From: somms@mit.edu To: somms-digest@mit.edu Subject: Soundgarden Digest, Monday, 20 May 1996 Reply-To: somms@mit.edu Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 04:09:36 EDT Sender: saperl The Soundgarden Digest: Monday, 20 May 1996 listadmin: saperl@mit.edu list archive: http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/archive/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email saperl@mit.edu Today's Topics: SNL SNL can bite me SNL Re: Soundgarden Digest, Sunday, 19 May 1996 My take on DOTU ...give the wolfboy a glass of water Saturday Night Live Performance... WOO DOTU is out in AUST :) SNL livewire article. karaoke?? christi?? ...give the wolfboy a hand. Saturday Night Live Performance... SG on SNL Re: Soundgarden Digest, Sunday, 19 May 1996 sorry! sonics? Another Convert Sorry Mr Limo Wrecker! sg dreams 24 hr chatline For those of you who didn't get to see SNL... Hey... SNL Guitar players-Kim Thayil on guitar player Indianapolis lollapalooza RE: SNL RE: SNL and drown in alcohol... OOPS! I MADE A mistake!! nudie-bar frequentin' music reviewers... a nice night was had by all... Re: ...give the wolfboy a glass of water "burden..." and led zep SNL performance/120 Minutes STuFF (cuz I'm booooored) ------------------------------------------------------------ From: ThNrthFace@aol.com Subject: SNL Hey everyone- My take on Chris's hair; he's been hanging out with Jim Rose too much. While Jim is very cool, he's a bad hair influence. Anyway, the band sounded GREAT!!! I can't wait to see them again live. Salutations, Aaron ------------------------------ From: caryn rose Subject: SNL can bite me well... i sat there... it gets on 1/2 hr later here because of "almost live"... and when 12:30 rolled around and there was no musical guest... and it got later and later... i realized that they were probably AGAIN only going to let the band do ONE SONG... it almost wasn't worth flying to NY for, now WAS it. do they not realize that the reason that 90 percent of us are watchign that show any more is because of the musical guests?! and i'm sorry, but they sounded *horrible* -- **NOT** their fault, but once again, SNL does not know how to do sound for a rock band. after 25 years, you would think they would figure it out, but in all the time i've been watching SNL (andf that's from the *first season*) no one, no one, not the rolling stones, and no, not SG, do they manage to make it sound reasonable. poor chris sounded like he couldn't hear himself. and also.. his hair was too bushy... it looks better spikey... but he looked REALLY good in those band photo things they run at the beginning of the show... matt, on the other hand, looked cute cute cute too! anyway. flame away, but remember what i said: they sounded bad not because of them, but because the mix sucked. - --caryn ------------------------------ From: FIREWOMAN1@aol.com Subject: SNL what pity they did'nt have a chance to warm up! they did'nt sound bad, it was Chris's voice though( maybe he was nervous!) all in all I am very gald I taped the thing!!I am glad to see LIVE Soundgarden!!! Did I already miss the 120 minutes thingy? If I did would anybody be so kind to copy it for me( ill send you a video tape) thanks!! ** I just bought the pretty noose single( red vinyl ) I am # 2502 out of 5000. ( just thought I would throw that out) I also am now the proud owner of BMF on YELLOW vinyl.. cool huh! opps one more thing! please add my name to the list of somm's owners ( I found it used back in December) thanks! gEeK gIrL ------------------------------ From: "R. Maney" Subject: Re: Soundgarden Digest, Sunday, 19 May 1996 Damn, that sucked!! I felt that the snl performance was about as crappy as i had ever seen SG...... 50 percent was the sound, the mixing was horrible as usual for the show. Matt sounded like he was in another room, another planet even. chris was just plain awful on pretty noose. to see him straining like that made SG seem so weak, he is what holds them together. BUT, that song is about impossible to sing anyway, i was wondering all week how they were going to pull it off live. just another great band in the long list of great bands to come off sounding like shit on SNL!! hope things get straight for lollapalooza.... by the way, has anyone heard chris sing since the tour was canceled last year???? ------------------------------ From: stellar Subject: I think when chris sang "burden.." it rocked. Yeah it could have been better but it was still good.as for when chris sang pn maybe it was snl or maybe it even could have been just him . it did kinda suck. he started off on a bad start. his voice sounded kinda parched you know. like he hadn't had a drink in days or something. but i don't really know what im talking about since i've never really seen them *live* before. stells ============================================= email: srogers@fix.net personal homepage: http://www.fix.net/~sroger ============================================= ------------------------------ Subject: My take on DOTU From: Ben Timberlake Just delete this if you don't feel like reading another fan's semi-review of the album. I have been guilty of playing this album over and _over_ again. It's just too f*cking good to take out. Don't hurt me, but I hear some definite zeppelin/beatles/rush/floyd in there. So much to the point that I had to dig up a copy of "Over The Hills and Far Away" after listening to that beautiful little sequence on "Zero Chance." I would have to say that the songs to which Ben wrote the music are my favorites at this time. "Switch Opens" and "Zero Chance" especially. Then again, I really like "Rhinosaur," "Blow Up The Outside World," "Burden In My Hand," and "Boot Camp." I don't know what I'm trying to say here because the entire album rules. It's definitely a step beyond Superunknown. The band has definitely taken the best of their previous albums, rolled it into a ball, tossed in some experimentation, growth, and sheer power and turned out a fireball that will become a staple of basic rock diet. If this does not take the music world by its throat, I've lost faith in humanity. The album took a couple days to grow on me, as with all SG albums, but I've been playing it so much recently that I had to set a 24 hour period during which I wasn't allowed to listen to it for fear of growing tired of it. Granted, I was asleep for about 20 of those hours, but I am thoroughly cured of any such fear. "Boot Camp"'s ending finally makes sense to me and almost leaves me in tears _after_ the song is over. "Boot Camp" is the only place I really hear any Pink Floyd, though maybe a tiny bit on "Applebite." I can't really define the Rush aspect, but it may be in the preponderance of first-person lyrics. I more appreciate Rush's music than enjoy it, but none of that is evident on DOTU. The Beatles influence kicks in on BUTOW, especially with the intentionally vague lyrics: "Someone tried to tell me something." I know everyone's probably sick of reading everyone else's review of the album, but I'm trying to work up my ideas for an actual review i'm supposed to write for the daily northwestern. -- Ben Ben Timberlake "The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est, Northwestern University Pro patria mori." Medill School of Journalism -- Wilfred Owen btimlake@nwu.edu -30- *Check out my dorm's web page!* http://www.stuaff.nwu.edu/crc/ "Put that bloody cigarette out!" --Saki's last words in the trenches of WWI ------------------------------ From: "Steven Russell Jr." Subject: ...give the wolfboy a glass of water Hey list! the subject somms up my feelings towards last nights performance of "Pretty Noose". Anyway, I'm looking for 2 (max 3: because of quality issues) of you to start a video tree with me. Others that want to start one, I'll send you the guy's email address. The catch is...one of you must be able to convert american dollars into swedish crowns. The people in my tree also need 2 VCR's. More later. Here's the guy's list: soundgarden 90-0416 rocklife philipshalle dusseldorf live 43/10 tv0 557 soundgarden 92-0600 pinkpopfest landgraaf live 25/-10 tv1 182 soundgarden 92-0627 stadio del alpi torino 34/8 p1 ex pic vg filmed distant 299 soundgarden 94-0123 big day out melbourne 66/7-8 p1 vg+-ex- pic g-vg+ filmed shaky 326 soundgarden 94-0819 top of the pops live 3/-10 tv1 350 soundgarden 95-0901 globe arena stockholm 86/8-9 p1 ex- pic vg-vg+ filmed 490 soundgarden 95-0909 reggio emilia 95/8-9 p1 ex- pic vg+ filmed clear view 524 soundgarden 95-0915 festivalweekend int live 1/10 tv0 478 soundgarden outshined promo 4/10 tv0 213 this works out to 3 - 120 minute tapes (357 minutes). Payment of 600 SEK (whatever that amounts to). Here's his price