From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V4 #144 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, May 7 2002 Volume 04 : Number 144 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] Berkeley Friday, 5/3 [jean@jeanius.com] [RS] Re: beard [LBECKLAW@aol.com] Re: [RS] Re: beard ["Susan Koval" ] [RS] santa cruz 5/5 (carnival life on the water or spring will take a bow) [Pfleary@aol] [RS] Sitting/Love ["Susan Krauss" ] Re: [RS] Sitting/Love [Jeff Gilson ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 10:09:30 -0700 From: jean@jeanius.com Subject: [RS] Berkeley Friday, 5/3 Set list from Friday's show in Berkeley ... Beyond the Iron Gate Mary Magdalene A Summer Wind, A Cotton Dress The "Love/Advent" song Are You Happy Now Ballad of Hollis Brown Abuelita Fishing Courier Willin' Kenworth of My Dreams Darkness, Darkness Reunion Hill America Transit Encore: Wisteria All in all, it was a good show. On two or three songs, Richard started to sing the wrong verse, realized it, and corrected himself. On Transit, he seemed to forget the first line of the second verse but he recovered quickly. His comments between songs were sharp and often humorous. And he mentioned he would be touring the west coast w/ Joan Baez later this summer. Jean ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 16:10:16 EDT From: LBECKLAW@aol.com Subject: [RS] Re: beard Mebbe it was the flannel shirt he wore at the concert I saw, but for some reason RS bearded reminded me of Al, Tim "the Toolman"'s sidekick on Home Improvement. In a less burly, more sensitive way. I realize that this is not a flattering comparison, and that I will lose some points and respect (if I have any left here) by admitting I watched that show--but there it is. Laura ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 16:20:59 -0400 From: "Susan Koval" Subject: Re: [RS] Re: beard Hey Laura, I not only watched that show, but the year that my husband and I moved into our "new" 23 year old home, we dressed up as Al and Tim for Halloween! Seemed to fit the theme that year! Sue LBECKLAW@aol. com To: shindell-list@smoe.org cc: (bcc: Susan Koval/Telcordia) 05/06/02 Subject: [RS] Re: beard 04:10 PM Please respond to shindell-list Mebbe it was the flannel shirt he wore at the concert I saw, but for some reason RS bearded reminded me of Al, Tim "the Toolman"'s sidekick on Home Improvement. In a less burly, more sensitive way. I realize that this is not a flattering comparison, and that I will lose some points and respect (if I have any left here) by admitting I watched that show--but there it is. Laura ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 00:32:23 EDT From: Pfleary@aol.com Subject: [RS] santa cruz 5/5 (carnival life on the water or spring will take a bow) Had a wonderful drive down to Santa Cruz (where I first lived when I came to CA and home of my alma mater) yesterday to see Richard. I took the coast route and it was a perfect day. There were still plenty of tickets available and the show didn't sell out. It seems to have been poorly publicized. There was no mention of the show in either of the two major weekly papers nor in the student newspaper at the University. Too bad, Richard could have sold out the Kuumbwa if there had been a little more publicity IMHO. It's a nice little venue with only 200 seats. Richard seemed a little more relaxed than the night before. Santa Cruz can do that to a person. He talked about how nice it is there and how lucky people are to live there. It really is a cool little coastal city, with a university and the last seaside amusement park on the west coast. Said he enjoyed walking down the main drag (Pacific Avenue) and looking at all the "happy people." He also talked about getting lost in the woods jogging along the fire trails above the University. He was especially concerned because he noticed mountain lion warning signs. He had a lot of fun with this, saying that he was running with a rock in each hand, and then began to wonder if the signs were just posted to motivate people to run faster. He wore a Hawaiian shirt and blue jeans. Not a bright tacky blinding Hawaiian shirt, but one that was faded and broken in, very Santa Cruz. If I wasn't color blind I'd be able to tell you which color(s) it was. There was no opening act and he played two excellent, complete sets and was very well received. The set list is as follows: SET #1 Courier Castaway Beyond the Iron Gate Mary Magdalene Summer Wind, Cotton Dress Love Before You Go--thanks to Vanessa for supplying the name of this song. Was this on the Holiday album that also had Katryna and Nerrisa Nields and Dave and Tracy? The Ballad of Hollis Brown--Says this song makes his seem like Tiny Tim. Just picture Richard with a big head of hair and a ukulele! I Am-by request. This was the first time I heard this song. It's beautiful and really struck a nerve with the whole audience. America--I still get goosebumps when I think about hearing him do this. I figured he did a really good cover of this, I just didn't realize how good until I heard it for myself. BREAK SET #2 Fishing Abuelita Good Year for the Roses (a George Jones song) Sparrow's Point Arrowhead Reunion Hill--said he'd be out here again with Joan Baez in August. Wonder if we'll also get D&T with them? Next Best Western Are You Happy Now? Fourth of July, Asbury Park--I requested this, figuring he'd probably play it since Santa Cruz has a boardwalk, a pier and a tilt-a-whirl. My requests for The Weather both nights fell on deaf ears. Guess I don't have that certain je ne sais quoi that Susan has. ;-) Transit ENCORE Wisteria Spent the night at some good friends' house and had a lively discussion about the Catholic Church and the Israel/Palestine conflict over breakfast, before they headed off to work. Bought them a copy of SNP as a thank you. I drove home up the coast and was treated to another nice day, taking back roads, stopping at beaches and buying organic strawberries. A nice little folk music road trip adventure was just what I needed. Thanks Richard! Peter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 23:57:32 -0700 From: "Susan Krauss" Subject: [RS] Sitting/Love I concur - Richard was wonderful Saturday night at the Freight. I think he's sitting these days so he can really concentrate on the guitar playing. His playing was exquisite and I think it's easier to do all that intricate stuff sitting down. "Love, Before You Go" - can anyone explain this song to me? I have no idea what it's about and the plot doesn't follow for me. Perhaps it's because I have no idea what advent is (but my Presbyterian girlfriend didn't understand it either - though we both liked it, if that makes any sense). susan in alameda ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 03:09:09 -0400 From: Jeff Gilson Subject: Re: [RS] Sitting/Love susan wrote: >"Love, Before You Go" - can anyone explain this song to me? I have no idea >what it's about and the plot doesn't follow for me. Perhaps it's because I >have no idea what advent is (but my Presbyterian girlfriend didn't >understand it either - though we both liked it, if that makes any sense). Spoiler space, in case anyone wants to figure it out on their own... The song sung from God to Jesus as God is sending him out into the world. Hence, an advent song (it's pre-birth), and a song about love between a parent and a child. The fact that the child is called "Love" has a double meaning, as well. It's an affectionate way of referring to a child, but it also fits in with "Jesus is Love". But just knowing that it's from God to Jesus makes the line, "You will live and you will die, but only for a while" make a heck of a lot more sense. What's more interesting to me is that after I queued up the song to play in my WinAmp, the next song it pulled up at random was Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus, and the following is Kasey Chambers' Last Hard Bible. But then, I like serendipity. :-} jeff. - -- "And then one day they stopped asking. The right of the camera was elevated above all other rights, and that changed everything, absolutely everything." --Milan Kundera, _Immortality_ - -- writing by osmosis http://www.onefreeradical.com/osmosis/ ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V4 #144 ***********************************