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sara hickman with super pal universe
tonight at flipnotics
austin, tx
10:30 pm
come get romantic...because you can

love,
sara

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Come out, come out where ever you are... Where is
every body?
I don't really like posting, I'm one of those people
who is happier staying in the back ground watching and
listening... People are really funny if you just look,
watch and listen :)
I'll tell everyone about when I decovered Sara and
maybe a few people will come out of hiding and share a
post(even if for nothing more than to correct my
spelling).

In September of ninty-three, I got blind sided.  The
woman I loved.. that I planned to marry... wanted to
have children with.. that I planned to grow old with
broke my heart.  Kicked me to the curb without any
warning.  A break-up is not nearly as bad if you have
a little warning, but to get dumped over the phone
with no warning.. Well it really hurts and there isn't
much you can do about.  I was a major knucklehead and
choose to blame myself (it could not have been her, I
loved her. LOL).  I took a leave from work, dropped
all my classes at school and did the best I could to
shut myself off from the world.

One Sunday afternoon I was flipping stations on the TV
and came across Austin City Limits it had this woman
on with no shoes, a huge smile, dimples in her cheeks
from smiling so much.  She was so happy.. It made me
sick, but I did not change the station. Sara's
performance on ACL was great.  She was not acting like
she was having fun, she was having fun.  Sara did a
great job of connecting with the audience and of
connecting with the viewers.  I think when you are
really down seeing a person who is really up is good
for you.  I know it is good for me.. I went out that
Monday and bought Equal Scary People (which can still
bring a smile to my face no matter how bad of mood I
am in) and Shortstop.
Sara has kept making music and I have kept buying it.
Part of me wishes she still made the music she used to
but the father in me understands how much having
children changes a person...
Hope everyone is staying warm,
Derek

PS- So, where is everybody hiding?  I think I'll go
hide under the bed in the back bedroom.. Too cold to
hide outside.




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Hey Derek!

Sorry to hear how sad you were...many of us, I'm sure,
can relate to those kinds of things happening unforseen.
I'm glad to know you survived, and are keeping on, keeping
on. It's victorious. You asked where everyone went? I was
wondering...maybe I scared them all off by telling them
about all these neat places in Austin where Sara lives,
which is where I also used to live (at least a thousand
years ago) when I was going to the University there.
But I love Austin and remember it so fondly. But you
asked that maybe people might share where they first
heard Sara or knew about her? You brought back the
memories as to when I first heard her, because it may
have been the same Austin City Limits that I saw her
on. Here's my story about that...

At the time we had both of our children in college at the
same time, I had a very busy weekend and was sort of
worn out. I started flipping channels to see what was
on...and decided to look into Austin City Limits which
had already begun before I found it. There was Sara,
barefooted and tapping her foot while playing her guitar
and singing, which to me was admirable since I'm sort of
like the person who can't walk and chew gum at the same
time. Sara was singing her famous "Train Song," the words
of which did not make sense to me, but the song was just
beautiful. She was turning the usual commute from the
suburbs to the city to work or study into something quite
beautiful and like an adventure. I'm referring to the lyrics
that she was singing. Her music was so refreshing, and
I could see as well that she was powerfully talented to boot.
She had the audience enthralled, and as well, the musicians
that were accompanying her. The other musicians were,
themselves, wonderfully talented, and she was the central
figure. Then, after the song, when the magical crowd noise
and applause diminished, she sat down on a stool and sang
a song that she used no accompaniment with, except for
her own guitar..a song I believe she wrote that was called
simply, "Simply." The song had such a lyrical quality about
it, and it was sort of magical sounding, I thought. It was
beautiful.

I learned some time later that the word "amuse," which is
kin to the word "entertain" to my way of thinking, had a
special meaning. The "muse" part of it means "to think,"
but the "a" part of it means "no." So, to be entertained, or
rather to be "amused," is to "no think." Words are such
funny little vehicles for thought to explore, and what
came to my mind was the way I felt when I heard Sara's
music, it causes a person to take a break, to come into
an oasis of refreshing, and to just plain rest a while so
that when you get back to what ever you have to get
back to doing, you go back stronger and replenished.
I get the impression that really good entertainers are
sort of "hams" in that  they have this showy presence,
but not for themselves.  They seem to want to be in the
spotlight to bring joy to others, to share what talent
they have to make others happy, and they seem to
thrive on what they tell is a "good audience," one
that really "connects" with them. As soon as I could
get to the store, when I found out she had a CD out,
I went and bought it...and to show you how much I
thought of her singing, I didn't even yet own a CD
player! A good friend of mine did let me hear it on her
CD player until I could get one. She, in turn, loved
what she heard as well. Then one day after I got a
computer, I looked online and found this group of
people who equally were interested in Sara's talent.
And here we are, and that's how I found out about
Sara.

Suzanne



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Derek
Thanks for overcoming your "shyness" and speaking in public!  It's
really nice to read something from someone that I didn't know knew
about Sara!  Suzanne, I've seen you before so I know you are just
being quiet like me.

I didn't know about Sara until 1998 when my friend PJ introduced me
to her and to Domestic Science Club.  My first CD purchase was
Shortstop and then all the others....

Sara's quirkiness and her lyrics hooked me.  I have been so very
lucky to have gone to several shows of hers.  Hopefully I will see
her sometime again should she venture into the Sunshine State.

I just turned 50 and am faced with many "scary" life transitions.  An
ending of a relationship with PJ and looking for a new job and moving
back home to be closer to my family after they endured both
Hurricanes this year.  I find my self pulling out those Sara CD's and
crying over the magic 8 ball. Trying to find some joy to get back
into my life...

I wonder where Gamookie went to.  I used to smile over his screen-
name.  Jesse- I know you're here, just also trying to manage job
changes and hurts.  Wonder where Holly and Jim-in-STL are?  I think
we lost some between the transitioning of message boards, etc.

But Sara is a constant, and I know that she knows we're still here.
And being a proud mom of Lily and Iolana!