information. - ------------------------------------------ >PRICES: > >VIDEOCASSETTES: > >120 min cassette: *200 SEK* or 160 min cassette: *250 SEK* > >Notice that the price includes all p&p costs, sent as airmail, and the blank tape! Nothing more will be added, >unless you want it. (More about that later.) If you're interested send me a note and I'll send you the 2! pages of instructions this guy sent me. I'd prefer to deal with people I've dealt with before. I know one of you works close to an international banking center. :-) BtW: I saw a boot video with Hiro last night. The '88 LA show. Too funny!. I've never seen Hiro *perform* before. It was interesting. He's a groove bassist. He doesnt bash around like Ben does. (will Ben do that anymore?) It also was funny as hell to see him sing? :-) "Circle of Power". He was mimicking chris's early *schtick* pretty well :-) Also on the tape was SG's performance at GnR's Pay Per View show. It was sorta frightning to hear "Hands All Over" with the camera panning out to show the full stage set up...complete with the _Use Your Illusion_ album covers as side stage banners. <::shiver::> "clap for the wolfman, he gonna treat your record right" Steve - - srussell@epix.net - - http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~swr (now listed in Yahoo!) - - SG Web Alliance - - "I'm looking California...and feeling Chautauqua" ------------------------------ From: David_H._Steinhage@nrunner.mil.wi.us Subject: Saturday Night Live Performance... Ah, I wish I could have been there, even if it WAS SNL. Chris' voice wasn't at its best for Pretty Noose, but I think he redeemed himself with Burden in My Hand...They didn't have too many shots of Ben, but they had a few good one's of Matt--he was flyin' on the drums! There was this one 2 second closeup of Matt where he just let it all out, it was pretty cool...As always, Kim rocked.... Dave ------------------------------ From: ar303921@student.uq.edu.au (DEFsonic) Subject: WOO DOTU is out in AUST :) Got it wooo :) Listening to it now it hmmmm, well it's how to put it, it has no noise, it's not an overpowering full on metal blast I guess. But it's great still :) Oh well think it'll take a few listens to get into the groove and pick the songs I love etc. Hello to Jackhammer too, nice to meet you at the midnight thing, hope the assignment goes well. Did Blind Dog, or little joe make it to Skinny's? anyway it's cool :) everyone go a get it now :) seeya Lee _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ SONIC E-mail ar303921@student.uq.edu.au Turn it UP and Play it LOUD!! Let the blood rush to your head!! CD I'm listening to this week: "Pretty Noose" single by Soundgarden ------------------------------ From: rc@gcc.cc.md.us Subject: SNL OP>Oh man, it was great to see Soundgarden again, even if it had to be on OP>SNL (I'm sorry, Jim Carrey turns my stomach). I like Jim Carrey, but I wouldn't have watched it if Soundgarden wouldn't have been on. I was disappointed that no one from Soundgarden appeared in any of the sketches. Sometimes the guest band is in some sketches. Oh well. I did like the Joe Pesi show where Mr. Carrey did the Jimmy Stewart and the other guy did Jim Carrey. That was humor! OP>I don't know if Chris didn't warm up before OP>Pretty Noose or what, but it sounded a bit strained at first. I thought he sounded pretty bad throughout the whole song. But he did have his moments. Burden in My Hand was MUCH better. OP> What is it about SG that makes us all feel so close to them? Maybe OP>its because they seem like such regular guys (and from what Frank OP>Kozik says they really are down to earth). Whatever it is, I actually OP>feel nervouse for them when they perform, and proud of them OP>afterwards. Is that weird, or do other people feel that way too? Its OP>like I'm watching friends or family or something. Yeah. I'm kinda like that. I have my visions of how my heroes are in person, but I'm sure they are totally different than I would think, but it seems that somehow I know them. It also seems that I know some people on this list...while I was watching SNL, I though, "I'll bet I know some of the people there." because some people from this list were suppose to go. But I've never really met anyone from this list. I hope that changes soon. OP> I really loved Frank Kozik's comments. I hope we hear from him OP>often. Maybe he'll join the