From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V13 #622 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, October 10 2008 Volume 13 : Number 622 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 ] jonna enckell [=?iso-8859-1?Q?anna_maria_stj=E4rnell?= ] Re: Sia and Mr. Gnome [Joshua Yu Burnett ] Re: Sia and Mr. Gnome ["Sue Trowbridge" ] New CDs: Melissa Ferrick, Anne Heaton [meredith ] Re: Sia and Mr. Gnome [Ed Cole ] Alison Moyet Dates [jjhanson@att.net] Re: New CDs: Melissa Ferrick, Anne Heaton [Damon ] Re: New CDs: Melissa Ferrick, Anne Heaton [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] Re: New CDs: Melissa Ferrick, Anne Heaton [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] Was Sia and Mr. Gnome, now Joan Osborne ["Richard Messum" ] Anne Heaton preorder [JoAnn Whetsell ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 03:00:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************* Irvin Lin (iflin@speakeasy.net) ********************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Irvin Lin Tue October 09 1973 Libra Michael C. 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A singer called Jonna Enckell has put out an album called Siren on. It's a cool, dramatic piano pop record. She normally sings in a metal band which hardly shows on the album. Infos at sirenon.com. Anna Maria ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:33:52 -0600 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: Sia and Mr. Gnome I don't have a TV! So sometimes things get to me a little slower then others. I hear there is some sort of popular dance show on these days. neal np: Tift Merritt On Oct 8, 2008, at 11:28 PM, Andrew Fries wrote: > neal copperman wrote: >> I am totally smitten with the song "Academia" by Sia. Apparently >> she used to do vocals for Jamiroquoi (sp?) and has a few albums >> out, but this is the first I've come across her. > > If you've ever seen the finale of TV series Six Feet Under, it was > set to Sia's song. Then again, if you saw it you'd probably be aware > of her because it was magnificent and no doubt you'd have looked her > up by now... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:42:16 -0700 From: Joshua Yu Burnett Subject: Re: Sia and Mr. Gnome On Oct 8, 2008, at 10:57 AM, neal copperman wrote: > I am totally smitten with the song "Academia" by Sia. Apparently > she used to do vocals for Jamiroquoi (sp?) and has a few albums > out, but this is the first I've come across her. I don't think Sia was ever associated with Jamiroquoi - their singer was (is?) a guy who wore crazy hats. I believe Sia has sung with Zero 7, however. Josh ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:52:01 -0700 From: "Sue Trowbridge" Subject: Re: Sia and Mr. Gnome On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Joshua Yu Burnett wrote: > On Oct 8, 2008, at 10:57 AM, neal copperman wrote: > >> I am totally smitten with the song "Academia" by Sia. Apparently she used >> to do vocals for Jamiroquoi (sp?) and has a few albums out, but this is the >> first I've come across her. > > I don't think Sia was ever associated with Jamiroquoi - their singer was > (is?) a guy who wore crazy hats. I believe Sia has sung with Zero 7, > however. Sia used to sing back-up for Jamiroquai. Frontman Jay Kay is the guy with the funny hats. - --Sue T. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:46:42 -0400 From: meredith Subject: New CDs: Melissa Ferrick, Anne Heaton Hi, This past Sunday evening woj and I attended a great show at The Space in Hamden, CT: Melissa Ferrick, with Anne Heaton opening. Both performed solo, and while I think the mellow turn Anne's music has taken lately didn't quite sit as well with Melissa's crowd as it could have, she still did a great set to get things started. Then after a sizeable break Melissa jumped on stage and declared "So I think I have an ulcer" while she strapped on her guitar. That pretty much set the tone for her show: 90 minutes of kickass musicianship interspersed with side-splittingly funny shtick in between songs. The two came together during "Drive", during which Melissa flat-out stated "I have to play this every night, so I try to have fun with it". (I'll never look at a television remote control the same way again. ;) It was the best Ferrick show I've seen in quite some time, just a lot of fun all around. They both also have new CDs out that are only available at shows (or also in Melissa's case, on iTunes). Both are much mellower albums than their previous releases, but they're no less listenable for that. Melissa's album is called _Goodbye Youth_, and it's a minimalist production, just her and her guitar sounding like it was recorded in her living room. Musically it's not a departure, by now you pretty much know what you're getting, but I just love her songwriting. She means every word she's singing, and she makes you listen to every line. I would rate it as must-have for every Ferrick fan, and a good place to start if you're unfamiliar with her work but enjoy the stripped-down confessional-songwriter thing. Anne's album is _Blazing Red_, and it's gorgeous. There are no upbeat radio-friendly songs like "The Line" or "Counting" or even "Black Notebook" here -- just beautifully arranged pieces featuring strings and retro-sounding production, and Anne's voice has never sounded better. The hand-drawn cover features the words "my only way out is in" (which is also the title of track 4), and that perfectly sums up the theme of this record: Anne went through some pretty heavy shit when she was writing these songs, and it shows. Her musical catharsis is the introspective kind, and the result is a definitely mellow set of songs that still manages to be uplifting in the end. It's perfect stuff for a grey New England autumn day. _Goodbye Youth_ will never be in stores, so if you want a hard copy you'll either have to go to a show or send someone to pick one up for you. _Blazing Red_ won't be in stores until January, but you owe it to yourself to get out to a show