From: somms@mit.edu To: somms-digest@mit.edu Subject: Soundgarden Digest, Sunday, 16 Jun 1996 Reply-To: somms@mit.edu Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 15:17:20 EDT Sender: saperl The Soundgarden Digest: Sunday, 16 Jun 1996 listadmin: saperl@mit.edu list archive: http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/archive/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email saperl@mit.edu ***listadmin note: There was no digest yesterday, because I'm on vacation and didn't have a chance to log in. Digests will arrive whenever I have time for the next week. Sorry for any inconvenience this causes. -seth Today's Topics: Re: Soundgarden Digest, Thursday, 13 Jun 1996 Seattle Show! Spin article Re:Vasant Re: Mayor's Love Song Thoughts Re: Speeding to SG Re: Speeding to SG Re: SILVER/GRAMMYS Re: stand up and everyone will see... Re: Speeding to SG IRC Re: IRC & GO SONICS ! ;-> SPIN article SG on MTV news more sonics from sg ehy... more on sg/sonics Re: Speeding to SG Re: more on sg/sonics Speeding to SG RE: stand up and everyone will see... Re: more on sg/sonics Show Us Your Pecs! Re: stand up and everyone will see... RE:Mayor's love song... Re: soundgarden drags on? Re: The list that feels like family Re: freebie #2 happy birthday to the page Re: half fanclub My feelings(like they count) Spin article Speeding to SG Fav B-Sides Official Page Updated (finally) Re: Surprise Soundgarden show!!! I GOT TICKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm Dying!!! Re: Speeding to SG Re: Soundgarden Digest, Friday, 14 Jun 1996 ack... Re: IRC Re: sleeping to SG? Re: freebie #2 irc!! aah help me!! Fresh Deadly Roses, etc ------------------------------------------------------------ From: aburney@maildrop.srv.ualberta.ca Subject: Re: Soundgarden Digest, Thursday, 13 Jun 1996 I just wanted to mention that no one is on irc in the #soundgarden channel. Maybe if someone can set a bot or something and set a topic then some traffic maybe created. Just a suggestion... - -SeEd95 ------------------------------ Subject: Seattle Show! From: tonerkin@usa.pipeline.com (Tonerkin) On my way home from work tonight the guy on the radio announced a contest to win a trip to Seattle to see a "pre-Lolla" show by Soundgarden in Seattle June 20th. I don't know any other details. Just thought I'd pass it along!! And on the subject of old farts still being in bands. the Rolling Stones are really old but the Steel Wheels tour saw them playing their ancient asses off!!! It's all a state of mind kiddies! Ozzie just bite off too many head's of little defenseless animals. He is being punished with *bad* old age! Like a radio commercial here in Chicago says "Too old to mosh-too young to die" Toni ------------------------------ From: oponfam@cnsnet.com Subject: Spin article I finally got the new Spin and I really enjoyed the SG article. Its great to know that after all this time and success that they are still so down to earth. The thing that really impressed me is that Chris is still so, shall we say, HUMBLE. I really liked how he talked about his lack of formal education: "I still regret dropping out, especially being a guy that writes words for a living. I pretty much have a seventh-grade Catholic school education; it would have been helpful if I had continued". He could just say "what the fuck, I write terrific songs even though I never finished school." This is really a unique group of guys. Which must be why they attract such a unique group of fans (At least those of us on this list, which seems to be full of truly great people). Thats all I had to say; I'll probably have more after I read the digest, but the sun is out and I need to get out there too. Kathie ------------------------------ From: stephen napoles Subject: Re:Vasant Vasant, First off, I would like to thank you for sharing your in depth letter with us on the list. It shows the character strength of the collective people who make up the list when someone can write such an emotionally charged essay such as yours. I have gone through many stages in my life where I have switched from one favorite band to another as well for varying different reasons including style of music, vocals and even deepening emotions and growing maturity in myself. Every band that I have considered a favorite at one time or another though is still a very special part of my memory and personality. Before finding SG, I was into death metal for many years. I immersed myself in that music like I had none before in my life, but after several years of listening to it, I began to feel restless and I realized that the genre had nothing left to offer me. That is around the time that SG stepped into my life and filled the musical void left in me by changing feelings toward style. I feel that today, SG means more to me personally than any other band I've ever considered at the zenith of my musical tastes. On the other hand, I feel that my respect for SG's music and philosophy was cultivated by all of the experiences and emotions that my earlier musical stages molded into me. From what I have heard of Smashing Pumpkins, I think that they are an important and talented band (I don't own any of their albums, but I have heard them many times). Billy Corgan has a songwriting style that can be called very individual. He obviously follows his own calling when he writes a song unlike so many musicians who only build on the marketability of others. He certainly has a talent, like one Kurt Cobain, for writing a catchy central