From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V14 #117 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Thursday, April 30 2009 Volume 14 : Number 117 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: "Show Me Love" Kate Havnevik's new album on iTunes [Jon Wesley Huff <] Re: New Gabriela Kulka looming!! [Damon ] Re: "Show Me Love" Kate Havnevik's new album on iTunes [birdie ] Re: which is the most friendly musician airlines these days [birdie ] Re: Twitter [birdie ] Re: "Show Me Love" Kate Havnevik's new album on iTunes [Michael Pearce ] Ok! Kate! [birdie ] Last night for Jesca Hoop before she goes to the UK to live [birdie ] Two Livingroom dates in May (Kate Havnevik) [birdie Subject: Re: "Show Me Love" Kate Havnevik's new album on iTunes WHAT! Aggggh! I didn't even know.... On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:48 AM, birdie wrote: > I should have mentioned that..... > > it was released on the 14th, iTunes > > Who has it? > > Thoughts? > > That aside, myspace got even more aggressive with its ads on the popup > players > > If I kill the thing before the whole ad loads, it doesnt let me play the > song > > it says "song is unavailable" > > bastards. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:01:45 -0700 From: Damon Subject: Re: New Gabriela Kulka looming!! woohoo - can't wait! thanks for letting us know. i absolutely adore _out_ (and _between miss scylla and a hard place_ too, though it's not *quite* on the same level) and am very happy to hear she has a third one coming out. i don't know more than maybe two words in polish, but i must say the polish tracks on _out_ are among my favourites regardless (and that's high praise for the music, since her lyrics that i *do* understand are wonderful). - -damon On 28 Apr, Paul Jensen wrote: > One of my favorite under-the-radar artists is gearing up to release her 3rd > album.. Gabriela Kulka (who now goes by Gaba Kulka) hails from Poland. She's > a creative force - a huge voice, fantastic range, and killer piano skillz. > She's a true original. Her previous album, "Out", garnered praise here on > ecto. You won't want to miss out on this new album.. join the cool kids and > jump on for the ride.. (note: a few tracks are in Polish, but most are in > English) > Here's a preview of the new album, which is titled "Hat, Rabbit": > http://fairtilizer.com/playlists/15300 > > Her website: > http://gabakulka.com/ > > And her myspace: > http://www.myspace.com/gabrielakulka > > Paul > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "This is the time. > And this is the record of the time." > -Laurie Anderson > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -- dl+ecto@usrbin.ca: protecting my real address since 2002 (too late!) > EWS starts here! < http://www.last.fm/user/kalaleq/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:12:40 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Re: "Show Me Love" Kate Havnevik's new album on iTunes It's friggin' brilliant!!! I thought it was called "Halo" as I looked at the artwork on her player and saw someone else referring to it as that but - that is one of the songs I'll be up to speed on everything about it and her by tomorrow Both her and Imogen Heap were in NYC but Immi has gone to Hawaii more later I'll post any dates and if/when CD's will be avail. I think it is only out on iTunes so far, but will confirm tomorrow Cheers Birdie On Apr 28, 2009, at 10:58 PM, Jon Wesley Huff wrote: > WHAT! Aggggh! I didn't even know.... > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:48 AM, birdie > wrote: > >> I should have mentioned that..... >> >> it was released on the 14th, iTunes >> >> Who has it? >> >> Thoughts? >> >> That aside, myspace got even more aggressive with its ads on the >> popup >> players >> >> If I kill the thing before the whole ad loads, it doesnt let me >> play the >> song >> >> it says "song is unavailable" >> >> bastards. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:45:35 -0700 From: birdie Subject: which is the most friendly musician airlines these days for carry on or checking instruments? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:50:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Ellen Rawson Subject: Re: Did anyone get out to see Kate Havnevik last nite in NY? - --- On Wed, 4/29/09, birdie wrote: She might be wonderful, but when you live in England and marking/moderating coursework keeps her chained to the house Sunday-Thursday nights, no, I didn't get to see anyone perform in NY last night. ;) Ellen, who doesn't even get out locally to see gigs on a school night. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:31:13 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Re: "Show Me Love" Kate Havnevik's new album on iTunes oh, shoot... it's just 2 singles off the new album that are out on iTunes and Amazon.... "Halo" came out in feb and was played by Jason Bentley on KCRW's MBE Now "Show me Love" (HOLY SMOKES!) has been released as of april 14th. I've got to check with her about what the album title will be I'm looking forward to a promo On Apr 28, 2009, at 10:58 PM, Jon Wesley Huff wrote: > WHAT! Aggggh! I didn't even know.... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:14:29 -0700 (PDT) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?anna_maria_stj=E4rnell?