From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V10 #16 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, January 17 2004 Volume 10 : Number 016 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Terrible P Gabriel-related news, can anyone confirm? ["Xenu's Sister" ] ot: film: rabbit proof fence. ["heidi maier" ] Re: Terrible P Gabriel-related news, can anyone confirm? [Dan Riley Subject: Terrible P Gabriel-related news, can anyone confirm? I saw this on a newsgroup. What a tragedy. Not only for the musician's friends and family, but it also puts a sad taint onto Real World Studios. I don't know anything about ananova, and couldn't find anything about this anywhere else. Does anyone have any other links? ++++++++ http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_855957.html Musician found dead at Peter Gabriel's studio A guitarist with an up-and-coming band has been found hanging at recording studios owned by Peter Gabriel. James Lawrence, 26, a member of Chichester indie group Hope of the States was found at the Real World Studios in Box, near Bath, earlier. A Wiltshire Police spokesman said: "I can confirm that we were called to the Real World studios in Box shortly after 4am today where the body of James Lawrence was found by other members of the band hanging from the rafters. "He was taken down and efforts made to revive him but to no avail." Police said he was declared dead at the scene and said they were not treating the incident as suspicious. The band was set to release their highly anticipated debut album in the late spring. Story filed: 12:55 Thursday 15th January 2004 ++++++++ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 02:11:37 -0800 From: Paul Schreiber Subject: [OAC] Top CDs of 2003 just in time for fred's deadline ... my second crack at it (after my mailer ate the last one ... without further ado ... paul's favourite music of 2003. cds for 2003 - -------------------------- 1 steve poltz/chinese vacation as if there was any question! after a five-year absence, steve drops his 98 pounder records debut in the form of this 12-track disc. on the album, poltz shows great versatility, going from a cover of TLC's waterfalls (complete with rap) to the somber-but-satrical "i killed walter matthau" to the tender "10 chances." the 47 minutes of CV make a great addition to steve's resume. 2 gemma hayes/night on my side saw her sight unheard and was blown away. the disc took a few spins to work its way into my brain, but now it won't leave. textured guitars, good melodic hooks and a great voice. forget damien rice, i'll take gemma hayes any day! 3 erin mckeown/grand quite a change from the acoustic "monday morning cold," erin goes big on "grand." backed by a full band, she gets your head nodding and shaking with "slung-lo." lovely hooks and fabulous percussion complement a solid voice. 4 andrew kerr/live andrew never ceases to entertain. an accomplished storyteller, kerr riffs on financial woes ("silver suitcases"), britney spears ("don't forget your fans") and the tribulations of a folk musician ("rock star"). what makes this a great live album is that andrew is no sarah mclachlan -- forget mirrorball's protools work -- he leaves in the false start o track 8. no wrong keys here, just a 13 solid tracks. 5 eastmountainsouth/eastmountainsouth so hard to describe yet so good. lush, full sounds. strings. soft, haunting vocals. wonderful harmonies. 6 elly k/the piano girl ep catchy, hooky, upbeat piano pop that reminds me of a young chantal kreviazuk, and not just because they share an eastern european heritage. 7 danny michel/tales from the invisible man the king of the loop delay pedal is back with another solid collection of songs. accompanied by the ubiquitous (and superb) kevin fox on cello, michel drops thirteen tales and one too-bizarre-to-be-faked voicemail. 8 sarah mclachlan/afterglow while nothing's grabbed me like "building a mystery" did from surfacing, this is, of course, sarah. that means a great voice and lovely piano melodies. can't complain too much. 9 anya marina/excercises in racketeering sassy, sarcastic san diegan debuts with this EP. more good stuff is sure to come. you'll be amused and entertained. just don't get a copy for your mother. jean-pierre, indeed. 10 charlotte martin/in parentheses this album makes you wonder ... when the damn LP is coming out. 4 songs is not enough. c'mon RCA, it's been two years! your armor is brilliant and touching, epitomizing the emotional nature of charlotte's song. 11 tristan prettyman/tristan prettyman girl. guitar. voice. and a good one at that. san diego surfer tristan prettyman is a treat to your ears. four gentle, stripped-down acoustic tracks with some nice harmonies thrown in. 12 vironic dicaire/vironic dicaire everything sounds better in french. this is a bit out of my normal selections -- dicaire didn't write a single track -- but it's a good listen nonetheless. there's even a bilingual track for you francophobes. 13 leona naess/leona naess leona's got a great voice, and uses it well. the lyrics are full of heartbreak and the songs have been lightly sprinkled with hooks. 14 matt nathanson/beneath these fireworks some old songs, some new songs. all good stuff, but i'd hoped for just a bit more. 15 raining jane/in the mean time cute little live EP from a great LA all-girl rock band. "im love" is hilarious and worth thr price of admission. 16 barenaked ladies/everything to everyone more wacky alt-pop from our favourite canadians. i'd be more enthusiastic about this if i'd picked a favourite song. maybe a few more spins. 17 shaye/the bridge tara, kim, damhnait's voice are showcased on a dozen pop ballads. they'd be at home on the radio with seven songs under four minutes. not that that's a bad thing. 