From drywall@primenet.com Tue Mar 21 10:33:34 2000
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 02:35:22 -0800
From: clark price 
Reply-To: drywall@primenet.com
Organization: SR dis-information
Subject: RIDGWAY ON TOUR THIS WEEK IN NYC -

THE UK REVIEWS 'ANATOMY" / NYC TOUR! / NEWS AND SCANDEL!!!
http://wwwprimenet.com/~drywall/
http://www.stanridgway.com/

East Coast CLUB PHONE NUMBERS for
RIDGWAY'S NYC TOUR
BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!!
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STAN RIDGWAY NYC TOUR...

THURSDAY MARCH 23RD
Makor Club
35 W. 67TH ST, NYC 10023 -
CALL FOR SR TICKETS:  (212)-601-1000  - $ 14
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FRIDAY MARCH 24TH
North Star Bar
2639 W. Poplar St.
Philadelphia PA
CALL FOR SR TICKETS:
(215) 922-5900  $ 12.50
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SATURDAY EVENING MARCH 25th
SR will perform w/ band for 20 minutes at the...
KURT WEILL TRIBUTE @ 7PM @
SYMPHONY SPACE
2537 BROADWAY @ 95TH ST.
NYC 10025
http://www.symphonyspace.org
FREE TO THE PUBLIC!!
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SATURDAY NIGHT MARCH 25th
And at 10 PM the same day...
Maxwell's
1039 Washington Str.
Hoboken, NJ 07030
CALL FOR TICKETS:
(201) 653-1703 $10.00
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SR MERCH ONLY FOR SALE AT LIVE SHOWS FROM NOW ON!

THE SR BAND IS:
Stan Ridgway : vocals, guitar, harmonica, mouth
David Sutton: acoustic bass, computer virus programs
Pietra Wexstun: keyboards, vocals, ouji board
Rick King: electric guitar, vocals, merlot
Joe Berardi: drums and percussion, catskill timing
John Gillingham: vocals, rabbit mask, walkie talkies

He'll be playing all the stuff...from WOV to DRYWALL to SOLO to NEW!
And RARE MERCH will be FOR SALE! Only at shows..

TICKETS GOING FAST!!!
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TO ALL THAT WROTE US WANTING NEW SR MERCH!

ALL Stan Ridgway Merchandise will be sold at these shows
AND only be sold at LIVE SHOWS FROM NOW ON...
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Buy your tickets NOW..they are going fast...

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Stan Ridgway
Anatomy  (New West)
 
If Los Angeles didn't exist, Stanard Ridgway would have invented it. His ruminative explorations of life positively drip L.A.
and all the seedy underside of that dream town. If "Pulp Fiction" was a cinematic ode to L.A. that never exhisted, the
Ridgway's songs are the soundtrack to the real L.A. and I guess it is no accident that each song on Anatomy sounds like a
song plucked from some serious 20th century indie film. Ridgway lists three contact addresses in the booklet with the CD,
one of which is for the people that handle his soundtrack offers. There;s even a track "Murrays Steakhouse Story", which
basically is an interlude piece of music to be played over a scene in which the main character plans "the big caper" that will
wrap up all those stray plot lines (in a linear way, of course). "Sweet Pig Alley" has that same character creeping around the
back of the warehouse, looking for clues. Ridgway has said in interviews that he likes to sprinkle his albums with these
instrumentals because he gets tired of all that singing.
 
And maybe it is Ridgway's voice that holds him back. Sometimes it serves him well ("Mission Bell"), but other times it is
almost like he is auditioning songs for someone like Bob Seger (see "Susie Before Sunrise") and he strains to handle the
tune. Overall, however, he uses his voice as the strongest instrument in his arsenal, laying it on a song like a woodworker
layers varnish to bring out the richness of his work.
I heard "Mexican Radio" on the, um, radio the other day and was surprised how well it has held up. I guess Ridgway is
cursed by the pop gem. Nothing here is as striking as that once-in-a-lifetime song, but there are certain tracks that are as
good as "Don't Box Me In" (minus Stewart Copeland's dynamic percussion). And his cover version of "Sixteen Tons" is a
neat encapsulation of what his entire career has been about.
 
Fans of good song writing will want to check this one out.
 
Lexican # 1427.
 
(No author given)
 
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"ANATOMY REVIEW" STAN RIDGWAY

UNDER THE SECTION.............IN THE UK MAGAZINE
 
THE MOJO FILTER
This month's very best music - and the people who make it.
 
Ridgway Stan.....Page 111.
 
Stan Ridgway.
Anatomy  (New West).

Former Wall Of Voodoo founder digs deep into the American psyche.
 
Ridgway has come up with an album's worth of songs full of roads, weather, violent death and ominous portents of
something even more awful just around the bend.

If From Dawn 'Til Dusk didn't already have such a great sound track, this would do nicely.
Strap yourself in...it's going to be a bumpy ride...
 
There's something wonderfully spartan about some of the arrangements, with Susie Before Sunrise sounding like a masterpiece he
coundn't be bothered finishing, but most of the time his slightly dissonant soundscapes serve not just as perfect backdrops
for his American gothic tales but as conveniently interesting distractions from the fact he has a wonderful and evocative vocal
range. Trivia freaks might be amused to know that the CD booklet includes thanks to Santa Monica pier, which was last
given credit on an album by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on Dream in 1975. And also Luthar and the Hand People from San Fran.
Unless anyone knows different. Hey!..what do I know?....
Reviewer: Calvin The Cal
 
Under the review there is a very cool colour picture (quite big) of Stan with the caption :
Stan Ridgway : American Gothic.
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