Up Live Camel: Curriculum Vitae Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin (the live concert footage DVD) Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (fascinating documentary of the making of DSOTM) Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii - The Director's Cut ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:10:35 -0500 (EST) From: breinheimer@webtv.net (bill) Subject: thanks and a defense of amg First off, thanks to everyone who responded about the electroambientdreampop list. Jeff, that link you sent worked fine. Next, thanks to Meredith for mentioning the Dresden Dolls' "Coin operated boy". Once I saw this I recognized it as a song I had heard recently (on wpkn?) but for which I hadn't heard any back announcing. One more thing to add to my already enormous (and ever increasing) list of music to acquire. I'm just glad that we ectophiles have not succumbed to the pressures of a consumerist society (smile). Finally (honest). The allmusicguide has a lot about it that I don't like. Broken links, ridiculous group and album comparisons on the accompanying lists and that awful change in the front page (talk about shameless self promotion). However, when you consider the enormous breadth of what they cover it would seem to me to be unrealistic to expect them to do as well as a well done niche site. Add in the fact that it is a free resource that competes with their own published work (I think they still do that) and I am a big fan of this site, It may not be the place to go if you want depth but it is (imho) a great place to go to check into groups, releases and songs that you are just hearing for the first time. Enough (actually more than enough) blather for one post. np Joshua Redman-Elastic I know,I know; but despite the presence of tempting, new, unopened cd's by my stereo I just can't seem to get this out of my cd player ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:16:02 -0800 From: Ethan Straffin Subject: Re: Best of 2003 On Thursday, December 11, 2003, at 10:18 AM, Mattoon, Melanie wrote: > Third Eye Blind - Out Of The Vein > Linkin Park - Meteora Brave words on such a list as this, which tends to eschew the overly airplayed -- so I've just gotta second them. ;) From _Out of the Vein_, "Faster," "Blinded," and "Company" are simply wonderful. Ditto for "Faint," "Breaking the Habit," and "Numb" from _Meteora_. Still amused by the fact that I dragged my mom, who hadn't been to a loud rock show in a decade, to a 3eb concert, and she very much dug it (or so she claims), Ethan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:39:35 -0800 From: Greg Bossert Subject: Re: Carol Noonan Sherlyn, thanks for the heads up! On Wednesday, Dec 10, 2003, at 23:31 US/Pacific, Sherlyn Koo wrote: > Just a quick one to say that I note that Carol Noonan has a holiday > album available... - -g ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:05:38 -0600 From: "Mattoon, Melanie" Subject: RE: Best of 2003 When you don't listen to the radio anymore, this doesn't really become part of the decision-making process. I definitely used to get sick and tired of songs that were repeatedly played on the radio. I'm glad that my list of favorites for the year includes commercial artists as well as non-commercial ones. The fact that an artist is accepted by millions of people doesn't mean that the music they make isn't wonderful. Just look at Outkast - the brilliant Speakerboxx/The Love Below almost made my list as well. np The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight - -----Original Message----- From: Ethan Straffin [mailto:drumz@best.com] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 2:16 PM To: Mattoon, Melanie Cc: Ecto (E-mail) Subject: Re: Best of 2003 On Thursday, December 11, 2003, at 10:18 AM, Mattoon, Melanie wrote: > Third Eye Blind - Out Of The Vein > Linkin Park - Meteora Brave words on such a list as this, which tends to eschew the overly airplayed -- so I've just gotta second them. ;) From _Out of the Vein_, "Faster," "Blinded," and "Company" are simply wonderful. Ditto for "Faint," "Breaking the Habit," and "Numb" from _Meteora_. Still amused by the fact that I dragged my mom, who hadn't been to a loud rock show in a decade, to a 3eb concert, and she very much dug it (or so she claims), Ethan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:21:56 -0500 From: meredith Subject: question Hi, Are there any attorneys lurking out there in the house? If so, I'd really appreciate a reply off-list. I have a (hopefully quick) question and I don't have a lawyer myself ... :} Thanks! =============================================== 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 =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:33:55 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Re: Carol Noonan Hi, Sherlyn mentioned: >Just a quick one to say that I note that Carol Noonan has a holiday >album available... Funny you should mention this -- a bunch of us just saw Ms. Noonan open for Susan McKeown and Johnny Cunningham at the Iron Horse last night. :) I hadn't seen Carol Noonan solo, and the last time I saw her on a stage was when Knots & Crosses opened for The Nields at Amherst College in early 1993 (oy!). But she's still wonderful. If Joan Baez sounded as much like Carol Noonan as Carol Noonan sounds like Joan Baez, I'd like Joan Baez a heckuva lot more than I do. :) One thing I'd either never noticed