From: somms@mit.edu To: somms-digest@mit.edu Subject: Soundgarden Digest, Tuesday, 15 Oct 1996 Reply-To: somms@mit.edu Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 03:32:03 EDT Sender: saperl The Soundgarden Digest: Tuesday, 15 Oct 1996 listadmin: saperl@mit.edu list archive: http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/archive/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email saperl@mit.edu Today's Topics: Re: Soundgarden Digest, Friday, 11 Oct 1996 royalties shirts/hats & tickets SG Calendars?? Bob Dole n stuff... Re: heroin in Cornell's music. Re: Found this on the SG newsgroup today :> Re: heroin in Cornell's music. Re: uuuhhhh..... newbies Re: Found this on the SG newsgroup today :> Tribute Bands SG tribute band We have a winner, baby!! Johnny Cash!!! RE:Importance of lyrics? Re: Fresh Deadly illusions? Re: Found this on the SG newsgroup today :> Fresh Deadly illusions? Re: Fresh Deadly illusions? SG in film class pub-lik a-pah-lee-gee RE: royalties Vikki's journal Karaoke Tab! louder than live (the CD) truly...drowned? Re: louder than live (the CD) + Birthday wishes Drum! magazine Just like fine whine...I mean wine! but the ugly truth just loves to give it away... you have a good day, good day... Re: you have a good day, good day... & other misguided ramblings New Damage? Re: you have a good day, good day... Today is the day that our dear Pea Strainer might have to go to the Pension Hom ------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Jamie C." Subject: Re: Soundgarden Digest, Friday, 11 Oct 1996 some guy wrote this: > > but it's a bad song. kinda like blistered by hater. > > i hope to high heaven you're kidding. ben and matt do hillbilly stomp > and you RIP 'EM??? shameful... ( Just want to clear this up.....Blistered is a GOOD song...it's one of them kinda shitty-made cool songs. geez louise, i'm not bashing hater at all, man. fuck, i love em.... ******************************** "You and I are not the same.... you like everything." (I Mother Earth-"Three Days Old") ******************************** +jamie c.+ ------------------------------ From: cgoodman@maine.com (Carole Goodman) Subject: royalties Just to start off I am in NO way being critical, now that I got that out of the way. I have always been wondering why TOTD sold rights to Rush Limbaugh to use the intro to pushin' forward back as an intro to his talkshow. Isn't that a little off since most of them are in artists for a hate free america, an extremely liberal group. And I do put emphasis on the extreme. Did they do it for the royalties or do they like Rush. I have always been curious. Could someone shed some light on this subject for me. One other thing I have always wondered in face pollution, where it says: "now I've made a mask it looks like fishheads..." does that have anything to do w/captain beefheart's trout mask replica? It probably doesn't but hey you never know. If any of you could help me out here I would be interested. Thanks. Ivy ------------------------------ From: GeekGirl@aol.com Subject: shirts/hats & tickets Hey All!!! Long time no talk... Well you all will be happy to know that all the hats and shirts have been ordered!! They will be in production this week and I will have them ALL back on Friday!!!!! The shipping will be done on Saturday. I had originally planned to send those of you who had conerts on or before the 13th yours first. Well a friend of mine has offered to help me with the packing and shipping so I will be able to send all the items out the same day! VACATION,VACTION here I come!!!!! on with other news..... About the LA shows... count me IN!!! Thanks to Christy ( The Blessed Ticket Goddess) I will be attending both shows and sitting in the Orcestra section...rows 11 and 12. THANK YOU CHRISTY!!!!!! I had hoped that SG would be playing San Diego but I am really starting to doubt that now. I was hoping that they would announce the November 30th date for San Diego... but it doesnt look so good... I am keeping my finger crossed! HEY HEY HEY!! Only 11 more days until Shroom and I invade Seattle!!! ( Hey Shroom do you think they'll know what hit 'em?) The Final Countdown has begun!! Read you all later!! Dena :)~ The Blessed SOMMS Godess and Crazy Shirt Making Girl!!! ------------------------------ Subject: SG Calendars?? From: Stephen Johnston CS93 First I gotta say thanks to all the people who managed to read the review I posted. I thought it was maybe a bit long, but I know some people like to get _all_ the details.... SHROOM!! (And yes... I think you _could_ intimidate anyone if you put your mind to it!! ;) It's that obsessive streak.... he he he he) Right - what I really wanted to know was does anyone know what's going on with the company that was sellling the calendars in the UK? (Esprit Mail Order). I mailed 'em and asked about getting hold of one and they told me... > Unfortunately we are having unexpected copyright problems so we > cannot sell any further