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Vegetables include a variety nature born
Bean bush pole beet carrots cucumbers and chives
Lettuce melon muskmelon onions peas parsley and corn
Potatoes pumkin radish parsnips turnips no hives. 
Ernest Noyes Brookings

 

 Those in the NYC area should be aware that Tara Key and Ira Kaplan 
 are opening for Liz Phair at Town Hall on Monday (tonight).

 And Electr-O-Pura is in stores tonight and available for sale
 tomorrow.
 

 send in tour dates as you get 'em,

 tim
 tim@vestek.com




 from: movie@ibmPCUG.CO.UK
 
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 Actor/Actress Credits:  Courtenay, Tom  
 --------------------------------------

 Name:

 Courtenay, Tom

 Birth Date:

 25 February 1937, Hull, Yorkshire, England

 Filmography as Actor:

 Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The (1962)  [Colin Smith]
 Billy Liar (1963)  [Billy Fisher]
 King and Country (1964)  [Private Hamp]
 Doctor Zhivago (1965) (S:AAN)  [Pasha]
 King Rat (1965)  [Lieutenant Grey]
 Night of the Generals (1967)  [Corpor Hartmann]
 Day the Fish Came Out, The (1967)
 Dandy in Aspic, A (1968)
 Otley (1969)  [Gerald Arthur Otley]
 To Catch a Spy (1971)  [Baxter Clarke]
    (aka Catch Me a Spy (1971))
 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1971)
 I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973) (TV)  [Father Tark Brian]
 Dresser, The (1983) (AAN) (GG)  [Norman]
 Absent Friends (1985) (TV)  [Colin]
 Happy New Year (1987)  [Jewelry Store Manager]
 Leonard Part 6 (1987)
 Let Him Have It (1991)  [William Bentley]
 Last Butterfly, The (1991)  [Antoine Moreau]


 KEY
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 All titles are assumed to be movies unless otherwise indicated:

 "xxxxx"        = a television series   "xxxxx" (mini) = a TV mini-series
 (TV)           = made for TV or cable  (V)            = made for video movie

 The following tags indicate awards won by people/movies:

 (AA)           = academy award winner   (AAN)          = academy award nominee
 (GG)           = golden globe winner    (GGN)          = golden globe nominee





 from: Tony McCartan <TONY@itd.tv.bbc.co.uk>


 Hi Tim,

 Thanks again for the latest YLD.

 Yo La Tengo: The Monarch, London  4.29.95
 Mostly stuff from the upcoming LP - the only recognisable one being "False 
 Alarm".

 Three old ones:-
     "Sudden Organ" (Ira not so manic as usual - the old "Acetone" organ
      was "jet lagged" according to Ira - so he was using a substitute organ).

     "Drug Test" -  new arrangement (to me anyway).

     "Story of Jazz" - with Georgia on guitar and Ira having a whale of
      time on drums

 Ira announced that they would be playing at "The Albany" the next night 
 (4.30.95) as "Sleeping Pill" but unfortunately I couldn't make it.  I don't 
 think they've played as Sleeping Pill in England.

 Which brings to mind that I've never seen a review of "Sleeping Pill" in the 
 Digest - anybody out there been to any shows?

 No sign of the single here yet.

 Cheers,
      Tony.




 from: Lou J Geese <seogju@uclink2.berkeley.edu>

 dump zhivago ectoslavia

 the last few days have been a ylt bonanza for me.  i found that is yo la 
 tengo on used vinyl which i quickly snatched up the other day.  then 
 today i got a cd by dump.  i think its new.  cd is titled i can hear 
 music and came out on brinkman records of the netherlands.  the shop i 
 went to had two formats of it.  one just had the cd and the one i got had 
 a bonus cd of james mcnew recording with barbara manning, chris knox, and 
 some others whose names i don't recognize.  the regular cd has 18 tracks 
 and the bonus has 9.  listened to it once through while doing some 
 reading so i can't give that great a review but it sounds good.  a lot of 
 fuzzy guitar, catchy melodies, and a drum machine.  i got this cd at 
 *aquarius records* on i think 24th street, san francisco.

 another ylt related bit for my past couple days is i saw dr zhivago with 
 tom courtenay.  from what i can tell, this song must be about the film.  
 the first line of the song, "julie christie the rumors are true" supports 
 this idea with julie christie playing courtenay's love interest in the 
 movie.  but i'm not too sure how the rest of the song relates to it.  i 
 guess my hypothesis is quite weak actually but it does have those two 
 connections.  
 

 i got the following off the pavement list a little bit ago.  was wondering
 if you knew of any more info on this band.  any recorded material 
 available?  do they still exist?

