From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V13 #370 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, January 15 2008 Volume 13 : Number 370 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 ] Emusic ["Karen Hester" ] Re: Emusic [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] Re: Emusic (P.S.) [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] Emusic & SIA [Leonora Christina Skov ] Re: Emusic & SIA [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] Re: Emusic & SIA [gaseous clay ] KT Tunstall live tonight, enjoyed ["Karen Hester" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:00:01 -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********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ****************** Troy J. Shadbolt (tjshadb@voyuz.net) ******************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Troy J. Shadbolt Thu January 14 1971 Capricorn Chris Sampson Wed January 15 1964 Void where prohibited Denis G Parslow Fri January 17 1964 ...of the Saint Ross Alford Thu January 17 1957 Positive Nancy Whitney Mon January 19 1959 slippery when wet Sarah Noelle Pratt Ferguson Tue January 20 1970 Seanympf-Aquarius David Beery Tue January 20 1976 drum Terry Partis Sun January 22 1933 Rocker Steve Hughes Thu January 24 1963 Aquarius Sarah McLachlan Sun January 28 1968 Aquarius Ilka Heber Mon February 01 1965 Mermaid Bob Lovejoy Sun February 02 1947 Aquarius Diane Burke Sat February 02 1963 slow children Timothy S. Devine Tue February 03 1970 Aquarius Stephen Thomas Fri February 04 1966 Aquarius Doug Burks Tue February 14 1956 Blank - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:32:05 -0500 From: "Karen Hester" Subject: Emusic > From: Craig Gidney > Do anyone else use emusic? > From: "Sue Trowbridge" > Me!! Me to! (I've always wanted to write that to a mailing list, and then hit send, but no, am better behaved than that). Some 2007 downloaded from eMusic and enjoyed - My brightest diamond (I like all the low rumbly stuff, and the delicate smattering of high shrieks) Devil Doll (what a delight; thank you to Amy? for mentioning her on your site) Guy Chadwick (ex House of Love; sigh, he writes the most perfect melodies; wish he still did loud guitars) Joanna Newsom (her BAM show sold out before it went on sale to the public - booo) Lisa Gerrard (nothing will match The Mirror Pool for me, but happy to pay eMusic prices for The Silver Tree) Mirah (if you like insects, check out 'Share this space') The Long Blondes (some great melodies, wish the singer wasn't such a woman vs woman flirt!) Mariee Sioux and Nancy Elizabeth (both doing the harp thang) Nina Nastasia Over the Rhine Arcade Fire (their live show won me over - wow, and, wow) The Veils (they 'rock it' live with a Western Gothic thing, very intense) The Cinematics (very similar to their influences like Interpol, but enjoyable) The Libertines (a few b-sides I didn't have already) Aimee Mann live stuff (I keep forgetting how much she rocks, her pleasantness and intelligence sometimes gets in the way) Neko Case live stuff Sue wrote "I'm always interested in eMusic recommendations. Some months I > use all of my downloads right away, and other months I wind up > "wasting" some of them (I'm on the 40 tracks/month plan)." Yeah, I'm like that too, I get live stuff or the dregs off albums I like on months like that. Sometimes my brother finds old punk bands on there to fill things in :) I was hoping to like Sia's 'Some people have real problems', but couldn't find anything I wanted to download. On particularly weak months I get early music stuff from Jordi Savall/Hesperion XX, but often their tracks are very short so not a good deal on eMu. > From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington > Why don't emusic downloads roll over?? I was kind of shocked when I realized > that. Doesn't seem like you should lose something you paid for. I think that's very intentional, they've a few dodgy business practices like that. When people who had free downloads accidentally downloaded one extra song, a subscription would be triggered on their credit card. There wasn't any 'you've used up your freebies' warning, and the counter at the top of the page only changes if you hit refresh so the newbie's mistake was often quite innocent. The thing that really irritates me is that they rely on their users to deal with customer service problems. There are regulars who have such fondness for eMu that they try and help anyone who has been screwed by their dodgy special deals. For eg, the original audio download debacle on the message board. Moreover eMu's weird practice of not advertising