riff to build a song around. However, I feel he leaves a lot to be desired in the vocal department and I feel that SP would be greatly improved if they obtained a vocalist with more ability, letting Corgan concentrate more on his other strengths. About comparing them to SG, I would say that SG is a more mature band having been together for longer and more diverse in style. SG is the product of four musical talents whereas SP is largely built on Corgan's bible. In addition, as I mentioned before, I don't think I have to devote much time to comparing the vocal capabilities of the two bands. Overall, I think that both are definitely worth listening to and taking the time as well, to think about what messages they are trying to portray in their music and lyrics. Again, let me thank you as well as the other members of the list, for sharing their feelings and thoughts with me and everyone else on the list. Stephen ------------------------------ From: Greg Bensimon Subject: Re: Mayor's Love Song Thoughts On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Mayor McCheese wrote: > That's 48% why soundgarden is so good. Who want's to hear songs about > the same fucking thing all day long (ie Love). GOD I HATE LOVE SONGS!!! > It's so cliche and lacks imagination. So, what's the other 52%? You realize this is more than HALF of the reason... :^) Greg ------------------------------ From: Greg Bensimon Subject: Re: Speeding to SG > > others. Even the lyric "let your motor race" in PN, is enough to elicit > > a full throttle response. Any other SG/Speed freaks out there? > > Geoff Actually, Ty Cobb always gives me the urge to take my Cougar out of mothballs and wind it up to about 130 (m.p.h.) on Interstate 95. Uh, nobody on this list is a State Trooper, are they? Come to think of it, Big Dumb Sex has the same effect on me. Well, o.k., I admit it. Any song where you can yell "FUCK!" at the top of your lungs would probably have the same effect on me... Greg ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Speeding to SG From: jsimpson@mail03.mitre.org (Jamesetta Simpson) >Actually, Ty Cobb always gives me the urge to take my Cougar out of >mothballs and wind it up to about 130 (m.p.h.) on Interstate 95. Uh, >nobody on this list is a State Trooper, are they? At what time of the day do you find it possible to do 130 mph on I95 (the road from hell)??? Every time I'm on this road (going south), I sit in bumper to bumper traffic. But I see it as a time and a way to enlighten the musical needs of the people around me. I put SG on, turn the volume up and hope no one guns me down - and believe me on I95 that is no joke.... But it does this old heart good to see people get that ugly look on their faces when I pull up beside them with and Big Dumb Sex is playing... Just got to remember not to make eye contact.. :-) The song that makes me want to push hard of the gas petal is "Rusty Cage". What more could you ask for than Chris screaming at you to break out of your cage and run and do it at break neck speed. Jamie ------------------------------ From: Malvol7@aol.com Subject: Re: SILVER/GRAMMYS When this list first started I mistakenly posted that SG weren't shown accepting their awards on the televised Grammys show. At least 6 different people responded saying that not only were SG shown accepting the awards, but they had seen after show coverage of Chris with his mother and Susan. Just thought some of you would like to know that SS was there with CC. ------------------------------ Subject: Re: stand up and everyone will see... From: "Matthew Lawrence" > > On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Limo Wreck wrote: > > > > I got my first speeding ticket ever while listening to Like Suicide :) It > > i think that is Kim's best solo ever imho :) > > *that's* a thread that I've wanted to start for a couple of weeks > now :) I think kim has been a little under-rated when it comes to > soloing, so I'm just wondering now that we have seen his development from > screaming life through to down on the upside, what do you fellow sommsters > feel kim's best solo is? I have to agree with jeremy that his lead break > from like suicide is damn cool, but I wouldn't say it is easily his best. > at the moment I like his searing leads from tighter and tighter. the way > he throws out *so* many great blues licks and gels with matt so well > makes me grin from ear to ear :) I'm also in awe of his almost non-lead > break during never named, the one that sounds like he is just standing in > front of his amp, looking for feedback. any thoughts? > How about the solo for Mailman? Just the way it starts with the weird harmonics and the pick slide, that's always been a high spot on Superunknown for me. Also Black Hole Sun has a pretty decent couple of solos. No others spring to mind at the moment, except maybe the Rhinosaur solo, even though it doesn't quite fit with the rest of the song it's still a damn fine solo, IMHO. It seems to me that most of the really good solos are on the later albums. I'm sure there are some good ones on Badmotorfinger that I'm forgetting about.. Matt ------------------------------ From: ar303921@student.uq.edu.au (DEFsonic) Subject: Re: Speeding to SG Hey ya, >I got my first speeding ticket ever while listening to Like Suicide :) It was during the heavy guitar solo at >the end. I was going 75 in a 50 zone (thats km/h). classic :) Am yet to get a speeding ticket for it (thankfully) But half the time I am listening to songs turned up full and me jumping around like crazy while trying to drive the car I notice something funny in the fact that the speedo seems to want to keep time with the music! 