From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V5 #175 Reply-To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * mad-mission-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Patty's tour dates, go to: * http://www.quackquack.net/pattyg * OR * go to http://www.amrecords.com * then click "tour" and fill in the blanks :) * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V4 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Thursday, July 26 2001 Volume 05 : Number 175 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: NPC: speaking of... Casey Chambers anyone? [EveryLittleBit@aol.com] MM: PC: Starr Hill ["Gretchen Corl" ] Re: MM: NPC: speaking of... Casey Chambers anyone? [Tricia9999@aol.com] Re: MM: NPC: speaking of... Casey Chambers anyone? ["Darcie Miner" ] MM: Re: ["Gretchen Corl" ] MM: Re: [FoxDugal@aol.com] MM: RE: Re: [Gary Jacques ] MM: Male singer worth mentioning :) [NikosSong@aol.com] MM: Re: Male singer worth mentioning :) ["Darcie Miner" ] MM: Re: NPC: speaking of... Casey Chambers anyone? ["Leigh Balcom" ] MM: Re: [timothy johnstone ] Re: MM: male singer/songwriters [Robin K Hall ] Re: MM: Re: Male singer worth mentioning :) [BLUEHEN@webtv.net] MM: interscope was quoted as saying: [Mooodeee@aol.com] MM: Chastain the straps tightly ["Paul Russell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:55:31 EDT From: EveryLittleBit@aol.com Subject: MM: NPC: speaking of... Casey Chambers anyone? Casey Chambers (sp?) was recommended to me today as a good newcomer to pick up on. Anyone heard of her? Apparently she's Australian. Feedback, please! Rachel :D ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:14:55 -0400 From: "Gretchen Corl" Subject: MM: PC: Starr Hill Anyone going to the Charlottesville show this Saturday or know anything about the venue? Thanks, Gretchen - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:17:15 EDT From: Tricia9999@aol.com Subject: Re: MM: NPC: speaking of... Casey Chambers anyone? Yes. Kasey Chambers is great. She only has one solo cd but she has prior cds with her band called The Dead Ringers. It is basically the same musicians - her father is a talented multi-instrumentalist. (Is that a word?) Anyway, I would listen to her a bit before buying - her voice is pretty unique and some may not like it. I think she is great. Tricia ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:38:55 -0400 From: "Darcie Miner" Subject: Re: MM: NPC: speaking of... Casey Chambers anyone? I dig Kasey. She did an excellent job with Lucinda's "Changed the Locks" - -actually better than what Tom Petty did. ~darc http://www.darcieminer.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: Tricia9999@aol.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 11:41 AM To: EveryLittleBit@aol.com; mad-mission@smoe.org Subject: Re: MM: NPC: speaking of... Casey Chambers anyone? Yes. Kasey Chambers is great. She only has one solo cd but she has prior cds with her band called The Dead Ringers. It is basically the same musicians - her father is a talented multi-instrumentalist. (Is that a word?) Anyway, I would listen to her a bit before buying - her voice is pretty unique and some may not like it. I think she is great. TriciaGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:39:01 -0400 From: Gary Jacques Subject: [none] I've noticed that there is evidently not one male singer worth mentioning on the thread. Well let me toss one in for the guys here. I went to singer songwriter weekend in Philly last Saturday and saw Jeb Loy Nichols for the first time. Fabulous Babs! Just fabulous! Evil Gary ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:24:57 -0400 From: "Gretchen Corl" Subject: MM: Re: HOWIE DAY HOWIE DAY HOWIE DAY I, too, was in attendance for SS Weekend...Eliza Carthy was great and Erin McKeown was stunning, as usual. gretchen >From: Gary Jacques >To: "'mad-mission@smoe.org'" >Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:39:01 -0400 > >I've noticed that there is evidently not one male singer worth mentioning on >the thread. Well let me toss one in for the guys here. I went to singer >songwriter weekend in Philly last Saturday and saw Jeb Loy Nichols for the >first time. Fabulous Babs! Just fabulous! >Evil Gary - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:34:43 EDT From: FoxDugal@aol.com Subject: MM: Re: What was that? Did you say, 'Howie Day'? > I've noticed that there is evidently not one male singer worth mentioning on > the thread. Well let me toss one in for the guys here. I went to singer > songwriter weekend in Philly last Saturday and saw Jeb Loy Nichols for the > first time. Fabulous Babs! Just fabulous! > Evil Gary ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:15:28 -0400 From: Gary Jacques Subject: MM: RE: Re: Eliza Carthy, that was wild group of folks on stage! LOL She is worth a listen for sure! - -----Original Message----- From: Gretchen Corl [mailto:gretchencorl@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 1:25 PM To: jacques@colorite-resins.com; mad-mission@smoe.org Subject: MM: Re: HOWIE DAY HOWIE DAY HOWIE DAY I, too, was in attendance for SS Weekend...Eliza Carthy was great and Erin McKeown was stunning, as usual. gretchen >From: Gary Jacques >To: "'mad-mission@smoe.org'" >Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:39:01 -0400 > >I've noticed that there is evidently not one male singer worth mentioning on >the thread. Well let me toss one in for the guys here. I went to singer >songwriter weekend in Philly last Saturday and saw Jeb Loy Nichols for the >first time. Fabulous Babs! Just fabulous! >Evil Gary - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:01:44 EDT From: NikosSong@aol.com Subject: MM: Male singer worth mentioning :) I have one singer definitely worth mentioning: Steve Poltz. I also highly recommend his band The Rugburns. I absolutely love Poltz, but you have to keep an open mind when listening to his music. His solo album "One Left Shoe" is very folky, and very mellow, whereas his albums with The Rugburns are very sarcastic, and often times HILARIOUS when you listen hard enough. I DEFINITELY recommend him to you. He's one of the best, in my opinion. Just as a *tiny* bit of background info, he has won "Best male artist" and the San Diego Music Awards a few years in a row! (There Dave, I gave a reason, lol) Jenni Jenni ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:00:43 -0400 From: "Darcie Miner" Subject: MM: Re: Male singer worth mentioning :) another male singer/songwriter worthy of mention: Angie Aparo ~darc - ----- Original Message ----- From: NikosSong@aol.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 3:11 PM To: Mad-mission@smoe.org Subject: MM: Male singer worth mentioning :) I have one singer definitely worth mentioning: Steve Poltz. I also highly recommend his band The Rugburns. I absolutely love Poltz, but you have to keep an open mind when listening to his music. His solo album "One Left Shoe" is very folky, and very mellow, whereas his albums with The Rugburns are very sarcastic, and often times HILARIOUS when you listen hard enough. I DEFINITELY recommend him to you. He's one of the best, in my opinion. Just as a *tiny* bit of background info, he has won "Best male artist" and the San Diego Music Awards a few years in a row! (There Dave, I gave a reason, lol) Jenni JenniGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:33:25 -0400 From: "Luca, Joseph" Subject: MM: male singer/songwriters Howdy- While the vast majority of stellar singer/songwriters are women, there are a few male gems out there. Obviously, neither Lyle Lovett nor Richard Thompson is unknown, but (and) both are outstanding. Richard Shindell is a terrific songwriter, and was one-third of Cry Cry Cry. Greg Greenway is a Massachusetts-based artist whose work is powerful, poignant, political, and personal. And while I'm not a fanatic, Martin Sexton has a very enthusiastic fan base who consider him peerless. Finally, Dave Carter (who plays with Tracy Grammer) is an indescribably astounding songwriter (check out www.daveandtracy.com) . Ciao, Joe ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:49:06 -0400 From: "Leigh Balcom" Subject: MM: Re: NPC: speaking of... Casey Chambers anyone? Kasey Chambers is wonderful. Her music is a little country/little folk. Her voice reminds me of Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks. The record I have is called "The Captain;" it's one of those cd's I picked up at a record store that lets you listen before you buy it. I listened to about 30 seconds of the first half-dozen or so songs and bought the record. It hasn't disappointed. My favorite songs are Cry Like A Baby, The Captain and You Got The Car. Give it a listen. Leigh ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 17:24:47 -0400 From: "Peter Lambiris" Subject: MM: Re: NPC: speaking of... Casey Chambers anyone? Saw her open for Lucinda Williams a little while back. She blew us away. - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:55 AM Subject: MM: NPC: speaking of... Casey Chambers anyone? > Casey Chambers (sp?) was recommended to me today as a good newcomer to pick up on. Anyone heard of her? Apparently she's Australian. Feedback, please! > > Rachel :D ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 17:27:01 -0400 From: "Peter Lambiris" Subject: MM: Re: None How about Alejandro Escovedo??? We've seen him a number of times and have never been disappointed. This guy deserves a list. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Jacques" To: Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 12:39 PM Subject: None > I've noticed that there is evidently not one male singer worth mentioning on > the thread. Well let me toss one in for the guys here. I went to singer > songwriter weekend in Philly last Saturday and saw Jeb Loy Nichols for the > first time. Fabulous Babs! Just fabulous! > Evil Gary ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:58:44 -0600 From: timothy johnstone Subject: MM: Re: To this thread I'd like to add the name Tom McRae. He is a young British singer songwqriter who's debut album absolutely blew my mind. He's been nominated for the Mercury prize in England. His album is released here in America in late August. Ryan Adam's upcoming solo record is terrific too. tim in Boise Gary Jacques wrote: > I've noticed that there is evidently not one male singer worth mentioning on > the thread. Well let me toss one in for the guys here. I went to singer > songwriter weekend in Philly last Saturday and saw Jeb Loy Nichols for the > first time. Fabulous Babs! Just fabulous! > Evil Gary ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:18:50 -0700 From: Robin K Hall Subject: Re: MM: male singer/songwriters I would mention a trio of male Austin, Texas singer-songwriters: Beaver Nelson, Jon Dee Graham and Troy Campbell. All three are recording or have just finished recording new albums, and all are worth checking out. Robin Hall ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:49:53 -0400 (EDT) From: BLUEHEN@webtv.net Subject: Re: MM: Re: Male singer worth mentioning :) LOVE ANGIE!!! Caught him at the Tin Angel a few years back and it was one of those moments when you instantly know you'll enjoy listening to this person for life! ~Patty Blee~ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 21:30:13 EDT From: Mooodeee@aol.com Subject: MM: interscope was quoted as saying: What lies!!!!! Too bad she doesnt live by her industry-wide publicized convictions! (Unless I am somehow misreading what she is saying here). >YOUR 7/26/01 INDIEBIZ.COM MUSIC INDUSTRY QUOTE OF THE DAY: > >What it takes to get my attention... I like artists who have a vision and who >are unique. I look for musicians who are doing things that are somehow >provocative or outside the mainstream. I look for artists who know who >they are >and know who their audience is. I like artists who don't care about what >everybody else is doing and make the music that they feel. The ability to >stand >out in the marketplace is important to me. Currently I work with Queens >of the >Stone Age, Monster Magnet, Patty Griffin and Eleven. I think all of my >artists >have the above qualities and I'd like to find more who are just as >important and >captivating. > >What it takes to succeed in today's marketplace... I suppose that's >something I >grapple with everyday. It's all about connecting with the consumer on some >level. Whether it's through a great song, a great record, a great video, >a great >live show. It helps if you have all of those things, but I'm not sure >what the >sure fire equation is, otherwise I would be a lot more successful! I >don't think >musicians should take into account the marketplace, I think they should make >music that is real to them. Otherwise it's all formula and phony. - Debbie >Southwood-Smith, A&R, Interscope/Universal Music ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:47:32 -0500 From: "Paul Russell" Subject: MM: Chastain the straps tightly Hidey ho, Okay, so like I just got back from my weeklong jaunt around the southeast that ended with me seeing Patty Griffin in Hotlanta. Oh boy are my arms tired. ba doom ching. I just wanted to say "yay" to Lisa C for the popularity comment. I almost fell off my chair when I read something like "if a video plays on MTV then it's bad." I'm definitely not on either of the "I only like stuff that other people don't know about" or "I only like what's popular" wagons and I don't understand the reasoning behind those two cliques either. One is like you feel cool or something because you know somebody that no one else does and you can sip wine and say things like, "oh you're so out and I'm so in." The other is like you feel cool or something because you know the bands every one else likes and you sip wine and say things like, "oh you're so out and I'm so in." And the next time MTV actually plays videos, please give me a call, because I stopped watching it when it turned into no-video central. I got tired of "Road Rules" and "Real World" and "Real World Vs. Road Rules" and "Road