From: owner-headline-girl-digest@smoe.org (headline-girl-digest) To: headline-girl-digest@smoe.org Subject: headline-girl-digest V4 #257 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 Monday, November 5 2001 Volume 04 : Number 257 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Inside Entertainment contest [Bob ] Re: Colourkind ["Tab Siddiqui" ] Re: R.I.P. Ted's Wrecking Yard ["Tab Siddiqui" ] Re: the el mo takes over ted's OR Dan Burke gets what's comin' to him ["T] suzanne vega's tour [Starfall18@aol.com] Re: the el mo takes over ted's OR Dan Burke gets what's comin' t ["Julian] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 01:18:11 -0800 From: Bob Subject: Inside Entertainment contest Hi all, On my favourite half hour new movies & music tv show, Inside Entertainment, they are having a contest in which the winner gets to jet to a secluded resort for a concert featuring Chantal Kreviazuk, Eleanor McCain, and Emm Gryner! It takes place at Muskoka Lakes in northern Ontario, December 7 & 8, part of something called the 'Pamela Wallin Cultural Weekend.' (Bob laughs up his sleeve. Think 'Barbara Walters Cultural Weekend.') The winner and a guest will be flown to Toronto, then 'whisked' to the resort, and will get to meet the three musical performers and 'hear their stories.' Presumably you should be a viewer of the show to enter the contest, but here's how: Send an email with the subject line 'Muskoka Sands Resort Weekend Getaway' to insideentertainment@pyramidproductions.tv and answer this trivia question: On what movie soundtrack album does Chantal Kreviazuk's version of 'Leaving On A Jet Plane' appear? That's pretty easy (Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck). If you win, just remember to write up a review for this list. ;-) Bob, waiting for the 'getaway weekend with Su-Ling Goh' contest (host of Inside E) http://www.angelfire.com/indie/emmgryner/ (p.s. where's my pass??? :P) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 20:06:08 From: "Tab Siddiqui" Subject: Re: Colourkind Old listmail... Grace wrote: >Did anyone else go to the Lee's palace benefit concert on Thursday? It was >awesome. I've been meaning to post about that *forever*, but haven't had the chance... It was a *terrific* show, sadly and shockingly under-attended. I've never seen that few people in Lee's Palace - there must've been 30 people, our little gang helping me at the merch table notwithstanding. I mean, okay, it wasn't hugely promoted, it was a Thursday night, and the weather was bad, but really those are all excuses. The last time Emm played Lee's, the place was packed - I would've thought we were at the point where people would see her name on a bill and come out regardless, even if it wasn't a 'headlining' show. She played quite a lengthy and lovely set as it was, and aside from Emm, it was a *great* lineup - Andrea Koziol, Mia Sheard, Kurt Swinghammer, and organizer Tanisha Taitt herself (backed by the legendary Mr. Jeff Healey). So I was pretty surprised at the lack of turnout, and just want to urge everyone on the lists to really make an effort to support benefit shows of this nature. The organizers put heart and soul into pulling these things together, and they *and* the artists count on *you* guys to come out. It's a really easy way to contribute some money and support to good causes, too. Despite the small crowd, it was a very pleasant, low-key evening with a warm, convivial vibe. It felt slightly surreal and pretty nice to be able to hear a pin drop in that cavern where you can't usually breathe or hear yourself think. ;) And it felt special being in the company of such staggerng talents and their fans, and reminded me of the sheer depth and community of the local scene (something that's more important that ever to keep in mind in the face of recent events, I suppose). >Emm didn't get on stage until after 11:30 but it was worth the wait. She >sounded fantastic and sported extremely cute hair. =) There's another thing y'all missed (although the hood-sporting Ms. G is probably relieved most people missed that little hair mishap ;)) - Emm as a *blond*. I thought it was pretty darn cool, even if for one night. *And* I believe we heard the Toronto premiere of "Starcraft Camper Blues" (I've never heard it before, anyway), plus the unveiling of a beautiful cover of "Lovers in a Dangerous Time". Add the kicker of the always heartwrenching "Case of Tornados", and well, it was a killer. But then, what Emm shows *aren't*? :) >Anyway, the whole night was amazing. Great lineup and it's always >cool to >discover new artists that you've never heard of. I went there >just to >heard Emm, Mia Sheard and Kurt Swinghammer but the other two >ladies blew >me away! I can't remember their names at the moment but >one of them had >blond ponytails and was a few months pregnant. Killer >pipes! The other >woman was the host of the show who also put the >whole thing together. >Wow, what lovely songs and what a beautiful >voice. Was anyone else there >who can tell me these women's names >because I'd like to learn more about >them and maybe buy their CD's if they have any. I think someone's already mentioned this, but Andrea Koziol was the blond mommy-to-be with the jazzy pipes, and she's got a new EP called "Simple" out now, and host Tanisha Taitt with the big, classic voice has a self-titled cassette that you can pick up at shows or in he indie section of some stores (I've seen it at the flagship Sam's on Yonge - don't even get me started on its closing ). - - Tab :) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 20:20:40 From: "Tab Siddiqui" Subject: Re: R.I.P. Ted's Wrecking Yard I wrote, and Larry ;) replied: >>Yep, it's true, kids. (Toronto's) Ted's Wrecking Yard, a second home >>to >>many of us crazy music obsessives, is apparently finito. This on >>the >>heels of next week's shutdown of the legendary El Mocambo. Not a >>great >>time for live music venues in the city, that's for sure. > >Also combine this with BigMoney (like House of Blues, et al) buying up >medium-sized venues like the Kool Haus (nie (in TO) and the Commodore >Ballroom in Van, its not a great time for indie music venues period. The Kool Haus, Ware Haus, whatever the hell they want to call it ;-P, isn' a 'mid-sized venue', it's a shed. And it has a split-personality complex - can't decide whether it's a nightclub or live venue. It's all very well and good that the place has been vastly improved in the past year, but all the renos and big money in the world can't change the fact that the very fact that Kool Haus and its ilk are even *considered* 'mid-sized venues' is part of the problem. - - T. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 21:00:08 From: "Tab Siddiqui" Subject: Re: the el mo takes over ted's OR Dan Burke gets what's comin' to him Julian wrote: >http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2001-11-01/music_feature3.html > >I'm beside myself with anger. But I guess this is the way the > >entertainment industry does its dirty work here in Toronto; it's a >dog->eat-dog world. And ultimately the patrons suffer. > >Coupled with the bankruptcy of the venerable Sam The Record Man, it's >not >been a good week for Toronto music. You know, I would've probably taken several paragraphs just to say the exact same thing, so thanks, Julian. ;) Well said. I'm also incredibly outraged, especially as I was one of many who were ready to stand up for the ElMo when it faced closing, despite hardly ever frequenting the joint and not even being into the type of sounds it championed at all. I was more concerned with the potential loss of an indie live music venue, which ultimately hurts the entire communiy, not just those bands and parons it serves. But now ElMo booker Dan Burke thinks that his particular club is just so important that it justifies stealing (and really, that's what it was) someone else's club? In the end, we're still down an indie live music venue. Wasn't that was it was supposed to be about, Dan? Oh, no, wait - apparently it was just about saving *his* piece of the pie, anyone else be damned. But what goes around comes around, and I was actually quite perversely glad to read in the Star today that the new owner of he ElMo is putting up a fight to deny Burke the rights to he ElMo name and signage. If it's true that Burke and co. indeed bought the rights a few years ago, I suppose he won't succeed in keeping them from having it, but it's some small smug consolation at the immediate moment, anyway. Just the very idea of that garish neon palm over the threshold of Ted's makes my skin crawl. (The article doesn't seem to be up on the Star's website for some reason, sorry, or I would've posted the entire link. Essential reading for anyone following this issue, though, so I recommend picking up or