From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V15 #142 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, June 12 2010 Volume 15 : Number 142 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- evelyn evelyn, live [Karen Hester ] Patty Griffin, live [Karen Hester ] Re: evelyn evelyn, live [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] Re: Patty Griffin, live [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] Re: evelyn evelyn, live [Karen Hester ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:04:23 -0400 From: Karen Hester Subject: evelyn evelyn, live Evelyn Evelyn are playing several nights at a Greenwich Village theater that Lotte Lenya performed at, to Amanda F. Palmer's delight. I saw them on Thurs night. Sxip Shirey opened and played rainbow bells, taped together bicycle bells, a marble in a bowl, harmonicas and effects pedals. Dude can sure make some odd noises. Conjoined twins Evelyn Evelyn were visually hilarious and manipulated our emotions so that we were half watching musicians in drag and half adoring the nervous twins. Jason Webley twisted his made-up elastic face into adorable expressions of joy and fear, cracking Amanda up. The stage shtick is probably repeated each performance so I don't want to describe anything in detail, but highly recommended for Amanda and Jason fans who aren't too uncomfortable with the concept. They left out 'Sandy Fishnets' so perhaps had decided the sex abuse storyline was a bit much. The 'Ask Amanda' portion of the show became 'Ask Evelyn Evelyn', in which they answered audience questions by each speaking every other word, sometimes aiding each other, sometimes trying to trip the other up. The answers were hilarious and oddly wise. I can imagine how pissed Amanda was when Jason began one answer with "Einstein..." After defrocking and wiping off the make-up, Jason played a set, then they sang a messy passionate 'Icarus' together and Amanda played a set. Without the structure of their Evelyn Evelyn comedy routine, the show was baggy - Amanda started anecdotes then forgot where she was headed, and didn't know what to play. Always a possibility with an AFP show, but particularly bad that night. In addition to 'Astronaut', 'Runs in the Family', 'Missed me' and 'Mrs O', she did a keyboard cover of her ukelele cover of Radiohead's 'High and Dry', from her upcoming Radiohead covers album. Not the album I want from her :( Final 'Creep' on ukelele was played on the balcony by the merch table as they'd run way overtime. I hope other interested NY peoples make it, the shows aren't selling out and deserve to be. K. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:10:52 -0400 From: Karen Hester Subject: Patty Griffin, live Patty Griffin and Buddy Miller were in good form on Weds night, though her gospel music is my least favorite of her styles. Her rock, pop, folk, Americana - hell yeah. But the last two albums have been too MORish for me. Plus it's odd when such a great song-writer with so many unrecorded songs makes a cover record. They played most of 'Downtown Church'. The non-Downtown Church songs were mainly gospely as well - 'Standing', 'Heavenly Day', 'Up to the Mountain'. Completely out of place but much enjoyed was a hilarious song about her horny French Canadian grandfather on his wedding night, sung in a rough accented voice. Shoe-buddy ('enabler') Shaun Colvin joined Patty on 'Coming Home to Me' (the only song I love on the new album) and a heartbreaking version of 'Mary'. So a tour to avoid if you dislike gospel, but it's the kind of music I enjoy more live so fun enough night. Great guitarist Buddy opening and playing with her band was a treat. Patty duetted with him for all but two songs of his set - now that's a way to get people to see the opener! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:10:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: evelyn evelyn, live I'm kinda not comfortable with the concept. As in many cases like this, I've found her defensive and belligerent reaction to the disability rights activists who've questioned her maybe more troubling than her initial creation. She's kinda on my shit list. ~Tim - ----- Original Message ---- From: Karen Hester To: ecto@smoe.org Sent: Fri, June 11, 2010 5:04:23 PM Subject: evelyn evelyn, live Evelyn Evelyn are playing several nights at a Greenwich Village theater that Lotte Lenya performed at, to Amanda F. Palmer's delight. I saw them on Thurs night. Sxip Shirey opened and played