Rules with knives" and "Texas Chainsaw Real World" ad infinitum. But because Lisa's post was so fantastic, I don't have to say anymore. Anyway... I actually learned things on my outing to the Chastain. I dropped my sister and niece off at the ATL airport around noon. Then I shuffled around the airport a bit reading a book and listening in on other people's conversations. I sat right in front of this bar reading a book. The sweat was beading on my brow...I so much wanted to go in and use up that crisp, new $50 dollar bill growing cobwebs in my wallet. However, I figured that having drinkage before embarking on the 285 northbound would not be a very good idea. So, I couldn't take it anymore and zipped on over to the Chastain to wait there instead. Nice freakin neighborhood. Okay, here's this amphitheatre and like park with grills and pools in the middle of posh central. It's funny how the people who live around other rich people have large gates with security. They must know who steals from them. Naturally, I was the first to arrive at the Chastain. Well, not the first of course. When I was trying to find great parking I went down a one-way street right next to the amphitheatre and had to go all the way around the neighborhood again, but I saw a white-haired chick getting off a large black tour bus. I said to myself "oh, that must be Emmylou Harris. I'm at the right place." Then I said, "why can't I turn around??? Why is this one-way? Where the hell am I going?? If I can find Dudley Lane again I'll be okay. Will I be arrested if I stop and turn around? No one's coming." So, I drove around and parked at one of the tiered level parking areas (not the blue one that supposedly requires a permit for, but the one above). Then walked on down to one of the gates. By that time, Emmylou Harris was out doing a sound check. I stood for a second, then started searching for the "will call" box office. Of course there's no one around to help me figure this out. I also had a question about the parking. So I'm walking down, and down and now I'm walking right where this big black tour bus is. There's like 4 other people around talking on their cel phones walking around trying to get good reception, or maybe they were dancing. The tour bus is sitting there wide open. I look around and think "Well, that's Emmylou's bus, but that's the only one here so Patty Griffin must not be here yet." Well, I walk over and asked the first guy I see about the "Will Call" box and parking and he's like "I'm the lighting guy. Maybe there's someone else you can talk to." It's about this time that I notice I'm back stage where Emmylou Harris is doing her soundcheck. I'm back-freakin-stage. I figure that I'm probably not supposed to be in this particular area and slowly jaunt back out looking for someone who works there to give me info. I walk all around this structure and the rest of the gates are all locked up. There's this Emmylou fan at one of the gates watching Emmylou do her soundcheck and he gives me some information I'm looking for. Okay, and here's the kicker. While I'm sitting there chatting with the Emmylou fan, Emmylou breaks out in "One Big Love" and Patty Griffin comes on stage and sings it with her. So, after doing some math (2+2=4, 3+7=10,5+2=7) I realized that Patty Griffin was probably in the big black tour bus while I was walking around the bus and backstage aimlessly. I had missed her by like 5 minutes or something. Duh, of course. She's only traveling by herself, or with some bass player so Emmylou is letting her ride along. So, I went into cardiac arrest. Well, no. But I learned also that the tiered parking costs $6 to park there, but you don't get charged if you park there earlier than the money-takers (or is that money-grabbers) get there. Then about 15 minutes later Patty Griffin came back on stage and was doing her sound check. For the life of me I can't remember the songs she was singing. I think it was like "Change" or "Christina" and I know there was "Poor Man's House" and maybe one other. I clapped. No one noticed. Also by this time, the guard was in position at the entrance where I so nonchalantly went backstage earlier. I didn't tell him about that because I didn't want him to think I was some sort of obsessed fan being there at 3:00pm and all. He told me where the "will call" box is located and that the place doesn't open until at least 6:30pm or 7:00pm. Actually, he was also the one who told me about the parking not costing anything if I'm there early enough. He also showed me that there was one spot left on the street before the security orange cone block off. So, I moved my car there and waited for Patty Griffin to maybe come out to get something