From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V4 #148 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, August 28 2001 Volume 04 : Number 148 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Gorka Review 8/24/01-Great River Folk Fest ["Mary Sansone" ] LIMITED SEATING [ThePsyche@aol.com] Re: LIMITED SEATING [ThePsyche@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 07:58:57 -0500 From: "Mary Sansone" Subject: Re: Gorka Review 8/24/01-Great River Folk Fest what a great review! thanks Mary also one that means a lot to me: >So I moved west >To where your weather comes from >Or where your weather goes when it's done with you >I've got a place here >I've got a family >More to love, more to feel, more to do, and more to lose >So I've got a taste of what I've been missing >There's hardly anywhere I really want to go >There's more to give, more to breathe in >I hardly see anyone I don't want to know > >John's stage presence can only be described as "quirky". He has a unique >sense of humor. In some ways he's similar to folk singer Cheryl Wheeler but >maybe not quite as silly as Cheryl. His songs range from deeply introspective >to touching ballads to sly humor. An example of John's humorous songs is his >humorous look at aging in "People My Age" off his latest CD "The Company You >Keep". John sings "People my age have started looking gross ... People my age >are showing some wear. There's holes where there teeth was and their heads >have gone bare. Their brains are shrinking, faces sinking into fat, and as >for the mirror we won't be looking into that. People my age are looking >overripe. Some are getting operations to tighten up what ain't tight. What >gravity's ruined they try to fix with a knife. What's pleasant in the >darkness is plain scary in the light ..." > >Last night John was clearly in a good mood and put on an excellent show. The >show started shortly after 7:30 and included about a 20 minute break and >finished just after 10:00pm. One of the theme's of John's show last night was >John's kidding that he was mentoring Alice Peacock on the art of performing. >One of the habits John has is ending a song by shaking his guitar upside down >to "squeeze out the last few notes". He did this before the encore and Alice >asked about it. John proceeded into a lengthy humorous monologue about how he >was emptying the stray notes from his guitar. He kiddingly then explained >that the wire (the pickup) on his guitar was actually a complicated vacuum >system that sucks out the digital notes and the two wires coming out of the >box separate the 1's and 0's and then recycles them and releases them back >into nature. > >Like me John must have been feeling nostalgic last night because his set list >drew heavily from his 1987 "I Know" and 1990 "Land Of The Bottom Line" CDs > to his newest "The Company You Keep" (2001). At one point during the second >set I swore that John was reading my mind as he proceeded to play three songs >in a row that I was fighting the urge to yell as requests. The songs included >his great "Love Is Our Cross To Bear", his touching ballad of his father >returning from World War 2 "Semper Fi", and a beautiful piano version of his >"Houses In The Field" that documents the plight of farmer's having to sell >out their family farms to developers to build new subdivisions. > >Here to the best of my memory is the set list from last night not exactly in >order but close. > >Shape of The World >I'm From New Jersey >Girl Of The North Country (Bob Dylan cover from the recent "Nod To Bob" >tribute CD releases for Bob Dylan's 60th birthday) >I Saw A Stranger With Your Hair >People My Age >Down In The Milltown (on piano) >Mean Streak >I'll Start With Me (new song by Alice Peacock about making the world a better >place by starting with yourself) >Blue Chalk >Lightning Blues >Branching Out >Wisheries >Always Your Face (Cliff Eberhardt with Gorka on Harmony) >I Will Not Walk In My Father's Shoes (Cliff with Gorka) >Oh Abraham >Semper Fi >Houses In The Field (on piano) >Love Is Our Cross To Burn >Good Noise (with Eberhardt on guitar also) >When She Kisses Me (again with Eberhardt) > >Check out John's music if you're looking for some new music and any of the >following are true: > >A) Family life is important to you >B) People around you have started looking gross >C) You have small children around your house >D) You enjoy a sly sense of humor and clever lyrics >E) You enjoy a rich baritone voice >F) You have an interest in making the world a better place > >If you made it this far thanks for sticking with me on my nostalgic trip back >to UW-LaCrosse just blocks from the house that I grew up in and just yards >away from where I first met Karen. It's been an incredible summer of >relaxation and music for me and I hope it's been a great summer for you too. >And as always ... > >ENJOY THE MUSIC !!! - Paul ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:18:07 EDT From: ThePsyche@aol.com Subject: john gorka concert Tom, ARe you interested in coming to a house concert in January. John Gorka is the special guest. It will be a special, limited seating show, only 25 to 30 and will include dinner. Let me know if I can add your name to the list. I have not forgotten about the CD. Peace, Bryn Benson ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 16:21:50 -0500 From: "Achartz, Thomas" Subject: RE: john gorka concert I'd love to come!:) Where would it be? Tom - -----Original Message----- From: ThePsyche@aol.com [mailto:ThePsyche@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 4:18 PM To: good-noise@smoe.org Subject: john gorka concert Tom, ARe you interested in coming to a house concert in January. John Gorka is the special guest. It will be a special, limited seating show, only 25 to 30 and will include dinner. Let me know if I can add your name to the list. I have not forgotten about the CD. Peace, Bryn Benson ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:47:38 EDT From: ThePsyche@aol.com Subject: LIMITED SEATING Hey friends. Well, it looks like we have a few seats left for a house concert with John Gorka in the Chicago area in January. Those of you interested can email me privately. A house concert, intimate by nature, means limited seating. We began hosting house concerts in 99 and have found them to be a wonderful way to build a community of like-minded music souls. If you have never been to one, I encourage you to check in your area for them and try them out. Not only is it a great way to hear good music with reasonalbe suggeted doantions, they are a wonderful way to support independent artists. Houseconcerts.com is one place to start searching for them in your area, but try any search engine and see what comes up. Adios, Bryn ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:52:46 EDT From: ThePsyche@aol.com Subject: Re: LIMITED SEATING ThePsyche@aol.com writes: > Can anyone else tell that my mind was moving faster than my fingers on this one? I made myself laugh reading it phonetically as written. But truly, the suggested donations are reasonable Bryn, the feeble fingered ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V4 #148 ********************************