150 in a 100 zone (km/h) and things like that. It's dangrous. I wonder if they are going to make a law against listening to SG in the car :) Maybe I can use it in defense. seeya Lee Judge "so you where listening to Kyle petty son of Richard, I see. And you say you where jumping around off the roof and sides of the car and that's why you where trying for a land speed record" _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ 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: "Down on the Upside" by Soundgarden ------------------------------ From: ar303921@student.uq.edu.au (DEFsonic) Subject: IRC >I just wanted to mention that no one is on irc in the #soundgarden >channel. Maybe if someone can set a bot or something and set a topic >then some traffic maybe created. Just a suggestion... Just a note about IRC, what I usally do when logged on, I bring up my IRC client join #somms and #soundgarden and just let it sit the whole time I am logged on to the net getting mail or whatever. If a few ppl did this I am sure we would eventually run into each other :) Plus it's always helpfull to have a free net account. How about the ppl working places with direct connections? When getting to work, load up IRC and join #somms. So ppl start to appear on channel. BTW #somms as far as I know is ment to be the offical somms list irc channel. While #soundgarden was ment to be set up by Imusic. 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: "Down on the Upside" by Soundgarden ------------------------------ From: caryn rose Subject: Re: IRC & GO SONICS ! ;-> At 02:39 PM 6/14/96 +0000, DEFsonic wrote: >Just a note about IRC, what I usally do when logged on, I bring up my IRC >client join #somms and #soundgarden and just let it sit the whole time I am >logged on to the net getting mail or whatever. If a few ppl did this I am >sure we would eventually run into each other :) Plus it's always helpfull to >have a free net account. How about the ppl working places with direct >connections? When getting to work, load up IRC and join #somms. So ppl start >to appear on channel. yes, and those of us at work would promptly lose our jobs! ;-) i wouldn't... but i also wouldn't have a second to get involved in a conversation!! however, i do agree that the "get home and bring up irc client and log in to channel" approach would work until we get some interest going. (geez, i guess this means i finally need to install mIRC! ;->) >BTW #somms as far as I know is ment to be the offical somms list irc >channel. While #soundgarden was ment to be set up by Imusic. i for one will *never* appear on #soundgarden unless the band themselves will be there. i have no interest in having my private chat logged by some unknown corporate entity. they can read my ramblings on this list if they so desire, but i'd rather not have irc nonsense logged by them.... just my opinion. SUPERSONICS OH YEAH! go SONICS - --caryn who will MISS the game because she's going camping... trying to find someone to page me with the scores! ;-> ------------------------------ From: chaneyk@stu.beloit.edu (Keidra Chaney) Subject: SPIN article Re: SPIN I like the SPIN article as well. I thought it was well written and candid and offered a much more "personal" perspective of the band (especially Chris) than I have seen in other interviews. I also like the fact that it didn't regurgitate facts that anyone can find on a press release. I also enjoyed the article in REQUEST magazine. I'm glad the article about SG are getting better. I remeber a time when they all sounded like a rewritten press release. ------------------------------ From: chaneyk@stu.beloit.edu (Keidra Chaney) Subject: SG on MTV news Anybody remember a segment in about August '92 with SG in a bookstore? It was on MTV news. I remember it, but not too clearly..... Does anyone have it on tape? Also, I know there are probably a lot of Sonics fans on here, but as Chicagoan, I have to say it.... Give it up! The Bulls will crush your wack-ass team into the ground tonight. It is inevitable...Nothing will save you!!! Ok, I'm done.....toodles! Keidra ------------------------------ From: caryn rose Subject: more sonics from sg heh, the radio here in seattle just announced that at 5pm today, soundgarden are asking everyone to sound their horn, no matter where they are, in support of the sonics. GO SONICS! woo! (caryn sees people in scotland and mexico honking their horns for no reason at 5pm PST today...) ------------------------------ From: overfloater@bbs.cowland.com Subject: ehy... my favorite soundgarden b-sides... hmmmm.... fell on black days (demo) cold bitch kyle petty son of richard birth ritual beyond the wheel (live): this is a GREAT one into the void show me i can't think of any more at the moment;) _ __ | |/\ ___ _ _ __ ____ ___ ___ | /| . || | || || _ \| . || _| | \| /\| || || | | || /\| | |_|\/ \__/ \_/ |__||_| |_| \__/|_| overfloater@bbs.cowland.com VoteForKevinIn97!TheChampagneCampaign! ------------------------------ From: caryn rose Subject: more on sg/sonics okay, here's the scoop -- the band sent out a fax to "everyone" (hey, i didn't get it!) yesterday asking them to announce that if you were a sonics fan, to honk your horn at 5pm. hey toni, think you can get away with this without getting killed in chicago?? - --caryn ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Speeding