From: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org (jinglejangle-digest) To: jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Subject: jinglejangle-digest V1 #16 Reply-To: jinglejangle@smoe.org Sender: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jinglejangle-digest Tuesday, February 24 1998 Volume 01 : Number 016 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MLL - NY Times and recent shows Philly show [MLL] test [MLL] Release date.. [MLL] RE: Philly show [MLL] Philly show [MLL] too polished? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 13:35:19 -0500 (EST) From: Rachel Subject: MLL - NY Times and recent shows Well, I have had a very Mary Lou-busy week - saw her 3 times and am gonna try to get to a few more shows. Please post if you went to a show or hear about an instore or radio appearance or whatever. From Saturday's NY Times Of Striving Gingerly for a Big Sound by Jon Pareles A good tune and a good story were all Mary Lou Lord needed when she sang in subways and on street corners. She was partial to girl-loses-boy songs, where resentment has turned to resignation but the longing hasn't disappeared: "For him these feelings fade away, but for me they're still the same," she sings in "His Lamest Flame." While Ms. Lord isn't a prolific songwriter, she has superb taste and contacts, and she picked up barely discovered gems from relatively obscure current songwriters, among them Elliott Smith, Freedy Johnston and Nick Saloman of the Bevis Frond. Strumming an acoustic guitar and singing in a breathy, girlish voice, she brought a disarming intimacy to her performances as she moved between subways and the club circuit. Now she has a major-label debut album, "Got No Shadow" (Work/Sony), and as market niches beckon, Ms. Lord is figuring out how to project on a larger scale. At Westbeth Theater Center on Thursday night, she had a backup band to recreate the arrangements on the album. Her chosen sound is from late 1960's and early 1970's California, the heyday of the Byrds, the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and Neil Young, when folk-rock took on a touch of country. It's easygoing, clear-cut an noise-free, and it never went away; it's as current as Mary Chapin Carpenter or Sheryl Crow. For Ms. Lord, it's something to get used to. At Westbeth, her new songs, including some she wrote with Mr. Saloman, deployed all the craftsmanship of their guitar hooks and wistful melodies. She sang about jealousy and lost innocence and doubt; sad songs, she said, were like a vaccine against heartbreak. But while the nuances of her singing come through on the album, she often had to push her voice onstage, using dry Bob Dylan inflections as the band echoed the Byrds. Songs like Mr. Saloman's "Lights Are Changing" are virtually sure-fire, and in quieter songs, like "Two Boats," the band made the music richer. With practice, Ms. Lord is likely to turn into a bandleader. Yet for the moment, she sounded more comfortable alone, fingerpicking and confiding, still diffident and self-deprecating after a decade of performing. On an EP released in 1995, Ms. Lord sang "His Indie World," a teasing, skeptical insider's catalogue of collegiate rock, reflecting the circles she moved in at the time. At Westbeth, she said, "Don't hate me," and introduced a new version, "His N.D. World," which substitutes alternative-country bands; N.D. stands for No Depression, the alternative-country magazine. Clearly, Ms. Lord recognizes her new position; with luck she won't let it confine her. As for the Thursday and Saturday shows I saw, I was much more impressed with Thursday's set, maybe it was the sound at 9:30 Club or something. Not that it was bad, just sounded a bit off to me. Setlist NYC Westbeth 2/19 Supergun His Lamest Flame She Had You Western Union Desperate Lucky One Two Boats Down Along the Lea He'd Be a Diamond His ND World Seven Sisters Some Jingle Jangle Morning (solo acoustic:) I Figured You Out Camden Town Rain 1952 Vincent Black Lightning with band: Martian Saints, Lights Are Changing solo encore: Not Half Right (Heatmiser (Elliott Smith) song, hidden track at end of _Mic City Sons_) setlist DC 9:30 Club 2/21 Supergun His Lamest Flame She Had You Two Boats Down Along the Lea Western Union Despereate Some Jingle Jangle Morning He'd Be a Diamond His ND World solo acoustic: I