From: owner-headline-girl-digest@smoe.org (headline-girl-digest) To: headline-girl-digest@smoe.org Subject: headline-girl-digest V2 #259 Reply-To: headline-girl@smoe.org Sender: owner-headline-girl-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-headline-girl-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk headline-girl-digest Tuesday, November 2 1999 Volume 02 : Number 259 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: LONDON ONTARIO: 2 weeks and counting... [Paul Schreiber ] Re: LONDON ONTARIO: 2 weeks and counting... [DRotter154@aol.com] Re: (OAC) Recommendations [dana wagner ] (OAC) Under These Mails and Notes [JODEL JIMENEZ ] sarah slean [kate connnors ] Re: (OAC) Recommendations ["Mark Urban" ] Re: (OAC) Recommendations [Songbird22@aol.com] Re: (OAC) Recommendations [Songbird22@aol.com] Re: LONDON ONTARIO: 2 weeks and counting... [Songbird22@aol.com] Re: (OAC) Recommendations [dana wagner ] to the teeth (was Re: LONDON ONTARIO) [laura robeson ] Re: (OAC) Under These Mails and Notes ["Emily" ] Re: LONDON ONTARIO: 2 weeks and counting... [Piggio@aol.com] Fwd: to the teeth (was Re: LONDON ONTARIO) [Piggio@aol.com] Re: to the teeth (was Re: LONDON ONTARIO) [Songbird22@aol.com] Re: to the teeth (was Re: LONDON ONTARIO) [laura robeson Subject: Re: LONDON ONTARIO: 2 weeks and counting... jess wrote: >Rob says: > >> p.s. and NOOOOOO, you do NOT sound like Jewel!!! that would be Rayanne!!!! > >AHHH! Rayanne does NOT sound like Jewel. I made the mistake of comparing her >to Jewel after only hearing a few songs and it was an unfair judgement. hmmm ... when i first heard raye, i drew that comparison in my head. i think it was the free times show last year. it wasn't simply because she was a girl with a guitar -- i've heard many of those -- but because of a few strong musical similarities. one, rayanne did some -amazing- things with her voice that show. (she's done it a few times since.) two, i -really- paid attention to the lyrics, which is something that doesn't always happen at a live show. now, some more notes: (a) rayanne sounded like jewel used to sound like, not like the sound she has after the producers butchered spirit. (b) i haven't noticed any similarities recently. maybe rayanne's style has changed a bit. oh yeah, i'm a jewel -fan- not a jewel basher, so the comparison would be a positive one. i can't stand when reviewers make comparisons for the sole purpose of trashing the artists they're using as a comparison. (i.e. "she's not as angsty as alanis, not as whiny as jewel, blah blah blah.") i mean, go back ta j-school, ya hack. :P Paul shad 96c / 3B CS / mac activist / eda / fumbler fan of / jewel / sophie b. / sarah slean / steve poltz / emm gryner / / x-files / buffy / dawson's creek / habs / bills / 49ers / t h i n k d i f f e r e n t. "We're a couple of nice guys ... which stopped being a desirable character trait about fifty years ago." -- Dawson Leery, "Dawson's Creek" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:54:10 EST From: Songbird22@aol.com Subject: Other artists (was re: LONDON) Andrea says: > That's a pretty cool quotation :) what's the name of that song!? It's a song called "To the teeth" off her newest record with the same title, to be released Nov. 16th. The whole song is AWESOME, I wish I could quote it all... (By the way its Ani Difranco if you didn't know already) I've been listening to her since '95 and, honestly, was getting a bit tired of the older albums and haven't liked the last 2, but this new one, from what I've read and a few mp3's that I've heard, looks to maybe be different. Plus I think she is one of the greatest, most prolific songwriters of our time and inspires me like no other... Honestly, I can't even think of other artists to recommend because I've been so uninspired by everything I've heard lately.... I really liked Sarah Slean's new one, but I'm sure most people here have that already. It's an amazing CD, I think...intelligent lyrics and the melodies and instrumentation are great... I also listen to a lot of classical music...lately its been Satie and Gorecki.... Heard some clips of the new Bowie on the web and I might get that... also, if you haven't heard Ben Harper, check him out...he rocks... And I have rediscovered Morcheeba and PJ Harvey.... Other recommendations would be cool... I'm big on lyrics... so if you have heard anything lately that is *amazing* let me know... I'm low on $ and have too many CDs where I only like 1 or 2 songs... Jess jessica n. weiser - http://www.aquezada.com/jess "and if i have to hear one more time about a fools right to his tools of rage - - i'm gonna take all my friends, and i'm going