From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V3 #338 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 Thursday, October 4 2001 Volume 03 : Number 338 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Richard's old bandmate ["Norman A. Johnson" ] Re: [RS] Re: tough luck [TRNMT@aol.com] Re: [RS] Re: the dog ate my homework [Howie ] [RS] Re: the dog ate my homework [Rongrittz@aol.com] [RS] Re: tough luck [Rongrittz@aol.com] Re: [RS] Re: tough luck [Joe Lanzalotto ] Re: [RS] Re: the dog ate my homework [Joe Lanzalotto ] [RS] Re: fraid not [LBECKLAW@aol.com] [RS] I found myself at Sparrows Point ["Norman A. Johnson" Subject: [RS] Richard's old bandmate Laura wrote: >>As a consolation, I bought John Gorka's new one, which I suspect most of you purists find too slick and mainstream. I like it. << Well, you are in good company with THE COMPANY YOU KEEP. At this moment, "Oh Abraham" is my favorite song of 2001. Many of us are Gorka fans. And, when you get SPARROWS POINT, you will get a chance to hear the only recorded duet with Richard and John Gorka... "By Now" Norman ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 21:36:32 EDT From: TRNMT@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] Re: tough luck In a message dated 10/3/01 4:49:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LBECKLAW@aol.com writes: > I was very disappointed and chagrined to see the paltry assortment of "folk" > and/or "alternative" music there. The only good news I can report was that > Richard S.and Lucy K.each had their own little titled section in the folk > department. Unfortunately, Richard's section only had 5 copies of Reunion > Hill and 2 of SNP, and Lucy's had 1 of Flesh and Bone. There were no > sections for Dave Carter, Tracy Grammer, or even Frasier! ;-0!! > > A lesson that some of us learned last year when monitoring retailers for SNP was that some places *never* carry the goods! Our mega-B&N had maybe one copy of SP in the Pop/Rock section....nothing...EVER in the folk section, and NO copies of SNP during the period in time we were checking for our pals at Signature Sounds. I didn't even renew my "Club CD" membership at CD World in NJ, and they're pretty good about carrying stuff. If I don't buy on-line, I have been going to a little local shop in Hoboken called Tunes, who tend to have a small but decent selection. NT ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 21:53:40 -0400 From: Howie Subject: Re: [RS] Re: the dog ate my homework At 09:38 AM 10/3/2001 -0400, Grasshopper/Laura the Naive wrote: >On another (non related) note, what is it about Joan Baez that makes her so >reviled? Listen to Eric Bogle sing his "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda". Then listen to JB's rendition. Then you'll know. - -Howie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 22:08:25 EDT From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: [RS] Re: the dog ate my homework << Listen to Eric Bogle sing his "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda". Then listen to JB's rendition. Then you'll know. >> Or listen to Levon Helm and The Band sing "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," the Confederate blood pouring from his soul . . . then listen to Joan sing the song like she's seeing the lyrics for the first time. Even worse, singing it like she doesn't KNOW the lyrics. "The" Robert E. Lee? "So much" cavalry? No. No no no no no. RG ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 22:14:24 EDT From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: [RS] Re: tough luck << The problem isn't your locale, it's Barnes and Noble -- having worked there I can offically say they have the worst folk music department of any chain store. >> Worse than Sam Goody/Coconuts? I find that pretty hard to believe. Actually, the Barnes and Noble in Paramus, NJ has a pretty darn comprehensive folk department, so maybe it just varies from store to store. RG ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 22:20:32 -0700 From: Joe Lanzalotto Subject: Re: [RS] Re: tough luck CD World isn't bad, but the best folk selection I have seen in New Jersey is at Tower Records on route 17 in Paramus. They even carry all of the "old guys" stuff, like Tom Rush, Eric Andersen, etc. They are also a bit pricey. Joe TRNMT@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/3/01 4:49:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LBECKLAW@aol.com > writes: > > > I was very disappointed and chagrined to see the paltry assortment of "folk" > > and/or "alternative" music there. The only good news I can report was that > > Richard S.and Lucy K.each had their own little titled section in the folk > > department. Unfortunately, Richard's section only had 5 copies of Reunion > > Hill and 2 of SNP, and Lucy's had 1 of Flesh and Bone. There were no > > sections for Dave Carter, Tracy Grammer, or even Frasier! ;-0!! > > > > > > A lesson that some of us learned last year when monitoring retailers for SNP > was that some places *never* carry the goods! Our mega-B&N had maybe one > copy of SP in the Pop/Rock section....nothing...EVER in the folk section, and > NO copies of SNP during the period in time we were checking for our pals at > Signature Sounds. I didn't even renew my "Club CD" membership at CD World > in NJ, and they're pretty good about carrying stuff. If I don't buy on-line, > I have been going to a little local shop in Hoboken called Tunes, who tend to > have a small but decent selection. > > NT ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 22:23:03 -0700 From: Joe Lanzalotto Subject: Re: [RS] Re: the dog ate my homework She doesn't seem to have a lot of "feel" for the music she's interpreting. To my ear, she's very mechanical, relying way too much on that ever-so-perfect falsetto. Joe Rongrittz@aol.com wrote: > << Listen to Eric Bogle sing his "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda". > Then > listen to JB's rendition. Then you'll know. >> > > Or listen to Levon Helm and The Band sing "The Night They Drove Old Dixie > Down," the Confederate blood pouring from his soul . . . then listen to Joan > sing the song like she's seeing the lyrics for the first time. Even worse, > singing it like she doesn't KNOW the lyrics. "The" Robert E. Lee? "So much" > cavalry? > > No. No no no no no. > > RG ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 22:21:58 -0400 From: "Gary A. Martin" Subject: [RS] Tree v. Herring Gene F. (the 'F' is for 'fish world') asked: >Change Ron G's mind? Why not try to cut down the mightiest tree in the >forest with a herring? Because Ron G is hard of herring from having Joan ring his bells at Sony (and yet sofa). So, "Ni!" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 23:04:26 EDT From: LBECKLAW@aol.com Subject: [RS] Re: fraid not Vanessa, Ron, other sages: I renounced my allegiance to Back Street Boys, Puff Daddy, clip-on earrings, cheese food, Thirty Something reruns, and Pauly Shore movies (but not The 3 Stooges and Tom Jones, not yet anyway) when I joined your ranks. Mama always said enlightenment wasn't going to be easy. And she was right. Currently under review: Joan Baez, Tupac, and Howard Stern. Still waiting for SP, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 00:50:23 -0400 From: "Norman A. Johnson" Subject: [RS] I found myself at Sparrows Point Ron wrote last week: >> I'm wondering if "Sparrows Point" is only the favorite of the EARLIEST Richard fans, or whether those who jumped on the Shindell-wagon somewhat later (through Dar or Cry Cry Cry or the Dylan contemporary of whom I do not speak) ALSO consider it their favorite. << Well, I became a Richard fan after he opened for Dar during her EOTS tour (4 years ago!) and SP is my favorite. It took me quite some time to really appreciate SP, though. Norman ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V3 #338 ***********************************