From: owner-headline-girl-digest@smoe.org (headline-girl-digest) To: headline-girl-digest@smoe.org Subject: headline-girl-digest V3 #170 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 Saturday, July 1 2000 Volume 03 : Number 170 Today's Subjects: ----------------- * cool holly p shows coming up (warning: lengthy reviews!) * ["just] tidbits [Piggio@aol.com] i was wondering......[EC] ["Jamie Severinski" ] Rannie's Photography [rannie ] Its Seb (NEC) well maybe some :) [JewelEDA21@aol.com] fresh fest... [Jessica ] EC: and distrust it [Mark Urban ] Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, and the BBC Bowie show [Johan Braennlund ] (sec) time out london [dwagner@sas.upenn.edu (Dana Wagner)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:08:00 PDT From: "just little me" Subject: * cool holly p shows coming up (warning: lengthy reviews!) * okie, another quickie cross-post that really has nothing to do with sarah or emm directly...but anyway, since i know and love so many of you here *hee*, and of course you all have impeccable musical tastes (well, except for heaffer of twinnies fame who seems to be fixated on n'sync and hanson these days...i swear! *lol*), thought i'd give you a little heads up about a series of upcoming shows in nyc by the luvly and talented, ms p, along with robin on guitar and cuong on trumpet... Sat Jul 15 (9pm) The Cutting Room, 19 West 24 St., New York, NY [trio] Wed Jul 19 Brownies, New York, NY i'm thinking about flying to nyc just to catch the cutting room gig (it's a nice venue, btw, and hopefully i'll get to work again with george, holly's cool sound guy)...so if i can come all the way from california just to hear holly perform, i hope i'll get to see some familiar faces in the audience that night...or else i'll have to cancel some of you cutie lasses' "handbasket memberships"...*hehe* so come on, show your support for ms gryner's bowie-partner-in-crime, you won't be disappointed, and these will be one of the last series of live performances for hp before her relocation to the west coast soon. http://www.hollypalmersinger.com/ p.s. if any of you are down in the West Los Angeles area this weekend, please check out Lilith artist Lisa Sanders performing with her band at The GIG on 11637 Pico Blvd @ 8:30 pm Saturday, July 1 ...maybe I'll see you there as I'll be helping out... :) http://www.lisasanders.com/ *fumblecheers!* ~edward :) er, sorry, no cute or clever signatures to be found here. so there :-P ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (some blurb on holly below, sorry if this doesn't float your boat, and i do apologise for the length of this post...) - ------------------------------------------------------------ (a commentary on Holly's forthcoming album, by Dave from Sony) It's not often that an album will enter your ears, lift off the top of your head and dance on your brain, but the 60 minutes and 13 tracks of "Tender Hooks" will do just that --- and then make you push "repeat" again and again. As an official card-carrying weasel of the music industry I've gotten the chance to hear the new album (at least 10 times in the past week) and it is truly an awesome artistic accomplishment...not to mention just a great f#@%king album. The Howie B (Bjork, U2, Goldie & Robbie Robertson), production is dense and deep, with a rhythmic mix that pushes the "funky but chic" envelope in just the right places. Holly's voice is a marvel, particularly on the 2 David Kahne-produced tracks "Switched" and the album's finest song "Something Else"... It is a bold, sometimes challenging pop masterpiece that simply gets richer with each listen (as the best albums do). Holly sez that she wants the songs to "sound like dreams feel" and there is truly a sense that you're on some ethereal aural journey from one track to the next, with the emotions touching pain, anger and jubilation, sometimes within the same breath. "Flash Flood" is slinky and wet, with a killer bass line.."Small Room" rocks with rhythm and grace.."Divided" is a sweet, demented electrolux take on a jazzy vocal style -- Lambert, Hendrix and Ross meet LTJ Bukem...And "Happily Ever After" closes the disc with with a ferocious kick and vocals that will give you chills (glad not to be the "ex" in this relationship)...I could go on but I'd rather listen than type... "Tender Hooks" indeed, Holly. - ------------------------------------ A preview of her upcoming "Tender Hooks" album can be found on the soundtrack to "Forces of Nature". The track "A Rose By Any Other Name" is the slow groove that settles like