to eat before the show. If she did, I didn't see her drive by. Okay, so like Atlanta peeps have to be some of the nicest. I like to drink, but I don't talk to people I don't know unless they talk to me. I was just gabbing all over the place. Blah blah blah, me me me, talk talk talk. The people I was waiting in line with, the security guard and the Emmylou fan earlier, the couple next to me who told me about a job opening for graphic design, another woman with all kinds of goodies in her picnic basket. Whoa. Slow down there, Paul. Did you say "Picnic basket?" Why, yes. I did. Upon talking to the Emmylou fan, I found out that the amphitheater is like one big picnic. People come there to listen to music whilst sipping on wine and eating pasta and cheese. They take out their TV trays (or whatever the "richer" term would be for those things) and set a nice picnic up. He said that it was a big thing to go to these functions to "be seen" and to "see" the "right people" or whatever. (By the way, please feel free to use your fingers to emulate quotation marks when you say the last sentence...like Chris Farley did for a couple sketches.) That posh comment might have been true for the people at the tables up front. But us in the cheap seats were having a great time. YOU CAN BRING ALCOHOL TO THIS PLACE!!! I love it already. I brought some Mexican Mudslide stuff I had stowed in my car for such occasions, but it was warm and quickly abandoned it for a Bass. Okay, for two bass ales. You can bring ALCOHOL to this place!! They don't mind. You can bring alcohol inside. really. I'm not making this up. Um, the Patty Griffin set. Well, me being in the nosebleed seats and all, I didn't really know most of the songs she was singing. They must be all new or something. She did "Change" and "Poor Man's House" and ended with "Mary." Of course Emmylou Harris came out and sung backup with "Mary." I thought that was a pretty good plan. End your concert set with the main attraction singing along. Of course, that got the most applause. Although, I personally thought "Mary" was rushed a bit. I didn't like the faster tempo. It was like she was saying "oh no. I've got like 2 minutes left. Let me get this last song in real quick." Then since the couples next to me were there for the Emmylou Harris part, I decided to stay for a bit. We chatted away. I was glad I did because Patty Griffin came out to sing for "One Big Love" and another song before that. Ms. Harris also said that she was excited to start this new leg of her tour because of two things: being in ATL and having her great friend and fantastic singer Patty Griffin on stage with her. Patty Griffin has dark hair now. And I think she was wearing some sort of sleeveless. No, maybe the sleeveless was when she was doing the soundcheck. Gaah. Sob my lack of short term memory. I do recall her looking rather goth for the soundcheck. How cool is that? If I knew Patty Griffin was on that big black tour bus, I might have just gotten on and asked for an autograph or something. I mean, I was right there walking past. I could have reached over and started shaking the bus. I didn't even need to knock, the door was wide open with the red/brown interior. No one was idle backstage and there was like two people in the screened in food/table area, so she must have been on that bus. Well, maybe next time. And I only had two lousy bass ales. Okay, they weren't lousy. But I think I was too terrified of driving back on 285 and 85. So, unfortunately I was pretty sober most of the day. People kept asking me if I was some sort of dedicated fan to have been there since three. I kept needing to explain my situation of being from Pensacola and the driving from St. Louis with my sister thing. I wanted to stab them, but then they wouldn't have gotten to hear the beautiful sounds of Patty Griffin. And there would have been blood, and cops asking questions, and yadda yadda yadda. No, everything was great. I loved this little quaint amphitheater out in the middle of Park Avenue. Atlanta people are so friendly and helpful and chatty (when they aren't driving over you on the expressway, that is). In short: I loved it. It was much better than "Cats." I'm going to see it again and again. Paul ******************************************* * * * You're right. That's not a way to die. * * Your parachute not opening, now THAT'S * * a way to die. Getting stuck between * * the gears of a combine. Having your * * nuts bit off by a Lapplander. That's * * the way I wanna go. * * --Lt. Frank Drebbin * * from Naked Gun * ******************************************* _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V5 #175 *********************************