From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V13 #699 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, January 2 2009 Volume 13 : Number 699 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: must . . . stop . . . hitting repeat . . . ["F.J.Fornorn" ] Re: Derivative, but good [Michael Pearce ] Re: must . . . stop . . . hitting repeat . . . ["Alexander Johannesen" ] hello saferide [=?iso-8859-1?Q?anna_maria_stj=E4rnell?= ] Songs wot I listened to heaps in 2008 ["Karen Hester" ] best of the last 2 years [JoAnn Whetsell ] Re: must . . . stop . . . hitting repeat . . . [Andrew Fries ] Re: must . . . stop . . . hitting repeat . . . ["F.J.Fornorn" Subject: Re: must . . . stop . . . hitting repeat . . . That's cool. Makes me wish Mike Oldfield had these digital toys back in 1973 for, say, Tubular Bells. On Dec 31, 2008, at 3:34 AM, Steve VanDevender wrote: > http://www.offworld.com/2008/12/things-we-lost-in-the-snow-p5.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 03:00:04 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************** Marvin Camras (no Email address) ********************* *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Marvin Camras Sat January 01 1916 Tapehead Jeanne Schreiter Tue January 03 1967 Capricorn John Sandoval Wed January 04 1967 Capricorn Aly Fields Thu January 04 1990 Yield Paul Cohen Tue January 05 1954 Capricorn Tony Garrity Mon January 08 1962 Pool of Life Greg Bossert Tue January 09 1962 OfTheTimes Troy J. Shadbolt Thu January 14 1971 Capricorn Chris Sampson Wed January 15 1964 Void where prohibited Alex Bertran Fri January 15 1971 Capricorn Denis G Parslow Fri January 17 1964 ...of the Saint Ross Alford Thu January 17 1957 Positive Sarah Morayati Tue January 17 1989 Capricorn Nancy Whitney Mon January 19 1959 slippery when wet Sarah Noelle Pratt Ferguson Tue January 20 1970 Seanympf-Aquarius David Beery Tue January 20 1976 drum Terry Partis Sun January 22 1933 Rocker Steve Hughes Thu January 24 1963 Aquarius Sarah McLachlan Sun January 28 1968 Aquarius Ilka Heber Mon February 01 1965 Mermaid Bob Lovejoy Sun February 02 1947 Aquarius Diane Burke Sat February 02 1963 slow children Timothy S. Devine Tue February 03 1970 Aquarius Stephen Thomas Fri February 04 1966 Aquarius Doug Burks Tue February 14 1956 Blank Jim Sturnfield Thu February 18 1954 Aquarius Juha Kannisto Wed February 18 1970 Aquarius Joel Siegfried February 19 Penguin Crossing Linda Saboe Tue February 20 1951 aimless Teresa Ross Wed February 23 1977 pisces Michael Curry Fri February 24 1967 Pisces Paula Shanks Mon February 25 1952 Pisces Brni Mojzes Fri February 26 1965 the vanishing boy Mark Bianchino Wed February 26 1964 Pisces Pamela Pociluk Fri February 28 1964 Pisces Marius Voina Mon March 03 1980 Pisces Peter Clark Thu March 04 1948 Pedestrian Tim Steele Fri March 08 1963 Pisces Matt Bittner Thu March 12 1964 Pisces kIrI Hargie Fri March 13 1970 Pisces Bob Dreano Thu March 13 1958 Pisces Randall K. Smith Sat March 15 1969 Pisces Jessica Skolnik March 16 Pisces Patrick M. Kingsley Sat March 17 1962 Yin/Yang Alan Sodoma Thu March 18 1965 LuckyLurker Richard Konrad Sat March 18 1944 Pisces Daniel Wed March 18 1959 Wednesday's Child Kim Justice March 18 Pisces Barry Wong Thu March 19 1970 Merlin Graham Dombkins Fri March 19 1965 Pisces Ian Young Wed March 19 1969 Squiggol Jeff Wasilko Wed March 19 1969 Pisces Geoff Carre Sat March 20 1954 Pisces John Stewart Sat March 21 1970 Aries Bob Brown Thu March 22 1951 Ham Valerie Nozick Thu March 25 1971 Aries Tom Proven Sat March 27 1971 Eat at Joe's Jennifer Albert Wed March 30 1966 Aries (w/Cancer rising!:) Warpaint Mon April 01 1991 Brilliant! Michael Pearce Wed April 03 1946 Pegasus Michael E. Bravo Mon April 05 1971 Dandelion Wine Brion McIntosh Sun April 06 1958 Aries Marcel Kshensky Thu April 06 1950 Aries Bill Mazur Mon April 06 1953 Aries Sun/Cancer Rising David Dixon Tue April 07 1970 Aries Heidi Heller Mon April 08 1974 Aries Jill Hughes Sat April 09 1955 Aries Klaus Kluge Sun April 10 1960 Unicorn Steve VanDevender Sun April 10 1966 Racer Art Liestman Fri