From: somms@mit.edu To: somms-digest@mit.edu Subject: Soundgarden Digest, Monday, 30 Sep 1996 Reply-To: somms@mit.edu Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 02:06:33 EDT Sender: saperl The Soundgarden Digest: Monday, 30 Sep 1996 listadmin: saperl@mit.edu list archive: http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/archive/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email saperl@mit.edu Today's Topics: Inflatable Soule hola sommsters... RE: Thingy - my quest for yet MORE E-mail Re: Kareoke yet another DOTU review louder than live tx tickets Re: 12 questions Internet Message BimH UK singles: Comments DOTU stop the insanity... I've got some ghosts in my closet... Re: Speaking of T-shirts Re: TBAs have been announced (kind of) searching for a sommster, good eye closed... ButOW SU vs BMF vs DOTU And another thing.... ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Brian L Orlinsky Subject: Inflatable Soule I Just came acroess this band bio from IMusic. This band has three of Chris's siblings. Hbs anyone heard of them? INFLATABLE SOULE [INLINE] by Miss Molly "They are not, however, your typical alternative band. Seattle-based Inflatable Soule is a six-piece rock band featuring singer/guitarist Peter Cornell, guitarist Joel Tipke, bassist Bert Byerly, drummer/percussionist Dave Hill, flutist/vocalist Katy Cornell and vocalist/percussionist Suzy Cornell. Drawing inspiration from such diverse bands as the Eagles, The Allman Brothers and Toad the Wet Sprocket, Inflatable Soule's sound is described as a cross between alternative, folk, progressive, classic pop and rock. The band has released an 8-song CD, So Sad, and have plans to embark on a West Coast tour this fall. (And yes - you guessed it - Peter, Katy and Suzy are all siblings of You Know Who.) ------------------------------ From: Dan Murphy Subject: hola sommsters... hey listers....summer break is over (all four months of it) and since my vacation from the list i have moved to seattle and i plan on taking full advantage of my new close proximity to matt, ben, chris and kim. in the last digest, someone asked about the SG shows in the area (seattle, that is) and they are to be on december 11th and 12th, according to the website. i would like to hear from those who plan on attending, perhaps we can arrange some pre and post show gathering...who knows, we may even have shirts! (thanks for nothing, nothingdick)....i missed that whole drama this summer, but i get the general idea of what happened...:( during the summer i was lucky enough to see SG for the first time at Lolla (irvine meadows, last show of the tour) and they opened with Spoonman. a strange choice to be sure....closed with JCP....a religious experience, pardon the pun...also, cj from the ramones accompanied the boys on "ty cobb" after chris rambled on about how 'this was the kind of song CJ inspired them to write' or something like that... interested on hearing from other rain city locals about heading out to some local shows....would like to get to the OK for hater on halloween.... adios, dan danno@wood.net ------------------------------ From: "Burris, Benjamin CDT " Subject: RE: Thingy - my quest for yet MORE E-mail LOOK DOWN BELOW FOR SURVEY >---------- >From: The Guitarist-2001[SMTP:Spoonman@worldnet.att.net] >Sent: Friday, September 27, 1996 11:49 PM >To: somms@MIT.EDU >Subject: Thingy - my quest for yet MORE E-mail > >1. Favorite SG song lyrically Like Suicide >2. Favorite SG lyric(s) Light a Roman candle and hold it in your hand--4th of July >3. Favorite SG song musically (overall sound) > Jesus Christ Pose >4. Favorite part of an SG song (favorite guitar/bass/drum/solo riff, vocal >effects, etc.) applebite vocal effects >5. Favorite SG song Outshined >6. Instrument (if you play one . . . or you can just list your favorite/one >you'd like to learn to play/admire, etc.) piano >7. Favorite all time lyric "I love it when the only sound that I hear is your infectious laughter. I will be here again in 800 years if i'm still lucky"--311 >8. Favorite all time song Hey Jealousy--Gin Blossoms >9. Favorite SG album Badmotorfinger >10. Favorite pizza topping pineapple and ham >11. Favorite ice-cream flavor Daquiri Ice--Baskin Robbins >12. Advice for compiling the responses to this thing :-) > >Please respond . . . and wish me luck . . . ;-) > . . . never done one of these before, so I thought I'd do everything at >once . . . ;-) > >The Guitarist-2001 > >"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't >exist" - The Usual Suspects > >Check out CORE - The Ultimate Site For Teens: >http://members.aol.com/dczoner/index.html - Soundgarden=band of the month! >(...any suggestions for a guitar page?) > > ------------------------------ From: Stardog Subject: Re: Kareoke At 19:28 28/09/96 -0400, you wrote: > Howdy! > > I was just wondering how many people have a copy of the >Launch CD ROM mag with Kareoke on it. I got it today and was surprised to >hear how good it was. Also, to all European SOMMSters who happened to have >seen SG, was Kareoke on the set list? Let me know They didn't play it in Madrid. (But they played Slaves & Bulldozers!! yeah!!) ------------------------------ From: rea47935@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (hasswipee) Subject: yet another DOTU review hey i found this while sifting through this music e-zine this morning. found it appropriate consdering all the DOTU talk/wars that have been going on lately. From: http://www.live-wire.com/archive/soundgarden.html Soundgarden Down On The Upside Rating:70% Like you need me to tell you about this disc. If you dig Soundgarden, you've already spun it a million times. If you hate Soundgarden, you don't care. Either way, you know what they sound like, and if it's your cup of tea (like mine), Down On The Upside will give you a double shot of grunge, no foam but plenty of caffiene. If you really need me to tell you more about this disc, you're deaf. -Jason Josephes Raul, Hasswipee, Whatever http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~rea49625/ CD's im obsessed with this week: R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi, Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire ------------------------------ From: alexander ebora Subject: louder than live i just found a used copy of a Louder Than Live video, bought it and watch it when i got to my dorm ...my problem is i don't know which song is which...the list on the box doesn't seem to help...i don't have LTL so i don't know the songs but i can tell which is Big Dumb Sex and which is Big Bottom (i loved the intro)...if anyone is familiar with the video and can make a list of songs IN ORDER, please e-mail me...by the way, i loved the Hands All Over video (i haven't seen it before)...it was hypnotic and the way CC hangs himself throughout the video is cool (and sometimes funny)...cya =) Never_Named "...summer nights and long warm days ebora87@matrix.newpaltz.edu are stolen as the old moon falls the mirror shows another face another face to hide it all another face to hide it all..." -Chris Cornell- ------------------------------ From: Mike Lecocke Subject: tx tickets Ok, so I'm alittle slow here. What's this about being able to buy tickets on the internet? Someone on here said he bought tix for Lolla on Ticketmaster's page. Is this applicable for SG's shows? See, I'm getting really desperate even though a fellow SOMMster has promised me I'll get tickets. Help, I'm confused. By the way, I also (of course) checked out the Chris page and think it's definitely time Mr. Cornell receives the praise he deserves. I love it. I would love to consider myself a Hand Maiden also. Hey Shroom, where are you? I miss your quotations! Later. OOOOOhhh...one more thing-Has everyone on here heard "Kyle Petty, son of Richard"? It's awesome-definitely one of my new SG favorites. Bye, Margret ------------------------------ From: "mcinturff, dylan" Subject: Re: 12 questions Favorite SG song lyrically: Mind Riot or Dusty Favorite SG lyric: "With an ounce of pain I wield a ton of rage" Favorite SG music: 4th of July Favorite part of a SG song: solo on Let Me Drown (esp. the bass part) Fave SG song: too numerous Instrument: guitar and drums (tie) All time lyric: all of Happiness is a Warm Gun All time song: Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic- The Police SG album: BMF, Superunknown, DotU (tie or cop out?) Pizza topping: plain cheese Ice cream: mint chocolate chip Advice: huh! Dylan ------------------------------ From: endless_nameless@prodigy.com (GRRL NIKI FREER) Subject: Internet Message here's my answers to the 12 questions: >fav SG song lyrically: Tighter & Tighter, Mind Riot, Boot Camp, Like Suicide, Fell on Black Days, Mailman..... >fav SG lyric: "i'm luck's last match struck in the pouring down wind" "hello, don't you know me, i'm the dirt beneath yr feet..." "the wreck is going down, get out before you drown" and too many others... >fav SG music: Like suicide, Applebite, JCP, Mind riot... >fav part of an SG song: definately the vocal effects in Applebite and 4th of July >fave SG song: Mind riot, holy water, new damage, mailman, FOBD, too many others... >instrument: my pretty blue ibanez geetar >all time lyric: "i'm luck's last match struck in the pouring down wind" >all time song: i have no idea...i love too many songs... >Sg album: BMF & SU & DOTU (yeah, i know, i'm a wuss. but it's too hard to choose) >pizza topping: just plain cheese >ice cream flavor: blah, i work with ice cream so it's all gross to me now. >advice: i wish you good luck. mind riot ____ "It's a feeling everyone gets. Yr all happy with yr life, everything's going well, things are exciting-- when all of a sudden you realize yr unhappy in the extreme, to the point of being really, really scared. There's no particular event you can pin the feeling down to, it's just that you realize one day that everything in yr life is FUCKED!" chris cornell ------------------------------ From: "Steven Russell Jr." Subject: BimH UK singles: Comments Hey List! Comments on the BiMH single that finally showed up today. 1. Excellent Packaging. I love the sky blue motif. And the single tree in the desert theme is very cool. But what's up with the childish handwriting? Reminds me of the handwriting in the Jeremy vid. 2. Karaoke - I now know why it was a b-side. It's ok....nothing special. 