From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V13 #90 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Thursday, April 12 2007 Volume 13 : Number 090 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Rachel Smith CD Release In Boston [meredith ] Today's your birthday, friends... [Mike Matthews ] Thanks & The Bird and the Bee ["Leonora Christina Skov" ] Re: Thanks & The Bird and the Bee [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] Feist [Neile Graham ] Re: Rachel Smith CD Release In Boston [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] Re: Rachel Smith CD Release In Boston [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] Re: Feist [meredith ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:06:25 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Rachel Smith CD Release In Boston Hi, One of the more ectophilic CD Baby finds of my life thus far, Rachel Smith has just put out her lovely, haunting second album, _Famous Secrets_. I just got the following MySpace message from her: "Please come and help celebrate the release of "Famous Secrets!" Thursday April 19th, at The Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge Street, Inman Square, Cambridge, MA. The concert will start at 7. Admission: $7.00." I'm unable to go, alas, but you Boston-area folk should. She's Canadian, what more need be said? ;) - -- =============================================== Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA mailto:meth@smoe.org http://www.smoe.org/meth =============================================== hear at the HOMe House Concert Series http://hom.smoe.org =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:00:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friends... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************** Michael Bowman (no Email address) ******************** ******************* Wolfgang Ullwer (no Email address) ******************** ********************* Janet Kirsch (no Email address) ********************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Michael Bowman Wed April 11 1962 Aries Wolfgang Ullwer Fri April 11 1969 Widder Janet Kirsch Thu April 11 1974 Aries Kristen Scallion Fri April 12 1974 Aries Jerry Tue April 13 1971 Aries Stuart Myerburg Mon April 14 1969 Aries T-Bone Wed April 15 1992 happy cat Jeff Hanson Sat April 16 1966 Aries Michael Klouda Mon April 17 1967 Aries Noe Venable Tue April 20 1976 Aries Harry Foster Sat April 21 1956 NiceGuy Kjetil Torgrim Homme Thu April 23 1970 Taurus Jeff Burka Thu April 24 1969 GoFlyAKite Christine Waite Tue April 25 1972 Taurus Matt Adams Thu April 26 1962 Taurus Brad Hutchinson Tue April 28 1964 What sign? Geoff Parks Sun April 30 1961 Taurus Marty Lash Sat May 01 1948 Taurus Barney Parker Fri May 02 1986 happy cat Gray Abbott Tue May 03 1955 Suprised Tamar Boursalian Tue May 03 1966 Taurus Richard A. Holmes May 07 Taurus Steve Ito Fri May 08 1970 DA Bull... Brian Gregory Thu May 09 1963 Eclectic Catherine Sundnes Sat May 09 1970 Very Catzy Heidi Maier Wed May 10 1978 Taurus Kris the boy Fri May 11 1979 Taurus - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:39:30 +0200 From: "Leonora Christina Skov" Subject: Thanks & The Bird and the Bee Thanks JoAnn. Ill investigate further.. Based on the clips on emusic Reba is certainly right up my street. Thanks for the recommendation, Tim. Comparing her to Tori is perhaps a little too obvious, I know, but her voice and fierce piano playing does sound quite much like her. Ill certainly need to give Beth Sorrentino another listen. I downloaded Nine Songs and dismissed it immediately. Her girlish voice annoyed me, as far as I remember, and the songs reminded me too much of Beth Nielsen Chapman. Presently, Im reviewing the new Inara George/Greg Kursin-project, The Bird and the Bee, for Gaffa  a Danish music magazine. I wasnt crazy about Inaras debut, but this album is so eclectic and inspired and her voice is just drop dead gorgeous, reminiscent of Astrud Gilberto in my opinion. The album has the same retro-feel as Camera Obscura, but its catchier and more playful and there are so many killertracks youre being spoilt for choice. Again & Again, Im a Broken Heart I Hate Camera and Fucking Boyfriend are obvious highlights. Presently they all seem stuck in my head. Cheers Leonora "Some would call it Art. I would call it camouflage" Joan Crawford om Bette Davis' makeup Forfatter, mag.art. Leonora Christina Skov H.C. Xrsteds Vej 35, 3.tv., 1879 Frb. C. Tlf 38 19 03 81 / 26 85 67 27 www.leonorachristinaskov.blogspot.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington To: Timothy Jones-Yelvington , Subject: Beth Sorrentino & Reba Hasko Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:38:44 -0500 >Based upon recommendations here, I used my monthly emusic allotment to >download Beth Sorrentino's "Nine Songs, One Story" and Reba Hasko's "Live >From Studio (Whatever Number)." > >What amazing albums!! > >Both of these recordings really show what can be accomplished using just a >voice and a piano. > >-Sorrentino's songs sound deceptively straight-forward and are quite >stirring. Some of her chords (mostly minor, I think) and progressions I just >want latch onto and live inside for the rest of my life. I wish I was better >with music theory-speak so I could identify exactly what it is I find so >involving. > >-Whatever that quality is that I find lacking in Vienna, Terami and CharMar, >Reba Hasko possesses in spades. When I figure out a name for it, or how to >identify it, I'll let y'all know. > >Thanks for the reccs! > >~tim - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download din yndlingsmusik pe MSN Music det er nemt og billigt! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:13:00 -0400 From: "Paul Blair" Subject: Re: Rachel Smith CD Release In Boston You know, it's hard to Google someone named "Rachel Smith" -- you keep finding things like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Smith or this (which actually sounds interesting, though I've only listened for about 2 minutes): http://www.myspace.com/rachelgardnersmith so in the interest of saving ectophiles the same detours, you want to look here: http://www.rachelsmith.ca/ http://www.myspace.com/rachelsmithmusic On 4/11/07, meredith wrote: > Hi, > > One of the more ectophilic CD Baby finds of my life thus far, Rachel Smith has just put out her > lovely, haunting second album, _Famous Secrets_. > > I just got the following MySpace message from her: > > "Please come and help celebrate the release of "Famous Secrets!" Thursday April 19th, at The Lily > Pad, 1353 Cambridge Street, Inman Square, Cambridge, MA. The concert will start at 7. Admission: $7.00." > > I'm unable to go, alas, but you Boston-area folk should. She's Canadian, what more need be said? ;) > > -- > =============================================== > Meredith Tarr > New Haven, CT USA > mailto:meth@smoe.org > http://www.smoe.org/meth > =============================================== > hear at the HOMe House Concert Series > http://hom.smoe.org > =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:08:04 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Thanks & The Bird and the Bee The Bird and the Bee is fantastic.. It will probably be one of my albums of the year. On 4/11/07 3:39 AM, "Leonora Christina Skov" wrote: > Thanks JoAnn. Ill investigate further.. > > Based on the clips on emusic Reba is certainly right up my street. Thanks > for the recommendation, Tim. Comparing her to Tori is perhaps a little > too obvious, I know, but her voice and fierce piano playing does sound > quite much like her. Ill certainly need to give Beth Sorrentino another > listen. I downloaded Nine Songs and dismissed it immediately. Her girlish > voice annoyed me, as far as I remember, and the songs reminded me too > much of Beth Nielsen Chapman. > > Presently, Im reviewing the new Inara George/Greg Kursin-project, The > Bird and the Bee, for Gaffa  a Danish music magazine. I wasnt crazy > about Inaras debut, but this album is so eclectic and inspired and her > voice is just drop dead gorgeous, reminiscent of Astrud Gilberto in my > opinion. The album has the same retro-feel as Camera Obscura, but its > catchier and more playful and there are so many killertracks youre being > spoilt for choice. Again & Again, Im a Broken Heart I Hate Camera > and Fucking Boyfriend are obvious highlights. Presently they all seem > stuck in my head. > > Cheers Leonora > > "Some would call it Art. I would call it camouflage" Joan Crawford om > Bette Davis' makeup > > Forfatter, mag.art. > > Leonora Christina Skov > > H.C. Xrsteds Vej 35, 3.tv., 1879 Frb. C. Tlf 38 19 03 81 / 26 85 67 27 > > > > > > www.leonorachristinaskov.blogspot.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington > To: Timothy Jones-Yelvington , > Subject: Beth Sorrentino & Reba Hasko > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:38:44 -0500 >> Based upon recommendations here, I used my monthly emusic allotment > to >> download Beth Sorrentino's "Nine Songs, One Story" and Reba Hasko's > "Live >> From Studio (Whatever Number)." >> >> What amazing albums!! >> >> Both of these recordings really show what can be accomplished using > just a >> voice and a piano. >> >> -Sorrentino's songs sound deceptively straight-forward and are quite >> stirring. Some of her chords (mostly minor, I think) and > progressions I just >> want latch onto and live inside for the rest of my life. I wish I > was better >> with music theory-speak so I could identify exactly what it is I > find so >> involving. >> >> -Whatever that quality is that I find lacking in Vienna, Terami and > CharMar, >> Reba Hasko possesses in spades. When I figure out a name for it, or > how to >> identify it, I'll let y'all know. >> >> Thanks for the reccs! >> >> ~tim > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Download din yndlingsmusik pe MSN Music det er nemt og billigt! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:35:26 -0400 From: "robert bristow-johnson" Subject: Re: Rachel Smith CD Release In Boston > ----- Original Message ----- > From: meredith > To: ecto > Subject: Rachel Smith CD Release In Boston > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:06:25 -0400 > > > Hi, > > One of the more ectophilic CD Baby finds of my life thus far, Rachel Smith > has just put out her lovely, haunting second album, _Famous Secrets_. > > I just got the following MySpace message from her: > > "Please come and help celebrate the release of "Famous Secrets!" Thursday > April 19th, at The Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge Street, Inman Square, Cambridge, > MA. The concert will start at 7. Admission: $7.00." > > I'm unable to go, alas, but you Boston-area folk should. She's Canadian, > what more need be said? ;) well, how about if she is any good? (sorry to be so blunt, since i dunno anything about her and there is good, bad, and mediocre from our neighbor that we share the world's longest undefended border with. i'll look for the myspace page.) maybe i can make it and, for $7 it is certainly not a risk. if any other Ectoites can make it, lemme know. - -- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:11:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Neile Graham Subject: Re: Rachel Smith CD Release In Boston On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, robert bristow-johnson wrote: > well, how about if she is any good? (sorry to be so blunt, since i > dunno anything about her and there is good, bad, and mediocre from our > neighbor that we share the world's longest undefended border with. > i'll look for the myspace page.) I think she's brilliant. The first release was way more obvious how great it is. This new one is more subtle. Her work is up there with Jane Siberry's great early days. - --Neile - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- neile@drizzle.com / neile@sff.net .... http://www.sff.net/people/neile Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music . http://www.ectoguide.org Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ...... http://www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:15:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Neile Graham Subject: Feist Speaking of great, a friend provided me with a copy of Feist's upcoming album, and all I can say is hang on to your hats. This is her most consistently good album yet (I found Monarch had a few great spots and a Let Me In had many, while this is all great). She's just getting better and better. I'm amazed but am happy not to question how popular she is with the indie kids. She deserves all the popularity--her music is so widely appealing but such a cut above the usual things that have wide appeal. Hooray for Feist! - --Neile - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- neile@drizzle.com / neile@sff.net .... http://www.sff.net/people/neile Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music . http://www.ectoguide.org Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ...... http://www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:52:22 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Rachel Smith CD Release In Boston By Jane Siberry's early days, do you mean self-titled, folky, acoustic guitar-dominated, pastoral, Bessie the Cow early days, or loopy long-composition 80's synthy Mimi on a pink surfboard "No Borders Here" & "The Speckless Sky" early days? On 4/11/07 12:11 PM, "Neile Graham" wrote: > On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, robert bristow-johnson wrote: > >> well, how about if she is any good? (sorry to be so blunt, since i >> dunno anything about her and there is good, bad, and mediocre from our >> neighbor that we share the world's longest undefended border with. >> i'll look for the myspace page.) > > I think she's brilliant. The first release was way more obvious how great > it is. This new one is more subtle. Her work is up there with Jane > Siberry's great early days. > > --Neile > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > neile@drizzle.com / neile@sff.net .... http://www.sff.net/people/neile > Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music . http://www.ectoguide.org > Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ...... http://www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:08:40 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Re: Rachel Smith CD Release In Boston I mean The Walking probably more than anything (her great early days as opposed to her [good] early days), though the first album is more diverse than that. Check out her myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/rachelsmithmusic - --Neile At 2:52 PM -0500 4/11/07, Timothy Jones-Yelvington wrote: >By Jane Siberry's early days, do you mean self-titled, folky, acoustic >guitar-dominated, pastoral, Bessie the Cow early days, or loopy >long-composition 80's synthy Mimi on a pink surfboard "No Borders Here" & >"The Speckless Sky" early days? > > >On 4/11/07 12:11 PM, "Neile Graham" wrote: > >> On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, robert bristow-johnson wrote: >> >>> well, how about if she is any good? (sorry to be so blunt, since i >>> dunno anything about her and there is good, bad, and mediocre from our >>> neighbor that we share the world's longest undefended border with. >>> i'll look for the myspace page.) >> >> I think she's brilliant. The first release was way more obvious how great >> it is. This new one is more subtle. Her work is up there with Jane >> Siberry's great early days. >> > > --Neile - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neile Graham .... neile@sff.net/@drizzle.com ... www.sff.net/people/neile Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal ........ www.sff.net/people/neile/semaines Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ........... www.ectoguide.org Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ................ www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:05:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Rachel Smith CD Release In Boston ah. I think of "The Walking," "Bound by the Beauty" and "When I was a Boy" as her heyday(s). But of course that's my own schemata. You could just as easily see "The Walking" primarily as the culmination of the two previous albums. That stuff is always arbitrary. Anything that merits "The Walking" comparisons def. needs to be heard. Neile Graham wrote: I mean The Walking probably more than anything (her great early days as opposed to her [good] early days), though the first album is more diverse than that. Check out her myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/rachelsmithmusic - --Neile At 2:52 PM -0500 4/11/07, Timothy Jones-Yelvington wrote: >By Jane Siberry's early days, do you mean self-titled, folky, acoustic >guitar-dominated, pastoral, Bessie the Cow early days, or loopy >long-composition 80's synthy Mimi on a pink surfboard "No Borders Here" & >"The Speckless Sky" early days? > > >On 4/11/07 12:11 PM, "Neile Graham" wrote: > >> On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, robert bristow-johnson wrote: >> >>> well, how about if she is any good? (sorry to be so blunt, since i >>> dunno anything about her and there is good, bad, and mediocre from our >>> neighbor that we share the world's longest undefended border with. >>> i'll look for the myspace page.) >> >> I think she's brilliant. The first release was way more obvious how great >> it is. This new one is more subtle. Her work is up there with Jane >> Siberry's great early days. >> > > --Neile - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neile Graham .... neile@sff.net/@drizzle.com ... www.sff.net/people/neile Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal ........ www.sff.net/people/neile/semaines Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ........... www.ectoguide.org Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ................ www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:21:54 -0400 From: "Paul Blair" Subject: NYC: Innocence Mission @ Southpaw postponed Innocence Mission's 4/21 show at Southpaw has been moved to 6/16, which is good because I was going to see Over the Rhine at Joe's Pub on 4/21. Erin McKeown is still scheduled to play at Southpaw at 7:30 on 4/20, which I'll miss because I'm going to see Loreena McKennitt instead. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:31:48 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re: Rachel Smith CD Release In Boston Hi, robert bristow-johnson wrote: > well, how about if she is any good? (sorry to be so blunt, since i dunno anything about her and there is good, bad, and mediocre from our neighbor that we share the world's longest undefended border with. i'll look for the myspace page.) Well, gee. I'd have thought by now that y'all would know I don't recommend stuff unless it definitely doesn't suck. ;) I will admit that I have not yet been able to see her perform live ... but her recordings are certainly well worth your time, as Neile indicated. I'd say the show is a worthwile $7 risk. - -- =============================================== Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA mailto:meth@smoe.org http://www.smoe.org/meth =============================================== hear at the HOMe House Concert Series http://hom.smoe.org =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:35:39 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re: Feist Hi, Neile Graham wrote: > Speaking of great, a friend provided me with a copy of Feist's upcoming > album, and all I can say is hang on to your hats. This is her most > consistently good album yet (I found Monarch had a few great spots and a > Let Me In had many, while this is all great). I need to listen more ... I've had MP3s for a while now, but have only had a chance to give it a few listens and I must say so far not much has grabbed me right out of the gate (as opposed to _Let It Die_ which I loved instantly). It still blows my mind to see how far she's come, since she played in our living room in March of 2000. That's just so damned cool. She deserves every bit of her success, for sure. - -- =============================================== Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA mailto:meth@smoe.org http://www.smoe.org/meth =============================================== hear at the HOMe House Concert Series http://hom.smoe.org =============================================== ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V13 #90 **************************