From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V10 #20 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, January 21 2004 Volume 10 : Number 020 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friends... [Mike Matthews ] Sigur Ros [Ethan Straffin ] Re: vienna's cd at amazon [Ethan Straffin ] Sigur Ros [Steve VanDevender ] 'Waking Hour' on iTunes [Nadyne Mielke ] songs by the calendar [Nadyne Mielke ] Re: songs by the calendar [Yngve Hauge ] Re: songs by the calendar [Damon ] Re: songs by the calendar ["Wade Alberty" ] Re: songs by the calendar [Steve VanDevender ] Re: songs by the calendar [Neile Graham ] Re: songs by the calendar [Steve VanDevender ] Re: songs by the calendar [burka@jeffrey.net] Re: songs by the calendar [Damon ] Thanks for the information. ["R.L Smith" ] Re: songs by the calendar [Nadyne Mielke ] Re: songs by the calendar [AzeemAK@aol.com] Re: songs by the calendar [Neile Graham ] Re: songs by the calendar [Neal Copperman ] Re: songs by the calendar [Neile Graham ] RE: songs by the calendar ["William Mazur" ] Giving albums a second chance [Ed Cole ] RE: Sigur Ros / a bunch of pictures [Jason Gordon ] My j-ecto year [Philip David Morgan ] Re: songs by the calendar [Hooplessly Unfroody ] Re: songs by the calendar [Neal Copperman ] songs about monkeys and monkeys [Damon ] Re: songs by the calendar [Ethan Straffin ] Re: songs by the calendar [Ethan Straffin ] Re: songs by the calendar [Damon ] Re: songs about monkeys and monkeys [Neal Copperman ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 03:00:03 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friends... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ************* Sarah Noelle Pratt Ferguson (no Email address) ************** ********************* David Beery (drum@traverse.net) ********************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Sarah Noelle Pratt Ferguson Tue January 20 1970 Seanympf-Aquarius David Beery Tue January 20 1976 drum Terry Partis Sun January 22 1933 Rocker Steve Hughes Thu January 24 1963 Aquarius Sarah McLachlan Sun January 28 1968 Aquarius Ilka Heber Mon February 01 1965 Mermaid Bob Lovejoy Sun February 02 1947 Aquarius Diane Burke Sat February 02 1963 slow children Timothy S. Devine Tue February 03 1970 Aquarius Stephen Thomas Fri February 04 1966 Aquarius Doug Burks Tue February 14 1956 Blank Jim Sturnfield Thu February 18 1954 Aquarius Juha Kannisto Wed February 18 1970 Aquarius Joel Siegfried February 19 Penguin Crossing Linda Saboe Tue February 20 1951 aimless - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 04:02:32 -0800 From: Ethan Straffin Subject: Sigur Ros Just wondering: does anyone have any comments about this Icelandic band, other than what's in the Ectophile's Guide? www.sigur-ros.com I ran across them this past weekend at the Sundance Film Festival, in the form of a spellbinding, seriously gothic tune of theirs that was used on the soundtrack of _One Point O_. (Impressive film, by the way. Watch for it.) It felt like Bel Canto colliding with My Bloody Valentine, which is obviously a good thing. My only reservation is that the majority of the generous collection of free MP3s on their official site remind me, so far, of Radiohead colliding with some faceless new age outfit, which is not necessarily so much of a good thing. From what I've seen so far, I should probably check out _Agftis Byrjun_ before the newer _( )_ if I'm looking for something that's beautiful yet edgy. Can any fans confirm or deny? Ethan - -- "Lately I'm into circuitry" -- Tori Amos ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 05:16:41 -0800 From: Ethan Straffin Subject: Re: vienna's cd at amazon On Monday, January 19, 2004, at 09:51 PM, Alan wrote: > On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 20:24, meredith wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Just a heads-up that Vienna Teng's forthcoming CD, _Warm Strangers_ is >> available for pre-order at amazon.com. If you pre-order, you get >> access to >> a stream of 5 previously unreleased songs (but I can't figure out >> which ones). > > The songs are also in a Microsoft DRM format that is pretty much > Windows > only. (Though I can probably crack it in Linux.) Just as I can probably crack it with VirtualPC and WireTap on my Mac. Or I could just go to KaZaa a few weeks from now and save myself the trouble. (In my experience, even less popular music tends to become more