From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V12 #17 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Thursday, January 19 2006 Volume 12 : Number 017 Today's Subjects: ----------------- CBC TV show with Mary Margaret O'Hara & Sarah Slean [Neile Graham ] new anne heaton ep ["JoAnn Whetsell" ] Hannah Fury, Subterfuge. [Craig Gidney ] The song tapper [Karen Hester ] uh, i think i forgot something (the url) [Karen Hester ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:01:47 -0800 From: Neile Graham Subject: CBC TV show with Mary Margaret O'Hara & Sarah Slean For those of you with access to CBC: Opening Night Thursday, January 19, 2006, 8:00 p.m. Black Widow/A Long Journey Black Widow - A film noir musical drama loosely based on the Evelyn Dick Torso murder case, starring Sarah Slean, Tom McCamus, Mary Margaret O'Hara and Martin Tielli of the Rheostatics. http://www.blackwidowfilm.com/synopsis.html The "Black Widow" section is half the show. The clip makes it look like a lot of fun. - --Neile - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:16:02 -0500 From: "JoAnn Whetsell" Subject: RE: Hannah Fury! After reading Neal's post, I hoped my own copy would be waiting for me when I got home yesterday. And it was! I haven't watched the video yet, but the music is lovely, dark and haunting as Neal said, but more intensely so than her previous releases. In fact, stylistically it's far more different from her first album than any of the other eps were. The first song reminds me of Terami Hirsch's latest album, Entropy 29, but not so much the others. There's a lot to dig into in just 6 songs, so I haven't wrapped my head around it in just 2 listens, but I can definitely say it's good, very good. If you haven't ordered yet, head over to www.hannahfury.com JoAnn -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: neal copperman To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Hannah Fury! Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:33:15 -0700 >The new 6-song CD plus 1-video DVD arrived in my mailbox today. >Pretty good, given that the web site (mellowtraumatic.com) says >they'll ship today. Instant delivery :) > >It's another beautiful package. I watched the video for "Carnival >Justice (The Gloves Are Off) Part II". It's dark and haunting >(surprise, surprise), just like the music. An alarming similarity >to Kate in appearance, though the music goes on a different path. >It's very whispery and dense. Clearly a lot to listen to in a small >number of songs. > >neal ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:22:01 -0500 From: "JoAnn Whetsell" Subject: new anne heaton ep Speaking of Hannah Fury's new EP, I'm reminded that Anne Heaton released a new EP late last year that I don't think has been discussed much here, if at all. The I Know This ep is a gem, showing Anne's slower and poppier sides, and her live (last 3 tracks) and studio sides (first 3 tracks). "You Can't Take Him Away" is a powerful song and Anne's most overtly political, about the co-opting of Jesus by religious conservatives. "Underdog" and "Your Heart" are both from Give In, but work as well here in slightly, if unnoticeably, edited form. "Go To Rome" and "Did You Ever Want?" I recognize from live shows, and it's good to have recordings of them, as well as the title track. Highly recommended for fans. See http://www.anneheaton.com/ for ordering and tour information. She'll be on tour across the NE and NW starting at the end of this month. JoAnn ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:39:27 -0800 (PST) From: Craig Gidney Subject: Hannah Fury, Subterfuge. When we last heard from Ms. Fury, she set her dark tales against romantic piano balladry. Her voice was low and delicate, and she added a dark glamour to the girl and a piano subgenre. Her new 6 song ep, Subterfuge, is something else entirely. There are elements of the romantic piano pieces, but they are drowned in claustrophobic loops and drum programs. Her whispery voice is augmented with echoes and overdubbed screams and moans, and she sing-speaks some of the words. Organs and weirdly tuned synths compete with the piano. The gallows humor quotient is upped: one of her couplets is My heart is like the Moulin Rouge/All lit up in subterfuge. The new, dense production is perfectly suited to these tales of despair, self loathing and ennui. Its a kaleidoscope of sound and imagery. Furys new sound is more like spooky experimentalism of Jarboe (Swans) than like Tori Amos. Beauty hides in the jagged shards. --Craig L. Gidney http://www.mellowtraumatic.com Blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/ethereal_lad Music Blog: http://www.last.fm/user/ethereal_lad/ - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:38:54 +1300 From: Karen Hester Subject: The song tapper ha, this site claims to figure out songs based on you tapping your space bar. Just tap the rhythm of the vocal line and main melody. It works with 'the final countdown' by Europe. I thought about adding something ecto to the database, then remembered I'm at work. And I'm too lazy to do more than a chorus. Karen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:40:10 +1300 From: Karen Hester Subject: uh, i think i forgot something (the url) http://www.songtapper.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:25:28 -0600 From: "Southpaw" Subject: RE: new anne heaton ep I second the recommendation for the new Anne Heaton EP! Then again, I highly recommend all of her work! She's one of those artist I keep waiting to see make it big. Everyone I have ever introduced her music to has enjoyed her. Besides having great music, she's good people. Anyway, just wanted to second the recommendation! Wade ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V12 #17 **************************