From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V14 #315 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, November 17 2009 Volume 14 : Number 315 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 ] Marina and the Diamonds [Adam Kimmel ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:00:02 -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********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************* Jeff Pearce (no Email address) ********************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:42:57 -0800 From: Adam Kimmel Subject: Marina and the Diamonds I haven't looked back over past digests to see if this has been mentioned before, so apologies if I am -- as usual -- late to the table, but there's an intriguing interview with this new popster here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/12/marina-dimandis-interview which hails her as the "new Kate Bush", so I thought it might be of interest to Kate fans.B Personally, I'm not convinced of Marina's integrity, and her Damascene conversion doesn't convince me.B For those who have trouble with the link, she decided she wanted to be famous and even went so far as to turn up for an audition for a reggae boyband dressed as a boy.B She blagged her way into another audition via people impressed with her chutzpah but, according to the article, upon hearing her actually sing "their attention waned".B She seems to have decided that, as electrosynth pop is the current rage, a new twist is called for, and settled on the quirky Kate Bush mannerisms.B I've listened to Mowgli's Road and quite like it, enough at least to resolve to listen to her other stuff on YouTube.B Be warned, however, that the Guardian Arts and Media writers, of late, seem to be in thrall of PR men and their products, and this does read like a particularly hyperbolic press release. Adam K np: Strange Communion/Thea Gilmore -- an utterly, utterly lovely seasonal album with her own brand of sardonic wit and tunefulness undercutting any sentimentality. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V14 #315 ***************************