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Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: snobby nico fans [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] RE: Scarlett Johansson's "Anywhere I Lay My Head" [Leonora Christina Skov] Susan McKeown Four Boro Tour ["Paul Blair" ] The Knife [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] RE: Scarlett Johansson's "Anywhere I Lay My Head" [morayati@email.unc.edu] Re: The Knife [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] Re: The Knife [gordodo@optonline.net] 60/70's [=?iso-8859-1?Q?anna_maria_stj=E4rnell?= ] Re: Deni Bonet ["F.J.Fornorn" ] RE: Scarlett Johansson's "Anywhere I Lay My Head" [Carolyn Andre ] Re: 60/70's [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] scarlett johanssen ["Sharon Nichols" ] Re: recos of 60s/70s ecto influencing albums? [kerrywhite@webtv.net (kerr] Sarah Perrotta - The Well [morayati@email.unc.edu] RE: 60s ["Bill Mazur" ] RE: 60/70's ["Bill Mazur" ] Re: 60s ["Aly Fields" ] albums I want to love [JoAnn Whetsell ] Re: albums I want to love ["Aly Fields" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 01:06:33 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: snobby nico fans Ha Ha Ha. "Desert Storm" for "Desert Shore" and "The Summer Storm Chronicles" for "The Summer Storm Journals" are my new favorite typos. That is in addition to the one I just did myself on a grant application I'm writing, where I wrote "penal conversations" instead of "panel conversations." tim On 5/15/08 12:36 AM, "bill" wrote: > sorry. I mean desert shore obviously. it's 1:30 am and apparently time > to toddle off to bed ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 09:47:32 +0200 From: Leonora Christina Skov Subject: RE: Scarlett Johansson's "Anywhere I Lay My Head" Hi there, Ill be reviewing Scarlett's Anywhere I Lay My Head in the Danish music magazine www.gaffa.dk so I have been listening to it for quite some time. And I am not too pleased especially not with Scarlett's faux-Nicoesque croon. I have seen her delivery compared to 'a faintly goth Marilyn Monroe lost in a sonic fog', 'Debbie Harry singing for This Mortal Coil', and 'Nico backed by The Flaming Lips', but I'd rather call it Scarlet's diminutive voice drowned in sound. Im sure it's artsy and all, but her adopted coon is simply not within her register, as far as I can hear. Actually, her voice is so low in the mix you can barely hear her at all and what she's actually singing is still very much of a mystery to me. Such a shame when the lyrics are most likely first rate  I'm not that familiar with Tom Waits to be honest. Finally, I'm not impressed with Dave Sitek's wall to wall-shoegazey production which does indeed recall This Mortal Coil and The Flaming Lips, but in a very repetitive way. The sonic fog goes on and on and you can't imagine why. Only highlight for me is the poppy "I Don't Want to Grow Up" previously covered by the Ramones. I am sorry, but I would go for Martha Wainwright's splendid "I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too and Martina Topley-Birds innovative "Blue God" anytime.. Cheers, Leonora "After a certain age you get the face you deserve" (Joan Collins) Forfatter, mag.art. Leonora Christina Skov www.leonorachristinaskov.blogspot.com > Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 16:54:19 -0500> From: lasherboy@gmail.com> To: ecto@smoe.org> Subject: Scarlett Johansson's "Anywhere I Lay My Head"> > Wow. Has anyone checked out Scarlett Johansson's album of Tom Waits covers> yet? The official release isn't out yet, but it's leaked.> > I'm not familiar with Tom Waits' music (very selective out which> male-singers I'm into) - so you won't hear me dissing Scarlett's attempt at> a cover album based purely on admiring the source material.. I've already> read a review that rolled its eyes at the album and said something along the> lines of "You just don't cover Tom Waits songs!" - I feel such reviews are> extremely unfair.> > At first listen, I didn't think I'd be into this album. Scarlett's voice is> deeper than I would have imagined - at times she almost reminds me of Nico..> very slow, thick, deep.. It's nice, very nice, just not what I had expected.> Her vocals also seem low in the mix - as if her voice is floating amongst> the music. A little distracting at first..> > But man, this album has grown on me big time. A great headphones-album, but> it sounds great blasting out of the speakers in the car as well. The songs> are moody, ethereal, melodic and catchy. Her voice is fantastic, and it> sounding low in the mix adds to the mood and airy-ness of the songs. The> entire album has a great feel to it, too. No songs sound out-of-place, which> is interesting considering songs were taken from various albums from Waits'> career. I think a lot of ecto-folk will love this album. It's most> definitely going to end up high on my best of 2008 list.