From: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org (jinglejangle-digest) To: jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Subject: jinglejangle-digest V6 #54 Reply-To: jinglejangle@smoe.org Sender: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jinglejangle-digest Thursday, October 23 2003 Volume 06 : Number 054 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [MLL] RIP Elliott Smith [Hanson Ho ] [MLL] Elliott Smith We Will Miss You (Somewhat OT) [Nadja Dee ] Re: [MLL] RIP Elliott Smith ["Gina Baldwin" ] [MLL] Mary Lou tour dates [Rachel Kramer Bussel ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 02:20:20 -0700 From: Hanson Ho Subject: [MLL] RIP Elliott Smith I can't even begin to describe the sadness I'm feeling right now, and I don't even know Elliott personally. My thoughts are with his family and friends....... http://www.sweetadeline.net/ Hanson - -- "Oi with the poodles already!" Synapse to Synapse 2.0: http://www.sfu.ca/~hwho/ My Indie World: http://myindieworld.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 04:29:44 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: Nadja Dee Subject: [MLL] Elliott Smith We Will Miss You (Somewhat OT) Dear MLL Jingle Jangle listers, I know that may of you will be posting about the sadness of Elliott's passing. I am just devasted right now. I sit here, feeling very numb. It's true, like Hanson said, I didnt know him either, but his music touched my life. Mary Lou was the first one to introduce me to the amazing Elliott Smith...from there I would listen to both Either/Or and XO on constant rotation. I hadnt even gotten into his earlier Heatmiser work. I do remember that beautiful and hilarious story which Mary Lou tells about when she "rescued" Elliotts song ''I figured you out,'' where Elliott tossed the song because it sounded a bit too much like The Eagles, and the last thing he wanted to picture was Don Henley running down the road, trying to loosen his load. That was Elliotts sense of humor, I could imagine...I could see. I remember how he was both honored and mortified by the Oscar nomination, and how he seemed like the anti-hero, the un-bankable rock star all dressed in white. I remember thinking, Elloitt, you look like an angel all in white. He had a certain sadness too, from what I could see as a fan of his beautiful music. In fact, one of the songs I recently taught myself was Bottle Up And Explode. ''Bottle up and explode seeing stars, Surrounding you with red, white and blue, You look at him like you've never known him But I know for a fact that you have The last time you cried Who you'd think was inside?'' Thank you Elliott...I will try my best to bottle up and explode and spread you music and beauty to others. Tears in Heaven, Nadja Dee Tanaka Seattle, WA Nadja Dee http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/nadjadee/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:21:27 -0400 From: Recordings@aol.com Subject: [MLL] Elliott Smith http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=7&u=/ap/20031022/ap_on_en_mu/obit_elliott_smith Elliott Smith is dead. I can't even begin to take that in. I never actually "met" Elliott, but I spoke to him once and saw him play a few times. Most importantly, I was profoundly moved by his music. I know Mary Lou was close to him. My love goes out to you, Mary Lou, and to all who cared for him and his work. Dino ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:52:17 -0700 From: raven@igc.org Subject: [MLL] Elliott Smith I only saw Elliott once, he rarely toured, and when he did the tickets were snapped up before you even heard about the show, but I managed to get a ticket for the 18 May 1998 show, at Bottom Of The Hill, in San Francisco. I was lucky enough to get there early, got a place right up front, and was entranced by his performance. The place was jammed, not just crowded, but more people than I have ever seen, there were people literally hanging off the rafters, yet it was quiet, because we all wanted to hear him. A magical evening happened, and I am glad I recorded the show because I now have a memory of that amazing night. I bought all his work of course, and also bought Heatmiser, and I loved it... I will be playing all his work for days. We will miss you deeply, Elliott. - -- John ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:18:56 -0400 From: Recordings@aol.com Subject: [MLL] I Didn't Understand Playing XO in tribute. "I Didn't Understand" just tore my heart out. I always hoped that Elliott didn't really feel as