// A little more on Austin, a member plans a trip, and more...
// Enjoy...[BP] 

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Subject: NN: Austin and Landmines
   Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 00:46:51 -0500
   From: David Grant (dgrant@eden.com>

Hi everyone.

Combining two recent threads here on the NanciNet, I've been doing some
work recently with the Austin Land Mines organization, a group working to
raise money to de-mine the village of Praca in Bosnia-Herzegovina as part
of an "adopt-a-minefield" campaign.  They're raising money to buy and train
a mine-sniffing dog to send to Praca -- these dogs are really amazing!

If you are interested learning more about this de-mining campaign or with
the United Nations Global Humanitarian Demining Campaign, please visit
their website at:

	http://www.austinlandmines.org/

***

My three or four cents about the whole Austin thread:  I've been here for
fifteen years and I have seen enormous changes in that time.  The
population has exploded, rents have skyrocketed, and the shopping
opportunities have increased exponentially (not all changes are bad, in my
opinion...).

In 1985 you could rent a large 2-bedroom 2-bathroom apartment in central
Austin for $400 a month; now that same apartment rents for around $1500 a
month.  That's a bad change, except for the landlords.

On the other hand, the "new economy," as we call it, is meaning that there
is virtually no unemployment; to the contrary, there are help-wanted signs
EVERYWHERE.  Businesses are thriving, restaurants are booming, investments
are making people rich.  My business (a photography studio) raised prices
about 40% this year, and we seem to only have INCREASED the number of
bookings we're getting.  People have money and want to spend it!

But you can no longer get anywhere in town in ten minutes, like you could
15 years ago.  During rush hour, you can't get anywhere at all, because
traffic on IH-35 and Mopac is at a standstill in both directions.  And
expect to wait 45 minutes to two hours for a table at your favorite
restaurant on a weekend.

So, my opinion is that Austin has indeed lost much of its "small-town"
charm.  It hasn't lost its beauty (even though the lakes are looking pretty
low right now) and it hasn't lost its unique-ness, but it's a different
unique-ness than it was in the "good old days."

Unfortunately, the ugly side of the story is that the divide between the
haves and have-nots is growing ever wider.  As property values skyrocket,
those who don't work in the computer industry find themselves unable to buy
a house or pay the rent for an apartment.  More and more people find
themselves without health insurance as companies decide they don't need to
provide benefits in order to attract workers.  In recent years we've been
seeing types of crime that we hadn't seen before -- carjackings, road rage
killings, people shooting cops who pull them over for traffic violations...

So there's good and bad in the change.  There has always been poverty here,
that's not new.  It's just that the options for the poor seem to be
dwindling.  There's always been crime, but it seems to be getting more
random and violent.  But there's always been music here, and it hasn't
diminished, either.  There have always been hills and creeks and lots of
sky, and those things aren't going away, either.  Sure, we're a bit more
polluted than we used to be, but it's not like Houston... yet.

Every once in a while I long for the old days, but for the most part I like
living in the "new" Austin.  There's so much to do, so much excitement, so
many different people.  And "old" Austin is still around, it's just
surrounded by a bunch of new stuff.

David

// Sheryl Crow wore a Landmines T-shirt tonight as she sang the 
// national anthem for game 4 of the World Series...[BP]

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Subject: NN: Nanci date for Birchmere
   Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 07:39:28 -0400
   From: James_Troiano@umit.maine.edu (James Troiano)

Ho folks. Sorry, I did not write the date for the Nanci appearance at
Birchmere correctly: She will appear Jan. 12, 2001 for a tribute to
John Stewart. See you, Jim Troiano

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Subject: NN: Re: Recommendations - Allison Moorer
   Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:18:35 EDT
   From: "Steve Gilmore" (svgilmore@hotmail.com>

Haven't heard anything of Allison's latest "The Hardest Part", but am 
addicted to her sister's versatile effort "I Am Shelby Lynne".  How do their 
styles compare?

SVG

Must be something about the name "Allison" that makes those with that name 
create great music:  first Krauss, then Brown, now Moorer!

