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date: thu, 22 sep 2005 07:25:09 -0500
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hi,
michele here writing a quick note before school starts. 3 incredible shows
at park west. will try to write more later. great to see/meet/talk with/
spike, bonster, greg, etc.!!! here's a review from the wxrt vip lounge
website. it was written by "heather"; don't have time for more details now!
peace,
michele
"hey little monkeys,
well i managed to get four hours sleep last night. i was functioning at
about 24% until i saw the limo pull up. then magically, i was all good. we
had plenty of time before the show and took the scenic route down lovely
lincoln avenue. i played certified mixologist in the back of the stretch and
shook up some inditinis. no, not really but it sounds better than the actual
beer we drank.
my cell phone rang seven times on the way to the show. some of my friends
and family are still hearing about this and i keep getting these "oh my
god!!" phone calls. i still can't believe i'm here myself (pinch). last
monday i was home doing laundry and here i am in the back of a limousine on
my way to another dazzling show. i am so grateful to xrt and looking forward
to this fantastic week in front of me.
we arrived at park west and found some seats up front. the opening act
three5human was extraordinary. they played a good mix of hard, edgy rock and
had a mesmerizing front woman. think mick jagger and tina turner's love
child. the indigo girls took the stage and were welcomed with thunderous
applause and plenty of woo-hoo's. they sound tremendous live. i could not
believe the hullabaloo these two ladies produce. the music was rich and full
and their harmonies were perfect.
the crowd was just like any other show except for the fact that they could
sing. whenever the girls let the audience fill in i was shocked at how good
it sounded. the fans knew every word and note. it was super chill at the
show. everyone was happy and mellow. no stage diving or catfights and i
didn't get anything spilled on me. it was the most civilized concert i've
ever attended. the only downfall to a mostly female audience is a very long
line for the bathroom. after seeing that i decided it was time for my first
trip to the men's room. the attendant was very surprised to see me come
through the door but quickly started ushering the other girls in.
indigo was glorious. thanks to firefighter joe for accompanying me. two
shows down five to go. i am ecstatic for u2 tonight. until tomorrow...
female to male ratio: 947 / 6
people watching: premium
dinner: burger and tater tots at stanley's
best shirt of the evening: wax bush 2004"
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date: thu, 22 sep 2005 12:20:16 -0400
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i just tried buying the ig song on the despate housewifes soundtrack - it
says is only available by buying the album...
is this correct????
i even upgraded -
clueless
mjr
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date: thu, 22 sep 2005 11:33:17 -0700
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sadly, mike is right. sometimes songs are only available to buy with
the album. this often happens with new albums. the labels entice you
to buy the whole thing when you might only want one song.
having said that... if you can spare the $12 it looks like a good
album (all of the artists seem ripped out of my cd collection... k.d.
lang, martina, joss stone, macy gray... even idina menzel :)
and someone else asked about buying the song in the uk. my roommate
showed me the other night how if you scroll down to the very bottom
of the main page you can click on a tab that will take you to other
itunes stores in other countries. i haven't tried buying from other
stores yet, but it looks like it is possible. this is great for those
of us who like to listen to things not always released where we are
living. give it a try... it might work for you.
kate
on sep 22, 2005, at 9:20 am, mike reynolds wrote:
> i just tried buying the ig song on the despate housewifes
> soundtrack - it
> says is only available by buying the album...
>
> is this correct????
>
> i even upgraded -
>
> clueless
>
> mjr
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date: thu, 22 sep 2005 11:50:12 -0700
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on 9/22/05, kate ranson-walsh <katerw@thinkradical.org> wrote:
> sadly, mike is right. sometimes songs are only available to buy with
> the album. this often happens with new albums. the labels entice you
> to buy the whole thing when you might only want one song.
i think i'll wait patiently until i can buy just the song.
anna
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date: thu, 22 sep 2005 12:35:02 -0700
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well, when the song track only was available that first day, i downloaded
it. itunes just locked off the individual downloads because of the traffic
for that one song. they do that all the time, when one track starts off hot=
,
they lock it up so you have to buy the whole album.
dunno if it will come back around to single track availability or not.
bummer.
on 9/22/05, anna creech <eclecticlibrarian@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> on 9/22/05, kate ranson-walsh <katerw@thinkradical.org> wrote:
> > sadly, mike is right. sometimes songs are only available to buy with
> > the album. this often happens with new albums. the labels entice you
> > to buy the whole thing when you might only want one song.
>
> i think i'll wait patiently until i can buy just the song.
>
> anna
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date: fri, 23 sep 2005 08:11:04 +1000
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subject: fwd: indigo girls: a message from amy and emily!
