From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V14 #166 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, June 20 2009 Volume 14 : Number 166 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- re: new regina spektor. [heidi maier ] Show of Hands vs Bellowhead in the bunker [Adam Kimmel ] Re: new regina spektor. [Damon ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:58:08 +1000 From: heidi maier Subject: re: new regina spektor. i've listened to this a few times and ... i don't know ... i love regina, but i'm kind of disappointed. primarily, i suppose, because the record feels so over-produced to me, which is a shame. still, these things are subjective, i know. i mean, i really like heather nova, but i also feel like a lot of her stuff suffers from being over-produced, too. i'd happily go and see either of them play live, but i'd be a liar if i said i *love* the studio stuff that feels over-done. i finally got a chance to see regina live when she toured australia last year and she was wonderful. it was mostly just her, solo, with the piano, and it was, well, wonderful! not that i am saying it should always be the girl and the piano, not at all. it's obvious that she's reaching out, experimenting, and good for her if that's what she's feeling right now. i just ... i don't know ... that was my reaction, it felt over-produced. at any rate, i'll listen to regina's latest some more, of course, but i am not sure how much my initial reactions will change. what does everyone else think of it? warmly, heidi. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:04:00 -0800 From: Adam Kimmel Subject: Show of Hands vs Bellowhead in the bunker Somebody on another list posted this and, despite not knowing a lot of the references, it made me laugh a lot: http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=4I9kyJ6ZYHw Tasteless, but folkin' funny. Well, you decide.... Adam K - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3D Earth Screensaver Preview Free 3D Earth Screensaver Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at www.inbox.com/earth ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:38:53 -0700 From: Damon Subject: Re: new regina spektor. chiming in... On 19 Jun, heidi maier wrote: > i've listened to this a few times and ... i don't know ... i love regina, > but i'm kind of disappointed. primarily, i suppose, because the record > feels so over-produced to me, which is a shame. you know, i had *exactly* the same initial reaction to `begin to hope'. i put it on and my first thought was `whoa, regina got *produced*' and it wasn't a good thing. but it grew on me quickly and now i love it - though i will always prefer the earlier, slower, *realer* version of `samson'. so i'm hopeful about the new one - now if only i could listen to it. ah, the perils of running a home-brew version of a minority platform... ;) anyway, i've no doubt i'll pick it up when it's actually released. - -damon - -- dl+ecto@usrbin.ca: protecting my real address since 2002 (too late!) > EWS starts here! < http://www.last.fm/user/kalaleq/ ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V14 #166 ***************************