copies. If you keep an eye on our updates or > just check back with me every now and again and I will be able to > tell you the latest. I'm just wondering what copyright problems they could be having?? Were they 'bootleg' calendars??... Wierd! Anyway, I really have to get hold of one or else by the time next year comes round I'm gonna be stuck with another Oasis one or something ("It's all I could find in the shops") AAARGH! Steve ------------------------------ From: Andrew John Sharp Subject: Bob Dole n stuff... As far as I know, Bob Dole said nothing about CC or Soundgarden - it was the other way round! Read Vikki's account of her visit to Europe and you will see that Chris mentioned BD at the Astoria last month. It was really funny cause half the crowd didn't know WTF Bob Dole is and the other half just didn't know why the hell he was being mentioned! hehehe... Oh yeah - thanks Vikki for posting your diary thingy, hope you had an excellent time over here. Andy - sinking back into lurkdom =) ------------------------------ From: phang Subject: Re: heroin in Cornell's music. On Fri, 11 Oct 1996, Caryn Rose wrote: > all lyricists, poets have the same concept of their work: once it's out > there, e.g., recorded and released, it takes on a life of their own. > sometimes you can write something and as you work with it you find out it > has other meanings that go way beyond what the original spark was. I am well aware of this fact, as being an artist, I have created pieces which have their own meanings to me, and I encourage others to come up with their own definitions. I've also been in a band and written lyrics with much the same concept in mind. However, it seems that everybody has missed the point of what I was trying to say. I wasn't telling anybody not to derive their own meanings out of songs, just not to claim to know what the writer was writing and why even if they stated otherwise. For instance, it seems ridiculous to me after, CC has said "(whatever song)... isn't about heroin", to turn round and say "Yes it is... even though you wrote it, I'm gonna TELL you what you're own song is about and why you wrote it, so there!!". Putting your own meanings to songs is fine, as long as they're your own personal interpretations -I do that- but when you start trying to get inside the writers head, using your perceptions of a song to try and assume to know why *they* wrote it (ie projecting your meanings/interpretations onto the writer), it starts getting stupid. I know what I'm talking about, I've had it done to me. I've written songs and have had people try to tell me what my own songs are about and why they think I worte them. If they had merely stated that their interpretations are what the songs meant to THEM, that'd be fine, but projecting your own meanings onto the person who wrote the song is jumping the gun just a little too much for my liking, IMO. > > i once worked with a band back in their baby-band days who were/are > particularly known for refusing to state what their lyrics meant or even > including lyrics with albums. it was amazing the people w ho would come > up to the band with their questions and interpretations about the songs -- > the members would stop sometimes and say, 'wow, no, that wasn't at all > what i was thinking of, but you know, i totally understand where you're > coming from'. there are many many forces at work during creation of art, > and not just conscious ones. As I stated above. I am well aware of that fact, but at the same time, no-one (unless they're psychic or something like that), can possibly know what's going on in another person's head in order to know why they do what they do or to know what meanings they had in mind when they wrote their own song. > i agree with ray, btw. what he was trying to say (i think) is that chris > cornell cannot tell ME what a song means to me, even if HE wrote it. why > would he want to? what's the beauty in that? I'm quite sure he wouldn't want to, however, what I got from Ray's message was that he was claiming to know what a particular song meant to Chris himself, as if he knew what he had in mind when he wrote his own song, which (if this was his intent) is a silly idea. - -me ------------------------------ From: phang Subject: Re: Found this on the SG newsgroup today :> On Fri, 11 Oct 1996, Mercyhurst Prep Library wrote: > That is so pathetic. Not sg! imho, just a nasty rumor people are passing > around, you know, an urban myth. I sincerely hope so. It'd make them seem very hypocritical if it was true... - -me ------------------------------ From: phang Subject: Re: heroin in Cornell's music. On Sat, 12 Oct 1996 UnknMan@aol.com wrote: > 'me' wrote: > > >But surely, if he wrote the songs he should know better than anyone else > >what they're actually about!?! > > Good art can mean more than what the artist intended. I get totally > different ideas from music, poerty, prose, etc than what the artist did > because I think freely. I