From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V11 #55 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/PattyInConcertDB.php * 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 V8 #___ gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. * Also, PLEASE do not quote an entire digest when you reply to the * list. Edit out anything you are not referring to. mad-mission-digest Wednesday, February 14 2007 Volume 11 : Number 055 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Hotel Cafe show [lisa071573@aol.com] MM: Tour ["Jim Murphy" ] RE: MM: Tour ["Michael Tatlow" ] RE: MM: Tour ["Jim Murphy" ] MM: Sales ["Jim Murphy" ] MM: Patty on KCRW [Dierk Schlie ] RE: MM: Heavenly Day ["Paul Russell" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:50:30 -0500 From: lisa071573@aol.com Subject: MM: Hotel Cafe show hey guys! (I'm on digest so forgive me if some of this has already been said...) Patty was on fire tonight at Hotel Cafe!! Here are few pics from the show: http://www.lisa071573.com/patty1.JPG http://www.lisa071573.com/patty11.JPG http://www.lisa071573.com/patty3.JPG http://www.lisa071573.com/patty6.JPG She started on piano with a song about wishing on a star (First Star?), then did Burgundy Shoes, also on piano. Stay on The Ride followed and then (in no particular order) she did Trapeze, Heavenly Day, Love Throw a Line, When It Don't Come Easy, No Bad News, Getting Ready... I think she did Crying Over but maybe I hallucinated that :P oh and the MLK song also. Anyway, it was a lovely little show - Patty had Doug on guitar, a cello/upright bassist and a drummer all on Hotel Cafe's little stage. Apparently the venue was VERY overbooked and the little room was packed with people. I taped the show so I'm hoping to get it transferred to cd this weekend. Patty seemed to be in a great mood and No Bad News really kicked some ass. I'm looking forward to the Wiltern show in a month :) I must say, I really love Heavenly Day... she said it was a love song to her dog, although she may have been kidding ;) :) Lisa ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:03:15 -0500 From: "Jim Murphy" Subject: MM: Tour Just so everyone knows since the tour dates have been slow in coming out. Patty is splitting the two going out first to the west coast and doing the show which are listed on her website (www.pattygriffin.com) and her myspace (www.myspace.com/pattygriffin) after the west coast they will take a 2 week break and then come back and do an east coast swing. So far all that is out is the New York show on April 19th. There is also a rumor of a show in Boston on April 20. Where it goes from there you'll just have to wait and see. Feb 1710:00P Alabama Theatre Birmingham, Alabama Mar 9 2007 8:00P Rialto Theatre Tucson, Arizona Mar 10 2007 8:00P El Pedragal at The Boulders Phoenix, Arizona Mar 11 2007 8:00P 4th and B San Diego, Arkansas Mar 13 2007 8:00P Wiltern Los Angeles, California Mar 15 2007 8:00P The Catalyst Santa Cruz, California Mar 16 2007 8:00P Warfeild Theater San Fransisco, California Mar 18 2007 8:00P Aladin Portland, Oregon Mar 19 2007 8:00P Moore Theater Seattle, Washington Mar 20 2007 8:00P Egyptian Boise, Idaho Mar 22 2007 8:00P Boulder Theater Boulder, Colorado Mar 23 2007 8:00P Boulder Theater Boulder, Colorado Mar 25 2007 8:00P Fitzgerald St. Paul, Minnesota Mar 26 2007 8:00P Barrymore Theater Madison, Wisconsin Mar 28 2007 8:00P The Vic Chicago, Illinois Mar 29 2007 8:00P Englart Theater Iowa City, Iowa [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:03:17 +0000 From: "Michael Tatlow" Subject: RE: MM: Tour Thanks for the update Jim, will there be any type of "fan" pre-sale offered. Michael - ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Jim Murphy" To: Subject: MM: Tour Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:03:15 -0500 Just so everyone knows since the tour dates have been slow in coming out. Patty is splitting the two going out first to the west coast and doing the show which are listed on her website (www.pattygriffin.com) and her myspace (www.myspace.com/pattygriffin) after the west coast they will take a 2 week break and then come back and do an east coast swing. So far all that is out is the New York show on April 19th. There is also a rumor of a show in Boston on April 20. Where it goes from there you'll just have to wait and see. Feb 1710:00P Alabama Theatre Birmingham, Alabama Mar 9 2007 8:00P Rialto Theatre Tucson, Arizona Mar 10 2007 8:00P El Pedragal at The Boulders Phoenix, Arizona Mar 11 2007 8:00P 4th and B San Diego, Arkansas Mar 13 2007 8:00P Wiltern Los Angeles, California Mar 15 2007 8:00P The Catalyst Santa Cruz, California Mar 16 2007 8:00P Warfeild Theater San Fransisco, California Mar 18 2007 8:00P Aladin Portland, Oregon Mar 19 2007 8:00P Moore Theater Seattle, Washington Mar 20 2007 8:00P Egyptian Boise, Idaho Mar 22 2007 8:00P Boulder Theater Boulder, Colorado Mar 23 2007 8:00P Boulder Theater Boulder, Colorado Mar 25 2007 8:00P Fitzgerald St. Paul, Minnesota Mar 26 2007 8:00P Barrymore Theater Madison, Wisconsin Mar 28 2007 8:00P The Vic Chicago, Illinois Mar 29 2007 8:00P Englart Theater Iowa City, Iowa [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat] _________________________________________________________________ Valentines Day -- Shop for gifts that spell L-O-V-E at MSN Shopping http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=8323,ptnrid=37,ptnrdata=24095&tcode=wlmtagline ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:54:53 -0500 From: "Jim Murphy" Subject: RE: MM: Tour Not that I know of. The pre-sale through Musictoday have never really worked to the advantage of the fans, so it is best to see where PG is playing and ask the box-office if they are offering a pre-sale - -----Original Message----- From: owner-mad-mission@smoe.org [mailto:owner-mad-mission@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Michael