With Valentines day coming- I remember many shows at the Lakewood
theater in Dallas. I have a picture somewhere with Sara's name on the
marquee....

Anyone else care to chime in??
Barbara

Hi Barbara and all,

Barbara I was born in Florida in West Palm Beach. I also
lived in Daytona and Bradenton as well. The hurricanes
were awful, my mother in Melbourne had a lot of damage
to her home, but things are repaired now. Some lost their
homes, but there was not so much loss of life, which is
amazing under the circumstances. Even lost pets were
rescued, well-kept and many of the owners were found
again. I've lived in Texas since I was 9, but went back to
Florida a lot to see grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles,
and friends. So I got to enjoy both states. We went there
after the fourth hurricane and Pensacola looked like a
place that had been bombed. I never saw such destruction
from a hurricane like that before. The I-10 bridge near
Pensacola, which is a gigantic concrete structure, was
smashed like so many toothpicks by a 2 1/2 story tall
wave. I had heard that they saw 50 foot tall waves out
at sea, heading for the shore, and I suppose that may
have been one. That wall of water was not a tidal wave,
but was called a "storm surge." But we saw a lot of love
going there to help people, as they had electricians, road
crews, telephone people from all over the USA going
to the rescue of the workers that are in Florida, and
these were all volunteers. I saw whole fields full of
campers with generators and cook stoves, which were
all volunteers that had come to help. On most every one
of the rooftops all over the state were bright blue tarps
that covered damaged rooftops. The beach erosion was
huge. But they are all rebuilding and have a strong
spirit. Usually you can outrun a hurricane on foot since
they are so slow, but these were not that way, and they
were pretty unpredictable. Many people here in Texas
could not understand why the people stayed there for
the last one or two of the hurricanes, but it was because
they ran out of money and could not leave their towns,
after having to flea from the first few. And the hotels and
motels were full of volunteer workers who needed to get
out of harms way. They did have shelters set up in towns
in case some needed to get in them.

I hope that all is well with you and your family in Florida,
Barbara. Take care. Loved hearing your Sara story and
how you learned about her. I hope more will share their
story about how they came to know about Sara and her
music...

Suzanne


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Hi everyone!  I wasn't hiding....just out of town at a convention!  I was
surprised to come home and find so little activity though.

My discovery of Sara was very simple.  Someone I worked with invited me and my
roommate to join he and his wife at a concert.  I had never heard of this Sara
Hickman person but decided to attend the concert anyway.  So, we meet up at
Caravan of Dreams (how I miss concerts there) and find a great table.  Domestic
Science Club was the opening act!  I thought the music was great although I
always hate not knowing the music at a concert.  Well, little did I know how
much things would change for me when Sara took the stage solo.  WOW!  I thought
she had one of the most beautiful and pure toned voices I'd ever heard.  Her
music got stuck in my head.  I drug my fiance to her next conert at Caravan and
then we attended every year when Sara returned.  He fell in love with her music
and her voice as well.  I then took my sister's to her concert and they fell in
love with her.  I have bought every single album, even Newborn and Toddler
despite the fact I don't have children.  I just can't get enough of Sara
Hickman's voice.

Anyway, that's my short and simple Sara story!

~Angela
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Derek Taylor
   To: sarahickman@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 5:19 PM
   Subject: [sarahickman] Where did everybody go?



   Come out, come out where ever you are... Where is
   every body?
   I don't really like posting, I'm one of those people
   who is happier staying in the back ground watching and
   listening... People are really funny if you just look,
   watch and listen :)
   I'll tell everyone about when I decovered Sara and
   maybe a few people will come out of hiding and share a
   post(even if for nothing more than to correct my
   spelling).

   In September of ninty-three, I got blind sided.  The
   woman I loved.. that I planned to marry... wanted to
   have children with.. that I planned to grow old with
   broke my heart.  Kicked me to the curb without any
   warning.  A break-up is not nearly as bad if you have
   a little warning, but to get dumped over the phone
   with no warning.. Well it really hurts and there isn't
   much you can do about.  I was a major knucklehead and
   choose to blame myself (it could not have been her, I
   loved her. LOL).  I took a leave from work, dropped
   all my classes at school and did the best I could to
   shut myself off from the world.

   One Sunday afternoon I was flipping stations on the TV
   and came across Austin City Limits it had this woman
   on with no shoes, a huge smile, dimples in her cheeks
   from smiling so much.  She was so happy.. It made me
   sick, but I did not change the station. Sara's
   performance on ACL was great.  She was not acting like
   she was having fun, she was having fun.  Sara did a
   great job of connecting with the audience and of
   connecting with the viewers.  I think when you are
   really down seeing a person who is really up is good
   for you.  I know it is good for me.. I went out that
   Monday and bought Equal Scary People (which can still
   bring a smile to my face no matter how bad of mood I
   am in) and Shortstop.
   Sara has kept making music and I have kept buying it.
   Part of me wishes she still made the music she used to
   but the father in me understands how much having
   children changes a person...
   Hope everyone is staying warm,
   Derek

   PS- So, where is everybody hiding?  I think I'll go
   hide under the bed in the back bedroom.. Too cold to
   hide outside.




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Back in the 90's i was a lighting tech/roadie for a
local Dallas band, "!DANCeReGINA!". In 1994 (I believe
it was... need to check!) we were on the bill for the
"Dance for Life" benefit, to raise awareness for AIDS
research. Many other wonderful bands played that day,
including Brave Combo!  And... who was the hostess
with the mostess for this shindig?  You guessed it -
Saraloo!

I had only been in Texas for a year or so, and
wondered, "isn't she famous?". I got my answer that
afternoon!

