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Many of Lord’s fans view the live album as a refreshing follow-up to her major label debut in 1998, which was produced in a studio with a band. One purist commented, “Mary Lou Lord is best just stripped down to an acoustic guitar. You can’t get any closer to real sound than that. Overproduction ruins music.” The intimate street performances allow Lord’s audience to connect with her on a level that other venues do not permit. To know the effect of her playing...
...story of Lord’s transformation from a struggling busker to a major-label recording artist is well known to her fans and filled with twists and turns that will one day make for a fine “Behind The Music.” The underground Boston music scene brought Lord into the path of a woman named Tinuviel, a punk rocker based in Olympia, Wash., who was spending her summer in Boston. They became close friends and several months later Lord moved to Olympia to join Tinuviel and Slim Moon, the man who ran Kill Rock Stars...
Mittleman’s crazy guy turned out to be Beck, and the phenomenal success of Mellow Gold and Odelay spurred record companies to court her next catch aggressively. After being wined and dined by more than a dozen labels, Lord decided to sign with The Work Group, a Sony label that had released Fiona Apple’s Tidal and several albums from Jamiroquai. The Mary Lou Lord with little more to her name than a guitar and a futon was no more—she had become a big-league recording artist with a six-figure advance...
...it’s never the right time to go into rehab,” and yet she had done both simultaneously. Got No Shadow was be Lord’s first and last album released by The Work Group. Amid the sweeping music industry consolidations of 1999, the label folded, transferring some artists to Sony’s Epic label and dropping the others. Whereas the demise of the Work Group might once have brought disappointment, it ironically put Lord at ease. A clause in her contract held such a label switch was tantamount to a breach of contract...
...Harvard misses hearing the rationale for why students on the opposite side of the aisle vote the way they do. There are a wealth of reasons why one chooses to vote Republican, including views about the role of the federal government, personal liberty, tax policy and national defense. The label “Republican” is treated negatively at Harvard because it implies a divergence from the center, both in perceived stances on the “hot three” and in subject matter deemed important for political discussion...