don't let anyone's views crowd mine. I can take > other's opinions & (maybe) incorporate them into mine but only if I agree > with them. > > To be honest I don't really care what an artist meant by a particular song > (generally speaking) because I normally don't know this person, don't relate > to them directly, nor do I expect to be able to discuss the lyrics with them > on a personal basis. Now if Thayil came over for an afternoon & asked my > opinion on what 'NTMF' meant, I'd expect his feelings as well otherwise I > think my view of the song's pretty cool. I'd actually be upset to find out > that it's simply a string of words that sound good together. This is not quite what I meant. Read my response to Caryn's post for clarification. - -me ------------------------------ From: phang Subject: Re: uuuhhhh..... newbies On Sat, 12 Oct 1996, Kendrick Kay wrote: > well, conservative Republicans supported the act, too...and Clinton is not > really a liberal anymore anyway (well, on the outside he isn't). Real > liberals (e.g. the ACLU) opposed the Telecommunications Act. This has nothing to do with Soundgarden. Please take your discussion of the list. Hah!! Now its my turn to be self-righteous!! :> - -me ------------------------------ From: phang Subject: Re: Found this on the SG newsgroup today :> On Sun, 13 Oct 1996, Cornell wrote: > Hey guys... > before you get all worked up over this girls w/condoms thing, remember > how we heard it...through a newsgroup (where truth often gets distorted) > from a friend of this girl Jill who met a guy who supposedly worked > backstage at a Soundgarden concert... > So we're left with a lot of questions > Is Jill lying? > Is her friend lying? > Is the bouncer lying? > Was the guy even a bouncer? > How many people do we know that have been backstage that HAVEN'T > seen anything of this sort? > Wouldn't CC be uh, SORE??!!! > > I mean, c'mon... No one has that sort of sex drive. Exactly!! And if that sort of news was true, then how would it get on a public forum like a newsgroup without his wife finding out (especially as she's their manager!!)? - -me ------------------------------ From: "Lori S. Bingel" Subject: Tribute Bands I have heard both Physical Graffiti and The Machine, they are excellent. The most outstanding thing about the Led Zep tribute is that they actually manage to not only sound, but *look* exactly like the band. I would love to see a great Soundgarden tribute band... Oh, which reminds me, I had a most traumatic experience last Wednesday. I had a show at a local bar with my band and one of the other bands was some extremely lame cover band, and as they were getting to the end of their set (which sucked), they said, "who wants to hear more?"...nobody in the crowd really responded, but they continued to play, and did an absolutely henious butchering of Fell On Black Days. I thought I was going to cry right there. I went running around the bar screaming "they can't do that! They just can't butcher Soundgarden! Woe is me!" Anyways.... Lori ------------------------------ From: atnadzri@vax1.tristate.edu Subject: SG tribute band A suggestion for a name for the SG tribute band.... "SEXYLEADSINGERWHONOWLOOKSSKINNY" How bout it?:) Eliza..it think it must be your food...i NEVER get dreams bout Chris.... Anyway..over to serious stuff...I think "Zero Chance"'s lyrics reflect my current situation....loneliness and despair.rules this week.... I think not all SG lyrics are full of despair and gloom...i dunno bout u guys..but i think the lyrics for NTMF are hilarious(no..i'm not disrespecting Mr.Thayil)...well, what do you guys think? sorry bout this meaningless statements.... Lookin forward to tommorow Lo-Fi ------------------------------ From: ShRooMGrLz@aol.com Subject: We have a winner, baby!! Well, this whole Hater CD giveaway thingy was surely interesting! I think I wrote half the list's names on pieces of paper!! I didn't have a hat that was big enough to hold all of 'em, so I had to borrow my padre's cowboy hat. I think I'm gonna keep it, too. He doesn't need to be wearing it out in public, anyway... right? =) Anyway... our winner is: Hasswipee! Congrats, kiddo! Ummmm... do that whole "send me your address" thingy, and I'll ship this CD out ASAP. The postal service willing... you should have it by the weekend. =) And you've got to listen to it on Halloween and make a wish that I don't get arrested for jumping on Mattster when he refuses to hand over the nude pix of Chris. ;-) Thank yew, and good night... Shroomy "AAAUUUGGHHHH!!! Get this crazy hootchie off of me!! I already told her that I DON'T have any naked pictures of Chris with me!! They're all at home, under my mattres... ummm... I mean, I don't have any darned pictures of Chris naked!! AAAAUUUGGHHHHHH!!!" ~ Matt Cameron (Words not necessarily said in that order...) <~~~ my disclaimer ------------------------------ From: Seth Ward Subject: Johnny Cash!!! Hey, I was in Minneapolis for a show at