From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V11 #44 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, February 14 2005 Volume 11 : Number 044 Today's Subjects: ----------------- West of Eden: wow [Ethan Straffin ] dresden war pigs [Karen Hester ] Re: adrienne pierce ["Allison Crowe Music Mgmt" ] Re: West of Eden: wow ["Robert Field" ] Re: West of Eden: wow [Ethan Straffin ] RE: West of Eden: wow ["Bill Adler" ] You Left Me Sore ["Lyle Howard" ] Re: West of Eden: wow [Ethan Straffin ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:06:42 -0800 From: Ethan Straffin Subject: West of Eden: wow Who was it who recently mentioned this Celtic band of Swedish origin? (Sorry...I just switched email programs, and I appear to have accidentally nuked a few messages in the process.) Whoever it was: thank you, thank you, thank you. Jenny Schaub is a world-class vocalist, the arrangements are stunning, and my jaw is just generally on the floor. I can already tell that I'll be listening to the s/t release, which I found used via Amazon, for many years to come. A nice link I found concerning them, from a site that also seems worth checking out in general (apologies if it's been mentioned before): http://www.musicaldiscoveries.com/digest/digest.php?a=viewr&id=60 Sadly, westofeden.com, which used to be their website, appears to be defunct (though Google has cached at least a few of its pages), and a regular Google search isn't helping much either. While I'm going to keep investigating, any other tips on how one might track down let's just say every album they've ever released? Ethan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 20:35:38 +1300 From: Karen Hester Subject: dresden war pigs Hmm, have only seen their studio album here, the standard live one was only available at their show and sure haven't come across a NZ release. The concert here was the standard setlist, with 'war pigs' and 'hit me baby one more time', though with a cover of NZer Peter Jeffries' 'electricity' which was intense. I haven't been to many concerts lately so wasn't prepared for the number of people recording it with their cellphones, with the screen lights on. Very annoying :) Karen > From: meredith .......... > I just picked up Vienna Teng's World Cafe stuff, and the Dresden Dolls' > kickass version of "War Pigs" (from what I'm guessing is a New Zealand > release?). Anything else cool and rare out there that I don't know about? > > I am excited to hear about the resurrection of MP3.com ... it looks pretty > cool, though I haven't had time to really take a good look at it yet. > > Danke! > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:24:44 -0800 From: "Allison Crowe Music Mgmt" Subject: Re: adrienne pierce D'accord re Adrienne Pierce. As Anna Maria's said, her Small Fires CD is very nice. It was released a few years ago, and re-released, I believe, when she came under the management wing of Nettwerk. Adrienne's been supporting Jane Siberry on numerous tour dates for about a year now, so, no doubt, the pair have formed a solid friendship. She's a very cool person, and contributes to her home community of Vancouver, Canada with regular hosting of a singer-songwriter showcase, among other things. There's mp3 samples and plenty more info @ http://www.adriennepierce.com (For something darkly atmospheric give a listen to her musical interpretation of Lorna Crozier's poem "Death by Water".) cheers, Adrian ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 03:16:59 -0500 From: "Michael Quinn" Subject: RE: Dresden war pigs This page: http://thebrigade.net/mp3.htm has a lot of great live Dresden Dolls MP3s you can download for free. It's great....Love their cover of "New Years Day" - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Karen Hester Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 2:36 AM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: dresden war pigs Hmm, have only seen their studio album here, the standard live one was only available at their show and sure haven't come across a NZ release. The concert here was the standard setlist, with 'war pigs' and 'hit me baby one more time', though with a cover of NZer Peter Jeffries' 'electricity' which was intense. I haven't been to many concerts lately so wasn't prepared for the number of people recording it with their cellphones, with the screen lights on. Very annoying :) Karen > From: meredith .......... > I