available on the P2P networks as soon as word gets around that the DRMites are trying to pull something. I suppose that this in itself could end up working to Vienna's advantage, but still...) I'm frankly surprised that Amazon would do this, and they've definitely lost my business on this one. I've cancelled my pre-order and informed them that I'll be ordering elsewhere. > The album is also on a label that is *not* a member of the RIAA. Yep. Hooray for silver linings! Ethan - -- NP: Pernice Brothers, "yours, mine & ours" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:34:35 -0800 From: Steve VanDevender Subject: Sigur Ros Ethan Straffin writes: > Just wondering: does anyone have any comments about this Icelandic > band, other than what's in the Ectophile's Guide? > > www.sigur-ros.com > > I ran across them this past weekend at the Sundance Film Festival, in > the form of a spellbinding, seriously gothic tune of theirs that was > used on the soundtrack of _One Point O_. (Impressive film, by the way. > Watch for it.) It felt like Bel Canto colliding with My Bloody > Valentine, which is obviously a good thing. > > My only reservation is that the majority of the generous collection of > free MP3s on their official site remind me, so far, of Radiohead > colliding with some faceless new age outfit, which is not necessarily > so much of a good thing. > > From what I've seen so far, I should probably check out _Agftis Byrjun_ > before the newer _( )_ if I'm looking for something that's beautiful > yet edgy. Can any fans confirm or deny? I got '() (as a LISP hacker, I can't resist the urge to quote the album name or to refer to it mentally as "nil") last year, and while I suspect that's what you're referring to as "Radiohead colliding with some faceless new age outfit", all in all I rather liked it, although I have to be in a certain mood to want to listen to it. I've been intending to look for some of their other stuff since it sounded like it could be even better, especially if it's more like "Bel Canto colliding with My Bloody Valentine". ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:06:17 -0800 From: Nadyne Mielke Subject: 'Waking Hour' on iTunes Speaking of Vienna ... I just noticed that 'Waking Hour' is available at the iTunes Music Store. According to iMS, the top songs from that album are 'Lullabye for a Stormy Night', 'Soon Love Soon', and 'The Tower'. Maybe this means that the new album, as well as the exclusive tracks, will be available there shortly as well ... /nm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:31:12 -0800 From: Nadyne Mielke Subject: songs by the calendar I've been vaguely keeping a list of songs that mention specific dates in them. Why? One day, my iPod played several songs in a row that mentioned a specific date, so I started paying attention. Here are some of them off the top of my head: Jan 01: U2 - New Year's Day May 06: The Cranes - The Sixth of May Sep 29: Kristin Hersh - The Letter Dec 05: Tori Amos - Seaside Dec 21: Paul Kelly - How to Make Gravy What songs do y'all know that mention a date? /nm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:11:13 +0100 (CET) From: Yngve Hauge Subject: Re: songs by the calendar On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Nadyne Mielke wrote: > I've been vaguely keeping a list of songs that mention specific dates in > them. Why? One day, my iPod played several songs in a row that mentioned > a specific date, so I started paying attention. > > Here are some of them off the top of my head: > Jan 01: U2 - New Year's Day > May 06: The Cranes - The Sixth of May > Sep 29: Kristin Hersh - The Letter > Dec 05: Tori Amos - Seaside > Dec 21: Paul Kelly - How to Make Gravy > July 4 - Aimee Mann - 4th of July ****************************************** * One alien has come, unalien to one ***** ****************************************** ***** Blessed be!!! ********************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:27:52 -0800 From: Damon Subject: Re: songs by the calendar On 20 Jan, Nadyne Mielke wrote: > I've been vaguely keeping a list of songs that mention specific dates in > them. Why? One day, my iPod played several songs in a row that mentioned > a specific date, so I started paying attention. > > What songs do y'all know that mention a date? well, there's the aimee mann song `fourth of july'. :) on a related note, i've had the same thing going on in my head - ever since i