to SG From: tonerkin@usa.pipeline.com (Tonerkin) On Jun 14, 1996 14:32:36, 'ar303921@student.uq.edu.au (DEFsonic)' wrote: >I got my first speeding ticket ever while listening to Like Suicide Can I add my name to the Somms Speed List? I got mine last summer in Southern Illinois listening to "Rusty Cage" . The Illinois State Police wouldn't buy the "but officer I was listening to this great song and I just got carried away. SG cost me $85.00!!!! Toni ------------------------------ Subject: Re: more on sg/sonics From: tonerkin@usa.pipeline.com (Tonerkin) Caryn, All that horn honking sounds like a furneral dirge to me. I am more likely to get shot on my drive home tonight after the BULLS VICTORY!!!!! Get that money ready !!! It will take more than Soundgarden to save the Sonics!!!! Toni ------------------------------ From: e9328995@student.uq.edu.au (John Grieves) Subject: Speeding to SG THIS IS NOT FAIR!!!! All these stories about people speeding to Soundgarden...and I tell you sinners to REPENT!!! Heaven will strike upon thee with great vengeance when you are found to be speeding! No, just kidding, it's me with sour grapes. I was caught speeding mid May...which means I have to behave myself until October, when I get my full open license, because it just takes one more infringement on the road (for ANYTHING!) and I'm back to getting my learners... YUK!! %#$%#%!! 40km/h zones... they should be banned!! I mean, what's wrong with doing 60km/h in a 40km/h zone?!? Rotten radar traps... And to make matters worse, it wasn't to Soundgarden! It was to Faith No More... ah well... But I can relate. Any reasonably fast song of Soundgarden, particularly Rusty Cage, Spoonman, Never the Machine Forever and Jesus Christ Pose give me that extra throttle action...but even worse, I start driving like a hatchback driver on steroids, which is not good when you're driving a decent sized sedan... Heh heh - Brisbane-ites in Australia watchout for a yellow Falcon... :> Jackhammer. ------------------------------ From: "Thomas D. Ozbirn" Subject: RE: stand up and everyone will see... - ---------- From: Matthew Lawrence[SMTP:mattlaw@cogs.susx.ac.uk] Sent: Friday, June 14, 1996 10:11 AM To: blind dog Cc: the list Subject: Re: stand up and everyone will see... > > On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Limo Wreck wrote: > > > > I got my first speeding ticket ever while listening to Like = Suicide :) It > > i think that is Kim's best solo ever imho :) > > *that's* a thread that I've wanted to start for a couple of weeks > now :) I think kim has been a little under-rated when it comes to > soloing, so I'm just wondering now that we have seen his development = from > screaming life through to down on the upside, what do you fellow = sommsters > feel kim's best solo is? I have to agree with jeremy that his lead = break > from like suicide is damn cool, but I wouldn't say it is easily his = best. > at the moment I like his searing leads from tighter and tighter. the = way > he throws out *so* many great blues licks and gels with matt so well > makes me grin from ear to ear :) I'm also in awe of his almost = non-lead > break during never named, the one that sounds like he is just standing = in > front of his amp, looking for feedback. any thoughts? > How about the solo for Mailman? Just the way it starts with the weird harmonics and the pick slide, that's always been a high spot on = Superunknown for me. Also Black Hole Sun has a pretty decent couple of solos. No = others spring to mind at the moment, except maybe the Rhinosaur solo, even = though it doesn't quite fit with the rest of the song it's still a damn fine solo, = IMHO. It seems to me that most of the really good solos are on the later = albums. I'm sure there are some good ones on Badmotorfinger that I'm forgetting = about.. Matt <*> this mat sound bad, but i'm not intending it to be... does anyone = think the solo to rhinosaur is sped up, the squelch at the end is what = (to me) makes it sound that way.. just a thought ------------------------------ From: caryn rose Subject: Re: more on sg/sonics toni dared to taunt... > Caryn, All that horn honking sounds like a furneral dirge to me. I am > more likely to get shot on my drive home tonight after the BULLS > VICTORY!!!!! Get that money ready !!! you'll have to come out here to collect it, girlfriend! you WISH! > It will take more than Soundgarden to save the Sonics!!!! Toni i think you were watchign another game on wednesday... we will be kicking MAJOR butt tonight!!! (thank you soundgarden for making this debate sg-related) hey seth, where'd ya go on vacation? ;-P ------------------------------ From: iawake@ix.netcom.com (Chris (SGardnGrl)) Subject: Show Us Your Pecs! In a recent issue of Kerrange,..... Chris explains why he feels uncomfortable with taking of his shirt now: Once upon a time, strange men were asking Chris Cornell to take his shirt off. Did he not like that? From 1984 up to the 'Badmotorfinger' album in 1991, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell was a bit of a rock god. He had long hair and big muscles. This turned out to be a bad thing. "All of a sudden, there's pictures of me with my shirt off in all these metal pin-up magazines," says Chris. "That shit gets on your nerves really quick. One photographer told me, 'It's alright, I know how to photograph naked bodies. I do pictures for Penthouse and Playboy" "The 50th time a photographer told me to take my shirt off, it was like, 'I'll wear lots