> > Paul> > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> "This is the time.> And this is the record of the time."> -Laurie Anderson> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Hvorner har du sidst vfret til koncert? Se Live koncerter pe www.msninconcert.msn.com www.msninconcert.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 08:28:48 -0400 From: "Paul Blair" Subject: Susan McKeown Four Boro Tour Nice to see some more dates from Susan... - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Susan McKeown Date: Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:59 AM Subject: [susanmckeown-announce] Susan McKeown New York City Borough Tour To: Susan Announce Hi Folks, After our East Coast tour in March, guitarist Aidan Brennan decided to stay on in New York, and someone (I think it was Dana) suggested we do a Five Borough Tour. Alas Staten Island did not come through.. so we present the Four Boro Tour. SUSAN McKEOWN NEW YORK CITY BOROUGH TOUR: Showcasing New Acoustic Rock Songs with accompaniment by Aidan Brennan (guitar), Lindsey Horner (bass) and, for some dates, Dana Lyn (fiddle). Full details, including subway directions, below. Please forward... QUEENS May 22 WALTZ ASTORIA 8:00PM 23-14 Ditmars Boulevard (btw 23rd & 24th), Astoria, NY www.waltz-astoria.com/ 718-95-MUSIC Subway: Take either N or W train to Ditmars Boulevard and 31st Street (last stop in Queens), and walk 6 blocks west to 24th street. BROOKLYN May 24 BARBES 10:00PM 376 9th Street (corner of 6th Ave), Brooklyn, NY www.barbesbrooklyn.com (718) 965-9177 Subway: F train to 7th Ave, walk 1 block down the hill, it's on your left. BRONX May 30 AN BEAL BOCHT 8:00PM 445 W 238th Street, Bronx, NY www.anbealbochtcafe.com 718-884-7127 Subway: #1 to 238th Street. Walk west up the steps and you'll find the cafC) on the next block on the right. MANHATTAN May 31 ULYSSES 8:00PM 95 Pearl Street, New York, NY www.ulyssesbarnyc.com 212-482-0400 Subway: #2,3 to Wall Street Bus: #9, #15 to Pearl Street www.myspace.com/susanmckeown ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 10:08:23 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: The Knife Is anyone else a fan? I've been on a little kick for the last few days, b/c I needed something sexy and uptempo but still smart. I've decided they're what happens when a frosty Scandinavian eccentric like Bjork borrows Laurie Anderson's voice modifiers to go to a (gay) circuit party in the Caribbean. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 11:50:18 -0400 From: morayati@email.unc.edu Subject: RE: Scarlett Johansson's "Anywhere I Lay My Head" > The Blue God! I've been meaning to buy that since it came out this > week. How is the entire album? I've only heard the tracks that are on > her MySpace. > > -Sarah > > Quoting Leonora Christina Skov : > >> I am sorry, but I would go for Martha Wainwright's splendid "I Know You're >> Married But I've Got Feelings Too and Martina Topley-Birds innovative "Blue >> God" anytime.. >> >> Cheers, >> Leonora >> >> "After a certain age you get the face you deserve" (Joan Collins) >> Forfatter, mag.art. Leonora Christina Skov >> www.leonorachristinaskov.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 10:47:38 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: The Knife The first one is still the one I9ve listened to the least. I need to remedy that. I9ve been into Silent Shout for a long time, and have been a big Deep Cuts kick lately. On 5/15/08 10:42 AM, "gordodo@optonline.net" wrote: > I love all three Knife albums, especially their first one...I also highly > recommend the 3 disc expanded version of Silent Shout. > > np Feist -The Reminder > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington > Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:18 am > Subject: The Knife > To: Untitled > >> > Is anyone else a fan? I've been on a little kick for the last >> > few days, b/c >> > I needed something sexy and uptempo but still smart. >> > >> > I've decided they're what happens when a frosty Scandinavian >> > eccentric like >> > Bjork borrows Laurie Anderson's voice modifiers to go to a (gay) >> > circuitparty in the Caribbean. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 15:42:55 +0000 (GMT) From: gordodo@optonline.net Subject: Re: The Knife I love all three Knife albums, especially their first one...I also highly recommend the 3 disc expanded version of Silent Shout.np Feist -The Reminder----- Original Message -----From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:18 amSubject: The KnifeTo: Untitled > Is anyone else a fan? I've been on a little kick for the last > few days, b/c> I needed something sexy and uptempo but still smart.