From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V12 #250 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, September 20 2006 Volume 12 : Number 250 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Halou, "Wholeness & Separation" [Craig Gidney ] The Pogues - back in print again! [neal copperman ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:00:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ***************** Mark Frabotta (markfrab@microsoft.com) ****************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Paul Kim Sat October 01 1977 fetal position JoAnn Whetsell Fri October 01 1976 Pendulum William Gill Wed October 05 1960 A wide-eyed wanderer Dan Riley Sun October 08 1961 Libra Neile Graham Wed October 08 1958 pen Quenby M. Chunco Tue October 08 1968 Crunchy Frog Mike Garland Wed October 08 1952 Creature_of_the_Night Irvin Lin Tue October 09 1973 Libra Michael C. Berch Wed October 10 1956 No parking Chris Gagnon Sat October 10 1970 Libra Wolfgang Drotschmann Thu October 13 1966 Waage Gracescape Fri October 13 1967 unbalanced Brian Bloom Tue October 14 1969 spam Erik N. Johnson Tue October 16 1962 Handle with Care Kim Klouda Tue October 17 1967 Libra - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:22:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Craig Gidney Subject: Halou, "Wholeness & Separation" http://ethereal-lad.livejournal.com/310712.html Halou makes sexy and chic haute couture music. The metallic sheen of the electronics contrasts nicely with the serrated fuzz guitar and the satiny orchestrations of synth and cello. The songs arent always immediately hummable, but they are arrestingly complex. The singer, Rebecca Cosebloom, has a pure, pliable soprano that is given various sonic treatments, from static to echoes that adds texture to her vocal lines. Her singing is so precise and mannered that she can seem frostily aloof. This dramatically contrasts with her lyrics, which are surprisingly down-to-earth. Character sketches (Everything is OK) and well-worn advice (perhaps to herself) are her major subject matter, along with clever lovesongs (The Ratio of Freckles to Stars). Various songs remind one of St. Etienne, Lamb, and Portishead, and yet I hesitate to call Wholeness & Separation trip-hop. The radiant maturity that suffused the work simply transcends genre definitions. Blog: http://ethereal-lad.livejournal.com Music Blog: http://www.last.fm/user/ethereal_lad/ - --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:52:22 -0600 From: neal copperman Subject: The Pogues - back in print again! It looks like Rhino has reissued all the Pogues CD's. Most of the early ones were out of print, which I found mindboggling. Apparently nicely remastered, with a half dozen bonus tracks on each one. I was always a huge Pogues fan and I have all those CD's, but I may still be tempted for all the extras! neal np: Make It Through This World - Greg Trooper ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V12 #250 ***************************