After missing two Kelly Willis shows thanks to apartment hunting, it
was a treat to see Jon Dee Graham tonight, all the moreso since the
Gourds backed him the last half of his set. We hung around for six or
seven songs of the Gourds' own set, so I can't say much there, but
Graham already had a
Jerry Curry writes:
This is BIG, BIG news. So, I had to pass it on.
Um, OK...the press release is a *little overhyped.
Still big news though.right? g
My apologies to those of you that will see this twice.
Thanks for the original post to Auditiesand you know
who you are.
Oh, I
Artist itineraries confirmed as of 4/3/99
Joe Pernice (all shows listed are Joe solo)
April
20 Mercury Lounge, New York, NY (w/Mike Ireland Dan Mesh,
Bob Egan)
21 House of Blues, Cambridge, MA (w/Mike Ireland Dan Mesh)
(coming soon: European dates in May and June for the
Pernice Brothers
I never suspected THIS writer had ever even heard of country music!
Ya never know. No inside reports from Salinger on how Franny sounded with Zooey
though.
From this morning's Sunday NY Times:
April 4, 1999
The Lure of Same-Sex Harmony in Country
By JOYCE MAYNARD
From the days of the
"After the Gold Rush," with its synthesizer, glass harmonica and string
arrangement, is a showpiece for Ms. Ronstadt, in which the voices of Ms.
Harris and Ms. Parton seem nearly superfluous...
After confessing that she's unwilling or unable to distinguish one Louvin
from the other after
Richard says of BMI:
It was not formed because ASCAP was doing a bad job,
or didn't like hillbilly music, or wouldn't give rural blues
songwriters a home - BMI was formed because ASCAP's demands
for license fees were considered too high by the broadcast
industry, and BMI thus became the
Newly returned Greg Harness asks:
2. What's the official P2 take on the Freight Hoppers?
Well there is nothing in the P2 FAQ g but I happen to LOVE the Freight
Hoppers and I think that they are probably the most exciting and
accessible Old Time String Band playing (and if you believe
Hi all!
If anyone sees a review of last night's Hayride Homecoming (Shreveport, LA)
could you please post it, provide the URL or just let me know off-list.
Thanks a bunch-O-tulips!
Kate
N.P. Sunday Morning Country - WZBC
Anyone happen to know the maximun amount of music that can fit on a single CD?
Gracias.
NW
Rockin Neal writes:
Anyone happen to know the maximum amount of music that can fit on a single
CD?
72 0r 74 minutes, close enough?
Mike Hays
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Anyone happen to know the maximun amount of music that can fit on
a single CD?
74 minutes.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 4-Apr-99 CD Length? by
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Anyone happen to know the maximun amount of music that can fit on a
single CD?
Rykodisc crammed 80 minutes of music on their Mission of Burma
compilation disc. I think the industry standard is 78 minutes,
On Sun, 4 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone happen to know the maximun amount of music that can fit on a single CD?
74 mins in standard audio format
-george
Right here on-list I'll say:
Jon I figured you were going to have a little fun with this one! You did
not let me down.
I'd really encourage you to point out the errors here right to the grey ol
Times themselves..since IMHO Ms. Maynard has been a creature they more or
less invented as a
Barry's suggestion is an excellent one. The Times should really get an
idea of the level of knowledge they're referencing with some of these
people.
Not that they will care, probably, but it's good to make them aware of
how poorly informed some of their folks really are.
Back in the 80s, I
For those of you who tune into the World Cafe regularly, there's a good one
coming up this week: The Willard Grant Conspiracy will split the show with
Martin's Folly. Trust me - both bands are worth listening to.
Thanks. Out of Philly, it airs on WXPN on Tuesday's - not sure about the
other 100
Neal Weiss writes:
Anyone happen to know the maximun amount of music that can fit on a
single CD?
It currently stands at 80 minutes, as far as I know, but very few
pressing plants want to go higher than 78 minutes because of an increased
risk of pressing problems. I remember a few (4 or
I'm headed to Berlin April 21-24, and to
Amsterdam April 25-28. Anyone know of twang things going on in those
towns? I'm interested in clubs and concerts, but I'd also love to hook up
with some pickers and check out the scene in general. (That is, when I'm
not swilling God's own beer,
Kelly Kessler wrote:
I'm headed to Berlin April 21-24, and to Amsterdam April 25-28.
I believe dem Gourds are over in Germany during those dates. You might
check their site at www.thegourds.com
Heard while watching the Red Wings visit the Stars on Fox's weekly NHL
game: "Timebomb" over Reunion Arena's PA. Is this a new development?
Carl Z.
Carl Abraham Zimring wrote:
Heard while watching the Red Wings visit the Stars on Fox's weekly NHL
game: "Timebomb" over Reunion Arena's PA. Is this a new development?
Carl Z.
Not sure about that but that show Felicity on the WB used the song "19"
off the soon-to-be-released Fight Songs
Junior explains it all for us adds a postscript:
PS. I hope lurker TG Marcia is keeping score, as I assume all new
acronyms need covering in the annual edition of No Repression (which *is*
a Twangfest tradition).