I'll never forget her wonderful, funny emcee banter,
and the sincere sense of devotion she felt to the
cause. My "brush with greatness" was near the end of
the show: Most of the bands had played, and Sara was
on stage talking to the crowd. Suddenly, she felt a
song in her that HAD to get out! She looked to the
wings and said "I NEED A GUITAR!" Well, our guitarist
was nearby and without missing a beat I grabbed his
guitar and headed for the stage! After a polite
"thanks!" (and maybe a curtsy), Sara started playing.
This was the FIRST time I had heard her play, sing,
... that almost seems like an understatement. I swear
I saw a halo! As the event ended, Sara was kind enough
to meet me and my buddy and sign autographs... and I
got my first of 8 hugs for the day!

Moving on... I met a wonderful lady and on Valentine's
Day introduced her to Sara's music at Club DADA ("Club
Not the Mama", Sara called it). Tara couldn't believe
the energy coming out of this woman on stage.. who was
PREGNANT! What a cute little Valentine's mommy!

Fast-forward, 1998... Poor David's on Greenville; Tara
& I attend another in a long line of SaraShows. This
time at the end of the show, Sara says, "is there a
Tara & Eddie here?"... as we walk on stage, Sara
(following our pre-arranged plan -tee hee-) says,
"Eddie needs to ask you something." As I went to one
knee (and nearly took out the mike stand) and proposed
to Tara (and got a YES!), Sara started playing
"Simply" for us. We will never forget that event!

Well, I'm another one that's usually watching from the
shadows, but HAD to share my "Sara Moments" with all
of you... and especially, to Sara, a note: We LOVE
you, ADORE  you, and NEED you; you are truly a gift
from Above to this world - and, like I told you
recently... your halo is shining as brightly as ever.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Eddie & Tara Malphrus




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happy valentine's day, everybody!

i'm here. here i am! i see you. what are you doing?
write us a note. say hello.

i made heart shaped pancakes for breakfast....mmm...

since you are all telling stories about me, i will
tell you about the first musical concert i ever went
to...

david cassidy!

yup! it must have been when i was eight years old, so
that would have been 1971 in houston, texas. i don't
remember the name of the concert hall or where it was,
exactly, but i remember i went with jeanine ward from
across the street and maybe jill schoenbachler (one of
my first childhood best friends)...i think jeanine's
mom drove us and i sat RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
FRONT ROW! david cassidy wore a white leather-looking
pantsuit that laced up the front and had white fringe
hanging from the arms. (very elvis.) i don't remember
anything about his singing or dancing....all i
remember is thinking it was too noisy because all the
girls were screaming so loud. i stayed in my seat,
like everyone else did in those days (remember
that?)...but the noise from the screaming was so
intense! and i remember thinking either jeanine or i
were wearing the wrong color socks: purple. that was
donny osmond's favorite color. i was very concerned
about that.

the best part was that i had this GIANT poster of
david cassidy that i got to buy the night of the show
with my $10 my mom gave me.
it hung on the wall next to my bed for years.

one day, i came home from school, and for some dumb
reason, i put big "x"s on mr. cassidy's teeth. i think
i was ten and had started liking
some other pop star.

fill the day with love, in little ways...
x
sara

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>    Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:29:25 -0600
>    From: "Angela Kurtz" <isabo@...>
> Subject: Re: Where did everybody go?
>
>
> Hi everyone!  I wasn't hiding....just out of town at
> a convention!  I was surprised to come home and find
> so little activity though.
>
> My discovery of Sara was very simple.  Someone I
> worked with invited me and my roommate to join he
> and his wife at a concert.  I had never heard of
> this Sara Hickman person but decided to attend the
> concert anyway.  So, we meet up at Caravan of Dreams
> (how I miss concerts there) and find a great table.
> Domestic Science Club was the opening act!  I
> thought the music was great although I always hate
> not knowing the music at a concert.  Well, little
> did I know how much things would change for me when
> Sara took the stage solo.  WOW!  I thought she had
> one of the most beautiful and pure toned voices I'd
> ever heard.  Her music got stuck in my head.  I drug
> my fiance to her next conert at Caravan and then we
> attended every year when Sara returned.  He fell in
> love with her music and her voice as well.  I then
> took my sister's to her concert and they fell in
> love with her.  I have bought every single album,
> even Newborn and Toddler despite the fact I don't
> have children.  I just can't get enough of Sara
> Hickman's voice.
>
> Anyway, that's my short and simple Sara story!
>
> ~Angela
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Derek Taylor
>   To: sarahickman@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 5:19 PM
>   Subject: [sarahickman] Where did everybody go?
>
>
>
>   Come out, come out where ever you are... Where is
>   every body?
>   I don't really like posting, I'm one of those
> people
>   who is happier staying in the back ground watching
> and
>   listening... People are really funny if you just
> look,
>   watch and listen :)
>   I'll tell everyone about when I decovered Sara and
>   maybe a few people will come out of hiding and
> share a
>   post(even if for nothing more than to correct my
>   spelling).
>
>   In September of ninty-three, I got blind sided.
> The
>   woman I loved.. that I planned to marry... wanted
> to
>   have children with.. that I planned to grow old
> with
>   broke my heart.  Kicked me to the curb without any
>   warning.  A break-up is not nearly as bad if you
> have
>   a little warning, but to get dumped over the phone
>   with no warning.. Well it really hurts and there
> isn't
>   much you can do about.  I was a major knucklehead
> and
>   choose to blame myself (it could not have been
> her, I
>   loved her. LOL).  I took a leave from work,
> dropped
>   all my classes at school and did the best I could
> to
>   shut myself off from the world.
>
>   One Sunday afternoon I was flipping stations on
> the TV
>   and came across Austin City Limits it had this
> woman
>   on with no shoes, a huge smile, dimples in her
> cheeks
>   from smiling so much.  She was so happy.. It made
> me
>   sick, but I did not change the station. Sara's
>   performance on ACL was great.  She was not acting
> like
>   she was having fun, she was having fun.  Sara did
> a
>   great job of connecting with the audience and of
>   connecting with the viewers.  I think when you are
>   really down seeing a person who is really up is
> good
>   for you.  I know it is good for me.. I went out
> that
>   Monday and bought Equal Scary People (which can
> still
>   bring a smile to my face no matter how bad of mood
> I
>   am in) and Shortstop.
>   Sara has kept making music and I have kept buying
> it.
>   Part of me wishes she still made the music she
> used to
>   but the father in me understands how much having
>   children changes a person...
>   Hope everyone is staying warm,
>   Derek
>
>   PS- So, where is everybody hiding?  I think I'll
> go
>   hide under the bed in the back bedroom.. Too cold
> to
>   hide outside.
>
>
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Suzanne wrote::