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hey kids,
here's another official mailer (i believe that's three in one week)!
-sherlyn
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date: thu, 22 sep 2005 08:49:35 -0400
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>=a0"dear friends-
>=a0there are a lot of amazing efforts going on right now to help
>=a0alleviate the suffering and start rebuilding after hurricane
>=a0katrina. these are some resources we find to be reliable and worthy
>=a0of your consideration. as we write this, hurricane rita is bearing
>=a0down on texas. we imagine many of these groups will figure in any
>=a0relief efforts that may be necessary after that as well."
>=a0read more: http://www.indigogirls.com/corresp/2005/2005-09-21.html
>=a0
>=a0also, important information from the national lesbian and gay task
>=a0force - "making shelters safe for transgender people":
>=a0http://www.indigogirls.com/activism/2005-09-21.html
>=a0
>=a0thanks!
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date: fri, 23 sep 2005 11:26:01 -0400
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>.. even idina menzel :)
who is this idina menzel chick - i keep hearing about her, blah blah blah
idina rocks, she defies gravity, she does experimental work in nyc, she
sings in the us open...
i mean - is she any good?
(...yes, i'm being sarcastic, but dammit - why wont next tuesday come already)
(oh - for the completely uninformed - she was in the obc cast of rent and
wicked and adia, and in the movie cast of rent - due 11/23 - soundtrack to
the movie - whose two trailers have had me in tears with goosebumps - comes
out tuesday
measure in love
mjr
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sonia and disappear fear
sun oct 16 8:30pm $20, $18 ca mbrs. adv tixs sug.
brand new cds on sale!
baltimore's darling daughter sonia returns from international touring with
her all girl band disappear fear, performing a cd release party for her mom,
friends and her many fans at the patterson. this concert is the world premier and
the first place on earth to get the new cd "df05 live". recorded on disappear
fear's first major tour across the country, this cd is a testament to their
wowing crowds from jersey to texas to dayton to san diego, their infectious pop
melodies and thoughtful lyrics rallying cries for tolerance and peace from
stages at music festivals and pride celebrations. sonia's last cd "no bomb is
smart" received a grammy nomination for best folk album. special guest cindy
frank.
heidi
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dead... almost 60 million people whom we live and work with every day think we
are immoral. 'moral values' was at the top of many lists of why people
supported george bush. not iraq. not the economy. not terrorism. 'moral values.' in
case you need a translation, that means us."
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date: sat, 24 sep 2005 12:02:27 -0500
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coming in a little late here, but i was able to buy just the song on
thursday.
deb
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> on 9/22/05, kate ranson-walsh <katerw@thinkradical.org> wrote:
> > sadly, mike is right. sometimes songs are only available to
> buy with
> > the album. this often happens with new albums. the labels
> entice you
> > to buy the whole thing when you might only want one song.
>
> i think i'll wait patiently until i can buy just the song.
>
> anna
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date: sat, 24 sep 2005 10:18:32 -0700
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i checked just now, and it's not listed as one of the four singles you
can purchase separately from the album.
a
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date: mon, 26 sep 2005 10:12:24 -0400
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> i checked just now, and it's not listed as one of the four singles you
> can purchase separately from the album.
ditto. i put it in my cart on tuesday, when it was still available as a
single, but didn't buy it. when i went back to my cart, it was only
available by buying the whole album. damn. i was hoping to be able to trip
the system. :)
jason
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greetings...
mrs. robinson (as a single) is available at the real player music store =
for ninety-nine cents...
peace, love, & harmony,
princess
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dear moveon member,
last week, congressional republicans responded to
hurricane katrina by proposing to cut nearly a
trillion dollars from vital national services, like
health care for the poor and elderly, student loans,
amtrak, and eliminating the corporation for public
broadcasting (again!).1 republican leaders in congress
are now gauging the public's response to see if they
can get away with their plan. we need to show them the
answer is "no."
the cost of rebuilding the gulf coast, while huge, is
far less than what president bush has given away in
tax cuts to the wealthiest one percent.2 national
crises like hurricanes rita and katrina are times for
all americans to stick together and put in our fair
share.
so today we're launching an urgent petition to
congress to fully rebuild the gulf coast and pay for
it by ending bush's tax cuts for the very wealthy, not
by slashing vital services that americans need. if we
can gather a quarter million signatures this week, we
can show them that this destructive plan just won't
fly.
please sign today:
http://www.political.moveon.org/rebuild/?id=6042-2482199-wuhqs4oe7i_.xpi6jzwghw&t=3
the republican proposal, titled "operation offset,"
was authored by the republican study committee, a
group of over 100 influential members of congress,
including powerful committee chairs and members of the
republican leadership.3 the proposal starts with
support from at least these 100 representatives, and
they are looking to quickly build momentum.
