From: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org (small-repairs-digest) To: small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Subject: small-repairs-digest V4 #100 Reply-To: small-repairs@smoe.org Sender: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk small-repairs-digest Friday, July 28 2000 Volume 04 : Number 100 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [s-r] Fwd: Article in Newsday 7/21 [Wa2suh@aol.com] [s-r] Re: Article in Newsday 7/21 ["Sammy" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 17:05:59 EDT From: Wa2suh@aol.com Subject: [s-r] Fwd: Article in Newsday 7/21 - --part1_c4.70051a0.26b1fe37_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I sent this from work, but I don't think it ever got through, so here goes again. Larry - --part1_c4.70051a0.26b1fe37_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from rly-zc01.mx.aol.com (rly-zc01.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.1]) by air-zc03.mail.aol.com (v75_b1.4) with ESMTP; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:59:48 -0400 Received: from lammergeier. ([199.105.254.2]) by rly-zc01.mx.aol.com (v75.18) with ESMTP; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:59:24 -0400 Received: from gwd_ncgs-Message_Server by condor.co.nassau.ny.us with Novell_GroupWise; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:57:58 -0400 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5 Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:57:35 -0400 From: "Lawrence Berger" To: Cc: Subject: Article in Newsday 7/21 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Though you might like to see this article that was in Newsday on Friday, Jul= y 21st: "Colvin's Tour Stops for a Few Small Events" by Bill Jensen Shawn Colvin spent last Sunday swimming, biking and running---in that order.= The singer-songwrtiter took 93rd out of 2300 in a triathalon outside of Bos= ton. The race was just Colvin's second sprint-distance triathalon, not as gruelin= g as the longer Ironman versions, though just as intense. But what makes th= em even more intense for Colvin is that, unlike the other 2399 souls in the=20= race, she is wedging her triathalons in between gigs as she criss-crosses Am= erica on a tour that will take her to the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyste= r Bay tomorrow. "To train for a triathalon, you go beyond what you think you can do," Colvi= n says in between vocal takes for her new album due out in January. "But the= re's some pleasure in that." The foray into extreme athletic competition isn't all that unusual for Colvi= n, who has spent most of her life pushing herself. After singing Fleetwood Mac and Bonnie Raitt covers in smoky bars that nearl= y destroyed her voice, Colvin moved to New York in 1980 to live out a life=20= in the footsteps of her idol, Joni Mitchell. After many days of hard living=20= amid the folkie crowd of the day (and a consistent gig at the Cottonwood Caf= e in Manhattan), she signed with Columbia Records and won the 1989 Grammy fo= r Best Folk Album for her straight-ahead folk-country-light-rock disc "Stead= y On." She still harbored a mostly cult following until "A Few Small Repairs= " was released in 1994. [1996, actually] In the midst of yet another "year of the woman" in music, Colvin found herse= lf sharing the airwaves with raging females such as Alanis Morissette and Co= urtney Love. Because her single "Sunny Came Home" had no screams, and failed= to talk about sexual shenanigans in a theatre, Colvin was never included in= the media roundup of Riot Girls. But when you listen to the hit's lyrics,=20= you hear a lot more ominous and methodical tale of destruction. =20 "They didn't throw me in with the rage thing," Colvin says of the media of t= he day. "Comparitively speaking, it took me a while to get there, so I didn= 't care where they put me." Though Colvin's popularity hit its peak with "Repairs." the mainstream atten= tion and success gave her the chance to stick her fingers in a lot of pies.=20= She sang a duet with Ernie on "Sesame Street," consoled Ned Flanders on "Th= e Simpsons" ("They're both pros," she says of Ernie and Ned), and got pasted= by Jon Stewart on "Celebrity Jeopardy!" After a few Lilith Fair stints, Co= lvin had a baby (a girl, now 2) and is happy being back on a small stage. S= he opened for Sting on a few dates this summer, but Colvin prefers an arena=20= with just herself, a guitar and some banter with the audience. Although she says her songs still focus on the same things they always have-= - -"confusion, exhaustion: just the scenery changes"---the happy tone in her v= oice conveys the idea that Colvin doesn't have to push herself past her limi= ts anymore to get some pleasure. Larry Berger - --part1_c4.70051a0.26b1fe37_boundary-- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:50:54 -0300 From: "Sammy" Subject: [s-r] Re: Article in Newsday 7/21 Thanks for the great article Larry. Very interesting reading. - ----- Original Message ----- From: Lawrence Berger To: Cc: Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 11:57 AM Subject: Article in Newsday 7/21 Though you might like to see this article that was in Newsday on Friday, July 21st: "Colvin's Tour Stops for a Few Small Events" by Bill Jensen Shawn Colvin spent last Sunday swimming, biking and running---in that order. The singer-songwrtiter took 93rd out of 2300 in a triathalon outside of Boston. The race was just Colvin's second sprint-distance triathalon, not as grueling as the longer Ironman versions, though just as intense. But what makes them even more intense for Colvin is that, unlike the other 2399 souls in the race, she is wedging her triathalons in between gigs as she criss-crosses America on a tour that will take her to the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay tomorrow. "To train for a triathalon, you go beyond what you think you can do," Colvin says in between vocal takes for her new album due out in January. "But there's some pleasure in that." The foray into extreme athletic competition isn't all that unusual for Colvin, who has spent most of her life pushing herself. After singing Fleetwood Mac and Bonnie Raitt covers in smoky bars that nearly destroyed her voice, Colvin moved to New York in 1980 to live out a life in the footsteps of her idol, Joni Mitchell. After many days of hard living amid the folkie crowd of the day (and a consistent gig at the Cottonwood Cafe in Manhattan), she signed with Columbia Records and won the 1989 Grammy for Best Folk Album for her straight-ahead folk-country-light-rock disc "Steady On." She still harbored a mostly cult following until "A Few Small Repairs" was released in 1994. [1996, actually] In the midst of yet another "year of the woman" in music, Colvin found herself sharing the airwaves with raging females such as Alanis Morissette and Courtney Love. Because her single "Sunny Came Home" had no screams, and failed to talk about sexual shenanigans in a theatre, Colvin was never included in the media roundup of Riot Girls. But when you listen to the hit's lyrics, you hear a lot more ominous and methodical tale of destruction. "They didn't throw me in with the rage thing," Colvin says of the media of the day. "Comparitively speaking, it took me a while to get there, so I didn't care where they put me." Though Colvin's popularity hit its peak with "Repairs." the mainstream attention and success gave her the chance to stick her fingers in a lot of pies. She sang a duet with Ernie on "Sesame Street," consoled Ned Flanders on "The Simpsons" ("They're both pros," she says of Ernie and Ned), and got pasted by Jon Stewart on "Celebrity Jeopardy!" After a few Lilith Fair stints, Colvin had a baby (a girl, now 2) and is happy being back on a small stage. She opened for Sting on a few dates this summer, but Colvin prefers an arena with just herself, a guitar and some banter with the audience. Although she says her songs still focus on the same things they always have--"confusion, exhaustion: just the scenery changes"---the happy tone in her voice conveys the idea that Colvin doesn't have to push herself past her limits anymore to get some pleasure. Larry Berger - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. 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