From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #155 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, July 23 2011 Volume 16 : Number 155 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- New disappear fear album "Get Your Phil" [Sherlyn Koo ] Re: We've Been Jacked [W1GGY2@aol.com] More recent releases [Jeff Hanson ] [none] [Craig Gidney ] Re: We've Been Jacked [Julie B ] Re: We've Been Jacked [w1ggy2@aol.com] Re: We've Been Jacked [Ellen Rawson ] RE: Is this your song? Thanks in advance ["Bill Mazur" ] Re: More recent releases [neal copperman ] Re: We've Been Jacked [neal copperman ] Re: recent releases (mostly courtesy of the Morris County library system) [neal copperman ] Re: We've Been Jacked [Philip David Morgan ] Re: We've Been Jacked [Joseph Zitt ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:23:58 +1000 From: Sherlyn Koo Subject: New disappear fear album "Get Your Phil" Hi folks, Just wanted to let you know that there's a new disappear fear album out, a collection of Phil Ochs covers called "Get Your Phil". I'm not all that familiar with Phil Ochs outside of the songs of his that Sonia and disappear fear have covered previously ("Is There Anybody Here" from the disappear fear self-titled, and "No More Songs" from "No Bomb Is Smart", both of which are re-recorded here) but I think some of his better-known tunes are here, including "Draft Dodger Rag", "I Ain't Marching Anymore" and "There But for Fortune". The recording is very folky and down to earth - mostly just Sonia, Cindy and guitar, with a little piano thrown in on a couple of tracks. It feels like a "back to basics" sort of record, both for disappear fear (getting back to the original two-sisters-and-a-guitar format, after all the various permutations the band has been through throughout the last 15 years) and in terms of the subject material (Phil Ochs having always been a huge influence for Sonia). For me it gives a really nice feel to the recording, respectful and organic-sounding, if that makes any sense. Check it out at CDBaby - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/disappearfear5. - -sherlyn ps - any Words with Friends players out there lokoing for opponents? Look me up - my username is SherlynKoo (I'm so imaginative!) - -- Sherlyn Koo - sherlyn@pixelopolis.com - Sydney, Australia ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:14:28 -0400 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: recent releases (mostly courtesy of the Morris County library system) Ecto's been quiet lately, so I thought I would try to get a conversation going by proffering my own opinions on some new-ish releases, which other people can agree with or pick apart. Thanks, MCL! THE DECEMBERISTS - THE KING IS DEAD (January 18) I'm no expert on The Decemberists, though I've heard _The Crane Wife_ and _The Hazards of Love_ and like both albums, but I really like _The King Is Dead_. It's got a country-ish vibe that I wouldn't have picked for this group, but I think it really makes the album. It's the most accessible of the 3 albums I've heard. EDIE BRICKELL - EDIE BRICKELL (January 11) I love this album. It seems like a perfect summer album, and it just breezes along, so when it's over I'm always surprised. Not in the sense that I wasn't paying attention, but in the sense that I was having so much fun I didn't notice where the time went. EMMYLOU HARRIS - HARD BARGAIN (April 26) This is a lovely album. If that sounds like a lukewarm recommendation, well, it kind of is, but then again it isn't really. _Hard Bargain_ doesn't reach the heights of _Wrecking Ball_ or _Stumble Into Grace_, but it's a really good, solid record. "My Name Is Emmett Till" is particularly moving. PAUL SIMON - SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT (April 12) NPR called it his best album since _Graceland_, and they're probably right. _Rhythm of the Saints_ is underappreciated, being so similar to _Graceland_. With _Surprise_ he tried to incorporate electronica, but it didn't really work. "How to Live in the Northeast" is a good song, but the rest of the album was pretty boring. I don't know where SBOSW came from, but it blows _Surprise_ out of the water. The opening track, "Getting Ready for Christmas Day" has all these... sounds in it. It's raucous, but it works. The album continues Simon's love affair with world music. I love the kora on "Rewrite," one of my favorite tracks. I find "Questions for the Angels" (which the critics seem to love) kind of dull and maybe a bit pretentious in its Grand Philosophizing. But I love this album