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Edit out anything you are not referring to. mad-mission-digest Thursday, April 22 2004 Volume 08 : Number 094 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Florida moment [Jessica Byers ] MM: Re: NEWSDAY: Griffin's 'Dream,' a real masterpiece ["Don Henn" ] MM: Patty on WXPN Radio thursday april 22 [Alyson Hardy ] Re: MM: ID only a day late ["Dennis Flynn" ] MM: chords for "Mad Mission" [JLHARTMAIL@aol.com] Re: MM: today's Mad Mission accomplished- finally! [Rockerpgh@aol.com] MM: Cold As It Gets [Rockerpgh@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 23:49:55 -0600 From: Jessica Byers Subject: MM: Florida moment I had my hour long radio show tonight (on Montana Public Radio) and the first song I played was Florida. Afterwards a woman called in saying how she had to sit in her car and listen to the whole song because it was just so gorgeous. She wanted to know where she could get a copy and promised she would go out and buy the album. Made me very happy! By the way, I may have missed recent discussion about this since I wasn't reading for a little while, but for a good quality music magazine try No Depression. I'm sure you all noticed that Patty is on the cover this month. And she's also on the cover of Paste, which is pretty good, too. Jess ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 08:01:32 -0400 From: "Don Henn" Subject: MM: Re: NEWSDAY: Griffin's 'Dream,' a real masterpiece Glenn Gamboa of Newsday must have tuned in to my frequency for a minute , or vice-versa. The very line that stood out in my mind ; " If you break down , I'll drive out & find you " , the very word I used to describe it - plaintive , & the mention of the trumpet. Patty's still "gettin' it done" at that amazingly high performance level that I'm beginning to expect from her. Due to my frequent concerts , there are only 3 songs that are new to me , but she knocks them out. The others are up to her concert level , with "Useless Desires" notably more rhythmic , & my candidate for most likely catching on as a single. Also love the mood-shifting ending on "Mother of God". "Standing" captured me the first time I heard it on the "Silver Bell" promo , & I'm glad it wasn't changed. Just read today that Christian music sales figures are 68% of C & W's - big market. Patty's a natural cross-over for those who aren't too caught up in religious dogma. Not sure if I'm disappointed that she didn't do any covers , 'cause I'd have been VERY disappointed if she did a cover , & it wasn't "Ruby's Arms". Thanks for the reminder , Patty. If you forget my love I'll try to remind you Patty Griffin "Don't Come Easy" Don ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:19:01 EDT From: PinkChanel@aol.com Subject: MM: BILLBOARD: New Griffin Album A 'Dream' Come True New Griffin Album A 'Dream' Come True If the superior artistry of Patty Griffin can still be called an acquired taste, then more and more people are finally coming around to it. With the release of her latest ATO set, "Impossible Dream" (April 20), she has the unassuming confidence of a performer at the top of her craft -- and is delighted that no one quite knows how to describe it. "There's a whole big sea of people that nobody knows what to call what they do, and that's what I do," she laughs. Griffin is only too happy to have clouded the perception of a Nashville-based artist by infusing the album's traditional country flavor with gloriously rich elements of gospel and soul. It's never truer than on the infectious opener "Love Throws a Line." "I'm a Staples freak. I love the Staple Singers," she says, revealing details of her eclectic tastes. "When I came up with that song I was listening to the Staples and the Velvet Underground, so it could have gone two different ways! My producer, Craig Ross, really preferred this way. "When I started playing it with a band, I realized it feels a lot like what Johnny Cash might do," Griffin continues. "The rhythm is sort of real old country. What I notice about gospel music, and I guess it's true for good country music too, is that it talks about really dark subject matter, but it does uplift. The music itself is just right there and it lifts you up." "Impossible Dream" features guest appearances by friends like Emmylou Harris and Buddy and Julie Miller. But, while the set's core group of musicians inhabited and enlivened its 2002 predecessor, "1000 Kisses," the mood this time is much different, by Griffin's own description. "'1000 Kisses' was definitely directed towards the sweetness of life," she says. "There's a lot of sad things on it too, but it's nostalgic and it was meant to be pretty in a lot of places. I don't normally set out to do that, but I really needed to sing like that, and I don't feel like that anymore. So I need to use a lot of different colors at the moment that aren't necessarily pretty. "I was real nervous about that, starting off, [because] this is a different kind of beauty. I'm aware that it's a little harder than '1000 Kisses,' and people do like the pretty stuff. I was afraid of slapping people in the face with it, but I'm not so worried about that now." Griffin doesn't deny that the darker hues on "Dream" are informed in part by the gathering shadows of the world in which it was born. "That's why I've been listening to a lot of gospel," she says. "Human experience is filled with tragedy. I love a lot of 'dark' singers, but I want to be uplifted myself when I'm listening to music and [I'm] using some of the traditional stuff that's known to work that way. This is really a big-time folk record in my mind, more than any of the others." "Impossible Dream" arrives just a month after the singer/songwriter, the youngest of seven children, turned 40. But far from the uncertainties of self-analysis, Griffin is enjoying the creative elbow room afforded by her deal with ATO. It's in sharp contrast to the high fences erected around her expressiveness during her mid-to-late-1990s tenure with A&M, and allows her to look over her shoulder with a hearty laugh. "A friend of mine from Boston sent me all these recordings of mine she had on tape which she transferred to CD, so I got to hear that [early] stuff. It was interesting," she laughs. "Not the most pleasant experience. But it was fun to hear where I was going and what I was attempting to do." Having introduced some of the new songs to great reaction at a South by Southwest (http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000468560showcase) last month in Austin, Texas, Griffin will soon take them on the road, along with plenty of established entries from her songbook. "I always feel pretty nervous, kind of sick, before a show, but I can enjoy myself," she