From: somms@mit.edu To: somms-digest@mit.edu Subject: Soundgarden Digest, Tuesday, 16 Jul 1996 Reply-To: somms@mit.edu Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 01:56:54 EDT Sender: saperl The Soundgarden Digest: Tuesday, 16 Jul 1996 listadmin: saperl@mit.edu list archive: http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/archive/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email saperl@mit.edu Today's Topics: Re: You know your friends are totally obsessed with Soundgarden SG historic concert reviews part 2: The GnR warm-ups You know your friends are totally obsessed with Soundgarden when... ketchup Bimh video/butow Re: Sex Symbol.. sure... but... quote of the week It's never a burden to watch Chris,Matt,Ben and Kim! Re: ketchup Re[2]: ketchup Re: Soundgarden more obssesive stuff Re: Re[2]: ketchup burden... Re[4]: ketchup Friends, appearances, and the band HA! Re: ketchup hoppin' on the bandwagon... Obsession??? READ Chris/Aids Matt's drum and my arse. And the Town Pump, too. Dreamland STuFF The party's in full swing... Lolla 7-21, Obsessions and Quote of the Week SPIN fashion models Cool Tour Re: You know your friends are totally obsessed with Soundgarden ------------------------------------------------------------ From: "stella" Subject: Re: You know your friends are totally obsessed with Soundgarden > ...when you watch the Burden In My Hand premiere, you can hear ms. caryn > rose's heart beating from across lake washington ;) > > nd. or when you can hear Shroom hit the floor with a *thud* fainting from seeing chris' sexy body, all the way in Texas. srogers@fix.net http://www.fix.net/~srogers "Not only is life a bitch, but its always having puppies" ------------------------------ From: John Bacus Subject: SG historic concert reviews part 2: The GnR warm-ups This review discusses three shows SG played in September of 1991 (before Badmotorfinger) The shows were warm-ups for their tour with Guns n Roses. I didn't change the name of the original names I called the songs because it is clear what they are, and contributes to the feel that it was the first time these songs had been heard. Well folks, Guns n Roses are in for some trouble. Soundgarden recently played a trio of shows in Seattle preparing for the tour with the "bad boys of rock and roll." If the songs they introduced at the shows are any indication of whats coming on their album that is to be released next month ("Badmotorfinger") Guns n Roses will be opening up for Soundgarden in the near future. The band played mostly the same songs all three nights (two shows were at RKCNDY, the other was at the Off-Ramp) so I will cover the highlights as if it were a single show. My favorite new song was the opener of the first show. "Ritual" reminded me a bit of "Beyond the Wheel" from Ultramega O.K. with Chris wail and the driving rhythm of the song. Chris commented that the song had been performed 35 times for a movie (Cameron Crowe has been in Seattle filming a new movie with Matt Dillon and other brat packers). Another song that sure to damn SG to hell in the eyes of fundamentalists was "Jesus Christ Pose," a song that tuns the tables on the Bible-thumpers by pointing out some of their hypocrisy. For those of you who want to hear a bunch of old stuff, youll be disappointed. Although the band played a good hour each night, most songs were of the "never-before-heard" variety. No more than two old songs were played each night, and all were from "Louder than Love;" "Big Dumb Sex", "Gun," and "Hands All Over." Other songs that stuck out were "Outshined," "Room 100 Years Wide," and "Face Pollution." The encore at the shows was an extended version of a song "What's in it for me" which included some cool guitarwork by kim. The band seemed to be having a good time and interacted with the crowd. Because the show was unannounced, most people in attendance were friends of the band anyway. One of the lighter moments included where Chris complimented a stage dive who had removed his Docs before jumping. Of course, he didnt take his own advice when he jumped in the crowd. People were a bit more careful about not dropping him than the other stage divers. This last bit of info has provided me countless moments of enjoyment as I tease a Cornell-obsessed co-worker about how I have touched Cornells bare shoulder as he was passed over the crowd. (1996 writers note: Now I guess Ill have to tease Shroom about it!) John "For Pleasure not for Profit' ------------------------------ From: Andrew Dunn Subject: You know your friends are totally obsessed with Soundgarden when... ...when you watch the Burden In My Hand premiere, you can hear ms. caryn rose's heart beating from across lake washington ;) nd. ------------------------------ From: BTimLake@aol.com Subject: ketchup I noticed that Chris didn't wear his fork at lolla. In that same vein: You know you're obsessed with soundgarden . . . when you are compelled to twist and wear a fork just 'cuz Chris wears one. when your hard drive's name is BADMOTORCOMPUTER. if when you're at any live concert you just imagine that it's soundgarden and get