3. Bleed Together - Should of made the album. Excellent uptempo single that will fit right into the 5 part mockopera "Lick my lovepump" ;-) I. Drawing Flies II. Kickstand III. Face Pollution IV. Ty Cobb V. Bleed Together 4. Interesting little CC interview. Maybe the official site will do a real audio thing with it? Oh wait, that will mean *updating* the page. 5. The interviewer during the CC bit has a most excellent last name :-) 6. To the person who will eventually start up a "I have number ___ of the BiMH coloured (white?) vinyl...what number do you have". I have number 3178. Steve ------------------------------ From: Heather Aston Subject: DOTU I must admit, DOTU is my least favorite SG album. This may sound strange, but it seemed like they were trying too hard keep the album from seeming slick and overproduced. Of course, that would be an admirable goal, but it seems forced somehow. On UMOK, Screaming Life there is the same raw, energetic quality, but it is effortless, as though they were not often conciously thinking about the end result, just doing what came naturally. The opposite seems true about DOTU. When I listen to it, I get the feeling that they were always concious of how they wanted the finished product to seem to the fans, and so this kept them from really letting go. ------------------------------ From: Eliza J Polly Subject: stop the insanity... guess what i did more of today????? yup, you got it, SHOP n SPEND! ack...make it stop... today's finds (mostly impressive cuz of the cost): *** Deep Six for $5 *** Sub Pop 200 for $5 *** Born To Choose (finally get to own HIV Baby...) for $6 and... *** Live from the Crocodile Cafe:Seattle for $6 (sorry, not totally SG *** related, but kinda) now if i could find a minute to listen to this stuff.....hey, wait, i can do that on the road trip to Chicago SommsFest '96 (41 days!!!!!) - --eliza ------------------------------ From: blind dog Subject: I've got some ghosts in my closet... On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Ross Filipek wrote: > which Hater songs would sound good if covered by Soundgarden. Certainly > "Roadside" and "Circles," but probably not "Down Undershoe" or > "Blistered." What do you guys think? Some of the tracks sound like they > require a pretty "delicate" touch to play. Not that Soundgarden isn't a you're right, ross. the hater is record is *damn* fine. it's probably one of my five all-time favourite records. and now that we have the word straight from the horse's (matt's) mouth, is anyone else slavering over the thought of a new album in less than six months? but I do think that a lot of the songs would be cool covers for soundgarden to play, and would probably be more interesting than reworking some old "classic" by a sixties band (which seems to be the required formula most of the time). down undershoe would be an *excellent* cover, especially to hear kim and chris' attempts to be a little more subtle (in order to fit in with the song). other songs that I think would be great? roadside (for kim on guitar) and blistered (with chris on yeehaw vocals). ----------------------------------- a thousand doors, a thousand lies rooms a thousand years wide - words by kim thayil ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: Minerva657@aol.com Subject: Re: Speaking of T-shirts In a message dated 96-09-29 03:21:02 EDT, you write: >When I ordered my Lolla tix from the T-master WEb page, they were offering >Soundgarden t-shirts, which of course I ordered. They showed a picture of a >shirt that said "Kickstand" on it and had a pic of a little bicycle or >something. I've got that shirt...just a lil' FYI...and on the back it says "Come stand me Up" - --dani ------------------------------ From: The Guitarist-2001 Subject: Re: TBAs have been announced (kind of) At 08:46 AM 9/28/96 +0000, The Great Supreme God of Good News (Seth) wrote: >The part of the >schedule that's been changed/added: >Dec 04 San Francisco, California, Warfield >Dec 05 San Francisco, California, Warfield YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally! And I can actually get transportation this time!!!! The only reason I might not be able to go is that the jazz band of my school (which I'm in) happens to be playing those same nights, except the jazz band guy has already told me that it's very unlikely that I'll be able to play in that particular set of concerts because they probably wouldn't have room for more than one guitarist (and believe it or not there's actually somebody else BETTER than me!) . . . so chances are I'm going! FINALLY! so... How do I get tickets? Can I get them through BASS? Or do I have do get acquainted with ticketbastard? I'm about to get tickets for my first real concert (G3 - Satriani/Vai/Roberts) at the Wherehouse BASS setup . . . can I do the same for this? I never thought the TBAs would actually be here, so I didn't really pay attention to everybody else's ticket-getting stories! :( The Guitarist-2001 "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist" - The Usual Suspects Check out CORE - The Ultimate Site For Teens: http://members.aol.com/dczoner/index.html - Soundgarden=band of the