From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V10 #78 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, March 19 2004 Volume 10 : Number 078 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friends... [Mike Matthews ] sam phillips is meltingly good [Paul2k@aol.com] New Veda album! [Neile Graham ] Re: New Veda album! [] Eileen Rose ["London, Sherry" ] Folk? Alliance musings (long) [Jerene Waite ] Re: Eileen Rose [Ellen Rawson ] Mindy Smith [stumck@webtv.net (Stuart McKenney)] Thea Gilmore ["London, Sherry" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 03:00:04 -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********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************* Alan Sodoma (no Email address) ********************** ******************** Richard Konrad (no Email address) ******************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Alan Sodoma Thu March 18 1965 LuckyLurker Richard Konrad Sat March 18 1944 Pisces Barry Wong Thu March 19 1970 Merlin Graham Dombkins Fri March 19 1965 Pisces Ian Young Wed March 19 1969 Squiggol Jeff Wasilko Wed March 19 1969 Pisces Geoff Carre Sat March 20 1954 Pisces John Stewart Sat March 21 1970 Aries Bob Brown Thu March 22 1951 Ham Valerie Nozick Thu March 25 1971 Aries Tom Proven Sat March 27 1971 Eat at Joe's Jennifer Albert Wed March 30 1966 Aries (w/Cancer rising!:) Warpaint Mon April 01 1991 Brilliant! Michael Pearce Wed April 03 1946 Pegasus Michael E. Bravo Mon April 05 1971 Dandelion Wine Brion McIntosh Sun April 06 1958 Aries Marcel Kshensky Thu April 06 1950 Aries Bill Mazur Mon April 06 1953 Aries Sun/Cancer Rising David Dixon Tue April 07 1970 Aries Heidi Heller Mon April 08 1974 Aries Jill Hughes Sat April 09 1955 Aries Klaus Kluge Sun April 10 1960 Unicorn Steve VanDevender Sun April 10 1966 Racer Art Liestman Fri April 10 1953 Repeat Stephen Golden Sat April 10 1971 Jokey Michael Bowman Wed April 11 1962 Aries Wolfgang Ullwer Fri April 11 1969 Widder Janet Kirsch Thu April 11 1974 Aries Jerry Tue April 13 1971 Aries Stuart Myerburg Mon April 14 1969 Aries T-Bone Wed April 15 1992 happy cat Jeff Hanson Sat April 16 1966 Aries Michael Klouda Mon April 17 1967 Aries - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 04:34:31 EST From: Paul2k@aol.com Subject: sam phillips is meltingly good I just saw Sam Phillips for the first time tonight at the Tangier Restaurant in Los Feliz. Oh my word. I've always enjoyed Martinis and Bikinis as the Beatles-esque pop record that it is, and found Omnipop to be wacky and wicked, and of course I've been plumb happy to hear her every week la-la-la-ing on the Gilmore Girls, but I'd never really made myself go see her the various times she's played around L.A. Now I'm kicking myself for not checking her live set out earlier, and making plans to be wherever she is from now on. Whew. She has such a wonderful stage presence, very charming and funny, and when she opens her eyes wide, she looks like Emily Watson. But that's beside the point. The performance, the arrangement, the songs, the lyrics, her VOICE. What a wonderful voice, and there's so much more emotion and subtlety and careworn-ness in it live than on her records, I think. Accompanying her tonight were Jay Bellerose (I'd been wondering where he'd disappeared to) of Paula Cole fame on drums/percussion; Patrick Warren (longtime co-conspirator of Michael Penn) on pump organ and piano; and The Section, a string quartet who plays every so often at Largo and who I've actually met while working at the studio with Linda Perry. The arrangements they provided around Sam were marvelous and quite tasty. I was especially happy to hear Sam pull out a short, lonely, stripped down version of "Zero Zero Zero" with just her on guitar and singing the horn parts, as well as "Animals on Wheels" featuring the lone accompaniment of a piano played on a dictaphone (shaken at specific moments to get a vibrato and tremolo effect out of the jiggled playback transport). Ah me. If only all concerts were this enjoyable. Paul ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 06:57:32 -0800 From: Neile Graham Subject: New Veda album! A trajectory post alerted me that Veda has a new album, _escape songs_ with Christof Migone. Samples at http://www.squintfuckerpress.com/squintfuckerpress/html/mp3.html. Orderable through Veda's site. I'm guessing that it's even more experimental than some of her other work, though it does say "and some songs". - --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 07:08:49 -0800 (PST) From: Subject: Re: New Veda album! from the Squintfuckerpress catalog. >Veda Hille & Christof Migone, Escape Songs, squint OOH Escape Songs. Made by Christof Migone (Montreal) and Veda Hille (Vancouver), at secret yearly meetings in their homes between 2000 and 2004. Small sounds, tiny war machines, mistakes, hair, spit, lucky licks and yes, songs. The very songs we wish to escape from. Songs escaping from themselves, escaping to an escape. Veda and Christof wrote little songs, recorded them, and then fussed around until they became other. An organization of those little voices that distract, that you listen for, that you attempt to cultivate or bat away. Songs escaped. squintfuckerpress is putting it out. Like it or have a sympathectomy. cd digipak with a line of dots in clear varnish on the cover. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 07:32:15 -0800 From: "London, Sherry" Subject: Eileen Rose I haven't figured out how exactly to search the achieves, not that I have given it more than a brief go and am sorry if I am repeating a previous topic ......I don't recall reading about Eileen Rose on this list before. I got her CDs last year from the UK and have loved her music. She is hard to peg into a category because her songs all have such a different flavor, is she folk, is she blues, is she alt country, a hint of pop now and again.....yeah, I think she is all of those. She is a native of Boston, I remember reading, whom has been in England for 10 years. She is coming out with a new CD soon and I wondered if any one on this list is following her music as well.... She will be supporting Mary Lou Lord on some of her dates in the UK, no US dates yet. sherry This e-mail/fax message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail/fax and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:35:28 -0800 From: Jerene Waite Subject: Folk? Alliance musings (long) Better late than brief... Having never attended a Folk Alliance or even knowing what to expect, I met Neal C and Jeff H on the night before the conference began. Neal had explained the rules and regs so I knew I could "crash" the unofficial showcases at specific times and he told me how to find the long lists of possibilities to explore at these. We should have scheduled a time to talk because who can take time for talk when there is good music to hear? I always get very queasy when reality looks like its stereotype. That first night, sitting and waiting for Neal and Jeff to arrive, I felt like A Mighty Wind was blowing straight from the movie of that name through the open corridor. All female musicians wear blue jeans and a black shirt. Could it be that folk musicians had been frozen in the 60's and thawed for this event? We enjoyed several showcase performances (20-30 min or so for each performer) that night. I was surprised to find there are still lovely traditional folk ballads that I hadn't heard. But mostly I was amazed that the stereotypical image of folk is being played so true. Not that that is bad... From then on I was on my own, catching what I could while still being as responsible as I had to be in my work. I never hooked up with Sherry London although I know we were in the same room at least once. I brought a friend with me twice for the late night showcases and they pooped out on me by 1:30. Imagine! My first major orgasm was at Rachel Sage's Mpress Records showcase when she, Deb Pasternak, and Ember Swift were taking turns. The theme was relationships and the music was passionate and diverse (my favorite!). It was a small 2-bed motel room with artists (and me) piled on beds and chairs. Folkies do like sing-a-long, but here musicians just pick up and contribute as they feel the urge, adding spontaneous harmony, beat, and sometimes dissonance (also my favorite!). Ember Swift http://www.emberswift.com/v2/ accompanied by Lyndell Montgomery was the "new find". --Except she has been musically pumping since 1996 (I learn later.). What I also learned, as a result of seeing her play at a different showcase at a different time, is that she is not a "relationship" songwriter. That first showcase was not a representative sample of her music as she is quite the punkish-political-social-activist-protestor. Different context, different persona... She is from Edmonton, Canada and the FDA does not guarantee her music to be safe. Deb Pasternak http://www.debpasternak.com/ was the more straightforward, personal female singer/writer. Her song "Anyway" won me to purchase her cd just because I had to--anyway. It was my first time seeing Rachel Sage http://www.rachaelsage.com/ and really appreciating her music. (Note: Rachel does not wear the folk musician uniform.) (Second note: After that first night, I saw no more stereotypes. Where did they go???) Songs from her newest album, Public Record, hooked me with melodies, diversity, and Rachel's clinging, coy vocal sound. Melissa Ferrick was SO HOT as I have always heard her in person. More so live than on her recordings it seems to me (--even live recording!). Myshkin: http://www.myshkinsrubywarblers.com/index.html Wonderful, rich voice; interesting, well-crafted musical execution; but somehow I don't connect. Why is that? I don't find her passion. I thought that might be less of a problem on a cd, but somehow it is still. In contrast, the Ginn Sisters are less musically expert, but their harmonies and their expression are nicely dramatic and compelling. They have a cd called Generally Happy, but I didn't get one there and I can't find a webpage for them or a source to order from. :-( Sons of the Never Wrong http://sons.com/ include Bruce Roper, Deborah Lader, and Sue Demel. In true ecto fashion, I recommend that the 2 women dump the guy and produce their own music. Deborah has the most intriguing eyebrows I've ever seen and she uses them well. She sang a song called "My Last Boyfriend", a sardonic relationship song coming from a woman who looked like she should be teaching 3rd grade, but sounded (and acted) like somebody who would burst any lame categorizations. Sue is the creature of musical invention. She passion-drums and the song she did (with Deborah) about choosing the gender of one's baby was absolutely riveting and (what's a better word than unique?). Unfortunately, most of the songs are performed as the trio and (sorry Bruce) they are rather ordinary. Speaking of passion and outrageous (was I?), Merri-May Gill http://www.merrimaygill.com/ was all that and funny and quite a character indeed. I guess I was more aware of her personality than her music.... Darn. I only saw her once and it was shortened by my friend having to leave because she was going to fall asleep. How could that be possible in the presence of this performer??? Sleep deprivation, I guess. And. After all that (and more, but let me end this), what music is resonating in my association circuitry? Women in Docs. http://www.womenindocs.com/ Why? I don't know. The songs of these two are not all that unique or exceptionally creative, but they are absolutely infectious! Is it the physical lunging of Roz Papparlardo with the music or the look of unabashed pleasure in her eyes? Chanel Lucas is the other half, but she seems much more behaviorally restrained. OK, so it must be the music, not the hypnotic behavior. Maybe I just like songs that say "OK, fine, alright" alot. Or maybe its that "je ne sais quoi". Yeah, that's it. I bought their cd "Under a Different Sky" which is conveniently now available and their ep, "Women in Docs" from 1998 to get all the songs that have generated long term playback in my brain. And you should know that, having zilch extra moneys lately, I have been very "good" and merely kept long notes on most of the music I intend to buy when my fortunes change. But. You know, if you're going to place an order anyway, you might as well clean up all those lists, right? Right? OK. I'm guilty. I have once again succumbed to the pleasure of EWS. I have sinned in the good way and been financially irresponsible. :-P Thank you especially to Neal and Jeff for easing my way into this cultural experience called Folk Alliance. Jerene np Myshkin: Why do all the country girls leave? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:37:42 -0800 (PST) From: Ellen Rawson Subject: Re: Eileen Rose Is she back in England? The last I'd heard, she'd returned to Boston. Ellen ===== "Literature stops in 1100. After that, it's just books." - -- JRR Tolkien ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 19:59:17 -0500 (EST) From: stumck@webtv.net (Stuart McKenney) Subject: Mindy Smith hi list -- i picked up an excellent cd recently by mindy smith called "one moment more," after reading a magazine blurb which compared her vocal style to a hybrid of patty griffin and alison krauss. she's a bit more subdued than patty and not quite as "twangy" as alison, but fans of either should check her out..... http://www.mindysmith.net mentions sound clips, but the pages won't load with my webtv browser so you'll have to check it out yourself. amazon has short snippets of some of the songs -- my favorite is "falling." take care, stuart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 19:29:11 -0800 From: "London, Sherry" Subject: Thea Gilmore KCRW...has achieved on line the live performance with Thea Gilmore and her band that aired today. I think there were about 8 to 10 songs. Since she is only playing a handful of U.S dates, this is a great opportunity to hear her live. They let it slip that she was playing unannounced at Flannigan's in L. A. Friday, any LA folks know where that is???? I am listening to it right now, it is just wonderful. She is a very interesting lyricist!! :-) Sherry This e-mail/fax message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail/fax and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V10 #78 **************************