From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V12 #314 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Sunday, November 26 2006 Volume 12 : Number 314 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: Xmas songs that dont suck ["Michael Quinn" ] Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Re: Xmas songs that don't suck ["Allison Crowe Music Mgmt" ] Re: Xmas songs that dont suck [Sander ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:53:44 -0500 From: "Michael Quinn" Subject: RE: Xmas songs that dont suck My favorite holiday type albums: Over The Rhine - "The Darkest Night Of The year" Allison Crowe - 'Tidings" Loreena Mckennitt - "A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season" and "To Drive the Cold Winter Away" The three "Excelsis" compilations from Projekt Records which have plenty of ecto-type content. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Jill Hughes Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 7:55 AM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Re: Xmas songs that dont suck Way back in the olden days on FTE, Edward Thai compiled a Christmas CD for the list with the following track listing: First Nowell - the Roches Silent Night - Enya Good King Wenceslas - Loreena McKennitt Winter Fire and Snow - Anuna Song for a Winter's Night - Sarah McLachlan It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Over the Rhine Angels We Have Heard on High - The Roches Flowers in December - Mazzy Star Agnus Dei - Bel Canto Count Your Blessings - Jane Siberry/Holly Cole/Victoria Williams Dealramh Go Deo - Clannad Angel Standing By - Jewel Away in a Manger - The Roches Frosty the Snowman - Cocteau Twins O Holy Night - Tracy Chapman Little Drummer Boy - Tori Amos Jesus Christ - Kristin Hersh Adeste Fideles - The Roches Make it Home - Juliana Hatfield Queen of Bliss - Luscious Jackson Jingle Bells - The Roches Blue Christmas - Sheryl Crow The Holly and the Ivy - The Roches A little too much Roches for my taste, but still a very pleasant CD. among my favorite Christmas albums are Over the Rhine's "The Darkest Night of the Year," Holly lColes "Baby, It's Cold Outside" and "Christmas Blues, "Jane Siberry's "Child," and "Count Your Blessings" by Holly Cole, Rebecca Jenkins, Mary margaret O'Hara, Jane Siberry, and Victoria Williams. REM has an interesting bunch of Christmas songs, and The Arrogant Worms have one that's quite amusing. I love the suggestions everyone's been sending in -- might have to make up a new compilation. Happy holidays -- whatever they are! Jill :D ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:00:02 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ****************** Tommy Persson (tompe@lysator.liu.se) ******************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tommy Persson Wed November 25 1964 Sagittarius Pat Tessitore November 26 Sagittarius Valerie Kraemer November 26 Sagittarius Justin Bur Fri November 27 1964 Sagittarius Sue Trowbridge Sun November 27 1966 Skytten Ward Kadel Tue November 29 1977 Sagittarius Jesse Hernandez Liwag Wed November 29 1972 Water Rat Mirko Bulaja Sat November 30 1974 Block Juha Sorva Thu December 02 1976 Sagittarius Chip Lueck Thu December 05 1968 Sagittarius Lenore December 05 sagi Michele Wellck December 08 Sagittarius Jeremy J. 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Kammerzell Sun December 15 1968 Sagittarius/Scorpio combo Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti Sat December 15 1956 queen_nefertiti@prodigy.net Laura Clifford Tue December 17 1957 Sagittarius Dirk Kastens Tue December 17 1963 Sagittarius Milla Wed December 17 1975 Sagittarius Chris Schernwetter Tue December 17 1974 Sagittarius Sherry Haddock Sat December 17 1960 Sagittarius Tracy Benbrook Tue December 18 1973 Sagittarius Mark Lowry Mon December 22 1969 Capricarius Kay Cleaves Wed December 22 1976 Prancing Pony Uli Grepel Wed December 25 1968 Steinbock Joseph Wasicek Sat December 25 1976 Brown Eagle - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:34:01 -0800 From: "Allison Crowe Music Mgmt" Subject: Re: Xmas songs that don't suck 't'is the season ( : (one of the reviews for Allison Crowe's "Tidings" album begins: "I know what you're thinking: Christmas CDs are lame. But hear me out. This one's different." And, here are the songs...) http://www.allisoncrowe.com/ItCameUponaMidnightClear128.mp3 http://www.allisoncrowe.com/River.mp3 http://www.allisoncrowe.com/music/hallelujah.mp3 http://www.allisoncrowe.com/music/silentnight.mp3 http://www.allisoncrowe.com/music/bleak.mp3 http://www.allisoncrowe.com/WhatChildIsThis128.mp3 http://www.allisoncrowe.com/LetItBe128.mp3 http://www.allisoncrowe.com/TheFirstNoel128.mp3 http://www.allisoncrowe.com/InMyLife128.mp3 http://www.allisoncrowe.com/OHolyNight.mp3 http://www.allisoncrowe.com/ShineaLight.mp3 http://www.allisoncrowe.com/angel128.mp3 Slainte, Adrian ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 07:41:44 -0800 (PST) From: Ellen Rawson Subject: RE: Xmas songs that dont suck Hi! I'm not Christian, so I'm not really into Christmas songs. (I really hate this time of year when I'm stuck hearing all about Christmas over and over and over again. Bah humbug! ;) However, I adore Dar Williams' 'Christians and Pagans'. :) Ellen "Literature stops in 1100. After that, it's just books." - -- JRR Tolkien ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:32:18 +0100 From: Sander Subject: Re: Xmas songs that dont suck Ellen Rawson wrote: > I'm not Christian, so I'm not really into Christmas > songs. (I really hate this time of year when I'm stuck > hearing all about Christmas over and over and over > again. Bah humbug! ;) However, I adore Dar Williams' > 'Christians and Pagans'. :) In that vein, Vienna Teng's 'The Atheist Christmas Carol' is truly gorgeous as well. Cheers, Sander ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V12 #314 ***************************