to move to canada and we're going to die of old age" - ani difranco ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 08:17:34 PST From: "chelle shock" Subject: Re: LONDON ONTARIO: 2 weeks and counting... >ANYWAY...just checked the official site today, and YES! The London >opening date with Ron is official! The Emmbassy will be an all-ages >show, so everyone within driving distance has no excuse! > >Just wondering, who's coming fer sure? OH OH OH!!! *jumping up & down profusely* ME ME ME!!! WOOHOO!!! YAAAY for all-ages shows! *does a lil dance* my sorry 18 year old ass can't get me in nowhere!!! so count me in! ;) >np: "it is not a habit, it is cool i feel alive" >drugs are bad LMAO... no comment *cough*SC*cough* hehe ;) yeah andy... i know you knew i was coming already... i pretty much just needed a reason to reply to the drug bit... LOL ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: 1 Nov 99 14:07:15 EST From: JODEL JIMENEZ Subject: (OAC) Recommendations Hi there Jess - you mentioned that other recommendations would be cool, and my two cents is Tara MacLean. I just came from a small show she had here in downtown toronto (First Canadian Place's lunchtime concert series), and she was so amazing! She's got a new CD out, called "Passenger", from which she sang a few tracks. Very talented. While I have everyone's attention, I just wanna say how I finally got Trish's CD "Anything is Everything" and it's my favoritest. Best six bucks I ever spent! She calls me 'a fan'. Cool, huh? "This machine will not communicate these thoughts and the strain I am under" (Radiohead) jodel p.s. Hey Rannie, thanks for not recognizing me! "Hey! Hi.. how ya doin.. ummm.. hmmm…" Nice TRY buddy! Hee hee Songbird22@aol.com wrote: > Andrea says: > > > That's a pretty cool quotation :) what's the name of that song!? > > It's a song called "To the teeth" off her newest record with the same title, > to be released Nov. 16th. The whole song is AWESOME, I wish I could quote it > all... (By the way its Ani Difranco if you didn't know already) I've been > listening to her since '95 and, honestly, was getting a bit tired of the > older albums and haven't liked the last 2, but this new one, from what I've > read and a few mp3's that I've heard, looks to maybe be different. Plus I > think she is one of the greatest, most prolific songwriters of our time and > inspires me like no other... > > Honestly, I can't even think of other artists to recommend because I've been > so uninspired by everything I've heard lately.... I really liked Sarah > Slean's new one, but I'm sure most people here have that already. It's an > amazing CD, I think...intelligent lyrics and the melodies and instrumentation > are great... I also listen to a lot of classical music...lately its been > Satie and Gorecki.... Heard some clips of the new Bowie on the web and I > might get that... also, if you haven't heard Ben Harper, check him out...he > rocks... And I have rediscovered Morcheeba and PJ Harvey.... > > Other recommendations would be cool... I'm big on lyrics... so if you have > heard anything lately that is *amazing* let me know... I'm low on $ and have > too many CDs where I only like 1 or 2 songs... > > Jess > > jessica n. weiser - > http://www.aquezada.com/jess > "and if i have to hear one more time about a fools right to his tools of rage > - i'm gonna take all my friends, and i'm going to move to canada and we're > going to die of old age" - ani difranco ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 16:34:39 EST From: DRotter154@aol.com Subject: Re: LONDON ONTARIO: 2 weeks and counting... In a message dated 10/31/99 9:20:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, achiu2@julian.uwo.ca writes: << > "and if i have to hear one more time about a fools right to his tools of rage > - i'm gonna take all my friends, and i'm going to move to canada and we're > going to die of old age" - ani difranco >> i heard ani play this at the indy show last week.. and i luv the new song.. anyone have it copied? It is new right ?? thanks dra ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 17:08:22 -0500 From: dana wagner Subject: Re: (OAC) Recommendations i think jess already said she doesn't like tara maclean at all. something about tara sounding too much like those manufactured pop "record label creation" artists like britney spears, etc. ok, kidding aside, here are some albums i really like that maybe a few people don't know about: kara's flowers "the fourth world" - it's 4 guys, like 17 or 18 when they made the album, but it's a couple yrs old; the music is pop, but not like backstreet boys pop. more leaning toward rock. good