bad as his lyrics made him sound, that he didn't truly believe he was shit and that everything DIDN'T mean nothing to him. It is so heartbreaking when musicians kill themselves because you hope that the joy in creating the music is enough to salve the pain, but it just isn't for some people. I always wanted to tell him how beautiful his music was, how it was so beautiful that it was almost too much for me to take over an entire album. But then he'd say in interviews that he didn't care what people said. I wish somehow he could have appreciated his own worth, taken in some of the warming light he brought to all of us. Dino ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:19:02 +0000 From: "Ata Rivers" Subject: Re: [MLL] RIP Elliott Smith This is devastating news. Just this morning I was listening to Mary Lou's cover of "I figured you out," always one of my favorite Elliott Smith compositions. Elliott was a rare and gifted artist and his death leaves a big hole in the popular music landscape. "Hate your job/ Love your stuff/ If you think that's living you are wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!" - - Juliana Hatfield >From: Hanson Ho >To: "jinglejangle@smoe.org" >Subject: [MLL] RIP Elliott Smith >Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 02:20:20 -0700 > >I can't even begin to describe the sadness I'm feeling right now, and I >don't even know Elliott personally. My thoughts are with his family and >friends....... > >http://www.sweetadeline.net/ > > >Hanson > >-- >"Oi with the poodles already!" >Synapse to Synapse 2.0: http://www.sfu.ca/~hwho/ >My Indie World: http://myindieworld.blogspot.com _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:16:09 -0600 (MDT) From: "Gina Baldwin" Subject: Re: [MLL] RIP Elliott Smith I can't believe it. I even called my mom at 8:30 this morning to tell her. I saw him at this club, the Neurolux in boise when I was 16. Well, I had to stand outside on a chair on the sidewalk. It was november, and I was freezing, but my friend and I stayed out there the whole show. I managed to snag him at some point, I think just after the soundcheck and he was on the way to his bus. I got a photo with him, and he was so nice about it. I don't know why I feel so connected to him, but I loved his music so much. He will be missed by many many many of us. - -gina > This is devastating news. Just this morning I was listening to Mary > Lou's cover of "I figured you out," always one of my favorite Elliott > Smith compositions. Elliott was a rare and gifted artist and his death > leaves a big hole in the popular music landscape. > > > > "Hate your job/ Love your stuff/ If you think that's living you are > wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!" > > - - Juliana Hatfield > > > > > >>From: Hanson Ho >>To: "jinglejangle@smoe.org" >>Subject: [MLL] RIP Elliott Smith >>Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 02:20:20 -0700 >> >>I can't even begin to describe the sadness I'm feeling right now, and I >> don't even know Elliott personally. My thoughts are with his family >> and friends....... >> >>http://www.sweetadeline.net/ >> >> >>Hanson >> >>-- >>"Oi with the poodles already!" >>Synapse to Synapse 2.0: http://www.sfu.ca/~hwho/ >>My Indie World: http://myindieworld.blogspot.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 23:42:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Rachel Kramer Bussel Subject: [MLL] Mary Lou tour dates Just a few here to pass on - I'll be at the Saturday Pianos show. I've been in a daze since hearing about Elliott's death, somehow thinking maybe it's not true, then forgetting, then remembering. I saw him do so many amazing shows, saw him a few times play with Mary Lou, and am sure he would have continued to create brilliant songs. Nothing really left to say except to echo everyone else's sadness. rachel Thursday Oct 23 IOTA Club and Cafe?? Arlington, DC Mary Lou?? with full band ?? Friday Oct 24 Rocks Off Boat Cruise New York , NY The boat begins loading at 11PM and departs at midnight on 23rd & FDR. Mary Lou Lord will play a short electric set with a backup band. Hopewell will play next, then the Brian Jonestown Massacre will headline. You can purchase tickets at Rocks Off Boat Cruise Mary Lou?? with full band ?? Saturday Oct 25 CMJ @ Pianos?? ??New York, NY?? 9:00 Mary Lou?? with full band ?? ?? Sunday Oct 26 Conduit ??449 S Broad St???? Trenton, NJ???? Mary Lou plays at 9:00 Mary Lou solo ------------------------------ End of jinglejangle-digest V6 #54 *********************************