From: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org (trajectory-digest) To: trajectory-digest@smoe.org Subject: trajectory-digest V1 #20 Reply-To: trajectory@smoe.org Sender: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk trajectory-digest Tuesday, September 30 1997 Volume 01 : Number 020 Today's Subjects: ----------------- scrappy bitch tour in nyc [meredith ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 23:54:14 -0400 From: meredith Subject: scrappy bitch tour in nyc Hi! Okay, so I *really* should be in bed now, but I just have to share. :) The Scrappy Bitch Tour hit the Mercury Lounge in NYC tonight like a ton o' bricks. Veda won the skirmish this evening, so she got to start (this bit was amusing even though the Merc had already predetermined the order as being Veda at 9, Oh Susanna at 10, and Kinnie Starr at 11). She presented 45 minutes of positive brilliance, mostly at the piano, though she opened with two guitar songs ("INSTRUCTIONS" and "Slumber Queen"), and ended with one ("Bellyfish"), that last also accompanied by Oh Susanna on piano and K. Starr on backing vocals. Also on the set list were, in no particular order, "With No Caring", "Strange, Sad", "Rhapsody", "One Hot Summer", and two songs of the Emily Carr cycle ("Pause" and the one about the birds). I was satisfied to notice that there were people in the room whom I did not know who were as into her music as I was. :) Veda was in a great mood, and she was really *on*. She got a much better reception than Oh Susanna, whose set we stuck around for. Oh Susanna has a great voice, but imho all of her songs sound the same, and given a week or so to practice I could probably play the guitar better than she does. Veda joined her on the piano for two songs, which sparkled in a way that the others just didn't. The difference was really quite astonishing. As it was growing late we didn't stick around for Kinnie Starr's set, but I plan to catch her tomorrow night. I'm sure we missed a really cool contribution by Veda to that part of the show, but hey. I got a chance to chat with Veda for a few minutes, and she said that she's having a really great time on this tour, which is a good thing. Her November appearance at The Bottom Line is going to be part of the new "Nightbirds" series, featuring female singer/songwriters. Like Required Listening, she'll be on the bill with three other performers. I was disappointed to learn we will still have to wait for a full set with the band in NYC, but I'm sure that will only be a matter of time. :) I'll be at the show in November regardless. Oh yeah, one other seriously cool thing about the show was the fact that Robert Moog (as in the Moog synthesizer) was in the audience, and I got to meet him! Thanks, Michael, for giving me the opportunity to blather on at him like an idiot about the fact that I studied his work in college. :} (*How* do you know these people?!? And how did he like the show? I didn't get a chance to ask him afterwards...) Greatly looking forward to tomorrow night's installment, +==========================================================================+ | 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***| +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ End of trajectory-digest V1 #20 *******************************