music, fun, good lyrics. i really like it. i actually wrote a review of it for HITS magazine (industry mag) when i worked there a couple yrs ago. if nothing else, it'll put you in a good mood. lauren christy, "breed" - the album's a couple yrs old too. it's just an AMAZING album. i love her - i wish she'd go ahead and release another album soon. lyrics are fabulous. this is an album not to be missed for anyone who listens to the type of music we all do. she also has a real cute british accent. beth hart, "screaming for my supper" - a kind of rock/bluesy album; she has A LOT of soul, and it comes out particularly in her live performance bif naked, "i bificus" - a mix between pop and punk; well, she has a punk look but you don't really hear that side of her except when she performs live; the album is a bit more toned down. has been compared to gwen stefani (no doubt) if you want to make comparisons, but i like bif a lot more. marie wilson, "real life" - kind of melissa etheridge meets indigo girls sound. not as folky as IG though. "anywhere but here" soundtrack - for the best mix of all our fave lilith ladies, plus a few other great women rockers and if you don't have the new chantal album yet, what the heck are you waiting for? most of the songs on there are unbelievably breathtaking. dana ------------------------------ Date: 1 Nov 99 16:59:33 EST From: JODEL JIMENEZ Subject: (OAC) Under These Mails and Notes oh yeah! Chantal!! i totally forgot. yeah, that cd is amazing but i cant decide if i like it better than the last!! anyone like The Corrs? i think they are really amazing.. Unplugged album coming out on the 15th. did i just lose friends? Checking out Sarah Slean on Thursday.. cant wait. thats it for MY recommendations! have a good night everyone!! "One for the big mind Cause I know you need to dance to something Or sing it on your way home" (Emm Gryner) p.s. Hey Rannie how about sharing some Tara M*****n pictures? hee hee. dana wagner wrote: > i think jess already said she doesn't like tara maclean at all. something > about tara sounding too much like those manufactured pop "record label > creation" artists like britney spears, etc. > > ok, kidding aside, here are some albums i really like that maybe a few > people don't know about: > > kara's flowers "the fourth world" - it's 4 guys, like 17 or 18 when they > made the album, but it's a couple yrs old; the music is pop, but not like > backstreet boys pop. more leaning toward rock. good music, fun, good > lyrics. i really like it. i actually wrote a review of it for HITS magazine > (industry mag) when i worked there a couple yrs ago. if nothing else, it'll > put you in a good mood. > > lauren christy, "breed" - the album's a couple yrs old too. it's just an > AMAZING album. i love her - i wish she'd go ahead and release another album > soon. lyrics are fabulous. this is an album not to be missed for anyone who > listens to the type of music we all do. she also has a real cute british > accent. > > beth hart, "screaming for my supper" - a kind of rock/bluesy album; she has > A LOT of soul, and it comes out particularly in her live performance > > bif naked, "i bificus" - a mix between pop and punk; well, she has a punk > look but you don't really hear that side of her except when she performs > live; the album is a bit more toned down. has been compared to gwen stefani > (no doubt) if you want to make comparisons, but i like bif a lot more. > > marie wilson, "real life" - kind of melissa etheridge meets indigo girls > sound. not as folky as IG though. > > "anywhere but here" soundtrack - for the best mix of all our fave lilith > ladies, plus a few other great women rockers > > and if you don't have the new chantal album yet, what the heck are you > waiting for? most of the songs on there are unbelievably breathtaking. > > dana > ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 19:01:56 From: kate connnors Subject: sarah slean hey guys. so i finally got blue parade and i'm completely addicted to it. i was in toronto during the weekend so i grabbed a couple extra copies of.. i think it's called 'indie nation' and it has an article on Sarah so if any of you out there want it, let me know and i can send ya one. that's it. bye~ *moLLy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 16:35:05 PST From: "Mark Urban" Subject: Re: (OAC) Recommendations >lauren christy, "breed" - Yay for Lauren Christy!!! >bif naked, "i bificus" Whoa...I just got that earlier today! > and if you don't have the new chantal album yet, what the heck are you >waiting for? most of the songs on there are unbelievably breathtaking. Did that come out in the U.S. yet?? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 19:34:46 EST From: Songbird22@aol.com Subject: Re: (OAC) Recommendations hey guys, tara's new album is overproduced. i've had it since aug. so i'm kind of sick of it already... but there's a few songs i realy like. so what is the whole bif naked album like? i really like that song "lucky" and am thinking of getting it... ...also, i didn't like the new chantal single i heard but what is the rest of the album like? i am a HUGE fan of her producer jay joyce who worked with the awesome patty griffin (her newest album smokes!!) and i like his own band work (iodine).... tell me more. :) jess www.aquezada.com/jess | www.mp3.com/jessweiser ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 19:37:47 EST From: Songbird22@aol.com Subject: Re: (OAC) Recommendations Jodel says: << Hi there Jess - you mentioned that other recommendations would be cool, and my two cents is Tara MacLean. I just came from a small show she had here in downtown toronto (First Canadian Place's lunchtime concert series), and she was so amazing! She's got a new CD out, called "Passenger", from which she sang a few tracks. Very talented. >> Yup, I've been a Tara fan and advocated from the beginning. Even got to party w/ her and her famous-musicians-son exboyfriend one night in Vancouver while recording my album... but the new album is... I don't know. She is TOTALLY awesome, but I think I've grown tired of it already... just a bit overproduced. Still good for sure... :) Jessica www.aquezada.com/jess <-- Jess learning WHAT instrument? check out the online journals! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 19:40:26 EST From: Songbird22@aol.com Subject: Re: LONDON ONTARIO: 2 weeks and counting... andrea: << i heard ani play this at the indy show last week.. and i luv the new song.. anyone have it copied? It is new right ?? >> It'll be out Nov. 16th. This song is incredible... Infact, I'll post the lyrics so you all can see... Very good, but unfortunately I don't have a live version of this song yet... Jessica www.aquezada.com/jess "To the teeth" by Ani Difranco the sun is setting on the century and we are armed to the teeth we're all working together now to make our lives mercifully brief and school kids keep trying to teach us what guns are all about confused liberty with weaponry and watch your kids act it out and every year now like christmas some boy gets the milk fed suburban blues reaches for the available arsenal and saunters off to make the news and the women in the middle are learning what poor women have always known that the edge is closer than you think when the men bring the guns home look at where the profits are that's how you'll find the source of the big lie that you and i both know so well by the time it takes this cultural death wish to run it's course they're gonna to make a pretty penny and then they're going to hell he said the chickens all come home to roost malcom forecasted this flood are we really going to sleep through another century while the rich profit off our blood yeah it may take some doing to see the undoing through but in my humble opinion here's what i suggest we do open fire on hollywood open fire on mtv open fire on nbc and cbs and abc open fire on the nra and all the lies they told us along the way open fire on each weapons manufacturer while he's giving head to some republican senator and if i hear one more time about a fools right to his tools of rage i'm gonna take all my friends and i'm going to move to canada and we're going to die of old age ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:14:58 -0500 From: dana wagner Subject: Re: (OAC) Recommendations hey jess and everyone, >so what is the whole bif naked album like? i really like that song "lucky" >and am thinking of getting it... i don't think "lucky" is very representative of the entire album. i love that song, and i love the album, but it's one of the softer ones. most of the others are more rock-sounding and pretty loud. the lyrics are really good too. the thing i'd say most about bif is that she's real. there's not a lot of allusion or hidden meanings in her songs. very straightforward. > >...also, i didn't like the new chantal single i heard but what is the rest of >the album like? i am a HUGE fan of her producer jay joyce who worked with the >awesome patty griffin (her newest album smokes!!) and i like his own band >work (iodine).... tell me more. :) ok, first few times i heard "before you" i was not impressed. too pop sounding, right? but it hooked me, it grew on me. and now i like listening to it because it makes me smile. it's a feel good song. and with