From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V10 #236 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, August 25 2004 Volume 10 : Number 236 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Patty Griffin review [heidi maier ] Re: Sad day [glenn mcdonald ] Re: Sad day [Neile Graham ] Carrie and Joan [kerrywhite@webtv.net (kerry white)] [Fwd: AMG Insider Alert: responses to your feedback, plus a vote!] [birdi] RE: [Fwd: AMG Insider Alert: responses to your feedback, plus a vote!] ["] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:39:58 +1000 From: heidi maier Subject: Re: Patty Griffin review sherlyn wrote: > There's a very nice review of "Impossible Dream" on the Sydney > Morning Herald site: > > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/20/1092972730047.html i know! it's lovely, isn't it? i was so surprised to find that in spectrum on saturday ... but glad, also, because i love patty's music. now, if only hell would freeze over and she'd tour australia ... ;) heidi. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:06:59 -0400 From: glenn mcdonald Subject: Re: Sad day High praise, very much appreciated! glenn Begin forwarded message: > From: Ethan Straffin > Date: 20 August 2004 10:02:27 PM EDT > To: andrew fries > Cc: ecto@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Sad day > > On Friday, August 20, 2004, at 03:48 PM, andrew fries wrote: > >> It's a sad day - I just found out that Glenn's War Against Silence >> will be closing next week... Though I could see the writing on the >> wall for some time, it still comes as a bit of a shock. His site was >> a shining example of the best that the web can be - pure personal >> expression, free from corporate brandings, banners and subscriptions. >> I'll miss it; the Web will be a poorer place without it. > > Heartily agreed. With all due respect to Steve Martin, glenn writes > about music considerably better than anyone, to my knowledge, has ever > danced about architecture. > > Still, I'm very happy for him and Belle. (There's a great picture of > them under "a historical note"). > > Ethan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:56:23 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Re: Sad day And extremely well-deserved. It's true that the net will be a poorer place. - --Neile At 12:06 PM -0400 8/24/04, glenn mcdonald wrote: >High praise, very much appreciated! > >glenn > > >Begin forwarded message: > >>From: Ethan Straffin >>Date: 20 August 2004 10:02:27 PM EDT >>To: andrew fries >>Cc: ecto@smoe.org >>Subject: Re: Sad day >> >>On Friday, August 20, 2004, at 03:48 PM, andrew fries wrote: >> >>>It's a sad day - I just found out that Glenn's War Against Silence >>>will be closing next week... Though I could see the writing on the >>>wall for some time, it still comes as a bit of a shock. His site >>>was a shining example of the best that the web can be - pure >>>personal expression, free from corporate brandings, banners and >>>subscriptions. >>>I'll miss it; the Web will be a poorer place without it. >> >>Heartily agreed. With all due respect to Steve Martin, glenn >>writes about music considerably better than anyone, to my >>knowledge, has ever danced about architecture. >> >>Still, I'm very happy for him and Belle. (There's a great picture >>of them under "a historical note"). >> >>Ethan - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 24 Aug 2004 13:35:23 -0500 From: kerrywhite@webtv.net (kerry white) Subject: Carrie and Joan Hi, I have been listening to a bunch of Joan Armatrading lately and Sunday on my way to work,KANU had their Trail Mix prog on and I thought i heard a new Joan song. It didn't really sound like her kind of song but it sounded like her. It was then announced that it was Carrie Newcomer. Can someone familiar with both of them comment? Thanks, KrW I'm Peter Pan! I'm perpetually young!! OW!! What's wrong with my back? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:24:15 -0700 From: birdie Subject: [Fwd: AMG Insider Alert: responses to your feedback, plus a vote!] Yes, I complained....here is the reply from AMG! - --- , Now that we've had a chance to catch our breaths following the July relaunch of allmusic, we wanted to take a moment to share with you, our core users, some site plans, tips, and responses to your feedback. First of all, we'd like to thank you for your patience through this relaunch period. This was a big transition and we didn't escape without a few missteps. We've been working hard on fine tuning the site and its performance and will continue to do so in the weeks and months ahead. We also appreciate all of the feedback we've received. We really do read it all and we make every effort to respond to those who provide their email addresses. We encourage you to visit the Site Guide and the FAQs where many of the issues users have raised have been addressed. Our user base is very diverse, ranging from those who come to the site with a very specific objective such as fact checking or research, to those who come with no specific purpose, but rather are looking for a music exploration experience. Having such a diverse user base is a challenge when developing the site's content presentation and functionality. Our user feedback attests to this diversity. It is very common for us to receive back-to-back user messages that wildly praise the new site and hotly criticize the new site. The one thing all of our feedback has in common is passion! We love that our users feel so passionate about allmusic. Click here to read more about site changes, tips, and responses to your feedback. Click here to cast your vote on a pending site change. You are subscribed to AMG Insiders as birdies@ix.netcom.com. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-news_announce-108242X@amg.allmusic.com AI.6 ) 2004 AEC One Stop Group, Inc. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:31:58 -0500 From: "Southpaw" Subject: RE: [Fwd: AMG Insider Alert: responses to your feedback, plus a vote!] OOPS! I didn't see someone has posted this already! That's what I get for not reading through all of my e-mails! Sorry for the extra e-mail! Wade - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of birdie Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 4:24 PM To: Ecto Subject: [Fwd: AMG Insider Alert: responses to your feedback, plus a vote!] Yes, I complained....here is the reply from AMG! - --- , Now that we've had a chance to catch our breaths following the July relaunch of allmusic, we wanted to take a moment to share with you, our core users, some site plans, tips, and responses to your feedback. First of all, we'd like to thank you for your patience through this relaunch period. This was a big transition and we didn't escape without a few missteps. We've been working hard on fine tuning the site and its performance and will continue to do so in the weeks and months ahead. We also appreciate all of the feedback we've received. We really do read it all and we make every effort to respond to those who provide their email addresses. We encourage you to visit the Site Guide and the FAQs where many of the issues users have raised have been addressed. Our user base is very diverse, ranging from those who come to the site with a very specific objective such as fact checking or research, to those who come with no specific purpose, but rather are looking for a music exploration experience. Having such a diverse user base is a challenge when developing the site's content presentation and functionality. Our user feedback attests to this diversity. It is very common for us to receive back-to-back user messages that wildly praise the new site and hotly criticize the new site. The one thing all of our feedback has in common is passion! We love that our users feel so passionate about allmusic. Click here to read more about site changes, tips, and responses to your feedback. Click here to cast your vote on a pending site change. You are subscribed to AMG Insiders as birdies@ix.netcom.com. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-news_announce-108242X@amg.allmusic.com AI.6 ) 2004 AEC One Stop Group, Inc. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V10 #236 ***************************