month! (...any suggestions for a guitar page?) ------------------------------ From: Dan Murphy Subject: searching for a sommster, good eye closed... does anyone remember a vikki on the list who was moving to seattle this term? i think her address was "ansel@morgan.com"...vikki, you out there? dan ------------------------------ From: Cornell Subject: ButOW I have a question about the part after the solo for Blow Up the outside world....How does the guitar go? I think it's like this, but I have a pretty bad ear when it comes to figuring stuff out. E E G E E A Wanna make it. . . E E G E E A Wanting though. . . E E G E E A A G Trying though I know it's wrong E E G E E A A G Blowing it to hell and gone E E G E E A A G Wishing though I never could E E G E E A E C Blow up the outside etc, etc... Sorry for taking so much space for one little thing, but If i can get that part my band can cover it. Gregg - -- "Fall into single file line" -- S. Weiland HEAVY ROTATION-"Rubberneck" toadies "Pretty Hate Machine" nine inch nails ______________________________________________________ | | | O V E R S O U L | |______________________________________________________| D E M O -- due to be completed mid-October ------------------------------ From: ASDrum@aol.com Subject: SU vs BMF vs DOTU Benjamin wrote: <> I'll have to disagree you with here. BHS was my least favorite song on SU from the beginning. It just sounded too Beatlesque for me. I dislike BUTOW for the same reason. Maybe "dislike" is not the right word....how about I don't LOVE them. I WILL readily admit to liking a song, no matter how many times it's played on the radio. Good case in point: BIMH. I LOVE that song. It's one of my favorite SG songs, ever. There. I admit it. And while I'm at it, I have to say I've been a little disappointed in this DOTU vs BMF vs SU thing we've got going here. It's been very interesting, believe me. But I'm disappointed in learning that I seem to be in a minority. That is, SU is my favorite album. I can't believe this rates at the bottom for most people. I felt like crying after I got Kathie's (thank you - awesome job!) survey results: << TOTAL totals: (given this choice of albums) 70% prefer BMF, 16% prefer DOTU and 14% prefer SU.>> ;-( BMF and DOTU tie for second place in my book. The production, IMHO on BMF was a bit lacking. The sound on SU could have been better - it was too muddled (is that a word?), but was a big improvement over BMF. As far as production/sound goes, DOTU wins hands down. But when you look at each album as a collections of songs, Superunknown, IMO, is unparalleled. BMF is great, but it's a straight rocking album, and I have to be in a rockin' mood to listen to it. SU on the other hand, has a song for EVERY mood. Very few skippables here: BHS, Kickstand, and Half, although when Half is played live, it's awesome. My favorites are: Let Me Drown, Limo Wreck, FOBD, Mailman, TDITTL, Like Suicide, & Fresh Tendrils. And as far as DOTU, well I'll be quite honest. I was disappointed after the first listen. Actually, after the first FEW listens. For me, it just didn't live up to SU. It was an album that had to grow on me. And it did....in a big way. I love it now. Especially BIMH, Dusty, Never the Machine, and Ty Cobb. But too many skippables, especially when compared to SU. I don't particulary like No Attention, Switch Opens, An Unkind, or Never Named (although I DO like the chorus to that one!). But this is strictly MY opinion. Obviously, we're all going to have our own likes and dislikes, and we will never agree. Guess I'll just have to sit in a lonely little corner, with the other 14%, listening to SU all by our lonesomes.... :-( Rainman wrote: <> Alas Rainman, whilst opening with a song like FOBD would be good for Chris, I don't think that's the way to go. Their mission is to get the crowd going, and if they came out playing FOBD, well, it wouldn't be pretty ;-) . I thought opening with Spoonman at Lolla was perfect. You had instant recognition, an upbeat vibe, and it was easy on the ole vocal cords. Perfect. Along those lines, they could even go with something like My Wave or Rusty Cage. Of course, I'll just have to READ about what they're opening with, as they're coming nowhere NEAR South Florida. ;-( Anyway, that's all I have. As far as DOTU vs BMF vs SU vs LTL, etc., well, you guys go ahead and fight it out, I'll just sit here and sulk :-( "We're Frowngarden. We frown upon everything." - C. Cornell Ciao babies! Ang ------------------------------ From: ASDrum@aol.com Subject: And another thing.... Let me just justify my previous e-mail (DOTU vs BMF vs SU). It seems the general consensus is that the die-hard, or older fans tend to go with BMF as their favorite SG album. And that is simply not the case. I've liked them since LTL (makes me no bigger of a fan, yadda yadda yadda, blah blah blah), and Superunknown is still my SG of choice. So there :-P "The moon is glued to a picture of heaven and all the little pigs have God" - C. Cornell Ciao babies! Ang - -You don't understand! I will defend this album to the death! ------------------------------ End of somms Digest [Volume 2 Issue 259] ****************************************