From: somms@mit.edu To: somms-digest@mit.edu Subject: Soundgarden Digest, Monday, 5 Aug 1996 Reply-To: somms@mit.edu Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 01:53:41 EDT Sender: saperl The Soundgarden Digest: Monday, 5 Aug 1996 listadmin: saperl@mit.edu list archive: http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/archive/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email saperl@mit.edu Today's Topics: songs not album thing Re: Sommsfest 96 opening bands.... Giveaway #8 LOuder Than Live +1 Re: Sommsfest 96 ultimate concert Re: karaoke on Launch Re: BiMH video #somms songs not on albums w/ same name RE: Thayil '96!!! And the services of THUG enterprises. Irvine Meadows, CA Lolla report rant & rave... You know youre obsessed with Soundgarden when damn. JCP-BiMH videos More on Irvine Lolla #somms Re: Puking out the nose drunk Stuff NEWS FLASH! Confirmation! SG Cancel Last Lolla show! Re: Sommsfest 96 Soundgarden song on Launch CD-ROM--"karaoke' hey... me rambling about me..& some SG stuff:) (i wouldn't leave them out!) ------------------------------------------------------------ From: PoppyBitch Subject: songs not album thing ummmmm, heres another one: the Hole album Ask For It doesnt have the song Asking For It on it coz its on Live Through This... does that make any sense? hmmm, i doubt it.... aaaaaackkkk... oh and blind melon "soup" is a song but not on the album Soup....aackk gotta check my maillll.... Justine ___ __ __ ___ __ ____ ___ _____ __ __ __ / __)( )( )/ __) /__\ ( _ \ / __)( _ )( \/ ) /__\ \__ \ )(__)(( (_-. /(__)\ ) /( (__ )(_)( ) ( /(__)\ (___/(______)\___/(__)(__)(_)\_) \___)(_____)(_/\/\_)(__)(__) ------------------------------ From: urbano Subject: Re: Sommsfest 96 I would go, even up there to Chicago or to Seattle (Some of you could come down here perhaps :). Just to meet you people in person. You're like my family (sniff). I you ever do it, please, be sure to call me.... @work... urbano At 04:19 AM 4/08/96 GMT, you wrote: > I have the solution to our private concert problem. Let's have a Somms >convention!!!! Picture this Sommsters from all over the world coming >together at a Holiday Inn(OK I guess the first one will have to be on >Seth's stomping grounds). We could have the BIG SOUNDGARDEN SWAP MEET. >Everyone bring their SG stuff to show off, trade and fight over. Maybe even >trade a hunky hubby or two. Soundgarden look alike contests. Pageant for >"Hootchie of the Year". Ben's spitting contest(who can spit furthest and >most accurate) Essay writing on a variety of subjects in one hundred words >or less: Why Kim should go free. Why I want to have Chris's baby >Why Matt should bring back drum solos. A contest of Name that >Soundgarden tune( I can name that song in three notes!) A tee shirt making >workshop. Another workshop in IRC for us in the computer knucklehead >catagory. The possiblities are endless! And for the finale a private >Soundgarden concert in the Holiday Inn lounge! toni > > ------------------------------ From: Jenny <100233.477@CompuServe.COM> Subject: opening bands.... id like to see: TOOL and Soundgarden headline together with Shihad suppporting uhh i guess i should wake up now... like theyre ever going to come to New Zealand (hmmm i think they came here once be4 , maybe it was a dream (?) ) - -jenny p.s you're reading 'my first post' ! (after a *long* time spent lurking) "hello people!!" ------------------------------ From: Eric Gardner Subject: Giveaway #8 Scraping the bottom of the giveaway barrel we find some paper goods. Let me stress this is only for the seriously obsessed (you know you are obsessed when you want the silly shit some idiot is giving away). This package includes 7 photocopies of flyers from past SG shows, from 1989 through 1992 or so, plus an original San Jose LottaPalookas flyer (personally ripped off a fence by yours truly) and a BHS postcard. Flyer (photocopied) info (for the ridiculously obsessed): 1) SG, Bumbershoot main stage, Monday Sept 3rd 2) SG/Swervedriver/Monster Magnet, April 20 1992 at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium 3) same as above but at the Wilson Theatre in Fresno, Ca on 21 April 1992 4) SG/The Big F, Dec. 15th 1989 at the I Beam (SF) 5) Day on the Green with Metallica/Queensryche/Faith No More and SG, Oct. 12th 1991(?) in Oakland, Ca 6) SG/Helltrout/Fitz of Depression at the Capitol Theatre in Olympia, Wa on Sat., Sep 14th 1989 7) SG/Voivod/Prong, Feb. 23rd and 24th 1990, in Portland and Seattle. There you have it. Email to enter, name drawn at random, only the winner needs to provide a shipping address, can anybody tell me where the blarney roses grow? Eric ------------------------------ From: Cornell Subject: LOuder Than Live +1 I just bought louder than live last Tuesday, and being the huge SG fan that I am, popped it into the VCR as soon as I got home and watched the whole thing. I