From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V13 #541 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, July 11 2008 Volume 13 : Number 541 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Edie non-concert ["Karen Hester" ] Rachel Taylor Brown ["Sue Trowbridge" ] St Vincent at Castle Clinton ["Karen Hester" ] Re: Rachel Taylor Brown [morayati@email.unc.edu] Re: Rachel Taylor Brown [gaseous clay ] Re: Rachel Taylor Brown ["Paul Blair" ] Re: St Vincent at Castle Clinton [Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Edie non-concert Edie was scheduled for 9pm at Mehanata, a Bulgarian bar. Unfortunately a Gypsy film festival was scheduled for the same time, same room. So, I watched 90 minute doco 'Musicians for life' or something, about Swiss or Dutch Gypsy musicians with bad teeth and mad guitar and violin skillz. Then there was 30 minutes of another band setting up. Then Edie played three songs. Then I went home to bed. Not exactly as planned, but the three songs ('Say it again', 'Nothings changed', 'Ca y est', solo, acoustic guitar) were pretty, lovely light melodic stuff. Works well solo, without the dark 80s Euro electronics. I look forward to a longer performance, solo or when she gathers local musicians around her. K. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:41:17 -0700 From: "Sue Trowbridge" Subject: Rachel Taylor Brown Anyone here ever heard of Portland, OR artist Rachel Taylor Brown? http://www.myspace.com/racheltaylorbrown "Regina Spektor + The Beatles (White Album) + Kate Bush = Rachel Taylor Brown," according to one of the reviews she's posted. I don't really hear the Kate influence but I do enjoy what I've heard so far. Plus, the list of influences on her myspace page is pretty awesome: Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Lynda Barry, Gloria Steinem, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Rachel Carson, Marvel Comics, Joss Whedon, BBC costume dramas, Bela Bartok, Tom Jones, Corin Redgrave, Fred Astaire, peevishness, Ann & Nancy Wilson, Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant, The Daily Show, Samuel Barber, The Colbert Report, and about 100 others... - --Sue ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:44:34 -0400 From: "Karen Hester" Subject: St Vincent at Castle Clinton Ranger Jim gave a brief history of Castle Clinton (unnecessary defense against British; processed 8 million immigrants in the 19th century), and then St Vincent came on. It was daylight so the stage lights were an odd touch. We were beneath plane, helicopter and sea bird flight paths, and the salted breeze buffeted the trees and balloons. The band wore sunglasses, all dressed in white. Guitar, bass, drums, violin, flute, clarinet, trumpet, other brass, often processed and garbled into interesting sounds. Annie was cute: expressive eyes, fringe in eyes, slightly rambling chatter including a confession that 'Arrested Development' DVDs are the best thing about her life at the moment (she named the album 'Marry me' after a line in the programme - "which shows how seriously I take my art.") Some of the newer songs were funky slow jams, not my thing (she has been listening to Prince). I'm also not so keen on the way marching band percussion and horns give songs a cute datedness, like Sergeant Pepper's with more distortion. Nonetheless many interesting sounds and her voice is always pretty. "Marry me" was fun whimsy; "Landmines" and "All my stars aligned" were lovely; murderous closer "Your lips are red" rawked; and 'Paris is burning' was furious and gorgeous. K. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:34:36 -0400 From: morayati@email.unc.edu Subject: Re: Rachel Taylor Brown I like what I'm hearing so far. (A common sentiment for this year - I've discovered SO many great debuts. More on them later.) I'd add Lisa Germano to the list of "sounds-like." A much more aggressive Lisa Germano, though. - -Sarah Quoting Sue Trowbridge : > Anyone here ever heard of Portland, OR artist Rachel Taylor Brown? > http://www.myspace.com/racheltaylorbrown > "Regina Spektor + The Beatles (White Album) + Kate Bush = Rachel > Taylor Brown," according to one of the reviews she's posted. I don't > really hear the Kate influence but I do enjoy what I've heard so far. > > Plus, the list of influences on her myspace page is pretty awesome: > Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Lynda Barry, Gloria Steinem, Herb Alpert & the > Tijuana Brass, Rachel Carson, Marvel Comics, Joss Whedon, BBC costume > dramas, Bela Bartok, Tom Jones, Corin Redgrave, Fred Astaire, > peevishness, Ann & Nancy Wilson, Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant, The > Daily Show, Samuel Barber, The Colbert Report, and about 100 others... > > --Sue ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:28:32 -0400 From: gaseous clay Subject: Re: Rachel Taylor Brown one time at band camp, Sue Trowbridge (trow@interbridge.com) said: >Anyone here ever heard of Portland, OR artist Rachel Taylor Brown? haven't picked up any of her records yet, but definitely liked what i heard after kaitlyn ni donovan recomended her in a myspace posting. i'd kinda forgotten about persuing some of her albums, so thank you for the reminder! woj n.p. last night's robyn hitchcock show ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:27:49 -0400 From: "Paul Blair" Subject: Re: Rachel Taylor Brown On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:28 PM, gaseous clay wrote: > haven't picked up any of her records yet, but definitely liked what i > heard after kaitlyn ni donovan recomended her in a myspace posting. There's a name I haven't heard mentioned on here in awhile. Anything new in Kaitlyn land? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:43:20 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: St Vincent at Castle Clinton I thought she was fantastic when I saw her live, but it was the one time I've ever thought someone would actually be better in a larger venue. Her sound is symphonic, and it overwhelmed the tiny little room that is Schuba's in Chicago. Tim On 7/10/08 8:44 PM, "Karen Hester" wrote: > Ranger Jim gave a brief history of Castle Clinton (unnecessary defense > against British; processed 8 million immigrants in the 19th century), > and then St Vincent came on. It was daylight so the stage lights were > an odd touch. We were beneath plane, helicopter and sea bird flight > paths, and the salted breeze buffeted the trees and balloons. > > The band wore sunglasses, all dressed in white. Guitar, bass, drums, > violin, flute, clarinet, trumpet, other brass, often processed and > garbled into interesting sounds. Annie was cute: expressive eyes, > fringe in eyes, slightly rambling chatter including a confession that > 'Arrested Development' DVDs are the best thing about her life at the > moment (she named the album 'Marry me' after a line in the programme - > "which shows how seriously I take my art.") > > Some of the newer songs were funky slow jams, not my thing (she has > been listening to Prince). I'm also not so keen on the way marching > band percussion and horns give songs a cute datedness, like Sergeant > Pepper's with more distortion. Nonetheless many interesting sounds > and her voice is always pretty. "Marry me" was fun whimsy; > "Landmines" and "All my stars aligned" were lovely; murderous closer > "Your lips are red" rawked; and 'Paris is burning' was furious and > gorgeous. > > K. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V13 #541 ***************************