just picked up Vienna Teng's World Cafe stuff, and the Dresden Dolls' > kickass version of "War Pigs" (from what I'm guessing is a New Zealand > release?). Anything else cool and rare out there that I don't know about? > > I am excited to hear about the resurrection of MP3.com ... it looks pretty > cool, though I haven't had time to really take a good look at it yet. > > Danke! > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:03:03 -0500 From: "Robert Field" Subject: Re: West of Eden: wow Their site was working when I hit it, but you're right its not working now... I requested their price list when I was there and received this. You can order from Info@westofeden.com WEST OF EDEN - Price list 2004 EUROPE ENGLAND USA/JAPAN Albums: West of Eden -97 15 Euros, 10 # 20 US$ Rollercoaster -01 15 Euros 10 # 20 US$ A stupid thing to do -03 15 Euros 10 # 20 US$ Kite High (Jenny & Martin Schaub) -04 15 Euros 10 # 20 US$ Singles: How to forget -01 10 Euros 5 # 10 US$ The KISS Tribute -02 10 Euros 5 # 10 US$ Finders Keepers -03 10 Euros 5 # 10 US$ T-shirts: S, M, L, XL 15 Euros 10 # 15 US$ SHIPPING INCLUDED IN ALL THE PRICES!!!!! (if you buy 3 CD's or more you get at least a 10% discount) HOW TO ORDER: Send an e-mail to info@westofeden.com and tell us what you'd like to purchase. Don't forget to give us your address... We'll send the items to you as soon as possible. HOW TO PAY: Unfortunately we can not accept credit cards or checks at the moment. When you receive the CD you transfer the payment to our bank account or simply send us the money in cash. So far this has never been a problem. We like to believe that all West of Eden fans are honest people. Thank you for ordering our music. We hope you will like it. /West of Eden - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ethan Straffin" To: Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 2:06 AM Subject: West of Eden: wow > Who was it who recently mentioned this Celtic band of Swedish origin? > (Sorry...I just switched email programs, and I appear to have accidentally > nuked a few messages in the process.) > > Whoever it was: thank you, thank you, thank you. Jenny Schaub is a > world-class vocalist, the arrangements are stunning, and my jaw is just > generally on the floor. I can already tell that I'll be listening to the > s/t release, which I found used via Amazon, for many years to come. > > A nice link I found concerning them, from a site that also seems worth > checking out in general (apologies if it's been mentioned before): > http://www.musicaldiscoveries.com/digest/digest.php?a=viewr&id=60 > > Sadly, westofeden.com, which used to be their website, appears to be > defunct (though Google has cached at least a few of its pages), and a > regular Google search isn't helping much either. While I'm going to keep > investigating, any other tips on how one might track down let's just say > every album they've ever released? > > Ethan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 06:47:29 -0800 From: Ethan Straffin Subject: Re: West of Eden: wow Terrific...thanks Robert! (Wow, they can't even accept checks? Somehow the idea of mailing cash to Sweden seems a bit iffy, so I guess I'l be looking into the account-transfer thing. When in Rome, I suppose...) Ethan Robert Field wrote: > Their site was working when I hit it, but you're right its not > working now... > > I requested their price list when I was there and received this. You > can order from Info@westofeden.com > > WEST OF EDEN - Price list 2004 > > > > > EUROPE ENGLAND USA/JAPAN > > Albums: > > West of Eden -97 15 > Euros, 10 # 20 US$ > > Rollercoaster -01 15 > Euros 10 # 20 US$ > > A stupid thing to do -03 15 Euros > 10 # 20 US$ > > Kite High (Jenny & Martin Schaub) -04 15 Euros 10 # 20 US$ > > > > Singles: > > How to forget -01 10 > Euros 5 # 10 US$ > > The KISS Tribute -02 10 > Euros 5 # 10 US$ > > Finders Keepers -03 10 > Euros 5 # 10 US$ > > > > T-shirts: > > S, M, L, XL > 15 Euros 10 # 15 US$ > > > > SHIPPING INCLUDED IN ALL THE PRICES!!!!! (if you buy 3 CD's or more > you get at least a 10% discount) > > > > HOW TO ORDER: Send an e-mail to info@westofeden.com and tell us what > you'd like to purchase. Don't forget to give us your address... We'll > send the items to you as soon as possible. > > > > HOW TO PAY: Unfortunately we can not accept credit cards or checks at > the moment. When you receive the CD you transfer the payment to our > bank