From: owner-luckytown-digest@luckytown.org (LuckyTown Digest) To: luckytown-digest@luckytown.org Subject: LuckyTown Digest V9 #43 Reply-To: luckytown@luckytown.org Sender: owner-luckytown-digest@luckytown.org Errors-To: owner-luckytown-digest@luckytown.org Precedence: bulk LuckyTown Digest Wednesday, July 24 2002 Volume 09 : Number 043 NOTE: Sale/trade posts should be emailed to luckytown-ads, *NOT* to luckytown. That includes tix wanted/tix grovels, post them to luckytown-ads, please. Contents: Springsteen on "Nightline"/"UpClose" 7/30 ["Kevin Kinder" ] Re: LuckyTown Digest V9 #42 [Tonythekid@aol.com] Is the Today Show Ready for this? ["Eric Coulson" <53Esquire@1musicrow.co] GA seating: the view from the upper deck on 8/7 [Gary Dunaier ] Lyrics on the video screen ["bossfan" ] Vegas [Tom Ross ] You have to love it when [Hjburt@aol.com] Chicago CD Release Party at ..... [Dan Brown ] Benefit Concert ["JGG" ] HMV stores in Sydney opening midnight for the Rising [spkant Subject: Springsteen on "Nightline"/"UpClose" 7/30 ABC press release for Springsteen's 7/30 Nightline appearance follows: July 23, 2002 "NIGHTLINE" AND "UPCLOSE" FEATURE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TUESDAY, JULY 30TH ABC News programs "Nightline" and "UpClose" will feature in-depth interviews with Bruce Springsteen on Tuesday, July 30th, the day Springsteen releases his first album with the E Street Band since 1984. The celebrated American singer/songwriter talks to anchor Ted Koppel about his music, his life, and his inspiration for the greatly anticipated new album, "The Rising." "Nightline" airs at 11:35 p.m. ET and "UpClose" follows at 12:05 a.m. in most markets on the ABC Television Network. Interviewed at his home in rural North Jersey, Springsteen, a multi-Grammy winner and 1999 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, reflects on his place in music history.The New Jersey native, whose home is a short distance from New York City, also explains how the events of 9/11 inspired many of the recordings on "The Rising" and performs his new song, "Empty Skies," about the pain of losing a loved one. Pictures are available at www.abcmedianet.com. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 14:23:25 -0500 From: Keroz3@aol.com] Subject: Musicians On Call Needs Your Help On October 5th, Musicians On Call (www.musiciansoncall.org) will be holding its 1st annual "Music-A-Thon" at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. The event will be 12 hours and we plan to set a Guinness Book of World Records. There will be an Unsigned Band competition and known artists (We Might Be Giants has already committed to the event). We're working on getting headliners for an evening concert. Volunteers are essential to make this event a success and to find sponsors for the different time slots. Z100 will be our radio partner. Please come to a meeting at 7:30 P.M. on Thursday, July 25th in Manhattan. We can really use your support! Please email me at michael.zorek@musiciansoncall.org if you'd like to attend or if you would like more information you can either email me or call Susan Laufer at MOC at (212) 741-2549. If you cannot attend and would like to be involved (e.g., as a volunteer, sponsor or in some other fashion), please feel free to contact me as well. Thank you in advance for your interest and I look forward to seeing you next week! Michael Zorek Michael Zorek Chair, Volunteer Committee (212) 741-2709 (phone) (212) 741-3465 (fax) 216 West 18th Street Suite 201B New York, NY 10011 Musicians on Call - Home www.musiciansoncall.org About Musicians on Call: Musicians on Call (MOC) was founded in 1999 with the mission of using music to promote and complement the healing process in healthcare facilities. Additionally, Musicians on Call seeks to raise awareness of the beneficial effects of music and entertainment for people in healthcare facilities. To date, MOC has accomplished this through room-to-room hospital performances by local musicians and national celebrities, weekly music lessons, CD Pharmacies and Project Playback. Among the artists who have supported Musicians on Call through ticket donations and hospital visits are Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Hanson, Def Leppard, Sting, Britney Spears, The Who, Bon Jovi, Levon Helm of The Band, Donald Fagen of Steely Dan, Dave Koz, Barenaked Ladies, Kermit the Frog, Matchbox Twenty, John Mellencamp, Alice Cooper, David Gray, Peter Frampton, Billy Joel, Tony Bennett, John Mayer, Paul Simon, Norah Jones, Eric Clapton, to name a few. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 22:55:24 -0700 From: Thom Engel Subject: Giving It Back The Digest has been busy these past few weeks, and that is a good thing. We've all had much about which to read, ponder, and pontificate. Some of the posts have been fun, others pessimistic, some puzzling, but all in all, its been a good source of entertainment. I've been to a listening party, I've heard all of the new album, I've bought tickets to several shows(too many!), and I am now waiting. So, reading the Digest is good way to idle away a few minutes. My, but don't we have varied opinions on things! The tour! Frustrations! 