From: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com (edheads-digest) To: edheads-digest@smoe.org Subject: edheads-digest V4 #252 Reply-To: edheads@efohio.com Sender: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Errors-To: owner-edheads-digest@efohio.com Precedence: bulk edheads-digest Sunday, October 21 2001 Volume 04 : Number 252 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: more music you shouldn't be without ["Charlotte Shoneman" ] Re: more music you shouldn't be without [Berkeley Bush ] review of "9-eleven Relief" EP ["Liam Sullivan" ] Re: Medicated in Marblehead ["Jim Merullo" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 01:30:19 -0400 From: "Charlotte Shoneman" Subject: Re: more music you shouldn't be without music you shouldn't live without >I would add: > >Judith Edelman Band(sort of folky newgrass www.compassrecords.com) >Matt Flinner (Mandolinn Virtuoso also compass) >Nickel Creek (damn fine newgrass band www.nickelcreek.com) >Pierce Pettis (damn fine singer/songwriter also compass) >Allison Brown Quartet (jazz flavored banjo player, IBMA Banjo player of >the year and first woman to win that award! again, compass) and i would add....... Noah Paley who rocks!? and is from NC and many more that i can't think off at the moment Charlotte _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 10:51:14 -0500 From: Berkeley Bush Subject: Re: others I should quite recommend the band named fez. They are from Mobile, AL & the best surf jazz band you'll ever know! Fez has two CDs out 1. World Domination on $3 a Day 2. Live at the Original Oyster House Yes, besides being an Edhead, I am a fezbyterian. I urge you to pick up the CD at Amazon.com! ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 10:53:53 -0500 From: Berkeley Bush Subject: Re: more music you shouldn't be without Also, if you like jazz & standards & Julie's Sophisticated Lady just isn't enough for you, then allow me to turn you on to Stacey Kent. She is young & phenominal. An American living in Britain. I prefer Stacey Kent over Jane Monheit (but I like Jane, too). If you need a modern jazz classic, Stacey Kent is your choice. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 17:25:39 -0400 From: "Liam Sullivan" Subject: Medicated in Marblehead So I had my wisdom teeth removed on Monday, and the lingering effects of oral surgery caused agonizing pain in my jaw as I entered the Me & Thee Coffeehouse in Marblehead, MA. If you saw a man with puffy cheeks, popping pills and basically not looking like he was having a good time that was me. But looks could be deceiving, because once the pain medication kicked in and EFO sang my sorrows away, I had a most wonderful time. Me & Thee Coffeehouse is in a small Unitarian church (in the actual church not a basement) in the quaint coastal village. While many EFO watchers saw the show from the congregation, many more sat in a room off to stage-right which Mike was quick to label as the "South Shore" and later "Cape Cod" because of it's distance from the stage. I sat in the fifth pew at stage Robbie. They opened with "Number Six Driver" and then went into "Omar's Got a Problem." Since EFO has seemed to avoid playing songs from Big Noise for the past couple of years, this was a pleasant surprise. Then Mike commented that Marblehead was like a Norman Rockwell painting except that no one had their pants around their ankles in front of the doctor. Robbie then brought attention to his new shirt featuring the Mr. Clean logo. Mike said that Robbie's wife had the matching bottoms (Mrs. Not-so-clean) and that she also was bald. Jokes about Robbie's hairlessness became a theme of the remainder of the show. Next up "Quick," followed by a comment of Mike where he stated he finally figured out the Unitarian Universalist religion: "Many beliefs, one toilet." "Best of Me" followed before more jokes about Robbie's baldness and the name of the town: Marble Head. Big Noise got recognized a second time with "Under David's Feet" which lead into "Hey Little Man." They then told a story about a clairvoyant witch in Iowa who predicted the gender of Julie's child. Mike told about a religion called Frisbyterians in which when a believer dies, s/he ascends toward heaven, but gets stuck on the roof. It was also at this time that Mike noticed a group of Edheads unable to make it into the coffeehouse but watched the show through the window while sitting in a tree. He dedicated the next song to them, "Death to the Tree People." Instead, they launched into "Three Fine Daughters of Farmer Brown." Allegedly, one of the tree people fell out of the tree while attempting to do The Joe. Robbie ! told stories of the time he lived in Salem, while Julie did her pirate