must say, it's not that good. The directing sucked. First of all, I think the use of Black and White was a bad idea because of how shadowy the Whiskey is. I didn't like the way he did the same shot over and over during the "Remember....remember..." part of I Awake. I began to get sea sick. The worst part was definitely the butt-rock antics of Jason Everman. When he was on top of CC during I Awake and when he smashed his bass at the end of the show....textbook 80's rock moves. Not to say that nobody smashes stuff anymore, but he just had a certain buttrock feel to his every action. UGH. The vids were ok. Is it just me, or did they both look like they were shot on the same set? Sorry for being so scathing...SG did their part well...the fault lies with the vid staff. Gregg "Don't come over here and piss on my gate. Save it, ___________ just keep it off my Wave" --My Wave, Soundgarden | | | Soul Sick | "Go avay or i vill taunt you a zecond time" anonymous |___________| French man. melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Sommsfest 96 From: jsimpson@mail03.mitre.org (Jamesetta Simpson) > I have the solution to our private concert problem. Let's have a Somms > convention!!!! Picture this Sommsters from all over the world coming > together at a Holiday Inn(OK I guess the first one will have to be on > Seth's stomping grounds). Not a bad place for a convention, been there for a few. Got to watch the taxi drivers up there, they will run you down as soon as look at you.. But then that goes for most of the Mass. drivers (sorry Seth). > Maybe even trade a hunky hubby or two. Hey, no way am I giving up the hunky hubby what I just bided on.. But I would like to know, is this trading just for hubby or can we trade our significant others. > Pageant for "Hootchie of the Year". Does this mean we must have a tattoo in order to qualify???? And can we please exempt Shroon (give her the title of Grand Hootchie life time position) so the rest of us can have a fighting chance!!!!! Wait we can do it in age categories, I know I can win that one, unless the underage members of the list bring and enter their Mom's. Damn, just who do I have to bribe in order to win this???? > A tee shirt making workshop. Winner gets a free trip to Maryland to visit the site of the unknown SOMMs shirt. > And for the finale a private Soundgarden concert in the Holiday Inn lounge! toni Hosted by Larry Lounge Lizard!!!! Great idea Toni, can't you just see the banquet tables all decorated with ice sculptures of each the band members. We can have daily drawings for prizes like: The disposable camera that Kim slap away from his face. The plastic bottle that almost hit Ben at the Gorge. The cooler with the sign "show your tits". Given to you by the one and only List Thug himself. The opportunity to rip Chris's shirt off and then keep the torn prize. Ten seconds with the band member of your choice.. Okay, so I'm bored.. I'm ready to take off for a few days and the rest of my traveling party is late (again). Won't hear from me for at lease 4 days or more.....hey no need to cheer that way.. Jeez, the nerve of some people.. :-P Jamie (Traveling Village Idiot) ------------------------------ From: roofrat@cybercomm.net Subject: ultimate concert Borrow a holiday inn complete with roomservice tvs computers whatever and a couple of whatever Just play on the roof ------------------------------ From: Q McCallum Subject: Re: > >>hey .. about that 'siamese dream ' thing i think it is on the album or > >>atleast 'siamese dream' is used on a song.. you know as lyrics. > > > >well.... kind of in Geek USA off Siamese dream, it goes "in a DREAM we are > >connected, SIAMESE twins...at the wrist.." so i dunno...... Yah, but there's actually a song called "Siamese Dream" that wasn't included on the album. I had a boot of it while back. It wasn't spectacular or anything, but I thought it was rather ironic it wasn't on Siames_Dream. ____________________________________ qmccallu@midway.uchicago.edu http://sushi.uchicago.edu/~q-mccallum [use Netscape v2 for best results] ------------------------------ From: HQXH39C@prodigy.com (MR SEAN M MCELENY) Subject: karaoke on Launch i went to best Buy yesterday and they had this interactive computer thing with cds on it, there was a preview for the upcoming cd rom magazine called launch, they had a video of Chris and Kim sitting on some chairs talking and then they played a Sg song i didnt recognize and announced that it will come with a new unreleased song called Karaoke. Does anyone know when this is coming out? Maybe they have a hompage to find the answer.sean ------------------------------ From: melusk2@crow.cybercomm.net Subject: Re: BiMH video A great idea would be a Down on the Upside vid. A different vid w/ a different directory for every song... it's too long of an album to turn it into a total concept thing. It's amazing the useless things you think of while driving to work. 