Tatlow Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:03 PM To: mad-mission@smoe.org Subject: RE: MM: Tour Thanks for the update Jim, will there be any type of "fan" pre-sale offered. Michael - ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Jim Murphy" To: Subject: MM: Tour Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:03:15 -0500 Just so everyone knows since the tour dates have been slow in coming out. Patty is splitting the two going out first to the west coast and doing the show which are listed on her website (www.pattygriffin.com) and her myspace (www.myspace.com/pattygriffin) after the west coast they will take a 2 week break and then come back and do an east coast swing. So far all that is out is the New York show on April 19th. There is also a rumor of a show in Boston on April 20. Where it goes from there you'll just have to wait and see. Feb 1710:00P Alabama Theatre Birmingham, Alabama Mar 9 2007 8:00P Rialto Theatre Tucson, Arizona Mar 10 2007 8:00P El Pedragal at The Boulders Phoenix, Arizona Mar 11 2007 8:00P 4th and B San Diego, Arkansas Mar 13 2007 8:00P Wiltern Los Angeles, California Mar 15 2007 8:00P The Catalyst Santa Cruz, California Mar 16 2007 8:00P Warfeild Theater San Fransisco, California Mar 18 2007 8:00P Aladin Portland, Oregon Mar 19 2007 8:00P Moore Theater Seattle, Washington Mar 20 2007 8:00P Egyptian Boise, Idaho Mar 22 2007 8:00P Boulder Theater Boulder, Colorado Mar 23 2007 8:00P Boulder Theater Boulder, Colorado Mar 25 2007 8:00P Fitzgerald St. Paul, Minnesota Mar 26 2007 8:00P Barrymore Theater Madison, Wisconsin Mar 28 2007 8:00P The Vic Chicago, Illinois Mar 29 2007 8:00P Englart Theater Iowa City, Iowa [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat] _________________________________________________________________ Valentines Day -- Shop for gifts that spell L-O-V-E at MSN Shopping http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=8323,ptnrid=37,ptnrdata=24095&tcod e=wlmtagline ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:13:29 -0500 From: "Jim Murphy" Subject: MM: Sales Soundscan reports that CRT sold over 27,000 copies in its first week the most ever by a PG release ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:36:18 +0100 From: Dierk Schlie Subject: MM: Patty on KCRW Hi, and for all Patty lovers, here's the KCRW gig from Monday - - that's the original broadcasting mp3-stream - and the video oh take care, both files are pretty large ... Setlist is here: http://legacy.kcrw.com:81/pl/070212.html Enjoy that wonderful show dierk :-) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:25:37 -0500 From: "Paul Russell" Subject: RE: MM: Heavenly Day I think "heavenly day" was not a great choice as a single promo. I haven't heard songs that slow become a hit since like the 70s. Hello Olivia Newton John! Have you never been mellow? sheesh. Gaa gaa and more gaa. I do like the song though. How can you NOT like it? It's Patty Griffin and it's beautiful. But it was safe. Too safe, and too slow. But that's me, I'm a fast and dangerous kind a guy. I like my coffee without cream. I'll fly on planes and refuse to put my seat in the uber safe upright and locked position. grrrr. peace love and vegetable rights, Paul *********************************** * * Well, there's gonna be sex, drugs, * rock n roll. Chips, dips, chains, whips. * You know, your basic highschool * orgy type thing. * * --Lisa * "Weird Science" * ********************************** - ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Jon Schneider" To: mad-mission@smoe.org Subject: MM: Heavenly Day Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:42:29 GMT I beg to differ. I think it's a wonderful song, a wonderful single and a wonderful introduction to Patty to newcomers. I can totally see it as a possible breakthrough. I didn't really understand it when "Love Throw a Line" was the choice last time out though. I think "Heavenly Day" and "No Bad News" will be an amazing 1-2 punch and if they fail it will be due to promotion, marketing, etc. not due to poor choice of songs, imo. - ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- First, please, PLEASE don't take this personally, Murph, just because you raised the subject. I must say, however, that the idea that record companies look for "accessible" songs to push as radio singles just drives me up the wall. To me, "accessible" is industry-speak for safe, non-threatening, just-like-everything-else-on-the-radio music. (And, no, I'm no "insider," but a life-long music lover with a collection that runs the gamut from Edith Piaf to Green Day.) I'm not saying that "Heavenly Day" is tripe, far from it. The melody is lovely and Patty's vocals are terrific. I just know that last week, while CRT was emanating nearly nonstop from the iPod dock on my desk, when a co-worker stopped to ask "Who IS that?" it was never while "Heavenly Day" was playing. Put another way, if I were commissioned to put together a 90-minute career retrospective CD of Patty Griffin's music, "Heavenly Day" would be hard-pressed to make the cut. If Patty were an established "hit-maker" with a built-in radio audience for her newest release, that would be one thing. But, if the first single from a new album by an artist with no proven radio track record generates lukewarm response, will subsequent singles even be considered for airplay? Honestly, I hope I am wrong, and that the good folks at ATO (and hell, maybe it was Patty's decision) are smarter than me when it comes to promoting new CDs. Perhaps "Heavenly Day" will do for Patty what (first thing that popped into my head) "Just The Way You Are" did for Billy Joel. It just pains me that somebody with Patty's peerless combination of songwriting chops and singing ability is still waiting for "mainstream success" after all these years. Cheers, Larry I in LA Looking for insurance? Compare and save 50% today. Shop here:

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