I just want to add to Junior's excellent suggestion that I sure hope that
last
I actually went to the horrible Reunion Arena in Dallas the Sunday after
SxSW (Stars vs. Hurricanes) and I heard both the Old 97's 'Time Bomb' and
Bare Jr's "You Blew Me Off" on the PA.
Too bad about those Dallas hockey fans. They don't realize what a good team
they have down there.
Heard while watching the Red Wings visit the Stars on Fox's weekly NHL
game: "Timebomb" over Reunion Arena's PA. Is this a new development?
Carl Z.
Actually, as coincidence would have it, in the Russian language "timebomb"
loosely translates as Federov, a clever and sopisticated blow to the
Dr. Ross writes:
I love the whole record, even the not-as-good-as-the-first-version "Fading
Fast," and I'm especially impressed with the Nick Drake and Replacements
covers, which are reinterpretations rather than rehashes, just like all
good covers should be.
Tsk tsk. So Peggy Lee's "Fever",
Amy says:
A talented artist can sing a
note-for-note rendition of a song they didn't write and still
make it their
own, by virtue of having a) a distinctive voice and b) emotional honesty,
and specifically the ability to give the listener a sense that the song
resonates emotionally for the
Any, then, Jon says the following, on covers:
Exactly, and what's spooky, at least to me, is that while sometimes the
emotional resonance is responsible for the "note-for-note" rendition,
sometimes it's the other way around - that is, by concentrating fiercely on
doing just what the original
oops - that was private to Lance. I suck.
-Original Message-
From: lance davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday, April 04, 1999 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: Old 97s -- arena rock?
Heard while watching the Red Wings visit the Stars on Fox's weekly NHL
game:
Actually, as coincidence would have it, in the Russian language "timebomb"
loosely translates as Federov, a clever and sopisticated blow to the Wings
star. He had to have felt that one the next day.
That didn't stop Federov's team from slapping the Stars with a 3-0 drubbing
today...
The March house concert with Greg Trooper was super. It's looking like
this spring and summer are going to be chock full of good house concerts
and small venue shows. Remember to sign up for my house concert mailing
list to hear about these first. The Greg Trooper show sold out in two
hours
Tar Hut Records wrote:
That didn't stop Federov's team from slapping the Stars with a 3-0 drubbing
today...
Which gets them within 20 points. The Red Wings better be prepared for
a whipping come playoff time if they can make it to the Conference
finals.
5. Jimmy Murphy - Electricity - Sugar Hill
I can't imagine anything beating this album out for reissue of the
year.
I can: Doyle Lawson Quicksilver, The Original Band (Sugar Hill). With
Doyle Lawson Quicksilver's Once And For Always/The News Is Out (Sugar
Hill) just a millimeter or two
You know, I'm glad this came up because as we speak I'm taping some of the
Pine Valley Cosmonauts LP. What strikes me is that the songs which fail do
so because they spotlight vocalists who are weak singers. Or, maybe it's
that they are trying to adopt the Wills arrangements too strictly, which
I made the mistake of not showing up till 10:15 pm, about 20 mins
before Watson took the stage. The Rodeo was as packed as I've
ever seen it. I wormed my way as far forward as I could but..
So here's Dale Watson in NYC packing a joint and he gets zilch for radio
airplay and still doesn't
Anyone had any experience getting - and, more important,
using - the health insurance plan available to BMI affiliates?
Offlist replies are okay. Thanks,
Tom Smith
While there's been little or no speak of it, must admit the new Jon Dee
record is pretty darn worth your hard-earned dollars. Staying in a Southwest
frame of mind, the recent Lydia Mendoza collection from Arhoolie as well as
their "best of" Flaco disc are also worth seeking out. And while a
I wouldn't mind hearing the answer to this, too--I'm planning to break my
corporate chains within a couple years. (Don't worry, folks, I probably
won't become a full-time musician. g)
--Jamie S.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.wavetech.net/~swedberg
I found the quote I mentioned earlier in the thread on covers, and it's
every bit as good as I remember it. The speaker is Eddie Adcock, banjoist
and flat-picking guitarist extraordinaire; he was interviewed by Barry
Willis in 1990 (the interview appears in Willis's gigantic, messy book,
Someone posted a URL on the list for SXSW photos and I wanted to check
them out.
But I of course deleted the message or something.
Help?
-jim
There'is a little classic of modern literature that takes on excatly this
startling and provocative notion (and feeling)..of re-creating...with some
provocative turns on i of its own--w the now famous story "Pierre
Menard-Author of Don Quixote" by Jorge Luis BorgesIt tells (in the form
of a
Jon Weisberger quoted Eddie Adcock:
"...there is a neat thing that takes place in the mind - just like some of
the finer art in the world - when you hit upon that note exactly the way
the guy intended to hit it the first time. Then you can get the idea and
the feeling and the emotion that
Anyone happen to know the maximun amount of music that can fit on a single CD?
If you're using the industry standard 16 bit 44 kHz audio format, 74 minutes is the
maximum amount you can cram onto a CD. Mission of Burma has a CD out on Rykodisc that
featured about 80 minutes, but some of those
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