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Grex > Music2 > #32: THE GRAB BAG: Musical Meandering | |
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bmoran
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response 225 of 416:
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Sep 24 12:56 UTC 1997 |
RE The Man Who Fell to Earth. I made the mistake of reading the book a few
days before I saw the movie, and can see why they would hand out papers to
fill in the missing parts. Plot holes you could drive a truck through! The
director, Nicholas Roeg (sp?) has a habit of adding things that aren't in
the book, and leaving out some pretty important stuff.
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scott
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response 226 of 416:
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Sep 24 16:07 UTC 1997 |
Cool movie, though. I saw it years ago at the Michigan Theatre when it was
still mainly doing film-coop stuff.
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mziemba
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response 227 of 416:
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Sep 24 16:28 UTC 1997 |
Hey, Scott...since I'm not sure if you've vistited the alternative item in
a while, check out the latest issue of _Experimental Musical Instruments_ over
at Main Street News. Cover article on pvc doumbeks...
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scott
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response 228 of 416:
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Sep 24 22:32 UTC 1997 |
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I have that issue.
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diznave
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response 229 of 416:
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Sep 26 16:17 UTC 1997 |
Right on, Mark...hope to get up there soon ;->
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senna
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response 230 of 416:
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Sep 27 04:09 UTC 1997 |
Dave, careful, Ann Arbor can get pretty hyped about football too (particularly
if we get past Northwestern Undefeated). It's just that there are other
people to talk to as well :)
I don't know much about Bowie, but I know his duet of "Hurt" with Trent Reznor
(a bootleg I hear on the radio) is absolutely stunning. Heaven knows what
it woudl be like live.
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mziemba
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response 231 of 416:
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Sep 27 08:18 UTC 1997 |
Would they be singing about William?
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kewy
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response 232 of 416:
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Sep 28 18:11 UTC 1997 |
i really like david bowie's music, but i only have cd of all the singles,
well, not all, but i guess the bigger ones (changesbowie) it's a great cd,
and if you like his music, i'd point you to it in a second
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senna
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response 233 of 416:
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Sep 29 02:00 UTC 1997 |
The music industry execs are groaning... unknown-label band Jars Of Clay
debuted its new album high on the Billboard charts. I can just see Columbia
attempting to promote them out of radio.. heh
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lumen
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response 234 of 416:
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Sep 29 04:26 UTC 1997 |
I may have to check it out, then :)
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mziemba
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response 235 of 416:
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Sep 29 06:35 UTC 1997 |
MARK'S COOL OCTOBER CONCERT ALERT...
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Dar Williams at the Ark, Thursday, October 2, 7P/9:30P
Blackwell (Kiss tribute band) and Poignant Plecostomus at the Club Above
the Heidelberg, Friday, October 3, 10P
Susan Werner at the Ark, Saturday, October 4, 8P
Bruce Cockburn at the Michigan Theater, Friday, October 10, 8P
Alison Krauss & Union Station at Pease Auditorium, Saturday, October 11,
8P
The Samples and 19 Wheels at the Michigan Theater, Saturday, October 11,
8P
Victor Wooten at the Magic Bag, Sunday, October 12, 8P
Blue Mountain at the Blind Pig, Tuesday, October 14, 9:30P
Knee Deep Shag at Cross Street Station, Thursday, October 16, 10:30P
Cesaria Evora at the Michigan Theater, Friday, October 17, 8P
Ani DiFranco at Hill Auditorium, Sunday, October 19, 8P
They Might Be Giants at the Michigan Theater, Wednesday, October 22, 7:30P
Arlo Guthrie at the Ark, Wednesday, October 22 and 23, 8P both nights
U of M School of Music annual Halloween concert at Hill Auditorium,
Sunday, October 26, 4P/7:30P
Muzsikas (featuring Marta Sebestyen) at the Ark, Monday, October 27, 8P
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void
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response 236 of 416:
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Sep 29 09:18 UTC 1997 |
wow. lotsa good stuff next month.
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krj
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response 237 of 416:
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Sep 30 05:04 UTC 1997 |
re Jars of Clay in #233: according to the www.cdnow.com shoppe,
Jars of Clay are on one of the BMG imprints. BMG is one of the six
major labels, so *one* group of label execs is happy with their
#8 chart debut.
There's a web site urging fans to call their local mainstream alternative
station to request airplay.
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mziemba
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response 238 of 416:
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Sep 30 09:11 UTC 1997 |
MARK'S COOL OCTOBER CONCERT FOOTNOTES...
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I challenged Poignant Plecostemus to a chess match, but they have yet to
respond.
