Re: jerry curry vs. portland
I've been off in some "never-never land" and have not been reading P2 for awhile, but I woke up long enough to notice this: At 02:53 PM 3/2/99 -0800, Jerry wrote: ... Let's see, no traditional country scene, that's particularly disappointing when I read about the stuff Honky Tonk Confidential is doing. Small bluegrass community. Horrible radio. Perhaps our Low Power FM project will help ease that Jones. Yes, I knowmove back East, East Tennessee boy. I hear ya. I do like it here though and really wasn't trying to slag the entire scene at all. The sheer number of quality clubs never ceases to amaze. Need an acoustic, singer-songwriter place to hang on though. I'd prefer being neck deep in the Nashville or Austin scene than up here. Those scenes just offer more opportunity to enjoy the kind of music I really enjoy than Portland. I'm most certainly NOT knocking Portland for developing musical directions that differ from my own interests. It's a truly wonderful area (to visit...g). And to live. Well, Jerry, I think you're partly right. The Portland music scene excels in other areas than P2-ish type of music, IMHO. I do believe the good stuff is there -- you just have to dig for it. (And I haven't done a huge amount of digging, I admit.) There's not much traditional country here. (I can give you a names a couple of traditional country bar bands that are reasonably decent, if that would be of interest to you.) If you're bored with the alt country music, why not try Portland's jazz? I've been working at KMHD about once a week, and I've got to tell you that there's some really great jazz stuff out there in Portland. (For example: Stan Boch is probably the best trombone player you'll've ever heard. I love it when he's on the show!) Last week there was no Home Grown Jazz live show, but the week before, it was a great group, Groove Revelation, that blended jazz and rock into a rather fascinating sound. The week before that was the Portland State University Jazz Band, and they were great. If you're interested, check out the schedule at http://www4.kmhd.org/kmhd/music/specialty.html (The show plays at 4 PM on Saturdays on 89.1 FM, or they simultaneously broadcast it on the web site via streaming audio. I'll try not to make any serious audio boo-boos this week!) But for something more country-ish, I suggest you check out Dave Carter Tracy Grammer. I heard them at PSA (Portland Songwriters Association) and again 6 weeks ago at the Greg Brown concert in Corvallis. I'd say they're sort of country-singersongwriter-folk blend. IMHO, their faults are that some of Dave's songs are too "redneck," and sometimes, too "new age" (in subject matter). But they have a real nice acoustic sound and their voices blend wonderfully. Tracy plays fiddle, mandolin and more, and she has a beautiful voice; and Dave does banjo and guitar and has an OK voice. I've got their cd if you want to hear it... Back to hibernating... Lianne
Re: K.D. Lang
At 01:16 PM 2/5/99 EST, Slim wrote: In a message dated 2/5/99 12:10:09 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Frankly, I don't believe that soliciting homosexual sex for drugs is quite the same thing as being a homosexual...) According to the report, Herndon had a baggie of crystal meth that he offered to share with the cop before they did whatever it is that two men do together. Oh? Interesting. I have only had second or third-hand reports on the incident, so from all that I read I had gotten the impression he was trying to GET drugs. Lianne
Re: Line-d@#*@
At 07:25 PM 1/21/99 -0800, you wrote: Stuart who promised the missus he'd start on the taxes tonight No wonder you're so verbose! g
Re: why we hate line-dancing
At 02:43 PM 1/22/99 -0600, Bob wrote: On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Tom Smith wrote: radio. Furthermore, they don't drink much, which has led to the scene being half the size it was 5 years ago (clubowners are going to put up with that low profit margin for only so long). This isn't just line dancers, though. Johnny D's in Boston has swing dancing on Sunday and Monday nights (and had Cajun dancing on Monday nights for years) and charged a pretty high cover because most of both of those crowds drink only water. Yes -- drinking and dancing don't mix very well. (My observations have been that after 2 beers a person is a dance floor hazard. I think that's why most dancers seem to stick to non-alcoholic drinks.) So if they are offering dancing at the clubs they need to plan on making their profit some other way, such as cover charges or higher drink prices (including for water) or whatever works. Lianne
Re: RIP Charles Brown
Charles Brown Passes Well, that's sad. He was "too young" to die already! I saw him in concert in that 1995 Bonnie Raitt tour -- glad I did. I loved the way he played the piano! Lianne np: Road Tested (the live album from that tour)
Re: why we hate line-dancing
At 03:54 PM 1/22/99 +, you wrote: Lianne: Yes -- drinking and dancing don't mix very well. Ummm, except in Texas, where drinking and dancing are both obligatory, preferably at the same timeg. Thank god for Texas. --junior And here I always thought Texans were polite, good dancers! g Lianne
Re: Just a thought!
At 04:41 AM 1/23/99 -0500, Fred forwarded: The people who started college this year were born in 1980. ... Do you feel old now? Remember, the people who don't know these things are in college this year, and get to vote knowledgeably about your future. It's alright. When we were 18 there would have been equally as scary long lists of things that we didn't know or hadn't experienced then, too. My son was born in '81, turns 18 this Spring, and has made his share of youthful mistakes, but on the whole I trust him to help take care of my future. He's a good boy. His friends are good boys. Maybe they're in the minority... but I doubt it. Lianne (Wondering who writes these things, anyway. I saw a similar one a couple of years ago, when my daughter entered college.)