April 10 1953 Repeat Stephen Golden Sat April 10 1971 Jokey Michael Bowman Wed April 11 1962 Aries Wolfgang Ullwer Fri April 11 1969 Widder Janet Kirsch Thu April 11 1974 Aries Kristen Scallion Fri April 12 1974 Aries Jerry Tue April 13 1971 Aries Stuart Myerburg Mon April 14 1969 Aries T-Bone Wed April 15 1992 happy cat Jeff Hanson Sat April 16 1966 Aries Michael Klouda Mon April 17 1967 Aries Noe Venable Tue April 20 1976 Aries Harry Foster Sat April 21 1956 NiceGuy Kjetil Torgrim Homme Thu April 23 1970 Taurus Jeff Burka Thu April 24 1969 GoFlyAKite Christine Waite Tue April 25 1972 Taurus Matt Adams Thu April 26 1962 Taurus Brad Hutchinson Tue April 28 1964 What sign? Geoff Parks Sun April 30 1961 Taurus Marty Lash Sat May 01 1948 Taurus Barney Parker Fri May 02 1986 happy cat Gray Abbott Tue May 03 1955 Suprised Tamar Boursalian Tue May 03 1966 Taurus Richard A. Holmes May 07 Taurus Steve Ito Fri May 08 1970 DA Bull... Brian Gregory Thu May 09 1963 Eclectic Catherine Sundnes Sat May 09 1970 Very Catzy Heidi Maier Wed May 10 1978 Taurus Kris the boy Fri May 11 1979 Taurus Patrick Varker Wed May 12 1954 Torius Philip David Morgan Sat May 12 1962 Chinese Tiger in Bull Clothing Steve Fagg Tue May 13 1958 Nightwol Karel Zuiderveld Fri May 13 1960 Stier Michael Colford Wed May 16 1962 Taurus Christopher Boek Tue May 19 1970 Taurus Julia Macklin Mon May 20 1968 ethereus Yngve Hauge Fri May 21 1971 Gemini Lisa Laane Tue May 22 1973 Gemini Jewel Kilcher Thu May 23 1974 The Gem Chandra Sriram Thu May 27 1971 Gemini Taina Sahlander Mon May 28 1973 Gemini Urs Stafford Thu May 31 1973 Give Way Perttu Yli-Krekola Thu June 02 1966 Kaksoset Alexander Johannesen June 03 Gemini Alex Gibbs Thu June 08 1967 Betelgeuse Gleb Zverev Tue June 09 1964 Gemini Sonja Juchniewich Mon June 10 1963 Pegasus Joerg Plate Mon June 12 1967 Gemini Chris Montville Tue June 13 1978 Gemini Ectoplasm (original name) Mailing List Thu June 13 1991 Fuzzier blue Paul Huesman Wed June 14 1967 coffee drinker Mark R. Susskind Wed June 15 1966 Gemini Dave Upham Sun June 15 1958 Gemini Mike Matthews Mon June 16 1969 Pr. SAFH Albert Philipsen Mon June 17 1968 Gemini Neal R. Copperman Thu June 17 1965 Gemini Susan Kay Anderson Tue June 17 1969 Gemini Ecto-The Mailing List Tue June 18 1991 Fuzzy blue Tracy Barber Mon June 18 1956 Gemini Greg Dunn Thu June 18 1953 + Paul Blair Thu June 18 1964 Objectivist Mike Connell Sat June 18 1955 Apollo David Lubkin Fri June 20 1958 OurLady Marisa Wood Fri June 20 1969 Gemini Cheri Villines Sun June 20 1965 Gemini-Leo rising Ray Misra Sat June 20 1970 Gemini Nik Popa Sun June 22 1969 Cancer Teresa VanDyne Thu June 23 1960 Cancer Dave Torok Mon June 24 1968 Cancer Ethan Straffin Thu June 24 1971 Cancer Kevin Dekan Mon June 27 1960 Cancer Samantha Tanner Tue June 30 1970 Wild Goose Henning Rech Fri July 01 1960 Cancer BunkyTom Tue July 02 1968 Cancer Anders Hallberg Tue July 03 1962 Cancer Kevin Harkins Thu July 05 1973 Cancer Laurel Krahn Mon July 05 1971 Cancer John J Henshon Mon July 05 1954 The Year Of The Horse / Ruled By The Moon Jim Gurley Mon July 06 1959 Cancer Lisa Rouchka Fri July 08 1960 Moonchild with Java Rising Courtney Dallas Fri July 09 1971 Catte Michael Peskura Sat July 09 1949 HallOfFamer Finney T. Tsai Sat July 09 1966 Cancer Larry Greenfield Tue July 11 1950 Virgo Rising; Gemini Moon Marion Kippers Tue July 13 1965 Kreeft Ellen Rawson Thu July 13 1961 Double Cancer Mitch Pravatiner Mon July 14 1952 Cancer R. Rapp Wed July 14 1954 On a Gray Eye Sojourn John Zimmer Sun July 16 1961 Cancer Dan Stark Sun July 16 1961 Cancer Cathy Guetzlaff Mon July 18 1955 Cancer Vlad Sat July 18 1970 Warning: severe tire damage Jani Pinola Thu July 20 1972 Jonquil Alvin Brattli Sun July 27 1969 Lefthanded Christy Eger Smith Thu July 27 1944 Horse Crossing Shirley Ye July 27 Lioness woj Sun July 28 1968 children at play John Relph Sat July 28 1962 Leo Bob Kollmeyer Wed July 28 1971 Leo Steve Lusky Tue July 29 1952 Bike! Kate Bush Wed July 30 1958 God Chuck Smith Wed July 30 1958 Reboot Yves Denneulin Fri July 30 1971 Lion-Heart Joel Kenyon Wed July 