very excited. when you subscribe to "Highlights" magazine just in the hopes that Gallant will rape the neighbor's dog. when you watch 120 minutes hoping to catch Matt Pinfield's interpretive dance of "Burden In My Hand." Yah, some of 'em are dumb (okay, most) but I need an excuse to post. btw, Threads like these are good because they encourage perennial lurkers to speak up. So, come on all you A&M folk, show us how obsessed _you_ are with soundgarden! -- Ben ------------------------------ Subject: Bimh video/butow From: the.raven@juno.com (Never More) While watching the burden video, it seemed this video was more suitable for Blow up the outside world, mostly because of the use of the bomb shelter. Actually I think this video can be interchangable for both songs. Additions to the u know your obsessed list: 1. you know you are obsessed when while watching the bimh video you notice that in the end where chris is about to get in the shelter he's wearing a turtle-neck and when they do the camera shot through the door you notice he's wearing a button-up shirt and then you wonder to yourself "Hmm..editing mistake?" 2. you stay up untill midnight just to see the new video the minute it premiers,( knowing good and well you will have a chance to see it a dozen times tomorrow night),when you know that you have to wake up early tomorrow to work . ------------------------------ From: Candy Haun Subject: Re: Sex Symbol.. sure... but... > Sorry, but you've lost me there. It was good up to that point... but then > your message just kinda stops flowing like it used to. Can't remember exactly what I said and I'm too lazy too look it up in the archives but ... > Chris found out he was a sex symbol a little bit after the release of UltramegaOK. He got a > little bit shy after that... but still left his shirt off and left his hair > long.If anything... he used the goatee as a way to try and hide his appearance... > a la Badmotorfinger. I agree that he realized that he was a sex symbol long before he cut his hair and put on a shirt, and yes, I think he was self-conscious about it, too. At some point, though, I think he decided to tone it down and that wasn't until after BMF. If he grew facial hair to try to hide his appearance, it didn't work (imho). I think it made him look sexier. > He hardly promotes it. He's married. He's in love. He's not a womanizer or a > one-night-stander. It just kinda happened to him. But now he's just calmed > down a lot... but he was trying to hide the image back in UltramegaOK's days. I don't know about his personal habits, so that's not what I was talking about. I certainly never thought he was coming off looking like a womanizer. I was only referring to some videos (Outshined, for example) and posing shirtless in just about every picture you saw of him for a while. > Oh... and if you weren't aware... Louder Than Love was a metal parody album. > It pokes fun at each and every piece of butt rockin', devil worshipping, > womanizing, alcohol abusing, coke-snorting, poor white trash rock star out > there - mainly with Big Dumb Sex, but the whole album in general. I realize that Big Dumb Sex is a metal parody (it's one of the funniest songs I've ever heard). I guess I never really thought about the entire album as a parody, though. > If they would have gotten their way, it would have been more clear to the > general audiences, but A&M had to subdue it a bit to make it appropriate But, then maybe you know something I don't. How do you know A&M subdued LTL? (btw, I'm not being sarcastic, I'm really interested in knowing more.) Ok, I just have to add one... You know you're obsessed with Soundgarden when there is major grass fire approaching your home and the only possessions you grab as you flee for your life are the famliy photo albums and your Soundgarden CDs. (Well, maybe I'm not totally obsessed, cause if I were I wouldn't have bothered with family photos.) ------------------------------ From: BTimLake@aol.com Subject: quote of the week Can quotes of the week be poignant? If so, I nominate this one. >You know your obsessed when you keep listening to a SG song even when >it reminds you of someone you love and they no longer love you.. - jamie "Soundgarden is a tear from an eye dreaming." (Yes, i know it was originally said in jest, but just shoot me for finding some beauty in it.) You know you're obsessed with soundgarden when you bother to make up (dammit what's the name for it when you mix up the letters to make new words) from the band name. You know you're obsessed with soundgarden when you're willing to make international currency exchanges to get your hands on rare material (That one's for Steve.) speaking of steve, have we heard from him, or is he probably behind bars? You know you're obsessed with soundgarden when you send twenty bucks to a complete stranger, hoping you'll receive a t-shirt in exchange. (who said obsessions never hurt?) -- Ben Ben Timberlake Refuse to subject Northwestern University yourself to the Medill School of Journalism ordinary rules of Life. btimlake@aol.com -30- http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~bft718 "Close your eyes and bow your head I need a little sympathy. 