We went  there
after the fourth hurricane and Pensacola looked like a
place that  had been bombed. I never saw such destruction
from a hurricane like that  before. The I-10 bridge near
Pensacola, which is a gigantic concrete  structure, was
smashed like so many toothpicks by a 2 1/2 story  tall
wave. I had heard that they saw 50 foot tall waves out
at sea,  heading for the shore, and I suppose that may
have been one.

This is where I live now, in Navarre, and yes, it still looks like a war
zone here.  Many, many blue roofs remain.  They estimate it will take  about two
years to fix them all, and another five before we're back to  normal.  When
you go out on Navarre Beach, you can see wide swaths of white  sand where there
used to be three or four house in a row.  None of the  houses that are left on
the beach have first floors any more.  There was a  recorded wave in Navarre
of 52 feet.  Let's put it like this - the Gulf is  about 2 1/2 miles from my
front door, and the ocean came to within a block and a  half of my house.
There are no words for the debris - people's lives are  on the side of the road.
We're all dealing with it, and are very lucky  that there was a minimal loss
of life.

I'm still here - as you can see!  I have a question - what's your  favorite
Sara song?  I loved Take Whatever I Can Get so much that I now  play it myself
at shows (thanks, Saralooooo!).  I also adore The Train  Song.  Heck, there's
so many...

Happy Valentine's Day!  Go hug your honeys :).


Carey

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Hill  off the charts."
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"Carey's voice is as  bright and clear as a ringing bell.  Her enthusiastic
approach to music is  quite evident in each song on The Distance Wall...she is
destined for  bigger things."
- Dan Alloway, KTEP-FM 88.5, El Paso,  TX

Bookings & Info:
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P.O. Box  5231
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I had a poster of Andy Gibb on my ceiling and one of Paul Stanley on my wall
and a picture of Robin Zander on my mirror.
Fav Sara song - Two Kinds of Laughter and Take Whatever I Can Get.  oh and
We Are Each Others Angels and Radiation Man.
Natalie in Awesome Austin

-----Original Message-----
    From: Sara Hickman <sarahick@...>

the best part was that i had this GIANT poster of
david cassidy that i got to buy the night of the show
with my $10 my mom gave me.
it hung on the wall next to my bed for years.
sara


>   ----- Original Message -----
    From: Sngrtr@...

I'm still here - as you can see!  I have a question - what's your  favorite
Sara song?  I loved Take Whatever I Can Get so much that I now  play it
myself
at shows (thanks, Saralooooo!).  I also adore The Train  Song.  Heck,
there's
so many...
  Carey

Ahoy,

If there's any interest, I have created 2 new albums of photos:  "Poor
David's" which features pics from her recent kids show, and "Artfest"
when the Domestic Science Club played Artfest in the mid 1990s.  The
images aren't great.... at Poor David's I didn't use a flash because I
didn't want to annoy Sara or the other concertgoers, and the DSC pics
are somewhat dark becasue I had no iris adjustment on my fixed-focus
camera.  However, yet and still, these are never before seen photos!

Dear Eddie & Tara:

What a wonderful story!

Steven

******************

>From: Ed Malphrus <emalphrus@...>
>Reply-To: sarahickman@yahoogroups.com
>To: sarahickman@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [sarahickman] Digest Number 673
>Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 05:27:34 -0800 (PST)
>
>Back in the 90's i was a lighting tech/roadie for a
>local Dallas band, "!DANCeReGINA!". In 1994 (I believe
>it was... need to check!) we were on the bill for the
>"Dance for Life" benefit, to raise awareness for AIDS
>research. Many other wonderful bands played that day,
>including Brave Combo!  And... who was the hostess
>with the mostess for this shindig?  You guessed it -
>Saraloo!
>
>I had only been in Texas for a year or so, and
>wondered, "isn't she famous?". I got my answer that
>afternoon!
>
>I'll never forget her wonderful, funny emcee banter,
>and the sincere sense of devotion she felt to the
>cause. My "brush with greatness" was near the end of
>the show: Most of the bands had played, and Sara was
>on stage talking to the crowd. Suddenly, she felt a
>song in her that HAD to get out! She looked to the
>wings and said "I NEED A GUITAR!" Well, our guitarist
>was nearby and without missing a beat I grabbed his
>guitar and headed for the stage! After a polite
>"thanks!" (and maybe a curtsy), Sara started playing.
>This was the FIRST time I had heard her play, sing,
>... that almost seems like an understatement. I swear
>I saw a halo! As the event ended, Sara was kind enough
>to meet me and my buddy and sign autographs... and I
>got my first of 8 hugs for the day!
>
>Moving on... I met a wonderful lady and on Valentine's
>Day introduced her to Sara's music at Club DADA ("Club
>Not the Mama", Sara called it). Tara couldn't believe
>the energy coming out of this woman on stage.. who was
>PREGNANT! What a cute little Valentine's mommy!
>
>Fast-forward, 1998... Poor David's on Greenville; Tara
>& I attend another in a long line of SaraShows. This
>time at the end of the show, Sara says, "is there a
>Tara & Eddie here?"... as we walk on stage, Sara
>(following our pre-arranged plan -tee hee-) says,
>"Eddie needs to ask you something." As I went to one
>knee (and nearly took out the mike stand) and proposed
>to Tara (and got a YES!), Sara started playing
>"Simply" for us. We will never forget that event!
>
>Well, I'm another one that's usually watching from the
>shadows, but HAD to share my "Sara Moments" with all
>of you... and especially, to Sara, a note: We LOVE
>you, ADORE  you, and NEED you; you are truly a gift
>from Above to this world - and, like I told you
>recently... your halo is shining as brightly as ever.
>
>Happy Valentine's Day!
>
>Eddie & Tara Malphrus
>
>
>
>
>__________________________________
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>Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we.
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You all are the BEST! I can not believe how truly
blessed I am by your love and support and stories and
gifts and for growing old with me, my family, my
music...

