From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V13 #608 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, September 20 2008 Volume 13 : Number 608 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: ecto-digest V13 #606 ["Marcel Kshensky" ] Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland [morayati@email.unc.edu] Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland ["mrl220" ] Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] Re: sofia talvik [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland [Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ***************** Mark Frabotta (markfrab@microsoft.com) ****************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mark Frabotta Sun September 19 1965 Don't even THINK about parking here Joe Zitt Sat September 20 1958 Will Hack for CDs Ani DiFranco Wed September 23 1970 Virgo Lord Tyr Mon September 24 1979 Libran Paul Kim Sat October 01 1977 fetal position JoAnn Whetsell Fri October 01 1976 Pendulum Ella McCrystle Tue October 03 1967 Libra William Gill Wed October 05 1960 A wide-eyed wanderer Birdie Breeze Mon October 05 1959 OooOoooWheeee Dan Riley Sun October 08 1961 Libra Neile Graham Wed October 08 1958 pen Quenby M. 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On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 1:55 AM, ecto-digest wrote: > > ecto-digest Thursday, September 18 2008 Volume 13 : Number > 606 > > > > To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word > unsubscribe in the message body. > > Today's Subjects: > ----------------- > Re: politics & voting & music (and squeeze) [Doug >] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:29:42 -0500 > From: Doug > Subject: Re: politics & voting & music (and squeeze) > > Since this thread is related to American politics, this might (or > might not) be a good place to ask: Which way are the Americans on > this list planning to vote? Is anyone going to vote Republican? I'm > leaning toward Obama, but I'm on the fence. I don't have much faith > in either party's candidate. I want change, and though I think we'll > get more change from Obama, I doubt he'll do all that much. > > What do you think? > > - --Doug > > ------------------------------ > > End of ecto-digest V13 #606 > *************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:55:13 -0400 From: morayati@email.unc.edu Subject: Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland Yes! Go see this. Apparently the show's been changed for the US - the reviews I looked at frequently referenced numbers that didn't happen - but what's there is alternately gorgeous and timely and funny and often all of the above at the same time. Quoting Aly-Neil Fields : > Wow, I just saw Laurie's Homeland show (with morayati on here, actually) and > I was totally blown away. It was different what what I expected - the sound > was very much like the stuff she put out a few years ago but with newer > synths and more intense layering of the strings, but the lyrical content... > I could see why it was so controversial when it premiered. She's great - > and I feel like she may not do much else after this - so seriously, goooo > seeeee heeerrr! There's a pantload more dates and I'd gather most of the > dates aren't sold out. Plus there were cool t-shirts... but I already have > a Laurie shirt from the 80s, so I didn't buy one. Awesome awesome > experience - try to get close seats if you can! (We were in the fourth > row.) > > -- > NP: "Only An Expert," Laurie Anderson. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:49:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland "Homeland" is great. It's one of the most music-oriented performances Laurie has done in years. - --- On Fri, 9/19/08, morayati@email.unc.edu wrote: From: morayati@email.unc.edu Subject: Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland To: ecto@smoe.org Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 10:55 AM Yes! Go see this. Apparently the show's been changed for the US - the reviews I looked at frequently referenced numbers that didn't happen - but what's there is alternately gorgeous and timely and funny and often all of the above at the same time. Quoting Aly-Neil Fields : > Wow, I just saw Laurie's Homeland show (with morayati on here, actually) and > I was totally blown away. It was different what what I expected - the sound > was very much like the stuff she put out a few years ago but with newer > synths and more intense layering of the strings, but the lyrical content... > I could see why it was so controversial when it premiered. She's great - > and I feel like she may not do much else after this - so seriously, goooo > seeeee heeerrr! There's a pantload more dates and I'd gather most of the > dates aren't sold out. Plus there were cool t-shirts... but I already have > a Laurie shirt from the 80s, so I didn't buy one. Awesome awesome > experience - try to get close seats if you can! (We were in the fourth > row.) > > -- > NP: "Only An Expert," Laurie Anderson. