From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V11 #18 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Tuesday, February 23 2010 Volume 11 : Number 018 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Mariana's EP Liner Notes [Laurence Krulik ] [RS] So Says Who? [Laurence Krulik ] [RS] nice interview with Richard Shindell [Matthew Wilkening | MW01 ] Re: [RS] nice interview with Richard Shindell ["Matthew Bullis" Subject: [RS] Mariana's EP Liner Notes Hey All - Normally I don't check Shindell's site on a regular basis (mostly because there's nothing new very often), but went there today and I noticed he posted some liner notes to Mariana's EP. Short, but interesting read. Also, there's finally formal album art for NFN and the EP (my scan wasn't rendering so well next to all the other high res graphics). Link and copy below. http://www.richardshindell.com/index.php?page=cds&display=524 Ron, I remember you saying that you couldn't relate to the characters on NFN shortly after its release. Wondering if you had a change of heart after having the record for some time now? - -LK LINER NOTES: Get Up Clara (alt mix) This is an alt recording from the NFN sessions, recorded by Greg Anderson in Buenos Aires. Ben Wittman's percussion recorded by Rich Lamb in NYC. Balloon Man (alt version) An earlier version. I'm trying to remember now why I got rid of that extra verse... Recorded in a little house out on the Pampa in the Province of Buenos Aires. Greg engineered. I remember the birds were making a hell of a din that day. Except when she was adding her violin parts, Sara Milonovich spent a good part of the day outside, scaring away them away by yelling at them (in english, which may explain why they did not get the message). Mariana's Table (alt version) An earlier version of the song, in its original musical setting. It's played here on the instrument it was written on, a lovely little Oriskany bouzouki. Though I can see Route 215 from the porch, and Brandsen (a small town in the Province of Buenos Aires) is about 45 minutes away, Mariana is invented. But I'm sure there is someone just like her out there somewhere. "Flaco" (meaning slim, or skinny) is a common nickname. So is "Gordo". Argentines are very big on nicknames. I, for example, am known in these latitudes as "El Gaucho Shindell". Recorded by Greg. State of the Union This is the initial demo for this song, recorded (just after I'd written it) in my office - that is to say, in circumstances utterly unsuited to the observance of anything approaching current technical norms of multitrack recording. For example, I believe the window might have been wide open. I'm playing acoustic and electric guitars, synth bass, and spare change (pesos only). I Am (previously unreleased) OK, so it's not entirely true that this is previously unreleased. After 9/11 (which it was written in response to), it was sold briefly as a download, with all proceeds (meager as they were) going to benefit WNYC (which had lost its tranmission towers). Recorded by Lincoln Schlieffer at Lincoln's Log Cabin (Bronx, NY). That's Marc Shulman on the electric guitar. Lincoln's playing bass and harmonium. Hideous Grin (live, unreleased) An out-take from one of the 1999 concerts that furnished the material for Courier. Recorded by Ben Wisch at the Emelin Theater (Mamaroneck, NY) on March 17, 1999. RS - vox and acoustic guitar; Lincoln Schleiffer - bass; Dennis McDermott - drums; John Putnam - electric guitar. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:23:48 -0500 From: Laurence Krulik Subject: [RS] So Says Who? OK, sorry for the spam, but I have a question which came up recently: I recently (or should I say finally) started to listen to Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer's 'Tanglewood Tree' (GASP!). After doing some more research, I read that 'So Says the Whipporwill' was a tribute to Carter. Can someone shed some light on this? I've heard Richard say it's a song about freedom and nothing really more. I don't exactly see the connection... any thoughts? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:19:16 -0500 From: Matthew Wilkening | MW01 Subject: [RS] nice interview with Richard Shindell Hello everybody, I'm new here. In fact, I only just learned of Richard last week, but over the weekend I did a really nice interview with him, and I thought you might all like to see it: http://www.sixtysecondsofheaven.com thanks! MW ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:24:04 -0800 From: Subject: Re: [RS] So Says Who? >> After doing some more research, I read that 'So Says the Whipporwill' was a tribute to Carter. Can someone shed some light on this? I've heard Richard say it's a song about freedom and nothing really more. I don't exactly see the connection... any thoughts? << I've never been aware of any more specific details than Dave being "the mountaineer" in the last verse, a reference to his song "The Mountain," and the yodeling a reference to Dave's yodeling on "Farewell to Saint Dolores," which Richard oerformed at Dave's memorial tribute event back in 2002. RG ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:37:36 -0700 From: "Matthew Bullis" Subject: Re: [RS] nice interview with Richard Shindell Hello from the other Matthew on the list, in Phoenix. I hope you've enjoyed Richard's music for the brief time you've gotten acquainted with him. You've got quite a good listen ahead of you if you intend to explore his albums. I'd recommend devoted undivided attention to his albums as you listen, as his lyrics can bring startling revelations as you listen. Matthew ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V11 #18 ***********************************