of shirts from now on',"Chris continues. "I was kind of bummed out because the focus had nothing to do with the music. It was just the fact that I had long hair......" ".....and nice tits!" hoots Kim Thayil SGardnGrl. ------------------------------ From: e9328995@student.uq.edu.au (John Grieves) Subject: Re: stand up and everyone will see... At 12:17 14/06/96 +1000, blind dog wrote: >On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Limo Wreck wrote: > >> > I got my first speeding ticket ever while listening to Like Suicide :) It >> i think that is Kim's best solo ever imho :) > > *that's* a thread that I've wanted to start for a couple of weeks >now :) I think kim has been a little under-rated when it comes to >soloing, so I'm just wondering now that we have seen his development from >screaming life through to down on the upside, what do you fellow sommsters >feel kim's best solo is? THAT is such a difficult question!! Problem is that Kim's guitar solos are so cohesive and deceptively simple ie. they sound great, but I have the complete guitar tablature to Superunknown, Badmotorfinger and Louder than Love, and I know that I, as a still quite amateur guitar player, am a long way from tackling any of them! My number one solo would be Black Hole Sun, for it's addition to the feel of the song...I feel it really clutters the song, adds to the intensity and emotion - the solo seems to pass with a flurry, but to look at the supporting guitar tab, you know that Kim is an amazing guitarist! Jackhammer. ------------------------------ From: stephen napoles Subject: RE:Mayor's love song... After the mayor asked me to explicate the lyrics to Somewhere, I took out my copy of BMF and looked at the lyrics sheet and said, 'dang, this is thought provoking but difficult to explain.' I feel that the song is about the confusing feelings, thoughts, and actions that love causes. One of the keys to my theory is at the end of the first stanza where Ben writes And I die to die/And I cry to cry/But I know why. He seems sure about all of the things in the list but he's not sure why he was in love, or why something caused the feeling to be lost. Another line that displays confusion is in the second chorus where he writes 'Things that should/live in all the keeps.' Everything is out of order in the world that he's writing about, and his grief is evident in the line 'Only we're no longer/allowed to be.' This happens to be my favorite line of the song as well and I love the way that Chris sings it. Through my experiences with the abyss known as love, there seems to be nothing else in this world, with the exception of large firearms that can quite set your world in disarray like it. Deep thoughts, Stephen ------------------------------ From: Moonsta693@aol.com Subject: Re: soundgarden drags on? Is this man insane or just plain stupid? I lasted one whole night listening through all my SG CD's in one sitting. If I thought it dragged on, why would they be my favorite band. To me, I think that guy has something against Soundgarden, and I don't think it's right for him to put his opinions so strongly down without being an editorial. If everyone thought the same way he did, there would be no list, there would be no fans, there might not even be a soundgarden! The orginal Preety Noose ------------------------------ From: Moonsta693@aol.com Subject: Re: The list that feels like family What I was thinking the other day is that we should all ask Seth(daddy) if he could put some kind of chat room, so we can all gather around once in while, and chat. We all have a common bond, which, it seems, is a big part of all our lives. Why not gather as a family and talk! ------------------------------ From: Moonsta693@aol.com Subject: Re: freebie #2 My daer bevis, can you put me in your top hat and pick me for it>? I need that vinyl copy! ------------------------------ Subject: happy birthday to the page From: seth i'm a fool, so i forgot to post this on wednesday, but the unofficial soundgarden homepage officially turned 2 years old on june 12. (i'm using the mail i sent to kim bayley on that day in 1994 saying it was "done" as a reference) i can't thank all of you enough. it's a joy to work on, and i hope that we can keep working on it together for a long time... seth ------------------------------ From: Moonsta693@aol.com Subject: Re: half fanclub I think that is a great idea. After all, Ben(and Matt) drives the band. Without them, Soundgarden would not have any real driving force. yea, we all love Chris(not that way gals(the other way)) and we know that he's got the best voice ever, but what about the rest of the band(the rest of my sons) Ben. the youngest member of the band, age wise and music wise. he has brought so much to this band, and I think he should be recognized for it. The base is one of the easiest instrument, but he does it sooo well, and he is one of the loudest base players(besides Flea), but awesome! Matt. second youngest age wise, and one of the original members(after Chris was the drummer). (just incase your are reading this Matt, if you ever get your wrist in a sling, or somethin' else that prevents you from drummin'(god forbid), I know a guy who is the best drummer in NJ, he would gladly fill in) He was probably born with drumsticks in his hand. He has dome so much in so much time, that hey, bands want to use him too. That's all i have to say about that! the original preety noose ------------------------------ From: Moonsta693@aol.com Subject: My feelings(like