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:03:48 -0500 From: "mrl220" Subject: Re: ecto-digest V13 #606 Check out the new Matt Damon video on You Tube and then see who you want to vote for. Marty - ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Marcel Kshensky" Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:36:11 -0400 > >It frightens me that the polls are this close. I figured after eight years >of Bush's incompetence and mismanagement there was no way the Democrats >could blow this. If Obama was white I think he'd be a shoo-in. I'm voting >for Obama. >> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:29:42 -0500 >> From: Doug >> Subject: Re: politics & voting & music (and squeeze) >> >> Since this thread is related to American politics, this might (or >> might not) be a good place to ask: Which way are the Americans on >> this list planning to vote? Is anyone going to vote Republican? I'm >> leaning toward Obama, but I'm on the fence. I don't have much faith >> in either party's candidate. I want change, and though I think we'll >> get more change from Obama, I doubt he'll do all that much. >> >> What do you think? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:07:25 -0500 From: "mrl220" Subject: Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland I saw in in Chicago last April. I agree with everyone else-its a must see. BTW, her web site says there will be a CD of it coming out on Nonesuch next year. Marty - ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Reply-To: timjy@sbcglobal.net Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:49:51 -0700 (PDT) > >"Homeland" is great. It's one of the most music-oriented performances Laurie has done in years. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:47:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland I was at the same show as you. - --- On Fri, 9/19/08, mrl220 wrote: From: mrl220 Subject: Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland To: ecto@smoe.org, morayati@email.unc.edu, timjy@sbcglobal.net Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 12:07 PM I saw in in Chicago last April. I agree with everyone else-its a must see. BTW, her web site says there will be a CD of it coming out on Nonesuch next year. Marty - ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Reply-To: timjy@sbcglobal.net Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:49:51 -0700 (PDT) > >"Homeland" is great. It's one of the most music-oriented performances Laurie has done in years. > >--- On Fri, 9/19/08, morayati@email.unc.edu wrote: >From: morayati@email.unc.edu >Subject: Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland >To: ecto@smoe.org >Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 10:55 AM > >Yes! Go see this. Apparently the show's been changed for the US - the >reviews I looked at frequently referenced numbers that didn't happen - >but what's there is alternately gorgeous and timely and funny and often >all of the above at the same time. > >Quoting Aly-Neil Fields : > >> Wow, I just saw Laurie's Homeland show (with morayati on here, >actually) and >> I was totally blown away. It was different what what I expected - the >sound >> was very much like the stuff she put out a few years ago but with newer >> synths and more intense layering of the strings, but the lyrical >content... >> I could see why it was so controversial when it premiered. She's >great - >> and I feel like she may not do much else after this - so seriously, goooo >> seeeee heeerrr! There's a pantload more dates and I'd gather most >of the >> dates aren't sold out. Plus there were cool t-shirts... but I already >have >> a Laurie shirt from the 80s, so I didn't buy one. Awesome awesome >> experience - try to get close seats if you can! (We were in the fourth >> row.) >> >> -- >> NP: "Only An Expert," Laurie Anderson. > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at msg.dcwis.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:29:25 -0700 (PDT) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?anna_maria_stj=E4rnell?