A great book! Alice's autobiography, "Me, Alice" is also a great read. Rich B. > > Has anyone on the list read BILLION DOLLAR BABY by > Bob Greene? > > Brad Harvey > NP: A NEW DEVOTION by the High Dials > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 08:10:47 -0800 (PST) > From: Michael vg > To: audities@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Money, guns, and former rock gods gone > mortal > Message-ID: > <20031028161047.18050.qmail@web13409.mail.yahoo.com> > > --- Brad Harvey wrote: > > Has anyone on the list read BILLION DOLLAR BABY by > Bob Greene? > > In high school, our senior term paper had to be > about someone > living and that we admired. Could have been anyone, > so I chose > the Coop. BDB by Bob Green was the basis for my > paper, along with > other research materials. But the book was such a > good read, and > really painted a vivid picture of what touring with > a rock band > was like. > I loved the bits about them boarding the big > chartered tour jets > while the country was in the throes of the Gas > Crisis. Also how > Bob used to dress up as Santa every show and then > get pummeled > by the band. He said he took some real shots from > them. > > Michael vg > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears > http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:17:40 -0500 > From: "Seaman, Dave" > To: "'audities@smoe.org'" > Subject: sparklefotos > Message-ID: > <0907F7414A0FBF4886B027C43047293C74836F@1upmc-msx6.isdip.upmc.edu> > > > > From: Mike Nicholson > > I have just uploaded a mega-amount of photos to > the Sparklefest site. > > cool photos, wish i was there!! > by the way, whats up with the band with the red > velvet capes?!? what kind > of music? pop? they look like they walked off the > set of Chiller > Theater.... actually, the female bass player looks > kinda Vampirella-ish... > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:12:35 -0500 > From: Mike > To: audities@smoe.org > Subject: Re: sparklefotos > Message-ID: > > > > From: Mike Nicholson > >> I have just uploaded a mega-amount of photos to > the Sparklefest site. > > > >cool photos, wish i was there!! > >by the way, whats up with the band with the red > velvet capes?!? what kind > >of music? pop? they look like they walked off the > set of Chiller > >Theater.... actually, the female bass player looks > kinda Vampirella-ish... > > Dude, that's Mitch Easter! It's his new band the > Fiendish Minstrels. > And that's his lovely (and super cool) wife Shalini > on bass. Man, > they are totally great. There's some Let's Active > vibe goin' on, but, > this is for the most part, all new stuff. I have > seen 'em bust on > "Every Dog..." now and again. Mitch is indulging his > Julian Cope, > Scott Walker obsessions as well as just being Mitch. > And, yes, that's > Let's Active drummer Eric Marshall on the kit. > > The same three folks also go out as Shalini, which > is mostly her > material. Parasol released a swell platter called We > Want Jelly > Donuts (WWJD, geddit?!) by the Shalini combo. No > capes when they > play... yet! > > I think Mitch is trying to inject some showbiz & > rock pizzazz into > this band. I say go for it. Mitch has always been > way more Ritchie > Blackmore than alex Chilton anyway. > > Mick du Roque > -- > __________________________________ > http://www.sparklefest.com > T-shirts, programs, CD's all on sale! > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:24:12 -0500 > From: "John L. Micek" > To: > Subject: Re: sparklefotos > Message-ID: > <019a01c39d80$b2dbf480$2e11f7a5@userk54t1fuzl6> > > I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings here, but am > I the only one who's > encountered broken links on the Saturday photos > page? > I'd like to see the Minstrels in their full-sized > glory, but the pix won't > come up when I click on them. > > Mike -- again, outstanding job on the photos, on > everything. It was our > honor and pleasure to play. > > John Micek. > ___________________________ > John L. Micek > State Government Reporter > The Morning Call > Harrisburg, Pa. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Seaman, Dave" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:17 PM > Subject: sparklefotos > > > > > > > From: Mike Nicholson > > > I have just uploaded a mega-amount of photos to > the Sparklefest site. > > > > cool photos, wish i was there!! > > by the way, whats up with the band with the red > velvet capes?!? what kind > > of music? pop? they look like they walked off > the set of Chiller > > Theater.... actually, the female bass player looks > kinda Vampirella-ish... > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:57:17 -0800 (PST) > From: MarkP > To: audities@smoe.org > Subject: Re: sparklefotos > Message-ID: > <20031028185717.86880.qmail@web20307.mail.yahoo.com> > > > Hee Hee ... hey, I'd much rather the "Chiller > Theater" bedecked versh > of The FMs than the Flash Gordon issue of em ... > these are damn fine > looking capes, those velvety numbers. The silverish > ones they were > wearing right after the namechange from The > Crackpots( a name of which > I personally dug way more than The Feindish > Minstrels BTW ... but who > am I)were pretty garish. ;-) I just hope they don't > start donning > crowns at some point. > > I had some great pics of said earlier capery > shenanigans o'er Mitch > World ... when there was a Mitch World. There may > be some stored over > the Mitch/Ledz Yahoo Group ... if not I can upload > some. > > Blackmore, eh? Yeah ... good one ... Ledz used to > do a rippin' version > of "Hush!"! I think it might have always sorta' > annoyed Mssr Easter > being thought of as simply that guy that writ "Every > Word Means No" ... > had that cute lil' band named Let's Active ... > whatever ... like he was > merely some 80s alterna-dude w/an acute acumen > behind the producer's > board or something. > > The cat's got HISTORY!! And a damn fine ear! Plus > ... he's one of THE > best guitarists EVER. > > We did an all live Let's Active CDR tree a while > back o'er said Yahoo > group of just the covers they used to do ... well > ... any band that > would whip both "Flaming" offa' Piper @ The Gates > and "Back In Black" > onya ... along w/"Hey Grandma" and "I Can't Reach > You" ... ALL on the > same night! HEY NOW! Ledz was a MASSIVE band ... > and a band massively > missed! At least by yrs truly. > > Mark > > > --- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Seaman, Dave" > wrote: > > > > > From: Mike Nicholson > > > I have just uploaded a mega-amount of photos to > the Sparklefest > site. > > > > cool photos, wish i was there!! > > by the way, whats up with the band with the red > velvet capes?!? what > kind > > of music? pop? they look like they walked off > the set of Chiller > > Theater.... actually, the female bass player looks > kinda Vampirella-ish... > > ===== > Sleep Well ~ Don't Burst > > http://www.mitchworldusa.net/ > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears > http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:28:08 -0800 > From: "David Bash" > To: "Audities" > Subject: Re: IPO Liverpool/David Scott > Message-ID: <007301c39d78$daff32e0$5116fea9@david> > > --- In audities@yahoogroups.com, Joe Field > wrote: > > > I really wish I could have afforded to go to > Liverpool, but that just > > gives me something to shoot for next time. > > > > I was glad to see you mention David Scott. As a > big Pearlfishers' fan, > > I'd love more details on his set list, and was it > just him solo or did > > he have other musicians with him? I was just > listening to "Sky Meadows" > > this morning, the first time I've sat down with > the lyrics in hand to > > focus on the CD. It's a blissfull bunch of > lush-pop---with channels of > > Macca, Todd and Bacharach, but wholly original, > as David's unique > > musical voice is. > > > > Thanks for the highlights' recap, David. And > thanks even more for your > > passion in trying to move the pop needle... > > > > Joe Field > > http://FlyingColorsComics.com > > I wish I could give you more details on David's set > list, but I was running > between stages to coordinate things and wasn't able > to fully pay attention. > He played by himself, and I know he did a lot of > songs from Sky Meadows. > > David and I got to chat a bit before the show > started, and I found him to be > an extremely engaging person. > > My only regret with regard to IPO is that I actually > have