From: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org (jinglejangle-digest) To: jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Subject: jinglejangle-digest V1 #67 Reply-To: jinglejangle@smoe.org Sender: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jinglejangle-digest Friday, April 17 1998 Volume 01 : Number 067 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [MLL] SPINfax [Senorita Raquelita ] Re: [MLL] SPINfax [Ching-yuan Hu ] [MLL] Minnesota Daily interview part 1 [Senorita Raquelita ] Re: [MLL] SPINfax ["Hanson Ho" ] [MLL] Wow... [John Valter ] Re: [MLL] SPINfax [AWeiss4338 ] [MLL] lilith dates and who is performing where (fwd) [Senorita Raquelita ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:16:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Senorita Raquelita Subject: [MLL] SPINfax Straight from SPINfax: We've got some bad news for all you Mary Lou Lord fans. The singer has cancelled her North American tour in order to enter a rehab program for alcohol abuse. A spokesperson at Lord's Work Records label says the dates will be reschedules this summer. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Someone just sent me this; I don't know what SPINfax is, but that is the reason for the ending of the tour. I guess it's not a secret, and it shouldn't be because it is nothing to be ashamed of. I hope that the program helps Mary Lou and that she gets better and that's all I really have to say about it. - -- Rachel ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:04:43 -0500 (CDT) From: Ching-yuan Hu Subject: Re: [MLL] SPINfax I hope that she will get well soon too. I'm glad that she's going to get rehabbed, and not letting anything get completely out of control. It seems that many problems in various industries seem to have been doing the past few years...for her to take the time and get help...takes a lot of courage and strength. ___________________________________________________________________________ "Adia I thought that we could make it/but I know I can't change the way you feel/I leave you with your misery/a friend who won't betray/I pull you from your tower/I take away your pain/and show you all the beauty you possess/if you'd only let yourself believe that/we are born innocent... Does it matter?" ____________________________________________________________________________ On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Senorita Raquelita wrote: > Straight from SPINfax: > > We've got some bad news for all you Mary Lou Lord fans. The singer has > cancelled her North American tour in order to enter a rehab program for > alcohol abuse. A spokesperson at Lord's Work Records label says the dates > will be reschedules this summer. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Someone just sent me this; I don't know what SPINfax is, but that is the > reason for the ending of the tour. I guess it's not a secret, and it > shouldn't be because it is nothing to be ashamed of. I hope that the > program helps Mary Lou and that she gets better and that's all I really > have to say about it. > > -- Rachel > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 14:33:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Senorita Raquelita Subject: [MLL] Minnesota Daily interview part 1 from: http://www.daily.umn.edu/ae/Print/1998/12/sections/cover_index.html INTERVIEW WITH MARY LOU LORD by Amy Carlson Singer/songwriter/cover artist Mary Lou Lord has jumped from indie label Kill Rock Stars to Sony-powerd WORK, seen her good friend Elliott Smith nominated for an Oscar, and gone from Boston busker to just this side of international stardom in a few months flat. She's currently touring in support of Got No Shadow, and took some time to talk with A&E just before her Minneapolis date. So, I hear you are doing a few tour dates with Slim Dunlap. How did the two of you hook up? I adore Slim, I thinks he's just... oh my god. I -- words can't describe my love for him. I did a show in Portland in the fall and he was on the bill and I didn't know who he was. Someone said he was in the Replacements. I was such a dork back in the day, I was really into folk music and missed out on all the punk and Replacements, I didn't know. I didn't know what to expect, I thought he'd be this guitar guy more along the lines of Tommy Stinson, and thought he'd have a band with him. Actually he opened for me and I thought that I'd be opening for him and thought that was kinda weird. I sat there and I was just like, 'Oh my god, this is what it's all about,' and it was so good and such the real deal. I loved his songs -- this was a person for who this was what it was all about, it was all about songs and the honesty and love and integrity -- fuckin' country to r'n'r to the whole cross over. It was all right there and that's the real deal. I have so much respect for him. Slim does add a bunch of covers into his acoustic sets