18 howie day/stop all the world now even if you didn't like australia (i didn't), check this one out. it's good pop-rock. he borrows a page from danny michel with the loop delays (well, live, anyway). 19 brenda weiler/cold weather brenda weiler brings more straight-up acoustic folk to ya with cold weather. it's soft and gentle. i'd love to see her sneak in a rocker. maybe next album. 20 steve tannen/stopped at a green light memorable acoustic folk-pop with strong melodies. really good live. other stuff i bought - -------------------------- deb talan/a bird flies out the weepies' other half ... soft and wonderful tristan prettyman/love only room for one trizzy record, this one's good, too jewel/0304 can we get a live acoustic album, please? michelle branch/hotel paper left me a bit unfulfilled jerry hannan/sounds like a story a bit too country for me chris o'connor/the unbreakable behind you i don't remember kristilyn robertson/the uncut version sounds like lindi rachael sage/public record piano pop from 2003 that i didn't hear - -------------------------- holly palmer/i confess neat stuff from previous years - -------------------------- wes cunningham/pollyanna (2001) "i fall for her / over and over" gregory page/love made me drunk yay san diego raining jane/raining jane (2001) *so* good live andy gaunt/thumbnails (2002) clever / witty / sarcastic aussie carla holden/wake up and love me (2002) dissonant electronic piano pop sylvie lewis/beautiful mess (2001) lovely vocal terra naomi/terra naomi (2001) yay for girls with geetars hem/i'm talking with my mouth (2002) lush, full, so good aj croce/transit aj croce/fit to serve genius piano man jag star/crazy place catchy pop-rock paul shad 96c / uw cs 2001 / mac activist / fumbler / eda / headliner / navy-souper fan of / sophie b. / steve poltz / habs / bills / 49ers / "Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 00:10:22 +1000 From: "heidi maier" Subject: ot: film: rabbit proof fence. i recall somebody in north america listing this film as one of their favourites of 2003 and, thus, thought that this (very sad) piece of news might be of interest: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,8407883%255E7642,00.html heidi. ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jan 2004 09:53:39 -0500 From: Dan Riley Subject: Re: Terrible P Gabriel-related news, can anyone confirm? "Xenu's Sister" writes: > I saw this on a newsgroup. What a tragedy. Not only for the musician's > friends and family, but it also puts a sad taint onto Real World > Studios. I don't know anything about ananova, and couldn't find > anything about this anywhere else. Does anyone have any other links? Unfortunately, feeding "James Lawrence" "Peter Gabriel" into google news (news.google.com) confirms it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/3399119.stm (slow) http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004022109,00.html (The BBC report is probably more authoritative, but the Sun story includes a pic of one of the rooms at Real World Studios). - -dan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:29:04 -0800 (PST) From: Ellen Rawson Subject: Re: Terrible P Gabriel-related news, can anyone confirm? There aren't photos online, but if you go to the Guardian or the Independent websites, you can read the articles I've read in print. Ellen ===== "Literature stops in 1100. After that, it's just books." - -- JRR Tolkien ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:06:41 -0500 From: Jason Gordon Subject: Charming Hostess, Lais, Kristy Thirsk, Abra Moore, jetlag rant just catching up on ecto after returning from london (again) - of course I get to heathrow early this am and find out that my flight is cancelled - why the airline thought it would be good to leave a voicemail for me at midnight on my phone in the us that the london flight was cancelled is beyond me!...oh well :) interesting new purchases: Lais & Ludo Vandeau - A La Capella - a more melodic (and belgian) version of vaartina? gorgeous harmonies, gorgeous songs - only complaint is the mini album is on the shortish side and leaves me wanting more :) Hooverphonic - sit down and listen to hooverphonic - always a pleasure to listen to but i need to let it digest over a couple listens Louisa John Krol - Argo - found this for $2 in the basement of some random record shop in London - haven't given it a spin yet but if it is anything like her others I wont be disappointed. (I think I recall seeing one other copy that I may be able to hunt down if anyone is dying to get their hands on it...) Kristy Thirsk - Souvenir - this was waiting in my mailbox upon getting home - I have only been waiting six (eight?) years at least since Rose Chronicles disbanded for Kristy to put out a solo album! I may go put it quietly on the stereo and go pass out now!!! BTW, I saw charming hostess play in london last week - a very interesting and powerful show - I think Jewlia Eisenberg/Charming Hostess was mentioned on the list before - thanks to whomever mentioned her/them :) n.p. Abra Moore - No Fear (I somehow managed to pick up a copy of this - I have no idea where or when I bought it) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Sherlyn Koo On Sun 11-Jan-2004 11:14pm, wdalberty@charter.net wrote: > Are you saying Abra Moore's "No Fear" didn't get release? > Or, was there an album after that, that didn't make it to the light of day? I'm a little unclear as to what actually happened to "No Fear". AFAIK, it was supposed to come out in July 2003, and either that never happened or else the release window was so small that I missed it. Abra's with a different label now but apparently the masters for "No Fear" were returned to her, so maybe we'll see it again one day. I wish I had a copy. Still, a new album in March - that's good news... ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V10 #16 **************************