hunting down today's Star.) Not only was a vital venue and musical touchstone taken from us, but it's the very *way* it was done that's the real blow here. There's nothing Ted's booker Yvonne Matsell, the fans, or the musicians could have done to stop his from happening. *We* didn't have a chance to hold meetings, appeal to politicians, sign petitions like the ElMo crew did in their hour of crisis. And so the memories of the last few years are buried along with the potential to create new ones at grungy, cozy ol' Ted's. I hate the feeling of simply sitting on the sidelines and doing nothing about this, so I've done the only thing we *can* do at this point - I've written a letter to the editor which I plan to send to the Star and the 2 weeklies, so if anyone wants to simply join in and sign their name to that one letter, please e-mail me with your name and number. Might be nice to have some sort of small united final show of support. Plus ca change, - - Tab NP: Chris Brown & Kate Fenner, "Geronimo" (soul music for the heart *and* head) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 19:22:32 EST From: Starfall18@aol.com Subject: suzanne vega's tour hey...does anyone know who suzanne vega is touring with? who is her opening act??? thanks, emily ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 22:23:02 -0500 (EST) From: "Julian C. Dunn" Subject: Re: the el mo takes over ted's OR Dan Burke gets what's comin' t On 04-Nov-2001 Tab Siddiqui wrote: > You know, I would've probably taken several paragraphs just to say the exact > same thing, so thanks, Julian. ;) Well said. Thanks, Tab. I'm not quite as eloquent as you, though, especially in raising some of the points below. In particular: > Not only was a vital venue and musical touchstone taken from us, but it's > the very *way* it was done that's the real blow here. There's nothing Ted's > booker Yvonne Matsell, the fans, or the musicians could have done to stop > his from happening. *We* didn't have a chance to hold meetings, appeal to > politicians, sign petitions like the ElMo crew did in their hour of crisis. > And so the memories of the last few years are buried along with the > potential to create new ones at grungy, cozy ol' Ted's. Which is exactly what is so aggravating; I feel used. Dan Burke and the ElMo group have courted public opinion over the last few weeks to try and stop the new landlord from taking possession of the old building and converting it. However, when that didn't work (as it was bound not to -- when a building is sold, the new landlord obviously has the right to do whatever they want with it) they simply dirtied their hands and stole someone else's club out from under them. It's clear where Burke's loyalties lie: with his own club, to the exclusion of everyone else's, and to the local music scene in general. It's totally disgusting. And there's not a damn thing we can do about it. The whole episode reminds me of Sun Microsystems vs. Microsoft; Sun keeps taking Microsoft to court in "defense of intellectual freedom" and all this shit, but the reality is that they themselves would attempt to stifle intellectual freedom if they were the market leaders. In other words, generating public sympathy over the loss of a "community", while in the backrooms looking after one's own needs first. > I hate the feeling of simply sitting on the sidelines and doing nothing > about this, so I've done the only thing we *can* do at this point - I've > written a letter to the editor which I plan to send to the Star and the 2 > weeklies, so if anyone wants to simply join in and sign their name to that > one letter, please e-mail me with your name and number. Might be nice to > have some sort of small united final show of support. Agreed. Tab, feel free to include my name on that letter; I was going to write my own, but you've brought up some excellent points that I hadn't thought of so I think you'll probably represent us all better. My home phone number is 416-423-8349. (Don't worry, I trust you headliners and navy-soupers not to crank call me at 3 a.m. :) ) - - Julian [ Julian C. Dunn * ] [ WWW: http://www.aquezada.com/staff/julian/ * PGP: 0xFDC205B9 ] [ "and out of your mouth comes a stream of cliches/ but i have given you ] [ so much rope you should have been hanging for days" -- aimee mann ] ------------------------------ End of headline-girl-digest V4 #257 ***********************************