From: owner-trailer-park-digest@smoe.org (trailer-park-digest) To: trailer-park-digest@smoe.org Subject: trailer-park-digest V3 #34 Reply-To: trailer-park Sender: owner-trailer-park-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-trailer-park-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk trailer-park-digest Tuesday, June 11 2002 Volume 03 : Number 034 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 05:42:50 -0700 (PDT) From: aubrey louise morrison Subject: Re: Anyone Have This Problem at Beth's Concerts? You've got to love that Neko Case. She's great. Anyone ever seen her with Carolyn Mark as the Corn Sisters? It's not to be missed. On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Chris Beckwith wrote: > "Alan Friedman" wrote: > > > Anyone have this problem at her shows? > > Nope, but I sure would love to see Neko telling concert-goers to shut up > sometime! :) I wish you the best of luck... > > Take care, > Chris ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:47:55 -0400 From: Tim Clausz Subject: Beth article on Billboard.com The most interesting part of this article to me is that she considered quitting the music business after the Central Reservation tour. My mom has Crohn's disease, so I have a bit of an idea of how horrible that disease is. Hopefully Beth will not have more problems with it, and will continue to create the beautiful music that she does for many, many years to come. Beth Orton Re-Emerges On 'Daybreaker' Most would probably imagine that as Beth Orton toured Europe and America in support of her sophomore set, the celebrated "Central Reservation," the young British folkie was having the time of her life. After only three years on the music scene and a steady shower of critical acclaim, Orton was indeed having a ball. But, nowadays, when she reflects on that 1999 tour, dominating the conversation are the health problems and promotional chores she juggled along the way. Already plagued by a non-fatal yet highly painful intestinal disorder known as Chron's disease, Orton -- whose third album, "Daybreaker," arrives July 30 on Astralwerks -- says she found that, after the tour, she considered calling it quits, asking herself, "Which is more important-being healthy or making albums and touring?" She was so troubled, Orton says, that there was a "clearing of the palette" after she grew tired of touring, interviews, and even the very thing that was making her a star -- her songwriting. "I got full up to the brim with it all -- songwriting, music, words, people, and all this kind of analysis of, like, what it is that I'm doing and all that." Ironically, by turning her back on her craft for a while, Orton says she has fallen even more deeply in love with what she does. She gets almost giddy talking about the artists with whom she collaborated on "Daybreaker": Ryan Adams (who wrote and performs a duet of "Concrete Sky" with Orton on the album), Emmylou Harris, the Chemical Brothers, and Everything But The Girl's Ben Watt. Perhaps more so than "Central Reservation" and her 1996 debut, "Trailer Park," the new album is equally devoted to her loves for electronica and folk; her voice floats over mellotrons and upright-bass tracks one minute, only to slide across a slyly engineered Chemical Brothers track the next. Orton will play a handful of East Coast U.S. shows in June, followed by a few U.K. dates in July. She'll return to the U.S. for a Central Park SummerStage concert July 28 in New York. Here are Beth Orton's upcoming tour dates: June 10-11: New York (Bowery Ballroom) June 12: Boston (Paradise Rock Club) June 14: Philadelphia (Theatre of Living Arts) June 15: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club) July 6: St. Austell, England (Eden Project) July 9: London (Electric Ballroom) July 28: New York (Central Park SummerStage) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- Excerpted from the June 15, 2002, issue of Billboard. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:47:28 -0400 From: "Laura Creed" Subject: Re: Anyone Have This Problem at Beth's Concerts? I'm the huge fan lucky enough to run into at the hotel in Chicago. We saw her at the Met there and some of the crowd was very obnoxious. At one point some drunk even yelled "Go home Beth". Mostly though the show was perfect. I think a big part of the problem is that many people who go see someone in concert has only heard one or maybe two songs by that person. When they hear a whole set, they are often disappointed. Same as those of us who buy an album for a song they heard on the radio. Then the radio station plays it so much we can no longer stand it and the rest of the album sucks. We tend to feel cheated. Not that any of this is an excuse for ruining the fun of other paying customers at a show. Frankly I was amazed that the show was sold out, even in Chicago. I've only ever met one other person who'd even heard of her. A couple of girls I met at the show had only heard her from the soundtrack to Bounce so they had no idea what to expect. Hopefully you'll be close enough to the stage the background noise will be drowned out. enjoy! Laura On 9 Jun 2002, at 20:51, Alan Friedman wrote: > Greetings all, and thanks to the many who have been > reporting on Beth's tour. I especially enjoyed > reading about the lucky fan who happened upon Beth in > the hotel lobby. I'm sure I would be similarly > tongue-tied! > > Am very excited that Beth will be here in Washington, > D.C. at the 9:30 Club on Saturday. I have been > mesmerized by her there twice before, but both times > *many* people were talking throughout her appearance. > This obviously doesn't impact on a flat-out rock and > roll show, but during a performance like Beth's with > many quiet and delicate moments, it totally ruins the > show. I wish Beth would tell everyone to shut up, as > I have seen Neko Case do. > > Talking and virtually ignoring the performer is > actually endemic to the 9:30 and to many clubs here. > The only place where the audience is respectful and > the venue actively suppresses this is the Birchmere, > where I had hoped Beth would play. > > So, excited, but dreading it. Anyone have this > problem at her shows? > > Alan > Rockville, MD, USA (15 miles from WDC) > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of trailer-park-digest V3 #34 *********************************