Re: still here

David Rieken <[email protected]> Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:07:20 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.music.jane-siberry
Message-ID <[email protected]>
A World Without Music is the live album.  Did you guys buy it?  What did
you think?

On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 11:42b/AM David Rieken <[email protected]> wrote:

> I discovered Jane in 1986, when a friend, who was in massage school,
> played The Speckless Sky while giving me a massage.  I was living in
> Chicago.  I was intrigued immediately.  I once told her that my friend
> played it while giving me a massage and she said that she found that an
> interesting choice of music during a massage.
> I first saw her live the following year and have seen her many times
> since.  I lived in San Francisco for twenty years and she played there
> often.
> In 2006 my husband and I bought her harp when she put it up for auction.
> She brought it to us and spent the afternoon at our house.  It was a great
> day and she was lovely.
> The Walking has always been my favorite of her records but I love them
> all.  A few years ago she came out with a live recording that I loved.  I
> am excited that she is working on a new record and am hoping it is full of
> songs we've never heard.  I am also hoping she will release it in hard
> form, on cd or vinyl.
>
> Sorry if you guys got a message similar to this one a couple hours ago.  I
> wrote one and thought I sent it but don't see it anywhere so I wrote this.
>
>
> David
>
> On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 9:04b/AM David Rieken <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm still here too.  I've missed this list as I don't participate on any
>> social media sites.  I would love it if we started sharing again.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 8:17b/PM [email protected] <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Still here too! -tracy
>> >
>> >
>> > Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tuesday, September 5, 2023, 11:45 AM, Mike Cooper <
>> > [email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > I've periodically wondered if this list still existed, so it's nice to
>> see
>> > someone activate it. It seems to have been supplanted by more direct
>> > contact from Jane -- which is nice.
>> >
>> > But this list existed way back when, when I, too was a fan of "The
>> > Walking," having been charmed by Jane's videos and appearances in the
>> 1980s
>> > on Much Music, which I watched in Atlanta on my big satellite dish
>> (which
>> > also picked up CFNY). There was a Michael Williams on Much...
>> >
>> > I last saw Jane in a living-room concert in Atlanta about 13 years
>> ago...
>> > I still think she's a genius and a spirit, though an overload of work
>> has
>> > prevented me from following her music and events as carefully as I'd
>> like...
>> >
>> > I remember there were maybe a dozen of us on this list when it was
>> active,
>> > maybe others will speak up.
>> >
>> > mc