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 ------------------------------ From: j_crocke@unity.ncsu.edu Subject: #somms be there for about 30 minutes if anyone cares.... jeremy ------------------------------ From: infinite Subject: songs not on albums w/ same name led zep's 'houses of the holy' is not on 'houses of the holy (album)' ------------------------------ From: Mo Subject: RE: Thayil '96!!! And the services of THUG enterprises. You should add Bon Jovi to the list and perhaps Deep Blue Something. Mo. - ---------- From: ThNrthFace@aol.com[SMTP:ThNrthFace@aol.com] Sent: 03 August 1996 22:31 To: somms@MIT.EDU Subject: Thayil '96!!! And the services of THUG enterprises. person(s) using my services. There will be an additional $10,000.00 fee for the following concerts: Bush Silverchair Green Day Hootie and the Blowjobs Def Leppard Candlebox Alanis Morrissette(sp?) Foreigner There is more to this list, please contact me for further details. Act fast if you are in need of these services, spots are filling quickly! If I'm good enoug for Kim, I'm good enough for you! The list thug, Aaron ------------------------------ From: "Joseph E \"Gene\" Candelaria" Subject: Irvine Meadows, CA Lolla report Hey all, It's 9:30AM PDT and I AWAKE from my post-Palooza slumber. Although it may not be all that great, here's my report (in order of occurrence): My friend James and I got our tickets on the web, so all we got were lawn seating. If you've never been to Irvine Meadows, this is the setup. Sweeping back from the stage is the reserved seating area, and behind that is the grassy lawn area. It's all on a downhill slope (leafy incline), so everyone gets a pretty good view. We had binoculars, which helped to see the bands closeup from our perch. First, we went to the main stage to check out PSYCHOTICA. They were pretty trippy. Somebody on the list compared them to Judas Priest earlier this week, but I thought they were more like David Bowie. Their band lineup was different than what the Lollapalooza program said, but they were ok. A little weird, but aren't we all in our own way. More power to PSYCHOTICA for going against the flow and doing what they want. Next, we stayed on the main stage for SCREAMING TREES. They totally rocked! The CONNER BROS got down and dirty on their stringed instruments. Barret kept the beat strong and proud. JOSH from KYUSS really fit in with the band, more so than I thought he would. MARK LANEGAN and Josh both looked like they were getting a little sunburned, but their vocal and guitars were what was really burning up (he-he ; >). This was the first time I've checked out SCREAMING TREES and it won't be my last. After SCREAMING TREES, we went to the second and indie stage areas, which were a good distance from the main stage. On the second stage, we checked out SATCHEL. I didn't think they would, but they truly jammed! They put on an incredible show with some really good tunes. They even played some BRAD tunes. SHAWN SMITH is a true musician's musician. He can play the keyboards, guitar, and sing just beautifully. He really had a good vibe going with the audience. Considering many in the crowd probably had no idea who SATCHEL were before the set, they were all into it by the time it was over. Up next, (and one of my FAVORITE BANDS, next to SG, of course), the MELVINS!! And did they get down or what!?! Outstanding set. BUZZ is GOD! DALE and MARK are his angels. Before, they came on, my friend had a chat with BUZZ, who proved to be a great person. They did a cool rendition of "GREEN MANALISHI WITH THE TWO PRONGED HORN". Right before they took the stage (and during some technical difficulties) guess who shows up stageside to groove on the MELVINS----? None other than BEN SHEPHERD. I mean we were right up to the barrier at center stage and he was probably twenty feet from us. Me friend sees him and yells (and he can yell REALLY LOUD), "SOUNDGARDEN!!!". Ben looks a little embarrassed (?), waves and points to the stage as if to say, "Don't pay attention to me, check out the MELVINS." And he boogied to their ballsy beat through the set. Now I wonder, for CHRIS' BD celebration, I sent him an e-mail wishing him a happy birthday and saying I would see him @Irvine @the MELVINS. I wonder if BEN read the BD wishes also and went to see if he could spot any SOMMSters. Unfortunately, I didn't have a banner or any identifying marks, but he may have gotten the idea after my friend yelled. Seeing BEN stageside was great! I saw the RAMONES on their last "farewell tour", so I didn't miss them at all, even though they played at the same time as the MELVINS. After this, we booked back over to the main stage for the special guest and SG. Special guest was DEVO. They put on a better show than I thought they would from previous reports. I'm 32, so I was listening to DEVO when most of you were still in diapers. Hell, I remember what a thrill it was seeing them perform on Saturday Night Live in 81(?) or 82(?) (Can't get me no---Satisfaction!)