account or simply send us the money in cash. So far this has > never been a problem. We like to believe that all West of Eden fans > are honest people. > > > > Thank you for ordering our music. We hope you will like it. > > /West of Eden > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ethan Straffin" > To: > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 2:06 AM > Subject: West of Eden: wow > > >> Who was it who recently mentioned this Celtic band of Swedish origin? >> (Sorry...I just switched email programs, and I appear to have >> accidentally nuked a few messages in the process.) >> >> Whoever it was: thank you, thank you, thank you. Jenny Schaub is a >> world-class vocalist, the arrangements are stunning, and my jaw is >> just generally on the floor. I can already tell that I'll be >> listening to the s/t release, which I found used via Amazon, for many >> years to come. >> >> A nice link I found concerning them, from a site that also seems >> worth checking out in general (apologies if it's been mentioned before): >> http://www.musicaldiscoveries.com/digest/digest.php?a=viewr&id=60 >> >> Sadly, westofeden.com, which used to be their website, appears to be >> defunct (though Google has cached at least a few of its pages), and a >> regular Google search isn't helping much either. While I'm going to >> keep investigating, any other tips on how one might track down let's >> just say every album they've ever released? >> >> Ethan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:55:56 -0500 From: "Bill Adler" Subject: RE: West of Eden: wow That was me who mentioned West of Eden the other week. I've appended an abbreviated copy of my original post here. A week later, I'll still loving West of Eden's music. My three favorite songs are "The Boy From Yesterday," "Hold Your Horses," and "Shamrock Hotel." "Hold Your Horses" is not only playing over and over again on my CD player, but I find myself singing the song (hopefully just to myself ) all day long. You can buy West of Eden's CDs at Tayberry Music, www.tayberry.com - --Bill Adler - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Ethan Straffin Subject: West of Eden: wow Who was it who recently mentioned this Celtic band of Swedish origin? (Sorry...I just switched email programs, and I appear to have accidentally nuked a few messages in the process.) Whoever it was: thank you, thank you, thank you. Jenny Schaub is a world-class vocalist, the arrangements are stunning, and my jaw is just generally on the floor. I can already tell that I'll be listening to the s/t release, which I found used via Amazon, for many years to come. Ethan - ------------------ Some time ago there was a thread on the saddest songs. There was no lack of sad love songs recommended by Ecto members -- more than enough to keep us teary-eyed for weeks. These included songs like Second Avenue by Lisa Moscatiello, St. Mary's of Regret by Susan Werner, Ariel by October Project, and Steer by the Stars by Beth Patterson. I've found another lovely, but sad song by a group that's new to me. The band is West of Eden, www.westofeden.com, and their supremely melancholy song is The Boy From Yesterday. The lyrics to The Boy From Yesterday start this way: "Where is he now, the boy from yesterday/He stole my heart and then he walked away/I must have told him that I loved him/Such a stupid thing to do/Because the boy from yesterday he didn't want to know." West of Eden's CDs have been on heavy rotation on my machine for several days. It's not just their outstanding lyrics that make this band so special; the sound of Jenny Schaub's voice is among the most beautiful out there. I've always been partial to well-enunciated lyrics sung by a exquisitely stunning voice, especially if those lyrics are poignant and smart. [snip] West of Eden is a Swedish band that performs what's best described as nouvelle/progressive Celtic pop. They sing in English and if you hadn't known beforehand, you'd swear they were from Ireland or the UK. If you like October Project, Vienna Teng, Capercaillie, Eddi Reader, Dar Williams, Equation, or Dido (to name a few) then you'll like West of Eden. West of Eden's CDs can be hard to find in the US. Look for them here: www.tayberry.com - --Bill Adler ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 17:59:11 +0000 From: "Lyle Howard" Subject: You Left Me Sore Here is Todd Rundgren from Something/Anything waxing poetic in a Tin