that they only have indie stuff. Many people get free eMusic promotions from Ticketmaster or clothing stores - eMusic intentionally target non-indie customers, and then these people are surprised that there is no "good music" that they've heard from the charts. Then other eMusic customers have to explain to these people that major label music isn't available - eMu itself doesn't do this, their regular customers have taken on board a customer service role! There's a guy who keeps a great FAQ for newbies, http://davesmey.com/myemusicfaq.htm, and he and other users have to constantly bump the thread that features it. What kind of company relies on customers to provide customer service ... (they're lucky there's still much goodwill). K. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:09:31 -0600 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Emusic My favorite emusic downloads (I have mixed feelings about emusic-ing most of these, since they need some full-price direct sales, but it's a good way to introduce yourself to new people)... Kind of frightening & cool how the vast majority of these I discovered through ecto. Beth Sorrentino Reba Hasko Jennifer Terran Dorothy Scott Diamanda Galas Amy Kohn Carla Kihlstedt Cheryl Bliss Angela Ortiz Anna Oxygen AwRY (Shara Worden, pre-"My Brightest Diamond) Azam Ali Bekah Hayes Caroline LaVelle Casey Dienel CocoRosie Diane French Dot Allison Elaine Lachica Eleni Mandell Great Lakes Myth Society Greta Gertler Heather Duby Ingrid Karklins Jessica Bailiff Jill Tracy Johnette Napolitano Kristeen Young Kristin Hersh Laika Lauren Hoffman Lenora Zenzalai Helm Lida Husik Lisa Cerbone Liz Pappademas Lourdes Perez Marta Gomez Mary Timony Minnie Riperton Odessa Chen P:ano Rachael Cantu Rachael Sage Rachel Smith Rachelle Garniez & the Fortunate Few Rebakka Bakken & Wolfgang Muthspiel Sarah Sharp Sparlha Swa Susan Voelz Sylvie Lewis Terami Hirsch The Innocence Mission The Tiny Tresspassers William Two Loons for Tea Victory at Sea On 1/14/08 10:32 AM, "Karen Hester" wrote: >> From: Craig Gidney >> Do anyone else use emusic? >> From: "Sue Trowbridge" >> Me!! > > Me to! > (I've always wanted to write that to a mailing list, and then hit > send, but no, am better behaved than that). > > Some 2007 downloaded from eMusic and enjoyed - > My brightest diamond (I like all the low rumbly stuff, and the > delicate smattering of high shrieks) > Devil Doll (what a delight; thank you to Amy? for mentioning her on your site) > Guy Chadwick (ex House of Love; sigh, he writes the most perfect > melodies; wish he still did loud guitars) > Joanna Newsom (her BAM show sold out before it went on sale to the > public - booo) > Lisa Gerrard (nothing will match The Mirror Pool for me, but happy to > pay eMusic prices for The Silver Tree) > Mirah (if you like insects, check out 'Share this space') > The Long Blondes (some great melodies, wish the singer wasn't such a > woman vs woman flirt!) > Mariee Sioux and Nancy Elizabeth (both doing the harp thang) > Nina Nastasia > Over the Rhine > Arcade Fire (their live show won me over - wow, and, wow) > The Veils (they 'rock it' live with a Western Gothic thing, very intense) > The Cinematics (very similar to their influences like Interpol, but enjoyable) > The Libertines (a few b-sides I didn't have already) > Aimee Mann live stuff (I keep forgetting how much she rocks, her > pleasantness and intelligence sometimes gets in the way) > Neko Case live stuff > > Sue wrote "I'm always interested in eMusic recommendations. Some months I >> use all of my downloads right away, and other months I wind up >> "wasting" some of them (I'm on the 40 tracks/month plan)." > > Yeah, I'm like that too, I get live stuff or the dregs off albums I > like on months like that. Sometimes my brother finds old punk bands > on there to fill things in :) I was hoping to like Sia's 'Some people > have real problems', but couldn't find anything I wanted to download. > On particularly weak months I get early music stuff from Jordi > Savall/Hesperion XX, but often their tracks are very short so not a > good deal on eMu. > >> From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington >> Why don't emusic downloads roll over?? I was kind of shocked when I realized >> that. Doesn't seem like you should lose something you paid for. > > I think that's very intentional, they've a few dodgy business > practices like that. When people who had free downloads accidentally > downloaded one extra song, a subscription would be triggered on their > credit card. There wasn't any 'you've used up your freebies' warning, > and the counter at the top of the page only changes