heard katell keineg's `hestia' i've been mentally keeping a list of songs that mention monkeys. just because it seemed so odd to hear about a monkey in a song. so far i've got: - - katell keineg, hestia - - veda hille, one of the tracks off the emily carr cycle - - peter gabriel, shock the monkey - - genesis, man on the corner - - gillian welch, one monkey i see (while searching for the gillian welch song name) that there's a bette midler one too. anything else? so is this going to be a `name the songs that ___' thread or a more general `name the strange list of songs that ___ that you're keeping in your head' thread? :) - -damon - -- dl+ecto@usrbin.ca: protecting my real address since 2002 (too late!) > EWS starts here! < ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:46:50 -0600 From: "Wade Alberty" Subject: Re: songs by the calendar Ohh ohh ohh, I want to play!! :-) Monkey songs: Barenaked Ladies - Another Postcard Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey Ani DiFranco - Garden Of Simple Now do the date songs have to be an actually date, like "June 14th" for example, or can they just be a month, or just a year, or a month & year combo?? :-) Wade ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:58:11 -0800 From: Steve VanDevender Subject: Re: songs by the calendar Damon writes: > on a related note, i've had the same thing going on in my head - ever > since i heard katell keineg's `hestia' i've been mentally keeping a > list of songs that mention monkeys. This reminds me: Quite a while back I picked up Katell Keineg's _Jet_, and it completely failed to hit it off with me when I first listened to it (I think my response was something like "this is the first time Ecto has done me wrong"). I pulled _Jet_ out again recently to give it a second chance, and whatever it was that happened on that first listen isn't happening any more. There's something she did with her voice on one of the tracks that I definitely remember annoying the crap out of me before, which I still notice but which doesn't annoy me so much now. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:54:37 -0500 From: Joshua Burnett Subject: Re: songs by the calendar On Jan 20, 2004, at 1:31 PM, Nadyne Mielke wrote: > > What songs do y'all know that mention a date? There's "4th of July" and "Independence Day" by Ani DiFranco, "Cinco de Mayo" by Liz Phair, "Father's Day" by Penelope Houston... josh. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:14:48 -0800 (PST) From: Neile Graham Subject: Re: songs by the calendar On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Steve VanDevender wrote: > I pulled _Jet_ out again recently to give it a second chance, and > whatever it was that happened on that first listen isn't happening any > more. There's something she did with her voice on one of the tracks > that I definitely remember annoying the crap out of me before, which I > still notice but which doesn't annoy me so much now. Does this mean that you like it now? _Jet_ is one of those classic albums for me--I can listen to it anytime. It always puts me in the mood to listen to it. It took me quite a while to adjust my ears to _O Seasons..._ and it was her vocals that bothered me--the way they sound pushed and tight at the same time--but now I've grown to like it because _Jet_ helped open my ears. I didn't much like the ep with the long title--only one of the three tracks particularly appealed to me in the way _jet_ does, but I really like the ep that was released in Ireland. All of it, a lot. - --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:29:57 -0800 From: Steve VanDevender Subject: Re: songs by the calendar Neile Graham writes: > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Steve VanDevender wrote: > > > I pulled _Jet_ out again recently to give it a second chance, and > > whatever it was that happened on that first listen isn't happening any > > more. There's something she did with her voice on one of the tracks > > that I definitely remember annoying the crap out of me before, which I > > still notice but which doesn't annoy me so much now. > > Does this mean that you like it now? Yes, I do like it now. I've even listened to it more than once since then, and it's still in my CD player. > It took me quite a while to adjust my ears to _O Seasons..._ and it was > her vocals that bothered me--the way they sound pushed and tight at the > same time--but now I've grown to like it because _Jet_ helped open my > ears. Yeah, there was something about the vocals, particularly something I once found buzzingly dissonant on about the third track of _Jet_ that doesn't bother me any more. Maybe listening to Kristeen Young has dislodged some earwax or loosened up my earbones. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:28:25 -0600 From: "Wade Alberty" Subject: Re: songs by the calendar I am glad to hear all this talk about "Jet," as I just recently purchased it on e-bay, on a whim, for $.36. :-) The AllMusic.com reveiw looked interesting, so I thought I would give it a go. Now I'm just waiting for it to arrive! I'll definitly throw my opinion in, once I get to give it a listen or two. :-) Wade - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neile Graham" To: "Ectophiles" Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 2:14 PM Subject: Re: songs by the calendar > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Steve VanDevender wrote: > > > I pulled _Jet_ out again recently to give it a second chance, and > > whatever it was that happened on that first listen isn't happening any > > more. There's something she did with her voice on one of the tracks > > that I definitely remember annoying the crap out of me before, which I > > still notice but which doesn't annoy me so much now. > > Does this mean that you like it now? > > _Jet_ is one of those classic albums for me--I can listen to it anytime. > It always puts me in the mood to listen to it. > > It took me quite a while to adjust my ears to _O Seasons..._ and it was > her vocals that bothered me--the way they sound pushed and tight at the > same time--but now I've grown to like it because _Jet_ helped open my > ears. > > I didn't much like the ep with the long title--only one of the three > tracks particularly appealed to me in the way _jet_ does, but I really > like the ep that was released in Ireland. All of it, a lot. > > --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:00:31 -0800 (PST) From: burka@jeffrey.net Subject: Re: songs by the calendar toss in Peter Himmelman's "5th of August" (from _Skin_; it also appeared on his old band Sussman Lawrence's albume, _Pop City_) Hmmm. I'll have to think about this; I'm sure I know others... jeff n.p. _Massive Blur_, Melissa Ferrick ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:20:07 -0800 From: Damon Subject: Re: songs by the calendar wow, neile - i started replying to steve's email, but then got sidetracked. when i came back to the computer, you'd written pretty much exactly the reply i was going to. i heard _jet_ first and if i kept a desert island discs list it might well be on there. i love _o seasons, o castles_ too, but it also had to grow on me and was helped immensely by my previous experience with _jet_. and the ep - nice, certainly, but not something i pull out so very often. the only difference is i missed mention of this irish release... is it still available? - -damon On 20 Jan, Neile Graham wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Steve VanDevender wrote: > > > I pulled _Jet_ out again recently to give it a second chance, and > > whatever it was that happened on that first listen isn't happening any > > more. There's something she did with her voice on one of the tracks > > that I definitely remember annoying the crap out of me before, which I > > still notice but which doesn't annoy me so much now. > > Does this mean that you like it now? > > _Jet_ is one of those classic albums for me--I can listen to it anytime. > It always puts me in the mood to listen to it. > > It took me quite a while to adjust my ears to _O Seasons..._ and it was > her vocals that bothered me--the way they sound pushed and tight at the > same time--but now I've grown to like it because _Jet_ helped open my > ears. > > I didn't much like the ep with the long title--only one of the three > tracks particularly appealed to me in the way _jet_ does, but I really > like the ep that was released in Ireland. All of it, a lot. > > --Neile - -- dl+ecto@usrbin.ca: protecting my real address since 2002 (too late!) > EWS starts here! < ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:25:01 +0000 From: "R.L Smith" Subject: Thanks for the information. My knowlege of new music and singers/songwriters has grown exponentially with my subscription to this list. My first Sheila Chandra cd came in the mail today and I loved it. On the