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A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V2 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Monday, May 4 1998 Volume 02 : Number 117 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Wrap Up: Living Room Concert [kartalst@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU] MM: MM- LRC Sat night [Dana ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 10:12:43 -0400 (EDT) From: kartalst@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU Subject: MM: Wrap Up: Living Room Concert No words that I can posibly say can properly describe last night...how it went, how spectacular Jenny and Jody were, and how I felt inside. Wow...rarely am I at a loss for words. I am not going to sit here and write out set-lists...I was so amazed by their talent (as always) and so inspired by their performances that I lost myself in each song...so, no set lists. There are some things which, however, will no tbe coming out in this review...such as things Jody and Jenny and I had exchanged as far as words and other stuff goes...that selfish, sentimental side of me just wants to keep it inside me... This is the first time that Jenny and Jody ever met. They knew each others' music, as I had given each one each other's album back in February. And slowly, as they had listened more and more, both Jenny and Jody had become fans of each other...that's definitely a COOL thing, and it just showed...it added so much... Dennis Harris came and was so nice as to DAT the whole thing...the recording came out crystal clear...thank you, Dennis. People came around 7 or so, and everyone got "the grand tour" of my beautiful, amazing old house. We all hung out, snacked, talkd, mingled...it was cool to see a cross-over from these 3 e-mail lists...it was definitely a nice group of people! After a brief sound-check with Dennis, we began the show. One of the great things about a living room concert is that the artists involved have their own sort of creative freedom...they aren't restricted to the rigidness of required sets and required set-lengths...Jenny and Jody basically "switched off" every 3 or 4 songs or so...it just added to the peacefulness and the comfortableness of the evening =) i was in the "usual" Stephanie-state of bouncing off the walls with excitement and love and everything else...and my heart was so happy last night, being able to share my two most favourite singers with friends! time and time again I have felt inspired by Jenny and Jody...last night blew me away so much that Websters Dictionary needs to redefine the word "inspiration" this was a completely new experience for both singers. Jenny usually works as a "group effort," depending on hre band to put ou each song...this time she had the adventure of going comlpetely solo & acoustic...just her, her guitar, and her keyboard...and Jody had heard about house concerts, but she had never really experienced it--a room of people who actually CARE (as opposed to a bunch of people at som venue who are loud, talking, not givin a damn...)...I could tell by looking at both singers that they were loving every minute! periodically I lookd around the room...I wanted to make sure my guests were comfortable...and I could tell by looking at each person's face that they were in love with it all...that Jenny and Jody had basically won them over. And so many times, either looking at Jenny & Jody or looking at the audience, I had to fight back tears of such great happiness & elation...there are truly few things in life that are of the *ultimate* importance to me, and being able to share what is nearest and dearest to my heart with the people I love is *right* at the top. And last night, well, I knew that aamzing feeling in the most intimate sense I had ever felt. Thank you, audience, thank you, Jenny & Jody. Jenny played my favourite song of hers..."Music To My Ears" towards the beginning of her second "trade off." She had written it for one of the people who is nearest and dearest to her heart (if anyone wants to know the story about how the song was written, let me know privately...i can tell you some...at least some of what i know...), but she dedicated it to me. Jenny really is a special person...and such a passionate, intense singer. I cried the whole time...sheer happiness. I guess I don't feel completely worthy of her dedication, but oh well...it was so beautiful. I can not wait to hear it on tape! Jody plays this song which puts me in tears whenever I hear it. Her mom is a poet, and Jody really found the beauty in her mom's art...and she turned one of her mom's poems into a song. The song amazes me...because it's beautiful, and because of the amazing symbolism of support and passion of taking one art so beautiful as a poem and sharing it across-platforms with another art called music...the marriage is almost miraculous... Jody & Jenny amused everyone thoroughly throughout the evening with thelir stories...I think they won everyone over...they definitely sang their beautiful little (not really little, more like BIG...) hearts out...i hope that somday i can do with my poetry something as intense as what they do with their songs. After all the singing and stuff, Jenny and Jody experienced "the group picture" phenomenon...god, I felt like I was about to go to the Prom or something as we all crowded onto the stairs...smiled...and said CHEESE... Jenny & Jody were so sweet as to hang out, talk, eat, sign CDs, swap e-mail addresses, and do in the informal/friend/talking way the same type of interaction that they do with their music... Last night I was smiling from ear to ear and had a hard time falling asleep despite being so tired from all the silly little preperations I had done for that one evening...each task and step in preperation was so amazingly happy...because I knew that I was going to have the people I love and my two favourite singers in my own living room...but i just sat there in the dark listening to both Jenny's CD and Jody's CD until I fell asleep, and man-i slept better than I had slept in a few weeks. So that's all that I can tell you. Albert tooks pictures, as always..I want to see them when they're developed! Dennis got an amazing DAT of it all, so we will see what happens with that...and Jenny and Jody had such an amazing time (as did my houesmates) that more living room concerts at casa de moi are definitely "in the works" so to speak! Thank you, everyone--audience members, friends, music lovers alike...Jenny & Jody...Dennis...people who brought yummy food...everyone who bought CDs...people who took pictures...EVERYONE! the feeling inside me right now, even the morning after, is just so beautiful and so perfect...it wouldn;t be the same without *everything* that you have added and brought in to the evening and without *everything* that youa ll mean to me deep inside me. i love you all so much stephanie Stephanie Maria Kartalopoulos We should be very greatful to have a kartalst@hugse1.harvard.edu limited body...like mine or like The Greek Poet Chyck yours. If you had a limitless life it would be a real problem for you. What makes a desert beautiful is -Shunryu Suzuki that soemwhere it hides a well. -Exupery ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 16:07:48 -0500 From: Dana Subject: MM: MM- LRC Sat night Stephanie- thank you so much for hosting the LRC- it was really special! Not only your lovely home, but the relaxed atmosphere for such a close-up listen to two talented singer-songwriters was a great experience that I would love to repeat. I am looking at my house and wondering if I could pull it off! Elaine converted the Cd's to tape and I listened to the girls all the way home today and am starting to be familiar with some of the songs. I especially love Fairy Tale and Music To My Ears. I think that Fairy Tale could be turned into a very moving video that could propel Jenny right along if she could get TV play for it on VH1. That song could even cross over to C&W fans. I guess you have to know the right people and have the vision for it. I wish Patty Griffin would have done that with Not Alone- that song could be a really spooky video that would be unforgettable! I can imagine these things but of course know nothing about them. Jody is an incredible guitarist with a sweet voice and the most beautiful smile! Thank you again and I will definitely be looking for more Living Room Concerts to experience! Dana ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V2 #117 *********************************