From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V3 #34 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, May 9 2000 Volume 03 : Number 034 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Ten Pound Fiddle Experience (Warning: Long and Emotional) [ImSerius2@aol.] Re: Ten Pound Fiddle Experience (Warning: Long and Emotional) [SMYRNSK@ao] Re: Ten Pound Fiddle Experience (Warning: Long and Emotional) [smguilfoyl] Re: Philadelphia area.... [Beth Bush ] Re: Ten Pound Fiddle Experience (Warning: Long and Emotional) [ThePsyche@] Re: Ten Pound Fiddle Experience (Warning: Long and Emotional) [ptpower@ju] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 19:06:26 EDT From: ImSerius2@aol.com Subject: Ten Pound Fiddle Experience (Warning: Long and Emotional) Hello All, I am brand new to the Good Noise list. I attended my very first Gorka concert on Friday May 5 with Gorkanatic Bryn at the Ten Pound Fiddle in East Lansing MI. After reading the discussion about this concert and about my friends and I specifically, I'm not sure how long I'll remain a subscriber. Actually I'll probably be banned after this one post. But I felt compelled to post a rebuttal, if you will. Bryn wrote: First of all, Bryn, my 'separated at birth' friend, please don't think ill of me if, after my very first exposure to an artist, I didn't pack up and head out of town the next night for another helping - give me a break, I have little kids, and time and money is an issue!! ;-) Patrick wrote: . Patrick, what amazing psychic powers you have!! How incredible that you can confidently predict a person's predisposition and musical tastes simply by looking at them! Surely there's a market for this kind of talent! I wonder if this unprovoked attack is somehow connected to the fact that I dared to admit to you I frequent the Ark more than Ten Pound Fiddle? Here I thought I was making pleasant conversation with a fellow folk fan, and instead I was setting myself up for catty, snide commentary. Trust me - we all enjoyed the show a lot. Please don't make assumptions (and pompous ones at that) based on such superficial evidence. 'Smokey' wrote: . I guess as a fellow folk fanatic who does indeed GET IT, I'm chagrined to be classified as someone not worthy of membership in the Gorka Firmament simply because I didn't experience a major Epiphany during the show. I was attentive. I was appreciative. I didn't just laugh at the Body Parts Medley. I was spellbound by 'I saw a Stranger with your hair'. I fell in love with the lyric 'she gives me the gift of less to see' in 'Night is a Woman'. Clueless I may have been, but even I recognized the intro to 'Love is Our Cross to Bear'. I wrote down a set list and notes, for crying out loud. In other words, I reacted no differently to this concert than I have at any other live musical event I have attended in the past 10 years. I love it. I get it. I will see Gorka again. I will buy his CD's. I will tell others about him. Among many others, I am a huge fan of Canadian singer/songwriter/actress Connie Kaldor. On April 15, I dragged 3 clueless (Bryn's word) friends all the way to Windsor Ontario for a concert. In their defense, I was flattered that they would even consider the trip. I was transported, transfixed, spellbound and mesmerized. I hung around afterward for pictures and autographs and the tongue-tied, awkward fan babbling that happens when in the presence of greatness. They, on the other hand, said such earth-shattering things as 'she was good' and went out to wait in the car!!!! Was I disappointed? Yes, I was crushed. Did I want them to love her as much as I do? Yes. But they didn't - and I can accept that even if it's not what I wanted to have happen. We all have our loves and our likes and our dislikes - but the attitude toward the music and artist is the same whether it's Gorka or Susan Werner or David Wilcox or Cheryl Wheeler or Ellis Paul or Patty Larkin or Tish Hinojosa, etc. The ability to listen, to feel, to absorb the message of the song and react to it, and most importantly, to support live acoustic music whenever and wherever possible, with your presence, your volunteer efforts, your word-of-mouth, and your purchases. Come on over to the Believer's List (Susan Werner) or the Lesstalkmoremusic List (Les Sampou) if you'd like to feel out of your element, as I was made to feel on this list. And give us newbies the chance to love Gorka and any other new artists we may be exposed to! Okay, I know I'm making