Pan Alley sort of way about love: You Left Me Sore Love is infectious and I was a victim The worst case youd ever see But still I know no doctor or nurse Could cure what you gave to me cause you (Chorus) Really, you left me sore You really left me sore now baby You messed me up for sure and I dont mean maybe cause you really left me sore You didnt tell me and I didnt ask so theres Nobody left to blame But still I know no place I can go That helps to relieve the pain Chorus But now I know no good ever comes From love on a one night stand Chorus Bye, Lyle nr Future Shock (belatedly) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:12:30 -0800 From: Ethan Straffin Subject: Re: West of Eden: wow Thanks again, Bill. "Shamrock Hotel" (the only song you mention that I've heard so far, though that's soon to be fixed) is a tall drink of water indeed. When her voice swoops into that final chorus at the 3:32 mark...whoa. From that album, I'm also finding myself particularly in love with "This Piece of Earth" (a quiet anthem to individualism with a truly spectacular piece of modulation as a bonus), "I Don't Care" (which is just too silly and fun not to dance around the room to), and "King" (which gets a little overdramatic, but I'm generally a sucker for that, so...) I could probably do without most of the songs sung by Martin Schaub. Whether it's his admittedly fine voice or the material or both -- I'm still working on figuring that out -- there's something uncomfortably Christopher-Crossish about songs like "Ripperton Road." Fortunately, they're in the minority. Ethan Bill Adler wrote: >That was me who mentioned West of Eden the other week. I've appended an >abbreviated copy of my original post here. > >A week later, I'll still loving West of Eden's music. My three favorite >songs are "The Boy From Yesterday," "Hold Your Horses," and "Shamrock >Hotel." "Hold Your Horses" is not only playing over and over again on my CD >player, but I find myself singing the song (hopefully just to myself ) >all day long. > >You can buy West of Eden's CDs at Tayberry Music, www.tayberry.com > >--Bill Adler > > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Ethan >Straffin >Subject: West of Eden: wow > >Who was it who recently mentioned this Celtic band of Swedish origin? >(Sorry...I just switched email programs, and I appear to have accidentally >nuked a few messages in the process.) > >Whoever it was: thank you, thank you, thank you. Jenny Schaub is a >world-class vocalist, the arrangements are stunning, and my jaw is just >generally on the floor. I can already tell that I'll be listening to the >s/t release, which I found used via Amazon, for many years to come. > >Ethan > > >------------------ > >Some time ago there was a thread on the saddest songs. There was no lack of >sad love songs recommended by Ecto members -- more than enough to keep us >teary-eyed for weeks. These included songs like Second Avenue by Lisa >Moscatiello, St. Mary's of Regret by Susan Werner, Ariel by October Project, >and Steer by the Stars by Beth Patterson. > >I've found another lovely, but sad song by a group that's new to me. The >band is West of Eden, www.westofeden.com, and their supremely melancholy >song is The Boy From Yesterday. The lyrics to The Boy From Yesterday start >this way: "Where is he now, the boy from yesterday/He stole my heart and >then he walked away/I must have told him that I loved him/Such a stupid >thing to do/Because the boy from yesterday he didn't want to know." > >West of Eden's CDs have been on heavy rotation on my machine for several >days. It's not just their outstanding lyrics that make this band so >special; the sound of Jenny Schaub's voice is among the most beautiful out >there. I've always been partial to well-enunciated lyrics sung by a >exquisitely stunning voice, especially if those lyrics are poignant and >smart. > >[snip] West of Eden is a Swedish band that performs what's best described >as nouvelle/progressive Celtic pop. They sing in English and if you hadn't >known beforehand, you'd swear they were from Ireland or the UK. > >If you like October Project, Vienna Teng, Capercaillie, Eddi Reader, Dar >Williams, Equation, or Dido (to name a few) then you'll like West of Eden. > >West of Eden's CDs can be hard to find in the US. Look for them here: >www.tayberry.com > >--Bill Adler ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V11 #44 **************************