31 1963 Leo Allan Anderson Sun August 04 1974 Signifier/Signified Eli Brandt August 05 Leo Amanda Williams Tue August 05 1969 phoenix Martin Bridges Sat August 08 1970 BigGuy Rosana L. de Oliveira Wed August 08 1973 Leo Happy Rhodes Mon August 09 1965 HolyGhost Loretta Pontillo Tue August 15 1978 Leo Queen of the Jungle Tori Amos Thu August 22 1963 Leo Sam Warren Tue August 22 1961 Leo Henk Van Wulpen Sat August 22 1970 Leo Kerry White Wed August 22 1951 Exact Leo/Virgo Don Gibson Wed August 26 1959 Virgo Marcel Rijs Mon August 31 1970 A rose growing old Meredith Tarr Wed September 01 1971 Virgo Scott Zimmerman Mon September 04 1972 Virgo Mike Mendelson Fri September 04 1964 Virgo Richard Dean Wed September 06 1967 Virgo Jason Gordon Tue September 07 1976 monkey collector David Blank-Edelman Sat September 09 1967 Neon Holly Tominack Thu September 10 1970 Virgo Sharon Nichols Wed September 11 1963 Sic Luceat Lux Heather Russell September 11 Total Virgosity Karron Lynn Lane Tue September 14 1751 Ophelia Virgo Troy Wollenslegel Mon September 18 1972 Virgo 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. Chunco Tue October 08 1968 Crunchy Frog Mike Garland Wed October 08 1952 Creature_of_the_Night Irvin Lin Tue October 09 1973 Libra Michael C. Berch Wed October 10 1956 No parking Chris Gagnon Sat October 10 1970 Libra Wolfgang Drotschmann Thu October 13 1966 Waage Gracescape Fri October 13 1967 unbalanced Brian Bloom Tue October 14 1969 Libra Erik N. Johnson Tue October 16 1962 Handle with Care Kim Klouda Tue October 17 1967 Libra Anthony Amato Sat October 20 1973 Libra Suzanne DeCory Tue October 22 1968 Balancing Libra Dave Steiner Sat October 24 1959 Scorpio Tara MacLean Thu October 25 1973 Scorpio Elin Sjoelie Fri October 25 1974 Scorpio Jessica Koeppel Wed October 29 1969 Scorpio Kat Crowder Sat November 01 1969 Bunnies Katie Dougiamas Sat November 02 1974 Scorpio Anthony Horan Fri November 04 1966 Positive Michael Sullivan Mon November 05 1962 Scorpio Anna Pryde Wed November 05 1975 Scorpio Sun; Sagittarius Moon; Pisces Rising Hope Wed November 05 2008 Scorpio Jens Brage Sun November 08 1964 Scorpio Rising Lynn Garrett Sat November 08 1958 Scorpio Sam Murgie Fri November 08 1957 Scorpio Rachel Kramer Bussel Mon November 10 1975 Scorpio Neb Rodgers Tue November 10 1959 Space Available - Inquire Within Ken Latta Sun November 11 1951 Scorpio Craig Gidney November 11 Scorpio Michael Doyle Wed November 12 1969 Scorpio Jenny Bruce Mon November 14 1966 fire-horse scorpio Dave Cook Mon November 15 1971 Scorpio Jeff Pearce November 16 Orpheus Naama Avramzon Mon November 18 1974 Scorpio Jeff Smith Mon November 19 1962 Crash Kevin Bartlett Fri November 21 1952 Scorpio Sun - Capricorn Moon - Virgo Ascent Claudia Spix Wed November 23 1960 Schuetze Anja Baldo Tue November 23 1965 Garbanzo Tommy Persson Wed November 25 1964 Sagittarius Pat Tessitore November 26 Sagittarius Valerie Kraemer November 26 Sagittarius Justin Bur Fri November 27 1964 Sagittarius Sue Trowbridge Sun November 27 1966 Skytten Ward Kadel Tue November 29 1977 Sagittarius Jesse Hernandez Liwag Wed November 29 1972 Water Rat Mirko Bulaja Sat November 30 1974 Block Juha Sorva Thu December 02 1976 Sagittarius Chip Lueck Thu December 05 1968 Sagittarius Lenore December 05 sagi Michele Wellck December 08 Sagittarius Jeremy J. Corry Fri December 11 1970 Sagittarius Renee Canada Tue December 13 1977 Sagittarius Julie C. Kammerzell Sun December 15 1968 Sagittarius/Scorpio combo Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti Sat December 15 1956 queen_nefertiti@prodigy.net Laura Clifford Tue December 17 1957 Sagittarius Dirk Kastens Tue December 17 1963 Sagittarius Milla Wed December 17 1975 Sagittarius Chris Schernwetter Tue December 17 1974 Sagittarius Sherry Haddock Sat December 17 1960 Sagittarius Tracy Benbrook Tue December 18 1973 Sagittarius Mark Lowry Mon December 22 1969 Capricarius Kay Cleaves Wed December 22 1976 Prancing Pony Uli Grepel Wed December 25 1968 Steinbock Joseph Wasicek Sat December 25 1976 Brown Eagle Stuart Castergine Mon December 30 1963 You Are Here ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 00:36:27 -0800 From: Michael Pearce Subject: Re: Derivative, but good Example: Eva Cassidy. Not an original song in her catalog, but her interpretations are so nice I love to listen to her. Maybe if she had lived she would have gotten around to doing something new. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 10:47:50 +0100 From: "Alexander Johannesen" Subject: Re: must . . . stop . . . hitting repeat . . . On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 08:47, F.J.Fornorn wrote: > That's cool. Makes me wish Mike Oldfield had these digital toys back > in 1973 for, say, Tubular Bells. Personally I'm glad he didn't, Mike has always sound better when his production is rougher around the edges and when he was wetter behind his ears. Tubular Bells II & III is a slow decline in pleasure and music for me, while the first will always be fantastic and - perhaps more pointed! - more ecto. Alex - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Project Wrangler, SOA, Information Alchemist, UX, RESTafarian, Topic Maps - ------------------------------------------ http://shelter.nu/blog/ -------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 03:49:50 -0800 From: birdie Subject: Re: Derivative, but good brilliant interpretive singing is an endangered species. It was never easy - the songwriters got all the publishing (or their take of it) - the SINGER had to pay for the band, the clothes, the hair, and be the leader of the pack.....It was their name on the marquee. Do the math on that these days - with all the file sharing and people not paying for music.... Mind you - Dusty Springfield's are not born every day - let alone every few decades - no matter how the brit record industry likes to bat her name around - attached to the latest brit import. Amy Winehouse, Duffy, et al are not the new Dusty. The closest to Dusty is Annie Lennox and Annie - bless her - happens to be a brilliant songwriter, as much as she is the wonderful interpreter of other peoples songs. It wasn't easy in the 60's to carry all that weight and.... All I can say is kudo's to anyone generous enough to cover someone else's material and make it shine. I saw Beyonce cover "Memories" - (The way we were) at Streisand's honors at the Kennedy Center, last night on the telly, and wow....WOW!!! Dusty and Streisand have left legacies which....I don't know how anyone could ever do what they did...again. Isn't that something. But, Beyonce.....she's got the chops! You'd never know it from her "Single Ladies" hit. On Jan 1, 2009, at 12:36 AM, Michael Pearce wrote: > Example: Eva Cassidy. Not an original song in her catalog, but her > interpretations are so nice I love to listen to her. Maybe if she > had lived she would have gotten around to doing something new. > > Michael ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 04:27:35 -0800 (PST) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?anna_maria_stj=E4rnell?= Subject: hello saferide Hi all.. I don't see hello saferide as being deriative of anyone..It was intersting when annika norlin recodred songs in swedish as Sdkert!..that showed a different slant to her..myspace site here.. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=149862079 But it's all up to the listener really..Bowie took lots of stuff from others and made it his own. But he was unique in his own way. Anna ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 13:40:03 -0500 From: "Karen Hester" Subject: Most listened to 2008 My most listened to albums, 2008, according to iTunes (minus the first few months, lost in reinstall). (Cos if I list my favs, rather than actually listened to, it might be a bunch of cool obscure stuff that I didn't listen to much :) 1) Who killed Amanda Palmer, by Amanda Palmer. Yey Herself, theatrical yet heartfelt and honest, ugly-beautiful and frighteningly fierce. Yey the alternate tracks '1.1.94', 'You may kiss the bride', 'I will follow you into the dark' that temporarily snuck online, hope they sort out the messy distribution eventually. Boo her Stupid Stupid record company, calling her fat, refusing support, not even willing to give her the money for a box to put her keyboard and seat on so the audience could see her better. This record could be huge among goths and geeks and piano romantics and teenage dreamers. 