with drummer Brien Lilja. You also cover people's stuff -- do you want to continue in that line of promoting music? Someday I want to have a publishing company to find places for songs. If radio's not the way to do it, maybe it's soundtracks. And my friend Elliott Smith is a prime example of that sort ofthing, by bypassing radio and going straight to soundtrack. How do you choose the songs you do to cover? The songs that I pick to cover are usually songs by artist that not a lot of people have heard about, with the exception of somebodylike Freedy Johnston. But with somebody like Nick Saloman, who I adore, that has not gotten the due accolade that he deserves -- if people were going to overlook him, I made damn sure they didn't, by putting his songs on my record so that way they had no choice. This could open doors for him if my record does well. I just know a lot of writers that have great songs. The songs can only esist when they're being listened to and I know a lot of people that have DATs under their bed that are forced to drive taxi cabs and things to make records. I just feel like if I've got an audience then I can give this song a little bit of life. Joni Mitchell goes on about how songs are like children, and I feel a little bit like a foster parent to some of these songs. Someday when I have my publishing company. I will call it my orphanage for wayward songs. I respect songwriters, I respect good songwriters. It's a lost traditon. It's just a very important thing to recognize songs and their importance. Are you interested in being nominated for Grammys like your friend Shawn Colvin, or for an Oscar like Elliot Smith? Is this the kind of success you are looking for? It's not something that I really want. What I want is power, I don't give a fuck about a Grammy and I don't give a fuck about an Oscar. What I want is to someday have some dude who is responsible for hiring people or giving people money to start companies, I want somebody to belive in me enough to give me a job in publishing so that I can sign people or give people money so they don't have to drive taxis around and continue their careers as songwriters, and that's what I want to do. I'm not looking for fame, I'm not looking for money -- I'm looking for the power to get in there and shake some shit up and make something happen. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 14:33:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Senorita Raquelita Subject: [MLL] Minnesota Daily interview part 2 So, what do you think is going to lead you to gain power? I do believe in my ears -- that that is my best quality, and that's why this record is a good record -- because I'm pretty much a novice songwriter. And I want to continue to do that as well, but, um, it's something that takes time to do. One of the reasons why I am not just saying 'Fuck it all, I'll just go work in the office,' is because I don't want to live with regret. I think it's really a shame. I don't want to wake up when I'm 35 and think, 'I really should have tried the music thing.' And not just let myself be this fuckin' frustrated musician that's doing this publishing. I want to continue to enjoy it and not let myself get tainted or jaded becuase I didn't make it. And in each person I meet that writes songs and in each day that passes that I get to play songs for people that have not heard them yet, if it's a cover or something, that's what it's all about. Why didn't you do a formal showcase down at South By Southwest? Instead you opted for busking. They wanted me to do a showcase, but I wasn't going to do that -- it really should be about bands that aren't signed yet. So I said no and they were all pissed off and I don't give a shit because someone else deserves a shot. I did a showcase for the independent record coalition with Pete Droge and Soul Asylum and I did some busking. Is it hard to go from the transition of playing with a band to doing the busking gig? All the songs I play can be stripped down to the acoustic guitar -- the song's the same, it's just how it's dressed up. The band dresses it up in a way where's it's like make-up time, and puts a wig on it. But it's the same thing underneath. But with me it's just a very natural switchover, like going from your gown and tiara to your sweatpants and t-shirt and kickin' back with the fellas. That's what I prefer -- to be sitting around in sweatpants and t-shirts, if I were a song, instead of dancing around in the frickin' tiarra and dress. But it's fun sometimes to get dressed up and that's what it feels like with the band. How do you keep from being sucked up by the industry? It's important to me to be manning the controls and it's not the record company that has anything to do with it. I realize that 92% of the record industry is bullshit. For instance, if KROQ adds my song it might not be because they like it, it might be because they want