> > I've decided they're what happens when a frosty Scandinavian > eccentric like> Bjork borrows Laurie Anderson's voice modifiers to go to a (gay) > circuitparty in the Caribbean.> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 09:41:13 -0700 (PDT) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?anna_maria_stj=E4rnell?= Subject: 60/70's Hi. about the sixties and seventies ecto stuff..try dory previn..hugely underrated songwriter..she writes very personal and intelligent songs..a compilation..the art of dory previn is out now. try laura nyro..you can't go wrong with new york tendaberry..or any of her sixties stuff. the scarlett johansson album meanwhile is pleasing to the ear and hugely intersting..bowie does nice backing vocals too. anna ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 12:55:46 -0400 From: "F.J.Fornorn" Subject: Re: Deni Bonet Ya, some would say Deni is a comedy/novelty act. But like Zappa (although not to say to the same degree, by any stretch), one may be hooked in by the humor but once there, you may realize there's some pretty good music going on at the same time. She's a wonderful violinist, for instance. "Bigger is Always Better" was and is one of my fav albums, so I admit my bias as a fan. This new one, "Last Girl On Earth", besides having some very clever tunes on it, has an interesting live/studio sound quality to it that I really like as well. Of course she's been playing most of these live for nearly 8 years now... I stand by my original review. It's just great fun to listen to. On May 14, 2008, at 11:12 PM, robert bristow-johnson wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "F.J.Fornorn" >> To: Ecto >> Subject: Deni Bonet >> Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 22:43:19 -0400 >> >> >> new ablum: Last Girl on Earth. >> avail: cdbaby, itunes, denibonet.com >> >> I haven't had this much fun in *years*... >> >> Word up > > i have some other CD from the 90s (she's climbing the Empire State > Building like King Kong). maybe there was one song i liked. i > think there was a song called "Bigger is Better" or similar. > > i first heard her when she was selected by someone who liked her to > play at the Javits during some evening of the Audio Engineering > Society convention (so, being in NYC, it had to be an odd-numbered > year, maybe 1999). i remember that i and an AES friend got pretty > drunk because they had an open bar at this little "private" party > and i think she thought that i was pretty goofy. i certainly never > thought she was as good as Happy or similar (and i tried to get them > to book Happy for a private AES party so i was sorta pissed that > they ignored my suggestion for someone "lesser", i dunno). > > maybe this one is better, i dunno. > > -- > > r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com > > "Imagination is more important than knowledge." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 11:38:43 -0500 From: Carolyn Andre Subject: RE: Scarlett Johansson's "Anywhere I Lay My Head" At 02:47 AM 5/15/2008, Leonora Christina Skov wrote: >... , but I'd rather call it Scarlet's diminutive voice drowned >in sound. Im sure it's artsy and all, but her adopted coon is simply not >within her register, as far as I can hear. Actually, her voice is so low in >the mix you can barely hear her at all and what she's actually singing is >still very much of a mystery to me. Being more attracted to voices in the lower, earthy end of the ecto spectrum than the ethereal, and enjoying Tom Waits' lyrics if not his voice, I figured I'd give this a try. "voice ... so low in the mix" is an understatement! When I first listened yesterday, I thought it was a problem with my laptop (Mac)'s speakers. So today gave another listen on my desktop. Same thing, though I listened my way through the whole album this time. At least the production is uneven enough that *some* times her voice (and lyrics) actually become audible. And I agree that she seems to be singing below her natural register. Not that I'm such a Scarlett Johansson fan that I'd have seen/heard her singing anywhere else. >Finally, I'm not impressed with Dave Sitek's wall to wall-shoegazey production >which does indeed recall This Mortal Coil and The Flaming Lips, but in a very >repetitive way. The sonic fog goes on and on and you can't imagine why. The production seems rather uneven so (I strongly dislike "albums" where i have to keep playing with the volume to avoid blaring or whispering.) And I couldn't figure out whether it wanted to be an ambient/electronica (instrumental) album or a vocal one. In the end I decided it was too much work to listen to this album for the voice/lyrics. Though I definitely did appreciate this effort by mainstream music to make the music available fully, without all the paranoid "protections". Regards, Carolyn Andre - --- candre@house-of-music.com Chicago, IL / USA Support Independent Music! Use the Internet http://house-of-music.