list. ;) Maybe he'll put a good word in and get Soundgarden to join. Maybe Ms. Silver already joined to keep up with what Shroom's doing to Chris' naked body. Nothingman -Ride the snake. ------------------------------ From: rc@gcc.cc.md.us Subject: livewire article. karaoke?? christi?? RE>Future b-sides maybe??? Oh wait nevermind, i forgot that from now RE>on b-sides are gonna be limited to the 'scat version' of the songs :) I thought all the b sides were gonna be Kyle Petty. ;) Nothingman -Or was that only on ONE of 12 the Pretty Noose singles? ;) ------------------------------ From: rc@gcc.cc.md.us Subject: ...give the wolfboy a hand. SR>BtW: I saw a boot video with Hiro last night. There's a picture in a recent Circus magazine (I think it's Circus) and it has a VERY old picture of Soundgarden. Hiro's there, and Chris' face is shaved...completely. Wow. It's just kinda funny to see after seeing them so much recently. Nothingman -And then there's an older one, and Chris is a little spermy with a goat! ------------------------------ From: rc@gcc.cc.md.us Subject: Saturday Night Live Performance... DA>I think he redeemed himself with Burden in My Hand... Don't they play a piano on the album for this song? I was amazed at how Chris played that so effortlessly and STILL sang better than he did on Pretty Noose (like it was hard). Nothingman -And how do I make my guitar sound lie that? ------------------------------ From: SoundGrdn3@aol.com Subject: SG on SNL Well, I watched them last night. Chris seemed like he was real nervous at first or something because it took him awhile to get into "Pretty Noose". Did you notice how strained his voice was when he was singing "I caught the moon today..."? It sounded pretty harsh. But as the song went on, I started recognizing the vocal melody a lot more. Kim was great on guitar! The guitar sounded exactly the same as the recording, if you ask me. By the time they got to "Burden in my Hand" they seemed more relaxed. That song was performed really well. Oh yeah, and Matt was singing on "Pretty Noose"!!! I liked that part at the end when the cast and Soundgarden were standing around, and Matt and Ben like high-fived, it looked pretty...rehearsed, or something. I wonder if the producer made them do that...Well, who cares? Matt looked great!! =] Later, SG3 ------------------------------ From: iawake@ix.netcom.com (CML) Subject: Re: Soundgarden Digest, Sunday, 19 May 1996 Soundgarden on SNL....I thought they were great! Chris' voice strained alittle on "Pretty Noose" but over all...they kicked ass. Matt was amazing as usual. Kim seemed calm and collected and in in prime form. Ben was into it in "Burden In My Hand" I also caught at the very end...Matt and Kim do a high five....and Jim Carrey and Kim hug one another...that's so cool...Me..I would have went straight Chris for a hug. He probably would have turned away....what do ya think? My heart would have broke..."cracked like glass, and fell to the ground" SGardnGrl. ------------------------------ From: SoundGrdn3@aol.com Subject: sorry! Sorry my last post (about SNL) was so similar to all of the other posts! I know you don't all want to read the same post 100 times! It was just weird because I was telling my parents about how I thought "Pretty Noose" was awful, and then with "Burden.." they redeemed themselves, etc.. So I decided to make a post about it, and then I downloaded all of my mail, and everyone else had the exact same thoughts! That's pretty cool, in a way, though. I mean, we all like have the same opinions, and everything. Okay, well, bye. -SG3 ------------------------------ From: SoundGrdn3@aol.com Subject: sonics? I thought Chris was boycotting the Sonics, but on Matt's drum set it said, "GO SONICS". Oh well, maybe they like the Sonics again because they weren't on pay-per-view. Well, the Sonics rule! ------------------------------ From: onefellswoop Subject: Another Convert I just might have converted another person to Soundgarden. A friend's parents went away for the weekend, and a bunch of us were hanging out there. He brought his stereo downstairs and cranked it. One problem. All he had was a bunch of dance crap. I was sitting there, and finally I went home to get some CD's. I know you can't just flood these people with good music, because they will not bite. You have to be subtle, and use some strategy. So I