a full reconstruction of the gulf coast region is
generally estimated to cost around $200 billion.4 we
could more than meet this cost by rolling back bush's
2001 and 2003 tax cuts for just the wealthiest one
percent of the country, which would save us an
estimated $327 billion.5
"operation offset," however, calls for an astounding
$949 billion dollars in cuts over 10 years to vital
national services.6-almost five times the full cost of
reconstruction. to further put that in perspective,
it's also more than 4 times what we've spent in iraq.7
this plan is not about "offsetting," or
rebuilding-it's about exploiting this crisis to push
their longstanding goals for america. as conservative
movement leader grover norquist has often put it, the
goal is to get government "down to the size where we
can drown it in the bathtub."8 this proposal is their
latest attempt to drown the public sector.
the excess of the republicans' proposed cuts is almost
unbelievable. you can read the full proposal here:
http://www.political.moveon.org/images/operation_offset/operation_offset.htm?id=6042-2482199-wuhqs4oe7i_.xpi6jzwghw&t=4
here are just some of the most egregious cuts:
$225 billion cut from medicaid, the last-resort health
insurance program for the very poor.
$200 billion cut from medicare, the health care safety
net for the elderly and the disabled.
$25 billion cut from the centers for disease control
$6.7 billion cut from school lunches for poor children
$7.5 billion cut from programs to fight global aids
$5.5 billion to eliminate all funding for the
corporation for public broadcasting
$3.6 billion cut to eliminate the national endowments
for the arts and humanities
$8.5 billion cut to eliminate all subsidized loans to
graduate students.
$2.5 billion cut from amtrak
$2.5 billion to eliminate the hydrogen fuel initiative
$417 million cut to eliminate the minority business
development agency
$4.8 billion cut to eliminate all funding for the safe
and drug-free schools program
and the list goes on and on.
which and how many of these cuts move forward in
congress depends largely on the public response this
week.
as the reconstruction begins our country faces a basic
question: will we respond to katrina by banding
together to solve national problems, or by helping the
wealthy and powerful cut and run while those left
behind fend for ourselves?
the radical republicans have spoken up loud and clear
with their answer, and we must respond with ours.
please sign today:
http://www.political.moveon.org/rebuild/?id=6042-2482199-wuhqs4oe7i_.xpi6jzwghw&t=5
thanks for all that you do.
-ben, tanya, matt, justin and the moveon.org political
action team
monday, november 26, 2005
1 "lawmakers prepare plans to finance storm relief,"
the new york times, september 20th 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/national/nationalspecial/21cong.html
note: the $500 billion referred to this article only
covers section 1 in "operation offset". the full
proposal has six sections and calls for total cuts of
$949,674,000,000 over 10 years.
see the full proposal here:
http://www.moveonpac.org/images/operation_offset/operation_offset.htm#total?id=6042-2482199-wuhqs4oe7i_.xpi6jzwghw&t=6
2 center for american progress
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/22/progressive-spending/
3 the republican study committee
http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/about.htm
some examples of prominent rsc members include:
rsc founder rep. john doolittle (az), republican
conference secretary
rep. eric cantor (va) chief deputy majority whip
rep. richard pombo (ca), chair, house committee on
resources
rep. joe barton (tx), chair, house committee on energy
and commerce
4 "how to spend (almost $1 billion a day)" time
magazine, september 26th, 2005
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1106310,00.html
5 center for american progress
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/22/progressive-spending/
6 operation offset, rsc budget options 2005
http://www.political.moveon.org/images/operation_offset/operation_offset.htm?id=6042-2482199-wuhqs4oe7i_.xpi6jzwghw&t=7
7 based on a $196 billion dollar cost for the iraq war
to date.
national priorities project
http://costofwar.com/
8 "grover norquist: 'field marshal' of the bush plan",
the nation, may 14th 2001
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20010514/dreyfuss
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dear moveon member,
last week, congressional republicans responded to
hurricane katrina by proposing to cut nearly a
trillion dollars from vital national services, like
health care for the poor and elderly, student loans,
amtrak, and eliminating the corporation for public
broadcasting (again!).1 republican leaders in congress
are now gauging the public's response to see if they
can get away with their plan. we need to show them the
answer is "no."
the cost of rebuilding the gulf coast, while huge, is
far less than what president bush has given away in
tax cuts to the wealthiest one percent.2 national
crises like hurricanes rita and katrina are times for
all americans to stick together and put in our fair
share.