and often hit play again when I get to the end. BRANDI CARLILE - LIVE AT BENAROYA HALL WITH THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY (May 3) Love this woman, love this album. The beautiful audience-participation rendition of "Turpentine" has been my go-to song for feeling better and calming down lately. Some of the songs showcase the orchestra more than other. Overall it really makes me want to go see her in concert, and isn't that what a live album is supposed to do? DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - CODES AND KEYS (May 31) As good as _Plans_, maybe even better. I'm loving this album. LITTLE DRAGON - RITUAL UNION (July 26) Never heard of this band before, but I was intrigued by NPR's description: "On its third album, the Swedish quartet sharpens its sound without losing the dreamy pop sensibility that makes its songs so addictive." I really like it, and I think some ectophiles will too. Full album stream available for a few more days at http://www.npr.org/2011/07/18/137855136/first-listen-little-dragon-ritual-uni on. ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER - LAST SUMMER (July 12) Only got to listen to this once or twice on NPR's First Listen, but I really enjoyed it. NPR wrote, "The solo debut from the Fiery Furnaces singer is full of sepia-toned summertime pop." PISTOLERA - EL DESIERTO Y LA CIUDAD (July 12) Again, only got to listen to this once or twice on NPR's First Listen, but I really enjoyed it. NPR wrote, "On its new album, the Brooklyn band works modern elements into its traditional rancheras and polkas." Okay, so what is everyone else listening to? JoAnn ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:51:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Ellen Rawson Subject: We've Been Jacked Back on Saturday, July 2nd, my husband and I were driving to and from Stratford-on-Avon in my little, 11-year-old car. It doesn't even have a CD player, only a cassette deck and radio. We were driving home through the Oxford area, with Jack FM on. The music was so bad that said husband pulled out his phone/MP3 player and we listened to music on it via the car's speakers. Later, as we drifted back into the listening range of Coast 106 FM, based in Southampton, I made a comment along the lines of how lucky we were to have such a great local radio station. Little did I realise that the very next day Coast 106 would become a Jack FM station. Some of you might be familiar with Jack. Apparently, there are 40 Jack stations across the US and Canada, and Southampton makes four in the UK, joining ones in Oxford, Bristol and Hertfordshire. The format is similar. There aren't any DJs. The same pre-recorded voice makes snide comments that are meant to be jokes every now and then to remind us we're listening to Jack, where "we play what we want". Not really. Southampton's Jack is classic rock. Okay, I've heard Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones on it, but I've also heard Duran Duran. Oh well. I miss Coast 106, a very Ecto friendly station, where I heard artists ranging from Kate Bush to Mary Chapin Carpenter to Heather Nova to Rachael Sage. Ellen "Literature stops in 1100. After that, it's just books." - -- JRR Tolkien ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:38:02 EDT From: W1GGY2@aol.com Subject: Re: We've Been Jacked I feel your pain! The first radio station that I've actually really liked in the NYC area since WLIR in the 80's was just bought out. WRXP wasn't exactly ecto, though they occasionally had guest appearances by Imogen Heap, Regina Spektor and the like. It was mostly alternative rock with a little bit of classic rock (still alternative leaning mostly) thrown in. Now they are in an interim format, calling themselves Chocolate FM (barf!) and still playing rock but they got rid of the DJ's and from what I hear they are transitioning into a talk station. Its unfathomable that NYC does not have any decent radio! Back to all iPod all the time for me I guess! Amy In a message dated 7/22/2011 9:56:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, silme13@yahoo.com writes: Back on Saturday, July 2nd, my husband and I were driving to and from Stratford-on-Avon in my little, 11-year-old car. It doesn't even have a CD player, only a cassette deck and radio. We were driving home through the Oxford area, with Jack FM on. The music was so bad that said husband pulled out his phone/MP3 player and we listened to music on it via the car's speakers. Later, as we drifted back into the listening range of Coast 106 FM, based in