says. "The audience, now that I have one, they give you a lot. You want to make sure you're giving them something back." Griffin begins a U.S. tour April 29 in Dallas, and will play more shows in the summer on the Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue (http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000474566) tour with Harris, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings and Buddy Miller. Edited By Barry A. Jeckell. April 21, 2004, 12:00 AM By Paul Sexton ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:24:19 EDT From: PinkChanel@aol.com Subject: MM: Re: NEWSDAY vs. PEOPLE In a message dated 2004.04.21 1:17:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org writes: Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:19:40 EDT From: TimSharp63@aol.com Subject: MM: Griffin's 'Dream,' a real masterpiece Ok.......Now I must chime in since all of the discussion about reviews.... NEWSDAY vs. PEOPLE .......... Gee I just don't know which one should garner more repsectability..........LOL I think one big difference is that People Magazine reviews are never syndicated whereas with Newsday, there is still that possibility, however slight. Also, do you want a few million New Yorkers reading your review, or distracted people in beauty salon and/or doctors' waiting rooms, or waiting on line at the supermarket? ;D ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:53:05 -0700 From: "Steve Del" Subject: MM: ID only a day late Got my copy of ID in the mail today from Musictoday. Only one day late I think. I guess I was one of the lucky first 100 to order cuz I got an extra booklet signed by Patty and sure enough her autograph matches the one on my T-shirt that she kindly autographed last year. (Too bad i can't wear that T-shirt anymore....I don't want to wash away the ink.) Guess i better build a shrine to store this stuff. ha. I am so glad to hear that this offical release has been mixed better than the advanced copy I had, which is what I had expected anyway. Love this record...looking forward to the tour and hopefully she'll give us a couple rockers on her next album too. I am hoping she announces some more ID tour dates soon. Please come to California Patty. A bunch of us west-coasters will be meeting for the Saratoga sweet harmony tour, but I still hope for some ID tour dates out here. - -SteveD _________________________________________________________________ From must-see cities to the best beaches, plan a getaway with the Spring Travel Guide! http://special.msn.com/local/springtravel.armx ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:17:23 -0300 From: Alyson Hardy Subject: MM: Patty on WXPN Radio thursday april 22 Hey guys i just heard on the radio that Patty is going to stop by the wxpn studio tomorrow at 4 when she's in philly for the instore! if you're out of the area you can listen online at xpn.org and click the listen link. just wanted to let you all know! aly ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:23:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Ronni Heggen Subject: Re: MM: ID only a day late What? I got mine yesterday with no autograph??? and advanced release? how do you people rate around here? I don't get it! :) Steve Del wrote:Got my copy of ID in the mail today from Musictoday. Only one day late I think. I guess I was one of the lucky first 100 to order cuz I got an extra booklet signed by Patty and sure enough her autograph matches the one on my T-shirt that she kindly autographed last year. (Too bad i can't wear that T-shirt anymore....I don't want to wash away the ink.) Guess i better build a shrine to store this stuff. ha. I am so glad to hear that this offical release has been mixed better than the advanced copy I had, which is what I had expected anyway. Love this record...looking forward to the tour and hopefully she'll give us a couple rockers on her next album too. I am hoping she announces some more ID tour dates soon. Please come to California Patty. A bunch of us west-coasters will be meeting for the Saratoga sweet harmony tour, but I still hope for some ID tour dates out here. - -SteveD _________________________________________________________________ From must-see cities to the best beaches, plan a getaway with the Spring Travel Guide! http://special.msn.com/local/springtravel.armx Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:37:45 -0400 From: "Dennis Flynn" Subject: Re: MM: ID only a day late I got mine from Musictoday, too...and no autograph...again. I don't know why I continue to bite at their bait. At least I know its not a complete scam... But I get a chance to have Patty sign it personally tomorrow night at Borders in Philly. Is anyone else from this group going to be there? I have been lurking on this list for a few weeks. Dennis >From: Ronni Heggen >To: Steve Del , mad-mission@smoe.org >Subject: Re: MM: ID only a day late >Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:23:26 -0700 (PDT) > >What? I got mine yesterday with no autograph??? and advanced release? how >do you people rate around here? I don't get it! :) > >Steve Del wrote:Got my copy of ID in the mail today >from Musictoday. Only one day late I >think. I guess I was one of the lucky first 100 to order cuz I got an extra >booklet signed by Patty _________________________________________________________________ Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN Premium! http://join.msn.com/?page=features/mlb&pgmarket=en-us/go/onm00200439ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:37:42 EDT From: JLHARTMAIL@aol.com Subject: MM: chords for "Mad Mission" Could anyone please send me a set of guitar chords for "Mad Mission" with a verse of the lyrics ( so I can get the timing right )? Thanks ......Johnh ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:09:22 EDT From: Rockerpgh@aol.com Subject: Re: MM: today's Mad Mission accomplished- finally! I was not able to buy the CD on Tuesday, since I was attending "Movin' Out" that evening. So my challenge was to buy it on Wednesday. I decided to do so on my lunch hour. I did not feel like trying Sam Goody in downtown Pittsburgh, so I had the bright idea of taking a bus to Paul's CD's in a nearby neighborhood. It took me only 45 minutes round trip. Was able to listen to it on my car CD player on my way home from a car dealer that afternoon. Ended up hearing "Useless Desires" a little later, when I was in the meat and grocery market; could not tell, but must have been 'YEP". ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:14:50 EDT From: Rockerpgh@aol.com Subject: MM: Cold As It Gets Has a Dylan-esque (folk period) sound, doesn't it? ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V8 #94 ********************************