so today we're launching an urgent petition to
congress to fully rebuild the gulf coast and pay for
it by ending bush's tax cuts for the very wealthy, not
by slashing vital services that americans need. if we
can gather a quarter million signatures this week, we
can show them that this destructive plan just won't
fly.
please sign today:
http://www.political.moveon.org/rebuild/?id=3d6042-2482199-wuhqs4oe7i_.xp=
i6jzwghw&t=3d3
the republican proposal, titled "operation offset,"
was authored by the republican study committee, a
group of over 100 influential members of congress,
including powerful committee chairs and members of the
republican leadership.3 the proposal starts with
support from at least these 100 representatives, and
they are looking to quickly build momentum.
a full reconstruction of the gulf coast region is
generally estimated to cost around $200 billion.4 we
could more than meet this cost by rolling back bush's
2001 and 2003 tax cuts for just the wealthiest one
percent of the country, which would save us an
estimated $327 billion.5
"operation offset," however, calls for an astounding
$949 billion dollars in cuts over 10 years to vital
national services.6=97almost five times the full cost of
reconstruction. to further put that in perspective,
it's also more than 4 times what we've spent in iraq.7
this plan is not about "offsetting," or
rebuilding=97it's about exploiting this crisis to push
their longstanding goals for america. as conservative
movement leader grover norquist has often put it, the
goal is to get government "down to the size where we
can drown it in the bathtub."8 this proposal is their
latest attempt to drown the public sector.
the excess of the republicans' proposed cuts is almost
unbelievable. you can read the full proposal here:
http://www.political.moveon.org/images/operation_offset/operation_offset.=
htm?id=3d6042-2482199-wuhqs4oe7i_.xpi6jzwghw&t=3d4
here are just some of the most egregious cuts:
$225 billion cut from medicaid, the last-resort health
insurance program for the very poor.
$200 billion cut from medicare, the health care safety
net for the elderly and the disabled.
$25 billion cut from the centers for disease control
$6.7 billion cut from school lunches for poor children
$7.5 billion cut from programs to fight global aids
$5.5 billion to eliminate all funding for the
corporation for public broadcasting
$3.6 billion cut to eliminate the national endowments
for the arts and humanities
$8.5 billion cut to eliminate all subsidized loans to
graduate students.
$2.5 billion cut from amtrak
$2.5 billion to eliminate the hydrogen fuel initiative
$417 million cut to eliminate the minority business
development agency
$4.8 billion cut to eliminate all funding for the safe
and drug-free schools program
and the list goes on and on.
which and how many of these cuts move forward in
congress depends largely on the public response this
week.
as the reconstruction begins our country faces a basic
question: will we respond to katrina by banding
together to solve national problems, or by helping the
wealthy and powerful cut and run while those left
behind fend for ourselves?
the radical republicans have spoken up loud and clear
with their answer, and we must respond with ours.
please sign today:
http://www.political.moveon.org/rebuild/?id=3d6042-2482199-wuhqs4oe7i_.xp=
i6jzwghw&t=3d5
thanks for all that you do.
=96ben, tanya, matt, justin and the moveon.org political
action team
monday, november 26, 2005
1 "lawmakers prepare plans to finance storm relief,"
the new york times, september 20th 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/national/nationalspecial/21cong.html
note: the $500 billion referred to this article only
covers section 1 in "operation offset". the full
proposal has six sections and calls for total cuts of
$949,674,000,000 over 10 years.
see the full proposal here:
http://www.moveonpac.org/images/operation_offset/operation_offset.htm#tot=
al?id=3d6042-2482199-wuhqs4oe7i_.xpi6jzwghw&t=3d6
2 center for american progress
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/22/progressive-spending/
3 the republican study committee
http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/about.htm
some examples of prominent rsc members include:
rsc founder rep. john doolittle (az), republican
conference secretary
rep. eric cantor (va) chief deputy majority whip
rep. richard pombo (ca), chair, house committee on
resources
rep. joe barton (tx), chair, house committee on energy
and commerce
4 "how to spend (almost $1 billion a day)" time
magazine, september 26th, 2005
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1106310,00.html
5 center for american progress
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/22/progressive-spending/
6 operation offset, rsc budget options 2005
http://www.political.moveon.org/images/operation_offset/operation_offset.=
htm?id=3d6042-2482199-wuhqs4oe7i_.xpi6jzwghw&t=3d7
7 based on a $196 billion dollar cost for the iraq war
to date.
national priorities project
http://costofwar.com/
8 "grover norquist: 'field marshal' of the bush plan",
the nation, may 14th 2001
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20010514/dreyfuss
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