Amy has now posted the link to the Hos en de Mannen video on her
website.  She read it here first???

Also on amyrigby.com is the story about her day job way back when that
Amy told during her recent Diary of A Mod Housewife shows.  Here's the
link: http://www.amyrigby.com/diary/waytogoamy.html

In a message dated 11/20/06 2:24:09 PM, highbridger@... writes:


> There was the professionally shot video for Dark
> Angel when Amy was with the Shams.  It was on Yahoo forever.  I know I
> saw an entire show of Amy with band at Shubas, probably from her 2002
> or 2003 tour, and there were some interviews (and maybe a performance)
> from SXSW, probably 2002 or 2003.
>

**Thanks for info.   I'll check. Ed


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But there have been videos of Amy on the Net over the years before the
advent of YouTube.  There was the professionally shot video for Dark
Angel when Amy was with the Shams.  It was on Yahoo forever.  I know I
saw an entire show of Amy with band at Shubas, probably from her 2002
or 2003 tour, and there were some interviews (and maybe a performance)
from SXSW, probably 2002 or 2003.

I haven't looked for any of these lately.  But you might actually find
them out there someplace.

A couple of months ago, I expressed hope that Amy would soon show up on
YouTube, our omnipresent 21st century Web TV channel by-and-for-the-
millions. Well, today I noticed the following upload, a cover of,
uh, 'Are We Ever Wanna Have Sex Again' (for so reads the title):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfIESHo5hQ4

The band, Hos en de Mannen, deliver what I'd best describe as
a 'workmanlike' rendition of the tune. It appears to have been filmed
in a dimly lit coffeehouse, but was actually recorded (according to the
video's notes) 'live at the Wrakkenmuseum' in Terschelling, a shipwreck
museum on an island off the north coast of the Netherlands. (Hm, I
guess that recent tour of Holland succeeded in spreading the word a bit
farther...)

Referencing Highbridger's concert report, I don't know if Amy would
want to celebrate this latest milestone with an expensive steak dinner,
but perhaps at least an espresso macchiato at Seattle's Best would be
in order...how many musicians can boast of having their songs covered
by a band at a Dutch shipwreck museum, anyway?



Wes

In a message dated 11/12/06 5:51:41 PM, highbridger@... writes:


> there are some links
> on amyrigby.com to two radio interviews with live songs from the
> Amy-Marti tour.
>

**Thanks.   I'll check over there.   Been a little while since I checked in.
Ed


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I haven't heard anything about a new record.  But there are some links
on amyrigby.com to two radio interviews with live songs from the
Amy-Marti tour.

--- In amyrigby@yahoogroups.com, egoodst285@... wrote:

> **Thanks for review-- & heads up 'bout 'extended' DOAMH. I hope
she's >gonna work on new one soon, or maybe something of her tour w.
Marti >Jones got recorded??? Ed

In a message dated 11/11/06 8:31:06 AM, highbridger@... writes:


> Amy is selling Diary of a Mod Housewife CDs at these shows and through
> her website.
>

**Thanks for review-- & heads up 'bout 'extended' DOAMH. I hope she's gonna
work on new one soon, or maybe something of her tour w. Marti Jones got
recorded??? Ed


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Last night Amy brought her Diary of a Mod Housewife show to Joe's Pub
in New York City.  The idea was simple: play the album as sequenced.
"Since Diary was a concept album, I thought it deserved a concept
show," explained Amy.  Amy packed the place, as she usually does when
she plays in NYC.

After a brief (20 minute) set by Sue Garner and Angel Dean, Amy and
band immediately took the stage, only to find that there were some
technical difficulties.  A five minute conference with the sound guy
ensued, and then, difficulties fixed,  Amy launched into Time for Me
to Come Down, followed the rest of Diary.

The band this time consisted of James Mastro, formerly of The Bongos
and The Health and Happiness Show, on lead guitar, Tony Maimone on
bass, and Steve Goulding, formerly of The Rumour and The Mekons, on
drums.  Amy was in good spirits and gave a high energy performance.
The band worked well, and I especially liked some of the parts that
James Mastro played.  I had not seen him play with Amy before, as Amy
usually has Jon Graboff with her at her NYC shows.  Sue and Angel also
provided the backing vocals for The Good Girls and Don't Break the Heart.

After Diary was over, Amy and the band did another half dozen songs,
namely, Rasputin, Finish What You Can't Start (which Amy stopped 3/4s
of the way though saying that she was tired of that song),Keep It to
Yourself, I Don't Wanna Talk About Love No More, Dancing with Joey
Ramone and All I Want.  Amy introduced that last song saying that as a
result of Ronnie Spector recording it, she gave herself permission to
go to Peter Lugar's, a very well-known and pricey steak house in her
old neighborhood in Brooklyn.  Sue and Angel joined to sing back up
here too, and Amy ended up with them, all three singing around the
same mike.  You could clearly see the enjoyment on Amy's face on that
one.  There was no encore as Joe's had another show booked after Amy.
So they turned up the lights and ushered everyone out of the place.