and get it as soon as possible. Anne's tour dates are on her site: www.anneheaton.com. (She's in NYC at The Living Room next Wednesday, I'm pretty sure I'll be going.) - -- =============================================== 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 =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:06:27 -0700 From: Ed Cole Subject: Re: Sia and Mr. Gnome I heard about that dance show also...I think it's called American Bandstand! ;-) On a more serious note, thanks for the info on Sia and Mr. Gnome. Like the heck out of both of them. Ed ****************************** Neal scribed: I don't have a TV! So sometimes things get to me a little slower then others. I hear there is some sort of popular dance show on these days. neal np: Tift Merritt ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:19:19 +0000 From: jjhanson@att.net Subject: Alison Moyet Dates I knew about this summer's Yazoo U.S. tour, but the fact that Alison Moyet was touring the states this month somehow escaped me. Luckily I found out in time to catch the show in Phoenix. She's also be touring the U.K. next year (January) with Michel Legrand and his "big band." She covered two of his songs on Voice - "Windmills of Your Mind" and "What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life." Tour dates at: http://www.alisonmoyet.com/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=eventlist&Item id=97 Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:05:33 -0700 From: Damon Subject: Re: New CDs: Melissa Ferrick, Anne Heaton On 09 Oct, meredith wrote: > Hi, > > This past Sunday evening woj and I attended a great show at The Space in > Hamden, CT: Melissa Ferrick, with Anne Heaton opening. melissa always picks the *best* opening acts. every time i've seen her, someone fabulous has been opening: garrison starr, natalia zuckerman. i saw in ontario once she had arlene bishop opening for her - i would have loved to see that. looks like melissa's up my way in november - i'll be getting my ticket as soon as i can! i really hope she has cds with her, though crossing the border always seems to make that awkward for US artists. just in case, is there anyone who'll be catching one of her shows soon and wouldn't mind mailing me a cd? i'm guessing anne heaton won't be coming to vancouver anytime soon - i may have to wait until january on that one. hoping she'll sell it through cdbaby again. - -damon - -- dl+ecto@usrbin.ca: protecting my real address since 2002 (too late!) > EWS starts here! < http://www.last.fm/user/kalaleq/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:11:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: New CDs: Melissa Ferrick, Anne Heaton I preordered Anne's album a while ago... she always has folks preorder to help front for recording costs -- did she mention anything about sending out her preorders? - --- On Thu, 10/9/08, meredith wrote: > From: meredith > Subject: New CDs: Melissa Ferrick, Anne Heaton > To: "ecto" > Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 2:46 PM > Hi, > > This past Sunday evening woj and I attended a great show at > The Space in Hamden, CT: Melissa > Ferrick, with Anne Heaton opening. > > Both performed solo, and while I think the mellow turn > Anne's music has taken lately didn't quite > sit as well with Melissa's crowd as it could have, she > still did a great set to get things started. > Then after a sizeable break Melissa jumped on stage and > declared "So I think I have an ulcer" > while she strapped on her guitar. That pretty much set the > tone for her show: 90 minutes of kickass > musicianship interspersed with side-splittingly funny > shtick in between songs. The two came > together during "Drive", during which Melissa > flat-out stated "I have to play this every night, so I > try to have fun with it". (I'll never look at a > television remote control the same way again. ;) > It was the best Ferrick show I've seen in quite some > time, just a lot of fun all around. > > They both also have new CDs out that are only available at > shows (or also in Melissa's case, on > iTunes). Both are much mellower albums than their previous > releases, but they're no less listenable > for that. > > Melissa's album is called _Goodbye Youth_, and it's > a minimalist production, just her and her guitar > sounding like it was recorded in her living room. > Musically it's not a departure, by now you pretty > much know what you're getting, but I just love her > songwriting. She means every word she's singing, > and she makes you listen to every line. I would rate it as > must-have for every Ferrick fan, and a > good place to start if you're unfamiliar with her work > but enjoy the stripped-down > confessional-songwriter thing. > > Anne's album is _Blazing Red_, and it's gorgeous. > There are no upbeat radio-friendly songs like > "The Line" or "Counting" or even > "Black Notebook" here -- just beautifully arranged > pieces featuring > strings and retro-sounding production, and Anne's voice > has never sounded better. The hand-drawn > cover features the words "my only way out is in" > (which is also the title of track 4), and that > perfectly sums up the theme of this record: Anne went > through some pretty heavy shit when she was > writing these songs, and it shows. Her musical catharsis > is the introspective kind, and the result > is a definitely mellow set of songs that still manages to > be uplifting in the end. It's perfect > stuff for a grey New England autumn day. > > _Goodbye Youth_ will never be in stores, so if you want a > hard copy you'll either have to go to a > show or send someone to pick one up for you. _Blazing Red_ > won't be in stores until January, but > you owe it to yourself to get out to a show and get it as > soon as possible. Anne's tour dates are > on her site: www.anneheaton.com. (She's in NYC at The > Living Room next Wednesday, I'm pretty sure > I'll be going.) > > > > > -- > =============================================== > 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 > =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:03:24 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Re: Alison Moyet Dates jjhanson@att.net wrote: >She's also be touring the U.K. next year (January) with Michel Legrand >and his "big band." She covered two of his songs on Voice - "Windmills of >Your Mind" and "What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life." > > These are songs that Dusty Springfield did the originals of - Alison's mum was a big Dusty fan, so she was raised on her singing ... Lovely to see her doing this tour Birdie >Tour dates at: >http://www.alisonmoyet.com/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=eventlist&Item >id=97 > >Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:03:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: New CDs: Melissa Ferrick, Anne Heaton Anne Heaton used to be banned from Canada. I think that's probably worn off now. - --- On Thu, 10/9/08, Damon wrote: From: Damon Subject: Re: New CDs: Melissa Ferrick, Anne Heaton To: "meredith" Cc: "ecto" Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 5:05 PM On 09 Oct, meredith wrote: > Hi, > > This past Sunday evening woj and I attended a great show at The Space in > Hamden, CT: Melissa Ferrick, with Anne Heaton opening. melissa always picks the *best* opening acts. every time i've seen her, someone fabulous has been opening: garrison starr, natalia zuckerman. i saw in ontario once she had arlene bishop opening for her - i would have loved to see that. looks like melissa's up my way in november - i'll be getting my ticket as soon as i can! i really hope she has cds with her, though crossing the border always seems to make that awkward for US artists. just in case, is there anyone who'll be catching one of her shows soon and wouldn't mind mailing me a cd? i'm guessing anne heaton won't be coming to vancouver anytime soon - i may have to wait until january on that one. hoping she'll sell it through cdbaby again. - -damon - -- dl+ecto@usrbin.ca: protecting my real address since 2002 (too late!) > EWS starts here! < http://www.last.fm/user/kalaleq/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 17:51:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Sia and Mr. Gnome Sia has grown on me. At first, I was rather critical of her b/c she was so heavily hyped after the Six Feet Under thing, and I find her to be just barely on the above side of average. If you dip back into the archive, we had some good conversations about her right after "Some People Have Real Problems" came out. tim - --- On Thu, 10/9/08, Ed Cole wrote: From: Ed Cole Subject: Re: Sia and Mr. Gnome To: ecto@smoe.org Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 2:06 PM I heard about that dance show also...I think it's called American Bandstand! ;-) On a more serious note, thanks for the info on Sia and Mr. Gnome. Like the heck out of both of them. Ed ****************************** Neal scribed: I don't have a TV! So sometimes things get to me a little slower then others. I hear there is some sort of popular dance show on these days. neal np: Tift Merritt ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:30:36 -0400 From: "Richard Messum" Subject: Was Sia and Mr. Gnome, now Joan Osborne - ----- Original Message ----- From: neal copperman To: ecto Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 2:33 PM Subject: Re: Sia and Mr. Gnome >I don't have a TV! >So sometimes things get to me a little slower then others. I hear there >is some sort of popular dance show on these days. >neal I have a TV but i don't have cable, which means -- as i live 'way out in the sticks -- i can receive precisely no TV stations. (I spend a lot of money on DVDs.) The popular dance show you're referring to may be "American Bandstand." Is Joan Osborne ecto? I just bought her new CD "Little Wild One" -- the version that's available from Borders, which includes a bonus track. It's excellent! It hearkens back to her "Relish" album. Recommended! Richard ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:43:39 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re: New CDs: Melissa Ferrick, Anne Heaton Hi, Damon wrote: > melissa always picks the *best* opening acts. every time i've seen > her, someone fabulous has been opening: garrison starr, natalia > zuckerman. i saw in ontario once she had arlene bishop opening for > her - i would have loved to see that. Yeah, she doesn't always allow openers so when she does, you know they're gonna be good. > looks like melissa's up my way in november - i'll be getting my ticket > as soon as i can! i really hope she has cds with her, though crossing > the border always seems to make that awkward for US artists. It doesn't have to be awkward, but I know exactly what you're talking about. I've experienced the joy of crossing the border with musicians, there's a reason why we haven't done it in over a year! :/ > i'm guessing anne heaton won't be coming to vancouver anytime soon She's no longer technically "banned in Canada", but you're right, I would be surprised if she ever tried to book a show north of the border again. :} - - i > may have to wait until january on that one. hoping she'll sell it > through cdbaby again. I'm pretty sure it'll be on CD Baby, I can't imagine why it wouldn't be. - -- =============================================== 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 =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 22:08:01 -0400 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: Anne Heaton preorder Tim wrote: I preordered Anne's album a while ago... she always has folks preorder to help front for recording costs -- did she mention anything about sending out her preorders? According to Anne's website, the CDs were supposed to ship to preorder folks in July. I emailed her a few weeks ago because I hadn't received my copy yet, and she was looking into it for me. This is a good reminder to write again since I still haven't gotten the disc yet. Has anyone else had trouble? 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