Figured You Out Camden Town Rain Not Half Right (Heatmiser) band: Martian Saints Lights Are Changing solo encore: Subway 1952 Vincent Black Lightning Polaroids It was so funny b/c I think they wanted her to get off the stage but she was like "can I play one more?" and the crowd wanted her to and I guess someone called out for Polaroids. Personally I wanted Ontario Quebec and Me but she said a quick no. That's ok though. Michael and Michael and I went backstage and saw her dog Mona for a little bit. - -- rachel - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- my Mary Lou Lord page is at http://pages.nyu.edu/~rkb200/ To join Some Jingle Jangle List, the Mary Lou Lord mailing list, email Majordomo@smoe.org with ONLY "subscribe jinglejangle" OR "subscribe jinglejangle-digest" in the BODY. Email me for information about my zine I'M NOT WAITING. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 14:19:42 EST From: AWeiss4338@aol.com Subject: Philly show WXPN, as part of their new music showcase series, is presenting Mary Lou at the Pontiac Grill. For more info call 1-800-565-wxpn. I belive if you are a member of wxpn, a non commercial station (U of Pennsylvania station) you either get in free or for a heavy discount. If you have ever heard this station you'll know it's good so you may want toconcider becoming a member. And anyway it's mostly non commercial radio thast plays anything good as well as a few brave commerical ones. Andrea ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 15:21:03 -0500 (EST) From: Rachel Subject: [MLL] test Just a test - please ignore. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 15:42:15 EST From: SeanJordan@aol.com Subject: [MLL] Release date.. Not that this has anything to do with this mailing list, but I figured everyone might want to know that TUSCADERO have a new album out, titled "My Way or the Highway," due out on ELEKTRA on April 14th. ~Sean ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 16:11:00 -0500 From: "Rivers, Ata" Subject: [MLL] RE: Philly show Would you possibly be willing to give the date and time of the show to the list members so we can come? thanks ---------- From: AWeiss4338@aol.com To: jinglejangle@smoe.org Subject: Philly show Date: Monday, 23 February, 1998 14:19 WXPN, as part of their new music showcase series, is presenting Mary Lou at the Pontiac Grill. For more info call 1-800-565-wxpn. I belive if you are a member of wxpn, a non commercial station (U of Pennsylvania station) you either get in free or for a heavy discount. If you have ever heard this station you'll know it's good so you may want toconcider becoming a member. And anyway it's mostly non commercial radio thast plays anything good as well as a few brave commerical ones. Andrea ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:27:10 -0500 (EST) From: Rachel Subject: [MLL] Philly show Mary Lou is playing the Pontiac Grill in Philly on March 7 and that day is also the WXPN radio show. I don't know the times, but you can go to www.xpn.org for more info on the radio show. - - Rachel - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- my Mary Lou Lord page is at http://pages.nyu.edu/~rkb200/ To join Some Jingle Jangle List, the Mary Lou Lord mailing list, email Majordomo@smoe.org with ONLY "subscribe jinglejangle" OR "subscribe jinglejangle-digest" in the BODY. Email me for information about my zine I'M NOT WAITING. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 19:24:18 -0500 (EST) From: madame wallachina Subject: [MLL] too polished? ya know how people have been complaining about how "got no shadow" is too polished and doesn't have the charming rough edges of the krs stuff? well, i have a quick and easy solution! play the cd on your computer ... the speakers will make it sound nice and crappy :) the show at the westbeth was amazing. i'm so glad i went. i'm getting a tape of it, and i'm soooo happy! does anyone know if the richard thompson who wrote the "1952 vincent black lightning" is the shoot out the lights guy? just wondering :) **##** catherine cw262@barnard.columbia.edu opinions are like piercings ... everyone's got 12. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/5054/ ~**~##~**~##~**~##~**~##~**~##~**~##~**~##~**~##~**~##~**~##~**~##~**~ ------------------------------ End of jinglejangle-digest V1 #16 *********************************