From: owner-navy-soup-digest@smoe.org (navy-soup-digest) To: navy-soup-digest@smoe.org Subject: navy-soup-digest V1 #45 Reply-To: navy-soup@smoe.org Sender: owner-navy-soup-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-navy-soup-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk navy-soup-digest Friday, December 18 1998 Volume 01 : Number 045 In This Digest: ----------------- Re: Sarah and her mail ["Tab Siddiqui" ] Re: Sarah and her mail [James McGarry ] Re: Sarah and her mail [Bloo ] Re: Sarah and her mail ["Gian.C." ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 06:28:37 PST From: "Tab Siddiqui" Subject: Re: Sarah and her mail Gian wrote: >Seems her full length indie cd will be out sometime in February with >such songs as Bonnie's Song, High, Playing Cards With Judas (my >fave), Twin Moon, Narcolepsy Weed and 5 or 6 more, can't wait for >that. It also includes the help of many great musicians. All right! All the ol' classics from the Slean canon. ;-) "Playing Cards With Judas" is also one of my absolute faves (esp. live!), so it's going to wonderful to finally hear a studio treatment of that one. >also don't forget she's playing at the Reverb in Toronto >(bathurst/queen) on Dec 16th, she'll have a 4 piece string section >(yummy) and while i'm at Don't tell me I missed the infamous string section once *again*! Oh, well. C'mon, people who went, let's get some reviews going here. Oh, and did anyone go to the 'No Place Like Home' benefit on Tuesday? I'm really interested in hearing how that one went... - - Tab :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:04:10 -0500 (EST) From: James McGarry Subject: Re: Sarah and her mail Heya Tab!! On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Tab Siddiqui wrote: > All right! All the ol' classics from the Slean canon. ;-) "Playing > Cards With Judas" is also one of my absolute faves (esp. live!), so it's > going to wonderful to finally hear a studio treatment of that one. Be prepared to be blown away... ;-) > Don't tell me I missed the infamous string section once *again*! > Oh, well. C'mon, people who went, let's get some reviews going > here. You don't want to hear this Tab. Musically, this was probably the best Sarah Slean concert ever. The debut of two new songs, one, "Elliot" is _particularly_ good. {*James ponders this understatement*} It was phenomenal! You've _got_ to hear it! _Got_ to! A very reworked version of "I Know" expanding on some earlier experiments circa, maybe January. I feel I will never want to listen to the version on the Universe cassette again, these changes have breathed new life into that song. It was like I was hearing it for the first time, its power redoubled to an almost overwhelming level. If this was all that was new or better it would've been worth it. I've heard this song countless times on record and neigh on twenty times live and last night was singularly the best version ever. It was simply beautiful. I don't recall seeing Sarah so very passionate about her music, it might have been the fact that there were so many of her friends there, that she's been practising and recording, the swoon of fervent love, the Holiday spirit, but whatever it was... ...WOW! Interestingly, at least for me, WOW! was the sum total of my notes the first time I saw Sarah. I'd say that descriptive is more applicable now than ever before. And it looks damned good on her. I recall some 50's footage of Glenn Gould at the piano, trying to explain some musical concept. Stumbling over the words; so inadequate to the task. Then seeing an inner light and a joyously pained expression as he turns to the keyboard to speak for him. Music sustaining his entire existence. I saw that expression several times last night on Sarah's face. If you had to miss a gig Tab, why, oh why did you pick this one?... > Oh, and did anyone go to the 'No Place Like Home' benefit on Tuesday? > I'm really interested in hearing how that one went... I've heard a short Sarah set, but that it went well... James. Who is so _very_ proud of Sarah and so in awe of this very transformative stage. ========================================================================== James McGarry | jmcgarry@UoGuelph.CA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- And I, infinitesmal being, drunk with the great starry void, likeness, image of mystery, I felt myself a pure part of the abyss, I wheeled with the stars, my heart broke loose on the wind. - Poetry, Pablo Neruda ========================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:44:26 -0800 From: Bloo Subject: Re: Sarah and her mail I am sorry to include so much of the original post, but there is so little I could actually snip from this... *applause* Oh my goodness James. That was simply wonderful. Over the last year or so I have begun to feel less and less worked up over the whole 'live experience', if simply because I have seen so many artists live. And descriptions never seem to do the experience justice. Until now. Your description makes me wish I could have hopped a red-eye on Tuesday night just to see this one. ...never mind me, just a daydream/idle thought from thousands of miles away from someone being stomped to oblivion at work (but I get to listen to Sarah's CD at work among others - that's a nice selling point 8-}) I am really happy to hear the performance was so wonderful. How much does an apt. in Toronto cost? Maybe I could commute. 