a cool, dense fog on the brain. Sweet, sultry seductive -- this is the song that Holly's used to start her shows lately. I have to say I prefer the more direct live version to the almost "dub" mix on disc, but it is still a good starting point to see where Ms. Palmer's head is currently residing. Holly's record, Tender Hooks, tentatively set for release at the beginning of 2000, marks a radical departure for the singer-songwriter whose debut self-titled album was met with widespread critical acclaim. Tender Hooks features a singer and composer spinning a gentle jagged spell. It is an album of cinematic R&B music, of freedom, of grace. [Holly also has a song on the Party Of Five soundtrack...backed David up on vocals on the single "Thursday's Child" as well as appear with him on tour at NetAid, Glastonbury, Storytellers, & opened for Paula Cole (did anyone catch that tour, I can't believe i missed it?!), plus a number of other credits that I can't think of right now... ] - ------------------------------------------------------------ (CMJ reviews of Holly's 1st album from 1996) Holly Palmer has the one quality that seems to have eluded nearly every member of the post-Alanis gaggle of starry-eyed female golden throats: soul. Sultriness is Palmer's secret weapon, and her voice's smooth sensuality makes her self-titled debut stand out. At times coquettish and sweet("Wide Open Spaces," "Come Lie With Me"), at others darkly seductive ("Lickerish Man," "Oxblood 2X4s"), she croons with a confidence and serenity uncommon to early efforts of this kind. On "Scandinavian Ladies," she makes a telling shift from a wispy soprano chorus to muttering slyly, "I bring home the bacon/I fry it up in a pan/I wear that sweet perfume to find myself a better man." Throughout the record, Palmer's keen melodicism is matched by the swaying, bass-heavy, VH-1-ready soul of her band (which, on selected tracks, includes Bill Frisell on guitar and Me'Shell Ndégeocello on bass). While her songs most immediate appeal is in their catchiness, it's in the bend of a note or the turn of a phrase that the true beauty of Palmer's craft lies. The sense of congenial ease with which she delivers a slight shift in timbre, a bit of a whisper or the slurred repetition of a line makes it easy to think of Palmer as a natural. - --------------------------- Holly Palmer's 11-song debut reveals her gift for artistry and self-expression, a talent she's shown since her youth. She earned a dual major in vocal performance and music production & engineering from Berklee College Of Music, anticipating accomplishments in both fields. But her vocal ability is her calling card here: Palmer sings with a versatility and brilliance that gives every song its own flavor. Jazz-rooted instrumentation complements her jazzy vocals on "Lickerish Man". "Come Lie With Me" takes a different turn, a slow jazz/blues groove flowing with rhythmic vocals, a sweet, yet soothing trip through one of Palmer's carefully constructed moods. For a more dramatic, stage-like performance, listen to "Sal The Gardener," whose animated arrangement of piano and strings complements its story-like lyrics. Despite Palmer's talents for theatrical arrangements and production, she assures a broad range of acceptance for her music by including contributions from her peers, including guitarists Bill Frisell and John Leventhal and bassist Me'Shell Ndegeocello. - --------------------------- HOLLY PALMER begins her self-titled debut singing, "I reached between my legs and found/Found me out a silver screw/I held it up and straight out to you/I wish that you would take it." But if you're not paying attention, you probably won't even notice her acrid opening words, because Palmer's talent at shaping a phrase, ála Aimee Mann and Rickie Lee Jones (with a touch of R & B stylings), overshadows nearly everything else that happens on this CD. Palmer coproduced and co-wrote most songs here with Kenny White, whose previous credits include Shawn Colvin and Marc Cohn, and you'll also find cameos by guitarists Bill Frisell and John Leventhal, and bassist Me'Shell Ndegéocello.Even though this is basically a singer/songwriter album filled with talented musicians, there's also an undercurrent of restrained techno that puts a `90s twist on it all. Outstanding songs include "Scandanavian Ladies," "Lickerish Man" (based on "It's Raining, It's Pouring") and "Three Of Us," which grapples with issues of adoption. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 01:25:45 EDT From: Piggio@aol.com Subject: tidbits I just got to see 10,000 Maniacs again last night (for the third time in as many years) and they were absolutely AMAZING. if you have the chance to see them (i got to see them for FREE -- free concert last night in the Cleveland Flats), do not pass it up. Also, I picked up Starling's "Sustainer" on Dana (and several other people's) recommendations. Very good stuff. Good vibe, rockin' songs. I also pick up Hooverphonic's "Blue Wonder Power Milk"... folks, this is AMAZING stuff. I'm a little behind the times, seeing as this CD came out in 1998, but if you don't have it, GET IT. it is awesome. I'm hooked! peace, Rob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 01:59:31 EDT From: "Jamie Severinski" Subject: i was wondering......[EC] hey everyone i got kinda lost for a while and i just got back on the list. i was wondering if anyone is going to freshfest and i anyone knows the exact location of where it is. i know it is in ottawa ...but not exactly. anyway if any on could tell me it would ne a great help. thanx again, Jamie ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 02:22:46 -0400 From: rannie Subject: Rannie's Photography I wanted to invite everyone to check out my photography, if you haven't already done so. There are pictures featuring various Canadian Music Artists, Tara Maclean, Emm Gryner, Starling, Barenaked Ladies and many more. Along with various portrait, Holga and other photgraphs. the url is http://www.aquezada.com/~rannie Please sign the guest book on your way out and let me know what you think... Cheers Rannie PS: please feel free to share the URL with any of your friends, but please keep in mind that the copyright on thses photos are mine. **************************************************** Rannie Turingan Toronto, Ontario, Canada ICQ:3857207 AIM:ranzTO http://www.aquezada.com/~rannie/ **************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 03:37:03 EDT From: JewelEDA21@aol.com Subject: Its Seb (NEC) well maybe some :) Hey there Not that anyone cares except for KR and Jess, but Im back. All's well. Anyways, thinking about Dead Relatives.. Im excited :) peace, much love (not to zootz43, heh) im a biiiiiotch. Seb :) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 14:21:51 -0400 From: Jessica Subject: fresh fest... hey peoples :) I've noticed that a couple of people are in the dark about where the heck fresh fest is going on...well, since you guys can go, and I can't, I won't tell you! ha ha...just kidding. fresh fest is taking place at lebreton flats. hmm...how do you get to lebreton flats? i haven't a clue...I've lived in this frickin' city for 10 years, and still don't know...ooo, I'll go look it up... okay...no luck...lebreton flats is all i know...I have a mental image, but I really can't tell you how what streets to take and what not. sorry can't be of much help. jess ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 12:53:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Urban Subject: EC: and distrust it at the behest of kr and lms: there's a copy of "And Distrust It" available for bid at ebay.com with all proceeds going to "Dead Daisy Records/Honda Civic passenger side mirror repair bills" - ----------------------- there are also 2 copies of the Summerlong single and 2 copies of Public....and... a copy of "seventeen" magazine featuring Emm and a Lilith Fair sampler cd featuring "Acid" - --------------------- and if you like Peter Gabriel's "US" and "Passion" cd's, you might want to bid on PG's "Ovo" cd... which is the soundtrack to London's Millennium Dome show and which is not yet available in the US.. from the mouth (or hand) of PG: "As well as drawing on many references within our own folk traditions, the music also draws on the cultural origins of the many peoples that now comprise contemporary British culture. It layers Asian, African, Middle Eastern, Australian and European elements against a mostly contemporary British backdrop. From 12th century hurdy gurdy to didgeridoo, from the pulsing rhythms of the Dhol Foundation and the nostalgic brass of the Black Dyke Band, from Arab laments over drum and bass to meditative moments with string section - the soundtrack is a really eclectic mix. It is also a story of forbidden love. I have really enjoyed working with the singers, all of whom have added a lot to the music. Elizabeth Fraser, Paul Buchanan, Alison Goldfrapp, Iarla Ó Lionáird and Richie Havens are some of my long time favorite voices and I was delighted that they were willing to take a part. Their performances covered a real range of emotions