From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V11 #236 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Thursday, September 1 2005 Volume 11 : Number 236 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] After Katrina... [Adam K ] strange slightly ecto related experience ["Chris Stack" ] New KaTe album confirmed? [Markku Kolkka ] Re: New KaTe album confirmed? [wojizzle forizzle ] Re: Sufjan Steven's Illinois [wojizzle forizzle ] Re: New KaTe album confirmed? [Julie B ] Re: After Katrina... [rlovejoy@comcast.net] Kate: double-disc "Aerial" on Nov. 7 [Bowen Simmons ] New Kate Bush Album Announced - Billboard Article ["Lloyd, Bronwyn (NWAHS] Re: New KaTe album confirmed? [wojizzle forizzle ] Fwd: CD Baby and Katrina Aid [Sue Trowbridge ] OT: Guess who's granted me access to her music for my first story video... [Philip David Morgan ] Enter J-List/J-Box (Re: buying from the Japanese iTunes) [Philip David Mo] Kate's new album...Gaffa is suspended [Amanda Williams Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************* Marcel Rijs (no Email address) ********************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Marcel Rijs Mon August 31 1970 A rose growing old Meredith Tarr Wed September 01 1971 Virgo Scott Zimmerman Mon September 04 1972 Virgo Mike Mendelson Fri September 04 1964 Virgo Richard Dean Wed September 06 1967 Virgo Jason Gordon Tue September 07 1976 monkey collector David Blank-Edelman Sat September 09 1967 Neon Holly Tominack Thu September 10 1970 Virgo Sharon Nichols Wed September 11 1963 Sic Luceat Lux Heather Russell September 11 Total Virgosity Karron Lynn Lane Tue September 14 1751 Ophelia Virgo Troy Wollenslegel Mon September 18 1972 Virgo Mark Frabotta Sun September 19 1965 Don't even THINK about parking here Joe Zitt Sat September 20 1958 Will Hack for CDs Ani DiFranco Wed September 23 1970 Virgo Lord Tyr Mon September 24 1979 Libran - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:09:33 +0100 From: Adam K Subject: After Katrina... Any ectos in the way? Hope you're all okay. adam k. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:03:41 -0400 From: "Chris Stack" Subject: strange slightly ecto related experience [demime could not interpret encoding binary - treating as plain text] I was involved in a pretty strange experience recently. To understand the whole story here's a timeline of the events leading up to it. Approximately 1969 - My elementary school music teacher let the class listen to the Album "Swithced-on Bach". This album was performed by Walter (later Wendy) Carlos on synthesizers designed by Bob Moog. This leads to my life-long interest in electronic music. Sometime in the 70's or early 80's - I see Nipsey Russell on the tonight show. He recites the peom "Abu Ben Adhem" "Abou Ben Adhem" Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An Angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the Presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The Vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so," Replied the Angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerily still; and said, "I pray thee, then, Write me as one who loves his fellow men." The Angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And, lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest! -- By Leigh Hunt. I loved the poem, looked it up and memorized it. I still remember it. 1975 - 1984 - I graduate from highschool and work various factory jobs to enable me to buy synthesizers. 1984 - Economic factors and my interest in electronic music prompts me to return to school to get an associates degree in Electrical Engineering. 1986 - I graduate and go to work for Computer Dynamics as a printed circuit designer. Sometime in the early 90's - I learn that Bob Moog lives in Asheville and is giving a public lecture. I attend the lecture and afterwards introduce myself. Bob calls me the next day and I wind up designing a number of boards for him. This is a very significant event for me since he, indirectly, played a large part in me choosing electronics as a profession. Early 2000's - In addition to electronic music, I start playing music for belly dancers every weekend in Asheville. Mid-afternoon, Sunday, August 21, 2005 - Preparing for a bellydance music gig, I get the idea to recite "Abu Ben Adhem" with Ishani, the belly dancer, playing the part of the angel. I call her to make see if she has a "book of gold". She does. Sunday night approximately 10:00pm, August 21, 2005 - We perform Abu Ben Adhem at Hookah Joe's at the start of the second set. Monday morning, August 22, 2005 - I receive an email from, a co-worker who also did printed circuit design for Bob. The email informs me of Bob's death. I had known he was sick but did not know that it had progressed to that point. Tuesday afternoon, August 23, 2005 - Barry and I attend Bob's funeral at a synagogue in Asheville. After the rabbi finishes his part, one-by-one he calls the family members up to speak. The first one to speak is Bob's oldest daughter. She says she wanted to start by reciting one of Bob's favorite poems... ...Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream.... When I heard that, I almost passed out. I was standing at the edge of the room. My legs got weak and my vision grew dark. And then I remembered that Barry's email mentioned that Bob died at 2:00 on Sunday and that I had got the idea to do the poem and called Ishani at about 2:00 on that sunday. I did not know Bob well. After doing the projects for him, I would see him occassionally here and there but we never really hung out or talked about anything much other than electronics. I'm still trying to understand the significance (if any) of this. The mathematician in me says that everything we do, think or say is an opportunity for a coincidence. That would add up to billions, trillions or more opportunities in a lifetime. If some amazing ones didn't come along every once in a while, that would tbe the strange thing. But still, when something like this happens to you, it's hard to be so objectively analytical about it. I'll just have to think about it for a while... Chris Stack www.stackdigital.com ====================== You should hear a little music, read a little poetry and see a fine picture every day of your life in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul. - -Goethe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:27:09 +0100 From: Adam K Subject: tara angell Anyone here ever hear of an artist called Tara Angell? Amazon have done one of those, "If you like x, you'l love..." and her name's come up. Has she been discussed before? adam k. np: eels/blinking lights and other revelations (taking advantage of the heat and current unemployment to play all the albums I bought this year, so far, back to back) nr: Arc D'X, by Steve Erickson. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:52:19 +0300 From: Markku Kolkka Subject: New KaTe album confirmed? I just saw on the teletext service of Finnish TV channel SubTV that the the new Kate Bush album will be released on November 7th and its title is "Aerial". Is this for real? - -- Markku Kolkka markku.kolkka@iki.fi ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:59:16 -0400 From: wojizzle forizzle Subject: Re: New KaTe album confirmed? one time at band camp, Markku Kolkka said: >I just saw on the teletext service of Finnish TV channel SubTV >that the the new Kate Bush album will be released on November >7th and its title is "Aerial". Is this for real? http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050831/nyw035.html?.v=23 Press Release Source: Columbia Records KATE BUSH; New Single & Album Wednesday August 31, 5:00 am ET NEW YORK, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Records is proud to announce the release of the brand new studio album by Kate Bush. The double album entitled 'Aerial' will be released worldwide on November 8th (Nov 7th in Europe). The first single 'King Of The Mountain' precedes the album on September 27th. It will be available online at iTunes, Yahoo! Music Unlimited, Sony Connect, Walmart.com, Rhapsody, Napster, and MSN Music. Both the single and album are produced by Kate Bush. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:06:01 -0400 From: wojizzle forizzle Subject: Re: Sufjan Steven's Illinois i caught sufjan stevens' appearance on kcrw's morning becomes eclectic and i totally agree. i haven't gotten to getting the album yet but will be soon. there's just something irresistable about these songs. woj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:23:05 -0400 From: Julie B Subject: Re: New KaTe album confirmed? Can it really be true? And can it really live up to all this time waiting? I'm excited but partly fearing this new release! Julie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:32:24 +0000 From: rlovejoy@comcast.net Subject: Re: After Katrina... May the recovery of the coastline be swift, so that all are Walking On Sunshine after the performance of Katrina and The Waves. > Any ectos in the way? Hope you're all okay. > > adam k. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:40:41 -0700 From: Bowen Simmons Subject: Kate: double-disc "Aerial" on Nov. 7 http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx? type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2005-08 - -31T172023Z_01_BAU162332_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BUSH.xml EW YORK/LONDON (Billboard) - Pianist/songwriter Kate Bush will break a 12-year album drought this autumn with the double-disc set "Aerial." The album will arrive November 7 in Europe via EMI and a day later in North America via Columbia. First single "King of the Mountain" will be available September 27 at a host of digital download sites. The artist, now 47, exploded onto the international charts with her debut 1978 hit "Wuthering Heights," which held the top spot in the UK for four weeks. She went on to have a string of hits with "Babooshka," "Running Up That Hill" and "Don't Give Up," a duet with Peter Gabriel. But she disappeared from the spotlight following her 1993 album "The Red Shoes," which debuted at No. 2 in the UK and No. 28 in the U.S. Since then, the next phase of Bush's recording career has been the focus of routine speculation, while her influence was clearly heard in the music of Tori Amos, PJ Harvey and Bjork. In October 2001, Bush whet the appetite of her devoted fanbase during a presentation at the annual Q Awards in London. While delivering her acceptance speech after winning the publication's accolade in the classic songwriter category, she told the audience, "I am actually making an album, (but) it's just taking longer than I thought," she said. Three of Bush's albums -- "Never For Ever," "Hounds Of Love" and "The Whole Story" -- have reached No. 1 in the U.K. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:13:50 +0930 From: "Lloyd, Bronwyn (NWAHS)" Subject: New Kate Bush Album Announced - Billboard Article ....and it's a double album! Wooooooohoooooooooo!!! Bronny Bush Breaking 12-Year Album Drought By Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. and Lars Brandle, N.Y. Pianist/songwriter Kate Bush will break a 12-year album drought this fall with the double-disc set "Aerial." The album will arrive Nov. 7 in Europe via EMI and a day later in North America via Columbia. First single "King of the Mountain" will be available Sept. 27 at a host of digital download sites. The artist, now 47, exploded onto the British singles chart with her debut 1978 hit "Wuthering Heights," which held the top spot for four weeks and went on to become an international breakthrough. She went on to have a string of hits with "Babooshka," "Running Up That Hill" and "Don't Give Up", a duet with Peter Gabriel. But she disappeared from the spotlight following her 1993 album "The Red Shoes," which debuted at No. 2 in the United Kingdom and No. 28 on The Billboard 200. Since then, the next phase of Bush's recording career has been the focus of routine speculation, while her influence was clearly heard in the music of Tori Amos, PJ Harvey and Bjork. In October 2001, the artist whet the appetite of her devoted fanbase during a presentation at the annual Q Awards in London. While delivering her acceptance speech after winning the publication's accolade in the classic songwriter category, she told the audience, "I am actually making an album, [but] it's just taking longer than I thought," she said. Three of the artist's albums -- "Never For Ever," "Hounds Of Love" and "The Whole Story" -- have reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom. [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image001.jpg] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:42:43 -0400 From: wojizzle forizzle Subject: Re: New KaTe album confirmed? one time at band camp, Julie B said: >Can it really be true? it certainly appears to be true! >And can it really live up to all this time waiting? I'm excited but >partly fearing this new release! same here. i listened to the red shoes for the first time in a long time the other day and it was good but still not great. i guess that i never really expected her to release another record so i don't have any hopes for this one. at least not yet. we'll see soon enough since the single is supposed to be available at end of september (and, undoubtedly, mp3s of the album will sneak out to the public early). woj ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:51:34 -0700 From: Sue Trowbridge Subject: Fwd: CD Baby and Katrina Aid This is a fabulous opportunity to pick up Emily's CDs AND donate to the relief fund! As Emily mentions