From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V2 #83 Reply-To: rockford-files@smoe.org Sender: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk The Rockford Files Tuesday, March 2 1999 Volume 02 : Number 083 Today's Fjordian Filings: -------------------------------------- I Hafta Laugh... Re: The Rockford Files V2 #82 New music, new beginnings... Re: New music, new beginnings... *sigh* new shrub I guess i should have known... this is not a plea for your sympathy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 08:50:33 PST From: "Markus Kamp" Subject: I Hafta Laugh... *RESENDING* (Sorry if this posts 2ce!!!) ...at the breadth of variety of my CD selections for the week: Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel Bliss Jeff Buckley - Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk Patsy Cline - 12 Greatest Hits Grosse Pointe Blank - OMPS Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving Dave Matthews Tim Reynolds - Live at Luther College Willie Nelson - Teatro Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral Nuyorican Soul Portishead - Roseland NYC Live REM - Up The Brian Setzer Orchestra - The Dirty Boogie Anoushka Shankar - Anoushka Sinforosa - Dealdy Faerie Tales Will Smith - Big Willie Style So, that makes for 1 angry female pianist, 1 int'l collection, 1 deceased underappreciated tortured poet, 2 brilliantly dark country singers, 1 '80s collection, 2 soul CDs (1 en Espanol), 1 acoustic duo, 1 industrial Goth madman, 1 dark British electronic band, 1 mellow semi-electonic album by the inventors of jangly pop, 1 swing-a-billy guitarist, 1 Hindustani teen beauty, 1 dark acoustic pop quartet (there can be only one), and 1 mastah of jiggy hip-hop... Pretty much all over the place as usual:-)!!! Markus Kamp - Percussionist Sinforosa ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 12:45:28 -0500 From: shirak@umich.edu Subject: Re: The Rockford Files V2 #82 Uhhh, Carrie? I don't know if you remember or not, but some of us on here are men. We don't all suck! Well, only occasionally, and on request, but that's another subject. Anyway, I know all too well how much LDRs suck. We feel your pain. Well, I've had about 10 hours of sleep this weekend, and had a blast doing it. My friend had his 23rd B-day party on Friday, then I went to a micro-rave on Saturday in my beloved Chicago, and last night I came back to AA (not Alcoholics Anonymous, Ann Arbor) and hung out 'til 5 in the morning, playing pool and drinking Yukon Jack and Diet Pepsi. One of my finer moments, I assure you. ;) Now, I'm headed home for recovery and waiting desperately for my Sinforosa CD to arrive. I hear everyone but the drummer kicks ass. The Drummer is just a demi-god. ;) Laters all! ERIC ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 13:59:49 -0500 From: "Lyons, Anne" Subject: New music, new beginnings... Hey all! Welp. The time has come, the walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes and ships and sealing wax Of cabbages and kings... I believe the time has come for me to bring up something kind of personal. There are enough of you on here that I know fairly well that I thought I should make a "general announcement"... So, without beating around the bush (minds out of the gutter, boys)... and without going into reasons and whatnot... here's the announcement. My husband and I have decided to divorce - -- I've moved out of our apartment. This, in my opinion, is not a situation filled with woe... I'm feeling like I've got a new lease on life and I am really loving it. Returning to the ranks of singledom has been relatively painless (although I have my moments) and it seems as if I will be able to remain friends with my ex. It's a beautiful beginning rather than a tragic ending... And BeFeF's music has been a godsend in getting me through those tougher moments, lemme tell ya! (Hey... Look Ma! Some Bentent!) As to new music (as opposed to new beginnings)... I recently grabbed three SUPERB cds! Like many of you I picked up Built to Spill's _Keep it Like a Secret_ -- and it is rocking me. It's actually my first foray into BtS... and I am really enjoying myself! Since many of you have already mentioned this one... I really don;t have much more to add. Except for this -- Does anyone else think that the picture of Doug Martsch on the CD flap looks an awful lot like Pete Townshend? *grin* The second CD I picked up is the debut album from Gomez. It's called _Bring It On_ and it freaking beats me upside the head with its greatness! I heard them on a "future of music" weekend on a local radio station (FNX for you Boston babies) -- and I was immediately hooked by their single "Whippin' Piccadilly". They're a Brit band out of Liverpool and they have an album that cooks up a heady concoction of blues, funk and psychedelic rhythms. It's truly a tuneful masterpiece of a debut. Do yourselves a favor and pick up this CD. The third CD is Sebadoh's latest: _The Sebadoh_. Mmmm mmmmm MMMMMM... this is a tasty album. This hasn't spent much time out of my car CD... it's just too delectable to drive around banging my head to "Flame" and all the other vigorous songs. They Rock Me Right Down To A Nub. Buy it. Today. You won't be left unsatisfied. To sum up... Go buy these CDs (all available on amazon.com -- they ship within 24 hours): Keep It Like a Secret; Built to Spill Bring It On; Gomez The Sebadoh; Sebadoh That's enough out of me! - -Anne ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 13:14:54 -0600 From: "Anoop Ranganath" Subject: Re: New music, new beginnings... I love it when Anne posts. Anyways, I'm sorry to hear about your marriage, but I'm happy to hear that you're happy with your situation. You're a great girl full of wisdom, (which has helped me understand much of my life), so I know you'll be ok. That's weird that you bought those three albums last week. I went to our local music store last week, (The Magic Platter, it rocks!) and picked up three CDs as well. The new Built to Spill, the new Sebadoh, and B&S Dog on Wheels (two out of three isn't too bad). This album has also been my initial foray into the world of built to spill, and all I'll say about how incredibly good it is, is that I've had these CDs for three days, and the new Sebadoh still hasn't come out of the shrinkwrap cause I can't seem to bring myself to take BtS out of the cd player. Outside of that, nothing much else to say. I'm so incredibly jealous of all of you that have heard bits of the new album. I just can't wait, I have a feeling that 1999 is gonna be a good year for us, musicwise at least. 