that brought the OVO family to life." mu __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:19:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Johan Braennlund Subject: Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, and the BBC Bowie show There's almost some Emm content in this, but I wasn't sure how to label that (AEC?). In the journal, Emm mentions seeing both Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe at the BBC gig, and I don't want to gossip (Okay, so that's a lie. I like gossip. :-) ) but according to some of the British newspapers, Meg Ryan has split up with Dennis Quaid, and she and Russell Crowe went to the gig together. See for instance www.thisislondon.com/dynamic/news/bottom_story.html?in_review_id=295039&in_review_text_id=239514 It mentions the Bowie gig somewhere in the middle. I just thought it was kind of funny that Emm mentioned them and just a couple of hours I happen to see this. Johan ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jun 00 10:37:39 EDT From: JODEL JIMENEZ Subject: [EC] Russell Crowe in Contact? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------NetAddressPart-00--=_doln3872S0e3967da7a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I think if Emm thought about it, there would be no comparing her with the= friends she talks about that started playing guitar to get girls. She str= ikes me as one of those artist/performers that was born to share a gift, that = of her songwriting and wonderful, giving personality. The fact that she is level-headed about the exposure to this fame answers= her question, "I wonder, was it the quest for fame that once drove ME to crea= te music?". I don't think so, Emm... it was an extension of your giving personality t= hat made you want to share what you felt a need to create. And I, for one, am= thankful you have. But I don't think Russell-Maximus-Crowe was in "Contact". Happy Canada Day and 4th July everyone!! Jodel, nit-picking away. ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webm= ail.netscape.com. - ------NetAddressPart-00--=_doln3872S0e3967da7a Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Forwarded Message" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from rly-na04.mx.aol.com [205.188.158.41] by mx07 via mtad (2.6) with ESMTP id 590eFdcWn0342M07; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 02:48:39 GMT Received: from smoe.org (jane.smoe.org [216.200.102.14]) by rly-na04.mx.aol.com (v75.18) with ESMTP; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:48:29 -0400 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/listq-jane) with SMTP id WAA08864; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:43:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: by smoe.org (bulk_mailer v1.10); Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:43:21 -0400 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/listq-jane) id WAA08830 for headline-girl-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:42:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail1.sas.upenn.edu (dwagner@MAIL1.SAS.UPENN.EDU [165.123.26.32]) by smoe.org (8.8.7/8.8.7/daemon-mode-jane) with ESMTP id WAA08825 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:42:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dwagner@localhost) by mail1.sas.upenn.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/SAS.05) id WAA04284 for headline-girl@smoe.org; Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:42:54 -0400 (EDT) From: dwagner@sas.upenn.edu (Dana Wagner) Message-Id: <200006300242.WAA04284@mail1.sas.upenn.edu> Subject: another amazing one... To: headline-girl@smoe.org Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:42:54 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23-upenn3.3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-headline-girl@smoe.org Precedence: bulk June 29, 2000 Our last stop in London was a show for the BBC, where we played to the tiniest crowd yet, which once again proves my theory that playing in front of 300 people is more nerve-wracking than playing in front of 100,000 people. But it was a beautiful night, and I got to meet my idol Nick Rhodes who plays keyboards with Duran Duran, who must have been flattered that I knew his birthdate (June 8...same as someone else we all know) thanks to many pre-teen years sitting around reading the birthday page of Bop Magazine. While we're name-dropping, Bob Geldof jostled me out of the way at the afterparty to grab a drink from the fridge. Meg Ryan was there, and she was completely beautiful and