From: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org (trajectory-digest) To: trajectory-digest@smoe.org Subject: trajectory-digest V1 #5 Reply-To: trajectory@smoe.org Sender: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk trajectory-digest Thursday, August 28 1997 Volume 01 : Number 005 Today's Subjects: ----------------- a few things [meredith ] more on dee carstensen [Lori Shiraishi ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 17:56:52 -0400 From: meredith Subject: a few things Hi! I just want to begin by saying that I highly recommend _Path Of A Body_ as a tool to keep one awake while driving home late at night. :) lori posted: >We caught three of the Veda workshops, though - and the last one kicked ass >- Sunday morning "Singing in the Trees" with Dee Carstensen and Lhasa and >all their respective band members (except the Smokin' Combo). How was Dee Carstensen? I've heard very good things about her (and enthusiastically, too), but I don't think I've knowingly heard any of her music. That workshop sounds like it was *great*. >Ahh - I, too, recall mention of such an occurance - I think I've got a boot >of Ani's set there, and she mentions thanking Veda for opening. Bummed I >don't have a boot of that... At least I know I'm not totally hallucinating. :) Dan responded: >I agree, Meredith ... I've always felt it was not so much Ani's >*politics* as it was her attitude, her keen observations, the skillful >way she delivered her messages that was at the heart of Ani's appeal. And, for me, her really seriously cool guitar style. :) >(I'm using past tense here ... since NAPG, Ani hasn't impressed me or >many others.) I don't know about the "many others" part -- I know lots of people who love NAPG and _Dilate_ (NAPG is, in fact, on my list of Desert Island Discs -- I just find myself going back to it over and over, even now). >At her best, Ani is volatile, and I sense the same kind of energy in >Veda. I hear that in Germany, Veda is known as "the little volcano". :) >But Veda is more poetic and her music more complex than Ani's >4-chord songs. I agree with Kat that Ani's songs have more than 4 chords in them (hell, some songs seem to have that many *tunings* in them :), but Veda's jazz background certainly does make a difference. I'll probably be slapped soundly for this, but in my mind the closest comparison I can make to Veda (musically, anyway) is Tori Amos. Tori's background is more classical, but both structure their songs in similar ways, and Veda is a damn good pianist with a real knack for improvisation onstage that really reminds me of Tori. Lyrically, I don't know where to place a comparison... sometimes she's pretty direct (though certainly not in the same way as Ani by any stretch), but sometimes I think there's some Tori in her there too. (Just what the hell *is* a "hot box", anyway?!?) (Oh, and finally a note directed at those of us here who are also on the ecto list -- ecto isn't dead, it's just away. The machine were ecto.org lives got fried in a lightning storm and then the machine's owner moved, so things are kind of in a state of flux right now. I thought I should let people know, since I know folks are wondering...) +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | Boonton, NJ USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | |***TRAJECTORY, the Veda Hille mailing list: trajectory-request@smoe.org***| +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 16:21:54 -0700 From: Lori Shiraishi Subject: more on dee carstensen meredith advised: >I just want to begin by saying that I highly recommend _Path Of A Body_ as >a tool to keep one awake while driving home late at night. :) every album is a tool if you listen to it right? ... sorry... >>We caught three of the Veda workshops, though - and the last one kicked ass >>- Sunday morning "Singing in the Trees" with Dee Carstensen and Lhasa and >>all their respective band members (except the Smokin' Combo). > >How was Dee Carstensen? I've heard very good things about her (and >enthusiastically, too), but I don't think I've knowingly heard any of her >music. Dee is very cool - plays harp and piano, and her trio is excellent. She really rocks out on her harp sometimes, too. Beautiful tunes, sounds occassionally like Shawn Colvin and Sarah McGoblin, nice soothing radio-friendly stuff - and I mean that in a good way. Kat and I are going to see her again at McCabe's in Santa Monica on 9/7. And how's this for koinkidinks? I was digging up a Xena joke thing for meth and found this old post from the Dar list I think. lori >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >You folks are probably all pretty aware of Dee Carstensen, so I won't rave >about her. If not, you should be. She won the singer/songwriter competition >at the Rocky Mountain Folks Fest this year and her afternoon concert in the >Wildflower Theatre was the highlight of the event for me. She plays harp >and keyboards and tours with a smoking acoustic trio (w/ Tanya Leah and >Phillip Hamilton.) You can visit an unabashed fan's home page for her >halfway around the world at >http://home.hkstar/com/~ericnet/moncoeur/deecar.html and you can find many >of her concerts dates online at Musi-Cal http://concerts.calendar.com/ > >Dee has just released a brand new, 8 song, live CD/EP entitled "Home Away >From Home" on Exit Nine Records. ($8.99 plus $3.50 S&H) Call 1-800-266-4NYC >for orders only. >------------------------- >Subject: Re: dee carstensen > >Today: You wrote: > >>someone mentioned her--she opened up for dar at the somerville theatre, i >>think. whLen we walked in and saw the harp, we thought, 'oh no,' but she >>was pretty impressive. >> >>betsy-jane > >I totally agree! I went to see Dar in Somerville Mass., and knew nothing >about Dee. She is so talented and has a beautiful voice! She sang a song >that was THE reason I bought her CD that nite...It's called "I wish" and >she told a story about the song that went something like this (don't flame >me if the details are sketchy...it was months ago....): > >She liked this guy that she worked with but he liked this other girl who >was like a best friend to him (he wanted to be more than just friends). He >spoke of this other girl often to Dee. One day, Dee did/said something >which made him remark that what she did/said reminded him of this other >girl. She went home that night and wrote this song, which is sung to this >other girl, saying things like (here's the chorus) "I imagine that your >lips are sweet to kiss, I imagine your hair falling on his shoulders as you >lay him down, I imagine you're a presense a man like him would miss....I >wish....that I were you....." VERY romantic song. Anyway, she writes >this song very quickly (and BTW, she plays it solo on piano....very >beautiful...) and the next day, plays it for the guy. He gets up, almost >hyperventilating, and walks in the other room. She sits there thinking "oh >my God, what did I do? I screwed it up! I've scared him!.....etc..." A >few minutes later, he returns to the room and says "So, what are we going >to do about this?" Dee Says: "....well, a year later, he married me!" >Isn't that soo romantic? > >If you have a chance to see her, run, don't walk. She is great. > >Joni :o) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------ End of trajectory-digest V1 #5 ******************************