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	Rock/Pop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter is another epic 2-cd, 23-song live recording that showcases all the fire, passion, surprise and extraordinary power of her live performances.
		Even though So Much was recorded in a variety of international and Stateside cities during her tours from 2000-2002 it flows so effortlessly and brilliantly that it seems as though you are listening to one 2 1/2 hour long performance.
		Since Difranco has reportedly returned to her roots of touring solo these days, So Much stands a great document to Difranco’s ongoing evolution as one of the most prolific, exceptional and important singer/songwriters, activists and artists of our time.
	www.twistandshout.com /Category.cfm?CategoryID=1 (913 words)

	Amazon.com: So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter: Music: Ani Difranco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		So Much Shouting is a set that some Ani fans will love, and some will not care for all that much.
		Ani is a brilliant and unique guitarist, so it causes me light physical pain to be hearing her generic horn soloists when it could just as easily be Ani who is dominating the sound.
		What it really comes down to for me is that so far Ani has never been in a band where anyone else in the band was even 25% as talented and emotionally powerful as is she, and as she added more people to her band, her role within the band became smaller.
	www.amazon.com /So-Much-Shouting-Laughter/dp/B00006EXEE (1717 words)

	Las Vegas Weekly: Soundcheck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		With more than a dozen albums to her credit, prolific singer-songwriter Ani Difranco had a lot of material to choose from in compiling "So Much Shouting, So Much Laugher," a double disc of live recordings culled from the past two years.
		Unlike 1997's "Living in Clip," also a double disc of concert performances, "So Much Shouting" is not just a girl and her guitar; her seven-member backing band gives Difranco's older songs a face lift with horns, R&B bass lines and jazzy, improvisational solos.
		With "So Much Laughter, So Much Shouting," the neo-folkie indulges all her musical and lyrical ambitions, giving her cult of die-hard fans something to shout about.
	www.lasvegasweekly.com /2002/09_05/music_soundcheck.html (633 words)

	Spinnaker - Official Campus Newspaper of the University of North Florida
		Feminist folk artist Ani Difranco's second double-live album, "So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter," is similar to her 1997 live compilation "Living in Clip," with a few of the same songs and storytelling between the tracks.
		The only complaints I have with the album are the lack of a hidden track on either disc, and that "So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter" has much less of dialogue between tracks than "Living In Clip" did.
		Listening to "So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter" is the next best thing to seeing Difranco in concert.
	www.unf.edu /groups/spinnaker/archives/2002/oct2/entertaiment.html (1225 words)

	The Chanticleer: Volume 51, Issue 5: Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Instead of signing with a major record label and assuring herself fame and fortune, she took the road less-traveled and formed Righteous Babe Records in 1990, which has become one of the most successful independent labels of the past decade.
		Her do-it-yourself approach to life and music translates into "So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter," which is her second live album and 15th album in 12 years.
		"So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter" had very big shoes to fill since her last live album.
	www.jsu.edu /chanticleer/vol51/features/5105f-difranco.html (507 words)

	"I'm a voting adult and it's my job to fix it" - Salon
		In the past year, she has put out a double-disc live album, "So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter," the new studio album and a documentary about her life, "Render," all on top of a grueling tour schedule.
		So I find I lie down and my head starts spinning and I just start thinking about all these things, whatever there is to think about.
		So even when I'm writing about a love affair or something very private as part of my experience as a young woman in the world, I think of it as very political stuff.
	dir.salon.com /story/ent/music/int/2003/06/10/difranco/index.html (958 words)

	Ani Difranco - So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter - openingbands.com
		So many emotions are felt, and so many experiences are lived vicariously through the songs.
		Well, okay, so maybe thats a tid bit of of an exageration, but the double live CD is quite exceptional.
		Mind that most of the people in the audience are women, but when I listened to the CD, I enjoyed listening to her passion in the way she sings, in what she sings and just why she is singing.
	www.openingbands.com /printerfriendly.race?ID=108 (545 words)

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		So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter is Ani’s first live album since her 1997 Living in Clip.
		On So Much, Ani finally seems to fill in what in the studio were only sketches of songs.
		Difranco’s music has always been dynamic, and her growth and development as a musician is never so evident as in her live performances.
	www.the-declaration.com /print.php?showarticle=428 (642 words)

	The Oberlin Review Online
		Ani DiFranco’s new live album, So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter is a varied collection of songs that span the career of an artist who has been redefining herself onstage and in recordings for over a decade.
		DiFranco describes herself as a “tour hag” in one of the fewchatty interludes on the second disc of So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter, and she is one of the few artists who can safely call the road her home.
		DiFranco acknowledges her ardent fans’s responses with her confident laughter, which is heard throughout the album, and you often get the feeling she is singing with a smile on her face.
	www.oberlin.edu /stupub/ocreview/archives/2002.09.20/arts/heardHere.htm (1178 words)

