Your Reviews
08/1/2004
“OK, OK, I finally made it through the whole album. I was stuck on Life is Fatal for an entire day and a half. LOL All I can say is…”Wow!” What an impressive CD. I’ll admit, I have a thing for female folk singers with some soul, and dammit if Lis ain’t that. Porcupine really shows Lis to have a fluid voice over a band. And the songs on Porcupine are just solid through and through. For sure, this is one of my favorite albums of 2004, easily making my top 3. Hec, it could make my all time top 10. And THAT would be impressive. :)
The breakdown:
Couldn’t Stay True has a lovely beat, and Lis’ voice rides the rhythym well. Love this song, and love the ending… It’s my 3rd favorite on the album.
Faraway is one dynamite song. I can sing that hook all day. And I love this line: “How long have you been hanging your smile out to dry? …dusting it off when you lie?” Yeah! I am feelin’ that. This is my second favorite on the album.
I like both the redos of Iron or Love and White Linen Evening. Both become much fuller with the band. White Linen is quite a sad song, but I really do like it. And I really like the enhanced Iron or Love with all the music.
And OF COURSE, quickly becoming one of my ALLTIME favorite songs EVER is Life is Fatal.
Man, is this one great azz song.
The hook is priceless, the lyrics are so strong, and the beat just kicks, my head nods the whole time. Many times I am just dancing around in the car like a maniac, people probably think I’m high. And I am. :) Actually, I had to get out of the car a few times and just dance (no kidding either), the music is just so…so melodious. I love that high pitch organ sound that rides underneath so much of the song. Whoa, it’s just one of the best songs I have heard in a longggggggg time.
“Life is fa-tal, it’s a fly-by-night, ephemeral thing. Something about it is just painfully sweet to me.” Yeah, I had to look up ephemeral. :) I just had to know what that meant. LOL
Anyway, I am leaving for a solo vacation trip to the mountains of WV. I am very excited about taking a couple of good books, my new Lis’ CDs and then heading for the hills for about 5 days. I love to drive. I love music while I drive. So you KNOW Lis’s voice will be ringing through my speakers early and often.
Thanks, Lis, for not only making great music, but for also being accessible to the people so we can share our joy with you.
September can’t get here soon enough. I hope you are performing most of the songs off the Porcupine album in Virginia at the Iota. :)
More later.
Be well, Lis Harvey, be well…”
—Kevin, Baltimore/D.C. area
07/13/2004
“Do you believe in love at first listen? I never would have. But something has made me play
this stuff over and over again. I think it might be an addiction or something. Probably a
sinister plan to get me to buy all Lis’ music. Well, I think it’s working. Help me! I’ve got to go
hide!
It was sad to come to the last web page (although I haven’t read the archives of
the tour yet). It’s great to someone so talented with such a good forum!”
- Jim Clemetson,
Vermillion, SD and/or Omaha, NE etc.
04/14/2004
“Peeps are not meant to be skewered over an open fire. The only proper way to eat a stale peep
is in the microwave! Pop them in and turn on the radiation. When the peep starts to swell to 2
or 3 times its original size, shut down the power and pull out a hot gooey
almost-as-good-as-roasted-marshmallows treat. It’s not too late to grab up some bargain leftovers.”
—Scott, Itinerant Astrophysicist, Philadelphia
04/08/2004
I laughed out loud at your tale of the Easter peeps, with their eyes melting in silent
accusation. It brought to mind so many camping ‘oops!’ along my way. The best(worst) I remember is the
brilliant friend who bought a gallon of ice cream and stuck it into the cooler. ‘The next morning’
brought howls of unbelief. I wonder why that friend never came camping again? Celebrate Life in Big
Bites”
— Dave
04/07/2004
“Peeps were Jennie’s favorites, but only
after they were made stale for weeks and weeks.
You shouldn’t have freezed
them. Just set them in a cupboard somewhere!”
—
Stacey, New Hampshire
04/06/2004
“Dear Lis:
I just wanted to thank you for sharing your experience about Peeps and the
campfire. My girlfriend and I came up with that very same idea earlier today, but now we know that
it’s not a good one. I think you’ve saved us from a lot of misery.
Yours,
Roxanne”
— Northfield, MN
02/15/2004
“Hi Lis,
Met you during your Spring 2003 world-record tour at Smithbridge Winery in Chadds Ford,
Pennsylvania (you complimented my husband and I on our picnic backpack…not that you
would remember that).
Your CDs have been playing in my car ever since!
Just wanted to say “thanks” for the music and
keep the journal notes coming…
I truly enjoy your spirit!”
— Kath, PA
11/22/2003
“Lis has the folked out fun energy of Ani and Jewel in a blender poured over the transparency
of half melted ice cubes on a crisp spring afternoon that just makes you want to wallow in the
serendipitous grass, and bask in the glory of the southern hospitality sun. Lis is a wonderful poet.
She gives good page! Thank you for being the free spirit that you are.
— Russ”
- Russ,
Fayetteville, AR
9/21/2003
“My name is yours! U R the best singer!!!!!
— liz harvey”
- Liz Harvey
10/20/2003
“Hey Lis!!!
Please come back to Unity College some time really really soon—
or near by. It was great seeing
you last year!
Hope all is well
Smiles,
B.”
- B., Maine
10/15/2003
“lis! where r u?”
- andrea, madison
I’m right here! Where are you? ;) xox lis
9/16/2003
“Hey, Lis! I was in the audience at the Bergen County Academies thing today,
just wanted to say
that you were AMAZING! really really good, and i was wondering if there was anywhere where i could
download porcupine… i really really liked that song :)
have a great time touring!”
- E., New Jersey
Not yet! But that tune will be on the new record! ;) xox lis
07/18/2003
“Lis your a great person and a great inspiration. I just spent a week in Tennesee at MTSU for
the NGW seminars. Thats where I first heard your music but I became an instant fan. Just keep on
keepin’ on. Take care and have a great year, hope to see ya next year.
Chris Ullery”
- Chris Ullery, Springfield Ohio
10/08/2002
“Heard you on cartalk… what a riot those guys are! good luck with the toyota and i hope your
friend hear the show.
on the bright side, the way i see it, the less oil you can buy
the better so this synthetic stuff may be the ticket out of the horrible oil-drive war we seem
likely to get into soon!
take care and have a great tour. hope to hear you live
sometime.”
brian, from Cincinnati, living in Lexington,KY
02/06/2002
“Hey y’all, if you haven’t heard Lis’s music..you have got to get out and hear it! It is
awesome! She came to the Young Women’s Leadership Conference back in October…and she was amazing!!
All the girls loved her, she didn’t just sing, she talked to us about her childhood experiences,
and Easy-Bake Ovens!! Another must for the household.. =)”
Caitlin Thayer, Maine
02/06/2002
“Hey hott stuff! you got the picture! rock on! hurry back to madison!
muuuah
Andrea”
Andrea, Mad town
02/05/2002
“Hey! The page looks awesome! — vicki”
vicki
guzman, saturn
02/05/2002
“I think Lis is a sexy bitch. The way she feels about her music embodies the way I feel about
drinking and dancing naked on my coffee table every night. It’s an urge, a necessity, and even
an obsession. Lis is going to kick ass on her 50-state Tour (capital
“T”) and she is going to buy me a Hooter’s T-shirt from a store in every state. Then she is going
to give me the 50-state commemorative quarter set, once they are all finished being minted. And, by age thirty, if she is not married, she said she would marry me. ”
Big Daddy Sloppy Pants, San Diego, CA
Erlendahle