tried to think of one SG song he would HAVE to like. Big Dumb Sex! What 12-24 North American Male could not like this song? I played it loud for him, and he loved it! He was singing right along with the chorus. Anybody else have stories about converts? I have influenced MANY people in the way of Soundgarden. Speaking of Big Dumb Sex, did you know that they released an "Instore Clean" version of Louder than Love, which did not include BDS? Over and out, Geoff ------------------------------ From: "Greg Dunbar" Subject: Sorry Mr Limo Wrecker! Everyone must think that I'm a moron by now! O.K, I listed the top 19 Soundgarden songs so I'll chuck in Nazi Driver at number 20. See you later, and hi to Bryan too! Are we all invited to the wedding? Rock Hard!, Greg Dunbar - ------------------------------------------------------------- greg@lin.cbl.com.au ------------------------------ From: caryn rose Subject: sg dreams to disappoint most of you, these dreams have NOT been sexual... tho loaded with all sorts of weird imagery. the first one was friday night, iw as at some big stadium type thing, more like a basketball court, the 4 guys from sg were down on the court, i was waaay high up in the stands, and i guess they were doing a meet and greet kind of thing, and for some reason i wasn't going to go... but i did anyway. and they were really cute and nice and i chatted with them for a while ... chris and matt especially... and i remember showing them my tattoo (it's nothing sg related, and it's not in any kind of interesting place, i guess it was just a lame attempt on my part to make convo)... if you think that was lame and/or weird, last night i had a dream that eddie vedder was singing on a street corner. finally sunny in seattle, - --caryn ------------------------------ From: caryn rose Subject: 24 hr chatline personally, i have no intention of using their official web chat... mostly because i have disabled java in my browser due to the recent security problems with the code (as has everyone in my office... and we *make* internet software, so we kinda know what we're talking about)... i also dislike being part of any official anything, really. i don't like the idea that they are monitoring our chat, or that they're going to watch what we say (i mean, are they logging this chat?) i konw seth is nice and complimentary to them about the 'official' sg page, but personally, i think it sucks. there's no content there... there's nothing there that we can't get off seth's page sooner and in more painstaking detail. the amount of times i have used both sites to demonstrate how an 'amateur' site (sorry seth, nothing personal) can kick the butt of an official site that clearly has no clue what their audience wants and must obvioulsy think that we are way stupid... but i'm digressing. in terms of the irc channel, maybe pick a 4 hour span every night that people will be around? that's how we got #pearl_jam going originally (tho now it sucks big hairy moose and is run by people with serious power trip problems who have no life). - --caryn ------------------------------ Subject: For those of you who didn't get to see SNL... From: seth http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/misc/snl.html There are 18 pictures from the performances there right now. I should have video clips within the next couple of days, perhaps as early as tonight, and they will be on the page as soon as I can possibly get them there. seth ------------------------------ From: champagne.supernova@thenexus.com Subject: Hey... I missed you, list :) I had the best damn weekend of my life... I went to Virginia... I don't think they like Soundgarden very much there, I went to Busch Gardens on Saturday and didn't see one person in a Soundgarden shirt.. maybe I was looking in all the wrong places? Maybe I was too preoccupied with staring at the back of Mr. Champagne's head :) Anyway, I brought my TV with me for the sole purpose of watching Soundgarden on SNL on the way back home on the bus... and it pissed me off that I had to wait so damn long to see 'em too cause I was exhausted and wanted to go to sleep.. course, you can't sleep on a bus, just doesn't work :) I bet no one thought Pretty Noose was as bad as I thought it was, and none of it can be placed on Soundgarden or SNL's sound crew... I was watching it on this tiny B&W tv, and the station was