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ig-news-digest sunday, january 7 2001 volume 04 : number 004

today's subjects:
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[ig-news] ig cd video offer - free to list peeps for postage, blanks [hun]
[ig-news] amy ray article from cd now [btfenton@aol.com]

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date: fri, 5 jan 2001 14:39:21 est
from: hunterj1@aol.com
subject: [ig-news] ig cd video offer - free to list peeps for postage, blanks

[sherlyn's note: this message was originally sent to the indigo
girls mailing list at netspace.org.]

hey all!! happy new year and hope everyone is set for a 2001-derful year.
please allow me some breathless puns =) 'cuz i have a great present for you.
indigo girls video on cds. three to be exact, volumes 1, 2 and 3 discs.

volume 1 features the closer to fine promo from 1989, ig on david letterman,
1989, mtv news 1989, and the vh-1 interview 1990

volume 2 has a segment from cnn in 1989, late night atlanta, part 1 of 2

volume 3 finishes up the late night atlanta segment, part 2 of 2, with cold
as ice and welcome me, and includes land of canaan on the david letterman
show, october 1989.

each disc contains a read me text file from the author of the video discs,
janet doe, who has given other media presents to listpeople in the last 18
months. she has also included, on each disc, a word document with the cover
art for each disc. if you have any problems accessing these files, just let
me know.

how to get 'em, listen up -)

contact lisa if you were born in september, october, november or december
memememi@aol.com

contact neil if you were born in may, june, july or august
neil@andineil.com

contact jude if you were born in january, february, march or april
hunterj1@aol.com

if anyone in europe has the capability to make cds and wants to help tree
these discs, please let me know. if anyone else in any other section of the
world wants info on getting copies, please let me know.

each person participating in the tree will have their own directions for
sending you the discs, but here are some common pointers: please remember to
include enough postage for return of the discs to you. remember also that
postage costs more since the 6th of january...find out exactly how much it
will cost to return your discs.

these discs are playable on your computer using the windows player from
microsoft.com as discussed in the read me file. i have tried playing the
discs on a 1 gig, dell with an ancient version of this program and it *does*
work. read the read me file.

even if you still feel that you won't be able to view these discs, get them
now.  perhaps someday soon you will have a computer that is compatible or
someone close to you might have one that is compatible.  order now.  these
discs do not degrade in quality.  they are forever :)

and enjoy!!

talk to you later, if i have forgotten anything =)

jude :)

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date: fri, 5 jan 2001 19:18:13 est
from: btfenton@aol.com
subject: [ig-news] amy ray article from cd now

[sherlyn's note: this message was originally sent to the indigo
girls mailing list at netspace.org.]

indigo girl amy ray takes shot at rolling stone
jan 5, 2001, 9:35 am pt

indigo girl amy ray is using her first solo album to get a few messages
across, one of which is directed at rolling stone editor and publisher jann
s. wenner.

on "lucystoners," from the forthcoming stag (allstar, dec. 7, 2000), ray
calls wenner on what she says is rolling stone's lack of adequate coverage of
the indigo girls over the years, despite the fact that nearly all of their
albums have gone gold or platinum (the magazine has never done a major
feature on the duo). the song begins with a jab at the press in general ("we
were talking ticket slump/we try to put our finger on it/and quantify the
undoing of each little step/its just a lack of press") before pointing a
finger directly at wenner.

"janny wenner, janny wenner," she sings on "lucystoners." "rolling stone's
most fearless leader/gave the boys what they deserved/but with the girls he
lost his nerve."

"[jann wenner] is a notorious symbol to a lot of women of sexism in the
industry -- that magazine is and he is -- but he's a symbol, i don't know
him," explains ray on the phone thursday (jan. 4). "it's not a personal
vendetta i have with him. i think rolling stone, rather than a tastemaker,
has been a real follower in the last five years and is willingly reflecting
sexism and i don't appreciate it."

"lucystoners" is named after followers of 19th century feminist lucy stone,
the first female in massachusetts to receive a college degree in 1847 and
organizer of one of the first national conventions on women's rights in 1850.
upon marriage, stone kept her maiden name, inspiring other women who did the
same to adopt the term "lucy stoners" as a result.

although ray says she has no personal ill will towards wenner, she does feel
rolling stone has dropped the ball on the indigo girls over the years. "i
wouldn't say i feel personally dissed by them but i would say that i feel
they have never given us our due," she says. "we have been playing together
20 years. we have a 12-year recording history with epic. we've put out seven
[studio] records, many of them have gone platinum.

"we've toured all over the world," she continues. "we've had one page in
rolling stone for our first album, a quarter-page on honor the earth, a
couple of random notes and some record reviews and that's it. that's not
enough. it's not an ego thing with me. i just think if it was a male group,
they would have paid more attention."

in all fairness to the magazine, rolling stone featured five female musical
acts on the cover in 2000, compared to that of eight male -- a respectable
ratio when taking the musical trends of the year into consideration.

representatives of rolling stone served up a solid "no comment" on ray's
lyrics.

stag, due in stores on march 6 on ray's own atlanta-based indie daemon
records, is a much more plugged-in affair than most of ray's work with the
indigo girls. many of the tunes are more in line with the ray-penned tracks
"go" from 1999's come on now social and "scooter boys" from 1997's shaming of
the sun.

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