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 10:20:44 -0700 (PDT) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?anna_maria_stj=E4rnell?= Subject: laura hi.. oops..sorry jason..of course you had laura nyro already. always reading original posts carefully seems like a good idea. anna ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 10:41:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: 60/70's I forgot to mention Claudine Longet. Probably a little bit more of a novelty act, but I greatly enjoy her. And anyone singing anything by Bacharach & David wins my vote. Altho I actually find that some contemporary covers (ie Cyndi Lauper's) tap into the emotional core of his songs better than Dionne Warwick's versions did. anna maria stjdrnell wrote: Hi. about the sixties and seventies ecto stuff..try dory previn..hugely underrated songwriter..she writes very personal and intelligent songs..a compilation..the art of dory previn is out now. try laura nyro..you can't go wrong with new york tendaberry..or any of her sixties stuff. the scarlett johansson album meanwhile is pleasing to the ear and hugely intersting..bowie does nice backing vocals too. anna ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 13:54:40 -0400 From: "Sharon Nichols" Subject: scarlett johanssen thanks for posting the link to the album. i'm digging this moody shit. and i agree that we should keep an open mind about artist crossover. or maybe i'm just a music slut. oh, yeah, and bowie on backup is all sorts of wicked. sharon - -- "As in the eye of Nature he has lived, so in the eye of Nature let him die."-- William Wordsworth ~ Sharon Nichols ~ Executive Director, Hudson Valley Green Burial Association ~ myspace.com/nygreenburials ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 13:39:15 -0500 From: kerrywhite@webtv.net (kerry white) Subject: Re: recos of 60s/70s ecto influencing albums? Hi, youngster. I'm 56 and was 18 when the first Led Zep, Pnk Floyd's Ummagumma (sp) and King Crimsom's first came out. I really only liked the drum-midi portion of Tales of.. due to being stoned alot at the time. A friend let me go through a radio station's slush pile and I got Acquiring The Taste, Paul Brett whom I never heard from again, and Fearless, the first of many Family albums. And, I have always felt the Crime Of the Century told the same story better than PF's The Wall I have been in love with the 'Canterbury' sound, having live Caravan and Hatfield CDs and live boots of same. I wonder how many Ectos have enjoyed James Barkly Harvest? Bye, Kerry KrW I'm Peter Pan! I'm perpetually young!! OW!! What's wrong with my back? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 15:45:51 -0400 From: morayati@email.unc.edu Subject: Sarah Perrotta - The Well Sarah Perrotta from Outloud Dreamer has a solo album, _The Well_, out, and it's excellent. Sophisticated piano pop, at times moody, at times cheery. It starts out strong with the single, "Out of Grace," and never falters. Sarah's vocals are quite listenable, often jazzy. In some spots she does sound a bit like Tori, especially on "Steel" (one of the best songs), but it's in no way a knockoff. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 15:25:58 -0700 From: "Bill Mazur" Subject: RE: 60s I completely agree with Don about the Jefferson Airplane classic albums. If you were exposed to the 80s incarnation called the Jefferson Starship please do not be deterred. The Airplane was a really fantastic band especially live. To me it's like comparing Genesis with Gabriel and Hackett to the later Phil Collins led Genesis. The early incarnations of both bands (Airplane and Genesis) were innovative and vital. The later incarnations had a few bright moments but were mainly putting out average pop music. Obviously that was my era but if is really great to see younger Ectophiles like Aly discovering and appreciating music from that era. I am trying to do that with music that has come out over the past few decades. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Donald G. Keller Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:56 AM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: 60s I've just rediscovered Jefferson Airplane, who were my first favorite band after the Beatles (you =do= know the Beatles, right?), reminding myself that the long road that led me to loving the music of Kate Bush, Tori Amos, and Kristeen Young began with Grace Slick. I still love the four main albums--=Surrealistic Pillow=, =After Bathing at Baxter's=, =Crown of Creation=, and =Volunteers=--all of which are available in remastered, extra-track, midprice editions. I'll also second (third? n+1?) the recommendations of Sandy Denny, Renaissance, and It's a Beautiful Day. Lastly, I still love =Tales from Topographic Oceans=, which was in fact the album that made me a Yes fan. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 15:45:42 -0700 From: "Bill Mazur" Subject: RE: 60/70's Tim stated: I forgot to mention Claudine Longet Since we are going in that direction I would also recommend Francoise Hardy. Ms. Hardy was the epitome of the sultry breathy French pop singer. I really enjoy her music when I am in that kind of mood. Some of the stuff that Air did on Moon Safari with the female vocalist seemed to be a bit of a nod to that 60s era French pop. Similar but quite a bit more in a jazz pop and Brazilian bossa nova vein would be the wonderful Astrud Gilberto. One of my all-time favorite jazz pop CDs (released on the excellent CTI label) was "Astrud Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine". A beautiful mix of jazz and pop. Someone else (one of my fellow Bill's here on Ecto) mentioned Flora Purim. The work she did with Chick Corea on the early Return to Forever recordings was inspired. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Tim Jones-Yelvington Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 10:42 AM To: stjarnell@yahoo.com; ecto@smoe.org Subject: Re: 60/70's I forgot to mention Claudine Longet. Probably a little bit more of a novelty act, but I greatly enjoy her. And anyone singing anything by Bacharach & David wins my vote. Altho I actually find that some contemporary covers (ie Cyndi Lauper's) tap into the emotional core of his songs better than Dionne Warwick's versions did. anna maria stjdrnell wrote: Hi. about the sixties and seventies ecto stuff..try dory previn..hugely underrated songwriter..she writes very personal and intelligent songs..a compilation..the art of dory previn is out now. try laura nyro..you can't go wrong with new york tendaberry..or any of her sixties stuff. the scarlett johansson album meanwhile is pleasing to the ear and hugely intersting..bowie does nice backing vocals too. anna ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 19:38:38 -0400 From: "Aly Fields" Subject: Re: 60s :) :) On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Bill Mazur wrote: > I completely agree with Don about the Jefferson Airplane classic albums. If > you were exposed to the 80s incarnation called the Jefferson Starship > please > do not be deterred. The Airplane was a really fantastic band especially > live. To me it's like comparing Genesis with Gabriel and Hackett to the > later Phil Collins led Genesis. The early incarnations of both bands > (Airplane and Genesis) were innovative and vital. The later incarnations > had > a few bright moments but were mainly putting out average pop music. > > Obviously that was my era but if is really great to see younger Ectophiles > like Aly discovering and appreciating music from that era. I am trying to > do > that with music that has come out over the past few decades. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Donald > G. Keller > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:56 AM > To: ecto@smoe.org > Subject: 60s > > I've just rediscovered Jefferson Airplane, who were my first favorite band > after the Beatles (you =do= know the Beatles, right?), reminding myself > that the long road that led me to loving the music of Kate Bush, Tori > Amos, and Kristeen Young began with Grace Slick. I still love the four > main albums--=Surrealistic Pillow=, =After Bathing at Baxter's=, =Crown of > Creation=, and =Volunteers=--all of which are available in remastered, > extra-track, midprice editions. > > I'll also second (third? n+1?) the recommendations of Sandy Denny, > Renaissance, and It's a Beautiful Day. > > Lastly, I still love =Tales from Topographic Oceans=, which was in fact > the album that made me a Yes fan. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 21:55:42 -0400 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: albums I want to love Patty Larkin - Watch the Sky I've been listening to Patty Larkin since Perishable Fruit came out in 1997. I bought that CD without ever having heard her voice because I read a short review in a magazine that made me sure I'd love it. And I did. I discovered some of her previous albums (Tango, Angels Running, and Strangers World) and bought every release going forward. I saw her in concert twice, in Vancouver and Seattle. So I really want to love her new album, her first completely DIY album, ...but I don't. I don't dislike it either, and maybe that's worse. Only because it would at least mean a strong reaction. And because sometimes active dislike translates, with adjustment, into like and even adoration. But Watch the Sky kind of leaves me flat. I love the song "Hallelujah," which I find