they count) Ok, I'm going to make this as brief as I can(that may be near impossible). Soundgarden to me is an escape from everything. I can't stand anyone, I just listen to blow up the outside world, and I feel better. I'm feeling down and depressed, I listen to Fell on Black Days. It seems Like there is some kind of connection to the band, and that I relate to them soooo much. It's like they know exactly what I'm feeling, and they write a song to help my mood. I think most deticated fans(like me)Have that connection. Now some of the old fans get mad when a new one comes along that says such a thing. I guess they could be talking about me. I'm one of the newest, freshest fans, but yet I'm sooo devoted. the first song I heard by them is Black Hole Sun. I'm too young to remember them in the old days, and no radio station I listened to in NY played them until BHS. Once I heard that song, It filled me. It was like they knew what I felt like. I bought Superunknown 3 days after that, and I saw that they had more than just that one. I thought that they were a new band, but I didn't know any better. I bought most of the stuff the ever recorded, just missing a couple, like SOMMS, but I still feel close to them. Not to mention actually getting close to them! I love those guys to the bottom of my heart, and would love 'um even after they brake up(if they ever do(god forbid)), I would probably go to their funeral, but I just am so devoted, and connected to them like I bet most of you are. When I found this faithful group, I felt somewhat weird. I guess eathier that I didn't feel as devoted, or just 'cause there was more people just like me. It's an obsession we have. That obsession is to be together and gossip about what we love the most. Music and Soundgarden. I leave my 4 sons to be worshiped by your every hand! The original preety noose ------------------------------ From: overfloater@thenexus.com Subject: Spin article OP>I finally got the new Spin and I really enjoyed the SG article. Its OP>great to know that after all this time and success that they are still OP>so down to earth. The thing that really impressed me is that Chris is OP>still so, shall we say, HUMBLE. I really liked how he talked about his OP>lack of formal education: OP> "I still regret dropping out, especially being a guy that writes OP>words for a living. I pretty much have a seventh-grade Catholic school OP>education; it would have been helpful if I had continued". OP>He could just say "what the fuck, I write terrific songs even though I OP>never finished school." Wow... Y'know, I'm just graduating high school now, and it seems like I'll never be as smart as Chris:) He talks as if he's been in college for like fifty years. Listening to him talk and reading his lyrics, you'd never know that he dropped out of high school. ------------------------------ From: overfloater@thenexus.com Subject: Speeding to SG E9>No, just kidding, it's me with sour grapes. I was caught speeding mid E9>May...which means I have to behave myself until October, when I get my full E9>open license, because it just takes one more infringement on the road (for E9>ANYTHING!) and I'm back to getting my learners... YUK!! E9>%#$%#%!! 40km/h zones... they should be banned!! I mean, what's wrong with E9>doing 60km/h in a 40km/h zone?!? Rotten radar traps... And to make matters E9>worse, it wasn't to Soundgarden! It was to Faith No More... ah well... E9>But I can relate. Any reasonably fast song of Soundgarden, particularly E9>Rusty Cage, Spoonman, Never the Machine Forever and Jesus Christ Pose give E9>me that extra throttle action...but even worse, I start driving like a E9>hatchback driver on steroids, which is not good when you're driving a decent E9>sized sedan... Same here, you should see me when JCP's on the stereo. The one time I got pulled over, I was listening to Helmet, not Soundgarden. :( And I had neglected to put the radar detector on the dash, it was in the glove compartment, so a lil stupidity on my part:( Ok, something Soundgarden related: Here in certain parts of NY we had some bad thunderstorms Wednesday night, and we lost our power for three hours. I was thinking how lucky I was to have fresh batteries in my Discman and I went to get my Down On The Upside cd when I realized that it was in the stereo and without power I couldn't get it out. How evil:) ------------------------------ From: Greg Fox Subject: Fav B-Sides #From: UnknMan@aol.com #My favorite b-sides are: #Toy Box - This is better than just about anything they've ever done. I just #don't think it's too Soundgarden. When Chris yells "please take me back to #this little girl's hand"... chills I tell you.. CHILLS! Big chills. Just the sound of his voice, and the dankness of the guitar. Ohh, it just came on my tape. More chills. #Sub Pop Rock City - Simply because of the idea of using a phone conversation #in a song with Chris pretending to be Poneman & Pavitt (all though no one #believes that). Also I vote this as the best ending to a song. "bye..." #- -cymbal crash- (c: Definitely one of my favs. I love the part where Kim just seems to go nuts on his guitar. I also really like the little phone conversation. #Birth Ritual (demo version) - It simply kills the version on Singles & yes, #that's saying an awful lot. I also must include Birth Ritual, but I have not heard the demo. Other Favorites: Homicidal Suicidal - This one jussst makes me crank the stereo, and sing along. I don't know what it is exactly, but i love it. Kyle