fading out so I couldn't really get a picture and the TV speaker didn't really allow for definition so I could just hear the notes and that was about it. I couldn't hear Chris straining his voice, any of that.. But I came across a strong signal when Burden In My Hand came on, and I thought they sounded great, and it looked pretty cool too :) I couldn't tell if the sound was shitty anyway because I was watching it on a TV with a completely shitty speaker. Hopefully my mom remembered to tape it :) And they're going to be on 120 minutes tonight...! If it weren't for this list, I wouldn't have known that :) Thank you thank you thank you :) My bus passed within a half hour of New York City last night, that's the second closest I've ever been to Soundgarden :) I mean, they WERE in New York last night right?? For Saturday Night LIVE? Or maybe it's really Saturday Night Taped and they're lying? I've never fully understood how that works. Oh well. :) Champagne. ------------------------------ From: GeekGirl@aol.com Subject: SNL okay, I know that everyone has made a comment on the SNL thing. but I just thought I would throw this out.... Did anyone notice what Matt's drum said? ( the bass drum. facing the camera's?) well it's kinda hard to see but it says: CD'S SUCK!! Geek Girl. ------------------------------ From: Gonzo Subject: Guitar players-Kim Thayil on guitar player Kim Thayil is on the cover of the new issue of Guitar Player.Check it out,also has an article,I haven't read it yet so I can't tell anything more at the moment. Kim is right on man.Every time i see that Guild sg guitar of his,right.Reminds me of the gibson sg I started out on.fuck,I had to go and sell it.I was young and needed the money. Gonzo-give me a g# ------------------------------ From: Gonzo Subject: Indianapolis lollapalooza My brother lives in Indianapolis and he just picked me up 2 tickets for lolla july 2 show.I hope to meet some of you sommsters there.I'm taking the whole week off. Now I just need to get tickets for the ohio show.and the next nearest show,whatever that is. Gonzo- ------------------------------ From: Chris Farley Subject: RE: SNL No Shit! I thought the same thing. I went out and bought Motorvision = saturday night becuase I've nver seen SG play live so I wanted a taste = before SNL. I thought Chris looked like one cool dude. I thinks he = looks good with short hair too. But that mop he had on SNL???? It = looked like he blow-dried it to be straight or something. Anyhow they = kicked booty!!! Later Chris - ---------- From: Tonerkin[SMTP:tonerkin@usa.pipeline.com] Sent: Sunday, May 19, 1996 2:16 AM To: oponfam@cnsnet.com Cc: somms@MIT.EDU Subject: Re: SNL On May 19, 1996 00:13:13, 'oponfam@cnsnet.com' wrote:=20 =20 =20 >Anyway, I don't know if Chris didn't warm up before =20 >Pretty Noose or what, but it sounded a bit strained at first. Burden =20 >in My Hand was terrific though.=20 I thought the same thing. It must be hard to get up and sing without much warm up. The band sounded and looked great! BUT what is with = the wolfman "do" Chris is sporting!=20 A Soundgarden weekend-this is too good!!! On to 120 minutues!!! Toni ------------------------------ From: Chris Farley Subject: RE: SNL You must be a geek because it said "GO SONICS" DUH! - ---------- From: GeekGirl@aol.com[SMTP:GeekGirl@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, May 19, 1996 7:06 PM To: somms@MIT.EDU Subject: SNL okay, I know that everyone has made a comment on the SNL thing. but I just thought I would throw this out.... Did anyone notice what Matt's drum said? ( the bass drum. facing the camera's?) well it's kinda hard to see but it says: CD'S SUCK!! Geek Girl. ------------------------------ From: blind dog Subject: and drown in alcohol... On Wed, 15 May 1996, Tim Miller wrote: > listen to the radio. in the portion i heard the dj guy was asking the guys why > there was so much anger in their music. chris responded with something like "if > you wake up in the morning and start thinking, then you realize that you have > plenty to be angry about." when the dj asked him to name some songs from the > new album that displayed some sort of anger, chris named at least 5 or 6 songs, > and i don't think i remember any of them except pretty noose, blow up..., and I've listened to the record a couple of times now, and it seems like the anger is not the same