'Cause fear is strong and love's for everyone who isn't me." -- Chris Cornell, "Burden In My Hand" ------------------------------ Subject: It's never a burden to watch Chris,Matt,Ben and Kim! From: tonerkin@usa.pipeline.com (Tonerkin) I got home from work this morning(after working all night) and there waiting in my VCR was Burden in my Hand. So I immediately sat down and watched it. (a non-obsessed person would do the sensible thing and go to bed since I've been up over 24 hours at this point) I thought our boys all looked pretty good in a" stuck in the desert for days" kind of way! Wearing dark clothes in the desert is a no-no. Didn't their Mama(or at least Bill Nye, the science guy) teach them that black absorbs heat ? Also at some point when all four of them were walking towards the camera on a sand dune, did anyone else think scene from "The Magnificent Seven"?? For you youngens out there it's a very famous cowboy movie. Those bad boys wore black too! Overall, I liked it maybe it's because I like the song so much! toni ------------------------------ Subject: Re: ketchup From: jsimpson@mail03.mitre.org (Jamesetta Simpson) > when your hard drive's name is BADMOTORCOMPUTER. Good one Ben, I had forgotten that my hard drive is named "Soundgarden" and I was going to name the 3 hard drives of the Novell System I manage BHS, BMF, FoBD - but my managers figure the rest of the department would have problems with the names. Made perfect sense to me....go figure.. You know your obsessed when you have people coming into your office each week to see what new SG wall paper you have put up on your computer.. And most of these people have no concept who or what SG is... You know your obsessed when you submit a zillion different spelling of the word soundgarden to the DMV (Division of Motor Vehicles) for your license plates. Only to find they all have been used. You know your obsessed when you call the weekly request line on the radio, only to have the DJ say "I know, I know Soundgarden", after he hears only your name... You know your obsessed when you read the reviews of the new video and want to take the rest of the day off to go home and sit in front of the TV, watching MTV ::shutter:: just to see it... Jamie ------------------------------ From: HOLMEST@198.81.231.2.dstm.com Subject: Re[2]: ketchup You know your obsessed when you have people coming into your office each week to see what new SG wall paper you have put up on your computer.. And most of these people have no concept who or what SG is... - Jamie That's totally true. I have a digitally altered photo of the inside of the Sub Pop Screaming Life as my background. The one with Kim and Chris (shirtless with cut off jeans) rockin out. I love the Sub Pop pictures, like the one of Nirvana with Kurt falling into the drum set. They capture the essence of the music. Does anyone know when that movie "Hype" is coming out. I'd really like to see some early footage of SG and others. Later, Taylor _ ------------------------------ From: David Searle Subject: Re: Soundgarden >> long ones) Can we see the name Soundgarden in some different languages??? >> Just think how *impressed* people will be it we can say Soundgarden 20 >> different ways! okay, well I'm from South Africa, and although Afrikaans isn't my first language, we did it at school, so this'll be pretty much correct: Sound - Klank Garden - Tuin Klanktuin ??? whatever :) dave ------------------------------ From: rea47935@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Rick Agrait) Subject: more obssesive stuff - -you know youre obsessed with soundgarden if you try to think of reasons why youre obsessed when you cant go to sleep - -you know youre obsessed with soundgarden if you email every webmaster of every johnny cash page on the internet and ask them if they know anything about him covering rusty cage - -you know youre obsessed with soundgarden if you insist that your friends borrow some soundgarden cd's from you..just so that they could become as obsessed as you are - -you know youre obsessed with soundgarden if you consider not being friends with the friend who borrowed superunknown and tells you his favorite song on it is 'wont you come?' - -you know youre obsessed with soundgarden if your 50 year old mother knows who Hiro Yamamoto and Jason Everman are - -you know youre obsessed with soundgarden if you analyze 4th of July's poetic devices for english class...and you get an A- minus on it - -you know youre obsessed with soundgarden if the members of soundgarden have answered every question you have asked on every online chat sarcastically ("kim.. i DO want to know the exact date you started growing your beard") - -you know youre obsessed with soundgarden if you check the 120 minutes website often just to see if a new soundgarden video is premiering this week - -you know youre obsessed with soundgarden if you taught your 6 year old cousin how to play Gun on your guitar - -you know youre obsessed with soundgarden if every time something crummy happens to you