a lot of the rather serious subjects chantal hits on, it's a refresher. but, it's not like the entire album either. there are many songs where the lyrics are just brilliant, her voice is raw and powerful, and the music is beautiful. standouts (in my opinion) include: until we die, souls, M, far away, and eve. especially eve. the song almost makes me cry. it's like "surrounded" to me, and "souls" is my wayne. but there aren't too many similarities between CM&S and UTR&S. this album is more produced, but i really really love it. her voice just shines. it could use a little more solo piano parts, but otherwise i give HIGH recommendations for the album. and no, it's not out in the US yet. not till early next year. which means she won't be touring the US until god knows when. order it from a&b sound, or chapters, or one of those online retailers. the album comes in a 2-CD case with a bonus disc (like the limited edition of surfacing), which includes "leaving on a jet plane" (diff. from the armageddon version - strings instead of harmonica), "feels like home," and "in my life." a great addition. :) you can't go wrong, especially with the canadian exchange rate. i don't think you can go wrong with either album. and to repeat myself and quote mark, "Yay for Lauren Christy!!!". everyone do yourself a favor and buy her album because it ROCKS. and it is addictive. one of my ex-coworkers used to say lauren christy was her goddess. what i would do to see her perform live.... dana ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 17:36:12 -0800 (PST) From: laura robeson Subject: to the teeth (was Re: LONDON ONTARIO) Oh my gosh those lyrics are sooo awesome!! i didn't think it was possible to love ani any more than i do but this song just demands even more respect.. i just turned in a huge essay evaluating Ani's career and seperation from mainstream music, etc. and i wish i would've had this for it 'cause it totally illustrates her standing point on corporate america and media, i love it. this makes me 100 times more anxious for her album, stop teasing me!! :) but no seriously, thanks so much for posting it Jess, where the heck are you getting all this inside stuff?? :) ~Laura > "To the teeth" by Ani Difranco > > the sun is setting on the century > and we are armed to the teeth > we're all working together now > to make our lives mercifully brief > and school kids keep trying to teach us > what guns are all about > confused liberty with weaponry > and watch your kids act it out > and every year now like christmas > some boy gets the milk fed suburban blues > reaches for the available arsenal > and saunters off to make the news > and the women in the middle > are learning what poor women have always known > that the edge is closer than you think > when the men bring the guns home > look at where the profits are > that's how you'll find the source > of the big lie that you and i both know so well > by the time it takes this cultural > death wish to run it's course > they're gonna to make a pretty penny > and then they're going to hell > he said the chickens all come home to roost > malcom forecasted this flood > are we really going to sleep through another century > > while the rich profit off our blood > yeah it may take some doing > to see the undoing through > but in my humble opinion > here's what i suggest we do > open fire on hollywood > open fire on mtv > open fire on nbc and cbs and abc > open fire on the nra > and all the lies they told us along the way > open fire on each weapons manufacturer > while he's giving head to some republican senator > and if i hear one more time > about a fools right to his tools of rage > i'm gonna take all my friends > and i'm going to move to canada > and we're going to die of old age > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 21:05:21 -0500 From: Nat Loh Subject: HP/EG pictures this Holly Palmer site with diaries has some awesome Holly/Emm Pics. check it out. http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/6394/diary.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 18:08:15 -0800 From: "Emily" Subject: Re: (OAC) Under These Mails and Notes >anyone like The Corrs?  