if you hit refresh > so the newbie's mistake was often quite innocent. > > The thing that really irritates me is that they rely on their users to > deal with customer service problems. There are regulars who have such > fondness for eMu that they try and help anyone who has been screwed by > their dodgy special deals. > > For eg, the original audio download debacle on the message board. > Moreover eMu's weird practice of not advertising that they only have > indie stuff. Many people get free eMusic promotions from Ticketmaster > or clothing stores - eMusic intentionally target non-indie customers, > and then these people are surprised that there is no "good music" that > they've heard from the charts. Then other eMusic customers have to > explain to these people that major label music isn't available - eMu > itself doesn't do this, their regular customers have taken on board a > customer service role! There's a guy who keeps a great FAQ for > newbies, http://davesmey.com/myemusicfaq.htm, and he and other users > have to constantly bump the thread that features it. What kind of > company relies on customers to provide customer service ... (they're > lucky there's still much goodwill). > > K. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:11:59 -0600 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Emusic (P.S.) Lenora's emusic lists are also good ones to mine for new ideas. ~tim On 1/14/08 10:32 AM, "Karen Hester" wrote: >> From: Craig Gidney >> Do anyone else use emusic? >> From: "Sue Trowbridge" >> Me!! > > Me to! > (I've always wanted to write that to a mailing list, and then hit > send, but no, am better behaved than that). > > Some 2007 downloaded from eMusic and enjoyed - > My brightest diamond (I like all the low rumbly stuff, and the > delicate smattering of high shrieks) > Devil Doll (what a delight; thank you to Amy? for mentioning her on your site) > Guy Chadwick (ex House of Love; sigh, he writes the most perfect > melodies; wish he still did loud guitars) > Joanna Newsom (her BAM show sold out before it went on sale to the > public - booo) > Lisa Gerrard (nothing will match The Mirror Pool for me, but happy to > pay eMusic prices for The Silver Tree) > Mirah (if you like insects, check out 'Share this space') > The Long Blondes (some great melodies, wish the singer wasn't such a > woman vs woman flirt!) > Mariee Sioux and Nancy Elizabeth (both doing the harp thang) > Nina Nastasia > Over the Rhine > Arcade Fire (their live show won me over - wow, and, wow) > The Veils (they 'rock it' live with a Western Gothic thing, very intense) > The Cinematics (very similar to their influences like Interpol, but enjoyable) > The Libertines (a few b-sides I didn't have already) > Aimee Mann live stuff (I keep forgetting how much she rocks, her > pleasantness and intelligence sometimes gets in the way) > Neko Case live stuff > > Sue wrote "I'm always interested in eMusic recommendations. Some months I >> use all of my downloads right away, and other months I wind up >> "wasting" some of them (I'm on the 40 tracks/month plan)." > > Yeah, I'm like that too, I get live stuff or the dregs off albums I > like on months like that. Sometimes my brother finds old punk bands > on there to fill things in :) I was hoping to like Sia's 'Some people > have real problems', but couldn't find anything I wanted to download. > On particularly weak months I get early music stuff from Jordi > Savall/Hesperion XX, but often their tracks are very short so not a > good deal on eMu. > >> From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington >> Why don't emusic downloads roll over?? I was kind of shocked when I realized >> that. Doesn't seem like you should lose something you paid for. > > I think that's very intentional, they've a few dodgy business > practices like that. When people who had free downloads accidentally > downloaded one extra song, a subscription would be triggered on their > credit card. There wasn't any 'you've used up your freebies' warning, > and the counter at the top of the page only changes if you hit refresh > so the newbie's mistake was often quite innocent. > > The thing that really irritates me is that they rely on their users to > deal with customer service problems. There are regulars who have such > fondness for eMu that they try and help anyone who has been screwed by > their dodgy special deals. > > For eg, the original audio download debacle on the message board. > Moreover eMu's weird practice of not advertising that they only have > indie stuff. Many people get free eMusic promotions from Ticketmaster > or clothing stores - eMusic intentionally target non-indie customers, > and then these people are surprised that there is no "good music" that > they've heard from the charts. Then other eMusic customers have to > explain to these people that major label music isn't available - eMu > itself doesn't do this, their regular customers have taken on board a > customer service role! There's a guy who keeps a great FAQ for > newbies, http://davesmey.com/myemusicfaq.htm, and he and other users > have to constantly bump the thread that features it. What kind of > company relies on customers to provide customer service ... (they're > lucky there's still much goodwill). > > K. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:43:17 +0100 From: Leonora Christina Skov Subject: Emusic & SIA Well, I have been a member of emusic since 2004 and even though I am on 90 track/month plan I am often short of downloads. Here is my latest list, updated yesterday: http://www.emusic.com/lists/showlist.html?lid=24374249&nickname=LeonoraChrist ina&cs=1 I have just recently downloaded the Sia-album you mention, Karen, and I have been listening to it all day while writing my childrens book. To me it is indeed a pleasant surprise. I wasnt familiar with Sia before this happy encounter except for the song Breathe Me and her guest appearances on a couple of Zero7-albums that I have forgotten. I find Zero7 awfully dull and I have generally had enough of the whole downtempo-thing. AND I thought Sia was exactly that; a downtempo-singer/songwriter like Natalie Walker and the like. But she is definitely not. Some People have REAL Problems is more like Cat Powers The Greatest in terms of fully orchestrated arrangements and pathos while Sias voice reminds me a lot of Feists and Janis Joplins. I am aware that Sia has gained considerably mixed reviews for this disc. For instance, the Tennessean writes that her soaring, gritty vocals are closely associated with what Portisheads Geoff Barrow labeled coffee table music, but I simply disagree. There is way too much emotion and sadness here and I would never listen to this while trying to feel comfortable. However, I WILL listen to this for a long time, I suspect. Have already several melodies and sentences stuck in my head.. Cheers, Leonora "My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist" (Bette Davis) www.leonorachristinaskov.blogspot.com > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:32:05 -0500> From: karen.hester@gmail.com> To: ecto@smoe.org> Subject: Emusic> > > From: Craig Gidney > > Do anyone else use emusic?> > From: "Sue Trowbridge" > > Me!!> > Me to!> (I've always wanted to write that to a mailing list, and then hit> send, but no, am better behaved than that).> > Some 2007 downloaded from eMusic and enjoyed -> My brightest diamond (I like all the low rumbly stuff, and the> delicate smattering of high shrieks)> Devil Doll (what a delight; thank you to Amy? for mentioning her on your site)> Guy Chadwick (ex House of Love; sigh, he writes the most perfect> melodies; wish he still did loud guitars)> Joanna Newsom (her BAM show sold out before it went on sale to the> public - booo)> Lisa Gerrard (nothing will match The Mirror Pool for me, but happy to> pay eMusic prices for The Silver Tree)> Mirah (if you like insects, check out 'Share this space')> The Long Blondes (some great melodies, wish the singer wasn't such a> woman vs woman flirt!)> Mariee Sioux and Nancy Elizabeth (both doing the harp thang)> Nina Nastasia> Over the Rhine> Arcade Fire (their live show won me over - wow, and, wow)> The Veils (they 'rock it' live with a Western Gothic thing, very intense)> The Cinematics (very similar to their influences like Interpol, but enjoyable)> The Libertines (a few b-sides I didn't have already)> Aimee Mann live stuff (I keep forgetting how much she rocks, her> pleasantness and intelligence sometimes gets in the way)> Neko Case live stuff> > Sue wrote "I'm always interested in eMusic recommendations. Some months I> > use all of my downloads right away, and other months I wind up> > "wasting" some of them (I'm on the 40 tracks/month plan)."> > Yeah, I'm like that too, I get live stuff or the dregs off albums I> like on months like that. Sometimes my brother finds old punk bands> on there to fill things in :) I was hoping to like Sia's 'Some people> have real problems', but couldn't find anything I wanted to download.> On particularly weak months I get early music stuff from Jordi> Savall/Hesperion XX, but often their tracks are very short so not a> good deal on eMu.> > > From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington > > Why don't emusic downloads roll over?? I was kind of shocked when I realized> > that. Doesn't seem like you should lose something you paid for.