From: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org (lucy-list-digest) To: lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: lucy-list-digest V4 #203 Reply-To: lucy-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk lucy-list-digest Wednesday, September 4 2002 Volume 04 : Number 203 In this issue: Re: [lucy-list] Twin Cities, copyediting [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? [lucy-list] Question... [lucy-list] Gotta Love Ticketmaster RE: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? Re: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? Re: [lucy-list] Question... Re: [lucy-list] Question... [lucy-list] worlds, and spinning Re: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? Re: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? [lucy-list] what's spinning my world right round baby, right round like a record baby Re: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 07:06:19 EDT From: Bn2Synthsz@aol.com Subject: Re: [lucy-list] Twin Cities, copyediting In a message dated 9/2/2002 12:47:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, Bn2Synthsz@aol.com writes: > My biggest pet peeve: how "it's" has some become a possesive adjective. > EEEECCCCCCCKKKK!!!! I hate it. > > Not to belabor this...but I was trying to point out that people use "it's" incorrectly. Instead of its, they use it's. That's all. And according to the ESL grammar books we publish: the following are possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, its our, and their. I'm not that much of an airhead---just wasn't clear in my first email. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 16:58:18 -0400 From: Donna Myers Subject: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? I have been playing "Going Driftless" & a cd by Hem called, "Rabbit Songs". I tend to purchase new cd's in pairs....perhaps being a twin has something to do with it. I heard Hem on NPR's All Things Considered. Anyone else heard of them? They opened for Beth Orton over the summer and will be in the UK the same time as Lucy!!! Donna ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:36:42 EDT From: DGrabill@aol.com Subject: [lucy-list] Question... Heard Lucy (+ Nina Gerber + pop) in Sebastopol a week ago...a really great show. She sang a song about post 9-11 NY - freedom shines or whatever - that was hauntingly beautiful. Is this recorded anywhere? Please say yes. DG Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:00:14 -0500 (CDT) From: Brian Steffen Subject: [lucy-list] Gotta Love Ticketmaster I know this isn't news to anyone, but I still need to vent. Just got done buying two $10 tickets to Lucy's 9/17 show in Ames. The total Ticketmaster bill came to $30.50. Everyone's gotta get their cut, right? Brian ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:08:30 +0100 From: "Matt Bloomfield" Subject: RE: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? Donna wrote: > I have been playing "Going Driftless" & a cd by Hem called, "Rabbit > Songs". I tend to purchase new cd's in pairs....perhaps being a twin > has something to do with it. I tend to buy in pairs too although these came separately but within days of each other if that counts..... First I got Halos and Horns, the new one from Dolly Parton. Very good album, similar in style to Little Sparrow, well worth getting if you like the bluegrass feel. Soon after that came Beth Nielsen Chapman's Deeper Still, a fine album. Excellent piano as youd expect, strong lyrics and some wonderful duets, John Prine, Bonnie Rait, Emmylou. Last week I picked up the new Dixie Chicks album which I believe is their fifth rather than their third which is how it's( :-P ) being advertised. Again this goes for a bluegrass feel, back to their roots. There are some cracking songs on this album and some great playing too. There is also double CD doing the rounds called "American Roots the essential album", covers most genres, C&W, bluegrass, blues, folk. All sorts of people on there, some you'll have heard of and a few you won't. It's a nice mix of classic and contemporary American music, very well put together compilation. Matt - --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.384 / Virus Database: 216 - Release Date: 21/08/02 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 16:40:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Deb Woodell Subject: Re: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? Richard Thompson's "Rumor and Sigh". Steve Earle's "Train A' Comin' " Deb ===== You can take the rock band away from the girl and think you've tamed her. But, she'll just pick up an acoustic, give you that innocent little girl grin, quietly laugh and say? "Nevah!" Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 16:44:29 -0700 From: John Alvord Subject: Re: [lucy-list] Question... On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:36:42 EDT, DGrabill@aol.com wrote: >Heard Lucy (+ Nina Gerber + pop) in Sebastopol a week ago...a really great >show. She sang a song about post 9-11 NY - freedom shines or whatever - that >was hauntingly beautiful. Is this recorded anywhere? Please say yes. I think you mean "Land of the Living" which is not yet on any record yet. There was a web site which had a video clip of her singing the first two verses on {? CBS Early Show ?). john ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 02:01:17 +0200 From: Dierk Schlie Subject: Re: [lucy-list] Question... Hi, the clip and a live recording is on my humble site at http://www.yellow-tigerduck.de/downloads/more1/ on a server in the land where no Lucy concerts are ... which is even worse because I would love to write a review ... but we might have some kaplanskies (lower case) here, still investigating that .... dierk :-) [who loves to be in this mailing list on the other side of the world] John Alvord wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:36:42 EDT, DGrabill@aol.com wrote: > > >Heard Lucy (+ Nina Gerber + pop) in Sebastopol a week ago...a really great > >show. She sang a song about post 9-11 NY - freedom shines or whatever - that > >was hauntingly beautiful. Is this recorded anywhere? Please say yes. > > I think you mean "Land of the Living" which is not yet on any record > yet. There was a web site which had a video clip of her singing the > first two verses on {? CBS Early Show ?). > > john ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 21:34:14 -0400 From: "Benay Bubar" Subject: [lucy-list] worlds, and spinning > dierk :-) > > [who loves to be in this mailing list on the other side of the world] And we love having you here, Dierk! Someday we'll have to take up a collection to send Lucy to Germany. As for what's spinning in my world...well, having crash-landed back at work after the all-too-brief holiday, I'm inclined to think what's spinning IS my world! But I did play a lot of Lucy in various forms today, on the bus trip back to NY...and it made me think about how, with the wonder of portable CD players, artists like Lucy never know what sorts of experiences they're providing the soundtrack to. With some minor alterations and approximations for coherence, this is how my morning went: 9 a.m.: Bus leaves New London, CT. I start playing Courier. 9:30: Lucy is singing along with Richard on Are You Happy Now. Directly behind me, someone is clearly NOT happy...Shrieking Baby begins piercing nonstop wails. Mother and aunt of Shrieking Baby, a.k.a. Gabbing Guardians, appear to believe the best method of dealing with Shrieking Baby is to carry on their random conversation OVER Shrieking Baby's vocalizations. It takes talent to be louder than Shrieking Baby, but they manage. 10:00: I have Cry Cry Cry playing now in a vain attempt to drown out Shrieking Baby and Gabbing Guardians. As Lucy sings lead on Speaking with the Angel, I think charitably that I should turn around and get a look at Shrieking Baby...surely then I will forget the noise, because Shrieking Baby will be adorable and my heart will melt. 10:05: Bus stops in New Haven. I turn around and glance at Shrieking Baby. Alas, Shrieking Baby is only moderately cute at best. I know this is hardly Shrieking Baby's fault. But my heart does not melt. In fact, it hardens slightly. 10:07: I direct a Meaningful Look over the head of Shrieking Baby at Gabbing Guardians. They ignore me. 10:30: Lucy's doing Down by the Water on my CD when Snoring Ventriloquist Man enters the Greyhound Bus Noise Olympics. Although he's sitting somewhere in front of me, he earns his title by managing to make it seem as if his thunderous, raspy snoring is coming from everywhere at once, enveloping me and adding unwelcome accompaniment to Cry Cry Cry. Even Shrieking Baby seems impressed with his talent and shuts up for a little while. 10:45: Shrieking Baby commences again. This time I have some notion of why Shrieking Baby might be shrieking...seated as I am directly in front of Shrieking Baby and directly across from the bus restroom, I find myself suddenly getting the olfactory benefits of both. It is a bouquet I am not likely to soon forget. 11:00: I've switched to Flesh & Bone. Bus stops in Bridgeport (oh, why can't I get out NOW and just spend three days camping out at the zoo before Lucy's show?), and as it moves again, I reluctantly pause Lucy right in the middle of singing What's So Funny About Peace Love & Understanding because I have to brave the bus restroom. There is no choice in the matter. 11:02: Stalling on the inevitable, I think fondly of the Falcon Ridge facilities. I never thought I would think fondly of the Falcon Ridge facilities. Finally, I leave my seat anyway. 11:07: There are certain experiences you think could only happen once in a lifetime to any one person. Some of these experiences are good. Winning a Super Bowl trip is an example of this sort of experience. This has happened to me once. Others of these experiences are bad. Getting trapped in the restroom of a Greyhound Bus is an example of this sort of experience. This has happened to me...twice now. 11:08: This can't be happening again...tugging at the door, I wonder if I am just being stupid. 