first ave. last night (sunday), so I was actually in the KREV 105 (revolution radio) listening area, which made me very happy, because from all that I've heard, this station is supposed to kick ass. Anyway, they had this show on when I was on my way back home that had something to do with the heritage of new rock and stuff like that. At one point the DJ starts talking about Johnny Cash and how his new album has Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers as the back-up band. Okay, that's pretty cool, I thought. Then, very much to my delight, they played the Cash version of Rusty Cage! On corporate radio, no less. I was astounded. Not to mention having SG, Johnny Cash, and Tom Petty all collaborating (in a way) on the same song. How cool can you get? (I have a somewhat confused musical background, by the way.) The DJ was like, "I guarantee you won't hear that on any other station around here." No kidding. Thanks REV, for making radio cool again. Yours Happily, A Different Seth P.S. If anyone from this area went to the that show at First Ave. sunday (Pure/eels/Poe) let me know (privately) what you thought of it. I will also be there for John Spencer Blues Explosion, and maybe Porno for Pyros, so if you are going to those shows, let me know, too. SW ------------------------------ From: Paul_Faraguna@dbna.com (Paul Faraguna) Subject: RE:Importance of lyrics? In the interest of beating a decomposing horse: Lyrics, to me, are what separate the merely good bands from the GREAT bands. Bands that produce good music but poor lyrics, are the bands with which I will become bored with over time. On the other hand, great bands, like SG, that write excellent lyrics, will rarely if ever come to bore me. I'll be interpreting and re-interpreting Chris's lyrics for years to come. My interpretation of anyone particular song will change from day to day depending on my current mood. That's the fun of it. Chris may say that Like Suicide is about an injured bird, but in my life experiences, that song brings out all kinds of images. Also, I have a rule that, when I buy a new CD I do not permit myself to read the lyrics on the way home before having listened to the musical accompaniment. This is because most bands write such infantile lyrics. Without music they just come off as well....infantile. Anyway, I'm happy to say that SG breaks that rule for me all the time. bye, Paul ------------------------------ From: UnknMan@aol.com Subject: Re: Fresh Deadly illusions? Taylor writes: >On the front, >Chris is playing his quitar right handed, but on the back he is playing >left handed. This seemed very odd and I figured it was the result of >the negative at first, but the more I looked, it appeared that Cornell >was playing left handed guitar. Please tell me that this guy can't play >the guitar both ways... if so he's more talented than I thought... Notice how the 90 on his t-shirt is backwards on the back cover? Thus the back cover is a reversed photo. This comes from the same boot that calls him 'Chris Connel' mentions bassists 'Hiro Yamamoto' & 'Ben Sheppard', mis-titles "I Can't Give You Anything" as "I Can Give You Anything", credits Ben with singing "Show Me" & says that Budgies' "Homicidal Suicidal" is a Buzzcocks original. Oh, they also title "Girl U Want" as "Girl You Want" but that's being very picky (c: It's a very cool boot though if you can't find older singles or if you don't want to pay all the cash to get them separately. ray (c: ------------------------------ From: Mercyhurst Prep Library Subject: Re: Found this on the SG newsgroup today :> At 02:47 PM 10/14/96 +0100, you wrote: >On Sun, 13 Oct 1996, Cornell wrote: > >> Hey guys... >> before you get all worked up over this girls w/condoms thing, remember >> how we heard it...through a newsgroup (where truth often gets distorted) >> This is purely IMHO, but that stupid rumor found on some newsgroup isn't worth posting time or space on this list. That's simply not Sg. ------------------------------ From: Taylor Holmes Subject: Fresh Deadly illusions? Well, i had a chance to pick up Fresh Deadly Rarities, SuperMainstream, and Stolen Prayers this weekend. These are great.. but I had one question... I don't know if this has been discussed before, but look at the front and back pictures of Fresh Deadly Rareities. On the front, Chris is playing his quitar right handed, but on the back he is playing left handed. This seemed very odd and I figured it was the result of the negative at first, but the more I looked, it appeared that Cornell was playing left handed guitar. Please tell me that this guy can't play the guitar both ways... if so he's more talented than I thought... Later, Taylor ------------------------------ From: Ross Filipek Subject: Re: Fresh Deadly illusions? I've noticed that, too. The picture is apparently reversed left to right on the back. Ross - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Taylor Holmes wrote: > question... I don't know if this has been discussed before, but look at > the front and back pictures of Fresh Deadly Rareities. On the front, > Chris is playing his quitar right handed, but on the back he is playing > left handed. This seemed very odd and I figured it was the result of > the negative at first, but the more I looked, it appeared that Cornell > was playing left handed guitar. Please tell me that this guy can't play > the guitar both ways... if so he's more talented than I thought... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a packet of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it." --Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues ------------------------------ From: spierce@mpls.k12.mn.us (Sandy Pierce) Subject: SG in film class today in my art of film class we had a speaker from the minnesota something or other of film and he was talking about movies made in mn. well i wasn't all there till the subject of the movie "feeling minnesota" came up. he said that they got the script or something before the movie was made (cuz he's a person who helps promote minnesota as a place to film movies) and he said that right on the top page first thing was the quote "i'm looking california but feeling minnesota" by soundgarden. i threw my arms up to cheer, and got a few snickers from the rest of the class. i guess they all know what i listen to now (not like they haven't seen every one of my notebooks covered with soundgarden). i thought it was cool. it got me thinking, i wonder if the person who wrote the movie is a soundgarden fan? or some big guy in hollywood or something. do you think that soundgarden had to give permission to use that lyric? o.k.bye, amanda (that's AMANDA, not sandy-she's my mom) ------------------------------ From: overfloater@thenexus.com Subject: pub-lik a-pah-lee-gee ok.. i made a mistake, all right? i thought it was funny, and i thought you might find it funny. but i suppose not. i realize that i shouldn't have done it and i won't do it again. (this is in reference to the whole chris cornell sex scandal/sg newsgroup thing) soundgarden content: i bought the bhs watch for only ten dollars.. yay... goodbye ------------------------------ From: Monnica Lewis Subject: RE: royalties Not that I'm expert in copyright law but, I think it may be possible that none of the guys in TOTD own the use rights for those songs, or that song. (I'll have to check the liner notes when I get home.) So it's possible, (and I hope true), that they did not make that decision. Maybe it was the record co or something. ???? Monnica ---------- From: cgoodman To: somms Subject: royalties Date: Sunday, October 13, 1996 6:00PM Just to start off I am in NO way being critical, now that I got that out of the way. I have always been wondering why TOTD sold rights to Rush Limbaugh to use the intro to pushin' forward back as an intro to his talkshow. Isn't that a little off since most of them are in artists for a hate free america, an extremely liberal group. And I do put emphasis on the extreme. Did they do it for the royalties or do they like Rush. I have always been curious. Could someone shed some light on this subject for me. ------------------------------ From: "Phelan, Kate" Subject: Vikki's journal What a fabulous post from Vikki. Wow. I can only hope that my retention skills will be that good on Sunday, November 10....show in Chicago.... ------------------------------ From: Fett81@aol.com Subject: Karaoke Tab! Howdy! To any guitar players on SOMMS, I just posted the Karaoke tab. Enjoy! -Fett ------------------------------ From: endless_nameless@prodigy.com (GRRL NIKI FREER) Subject: louder than live (the CD) what's a good price for a copy of LTL still in the shrink wrap, opened once? today i found someone willing to sell me his copy (this is the silver duct tape thing). he says $25. is that too much, or am i scamming him out of something? mind riot ____ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i'm tied within i'm luck's last match struck in the pouring down wind... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ From: "D. Murphy" Subject: truly...drowned? well kids, i know i hyped that Truly show last week, but i am sad to report that there will be no review as they never showed on this past rainy saturday. i am not sure of the reason but they were *supposed* to open for sweet water in olympia this weekend. they are supposed to play some other shows here in seattle soon, and if they're gonna be there, well, dammit, so will i. in other SG news, i am happy to report that i am now a proud owner of a copy of SOMMS, so add me to the list of the few, the proud, the...however that goes. i already had 4 of those tracks in some form or another, but hey! all on one disc now! score one for me! for those who haven't seen it, bounce over to seth's page to see The Ugly Truth! Get your HANDS ALL OVER it, or you will be bound to die alone! somebody stop me!!! nothing seems to kill me! ha! i