Thank you for sharing these stories. They just make me
feel super shiney happy inside. They support my need
to create and remind me that I'm not creating inside a
vaccuum.

Hey! Thanks to Mike for the GEORGE BURNS
album...vinyl, ORIGINAL!
I don't have a way to play it, so I think I will go to
one of those shops where they play it and burn it to a
cd for ya. I was SO EXCITED to get it! In fact, I
opened it and started laughing out loud...Chuck, the
guy who runs my mail center, had to come over and see
what all the ruckus was about. He rolled his eyes and
said, "You like THAT guy...?!"

So, right now, it is propped up in my living room for
everyone to gander.

I have so much to talk about, but I just find I am
having less and less time. Please forgive me for not
being able to write more about music and life, but I
know you understand. And I am beyond grateful that you
do. I promise to make some new music soon...I can not
WAIT for the Kerrville gig...sadly, we found out
yesterday our St. Thomas gig has been canceled...very
bummed about that...not so much that we can't go (of
course, sad about that!), but more so for the children
who won't benefit from the concert's proceeds. It was
heartbreaking...

Well, sending love. Hope you all had a connection on
Valentine's Day that reminded you how important we all
are to one another....

Keep believing, and I will, too!
Love,
Sara

I think I've posted this a couple of times since joining the group,
but I'm never at a loss to pass it along again!

1989, I'm living in DC, and watching VH1 one evening I see a video
for a song that appears to be about "equal scary people."  The woman
playing guitar has wonderfully wild red hair -- which was a plus
from the start, since I USED to have red hair -- and the vibe coming
out of the screen was incredibly infectious.

That weekend I walk in Georgetown and find the ALBUM (yes, vinyl)
Equal Scary People, and I just fall in love with it, and with Sara's
truly unique way of looking at the world.  The Train Song, Simply
and her incredible take on It's a Man's World just blow me away.

Fast forward to 1994...I'm living in Atlanta, separated from my wife
(we divorced in '95).  Necessary Angels has come out, and I discover
that Sara will be playing at the Variety Playhouse.  I bought a
ticket as quick as you can imagine, as it's been five years since I
first "found" her, and had yet to see her in person.  She was
opening that night for John Gorka.  I got there early, had a great
seat.  Before the show I start to notice someone walking around the
front of the theater in this incredible multi-colored jacket.  It's
Sara, saying hi to folks.  Eventually she stops and sits and talks
with her Mom!!!  Amazing.  I wanted to go over, but I'm in
journalism, and my years of observing/reporting on events didn't
allow me to do that, at that time.

I should mention that Claim On My Heart is easily my favorite Sara
song.  And wouldn't you know it, she opened with that.  As I
mentioned earlier, I was separated at the time, so I got pretty damn
emotional as I watched and listened.  VERY emotional.  The rest of
the set was fantastic...an absolutely killer version of Eye of the
Storm, and a sublime performance of Shadowboxing.  I was so moved by
her performance that I drove home and wrote a (somewhat incoherent)
4-page letter to Sara.  A few weeks later, to my delight and
surprise, I got a lovely thank you note from Sara in return!!  I
couldn't believe it.  I made a copy of the Necessary Angels CD cover
and had it framed with the letter.  It sits proudly over my desk at
home.

Sara came back to the Atlanta area in early 1995, playing at Eddie's
Attic.  I made sure I got there early, and got a seat way up close.
I was wearing my SARUB t-shirt, as were a couple of other people.
THIS time, I had no hesitation.  After the show I walked up and
introduced myself (using my name and my AOL address, as that's when
we had the Sara board on AOL)...I got hug and a kiss on the cheek
from her like I was a long-lost relative!!!  Wow.  What a beautiful
moment.

These memories will stay with me forever, but gee Sara, I sure wish
you'd come back to Atlanta some time soon!

Steve

There is so much to choose from....

In 1991 or 1992, I can't quite remember exactly when because it was
at the end of 91 or at the beginning of 92. I lived in Dallas, was
going through a divorce, and took a trip to Austin with my friend
David. He had introduced me to Sara's music, Equal Scary People.

We saw her play that night and I couldn't believe that I got to meet
her, go have dinner with her and then go to her house!!! I was amazed
at this person with such a vibrant outlook on life. At the time, she
was just starting to pull away from Electra. That was a struggle and
when she told me the story about having to buy back her own music, I
was appalled. She explained to me the idea she had to raise the money
and I couldn't believe that a person could put their heart and soul
into words and music but didn't own it to give to the world. I made
the decision on the spot to donate funds.It was the first time in my
life that I was able to donate money to a worthy cause. That summer I
donated a lot of time to help Sara and loved every minute of it. It's
because of Sara that I got a taste of giving, freely and happily, as
the Bible says. My name is listed on the Necessary Angels album, but
I believe in my heart that Sara is the Necessary Angel for all of us.
If we had more people in the World with Sara's heart and mind set, we
would have world peace.

I've been a Sara fan ever since and have lots of favorites... Tiger
In a Tea Cup Town, The Place Where The Garage Used to Stand, I Wear
The Crown, Best of Times, JOY, Shadowboxing, Kerosene, and the one I
feel certain she wrote about me(kidding!) A Woman Waiting To Happen.

