From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V12 #212 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, August 11 2006 Volume 12 : Number 212 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: New Ani [Doug ] Re: New Ani [wojbearpig ] Re: New Ani [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] Dresden Dolls tour dates (Europe, Australia/NZ and US) [Michael Curry Subject: Re: New Ani I'm a big Ani fan, but I don't care for any of her work since she got married (Render/Reckoning and subsquent). Now that she's divorced, is her stuff any better? - --Doug On 8/9/06, Timothy Jones-Yelvington wrote: > I felt completely embarrassed and shamed today when a co-worker had to tell > me there was a new Ani album. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:50:58 -0400 From: wojbearpig Subject: Re: New Ani one time at band camp, Doug (dbailey4117@gmail.com) said: >I'm a big Ani fan, but I don't care for any of her work since she got >married (Render/Reckoning and subsquent). Now that she's divorced, is >her stuff any better? well, that's a loaded question! ;) personally, i haven't been that excited by any of her albums for a while longer; i think the last i really like was _dilate_ but i'm enjoying _reprieve_ so far. it's not angry or flashy, though that's not to say it's sedate or resigned. she's still addressing the usual political and social issues but at a slower pace and with a very reflective mood: rumination rather than revolution, if that makes any sense. woj n.p. the ditty bops -- moon over the freeway ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:47:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: New Ani I might not be the best person to ask, since I'm a big advocate of latter-day Ani... one of my favorite albums is actually "To the Teeth" from 1999. I thought her experimentations w/ jazz/funk and a horn section were great, and I love that she loosened up her song structures and got more experimental. I also like her more gravelly, more expressive voice and increasingly reflective and melancholic material. I also appreciate that she's less strident and self conscious that she was previously. For instance, her political material on later albums tends to be more storytelling-based (ie Birmingham)... she simply makes her point w/o the contant declarations of "You misunderstood me. How dare you misunderstand me!? Here's what I was trying to say..." Those early declaratipons of intent are great fun, but I think have less depth artistically. None of this is to discredit the quality of early Ani ("Out of Range" is still a favorite album), but to highlight what I see as her progression. All of that said, she has dropped her band and horn section since "Evolve" and is now moving into a new sound and phase, and I've noticed that old Ani fans do appreciate some of her most recent work more than they appreciated her big band phase. The focus is definitely back on her... her voice, her songwriting, instead of group jam sessions, which is what I believe some people missed. "Educated Guess" is is a knotty and gnarly transitional album that might be a "for fans only." But "Knuckle Down" is a favorite of many old-school fans. It was her first time working with a co-producer, and there's more attention to the album as an album than on most of her work... it's sort of ushered in a new focus on production and final product. Her albums now seem like coherent artistic statements instead of just snapshots of a performer in motion. She's been working with just a few extra musicians, mostly Todd Sickafoose, an excellent double bass player that she stole from Noe Venable. "Knuckle Down" also has some violin from Andrew Bird. "Reprieve," I feel, ratchets the production quality up even farther. I believe it may be the best produced album of her career (the co-producer Mike Napolitano is the father of the baby she's carrying). I suspect that since she's been