From: owner-headline-girl-digest@smoe.org (headline-girl-digest) To: headline-girl-digest@smoe.org Subject: headline-girl-digest V5 #1 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, January 2 2002 Volume 05 : Number 001 Today's Subjects: ----------------- OAC: New Alanis [Songbird22@aol.com] Re: Top Ten List! (finally) ["Kristin White" ] questions ["Kristin White" ] Re: questions [administrivia] ["Julian C. Dunn" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 18:31:57 EST From: Songbird22@aol.com Subject: OAC: New Alanis For any Alanis fans out there, the new single "Hands Clean" from the forthcoming album "Under Rug Swept" has been circulating around on the Internet. You can find it (and a few other preview mp3s from the new album) here: http://alanisfans.com/newrelease01.html I actually REALLY like this song and it's kind of scary (maybe even pathetic) how much I can relate to it... "That Particular Time" is kind of pretty too... the others don't do much for me yet. There's some other news on the release on that site as well. Happy New Year! jw www.jessicaweiser.com | www.aftersilence.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 22:43:29 -0500 From: "Kristin White" Subject: Re: Top Ten List! (finally) as julian said for best performances of the year.... << Tara MacLean, Peterborough Festival of Lights, Aug 29>> i must agree! hehe. never had i seen her look so beautiful and powerful, while at ease in singing and being on stage. guess pregnancy really works wonders sometimes. ok, back to the lurking corner. kristin >From: "Julian C. Dunn" >To: Headliners >CC: Navy-Soup >Subject: Top Ten List! (finally) >Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 16:13:23 -0500 (EST) > >So, it's the last day of the year, and not a hell of a lot is being >accomplished here at the office, so I thought I'd assemble my top ten >list. Here goes: > >-- >-- Julian's Top Ten of 2001 >-- > >These aren't necessarily albums issued in 2001, just ones that I bought >this >year. > >In no particular order: > >* Lenni Jabour and the Third Floor - Ten Songs Live (2001) > >Yes, Lenni Jabour is a totally whacked performer. No, I probably wouldn't >go >and see her again any time soon. But her songs are very catchy, and she's >a decent piano player. Only if she would tone down her live act so it's not >embarrassing to watch her. > >* Natalie Merchant - Motherland (2001) > >Some folks have characterized "Motherland" as a disappointment but I >actually >like it a lot. It's tough to follow up an album as good as "Ophelia", so >Natalie doesn't even try to continue in the same vein, branching off >instead >into very rootsy, soul-influenced music. > >* Shakira - Donde Estan Los Ladrones? (1998) > >Unlike her over-produced Britney-Spears-like English-language debut of this >year, Shakira's original major-label release, sung entirely in Spanish, is >quite charming. I don't understand a word being sung, of course, but >Spanish >is such an expressive and beautiful language that it almost doesn't matter >(with a little help from my Spanish speaking friends as to the general >meaning of the songs). > >* Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room (2001) > >I hesitated for a moment before putting this up here on my top ten, because >let's face it -- it's not like Michelle's songs have a lot of meaning. But >damn, are they catchy. And the fact that she wrote them herself, and she >had a half-decent indie label debut before this (overproduced) disc lends >her credence as a "real" musician. Hey, if people can take Maren Ord >seriously... > >* The Murmurs - The Murmurs (1994) > >It's taken me seven years from when the Murmurs released this disc to >discover it (and them). I can't believe what I was missing all this time. >This CD is a lot more acoustic and folkier than last year's MCA release, >"Blender". I particularly like the liberal use of the recorder on many of >the songs on this album; it lends the songs a "woodsy" sort of feel that >suggest a bright and clear winter's day. > >* Shannon Weir - Nature About You (2001) > >Shannon's a local musician who has been playing small clubs like Holy Joe's >and the Free Times for a few years now, and I think is just waiting to >be discovered. Her voice has become so much stronger from her debut CD >"Ghosts Of My Past", and she now has a band (The Even Strangers) which >complement her gentle piano playing. > >* Disappear Fear - Seed in the Sahara (1996) > >Despite judging this book by its cover (or, rather, by the glowing >recommendations on the back of the CD), it doesn't disappoint. Were the >band >on any other label but the esteemed Philo label, I wouldn't have done so. >I'd describe the CD as "gentle folk"; it's mellow but not overly so, as in, >you could drive through upstate New York to it and not fall asleep. Don't >think the band is together any more, though. > >* The Nields - Live in Northampton (2001) > >The Nields are known for putting on amazing live shows, which are, to my >disappointment, largely in the eastern United States (they've been to >Ontario only twice in the last few years). Earlier this year they played >a two-night stand at the