From: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org (jinglejangle-digest) To: jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Subject: jinglejangle-digest V1 #162 Reply-To: jinglejangle@smoe.org Sender: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jinglejangle-digest Thursday, August 13 1998 Volume 01 : Number 162 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [MLL] How I first heard MLL [Cinnamon Girl ] [MLL] acoustic folkie stuff [laser72@juno.com (Cheryl A Chastine)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 12:14:59 -0400 From: Cinnamon Girl Subject: [MLL] How I first heard MLL Hmmm...the year was 1993 (I think -- maybe 1994). My friend, JR, went to see Mark Eitzel (or possibly American Music Club) play at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. This sweet little gal opened for them with just a guitar & a tiny amp. JR fell in love. That girl was Mary Lou. He called me the next day, saying "You would love her." For my birthday or Christmas that year, he made me a tape with a bunch of cool songs on it. He put 'That Kind of Girl' on it and also 'His Indie World.' Now I was the one to fall. I used to rewind the songs over & over in my car to "re-listen" until I knew all the words...singing along at the top of my lungs. I started looking for her cd, but it was pretty difficult to find. Finally, a new cd store opened in SF & just for kicks I checked under "Lord." There it was! I bought the Mary Lou self-title on KRS & wore it out. It never left the cd player for about 3 weeks. Then, in 1995 or 1996, I went to see her play at Bottom of the Hill. She was scheduled with "special guests." It turned out to be Guided by Voices. I thought Mary Lou was better...her sweet voice sailing above the crowd. Nervous, it seemed & a little embarassed...GBV was fab...but I had come to see Mary Lou. Fast forward to September 1997. I had started a magazine in San Francisco prior to moving to NYC. I saw that Mary Lou & Elliott Smith were playing a Kill Rock Stars showcase. I saw a chance to interview her & had my editor call her manager...after almost being thwarted by a renegade L Train, I met with Mary Lou in Gramercy Park on a beautiful Saturday afternoon & just "hung out" with her. Letting the tape just run. She was the sweetest person I'd met in a while...full of stories, wonder & respect for other musicians. She had just wrapped work on Got No Shadow & we talked about it. That was before all the influx of stories on her. Unfortunately, my muse had left me & I couldn't seem to write a cohesive article...I would've gotten the jump on on the others if I had...but, upon seeing her show at the Westbeth, hanging out with her again...I was inspired. Wrote the article finally. I have been blessed to be able to hang out with MLL a few times (along with the lovely Rachel Bussel) and am just so proud of her. She continues to inspire me in my own musicianship (however base it may be) and she is included on every mix tape I ever make...harkening back to that first tape JR made...under her spell. XXX--Cinnamon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 01:17:58 -0400 From: laser72@juno.com (Cheryl A Chastine) Subject: [MLL] acoustic folkie stuff Well first off, I find it difficult to fit Got-No-Shadow-style Mary Lou into the neo-folkie mode. ... Second of all, I heard a Mountain Stage broadcast that ended up with Joan Baez, Dar Williams, and I think also Richard Shindell, and some others, all singing Paul Simon's "The Boxer" together, it was lovely. ... Third, there was an article in Louisville, KY's newspaper, The Courier-Journal, about busking and the attempt to renew it here in Louisville, so I emailed the article's author (who's an acquaintance of mine), saying how he should have mentioned MLL -- and he said he'd interviewed her for the article! it just got cut out for space considerations. Fourth, "Palace's Will Oldham" is from Louisville, and I find it pretty amusing because his records make him sound like a po' Appalachian boy, but he's really a middle class city kid from Louisville (metro area population 1 million). Cheryl "if life is music then I am melody" _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ End of jinglejangle-digest V1 #162 **********************************