From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V10 #242 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, August 31 2004 Volume 10 : Number 242 Today's Subjects: ----------------- guilty pleasures [anna maria "stjärnell" ] Re: closing ceremonies [Ellen Rawson ] Recent changes to the Ectophiles' Guide ["The Ectophiles' Guide" ] Nicki Jaine, Elysian Fields, Emilie Autumn [Craig Gidney Subject: guilty pleasures hi.. not sure why pleasures should be guilty but my fave such is Norwegian artist Annie's insanely catchy single "chewing gum". totally pop tart stuff but great with it. i seem to like richard x's production jobs..(sugababes freak like me say). more Norwegian stuff..Sissy wish seems like total ecto stuff..it's a solo female artist who gets a lot of interesting Kate comparisons on her cd you may breathe. swedish born Karin park also seems nice if more pop. her single superworld unknown is great. oh and dead like me opens here on tv soon. seems very interesting. i do like morbid fare. Anna Maria np-nicki jaine-of pidgeons and other curiosities(jill tracy's vocal twin..i swear..the resemblance is uncanny) nr-sarah waters-tipping the velvet(due for a swedish translation soon. great.) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 03:21:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Ellen Rawson Subject: Re: closing ceremonies - --- Mike Connell wrote: > > Right now yes, you may be the only one. The show is > just starting to air > here in the US. Assuming you are in Europe, was it > live there? Or do you > have some sort of live satellite feed? Europe and live. I'm in the UK; we're only two hours behind Greece. Ellen ===== "Literature stops in 1100. After that, it's just books." - -- JRR Tolkien ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 04:15:56 -0700 From: "The Ectophiles' Guide" Subject: Recent changes to the Ectophiles' Guide Latest changes to the Ectophiles' Guide 29 August 2004 New Guide entries added for: * The Bites * Jem * Kirsty MacColl (by multiple request) * Sinforosa * The Twilight Babies Changes made to the entries for: * Cat Power (new album) * Deborah Conway (new album) * Dido (additional comments) * Penelope Houston (new album) * Julia Macklin (additional comments) * Tara MacLean (additional comments) * Natalie MacMaster (additional early albums, additional comments) * Madonna (new album, additional comments) * Milla (additional comments) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this email because you have asked to be notified of updates to the Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music at http://www.ectoguide.org/. If you are no longer interested in receiving these notifications, please unsubscribe yourself using the form at http://www.ectoguide.org/guide.cgi?newsubscribe&action=unsubscribe ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 07:12:37 -0400 From: "Michael Colford" Subject: RE: Laura Branigan 1957-2004 I agree with Meredith... such a tragedy. I enjoyed her early albums. Michael C. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of meredith Subject: Fwd: Laura Branigan 1957-2004 This is sad ... I really liked her songs back in the '80s. My dad was a big fan, too. >================================================= > >Laura Branigan, "Gloria" Singer, Dies at 47 >By Madison J. Gray, AP > >NEW YORK (Aug. 29) - Laura Branigan, a Grammy-nominated pop singer best known >for her 1982 platinum hit "Gloria," has died. She was 47. > >Branigan died of a brain aneurysm Thursday in her sleep at her home in East >Quogue, said her brother Mark Branigan. He said she had complained to a >friend >of a headache for about two weeks before she died, but had not sought medical >attention. > >"Gloria,"' a signature song from her debut album "Branigan," stayed atop the >pop charts for 36 weeks and earned her a Grammy nomination for best female >pop >vocalist, the first of four nominations in her career. > >She also made television appearances, including guest spots on "CHiPs," and >in the films "Mugsy's Girls" and "Backstage." > >Branigan released seven albums after her debut "Branigan," including >"Solitaire," "Self Control," and "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You," >which was >co-written with Michael Bolton. Her songs also appeared on soundtracks for >the >films "Flashdance" and "Ghostbusters." > >Branigan was born July 3, 1957, and grew up in Brewster, N.Y. She attended >the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan. During the late 1970s, she toured >Europe as a backing vocalist for Canadian singer and songwriter Leonard >Cohen. >She signed as a solo artist with Atlantic Records in 1982. > >After her run of success in the 1980s, her