From: owner-headline-girl-digest@smoe.org (headline-girl-digest) To: headline-girl-digest@smoe.org Subject: headline-girl-digest V3 #317 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 Wednesday, November 29 2000 Volume 03 : Number 317 Today's Subjects: ----------------- NEC: Bubble tea;-) ["Shannon" ] Emm Gryner featured on FTE Radio [fumbler@juno.com] album of the year [Isaac Greenwald ] Re: Nina Gordon gig ["Tab Siddiqui" ] Re: OAC: Sarah Harmer ["Tab Siddiqui" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:47:11 -0500 From: "Shannon" Subject: NEC: Bubble tea;-) Well I couldn't decide what list to send this to, but since bubble tea seemed to be a big HG thing I thought I'd send it here. Yay me. This is an article I found in my local south jersey paper. Bubble tea pops into the US Chai latte is so five minutes ago compared to this drink. Zen-conscious Souther California - the first to adopt lifestyle trends like feng shui and meditation - is now welcoming another Asian fad: bubble tea. Also known as boba milk or tapioca milk tea, the drink is showing up at tea shops across Los Angeles and Orange counties, with similar success in San Francisco, New York and elsewhere. Its backers think they may have stumbled onto a fun-to-drink alternative to coffee. A popular import from Taiwan, the frothy beverage is a mix of tea, milk, sugar, and giant black tapioca balls served hot or cold. The gummy rounds the size of small marbles are sucked up, with a little effort, through an extra-wide straw. "I love the boba," said Pamela Faulkner, of Venice, whose 13-year-old son introduced her to the drink several months ago. "My son loves it so much I have to bring him after school every day. It's the only way to get him to do his homework," she said. Salesman David Tan said he and his co-workers go out for boba about four times a week. "It's something you crave when you're thirsty." The craze began in Taiwan during the early 1990's and made its way throughout Asia. The United States was the next stop, with tea shops debuting the drink in Los Angeles, San Franciso, Las Vegas, Seattle, and New York. Well thats it folks, no mention of Toronto, but you know how self involved we are here in the states;-) Shannon ************************************************ Must I dream and always see you face? ************************************************ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 19:00:08 -0800 From: fumbler@juno.com Subject: Emm Gryner featured on FTE Radio tune into FTE Radio and hear your favorite artists such as Emm Gryner http://hometown.aol.com/fteradio/ ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:08:41 -0500 From: Isaac Greenwald Subject: album of the year Sorry I just couldn't let everyone get away with no mention of a completly steller album probably one of my faves... Ron Hawkins "Crackstatic" ... Well thats all! J.Z ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 02:50:26 From: "Tab Siddiqui" Subject: Re: Nina Gordon gig Isaac wrote: >Anyone Know if Nina Gordon is playing some kinda gig at Now's lounge >in >T.O? More details if any would be really appreciated! Thanx! She is indeed playing an intimate gig at the NOW Lounge on Dec. 5th, but I believe it's a private industry thing. However, you can enter to win one of five pairs of tickets at the NOW Magazine website at: http://www.nowtoronto.com/contests/nina.html Deadline is Friday at noon, so go enter! - - Tab :) _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 03:16:09 From: "Tab Siddiqui" Subject: Re: OAC: Sarah Harmer James wrote: >Took me a while too... several Weeping Tile gigs anyway. ... I LOVE >"Lodestar", but it needs a cool breeze and water and you have to wait >for >someplace like Hillside for that... I still say that since Sarah's said that she'd like to get Weeping Tile playing together again, the absolute ideal situation for that is Hillside 2001. Tile reunion! Tile reunion! :-) I'll admit, I appreciate Weeping Tile a lot more *now* than I did when they were actually 'together'. I find it quite fascinating to go back and be able to trace the evolution of Sarah's singing and songwriting. >some stuff that's not her own she does well, with loads of passion, >Nancy >Griffith's "Trouble in the Fields" and "Mercy Bin" from fellow >Kingstonian >Trevor Richardson (Hellbillies). Absolutely. The former she obviously feels a strong affinity with because of her rural farm roots, and the latter serves to prove why Luther Wright (of them twangy boys Luther Wright and the Wrongs ;)) is her partner. ;-) >Still, there's stuff like "Coffee Stain" where see seems to need the > >audience to be there for her and a good audience definitely feeds her > >performance. I think that's true - that's really the only song on "You Were Here" that still eludes me a bit, but the audience at her Toronto show really responded to it, and she gave a really nice read of the tune. It just seems to come across better live as well... >Anytime she can jam with Luther (Wright and the Wrongs) or pals like >Sarah >Slean she's twice as good. She was in a rock band with rotating members for so long, so this solo thing is still a relatively new milieu for her, you have to remember. I think she's made an admirable transition. Even though Weeping Tile was obviously all about Sarah Harmer's singing and songs, she never stole the spotlight - it was also kind of a big pals thing where all their Kingston crew banded together under that umbrella. The small band she currently has playing with her, especially Kevin Fox and Gord Tough, really bring wonderful colour and that same sense of camaraderie to her live show. >She takes a few listens or a good live gig to truly appreciate and all >of >her songs age well. YMMV. 'You Were Here' is one of those records that continuously grows on you - there's always just a little something different to hear in the songs each time. It's definitely not something most people would hear once and 'get' right away. I completely could not get into her previous bluegrass/jazz standards indie release, "Songs for Clem" for the longest time - it took *months* to grow on me before I recognized just how special that humble little gem was. I called 'You Were Here' "a modern-day classic" earlier this year, and I stand by that. The songs are timeless and are filled with heart. It's a record that reaffirms one's faith in the art of songwriting. - - Tab :) P.S. While I'm at it, allow me to plug Sarah's pal Leslie Feist. If you don't already have her beautiful album "Monarch", do check it out. It should be available in record stores now, at least in Canada. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ End of headline-girl-digest V3 #317 ***********************************