Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 04:48:53 -0400 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: CADD607CD This'll be a 2 cd set... First cd will be "Throwing Muses" and "Chains Changed", second will be the 1985 demo (which Kristin is calling the "Doghouse Demos") and the 5 newly recorded but otherwise "lost tracks"... Her second solo album, "Strange Angels", out in early '98 will have a companion tour where Kristin will preview songs from the Appalachian folk song record, which will probably be released in Autumn '98. A busy Kristin year desite the non-Muse disposition. JEFF KEIBEL SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO CANADA E MAIL: redshift@interlog.com Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 00:16:22 -0400 From: Jeff Keibel Subject: Throwing Muses/Kristin Hersh >From http://www.throwingmusic.com The 2cd of the debut TM album reissue will include the original cover, but it'll be tweaked for the new release...All the original art will be included (for TM, Chains and the cassette, for the record)... I think the discs will be pretty close to their 72 minute capacity (as I calculate on the fly), plus we've got to leave *something* for future releases, no? Videos are a mess...most are owned by Warner Bros...we can't release what doesn't belong to us...as for WB releasing a video collection, you'd better get a petition going...it's your only hope. *Scheduling* is why it takes so long to get it out...Record companies have to stagger their releases to insure their ability to focus on a record and to assure interest in the marketplace...The public needs a little breathing time too...We can't just throw everything out there at once and still give everything it's proper due...First KH solo, then the 2cd, then who knows...(Lakuna? the Appalachian record? Live TM?)... BillyO (TM manager guru and Mr. K. Hersh) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 14:08:09 EDT From: Spiked hydrogen talent Subject: in a doghouse the word from billy o (kristin hersh's manager and husband) is that 'in a doghouse' will be released aug 24/25 and will be a specially-priced double cd including remastered versions of the first album, chains changed, their self-released 1985 demo, and (if i remember correctly) some extra tracks... both the 4ad and ryko versions will also supposedly have a cd-rom enhanced video included for the loved track 'fish'. i cant _wait_ to get this:) -=robn Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 17:04:49 EDT From: Spiked hydrogen talent Subject: more doghouse info Following is exerpted text from Ryko's info sheet on Throwing Muses "In a Doghouse"... THROWING MUSES In A Doghouse Comprised entirely of material which has never been commercially available in the U.S.A., this specially-priced double CD release collects Throwing Muses' self-titled 1986 debut album, 1987's Chains Changed EP, the band's first self-released demo ("The Doghouse Cassette"), and five recordings of some of co-founder Kristin Hersh's earliest songs which were cut by the final Muses lineup in August 1996. In addition, the second disc features Throwing Muses' award-winning music video, "Fish" as an enhanced program. An exhaustive compendium of the band's first phase (many fans' favorite period), In A Doghouse represents the body of work that established the Muses' fervent following. Often cited as influential by both artists and critics alike, this release will reaffirm the band's pivotal and groundbreaking role in what has become "alternative rock." "Throwing Muses pioneered a dense, dreamy, guitar-based sound long before 'alternative' was a musical term." - The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll "The early work of Throwing Muses bears no resemblance to any other group or artist in recent memory" - The Trouser Press Record Guide Throwing Muses have been: Kristin Hersh, Tanya Donelly, David Narcizo, Leslie Langston, and Bernard Georges. THROWING MUSES In A Doghouse Double CD RCD 10377/78 List Price: $19.98 CD Release Date: September 15,1998 File Under: Rock Track List: DISC ONE Throwing Muses (the self-titled debut album) (1986) 1. Call Me 2. Green 3. Hate My Way 4. Vicky's Box 5. Rabbits Dying 6. America (She Can't Say No) 7. Fear 8. Stand Up 9. Soul Soldier 10. Delicate Cutters Chains Changed EP (1987) 11. Finished 12. Reel 13. Snail Head 14. Cry Baby Cry DISC TWO "The Doghouse Cassette" (1985) 1. Call Me 2. Sinkhole 3. Green 4. Hate My Way 5. Vicky's Box 6. America (She Can't Say No) 7. Fear 8. Raise The Roses 9. And A She-Wolf After The War 10. Fish Bonus Tracks (1996) 11. Catch 12. Lizzie Sage 13. Clear And Great 14. Doghouse 15. People Enhanced Program: "Fish" Music Video * The material on this release has been long sought-after by fans and collectors alike. * Throwing Muses (the self-titled debut) and Chains Changed have never been available domestically, and have been out-of-print as imports for a substantial period of time. * Everything else contained on this double disc release is either previously unissued or has never been available on CD. * Disc Two features the band's video for "Fish,"" which won an American Film Institute award for Best Music Video, as an enhanced program. * CD package will feature new artwork, exclusive photos of all band members, and liner notes from Kristin. * In A Doghouse is an exhaustive collection of the band's early, influential, and groundbreaking material. * Rykodisc website will feature sound clips and additional information. Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 15:03:26 -0400 From: Stephanie A Melikian Subject: Just got In A Doghouse De-lurking to share my excitement... Well, i was very pleasantly surprised today to find a nice package from Rykodisc on my doorstep. I'm listening to Doghouse right now and it's very nice to hear these songs coming from a cd instead of a copy of a copy of a beat-up old record. The rerecorded versions of the 1983 songs are good - definitely different from the original recordings - "People" has become an instrumental, and "Doghouse" is a great song I'd never heard before. Too short, though! The "Fish" video is great as well. I had only seen bits of it before, but i can see why it's award-winning. All those eels squirming around... The only problem is my computer is too slow to sync the pictures to the sounds... I also got a Ryko sampler cd which i have not listened to yet, as well as that 8x10 promised to the first 200 people... It's a b&w photo of the old Muses ( with leslie and tanya) and they're grinning goofily. It's a great double CD, and it makes me very happy to listen to, but after anticipating this for, what almost a year, I feel kind of sad that there's probably not going to be any more of Throwing Muses for me to look forward to... -steph... Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:52:56 +0200 From: dovey Subject: Re: Just got In A Doghouse I don't like this cd much. OK the Doghouse cassette recording is nice to hear but that aren't new song, except for raise the roses. Mind you I have and played the self titled album and Chains Changed for years at my apartment. Then the only song that i never heard before are the bonus tracks and they are made so badly that you hear noises and no lyrics. Bummer! Never thought that I as a muses fan ever would say that.... Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:14:54 -0700 From: shane Subject: In A Doghouse Big cheers to whomever re-mastered the self-titled album and 'Chains Changed' EP...so clean and clear, I'm hearing stuff I never heard with the vinyl. I've had the Doghouse Demos for a couple years already, so other than having it on CD, no big whoop, and the old songs newly recorded is cool, but I would have rather have had better copies of tracks from the 1983 WRIU Radio Broadcast (there's no pleasing me is there?): Big jeers though to the album artwork. What happened to the "extensive booklet," and the misplacement of "Stand Up" and the numeral 8 is a minor annoyance. Happy to have it all finally though. Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:52:26 +0100 From: David Thorpe Subject: NME Review of <> I find it difficult to believe that the NME have reduced one of my most treasured albums to a comparison with emerson lake and palmer (apparently if it weren't played so badly). THROWING MUSES In A Doghouse 4AD) Review by Jim Wirth (spit!) Rating 6/10 (C) Copyright IPC Magazines, etc. SELF-DELUSION IS A TERRIBLE THING. "I swear to God we thought we were a party band," pleads erstwhile Muses chanteuse Kristin Hersh in the sleevenote. Needless to say, this lovingly packaged two-CD set comprising the Throwing Muses' first steps on the road to college rock ubiquity would sit uncomfortably next to the Twiglets and cans of Sven lager at all but the most psychotic soirees. Bedsit-confined misanthropes, however, can languish in their fetid torpor in the knowledge that 'In A Doghouse' contains more than you could ever want to know about the early Muses. There's their first self-titled album, the home-produced 'Doghouse Cassette' which preceded it, the 'Chains Changed' EP, a clutch of unreleased tracks and an enhanced CD. Wailing banshee bobbins it might be for much of the time, but there's a scattershot beauty to it. In the grand uber-fem tradition of The Slits, The Raincoats and Hole, melodies wander around at unexpected tangents and tunes speed up and slow down with unerring frequency. This would be Emerson, Lake And Palmer if it weren't played so badly. "It reminds you of blow jobs", mutters the loopy Hersh on 'Vicky's Box'. Perhaps, but only if you've tried to get one off a family pet. Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 20:08:29 +0100 From: Andrew Norman Subject: Re: NME Review of <> David Thorpe, on 29 Sep 98,: > I find it difficult to believe that the NME have reduced one of my most > treasured albums to a comparison with emerson lake and palmer (apparently > if it weren't played so badly). I still smile when I remember the utter trashing someone (Barbara Ellen, possibly) gave to the second Spiritualized album - one LP down the road and they are everyone's favourite, with no mention of sad indie boys who never leave their bedrooms in any of the reviews. I must admit it took me a few months to get the first Muses album, but once it had clicked it really did click, and "Chains Changed" was one of those releases that had me in near-panic looking for it on the day of release, I was so desperate to hear it. I think the early Muses especially are not easy listening and can be easily written off by the unappreciative as "quirky", "gloomy" and so on. I haven't paid serious attention to the NME's reviews since I was a teenager, and gave up buying it when they dropped the forthcoming releases information.