Sara, can we do anything else to raise money for the kids in St.
Thomas? We're here to help you in all of your endeavors. We have been
blessed with you in our life time.
Love
The Lone KC Fan
Mary Ann

There's an event this coming Sunday that has a greater meaning than most.
Our good friend and master musician Chris Gage is slowly recovering from a
spinal injury and the cost of repairs far exceeds the GNP of a small South
American nation so we are hosting a:

BENEFIT FOR CHRIS GAGE
Sun. Feb. 20th
Scholz's Beer Garden
17th & San Jacinto
4-10pm
$15.00 at the door

Slaid Cleaves
Eliza Gilkyson
Sara Hickman
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Bruce Robison
(Danny Britt, Cowboy Johnson, Stop the Truck, Jon Emery,
Michael Austin, Frank Meyer & Abi Tapia)

If you are unable to attend, but would like to donate.
Send Checks to: (made out to Albert & Gage)
Rene Britt
PO BOX 203061
Austin, Texas 78720


--
Outside of a dog, music is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog you can't hear very much...



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Mike
Thanks for reminding me of this feature in the yahoo groups- I had forgotten
about it! I really liked thebackground of Poor David's new stage-- I wonder how
long it will stay clean!
Barbara




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Message: 2
    Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 04:28:21 -0000
    From: "Mike" <Oddjob22667@...>
Subject: Sara Photos posted


Ahoy,

If there's any interest, I have created 2 new albums of
photos:  "Poor
David's" which features pics from her recent kids show, and
"Artfest"
when the Domestic Science Club played Artfest in the mid
1990s.  The
images aren't great.... at Poor David's I didn't use a
flash because I
didn't want to annoy Sara or the other concertgoers, and
the DSC pics
are somewhat dark becasue I had no iris adjustment on my
fixed-focus
camera.  However, yet and still, these are never before
seen photos!





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Thanks Barbara!  After seeing her DVD, I figure there are probably a lot of
us "civilians" out there who have photos of Sara we snapped.

And an interesting point about Poor David's!

M



I'm trying, Ringo.  I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd.


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Hello all,



I first read about Sara in a magazine review of Equal Scary People. I bought
the disc and loved it. I checked out her website and loved that. Then I saw
her host VH-1 top 21 countdown and I was a goner. Her personality was just
so appealing that I found myself falling in love with a person I had never
even seen in person. I taped most of the show and watched it repeatedly. I
saw from her website that she was going to be on the Kerrville Folk Cruise,
so I immediately signed up for that, but it ended up being cancelled. They
scheduled another one for the next year so I signed up for that. I was in a
frenzy of excitement and unrealistic dreams.



So, in January 1999, I went on the Kerrville Folk Festival Cruise with Sara,
Trout Fishing in America, Buddy Mondlock and Carol Elliot. It was a great
cruise, but of course, Sara didn't fall in love with me. I was an idiot. The
first night, I was getting along with Sara very well until I got caught up
in trying to document my fantasy rather than interact with the real person.
We were all gathered at the Karaoke bar when I left to get my camera. I
returned to find Sara and a future friend of mine singing Sonny and Cher's I
got you Babe. That might have been me singing like Sonny if I hadn't gone to
get my camera. I then proceeded to take way too many pictures of her through
out the night as the group shifted to another area of the ship for a great
song circle. It was incredibly intrusive and obnoxious of me.



Well, Sara was very gracious, of course, and it was a good trip. I ended up
becoming friends with Rod & especially Dalis from the Kerrville Folk
Festival. The day after the cruise, I met them at the South Florida Folk
Festival where Rod was a judge in the songwriting competition. They
introduced me to the local south Florida music people. I started hanging out
with them and spending less time with my other friends and their mostly
alcohol-centered activities. (I had lived in Florida for ten years and I had
never been to the SFFF or had any idea what contemporary folk music was
like.) I started going to house concerts in the area and I ended up managing
one of the stages for the next SFFF. But before that, I went to my first KFF
where I saw Sara perform for the first time not on a ship. I especially
remember enjoying Radiation Man while I was wearing my rain inspired silver
space man suit. (A plastic bag.) I've gone to every KFF since and I
eventually became the stage manager.



I met my future wife in a south Florida yoga class and was pleased to find
that she knew some of my new folk friends from the National Organization for
Women. We eventually got married in a very unique wedding ceremony that
included performances by two performers that we met in Kerrville and one
that we saw at a SF house concert. We moved to West Virginia where we now
host house concerts. I also created and produce an annual earth day benefit
concert. And I'm starting to produce children's concerts. We have a son who
was 3 months old at the last Kerrville Folk Festival. He got quite a bit of
Kerrville stage time, both sleeping and awake, as I wore him in a sling. I'
ve spent many hours over the last year rocking or walking him to sleep. In
the process, I used a Sara song as the heart of the following words which I
sing to soothe my boy:



It's all right, it's ok

It's all right, it's ok

For I love you night and day,

So it's all right, (it's all right), it's ok



It's all right, it's ok

It's good to sleep with Dad this way,

you're so safe, safe and warm,

in the home of Daddy's arms.



It's all right, it's ok,

Let your fears just slip away,

There's big love in this hug,

and it will guide you back to day.



So, that's my story, complete with a happy ending. My infatuation with Sara
led me to an expanded interest in music and a new circle of friends. I fell
into a real love with a wonderful woman and I now live a happier and fuller
life than I ever truly believed possible.



Peace and chocolate covered marshmallow hearts,



boB

I've told my Sara story to this group several times so I won't repeat it.
Reading everyone else's thoughts does remind me that Sara and her music has
been part of my life for almost 20 years.   In fact, I have a cassette tape
that was Newborn version 1.0.   When Linda was pregnant, Sara recorded a
cassette for us to bring to the hospital.    I'm working on getting the tape
turned into a CD so I can send it back to Sara.  She wrote a song on it that
has the lyrics, "When you get a little older and you read my comic books, I
try to explain the good guys, I'll try to explain the crooks."