to "work" during > it, thereby not fully allowing me to absorb > everything...but hey, I'm not > complaining. :-) > -- > Pop Rules!!!!! > Take Care, > David > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:15:54 -0500 > From: Mike > To: audities@smoe.org > Subject: Re: IPO Liverpool/David Scott > Message-ID: > > > > >My only regret with regard to IPO is that I > actually have to "work" during > >it, thereby not fully allowing me to absorb > everything...but hey, I'm not > >complaining. :-) > > Same here with me & Sparklefest this year. All the > shows were > recorded so I can't wait to hear what I missed. Lots > of video too! > > I did, however, absorb lots of lots of ice-cold > Polish vodka! Just > ask the Anderson Council. > > Also, if anyone knows who stole the full bottle of > Jameson's from the > green room, please let me know. > > Mike > -- > __________________________________ > http://www.sparklefest.com > T-shirts, programs, CD's all on sale! > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 14:26:07 EST > From: GaryPig@aol.com > To: audities@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Todd Vs. the RIAA > Message-ID: <1a2.1bff8c0f.2cd01ccf@aol.com> > > > ....and Here's another article > I found quite entertaining AND interesting > on the state of our biz....... > > > http://nymetro.com/nymetro/news/media/columns/medialife/n_9313/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 15:17:08 -0500 > From: "S. Kelly Sears" > To: audities@smoe.org > Subject: 10 Reasons Why Elliott Smith Was Cool > Message-ID: <3F9ECEC4.8070008@eps.mcgill.ca> > > According to Chartattack Magazine: > > 1. He was a sensitive singer-songwriter with real > punk rock roots. Smith > began his career in Heatmiser -- who came out of the > gate in the > early-'90s as a Fugazi-esque punk rock band. That > band also featured Sam > Coomes, who went on to form Quasi. > > 2. Smith was shuttled out of obscurity in 1997 when > he did the music for > the Matt Damon/Ben Affleck movie Good Will Hunting. > Smith was personally > chosen to do the music by director Gus Van Sant, who > happened to be a > big fan of the folk-punk singer. > > 3. Elliott Smith was emo before Dashboard > Confessional even thought of > entering a recording studio. His songs are sweetly > tragic, although the > singer himself always managed to maintain a sense of > legitimate edginess > that prevented him from becoming trite or syrupy. No > one could sing > about love and heroin addiction on the same album > with the same level of > conviction as Smith did. > > 4. Smith's appearance at the 1997 Oscars was > probably the most > delightful moment in the glitzy awards show's > history. Clad in a white > suit, a nervous and out-of-place Smith took to the > Oscar stage to > perform "Miss Misery," which was nominated from the > Good Will Hunting > soundtrack. Smith lost the Oscar to Celine Dion's > Titanic ballad "My > Heart Will Go On." > > 5. He knew how to turn a waltz into a pop song. Very > nice. > > 6. Despite the darkness that often lurked in Smith's > lyrics he was also > able to make some gorgeously sunny music. His last > proper album, 2000's > Figure 8, was a Beach Boys-inspired work of pop > brilliance, belying the > somber lyrical content of many of the songs. > > 7. Although he was signed to DreamWorks, one of the > fanciest major label > imprints around, the label understood Smith's indie > roots. Not ready to > record the official follow-up to Figure 8, this year > Smith was free to > unleash smaller releases on independent labels. In > August he released a > single on Suicide Squeeze and he also had songs in > the film Southlander: > Diary Of A Desperate Musician, earlier this year. > > 8. He was truly a solo artist and a gifted arranger, > often playing all > the instruments on his albums. > > 9. Smith's real name was Steven Paul Smith, but he > changed his name to > Elliott while in middle school because he thought > Steve sounded too > jockish. > > 10. Most of all, Elliott Smith's music was really, > really great. He'll > be sorely missed. > > > > ------------------------------ > > End of audities-digest V1 #793 (10 msgs) > ********** __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/