as it used to be. I know that is a horribly constructed sentence, but the way the band (chris especially) conveys their anger or intenseness on dotu is really different to how they play slaves and bulldozers or the way chris screams on limo wreck. I guess it just isn't (to me) as in-your-face on dotu. of course, ty cobb and no attention are upfront, but they don't seem the same as mailman or new damage, where you can feel trapped in their anger at the world. maybe it is because the music isn't quite as hypnotic or something, but more melodic. even the lyrics from blow up the outside world don't seem as angry as they could be when you hear chris singing them, but more melancholy (maybe the killer hook is blinding me?). ----------------------------------- a thousand doors, a thousand lies rooms a thousand years wide ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: GeekGirl@aol.com Subject: OOPS! I MADE A mistake!! well as some of you have been very gracious enough to point out.. the drum kit did not say cd's suck but intead it said GO SONICS. I said it was hard to see. I guess I just didnt look hard enough! ( SO GET OF MY BACK ABOUT IT ) honest mistake! ------------------------------ From: blind dog Subject: nudie-bar frequentin' music reviewers... On Fri, 17 May 1996, seth wrote: > into the current brouhaha about the negative review in NME.You gotta > remember,music critics are the lowest form of life on earth.Their impact is > so out of proportion to reality..I mean,how the hell can some geek at > NME,who is probably inordinately proud of his pathetic 300 word a week > "career" have any claim as to talent or credibility against such a just to add a smaller rant to what has become a somms diatribe against pea-brained music journalists, I was reading in kerrang (which I originally thought was an ok music publication) their review of the pretty noose single. most of it was ho-hum, but my jaw hit the floor when the guy says that soundgarden take four minutes to do what the *wildhearts* do as an intro. the wildhearts?? can any british listers fill me in? I have seen the band on the front cover of kerrang from time to time, but I didn't realise that kerrang was so intent on building them up. I'll eat my hat if the wildhearts can play pn as an intro to one of their (most probably) shithouse songs. ----------------------------------- a thousand doors, a thousand lies rooms a thousand years wide ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: blind dog Subject: a nice night was had by all... had a good night last night, because the independant record store here in brisbane (skinnys) had a midnight opening to release the new album. I went bowling before so as to stay awake, and only bowled two games of about 120 each (quit laughing perlman). the store actually opened at ten to midnight, since it was a little cold and the store manager is not a mean person :) they had both the digipak and normal edition of the album, so it was time to make a choice. I picked the normal one, on account of it looking more sturdy and, to my eye, better. littlejoe, of course, went for teh limited edition, with no condsideration to my arguments. btw, where were you lee? didn't you see me in my kickstand uniform? and what of you jackhammer? were you there? anyway, we got a free poster with the cd, which is a really cool photo of the band sitting at a table. unfortunately it is all folded up, probably by some dumb record rep who doesn't know better. joe and I entered the contest to win a replica kim-guitar (guild something or other), all their albums, both videos and a shirt. hopefully one of us four brisbane sommsters will win. upstairs they had a chef cooking sausages and hamburgers, and he looked a tad lonely, so we cheered him up by eating a couple of burgers. all in all, it was a cool night :) btw, I don't like the artwork on dotu as much as I like superunknown, but it should grow on me. what do you all think? ----------------------------------- a thousand doors, a thousand lies rooms a thousand years wide ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: Eric Gardner Subject: Re: ...give the wolfboy a glass of water On Sun, 19 May 1996, Steven Russell Jr. wrote: > > BtW: I saw a boot video with Hiro last night. The '88 LA show. Too > funny!. I've never seen Hiro *perform* before. It was interesting. He's a > groove