! It was just as much of a high as seeing SG on SNL. Many of the METALLISOLDOUTMUTHERFUCKENCIGARCHOMPINGCOPYCATJOCKCONSUMERSSHITHEADDONTKNOWTHEIRASSFROMAHOLEINTHEGROUNDFUCKS were whining throughout DEVO's set about how, "they suck", and "just wait 'till metallica comes on..". I just kept singing along, louder and louder, until I was finally in a couple of those jockasses' faces, showing them the fury of an ex-DEVO junkie! They finally shut their whiny yaps and listened to MARK's testimony. He even came WAY OUT into the reserved seating area when they did "ARE WE NOT MEN" and let the audience sing a few choruses (Are we not men---We are DEVO!!!). It was great. After they played, MARK came up to a food stand and was just talking with people who came up to him. What a human! Finally, the coup de Gras, SOUNDGARDEN. And what can I really say that hasn't been said before? THEY KICKED ASS!! The only thing that sucked was the STUPID Irvine Meadows management didn't turn on the speakers that were up on the terrace (lawn seating). The only reason I can figure was so METALLISOLDOUTMUTHERFUCKENCIGARCHOMPINGSHITHEADDONTKNOWTHEIRASSFROMAHOLEINTHEGROUNDSHOULDOFCALLEDITQUITSORATLEASTCHANGEDTHEBANDSNAMEWHENCLIFFDIEDFUCKS would seem to rock better due to the upped volume. It was a little hard for us terracites to get into the music due to the volume problems. I could hear people talking (not yelling, but talking in a normal tone of voice) all around me. And once again those METALLISOLDOUTMUTHERFUCKENCIGARCHOMPINGCOPYCATJOCKCONSUMERSSHITHEADDONTKNOWTHEIRASSFROMAHOLEINTHEGROUNDFUCKS were bitching (sorry ladies, no harm intended) and whining about SOUNDGARDEN and how, "they suck" and "metallica kicks their ass". It made me sick hearing those dorks while I was trying to listen to my favorite band. So, I again started singing (screaming) at the top of my lungs (and I'm here to tell you these lungs of mine are healthy ones!) and clapping as hard and loud as possible in order to drown the whiners out. And it worked. They decided to head for the head (good luck!) and were gone! I enjoyed the rest of SG's set in peace! They were THE BEST. As far as my friend and I were concerned, SG were the headliners. I bet the band enjoyed Irvine Meadows as a venue the best of the tour. I didn't see any bottles, shoes, cans, or anything injurious being thrown up on the stage. This is probably because of the reserved seating and tight security. I did see a beach ball almost hit KIM and he looked like he was gonna stumble on it as he walked backwards, but fortunately, a stage tech came out and got it out of his way before a mishap could happen. Other than that, the crowd loved 'em. And they loved us! BEN cracked me up when he started doing a goose-step as he jammed his low-slung bass. And he did it several more times throughout the set. MATT lived up to the rep of being the best in his business. CHRIS failed the vocals test on PN, but what can you expect after a long hot tour. He did great on most of his duties, but I know how hard those high notes are to achieve. KIM had me hypnotized and mysticized with his beckoning call. He had a little trouble sustaining the feedback with his guitar at the end of the show, but me thinks that was the management's fault again. NOT LOUD ENOUGH!! FUCKING CORPORATE LOUTS!! I didn't see anyone in SG drink any booze. CHRIS ended up taking his shirt off (ladies). Same set as has been reported. I impressed others by calling out the names of songs before they were played, "Wow, is that dude psychic?". Immediately after SG, we headed for the parking lot. This has to of been one of the mellowest concerts I've been to. There was hardly any moshing. What pits there were were small. There was some arson involved in a few of them, LOLLAPALOOZA programs being burned and twirled like a tornado mainly. Nothing like the time I say HEARING AID at IRVINE MEADOWS and there were cars burning all over the parking lot! Some asses, were they METALLISOLDOUTMUTHERFUCKENCIGARCHOMPINGCOPYCATJOCKCONSUMERSSHITHEADDONTKNOWTHEIRASSFROMAHOLEINTHEGROUNDFUCKS(?), were throwing CD's through the air like Chinese throwing stars, but none got me. A few liquids splashed on us, but we agreed that they were cold and that we should only worry if we were hit by warm liquids. Actually, I got hit with tanning lotion and it was coconut scented, which was okay. Well, I suppose I've rambled on enough. My heads kinda in a tizzy. My wife Ronna wants me to get my ass in gear so we can go get something to munch. And am I hungry!! So until next time people... ..later... - -- ; > Joseph E. "Gene" Candelaria http://www.inland.net/~sunishun My place in time is a big nada history. But, my place in time with you