Chris is now 16 and I'm trying to explain more then just comic books to him.
But the coolest thing is as much as he loves listening to 50 cent and
Nellie, Usher or what ever the heck their names are, I know that he still
loves The Garage Song, Last Night was a Big Rain and Radiation Man.    He
was upset a few weeks ago that Linda and I went to see Sara without him.



So part of the Hickman magic is that she's keeping families together.   I
suppose that's my favorite Sara memory.  The one's I creating right now.



Keep Hope Alive,





Jesse W. Jackson

Director of Call Center Operations

972-450-7790



"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."
~Mark Twain



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Just got my computer back, crashed last Saturday.. I
tried to fix it myself..... Only made things worse.

Would like to drop everyone a line and say, "You are
great."
This is a great group.  Love the stories and positive
enegry.
Sara keep making great music. Everyone and everybody
have a great weekend.
God Bless,
Derek




__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we.
http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

Aren't we all so blessed to know Sara and each other!  I hope that whenever we
feel the need to connect with another "family member" we can come here!
Barbara

sarahickman@yahoogroups.com wrote:


There are 2 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. discovering Sara ... and more
From: "Robert Tower"
2. Sara Memories
From: "Jackson, Jesse W."


________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

Message: 1
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:38:45 -0500
From: "Robert Tower"
Subject: discovering Sara ... and more

Hello all,



I first read about Sara in a magazine review of Equal Scary People. I bought
the disc and loved it. I checked out her website and loved that. Then I saw
her host VH-1 top 21 countdown and I was a goner. Her personality was just
so appealing that I found myself falling in love with a person I had never
even seen in person. I taped most of the show and watched it repeatedly. I
saw from her website that she was going to be on the Kerrville Folk Cruise,
so I immediately signed up for that, but it ended up being cancelled. They
scheduled another one for the next year so I signed up for that. I was in a
frenzy of excitement and unrealistic dreams.



So, in January 1999, I went on the Kerrville Folk Festival Cruise with Sara,
Trout Fishing in America, Buddy Mondlock and Carol Elliot. It was a great
cruise, but of course, Sara didn't fall in love with me. I was an idiot. The
first night, I was getting along with Sara very well until I got caught up
in trying to document my fantasy rather than interact with the real person.
We were all gathered at the Karaoke bar when I left to get my camera. I
returned to find Sara and a future friend of mine singing Sonny and Cher's I
got you Babe. That might have been me singing like Sonny if I hadn't gone to
get my camera. I then proceeded to take way too many pictures of her through
out the night as the group shifted to another area of the ship for a great
song circle. It was incredibly intrusive and obnoxious of me.



Well, Sara was very gracious, of course, and it was a good trip. I ended up
becoming friends with Rod & especially Dalis from the Kerrville Folk
Festival. The day after the cruise, I met them at the South Florida Folk
Festival where Rod was a judge in the songwriting competition. They
introduced me to the local south Florida music people. I started hanging out
with them and spending less time with my other friends and their mostly
alcohol-centered activities. (I had lived in Florida for ten years and I had
never been to the SFFF or had any idea what contemporary folk music was
like.) I started going to house concerts in the area and I ended up managing
one of the stages for the next SFFF. But before that, I went to my first KFF
where I saw Sara perform for the first time not on a ship. I especially
remember enjoying Radiation Man while I was wearing my rain inspired silver
space man suit. (A plastic bag.) I've gone to every KFF since and I
eventually became the stage manager.



I met my future wife in a south Florida yoga class and was pleased to find
that she knew some of my new folk friends from the National Organization for
Women. We eventually got married in a very unique wedding ceremony that
included performances by two performers that we met in Kerrville and one
that we saw at a SF house concert. We moved to West Virginia where we now
host house concerts. I also created and produce an annual earth day benefit
concert. And I'm starting to produce children's concerts. We have a son who
was 3 months old at the last Kerrville Folk Festival. He got quite a bit of
Kerrville stage time, both sleeping and awake, as I wore him in a sling. I'
ve spent many hours over the last year rocking or walking him to sleep. In
the process, I used a Sara song as the heart of the following words which I
sing to soothe my boy:



It's all right, it's ok

It's all right, it's ok

For I love you night and day,

So it's all right, (it's all right), it's ok



It's all right, it's ok

It's good to sleep with Dad this way,

you're so safe, safe and warm,

in the home of Daddy's arms.



It's all right, it's ok,

Let your fears just slip away,

There's big love in this hug,

and it will guide you back to day.



So, that's my story, complete with a happy ending. My infatuation with Sara
led me to an expanded interest in music and a new circle of friends. I fell
into a real love with a wonderful woman and I now live a happier and fuller
life than I ever truly believed possible.



Peace and chocolate covered marshmallow hearts,



boB




________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

Message: 2
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:28:58 -0600
From: "Jackson, Jesse W."
Subject: Sara Memories

I've told my Sara story to this group several times so I won't repeat it.
Reading everyone else's thoughts does remind me that Sara and her music has
been part of my life for almost 20 years. In fact, I have a cassette tape
that was Newborn version 1.0. When Linda was pregnant, Sara recorded a
cassette for us to bring to the hospital. I'm working on getting the tape
turned into a CD so I can send it back to Sara. She wrote a song on it that
has the lyrics, "When you get a little older and you read my comic books, I
try to explain the good guys, I'll try to explain the crooks."



Chris is now 16 and I'm trying to explain more then just comic books to him.
But the coolest thing is as much as he loves listening to 50 cent and
Nellie, Usher or what ever the heck their names are, I know that he still
loves The Garage Song, Last Night was a Big Rain and Radiation Man. He
was upset a few weeks ago that Linda and I went to see Sara without him.



So part of the Hickman magic is that she's keeping families together. I
suppose that's my favorite Sara memory. The one's I creating right now.



Keep Hope Alive,





Jesse W. Jackson

Director of Call Center Operations

972-450-7790



"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."
~Mark Twain



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So here I was having a very rough day, trying to find a job and not
getting anywhere, when I pulled out Sara's DVD and while reminincing
with some favorite songs I run across Sara in New York on her
birthday looking for someone who could help her find some bisquits
and gravy and I find myself smiling profusely and saying Sara, Sara--
you goofball!  She's making me feel better!

