From: owner-god-shiva-digest@smoe.org (god-shiva-digest) To: god-shiva-digest@smoe.org Subject: god-shiva-digest V2 #73 Reply-To: god-shiva@smoe.org Sender: owner-god-shiva-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-god-shiva-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk god-shiva-digest Wednesday, September 22 1999 Volume 02 : Number 073 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: god-shiva-digest V2 #72 [Lisa Wente ] FW: MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO... get your Meshell Fix! [mwyarbro@zzapp.org] Re: god-shiva-digest V2 #72 [Snow2iger@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 09:20:31 -0400 From: Lisa Wente Subject: Re: god-shiva-digest V2 #72 fyi, julie wright from maverick has confirmed (on maverick's me'shell message board (http://www.wbr.com/bin/boards/mb.cgi?forum=meshell ) that the abrupt ending to "wasted time" is intentional, an artistic choice. the most common interpretation seems to be that me'shell wanted to spend no more "wasted time" on someone who didn't love her...so the song ends abruptly and she moves right on into the next track. makes sense to me...! lisa * * * * * >I just got "Bitter" and am totally impressed. I was wondering about the >track "Wasted Time", though. I had heard that this was supposed to be a >b-side, and was surprised to see it on the album. Also, the end of the >song is cut off on my disc (the last minute or so just isn't there...). >Did I get a bad disc, or was this a mispressing on all of them? > >New to the list...looking forward to it. > >Reuben > > >*********************************** >chickclick.com >http://www.chickclick.com >girl sites that don't fake it. >http://www.chickmail.com >sign up for your free email. >*********************************** > >------------------------------ > >Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:45:21 PDT >From: "Michael Yarbrough" >Subject: Re: Wasted Time > >Reuben Bell wrote about "Wasted Time": > ><<see it on the album. Also, the end of the song is cut off on my disc (the >last minute or so just isn't there...). Did I get a bad disc, or was this a >mispressing on all of them?>>> > >It's that way on all of them, though I still haven't heard any >official word re: whether this was intentional or a mistake. I think >it works well, and makes "Grace" all that more soothing in contrast. > >"Wasted Time" is probably my favorite track on the album. The way the >two vocals don't really work either together or against each other >really heightens the unsettling quality of the lyric. There's so much >on the album to love, but this is the one moment where I feel like >I've never heard anything at all like I'm hearing. > >- --Michael ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 06:56:32 -0700 From: mwyarbro@zzapp.org Subject: FW: MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO... get your Meshell Fix! - --- Original Message --- Julie Wright Wrote on Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:34:49 -0700 ------------------ Meshell has been invited to perform live and be interviewed on the world famous radio station KCRW based in Los Angeles, CA. WHEN? September 25 at 11:00am (Pacific Standard Time) You can listen to this interview on "Morning Becomes Ecclectic" from anywhere in the world!!! Yes... all you have to do is : go to http://www.kcrw.org and click on "on line broadcast" then click on "start broadcast" on that day and time. Also for those of you who live in the Los Angeles area, you can meet Meshell at Virgin Megastore on Sunset Blvd, September 29th at 7pm. She will be signing copies of her new album "Bitter"! Come and enter to win a bass guitar autographed by Meshell!!! (must be present to win) (If you do not wish to receive any more news about Meshell Ndegeocello, please go to http://www.maverickrc.com/meshell to unsubscribe.) - ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 22:58:54 EDT From: Snow2iger@aol.com Subject: Re: god-shiva-digest V2 #72 The cutoff on Wasted Time is done purposely. Keep the lyrics in mind and you'll understand. Charles; you said you had to dislike the track "Adam" on principle. Why is that? ------------------------------ End of god-shiva-digest V2 #73 ******************************