From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V13 #130 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Sunday, May 20 2007 Volume 13 : Number 130 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 ] Re: Last.fm, anyone? [Kjetil Torgrim Homme ] Plan ahead for Wendy Rule's NYC show ["Paul Blair" ] Re: Last.fm, anyone? [Damon ] Re: strange covers [breinheimer@webtv.net (bill)] Please send out some love and good energy to Andy Latimer of Camel ["Bill] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 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********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************* Christopher Boek (no Email address) ******************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Christopher Boek Tue May 19 1970 Taurus Julia Macklin Mon May 20 1968 ethereus Yngve Hauge Fri May 21 1971 Gemini Lisa Laane Tue May 22 1973 Gemini Jewel Kilcher Thu May 23 1974 The Gem Chandra Sriram Thu May 27 1971 Gemini Taina Sahlander Mon May 28 1973 Gemini Urs Stafford Thu May 31 1973 Give Way Perttu Yli-Krekola Thu June 02 1966 Kaksoset Alex Gibbs Thu June 08 1967 Betelgeuse Gleb Zverev Tue June 09 1964 Gemini Sonja Juchniewich Mon June 10 1963 Pegasus Joerg Plate Mon June 12 1967 Gemini Chris Montville Tue June 13 1978 Gemini Ectoplasm (original name) Mailing List Thu June 13 1991 Fuzzier blue Paul Huesman Wed June 14 1967 coffee drinker Mark R. Susskind Wed June 15 1966 Gemini Dave Upham Sun June 15 1958 Gemini Mike Matthews Mon June 16 1969 Pr. SAFH Albert Philipsen Mon June 17 1968 Gemini Neal R. Copperman Thu June 17 1965 Gemini Susan Kay Anderson Tue June 17 1969 Gemini Ecto-The Mailing List Tue June 18 1991 Fuzzy blue Tracy Barber Mon June 18 1956 Gemini Greg Dunn Thu June 18 1953 + Paul Blair Thu June 18 1964 Objectivist Mike Connell Sat June 18 1955 Apollo - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 15:52:49 +0200 From: Kjetil Torgrim Homme Subject: Re: Last.fm, anyone? [Joshua]: > > I'm not sure if I've missed previous discussions on this, but does > anyone else utilize http://www.Last.fm to find new music? a little, but not much. I sometimes see what my friends are playing, and then I connect to their server and stream the album (it is *so* useful when everyone has their album collection online!) > I also like its integration with discovering music events based on > previous playlists and recommendations (who knew that after using > my ticket to catch Lisa Gerrard on Thursday night, I could go up > the street to Foundation and hear Infected Mushroom?!). this is the killer feature in my opinion :-) > Feel free to add me as a friend if you're so inclined: StPLmbrjack > is my username. adding non-local friends clutters the event calendar, so it's not so practical. I've joined the ecto group, though, and Damon is one of my closest neighbours, Feist or not! (he's been steadily there since I started scrobbling) (Feist's complete backcatalogue should be in my mailbox any day now, though!) I'm kjetilho btw. > Perhaps the fine folks who look after the Ectophile's Guide could > implement some kind of feature that would allow us to post our > usernames for such things (including MySpace, LiveJournal, et all) > so we could find each other in various ways on various sites. it would be useful to add it to the information on the commentator page. - -- Kjetil T. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 13:16:01 -0400 From: "Paul Blair" Subject: Plan ahead for Wendy Rule's NYC show I'm hearing that spots for Wendy's NYC show in July are almost gone--unusually, Caffe Vivaldi is accepting dinner reservations only for the show. Here's from the website: http://www.caffevivaldi.com/ Thursday, July 19, 9:00pm Wendy Rule Admission by dinner reservation only. Accepting reservations. Email: listeningroom32@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 11:36:12 -0700 From: Damon Subject: Re: Last.fm, anyone? hi neighbour kjetil! :) On 19 May, Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote: > [Joshua]: > > > > I'm not sure if I've missed previous discussions on this, but does > > anyone else utilize http://www.Last.fm to find new music? > > a little, but not much. I sometimes see what my friends are playing, > and then I connect to their server and stream the album (it is *so* > useful when everyone has their album collection online!) i've found that last.fm latches on to some of my outlying choices and likes to present me with music it thinks is similar to, for example, genesis that i already know i don't like. so i haven't made much use of this either. besides, i already have a huge list of things to check out. i guess i mostly just find it interesting to see the charts of what i've been listening to (or what my roommate has been listening to, as it may happen ;) and haven't really utilised the site for many of its