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Edit out anything you are not referring to. mad-mission-digest Thursday, February 26 2004 Volume 08 : Number 034 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: OT: Rock For Refuge [HILARYL123@aol.com] MM: Patty Griffin Appearance on Michael Fracasso's new album ["dtpx@hotma] MM: Article in today's Globe about funk/punk connection ["Luca, Joseph" <] MM: Re: Murph's Interview with patty MM ["Ira Post" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:10:43 EST From: HILARYL123@aol.com Subject: MM: OT: Rock For Refuge Sorry for the off topic post, but if anyone is in the area . . . come check out an amazing show that I've put together . ROCK FOR REFUGE A Benefit For The USA for UNHCR (The UN Refugee Agency) Friday, February 27,2004 Doors Open @ 8:30 p.m. The Canal Club Richmond,Virginia FEATURING: The Lilas (featuring Lauren Hoffman) The Rachael Leyco Band Shockwave Rider COST: $10 DONATION at the door. All proceeds go directly to USA for UNHCR Come early to grab some good eats and bid on cool items/ signed celeb goods in our silent auction! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:35:34 -0500 From: "dtpx@hotmail.com" Subject: MM: Patty Griffin Appearance on Michael Fracasso's new album Below is an email that was sent to the Michael Fracasso mailing list this morning which gives details about his new album featuring Patty Griffin on a few songs. - ---------------- Original Message ----------------- From: Michael Fracasso [michael@michaelfracasso.com] To: Michael Fracasso Mailing List Subject: Michael Fracasso Message Dear Friends and Music Fans, Today is the official release of my newest CD "A Pocketful of Rain" on the Texas Music Group/Lonestar label. Here's what the label has to say about it: "...there are songs like "Pocketful of Rain" and "K.C." that brim with a seductive pop appeal. At the same time, he also dips into the heart of the Mississippi Delta on "Devil's Deal" (which features Patty Griffin on vocals) and "Ragamuffin Blues." Griffin also duets with Fracasso on the lovelorn lament "All or Nothing" that recalls the classic songs by the Everlys, while "Turned You Down" and "Mean Ol' Place" feature sharp social commentary. His recent fatherhood has inspired Fracasso to pen two disparate numbers: "Silver Spoon" is a joyous expression of parental love; "Hungry" conversely offers a haunting look at child abuse. With his signature subtlety, he delivers a message of hope in a fashion that recalls American songwriting giant Stephen Foster on "Whiskey Mother" and suggests a new twist on the 1960s flower power motif with "Shoot'n For Love" (with background vocals by Griffin and Eliza Gilkyson). Also included is a nod to the Texas tradition that he helps carry forw ard on "Loretta," a Townes Van Zandt song Fracasso worked up with his pal and Austin songwriting peer Beaver Nelson." If you would like to order it you can do so at www.michaelfracasso.com and I will be happy to autograpgh it or request it at your favorite record store. Thanks for your support and I look forward to seeing you out at a CD release show nearest you (see listings below). Michael Thu 2-26 Casbeers - San Antonio TX Fri 2-27 Waterloo Records - Instore Performance - Austin TX Sat 2-28 Cactus Records - Instore Performance - Houston TX Sat 2-28 Anderson Fair - Houston TX Sun 2-29 Central Market Houston - Cooking Class & Concert - Houston TX Thu 3-4 Cactus Cafe - Austin TX - BIG HOMETOWN CD RELEASE PARTY !! Tue 3-9 McGonigel's Mucky Duck- Houston TX - Songwriters Circle California Shows Thur. March 11 Makeout Room - San Francisco, CA Fri. March 12 Coalesce Book Store - Morro Bay, CA Sat March 13 Castoro Winery - Templeton, CA Sun March 14 Linnaea's Cafe - San Luis Obispo, CA ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:32:13 -0500 From: "Luca, Joseph" Subject: MM: Article in today's Globe about funk/punk connection Howdy--- Here's an interesting piece... Ciao, Joe Different dynamics, same antiestablishment attitude Punk bands make folk connection at Club Passim By Jonathan Perry, Globe Correspondent, 2/25/2004 Question: Which one of these artists had the phrase "This Machine Kills Fascists" inscribed on his guitar? A) The Clash's Joe Strummer B) The Sex Pistols' Steve Jones C) Rancid's Tim Armstrong D) Woody Guthrie If you guessed "D," then chances are you understand the premise and the point behind "Punks Are Folks Too," a showcase that tonight will put a slate of talented punk performers from Boston and beyond on acoustic display at the legendary Cambridge folk haunt Club Passim. The event, organized by Pete Walsh (of both the Ramones-worshiping Boston combo Meat Depressed and a Pogues-loving band whose rude moniker is unprintable in a family newspaper), features a half-dozen punk rockers playing 25-minute sets and recasting their songs in a stripped-down setting considerably quieter than the raucous clubs in which they usually ply their trade. "I write most of my stuff on an acoustic guitar anyway," Walsh says. "What it comes down to is, a good song is a good song." Fear not, folk purists: Punk -- like folk -- has always been a slippery term, but what it is not is merely an assortment