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Subject: Re: NN: Recommendations - Allison Moorer
   Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:42:10 -0400 (EDT)
   From: B0DIE62460@aol.com

Hi Steve,

I don't think their 'styles' compare a LOT, although "HP" is a bit different 
from Alabama Song.  But Shelby and Allison SOUND a lot alike - you can 
definitely tell they're siblings.
See ya
Beth
--
Don't forget to visit http://rvs.netporch.com/rvs/
Beth's Ricky Van Shelton Pages for RVS fan pics, rvsfans starchat.net 
chat room, and instructions for the rvsfans mailing list.

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Subject: NN: London calling (non nanci)
   Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:43:20 EDT
   From: Poetmuse@aol.com

Hope Bill Page humors me and lets me get away with yet another non nanci 
post.. :)
But I figured this list was a good place to start...

I turn 30 next year (eh gads) and as I special treat to myself (amazed I made 
it through 30 years, actually) I'm sending myself across the pond... London 
to Scotland to be exact. I plan to go in August and September as I've been 
told that is a good time and basically want to get some feedback from 
Netter's who either live there or have been there- any travel/money 
saving/stops/ suggestions people have would be much appreciated! I've been 
saving money for a few months now and at my current rate should have (cross 
fingers) around 2,000 or so...that's the goal at any rate.  Do we have any 
travel rep's in nanci-land? Any place I can get a good deal? At this point my 
ticket will either be a present from my parents (gotta love them) for 
Christmas & Birthday combined or I'll have to foot it the old fashioned way. 
i.e....pay now. I'm single and have no kids to tie me down..so watch out 
England! (hah)

-Christina "if I could just stop visiting E-bay, I'd be richer" Myers

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Subject: NN: Re: London calling (non nanci)
   Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:26:56 +0100
   From: "Paul" (paul@preeve.clara.co.uk>

Hmm

I suspect Jenni may disagree but I always have the impression that parts of
Scotland and August = mosquitoes.

London may be _very_ crowded and touristy, especially as no-one will have
the dome to visit (big grin>

Having said that, there are plenty of opportunities and places to visit
which won't be too busy. And possibly some music too!

There's a bed & breakfast type web site which I've used which covers most of
the country, I'll try & dig out the URL
Outside London and the mega tourist areas you should be able to find B&B for
20-30ukp (depending on how luxurious you want to be) - about 30-50usd at the
moment. Thats another disadvantage of August - prices go up until schools
are back (about 6th September in England)

hope this helps

Paul

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Subject: NN: Re: London calling (non nanci)
   Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:37:00 +0100
   From: "Paul" (paul@preeve.clara.co.uk>

Christina

>- any travel/money 
> saving/stops/ suggestions people have would be much >appreciated! 

the web site is

www.smoothhound.co.uk

Paul

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Subject: Re: NN: London calling (non nanci)
   Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:41:55 -0400 (EDT)
   From: "Donate von Bredow-Gardner" (dvbgardner@genelogic.com>

Christina -
If you're flexible with time, you may want to pick a different season to fly. 
August/September is HIGH season.  If you go in early spring, it could cost you
300-400 round trip to London.  In August, it could be up to 1,200.   
Just an fyi from a frequent Europe traveler.   If you need a translator, 
let me know - I'd love to come along :).

Donate

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Subject: NN: Re: London calling (non nanci)
   Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:38:55 -0500
   From: "Virginia" (ginrose@midsouth.rr.com>

If you're prepared to travel with little to no advance planning, Northwest
Airlines" has "Cyber Savers" posted on their web site every Wednesday.
Memphis, Minneapolis, and a couple of other cities are NW hubs, and have
discount flights for the upcoming Saturday. Direct flights from Memphis to
Amsterdam are often offered at amazing savings, and it's a short hop from
Amsterdam to Scotland.

Ok, you're planning ahead, and aren't ready for a "road trip". Still, think
about flying to Amsterdam via Memphis, and you might save a few $$.

