response 1 of 31:

Jan 3 01:40 UTC 2000

Is Will Danforth any relation to Percy Danforth?

response 3 of 31:

Jan 3 05:27 UTC 2000

Okay, I have a question.  

On New Year's Day I was listening to random radio while on the computer,
didn't feel like pop or anything and didn't have a CD player in range, so I
ended up on a folk program where they were listening to and talking with
Christine Lavin, and some other guy whose first name was Andrew.  I realized
a few hours after I had turned the radio off that I really liked some of the
stuff the Andrew guy played (I enjoy some of Christine's stuff, but it has
never been enough that I have been inspired to buy an album).

I think it may have been that "Folks Like Us" program Katie mentioned above.
Or maybe Anna is just paying word association.  The Andrew guy had these songs
about teenagers growing up and leaving, and this other song called "Just one
Angel".  Andrew had laryngitis that day.

Anyone know this Andrew guy's last name so I could maybe buy an album?

response 5 of 31:

Jan 3 12:32 UTC 2000

Nope, it was Andrew Ratshins. You can't find him under his name. You'll
find him as "Electric Bonsai Band" (solo effort) and "Uncle Bonsai" (his
former group, reunited last year for one album).

response 7 of 31:

Jan 4 00:19 UTC 2000

Definitely Andrew Ratshin... His song about teenage angst is on the "Under
the Radar" album that Lavin was supposed to release soon. (I have a copy, but
haven't seen it in stores... man, it's fascinating getting things from the
agents. Grin.)

response 9 of 31:

Jan 4 09:31 UTC 2000

Okay, I will.  Thing is, in the past I have found good folk music to be hard
to find... not the artists, finding their CDs in stores, finding someone in
the store who has heard of them.  And I hear (but I don't know because I never
go downtown anymore) that Schoolkids is gone, so that takes away the only
source I ever had.

I own one folk CD at the moment.  Fred Small's "I Will Stand Fast".  It was
on the mellow side for me at the time (I was 14, I think), and I never really
got into it.  Right now its at school... I may pull it out one of these days.

There are probably some great CD stores in East Lansing if I ever mke it out
of my little world to go look.

Thanks for the help!  I figured I'd never know who that was...

response 11 of 31:

Jan 4 15:12 UTC 2000

www.elderly.com if you want to browse Elderly's online catalog of CDs,
which is pretty good and which is regularly updated.

And Grex's reporting on the demise of the Schoolkids Records you knew
is in item:149 & item:154.

response 13 of 31:

Jan 4 15:55 UTC 2000

And Borders has a decent selection of folk, at least here in A2. The Downtown
store, I hasten to add! Of course, I have been very bad and have bought a lot
of my stuff online in the last year -- there are some Really Good folk stores
out there which I tend to obsess over. (I haven't been to Schoolkids in Exile
much, simply because those stairs are a Killer! Why it has to be down some
nasty stairs is beyond me.)

response 15 of 31:

Jan 5 03:53 UTC 2000

        I'll second that the selection at Borders Downtown Ann Arbor
is great to browse through.  I'll also second the Lansing Elderly 
Instruments Folk selection.  They may even have the staff that can
lead you in 'If you like Christine Lavin, you may also like ....'
type of selections.
        I would recommend:
        Haute Chenile - The Chenile Sisters.  from Ann Arbor, a 
                greatest hits package, good mix of humor and serious.
                Several covers of other artists--if you like the tune
                look up the songwriter later.
        The Naked Truth - Joel Mabus.  Originally from Lansing, now
                in the KZoo area.  About 10 years old now, a reissue
                to CD that takes a concert performance and shows the
                wide variety of material Joel can do.
        The Essential Bonsai - Uncle Bonsai.  A greatest hits package
                of Andrews band--he's the one with the high voice.
                They hail from Seattle.

All should be at Borders or Eldery, in store or on-line.

response 17 of 31:

Jan 5 05:38 UTC 2000

Back to the Item Subject:

Show just added!  Sara Hickman, Fri, Mar 17. Sara's a great vocalist, song-
writer, and interpreter. And tons of fun.

response 19 of 31:

Jan 5 13:18 UTC 2000

Across from the Ark.

response 21 of 31:

Jan 5 15:06 UTC 2000

(Do you know where Main St is? Downtown?)

response 23 of 31:

Jan 6 18:33 UTC 2000

Okay, cool.  yes, I lived in the city for 18 straight years, and know wehre
absolutely NOTHING is.