other features so far. the event listings are pretty useful, and it's neat to just spider around and see what the neighbours it picks for me have been listening to. i don't feel like i'm really taking much advantage of what the site offers, though. i'd look into streaming my collection but i really don't want to chew up the bandwidth. i've never yet looked into the necessary software. this'd be something like icecast, i guess? which i know can integrate with mpd... could be kind of fun. > adding non-local friends clutters the event calendar, so it's not so > practical. I've joined the ecto group, though, and Damon is one of my > closest neighbours, Feist or not! (he's been steadily there since I > started scrobbling) (Feist's complete backcatalogue should be in my > mailbox any day now, though!) yes, kjetil, you've been my #3 neighbour since i got any real data into the thing. unfortunately, it's also decided that two apparently-dead accounts are my perfect musical soulmates, and never budges them from the top spot no matter how much my playlist changes. kind of boring. - -damon - -- dl+ecto@usrbin.ca: protecting my real address since 2002 (too late!) > EWS starts here! < ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 14:51:35 -0400 From: breinheimer@webtv.net (bill) Subject: Re: strange covers Somehow I feel that I would be remiss not to mention Rhino records' Golden Throats releases. At one time it was considered a good idea to have celebrities put out cover albums. Picture Jack Webb doing "try a little tenderness" or an aging Mae West performing "light my fire". The real high(low?)lights come from hearing William Shatner horribly overact his way through what amount to readings of numbers like "it was a very good year" and "lucy in the sky with diamonds" Highly recommended for people who think that they would like the musical equivalent of an Ed Wood film. To be fair I heard Shatner perform "common people" from his cleverly named "has been" cd. It was actually quite good. Haven't heard anything else off of the album though. On a related front, I read that Patti Smith wants to do another covers album. This one however would be pre-rock material. While I have no fear of her becoming the next Rod Stewart I don't see her as Diana Krall either (but then again, who is?). 'nuff said. np: Terence Mckenna and Zuvuva- Dream Matrix Telemetry nr: Berkeley Breathed- Opus: 25 years of his sunday best ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 19:18:48 -0700 From: "Bill Mazur" Subject: Please send out some love and good energy to Andy Latimer of Camel RESEND - I don't think this made it through the first time. - -----Original Message----- From: Bill Mazur [mailto:wpm@value.net] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 3:12 PM To: My Fuzzy Blue Friends (ecto@smoe.org) Subject: OT: Please send out some love and good energy to Andy (FW: Camel Newsletter) I just received some very sad and yet, at the same time, uplifting news today. I know this is a bit off topic but I wanted to share this with all of you. Andy Latimer of the band Camel is one of my personal musical icons. I know some of you here also have great respect for the man. That is why I have forwarded this message. Please send him some love and light for his healing. His music has brought that to me in my life and I know that he has touched many others along the way. There are hundreds of well wishes on the comments page of the Camel web site to prove that point. - -----Original Message----- From: Camel Productions [mailto:ebeast@camelproductions.com] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 6:22 AM To: wpm@value.net Subject: Camel Newsletter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Nature of the eBeast May 2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Camel Fans, At long last, our return to England is complete. As with most things, it has taken far longer than we had anticipated, but most things do it seems. It was more than worth the effort. We are both so happy to be back home. This eBeast is more of a personal message. We would like to share some personal news with you: Back in 1992, when Camel had well and truly returned to the forefront of their musical niche, Andrew began to display some unusual physical symptoms that necessitated a visit to the doctor. After some tests, he was diagnosed with a little-known blood disorder called Polycythaemia Vera (PV). It's rather like an upside-down leukaemia where there are too many red blood cells as opposed to too many white blood cells. For most, fortunately, PV is a slow-moving disorder and it hasn't had a tremendous impact on our daily lives. In fact, it has been quite cooperative. However, it is a progressive disorder, and has a very specific course that it runs if the patient responds well to treatment. Andrew has responded very well to