in life you think of the lyrics to The Day I Tried to Live..and usually feel better. ------------------------------ From: caryn rose Subject: Re: Re[2]: ketchup On Mon, 15 Jul 1996 HOLMEST@198.81.231.2.dstm.com wrote: > Does anyone know when that movie "Hype" is coming out. I'd really > like to see some early footage of SG and others. Later, Taylor unfortunately, t here's no early footage of sg in there. i mean, there's stuff from the 94 tour, but i'd hardly call that 'early'. ;-) there is, however, killer early footage of nirvana, fro mthe first time they played 'smells like teen spirit'... most of the footage in the film was shot for the film specially (and a good thing too - three cameras and killer sound!). there is also some archival footage of the Umen.... it's supposed to have gotten national distribution, so watch for it at your local art house... - --caryn ------------------------------ From: Nate Crosswhite Subject: I haven't seen a review of the Syracuse Lolla show yet, so I spout whatever info I can remember: Here's the setlist: Spoonman Searching With My Good Eye Closed Let Me Drown Pretty Noose Burden In My Hand My Wave Ty Cobb Fell On Black Days Rusty Cage Black Hole Sun Outshined Mailman Jesus Christ Pose Fashion police: Chris broke from his usual lolla habits and sported a tan button-down (open, of course) in addtion to his black pants. And he was forkless, which seems to be a permanent condition now. Kim was in black pants and a black Tool t-shirt. Ben was also all in black, he either had a light jacket or a button down shirt over a t-shirt. Matt was the only one in shorts, and he had on a white and blue jersey-type pullover. Memorable events: - -To open the show, Ben stepped up and said something like "How the fuck are you, Syracuse?". I'm not sure exactly what he said, as the mike wasn't on, but I was close enough to read his lips. - -During the break between My Wave and Ty Cobb, some asshole threw a vinyl record up on stage. It shattered, and it looked like one of the pieces hit Matt right above his eye. He wiped his forehead to check for blood, then promptly started pounding out the beginning of Ty Cobb. "Hard headed fuck you all!" - -Ben also go pissed somewhere along the line, and all during the concert he would play his bass with just his left hand, hammering the notes, and give the finger to everyone with his other hand. He did wait a few more songs before destroying any stage lights, though. All in all, my favorite part of the show was the instrumental opening to Jesus Christ Pose. They stretched it out, and it had even more energy than the album version, if you can imagine. As with Seth's review of the Randall's Island show though, I have to say that the majority of the set lacked enthusiasm from both the band and the crowd. Well, actually, the crowd had plenty of enthusiasm - for trying to beat the shit out of each other. I started the set at about the fourth row, and ended up about fifty to sixty feet back because I found I could actually pay attention to some of the music from back there. Nate ------------------------------ From: caryn rose Subject: burden... okay, i'll play devil's advocate here: i wasn't impressed by this video. yes, chris looked great. kim looked good too, i thought. but that's all that video was to me... a succession of nice shots of the guys. i thought the story line was non-existant and what imagery there was didn't further my understanding of the song or even take me in a vaguely interesting direction. i liked watching the guys walk around, but all i kept thinking was, geez, those clothes in the desert? walking on dunes in those shoes? ;-) i'd much prefer something that challenges me (the 'pn' vid) than something that's basically a sg infomercial ;-) - --caryn ------------------------------ From: HOLMEST@198.81.231.2.dstm.com Subject: Re[4]: ketchup Regarding 'Hype' : Thanks, Caryn. Do they include any good interviews in the movie? To those who have seen it, what's your opinion? I mean, it's a great documentary idea, but does the actual movie meet expectations? Thanks in advance, Taylor ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Re[2]: ketchup Author: caryn rose at Internet Date: 7/15/96 1:39 PM On Mon, 15 Jul 1996 HOLMEST@198.81.231.2.dstm.com wrote: > Does anyone know when that movie "Hype" is coming out. I'd really > like to see some early footage of SG and others. Later, Taylor unfortunately, t here's no early footage of sg in there. i mean, there's stuff from the 94 tour, but i'd hardly call that 'early'. ;-) there is, however, killer early footage of nirvana, fro mthe first time they played 'smells like teen spirit'... most of the footage in the film was shot for the film specially (and a good thing too - three cameras and killer sound!). there is also some archival footage of the Umen.... it's supposed to have gotten national distribution, so watch for it at your local art house... - --caryn ------------------------------ From: Moon Druid Subject: Friends, appearances, and the band Geek Girl said... >~ You know that your obssessed with SG when you talk to all your friends ( >off of the list) about the list and SG and they hang up on you. UGH!! In my circle of friends I'm the only one that likes the band... hell, they all HATE SG! (Maybe it's time to find new friends :) >~ You know that your obsessed with SG when you dress up as them for >Halloween. Good idea!!! I think I'll go as Chris (people have told me I look like him... well... without the sideburns) "We'd probably be cocaine addicts [if we had overnight success]" - Kim Thayil, Soundgarden (In Us Magazine) ---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--- Moon Druid - - - mondruid@interaccess.com - - - Moon Druid ------------------------------ From: jgrotelu@herbie.unl.edu (grote) Subject: HA! > If you went up to everyone wearing soundgarden tee-shirts at lollapalooza > asking if they are Grote or B.Kinser, your obsessed with soundgarden. wow, i'm flattered, mccheese...thanks for searching for me...are you sure your good eye wasn't closed??? (OW!!! OOF!!! STOP HITTING ME!!! OK, OK, I'LL NEVER PUN AGAIN!!!) :) actually, i was relatively incognito at lolla in des moines. i was wearing my bad brains t-shirt, and i can honestly say that i was probably the only one out of the 30+ thousand in attendance with one of those babies on. heck, probably the only one who's a fan. (anybody on this list like the band, by chance??? i love 'em like chips n' salsa. sorry...bad comparison...) >;-> this reminds me of a conversation i was having with a friend of mine at lolla...until i went to lolla, i had kind of forgotten the huge "status symbol" effect that goes along with wearing band t-shirts at large concerts. everyone and their dog had on a band t-shirt, and everyone and their dog was looking around them and scanning people's t-shirts, often stopping to ask when/where they got it, etc...i saw one kid who had THREE band t-shirts on and kept stripping shirts off as the day went along, spinning around occasionally to make sure everybody could see his sparkly nifty new alt-rock t-shirt. puke. (as if a marilyn manson shirt is going to endear this punk to anybody) i kind of forgot what shirt i was wearing at lolla until i noticed person after person walking slower when they passed me, and staring at my chest with a confused look on their face before looking up at me with a "you are soooo out of it" expression and strutting off. now, i have a lot of band t-shirts, but i only buy shirts if i like them. to be honest, i don't even own an sg shirt (GASP!) because i haven't been particularly impressed with the design of most of their shirts. unfortunately, it now seems to be hip to own a band shirt for every cd that you own, or you aren't a "true" fan. (shrug) i guess i'll wallow in poserdom, then. and like it. oh well...another sad example of the mass merchandise marketing that has taken its stranglehold on the music biz, imho...sorry for the not-too-sg content. later... - -- ######################################################################## # GROTE!!!!! "I don't remember half the time # # If I'm hiding or I'm lost # # jgrotelu@herbie.unl.edu But I'm on my way....." -Chris Cornell # ######################################################################## ------------------------------ From: caryn rose Subject: Re: ketchup On Mon, 15 Jul 1996 BTimLake@aol.com wrote: > You know you're obsessed with soundgarden . . . > when you watch 120 minutes hoping to catch Matt Pinfield's interpretive > dance of "Burden In My Hand." mtv was orginally calling it 'burden in my head' and i personally was hoping to catch matt's interpretive dance of *that* song... ;-) i'd rather see matt cameron do it. ;-) - --caryn ------------------------------ From: jgrotelu@herbie.unl.edu (grote) Subject: hoppin' on the bandwagon... i told myself i wouldn't, but what the hell...i'll bite... - - you know you're obsessed with soundgarden when you're willing to crawl around in the dust beneath the stomping feet of 30+ thousand lollapalookas while your favorite band's most "moshable" song (ty cobb) is being ripped through on stage...all because you lost your partially-completed set list and ball-point pen in the mayhem and know damn well that your short-term memory is complete shit and you won't remember what songs they played after the show is over. howz that? (true story) :) (incidentally, the tattered list and contorted pen were recovered, and humanity as we know it was saved...one bruised hand for grote; one giant leap for mankind... :) ) actually, as i think about it, a disturbing paradox has developed here. i was willing to turn my back on my favorite band as they performed less than 30 feet away from me...to rescue a piece of paper containing information about that band that would be useful only at a later date, and to a fairly selective audience (namely, somms@mit.edu). am i actually obsessed with soundgarden, or with SERVING AS AN INFORMATION-BEARING LACKEY FOR A TWO-BIT INTERNET MAILING LIST DEDICATED TO BEING OBSESSED WITH SOUNDGARDEN??? OH, MY SPINNIN' HEAD!?!?!? WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?!?!? GOOD GOD, I'M A SPINELESS TOOL OF THE MAN (SETH)!!!! (sorry, i'm