Petty ... - Gotta love this song. Hmm, thats all I can thing of right now. Greg ------------------------------ From: Chris Mackenzie Subject: Official Page Updated (finally) I'm currently checking out the Official Homepage (mostly cause I wanted to see about the contest, even though I'm not 21 >:[ ). They finally made the page DOTU oriented, it looks like they didn't find any good names for the page, they have just stuck with "Soundgarden"... anyways, check it out, I can't tell you anything 'casue I'm just typing this while the page loads... ------------------------------ From: stella Subject: Re: Surprise Soundgarden show!!! I just entered that contest and just out of sheer boredom I read the rules of the contest. And they had a rule that said something like in order to be eligible for the grand prize you need a passport, even if you live in the US. Why the hell do i need a valid passport, if I live in the US, and all they are going to do is fly me over to Seattle? ------------------------------ From: caryn rose Subject: I GOT TICKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! okay... i go to lunch at 1... back in the office around 2:15... get the mail from the fan club... i'm leaving early today anyway to go camping, so i was supopsed to leave at 3:30 anyway... find blockbuster music in the phone book, find out where it is, find out how much the tickets are... i'm supposed to be in a meeting: 'sorry, bye, leaving' thought you were leaving at 3:30? 'no, sorry, must go now' (i can't talk in words of more than one syllable) one of my colleagues walks out of my boss' office to ask what was up 'erm, um, soundgarden tickets go on sale in an hour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' by a weird coincidence i got in line just behind andrea p. from this list who JUST unsubbed three seconds before the message went through.. and to make a long story short... I GOT TICKETS! I'M GOING TO SEE SOUNDGARDEN AT ONE OF THE BEST VENUES IN SEATTLE TO SEE THEM... EVEN BETTER THAN THE MOORE! this makes up for me being dragged out of that disastrous Armory show last year with heat stroke... of course i will be there with a FULL report... and NOTHINGMAN! if i had the FUCKING SHIRT I WOULD WEAR IT SO THEY COULD SEE ME maybe i'll go with a sign reading "shroom says hi"? - --caryn *very excited* ------------------------------ From: COCHRAN_BONNIE/SBCTC@ctc.ctc.edu Subject: I'm Dying!!! Damn!! They sold out already for the Showbox show. I will sacrifice my first born for anyone who will sell me just ONE ticket!!!!!! I AM SO BUMMED! Okay, I know we'll be hearing who got the tickets. I won't know until Monday, since I get the digests at work. This is a one-in-a -lifetime kind of thing at this point. Who knows, if we're lucky, they might decide they really have fun and do it more often. I live 60 miles from Seattle so I felt so close, yet so far away. Well rub it in, The End is playing BUTOW right now. Just a reminder to those of us out here who couldn't get to Seattle quick enough, or had totally fucked up phones systems at work and didn't have a re-dial and so THEY DIDN'T GET TICKETS. Thank you, KNDD, I almost forgot that I am one of those people. Enough sobbing for now (and this is pretty mild compared to how I really feel) Bonnie ------------------------------ From: UnknMan@aol.com Subject: Re: Speeding to SG I got my one & only speeding ticket listening to Temple of the Dog - Call Me a Dog I think. I was doing 75 mph in a 55 right in front of home in Dallas (Duncanville actually) on I-20. That same spot's a 70 mph speed zone now /c: That was also my last day of delivery work. I did it for 2 1/2 years without EVER getting stopped despite doing as much as 120 (amazing what small trucks w/ a v-6 can do!) on such choice places as Loop 12 & Spur 408... anyway. ray ------------------------------ From: "R. Maney" Subject: Re: Soundgarden Digest, Friday, 14 Jun 1996 YEEEEEEEHAAAAA!!! i thought my luck had run out when i got that game 7 sonics ticket for 12 bucks less than face value....... on a seattle station today they just announced a surprise performance of the one and only SG at a "small" club here in town (seattle, obviously) and that tickets were going on sale at 4. i started calling at 3:45 and after many "we're sorry all circuits are busy" i finally got through and was put on hold for 20 minutes or so. i got my maxmimum allowance of 2 tickets and am seeing them for the first time in a small venue. when i was freshman at the university of north carolina, they came to the infamous (in those parts) cats cradle TWICE to promote louder than love and i missed them both times. the next chance i had was at lollapalooza, obviously a diffrent scene. now my dream has come true, i finally get my chance again to see them in a club. hopefully other seattle area people on the list got tickets as well. let me know!!!!! todd ------------------------------ From: ShRooMGrLz@aol.com Subject: ack... Sorry kiddies... I've gotten WAY behind in my e-mail again. Forgive me? I promise I'll write to everyone ASAP. I just read about the surprise show... CONGRADS Caryn!! If you meet the guys... tell 'em I said "HAHAHAHA!!! I'll be seeing you all VERY soon!!" Heheheh... me, psycho? Naaaah. I entered that contest on the web site... but the chances of winning are probably be slim. I hope SOMEONE from the list wins, though. Watch Caryn get it!! Anyway... just think... a couple of us could be in the presence of SG on Thursday. Bliss!! Caryn... we want a FULL report