Bruce Cockburn is Canada's premiere politically aware, musically
intelligent folk rocker. I helped out his band's guitar player a few
years back and he got me seats to see the show my first week in town.
Very cool.
Krauss and Union Station are contemporary bluegrass giants.
Victor Wooten is the bassist for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, a
kind-of post-modern bluegrass band.
Blue Mountain was the opening act for the Jayhawks concert I saw at the
Blind Pig a while back. The trio was in top form: energetic and
heartfelt. I watched the lead singer walk his dog around the block,
before the show.
Cesaria Evora is a Cape Verdean morna singer approaching legendary status.
Morna is an African/Portuguese kind of blues.
DiFranco is a good renegade folk songwriter, and she wears a nosering.
Kudos for bringing American storyteller Utah Phillips into the limelight a
year or so back.
Arlo Guthrie is not only the son of Woody Guthrie, American socialist
folk legend, but a cool songwriter, himself.
Marta Sebestyen did the tune from _The English Patient_ and the Hungarian
band she's in have been making good on the traditional ethnic scene for
some time.
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diznave
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response 239 of 416:
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Sep 30 16:16 UTC 1997 |
Mark, is Victor Wooten the member of Bela's band that plays the unusual, odd
looking instrument? I've only seen one short clip of them playing somewhere
and it was quite awhile ago. Okay, okay...I admit I live a fairly sheltered
life.
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orinoco
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response 240 of 416:
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Sep 30 21:50 UTC 1997 |
Would you, perhaps, be talking about the "Synth-axe drumitar"? :)
(I just got a copy of _Live Art_ from the library, I don't have _that_ good
a memory)
If so, the player goes by the name of Future Man (or Futch for short). I
don't know his real name, but he's not Victor Wooten.
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mcnally
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response 241 of 416:
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Oct 1 14:19 UTC 1997 |
Wooten is the Flecktones' bassist.
When I saw them at EMU last fall I thought that Future Man's solo piece
was the most interesting part of the concert (but I wasn't particularly
engrossed by the rest of the concert.)
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mziemba
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response 242 of 416:
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Oct 1 14:39 UTC 1997 |
I'm pretty impressed with the Pease Auditorium at EMU, actually. It's a
pretty nice theater, and I guess it wasn't being used much until just last
year. I saw the Barenaked Ladies there (the story of making the show on time
despite a long drive, car troubles, and loss of tickets is an interesting one,
in itself) last fall, and it was great! A little hot, but a nicely-sized
theater -- not too big and not too small.
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diznave
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response 243 of 416:
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Oct 1 17:16 UTC 1997 |
Synth-axe drumitar? Future Man? Well, more power to him, as long as he (and
they) keep putting out wonderful music like the three songs of theirs that
I've heard (yes, only three.... I told you, I'm sheltered.....or an
overburdened college student....one of the two).
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lumen
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response 244 of 416:
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Oct 2 01:12 UTC 1997 |
You? Sheltered? I'm so poor I can't afford dilly-squat! (lumen mutters
something about living in Central Washington)
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mziemba
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response 245 of 416:
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Oct 2 06:04 UTC 1997 |
But you are here at Grex, where there is a wealth of good cheer and
conversation...
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krj
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response 246 of 416:
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Oct 2 16:52 UTC 1997 |
Sometimes I worry that we are making lumen depressed.
Mark, in party last night, asked for the name of the Don Dixon CD which
I'd fished out of a $3.50 bin at Elderly Instruments. It's
ROMANTIC DEPRESSIVE, a 1995 release. It's a fine ordinary rock
album, at least on one listen, with the great production values
one would expect from Dixon.
How come Dixon and his wife Marti Jones don't do a duo act?
She sings better than he does.
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diznave
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response 247 of 416:
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Oct 2 19:50 UTC 1997 |
Has anyone heard Bob Dylan's new album? I've heard a few people describe it
as the best he's put out since _Blood on the Tracks_ (including _Newsweek_,
who just did a decent interview with him). And it looks like he's back on his
endless tour. Whatta guy!
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senna
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response 248 of 416:
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Oct 3 05:12 UTC 1997 |
Pease is nice since they renovated.
Jars Of Clay certainly pisses off most culture (they come to the area November
9 or thereabouts, I believe) and they'll never get played much on mainstream
radio (though I heard them on 103). Radio doesn't go for that sort of stuff.
(Is Forefront a BMG imprint? such was not my impression)
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krj
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response 249 of 416:
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Oct 3 19:00 UTC 1997 |
Do you want to have an item for religion in pop music?
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