From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V6 #123 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.pattygriffin.net/PattyInConcert.html * OR * go to http://www.atorecords.com * . * 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 V6 #___ gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Wednesday, April 10 2002 Volume 06 : Number 123 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Joe's Pub Concert & 1000 Kisses ["Lisa Zwick" ] MM: Joe's Pub April 9 [ShmephSasso@aol.com] MM: Conan? ["Jamie Petta" ] MM: RE: Conan? ["Connell, Michael P" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 23:29:39 -0400 From: "Lisa Zwick" Subject: MM: Joe's Pub Concert & 1000 Kisses I just got home from seeing Patty at Joe's Pub, and I swear Patty must have some sort of power, because there was only a light drizzle all day, and then 2 seconds after I get off the bus to walk a few blocks home, while listening to Rain...it starts pouring like mad. I'm sitting here dripping...I wouldn't have minded the rain, it was kind of refreshing...except for the fact that my Patty poster got swallowed up in it :( Anyway...I first want to thank Don Henn a million times + for making it possible for me to go to the show. Until last night, I planned to see Patty at Borders, but nothing more. And now I can't express how happy I am that I went. First off, I got to Borders and bought 1000 Kisses and then waited for Don to show up. We first sat on the floor to hear her, but suddenly chairs appeared, and we got in second row. It was a very nice treat, sitting so close to her, especially since the only time I saw her before was w/ the Dixie Chicks and from mezzanine. At Borders, she played five songs from the new cd (I'm sure Don will tell you what they were ;) ) and then she said she'd be signing autographs. The first 30 ppl would get posters, and I was the first one in line :) . While standing there, nervously waiting for her to come back out, someone was videotaping for a commercial or something and asked me if I knew of Patty before tonite, etc. I was so neverous that I'm not sure if I even made any sense...but then when patty came out, all the tension just flowed out of me. I was surprised how easy she was to talk to. I had her sign the cd itself, because with all the gorgeous artwork on the booklet I couldn't find any place to put it. I then asked her if Joe's Pub is strictly 21 and over, since not a single person seemed to know, and she didn't know either but said i should use a fake ID and then offered to give me HER ID :) . I then got the poster, which I almost forgot amidst the chatting. The poster is now lying in the middle of a flooded street, because it fell out of my bag as I was listening to 1000 Kisses. Anyway, we then went to Joe's, and I was still not sure if they'd let me in, but when they finally opened the doors, I could finally breathe again when I got in with no problem. We couldn't have been closer to Patty unless we were on stage with her. Again, i owe Don big time, b/c even if I had tickets beforehand, I wouldn't have made dinner reservations and I'd have been much further away. But we were right in front of her nose. Patty then came in a half hr late, and played for an hour. I don't know how to express what I felt...it was just amazing. The music just flowed through my body. There were times I wanted to close my eyes and listen, but then I thought I can do that when Patty's NOT standing right there in front of me. She played some songs from 1000 Kisses and some from Flaming Red. i can't recall right now if there were any other songs. Rain: even tho I loved it at Borders, it was 10 times as powerful at Joe's. I just love that song. And, as I was hoping, she played Top of the World at the very end, which is also one of my favorites. The spanish song was also fun to hear live. Overall, the whole Patty experience was amazing...I only wish it could have lasted longer. But considering that before last nite, I was only planning to see her at Borders, I'd say everything worked out pretty damn well. Ok, about 1000 Kisses-- I love Rain, of course. The rest of the songs, I do like, but I think she was singing to close into the microphone. I was listening to it on the train ride home, and her S's hissed a lot, hurting my ears. Perhaps I'll like it better listening through speakers. One other thing-- I didn't know what to expect from Reprise, and I was ready to hate it or like it. But I was not prepared to LOVE it, expect it to keep going, and then end after a minute when it feels as if it's only beginning!!! I wish they would have