bassist. He doesnt bash around like Ben does. (will Ben do that > anymore?) It also was funny as hell to see him sing? :-) "Circle of Power". > He was mimicking chris's early *schtick* pretty well :-) Also on the tape Sounds like the Club Lingerie video, which I just got today. Pretty amazing to see the change in Chris from this show to last night's SNL (even before the hairstylist turned him into wolfboy, I would imagine). I guess eight years will do that you. And Chris singing that little bit of Working Man, well, Rush will never be the same.:) Hey, there's a duet possibility....Chris and Geddy Lee! ------------------------------ From: caryn rose Subject: "burden..." and led zep anyone else on here think that "burden in my hand" has faint echoes of "gallows pole"? (anyone on here k now what the fuck i'm talking about? ;->) my uneducated musical self suggests that perhaps they are in the same key... i dunno.. i KNEW there was some zep song it reminded me of (and don't get my wrong, i think it's prolly my favorite song on the album right now)... and this is the first thing that struck me ??? - --caryn ------------------------------ From: ADDC Subject: SNL performance/120 Minutes Ok. What I have to say isn't going to be anything you guys have not heard before. Chris's voice was strained and painful sounding on SNL during Pretty Noose. Period. Don't put the blame on anyone else. Chris also looked like he was in a lot of pain while singing. He sounded like Bob Dylan or something. But I must say that the rest of the band during Pretty Noose did a bang up job. What really impressed me was Burden in My Hand. Great job Chris, Kim, Matt and Ben. Very nice. It was so smooth and natural. I just got done watching 120 Minutes. It was very entertaining. Also Matt Pinfield interviewed them for a long time so it was really a good night. Pinfield is a weird dude man. What was with that S&M statement he made to them? Plus, Chris and Kim were at times pretty funny. For example Matt Pinfield said that they were really good friends with Metallica. Kim then blurted out that it was not like they were fishing buddies or anything. Just the way he said that made me laugh out loud. You gotta see it. Later on Chris talks about video imagery and he makes this great "fork" comment which I laughed at. The one bad thing about the interview was that Matt and Ben weren't a part of it. They deserved to be there. I was really looking forward to seeing what those guys had to say. Anyway, Chris and Kim pretty muched talked about everything : Lollapalooza (they talk a LOT about this), Mettalica, their CD Plus "Alive in the Superunknown", Frank Kozik, music videos, the Internet, touring, and their fans. It is pretty much what any Soundgarden fan could have asked for. Can't wait to hear all of your comments. Vincent Varkey P.S. Can someone fill me in any info concerning that 90 minute Soundgarden MTV special? ------------------------------ From: ShRooMGrLz@aol.com Subject: STuFF (cuz I'm booooored) >Maybe he'll join the list. ;) Maybe he'll put a good word in and get >Soundgarden to join. Maybe Ms. Silver already joined to keep up with >what Shroom's doing to Chris' naked body. She's probably got a private eye following me, just to make sure that my plans to kidnap and rape her husband haven't begun to unfold yet... ;) > -And then there's an older one, and Chris is a little spermy with a >goat! A little spermy? Nothingman... what goes through your mind when you see Chris half-naked? Please... share your feelings with the group... >Me..I would have went straight Chris for a >hug. He probably would have turned away....what do ya think? Not if you flew at him and tackled him to the ground first... then he'd have to wrestle himself away from you, and it would make for more bodily contact than a simple hug. Umm... that's what I'd do, anyway. Hey... concerning the 120 minute special thingy... what did Chris and Kim say about the internet? Shroom ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Check out my very own Shroom web page at.. http://www................................ Umm... wait... I forgot. I don't have a web page. Ok, just close your eyes and pretend. Ummmm... never mind. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------------------------------ End of somms Digest [Volume 2 Issue 130] ****************************************