i think they are really amazing.. Unplugged >album coming out on the 15th. did i just lose friends? Hold on a minute! Why would people not like you for liking the Corrs? I think they are fabulous as well and Andrea is one of the sweetest people I've met this year (I even got a tin whistle directly from her). They're friendly people and have a great celt-pop sound. And, yes, not difficult to look at...all four of them. Didn't Emm mention something about Jim Corr in one of her tour diaries? ;^) Regards, Em _____________________________________ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 22:23:41 EST From: Piggio@aol.com Subject: Re: LONDON ONTARIO: 2 weeks and counting... In a message dated 11/1/99 12:54:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, pjschrei@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca writes: << oh yeah, i'm a jewel -fan- not a jewel basher, so the comparison would be a positive one. i can't stand when reviewers make comparisons for the sole purpose of trashing the artists they're using as a comparison. (i.e. "she's not as angsty as alanis, not as whiny as jewel, blah blah blah.") i mean, go back ta j-school, ya hack. :P >> well put, Paul... i think Jewel is (was) very talented too when it was just her and guitar, and i agree that Spirit was butchered. i mean, she wrote or actually played how many of the songs on there herself??? not many, i was actually impressed when it was just "a girl and her guitar"... so the comparision is not meant to bash or piss anyone off, because i happen to think Rayanne is very talented, and if i or anyone else says that she sounds like someone more famous, that is not meant to typecast her by any means. it is more of a flattery of sorts. there is nothing wrong with comparing someone to a more famous figure; it gives us a frame of reference, something to explain someone else to. i'd do the same thing if i was trying to explain Tricia's or Emm's sound to someone less familiar with their music. it is merely a comparision, a reference point, nothing more. i'd be far more offended if someone said "she's just a Jewel clone" or "Jewel ripoff". now THAT i would take offense to. just my two cents (anyone have change???), Rob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 22:27:12 EST From: Piggio@aol.com Subject: Fwd: to the teeth (was Re: LONDON ONTARIO) - --part1_0.bf7c7914.254fb410_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gotta agree, those lyrics rock. i'm looking forward to that one too. Nov. 16th, eh? I'm THERE. by the way, i bought my first Ron Sexsmith album, "Other Songs" this week (on Ms. Emm herself's advice, since she seems to think all things Ron Sexsmith are fantastic). anyone else have anything by him? impressions? thoughts? Rob - --part1_0.bf7c7914.254fb410_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from rly-yd02.mx.aol.com (rly-yd02.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.2]) by air-yd01.mail.aol.com (v62.15) with ESMTP; Mon, 01 Nov 1999 20:39:40 -0500 Received: from chmls05.mediaone.net (ne.mediaone.net [24.128.1.70]) by rly-yd02.mx.aol.com (v62.10) with ESMTP; Mon, 01 Nov 1999 20:39:20 -0500 Received: from smoe.org (jane.smoe.org [24.30.216.55]) by chmls05.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA00732; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:38:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/listq-jane) with SMTP id UAA05487; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:37:06 -0500 (EST) Received: by smoe.org (bulk_mailer v1.10); Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:37:05 -0500 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/listq-jane) id UAA05445 for headline-girl-outgoing; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:36:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from web305.mail.yahoo.com (web305.mail.yahoo.com [128.11.68.236]) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/daemon-mode-jane) with SMTP id UAA05439 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:36:13 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19991102013612.8721.rocketmail@web305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [205.188.196.23] by web305.mail.yahoo.com; Mon, 01 Nov 1999 17:36:12 PST Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 17:36:12 -0800 (PST) From: laura robeson Subject: to the teeth (was Re: LONDON ONTARIO) To: headline-girl@smoe.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-headline-girl@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Oh my gosh those lyrics are sooo awesome!! i didn't think it was possible to love ani any more than i do but this song just demands even more respect.. i just turned in a huge essay evaluating Ani's career and seperation from mainstream music, etc. and i wish i would've had this for it 'cause it totally illustrates her standing point on corporate america and media, i love it. this makes me 100 times more anxious for her album, stop teasing me!! :) but no seriously, thanks so much for posting it Jess, where the heck are you getting all this inside stuff?? :) ~Laura > "To the teeth" by Ani