From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V10 #60 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, March 1 2004 Volume 10 : Number 060 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Vienna [Ellen Rawson ] Penelope Houston news [Neile Graham ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 10:32:45 -0800 (PST) From: Ellen Rawson Subject: Vienna I'd ordered the autographed copy of Warm Strangers from Tower's on-line site. It arrived late this week - -- not bad. :) The CD isn't bad either. I'm addicted already. What's even more thrilling is the fact that we're going to be in the US in April, and we may be able to catch her on tour. Whoopee!!! It'll the best first time I've seen her live, and I definitely want to try to make. Ellen ===== "Literature stops in 1100. After that, it's just books." - -- JRR Tolkien ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:24:24 -0800 (PST) From: Neile Graham Subject: Penelope Houston news For those interested. - --Neile - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:13:33 -0800 From: Penelope Houston To: penelope Subject: Penelope Houston: show this Wed. & reviews. Hi folks, Just wanted to let you know that I've survived the historic debut of my new loud band and will play this Wed. March 3rd at San Francisco's adorable Make Out Room. (@ 3225 22nd St. We play at 10:30pm. $6) Those who wondered if I'd ever play "Glad I'm A Girl" or "Scum" again can rest assured: the fierce Penelope is back. And the band cranks. But, we're also doing tasty ballads like "Sweetheart" and John Cale's "Buffalo Ballet" too. Those who wondered if I'd ever play "Glad I'm A Girl" or "Scum" again can rest assured: the fierce Penelope is back. And the band cranks. But, we're also doing tasty ballads like "Sweetheart" and John Cale's "Buffalo Ballet" too. Penelope's Loud Band features Pat Johnson on guitar and mandolin, Mike Theriau on guitar (Loved Ones, Mover, Dave Gleason's Wasted Days) Ned Doherty on bass (Mushroom) and John Hofer on drums (Persephone's Bees, Downy Mildew). This will be your only chance to see us play before we head off for 4 shows at Austin's SXSW Music Festival. All the details are at my site: http://www.penelope.net/shows.html Below are a couple of nice reviews of my cover song CD; Snapshot. If you don't have one yet, get it here: http://www.penelope.net/snapshot.html Hope to see you Wed! cheers Penelope PENELOPE HOUSTON SNAPSHOT Former Avengers punk diva Penelope Houston, who successfully reinvented herself years ago as a folk-rocker, sails through obscure pop covers by British folkies Pentangle and Dutch rockers Shocking Blue here. But it's a pair of dreamy ballads penned by the Band's Robbie Robertson ("It Makes No Difference") and Zombies vocalist Colin Blunstone ("Though You Are Far Away") that allows Houston's voice, accompanied tastefully by piano and acoustic guitar, enough time to smolder like damp leaves burning on an autumn day. - -Jud Cost MAGNET Magazine #62 (Feb/March '04) Like many of her late-'70s punk rock contemporaries, California beauty Penelope Houston and her band The Avengers created a bit of a stir back in the so-called day -- and then basically fell out of view when they broke up in 1979. Houston hasn't been idle by any stretch. She has an arms' length of independently released albums in her catalogue, and her latest is a wonderful five-track tribute to some of her late-'60s and early-'70s favorites. Backed by the talented Maydays band (Alec Palao, Patricio Johnson and John Kent), Houston wraps her strong and sultry pipes around undiscovered Nuggets-era gold like The Flying Machine's mover "Maybe We've Been Loving Too Long" and the Pentangle's laid-back "I've Got a Feeling". She even takes a rootsy swipe at The Band's "It Makes No Difference". Let's hope she keeps it coming. - -Jeff Monk UPTOWN Magazine (12/3/03) ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V10 #60 **************************