Just wanted to say thank you Sara Hickman!   Thats all  :-)

I'm glad that I get to be part of a neat group and Barbara,
your email to everyone cheers me up, too. I hope that you
get a good job. It's out there somewhere saying "Find me...
find me..." : ) And I agree, Sara lifts everone's spirits....!

Suzanne


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there once was a wonderful group
of angels whose wings helped them swoop
down into the world
to help a guitar and a girl
help others from feeling like poop!

YOU'RE MY ANGELS that keep me believing in believing
that my music and goofball antics can bring light into
dark corners.

jobs will come
and jobs may go
but the love in your heart
will never stop grow-
ing.

have faith, barbara...what kind of job are you looking
for and i will add you to my prayer journal...i like
to be specific when sending up prayers...god's got a
lot to attend to, so i think he/she/love likes it when
we take the time to say exactly what we are praying
for....

sending love
s

A friend and co-worker of mine loaned me a couple of "Performing Songwriter"
magazines to read en route to Phoenix last week.  On page 28 of the December
2004 issue I found a photo of and an article that included our own Miss Sara! 
Three paragraphs in the article were about Sara and her kids cds.  If this was
mentioned in a previous posting, I must have missed it.

Been listening to a lot of Sara lately, even the Kerrville discs, although I do
feel guilty having bought them now that I learned of the controversy surrounding
them...

Regards to all,


Roger

...if we live in forgiveness we die in our dreams - Ray Wylie Hubbard




_______________________________________________

Hi Roger,

I read your nice email and then the last thing under your
name caught my attention and I wanted to know more
about Ray Wylie Hubbard and what he meant by the
statement "to live in forgiveness is to die in your dreams,"
because it sounds like two conflicting thoughts. So I typed
in that statement in quotes in the browser and found an
interesting website talking about the man and his music.
Thought you might appreciate it. I'm not sure yet what
he is saying, but it sounds like he is saying that if you
forgive....or if you are forgiven, then you can't have your
dreams...or something like that. But you know how song
words are, they just express how you are feeling at a
particular moment and they don't always make sense.
But I guess the words are saying that he is in the middle
between the two for that moment. And I guess that's why
we like the words to a song, because they reflect a mood
someone can identify with at one time or another, whether
or not it makes sense, and whether or not we remain in
that place or not. So, what I am saying is that the meaning
behind the "science" of why the words of a ballad are
what they are, must be because it just plain strikes a note
of familiarity in us that we can sometimes identify with...or
something like that. It's an interesting article in that it says
more or less that he became famous because of a song,
whether or not that was his life's message....but that he is
known for it as though it becomes his anthem. Perhaps
the article would interest you all. Sort of helps identify the
"chemistry" behind how lyrics are sometimes chosen.
http://www.takecountryback.com/reviews/rwhrev0103.htm

Love to all,
Suzanne



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Hi Suzanne!

It's surprising the number of people who have read that line and wonder about
the meaning.  It's from the song "After All This Time" from Ray's "Eternal and
Lowdown" cd, and the entire line reads:

"And I suppose I fall somewhere in between
A lost soul and a romantic who believes
If we live in forgiveness, we die in our dreams."

In the liner notes, he explains the line "...if we live in forgiveness...".  I
probably won't do justice to his words but I'll try to explain the best I can: 
Dreams are the epitome of everything good in this world ("dream car", "dream
job", "dream date", etc.).  When we're dreaming, it's like the perfect place or
situation for us to be in, especially if we're having sweet dreams.  To ensure a
person has good dreams, that person has to harbor no ill feelings toward anyone
that might interfere with his or her sleep (ever try to sleep when you've gone
to bed mad at someone?).  We all leave this life at some point, and what better
way to go than to die in our sleep while experiencing good (sweet) dreams?  If
we live in forgiveness, harboring no ill will toward anyone, and we died in our
sleep, it would be the perfect way to go.  So...I try my best to live in
forgiveness.  And I absolutely LOVE the poetry of the words.

Another song that really gets me is "St. Clair of Cedar Rapids" by the Hangdogs.
The chorus goes:

"St. Clair of Cedar Rapids
Only does what anybody would
If anybody walked this earth in angels' grace.
St. Clair of Cedar Rapids
I'd come unto you upon my knees
If only you would kiss my sins away."

The Hangdogs aren't known for their "softer side" by any means but there's
something about the poetry and imagery of those words that speaks volumes to me.

Check out Ray's music sometime.  You know, Sara sang background vocals on one of
his earlier cds ("Desperate Spirits")...

Roger

...if we live in forgiveness we die in our dreams - Ray Wylie Hubbard




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Hi Roger,

Thank you for the reply, as well as your explanation. If
there are others who did not understand the line that makes
me feel a little better at least. I read on the website that I
gave, that it was an excerpt from a longer sentence, and
yet the excerpt sounded like this to me. The excerpt says,
"...if we live in forgiveness, we die in our dreams." And
that sounded to me like what it meant was...
"if we live in forgiveness (our forgiving others or our
being the recipient of forgiveness) we will not get to see
our dreams be fulfilled, but will die in them, instead, (rather
than get to live in the fulfillment of them, in other words)"
So your explanation clarifies the meaning and saves the
day. : ) Thanks very much.

I have a thought. Maybe lyrics like that are meant to
make us all talk to each other and scour what the true
meaning is, possibly. In which case it's neat to hear the
insight of others.

Suzanne



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Really glad to have found this group, have loved Sara's music since
"Shortstop" came out.  I also love her "Misfits" CD, kind of fell out
of being into her in the 90s but am back into her music.

Question:  it seems she only plays live in Texas, I live in San
Francisco and wonder if she's ever been here (not to my knowledge).  I
saw her once way back in '90 or '91 and would love to see her again!
Come to the Bay Area Sara!!

Mike