Re: Americana guesswork/line-d@#*@
At 08:55 AM 1/21/99 -0500, you wrote: this is an old discussion, so I brought up my old answer. you've seen it before, but because I am holding the baby (baby says goo- i think that means hi) i will repost this. Sorry Jeff, joking or not, you are just wrong about this. Reading all these anti-line dance rants reminds me of our parents (or grandparents, for some of you) who claimed that rock music was the devil's music. You're sounding like a bunch of narrow-minded fuddy-duddies... Republican, even. There are many forms of dance, and only a few of them involve cuddling with your partner or flirting. Those who define dance as only being those dance forms that require a partner have a very limited (and ignorant) view of dancing. Line dancing is similar to Broadway choreography, but whether or not you dance on Broadway has no bearing on the goodness or "badness" of line dance. It's also similar to ethnic folk dance. I suppose you think that those guys dancing in "Fiddler on the Roof" aren't really dancing?! If you don't see any individual expression/interpretation in line dancing then you need to get out more, or else need to start paying more attention. I'm sure there are some clubs where the dancers perform like robots. But most dancers who have progressed beyond beginner's level tend to dance with "character." The truth about LineDancing ...Is that it became very popular with people who got tired of waiting for partners to ask them to dance. (What a bunch of lamers, those "cowboys" bellied up to the bar!) Lianne
Re: Fwd: [merlehaggard] VIRUS
Shoot, even Haggard fans succumb to the gullibility virus! g See http://www.gtii.com/gtii/nuhoaxes.html for a humorous, relevant article. Lianne
Re: Americana guesswork
At 06:39 PM 1/20/99 -0700, you wrote: At 08:10 PM 1/20/1999 EST, LindaRay wrote: I would just like to say that I do not understand what everybody has against line dancing. I think it's a lot of fun. Two-stepping, too. Brings back fond memories of a sawdust covered floor in a bitty roadhouse with a jukebox outside Pinetop, AZ, circa 1970. LR Thank you, Linda! I'm not overly fond of line dancing myself, but I do enjoy some of them. And the people I know who do it are great people and fun to be with. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that place burned to the ground last year in the middle of a packed floor lining up for "achy breaky heart". Luckly, the only casualty was Billie Ray. Gong! (bad joke) g The Achy Breaky Heart line dance went out of fashion about 5 years ago. And contrary to popular "opinion," Billy Ray was not the originator of line dancing. (Ex: The Electric Slide has been around so long... it was probably being danced before Billy Ray Cyrus was even born.) g Lianne
Re: Used CDs
At 07:59 AM 1/15/99 -0600, Bill Lavery wrote:
I believe that there are no royalties paid on the 'come on' offers, the
buy ten for the price of one. Royalties paid for the rest. Now I don't
know if it is at the same rate.
I had hesitated to join a record club because I thought no royalties
were paid. But someone on rmcw who seemed knowledgeable told me that
royalties ARE paid on record club cds, though they are less than on
the ones sold in stores.
I just did a Deja News search to see if I could find that post, and
found some more current ones that spelled it out more thoroughly.
These posts were from the author of the CD Club FAQ; and in the FAQ
section about ethics: http://www.blooberry.com/cdfaq/ethical.htm
he cites as his source: Billboard Magazine ("Record Clubs: An Inside
Look At An Evolving Enterprise", 30 March 1996.)
The FAQ also states:
"...generally an artist will receive no royalties for CDs sold as
"free or bonus" selections and only one-half their normal royalty rate
for CDs sold as full priced selections. (see Shemel, Syndey. "This
Business of Music". 1990. 61)"
Lianne
OT: Spam and e-mail addresses (was Re: Query:Archive this list?)
At 06:35 AM 1/14/99 -0800, Stuart wrote: You can get free email accounts all over the place now of course, which is one solution to this. And I can see where spam might be a problem, although to date, I've really never had much of problem. Once in a while something comes through. And since I'm not at all cautious about leaving my email address around the planet, I don't understand why I don't get more, while Mark Wyatt is apparently on every porn mailer in the U.S. and Denmark. The key to receiving spam, it seems, is to post to newsgroups with an unmunged e-mail address. I inadvertently did that a few weeks ago and now my spam quotient is up from once or twice a week to once or twice a day. But as I understand it, the spam-bots have also been scanning web sites for valid e-mail addresses... so I, too, don't want my e-mail address available on a web site where anyone can get ahold of it. Also, sometimes when you visit a web site they're using tools that can find your address and other information about you, and later may send you unsolicited e-mail... If you want to see what web sites are able to find out about you when you visit, click here: http://www.consumer.net/analyze/ See also http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy This anonymous web surfing site tells some of the same information: http://www.anonymizer.com/cgi-bin/snoop.pl And for another revealing look (about security)... http://www.coriolis.com/webpsychos/wpfiles.htm Lianne
