From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V15 #219 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Thursday, September 9 2010 Volume 15 : Number 219 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- songza / ecto station [Jason Gordon ] My Brightest Diamond upcoming in Detroit, London ONT, Halifax, NYC, Ann Arbor [Paul Blair Subject: songza / ecto station i noticed today that amie street got gobbled up by amazon (not a huge surprise as amazon owned a big stake) but that they have started up songza in the meantime...kind of like pandora but with people who program the station able to add the content from 8 million or so tracks... i've taken the liberty of starting out an ecto discovery station here (trying to target 3 tracks by a wide variety of artists) - i dont think the actual number matters that much since they are played randomly...feel free to give it a listen (or add some other discoveries to it) it could be a good resource for checking out new stuff :) so far i've loaded it up with some marina and the diamonds, alela diane, the unthanks, florence and the machine, olof arnaulds, martina topley bird, bat for lashes, natacha atlas, lou rhodes, silje nes, a fine frenzy, maria rodes, wildbirds and peacedrums,and katell keinig among others here's the linky-poo: http://bit.ly/9Jr1en cheers jason np ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 23:30:43 -0400 From: Paul Blair Subject: My Brightest Diamond upcoming in Detroit, London ONT, Halifax, NYC, Ann Arbor ...and some joyous family news from Shara Worden! - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: My Brightest Diamond Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 8:43 PM Subject: Lots of BIG news (including tour dates & new recordings) To: ciriwe@phobot.net Greetings from the new MBD "headquarters" in Detroit! We've got a lot of exciting news to dispatch: 1) Shara is a new mother! B She gave birth to Constantine Jamesson WordenB on 19 July 2010 at 10:58pm. He weighed a healthy 9lbs 4oz. (4.2kg) and was 21 inches (53.3cm) long. Mother and son are both happy and healthy! 2)B Kismet RecordsB has released a limited edition split 7" vinyl record featuring My Brightest Diamond and Dayna Kurtz. B MBD's contribution is a cover of Dayna's songB "Postcards From Downtown," while Dayna has contributed a cover of the MBD song "Gone Away." B The recordings are available through all the normal digital retail outlets, quality brick-and-mortar music purveyors near you, and at live performances of both MBD & Dayna Kurtz. 3) Speaking of live performances... MBD has several "Rock Trio Formation" concerts coming up: B B B September B 16 - DETROIT, MICHIGAN -B Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit B B B September 17 - LONDON, ONTARIO -B LOLA Festival B B B October 20 - HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA -B Pop Explosion 4) On October 18th at (le) Poisson RougeB in New York City, Shara will be singing the song cycle entitled PenelopeB by Sarah Kirkland Snider. 5) On October 21st in Ann Arbor, MI at the Michigan Theater, Shara (and Bryce & Aaron Dessner) will join the stage with Matthew Ritchie for an "in-progress" performance as part of the discussion of Ritchie's art, specifically his involvement with The Long Count. Phew. Hope to see you soon!! MBD - -- Change your info? Stop the emails? Easy! Just click this link ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V15 #219 ***************************