infamous Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA >where, many moons ago, they recorded a live CD. This followup is a two-disc >affair which captures, pretty accurately, the excitement and humour of a >live Nields show. The Nields have been touring as a band (and in part, a >family) for some time now and they've spoken about that era coming to an >end soon, so this double album (coupled with a disc of homemade music >videos) will make a good snapshot of the band if they do decide to pursue >other interests. > >* Catie Curtis - My Shirt Looks Good on You (2001) > >A surprisingly strong follow-up to her 1999 Rykodisc album "A Crash Course >in Roses", this album is a lot more upbeat and richer in the arrangements. >I bought it on a whim for $2.95 and it didn't leave my CD player for a >week. >Highly recommended. > >* Emm Gryner - Girl Versions (2001) > >It took some consideration before I decided to list Emm's album of covers >on my top ten list. At first I was hesitant to do so, because strictly >speaking the songs aren't her own work, and I felt a little uncomfortable >doing so. However, over the last little while the album really has grown >on me to the point where I feel the songs have been totally transformed by >virtue of having been through Emm's hands; particularly after listening >to many of the original versions, I can conclude that she has pretty much >reworked a great many of them from scratch. It's no small feat to turn >heavy metal songs into sweet piano ballads, so for this reason I think >she deserves a place in my top ten list for the year. > >Honourable Mentions: > >* Sarah Slean - Sarah Slean (2001) > >Definitely wonderful material here, but some of it has been heard before, >so I felt I couldn't list it in my top ten. "Book Smart, Street Stupid" >is such a gorgeous song, though. > >* Emaline Delapaix Band - The Reins EP (2000) > >I picked up Emaline's EP when she was here on her (I believe) first North >American tour, straight from Melbourne, Australia. The EP is a very >strong effort of piano ballads, albeit too short. Looking forward to her >full length album some time. > >-- >-- Memorable Concerts of 2001 >-- > >* Emm Gryner w/ Meg Toohey and Gail Ann Dorsey, Feb 17, The Fez (NYC) >* Emm Gryner at the Sarnia Public Library Theatre, Mar 24 >* Tegan and Sara w/ Kinnie Starr at Trinity St. Paul's, April 25 >* Penelope Swales w/ Ember Swift and Miranda Stone, The Art Bar, July 20 >* Tara MacLean, Peterborough Festival of Lights, Aug 29 >* The Waifs, Ted's Wrecking Yard, Oct 4 >* Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert, Harbourfront, Oct 16 >* Martina Sorbara w/ The Supers at the Rivoli, Nov 30 >* Sarah Slean, Milestones, Rochester, NY, Dec 01 >* Dar Williams at the Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair, NJ, Dec 14 > > > >Hope everyone had a good year despite the tragedies that befell us, and >all the best for peace, health and happiness in the new year! > >- Julian > >-- >[ Julian C. Dunn * ] >[ WWW: http://www.aquezada.com/staff/julian/ * PGP: 0xFDC205B9 ] >[ "There is a world outside of this room, and when you meet it, ] >[ promise me you won't meet it with a gun." -- 10,000 Maniacs ] "Your eyes are mockingbirds inside a guilded cage, your life's a silent movie that I haven't heard for ages. Tell me everything, someone's gotta hear this, beautiful thing." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 23:17:20 -0500 From: "Kristin White" Subject: questions hey, these are silly questions..trying to organize my email and stuff...and i want to put all my mailing lists onto another email adderss....so first off, does anyone know how i can unsubscribe from headline girl, in the wings, navy soup and fumblers mailing lists with this address? and then, how do i subscribe to headline girl again...when i do it from my other address? thanks! kristin "Your eyes are mockingbirds inside a guilded cage, your life's a silent movie that I haven't heard for ages. Tell me everything, someone's gotta hear this, beautiful thing." _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 23:29:04 -0500 (EST) From: "Julian C. Dunn" Subject: Re: questions [administrivia] On 02-Jan-2002 "Kristin White" wrote: > these are silly questions..trying to organize my email and stuff...and i > want to put all my mailing lists onto another email adderss....so first off, > does anyone know how i can unsubscribe from headline girl, in the wings, > navy soup and fumblers mailing lists with this address? and then, how do i > subscribe to headline girl again...when i do it from my other address? From this e-mail address send a message to majordomo@smoe.org and put in the body: unsubscribe headline-girl unsubscribe in-the-wings unsubscribe fumbling-towards-ecstasy end And from your other e-mail address send a message with exactly the same thing but substitute "subscribe" for "unsubscribe". - - Julian [ Julian C. Dunn * ] [ WWW: http://www.aquezada.com/staff/julian/ * PGP: 0xFDC205B9 ] [ "There is a world outside of this room, and when you meet it, ] [ promise me you won't meet it with a gun." -- 10,000 Maniacs ] ------------------------------ End of headline-girl-digest V5 #1 *********************************