Fiona to play their big weinie roast. So I don't know if they fuckin' like me. But when I play in the subway or out on the street, if somebody comes up to me, they don't know who the fuck I am. They come up and they say I really made their day and it's just like people have lives... they're waiting for a train and they are really grateful. Music is a really important thing to people, I think, they are really grateful when you take it to them. I use to think, 'Oh, fuck, I'm invading their space,' but it is pretty much quality stuff, and I had no idea how much they really appreciated it. Tell me about changing your song "His Indie World" to "His ND [for alt.country mag No Depression] World"? [singing] It's a crazy kickin' country thing. I don't think I fit into his ND world. He says my songs are only for truckers. Just give me my Waylon, my Patsy and Gram, the Old 97s, the Picketts and Ween, Golden Smog and Honeydogs-Son-Wilco and -- I don't know, I can't get through to his on line mind so i'll sign off the board and play an augmented chord and maybe I'll win his heart this time. When did you realize that you had a musical gift? I've sung since I was a kid and I loved Karen Carpenter. She was the be-all and end-all. I remember the first thing that tipped me off that I was on the right track -- I couldn't do anything right when I was a kid I was just like this clumsy screw up person. I was in the 7th grade and I was in the all-city chorus thing -- so we had tryouts to sing "You Light Up My Life," the Debbie Boone version. It was going to be a big solo and everybody tried and my teacher was like, 'Mary Lou, it's your turn.' And I was like, 'I don't know.' She's like, 'Sing it.' So I sung it in front of 40 or 50 kids. She said, 'That is how that song was meant to be sung.' And my jaw just dropped. In high school it was like that again in all-state and district choruses... I was still a screw up. I just ended up succeeding in this thing I didn't really think I had a shot at. I know I have this good fortune, but it's weird and it's hard to separate myself from myself. I think I just got sucked up as a kid, I have a very low self image. It can really affect you and kill your spirit, especially creatively. It comes from getting shit on as a kid. And my family life was fucked. What do you think of this big surge of interest in women in music? I see the history behind every song I hear, and some come with no history. Those are the ones I'm really scared of and the ones I tend to shy away from. After Alanis Morrisette, radio were all after the girls, whereas -- I don't exactly know why it happened that way, but it did. Everybody wants clones, everybody wants fuckin' Meredith Brooks now. What do you want out of your life other than playing music? I realize that a lot of the record industry is bullshit, and the whole product thing is kind of silly. It's really really hard to keep your life together when you have to do a big tour. It's not a natural way to live and I know that. I love to play and I want to play for people. I want to have a baby. I want to get married. I want to have health insurance like normal people have. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:05:09 PDT From: "Ata Rivers" Subject: Re: [MLL] SPINfax What a terrible time for this to have happened. I personally wish her the best as well as a speedy recovery. >Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:04:43 -0500 (CDT) >From: Ching-yuan Hu >To: Senorita Raquelita >cc: Some Jingle Jangle List >Subject: Re: [MLL] SPINfax > > >I hope that she will get well soon too. I'm glad that she's going to get >rehabbed, and not letting anything get completely out of control. It seems >that many problems in various industries seem to have been doing the past >few years...for her to take the time and get help...takes a lot of courage >and strength. > > >___________________________________________________________________________ > > "Adia I thought that we could make it/but I know I can't change the way >you feel/I leave you with your misery/a friend who won't betray/I pull you > from your tower/I take away your pain/and show you all the beauty you > possess/if you'd only let yourself believe that/we are born innocent... > Does it matter?" >____________________________________________________________________________ > >On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Senorita Raquelita wrote: > >> Straight from SPINfax: >> >> We've got some bad news for all you Mary Lou Lord fans. The singer has >> cancelled her North American tour in order to enter a rehab program for >> alcohol abuse. A spokesperson at Lord's Work Records label says the dates >> will be reschedules this summer. >> - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Someone just sent me this; I don't know what SPINfax is, but that is the >> reason for the ending of the tour. I guess it's not a secret, and