Re: Patti in Chicago, July 2000

["Joanne Hossack" <joannehossack>]

Count me in, Anthony!
Joanne Hossack
3014 Ranger Dr.
Lawrence KS 66049
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony J. Rzepela" <rzepelaa>
To: "babel-list" <babel-list>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 4:41 PM
Subject: Patti in Chicago, July 2000


> A while back, I started directing all trees
> and trades to my post office box because in
> the CY 2000, about $200 worth of trades and
> BMG Club deliveries to my home address just
> disappeared into thin air. So, whoever got
> their hands on two (yes, two) Janis Joplin
> box sets, and recordings of the Stones in
> Buffalo in '81, Europe in '95, and Oakland
> in '69, I hope they are being enjoyed and
> keeping at least one more employee from
> "going postal".
>
> Anyway, one of the first trades I directed
> thus, one from Sam Matthews, still managed
> to disappear. He kindly and without question
> replaced the discs - a fabulous recording
> of Patti's excellent July 15 show in Chicago
> at Park West last year.
>
> But, lo and behold, surfacing this week at
> the post office was Sam's original package,
> postmarked November 27, 2000. It's been so
> long that I even wrote him asking why he
> sent me two, and _he_ was the one who
> remembered the travails the USPS set upon
> me.
>
> So, at Sam's suggestion, I'm throwing
> the door open - anyone who wants the
> set, email me a message, and 24 hours
> after the next babel digest comes out,
> I'll pick one respondent's name out of
> a hat and forward to you exactly the
> set sent to me, on Mitsui discs and all.
>
> So there's no trivia contest, no email
> speed race. But there's not going to be
> a tree, either. :) At least, not from me.
>
>
> It's an excellent show, and a prime source -
> either soundboard or radio broadcast, _no_
> question about it. Set list includes
> "Waiting Underground", "So You Want to be...",
> a 10-minute "Not Fade Away", and a 'Jesus died...'
> "Gloria" from start to finish - not a medley.
>
> (I'm listening to it now, and it completely rocks.)
>
>