From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V12 #264 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Thursday, October 5 2006 Volume 12 : Number 264 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Charlotte Martin, Emilie Autumn, P C Hodgell [Timothy Jones-Yelvingto] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:26:12 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Charlotte Martin, Emilie Autumn, P C Hodgell For me, Patricia Barber's "Mythologies" and My Brightest Diamond's "Bring me the Workhorse" are the contenders for the top two album of the year positions. On 10/3/06 10:03 AM, "wojbearpig" wrote: > one time at band camp, Todd Pierce (tpierceint@yahoo.com) said: > >> I've never understood some of the almost visceral >> responses that Charlotte seems to provoke on this >> list. For my part, it doesn't bother me if she sounds >> like Tori - Tori often sounds like Kate to me. > > i don't think it's that charlotte sounds like tori as much as it's > charlotte didn't really sound like herself. for the most part, when > folks incorporate their influences into their music, they at least > still have something of their own in the mix. for example, sarah > mclachlan's first couple albums obviously draw on peter gabriel and > KaTe as inspirations but still have sarah's fingerprints all over them. > charlotte martin, particularly in her earlier live performances, seems > to have a lot more influence than herself in what she did. > > also, the reaction is not simply a reaction to copy-catism. > > in my case, i'm put off by her on-stage demeanor and her management. > granted, i've only seen her play once so i admit it's not a completely > informed opinion, but i have listened to a lot of live recordings. and > well, her whole shtick seems pre-meditated to me. > > that said, based on a couple listens, i agree completely with todd > here: > >> At any >> rate, I really like Charlotte's Stromata. For me it >> fulfills the promise she showed on Test Drive Songs - >> promise that was hidden on On Your Shore, which seemed >> too commercial for me. > > i really liked test drive songs and enjoyed the "in parenthesis" ep. > but _on your shore_ was a big disappointment. too commerical, i > suppose, but mostly, i found it just plain boring. _stromata_ isn't > boring. > >> It is very close to >> knocking off Rachael Sage's Blistering Sun as my album >> of the year so far. > > hey now! let's not get ahead of ourselves! ;) ;) ;) > > seriously though, rachael's _the blistering sun_ is an excellent piece > of work and the most consistently exciting record she's done since > _painting of a painting_ (not that i don't like the other in between) > but neither are record-of-the-year material for me. not sure what is > yet though. so don't ask. ;) > > woj > > n.p. wfmu ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V12 #264 ***************************