From: owner-support-system-digest@smoe.org (support-system-digest) To: support-system-digest@smoe.org Subject: support-system-digest V7 #159 Reply-To: support-system@smoe.org Sender: owner-support-system-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-support-system-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk support-system-digest Saturday, September 11 2004 Volume 07 : Number 159 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [support-system] 930 + GBV + JM + ES + KC + JS + MLL - CL ["over pavema" ] [support-system] Another junkie ["DarkSide oftheMoon" Subject: [support-system] 930 + GBV + JM + ES + KC + JS + MLL - CL - - catherine, excellent review, as always. for those of you in or near d.c., it's worth checking the Style section any day to see if one of catherine's reviews is being published. they're not always long, but they're always entertaining and tend to actually be *about* the show she's reviewing, unlike certain lame film reviewers for the same paper who think i think they are smart or insightful. at least one of them is not. at least one of them is criminally ignorant and way too impressed with himself. and i'm not talking about any of the film reviewers named 'desson'. but, the point is, thanks for writing such a good review of the 930 CWA show (which i didn't attend, so for all i know the review was totally off-base, but i doubt that very much). - - since it will be 4 years now til liz's new album is remixed, remodeled, and released, a couple of titles to recommend: the new GBV disc (they're playing 930 on saturday, at what is allegedly (and probably) their 'farewell tour'. which is sad. also, the new j. mascis record 'free so free' is great. new kasey chambers which more than takes up the slack of waiting for new lucinda. an old john strohm disc called 'caledonia' (can you tell i dig these things up on itunes or what? but this really IS an excellent record from the former blake baby, leader of antenna and velo-deluxe, and now solo artist and soon-to-be lawyer). and i have a name for liz's 2008 release: "Liz Miserables"! come on, that's *funny*! it is! really! okay, but it's still a good title. - - thanks to people on this list for recommending elliott smith so strongly in the past. i resisted, but relented, and his stuff really does have a power that most stuff doesn't have anymore. it was interesting, i saw that movie 'festival express' the other day, and the amazing thing was that these famous-but-not-rich stars were all on this train going across canada, playing for a bunch of fucking ingrates and lamf's (who knew canada had so many pricks? i've never met a shitty canadian in my life. although now that i think of it, hayden christensen and howie mandel are sort of douche-baggy), and all these musicians ultimately cared about was the train ride and the music, and playing any type of music they could muster with any type of musician they could find. so rockers were playing jazz and country singers were playing the blues, and it looks like a blast. and you think to yourself, in this day, who cares enough about their own music to do this without commercial endorsements or any guarantee that they'll get paid (or fed, for that matter)? and i think elliott was someone who could've made that trip and made it better for everyone who was along for the ride. so, thanks for the recommendation. - - the new mary lou lord, 'baby blue', is also good. i follow her smoe.org list, as well (jingle-jangle), and she sometimes dives in and posts things herself, and she seems very real and very cool. but a bit fragile, in a good way. one interesting thing there is the community feeling about courtney love, the infamous heart-shaped box, and the kind (or unkind) of person she has been throughout the years. i have no opinion one way or the other, except that i find courtney to be a somewhat dubious talent, despite really liking 'live through' and 'celebrity...' just seems very contrived and unreal to me is all. but on that list, there is a heavier tone of dislike. and a perhaps legitimate belief that at least one person who dumped MLL for CL would probably still be alive and a lot happier if he hadn't opened that box in the first place. and i mean a literal box, not a coarse metaphor (although that's probably true, as well). o canada! np: eno - 'taking tiger mountain' _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:57:28 -0400 From: "DarkSide oftheMoon" Subject: [support-system] Another junkie Listers, Thought I'd let everyone know about another complete convert. My fiance (Laurie) had WS when we met but was never really that into Liz all that much (like your truly). We went and saw her in March this year and I knew she enjoyed it but wasn't sure she was 'hooked'. Now I've played EIG for her a few times waiting to see what would happen. Well folks now Laurie is listening to EIG, humming EIG and all that. I told her that EIG should come with a warning sticker "May be habit forming" cuz it stayed in my CD player for I swear 2 years or more when I first got turned onto it (Thanks CMJ monthly!). On another note, since this group is pretty diverse and helpful can anyone help me in finding an online parenting course? (no, I'm not a bad parent, just have to fufill an obligation to the courts for divorce proceedings). I've looked a bit and haven't found much. Anything online would work as long as its accredited/accepted by the State of Florida. Thanks people! DarkSide oftheMoon ------------------------------ End of support-system-digest V7 #159 ************************************