Russell Crowe was also in attendance but since I've neglected to see Contact, The Insider or Gladiator, I mistook him for a disgruntled BBC employee and left without saying hello. Anyway, now I'm home and I'm noticing spiders have woven webs that stretch from my ceiling to my TV, which indicates that they've been quite busy, and most of my plants are en route to death if not dead already. I'm dreading the task of unpacking so I'm writing a journal instead. Next for me is putting out Dead Relatives and a show of my own in Ottawa and then back to the studio to record some vocals for Bowie's record of songs he wrote when he was 18 and 19. We've played a few of his 60's songs out on the road, and they are so good. I tell him the songs make me feel like we're traveling back in time, because the lyrics and chord changes are so indigenous to the time they were written. Beautiful. To take a peek into what it's like to be a mega-superstar has been quite an education. I feel mighty fortunate at 25 actually to have a) gone through the schmoozing and showcasing of being on a major label and now b) having experienced this sort of whirlwind existence of playing with an icon. I've certainl redefined the way I feel about the business of music and the business of celebrity. I wouldn't say being famous is dull, but it's almost like a novelty that - like pulling your Snoopy Snow Cone machine out of the closet - amuses you but then just wears off after a while. I remember getting off Mercury and realizing that, OK, the fancy cars aren't going to show up at my door anymore and there isn't going to be a legion of big-name executives telling me how "they love my record", and it made me think about music and if I wanted to carry on making music without these kinds of ego-stroking perks. The answer was 'yes' and now, my eyes dizzy from the wallpaper of thousands of people all screaming for one person, I wonder, was it the quest for fame that once drove ME to create music? Half of my friends started playing guitar to get girls. How different was I from them? Did I just want to be popular to show all of those cool kids in high-school that hung out in the main foyer that I was cool, too? I guess there comes a point when you realize that it's not worth it to prove anything to anyone, and it's just more satisfying to do what you want to do. It's more beautiful to realize you have passion for something, and want to share it, than to throw anything in anyone's face. Jesus, I'm going off on one here. I must really not want to unpack! Anyway, all said and done, I am different today than I was in September of last year. A wee more wise to the game I suppose, but no less in love with music. Understanding the way someone makes their mark in pop culture is also something I never comprehended, and now I have the good fortune of seeing how it all unfolded for one, amazing person. Seeing how DB still gets excited over music after decades and decades of making it is perhaps the most beautiful part for me, because after a while the people grabbing at you must just feel like people grabbing at you, and people kissing up to you must just be a great big yawn. Anyway, before the spiders start weaving a web from my head to my computer screen I'm going to log off... Home sweet home. Thanks for reading. - -- Dana Wagner University of Pennsylvania, Class of 2000 http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dwagner * "music is the best solace to a troubled mind, for by it is peace and refreshment restored to the heart..." - martin luther - ------NetAddressPart-00--=_doln3872S0e3967da7a-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 21:09:09 -0400 (EDT) From: dwagner@sas.upenn.edu (Dana Wagner) Subject: (sec) time out london in the latest issue of time out magazine there is a small mention of emm. the feature is on bowie - in prep for glastonbury, he submitted a diary of his thoughts in the month before the show. one of the entries he writes something like, "i just found out one of my backup singers, little em, [yes, her name is spelled wrong] plays a mean clarinet". and something about her probably playing it at the gig. maybe we can rope emm into playing clarinet at an upcoming show... dana - -- Dana Wagner University of Pennsylvania, Class of 2000 http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dwagner * "music is the best solace to a troubled mind, for by it is peace and refreshment restored to the heart..." - martin luther ------------------------------ End of headline-girl-digest V3 #170 ***********************************