 Ectoslavia was a band that has been documented in various 'zines.  They were 
 all undergrads at UVA and I think I remember them being described as "really 
 noisy."  I think most of these guys worked at the UVA radio station.

 The members were:
 Stephen Malkmus
 David Berman
 James McNew (Yo La Tengo, Dump)
 Bobby N.
 Gate Pratt (his address is listed on _Starlite Walker_; he has been on this 
 list before calling himself Pavement's secret manager)
 Ken Ganfield
 Rob Chamberlain



 from: Phil West <paigelet@mail.utexas.edu>

 Austin Chronicle Review

     Yo La Tengo, opening with a feedback sheen which twisted into a
 number off the upcoming Electr-O-Pura album, reversed their usual soft
 organs/loud guitars dichotomy throughout their mesmerizing 40 minutes. The
 organ, alternately pounced on by guitarist Ira Kaplan, bassist James McNew,
 or left to run on its own, was a device used to throw chaos and loops of
 screaming sound into songs like "False Alarm," a new song with hip-happy
 drums and slyly-sung vocals - although it was allowed to ring immaculately
 through "Sudden Organ." Georgia Hubley came out from behind her drums to
 strum guitar and sing another new song, the Velvet-gentle "Don't Say A
 Word," but most of the guitar in the set focused on Kaplan's clean, clear,
 and perfectly placed lines.



 from: cott@skidmore.EDU (christopher ott)

 Picked up Stephen Merritt's 6ths album, "Wasps's Nests" (The exact
 title escapes me).  Featured artists included Lou Barlow, Mary Timony,
 Dean Wareham and Georgia.  If you've heard any of Merritt's stuff
 (Magnetic Fields, Future Bible Heroes),  then expect more of the same.
 The music and songs are all Merritt's, and the guest vocalists are
 just that.  A decent one off.



 from: Glenn Susser <glenns@panix.com>

 Hey Tim!  Thanks for another great issue of the YLT Digest.  Just outta 
 curiosity, did Volume 2 mark 1 whole year of the Digest?  If so, wow!

 Thought you might wanna update the discography with this.  There's a 
 Spanish compilation recently out - "Brush Your Ears" - that contains a 
 slow spacey version of "Some Kinda Fatigue".  It's on Radiation Records 
 and I picked it up at Pier Platters in Hoboken - it can probably be mail 
 ordered.  It also includes great stuff by Sleepyhead, Antietam, Cell and 
 mucho more.

 Also picked ed up the Tom Courtenay ep - amazing stuff!  

 seeya.

 --
 glenn susser
 glenns@panix.com
 CIS:73424.2630



 from: "Jim O'Donnell" <jim@astroscu.unam.mx>

 Hi,
 
 After reading the latest YLT digest I wish I had been at SXSW. Would have 
 loved to see Ira playing with Antietam, that sounds wild.

 Speaking of Antietam, I said I would write something about Rope-a-dope. I 
 guess it's been out for a while now but if anyone on the list doesn't have 
 it, I highly recommend it. A fine album. I have played it over and over again,
 with the volume cranked way up. I don't think I can get enough of Tara Key's 
 guitar playing. The tracks (sorry I'm typing this at work and I can't remember
 many names) range from fairly short simple rock (Graveyard) through to longer
 tracks which move from quite soft melody lines to bursts of chaotic guitar 
 noise. Oh yeah, Ira plays organ on one track too (on Hands Down, I think). 
 I'd say that anyone who likes Tara Key's solo album, Bourbon County, will 
 also like  this, which is also on the Homestead label, and any Yo La Tengo 
 fans who haven't already heard Antietam will find that this album is a fine
 introduction.

 A couple of questions; does anyone on the list know if Tara Key's second
 solo album is out yet? Also, the track 'Graveyard' on Rope-a-dope is credited
 to a name I don't recognise. Anyone know if it's a cover? 

 This is totally unrelated to Yo La Tengo but Tom Verlaine was mentioned here
 a while back. I just wanted to point out that his album "Dreamtime" has been 
 reissued on CD and it's a bloody good listen.

 Oh well, back to work

 Jim O'Donnell


 Tour Dates

 5/6  - Carleton College, Northfield, MN
 5/12 - Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC w/ Lambchoo
 5/13 - 9:30 Club, WDC w/ Lambchop 
 5/15 - Philadelphia, PA (Trocadero) w/ Lambchop
 5/16 - Met Cafe, Providence, RI w/ Lambchop
 5/17 - Bogie's, Albany, NY w/ Lambchop
 5/19 - Tramps, NC, NY w/ SF Seals, Lambchop
 5/20 - Middle East , Camridge, MA w/ Lambchop

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