10 more days til Jump, Little Children gets their asses back into an American venue. I just can't wait, i'm suffering severe withdrawal. Later gators, Anoop ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 12:45:04 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: *sigh* Ok, so my computer died. I am so sad. It was a good computer, full of mp3s, and programs that I never really used, but I *could* should the occasion present itself. It was full of silly pictures I made on paint. It had an icq contact list to die for. It was a good computer. I actually saved everything right before I killed it. See, I could tell there were problems, so I took it home and had my dad back everything up on this backup tape thing he has. So now my computer is actually sitting on a backup tape in a drive on my dad's computer. Afer I backed everything, I wiped everything off my HD. That was a scary moment for me folks. Now I begin the process of rebuilding what I once had. I put back all my files onto my computer. I'm missing some crucial ones, like a lot of my emails I had saved, but for the most part, I have it all. As far as all of my programs... re-downloading and re-installing. SUcks. ESpp the icq part because I don't know how to put my old contact list on this new version. *sigh* At least I saved my gig of mp3s. I can't wait until my friend burns me a cd of them all... Ok, my latest thrill in the music world is Jason Falkner. How many of you like Jason Falkner??? All of you should, and thats an order. Go buy his 1st album "...Present's Author Unknown" You will not be disappointed. If you like Jellyfish, he plays on their 1st album, so check that out too. Then there is The Grays. Amazing band.. get RoShamBo. Play track 8. Incredibly wonderful. As is the whole album. Dig you Eric Matthews? Jason plays on his album. Jason's latest masterpiece is just that... a masterpiece. He plays all the instruments on it, and its just beautiful, happy, catchy pop. You can hear Jellyfish in it, but not as much as say ... another Jelly spin off band. Great hooks, nifty lyrics, singalongability, all around great stuff. I've got my radioshow tonight (monday night) check out http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf/music.htm for more info. Stacy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 00:04:56 -0500 From: Jessica Brandt Subject: new shrub Want to see me and Courtney at the grammys?!?!?! good! go to the new shrub then, foos Jess *********************************************************** * --+-READ THE SHRUBBERY-+-- * http://www.theshrubbery.prohosting.com --New Every Month- -Humor, Music, News and More-- *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 21:38:13 -0800 From: Dig that crazy chick Subject: I guess i should have known... by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last i figured I could give a shout out to Prince while also affirming Anne in her new singleness. And I must agree that Gomez is great. I heard them all the time this summer on KCRW, but i got all antsy because their album wasn't available domestically until september. but then i got it and oh yes, i was rocked heartily. And they're also the band in that... Magnavox (?) commercial for the flat screen TVs who sing "Getting Better." and speaking of KCRW, i feel like a good person today because I finally became a member. NPR rocks my socks off, and now i get rocking perks like this neat-o discount card and free tickets to movies & concerts. aww yeah, buddy. and apparently Nic Harcourt, the DJ on morning Becomes Eclectic, is spreading the little rumour that he'll have Belle & Sebastian in studio in JUNE. which means they'll be IN MY TOWN. IN JUNE. YAY. Kathryn, do you hear that? we're so there. Imagine Radio's website is so freaking slow. well, that's not true. my computer is just a slow ass piece of crap. and now i've come to find, after my dad was saintly enough to send me a new printer, that my computer just doesn't like printers at all. so the printer isn't broken, the computer is. rar. okay, so i've decided that Amherst must come to pass. MUST. i'm doing what I can about making it happen. oh, and i'm still sick. i went to the health center today and i think the RN was amazed at how many things are wrong with me. apparenlty my bronchial tubes are a tad bit clogged, hence my coughing fits. but now i'm prescribed cough syrup with coedine, so that should be fun fun fun. ~Courtney The Sultraness of Swing "He's the Jim Jarmusch of S&M." - -- ************* ICQ: 24901402 AOL IM: CourtSpork Laugh until you wet yourself; read The Shrubbery. http://www.theshrubbery.prohosting.com Listen to my radio show, "Swing and the Single Girl" every Tuesday night from 12-4am PST live in Real Audio at http://kscr.usc.edu. ************* ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 02:46:54 EST From: F2G2@aol.com Subject: this is not a plea for your sympathy. alright. it's almost 3 am and i'm stricken by insomnia once again. perhaps it has a lot to do with the fact that the brain won't stop percolating. i meant what i said in the heading for this missive....... a friend of mine tried to kill himself very recently. sleeping pills..... most people give cues. i've had people thinking i'm suicidal before due to the cues i've given. that's not the case. i'm just clinically depressed...... anyhow. sleeping pills. a large quantity of them. he's in a coma now. the doctors don't know if he will live. they don't exactly feel that he'll be one of those 20-20 stories of the week where he returns from "a near-death catatonic state to play guitar again" -miracle. he left a note. "nobody is to blame. i'm just very tired." there weren't any indicators. so. whatever your denomination, think of rob. say a prayer or something. matthew ".............while my guitar gently weeps..............." ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V2 #83 ********************************