From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V13 #530 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, June 27 2008 Volume 13 : Number 530 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: robyn hitchcock [gaseous clay ] Jo Gabriel, Fools and Orphans [Craig Gidney ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:39:14 -0400 From: gaseous clay Subject: Re: robyn hitchcock one time at band camp, bill (breinheimer@webtv.net) said: >being unfamiliar with the rock armada (great name) I did a little >googling. appears they did some touring in 1999. yeah. that's the informal name robyn was using for the 1999 tour which included former soft boy kimberley rew, tim keegan and the rest of the crew from the band called homer. >since they don't seem to have released anything and woj didn't list a >title in his np reference to them, i'm guessing this was bootlegged at a >concert. yes, i was listening to a bootleg (the november 1, 1999 show at the bowery ballroom in nyc) but the tour was supporting the release of robyn's album _jewels for sophia_. >so, what did they sound like? or is the answer to that simply >"they sounded like robyn hitchcock". in essense, yes. the first part of those shows was robyn solo (on both acoustic and electric). then kimberley would join for a couple songs and then the rest of the gang as well, so it ended up being a full band show...which was something that robyn really hadn't done, aside from some special occasions, since the last egyptians tour in 1993. there aren't any rock armada shows on the live music archive yet but i intend on rectifying that soon! >also, I found that he's been playing in the uk with the psychedelic >trams (featuring a couple of former soft boys). know anything about >them? i've heard a few of those shows. again, the psychedelic trams is just an informal name for the band for these shows. said band consists of kimberley rew, paul noble on bass, terry edwards on horns and morris windsor on drums. they're mostly playing robyn stuff with a few classic covers thrown in for fun and games. >he's touring the northeast us in july but unfortunately it's a solo >tour. while his solo concerts show what an underrated guitarist he is, I >really think it takes an actual band to do justice to his greatest >strength, songwriting. i enjoy both but, yeah, i prefer band configurations. i'm still going to catch the iron horse gig on this northeast swing...and maybe a few of the other shows as well if i can manage it. >np: xtc- wasp star (apple venus volume 2) nice choice! woj n.p. nada! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:00:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Craig Gidney Subject: Jo Gabriel, Fools and Orphans A more in depth review of the Jo Gabriel cd is here: http://www.thenewgay.net/2008/06/jo-gabriel-fools-and-orphans.html Blog: http://ethereal-lad.livejournal.com Book Reviews: http://www.fantasybookspot.com/ Fiction Excerpts: http://craiglaurancegidney.wordpress.com ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V13 #530 ***************************