is shown symbolically. -----Mike Watt ------------------------------ From: jgrotelu@herbie.unl.edu (grote) Subject: rant & rave... WARNING--LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG POST carole (author of "people have no taste" post in which partygoers become violent if they have to listen to real music [i.e. sg] vs. worthless tripe [i.e. bush]) brings up a very interesting point that has (lucky for all of you) inspired me to go on a merciless tirade...fasten your seat belts... along with instant coffee and "mtv's real world," one of the modern era's most destructive and horrifying inventions would have to be top-40 radio. now i'm not expecting a large amount of people on this list to disagree with this contention, because true sg fans seem to be more in tune with sheer musical essence and quality than the average joe or josephine... but i think it goes beyond simply disliking the kind of music that gets airplay in top-40 formats. people talk about the mass media resorting to sensationalistic mind- control tactics in their work (as a member of said news media, i will admit that editors of major news outlets DO have the ability to control what news does and doesn't get out to the public...however, media outlets that blatantly ignore key issues that people hear about from other sources are going to go out of business because nobody will buy their product...plain and simple). fine. but let me emphasize that people who interpret the stories in their daily newspaper as an accurate representation of all the major stories going on in the world are just being ignorant. as anyone who has worked for a newspaper knows, you have hundreds upon hundreds of international stories that you can take off the newswire and put in your paper everyday, but space restrictions dictate that you can only have a certain number...somewhere along the line, someone is making a decision as to WHAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW. for this reason, no single medium is going to provide you with a broad informational base to make firm convictions about any given issue. truly informed people need to peruse multiple mediums and use numerous sources to get a suitable sampling. AND NOW (drumroll, please), my point... what do people mean when they say "the radio"? 9 times out of ten, it's a top 40 station.... "i like that new song they're playing on THE RADIO"...i contend that top-40 radio and radio in general is continually becoming a worse and worse medium for bands like soundgarden. it's quite common for pop artists to release a single and an accompanying album, and it's quite obvious that the rest of the album outside of one-two singles was tossed together to meet a deadline. by contrast, bands like soundgarden craft long-playing masterpieces and are proud to discuss the work behind individual songs. today, bands are judged by a relatively short yardstick of released singles...the rest of their body of work doesn't matter. the people who choose WHAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO HEAR (warning! parallel reference! parallel reference! :) ) are controlling the music that's popular because i fear that the public is not aware of the options they have. (i.e. indie labels, specialty stations) and just like good mediafollowers, true music fans need to break out of the listening norm and look at other channels--new stations, different genres of music, library musical archives...anything to get a different perspective and possibly get turned on to a new style of music... now we could easily expand this concept to include not only top 40 stations but all musical format stations as well...any station is going to pick and choose what goes on the radio, so obviously there is some quality material that will never get airplay because (as we all know too well) some people just have no taste. they choose music using the "ears of the masses." i was asked last month by a country music fan what kind of music i listened to...upon hearing my abbreviated response of alternative, blues and classical, he chuckled and said i need to listen to some good 'ol country music. i responded that i loved old vintage country/bluegrass like hank williams, sr., and that alison kraus (modern bluegrass artist) was one of my favorite performers. "no, i'm talking about COUNTRY music," he said, listing off a who's who of modern country big-shots. i explained to him a brief summary of the history of modern country, dating back to the mid-50's and 60's melding of bluegrass-style instrumentation with roots-rock ala elvis and company. he made up an excuse and ran away. one of the biggest dangers with all of this is that people seem to get the idea that if they are familiar with what's on the radio at a given point in time and who's popular in spin magazine, they are a "true fan" of that kind of music. EXAMPLE: my girlfriend and i were sitting