Amy is selling Diary of a Mod Housewife CDs at these shows and through
her website.  She explained that this batch just showed up one day and
they miraculously had five bonus cuts on them.  They also have some
additional liner notes written by Amy in 2006.  Well worth it, I think.

A friend of mine caught Wreckless Eric at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ
last week. His review would be of some interest to this group:

>1. Wreckless Eric is not a new wave nostalgia act and he doesn't give
>a shit that you think he is. He's got 25 years of material that
>nobody knows but much of it is very good. And he's written a book.
>And he's funny as hell.
>
>2. Despite looking somewhat paunchy, definitely middle-aged, scruffy,
>and somewhat out of it, he and Amy Rigby are an item. The first 40
>minutes was just Eric singing and alternating acoustic and beat up
>electric guitar. Amy was on stage for most of the rest of his set and
>did two of her own songs in addition to playing guitar and singing
>harmonies. Quite interesting realizing that Rigby could probably sell
>out Maxwell's for two or three nights in a row, and this show was
>barely 1/3 full.

Amy's Diary of A Mod Housewife Shows start this week.  I'm going to
the one in NYC at the end of next week, and I'll post something about
it.  We already know the set list.

Highbridger <highbridger@...> wrote: the picture on the upper left of
Little Fugitive
is from Amy's student ID when she attended Parsons School of Design,
which is part of The New School.I had never heard of this school until recently
-- like many of us tv-watchers, we learned about Parsons from Bravo's Project
Runway...

   TWM


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I did do some minor edits last year on Amy's Wikipedia entry.  It has
been somewhat revised after I did so.

You can see the Amelia on Amy's driver's license on the cover of
Little Fugitive.  I originally thought it was Amilin, but Amelia it is.

Just as a side note, the picture on the upper left of Little Fugitive
is from Amy's student ID when she attended Parsons School of Design,
which is part of The New School.  I took some evening courses at The
New School in the Fall of 1979 and have my ID card with the same Valid
Fall, 1979 and New School symbol from then as well.  No, we never met.
Different buildings, different classes, different schedule.

Speaking of the Stiff crowd, Amy's current boyfriend is Wreckless
Eric, and it seems that she is living in England at least some of the
time.  You can check out wrecklesseric.com, as Eric speaks about it
more than Amy.

If anyone still has doubts that Amy is a Person of Consequence, this
is her Wikipedia entry:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Rigby

Hey, for all practical purposes, that's better than being in Who's Who
these days (do you know anyone who actually READS Who's Who, for one
thing?).

The only info bite (byte?) that surprised me was the claim that Amy's
original first name was Amelia; oddly enough, someone named Amelia
McMahon is a jazz vocalist/member of an a cappella group in Montreal
(she has a MySpace page, and has clearly nothing to do with our Amy).

By the way, I had nothing to do with writing Amy's Wiki entry but
thought some of you might like to add or expand on certain things. All
we need now is for someone to upload a couple of Amy's videos onto
YouTube, and her mid-'00s cybercoverage will be complete.

I see from her website that Amy's playing some interesting gigs with
the old Stiff Records crowd in the UK in the coming week; do we have
any members over there who may be able to provide reports?



Wes

Another Amy listener here -- usually pretty quiet, but if Amy (and Marti) would
tour the Northwest, I'd give you a show review!

   -- Steve


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>  > I know this isn't an especially large group, but
>  > it's been almost 10 MONTHS without a single post here

I tend to forget what groups I'm in 'til someone sends a message in
one of them. :) I'm still rocking out to "Little Fugitive." It's the
first CD i transferred to the Nano my wife fave me for Father's Day.
:)

--
Michael Fierro                                      biffster@...
Y! Messenger: miguelito_fierro                           AIM: mfierro1
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---
Weapons at best are tools of bad omen,
Loathed and avoided by those of the Way.
   - Tao Te Ching, Ch. 31, Blakney

In a message dated 6/21/06 8:28:38 PM, pogoer@... writes:


> I know this isn't an especially large group, but
> it's been almost 10 MONTHS without a single post here
>

**Hi-- still here I guess. I guess folks here check out AR's website for
info.   I certainly am glad
she has been busy & a little bit more on the music radar screen lately (or so
it seems). If a few others show up here, I'd be happy to do a poll or
something. Fave album is kinda tough actually, as I like 'em all at various
times!
Often "Middlescence," I guess most--though lately I've been listening most to
"'Til the Wheels Fall Off." I wonder if those Marti Jones/Amy concerts were
recorded at all. Love to see even a self-release or internet only one of those--
missed 'em when they were in CA where I live too, damn it. Ed


