From: owner-sycophant-digest@smoe.org (sycophant-digest) To: sycophant-digest@smoe.org Subject: sycophant-digest V7 #73 Reply-To: sycophant@smoe.org Sender: owner-sycophant-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-sycophant-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk sycophant-digest Tuesday, October 8 2002 Volume 07 : Number 073 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: sycophant FW: [la-underground] Lisa Germano article in the LA Times [] Re: sycophant FW: [la-underground] Lisa Germano article in the LA Times [] sycophant Anyone have a bigger version of the You Make Me Wanna Wear Dresses video? [Joe Wiencis Subject: Re: sycophant FW: [la-underground] Lisa Germano article in the LA Times Thanx for this, Candace : really interesting. Christian from Brussels >From: Candace Smith >Reply-To: sycophant@smoe.org >To: sycophant@smoe.org >Subject: sycophant FW: [la-underground] Lisa Germano article in the LA >Times >Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 19:08:26 -0700 (PDT) > >Hey, everyone. Just got this from another group. >Apparently it's from today's LA Times. > > > > >Lisa Germano's Ineffable Way With Alcohol > > >By STEVE HOCHMAN >LA Times > >In pop music, alcohol generally gets served up two >ways. You can have it as party fuel embraced as part >of the lifestyle, or a demon held at bay by 12-step >sobriety. > >This side of vintage George Jones, though, you rarely >hear someone say she may drink too much for her own >good but is going to live with it. > >That's exactly the ground singer-songwriter Lisa >Germano stakes out with a new album, "Lullaby for >Liquid Pig," a poetically dark and frank song cycle >due in January. > >"For two years it was just going to be called 'Liquid >Pig,' " Germano says. "I was disgusted with how much I >was drinking. I was saying to myself, 'You have a >problem, don't you? Well, you don't have any friends >anymore.' " > >In the course of making the album, the scope expanded >to address anything that might be used as an emotional >crutch. And she does have friends, including >musician-producer Joey Waronker, who helped her craft >the seductively impressionistic atmospheres, with >contributions from such associates as Neil Finn and >former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. > >But Germano, a former John Mellencamp violinist who >has made a series of intensely personal, probing >albums as a solo artist and has played with Eels and >Finn in recent years, says that her alcohol >consumption remained the focus of the songs. And it's >a matter on which she has not reached any conclusions. > >"I still haven't decided," she says. "I don't think >I'm an alcoholic, but I was watching it. The honest >truth is I don't think I have a problem. I don't think >I need to go to rehab." > >She knows this is a sensitive subject. > >"I've been a little scared," she says. "People may go, >'Oh yeah, Lisa Germano, she's the alcoholic.' I don't >care what people think about me in the media or the >music business. I think of it as expression." > >Expression was the great attraction for Tony Berg, an >A&R executive at ArtistDirect Records who chose >"Liquid Pig" to be the inaugural album for a new label >he has started to showcase artists exploring personal >expression and challenging music. Berg, a producer and >former executive at Geffen Records (where he signed >Beck) and Virgin Records, has been developing the >concept of his new label, named Ineffable, for more >than three years. > >"Once upon a time, the most ambitious and most >original music was also the most commercial music," >Berg says. "So there's a generation of listeners that >grew up with that expectation of its artists, and I >bring that expectation to the artists I'll work with >at Ineffable. And Lisa clearly articulates an >ambitious, challenging point of view." > >Key to Ineffable, Berg says, is a nontraditional >structure involving only one-album deals, higher >royalty rates than standard contracts and, most >distinctively, an arrangement in which each artist >will also be a partner in the label. He hopes to >cultivate touring and recording collaborations among >the acts and perhaps even attract major-label artists >looking for a home for a creative side-trip. > >"Since I'm the first one on the label, I'm eager for >there to be more people and for us to play together," >Germano says. "It will be really fun to see how this >progresses." >Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes >http://autos.yahoo.com > > > >------- >The Ectophile's Guide to Good Music: http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/ >------- >To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with the message: >unsubscribe sycophant > >If you gave an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of computers, >they would all get AOL accounts and send unsub messages to the list >address. AOL users please read the instructions six lines up before >unsubbing. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx - ------- The Ectophile's Guide to Good Music: http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/ - ------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with the message: unsubscribe sycophant If you gave an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of computers, they would all get AOL accounts and send unsub messages to the list address. AOL users please read the instructions six lines up before unsubbing. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 12:45:48 -0700 (PDT) From: bilbo hicks Subject: Re: sycophant FW: [la-underground] Lisa Germano article in the LA Times Thanks for passing that story along. The new album gives all us drinkers something to look forward to. - --- Candace Smith wrote: > Hey, everyone. Just got this from another group. > Apparently it's from today's LA Times. > > > > >Lisa Germano's Ineffable Way With Alcohol > > >By STEVE HOCHMAN > LA Times > > In pop music, alcohol generally gets served up two > ways. You can have it as party fuel embraced as part > of the lifestyle, or a demon held at bay by 12-step > sobriety. > > This side of vintage George Jones, though, you > rarely > hear someone say she may drink too much for her own > good but is going to live with it. > > That's exactly the ground singer-songwriter Lisa > Germano stakes out with a new album, "Lullaby for > Liquid Pig," a poetically dark and frank song cycle > due in January. > > "For two years it was just going to be called > 'Liquid > Pig,' " Germano says. "I was disgusted with how much > I > was drinking. I was saying to myself, 'You have a > problem, don't you? Well, you don't have any friends > anymore.' " > > In the course of making the album, the scope > expanded > to address anything that might be used as an > emotional > crutch. And she does have friends, including > musician-producer Joey Waronker, who helped her > craft > the seductively impressionistic atmospheres, with > contributions from such associates as Neil Finn and > former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. > > But Germano, a former John Mellencamp violinist who > has made a series of intensely personal, probing > albums as a solo artist and has played with Eels and > Finn in recent years, says that her alcohol > consumption remained the focus of the songs. And > it's > a matter on which she has not reached any > conclusions. > > "I still haven't decided," she says. "I don't think > I'm an alcoholic, but I was watching it. The honest > truth is I don't think I have a problem. I don't > think > I need to go to rehab." > > She knows this is a sensitive subject. > > "I've been a little scared," she says. "People may > go, > 'Oh yeah, Lisa Germano, she's the alcoholic.' I > don't > care what people think about me in the media or the > music business. I think of it as expression." > > Expression was the great attraction for Tony Berg, > an > A&R executive at ArtistDirect Records who chose > "Liquid Pig" to be the inaugural album for a new > label > he has started to showcase artists exploring > personal > expression and challenging music. Berg, a producer > and > former executive at Geffen Records (where he signed > Beck) and Virgin Records, has been developing the > concept of his new label, named Ineffable, for more > than three years. > > "Once upon a time, the most ambitious and most > original music was also the most commercial music," > Berg says. "So there's a generation of listeners > that > grew up with that expectation of its artists, and I > bring that expectation to the artists I'll work with > at Ineffable. And Lisa clearly articulates an > ambitious, challenging point of view." > > Key to Ineffable, Berg says, is a nontraditional > structure involving only one-album deals, higher > royalty rates than standard contracts and, most > distinctively, an arrangement in which each artist > will also be a partner in the label. He hopes to > cultivate touring and recording collaborations among > the acts and perhaps even attract major-label > artists > looking for a home for a creative side-trip. > > "Since I'm the first one on the label, I'm eager for > there to be more people and for us to play > together," > Germano says. "It will be really fun to see how this > progresses." > Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes > http://autos.yahoo.com > > > > ------- > The Ectophile's Guide to Good Music: > http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/ > ------- > To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with the message: > unsubscribe sycophant > > If you gave an infinite number of monkeys an > infinite number of computers, > they would all get AOL accounts and send unsub > messages to the list > address. AOL users please read the instructions six > lines up before > unsubbing. Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com - ------- The Ectophile's Guide to Good Music: http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/ - ------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with the message: unsubscribe sycophant If you gave an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of computers, they would all get AOL accounts and send unsub messages to the list address. AOL users please read the instructions six lines up before unsubbing. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 21:27:05 -0400 From: Joe Wiencis Subject: sycophant Anyone have a bigger version of the You Make Me Wanna Wear Dresses video? Pretty darn cool but it's the size of a postage stamp on the official site. - ------- The Ectophile's Guide to Good Music: http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide/ - ------- To unsub, mail majordomo@smoe.org with the message: unsubscribe sycophant If you gave an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of computers, they would all get AOL accounts and send unsub messages to the list address. AOL users please read the instructions six lines up before unsubbing. ------------------------------ End of sycophant-digest V7 #73 ****************************** ======================================================================== Please send any questions or comments about the list to sycophant-owner@smoe.org