unable to tour do to a wrist injury thing (the first break she's taken since 1990), she funneled some of that OCD energy into perfectly crafting this album with the intention that someone like Kate would. The songscape is rich and evocative and the songs have a lot of room to breathe. The instrumentation is more varied than usual, but all of it done by Ani and Todd Sickafoose themselves and exists as subtle coloration. Her guitar technique seems more varied, not always as heavy and bassy as in the past, and sometimes she even lets simpler playing make room for lovely bass solo or piano and the like. I found it instantly inviting on first listen and also surprisingly haunting. wojbearpig wrote: one time at band camp, Doug (dbailey4117@gmail.com) said: >I'm a big Ani fan, but I don't care for any of her work since she got >married (Render/Reckoning and subsquent). Now that she's divorced, is >her stuff any better? well, that's a loaded question! ;) personally, i haven't been that excited by any of her albums for a while longer; i think the last i really like was _dilate_ but i'm enjoying _reprieve_ so far. it's not angry or flashy, though that's not to say it's sedate or resigned. she's still addressing the usual political and social issues but at a slower pace and with a very reflective mood: rumination rather than revolution, if that makes any sense. woj n.p. the ditty bops -- moon over the freeway ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:35:29 -0400 From: Michael Curry Subject: Dresden Dolls tour dates (Europe, Australia/NZ and US) Lots of tour dates. Of course, it'd be easier to forward these along if the people hired to send out the info emails hadn't decided they should just be big graphics, rather than actual text. Instead, this is cut and pasted from www.dresdendolls.com. Sorry for the formatting..... - ----------- ...Summer 2006... 8.18.06 Friday Pukkelpop Hasselt, BEL other acts: The Ranconteurs, Scissor Sisters, Dirty Pretty Things, Michael Franti & Spearhead... address: TBA tix: TBA times: The Dresden Dolls will be on at: 6:25pm ages: ALL 8.19.06 Saturday Highfield Festival Erfurt, GER other acts: Kaiser Chiefs, Less Than Jake, Wolfmother, Eagles of Deathmetal address: TBA tix: TBA times: The Dresden Dolls will be on at: 2:00pm ages: ALL 8.23.06 Wednesday Edinburgh Fringe Festival Spiegel Tent Edinburgh, UK other acts: TBA address: TBA tix: TBA times: TBA ages: TBA 8.25.06 Friday Carling Weekend Leeds Festival Leeds, UK SOLD OUT other acts: Pearl Jam, Placebo, My Chemical Romance and MANY more address: TBA tix: TBA times: The Dresden Dolls will be on at: 2:00pm on the NME/Radio 1 stage ages: ALL 8.26.06 Saturday Monsters of Spex Festival @ Jugendpark Colonge, GER other acts: Camera Obscura, Klee, and Bela B address: Sachsenbergstra_e // 51063 Kvln tix: TBA times: The Dresden Dolls will be on at: 7:00pm ages: ALL 8.27.06 Sunday Carling Weekend Reading Festival Reading, UK other acts: Pearl Jam, Placebo, My Chemical Romance and MANY more address: TBA tix: TBA times: The Dresden Dolls will be on at: 3:10pm on the NME/Radio 1 stage ages: ALL 8.30.06 Wednesday Backstage Werk Munich, GER BUY TICKETS HERE other acts: Thomas Truax address: TBA tix: TBA times: Doors: 7:30 PM ages: ALL 9.01.06 Friday Zeche Bochum, GER BUY TICKETS HERE other acts: Thomas Truax address: TBA tix: TBA times: Doors: 6:30 PM ages: ALL 9.02.06 Saturday Uebel & Gefaehrlich Hamburg, GER BUY TICKETS HERE other acts: TBA address: Feldstrasse 66, D-20357 tix: TBA times: Doors: 7:00 PM ages: ALL 9.03.06 Sunday Kesselhaus Berlin, GER other acts: TBA address: Schvnhauser Allee 36. D-10435 Berlin tix: TBA times: Doors: 8:00 PM ages: ALL 9.07.06 Thursday Shibuya Duo Tokyo, JP other acts: TBA address: TBA tix: TBA times: TBA ages: TBA 9.12.06 Tuesday King's Arms Auckland, NZ other acts: The Red Paintings & Jason Webley address: TBA tix: TBA times: 8:00pm ages: TBA 9.13.06 Wednesday Indigo Wellington, NZ other acts: The Red Paintings & Jason Webley address: TBA tix: TBA times: 8:00pm ages: TBA 9.15.06 Friday The Arena Brisbane, AUS BUY TICKETS HERE other acts: The Red Paintings & Jason Webley address: 210 Brunswick Street tix: times: 6PM ages: ALL 9.16.06 Saturday UNSW -The Roundhouse Sydney, AUS other acts: The Red Paintings & Jason Webley address: tix: times: 8PM ages: ALL THIS VENUE HAS CHANGED DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND... 9.17.06 Sunday The Corner Hotel Melbourne, AUS SOLD OUT other acts: The Red Paintings & Jason Webley address: 57 Swan Street Richmond tix: times: 7PM ages: 18+ 9.18.06 Monday The Corner Hotel Melbourne, AUS other acts: The Red Paintings & Jason Webley address: 57 Swan Street Richmond tix: times: 7PM ages: 18+ 9.20.06 Wednesday Adelaide University Bar Adelaide, AUS SOLD OUT other acts: The Red Paintings & Jason Webley address: TBA tix: TBA times: 7:30PM ages: all ages 9.22.06 Friday Heat Perth, AUS BUY TICKETS HERE other acts: The Red Paintings & Jason Webley address: 187 Stirling Street tix: $33 AUD times: 8PM ages: 18+ 10.09.06 Monday Soma San Diego, CA other acts: The Red Paintings address: 3350 Sports Arena Blvd tix: $20 times: TBA ages: TBA 10.10.06 Tuesday Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, CA other acts: The Red Paintings address: 8727 W. 3rd St. tix: $25 times: TBA ages: TBA 10.12.06 Thursday Bimbo's 365 San Francisco, CA other acts: The Red Paintings address: 1025 Columbus Ave. tix: $20 times: TBA ages: TBA 10.13.06 Friday Bimbo's 365 San Francisco, CA other acts: The Red Paintings address: 1025 Columbus Ave. tix: $20 times: TBA ages: TBA 10.14.06 Saturday Showbox Seattle, WA other acts: The Red Paintings address: 1426 1st Ave. tix: $18 times: 9:00pm ages: TBA 10.15.06 Sunday Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR other acts: The Red Paintings address: 1332 W. Burnside St. tix: $17.50 times: TBA ages: TBA 10.18.06 Wednesday First Avenue Minneapolis, MN other acts: The Red Paintings address: 701 1st Ave. tix: $16 times: 9:30pm ages: TBA 10.19.06 Thursday Pabst Theater Milwaukee, WI other acts: The Red Paintings address: 144 East Wells Street tix: $15 times: 8:00pm ages: TBA 10.20.06 Friday Vic Theater Chicago, IL other acts: The Red Paintings address: 3145 N. Sheffield St. tix: $23.50 times: TBA ages: TBA 10.21.06 Saturday The Pageant St. Louis, MO other acts: The Red Paintings address: 6161 Delmar Blvd. tix: $17.50 times: TBA ages: TBA 10.23.06 Monday Bijou Theatre Knoxville, TN other acts: The Red Paintings address: 505 Market St. tix: $19.50 times: 8:00pm ages: TBA 10.24.06 Tuesday Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA other acts: The Red Paintings address: 1099 Euclid Ave. tix: $20.00 times: 8:30pm ages: TBA 10.26.06 Thursday Lincoln Theatre Raleigh , NC other acts: The Red Paintings address: 126 E. Cabarrus St. tix: $17.50 times: 9:00pm ages: TBA 10.27.06 Friday 9:30 Club Washington, DC other acts: The Red Paintings address: 815 "V" St. NW tix: $20.00 times: 10:00pm ages: TBA 10.28.06 Saturday Tower Theater Philadelphia, PA on-sale soon... other acts: The Red Paintings address: corner of 69th and Ludlow tix: TBA times: TBA ages: TBA 10.29.06 Sunday Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ other acts: The Red Paintings address: 570 Jernee Mill Rd. tix: $17.50 times: TBA ages: TBA 11.03.06 Friday Roundhouse London, UK BUY TICKETS HERE other acts: TBA address: Chalk Farm Road London NW1 8EH tix: #20.00 times: 7:00pm ages: no one under 14... 14 - 15 must be accompanied by guardian 11.04.06 Saturday Roundhouse London, UK BUY TICKETS HERE other acts: TBA address: Chalk Farm Road London NW1 8EH tix: #20.00 times: 7:00pm ages: no one under 14... 14 - 15 must be accompanied by guardian A second show has been added due to overwhelming demand... get your tickets now... ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V12 #212 ***************************