From: owner-harbinger-digest@smoe.org (harbinger-digest) To: harbinger-digest@smoe.org Subject: harbinger-digest V5 #20 Reply-To: harbinger@smoe.org Sender: owner-harbinger-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-harbinger-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk harbinger-digest Tuesday, February 1 2000 Volume 05 : Number 020 HARBINGER DIGEST To post, mail harbinger@smoe.org To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger-digest To get list info file, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info harbinger-digest Today's Subjects: ---------------- Re: (harbinger) Hmm...did anyone watch Paula's Hard Rock Live? [Kelly L M] (harbinger) what happened to TV guide? [Kara & Tina ] (harbinger) Part Three of TV Guide Interview ["Kenneth R Carpenter" ] Re: (harbinger) Oops. ["Kenneth R Carpenter" Subject: Re: (harbinger) Hmm...did anyone watch Paula's Hard Rock Live? <> I managed to keep my eyes open long enough to watch it (after only 4 hours of sleep the night before) and I loved it, I thought she did awesome as usual, my question is..........does she play the piano anymore for her shows, or does she have that other lady do it now? Wasn't sure if it was just for TV's sake or not......... Got my tix for the Boston show, I cannot wait! Who else is going? Later, Kelly Check out these band websites The Innocence Mission: http://www.kneelingelephant.com Sixpence None The Richer: http://www.sixpence-ntr.com Chevelle: http://www.chevelleinc.com five o'clock people: http://www.fiveoclockpeople.com - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Btw, if you are an AOL subscriber the above instruction will work for your EVERY time. Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 09:53:58 -0500 From: Kara & Tina Subject: (harbinger) what happened to TV guide? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------5D0E43D778100408618769F1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey everyone! I was wondering if it's just me and I'm going crazy or was Paula not mentioned in the TV guide? I looked in the Barbara issue, and the newest on with the wrestle covers...and no sign of Paula. If anyone knows, please let me know! I'll keep my fingers crossed for next week. Tina - --------------5D0E43D778100408618769F1 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="karatina.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Kara & Tina Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="karatina.vcf" begin:vcard n:;Karatina@ameritech.net x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 email;internet:Karatina@ameritech.net x-mozilla-cpt:;0 fn:Karatina@ameritech.net end:vcard - --------------5D0E43D778100408618769F1-- - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Btw, if you are an AOL subscriber the above instruction will work for your EVERY time. Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:34:15 -0500 From: "Kenneth R Carpenter" Subject: (harbinger) "I Believe In Love" Remixes - An Updated Review I finally got to listen to both the Jonathan Peters remixes. Unquestionably, they both kick ass. I already told you about the Gentle Mix a couple of weeks ago. That mix alone is worth spending a bunch of money for the hard-to-find remixes. These songs have been in my CD player more in the past two days than Amen. has in the past two months. So I heard the Anthem Mix this weekend. Another winner. Y'know, I realize I've already said this before, but I just can't believe Warner Bros. isn't releasing this 12-inch! Ah, the humanity!! The woman's voice is just heavenly. Anyway, Paula rerecorded even more vocals for the Anthem Mix, including some of those Mariah porpoise squeaks most of us can do without. I have to say they do seem oddly at home on this dance mix. The Anthem Mix is speedier than the Gentle Mix and sounds more like what you'd expect to hear at a dance club - a throbbing bass line that somewhat overshadows soaring repetitive vocals. The Gentle Mix is definitely my favorite of the two (it's the best Paula remix to date), but the Anthem Mix gives it a run for its money. Paula just wails on these remixes!! Serious dance hall diva stuff, y'know. Especially on the "my true one was waiting here" part and the closing "I believe in loves" and her free-form scat part. Damn! She's howlin', boy. The Anthem Mix clocks in at 13:57. The Gentle Mix falls just short of that at 11:25. Go dig for this single, folks. I don't think you'll regret the purchase. Kenn ****************************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. 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I haven't gotten to read it yet, but I will do so and try to transcribe it for those who live out of the country or just can't find the thing anywhere. The 3-page article also includes two great new shots of Paula, one we've seen before and even one of her at last year's VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards with Mr. Hakmoun in tow. Hope that helps you out, Kara -n- Tina. :D Kenn ****************************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. ****************************************************************************** - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Btw, if you are an AOL subscriber the above instruction will work for your EVERY time. Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 19:01:44 -0500 From: "Kenneth R Carpenter" Subject: (harbinger) Hard Rock Live No offense to Jase, but Meredith Brooks proved again that she should stick to playing the guitar. Her voice has no range and she ends up screaming her songs in what seems to be an attempt to cover up a bad voice with volume and intensity. It's too bad and I bear Meredith no ill will, but it's also the truth. She's not a singer. It would have been better to hear Paula for an hour singing with her freshly rested voice that is as elastic and clear as I've ever heard it. That pretty much sums up by impressions of the show. Paula looked fantastic and sounded even better. She used to almost always seem to need a couple of songs to get her voice warmed up. I recall that at the first HRL she did, she had gotten about halfway through her third song, "Me," before you heard her throat clear out and she started really singing. That's not the case anymore. She walks out on stage and delivers the goods from the get-go. That's what I'm enjoying most about her right now. It doesn't really matter to me that I don't absolutely love most of Amen. The album "sounds" remarkable and that is due in large part to the quality of PC's pipes. She's on top of her singing game these days and it's a treat to hear her. Kenn ****************************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. ****************************************************************************** - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Btw, if you are an AOL subscriber the above instruction will work for your EVERY time. Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 19:26:40 -0500 From: "Kenneth R Carpenter" Subject: (harbinger) Part One of TV Guide Article Rock 'n' Cole by Rich Cohen Touring may have toughened her up, but folksinger Paula Cole sounds as sweet as ever Paula Cole is ready to begin what she calls her punch-the-clock time - crossing America in planes and on buses, playing in smoky clubs and before studio audiences, promoting her latest album, Amen. "I have to put on a persona of nasty bitch at times," she says of touring. "You need to defend your needs, otherwise you're going to get stressed and burned out. I stand up for when I need to pee and eat, more than I used to." While life on the road may bring out Cole's tough-girl side, today, sitting in the lobby of New York City's Chelsea Hotel, the 31-year-old singer is relaxed and eager to talk about her life and music. On February 24, Cole and her band mates - drummer Jay Bellerose and guitarist Kevin Barry - will set out on a two-month tour, performing past hits ("Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?," "I Don't Want To Wait") and new releases ("I Believe In Love" and "Be Somebody") for audiences throughout the United States. Cole will also appear on the VH1 concert series Hard Rock Live, on January 29. "Paula is perfect for our viewers," says Wayne Isaak, VH1's executive vice presidnet of talent and music programming. "Musically she is both unique and accessible, and she is a good live performer." The world of television remains exotic for Cole, who grew up in a home where there wasn't much TV and where even the radio often provided little more than static. Her mother, Stephanie, is an artist, and her father, Jim< is an entomologist (which means he knows everything about bugs) [Jim is actually a quality control engineer - Cohen had outdated information - K.C.]. In 1968, when Paula was born, the family lived in a trailer home in Ithaca, New York [finally a writer gets it right - Paula was born in Ithaca, not Rockport! - K.C.]. A few years later, the Coles moved to a 200-year-old Colonial farmhouse in Rockport, Massachusetts - a fixer-upper opportunity. In the winter, the bad weather leaked in, so the family (Paula has one sister, Irene) gathered in the living room to tell stories and sing folk songs, with Paula hitting the high notes. "I was making melodies before I learned English," she says. "I relate more to the feeling behind words than to the words themselves." to be continued... ****************************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. 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During her freshman year, Cole lived in Spain as part of an exchange program. When she left America, she was one version of Paula Cole; when she returned, she was a completely different version of the same girl - one with a little experience, one who had given up the cruel game of school politics, of laughing behind the back of every fat kid. In a sense, she had emerged as the Paula Cole of today, the Paula who is a vegan, the Paula who does not smoke or drink. "When I got home [from Spain], I had a poodle perm and a fractured foot that made me wear this ugly wooden shoe," she says. "I felt like a monster." A few weeks later, when she decided to run for class president, her best friend, who probably missed the old Paula, ran against her. Cole won anyway. After her graduation from high school, Cole enrolled in the Berklee College of Music, in Boston, where she pursued her passion, taking classes in jazz and finding her way to the singers who would become her models - Chet Baker, with his breathy vocals, and Aretha Franklin, with her wrenching shrieks. "I joined the gospel choir, and that spun my head around about race," she says. "Suddenly, I'm one of two white people in the choir, and that [experience] got me influenced by great soul singers like Aretha and [also got me] trying, rather pitifully, to sing along with them." For a time, Cole made money singing in hotel lounges, including the Hilton at Boston's Logan Airport. "I was with a bunch of old cats - [for whom] the highlight of their career was to pick up dates with Frank Sinatra, back in the day," she says. "And they'd talk about Frankie. They were Italian guys, you know, and they were sweet." In 1990, Cole graduated from Berklee but promptly fell into a depression, which, she says, had something to do with her repressed background coming into conflict with her artistic nature. For a time, she even considered suicide. But with the help of a psychiatrist, she worked her way back to the surface, bringing along the songs that would form her first album, ruminative snapshots of the dark country she had crossed. "At first, I did music because it was a God-given talent," says Cole. "I was this little canary. And I kept doing it because people kept praising me and it felt damn good to be praised. That morphed into needing to write songs as a therapy vehicle and to express emotions that could not be expressed in the uptight Yankee culture in which I grew up." to be continued... ****************************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. ****************************************************************************** - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Btw, if you are an AOL subscriber the above instruction will work for your EVERY time. Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 20:13:06 -0500 From: "Paula Remick" Subject: (harbinger) interesting info Hi all, we should be hearing more from Ms. Cole in the near future. She has fired her manager, and has hired a more aggressive (shall we say) type guy, who is determined to get her, and her album "out there". I don't want to give out too much info, most of you know I have a great "connection", and I don't know how much I should say, but I know this is going to be VERY good news for Paula. It seems they are going to just start from scratch, as far as introducing the newest video/single...as if it is the FIRST one released. Good for them...I wish them all the best! (and it should be great for all of us too! :) paula - ----- Original Message ----- From: Kenneth R Carpenter To: Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 7:38 PM Subject: (harbinger) Part Two of TV Guide Article > By the time Cole reached high school, she was your standard popular girl - knew everyone, did everything. In a yearbook index, next to her name you would find references to cheerleading, prom queen and the honor society. But there was a deeper side, too. "I read Siddartha two times and Narcissus and Goldmund three times," she says. During her freshman year, Cole lived in Spain as part of an exchange program. When she left America, she was one version of Paula Cole; when she returned, she was a completely different version of the same girl - one with a little experience, one who had given up the cruel game of school politics, of laughing behind the back of every fat kid. In a sense, she had emerged as the Paula Cole of today, the Paula who is a vegan, the Paula who does not smoke or drink. "When I got home [from Spain], I had a poodle perm and a fractured foot that made me wear this ugly wooden shoe," she says. "I felt like a monster." A few weeks later, when she decid! > ed to run for class president, her best friend, who probably missed the old Paula, ran against her. Cole won anyway. > > After her graduation from high school, Cole enrolled in the Berklee College of Music, in Boston, where she pursued her passion, taking classes in jazz and finding her way to the singers who would become her models - Chet Baker, with his breathy vocals, and Aretha Franklin, with her wrenching shrieks. "I joined the gospel choir, and that spun my head around about race," she says. "Suddenly, I'm one of two white people in the choir, and that [experience] got me influenced by great soul singers like Aretha and [also got me] trying, rather pitifully, to sing along with them." > > For a time, Cole made money singing in hotel lounges, including the Hilton at Boston's Logan Airport. "I was with a bunch of old cats - [for whom] the highlight of their career was to pick up dates with Frank Sinatra, back in the day," she says. "And they'd talk about Frankie. They were Italian guys, you know, and they were sweet." > > In 1990, Cole graduated from Berklee but promptly fell into a depression, which, she says, had something to do with her repressed background coming into conflict with her artistic nature. For a time, she even considered suicide. But with the help of a psychiatrist, she worked her way back to the surface, bringing along the songs that would form her first album, ruminative snapshots of the dark country she had crossed. "At first, I did music because it was a God-given talent," says Cole. "I was this little canary. And I kept doing it because people kept praising me and it felt damn good to be praised. That morphed into needing to write songs as a therapy vehicle and to express emotions that could not be expressed in the uptight Yankee culture in which I grew up." > > to be continued... > > **************************************************************************** ** > The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and as such is privileged and confidential. 