= Subject: theresa andersson on swedish tv Hi. I'm very glad that the lovely Theresa Andersson will finally get some recognition in her homeland..She has an hour long concert program devoted to her on swedish tv this weekend. So that's pretty cool. She was great when I saw her here some years back. Anna ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:16:08 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re: which is the most friendly musician airlines these days Hi, birdie wrote: > for carry on or checking instruments? Delta settled with the Musicians Local 1000 union a couple years ago, and now instruments up to the size of a standard guitar are able to be carried on for no additional fee, provided of course that there's still room in the overhead bins when you board. Sometimes you have to show a printout of the policy to the clueless flight attendant at the plane door, but from what I've heard it's gotten much easier for musicians to carry their stuff on Delta lately. No word yet on whether this has yet extended to Northwest now that they've merged, though. Most other airlines are ok with allowing guitars to be carried on without having to quote policy chapter and verse. For checking instruments, all the airlines carry the same risk of destruction. :} But from a cost standpoint, Southwest is by far the best and nicest about it all. AirTran follows a close second. JetBlue is more expensive than they used to be, but it really depends on the ticket agent you get whether and what they charge. Northwest and American are more expensive, and I try to avoid using them, but in case I can't I suck it up and deal. (Continental used to be in that category, but then we got enough miles to get up to "elite" status so now it doesn't cost anything extra for anything, so we're now Continental's most loyal customers. :) I haven't used Frontier or Alaska Airlines that much, but I don't recall their fees being ridiculous. If you're traveling with an instrument that's both overweight *and* oversized (like, say, a keyboard :}), watch out for overzealous ticket agents who will try to tag you for both. More often than not we're able to appeal to their sense of goodwill and they'll only charge us for the weight and not the size, but it's really on a case-by-case basis. Even the airlines that used to have exceptions in place for musical instruments have dumped those policies within the past year. The airlines that are 100% out for us when traveling on tour due to prohibitive fees are United, Delta, and US Airways. I don't even include those airlines in my kayak.com searches any more, and if you're planning on flying with a piece of gear that weighs more than 50 lbs and/or is considered oversized, you shouldn't either. And a final note about code shares: make sure you are 100% certain which logo is actually going to be on the plane you're flying, because that's the set of fees you're going to be expected to pay. To take from a chapter of personal history, you could purchase a flight on AirCanada.com and think everything's going to be just peachy, then show up to the airport and find out you're actually flying to Toronto on a United flight, in which case you're absolutely screwed. :} From the "yes, I book band travel for a living" dept., signing off... - -- =============================================== 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: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:27:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Lisa Subject: re: HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!! Waves hello to Vickie from KC!!! So glad to hear from you. Good job on the sites! Lisa ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:16:03 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Re: which is the most friendly musician airlines these days Thank you Meredith This has been passed on to Jill Sobule, 2 guitars & one laptop. I think, at least one, is little and travels in a guncase....not sure if she is bringing her gretsch, she's leaving on a jet plane, today.... On Apr 29, 2009, at 8:16 AM, meredith wrote: > Hi, > > birdie wrote: >> for carry on or checking instruments? > > Delta settled with the Musicians Local 1000 union a couple years > ago, and now instruments up to the size of a standard guitar are > able to be carried on for no additional fee, provided of course that > there's still room in the overhead bins when you board. Sometimes > you have to show a printout of the policy to the clueless flight > attendant at the plane door, but from what I've heard it's gotten > much easier for musicians to carry their stuff on Delta lately. No > word yet on whether this has yet extended to Northwest now that > they've merged, though. Most other airlines are ok with allowing > guitars to be carried on without having to quote policy chapter and > verse. > > For checking instruments, all the airlines carry the same risk of > destruction. :} But from a cost standpoint, Southwest is by far the > best and nicest about it all. AirTran follows a close second. > JetBlue is more expensive than they used to be, but it really > depends on the ticket agent you get whether and what they charge. > Northwest and American are more expensive, and I try to avoid using > them, but in case I can't I suck it up and deal. (Continental used > to be in that category, but then we got enough miles to get up to > "elite" status so now it doesn't cost anything extra for anything, > so we're now Continental's most loyal customers. :) I haven't used > Frontier or Alaska Airlines that much, but I don't recall their fees > being ridiculous. > > If you're traveling with an instrument that's both overweight *and* > oversized (like, say, a keyboard :}), watch out for overzealous > ticket agents who will try to tag you for both. More often than not > we're able to appeal to their sense of goodwill and they'll only > charge us for the weight and not the size, but it's really on a case- > by-case basis. Even the airlines that used to have exceptions in > place for musical instruments have dumped those policies within the > past year. > > The airlines that are 100% out for us when traveling on tour due to > prohibitive fees are United, Delta, and US Airways. I don't even > include