Southampton, I made a comment along the lines of how lucky we were to have such a great local radio station. Little did I realise that the very next day Coast 106 would become a Jack FM station. Some of you might be familiar with Jack. Apparently, there are 40 Jack stations across the US and Canada, and Southampton makes four in the UK, joining ones in Oxford, Bristol and Hertfordshire. The format is similar. There aren't any DJs. The same pre-recorded voice makes snide comments that are meant to be jokes every now and then to remind us we're listening to Jack, where "we play what we want". Not really. Southampton's Jack is classic rock. Okay, I've heard Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones on it, but I've also heard Duran Duran. Oh well. I miss Coast 106, a very Ecto friendly station, where I heard artists ranging from Kate Bush to Mary Chapin Carpenter to Heather Nova to Rachael Sage. Ellen "Literature stops in 1100. After that, it's just books." - -- JRR Tolkien ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:51:45 +0000 (UTC) From: Jeff Hanson Subject: More recent releases Joann's post prompted me to write about some recent purchases: Casey Stratton - The Vigil and Hear the City The Vigil is beautiful EP--orchestrated in the same way as my favorite release of his - Messages Sending. It's about being a caretaker of a loved one who's dying - in this case the inspiration was Casey's cat of 12 years going through renal failure and more, but the feelings/emotions on the album go well beyond that. Hear the City is another great EP release that really captures teh sounds/feelings of being in New York City in winter. Brian Keane - 90 Miles an Hour Brian has performed at a couple of house concerts, and was a founding member of Band of Heathens. Definitely in the Austin, TX country-folk bar band type alubm, but with very clever, sensitive and humorous lyrics. Definitely a few steps above the average album in this genre. (Not very typical ecto, but I do think people on this list would like him.) Marianne Faithfull - Horses and High Heels Stupid album cover but good album, recorded in New Orleans, that has that bluesy vibe very suited to Marianne's voice. Heather Nova - 30 Days at Sea Another great release from Heather Nova--nothing revelatory, but a solid release. And, an album I've really grown to love from beginning to end (as has most of the world), Adele's 21. Really a great album, despite its success. Albums looking forward to: Really looking forward to the new Tori album--which is a surprise as I haven't been all that excited about one in a long time--this will be her first album on Deutsche Grammaphone--and all baesd on classical songs. Jeff Hanson n.p. - ipod shuffle - now on Frida Hyvonen - Until Death Comes n.r. - The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:51:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Craig Gidney Subject: [none] http://ricorgraph.com/catalog/images/sha22.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:45:51 -0400 From: Julie B Subject: Re: We've Been Jacked WFUV? WNYC? WFMU? I miss WLIR, it was a wonderful station. On 7/22/2011 12:38 PM, W1GGY2@aol.com wrote: > Its unfathomable that NYC does not have any > decent radio! Back to all iPod all the time for me I guess! - -- Dark Night of the Soul http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/JQ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:29:21 -0400 From: w1ggy2@aol.com Subject: Re: We've Been Jacked WFUV is ok. Its a bit too folksy for me a lot of the time. Also, living in NJ, the reception is not very good. WNYC I'm not really familiar with. Is that an NPR station? WFMU I haven't listened to in years. Back then I never connected to it but maybe I should try it again. - -----Original Message----- From: Julie B To: W1GGY2@aol.com Cc: ecto@smoe.org Sent: Fri, Jul 22, 2011 4:45 pm Subject: Re: We've Been Jacked WFUV? WNYC? WFMU? I miss WLIR, it was a wonderful station. On 7/22/2011 12:38 PM, W1GGY2@aol.com wrote: > Its unfathomable that NYC does not have any > decent radio! Back to all iPod all the time for me I guess! - -- Dark Night of the Soul http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/JQ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:34:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Ellen Rawson Subject: Re: We've Been Jacked Oh, I forgot... Our new Jack FM has one DJ and his name is Bam Bam. He has the morning drive time slot. It's pretty dismal. :( Most of the Coast's DJs were refugees from Wave 105, another Southampton station that used to