2) Point de suture, by Mylene Farmer. A revolutionary album for such a huge star - it's only 10 songs long! (plus hidden track, bah). A comparatively light electro-pop album, more sex than death. The length means fewer identical breathy tuneless ballads and more French sugar pop perfection. 'C'est dans l'air', 'Paradis inanimie' and 'Sextonik' give me a giddy rush. Ghastly amateur stitched doll artwork. 3) Speedbath, by Kristin Hersh. Released month by month, a good way to get to know songs well. Closer to her last album (Learn to sing like a star) than her delicate acoustic or raging punk sides. 'Slippershell' (standard catchy song), 'Around dusk' (ballad which repeats a bit much), 'Static' (one of her intense twisting time-signature changers), 'Mississippi kite' (it sways), 'Krait' (it builds up), 'Torque' (it churns, melodically) and 'Fortune' (my toes tap) are my favorites. Um, that's 7 songs. It'll be a strong album, then. But nothing breaks my heart with its beauty, so not KH's best. 4) Promised land, by Dar Williams. Lots of pretty, nice, intelligent songs, with standouts catchy disturbing 'Buzzer' and haunting 'Holly tree'. I guess I played it lots in the background: it isn't really my 4th favorite. 5) Seventh tree, by Goldfrapp. I much prefer the sleazy glitter pop of their previous two albums, but other than the saggy ballads, this is a good album. 6) Velocifero, by Ladytron Catchy and cold. I likes 'Burning up', 'Ghosts', 'I'm not scared' and 'Deep blue' bestest. 7) Songs, by Edie. Without 80s goth/indie instrumentation, Edie should be more widely accessible. I mainly listened to 'Walk with you', 'Say it again', 'Lonesome' and the cute French songs. 8) An Pierle and White Velvet Very good melodic mainstream pop, with odd wanderings across genres. Lovely voice. 'Not the end' and 'Tenderness' are my favs. I get her and Ane Brun muddled. Blondes, they all look the same :) Released 2006. 9) A thousand shark's teeth, by My Brightest Diamond Still not as interesting to me as previous album, but love 'Inside a boy', 'From the top of the world' and 'Black and Costaud' (the Ravel explanation helped). B-side 'I had a pearl' should be on the album. 10) Changing of the seasons, by Ane Brun. Great voice, a bit quiet and delicate as an album, but she's so distinct. 11) Lots of albums, by Thea Gilmore. I'm catching up on her. Albums I'm surprised I didn't listen to more: No, Virginia, by The Dresden Dolls - not their strongest, which is to be expected of a collection of odds and sods, but sad way for a band to end. Live albums by Patty Griffin and Tori Amos - I guess I didn't need live from current Patty (hate her guitarist) and early Tori, though the latter is interesting as a historical document. K ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 13:52:12 -0500 From: "Karen Hester" Subject: Songs wot I listened to heaps in 2008 'Magic' and 'My delerium' by Ladyhawke (from Ladyhawke) - very catchy 80s derivatives. Fun. Other good stuff on the album too. I'll completely forget them in a month or so. 'Century' and 'Guilt' by The Long Blondes (from Couples) - a catchy electro one and a catchy guitar one; sad to hear about the stroke and end of band. 'My heart is free' and 'Broken' by Tift Merritt (from Another country) - - wonderful melodic country rock/pop. 'Cheap and cheerful', 'Last day of magic', 'Tape song' by The Kills (from Midnight boom) - catchy messy snarkey hipster pop. 'This lonely love', 'So alone' by Juliana Hatfield (from How to walk away) - much stronger than anemic solo live versions 'If silence means that much to you', 'New land', 'Acid test', 'Adrenaline' by by Emma Pollack (from Watch the fireworks) - intelligent indie pop 'You cheated me', 'I wish I were' by Martha Wainwright (from I know you're married...) - haven't got the album because there are songs on it I detest (eg 'Tower song') but 'I wish I were' seemed to transport me from my body each time she played it live, and 'You cheated me' is very catchy. 