Hugs,
Gin

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Subject: NN: Big TNT Show (no Nanci content)
   Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 14:49:57 -0400
   From: "Panchyshyn,Roman" (panchysr@oclc.org>

Hey,
Did anyone catch the movie The Big TNT Show on AMC last Saturday night? If
you are a fan of 60's rock, find a VCR and make a copy of it the next time
it's shown anywhere, because I think it's not available for sale. Filmed in
1966, this had some of the best acts of the era performing live at a club in
LA. It was produced by Phil Spector. Some of the acts include the Byrds,
Lovin' Spoonful, the Ronettes, Ray Charles, Bo Diddly, Roger Miller, Pet
Clark, and even Joan Baez. But the best act had to be Ike and Tina Turner,
man were they hot when they filmed this flick. Some of the interesting
points of the film; there was a young Joan Baez singing "You've Lost That
Loving Feeling" with Phil Spector on the piano, and she also sang a Phil
Ochs song "There But for Fortune", the original Byrds (Crosby, Hillman,
McGuinn, Clark) singing Tambourine Man and Bells of Rhymny, and David
McCallum, the Man from UNCLE, as the host and conductor of the big band
symphony. But Ike & Tina were the showstoppers, they blew the place away!
Now I've a question for you good folks. I missed the credits at the
beginning. The movie soundtrack to open the show consisted of a song whose
name I think was "This Could Be the Night". It sounded an awful lot like the
Beach Boys, but I have no idea who wrote it and performed it. It could be a
Phil Spector tune, does anyone know? Anyway, that movie was a pleasant
surprise to find on my TV last Saturday night, I hadn't seen it in almost 20
years.
Roman from Ohio

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Subject: Re: NN: Big TNT Show (no Nanci content)
   Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:45:46 -0400 (EDT)
   From: Reid Mitchell (reidmitchell@yahoo.com>

> > name I think was "This Could Be the Night". It
> > sounded an awful lot like the
> > Beach Boys, but I have no idea who wrote it and
> > performed it. It could be a
> > Phil Spector tune, does anyone know? 
 
It's a Phil Spector tune, recorded by the Modern Folk Quartet.
 
Reid

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Subject: NN: Nineyear siting
   Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:22:52 EDT
   From: Halesbop@aol.com

For anyone who might wonder what Nanci's former manager is up to these days, 
we saw Nineyear at the Ark tonight. Apparently he's working for John Hiatt 
these days; at least he's on this tour. Didn't have a chance to talk with him 
and wish him well, but Connie did say hello. 

Steve

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Subject: NN: Big TNT Show
   Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 01:06:00 -0400 (EDT)
   From:  "Douglas Dick" (cddick@viaccess.net>

This Could Be the Night is by Modern Folk Quartet and it is available on =
the Phil Spector box set. I agree it's a terrific movie and I did tape =
it when it was on AMC. They often repeat these films so it will probably =
run again. On Saturday nights AMC routinely runs old rock and roll =
films. They call the segment "American Pop". I also enjoyed the =
performances by the Ronettes in that film. =20

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Subject: NN: Texas Music- the Magazine
   Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:47:21 -0400
   From: Steve Robertson (stever@mindspring.com>

Hey Folks,

Did y'all know there was a print magazine called "Texas Music"? The issue on
the newsstand now is the fourth quarterly issue. What I've read so far looks
pretty good. You can get an idea of the magazine's coverage by going to
their website:

	http://www.texasmusiconline.com/

>From the Georgia Pines,
Steve Robertson

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Subject: Re: NN: Texas Music- the Magazine
   Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 15:26:51 EDT
   From: Petop@aol.com
stever@mindspring.com writes:

(( Did y'all know there was a print magazine called "Texas Music"? The issue 
on the newsstand now is the fourth quarterly issue. >>

The folks from Texas Music were at the Bochtoberfest in Shiner this year 
distributing copies of the magazine. The consensus there was it was all old 
news. Perhaps it is more newsworthy to people outside the state, but it did 
not do much for us--thousands of copies wound up as litter on the festival 
grounds.

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Pete Oppel
Managing Director
Fairchild/Oppel
A Division of Publicis Dialog

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Subject: NN: Eric Taylor at Happy Days, next friday
   Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 22:16:56 +0200
   From: aequalis@wanadoo.fr

Just to make fans out of the Netherlands jealous and to help decide those
who  are still thinking about going or not, you have to know that Iain
Matthews will be with Eric Taylor at Joanna's Happy Days Friday 10/27th.
Word is out David Rodriguez (see my signature below) will show up. Who knows
what's going to happen?!

Go there and report for us who can't go to The Hague.

Herve

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