at a high school football game last fall when one of her friends came to chat with us. her friend brought along her 13-year old brother, who was looking quite trendy in his saggin' shorts and alt-rock gear. i didn't think anything else of it until my girlfriend said something about her friend's brother being "music crazy." i perked up an ear and listened as they talked about how he knows more about modern music than the employees at the record stores and he reads magazine articles for hours on end and knows every band that needs to be known about in the world. my curiosity was peaked and a conversation ensued between myself and alt-boy... GROTE- so, you're quite a music fan, huh? ALT-BOY- (with an angst-ridden sneer) yeah...GOOD music...not the junk that most people listen to nowadays... GROTE- (holding back a chuckle) like what? ALT-BOY- like fuckin cheesy pop music and rap and country...god, i hate that crap... GROTE- (realizing the age of the person i'm dealing with and holding back on a verbal defense of quality vintage country/bluegrass music of old and innovative rap like spearhead and wu-tang clan) so what do you listen to? ALT-BOY- (sensing that i'm out for blood, and switching to a more defensive tone of voice) alternative... GROTE- (pretending to be surprised) oh, cool...i like a lot of that stuff, too...who's your favorite band? ALT-BOY- (matter-of-factly) well, right now, weezer is the greatest band in the world. GROTE- (giving in to the pressure and laughing) weezer? why? ALT-BOY- (really defensive now) because they're the best...why, who do you like? GROTE- (narrowing my answer to bands that exist now so as to not alienate the child) not weezer...i saw them in concert and they sucked...oh, i like all kinds of music...blues, classical and a lot of alternative. i like soundgarden, morphine, sugar... ALT-BOY- (looking at me as it i have a live weasel crawling out of my nose) soundgarden??? they don't have any good songs besides black hole sun! (laughing in a pretentious little adolescent way) GROTE- (grinning for some reason) what else have you heard? ALT-BOY- all of the songs they have out...spoonman and the black days one...they're both boring. GROTE- have you heard any of their other albums? ALT-BOY- (looking uncomfortable and suddenly very aloof and cocky) no, the record stores don't carry them. GROTE- (moving in for the kill) what? i was just at homer's (regional chain) an hour ago and they had all of their old stuff! (referring to albums, not rarities) they've been around for like ten years, man...you should check 'em out... ALT-BOY- (suddenly very eager to leave) hmmm... (spotting one of his alternapals a few rows in front of him) kevin! what's up? (runs away) anyway, my childish and naive wish is that the listening and purchasing masses would turn to sources other than popular radio, mtv and magazines to get their dose of musical goodness. heck, almost all of my favorite albums have been the result of setting aside an afternoon every month or so to browse around small record stores with in-house listening stations and just listen to stuff. i discovered nudeswirl, morphine, overwhelming colorfast, husker du, the minutemen, my bloody valentine and big black all in this manner. in my opinion, this is where a band like soundgarden truly shines. their music is not very compatable with the mass-marketed, flashy style of today's music biz, but rather exists as timeless works of of art for people to dig up in time capsules and enjoy years from now. is soundgarden the last great bastion of musical excellence? certainly not. there are a lot of great bands doing great things today, but it seems like more and more of them are simply getting ignored, and that's what disturbs me most. good god, i've rambled way too long...sunday afternoons are a dangerous thing...:) well...i've got some legal preparations to do now, so if you'll excuse me... :) 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: unkind@bbs.cowland.com Subject: You know youre obsessed with Soundgarden when you start having dreams about Wheel of Fortune and one of the phrases is "Blow Up The Outside World". you get extremely pissed off when you talk to someone on the phone and when he asks you where you got your handle, Stolen Prayers, and yo tell him, from a Soundgarden bootleg, and he replies "Ewwww." you consider buying another Down On The Upside shirt at the second Lolla '96 you attend in case you wreck the first one. you climb over barbed wire fences and sneak past security in hopes of meeting Soundgarden and risk getting arrested. your band teacher tells you that in Pretty Noose, Chris isn't using correct language... instead of "And I don't like what you got me hangign from," it should be "And I don't like this thing from which you have me hanging" cause Mr. Champagne... err your band teacher insists that ending a sentence with From