ok...just kidding about the "two-bit" thing...you folks rock my world...seth IS the man, though...) :) later... - -- ######################################################################## # GROTE!!!!! "I don't remember half the time # # If I'm hiding or I'm lost # # jgrotelu@herbie.unl.edu But I'm on my way....." -Chris Cornell # ######################################################################## ------------------------------ From: URBANO Subject: Obsession??? READ If you think you're obsessed with Soundgarden, check this out: Five minutes ago, another earthquake hitted Mexico City while I was listening to DOTU. I don't know wether or not it was too hard but I just jumped out of the window VERY affraid. Realizing that my house might have collapse, I crawled through the window back in to get my disk, and jumped out ago. That's my point of view on being addicted to SG -urbano _____________________________________________________________ The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. - William Faulkner ------------------------------ From: Malvol7@aol.com Subject: Chris/Aids I can't believe I totally wasted my time downloading the Chris/Aids digests from the last few days, just so I could catch up with everything when I had a break! I had mistakenly assumed that all the posts were in reference to the comments Chris had made in the latest issue of DETOUR magazine...where he talked about his attitudes on Pam Anderson/women sexually harassing him/the fact that he was tested for aids/and promiscuity among rock stars, including himself. If you all really believe that CC reads these posts, then why do you think it's cool to present ideas like that? ------------------------------ From: ThNrthFace@aol.com Subject: Matt's drum and my arse. And the Town Pump, too. Hello once again- I recall someone asking about Matt's drums. Well, wouldn't you know, I just happened to read a little tidbit in the Rocket today on those very same drums. Okay, you can stop twisting my arm, I'll copy it here for you. Jeez, you don't have to get violent. Heheh, overactive imagination due to the severe heat, sorry. >taken from the Rocket/July 10-July24, 1996: ".....the guys at Alternative Percussion have been having such success with their specially-crafted drums that they're going to go national. A few regional artistes who use their drums include MATT CAMERON (Soundgarden), Sean Kinney (Alice in Chains), Jason Finn (Presidents...), and other fine folks." Okay boys and girls, save your cash so you can be like your favorite Seattle rock star, Aaron (Sarcasm). Heheh, more of the insane heat. Also in the Rocket was mention of a show at the Town Pump in Vancouver, B.C., supposedly soon after the show at the Shobox. Now, a little side note, the legal drinking age in Canada, or B.C. at least is 19, so those in-betweener's who couldn't have gone to the Showbox could have gone to the Town Pump. Umm, was this some misconception on the part of the Mr. Johnny Renton (person who wrote the article), or was it some serious ploy by Molson to keep U.S. citizen's out of their clubs? Hmmm, maybe. I think I'm going to go and grab myself a Redhook or two. Take that, Molson! Hahah, Okay everyone, I have an idea. Let's boycott Molson! Keeper of the Redhook, destroyer of the Molson, Aaron ------------------------------ From: COCHRAN_BONNIE/SBCTC@ctc.ctc.edu Subject: Dreamland I had a great dream about CC this weekend, after receiving the SG compilation videos in the mail and watching some... I happened to be "somewhere" with the usual vagueness of dreams. Taping was to begin for a TV show that was to talk with stars and their animals. I was, of course, hoping to hear the Cornell name and his dogs, and lo and behold, I did. I'm figuring I just gotta get close and maybe get a chance to say something to Chris that's non-music related (I don't know why). CC comes out and his dogs run in one by one. I go up there and sit across from him, next to the interviewer guy. I think it was Merv Griffin, for chrissakes. The poms run up to me and I pet them and say, "I petted these guys at the Showbox." CC laughs and that was my "in." I started asking questions about the dogs and how they got along. He said they didn't get along at all. I asked how did he fed them. (God, are these stupid questions or what???) He said one at a time, separately. On the "set" they appeared to get along, but that was his answer and it was a dream. I thought wow, that would take a long time. He said it does, but there's a lot of time where I have the time to do it. I said like when you're not touring or doing band related business. He says, yes exactly. It was more of us just talking after that, no longer a TV show. Merv is gone, and I don't think he got to say anything. And we were talking a little bit of music stuff, but I was telling him about my cats and big puppy, blahblahblah. Then we're somehow on the subject of computers and he says he's getting one. I ask if he is going to get...and he finishes my sentence by saying...internet access? Yes, he's gonna have it. I say something about the mailing list and he kinda