9/11 and Bruce's take. Many have written that the new album is about 9/11, while others claim we can apply the various songs to our own situations. Even others, cannot accept that Bruce would write only about 9/11; that he is too deep of a poet to limit himself to superficial, face value interpretations of his songs. Bruce himself has implied in published articles in the NY Times, LA Times, and USA Today that the songs are reactions to various happenings resulting from 9/11, but he also stated that he wrote many of the songs in such a way that allows them to be interpreted by the listener. They are living songs. So, I guess we can have it both ways. I've heard the entire album several times. All I can say is that we are all correct, but, really, it is (mostly) about 9/11, and if you want to argue that, have fun. There is no mistaking what is behind the song "The Rising" and it almost seems trivial to try to make it about anything other than what it is. "Empty Sky," on the other hand, clearly has several metaphorical possibilities which could be applied to multiple situations. The same thing with "Missing You" and "Lonesome Day," though both songs have distinct 9/11 themes. Bruce has taken images and situations from 9/11 and presented them in such a way as to allow them to be interpreted literally and/or figuratively. But make no mistake, the bulk of these songs are a poet's sensitive and introspective reaction to a huge and devastating event in our nation and its rippling effects around the world. There is much to be said about all of this album, and I'm sure we will read about it for months on the digest, if not longer. I believe this album will go down as Bruce's finest work, but time will tell. I still hold the faith that Bruce can outdo Born To Run. It's the music, however, that is going to surprise many of you. Arlen's reactions to the songs he has heard, are, for me, way off base. This is the most musically diverse album I've ever heard by Bruce. While it may be true that many of the songs are constructed in patterns reminiscent of earlier works (every musician has his style, afterall), their presentations are cloaked in many foils and offer new glimpses at our favorite tunesmith. I remember hearing "Mary's Place" at a listening party and being totally unmoved. But on subsequent hearings, the musicality of it becomes apparent, and I'm sure it will be a staple on most top 40 stations. The song that could really make a splash (in mho) is "Waitin' On A Sunny Day." Talk about infectious! Although it has tinglings of "Hungry Heart"'s or "Bobby Jean"'s bright, bubbly sound, it's also very much like the Beach Boy's "California Girls" or "Wouldn't It Be Nice" in its cheery and sunny sound. But in reality, it is dark, somber, sad, and very serious; quite a paradox. "It's raining, must have been a tear from your eye." The sunny day sought is clearly not about a relationship or a day in Seattle. "Let's Be Friends" is an easy, smooth flowing testament to friendship, but when looked at more closely it can be read as a warning to society to get its act together. Very surprising is the power of "Further On (Up the Road). "Further" was fun in concert, but this crisp new version really rocks, and it has a snap-to ending that I particularly liked. I also think "My City of Ruins" shines on this album, much stronger than the tribute version done shortly after 9/11, less evangelical. As an album, The Rising's references to 9/11 are impossible to ignore. True, several songs were written before the event, but most were written afterward, and they show a clear relation to various emotional reactions to the fallout from the terrorist attacks. On another note, I'd like to remark about StZapper's comment in #42. >Maybe it's time for us, the long time fan, >to give back to Bruce. Maybe it's time to step back, thank him for the last >tour and wish him luck with the new one. > I am a long time fan, and I've got to be honest here. I owe Bruce nothing. He's a poet, a songwriter, a musician, and a millionaire, and I owe him nothing. He gets paid more bucks for what he does than most people get for anything. He has proven to be extremely well marketed, and he has come through, but I owe him nothing. The most we can ever expect to "give back" is a thanks, and I have done that. Furthermore, while Bruce's ticket prices are much lower than U2, the Who, the Stones, or the Eagles, they are still quite high. I know several people that would love to see him even just one time, but many a husband and wife can't afford to take $150 minimum out of their family budget for a rock show. Consider this, in '92 his concert cost $28. Ten years later it has tripled. What else has tripled? Realistically, not much. Certainly not my salary. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that he and his management have targeted a select group of people; middle-aged, middle incomed money spenders. If anybody owes anybody anything, Bruce owes us. We have stuck by him during his lean output years, and to a man (or woman) we have defended his prestige and promoted his wares. We go to his concerts, we buy his products, and we continue to herald his abilities. I would wager that there are very few people who have been on the Bruce bandwagon and gotten off. Bruce does many good things for many organizations. He does it with his own money, and he does it with your money. But we owe him nothing but what we give him everytime he performs, an applause. He gets thanks when you buy your tickets to his fundraising Christmas shows or to his concerts, when you stuff money in the food bank jars, and when you buy his t-shirts and programs. He gets thanks when you line up for hours in drop lines, hang out after shows waiting (usually in vain) for a glimpse or an autograph or picture. He gets thanks when he sells out 47 concerts around the country in a barnstorm tour designed to move an album. He gets thanks when he releases songs one at a time and they end up on the internet. He gets thanks when the Today Show agrees to devote three hours to a show in his honor. Bruce is thanked all of the time. (I'm almost out of breath, so hang on) And finally, he WAS thanked for the 99/00 tour. That tour was a world leader in gross earned money; he should be thanking us. How long did we have to wait for that live album, HBO show, and, finally, the splendid DVD? The length of time we patiently waited and rewarded him with watching, buying, and listening, was a huge thanks. I know if Bruce were asked who owes who, he would say he owes us. When I met him in '92, all I could think of to say was, "thanks." He looked right at me and said, "oh, no, thank you." I love Bruce Springsteen's music, I believe he's the best entertainer since Homer, and I'm confident that he's a hell of good and regular guy, but I owe him nothing. There. I feel better. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:07:25 EDT From: Tonythekid@aol.com Subject: Re: LuckyTown Digest V9 #42 Just curious. Any of you feel that, being it is summer and all, that Let's Be Friends or Waitin' On A Sunny Day might have been a more appropriate, more accessible, single? Sounds like there was some Sugar Ray playing in the Springsteen household. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:02:40 -0500 From: "Eric Coulson" <53Esquire@1musicrow.com> Subject: Is the Today Show Ready for this? Greetings from St. Louis I would be making the journey to Asbury Park for Jack's midnight record sale at the Pony and the Today Show the next morning, but alas I must sit for the Missouri Bar Exam in Jefferson City on the 30th and 31st of July. I won't get the album until the afternoon of the 30th and I will not see the Today Show live. But this got me to thinking - is the Today Show really ready for this? We seem to have a confluence of events taking place. Jack's at the Pony the night before. If they are moving to the Pony for the evening they want to generate a big crowd. And although I think that is against the odds at this point, who can forget Bruce showing up for LINYC at Jack's. I think that many people will go hoping that this happens. If I recall correctly people did not get our of there until 2:30 am. Now we have the Today Show coming the next day. The contest the Today Show announced for tickets requires you to be in AP at 5:00 am. People from NBC will obviously be there the night before getting set up the night before. Are the police going to cordon off all of Ocean Avenue and the surrounding streets? IF they have 2500 people in the CH, am I nuts to think about 5000 people hanging outside the CH hoping the doors will be open? Don't get me wrong - I think Bruce fans are the most decent in the world -but this is going to be exciting - new album with the ESB and kicking off another tour. If you had told me in 1998 we would see what we have seen with the Reunion Tour and the new album, and another tour announced I would have said you were dreaming. My ultimate point is I don't think that the nice folks at the Today Show have a clue as to the reaction this will receive and it will be up to the fan community to police themselves. This should be incredibly positive for AP, the album, and Bruce - we need to do all we can to make sure it comes out that way. BTW Am I the only person that sees the sale of tickets before the release of the album as a nod to the people that are already fans? This record is not on most people's radar screens as yet - I think that is why we have not seen sellouts in Detroit and Cleveland at this point. In some fashion a new album always reaches out to a potential new audience - BITUSA sure did - and it seems that by placing tickets on sale before the release of the album rewards those of us who have supported Bruce for many years. Finally I would be remiss if I did not add that if I can be half the Bruce fan that Tom Bernardo is or do half the analysis he would on the Bar Exam I will be in great shape. Eric Coulson 53Esquire@1musicrow.com 314-616-3943 'The Rising' the new album from Bruce Springsteen will be in record stores July 30. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 19:50:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Dunaier Subject: GA seating: the view from the upper deck on 8/7 "It's going to be like The Who in Cincinnati." "His fans are older, more mature, it's not going to be anything like that, everyone's going to be respectful of one another." Two distinctly different points of view regarding General Admission seating for Bruce Springsteen. The people sitting in the upper deck at the Continental Airlines Arena on August 7 will have an excellent perspective from which to see how the general admission poilcy is working in terms of crowding, fan behavior, and the like. While monitoring the crowd IS the responsibility of "event staff", fans in the upper deck will be able to see for themselves what the situation is downstairs. Depending on their point of view, they can then decide if they lucked out (or got screwed) by not getting general admission tickets. And, since Continental Airlines Arena will be the first show of the "Rising" tour, those in attendance who read the Lucky Town Digest can post their observations here and let everyone else know what to expect further on down the road. If they can tear their eyes away from the stage, that is. :-) Gary Dunaier ====On June 7, 2002, the U.S. Post Office issued a special "benefit" postage stamp to raise funds to provide assistance to families of emergency relief personnel killed or permanently disabled in connection with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. To see what the stamp looks like go to http://www.usps.com/news/2002/philatelic/sr02_029.htm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 08:45:37 -0400 From: Bernie Dougan Subject: Re: LuckyTown Digest V9 #42 <> While perhaps it's true that the day of show ticket drop did not sell out, the only one of the 4 FL shows from 2000 that didn't "sell out" in advance was the 2nd Ft. Lauderdale show. And there were lots of cities where the drop did not sell out. Bernie ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 21:41:47 -0400 From: "bossfan" Subject: Lyrics on the video screen As for lyrics on the large video screen, it can work if done respectfully and appropriately. Alan Jackson displays the lyrics of "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning" simply cold and stark and big and bold, no music video, nothing else just the lyrics as he performs the song. The crowd supplies the American flags and enough voicepower to make the song an emotional experience. Eric Eisenstein Albany, NY [text/html attachment deleted] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 14:27:40 -0400 From: Tom Ross Subject: Vegas Well, what a bloody mess!!! I started at home, trying by phone and computer, actually, 2 phones. Could not get through on the phone, and the computer, well the UNLV website would not let me, ( or I daresay, anyone else, ) on the page to order tix. I jump in my car, drive to Sante Fe casino, where there is a ticket outlet, at 10:30, when I get there, 35 or so in line, same as when I checked at 9:30, ( oh yeah forgot to mention that, drove up there at 9:20 or so, too many in line for me , went home ), talked to some people in line for a few minutes, a woman came out and told us, there was a problem with their machine, but the main office asked how many were in line she told them about 45, they guaranteed her 45 sets of 4 tix, we've all heard that before, I called Joe Piechowski from LABS, and he was about 5 miles away at Texas Station, said they all had tickets in hand, and there was maybe 3 in line, I make the 5 mile drive in traffic, ( what are all these people doing on the road on Saturday morning at 10:30 ), in record time, walk in, 1 guy being waited on, and NO ONE ELSE! The nice lady asked what I wanted, I said any GA floor left, ( I'm sure there isn't, she says let me check, yes how many, so I got 4 on the floor at about 10:40-10:45 am. So a happy ending to a day that was looking bad, and a big THANX to Joe Piechowski for all his help. Joe I owe you a beer at the pre show get together. Tom in Vegas ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 22:32:27 EDT From: Hjburt@aol.com Subject: You have to love it when there is siginificant activity in the Bruce camp, because the LTD becomes just so much more interesting, relevant, and present. J. Burt [text/html attachment deleted] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:51:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Brown Subject: Chicago CD Release Party at ..... Crabby Kim's 3655 N. Western Chicago (773) 404-8156 Tuesday July 30th (when else ?) 