those airlines in my kayak.com searches any more, and if > you're planning on flying with a piece of gear that weighs more than > 50 lbs and/or is considered oversized, you shouldn't either. > > And a final note about code shares: make sure you are 100% certain > which logo is actually going to be on the plane you're flying, > because that's the set of fees you're going to be expected to pay. > To take from a chapter of personal history, you could purchase a > flight on AirCanada.com and think everything's going to be just > peachy, then show up to the airport and find out you're actually > flying to Toronto on a United flight, in which case you're > absolutely screwed. :} > > From the "yes, I book band travel for a living" dept., signing off... > > -- > =============================================== > 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: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:07:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Valerie Nozick Subject: Twitter Interesting blog about Twitter retention rates. Apparently there are more than a few people who don't get Twitter either. Only 40% of people who sign up come back the next month - compared to retention rates of 70% for other social media sites (myspace, facebook, etc.) http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/twitter-quitters-post-roadblock-to-long-term-growth/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:18:57 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Re: Twitter i think it is for the post-it crowd it's extremely useful if you have a lot to do or have various communities or groups of friends involved in the same business, etc On Apr 29, 2009, at 11:07 AM, Valerie Nozick wrote: > Interesting blog about Twitter retention rates. Apparently there are > more than a few people who don't get Twitter either. Only 40% of > people who sign up come back the next month - compared to retention > rates of 70% for other social media sites (myspace, facebook, etc.) > > http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/twitter-quitters-post-roadblock-to-long-term-growth/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:57:24 -0700 From: Michael Pearce Subject: Re: "Show Me Love" Kate Havnevik's new album on iTunes birdie wrote: >That aside, myspace got even more aggressive with its ads on the popup >players > >If I kill the thing before the whole ad loads, it doesnt let me play >the song > >it says "song is unavailable" > >bastards. If using Safari, install Pith Helmet; if using Firefox, install AdBlocker Pro. Don't use IE because MS does not want you to block ads. Life without ad blockers is a little dimmer and less enjoyable. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:11:00 -0700 From: Subject: Re: "Show Me Love" Kate Havnevik's new album on iTunes Thanks!!! I have an adblocker on safari but it is failing... Pith helmet here I come.... www.myspace.com/birdiebreeze - -----Original Message----- From: Michael Pearce Subj: Re: "Show Me Love" Kate Havnevik's new album on iTunes Date: Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:02 pm Size: 461 bytes To: ecto@smoe.org birdie wrote: >That aside, myspace got even more aggressive with its ads on the popup >players > >If I kill the thing before the whole ad loads, it doesnt let me play >the song > >it says "song is unavailable" > >bastards. If using Safari, install Pith Helmet; if using Firefox, install AdBlocker Pro. Don't use IE because MS does not want you to block ads. Life without ad blockers is a little dimmer and less enjoyable. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:50:19 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Kate Havnevik @ The Livingroom May 11th if you missed her last night in NY, there you go! :-) It seems most of her songs are finished for her new album but I'll have more deets later Cheers Birdie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:23:00 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Ok! Kate! I am going to be working with her so you kids will be filled in, probably first. I'd also love honest real live reviews of shows and songs et al as things spring up. Lots in planning stages Gosh, I hope Karen & Amy & Meth & everyone else can get out to see her at the Livingroom! She'll play the west coast, we hope, this summer That freaking H1N1 flu will go to level 6 (worldwide pandemic deadly disease protocol for healthworkers) pretty soon....that is the highest level of alert. It's not looking good For people with tour plans.... Ummmmm........... Drive. no planes or trains for starters ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:06:42 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Last night for Jesca Hoop before she goes to the UK to live Tonight at the Hotel cafe is her last night before headed off to live in the UK Lots of special guests! She goes on after 10pm tix www.hotelcafe.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:12:12 -0400 From: meredith Subject: NYC alert: Noe Venable in May Hi, According to the latest Gigometer (http://www.web-ho.com/Gigometer/), Noe Venable will be at the Rockwood Music Hall at 9:00 pm on Thursday, May 28. Of course, I will have left town mere hours earlier for a conference. *headdesk* I'm beginning to think she looks at my calendar before booking her shows. :P - -- =============================================== 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: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:33:13 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Two Livingroom dates in May (Kate Havnevik) May 11 2009 9:30P The Livngroom New York City, New York May 27 2009 8:00P The Livngroom New york City, New York ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V14 #117 ***************************