Difranco > > the sun is setting on the century > and we are armed to the teeth > we're all working together now > to make our lives mercifully brief > and school kids keep trying to teach us > what guns are all about > confused liberty with weaponry > and watch your kids act it out > and every year now like christmas > some boy gets the milk fed suburban blues > reaches for the available arsenal > and saunters off to make the news > and the women in the middle > are learning what poor women have always known > that the edge is closer than you think > when the men bring the guns home > look at where the profits are > that's how you'll find the source > of the big lie that you and i both know so well > by the time it takes this cultural > death wish to run it's course > they're gonna to make a pretty penny > and then they're going to hell > he said the chickens all come home to roost > malcom forecasted this flood > are we really going to sleep through another century > > while the rich profit off our blood > yeah it may take some doing > to see the undoing through > but in my humble opinion > here's what i suggest we do > open fire on hollywood > open fire on mtv > open fire on nbc and cbs and abc > open fire on the nra > and all the lies they told us along the way > open fire on each weapons manufacturer > while he's giving head to some republican senator > and if i hear one more time > about a fools right to his tools of rage > i'm gonna take all my friends > and i'm going to move to canada > and we're going to die of old age > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com - --part1_0.bf7c7914.254fb410_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 23:12:38 EST From: Songbird22@aol.com Subject: Re: to the teeth (was Re: LONDON ONTARIO) Laura says: << Oh my gosh those lyrics are sooo awesome!! i didn't << think it was possible to love ani any more than i do << but this song just demands even more respect.. i just << turned in a huge essay evaluating Ani's career and Yeah, this is an amazing song, I think... Actually I've read the lyrics to another fave, "Hello, Birmingham" or someting like that too, and they are just as deep... (About abortion clinic shootings). I think this album is going to be really powerful... she's taken a different direction with this one too... and, how amazing is this? This is her second album in 9 months--3rd if you include one she did w/ Utah Phillips. << seperation from mainstream music, etc. and i wish i << would've had this for it 'cause it totally illustrates << her standing point on corporate america and media, i << love it. this makes me 100 times more anxious for her << album, stop teasing me!! :) but no seriously, thanks Yeah, totally. Except one thing, which was actually talked about in the newsgroups recently, kind of makes you think: She goes off about MTV and stuff all the time, yet has done several specials for them... Also "32 Flavors" was featured on some football thing on a major network ... So maybe she's starting to give a little bit as far as corporations are concerned? I dunno... Anyway, I have a huge amount of respect and admiration for her lyrics and her music.... Especially the lyrics... A lot of people can sit down and write a song...not a lot of people can craft songs that are intelligent/sarcastic/witty/depressing/moving/and beautiful the way she can..... >> so much for posting it Jess, where the heck are you >> getting all this inside stuff?? :) On the 'net, of course ;) Jessica www.aquezada.com/jess / www.mp3.com/jessweiser "one more girl on top of billboard. one more girl jumping in with the big boys. one more year and i'm still a no one. waiting for my day in the sun" -kf ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:41:40 -0800 (PST) From: laura robeson Subject: Re: to the teeth (was Re: LONDON ONTARIO) Jess- Yep, you're exactly right.. last week I heard Worthy on Chicago Hope and 32 Flavors on Party of Five so she's not exactly totally boycotting pop-culture. But oh well, I'll let it slide just 'cause it's her.. :) And yeah it is her 2nd album in 9 months, which is exactly what I noted in my essay about her.. I said that even though her releases are so frequent, she has the ability, like a baby, to totally mature and evolve in each one, given the considerably short amount of time. I'm gonna have to send that to you and see what you think of it :) Now seriously, if you don't tell me where these lyrics are hidden, I'm gonna have to .. I don't know what, but I'll think of something bad! :) ~laura __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of headline-girl-digest V2 #259 ***********************************