impersonation, before playing Robbie's solo song "Full of Herself." Next began the set of songs I like least: "Stupid American" and "Let's Get Mesolithic". Mike pointed out that they had left some trash on some of the front row seats during their sound check, and appreciated the honor of the Marblehead audience for assuming those seats were saved. He declared the "Guffman Seats" open to the public. To finish of the first set they went into a cappella mode to belt out "Walking in Jerusalem." With little preamble, the band opened the second set with "One", then followed with "Irish Dream" which seemed cursed from the start as Julie almost fell over while swaying and then Robbie broke a string. The guitar solo at the end sounded interesting as Robbie deftly skipped over all the notes that would have been played on the broken string. While Robbie replaced his string, Mike told bad jokes. Then Mike invited the tree people to come in and take the still vacant Guffman Seats, which was done with much pomp and ceremony. Two more Quick songs were played "One Thousand Sarahs" and "Tommy the Canexican", the latter apparently the song of choice for frequent airplay on Boston radio station The River. The band then made frequent references to something called "egg rock" which no one in the audience could comprehend. Big Noise was acknowledged for an amazing third time as the band played "Bowling in the Hills." Mike thanked the audience for packing in the coffeehouse during these troubled times when attendance at entertainment events is down, and told us to pass on the message to our friends and family: "Come on in, the water's fine!" This lead into the story of their Sept. 21 show in Manhattan and learning that firemen across the nation refer to one another as "brother" as introduction to "O My Brother." This was followed by the Dylan cover "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and then an amazing drum solo by Eddie. The sing-a-long portion of the evening began with "Candido & America." Various members of the band commented that they like the reception they were getting so much that they would move to Massachusetts. That is, if we bought them a house. "A nice four level house with a fire pole," said Mike. They said they'd have to rework a state song for Massachusetts, and the! n launched into "Old Dominion." The audience sang along and participated in the song so much you'd think we actually were in Virginia. As a finale, the band and the audience sang "America", Robbies bass voice reverberating wonderfully through the church. For an encore, to my joy, they played "Woman of Faith." Then switching back to a cappella, and again with audience accompaniment, they sang "Down to the River to Pray." There was an amazing sound coming up from the church's wood floors as the audience members tapped their feet in rhythm to song. Kudos to fellow Club Passim volunteer Chris for picking me up at the Marblehead bus stop and giving me a ride home so that I got home to bed much sooner than if I'd taken the MBTA. -Liam - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 17:57:24 -0400 From: "Liam Sullivan" Subject: review of "9-eleven Relief" EP As opposed to my long and somewhat controversial review of Quick I'll keep this review to one sentence: The songs and harmonies on this EP are great and it's for a great cause; buy it! -Liam - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 18:41:36 -0400 From: "Jim Merullo" Subject: Re: Medicated in Marblehead Excellent review of an amazing show. Long live the Tree People!!! - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liam Sullivan" To: Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 5:25 PM Subject: Medicated in Marblehead > So I had my wisdom teeth removed on Monday, and the lingering effects of > oral surgery caused agonizing pain in my jaw as I entered the Me & Thee > Coffeehouse in Marblehead, MA. If you saw a man with puffy cheeks, > popping pills and basically not looking like he was having a good time > that was me. But looks could be deceiving, because once the pain > medication kicked in and EFO sang my sorrows away, I had a most wonderful > time. Me & Thee Coffeehouse is in a small Unitarian church (in the actual > church not a basement) in the quaint coastal village. While many EFO > watchers saw the show from the congregation, many more sat in a room off > to stage-right which Mike was quick to label as the "South Shore" and > later "Cape Cod" because of it's distance from the stage. I sat in the > fifth pew at stage Robbie. They opened with "Number Six Driver" and then > went into "Omar's Got a Problem." Since EFO has seemed to avoid playing > songs from Big Noise for the past couple of years, this was a pleasant > surprise. Then