From: owner-headline-girl-digest@smoe.org (headline-girl-digest) To: headline-girl-digest@smoe.org Subject: headline-girl-digest V4 #282 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 Friday, November 30 2001 Volume 04 : Number 282 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: OAC: Weeping Tile Xmas show... ["Gretchen Corl" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 22:32:32 -0500 From: "Gretchen Corl" Subject: Re: OAC: Weeping Tile Xmas show... I can't take it anymore....this is so painful for Americans....I try not to think about the Weeping Tile shows, and just when I stop mourning, someone posts about it.....killer....this is terrible....i am feeling so sorry for myself....does anyone else share in these feelings? We could start a support group, you know? sad, so sad gretchen >From: "Michael Keast" >To: headline-girl@smoe.org >Subject: Re: OAC: Weeping Tile Xmas show... >Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:24:43 +0800 > > > Anyone else at last weekend's Toronto shows? > >But of course...I unfortunately couldn't make it to both shows, but I was there on Sunday night, and Sarah was excellent as always. The set list was great, a nice mix of You Were Here, new stuff, and Weeping Tile classics...and the plant was a nice touch, too :) > >Counting down the days until the 22nd... > > >********************************************** >Mike Keast (mikekeast@email.com) >http://www.geocities.com/dtswd/frames.html >http://www.live365.com/stations/260845 >********************************************** >-- > >_______________________________________________ >1 cent a minute calls anywhere in the U.S.! > >http://www.getpennytalk.com/cgi-bin/adforward.cgi?p_key=RG9853KJ&url=http://www.getpennytalk.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:49:27 -0500 From: "Elizabeth Weber" Subject: Re: OAC: Weeping Tile Xmas show... >I can't take it anymore....this is so painful for Americans....I try not >to think about the Weeping Tile shows, and just when I stop mourning, >someone posts about it.....killer....this is terrible....i am feeling so >sorry for myself....does anyone else share in these feelings? We could >start a support group, you know? me too! damn Canada ;) very very sad, elizabeth _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 02:19:39 From: "Tab Siddiqui" Subject: Re: Sarah at Arbor Room, U of T Joolian wrote: >James, Tab, Paul and I were all there; it was a very good show. Hart >House >occasionally has really good music (I think -- if I'm not >mistaken -- that >I've seen Miranda Stone play there.) I believe Tab's >going to be writing >an article about the show for some on-campus >publication sometime soon, >maybe the Varsity? >Stay tuned... As per usual with these *lovely* campus rags, the Slean review was unfortunately cut from this week's issue when we ran out of space. Oh, I know y'all are just as disappointed as I am. ;-) So see below. The space was actually taken up by my review of the 'other' Sarah, La Harmer (I promise to stop mentioning her after this, truly ;)). Ifr anyone wants to read it, it's here: http://www.thevarsity.ca/main.cfm?include=detail&storyid=153207 (Slean review is below.) - - Tab :) New weekly music showcase Stages brought home former U of T music student and current buzz girl Sarah Slean for an intimate solo show last Thursday at Hart House's Arbor Room. A fixture on the local music scene for the past several years, the piano songstress is poised on the verge of a major breakthrough with the upcoming February release of her major-label debut album, *The Nightbug Orchestra*. Like her contemporary Sarah Harmer, Slean has slowly and steadily built a solid career through word-of-mouth and constant touring, moving up from dragging her keyboard to the coffeehouses to full-band cabaret extravaganzas at Lee's Palace. So it was a rare treat to see Slean play an intimate space like the Arbor Room. Packed with students and longtime supporters, the overly-warm cafe with its poor acoustics was overcome by Slean's charming stage presence and crystalline voice. Moving effortlessly between older numbers from her previous album and newer songs from the forthcoming release, Slean offset the often melancholy nature of her lyrics with her loopy, amusing between-song anecdotes. Newer tunes like "Everything By the Gallon" and a brand-new "unfinished" song lean heavily towards cabaret stylings - a modern spin on the sounds of old Paris, Broadway musicals, and a dash of Leonard Cohen. They're a far cry from the darker, more melodic older songs on Slean's 1999 *Blue Parade* release, like "Playing Cards With Judas", which elicited a huge cheer from the old fans in the audience. In fact, Slean's evolution from budding earnest singer-songwriter to consummate musician has been remarkable for anyone who has had the pleasure of watching her develop from a timid, almost hesitant performer to one who now plays as if she's poured every inch of her heart and soul into the music. Watching Slean alone at the piano onstage, it seems almost as if she's entirely lost in her own world, the only one in the room. That being said, perhaps the show's casual, convivial vibe had relaxed Slean a little too much, as upbeat pop tune "Sweet Ones" yielded a few sour notes, and while her clarion vocals were strong throughout, the accompanying playing didn't always match up. But it's actually nice to know that even the staggeringly talented aren't perfect - Slean allowed that she was a little nervous being back at her old stomping grounds: "You see, in this school, in the music department, they'll try to tell you that there are rules. And you have to say to them, 'All right, then.'" Anyone who can get an entire room of people to warble "Edelweiss", as Slean did for her encore, has got to be doing something right. With any luck, we'll be seeing this Sarah at Convocation Hall in coming years, too. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ End of headline-girl-digest V4 #282 ***********************************