	Boulder Weekly \| Buzz \| SoundCheck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		She released a double live concert album with the band, entitled So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter (Righteous Babe).
		So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter is an excellent document of what it was like to be at one of ani's big band shows over the past few years.
		The discs illustrate her shift away from ani the writer/singer/guitarist and towards ani the bandleader and ensemble player.
	www.boulderweekly.com /archive/010203/soundcheck.html (530 words)

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		Ani Difranco: So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter So Much Preaching CD REVIEW By Fred Choi Staff Reporter Like most of her works of late Ani DiFranco's latest release, a live 2 CD set, "So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter", is an uncomfortable mix of the "beautiful and grotesque", to quote one of her songs.
		The latter was a similarly hopelessly mixed 2 CD release, much of which was mediocre and an appalling amount of which was virtually unlistenable due to trite lyrics and oftentimes as trite music.
		However, maybe she should think about taking some time off from churning an album every year and a half and shouting herself hoarse about problems which we already know exist, and use her fame to suggest and implement solutions instead.
	www.sunday-in-the-park.com /writ/ani-review.txt (732 words)

	Arts & Entertainment 1 -- The Daily Cougar Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It has been much needed, since she's released six full-length projects and one six-song EP since then.
		So Much Shouting also includes Difranco's thoughts on the War on Terror, the conflict in the Middle East and President George W. Bush, spoken like a true beatnik, mixed with slight percussion and wind instruments.
		In So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter, her first double live album since Living in Clip, Ani Difranco soothes listeners with her comforting creative expression.
	www.stp.uh.edu /vol68/16/arts/arts4.html (427 words)

	Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter
		Her first live album in five years, So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter documents the Righteous Babe in a number of settings, captured between September 2000 and April 2002.
		One more layer of icing is added to this multi-tiered sound when the horn section cuts loose on pieces like "32 Flavors." The package is sweetened by the inclusion of a few rare pieces along with a new poem/song, "Self Evident," written in response to the attack on the World Trade Center.
		So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter captures DiFranco and friends in vibrant form and shouldn't be missed.
	www.bordersstores.com /search/title_detail.jsp?id=53327890&ref=holiday2002music (300 words)

	[The New] Rolling Stone Album Guide: Ani DiFranco
		Two things made her a folk singer: it was cheap (all the overhead she needed was an acoustic guitar), and it didn't get in the way of her saying her piece.
		And she had a lot to say -- when she cut her first homemade tape, something to sell at the clubs she played, her guitar wasn't much more than a prop that she assaulted between breaths, but her words were fully formed, deeply personal and rigorously political, and there were a lot of them.
		So it's not surprising that DiFranco went on to put the whole package together; nor even, given that her attraction to folk music was low cost and the chance to spout off politically, that she did it on her own terms, owning her own label.
	www.tomhull.com /ocston/arch/rs/difranco,ani.php (1135 words)

	In Music We Trust - Outsight (August 2002)
		As much for the music, he loves the artwork and, where possible, took great care in the artwork.
		As much as showing of the recording, he beams over the original artwork by Jeff Gaither and the recently deceased Marc Rude.
		So, more regional influence is picked up as some tracks have a gospel-blues feel while others have a guitar-based Old Timey feel.
	www.inmusicwetrust.com /articles/51f03.html (5175 words)

	Neumu - 44.1kHz
		She simply shines under the spotlights, even more so than on record.
		So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter is very much a companion album to Living in Clip, but it would be disingenuous of DiFranco to release an album that failed to account for her expanded musical horizons.
		So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter is not a bad album; it's a portrait of two years on tour.
	neumu.net /fortyfour/2002/2002-00195/2002-00195_fortyfour.shtml (901 words)

	WhatzUp
		So Much Shouting So Much Laughter captures the energy and improvisation of the six-piece band Difranco toured with between September of 2000 and April of 2002.
		This might be shown best in the ache of “Gratitude.” One of the new tracks, “Self Evident,” which was written after September 11, begins as a rant and climaxes as one of the most powerful remembrances to emerge since the tragedy.
		For new recruits to the Righteous Babe army, So Much Shouting So Much Laughter offers a tasty sampler of Difranco ‘s career, while die-hards will find pleasure with the three new tunes and 20 variations of her classics.
	www.whatzup.com /Music/cd100302a.html (432 words)