kill me! danno, who needs to get off the percodan immediately aaron, you have my vote, too... danno@wood.net levitan@u.washington.edu "i don't want to be a statistic on a government chart" - the police ------------------------------ From: UnknMan@aol.com Subject: Re: louder than live (the CD) + Birthday wishes Niki asks: >what's a good price for a copy of LTL still in the shrink wrap, >opened once? today i found someone willing to sell me his copy (this >is the silver duct tape thing). he says $25. is that too much, or am >i scamming him out of something? That's a pretty good deal on your part. I got the disc (minus the packaging) for $15 which is the lowest I've heard anyone get it for. Seattle-area vendors try to sell it for $60 but rarely do & Goldmine adverts list it for anywhere from $25-$75. $25 is a good deal... if you have the money get it! I also want to wish Ms Toni a ultramegasuperbetterthanok Birthday! We love you, well, at least I do (c: ray (c: ------------------------------ From: Cornell Subject: Drum! magazine If anyone's interested, there's an interview w/ Matt in Drum! magazine. I didn't buy it (I'm sorry!) but I read the whole thing in the middle of the book store. It has a diagram of his drum setup, and he talks about doing the drums for DoTU. It was pretty informative. Seth's web page was also mentioned (and before the Rocktropolis page to boot!). I'll try and buy it if i ever see it again. Gregg ------------------------------ Subject: Just like fine whine...I mean wine! From: tonerkin@usa.pipeline.com (Tonerkin) On Oct 15, 1996 08:03:41, 'Carolyn Hanel ' wrote: >didn't I hear somewhere that Toni is that great band's oldest fan???????!! ;-) I do believe at one time I did claim that title although Carolyn I think we have a mutual friend that I will graciously give the crown to...... BUTT come to think of it there are more than one of those "old R&R broads" out there!! Thanks to all for the birthday wishes! I even got a Soundgarden card all the way from Okiehoma! But I waited all day for that international phone call from Denmark or Finland! Must of come while I was out! Happy Birthday to me! toni.........too old to mosh.....too young to die!!! ------------------------------ From: blind dog Subject: but the ugly truth just loves to give it away... On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Monnica Lewis wrote: > Not that I'm expert in copyright law but, I think it may be possible that > none of the guys in TOTD own the use rights for those songs, or that song. > (I'll have to check the liner notes when I get home.) So it's possible, > (and I hope true), that they did not make that decision. Maybe it was the > record co or something. ???? I don't have the liner here in front of me, but from memory the song (pushin' forward back) was written by chris (lyrics) with stone goassard and jeff ament (music). my guess is that the song was published under chris' "you make me sick I make music" and the publishing rights of both jeff and stone. I'm certainly no expert in the field either, but I think the members of soundgarden established their own musical publisher/quasi-company so that they would retain the rights to their own songs. because of this, I don't think that a&m have any say over whether a song already published by the band can be used and that the request for permission has to be forwarded to the publisher (ie. you make me...). which in the end makes me think that the show either got permission from chris, stone and jeff (not likely) or some guy in charge of music or promotions on the show is using the sample without permission. I don't think that money would be a motivating factor for the band (considering their probable wealth), so they probably aren't in it for the money. but if they have given permission, will we see another molsongate? to an entirely different matter: the ugly truth. I think that the new and unofficial soundgarden faq is a pretty good starting point for those of you who may not know that much about the band and for those who want to know more. I know I certainly learned some things while writing it :) anyhow, I'd just like to extend my thanks to the list and all its members in helping me (either directly or indirectly) write the faq, which turned out fairly well for a first version. as seth has already said, updates will come in halfway through each month, so if there is something you want answered or something that I haven't answered properly, please tell me about it and it will go before the board :) sorry if my typing was sloppy, but I'm trying to keep my fingers crossed while watching the monday night game. go niners! ----------------------------------- a thousand doors, a thousand lies rooms a thousand years wide - words by kim thayil ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: blind dog Subject: you have a good day, good day... rumour for the week - I got this off the pumpkins mailing list (from a digest that featured vasant