From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V4 #55 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 Friday, March 16 2001 Volume 04 : Number 055 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Sticky Lyric ["cycle12345" ] RE: Sticky Lyric [Mike Daly ] eThis Magazine [Joe DeRouen ] Dylan Tribute/ Red House Update ["josanne" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 07:26:54 -0500 From: "cycle12345" Subject: Re: Sticky Lyric Hi, Sam-U-Am and Sara-B-Awara; glad to hear that you're still walking around there in near silence in your house . . . in the field. In my opinion, if you want to hear of TOTAL addiction to Gorka, then just listen to "Silence" and/or "Campaign Trail" several hundred (thousand?) times as I have done, and then find yourself humming those tunes when you're not close enough to a "music box" to hear them . . . Well, I'm off to my GA ("Gorkaholics Anonymous") meeting, friends . . . Uh . . . please turn off that CD player when you leave, O.K.? Now, where did I put my stinkin' Walkman? "Well, I'm running for my life here . . . " Hum-hum, hum-hum, hum-hum . . . "And the crowds will not . . . " Hum-hum-hum . . . "If I lose . . . " Steve > Hi Mike - have we been introduced? > I'm Sam, and this is my amazing wife, Sara... > We're pleased to meet you. > Interesting 'soft wear' spot! To me, at first interp, it means people who > have never held a shovel or a rake are selling them to us now and that's a > crying shame. > I've burned myself on the 'Company' album and I've been going back in time > lately. Oddly, one of JG's songs I never thought would grow on me has, and > that's 'Houses In the Fields'. The guy is too damn good. Plus, I mess > around amateurishly on the guitar and I can not figure out how he strums > 'Love is Our Cross...' and does that wild pickin riff amongst the > strumming... > Thanks for the input! > Sam I and Sara B > Big hello's to Steve! Soos! Bryn! Jos! Smokey! Kris! Robbie! Mary! > And all Gorkans! > Hey gang, > I've been listening to the new album non-stop since I got it in the mail in > the midst of the three feet of snow we've gotten in the past two weeks. > Anyway, although there are many songs I love, one little lyric from Oh > Abraham is sticking out in my mind. It's: > "work is not the same as before, > more soft wear hands in the hardware store." > I love this lyric. I still don't completely understand it. In fact, I > thought it meant something entirely different until I read the lyrics and > discovered it was "soft wear" instead of "software" > Ok, now that you all think I'm mad....... > I just had nowhere else to write about this. does anyone know what I mean? > Have you ever had a lyric or phrase just grab you and you don't know why? > Any JG lyrics (or anyone else's) ever do that to you? > 9 days until the show...... > Mike ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 04:58:54 -0800 From: Mike Daly Subject: RE: Sticky Lyric Hello Sam and Sara, I actually agree with your interpretation. I think you hit it dead on. As I said, when I first heard the lyric, I misspelled it in my head, but the correct spelling actually makes it clearer. I think he's saying there are people who are responsible for things they do not understand. I know what he says the song is supposed to be about, but I can't help thinking he's kind of saying things have become more difficult because people have gotten involved in things they shouldn't. He seems to be looking back to simpler times. Just let a person do what they do best and admire the fruit of their labor. At least that's what I think. I often wish things were a lot simpler too. So many hidden agendas and ruthless people. Mike - -----Original Message----- From: samsara [mailto:samsara@pcpartner.net] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 4:07 AM To: good-noise@smoe.org Subject: RE: Sticky Lyric Hi Mike - have we been introduced? I'm Sam, and this is my amazing wife, Sara... We're pleased to meet you. Interesting 'soft wear' spot! To me, at first interp, it means people who have never held a shovel or a rake are selling them to us now and that's a crying shame. I've burned myself on the 'Company' album and I've been going back in time lately. Oddly, one of JG's songs I never thought would grow on me has, and that's 'Houses In the Fields'. The guy is too damn good. Plus, I mess around amateurishly on the guitar and I can not figure out how he strums 'Love is Our Cross...' and does that wild pickin riff amongst the strumming... Thanks for the input! Sam I and Sara B Big hello's to Steve! Soos! Bryn! Jos! Smokey! Kris! Robbie! Mary! And all Gorkans! Hey gang, I've been listening to the new album non-stop since I got it in the mail in the midst of the three feet of snow we've gotten in the past two weeks. Anyway, although there are many songs I love, one little lyric from Oh Abraham is sticking out in my mind. It's: "work is not the same as before, more soft wear hands in the hardware store." I love this lyric. I still don't completely understand it. In fact, I thought it meant something entirely different until I read the lyrics and discovered it was "soft wear" instead of "software" Ok, now that you all think I'm mad....... I just had nowhere else to write about this. does anyone know what I mean? Have you ever had a lyric or phrase just grab you and you don't know why? Any JG lyrics (or anyone else's) ever do that to you? 9 days until the show...... Mike [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 