From Bill@thehubs.net Wed Oct 22 17:26:57 2003 From: Bill@thehubs.net (Bill Hub) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:26:57 -0500 Subject: [Granite-and-tumble] A moment of silence for smith Message-ID: <005e01c398b9$504189f0$270f47ab@US1087764> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_005F_01C3988F.676B81F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I know it has been a long time since my last transmission. However, = the saddening Elliot Smith news compelled me to broadcast. =20 =20 Elliott Smith has died at age 34, according to an obituary posted late = Tuesday on Sweet Adeline, Smith's official website. Rumors had been = circulating on the Internet all day about Smith's apparent suicide; by = early evening, the overwhelming traffic from well-wishers and fans was = crashing Sweet Adeline's discussion board. A handful of posts indicated = that representatives from Smith's label, Dreamworks, were attempting to = contact Charlie Ramirez, the webmaster for Sweet Adeline.=20 Within hours, Ramirez posted the following: "As you probably realize, = I'm pretty devastated about having to say goodbye to Elliott... it's = never easy to put into words what someone means to you... Elliott was = such a lovely man... I will always have his love, kindness, = intelligence, humbleness, creativeness, greatness and so much more in me = forever because that's what he was and i'll always love him for being = who he was... I'll miss you so much. We will all miss you. See you in = heaven, Elliott." =20 =20 Also, I finally got on the I-POD bandwagon; well my wife gave me one for = my birthday. Immediately following my great new toy, there is this = great information =E2=80=A6 =20 Matador Records, Kill Rock Stars, and SpinART all announced partnerships = with Apple's iTunes Music Store this week, suddenly inundating = indie-rock fans with hundreds upon hundreds of legally available = downloads, with thousands more songs on the way. Apple had been courting = indie labels since June, according to one label source: "Apple wasn't = taking on any indies earlier because they weren't set up to handle lots = of small deals-- they just wanted to launch with the big five [BMG, EMI, = Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros.], whom they also assumed (wrongly) = would all be better set up to deliver them metadata and content." =20 =20 Finally, a few good shows on the horizon =E2=80=A6. =20 10/22 =E2=80=93 Alasandir Roberts @ Schubas 10/23 - Iron and Wine @ Abbey 10/25 =E2=80=93 Beulah @ Abbey 10/25 =E2=80=93 Clem Snide @ Logon Auditorium 11/2 =E2=80=93 Mates of State @ Cats Cradle 11/2 =E2=80=93 Owen @ Bottom Lounge 11/6 =E2=80=93 Beulah @ great American music hall 11/6 =E2=80=93 Don Caballero @ empty bottle 11/8 =E2=80=93 Damian Jurado @ Schubas 11/15 =E2=80=93 Songs: Ohia @ Schubas =20 ------=_NextPart_000_005F_01C3988F.676B81F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I know it has been a long time since my last = transmission.=C2=A0=C2=A0 However, the saddening Elliot Smith news compelled me to = broadcast.=C2=A0=C2=A0

 

Elliott Smith has died at age 34, according to an obituary = posted late Tuesday on Sweet Adeline, Smith's official website. Rumors had been circulating on the Internet all day about Smith's apparent suicide; by = early evening, the overwhelming traffic from well-wishers and fans was = crashing Sweet Adeline's discussion board. A handful of posts indicated that = representatives from Smith's label, Dreamworks, were attempting to contact Charlie = Ramirez, the webmaster for Sweet Adeline.

Within hours, Ramirez posted the following: "As you = probably realize, I'm pretty devastated about having to say goodbye to Elliott... = it's never easy to put into words what someone means to you... Elliott was = such a lovely man... I will always have his love, kindness, intelligence, = humbleness, creativeness, greatness and so much more in me forever because that's = what he was and i'll always love him for being who he was... I'll miss you so = much. We will all miss you. See you in heaven, Elliott."

 

 

Also, I finally got on the I-POD bandwagon; well my = wife gave me one for my birthday. =C2=A0Immediately following my great new = toy, there is this great information =E2=80=A6

 

Matador = Records, Kill Rock Stars, and SpinART all announced partnerships with Apple's iTunes = Music Store this week, suddenly inundating indie-rock fans with hundreds upon hundreds of legally available downloads, with thousands more songs on = the way. Apple had been courting indie labels since June, according to one label = source: "Apple wasn't taking on any indies earlier because they weren't set = up to handle lots of small deals-- they just wanted to launch with the big = five [BMG, EMI, Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros.], whom they also assumed = (wrongly) would all be better set up to deliver them metadata and = content."

 

 

Finally, a few = good shows on the horizon =E2=80=A6.

 

10/22 = =E2=80=93 Alasandir Roberts @ Schubas

10/23 -=C2=A0 = Iron and Wine @ Abbey

10/25 = =E2=80=93 Beulah @ Abbey

10/25 = =E2=80=93 Clem Snide @ Logon Auditorium

11/2 =E2=80=93 = Mates of State @ Cats Cradle

11/2 =E2=80=93 = Owen @ Bottom Lounge

11/6 =E2=80=93 = Beulah @ great American music hall

11/6 =E2=80=93 = Don Caballero @ empty bottle

11/8 =E2=80=93 = Damian Jurado @ Schubas

11/15 = =E2=80=93 Songs:=C2=A0 Ohia @ Schubas

 

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