sticking up for steve albini, no less), and it seems to be a pretty good one for accurate information. some guy read in guitar world that a record called "here comes the fuzz" (I don't know the release date) will come out sometime in the future. two musicians who contribute in some fashion? billy corgan and our very own kim thayil :) does anyone else know something about this? maybe billy has joined the ranks of dark load? there was no information as to what kim actually contributes, so any info will be gladly welcomed. ----------------------------------- a thousand doors, a thousand lies rooms a thousand years wide - words by kim thayil ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: ThNrthFace@aol.com Subject: Re: you have a good day, good day... & other misguided ramblings In a message dated 96-10-15 00:57:10 EDT, Justin wrote: << some guy read in guitar world that a record called "here comes the fuzz" (I don't know the release date) will come out sometime in the future. two musicians who contribute in some fashion? billy corgan and our very own kim thayil :) >> Speaking of the Devil... I heard about this CD on KISW the other night on the "Lowdown". The CD is supposed to be an avenue for artists to showcase their skills and maybe some interests that they can't explore in their regular bands. Who knows, maybe Kim will do a jazzy rendition of William Tell's Overture. One can only dream... At least I don't dream about seafood. Hahah, just kidding. ;) I'm allowed to joke around with my deputy. It has been brought to my attention that I never announced the results of the SOMMS General Election. Well, since I was the only person running for Sheriff, I assumed everyone would have figured that I got the job. Well, it was a close race, and it came right down to the last few votes. But you will all be glad to hear that The List Thug is now also the Somms Sheriff! The Presidential election will be this Nov. 4th, so get out there and vote, and vote often for Kim Thayil. He's the right guy for the job. Not only does he support the initiative 131 (also known as the Free Beer initiative), he also supports the BPFSM Act of 1996. (for those unaware of the BPFSM Act, it is basically the Backstage Pass For Somms Member's Act, and entitles all Somm's members in good standing a backstage pass to each show they attend) KIM THAYIL FOR PRESIDENT!!! Kim Thayil '96! The Chicago bound List Thug, Somms Sheriff, KTMS/KTMSPAC founder, and overall Mean Tyrant, Aaron "Those guys are crazy!!!"-Our beloved Kim Thayil ------------------------------ From: Deborah Baker Subject: New Damage? I was listening to Load on my walkman on the train home last night, thinking about all the adverse reaction the album - and particularly their new 'image' - got from a lot of Metallica fans, and it got me wondering... If Soundgarden turned up on stage every night during this tour wearing make-up, nail varnish, feather boas etc like Kirk and Lars, what would *your* reaction be? And which band members do you think would 'take the plunge'? :-) UK Deb ------------------------------ Subject: Re: you have a good day, good day... From: seth > I got this off the pumpkins mailing list (from a digest that > featured vasant sticking up for steve albini, no less), and it seems to be > a pretty good one for accurate information. some guy read in guitar world > that a record called "here comes the fuzz" (I don't know the release date) > will come out sometime in the future. two musicians who contribute in > some fashion? billy corgan and our very own kim thayil :) does anyone else > know something about this? maybe billy has joined the ranks of dark load? > there was no information as to what kim actually contributes, so any info > will be gladly welcomed. You must be referring to _Smell The Fuzz_, which is a Guitar World compilation, released on Metal Blade Records (catalog number 962-2). It features Dark Load's "Brewicide," which does indeed have our own Kim Thayil on it. :) I love the song title... It will be released this fall. seth ------------------------------ From: Carolyn Hanel Subject: Today is the day that our dear Pea Strainer might have to go to the Pension Home...... JOKING, TONI!!!!!!! What I REALLY meant to say was, "Happy Birthday To You Happy Birthday To You Happy Birthday, Dear Toni Happy Birthday To YOU!" Hip Hip Hooray and all that jazz. Guess what folks? I'm back up to over 200 posts to read! Aren't you feeling good about that? {sigh} (It's Monday here, btw - I think that's when Toni's b'day is) AND this has a great deal of Soundgarden content.........didn't I hear somewhere that Toni is that great band's oldest fan???????!! ;-) [ducking the fast-flying frying pans and meat cleavers that have just been hurled my way] Carolyn the Mother of Fun I'm high as a kite, I just might stop to check you out.......Violent Femmes ------------------------------ End of somms Digest [Volume 2 Issue 274] ****************************************