	Channel4.com - SlashMusic - So Much Shouting So Much Laughter
		Over the years, she built her cottage industry up through tireless touring, gaining a huge and rabidly loyal audience one painstaking gig at a time.
		So although her Righteous Babe label has released many fine studio efforts from the prolific recording artist, it's on a live album like this two-disc affair that DiFranco can truly shine.
		All the aspects of her music come into play in a concert setting, so when the pointed aggression present in one of DiFranco's signature songs, "Not a Pretty Girl" is effectively underscored by the band, you're able to feel the effect at home in much the way the audience did.
	www.channel4.com /music/music-core/album.jsp?albumId=454272 (154 words)

	VSU Spectator
		The truth is Ani doesn't seem much to care.
		DiFranco, dubbed by the Washington Post "the poet / singer / songwriter / bongo drummer / bisexual / married lady / record label CEO and self-described bearded lady," turns the live album platform into a conversation with the audience; a chance to retell old stories in new ways.
		So you can love her or you can hate her.
	www.valdosta.edu /spec/20020919/webexclusives2.shtml (413 words)

	Barnard Bulletin, Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The sound quality varies, due in part to DiFranco¹s breaks to talk with her audience, and at times her delivery of emotional material is so intense it is hardly audible.
		When DiFranco¹s self-proclamation starts to grate: "you are so lame/ you will always disappoint me/ its kind of like a running joke/ but it¹s really not funny" in the third track of the second disc, the band keeps her from sinking into herself.
		So Much Shouting brings together a diverse sample of work that reflects DiFranco¹s development and experience over two years of touring, and an equally important dialogue between the artist and audience.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/barnardbulletin/archive/fall02/issue1/music/ani.html (546 words)

	Inevitably Ani: Ani DiFranco's "So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter": Music Reviews : MW/ Metro Weekly ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It comes five years on the heels of Living In Clip, her other live comp from ’97, and the “tipping point” album which many fans still use to divide her career into pre- and post-.
		In a lot of ways, So Much Shouting is the intersection of all her efforts from the past five years.
		The uncharacteristic optimism of 1998’s Little Plastic Castle can be attributed to her engagement to Andrew Gilchrist, her sound engineer who she married that year and who co-produced the album with her.
	www.metroweekly.com /arts_entertainment/music.php?ak=103 (810 words)

	Ani DiFranco - So Much Shouting So Much Laughter - Righteous Babe Records
		They know how she wants to sound and they give her the perfect accompaniment to her pearl like words.
		Jazzy when it's called for, which is much of the set, and folksy as Ani requires, this band is professional.
		So, a quality effort here that clearly shows the benefits for control over one's product with the freedom to do as one wants.
	www.musictap.net /Reviews/DiFrancoAniSoMuchShouting.html (815 words)

	www.myspace.com/dotcomdotorgdoturfacehole
		so i have this dream that falcore is walking down the street.
		so i wake up uneasy again but cannot fall back asleep.
		so i go down to check on him.
	www.myspace.com /dotcomdotorgdoturfacehole (324 words)

	[No title]
		Come listen to the continuing evolution of her classic songs, and hear Ani's response to the events of 9/11.
		This month Ani released her second media offering in the form of a double, live CD titled So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter.
		Griping to the audience, she explains that she hates that ‘folk singer sound', but the acoustic guitar was the first guitar she was given, so she's been stuck with it.
	www.angelfire.com /zine/webzinegenx/Article92.html (1045 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Ani gets her guitar and gives audience a memorable show
		What the camps had in common, of course, was shouting, screeching, bellowing adoration for the Righteous Babe herself, who infused the full house with infectious energy and sustained it without benefit of a backup band, or barely a second's break.
		DiFranco, touring in support of her new live album, "So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter," is going it alone on this two-month tour of primarily intimate venues.
		She, like her faithful, were gathered to commune and enjoy each other's company as much as to share moments of mutual enlightenment.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20021024-9999_1c24ani.html (528 words)

	Ink 19 :: Ani DiFranco
		Two CDs with two hours of live recordings are ambitious by most people's standards, but if anyone can pull it off these days, DiFranco is the one.
		So Much Shouting / So Much Laughter is a huge and meticulous release and a welcome addition to her already amazing discography.
		If you're not already familiar with her, this is as good a time and a place to start as any.
	www.ink19.com /issues/january2003/musicReviews/musicD/aniDifranco.html (283 words)

	Ani-gma
		Her live album So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter, which hits shelves Tuesday, illustrates why Difranco has been an indispensable heroine of the music industry for more than13 years.
		A double album recorded on tour between 2000 and 2002, So Much documents the interactions among Difranco, her six-piece band, her audience and her songs.
		Difranco continues her constant musical, lyrical and vocal progression on So Much, which features jazz, soul and hip-hop influences, blurring the concept of whether her music can still even be classified as the folk it once epitomized.
	www.collegian.psu.edu /archive/2002/09/09-06-02tdc/09-06-02darts-01.asp (606 words)

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