7 PM - ? "Sony Reps will have giveaways / prizes" be there Source : chicago Reader, July 19,2002 , page 36 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 22:36:50 -0400 From: "JGG" Subject: Benefit Concert FYI ..... see http://www.garlandjeffreys.com for more info ..... A Concerted Effort For a Social Activist By Mitchell Freedman STAFF WRITER July 19, 2002 When Denis Craine moved to East Hampton nearly 20 years ago, he joined the social activists who every summer hand out fliers and literature to celebrities and tourists, trying to get them interested in local causes. He never guessed he would become one of them. Craine, 55, a former wilderness tour guide, has Lou Gehrig's disease, a debilitating disease that has left him in a wheelchair. On Aug. 21, the community that he has served plans to hold a benefit concert featuring the popular singers Paul Simon, Phoebe Snow and Garland Jeffreys, who has known Craine for years, as well as several surprise guests. The proceeds will be used to help pay for Craine's medical care and living expenses for him, his wife, Lisa and their five children. The idea of a big benefit concert took shape about three weeks ago. The East Hampton School District offered its soccer field - big enough to hold 3,000 people. Arrangements are being made for a shuttle bus from the East Hampton village parking lot to help reduce traffic. Volunteers have been offering to help with security and for the clean-up afterward. Tickets will go on sale Saturday. The cost is $50 for general admission and $200 for the VIP tent, which has reserved seating and catering. There will also be $30 tickets available for East Hampton High School students. Craine says he's optimistic. "There's no sign on the horizon for a cure ... but there is hope. We take this one day at a time. Maybe we'll get a break." He also said he's not ready to think about the future. Instead, at a news conference yesterday in the auditorium of East Hampton High School, he spoke of the scores of people who have helped him since he developed the tremors that were the first sign of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis about three years ago. Jeffreys said he met Craine about 10 years ago, in Amagansett when Craine handed him a brochure. Over the summers, Jeffreys kept coming back to East Hampton, and eventually got to know Craine and his family. Then, last year, as Craine's symptoms worsened, Jeffreys spent more time with him, even holding a hastily put-together fund-raiser that raised about $20,000. Friends of Craine have formed a "Share the Care" group, about 60 volunteers who regularly perform small services for his family - helping with the shopping or house cleaning, or just taking the children to the movies on a Saturday. "Just as he took care of us and taught us things, it's our turn," said Laura Anker, an East Hampton school board member. For now, Craine said, he spends many days at home, sitting in the sun and looking through the front screen door, waiting to see who will be coming up the path. "I'm a pretty lucky guy," he said. A Dennis Craine Hotline is being set up with more information on the concert, and should be inservice by tomorrow. The number is 516-322-1515. Copyright 2002, Newsday, Inc. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 21:03:06 +1000 From: spkant Subject: HMV stores in Sydney opening midnight for the Rising Hi all, There will be midnight openings of the HMV Pitt Street Sydney, Parramatta, Macquarie, and penrith this Saturday the 27th for the Rising album launch. You get the Joad album for free on the night, and you go into a draw to win all of Bruce's Cd's and DVD's. This was announced in a half page ad in the free music weekly Drum media. Spiro ------------------------------ End of LuckyTown Digest V9 #43 ****************************** ********************************************************************* ** LuckyTown WWW URL ** The LuckyTown FAQ, back issues, web-based subscription/unsubscription, and many other things can be found on the LuckyTown WWW Page: http://www.luckytown.org ** LuckyTown mailing list addresses ** You can send email to go into the next LuckyTown Digest to: luckytown@luckytown.org You can send email to go into the next LuckyTown-Ads Digest to: luckytown-ads@luckytown.org Any questions for the list admin should be emailed to: owner-luckytown@luckytown.org To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@luckytown.org with message body: unsubscribe luckytown-digest To get further information on how to subscribe/unsubscribe/change your subscription address, as well as the other available commands, send email to majordomo@luckytown.org with message body: help ********************************************************************* The contents of this digest are not necessarily approved by the list admin.