the most memorable and the only song that demands repeat listening. I like all 3 opening tracks in fact, but after that it just kind of gets flat, and when it's over I don't really remember anything about it. When I listen carefully to the whole album I don't really have any complaints, but it just doesn't really do anything for me. In sound it's like some of Red=Luck (which I mostly love) and I also hear the influence of some of the earlier women on the La Guitara album (earlier in terms of history, not album order). I wish I'd seen Patty earlier this year; maybe hearing the songs live would have helped me appreciate the album more. Terami Hirsch's A Broke Machine was going to be on this list. I wrote "With each album Terami gets more complex, more intricate. And although I wouldn't call her more recent work less compelling, I don't find myself drawn in to her more recent albums. It's like I appreciate the craft and admire her talent, but I don't really connect to them. And not in that "Oh, this is me! This is the soundtrack of my life" emotional way, but more that I just don't really feel inspired to listen to them." But then I listened to the album again, and it clicked!, and I've been listening happily to it ever since. Okay, that was all of a week ago, but still, I think this one that I'll come back to time and again. JoAnn _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live SkyDrive lets you share files with faraway friends. http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_s kydrive_052008 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 22:15:07 -0400 From: "Aly Fields" Subject: Re: albums I want to love I was looking at that Patty Larkin album, we have it in the radio studio where I work... I think I'll try it anyway, my show is actually women in alternative music and I think it would be good to get even more material. An album I want to love is Kate Bush's *The Sensual World*. Now, I don't really even try to love *The Red Shoes*, that's really hard, but TSW has a lot of quality tracks on it but it seems so... overproduced, You-Ro (Euro), just... I don't know, something about it doesn't set right with me and I'm not quite sure why. On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:55 PM, JoAnn Whetsell wrote: > Patty Larkin - Watch the Sky > > I've been listening to Patty Larkin since Perishable Fruit came out in > 1997. > I bought that CD without ever having heard her voice because I read a short > review in a magazine that made me sure I'd love it. And I did. I > discovered > some of her previous albums (Tango, Angels Running, and Strangers World) > and > bought every release going forward. I saw her in concert twice, in > Vancouver > and Seattle. > > So I really want to love her new album, her first completely DIY album, > ...but > I don't. I don't dislike it either, and maybe that's worse. Only because > it > would at least mean a strong reaction. And because sometimes active > dislike > translates, with adjustment, into like and even adoration. But Watch the > Sky > kind of leaves me flat. I love the song "Hallelujah," which I find the > most > memorable and the only song that demands repeat listening. I like all 3 > opening tracks in fact, but after that it just kind of gets flat, and when > it's over I don't really remember anything about it. When I listen > carefully > to the whole album I don't really have any complaints, but it just doesn't > really do anything for me. In sound it's like some of Red=Luck (which I > mostly love) and I also hear the influence of some of the earlier women on > the > La Guitara album (earlier in terms of history, not album order). I wish > I'd > seen Patty earlier this year; maybe hearing the songs live would have > helped > me appreciate the album more. > > > > Terami Hirsch's A Broke Machine was going to be on this list. I wrote > "With > each album Terami gets more complex, more intricate. And although I > wouldn't > call her more recent work less compelling, I don't find myself drawn in to > her > more recent albums. It's like I appreciate the craft and admire her > talent, > but I don't really connect to them. And not in that "Oh, this is me! This > is > the soundtrack of my life" emotional way, but more that I just don't really > feel inspired to listen to them." > > But then I listened to the album again, and it clicked!, and I've been > listening happily to it ever since. Okay, that was all of a week ago, but > still, I think this one that I'll come back to time and again. > > JoAnn > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live SkyDrive lets you share files with faraway friends. > > http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_s > kydrive_052008 ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V13 #488 ***************************