all the treatments, at each stage, and seems to have been on a very 'normal' course. As time has passed, his health has gradually become less robust as it once was. Many of you know that he lost his voice on the past two tours, and a couple of shows had to be cancelled due to illness (Camel's only performance in Ireland). His immune system has to work harder than normal, and being exposed to such a demanding tour schedule with so many different environments, it has been taxed considerably. He has had to deal with more than his fair share of colds, chest and/or throat infections. Nothing terribly serious, but it's not conducive to intensive touring. Ultimately, we were forced to announce the Farewell Tour, though Andrew was already thinking about the 'Retirement Sucks' tour. We have now come to the latter stage of PV, and a condition known as Myelofibrosis (MF) is taking its place. Once again, this isn't necessarily a fast-moving disorder. It can be for some, but Andrew is a strong-willed person and has virtually followed the medical text-book to date. I feel he will continue on this positive route. His physical symptoms have changed thought, and they're having a more direct effect on our lives than the PV symptoms. Fatigue is the most common symptom, and with the recent move, we have both been considerably more tired than usual, so it's not surprising. Andrew would be the first to tell you that he isn't exactly speedy when it comes to writing music that satisfies his heart. MF is having a direct effect on this, so he's slower than he has been in the past. But he's still thinking/writing/playing. The spirit is willing, the flesh is a little under the weather at times. There are a couple of reasons we have elected to tell you about this. The first is, of course, that he hasn't been in the limelight of musical output of late. Rather than continue the roaring sound of silence, we wanted to let you all know why. The other reason is a bit more down to earth. You have all been much like an extended family to us, and we feel you should know. Your support, both emotional and financial, has accorded us a life of musical freedom, and we have said many times in the past that we are eternally grateful. We say it again. That, in a nutshell, is how things are with us. We have thought that some of you may want to write to Andrew. Since he needs to conserve his energy to focus on musical pursuits and his general health, he won't be able to receive nor reply to emails. Instead, we have set up a special Guest Book where you can post words of encouragement. That way, Andrew can easily read them when he has the opportunity, and take strength from your words. Remember, just because there has been a medical diagnosis, life is not therefore cast in stone. The power of our determination is the only thing that can impress a stone. We see this glass as more than half full, and not empty in any way. Presently, we are looking for a home to buy, where we can build a new studio and get on with the business we both love. It's easy to look at the darker side of life, but I was certainly never one to take the easy path. There are so many blessings in our lives that deserve far more acknowledgement, from the simple song of the blackbird, to the strong relationship we have shared for nearly 30 years now. One of the beautiful things about this stage of life is gaining the understanding that it's really all about the little details, things that happen in the unexpected swiftness of a breeze. They are moments that make up the true quality of our lives. Everything in life is only as significant as we make it. That is the wonder of choice, where we think we have none. Our choice is to keep our eyes on the prize. We were given this life to live, not to stand idly by and watch what falls upon us. We are planning a new studio album and we are looking at the feasibility of some brief, mini-tours, as it were, as opposed to a 3 month odyssey of consecutive rehearsal and performance dates, with nothing but travel in between. Not only do we know that isn't good for Andrew's health, we just don't want to do it any more. Once Upon a Time, it was incredibly exciting to go from city to city, crammed on a bus, playing cards, watching the horizon change and fall behind with ever new horizons to chase. We think we'd like to stroll through it all now, taking a bit more time to savour those horizons and expand the pleasure of more intimate performances. Life isn't easy, nor fair. No one ever said it would be. But we can take life easier, and that's the special give of life for us right now. Yesterday, 17th May, was Andrew's birthday. For me, it was the best day that ever happened in the Universe. With our fondest regards to each and everyone of you, Susan Hoover ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V13 #130 ***************************