is bad English. your ninth grade English teacher stops you in the hallway of school to ask you how Soundgarden is doing. ok, thats about it.. the Wheel of Fortune thing happened to me last night.. I have no idea why I was dreaming about Wheel of Fortune.. it freaked me out... oh wel. chow unkind@cowland.com ------------------------------ From: spierce@ties.k12.mn.us (Sandy Pierce) Subject: damn. > in the 11 november 1995 digest we were discussing >questions to ask the band prior to their first online chat on aol and >this was one of them: > >"when do you plan to stage a private concert for the mailing list >members?" > >we've been fantasizing about this for a long time now... and you would >think i would have something more productive to do than go through old >digests to find out when it was first suggested. sad, isn't it? > >seth > damn! i wish i had been on the list back in the day!! it's still an awesome idea. amanda m. p. ------------------------------ From: jmend@interprov.interprov.com (Javier Mendoza) Subject: JCP-BiMH videos Out of Lurking mode: Dear people on the list. I've just saw the JCP video and the first part kind of reminded me the BiMH video, with the guys walking through the desert. Anyone noticed that?? Peace, love and SOMMS!! Javier - -Lurking mode on- ''~`` ( o o ) +-------.oooO--(_)--Oooo.------+ | Javier Mendoza | |E-mail: jmend@interprov.com | | Republica Argentina | +------------------------------+ Still waitin' for August 27th... ------------------------------ From: "Joseph E \"Gene\" Candelaria" Subject: More on Irvine Lolla Oh yeah, just remembered--was I seeing things or was that Spoonman hisself sitting on the stage floor next to Matt's kit? Looked like him to me. Shaved head/barefoot and swaying to the beat! - -- ; > Joseph E. "Gene" Candelaria http://www.inland.net/~sunishun My place in time is a big nada history. But, my place in time with you is shown symbolically. -----Mike Watt ------------------------------ From: p8743 Subject: #somms i really can't figure out how to find or get connected to #somms... if some one could help, e-mail me. thanx,kym ------------------------------ From: oponfam@cnsnet.com Subject: Re: Puking out the nose drunk Shroom wrote: > Have any of you been so drunk, you've puked out your nose? Not a > recommended experience. But as to him chipping away at the respect... well, > he made the "puking out the nose" comment over two years ago. March 23rd, > 1994. He's been like this for awhile. We just don't get to experience him > enough to get a good feel for what he's really like. Whatever that may be. > OK, nevermind. The person who originally wrote about that quote made it sound like it was a recent one (and with all the old articles I have you would have thought I would have known better - Oh well). All I know is he never made a comment like that at the concerts I've been at, which is all I can base my experience on. And actually, yeah, I have been that drunk and I wouldn't recommend it either. At the time I was drinking like that, though, I was not a very together chick, nor was I a "Rock Star" at perhaps the peak of my popularity. I've never met a really heavy drinker that was truly happy with their life. I guess I just want Chris to be happy. Must be the Mom in me. Thanks Shroom, you've restored my respect (can't criticize Chris for old news). Kathie ------------------------------ From: ASDrum@aol.com Subject: Stuff Hello all. I was browsing around some Alice in Chains message board in AOL a little while ago. (Hey - I'm bored and had nothing better to do). Anyway, a lot of those youngsters (they seemed REALLY young) like Soundgarden. I know....no surprise there. They were saying how they could have interesting lyric discussions about Big Dumb Sex and Full On Kevin's Mom. One person said they bought DOTU and they were not impressed. It seemed like, to them, that SG was trying NOT to write songs that would be popular. DUH! Another person said how much they LIKED DOTU. (I feel like a voyeur). All in all, no interesting AIC stuff in there at all (I know. What did I expect) But this is kinda cute - someone made reference to the "sexual chocolate" lyric, saying they thought it had to do with rimming. So a gazillion people post responses "what's rimming?!". Ahhhh, to be young and naive. TO CHRIS FARLEY: I have one for your "Songs that have albums named after them but don't appear on those albums" : How about one of the best bands of all time, besides SG - QUEEN. They came out with "Sheer Heart Attack" in 1974, but the song of the same title didn't appear until "News of the World" in 1977. Sssooooo, do I get a prize? BTW, sign me up for one of those "Free Kim" tees. I think it's a GREAT idea! C y'all <----that's the Southern in me, and Ciao babies........ Ang ------------------------------ From: "Steven Russell Jr." Subject: NEWS FLASH! Hey list! big BIG news!!!!! according to the CJ on the Lolla Netbroadcast.... Soundgarden may NOT be playing the final Lollapalooza show. Seems Chris Cornell injured his voice sometime yesterday. The CJ pointed out it was very apparent at the end of the SG's set yesterday. Note: wish we could of heard it! If he's a trooper and they play...they're scheduled to hit the stage at 10pm EST! IF not, Metallica will be playing instead. I'll be on #somms for a while longer if anyone w/o realaudio wants an update. Steve ------------------------------ From: "Steven Russell Jr." Subject: Confirmation! SG Cancel Last Lolla show! Hey list! the bad news is true! Due to Chris Cornell's voice problems, SG have cancelled playing the last show of Lolla this year. I think its way too early to speculate on what this will mean for the Euro tour. More news as it becomes available.... Steve ------------------------------ From: cynsir@village.ios.com Subject: Re: Sommsfest 96 Tonerkin wrote: > > I have the solution to our private concert problem. Let's have a Somms > convention!!!! :Love it! I'm there. Cyn ------------------------------ From: John Bacus Subject: Soundgarden song on Launch CD-ROM--"karaoke' The CD-ROM magazine launch has some interviews with Chris and Kim, plus an audio track called "Karaoke". Maybe you all laready know this, but I didn't. I bought the CD-RoM for $10 at Tower. JWB ------------------------------ From: unkind@bbs.cowland.com Subject: hey... WTF happened to Chris? Is he gonna be ok? This isn't like the last time he hlost his voice is it? Shit... I feel like someone just told me a close friend is in the hospital.. Shit..... On the upside (?)? I got my SOMMS shirt, but I won't be able to see what it looks like until August 20th.. that's when I go home... Shit, what happenecd to Chris????? chow... (sigh) unkind@cowland.com ------------------------------ From: spierce@ties.k12.mn.us (Sandy Pierce) Subject: me rambling about me..& some SG stuff:) (i wouldn't leave them out!) ATTENTION: THIS DOES CONTAIN SG MATERIAL, JUST BE PATIENT, O.K.? hey, i apologize in advance for writing non soundgarden related stuff... but i just remembered that there is a picture of me on another web page (i sent one to seth too to be put on the list page but it is not there yet..) and i think it's kind of cool so if anyone cares to look at me the page is http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us/south/russian/russian.html and the picture of me is with my class (Russian 2) and i am down in the front, second from the right wearing a black sweatshirt and multi-colored pants, i had hair then too :(. so you can feed into my "vain parade (it has no meaning)" and look at it!!!!! none of those other people like soundgarden (fools) and even my best friend emma (the girl next to me on the left) makes fun of soundgarden (they have no respect) i think i'm the biggest (whatever that means) SG fan in my whole school (i guess i don't know how you'd measure something like that though!) oh well :) o.k.... on to soundgarden... i had this dream where they were supposed to play at this local club, first avenue, and i was there and i got in free with a comp, so i was totally excited cuz there was only about twenty people there so everyone had a space by the stage... and i waited and waited through several opening acts but they never came on so i went and filled out job applications in the back (i don't know why..) and then i heard them starting so i rushed out and they weren't there. it was one of those totally frustrating dreams cuz i never did get to see them! and i was wearing this pink dress that i wore on my first day of tenth grade, but i don't know what significance that has, sorry i just thought of that, anyways, i've been dreaming about soundgarden every night and it gets me so much more anxious for them to tour, if they don't come anywhere near me i will die!!!!! well bye for now. amanda (look at that picture of me and tell me if you do, i will be happy!) "Now I'm listening to my dear Chris Cornell, my fantasy lover my beautiful rock star. Why do I always get all weird about rock stars? They are all so pretty and famous. And his voice is so strong and beautiful and I think I only feel this way because I know I can never have him or touch him or see him. I did see him once though. At my concert and that was the best day of my life. And he was so pretty, up on stage. And I'm sure he never even once looked at me amongst all the other people, but I like to imagine that maybe, just maybe he saw me and maybe he thought I was a pretty little girl or maybe he just sighed at the thought of how much I probably loved him and maybe that thought made him happy..."(pointless quote, by me, on feb. 1, 1995, in my journal for a poetry class i was taking at the time) ------------------------------ End of somms Digest [Volume 2 Issue 205] ****************************************