way by post is Vienna Teng's Waking Hour, which must be amazing judging by the buzz here about that cd--thanks in advance to all who have recommended this music. Thanks in general to everyone for the generous flow of information. It is heartening to know that meaningful music is alive and growing in every direction through the best and worst of times. Rita _________________________________________________________________ Rethink your business approach for the new year with the helpful tips here. http://special.msn.com/bcentral/prep04.armx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:58:59 -0800 From: Nadyne Mielke Subject: Re: songs by the calendar At 11:46 AM 1/20/2004, Wade Alberty wrote: >Ohh ohh ohh, I want to play!! :-) > >Monkey songs: >Barenaked Ladies - Another Postcard >Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan >Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey >Ani DiFranco - Garden Of Simple > >Now do the date songs have to be an actually date, like "June 14th" for >example, or can they just be a month, or just a year, or a month & year >combo?? :-) Well, I vote for a real date. That means that a song that mentions a holiday that doesn't always occur on the same date (say, Thanksgiving) doesn't count. Likewise, if the song just mentions a month (say, 'Famous Blue Raincoat' by Leonard Cohen), it doesn't count either. /nm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:08:31 EST From: AzeemAK@aol.com Subject: Re: songs by the calendar In a message dated 20/01/2004 19:14:29 GMT Standard Time, onealien@mo.himolde.no writes: > July 4 - Aimee Mann - 4th of July > > Ani Di Franco also has a song called 4th of July Not forgetting 5th of July by Louise Goffin... Azeem in London ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:18:25 -0800 From: Neile Graham Subject: Re: songs by the calendar Damon wrote: >the only difference is i missed mention of this irish release... is it >still available? Hmm. I dunno. I'm not even sure I can remember where I ordered it from--the place that was suggested on ecto, at least. It wasn't that long ago! Okay, I just did a search. It's at Road Records, and here's the link to it. It's just 3 tracks, but three highly replayable tracks. - --Neile - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neile Graham .... neile@sff.net/@drizzle.com ... www.sff.net/people/neile Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal ........ www.sff.net/people/neile/semaines Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ........... www.ectoguide.org Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ................ www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:48:04 -0700 From: Neal Copperman Subject: Re: songs by the calendar Here's a few: Neutral Milk Hotel's "On Avery Island" actually has songs titled "Avery Island/April 1" and "April 8". Lois sings of "February 15" on Bet The Sky Alt-country band Hazeldine also has a song entitled "April 8" (on Orphans) The 25th of May were actually a band with a date in their name! June 4th Foundation by Laura Love (Octaroon) Of course, Bruce Springsteen celebrates the 4th of July too, as does U2 (Unforgetable Fire), Lori Carson (Stars), Richard Shindell (covering Bruce), and Robert Earl Keen. John & Mary have July 6th on Victory Gardens ( a lovely album, BTW) I know of several songs about 9/11... neal ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:49:11 -0800 From: Neile Graham Subject: Re: songs by the calendar I wrote: >Okay, I just did a search. It's at Road Records, and here's the >link to it. It's just 3 tracks, but three highly replayable tracks. The link doesn't seem to have appeared. Here it is again: http://www.roadrecs.com/stock/shopping.php3?start=1&action=4&artist=KEINEG%2C%20KATELL - --N - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neile Graham .... neile@sff.net/@drizzle.com ... www.sff.net/people/neile Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal ........ www.sff.net/people/neile/semaines Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ........... www.ectoguide.org Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ................ www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:46:22 -0800 From: "William Mazur" Subject: RE: songs by the calendar April 4th - "Pride (In the Name of Love)" by U2 I remember that date because it is Billi's birthday. :-) Unfortunately, it is also the date in 1968 when Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:36:45 -0800 From: Ed Cole Subject: Giving albums a second chance I had that same issue with Toni Childs "Union". After listening to it once, I decided I hated it. Played it again a couple of weeks later and absolutely fell in love with it. Was all I played for about two months. I think it was the line "ripping out the root of love" in the first song that turned me off. Ouch! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:32:41 -0500 From: Jason Gordon Subject: RE: Sigur Ros / a bunch of pictures I would recommend Agftis Byrjun over () - just my personal preference...it is a gorgeous album although not anything that you can really sing along to. On a related note, I met the band when I was in Iceland back in September of last year at a Worm is Green/Einar Orn (formally of the Sugarcubes) in concert - most of the artists of the icelandic music scene were in attendance at the show as far as I could tell sans bjork. also on a slightly less related note, if anyone is interested in seeing some of the pictures I have taken in my recent travels, you can check out www.lomohomes.com/gordoja - there are some pictures from worm is green and einar as well as a bunch of other random stuff :) cheers jason n.o.r. (now on rotation): Belly "King", The Natasha Atlas & Marc Eagleton Project "Foretold in the Language of Dreams", Eesk "Ghost Taxi", Krom "This", Carina Round "The Disconnection" - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Steve VanDevender Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:35 AM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Sigur Ros Ethan Straffin writes: > Just wondering: does anyone have any comments about this Icelandic > band, other than what's in the Ectophile's Guide? > > www.sigur-ros.com > > I ran across them this past weekend at the Sundance Film Festival, in > the form of a spellbinding, seriously gothic tune of theirs that was > used on the soundtrack of _One Point O_. (Impressive film, by the way. > Watch for it.) It felt like Bel Canto colliding with My Bloody > Valentine, which is obviously a good thing. > > My only reservation is that the majority of the generous collection of > free MP3s on their official site remind me, so far, of Radiohead > colliding with some faceless new age outfit, which is not necessarily > so much of a good thing. > > From what I've seen so far, I should probably check out _Agftis Byrjun_ > before the newer _( )_ if I'm looking for something that's beautiful > yet edgy. Can any fans confirm or deny? I got '() (as a LISP hacker, I can't resist the urge to quote the album name or to refer to it mentally as "nil") last year, and while I suspect that's what you're referring to as "Radiohead colliding with some faceless new age outfit", all in all I rather liked it, although I have to be in a certain mood to want to listen to it. I've been intending to look for some of their other stuff since it sounded like it could be even better, especially if it's more like "Bel Canto colliding with My Bloody Valentine". ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:15:55 -0500 From: Philip David Morgan Subject: My j-ecto year Ekuto-san, kon ban wa: Sorry for taking too long to compile my year-end list - I've been dealing with all sorts of bagage best not discussed here - anyway...not enough for a Top 10, but perhaps that's how it should be for me. Japanese culture remains very much in control of my eyes and ears - even though it meant being very selective with my money. I invested in two code-free players from J-List (one as back-up) for all the usual excuses (pick your favorite). Through CD Baby, I discovered Rika Shinohara (_Seikatsu no uta_ and _Daylight_), among others. Movie-wise, I'm sorry I didn't go to see Satoshi Kon's _Tokyo Godfathers_ at the Big Apple Anime Fest; I hope to catch up with it now that Sony is giving it a long-promised theatrical run. I _did_ catch up with _Millenium Actress_ (_Sennen joyu_) - on a Region 2 DVD from Bandai-Emotion - and love it (ditto the soundtrack CD). DreamWorks has done a solid subbed Region 1 disc in case anyone hasn't seen it yet. Otherwise, I have to admit that no kind of giveaway could get me into a theatre - especially with the higher ticket prices in New York now. TV-wise, I wasn't so interested in watching dramas as much as wanting to _make_ one (and in an language other than English). I'm now nudging myself to using vim (yes, vim) to hash out some plots that might grow up to become solid story arcs (with bonafide beginnings and endings - hah!). I'm also pushing myself to practice using iMovie 2 (on OS 9 - that's all I can afford) - what the heck, if Makoto Shinkai can make miracles with _his_ aging Mac, why can't I? Personal fave CDs for 2003 - "Blue Flow" (_Haibane Renmei_ ending theme - FULL version, 2002) - Heart of Air (Lantis CD single import) _Seisaku no Uta_ and _Daylight_ (2000 and 2001, respectively) - Rika Shinohara (Redberry Records) _Different Eyes_ (six song CD, 2002-3) - October Project (self-published) _Shonen Alice_ (2003) - Maaya Sakamoto (JVC-Victor, produced by Yoko Kanno) ( this space reserved for Louisa John-Krol's _Alabaster_, which I've yet to hear) Personal fave DVDs for 2003 - _Voices of a Distant Star_ (_Hoshin no koe_)(ADV FIlms, region 1) and _Egao_ (_Smile_, _Mina no Uta_ anime music video) (ComixWave Japan, region 2) both by Makoto Shinkai _All about Lily Chou-Chou_ (2001) (Panorama, HK import) _The Art of PixelVision_ (double-disc DVD-R set, 2003) (Precious Realm) (yes, outsider cinema filtered thru Fisher-Price technology) _Revolution OS_ (double-disc, 2003) (Wonderview Productions) (yes, the documentary about Linux and penguistas) _Volatile Media_ (2002 compilation) (Lovebytes, all region/PAL) (which includes "We Edit Life" by Vicki Bennett/People Like Us, sold through her site) (Note: "We Edit Life" can now be downloaded from the Internet Archive) ...and two guilty pleasures in the TV to DVD department... _Ai yori Aoshi_ (1st season, 2002) (Geneon, region 1) (can't get romantic comedy in Japanese on Cartoon Network), and _[Jinzo Ningen] Kikaida_ (1972!) (JNProductions/generationkikaida.com, six discs released thus far, region 1) (I confess, I'm a sucker for whoop-DARK-kaiju-butt). Bring on the rest of the New Year! (And it better not be DRMed!) Philip David (Hollywood, consider yourself warned) 2004.01.20-21 - ---- "This is not ALL 'rock'n'roll,' dude." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:44:12 -0600 From: Hooplessly Unfroody Subject: Re: songs by the calendar delurking after seeing a dozen messages in a row in my inbox with the same subject line... Nadine queried: >What songs do y'all know that mention a date? Dec. 23, 1888 - His Name is Alive, "Ear" Which come to think of it, would have fit in the list oh-so many months ago regarding artists in song... bob ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:14:29 -0700 From: Neal Copperman Subject: Re: songs by the calendar At 11:27 AM -0800 1/20/04, Damon wrote: >on a related note, i've had the same thing going on in my head - ever >since i heard katell keineg's `hestia' i've been mentally keeping a >list of songs that mention monkeys. just because it seemed so odd to >hear about a monkey in a song. so far i've got: Monkeys, now that's right up my alley! Monkey's Paw - Laurie Anderson. (BTW, I just was reading about a really cool upcoming dance production by Stephen Petronio that includes music by Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed and Blixa Barga. In the bio, it says Laurie Anderson is currently acting as the first artist-in-residence for NASA!) Monkeys - Echo & The Bunnymen (from Crocodiles) There's that recent U2 song about Wild Monkeys... Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (The Beatles and numerous covers) The very strange Green Monkeys (about the start of AIDS) by Graham Parker Monkey Gone to Heaven - The Pixies Monkey Men - The Specials (Ah, those college albums!) I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song) from Jungle Book (excellently redone by Los Lobos on Stay Awake) Leave My Monkey Alone - Warren Zevon The High Monkey-Monk - Cocteau Twins :) Mia Sheard has a song called Monkeys on Anemone And my local fave Anna Wolfe has a brilliant Monkey Song that has never been officially released ("Peel a banana, half way down, take a deep breath and dance around.") And I got a tape of some radio show from woj featuring the woman from Suddenly, Tammy! and there is a Christian song with two little girls singing an annoyingly catchy anti-evolutionary song ("I ain't a kin to a monkey, no no no. A monkey's no kin to me, ah ah ah. blah blah blah, my ancestors never swung from no tree.") I hope that doesn't end up in my head for the rest of the night! Hmm, this would be a fun compilation to make (except the last song!). neal now editing: AMP