From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V2 #54 Reply-To: good-noise@smoe.org Sender: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk good-noise-digest Tuesday, April 27 1999 Volume 02 : Number 054 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Gorka mention [votels ] Re: Review: JG at Delaware Theater Company, 4/25/99 [Martovich@aol.com] Re: Review: JG at May's Chapel, 4/24/99 ["Sean Palen" ] Re: Review: JG at Delaware Theater Company, 4/25/99 [Greg Steele Subject: Gorka mention Hi everyone: I wanted to post this before I forgot it. Thursday night, a bunch of friends went to see Patty Griffin at the Rams Head in Annapolis - -- her first time in Maryland's capital. It was a wonderful show, and Patty is an accomplished singer-songwriter who won tremendous accolades with her debut disc, "Living With Ghosts" and her current follow-up, "Flaming Red." Patty headlined the Birchmere in Alexandria the night before. Her opening act both nights was Lynn Miles, also very good, from Canada. In Annapolis, Lynn mentioned JG from the stage in the introduction to one of her songs. She said she often wondered aloud what folk singers would do if they had real jobs, and asked, "Like, what would John Gorka do if he had to a job besides being a songwriter?" I couldn't resist: "He'd sell flowers," I told Lynn from my seat pretty close to the stage. That seemed to amuse her, but really, JG often says in his introductions to "Land of the Bottom Line" and "Mean Streak" that his first and only job outside of singing and songwriting was when he delivered flowers in Bethlehem, Pa. Two others I can think of, Lucy Kaplansky and Hugh Blumenfeld, both have doctorates in areas outside of music -- Lucy has worked as a psychotherapist and Hugh has been a professor of literature. Lynn didn't mention her own background before moving to LA to pursue music. - -- Jay Votel ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 09:03:58 EDT From: Martovich@aol.com Subject: Re: Review: JG at Delaware Theater Company, 4/25/99 In a message dated 4/25/99 10:23:36 PM Central Daylight Time, votels@dmv.com writes: << My girlfriend got chills from "Part of Your Own," and I got them, too, for "The Water is Wide" and "I Saw A Stranger With Your Hair." >> I just heard "Part of Your Own" when I saw JG perform at Illinois Wesleyan last month.....I've looked through all my Gorka CD's, but can't seem to find it. Has it been released somewhere, and I've just missed it? Thanks for all the reviews... Mar ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 06:08:02 PDT From: "Sean Palen" Subject: Re: Review: JG at May's Chapel, 4/24/99 That's not completely true, we had two total request sets and when asked to play Ballad of Jaime B and You're on Your Way he said he liked the songs but didn't play them anymore. Just thought I'd mention it, Sean >From: Achimera@aol.com >Reply-To: good-noise@smoe.org >To: good-noise@smoe.org >Subject: Re: Review: JG at May's Chapel, 4/24/99 >Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 14:30:23 EDT > > As far as I know, John will play any song, new or old, except those >from the crime and punishment series. Otherwise, the only reason why he >won't play a particular song is that he can't remember the words. > > Shirley _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 06:37:39 PDT From: "Sean Palen" Subject: Re: Gorka mention Speaking of Patty Griffin, in an interview John Gorka said, when asked who he was listening to said that he's really inpressed with Boston singer/songwriter Patty Griffin. Great accolade, Sean _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 11:49:40 -0400 From: Greg Steele Subject: Re: Review: JG at Delaware Theater Company, 4/25/99 Martovich@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 4/25/99 10:23:36 PM Central Daylight Time, votels@dmv.com > writes: > > << My girlfriend got chills from "Part of Your > Own," and I got them, too, for "The Water is Wide" and "I Saw A Stranger > With Your Hair." >> > > I just heard "Part of Your Own" when I saw JG perform at Illinois Wesleyan > last month.....I've looked through all my Gorka CD's, but can't seem to find > it. Has it been released somewhere, and I've just missed it? POYO is on "Between Five And Seven" Regarding John's "Crime and Punishment" series, I've always just figured he got burned out on those songs after awhile. Give him a few years and let him play his new stuff, these songs will come back into vogue with him, unless he has some particularly distasteful associations with them. I mean, we all have emotional associations with certain songs (that's why we like them more than some others, I suppose), but John might associate some really off performance or experience after all these years that won't shake or just feel that he's somewhere else now and wants to "move forward" artistically. I'm sure he feels his writing has improved so he is more inclined to play those songs that he believes better reflect where and what he is now. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 09:06:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Mary Larson Subject: Re: Review: JG at May's Chapel, 4/24/99 Karen - I didn't write down the set list, but I'm almost certain that John played "Italian Girls" during his Carson City appearance in November... Cheers - Mary in Reno On Sun, 25 Apr 1999 MadlyDancn@aol.com wrote: > > I'm usually shy about making requests, especially for older songs. Does > anyone know if JG plays "Italian Girls" these days? I can't remember hearing > it in any recent shows. It's one of my favorites. > > Thanks, > Karen > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:26:35 -0400 From: votels Subject: Re: Review: JG at Delaware Theater Company, 4/25/99 Hi Mar: "Part of Your Own" is the sixth track on "Between Five and Seven." - -- Jay Martovich@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 4/25/99 10:23:36 PM Central Daylight Time, votels@dmv.com > writes: > > << My girlfriend got chills from "Part of Your > Own," and I got them, too, for "The Water is Wide" and "I Saw A Stranger > With Your Hair." >> > > I just heard "Part of Your Own" when I saw JG perform at Illinois Wesleyan > last month.....I've looked through all my Gorka CD's, but can't seem to find > it. Has it been released somewhere, and I've just missed it? > > Thanks for all the reviews... > > Mar ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:24:17 EDT From: MadlyDancn@aol.com Subject: Re: Gorka mention Hi Jay.. . That was you?!?! I wanted to say, "toll booth collector," and for the life of me, I don't know WHY that popped into my head. We had front row seats, too. Small world, eh? Btw, I thought Lynn was awesome, although my friend and I missed much of her act because we spent too long lingering over dinner outside in the garden. I think it was worth it since we hadn't had a chance to chat in awhile. But, boy, when we were seated, and she played that Wizard of Oz song....well, well, well. I thought the Gorka comment was a pretty neat coincidence, unless of course she knew he'd be playing the next night nearby. Btw, for Patty fans, she as usual was great too. Gotta love that (flaming) red dress. :-) Seems we're in the same geographic vicinity, Jay. Maybe we can synchronize folk schedules sometime! Karen > > Hi everyone: I wanted to post this before I forgot it. Thursday night, a > bunch of friends went to see Patty Griffin at the Rams Head in Annapolis > -- her first time in Maryland's capital. It was a wonderful show, and > Patty is an accomplished singer-songwriter who won tremendous accolades > with her debut disc, "Living With Ghosts" and her current follow-up, > "Flaming Red." Patty headlined the Birchmere in Alexandria the night > before. Her opening act both nights was Lynn Miles, also very good, from > Canada. > > In Annapolis, Lynn mentioned JG from the stage in the introduction to > one of her songs. She said she often wondered aloud what folk singers > would do if they had real jobs, and asked, "Like, what would John Gorka > do if he had to a job besides being a songwriter?" > > I couldn't resist: "He'd sell flowers," I told Lynn from my seat pretty > close to the stage. That seemed to amuse her, but really, JG often says > in his introductions to "Land of the Bottom Line" and "Mean Streak" that > his first and only job outside of singing and songwriting was when he > delivered flowers in Bethlehem, Pa. > > Two others I can think of, Lucy Kaplansky and Hugh Blumenfeld, both have > doctorates in areas outside of music -- Lucy has worked as a > psychotherapist and Hugh has been a professor of literature. Lynn > didn't mention her own background before moving to LA to pursue music. > > -- Jay Votel ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V2 #54 *******************************