From: somms@mit.edu To: somms-digest@mit.edu Subject: Soundgarden Digest, Sunday, 31 Mar 1996 Reply-To: somms@mit.edu Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 18:40:53 EST Sender: saperl The Soundgarden Digest: Sunday, 31 Mar 1996 listadmin: saperl@mit.edu list archive: http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/archive/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email saperl@mit.edu Today's Topics: Re: Help? Re: Help? Re: Vegemite!! Talk of Soundgarden on the radio... SNL tickets Help? Re: something refreshing (i hope) Re: SG/PJ SG and SNL TICKETS Fire a loaded mental connon... Re: Help? (Fwd) THE NATURAL LIFE CYCLE OF MAILING LISTS (fwd) about Ben... ------------------------------------------------------------ From: onefellswoop Subject: Re: Help? Buy it, buy it, buy it, buy it, buy it, buy it. I'd buy it for $10. They wanted $20 for the unopened CD here. You're never going to find it for that price. And it's got to be severely limited edition. -Geoff On Sat, 30 Mar 1996, MAYOR McCHEESE wrote: > Hey, what is an unopened Flower Ep on vinyl (colored vinyl nonetheless) > worth? I can pick one up for $10. Is it a deal or no? > > The stupid guy, > Fred McCheese > > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > Jesus saves souls and redeems them for valuable cash prizes. > > **By receiving this letter you can join the OFFICIAL MAYOR McCHEESE > SOUNDGARDEN CAMPING EXTRAVAGANZA in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota now by > replying to this letter with thesubject: CAMPING TRIP! Or type > f beyera@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu for info on how you can join!*** > > ------------------------------ From: onefellswoop Subject: Re: Help? Wow, that's cool. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled then. On Sat, 30 Mar 1996, seth wrote: > > > Buy it, buy it, buy it, buy it, buy it, buy it. I'd buy it for $10. > > They wanted $20 for the unopened CD here. You're never going to find it > > for that price. And it's got to be severely limited edition. > > > > > Hey, what is an unopened Flower Ep on vinyl (colored vinyl nonetheless) > > > worth? I can pick one up for $10. Is it a deal or no? > > I think this was mentioned a while ago (Steve, help me out here)... if > I remember correctly, SST is trying to earn some money since they haven't > been doing well recently and in order to do that they've started re- > releasing their back catalogue on colored vinyl. So, what you see looks > like an old limited edition, but is actually the *newest* release... > > Can someone back me up on this or am I talking out of my ass? > > seth > ------------------------------ From: e9328995@student.uq.edu.au (John Grieves) Subject: Re: Vegemite!! At 11:03 29/03/96 -0800, Butt Mike wrote: >On Fri, 29 Mar 1996, Carolyn wrote: >> >> Chris, I just read it while munching on my vegemite sandwich for lunch, and >> enjoyed it. Thanks so much for typing that sucker!! > > >Hey Carolyn, Matthew here. You know that I would normally ask you a >question like this personally, but I have a feeling that others out there >would like to know also. What exactly is vegemite, and what is in the >infamous sandwich. Fair Dinnkum! (I guess) Jackhammer here: Just the one 'n' in dinkum, mate - Strewth, coo-ee cobber, did you just come down in the last shower? I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it, fair dinkum :> [vague attempt at Australian "Ocker" speak] Carolyn's away for the weekend, so I'll tell you about this Vegemite (I know everyone's bursting to know right now). It's a paste for sandwiches and a national icon here in Australia. To keep it short, Vegemite is a concentrated yeast extract, developed in 1922 from brewer's yeast from breweries, ingredients like celery and onions, and salt to make a thick dark paste with quite a unique taste, which I can't even describe...although, some people claim that it's made from dead wombats run over on the nation's roads...there's even a jingle to go with it: We're happy little Vegemites As bright as bright can be We all enjoy our Vegemite For breakfast lunch and tea etc.etc.etc. Rumour has it that here in Queensland at the Castlmaine Perkins Brewery, workers were payed with some of the dregs of the brewing process (the source of brewer's yeast) during the 1930s recession as the brewery had no money with which to pay workers - the workers then used these dregs to make Vegemite. And no, I'm not a memory magician - apart from some personal knowledge, some of this was grabbed from a Vegemite Home Page: http://www.ozchannel.com/vegemite/vegemite.html Sorry 'bout the lack of SG content - more of that stuff in my next posts... Jackhammer. ------------------------------ From: e9328995@student.uq.edu.au (John Grieves) Subject: Talk of Soundgarden on the radio... Yesterday (Saturday) on Triple J, Australia's "Youth" radio network, Richard Kingsmill started saying how he had in his possession one very fine piece of cassette - yes, over a month before it's due to be released here in Australia, Richard Kingsmill has actually listened to Soundgarden's new album, Down on the Upside as he called it, in its entirity. He wasn't revealing anything that we didn't already know about it - the most indepth talk about the album was that it has the track Ty Cobb on it and that it is even better than Superunknown, which according to me means that we're in for one hell of an album... So I expect the guy to AT LEAST play us a track off his cassette - I rip open a blank cassette, throw it in the cassette deck and get ready for the record button when he says... "Now, I can't actually play anything off the album for you" ...at which point I scream "YOU BASTARD!!!!!!" for riling me up and then dropping me like a lead balloon. But that's okay, he did the next best thing, he played Spoonman... Seems like we're in for one helluva an album... Now, if Richard Kingsmill has a copy of the cassette, I'd be thinking that so must someone else? Anyone heard of any "underground" copies of the album floating around? Jackhammer. PS. To all Australians out there - thank heavens daylight savings is over!!! Talk about killing nature with South Australia being ahead of Queensland. ------------------------------ From: Baldrick2@aol.com Subject: SNL tickets I've been living in NYC for 16 years, and tried to get SNL tickets even before I moved here. After five years of going the usual route, I met someone who had a relative at a local t.v. station...and got passes for SNL through her. SNL has "house seats" reserved for the chosen few who have connections with NBC...(clients from out-of-town, a friend's son home for the holidays, etc.) so if you know ANYONE who might be remotely connected give it a try! By the way, no one under 18 is allowed in...my niece came here from L.A. to visit when Pearl Jam was on the show, and of course she just HAD to see them. I'm usually not your "pushy NY type," but I did everything I could to get tickets for that show (no luck), only to find out later that my niece was too young to get in anyway. I did hang around NBC though (the studios are in Rockefeller Center) just so she could get a glimpse of Eddie Vedder. If you can't get SNL tickets for Soundgarden you can always wait by the stage door and hope that they're in a good mood when they come out...there are tons of bars and restaurants in the neighborhood...maybe you'll get lucky and get to hang out with them. DOES ANYONE ACTUALLY HAVE A DATE FOR WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO APPEAR ON SNL? GOOD LUCK! B2 ------------------------------ From: MAYOR McCHEESE Subject: Help? Hey, what is an unopened Flower Ep on vinyl (colored vinyl nonetheless) worth? I can pick one up for $10. Is it a deal or no? The stupid guy, Fred McCheese XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Jesus saves souls and redeems them for valuable cash prizes. **By receiving this letter you can join the OFFICIAL MAYOR McCHEESE SOUNDGARDEN CAMPING EXTRAVAGANZA in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota now by replying to this letter with thesubject: CAMPING TRIP! Or type f beyera@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu for info on how you can join!*** ------------------------------ From: John Patrick Freeman Subject: Re: something refreshing (i hope) On Fri, 29 Mar 1996 foreshocks@bbs.cowland.com wrote: > Ok.. the Top 5 Reasons Why I don't want a New Album To Come Out (THIS IS > A JOKE, TOO!) > > 5. I might have to skip study hall so I can run down to the record store > and get it - there's NO WAY IN HELL I'm waiting til after school :> Two > o clock my ass. > 4. I might blow a speaker or two in my car blasting it. > 3. I'll have to run away for a week just so I can be alone with my baby > - my new Soundgarden cd, that is. > 2. I hate those damn sticker thingies that they put on cd cases and I > don't want sticky goo all over m new Soundgarden cd case > and the top Lame-o-reason-Cause-Foreshocks-Can't-Think-Of-Anything-Better- > Reason-Why-She-Doesn't-Want-The-New-Album-To-Come-Out (and for those who > don't know, yes, Foreshocks is a she): > 1. I'll get my family evicted from the apartment cause I'll be playing > it so damn loud. > > well that was fun.. stupid, but fun.. not a stupid thread, just a stupid > reply :> forgive me. > foreshocks > > > Heres another one 6. I will spend less time listening to Superunknown, BMF, louder than love, ultramegaok, and Screaming Life/FOP. 7. If I buy, I'll have to post a bazillion times wasting value time telling how great it is. john ------------------------------ From: John Patrick Freeman Subject: Re: SG/PJ On Fri, 29 Mar 1996 ShRooMGrLz@aol.com wrote: > >*Fun Fact: Calvin Klein tried to get Eddie to be an underwear model like > >Marky Mark. > >I just had to laugh. > I'd laugh if I saw Eddie in his underwear. He's not exactly my idea of > a stud. The man has to be all of what... 5'8"? Maybe 5'9", but that's > pushing it. But CHRIS on the other hand... he'd make a mouth-watering > underwear model. Mmmm... ok... I'll shut up now... Heheheh... > Hey who said 5'9 was short !!! ------------------------------ From: Baldrick2@aol.com Subject: SG and SNL TICKETS I've been using a friends computer for several months (also using his screen-name) and he's not too happy with the overload of E-mail I've been getting. If you are responding to anything posted by Baldrick2 please discontinue using that address, and send any future E-mail to: Malvol7@aol.com Thanks! ------------------------------ From: Razorback Subject: Fire a loaded mental connon... Some random ideas... the quoted text is from Shroom (and NO, it has nothing to do with posting about sex, cuz I don't care! :) > Hey... here's another thing to think about, peoples. For those of you > who are cursed, like me, with AOL... I think it would be kinda interesting > for us all to meet up online some night... just to get a private room for a > half hour or so and talk. Anyway... if any of you AOL