From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V15 #292 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Sunday, December 12 2010 Volume 15 : Number 292 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 ] Best of 2010 [Leonora Christina Skov ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 03:00:03 -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********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************* Jeremy J. Corry (no Email address) ******************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Laura Clifford Tue December 17 1957 Sagittarius Dirk Kastens Tue December 17 1963 Sagittarius Milla Wed December 17 1975 Sagittarius Chris Schernwetter Tue December 17 1974 Sagittarius Sherry Haddock Sat December 17 1960 Sagittarius Tracy Benbrook Tue December 18 1973 Sagittarius Mark Lowry Mon December 22 1969 Capricarius Kay Cleaves Wed December 22 1976 Prancing Pony Uli Grepel Wed December 25 1968 Steinbock Joseph Wasicek Sat December 25 1976 Brown Eagle Stuart Castergine Mon December 30 1963 You Are Here Marvin Camras Sat January 01 1916 Tapehead Jeanne Schreiter Tue January 03 1967 Capricorn John Sandoval Wed January 04 1967 Capricorn Aly Fields Thu January 04 1990 Yield Paul Cohen Tue January 05 1954 Capricorn Tony Garrity Mon January 08 1962 Pool of Life Greg Bossert Tue January 09 1962 OfTheTimes - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:54:17 +0100 From: Leonora Christina Skov Subject: Best of 2010 Compared to last year which, in my opinion, was a fantastic year in music, 2010 has been a somewhat meager year. I have listened to a lot to old favourites like Amanda Palmer, Rachael Yamagata, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lhasa, The Unthanks, Fever Ray, Camera Obscura, Carina Round, Katy Carr, Simone White, Bat for Lashes, Pink Martini and Lisa Hannigan. However, I have enjoyed these new albums as well: 1. Julia Stone - The Memory Machine (a cross between Marissa Nadler and CocoRosie. I really, really like this) 2. Snow and Voices - Anything That Moves (fantastic. I listened to this album all Summer) 3. Susanne Sundfoer - The Brothel (extremely talented Norwegian singer-songwriter) 4. Sia - We are Born 5. Rumer - Seasons of My Soul (well, I love The Carpenters..) 6. Sara Bareilles - Kaleidoscope Heart 7. Sally Seltmann - Heart That's Pounding (feel-good Australian indie pop) 8. Agnes Obel  Philharmonics (Danish singer-songwriter, piano-driven quietness) 9. Sarah McLachlan - Laws of Illusion 10. Holly Miranda - The Magician's Private Library 11. Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM 12. Hindi Zahra  Handmade (Moroccan singer-songwriter) The new Over the Rhine could certainly be a list changer for me as well. Disappointments: Goldfrapp - Head First Azure Ray - Drawing Down the Moon (boring) Evelyn Evelyn  Evelyn Evelyn (??!!Whats going on??!!) KT Tunstall  Tiger Suit Tracey Thorn - Love and Its Opposite Also, I was enthusiastic about Marina & the Diamonds for a couple of months before the actual album came out. I really liked I Am Not a Robot and Mowgli's Road and I was pretty certain her album would make the top of my list this year. But I grew tired of it in no time. My experience with Marina mirrors my experience with Kate Nash a few years back: plenty of catchy and quirky and well-crafted songs that I just can't to listen to. Need to listen some more to .. Glasser - Ring Angus & Julia Stone - Down the Road Lauren Hoffman  Interplanetary Traveler School of Seven Bells  Disconnect from Desire Grace Potter & the Nocturnals  Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Isabel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Hawk Scissor Sisters - Night Work Stars - The Five Ghosts .. And now I'm off to India for two months:-) All best from snowy Copenhagen, Leonora "My daddy warned me about men and booze, but he never said a word about women and cocaine" (Tallulah Bankhead) www.leonorachristinaskov.com ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V15 #292 ***************************