From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #1065 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, April 5 2014 Volume 16 : Number 1065 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Well, you've done it... ["A.W. Fields" ] Re: Well, you've done it... [FJ ] Re: various good music [Eric Volker ] Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 22:38:27 -0400 From: "A.W. Fields" Subject: Re: Well, you've done it... Amazing! Congrats guys :) What dates? I'm the 16th. Right in the middle. I am self-imposing an internet blackout so I'm not spoiled by any reviews, thrills, complaints... This is history! Sent from my iPhone On Mar 29, 2014, at 9:38 PM, robert bristow-johnson wrote: > I did; Neal and I and a few others pooled and were reasonably successful. Not everyone got thru to make a buy, but they're covered by the pool. My first CC was declined despite supporting "Verified by Visa", but Amex was accepted w/o a hitch. I guess a lot of people didn't even get in to pick tix, much less get to the CC hassle part. We deliberately went for the added shows toward the end of Sept. > > A sleepless night: wondering if I'd get anything in the morning, being ready on the tix page @ 5:30 am, incredulity when it finally came back with "Mike, you're going to Kate Bush!" congrats, dude. my passport expired and i didn't think i would be able to do it anyway. all of you have reasonable success, have a wunnerful time. (and a sorta historic time.) - -- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 23:48:01 -0400 From: FJ Subject: Re: Well, you've done it... Big thanks to Birdie for working to share every advantage available, and (possibly inadvertently) initiating our subsequent attack to the challenge. Sent from my iPad > On Mar 29, 2014, at 11:10 PM, Birdie wrote: > > so happy it worked out for most everybody in the end. > > I've got opening night and am working my way backwards from there. > > birdie > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Mar 29, 2014, at 7:52 PM, FJ wrote: >> >> Our tix are over the 9/23-26 period. We have some seats center stalls, some side stalls, some circle. >> >> I'm not concerned about "spoilers" because being there personally, taking it ALL in, as she presents it, cannot be spoiled. >> >>> On Mar 29, 2014, at 10:38 PM, "A.W. Fields" wrote: >>> >>> Amazing! Congrats guys :) What dates? I'm the 16th. Right in the middle. I am self-imposing an internet blackout so I'm not spoiled by any reviews, thrills, complaints... This is history! >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Mar 29, 2014, at 9:38 PM, robert bristow-johnson wrote: >>>> >>>> I did; Neal and I and a few others pooled and were reasonably successful. Not everyone got thru to make a buy, but they're covered by the pool. My first CC was declined despite supporting "Verified by Visa", but Amex was accepted w/o a hitch. I guess a lot of people didn't even get in to pick tix, much less get to the CC hassle part. We deliberately went for the added shows toward the end of Sept. >>>> >>>> A sleepless night: wondering if I'd get anything in the morning, being ready on the tix page @ 5:30 am, incredulity when it finally came back with "Mike, you're going to Kate Bush!" >>> >>> congrats, dude. my passport expired and i didn't think i would be able to do it anyway. >>> >>> all of you have reasonable success, have a wunnerful time. (and a sorta historic time.) >>> >>> -- >>> >>> r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com >>> >>> "Imagination is more important than knowledge." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 19:23:56 -0500 From: Eric Volker Subject: Re: various good music Karen, thanks for pointing out Lissie's album Back to Forever to me. I was familiar with her collaboration with DJ Morgan Page and greatly enjoyed The Longest Road, but never checked out her solo work. I've listened to Back to Forever three times already and can't get enough of it. I love Spotify... Eric On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 12:44 AM, Karen Hester wrote: > New Tori song 'Trouble's Lament', little country ditty with Dylanesque > lyrics. A bit underwhelming to me, but some people are pleased with its > relative lack of affected vocals :) > > Swedish popster Tove Lo's 'Truth Serum' ep is very catchy. Wonder if she > can keep this up for a full length album - pretty great track rate so far. > > Banks - sort of darker, dirgey version of Lorde's minimalist beat-oriented > pop. 'Waiting game' is a bit Portishead, I reckon. > > Polly Scattergood's single 'Subsequently Lost' has some good remixes. Pop > perfection. > > Lissie was dropped from her label after awesome 70s-ish 'Back to Forever' > underperformed, and has a covers ep - 'Cryin' to you', with great Danzig, > Judas Priest, One Direction, Dylan, Drake covers. She's so good at > worthwhile covers - you think they'll be jokes, but no. > > Enjoying various recent (ish) stuff by Emily Barker and Nancy Elizabeth. I > forget about these slightly folky quiet artists, but they have some great > melodies and lyrics. > > Thanks for the Lydia Loveless recommendation, someone :) Good > alt-country/rock. I kept on getting her name muddled with Lydia Lunch, > which isn't quite the right idea! > > Karen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 03:00:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************** Tom Proven (no Email address) ********************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tom Proven Sat March 27 1971 Eat at Joe's Jennifer Albert Wed March 30 1966 Aries (w/Cancer rising!:) Warpaint Mon April 01 1991 Brilliant! Michael Pearce Wed April 03 1946 Pegasus Michael E. 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