> > I think that's very intentional, they've a few dodgy business> practices like that. When people who had free downloads accidentally> downloaded one extra song, a subscription would be triggered on their> credit card. There wasn't any 'you've used up your freebies' warning,> and the counter at the top of the page only changes if you hit refresh> so the newbie's mistake was often quite innocent.> > The thing that really irritates me is that they rely on their users to> deal with customer service problems. There are regulars who have such> fondness for eMu that they try and help anyone who has been screwed by> their dodgy special deals.> > For eg, the original audio download debacle on the message board.> Moreover eMu's weird practice of not advertising that they only have> indie stuff. Many people get free eMusic promotions from Ticketmaster> or clothing stores - eMusic intentionally target non-indie customers,> and then these people are surprised that there is no "good music" that> they've heard from the charts. Then other eMusic customers have to> explain to these people that major label music isn't available - eMu> itself doesn't do this, their regular customers have taken on board a> customer service role! There's a guy who keeps a great FAQ for> newbies, http://davesmey.com/myemusicfaq.htm, and he and other users> have to constantly bump the thread that features it. What kind of> company relies on customers to provide customer service ... (they're> lucky there's still much goodwill).> > K. _________________________________________________________________ Gft stjerner med en ven i Messenger http://www2.messengerplayground.dk/spil/48/hotmail_tagline ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:55:12 -0600 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Emusic & SIA I have mixed feelings. I've never liked that slightly nasal soul-diva-ish vocal tick Sia so often employs, but on the tracks where she lets it go a little and communicates a more immediate and less affected personality (ie Girl Cocaine whatever-it's-called), I really enjoy her. I especially like the band on this record... Nice, organic settings, great acoustic piano and delicate snares. Sounds like they're actually recording together in a room. ~tim On 1/14/08 11:43 AM, "Leonora Christina Skov" wrote: > Well, I have been a member of emusic since 2004 and even though I am on 90 > track/month plan I am often short of downloads. Here is my latest list, > updated yesterday: > http://www.emusic.com/lists/showlist.html?lid=24374249&nickname=LeonoraChrist > ina&cs=1 > > I have just recently downloaded the Sia-album you mention, Karen, and I have > been listening to it all day while writing my childrens book. To me it is > indeed a pleasant surprise. I wasnt familiar with Sia before this happy > encounter except for the song Breathe Me and her guest appearances on a couple > of Zero7-albums that I have forgotten. I find Zero7 awfully dull and I have > generally had enough of the whole downtempo-thing. AND I thought Sia was > exactly that; a downtempo-singer/songwriter like Natalie Walker and the like. > But she is definitely not. Some People have REAL Problems is more like Cat > Powers The Greatest in terms of fully orchestrated arrangements and pathos > while Sias voice reminds me a lot of Feists and Janis Joplins. I am aware > that Sia has gained considerably mixed reviews for this disc. For instance, > the Tennessean writes that her soaring, gritty vocals are closely associated > with what Portisheads Geoff Barrow labeled coffee table music, but I simply > disagree. There is way too much emotion and sadness here and I would never > listen to this while trying to feel comfortable. However, I WILL listen to > this for a long time, I suspect. Have already several melodies and sentences > stuck in my head.. > > Cheers, Leonora > > "My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist" (Bette > Davis) > www.leonorachristinaskov.blogspot.com > > > >> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:32:05 -0500> From: karen.hester@gmail.com> To: > ecto@smoe.org> Subject: Emusic> > > From: Craig Gidney > > > Do anyone else use emusic?> > From: "Sue Trowbridge" > > > Me!!> > Me to!> (I've always wanted to write that to a mailing list, and then > hit> send, but no, am better behaved than that).