8-} Happy holidays all 8-} - -Brian James McGarry wrote: > > Be prepared to be blown away... ;-) > > > Don't tell me I missed the infamous string section once *again*! > > Oh, well. C'mon, people who went, let's get some reviews going > > here. > > You don't want to hear this Tab. Musically, this was probably the best > Sarah Slean concert ever. The debut of two new songs, one, "Elliot" is > _particularly_ good. {*James ponders this understatement*} It was > phenomenal! You've _got_ to hear it! _Got_ to! > > A very reworked version of "I Know" expanding on some earlier > experiments circa, maybe January. I feel I will never want to listen to > the version on the Universe cassette again, these changes have breathed > new life into that song. It was like I was hearing it for the first time, > its power redoubled to an almost overwhelming level. If this was all that > was new or better it would've been worth it. I've heard this song > countless times on record and neigh on twenty times live and last night > was singularly the best version ever. It was simply beautiful. > > I don't recall seeing Sarah so very passionate about her music, it might > have been the fact that there were so many of her friends there, that > she's been practising and recording, the swoon of fervent love, the > Holiday spirit, but whatever it was... ...WOW! Interestingly, at least for > me, WOW! was the sum total of my notes the first time I saw Sarah. I'd say > that descriptive is more applicable now than ever before. And it looks > damned good on her. > > I recall some 50's footage of Glenn Gould at the piano, trying to > explain some musical concept. Stumbling over the words; so inadequate to > the task. Then seeing an inner light and a joyously pained expression as > he turns to the keyboard to speak for him. Music sustaining his entire > existence. I saw that expression several times last night on Sarah's face. > > If you had to miss a gig Tab, why, oh why did you pick this one?... - -- Brian Wilson -----------------------"Those aren't Sex muffins! -Coach bloo@blooberry.com ------------------Those aren't Love muffins! http://www.blooberry.com/ -----------Those are just BLOOberry muffins!" Creator of Index DOT Html: http://www.blooberry.com/html/intro.htm ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 16:51:45 -0500 From: "Gian.C." Subject: Re: Sarah and her mail >On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Tab Siddiqui wrote: >> All right! All the ol' classics from the Slean canon. ;-) "Playing >> Cards With Judas" is also one of my absolute faves (esp. live!), so it's >> going to wonderful to finally hear a studio treatment of that one. > >Be prepared to be blown away... ;-) i second that, as you'll find out i'll be seconding (is that a word?) most of what James says :P >> Don't tell me I missed the infamous string section once *again*! >> Oh, well. C'mon, people who went, let's get some reviews going >> here. > > You don't want to hear this Tab. Musically, this was probably the best >Sarah Slean concert ever. The debut of two new songs, one, "Elliot" is >_particularly_ good. {*James ponders this understatement*} It was >phenomenal! You've _got_ to hear it! _Got_ to! Elliot was outstanding, i was grooving along with it, and she's just getting better and better with each hit of the piano ivory, its incredible to witness. > A very reworked version of "I Know" expanding on some earlier >experiments circa, maybe January. > This version of "I Know" that she played was as james put it, simply beautiful, i lost myself in the song, one of those moments that just gives you shivers. Another time i felt shivers was when she played Sadie, one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard, shivers i say.. i can name a few more but you get the idea :) This show was especially nice because there were a lot of people i knew, the usual crew consisting of me, steve and james, along with rayanne and a few friends, paul schrieber and co., kevin fox, hayden made the show, emm was there as was her drummer, a few members of red autumn fall including the ever cool simeon, etc etc etc, all this added to the surreal feel of the show, at some points it was so quiet that you could meditate and reach i higher plain of existence, no really :) well that was my take on it, too bad you missed it tab :P (discontinues to rub it in) take care and happiest of holidays :) - -Gian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out http://webhome.idirect.com/~nsounds for Tour and Artist info, sound clips, reviews, and articles on new up and coming artists out of Toronto, mainly Emm Gryner and Sarah Slean. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ End of navy-soup-digest V1 #45 ******************************