'Your heart', 'Counting' and 'Hey New York' by Anne Heaton (from Give in), cos they're new to me, and the first is gorgeous, the second two funny. Various Southern rock/country songs by Michelle Malone and her sexy guitar. 'Dancing barefoot' by Allison Moorer (from Mockingbird) - love her deep voice, and she and hubby Steve Earle live a few doors down :) This year my iPod developed a passion for the Cocteau Twins. I can ascribe this either to the my human tendency to see patterns in randomness, or to my iPod developing a taste for musical gauziness. Let's go with the latter, since I don't have an animal to personify. K (off to scratch behind my iPod's ears) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 14:12:34 -0500 From: "Karen Hester" Subject: (sarah slean) ha, i forgot her, that's how disappointing the album was - it doesn't exist in my world. blech. so uninspired i can't bring myself to type capital letters :) so uninspired i can't be bothered buying the extra tracks, even though i really like 'parasol'. guess i'm punishing myself too then. k. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:15:22 -0500 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: best of the last 2 years 2008 (in alphabetical order): Anne Heaton - Blazing Red Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini Emily Bezar - Exchange Goldfrapp - The Seventh Tree Heather Nova - The Jasmine Flower Jem - Down to Earth (just because it's so much fun) Juliana Hatfield - How to Walk Away Kaki King - Dreaming of Revenge Katie Stelmani - Join Us Lili Haydn - Place Between Places My Brightest Diamon - A Thousand Shark's Teeth El Perro del Mar - From the Valley to the Stars Rachael Sage - Chandelier Sheryl Crow - Detours Sia - Some People Have Real Problems The Weepies - Hideaway Other notables, including albums I haven't spent enough time with yet: Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer? The Bird and the Bee - Live from Las Vegas at the Palms EP Camille - Music Hole Jonatha Brooke - The Works Judith Owen - Mopping Up Karma Karine Polwart - This Earthly Spell Sigur Ros - Mep Sup M Eyrum Vip Spilum Endalaust Terami Hirsch - A Broke Machine Thea Gilmore - Liejacker Tristan Prettyman - Hello Veda Hille - This Riot Life And since I didn't make a list last year, so I thought I'd tag one on here. It's probably a little different than if I'd made it last year, but not much. In alphabetical order: Astrid Swan - Poverina Bat for Lashes - Fur and Gold The Bird and the Bee - The Bird and the Bee Bjork - Volta Christine Fellows - Nevertheless Erin McKeown - Sing You Sinners M.I.A. - Kala Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Calling My Friend the Chocolate Cake - Home Improvements Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child PJ Harvey - White Chalk Rickie Lee Jones - The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard St. Vincent - Marry Me Zap Mama - Supermoon Other notables: Jesca Hoop - Kismet Jose Gonzalez - In our nature Keren Ann - Keren Ann Kim Richey - Chinese Boxes Lucinda Williams - West Martha Tilston - 'Til I Reach the Sea Noe Venable - The Summer Storm Journals Once soundtrack Roseland - Roseland Sarah Blasko - What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have Suzanne Vega - Beauty and Crime Tina Dico - Count to Ten Two Loons for Tea - Nine Lucid Dreams _________________________________________________________________ Life on your PC is safer, easier, and more enjoyable with Windows Vista.. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/127032870/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:48:20 +1100 From: Andrew Fries Subject: Re: must . . . stop . . . hitting repeat . . . Alexander Johannesen wrote: > Mike has always sound better when his > production is rougher around the edges and when he was wetter behind > his ears. Tubular Bells II & III is a slow decline in pleasure and > music for me, while the first will always be fantastic and - perhaps > more pointed! - more ecto. I agree the first always seemed the best but I have to wonder how much our perception is due to it simply being the first. It was really something different when it came out... then II and III were... well, just more of the same, really. But I wonder how we would feel about things if, say by some quirk in release schedule, II saw the light of day before I? I guess we'll never know, unless we travel to alternative universe that is exactly like ours, except with Tubular Bells released in reverse order ... I hear it's out there, right next to the world with no shrimp* *obscure Buffy reference ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 18:42:56 -0800 From: Neile Graham Subject: My favourite music of 2008 Here's my list of favourite listens for 2008: Veda Hille - This Riot Life Brilliant! when I first got this I couldn't think how I would like the hymn-like sounds, but grew to adore the whole thing. Camille - Music Hole Smart, irreverent, creative, and tons of fun but with depth. Great music Jorane - Vers a Soi My favourite of hers since her first. Portishead - Third I love this album every bit as much as the previous two studio albums. It's brilliant musically, with the combination of incredible percussion here (worth listening for, even in the less obvious places) and of course Beth Gibbons always-mournful vocals. Brilliant song construction. Gorgeous, unsettling, and not to be missed. Psapp - The Camel's Back I love this every bit as much as their previous albums. Playful music and gorgeous vocals. Love it! Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals I played this over and over and over again and couldn't get tired of it. It always picked me up when I was in a bad mood or tired. I know nothing about this band other than how much this album was a part of this year for me. Sigur Ros - Meth Suth I Eyrum Vith spilum endauluast Brilliant and cool as always, plus a little more rocking. Katie Stemanis - Join Us One of the most powerful debuts ever. Bossy music, but that okay with me. Claire Diterzi - Tableau du Chasse Oh, I love this! Creative in a similar way to Kate Bush, playing with vocals and stories. Emily Jane White - Dark Undercoat Dark and moody, blues-influenced folk, and yes with a Cat Power flavour. Gabriel Yacoub - de la nature des choses Another folky, delightful album. Best not-yet-released album: Natural History Museum. I played the hell out of "Jackdaw is the Kingpin," "The Man I Love," and "You Fucker" here. I would include "Little Match Girl" too, but it's new. Don't much care for the George Harrison cover, but that's probably just me because I'm so fond of the original http://www.myspace.com/ naturalhistorymuseum Best Show: Sigur Ros (but I didn't go to many this year) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 23:01:36 -0500 From: "F.J.Fornorn" Subject: Re: must . . . stop . . . hitting repeat . . . I can appreciate that point of view. There is a peril to video imaging in that it supersedes the one that plays in your imagination when you only hear a thing. But I have to admit that when I saw this recent video, I thought of the Viv Stanshall MC'ed parade of instruments of TB1 and how cool that would be represented as a screen that keeps splitting into more and more parts. That's what I was thinking about. No debate from me on TB's beyond 1, but I still enjoy some of his other long-form follow up work, e.g. Ommadawn. On Jan 1, 2009, at 4:47 AM, Alexander Johannesen wrote: > On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 08:47, F.J.Fornorn > wrote: >> That's cool. Makes me wish Mike Oldfield had these digital toys back >> in 1973 for, say, Tubular Bells. > > Personally I'm glad he didn't, Mike has always sound better when his > production is rougher around the edges and when he was wetter behind > his ears. Tubular Bells II & III is a slow decline in pleasure and > music for me, while the first will always be fantastic and - perhaps > more pointed! - more ecto. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V13 #699 ***************************