releases in the early 1990s >attracted little attention. In 1994, she sang a duet with David Hasselhoff >called "I >Believe" for the soundtrack of the television show "Baywatch." She released a >13-track "Best of Branigan" LP the next year. > >After the death of her husband, Lawrence Kruteck, in 1996, Branigan stopped >performing but returned to the stage in 2001. In 2002 she starred as Janis >Joplin in the off-Broadway musical "Love, Janis," which earned her rave >reviews. > >Branigan recently had been working on material for a new release. > >She is survived by her mother, two brothers and a sister. Funeral services >were scheduled for Monday. > >08/29/04 02:56 EDT > >Copyright 2004 The Associated Press. =============================================== Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA mailto:meth@smoe.org http://www.smoe.org/meth =============================================== Live At The House O'Muzak House Concert Series http://muzak.smoe.org =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:35:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Craig Gidney Subject: Nicki Jaine, Elysian Fields, Emilie Autumn Nicki Jaine, Of Pigeons and Other Curiosities. Jaine sounds like a Weimar Republic cabaret singer, with a deep voice. Her aesthetic is very similar to Jill Tracys, but not as mannered-=she plays saloon piano. Sometimes shes backed by a full band, and the effect is like Marlene Dietrich backed by Morphine. Maybe shes the feminine Mark Sandman. http://www.nickijaine.com. Elysian Fields, Dreams that Breathe Your Name. Jim Morrison reborn as a girl with a penchant for torn fishnets and black hair dye. Jennifer Charles voice is sexyhusky come-hither sexy. Shes slutty and sublime. Her lyrics are mystical and imagistic. The music is part T-Rex, part goth, part psychedelic, part L.A. noir lounge. http://www.elysianmusic.com Emilie Autumn, Enchant. Part Kate Bush pixie, part Fiona Apple saucy wench, Autumns music mixes trip hop and chamber pop. Shes an accomplished programmer, a wonderful violinist, and an inventive producer. Plus, she loves her some fairytale lyrics. http://www.emilieautumn.com/ Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:03:51 +1000 From: "Amanda Williams" Subject: Re: A short guide to kiwi music, plus questions for aussies Another person who is_very_ Ecto is Clare Bowditch. She has a very intense voice, rich with emotion, and has a lot to say. http://www.clarebowditch.com/ A list of her upcoming gigs are at: http://www.clarebowditch.com/shows.html Amanda On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:44:48 -0400, gordodo@optonline.net said: > Although not technically an aussie (being from connecticut) i did spend 3 > weeks in Oz in 2000 and filled a backpack with cd's > > I was in melbourne for a few days and the only show i saw there was Wendy > - of course having seen her previously in the states twice I was quite > out of place... > > Some additional aussie bands to keep an eye out for: > Gorgeous > Lino > Sally Dastey > Women in Docs > Cactus Child > Kritsy [really its either Kirsty or Kristy I can never remember - but > definately not Kritsy] Stegwazi > George > Joy and Lara > Sarah McGregor (if you like Bic you need to check her out - and it may be > MacGregor) > Naked Raven (although I think they only play gigs in Germany or some such > thing) > > With much jealousy (as I adored australia and cannot wait to get to new > zealand...) > jason > > np The Reputation > > > > > Anyhoo, as shortly mentioned before, right now, and for the next > > year, I'm > > in Oz. So, for the aussies on the list: recommend me some local > > names? I > > know Brunatex and Wendy Rule (who naturally enough will be heading > > off to > > the US just as I am planning to arrive in Melbourne - luckily I > > intend to > > hang around there for three months, so should still be able to > > catch a show > > by her after she's returned), but there must be more names? > > Also, are there any venues in Melbourne in particular which tend > > to showcase > > ecto-ish music? And any sites beyond ticketek to keep an eye on so > > as to > > find out about upcoming shows by touring big names? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Sander ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ooooooooooooooooooo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The man who realizes "It is the Supreme Life that shines in and through all life" does not waste words. His Pleasures and his love are then all in the soul. He becomes the most enlightened among the philosophers. - -Mundak Upanishad, III-(I)-4 http://www.samatayoga.com/ ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V10 #242 ***************************