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Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 20:25:11 -0500 From: "Kenneth R Carpenter" Subject: (harbinger) Part Three of TV Guide Interview Cole signed with Imago Records in 1992. From that point on, every step for the singer has been a step up. When early recordings of her songs reached Peter Gabriel, he asked her to join his world tour. "I come home, and there is his voice on my message machine," she says. "It was incredibly exciting." In 1994, Cole released her first album, Harbinger. She then signed with Warner Bros., which in 1996 released her follow-up, This Fire. That album sold nearly two million copies, and she was nominated for seven Grammys, including one for Producer of the Year (Cole was the first woman in Grammy history to receive that honor). In the end, she went home with just one award, for Best New Artist. She was been on the road ever since, playing to troops in the Persian Gulf, touring with the all-female festival Lilith Fair, and taking her band to cities across America. "You'll hear every artist bitch and moan about (life on the road]," she says. "But I love it. There's nothing like live music. That's where you really see if a performer has it." Between gigs, Cole lives in Greenwich Village with her musician boyfriend, Hassan Hakmoun. "I love to feed live birds outside of my apartment," she says. "I whistle as I put out fresh seed. After a while, the birds know my call even before I put out the seed - they come to my voice." As Cole says this, her nose scrunches up, her forehead fills with lines and she laughs - a wonderful, slow, building laugh. She stretches and looks across the lobby of the Chelsea, at some hard-partying tenants returning home for another night of no sleep. "I see this platform of success as a privilege not to be wasted," she goes on. "I am making a conscious decision with Amen to have a positive effect on people. Even to the point where I have to put my heart on a platter and watch it be sliced, because I know the things I'm talking about are going to be provocative to critics - things like spirituality and God. But I'm willing to do that, because that's the truth to me, and when you're making honest music, it's never bad. Yes, Cole know, in a vauge way, about the cold realities of life. There have been wars, depressions, massacres - she is certain of that. And still, she cannot repress her deep-down belief in the goodness of life, in each day being a gift; more and more, these feelings have worked their way into her songs. On the album's title track she has devised a way to include, in one verse, Dr. Kevorkian, Saddam Hussein and Gloria Steinem. "At some moment I had a turning point, and I think it was through yoga - it kind of opened me up. And I thought - God. That's all I can say. No one can convert you, you have to find it yourself." She frowns, then says, "Look at the history of the world. Who made contributions that mattered? People who acted out of love. Joy is contagious. Love is contagious. It's hard to not be grouchy when you feel grouchy. But if you can connect with somebody - one day, one person - and have an exchange where you spread something positive, it's contagious. That's how we can change the world, one person at a time." Rich Cohen is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone. END ************************************************************************************* Oh, Christ... cue violins. :P That's not aimed at Paula. Her comments are true to what she usually says and I know it's heartfelt. But, Cohen writes like a 13-year-old girl (no offense 13-year-old girls out there!). So gushy and melodramatic! Now we know what Lifetime - Television for Women would do if given a shot at a Paula bio. Sorry there's no real new meat for you to chew on, folks. Cohen didn't do much here. He must have had tickets for a Knicks game the night he scribbled down this article. Basically, it's just regurgitated facts from the articles that came out during This Fire. A waste of time other than the groovy new photos. Kenn ****************************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. 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K. ****************************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. ****************************************************************************** - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Btw, if you are an AOL subscriber the above instruction will work for your EVERY time. Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 20:36:06 -0500 From: "Kenneth R Carpenter" Subject: Re: (harbinger) interesting info Paula wrote: >> She has fired her manager, Wow! Now that's a surprise. Carter had been around since right after she first moved to San Francisco back in the early 90s. Before she was signed to Imago. He was one of the first to ever believe in her music after hearing her demo. It's pretty sad, actually. Must have been hard for her to give him the axe. Well, let's hope she knows what she's doing. Personally, I don't think new wrappings are going to make much of a difference even if she has somehow convinced Johnny Cochran to work as her new manager. Go to Amazon.com and read the reviews people have left of this album. You'll see what the casual Paula fan has to say about Amen. They don't like this music. And, c'mon... the next release is "Be Somebody." That song is just plain weak. Can't blame Carter for that. He didn't write it or perform it. Tossing out Carter could be one of those proverbial "baby with the bathwater" situations and THAT would be seriously unfortunate. Kenn P.S. Thanks for your email from many weeks ago, Paula. The one about your talk with Jay and the kind words you passed along. That was nice to hear. 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