below, hundreds of artists (see http://cdbaby.com/group/redcross ) are donating their proceeds... I spotted Rachael Sage on the list too. - --Sue - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: DemiVox Records Date: Aug 31, 2005 5:40 PM Subject: CD Baby and Katrina Aid To: "trow@interbridge.com" Hi everyone, In response to the horrible disaster in the Gulf States, CD Baby is joining with independent musicians worldwide to contribute to the Red Cross relief fund. For the whole month of September, I will be donating all profits from the sales of my CDs on www.cdbaby.com to help aid the victims of Katrina. So if you haven't picked up my CDs yet, now would be a great time to do so. While you're over there at cdbaby, I'm sure you'll unearth many more musical treasures from great undiscovered artists. Thanks and good luck to all of you. til soon, Emily _+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_=- Just follow the links below. All artists: http://cdbaby.com/group/redcross Emily's CDs: "Grandmother's Tea Leaves": http://cdbaby.com/cd/ebezar1 "Moon in Grenadine": http://cdbaby.com/cd/ebezar2 "Four Walls Bending": http://cdbaby.com/cd/ebezar3 "Angels' Abacus": http://cdbaby.com/cd/ebezar4 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ As usual, if you'd like to be removed from my mailing list, please respond with "REMOVE ME" in the subject line. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:47:33 -0400 From: Philip David Morgan Subject: OT: Guess who's granted me access to her music for my first story video... Ekuto-sama, kon ban wa: Forgive me for interrupting the excitement over the now well-anticipated Kate Bush double-album... I just have some exciting news I wanted to share with the list (plus it's already on my LiveJournal blog): _The Andersen Universe_ - a live video of Diane Wolkstein (whose website I maintain) telling five Hans Christian Andersen tales - will finally go into post-production, starting this very weekend. I have received the green light from -one- musician to use her recordings as necessary for the video. Plus she is also a storyteller herself. This was a crucial matter, as I need to get things together and then author the DVD-R, SVCD (x2), and DivX masters (plus the one for the CD soundtrack) before early October, so I can then get the discs replicated and packaged for a November 12 street date. (Why a Saturday? Because Diane will be doing an Andersen programme at the American Scandinavian Foundation that very morning, and I'd like to have a little "party" for the video if it's possible.) Oh, yes... no crocodile tears from the New York metro/Long Island region, OK? The lady who came through is an... Australian. You get three guesses as to whom she is. The answer will be announced Friday, with her sayso. Ganbatte! (do your best)...and oyasumi nasai (sweet dreams) mates. Philip David (if you're gonna be a video hobbyist, at least have the decency to be up front about it) 2005.08.31 - 09.01 - --- Popular Domain Mediaworks - you want... information? That would be telling, wouldn't it? C'mon, Number Six, whose side are _you_ on...? http://www.pdmediaworks.net/ - --- "So when we find you, we want yer mud." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:10:46 -0700 From: Michael Pearce Subject: buying from the Japanese iTunes Useful info from today's J-List (http://www.jlist.com): >We're big fans of Japanese pop music, and love to promote interest >in it wherever we can -- for example, in the fall J-List carries >hundreds of amazing large-format calendars printed exclusively for >the Japanese market. JPOP fans all over the world were excited when >Apple launched their iTunes Music Store here, but unfortunately the >store requires that buyers have a credit card issued in Japan in >order to make purchases. Happily, there's another way for fans to >buy Japanese music through the iTMS -- iTunes Music Cards, which are >available through J-List now! These prepaid cards are available in >increments of 2500, 5000 or 10,000 yen, and all music is fully >compatible with your iPod and iTunes for Mac or PC. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:32:02 -0400 From: Philip David Morgan Subject: Enter J-List/J-Box (Re: buying from the Japanese iTunes) Good Evening, Michael: Off the J-List news page, which was updated earlier today: > We're big fans of Japanese pop music, and love to promote interest in > it wherever we can -- for example, in the fall J-List carries hundreds > of amazing large-format calendars printed exclusively for the Japanese > market. JPOP fans all over the world were excited when Apple launched > their iTunes Music Store here, but unfortunately the store requires > that buyers have a credit card issued in Japan in order to make > purchases. Happily, there's another way for fans to buy Japanese music > through the iTMS -- iTunes Music Cards, which are available through > J-List now! These prepaid cards are available in increments of 2500, > 5000 or 10,000 yen, and all music is fully compatible with your iPod > and iTunes for Mac or PC. If you take this route, _minna-sama_, follow the instructions to the letter. Oh, yes: J-List (yes, Peter Payne's merchant site) carries _very explicit_ adult product (just the Soft On Demand adult DVDs alone adds new weight to the word "brazen" - trust me). Thankfully, you should still be able to get the iTMCs at their non-adult server, J-Box . I'd recommend this route for the easily upset... Philip David (who still needs to order some _fude_ pens, _miso_ soup packs, and practice books) 2005.09.01 - --- Popular Domain [Mediaworks] - can you guess whose music will be sampled for _The Andersen Universe_ video? Answer arrives Friday night... think carefully... http://www.pdmediaworks.net/ - --- "It just slips through your fingers..." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 12:10:48 +1000 From: Amanda Williams Subject: Kate's new album...Gaffa is suspended Hi there While I love going to Sean's Kate Bush News & Info site (they have a copy of the original press release there), http://www.katebushnews.com/, I had not been to Gaffa for a while, so I went to check out whether they had the news on gaffa .org. Only to find that the connection was refused. Does anyone know what happened to that site? It would be a dreadful pity if it was defunct now, as it was one of the largest sources of photos & info on the internet of KaTe. Particularly when people will start remembering who she is and beginning to check up on her.. I just told a colleague of mine at work and he asked for the main URLs. Amanda ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:27:04 -0700 From: "Bill Mazur" Subject: FW: donate CD profits to help hurricane victims? If any of you here are interested, especially anyone newer to Ecto, I am posting this message for you. As many of you know, Derek from CD Baby has been contacting artists with music on his site with the e-mail quoted below. I have selected the option to have the proceeds of Katheleen's CD go to the Red Cross Katrina relief fund. A Katheleen Michaels CD hasn't been acquired by anyone coming to CD Baby in years. Because of Katheleen's current circumstances everything has long since gone dormant. This is a positive way to contribute to a cause that is essential. The devastation and human tragedy is mind boggling and heart breaking. This also gives a few more people the chance to hear the kind of music Katheleen was capable of creating at one point in time. The CD is only $5.00. Here is the link to CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kmichaels Here is the Ectophiles Guide write-up from Jeff, Marion and Jack: http://ectoguide.org/artists/michaels.katheleen Thank you - -----Original Message----- From: Derek Sivers / CD Baby [mailto:baby@cdbaby.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:13 PM To: wpm@value.net Subject: donate CD profits to help hurricane victims? Hi Bill - If you'd like to donate all profits of your CD sales to the Red Cross disaster relief fund, to help the hurricane victims, I set up an easy way for you to do this at CD Baby. Log in to your account, here: DELETED After you log in, click [YOUR ITEMS], up top, then [EDIT ALBUM INFO] next to your CD, then click next to "Giving profits to charity". It will explain more about how it works, there. (Please read it, first, before emailing to ask me questions.) If you choose to do it, it will put your CD into a special section of cdbaby.com, linked from the front page, of other artists who have chosen to give their CD profits to the Red Cross. Tomorrow morning I will email over 1 million CD Baby customers, telling them about this special promotion, encouraging them to buy some CDs from this special section. You may think that a few sales won't help, but with thousands of musicians banded together to do this, I think it will help a LOT of people get their lives back together after this disaster. Thank you. - -- Derek Sivers, CD Baby, HostBaby http://cdbaby.com http://hostbaby.com ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V11 #236 ***************************