10:39:26 -0600 From: Joe DeRouen Subject: eThis Magazine The "official" release of eThis is being delayed a day or two, because our Webmaster was out of town and everything got a little behind. But you can still get to the Gorka reviews at: http://www.ethismag.com/mar03/media/ Once the magazine is completely ready, (by Friday at the latest) then the regular www.ethismag.com will get you to the current issue. For the next day or two, it'll still take you to the Feb. issue. Thanks, everyone, for your support. And when you've finished reading Bryn and Steven's wonderful reviews, considering hanging around and reading some of the other stuff as well. ;) Joe DeRouen ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 00:22:08 +0100 From: "josanne" Subject: Dylan Tribute/ Red House Update Here is another newsletter about the Dylan tribute from Bob Feldman Redhouse records John is also on that tribute.... regards Jos Hi everyone, I thought this would be a great time to tell you about the Bob Dylan Tribute album we are producing. "A Nod To Bob" An Artists Tribute To Bob Dylan on His Sixtieth Birthday. This is a project that I have been wanting to do for many years for many reasons. Red House as you know has always been a label that specializes and prides itself in celebrating great songwriters and the troubador tradition. Bob Dylan was a huge influence on me and pretty much all of our artists. In fact Greg Brown said to me once "he invented my job". Well I feel he invented all of our jobs here and yes I believe Greg Brown and Lucy Kaplansky and John Gorka and all of our artists would still be writing and singing but I'm sure they would be doing it very differently if it wasn't for Dylan who came along and invented a genre. Bob Dylan is turning sixty on May 24th. (I remember when he turned 30 and we couldn't trust him anymore). Being a label based in Bob's home state of Minnesota and being the type of label we are I felt it was time to pay tribute to Bob. I asked our artists to record a song of his that they loved or had a special emotional attatchment to. Everyone of the artists had a special history with Dylan. Norman Blake played on 'Nashville Skyline' and "Self Portrait" and Peter Ostroushko's first recording job ever was Bob's "Blood On The Tracks". Spider John Koerner was in a duo with Dylan in his University of Minnesota days. Ramblin' Jack Elliott was a huge influence on the young Bob Dylan meeting each other at Woody Guthries' bedside while he was in the hospital. Guy Davis recorded his song with Levon Helm from The Band, Rosalie Sorrels knew Dylan as a mutual fan and many of the other artists had interesting stories about their first hearing Bob. The artists did a beautiful job with Dylans' songs and the album is getting the biggest response we have ever had as a label. I had a call from the editor of the Bob Dylan magazine "On The Tracks" and he said it was the best Dylan tribute ever! Every day we are getting the most amazing calls about this album from critics and media people. It is really fun. Everyone we talk to in the media says that they will be writing about it. There was a nice mention in the NY Times this past Sunday. I've been very nervous about this one because of the respect that I have for Dylans work over the last 40 years. But I love this album and feel proud of what the artists came up with. I wanted to make this cd available to you on our email list first . So for those of you who are interested we will take orders now and ship copies to this list the third week of April , The album will be in stores on May 8th. (Our toll free number is 1-800-695-4687). Here is a list of the songs and artists: >1. Eliza Gilkyson - Love Minus Zero/No Limit (first released on >Bringing It All Back Home, 1965) >2. Guy Davis - A Sweetheart Like You (first released on Infidels, 1983) >3. Suzzy & Maggie Roche - The Clothesline Saga (first released on >The Basement Tapes, 1975) >4. John Gorka - Girl From the North County (first released on The >Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963) >5. Spider John Koerner - Delia (first released on World Gone Wrong, 1993) >6. Cliff Eberhardt - I Want You (first released on Blonde On Blonde, 1966) >7. The Paperboys - All Along the Watchtower (first released on John >Wesley Harding, 1967) >8. Hart-Rouge - With God On Our Side (first released on The Times >They Are A-Changin', 1964) >9. Martin Simpson - Boots of Spanish Leather (first released on The >Times They Are A-Changin', 1964) >10. Norman Blake & Peter Ostroushko - Restless Farewell (first >released on The Times They Are A-Changin', 1964) >11. Lucy Kaplansky - It Ain't Me, Babe (first released on Another >Side of Bob Dylan, 1964) >12. Greg Brown - Pledging My Time (first released on Blonde On Blonde, 1966) >13. Rosalie Sorrels - Tomorrow Is A Long Time (first released on Bob >Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2, 1971) >14. Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (first >released on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963) > >-- I could write alot more about this album but I really appreciate your letting me send these Updates to your computers so I will save it for next time. I just heard some of the tracks on Lucy Kaplansky's new album and it rocks! Hope to have it out early fall. Thanks for all the notes. Bob Feldman http://www.redhouserecords.com Toll Free 1-800-695-4687 ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V4 #55 *******************************