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Hey everyone -- I know this isn't an especially large group, but
it's been almost 10 MONTHS without a single post here -- what's up
with that? I thought this was supposed to be THE forum to discuss
Amy Rigby and her doings (well, besides the guestbook on her
website), and it's not like Amy's been sitting around her living
room watching TV since the late summer of '05. As far as I can tell,
in fact, she seems to be more active than she's ever been,
especially on the touring front. Just off the top of my head, I know
Amy's been winning over new audiences in the Netherlands and Belgium
(with Germany coming up in the fall); gigging relentlessly in the US
and Canada, with frequent forays to the UK; doing the Cynical Girls
thing with Marti Jones; hanging around with Wreckless Eric. She's
had a song covered by Ronnie Spector, among others. Perhaps some of
us can contribute concert reports, at least? Maybe even a poll
on 'what's your favorite Amy album,' if you can tolerate the 16-
magazinishness of it all...? So...hello?



Wes

I heard she had remarried as well.  Interesting...

-A

On 8/27/05, egoodst285@... <egoodst285@...> wrote:
>
>  In a message dated 8/27/05 9:38:11 AM, highbridger@... writes:
>
>
>  > Jeanie was about the ex-wife of her then boyfriend who she was
>  > going to marry but whom she did not end up marrying.
>  >
>  >
>  **Ah--okay I thought for some reason she had remarried.

In a message dated 8/27/05 9:38:11 AM, highbridger@... writes:


> Jeanie was about the ex-wife of her then boyfriend who she was
> going to marry but whom she did not end up marrying.
>
>
**Ah--okay I thought for some reason she had remarried.   But in any case
doesn't matter for
the song.   What a great one.   Boy, is LF a great album, but then they all
are.   Amazes me really
what a fantastic songwriter she is, & how she keeps finding new 'angles' on
the relationship/everyday life stuff!   Like that 'condiment comment too.'
Hahaha. Ed


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The line about "my new husband's ex-wife" in The Trouble with Jeanie
has always puzzled me.  As far as I knew, Amy did not get married
again, so there were several possible explanations for this: (1) the
song was not from personal experience and Amy was writing in
character; (2) the song had started out to be one about her ex's new
wife, but she flipped it around; or (3) Amy remarried and is keeping
it quiet.

Amy explained it in an interview on WNYC (posted on the web) this
week: Jeanie was about the ex-wife of her then boyfriend who she was
going to marry but whom she did not end up marrying.

******

Amy put on another wondeful show at the Lakeside Lounge here in NYC
this week, with the band that recorded Little Fugitive with her.  And
talk about an artist giving back to the audience:  Amy served hot dogs
and potato chips to us.  Best quote: "Now that pickle relish comes in
squeeze bottles, you can have condiments without utensils."

In a message dated 7/20/05 7:33:13 PM, highbridger@... writes:


> Amy's new album
>

**Thanks.   Nice to see the track listing. Def. looking forward to it. Ed


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Amy's new album comes out next month, but you can see the cover by
going  here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000
A0GOYQ/qid=1121912935/sr=8-3/ref=pd_bbs_3/102-7214
373-6153768?v=glance&s=music&n=507846#product-details

Here's the track listing:

1. Like Rasputin
2. Trouble With Jeanie
3. Dancing With Joey Ramone
4. That's the Time
5. So You Know Now
6. Needy Man
7. Is It Safe?
8. I Don't Wanna Talk About Love No More
9. Year of the Fling
10. Girls Got It Bad
11. Always With Me
12. Things We Leave Behind

>Subject: [Amy Rigby] Amy on XM Radio
>Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 12:37:56 -0000
>
>The Loft - XM 50
>
>Tuesday 5 - 3 - 2005
>
>The Loft Leaves Home: SXSW
>The Loft® - XM 50 - 3AM and 9PM ET
>The Loft® presents the 2005 SXSW Signature Sounds Showcase, live
>from
>Club Oslo in Austin, Texas! Hear live sets from Lori McKenna, Amy
>Rigby, Mark Geary and Kris Delmhorst; an XM exclusive!
>
>

If anyone could record this and send me a copy of this, I'd be happy to
trade you a copy of another one of Amy's shows. I'm also open to trades for
any show I don't have. Feel free to e-mail me for my list.