= Subject: sofia talvik Hi. another good swedish singer is sofia talvik. her latest album is called jonestown and follows the sophie zelmani tradition of melancholy tuneful pop. cdbaby has it and her site is sofiatalvik.com. anna maria ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:07:24 -0500 (CDT) From: "Kat Crowder" Subject: Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland Random comment, Tim - when you put this subject and your name side-by-side, it looks like either Laurie's got a hyphenated last name, or you've got a performance named "Yelvington". :) On Fri, September 19, 2008 11:49 am, Tim Jones-Yelvington wrote: > "Homeland" is great. It's one of the most music-oriented performances > Laurie has done in years. > > --- On Fri, 9/19/08, morayati@email.unc.edu > wrote: > From: morayati@email.unc.edu > Subject: Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland > To: ecto@smoe.org > Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 10:55 AM > > Yes! Go see this. Apparently the show's been changed for the US - the > reviews I looked at frequently referenced numbers that didn't happen - > but what's there is alternately gorgeous and timely and funny and often > all of the above at the same time. > > Quoting Aly-Neil Fields : > >> Wow, I just saw Laurie's Homeland show (with morayati on here, > actually) and >> I was totally blown away. It was different what what I expected - the > sound >> was very much like the stuff she put out a few years ago but with newer >> synths and more intense layering of the strings, but the lyrical > content... >> I could see why it was so controversial when it premiered. She's > great - >> and I feel like she may not do much else after this - so seriously, >> goooo >> seeeee heeerrr! There's a pantload more dates and I'd gather most > of the >> dates aren't sold out. Plus there were cool t-shirts... but I already > have >> a Laurie shirt from the 80s, so I didn't buy one. Awesome awesome >> experience - try to get close seats if you can! (We were in the fourth >> row.) >> >> -- >> NP: "Only An Expert," Laurie Anderson. > - -- _ ___ _.--. \`.|\..----...-'` `-._.-'_.-'` / ' ` , __.--' )/' _/ \ `-_, / `-'" `"\_ ,_.-;_.-\_ ', fsc/as _.-'_./ {_.' ; / {_.-``-' {_/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:44:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: sofia talvik I want to be Swedish when I grow up. - --- On Fri, 9/19/08, anna maria stjdrnell wrote: From: anna maria stjdrnell Subject: sofia talvik To: ecto@smoe.org Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 2:29 PM Hi. another good swedish singer is sofia talvik. her latest album is called jonestown and follows the sophie zelmani tradition of melancholy tuneful pop. cdbaby has it and her site is sofiatalvik.com. anna maria ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:59:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland love it - --- On Fri, 9/19/08, Kat Crowder wrote: From: Kat Crowder Subject: Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland To: ecto@smoe.org Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 2:07 PM Random comment, Tim - when you put this subject and your name side-by-side, it looks like either Laurie's got a hyphenated last name, or you've got a performance named "Yelvington". :) On Fri, September 19, 2008 11:49 am, Tim Jones-Yelvington wrote: > "Homeland" is great. It's one of the most music-oriented performances > Laurie has done in years. > > --- On Fri, 9/19/08, morayati@email.unc.edu > wrote: > From: morayati@email.unc.edu > Subject: Re: Laurie Anderson - Homeland > To: ecto@smoe.org > Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 10:55 AM > > Yes! Go see this. Apparently the show's been changed for the US - the > reviews I looked at frequently referenced numbers that didn't happen - > but what's there is alternately gorgeous and timely and funny and often > all of the above at the same time. > > Quoting Aly-Neil Fields : > >> Wow, I just saw Laurie's Homeland show (with morayati on here, > actually) and >> I was totally blown away. It was different what what I expected - the > sound >> was very much like the stuff she put out a few years ago but with newer >> synths and more intense layering of the strings, but the lyrical > content... >> I could see why it was so controversial when it premiered. She's > great - >> and I feel like she may not do much else after this - so seriously, >> goooo >> seeeee heeerrr! There's a pantload more dates and I'd gather most > of the >> dates aren't sold out. Plus there were cool t-shirts... but I already > have >> a Laurie shirt from the 80s, so I didn't buy one. Awesome awesome >> experience - try to get close seats if you can! (We were in the fourth >> row.) >> >> -- >> NP: "Only An Expert," Laurie Anderson. > - -- _ ___ _.--. \`.|\..----...-'` `-._.-'_.-'` / ' ` , __.--' )/' _/ \ `-_, / `-'" `"\_ ,_.-;_.-\_ ', fsc/as _.-'_./ {_.' ; / {_.-``-' {_/ ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V13 #608 ***************************