of surly kids perforated with safety pins and festooned with Day-Glo mohawks. Fear not, punk purists: Folk -- like punk -- is a term whose meaning has mutated over the years, but what it is not is merely an assortment of tie-dyed old hippies who want to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. "Those characterizations are the broadest strokes of the brush," says Club Passim spokesman James O'Brien. "Smart folk and punk listeners and smart folk and punk musicians know that the populist, antiestablishment, prolabor aesthetic that permeates the lyrical content of these sorts of songs are cousins -- and that Woody Guthrie was the Social Distortion of his day." Was there ever a more symbolically "punk" move than the one made by one-time Guthrie heir apparent Bob Dylan, who 40 years ago sloughed off stuffy folk conventions by infamously plugging in at the Newport Folk Festival and instructing his band to "play real loud"? Wasn't the social and political revolution espoused by the Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the UK" during Thatcher-era England firmly in folk's antiauthoritarian tradition? And what of left-wing troubadour Billy Bragg, a protest singer embraced by both camps who, with the alternative country-rock band Wilco, has written and recorded new music set to unearthed Guthrie lyrics? "Change the haircuts and change the guitars," Walsh says, "and you might have the same crowd." "I just picked up a CD by [Pogues frontman] Shane MacGowan, and the instrumentation is accordion, banjo, and acoustic guitar -- and he's a classic punk," notes Kier Byrnes, banjo player with Boston's Three Day Threshold. "But if you gave this to somebody and didn't tell them, they'd say, `Wow, this is a really upbeat folk act!' Maybe punks play things a little faster, but as musicians I think we're all still focusing on songwriting." The lyrics of Suspect Device singer Jason Bennet are routinely freighted with pointed political criticism, although he knows the message is sometimes swallowed by decibels and energy. When he participates in the acoustic "Chords & Discourse" series that his wife, music promoter Kristen Bennett, stages at the Paradise Lounge, he says audiences tell him the "songs come out more intense when they're done that way. You don't have the bass and the guitars and the drums and the volume, so you really have to do it through the intensity of the performance." But is it folk music? "I don't think we're that far apart," says Bennett. "We might swear a little more than they do, and the musicianship isn't always as good as theirs." When Walsh broached the idea of the show, Club Passim officials were intrigued. "Trying to get that crossover into our room is something that we're always, as a club, interested in doing," says O'Brien. Tonight's performers also include some out-of-towners: the Long Island-based singer Patience, Mark Linskey of New Jersey, and New Hampshire's Jonee Earthquake. "We don't expect that everyone who comes to this room who's used to the Middle East or T.T. the Bear's or the Abbey Lounge is going to walk out of here saying `What I really want to do is go to coffeehouses for the rest of my life,' " O'Brien adds. "But maybe we can take the curtain back a little and show them that [Passim's] not a church basement and that it's not an uptight atmosphere; it's a vibrant, creative room." If the show's a success, Walsh hopes to arrange another installment, although he'll probably enlist fewer artists so each gets more than 25 minutes. Then again, he says with a chuckle, "We're punks; we're used to short sets." "Punks Are Folks Too" is at 8 tonight at Club Passim. Tickets are $10. For more information call 617-492-7679. ) Copyright 2004 Globe Newspaper Company. http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2004/02/25/different_dynamics_same_a ntiestablishment_attitude/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:24:07 -0500 From: "Ira Post" Subject: MM: Re: Murph's Interview with patty MM Thanks, Jennifer, for letting us know. I enjoyed the interview. Ira ----- Original Message ----- From: Jennifer Caputo To: Mad-Mission Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:07 AM Subject: MM: Murph's Interview with patty I know we've all been waiting so patiently but after 4 months I finally got both my internet connection and my computer working long enough to upload it (and I'm a computer engineer!) Murph's Interview with Patty was recorded on 10/04/2003 before the Keswick show and has finally been posted on the Media Page http://www.pattygriffin.net/PattyMedia.html Enjoy! Jen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 17:47:58 -0600 From: "Willms, Gregory" Subject: MM: NPC: Jonatha Brooke I know I've mentioned her on this list before, but I'm going to again anyhow... Her new album (Back in the Circus) came out yesterday and it's worth buying just for her cover of Alan Parsons' "Eye In The Sky". I know what you're thinking, "That cheesy old 80's song?" Trust me, you'll look at the song in a completely new way and you'll realize just how amazing the lyrics actually are. ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V8 #34 ********************************