Mike commented that Marblehead was like a Norman Rockwell > painting except that no one had their pants around their ankles in front > of the doctor. Robbie then brought attention to his new shirt featuring > the Mr. Clean logo. Mike said that Robbie's wife had the matching bottoms > (Mrs. Not-so-clean) and that she also was bald. Jokes about Robbie's > hairlessness became a theme of the remainder of the show. Next up > "Quick," followed by a comment of Mike where he stated he finally figured > out the Unitarian Universalist religion: "Many beliefs, one toilet." > "Best of Me" followed before more jokes about Robbie's baldness and the > name of the town: Marble Head. Big Noise got recognized a second time > with "Under David's Feet" which lead into "Hey Little Man." They then > told a story about a clairvoyant witch in Iowa who predicted the gender > of Julie's child. Mike told about a religion called Frisbyterians in > which when a believer dies, s/he ascends toward heaven, but gets stuck on > the roof. It was also at this time that Mike noticed a group of Edheads > unable to make it into the coffeehouse but watched the show through the > window while sitting in a tree. He dedicated the next song to them, > "Death to the Tree People." Instead, they launched into "Three Fine > Daughters of Farmer Brown." Allegedly, one of the tree people fell out of > the tree while attempting to do The Joe. Robbie ! told stories of the > time he lived in Salem, while Julie did her pirate impersonation, before > playing Robbie's solo song "Full of Herself." Next began the set of songs > I like least: "Stupid American" and "Let's Get Mesolithic". Mike pointed > out that they had left some trash on some of the front row seats during > their sound check, and appreciated the honor of the Marblehead audience > for assuming those seats were saved. He declared the "Guffman Seats" open > to the public. To finish of the first set they went into a cappella mode > to belt out "Walking in Jerusalem." With little preamble, the band opened > the second set with "One", then followed with "Irish Dream" which seemed > cursed from the start as Julie almost fell over while swaying and then > Robbie broke a string. The guitar solo at the end sounded interesting as > Robbie deftly skipped over all the notes that would have been played on > the broken string. While Robbie replaced his string, Mike told bad jokes. > Then Mike invited the tree people to come in and take the still vacant > Guffman Seats, which was done with much pomp and ceremony. Two more Quick > songs were played "One Thousand Sarahs" and "Tommy the Canexican", the > latter apparently the song of choice for frequent airplay on Boston radio > station The River. The band then made frequent references to something > called "egg rock" which no one in the audience could comprehend. Big > Noise was acknowledged for an amazing third time as the band played > "Bowling in the Hills." Mike thanked the audience for packing in the > coffeehouse during these troubled times when attendance at entertainment > events is down, and told us to pass on the message to our friends and > family: "Come on in, the water's fine!" This lead into the story of their > Sept. 21 show in Manhattan and learning that firemen across the nation > refer to one another as "brother" as introduction to "O My Brother." This > was followed by the Dylan cover "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and > then an amazing drum solo by Eddie. The sing-a-long portion of the > evening began with "Candido & America." Various members of the band > commented that they like the reception they were getting so much that > they would move to Massachusetts. That is, if we bought them a house. "A > nice four level house with a fire pole," said Mike. They said they'd have > to rework a state song for Massachusetts, and the! n launched into "Old > Dominion." The audience sang along and participated in the song so much > you'd think we actually were in Virginia. As a finale, the band and the > audience sang "America", Robbies bass voice reverberating wonderfully > through the church. For an encore, to my joy, they played "Woman of > Faith." Then switching back to a cappella, and again with audience > accompaniment, they sang "Down to the River to Pray." There was an > amazing sound coming up from the church's wood floors as the audience > members tapped their feet in rhythm to song. Kudos to fellow Club Passim > volunteer Chris for picking me up at the Marblehead bus stop and giving > me a ride home so that I got home to bed much sooner than if I'd taken > the MBTA. -Liam > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ End of edheads-digest V4 #252 *****************************