kept going with it, for at least 3 min...in the least. But 1 min...jeez! I don't know if anyone else feels the same way about it, but Reprise and Rain are the ones that really effect me the most on this cd...if that 1 min of music were extended to 5, I'd probably have it on repeat for days. Wow, this came out to much longer than I expected. I see how you end up writing so much, Don ;) - -Lisa ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 23:45:06 EDT From: ShmephSasso@aol.com Subject: MM: Joe's Pub April 9 Patty was probably the most nervous I've seen her tonight. I only thought she really loosened up on a few of the songs, most notably Flaming Red and Mil Besos. I still loved every minute. I just wished there was something we could do. It seemed like they were having a lot of technical problems and even some musical ones, and I always feel like she's so hard on herself. The audience was really trying to let her know how much we loved her. I really though after the encore they were going to have to physically remove us. I guess this is such a big day for Patty, she couldn't help but be nervous. I wasn't at the Borders appearance before-hand, so I'm not sure how that went. There were a couple spots where Patty hit a wrong chord (she covered it quite well, though) and she seemed to feel her capo was tormenting her. At one point there was also some strange feedback going on from the sound system (did anybody else hear that). It sounded like some random song was playing while they were trying to sing. Despite all these things, the audience loved her, and it was a wonderful way to celebrate the new album. By the way (I know this is quite a disjointed e-mail) I didn't get my CD in the mail today, so I bought one on the way to the concert and listened to it in the car. When I got home tonight, UPS had delivered it. I was so pissed. Set List (let me know if I messed this up) Rain - awesome, but she was quite nervous Chief - upbeat, fun Making Pies - Stolen Car - she had some small vocal problems on this one, I thought due to nerves, but it was still quite moving Long Ride Home - I'm just so glad this one's on the album Flaming Red - This is when she finally let go and rocked out Tony (I was SHOCKED when she started to play this) - Did anybody else find her movements a little awkward or out of character on this one. I was thrilled to hear it live (I kind of never thought I would). Be Careful - awesome as always Tomorrow Night - she mentioned hearing this first as a Bob Dylan song. She sounds really convincing on this style of song, but it just seems like it doesn't really fit her personality to me Mary - slower version (ENCORE) Mil Besos - the audience was really into this one, they did it more upbeat than on the album Top of the World - amazing What did the rest of you think? From the sounds of the audience comments and knowledge of Patty Info, I think quite a few of us were there. (I was the very loud one who was freaking out during Flaming Red and thrashing around). Stephanie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 06:40:54 -0400 From: "Jamie Petta" Subject: MM: Conan? How did we hear that Patty's going to be on Conan tonight? NBC's website says "Tonight Conan welcomes Ray Liotta, Amy Poehler and BAD RELIGION". TV Guide says " Martin Short; Rhys Ifans". Gist.com just says "Rhys Ifans" (whoever that is). I know she's in New York on Thursday and all, so it makes sense that she'd be on. I just don't want to stay up until 12:30, only to see Martin Short. Jamie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 06:57:05 -0400 From: "Connell, Michael P" Subject: MM: RE: Conan? >How did we hear that Patty's going to be on Conan tonight? > NBC's website says "Tonight Conan welcomes Ray Liotta, Amy Poehler and BAD > RELIGION". TV Guide says " Martin Short; Rhys Ifans". Gist.com just says > "Rhys Ifans" (whoever that is The website at NBC is messed up. Notice the date for Ray Liotta and that group is the April 15th show? If you click "next" for the next day, it gives you the guests for the 22nd. The website for some reason is only popping out guest lists for Mondays'. (Yesterday it had the guests for Monday the 8th) As for who told us, ATO Records and her management told us in a press release last week. it's also on the ATO website. Looks like she was a late addittion to the show tonight because they apparently did not have a musical guest for tonight until Patty was booked. Living in a town where 1000 Kisses was nowhere to be found, Mike ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V6 #123 *********************************