From: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org (trajectory-digest) To: trajectory-digest@smoe.org Subject: trajectory-digest V4 #30 Reply-To: trajectory@smoe.org Sender: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-trajectory-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk trajectory-digest Monday, July 10 2000 Volume 04 : Number 030 Today's Subjects: ----------------- FW: Veda Hille takes London. [meredith ] Re: veda in germany [meredith ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 14:37:34 -0400 From: meredith Subject: FW: Veda Hille takes London. Hi! After some delay, I'm forwarding this with permission. Anyone else who was there, please post! Anyone there last night for her opening set? >From: "Adam Kimmel" >To: "ecto list" >Subject: Veda Hille takes London. >Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 00:36:06 +0100 > >It's past midnight here, into the hours of blue static, grey fatigue, and >dark, damp night with rain hissing in the trees outside. I've just gotten >back from seeing Veda Hille at the 12 Bar Club in London. It's a small, >very small space, three rows of six chairs each and lots of standing, as >well as a low-hanging "gallery" that I decided to ignore, taking up my >position in the front row. The place was packed, partly due to a rave >preview in Time Out. She had three openers: first an anonymous and very >ordinary guy, blokish and dull. Next came someone called Jamie Lawson, who >was PHENONEMAL. So into it, so ON, so wired into each and every word of his >songs with every fibre of his body, I was enthralled. Just him, a guitar, >and whatever demons possessed him. He has no cd's out, but he's DEFINITELY >one to watch. Veda came on and played for just over an hour. She was >great. I only knew "You Do Not Live...", and it was fantastic hearing other >material. She was very warm, very open, humorous and ----well, brilliant. >She won the audience over who were either wholly ignorant of who she was or >who had raised expectations from the Time Out review, and could have done an >encore or two, from the reaction afterwards. I feel honoured to have seen >her. > >Well, i'm off to bed. back to the real world tomorrow. > >adamk > >nr -- The Bone People (and this is going to take a while) >np - From the Blue House - Lauren Hoffman +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | New Haven, CT USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | | *** TRAJECTORY, the Veda Hille mailing list: *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 15:17:42 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re: veda in germany Forwarded at Stephanie's request, after only a couple very minor corrections: >Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 21:09:34 +0200 >From: stephanie zuber >Subject: Re: veda in germany > >Dear All, > >Veda has been to Gemany many times this year - lucky me! Due to the fact that >nobody else on this list seems to be interested in giving you any information >about all those fantastic concerts Iīll try to do so, although my english is >not very good... >Here goes: >During the "women in (e)motion" festival, which takes place every spring in >Bremen, Veda gave two or three gigs with the Scrappy B.I.T.C.H.es (I saw the one >in the "Moments"). I think it was the first time for the Scrappy B.I.T.C.H.es >doing an evening all together in Europe. Since Veda has given already a lot of >concerts in Bremen there were some Veda-fans in the audience but mostly people >seemed to be surprised what was happining there on stage. I am not able to say >whether they liked it or not; of course I liked Vedaīs part a lot and I enjoyed >Kinnie Starr as well. It must have been very hard for her doing hip hop (if >thatīs what her music is to be called) in front of a German motionless audience >sitting on chairs... But at least it looked like Veda, Kinnie and Oh Susanna had >had some fun this evening. >Veda + her skilled and devoted band + members of the rheostatics was a totally >different experience - and it was a relly great one! I saw the first concert at >the city of Berlin and itīs not possible to discribe it an adequate way (whether >in German nor in English). Happy everyone, who was able to join it!! It took >place in a small jazz-club. Although it was very loud there was excellent >sound (what in my opinion is a good combination). There were some Veda - fans >and a few Rheostatics- fans as well and apart from this the audience immediately >recognized, what quality of music they were listening to. Veda and the band >members seemed to be in a very good mood too, so the foundation of a perfect >evening was given. And it turned out to be a perfect evening/night! They did >songs from the Emily Carr CD and from the CD "music inspired by the group of >seven" which was a good combination (itīs not necessary to say this, is it?). >After a short break they continued with songs from all of Vedaīs CDs (and newer >ones) and some of the Rheostatics as well. They finished when it was nearly half >past one, so for me it was a little bit tricky to navigate in the >night-bus-system of Berlin and it was very hard to be at work (in Hanover) early >on the next morning... But it was worth it! ("And it's great that she's come >this far...") Glad I could make this show!!! Veda herself said that it was one >of her best shows of her life actually. >Iīve also visited the concert in Hanover, which was a great one too. The second >part of the show was different than the one in Berlin and since another woman, >who saw the show in Fulda, told me what the one there was like, I think that >Veda + band did the first part of the show nearly the same and the second part, >well I donīt know. There will be some concerts by Veda and her band + >Rheostatics in Canada, wouldnīt there? So you have to figure out yourselves! >Some weeks ago there was another concert by Veda - again a totally different >experience: Veda on her own; only playing piano. Iīve seen some solo-concerts of >hers before, but no one without her playing guitar. Could you imagine >this: A high black cube/box. Black doors, black stairs to climb up to black >benches and when the light was diminished you could hardly imagine were the >walls are. And then Veda in the middle of a small spot of light on the black >stage playing a black piano. It was a very impressive situation. Most of the >audience (the concert took place in Weimar) didnīt know Veda before this concert >- but now they will remember her for a long time, I guess! The concert was >included in an Art-Festival, so the audience was a very intellectual one >(thatīs how I would describe it). From the first song onto the last one they >loved Veda there! The concert ended with standing ovations for Veda and this was >the smallest thing you can say thank for an evening like this... > >Hope somebody was interested in my brief report on all those German concerts and >nobody got bored by this mail. Thanks to Meredith for helping me with my >English. > >Hope to hear from you soon. >Best wishes >Stephanie +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | New Haven, CT USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | | *** TRAJECTORY, the Veda Hille mailing list: *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ End of trajectory-digest V4 #30 *******************************