From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V12 #345 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, December 29 2006 Volume 12 : Number 345 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Kristin Hersh on Powell's "The Bookcast" [Steve VanDevender ] Re: Kristin Hersh on Powell's "The Bookcast" [wojbearpig ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:31:12 -0800 From: Steve VanDevender Subject: Kristin Hersh on Powell's "The Bookcast" Steve VanDevender writes: > I happened to be looking at Kristin Hersh's blog on throwingmusic.com > (she's a very good writer, which is probably no surprise) and, after > following a couple of links, came across this: > > http://www.powells.com/bookcast/6.html > > which includes about 20 minutes of Kristin talking and performing, > including the songs "Beestung" (from _Hips and Makers_) and "Delicate > Cutters" (from the Throwing Muses debut album). Once I had a chance to listen to it, I discovered that although the web page says "Beestung", the song is acually "Teeth", which is the next track on _Hips and Makers_. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:57:55 -0500 From: wojbearpig Subject: Re: Varttina one time at band camp, robert bristow-johnson said: >> From: "Mark Chapman" >> For Varttina fans, > > which is me. und mich auch! >> Varttina have rescheduled some U.S. gigs: > > they say Jan 20 in NYC is "TBC" (to be confirmed?). yeah, tbc = to be confirmed. the 20th is turning out to be a real nexus between, as paul and meredith already mentioned, the two shows at joe's pub (dar williams, sonya kitchell, the ditty bops and francesca ancarola early, the cowboy junkies late) and the mish-mash at the bowery ballroom (ollabelle, kaki king, hem, vienna teng and ane brun). if varttina get a gig in the city on the 20th though, i think that would be my preference. also that weekend: susan mckeown plays with the klezmatics at s.o.b.'s on sunday the 21st. > it looks like they had some personnel changes and reduction in their "front women". it used to be 4, now it's 3. and it used to be 15!!! woj ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:16:47 -0500 From: wojbearpig Subject: Re: Kristin Hersh on Powell's "The Bookcast" speaking of kristin hersh, an apparent goof-up in the yep roc records warehouse resulted in me getting a pre-ordered copy of her new solo album, _learn to sing like a star_, a month before the street date. it's an acoustic album. of sorts. full band and quite rockin'. much as i've liked her other solo albums, this is the first to *really* grab my attention since _hips and makers_. even though 2007 hasn't started, it's got the potential to be one of the best of the coming year, i think. "in shock", the preview track, is streaming from yep roc: http://www.yeproc.com/upload/media/view_media.php?id=342 or you can download it from bradley's almanac: http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/2006/12/youre-so-off-youre-on.htm by the way, i pre-ordered the album only to get the three bonus mp3s that yep roc was offering as an instant download for folks who bought the album. as it turns out, those three songs are going to be the extra tracks on the "in shock" single that 4ad is releasing outside north america. bah. if i had known that i probably would have held off...but then i wouldn't have gotten the album early! so hurrah for that! by the way #2, kristin's doing a bunch of in-stores at the end of january/start of february next year, with a proper tour with full band to follow. wheeeeeeee! MO 01.22.07 Newbury Comics, Boston, MA TU 01.30.07 Criminal Records, Atlanta, GA TH 02.01.07 Grimeys, Nashville, TN TU 02.06.07 Borders- State Street, Chicago, IL TH 02.08.07 Electric Fetus, Minneapolis, MN SU 02.11.07 Twist & Shout, Denver, CO FR 02.16.07 Lou's Records, Encinitas, CA WE 02.21.07 Music Millennium, Portland, OR TH 02.22.07 Easy Street, Seattle, WA woj ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V12 #345 ***************************