rainbow bells, taped together bicycle bells, a marble in a bowl, harmonicas and effects pedals. Dude can sure make some odd noises. Conjoined twins Evelyn Evelyn were visually hilarious and manipulated our emotions so that we were half watching musicians in drag and half adoring the nervous twins. Jason Webley twisted his made-up elastic face into adorable expressions of joy and fear, cracking Amanda up. The stage shtick is probably repeated each performance so I don't want to describe anything in detail, but highly recommended for Amanda and Jason fans who aren't too uncomfortable with the concept. They left out 'Sandy Fishnets' so perhaps had decided the sex abuse storyline was a bit much. The 'Ask Amanda' portion of the show became 'Ask Evelyn Evelyn', in which they answered audience questions by each speaking every other word, sometimes aiding each other, sometimes trying to trip the other up. The answers were hilarious and oddly wise. I can imagine how pissed Amanda was when Jason began one answer with "Einstein..." After defrocking and wiping off the make-up, Jason played a set, then they sang a messy passionate 'Icarus' together and Amanda played a set. Without the structure of their Evelyn Evelyn comedy routine, the show was baggy - Amanda started anecdotes then forgot where she was headed, and didn't know what to play. Always a possibility with an AFP show, but particularly bad that night. In addition to 'Astronaut', 'Runs in the Family', 'Missed me' and 'Mrs O', she did a keyboard cover of her ukelele cover of Radiohead's 'High and Dry', from her upcoming Radiohead covers album. Not the album I want from her :( Final 'Creep' on ukelele was played on the balcony by the merch table as they'd run way overtime. I hope other interested NY peoples make it, the shows aren't selling out and deserve to be. K. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:13:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Patty Griffin, live I agree re: too MORish. 1,000 Kisses had, I thought, just the right amt of production -- still maintained much of the intensity of the early records, but w/ more complex and lovely arrangements. But then the sound just seemed to get more and more polished. I definitely miss that ragged, almost scary "I just opened my veins for you" intensity she had on Living w/ Ghosts and Flaming Red. - ----- Original Message ---- From: Karen Hester To: ecto@smoe.org Sent: Fri, June 11, 2010 5:10:52 PM Subject: Patty Griffin, live Patty Griffin and Buddy Miller were in good form on Weds night, though her gospel music is my least favorite of her styles. Her rock, pop, folk, Americana - hell yeah. But the last two albums have been too MORish for me. Plus it's odd when such a great song-writer with so many unrecorded songs makes a cover record. They played most of 'Downtown Church'. The non-Downtown Church songs were mainly gospely as well - 'Standing', 'Heavenly Day', 'Up to the Mountain'. Completely out of place but much enjoyed was a hilarious song about her horny French Canadian grandfather on his wedding night, sung in a rough accented voice. Shoe-buddy ('enabler') Shaun Colvin joined Patty on 'Coming Home to Me' (the only song I love on the new album) and a heartbreaking version of 'Mary'. So a tour to avoid if you dislike gospel, but it's the kind of music I enjoy more live so fun enough night. Great guitarist Buddy opening and playing with her band was a treat. Patty duetted with him for all but two songs of his set - now that's a way to get people to see the opener! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:51:31 -0400 From: Karen Hester Subject: Re: evelyn evelyn, live Yeah, I'm trying to ignore her a bit so it's just me and the music again, rather than me and the music with a 50 foot AFP looming over us. The kind of personality that thrives in the newish online music world via dramatic self-promotion and direct relationships with 'fans' is the kind that can become off-putting, even without iffy concepts. Anyway, despite the (uneasy) laughter, I found Evelyn Evelyn moving. k On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Tim Jones-Yelvington wrote: > I'm kinda not comfortable with the concept. As in many cases like this, I've found her defensive and belligerent reaction to the disability rights activists who've questioned her maybe more troubling than her initial creation. She's kinda on my shit list. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V15 #142 ***************************