after the show!! Pay special attention to what Chris is or (hopefully) isn't wearing!! Talk to everyone soon!! Shroom "Shroomy... where did you toss my pants last night?" ~ Chris Cornell (Words not necessarily said in that order...) <~~~ my disclaimer ------------------------------ From: Cookie Monster Subject: Re: IRC At 02:39 PM 6/14/96 +0000, you wrote: >>I just wanted to mention that no one is on irc in the #soundgarden >>channel. Maybe if someone can set a bot or something and set a topic >>then some traffic maybe created. Just a suggestion... > Well I can get a bot in there 24 hrs a day, I'm still trying to get it runnin though, Umm, if you really want me to, email me back privately cause I just unsubed from the list and all.... <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><><><> <>members.tripod.com/~GoatSniff<>< <><><><>kreidl@newrock.com<><><><> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ From: melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net Subject: Re: sleeping to SG? At 01:56 AM 6/12/96 -0400, stephen napoles wrote: > >Hmmmmmm, I've been thinking about this sleeping to SG thing, especially >after Limo Wreck's post. Except for half on his post and applebite (maybe), >I don't think that I could sleep to SG. Believe me, I've tried to sleep to >them. For me, i have to be really tired to fall asleep to music. Jimi Hendrix's "Blues" album is good for me tho...I did fall asleep to DoTU the other night, but i was drifiting in and out. I would be hazily drifting along and my mind would go back to the song for some odd reason. Then I'd be awake (kinda) falling asleep, dreaming waking, it was really strange. I had to turn it off on Zero Chance because i had school the next day and it was already late. It was really kinda trippy tho. Gregg ____________________________________ | | HEAVY ROTATION-- | http://www.cybercomm.net/~melusk2 | "Down on the Upside" | melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net | --Soundgarden |____________________________________| "Another motherfucker down the drain" --C. Cornell ------------------------------ From: melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net Subject: Re: freebie #2 Is is too late to get in on this? If not, put my name in. Gregg MEluski (melusk2, cornell) At 02:50 AM 6/12/96 -0500, Eric Gardner wrote: >Ok, I was a bit overzealous when the vinyl DotU was >released and I wound up with an extra copy. It has >been opened but only played a few times. >If you would like this (and you have a turntable), >let me know. >As I did with the SuperUnKnown cd, I will put all the >names of those who want it in a hat and have someone >draw one out (my wife or the clown I work with:). > > >Eric > > ____________________________________ | | HEAVY ROTATION-- | http://www.cybercomm.net/~melusk2 | "Down on the Upside" | melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net | --Soundgarden |____________________________________| "Another motherfucker down the drain" --C. Cornell ------------------------------ From: rea47935@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Rick Agrait) Subject: irc!! aah help me!! hey someone mentioned this before and i think its a good idea. we should all log on to IRC and leave it on #somms while were checking our mail, browsing the web etc. what im doing right now is that since no one was there and i was op, i left a topic saying 'message me if you see this'. right now im on it and there is someone else on here. it seems that this person did a channel listing and was atracted by the topic when asked by me if they liked SG here was the reply "I like Alanis Morissette better. And the Beatles and Smashing Pumpkins and Green Day, Nirvana and so on." i then asked if he had any SG cds and the answer was " Tapes, yes. Badmotorfinger and Super Unknown. My favourite song in Black Hole Sun." the person then went on to talk about..bush. well im not being mean to this person or anything..im trying to get him to dust his old tapes of SG and listen to mailman, TDITTL, 4th, JCP, S&B, flies, mind riot..etc etc. but the point of this long and pointless post...is that im pretty bored and it would be nice to have some ppl from the list on a chat room. aol was fun the other night. whadaya think. - -hasswipee ------------------------------ From: melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net Subject: Fresh Deadly Roses, etc During my band's practice yesterday, i was fooling around with my guitarists guitar and i had his REVERB and Distortion on. I started playing FDR and it sounded exactly like iT! The guitar part anyway. Needless to say I couldn't STOP! Speaking of FDR, here's my list of B-sides 1.Fresh Deadly Roses 2.Cold Bitch 3.Fell on Black Days (demo) 4.Jesus Christ Pose (live) 5.Christi (fingers crossed) 6.Sub Pop Rock City 7.Blind Dogs 8.Birth Ritual (demo) 9.My Wave (live) <-- this version is TOO intense 10.Exit Stonehenge (just for comedic value) That's it.... does anyone else think the interlude/break thingie in never named is reminiscient of Sub Pop Rock City (the beginning and talking parts)? Just wondering Gregg ____________________________________ | | HEAVY ROTATION-- | http://www.cybercomm.net/~melusk2 | "Down on the Upside" | melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net | --Soundgarden |____________________________________| "Another motherfucker down the drain" --C. Cornell ------------------------------ End of somms Digest [Volume 2 Issue 156] ****************************************