Rave on,

Dave

The Loft - XM 50

Tuesday 5 - 3 - 2005

The Loft Leaves Home: SXSW
The Loft® - XM 50 - 3AM and 9PM ET
The Loft® presents the 2005 SXSW Signature Sounds Showcase, live
from
Club Oslo in Austin, Texas! Hear live sets from Lori McKenna, Amy
Rigby, Mark Geary and Kris Delmhorst; an XM exclusive!

In a message dated 12/30/04 3:30:39 AM, highbridger@... writes:


> Amy is going into the studio shortly (in Cleveland??) to record the
> new CD.
>

**Cool!! Thanks for update :). Ed


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--- In amyrigby@yahoogroups.com, egoodst285@a... wrote:

> I'm def. up for a new Amy studio album too (hope in
> the not too distant future!). Ed

Amy is going into the studio shortly (in Cleveland??) to record the
new CD.

In a message dated 12/29/04 5:20:34 PM, highbridger@... writes:


> Fortunately
> for those of us at the Lakeside Lounge in NYC last
> night, yesterday was one of those days for Amy.  Amy
> sang and played her heart out, along with long-time
> musical cohort Jon Graboff on lead electric guitar, for
> an hour and a half.
>
> Amy promised to play everything, and she did. 
>

**Thanks for review-- sounds GREAT>   Her DVD with Hazel just came today & I
plan to watch tonight :). I'm def. up for a new Amy studio album too (hope in
the not too distant future!). Ed


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Everyone has them: the days when you are at the top of
your game; the days your hit all the marks.  Fortunately
for those of us at the Lakeside Lounge in NYC last
night, yesterday was one of those days for Amy.  Amy
sang and played her heart out, along with long-time
musical cohort Jon Graboff on lead electric guitar, for
an hour and a half.

Amy promised to play everything, and she did.  Included
in her set were about six new songs and those songs are
strong.  Included in the new songs were Dancing with
Joey Ramone, The Trouble with Jeannie, I Don't Want to
Talk, Just Like Rasputin (which Amy said was her attempt
to be historical, but which she admitted ended up being
another song about her), a lovely song about missing an
old friend who died, and a song about a friend's fling.
Having heard both Joey and Jeannie a few times since the
summer (Amy likes to play NYC), it seems to me that they
are likely to be the pillars of the new CD.

Jeannie is the song that will catch people's attention
and generate buzz, interviews and hopefully more
appearances.  It's a very Amy song about the problems
with trying to hate but ending up liking her new guy's ex.

But Joey is the heartfelt, nostalgic look back at
something that is no longer here.  Hearing it makes me
think that perhaps when I was hanging out at CBGBs back
in the day, Amy was probably hanging out there not too
far away from me.

Lots of favorites showed up last night: Til the Wheels
Fall Off (the best version of the song I have heard Amy
do), Cynically Yours, Beer and Kisses, Knapsack (a
request from the audience), Why Do I, Summer of My
Wasted Youth, That Tone of Voice, 20 Questions,
Alejandro Escovedo's Castanets and many more.  Of course
the problem with Amy's catalog is that it would take
three hours for her to play all the good stuff.

It was a real good show.

In a message dated 9/8/04 3:55:44 PM, pogoer@... writes:

<< By the way, the other songs in "Spin" were by the likes of Lerner and
Loewe,

Jacques Brel, Stephen Sondheim, Johnny Mercer, Rodgers and

Hammerstein, Cy Coleman, Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin, so Amy is in good

company there...



Wes >>

**Way cool-- thanks for posting.  Def. one of my very fave Amy Songs :).

Hi everyone,

I thought list members might be interested to know that Amy's "Keep It To
Yourself" is one of the numbers featured in the one-woman show "Spin: An
Inverted Musical," engagingly performed by Catherine Berry at the Blue
Theatre in Austin, Texas (the show ended its run Sept. 4). The show had an
innovative concept -- Berry took the 11 songs she wanted in the show and
sent them to eight different writers, who wrote monologues inspired by the
songs. (She calls it an "inverted musical" because the songs came first, not
the plot.) Appropriately enough, "Keep It To Yourself" (which Berry sang in a
not un-Amylike manner, to howls from the audience) was followed by a
lighthearted revenge fantasy involving the fate of an inconsiderate Hoboken
steakhouse diner who blocked the narrator's car on the street and was
recalcitrant about moving it (well, I suppose you had to be there).

By the way, the other songs in "Spin" were by the likes of Lerner and Loewe,
Jacques Brel, Stephen Sondheim, Johnny Mercer, Rodgers and
Hammerstein, Cy Coleman, Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin, so Amy is in good
company there...


Wes

I don't know how many eMusic subscribers are on this list, but if you
are a member and haven't noticed, Amy does have quite a few offerings
available for download, including a live set from the Cat's Cradle on
February 26th of last year.

- Michael