it >> shouldn't be because it is nothing to be ashamed of. I hope that the >> program helps Mary Lou and that she gets better and that's all I really >> have to say about it. >> >> -- Rachel >> > > "It's not a sellout if nobody buys it." - - Juliana Hatfield ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:50:53 PDT From: "Hanson Ho" Subject: Re: [MLL] SPINfax >Straight from SPINfax: > >We've got some bad news for all you Mary Lou Lord fans. The singer has >cancelled her North American tour in order to enter a rehab program for >alcohol abuse. A spokesperson at Lord's Work Records label says the dates >will be reschedules this summer. >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Someone just sent me this; I don't know what SPINfax is, but that is the >reason for the ending of the tour. I guess it's not a secret, and it >shouldn't be because it is nothing to be ashamed of. I hope that the >program helps Mary Lou and that she gets better and that's all I really >have to say about it. > >-- Rachel Sweet, merciful crap! I didn't even see it coming! Hope Mary Lou will get better soon; hmmm... will this affect her tour of duty of Lilith? preem ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 15:12:10 -0500 From: John Valter Subject: [MLL] Wow... Such a crazy time for this to have happened. I guess that's the personal problems that have whispered about. I hate speculation, but I wonder if all the attention that has come her way had any thing to with it. I hope Mary Lou does whatever she needs to do to get back in the swing of things, because wasted talent is a major sin. Jay ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:05:44 EDT From: AWeiss4338 Subject: Re: [MLL] SPINfax I second this. It is a real shame what has happened here with Mary Lou and I hope that the rehab helps her so she can get herself together. Andrea ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 21:08:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Senorita Raquelita Subject: [MLL] lilith dates and who is performing where (fwd) Well, I'm only including the Mary Lou dates because the post will otherwise be too long. Looks like I'm gonna have to travel to Wisconsin or something this summer.... 4.16.98 19:00 EDT Lilith Vets Joined By Badu, Latifah, Missy As Itinerary Announced After a folksy maiden voyage, this summer's Lilith Fair will have a decidedly more hip-hop flavor as Lilith vets like Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, and Paula Cole will join newcomers like Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, Erykah Badu, and Lauryn Hill this time around. Lilith founder Sarah McLachlan joined Cole, Missy, Meredith Brooks, Liz Phair and other Lilith performers to announce plans for this summer's edition of the tour at a press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday. The artists unveiled a rotating roster of acts that includes Natalie Merchant, Mary Lou Lord, Tracy Bonham, Imani Coppola, Morcheeba, Bonnie Raitt, Luscious Jackson, Beth Orton, Mono, Victoria Williams, the Indigo Girls, Emmylou Harris, Cowboy Junkies, Joan Osborne, Sinead O'Connor, Lisa Loeb, Chantal Kreviazuk, Letters To Cleo, and many others. McLachlan mapped out 57 North American dates for the tour, kicking off on June 19 in Portland, Oregon and wrapping up on August 31 in Vancouver, BC. (lineups are subject to change) 8/16 - Toronto, ONT @ Molson Amphitheater w/ Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Paula Cole, Neneh Cherry, Lisa Gerard, Mary Lou Lord, Wild Strawberries, Lenni Jabour 8/17 - Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center w/ Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Paula Cole, Emmylou Harris, Lisa Gerard, Mary Lou Lord, Neko Case 8/19 - Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheater w/ Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Paula Cole, Joan Osborne, Lisa Gerard, Mary Lou Lord, Neko Case 8/20 - Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheater w/ Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Paula Cole, Joan Osborne, Lisa Loeb, Lisa Gerard, Mary Lou Lord, Neko Case 8/21 - Minneapolis, MN @ Canterbury Park w/ Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Paula Cole, Joan Osborne, Lisa Loeb, Lisa Gerard, Mary Lou Lord, Neko Case 8/23 - Denver, CO @ Fiddlers Green Amphitheater w/ Sarah McLachlan, Cowboy Junkies, Joan Osborne, Lisa Loeb, Mary Lou Lord, Neko Case 8/25 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Wolf Mountain w/ Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Cowboy Junkies, Joan Osborne, Lisa Loeb, Dar Williams, Lucy Gamelon, Mary Lou Lord 8/26 - Boise, ID @ The Idaho Center w/ Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Cowboy Junkies, Joan Osborne, Lisa Loeb, Dar Williams, Lucy Gamelon, Mary Lou Lord ------------------------------ End of jinglejangle-digest V1 #67 *********************************