> > Some 2007 downloaded from > eMusic and enjoyed -> My brightest diamond (I like all the low rumbly stuff, > and the> delicate smattering of high shrieks)> Devil Doll (what a delight; > thank you to Amy? for mentioning her on your site)> Guy Chadwick (ex House of > Love; sigh, he writes the most perfect> melodies; wish he still did loud > guitars)> Joanna Newsom (her BAM show sold out before it went on sale to the> > public - booo)> Lisa Gerrard (nothing will match The Mirror Pool for me, but > happy to> pay eMusic prices for The Silver Tree)> Mirah (if you like insects, > check out 'Share this space')> The Long Blondes (some great melodies, wish the > singer wasn't such a> woman vs woman flirt!)> Mariee Sioux and Nancy Elizabeth > (both doing the harp thang)> Nina Nastasia> Over the Rhine> Arcade Fire (their > live show won me over - wow, and, wow)> The Veils (they 'rock it' live with a > Western Gothic thing, very intense)> The Cinematics (very similar to their > influences like Interpol, but enjoyable)> The Libertines (a few b-sides I > didn't have already)> Aimee Mann live stuff (I keep forgetting how much she > rocks, her> pleasantness and intelligence sometimes gets in the way)> Neko > Case live stuff> > Sue wrote "I'm always interested in eMusic recommendations. > Some months I> > use all of my downloads right away, and other months I wind > up> > "wasting" some of them (I'm on the 40 tracks/month plan)."> > Yeah, I'm > like that too, I get live stuff or the dregs off albums I> like on months like > that. Sometimes my brother finds old punk bands> on there to fill things in :) > I was hoping to like Sia's 'Some people> have real problems', but couldn't > find anything I wanted to download.> On particularly weak months I get early > music stuff from Jordi> Savall/Hesperion XX, but often their tracks are very > short so not a> good deal on eMu.> > > From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington > > > Why don't emusic downloads roll over?? I was kind of > shocked when I realized> > that. Doesn't seem like you should lose something > you paid for.> > I think that's very intentional, they've a few dodgy > business> practices like that. When people who had free downloads > accidentally> downloaded one extra song, a subscription would be triggered on > their> credit card. There wasn't any 'you've used up your freebies' warning,> > and the counter at the top of the page only changes if you hit refresh> so the > newbie's mistake was often quite innocent.> > The thing that really irritates > me is that they rely on their users to> deal with customer service problems. > There are regulars who have such> fondness for eMu that they try and help > anyone who has been screwed by> their dodgy special deals.> > For eg, the > original audio download debacle on the message board.> Moreover eMu's weird > practice of not advertising that they only have> indie stuff. Many people get > free eMusic promotions from Ticketmaster> or clothing stores - eMusic > intentionally target non-indie customers,> and then these people are surprised > that there is no "good music" that> they've heard from the charts. Then other > eMusic customers have to> explain to these people that major label music isn't > available - eMu> itself doesn't do this, their regular customers have taken on > board a> customer service role! There's a guy who keeps a great FAQ for> > newbies, http://davesmey.com/myemusicfaq.htm, and he and other users> have to > constantly bump the thread that features it. What kind of> company relies on > customers to provide customer service ... (they're> lucky there's still much > goodwill).> > K. > _________________________________________________________________ > Gft stjerner med en ven i Messenger > http://www2.messengerplayground.dk/spil/48/hotmail_tagline ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:45:59 -0500 From: gaseous clay Subject: Re: Emusic & SIA a friend of mine has been flogging the sia horse to me for the past couple months. when i finally got a chance to listen to something other than "breathe me" (her most recent appearance on morning becomes eclectic -- http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb071025sia ), i was rather suprised to discover that she had more of a soul/r&b vibe. that is normally not my thing, but i rather enjoyed her voice and tone so i picked up her new record on emusic as well (more on that in a minute). i enjoy that too. in a nutshell, sia strikes me as an interesting corrine bailey rae. i should also point out that sia's videos are quite imaginative as well. definitely worth tracking on on youtube or what-have-you. as far as emusic goes, i originally signed up in a last-minute ploy to track down a copy of "alice's restaurant" so that it could receive the traditional playing on thanksgiving a few years ago. for a while, i kind of forgot that i had the subscription (whoops) but then i discovered the now-moribund emusic live series (formerly, the digital concert network) and had a good time snagging that stuff each month. i was (and to a certain extent still am) reluctant to give up the cd format, but for music that is exclusively mp3-only, i didn't object. nowadays, i've pretty much exhausted the emusiclive offerings that i'm interested in. i've also backed off my cd-only stance as well, so i primarily use emusic to pick up albums that are "on the bubble" -- things that i want but either can't easily track down or am not committed to enough to add to our piles of stuff. i also have been using it to replace cassettes from my yut -- mostly punk, as it turns out. my january downloads were expiring over the weekend, so i went on a spree and picked up sia's new album, lou rhodes' solo album, amy millan's solo effort, the descendents' _enjoy!_ and _i don't want to grow up_, as well as some miscellaneous songs (the ordinarires' cover of "kashmir" comes to mind). not a bad haul, if you ask me. i found karen's comments on emusic's "deceptive" practices and non- existant customer support interesting and surprising. but then, i'm usally pretty good with these sorts of things and never was under the misconception that emusic offered much mainstream music. i just wish i had signed up back in its earliest days when it was an all-you-can-eat deal for a monthly subscription. when they instituted downloads per month, existing members were grandfathered in, if i remember correctly. that would be a sweet deal now! woj ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:33:25 -0500 From: "Karen Hester" Subject: KT Tunstall live tonight, enjoyed Joe's Pub advertised a show by KT Tunstall as her "only currently scheduled US date for 2008." A voice in my head said "the only reason you want to go is because she's famous and it's a small venue, you snob." I thought, fair point. Another voice said "the only reason you don't want to go is because she's famous - if someone obscure wrote catchy pop songs like that, you'd be there in a flash, you snob." I thought, fair point. Then I told the voices to go away until they had something useful to contribute, such as a plot to hypnotize US presidential nominees, implanting a cool activation phrase to be triggered at the moment of big-red-button-pushing. The show was a fairly enjoyable hour of music (no going overtime at Joe's). Unfortunately the audience was almost entirely Joe's Pub donors who were more interested in their calamari than the music. KT commented on the lack of audience reaction but was nonetheless cute and personable, giving us "free facts" with our tickets (e.g. cockroaches don't die from decapitation, just from the hunger that produces; if you took all the space between molecules out of Earth, it'd be the size of an apple. A very heavy apple). There was a percussionist, two backing singers (who also tinkled on a 'rockinspiel'), and KT on her guitar. Her voice is pleasantly rough live, and her guitar playing nicely rhythmic, preventing things from getting too MOR. She did the cool self-sampling thing, playing 'Black horse and a cherry tree' in her patented solo way (eg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIO2qpSsUTA). Lots of fun. KT has several catchy songs other than the singles, and the ballads were pretty. 'Suddenly I see' was supposed to be the show topper but her guitar sound was huge and trebly for that song, spoiling her catchy ode to Patti Smith somewhat. On a different subject, during some iTunes/Ticketmaster promotion I seem to have gotten a free file of Manic Street Preacher's 'Your love alone is not enough' with Cardigans' Nina dueting - it's enormously catchy!! Oooh, I say!! I just discovered the file last night and listened to it endlessly on repeat. Am doing the same right now. Albert Hammond Jr's 'In transit' is another toe-tapping number I got in one of those promotions. The only good things I've gotten out of Ticketbastard (when shows sell out in 5 mins, door sales ain't an option). K. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:39:10 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Re: KT Tunstall live tonight, enjoyed Hi, Karen Hester wrote: > Joe's Pub advertised a show by KT Tunstall as her "only currently > scheduled US date for 2008." Thanks for the report, Karen!! I'd thought about going, but Life intervened. KT Tunstall is definitely my current musical guilty pleasure, and I'd like to see her play live sometime. - -- =============================================== 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 #370 ***************************