laughs and says no, he doesn't really have the time for it. I say, "Well, you know, (and I lean forward and place my hand on his arm and say) "Shroomy says Hi." And he laughs. Then it's time go to and he asks if I'm going to such and such a show at the Showbox. I'm like, "No, I didn't know about it and don't have tickets." He says, "Just leave your name at the door, that will get you in. This girl should be able to do that for you. I'll be there." So we say good-bye and I'm running around this place trying to find the girl to leave my name with so I can go hang with Chris at that show. Two girls give me the run around and tell me different stories and when I say CC told me to do this, they say, "Oh, but what he *really* meant by that is this..." Somehow, much later, I'm at the show and the girls have been no help. So I see Chris and tell him about it and he says, " yeah they think they're like really close friends but they don't have anything to do with it really. I should of just left your name myself." And while we're talking, these girls are staring and being jealous and it was so cool!!! It was a dream, what can I say? Not responsible for content matter. Got my Lolla tix, today and I'm excited! Bonnie ------------------------------ From: ShRooMGrLz@aol.com Subject: STuFF >or when you can hear Shroom hit the floor with a *thud* fainting >from seeing chris' sexy body, all the way in Texas. Just wait until July 25th, Stella... I'll betcha you're going to hear a hell of alot more than a thud. Heheheh... when he takes off his shirt, I'll probably scream so loud, dogs heads will explode in Europe. (Ewww... that was gross, Shroom.) >This last bit of info has provided me countless moments of >enjoyment as I tease a Cornell-obsessed co-worker about how I have >touched Cornells bare shoulder as he was passed over the crowd. >(1996 writers note: Now I guess Ill have to tease Shroom about it!) Ummm... nope!! Already touched him, thank you very much!! HEY SETH!!! Did I ever tell you about the time I... heheheh... ummm... never mind. ;) >During the singing, while i'm holding Chris's hand, i said, "man.. i >bet SHROOM wishes she was me right now!" Chris paused for a >sec, and laughed... hard! Then he said, "you're probably right." AHA!!! I KNEW there was something going on between Jerm and Chris!! And now the truth comes out!! I must be psycho!! Ummm... I mean, I must be psychic!! Oh well, either way, I can finally get one of those 900 numbers. Heheheh... gotta love dreams about Chris! >I say, "Well, you know, (and I lean forward and place my hand on >his arm and say) "Shroomy says Hi." Great dream, Bonnie!! Heheheh... that's the second time this week where listers have mentioned me to Chris in their dreams. I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!! Man... and to think of all the years of me being a Soundgarden fan without this list... But at least I've got y'all now, and I have to say... it's been one of the best things to ever happen to me. I love having all of you to connect with, and share the music (and other stuff) with. Oh WHOAH!! Where'd all this mush come from?!?!? AAAUUGGHHHH!!! Ummm... heheheh... sorry 'bout that. Oh hey... I'm planning on winning the lottery Wednesday night, so I can appeal to the bands "money hungry, commercial whore" side... and get them to play a private show for us listers. I know, I know... I've been saying that I'll win the lottery for a LONG time now... but I've got a good feeling about Wednesday night. Ummm... if anyone else has a good feeling... and ummm... some lucky numbers... feel free to e-mail me. ;) Heheheh... Shroom "One last sin before I'm dead..." ~ Chris Cornell (Tighter & Tighter) (Oh, I can think of a few million sins I'd like to help you with, Chris) "Shroomy... help me take off my pants?" ~ Chris Cornell (Words not necessarily said in that order...) <~~~ my disclaimer ------------------------------ Subject: The party's in full swing... From: seth I went ahead and added the Chris Cornell birthday thing to the Web page early, because I wanted to make sure people would see it. I figure I'll leave it up for about 8 or 9 days. You can get to it from the new temporary front end to the page. For those of you who suggested things that didn't get included in this celebration, I can think of another 3 events within the next year... Hope it's at least mildly entertaining. seth ------------------------------ From: SOMMS@aol.com Subject: Lolla 7-21, Obsessions and Quote of the Week I know, I know--we already have a nominee for this weeks Quote of the Week. But I want to nominate this one for next week. It's awesome!! << when you subscribe to "Highlights" magazine just in the hopes that Gallant will rape the neighbor's dog. >> Alrighty folks, if anyone out there is attending the 7-21 Lolla (this SUNDAY--I'm so excited!!!), email me and we'll try to meet up. Last time I checked, it was Chris Wetzel (?) so let me know if you're going. K? I know you think you've heard all there is. Don't worry, you haven't. I came up with a whole slew of these obsession things. Here goes: - -you interupt deep and intimate