freaks are > interested... drop me some e-mail, and maybe we can get something set up. That'd be cool... surprised no one thought of it before, it's easier than IRC... only this that sucks for me is that I don't have access to AOL until I get home from school in mid-May... oh well, just in time to celebrate the release of the new album!! > 3- The first time I hear SG perform my favorite new song live, I'm going to > freak out, and probably forget that I'm in the pit at Lolla with all the > smelly and drunk Metallica fans... I'll get knocked to the ground and > trampled to death. Yeah, reall... hey wait. I'm a Metallica fan! If someone steps on you and they're wearing a list T-shirt, wave to me! :) But I'm not old enough to drink (legally), so if you do wave, I'll be sober enough to wave back! Also... stuff I'm curious to hear from DOTU... Blow Up The Outside World Never The Machine Forever An Unkind Something else but I've forgotten. More later, then... ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Help? From: seth > Buy it, buy it, buy it, buy it, buy it, buy it. I'd buy it for $10. > They wanted $20 for the unopened CD here. You're never going to find it > for that price. And it's got to be severely limited edition. > > > Hey, what is an unopened Flower Ep on vinyl (colored vinyl nonetheless) > > worth? I can pick one up for $10. Is it a deal or no? I think this was mentioned a while ago (Steve, help me out here)... if I remember correctly, SST is trying to earn some money since they haven't been doing well recently and in order to do that they've started re- releasing their back catalogue on colored vinyl. So, what you see looks like an old limited edition, but is actually the *newest* release... Can someone back me up on this or am I talking out of my ass? seth ------------------------------ Subject: (Fwd) THE NATURAL LIFE CYCLE OF MAILING LISTS (fwd) From: marqie@usa.pipeline.com (marqie) Since, everyone is concerned about the lists staleness. I thought I would forward this from the Ani DiFranco mailing lists. Also I saw someone lists Brother Cane in their heavy rotation. They are from my town (Birmingham). They are pretty good. >----- Forwarded message (lmgF95@hamp.hampshire.edu (christopher robin)) - -----< I thought this was really interesting, and it seems to be pretty much true for us, especially step 5 as of late... I hope we get to 6b! - -Laura THE NATURAL LIFE CYCLE OF MAILING LISTS Every list seems to go through the same cycle: 1. Initial enthusiasm (people introduce themselves, and gush alot about how wonderful it is to find kindred souls). 2. Evangelism (people moan about how few folks are posting to the list, and brainstorm recruitment strategies). 3. Growth (more and more people join, more and more lengthy threads develop, occasional off-topic threads pop up). 4. Community (lots of threads, some more relevant than others; lots of information and advice is exchanged; experts help other experts as well as less experienced colleagues; friendships develop; people tease each other; newcomers are welcomed with generosity and patience; everyone---newbie and expert alike--- feels comfortable asking questions, suggesting answers, and sharing opinions). 5. Discomfort with diversity (the number of messages increases dramatically; not every thread is fascinating to every reader; people start complaining about the signal-to-noise ratio; person 1 threatens to quit if *other* people don't limit discussion to person 1's pet topic; person 2 agrees with person 1; person 3 tells 1 & 2 to lighten up; more bandwidth is wasted complaining about off-topic threads than is used for the threads themselves; everyone gets annoyed). 6a. Smug complacency and stagnation (the purists flame everyone who asks an 'old' question or responds with humor to a serious post; newbies are rebuffed; traffic drops to a doze-producing level of a few minor issues; all interesting discussions happen by private e-mail and are limited to a few participants; the purists spend lots of time self-righteously congratulating each other on keeping off-topic threads off the list). OR 6b. Maturity (a few people quit in a huff; the rest of the participants stay near stage 4, with stage 5 popping up briefly every few weeks; many people wear out their second or third 'delete' key, but the list lives contentedly ever after). The Andean Music Mailing List (andino@discpro.org) ~ ~ - ---uuu--O O--uuu---------------------------------------------- `U' Laura Garrison Hampshire College Box 1474 Amherst, MA 01002-5001 "Exactly what do you mean by 'guts?'" "I mean," Ernest Hemingway said, "grace under pressure." "The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places." - -- Marqie ------------------------------ From: He Who Walks Between Subject: about Ben... You know, something just occurred to me today. I remeber now that at punk shows, it used to be an honor for the band to spit on you. Maybe Ben is just trying to show his punk roots, and means no harm. -j - -McCheese, put that on your Ben Page. - -Damn i feel like nothingman. aka Chicka Jackeen, A Livein Thesu (Per Unkn Own). Boom biddy bye bye! ***************************************************************************** The Only Colloquialism Page i know of: http://www.unc.edu/~toybox/words.html "If there's one damn real alternative band left in this godless culture, it's Cracker" -U Magazine. ------------------------------ End of somms Digest [Volume 2 Issue 81] ***************************************