or just plain forgotten (I don't recall if she ever did anything but sing in Knots & Crosses) is how good a guitar player Carol is. I was quite impressed. Oh yeah, and Susan & Johnny (and Aidan Brennan too) were great, as always. :) Their "Winter Talisman" show is pretty much the same every year, but why mess with a good thing? =============================================== 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 =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:45:09 -0500 From: meredith Subject: RE: Best of 2003 Hi, Melanie noted: >When you don't listen to the radio anymore, this doesn't really become part >of the decision-making process. I definitely used to get sick and tired of >songs that were repeatedly played on the radio. Oh god ... over the past week I've spent quite a bit of time working with someone who listens to the local top-40 radio station at her desk. I now know that KC101 (which is ClearChannel, I believe) is fed a playlist stream on a 2.5-hour rotation, and it doesn't appear to vary from day to day at all. Every couple hours, you can set your watch by the following set, in this order: Liz Phair's big hit (it's got to be number one in the nation, judging by how often it's getting played) Dido's new song That Outkast song Eminem's song from _8 Mile_ Cyndi Lauper's Talk Talk cover Even if I liked all this stuff, I'd be throwing my copies of those CDs into the incinerator by now. I can understand the concept of "heavy rotation", but *every two hours*?!? No wonder most people don't pay one iota of attention to music. I suppose the one bright spot I could dredge out of this is the fact that the set noted above contains more female artists than not, and played consecutively to boot. It wasn't too long ago that the concept of two songs in a row with a female vocal was absolute anathema on commercial radio. (I would imagine we have Lilith Fair to thank for that.) =============================================== 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 =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:27:32 -0800 From: Ethan Straffin Subject: Re: Best of 2003 On Thursday, December 11, 2003, at 06:45 PM, meredith wrote: > Liz Phair's big hit (it's got to be number one in the nation, judging > by how often it's getting played) Seriously? That rocks. Say what you will about The Matrix, sellout, etc., and I know glenn's gonna hate me...but "Why Can't I?" is still a big fat slab of killer pop, and I couldn't be happier to see Liz getting that kind of attention. Ethan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:35:25 -0500 From: Jeffrey Burka Subject: Re: Best of 2003 ('n other stuff) meth sez: > Cyndi Lauper's Talk Talk cover Uh, that would be No Doubt, not Cyndi Lauper. As for Liz Phair, I can't tell you how many times I've heard her singles and tried to figure out which teenybopper it was, only to realize after a minute or two that it was Liz Phair. And as for my own best list, well, I really haven't started thinking too much about it. But I do want to mention one disc I know for certain will be there, and which I keep meaning to mention on ecto, but which I never seem to get around to actually bringing up: Girlyman (yeah, the website has the obvious URL; no flash, plenty of sound clips in real and mp3). I stumbled upon the band one night while trying to think of other things to round out an order from CDBaby, and I started wondering if Nate Borofsky, whose solo album I'd bought from Derek 'n the gang, had released anything else; that led me to Girlyman, of which he's now a member. Happily, CDBaby had their album, _Remember Who I Am_, in stock, and it's been living in my disc player for months. The band is a trio consisting of two women and a man, and they sing absolutely gorgeous harmonies on top of these sometimes funny, sometimes touching, and often beautiful neo folk songs. Quirky, fun lyrics on some songs,give way to more contemplative songs, like the truly incredible "Amaze Me." The album also features a nice cover of George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord." Also, since I haven't seen this mentioned, I wanted to throw out a nod to Aimee Mann for her new limited edition of _Lost in Space_. My copy arrived a couple of days ago, and disc 2 has been getting a fair amount of play. The live recordings are what you'd expect if you've seen Aimee live before. The live cover of Coldplay's "The Scientist" is really wonderful. The b-sides, some of which I already had, are worth having. And if you thought the artwork on the original edition was nice, you'll go nuts over this. Really wonderful packaging. I know it can be painful to buy a new copy of a disc you just bought last year, but I have no regrets on this purchase... jeff ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:48:47 -0500 From: fingerpuppets Subject: honest to goodness harmer news! well, i noticed that billboard had a little bit of news yesterday about harmer's new rekkid: Sarah Harmer has set a March 16 release date for her third album, "All of Our Names." The Canadian singer/songwriter penned 11 new songs for the set, which will be released by Zoe/Rounder Records. It's follow-up to 2000's acclaimed "You Were Here." The former Weeping Tile singer/guitarist's debut album, "Songs for Clem," was released in 1999 by Universal Canada. Since the release of "You Were Here," Harmer has spent much of her time on the road. Along