conversations with ppl to say things like, "Did you know you can spell 'Dungeon Sand' out of the letters from 'Soundgarden'?" - -you call everyone you know to tell them about the current threads on SOMMS "just so they know what's going on in your life." - -your teachers bring pictures and articles they've saved for you to school. - -you skip a birthday party to join an on-line conference and then procede to tell everyone you meet the next day that Soundgarden answered all of your questions. - -you have three copies of all their CD's on tape: one for the stereo, car and walkman. - -your *friends* can recite "Soundgarden" in French, Hindu and German. - -you skip classes just to show up at the store 20 minutes before it opens to buy every single copy of DOTU vinyl that they're holding for you, and then procede to cry as you buy them. - -the member's birthdays are on every calendar in your house and office, and those of your friend's too. - -you try and see how many SG lyrics you can incorperate into all your reports and essays. - -you got to the grocery store and return with every single magazine that even remotely mentions Soundgarden, instead of dinner. - -you hide the CD singles and imports that you're too broke to buy at the moment so no one else will get them. Ok, that's enough for now. Ciao!! ~Flutter Girl~ - --------------------- Forwarded message: From: BTimLake@aol.com To: somms@MIT.EDU Date: 96-07-15 04:58:59 EDT I noticed that Chris didn't wear his fork at lolla. In that same vein: You know you're obsessed with soundgarden . . . when you are compelled to twist and wear a fork just 'cuz Chris wears one. when your hard drive's name is BADMOTORCOMPUTER. if when you're at any live concert you just imagine that it's soundgarden and get very excited. when you subscribe to "Highlights" magazine just in the hopes that Gallant will rape the neighbor's dog. when you watch 120 minutes hoping to catch Matt Pinfield's interpretive dance of "Burden In My Hand." Yah, some of 'em are dumb (okay, most) but I need an excuse to post. btw, Threads like these are good because they encourage perennial lurkers to speak up. So, come on all you A&M folk, show us how obsessed _you_ are with soundgarden! -- Ben ------------------------------ Subject: SPIN fashion models From: seth You may remember a while back there was a debate about that picture of SG that appeared in SPIN that had as a caption details about the clothing they were wearing instead of the band members' names... well, this is the official word on it: - ----- re: SG "Getting paid" to wear those clothes in SPIN - not true. I agree on the one page where they are standing up against the wall the clothing/stylist credits look kind of "clothes model-like" but SG had nothing to do with that. What happens is sometimes for cover shoots the magazine sends out a stylist, who brings a variety of clothes. This stylist was not one we work with regularly and turned in credits for silly t-shirts and Levis. For cover shoots this is pretty standard but the stylists we usually work with wouldn't bother to turn in a credit for a GAP t-shirt (seems pretty silly). Most of the time the guys wear their own clothes - they are usually able to purchase items if they really like them - once in a while they might get a cool shirt for free but not in trade for the company posting its name up there. Sometimes it's important that a stylist be there because they may have more than one shoot in a day. - ----- seth ------------------------------ From: melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net Subject: Cool Tour You know what would make an awesome tour? Soundgarden and Tool. C'mon, it's not TOTALLY Impossible. It would rock. Gregg " . . .and he said unto me, 'These are the cries of the carrots'. Can I get an 'Amen'? 'Amen' Can I get a 'Hallelujiah'? 'Halleujiah' Thank you Jesus. " ____________________________________ | | HEAVY ROTATION-- | http://www.cybercomm.net/~melusk2 | "Undertow" | melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net | --Tool |____________________________________| "You and I have nothin' left to say... I will do more than talkin' someday No, no, no more son of a bitch No, no, no more talkin' No, no, no more son of a bitch No more Happyface" --T. Lewis ------------------------------ From: melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net Subject: Re: You know your friends are totally obsessed with Soundgarden >"Not only is life a bitch, but its always having puppies" I nominate THIS for quote of the week. It has no relation to SG but is funny as all hell. Gregg ____________________________________ | | HEAVY ROTATION-- | http://www.cybercomm.net/~melusk2 | "Undertow" | melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net | --Tool |____________________________________| "You and I have nothin' left to say... I will do more than talkin' someday No, no, no more son of a bitch No, no, no more talkin' No, no, no more son of a bitch No more Happyface" --T. Lewis ------------------------------ End of somms Digest [Volume 2 Issue 185] ****************************************