From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #578 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, October 16 2012 Volume 16 : Number 578 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- David Byrne & St Vincent behind the scenes. [Kerry White ] Re: New here [Raphael Schweikert ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:39:03 -0500 From: Kerry White Subject: David Byrne & St Vincent behind the scenes. http://www.npr.org/event/music/162658552/in-practice-david-byrne-and-st-vincent?autoplay=true ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:32:42 -0400 From: Paul Blair Subject: Re: David Byrne & St Vincent behind the scenes. Very cool. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Kerry White wrote: > > http://www.npr.org/event/music/162658552/in-practice-david-byrne-and-st-vincent?autoplay=true ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 10:30:56 -0400 (EDT) From: dlynngarrett@aol.com Subject: FW:9 hello, watch this site, it'll useful for you! http://cell-net.net/cnbc18news.php?eFriendID=33da5 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:29:04 +0200 From: Raphael Schweikert Subject: Re: New here Hey, why are all my typographical apostrophes, ellipses and quote characters getting garbled? Someone needs to install Unicode-compliant mailing list server software! Raphael On 12.10.2012, at 13:09, Raphael Schweikert wrote: Hi Ectophiles, Ib ve just subscribed to this mailing list after years and years of pondering this decisionb& No really, joining a mailing list always seemed to be like a big commitment that I was not sure I was ready to make. Still, finally, Ib ve found the courage to commit. This comes after Ib ve used the ectoguide hundreds of times to find new artists to love (to read more about me finding artists, see [ http://www.last.fm/user/sabberworm/journal/2010/05/02/3lws6z_my_secret_of_artist_discocvery%E2%80%A6] ). Ever since I can remember consciously listening to music, Ib ve been listening to the music of Kate Bush. Some friend of my motherb s sent her a Kate mixtape when I was about five years old and I was hooked immediately. The tape was quickly worn out and the strange distortion on b Movingb that this caused still gives me chills even today and sends me right back to this part of my childhood. Ib ll be twenty-seven years old in a few days and Ib ve yet to change my opinion of any piece of music I ever liked: sometimes I do get tired of some songs but I have never had to reverse my decision. I own a lot of CDs and my digital music library clocks in at about 35 000 songs. My real obsession with music started in 2001 when I first began earning my own money. The first thing I did was try to complete my Kate Bush collection. The tape I listened to as a child had gone missing years ago and Ib d gifted away the one copy Ib d made, so I only had a CD of b The Whole Storyb that I bought myself with pocket money some five years before. The first few CDs I bought did not contain any tracks I already knew and I was both disappointed by that but also surprised about how much more versatile than I thought this womanb s work (pun intended) actually was; how much more there was to her than my original mixtape (which, as I would learn later on, comprised mostly of songs from Hound of Love and The Kick Inside). I was especially fond of The Red Shoes. Fast forward some years and I, now knowing all of Kateb s music, found some references to Happy Rhodes on a site called b Gaffawebb (which Ib m sure all of you know). Incidentally, Ib ve always liked the anachronism of the Kate Bush and Happy Rhodes fansites, harkening back to my initial experience with the world wide web in the mid-b 90s. I was lucky enough to be one of the last people to be able to order all of Happyb s albums from her web siteb s store in one swoop. When the package arrived, I was incredibly thrilled and Happy Rhodes became one of my most-played artists (as you can see on my last.fm profile [http://www.last.fm/user/sabberworm]). So, what music do I like besides Kate and Happy? Well, mostly womenb s voices, especially if they have got some ethereal quality to them (just see my last.fm profile for further info). There are some male voices I love, like the ones of Peter Gabriel, The Alan Parsons Project, Supertramp, The Pines, Midlake, Patrick Wolf but theyb re the big exceptions. Ib ve found that the voice makes the biggest difference in whether or not to like a certain piece of music. I am not afraid to like pop (or electronic) music, quite the opposite, actually: it does