House Concert featuring Anna Wolfe (and the Monkey Song) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:37:35 -0800 From: Damon Subject: songs about monkeys and monkeys hey neal - On 20 Jan, Neal Copperman wrote: > Monkeys, now that's right up my alley! :) > Monkey's Paw - Laurie Anderson. *THAT'S* the one i forgot. i knew there had been one more on my mental list... but that's the problem with mental lists that haven't been committed to permanent storage. :P > (BTW, I just was reading about a > really cool upcoming dance production by Stephen Petronio that > includes music by Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed and Blixa Barga. In the > bio, it says Laurie Anderson is currently acting as the first > artist-in-residence for NASA!) wow. that... that really suits her, somehow! > Hmm, this would be a fun compilation to make (except the last song!). i agree - even the crazy religious song would probably be fun in a sort of ironic way. when i first started keeping the mental list i did have a vague idea of burning them all to cd at some point. so how much of what you mention do you actually have in recorded form? maybe we could make a barrel o' monkeys cd, just for fun. :) i think nothing might cheer me up quite so much when i'm feeling down as listening to a whole cd full of songs about monkeys. just for the absurdity, if nothing else! - -damon - -- dl+ecto@usrbin.ca: protecting my real address since 2002 (too late!) > EWS starts here! < ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:42:49 -0800 From: Ethan Straffin Subject: Re: songs by the calendar On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 08:14 PM, Neal Copperman wrote: > At 11:27 AM -0800 1/20/04, Damon wrote: >> on a related note, i've had the same thing going on in my head - ever >> since i heard katell keineg's `hestia' i've been mentally keeping a >> list of songs that mention monkeys. just because it seemed so odd to >> hear about a monkey in a song. so far i've got: > > Monkeys, now that's right up my alley! Ditto! Monkeys rock. I will repeat myself somewhat (given that I mentioned it a couple weeks ago by pure coincidence) in pointing out "Monkey in the Moon" by Alphaville, and I will attempt to atone by providing an actual link this time: http://highwire.stanford.edu/~straffin/MonkeyInTheMoon.mp3 Maybe not the most profound song ever recorded, but there's something about the way that Marion Gold sings, "Once I was so sure / Once I was so blind" that simply slays me every time. Ethan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:45:02 -0800 From: Ethan Straffin Subject: Re: songs by the calendar On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 01:00 PM, burka@jeffrey.net wrote: > n.p. _Massive Blur_, Melissa Ferrick Aw yeah. You just have to come back to that one, don't you? Ethan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:58:20 -0800 From: Damon Subject: Re: songs by the calendar On 20 Jan, Ethan Straffin wrote: > I will repeat myself somewhat (given that I mentioned it a couple weeks > ago by pure coincidence) in pointing out "Monkey in the Moon" by > Alphaville, and I will attempt to atone by providing an actual link > this time: > > http://highwire.stanford.edu/~straffin/MonkeyInTheMoon.mp3 i like it! hm - if anything we're going to have a problem figuring out which monkey songs to leave *off* the compilation. "the monkey connexion, part II" anyone? ;) - -damon, in a very silly mood - -- dl+ecto@usrbin.ca: protecting my real address since 2002 (too late!) > EWS starts here! < ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:00:47 -0700 From: Neal Copperman Subject: Re: songs about monkeys and monkeys At 8:37 PM -0800 1/20/04, Damon wrote: >i agree - even the crazy religious song would probably be fun in a >sort of ironic way. > >when i first started keeping the mental list i did have a vague idea >of burning them all to cd at some point. so how much of what you >mention do you actually have in recorded form? maybe we could make a >barrel o' monkeys cd, just for fun. :) Actually, I have everything I listed, and a few more that were just far enough outside general ecto interest that I left them off. I'd be happy to compile them. Seems like it would be a pretty amusing collection. Shall I start working on that sometime :) neal still editing the Anna Wolfe concert ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V10 #20 **************************