11:10: Door does not budge. Inside door handle is clearly broken. At least I am not just being stupid. I find this only slightly comforting. 11:11: I ponder how to respond to the situation with decorum. 11:12: Mild claustrophobia. Unpleasant lurching bus motions. I knock politely on inside of bus restroom door. 11:13: Severe claustrophobia. Decorum, schmorum. I yell for help. The classic, "Lassie" way..."Help! Help!" 11:15: A nonplussed fellow passenger frees me. I notice that the Gabbing Guardians have taken no notice at all. 11:16: I return to my seat and start up Lucy again. She begins If You Could See, and I half expect the lyrics to have mutated to something like, "If you could see...what an idiot you just looked like doing that..." But no, it's just the familiar, comforting lyrics of the beloved song I know so well. Juxtaposed, of course, with Shrieking Baby. 12:00: Bus stops in Stamford. Woman of a Thousand Pieces of Baggage gets on. The passenger who was beside me has moved to another seat that's just been freed, which means Woman of a Thousand Pieces of Baggage sits next to me. She seems threatened by any open space, sticking a bag or parcel in every conceivable crevice between her and me. I am wedged against the window. Heck, I am at one with the window. I soon say goodbye to all feeling in my left elbow, hoping it will return to me someday when the trip ends. 12:15: Completely inexplicable traffic jam. I switch to playing Every Single Day. No, correction...I must have switched to it at Stamford, as I cannot move at all once Woman of a Thousand Pieces of Baggage has become my companion. 12:30: Second Coming of the Completely Inexplicable Traffic Jam. 1:15: Bus lurches into Port Authority, only an hour late. Lucy, with her usual good timing, has just finished singing Nowhere as the bus stops, so I don't have to interrupt her in a song. 1:30: I make it to work, where...let's just say things don't improve a whole heck of a lot. Though I finally DO, I'm happy to say, gain back the feeling in my left elbow. Benay ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:47:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Brian Steffen Subject: Re: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? Aimee Mann -- Lost in Space Sam Phillips -- The Fan Dance Brian ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:50:45 EDT From: Steeleye77@cs.com Subject: Re: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? Yeah Donna, I bought the "Hem" CD a couple of weeks ago on a whim. It's a pretty good sounding disc. I really like their version of "The Cuckoo". But my favorite right now is the new CD from Thea Gilmore called "Rules For Jokers". It hasn't left my player for two weeks. The first two tracks just blew me away. I highly recommend this to everyone. (And this was another disc by someone I'd never heard of) Arno ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 01:07:52 EDT From: Pfleary@aol.com Subject: [lucy-list] what's spinning my world right round baby, right round like a record baby Listening to lots of Dave and Tracy, including a wonderful recording of their performance at Rocky Mountain FF last summer. Also, Mary Gauthier's excellent new album Filth and Fire is getting a lot of play around here by both me and Holly. Listening to a lot Chris Smither in the past couple of days in anticipation of seeing him tonight (9/3) in Mill Valley. Also bought Pieta Brown's self-titled first album in anticipation of seeing her here in Sebastopol next week. Bought the live Nields when we saw K&N out here in July and have been listening to that and Love and China a lot. I am also really enjoying Peter Mulvey's Ten Thousand Mornings. But the album that I just can't get enough of, and that keeps getting better with every listen, is Going Driftless. Every song is a keeper, which is fairly rare for a tribute album. Buy this CD (it's available through Red House Records right and will be released on 9/10). Peter ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 07:38:21 +0100 From: "donald.anderson" Subject: Re: [lucy-list] What's spinning in your world? Best album I've heard this year , by far , is "The Rising" by Bruce Springsteen. If you haven't heard it yet - you need to Other recommedations : "Filth & Fire" - Mary Gauthier , a female John Prine , excellent "Barricades & Brickwalls" - Kasey Chambers , Australia's Lucinda Williams "Bramble Rose" - Tift Merritt , debut from this star of the future "Don't Give Up On Me" - Solomon Burke , latest from this soul vetran , superb "Silver Lining" - Bonnie Raitt , a fine return to form Donald , with only a month now to wait to see The Doc ------------------------------ End of lucy-list-digest V4 #203 ******************************* This has been a posting from the Lucy Kaplansky mail list digest To unsubscribe send mail to Majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe lucy-list-digest" in the body of the message