with solo club tours with her band, she has also opened dates for fellow countrymen Barenaked Ladies and Cowboy Junkies, as well as Billy Bragg and others. While her 2004 touring schedule is still being planned, she is already slated to perform during the South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, during the week of the new album's release. -- Barry A. Jeckell, N.Y. which prompted me to remember to check out the website where we find the same information in the latest scrawl with two other tidbits: the fact that she just got back from nyc where she and martin kinack finished mastering it and that the canadian release date is march 9th. hurrah! woj ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:48:41 -0500 From: Josh Burnett Subject: AMG screw-ups With the recent discussion of mistakes on the AMG, I thought I'd delurk to point out the most blatant one I've ever seen, in the review of The Past Didn't Go Anywhere by Utah Philips and Ani DiFranco: "Singer-songwriters Ani DiFranco and Utah Phillips team forThe Past Didn't Go Anywhere, a collection of modern folk songs including "Bridges," "Nevada City," "California," "Anarchy" and "Mess with People."" The reviewer obviously never listened to the album or even looked at the liner notes, because anyone who's heard the album knows that the it's not a collection of "modern folk songs" but Utah Philips's stories, set to music. I do generally find the AMG useful, though. jcb. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:23:18 -0500 From: fingerpuppets Subject: susan mckeown at fez from the latest fez newsletter: Friday, January 9 Susan McKeown Susan McKeown is recognized as one of the most adventurous female vocalists in America today. Her sound is acoustic-rock, blending progressive, jazz and Celtic influences. Formerly mis-tagged as solely a Celtic artist, audiences now recognize Susan as a performer with the unique ability to cross genres and defy categorization. Fluke Doors open at 7:00; Cover is TBA. jeff, mike. jen, meredith and i saw the winter talisman show last night at the iron horse. pretty good stuff as always. a lot of the same material as previous years, but there are few new songs tossed into the mix and johnny cunningham is ever entertaining in his role as scots clown. there aren't too many shows left on the tour so if you can go, go! woj ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:24:10 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Re: Best of 2003 ('n other stuff) Hi, Jeffy corrected: >Uh, that would be No Doubt, not Cyndi Lauper. Ah. That's what I get for tuning out the DJ. :) >And as for my own best list, well, I really haven't started thinking too >much about it. But I do want to mention one disc I know for certain will >be there, and which I keep meaning to mention on ecto, but which I never >seem to get around to actually bringing up: Girlyman (yeah, the website >has the obvious URL; no flash, plenty of sound clips in real and mp3). Interesting. They were supposed to open for Nerissa & Katryna Nields at the Acoustic Cafe last Friday night, but got snowed into NYC and couldn't make it. Truth be told I wasn't too disappointed, because I saw them this past summer at Falcon Ridge (they were part of the "Most Wanted" showcase this year) and found them crashingly boring, not to mention not quite in tune. They may have just been overwhelmed by the size of the audience or something, though. People whose musical opinions I generally trust have really been talking them up, so when they come back to the Cafe next month I'll probably go check them out. =============================================== 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 =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:29:22 -0800 From: Ethan Straffin Subject: Growing Up Live Might I just say, the new Peter Gabriel concert DVD is spectacular. Not nearly as good as being there, granted -- which I was fortunate enough to pull off twice on this tour (and I'm still kicking myself just a bit that I didn't make it three times). And I've still got my ideal track listing, which would have sacrificed "Animal Nation" and "Father, Son" in favor of "No Way Out," "The Tower," and/or "San Jacinto." No matter. Let's just face it: this man is arguably the finest singer-songwriter of his generation, and my own generation has yet to equal him. Furthermore, the Dolby 5.1 mix on this disc kicks major ass. (I've heard that the DTS mix is even better, though I currently lack the equipment to appreciate it.) Simply stunning stuff. Watch, hurt, heal, and rejoice. Ethan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:24:16 -0800 From: Steve VanDevender Subject: Best of 2003 (WPM) William Mazur writes: > Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (fascinating documentary of the > making of DSOTM) That acronym reminds me of a friend's proposed DVD player feature: The "DSOTM" option, which besides equipping your DVD player with a copy of the entire DSOTM album, includes a database of times at which to cue up DSOTM to replace the soundtrack of whatever movie you're watching. While on the topic of improvement options for things, I came up with my own a while back: Any musical could be made greatly more entertaining by having a chosen character sing with like Elmer Fudd. n.p.: Kristeen Young, _Breasticles_ ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V9 #349 **************************