waaaay too big of a deal out of this, but it wounds me to the quick to be accused of being a fair-weather folk fan. Truly it does. And I wanted to set the record straight. And now, I'll play nice and offer the set list from Friday's show as a peace offering: John opened with 'Like my Watch' followed by 'I'm From New Jersey'. He said he was taking 'mental requests', and that the round construction of the Kiva really helped that process, Kiva being an ancient Indian word meaning 'weird round building built in the 60's (just kidding). He then did 'Cypress Trees'. He then asked for requests ie: 'slow or fast' (commenting on how ironic it was that slow beat fast), and when 'slow, old, and negative' was decided upon, did 'Love is Our Cross To Bear'. Followed by 'Branching Out' and 'Flying Red Horse' (which I found delightful and whimsical and the imagery just blew me away - will never look at those gas station signs the same way again). Then came the hilarious 'Body Parts Medley', where we were encouraged to sing along if our favorite part appeared. He then went to the piano for 'Night is a Woman' and (I think) 'Oh Abraham' (meaning I can't remember if that one was on piano or guitar - either way, it was an awesome tune). The first set concluded with 'I Saw a Stranger With Your Hair', which gave me goosebumps. Second Set: After Yesterday Blue Chalk St. Caffeine ('a drug song with religious overtones') People My Age ('a mountain song from the hollers of New Jersey') Note: My favorite lyric therein was 'what's pleasant in the night's plain scary in the light' - too funny! Slow Blind Driveway Baby Blues Houses in the Field Let Them In Mean Streak Heart Upon Demand (another awesome song, really moved me a lot) When He Cries Semper Fi Finale was 'Good Noise' And the one and only encore was 'The Water is Wide' on piano. By the way, I really enjoyed the way he would say 'nope - don't know that one right now' when certain requests were called out. If this was Gorka not functioning on all cylinders and not in good voice, I look forward with gusto to Gorka in fine, full form. It truly was a night of 'Good Noise'. Suzie Tee ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 19:19:46 EDT From: SMYRNSK@aol.com Subject: Re: Ten Pound Fiddle Experience (Warning: Long and Emotional) take a chill pill ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 20:51:47 -0500 From: smguilfoyle Subject: Re: Ten Pound Fiddle Experience (Warning: Long and Emotional) You know I had been feeling a little bad that this list had been very quiet for awhile. I guess be careful what you wish for. - -----Original Message----- From: SMYRNSK@aol.com To: good-noise@smoe.org Date: Monday, May 08, 2000 6:21 PM Subject: Re: Ten Pound Fiddle Experience (Warning: Long and Emotional) >take a chill pill > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 21:59:20 -0400 From: Beth Bush Subject: Re: Philadelphia area.... JGOLDsNEN@aol.com wrote: > hey there, > > I just learned of this list, I think its an excellent idea, just curious how > many people on the list are in the philadelphia-jersey area?....and I haven't > heard of any scheduled events other than the folk festival (which I think is > in or near allentown)....does anyone know if Jg will be coming to philly, I'm from NW Jersey, sort of on a beeline east of Bethlehem... I think jg will be performing at the Appel Farm Festival on June 3rd (or was that the Clearwater Revival?...hmm, maybe both). Appel Farm is located outside of Elmer, NJ. Beth Bush ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 22:22:48 EDT From: ThePsyche@aol.com Subject: Re: Ten Pound Fiddle Experience (Warning: Long and Emotional) In a message dated 5/8/00 6:22:04 PM Central Daylight Time, SMYRNSK@aol.com writes: << take a chill pill >> Nice to see John attracts such compassionate and welcoming fans. (she wrote sarcastically) I welcome you to the list Suzie. I am happy and surprised that you have joined. But with the two previous posts I imagine you might wonder what kind of people are on this list. Quiet ones. Bryn, considering going cold turkey on Gorka ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 22:50:04 -0700 From: ptpower@juno.com Subject: Re: Ten Pound Fiddle Experience (Warning: Long and Emotional) Suzie Tee wrote: <> While I wouldn't characterize what I said as an attack, my words could have more carefully chosen. I'm sorry. Pat ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V3 #34 *******************************