be, well, more progressive when I first moved here 11 years ago, but it's now a mainstream pop station. Ellen "Literature stops in 1100. After that, it's just books." - -- JRR Tolkien ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:01:10 -0700 From: "Bill Mazur" Subject: RE: Is this your song? Thanks in advance Hello Everyone, Leaving Lurkerville to pass on some information that may be of interest to the crowd here. I received an email notice from Sweet Talk Radio earlier today. The duo has a new song called "Broken Things" that will be featured in the final scene of tonight's episode of "Haven" on the Syfy channel. I just listened to the song on iTunes and like it a great deal. I have attached the old thread from last year where I was trying to find out who did the song that closed out an episode of the show during its first season. I was completely smitten with the song. That song is "We All Fall Down" by Sweet Talk Radio. I thought at the time, and still feel, that it is a gorgeous ethereal and haunting piece. All the best! Bill From: Bill Mazur [mailto:wpm@value.net] Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 12:26 AM To: 'ecto@smoe.org' Subject: FW: Is this your song? Thanks in advance FYI - this is the song I was asking about. Urs was correct. I wrote the band (the duo of Kate & Tim actually) directly after I found their web site. Here is what they wrote back to me. The CD they have out is good - it is more roots rock and country pop in style. So a lot of people here may like it. Just not my cup of tea. This song is very different in style to me and I really am taken in by it. It's a short piece - only a little over two minutes. From: Sweet Talk Radio [mailto:info@sweettalkradio.com] Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 11:16 PM To: Bill Mazur Subject: Re: Is this your song? Thanks in advance Hi Bill, Yes, that's our song, "We All Fall Down", and for limited time, the song is a free download from our website. Enjoy! And thanks for listening! Kate & Tim - --------------------- Sweet Talk Radio www.sweettalkradio.com On Aug 7, 2010, at 1:19 AM, Bill Mazur wrote: A snippet of this song was used in the closing scenes from tonight's (8/6/10) episode of the Syfy show Haven (fifth episode entitled "Ball and Chain" - Plot: Audrey and Nathan investigate a set of deaths involving accelerated aging). Here are the lyrics (as far as I can make out): The moon and the sun We all come undone The night steals the ground We all fall down Uh uha aah aah uh Uh uha aah aah uh aah aah uh (or something like that) A blue whisper rain Dark shadows again The crush of a prayer Hangs in the air Uh uha aah aah uh Uh uha aah aah uh aah aah uh ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:11:55 -0600 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: More recent releases > Brian Keane - 90 Miles an Hour > > Brian has performed at a couple of house concerts, and was a founding member of Band of Heathens. Definitely in the Austin, TX country-folk bar band type alubm, but with very clever, sensitive and humorous lyrics. Definitely a few steps above the average album in this genre. (Not very typical ecto, but I do think people on this list would like him.) I didn't know Brian had a new CD out! His first one had some brilliant songs. Brian's sets at Jeff's house were some of the highlights from our house concert series. When he would sing "I used to hold her up, but she used to carry me" everyone would burst into tears :) > And, an album I've really grown to love from beginning to end (as has most of the world), Adele's 21. > Really a great album, despite its success. I guess you'll want to listen to this then (not great quality, but kind of fun to hear): http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/07/watch-patti-smith-cover-adele.h tml neal > n.r. - The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon funny, me too :) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:13:17 -0600 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: We've Been Jacked We have one here in New Mexico. It is Ed FM and they play what they want too. Though unlike community music stalwart KUNM, where the DJs play what they want, it isn't clear who is playing what they want on Ed FM, as there don't seem to be any DJs. neal On Jul 22, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Ellen Rawson wrote: > Oh, I forgot... > > Our new Jack FM has one DJ and his name is Bam Bam. He has the morning drive time slot. > > It's pretty dismal. :( > > Most of the Coast's DJs were refugees from Wave 105, another