take a long time for me to like music that is difficult to access. I have yet to really b getb the songs by some of the ectophile godesses like Emily Bezar or Veda Hille. I have added Emilyb s music to my iTunes library in 2008/9 and I still have only about 10% (six songs) rated even though Ib ve listened to all of them at least several times. So much about me. Ib m looking forward to seeing what goes on on the ecto mailing list. Raphael ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:26:21 +0200 From: Raphael Schweikert Subject: Re: New here Hey, why are all my typographical apostrophes, ellipses and quote characters getting garbled? Someone needs to install Unicode-compliant mailing list server software! Raphael On 12.10.2012, at 13:09, Raphael Schweikert wrote: > Hi Ectophiles, > > Ibve just subscribed to this mailing list after years and years of > pondering this decisionb& No really, joining a mailing list always > seemed to be like a big commitment that I was not sure I was ready to > make. > > Still, finally, Ibve found the courage to commit. This comes after > Ibve used the ectoguide hundreds of times to find new artists to love > (to read more about me finding artists, see > [http://www.last.fm/user/sabberworm/journal/2010/05/02/3lws6z_my_secret_of_artist_discocvery%E2%80%A6]). > > Ever since I can remember consciously listening to music, Ibve been > listening to the music of Kate Bush. Some friend of my motherbs sent > her a Kate mixtape when I was about five years old and I was hooked > immediately. The tape was quickly worn out and the strange distortion > on bMovingb that this caused still gives me chills even today and > sends me right back to this part of my childhood. > > Ibll be twenty-seven years old in a few days and Ibve yet to change my > opinion of any piece of music I ever liked: sometimes I do get tired > of some songs but I have never had to reverse my decision. I own a lot > of CDs and my digital music library clocks in at about 35 000 songs. > My real obsession with music started in 2001 when I first began > earning my own money. The first thing I did was try to complete my > Kate Bush collection. The tape I listened to as a child had gone > missing years ago and Ibd gifted away the one copy Ibd made, so I only > had a CD of bThe Whole Storyb that I bought myself with pocket money > some five years before. The first few CDs I bought did not contain any > tracks I already knew and I was both disappointed by that but also > surprised about how much more versatile than I thought this womanbs > work (pun intended) actually was; how much more there was to her than > my original mixtape (which, as I would learn later on, comprised > mostly of songs from Hound of Love and The Kick Inside). I was > especially fond of The Red Shoes. > > Fast forward some years and I, now knowing all of Katebs music, found > some references to Happy Rhodes on a site called bGaffawebb (which Ibm > sure all of you know). Incidentally, Ibve always liked the anachronism > of the Kate Bush and Happy Rhodes fansites, harkening back to my > initial experience with the world wide web in the mid-b90s. I was > lucky enough to be one of the last people to be able to order all of > Happybs albums from her web sitebs store in one swoop. When the > package arrived, I was incredibly thrilled and Happy Rhodes became one > of my most-played artists (as you can see on my last.fm profile > [http://www.last.fm/user/sabberworm]). > > So, what music do I like besides Kate and Happy? Well, mostly womenbs > voices, especially if they have got some ethereal quality to them > (just see my last.fm profile for further info). There are some male > voices I love, like the ones of Peter Gabriel, The Alan Parsons > Project, Supertramp, The Pines, Midlake, Patrick Wolf but theybre the > big exceptions. Ibve found that the voice makes the biggest difference > in whether or not to like a certain piece of music. I am not afraid to > like pop (or electronic) music, quite the opposite, actually: it does > take a long time for me to like music that is difficult to access. I > have yet to really bgetb the songs by some of the ectophile godesses > like Emily Bezar or Veda Hille. I have added Emilybs music to my > iTunes library in 2008/9 and I still have only about 10% (six songs) > rated even though Ibve listened to all of them at least several times. > > So much about me. Ibm looking forward to seeing what goes on on the > ecto mailing list. > > Raphael ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #578 ***************************