Southampton station that used to be, well, more progressive when I first moved here 11 years ago, but it's now a mainstream pop station. > > > Ellen > "Literature stops in 1100. After that, it's just books." > -- JRR Tolkien ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:07:07 -0600 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: recent releases (mostly courtesy of the Morris County library system) > EMMYLOU HARRIS - HARD BARGAIN (April 26) > This is a lovely album. If that sounds like a lukewarm recommendation, well, > it kind of is, but then again it isn't really. _Hard Bargain_ doesn't reach > the heights of _Wrecking Ball_ or _Stumble Into Grace_, but it's a really > good, solid record. "My Name Is Emmett Till" is particularly moving. We just had Emmylou through here a few weeks ago. It's kind of hard to believe that I can say that. Never would have thought that when I joined ecto 18 (or whatever years ago). I haven't listened to the CD too much yet. > BRANDI CARLILE - LIVE AT BENAROYA HALL WITH THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY (May 3) > Love this woman, love this album. The beautiful audience-participation > rendition of "Turpentine" has been my go-to song for feeling better and calming down lately. Some of the songs > showcase the orchestra more than other. Overall it really makes me want to go > see her in concert, and isn't that what a live album is supposed to do? I really like this CD. I'm with you, it totally made me want to see her live and even playing with a symphony, the album feels loose and passionate rather then over-arranged. And it seems like you can't have too many versions of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Also a really beautiful video for "The Story" came out in conjunction with this release. > PISTOLERA - EL DESIERTO Y LA CIUDAD (July 12) > > Again, only got to listen to this once or twice on NPR's First Listen, but I > really enjoyed it. NPR wrote, "On its new album, the Brooklyn band works > modern elements into its traditional rancheras and polkas." Again haven't listened to this too much yet, but love their first two. They will be here on Monday on a great double bill with the equally interesting Rupa & The April Fishes, as well as with their bilingual kids band Moona Luna. All fun stuff. neal np: Red Dreams: A Tail Beyond Tears - Joy Harjo ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:38:51 -0400 From: Julie B Subject: Re: We've Been Jacked You just need to find the right WFMU shows, search for artists you like, tons of archives. Of course, I'm biased. Yes WFUV is pretty folky. It is a shame in this big market we don't have more. I wasn't even happy with pay-radio (sirius) On 7/22/2011 5:29 PM, w1ggy2@aol.com wrote: > WFMU I haven't listened to in years. Back then I never > connected to it but maybe I should try it again - -- Dark Night of the Soul http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/JQ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:21:42 -0400 From: Philip David Morgan Subject: Re: We've Been Jacked Good Evening to the Jack-ed and non-Jacked: > ...WNYC I'm not really familiar with. Is that an NPR station? Unfortunately, yes - actually a NPR / PRI (Public Radio International) / American Public Media cocktail, with an occasional adulterated side of BBC World Service on the side (/Newshour/, but with WNYC headlines preempting halfway through the BBC headlines). I don't think they know what they are anymore. But ecto they're not. Philip David (when I want the BBC, I access the BBC - online) 2011.7.22 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:07:36 -0400 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: We've Been Jacked WNYC does still have some very good music. Check out the venerable New Sounds show, for example, at http://www.wnyc.org/shows/newsounds/ On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Philip David Morgan < pmorgan@suffolk.lib.ny.us> wrote: > Good Evening to the Jack-ed and non-Jacked: > >> ...WNYC I'm not really familiar with. Is that an NPR station? >> > Unfortunately, yes - actually a NPR / PRI (Public Radio International) / > American Public Media cocktail, with an occasional adulterated side of BBC > World Service on the side (/Newshour/, but with WNYC headlines preempting > halfway through the BBC headlines). I don't think they know what they are > anymore. But ecto they're not. > > Philip David > (when I want the BBC, I access the BBC - online) > 2011.7.22 > - -- Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #155 ***************************