From: somms@mit.edu To: somms-digest@mit.edu Subject: Soundgarden Digest, Sunday, 24 Nov 1996 Reply-To: somms@mit.edu Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 03:02:17 EST Sender: saperl The Soundgarden Digest: Sunday, 24 Nov 1996 listadmin: saperl@mit.edu list archive: http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/archive/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email saperl@mit.edu Today's Topics: Washington Sommsters Re:Rolling Stone SG in Philadelphia Moron the Washington Review! Multiflavored Eggos, Smiley Faces, and of course......Soundgarden!! Live 'n' Loud Re: Soundgarden Digest, Saturday, 23 Nov 1996 Tree Info, Identity Crisis, MTV Europe broadcast Q...and sympathy cards to Tomm a BIG DAY for punters The film before BUTOW ------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Kelly Lee" Subject: Washington Sommsters It was great meeting some of the people on the mailing list. I'm glad I finally got to meet the infamous Jamie, Greg, Toni, Chris, Seth, and Dylan. Since I don't post often, it was a thrill to meet the faces behind the words. I had a great time with Chris (Hope you found your girfriend). I had a great talk with Dylan(Good luck with you band), and I found out alot from Jamie and Toni. Everyone was extremely nice and helpful. Since this was my first concert, it made it really exciting to meet all these people who actually knew the ropes. I'll stop rambling now. Just want to say that the concert completely exceeded all my expectations. I would have had more fun if I wasn't being crushed against the railings and I was three inches taller. I guess that's all part of the learning process, right? Kelly L. ------------------------------ From: Deborah Baker Subject: Re:Rolling Stone I had been wondering for a while now why Soundgarden hasn't appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone since July 94 and the last big thing on them was the Chris interview in the January 95 issue. Apart from a brief studio report and a review of DOTU, nothing! So maybe Chris' tirade had nothing to do with the Eddie Vedder article. I have a vague recollection of someone posting this list earlier this year that Rolling Stone had printed that Chris was gay. Does anyone remember this? But would he really care if they did print that anyway? I doubt it. I also read some time ago that their publicist Laura was only granting interviews with the band to magazines that would put them on the cover. Maybe Rolling Stone didn't want to play ball, but again, I can't see this as the reason. UKDeb ------------------------------ From: "Al Babcock" Subject: SG in Philadelphia I attended the Philly show on Thursday night and Imust say they were even better than I thought they were going to be. Chris sounded like he had a little trouble with Spoonman but after that his was really good. The set ran for about 2 to 2 hours and 10 min. Tenderlion who was playing their last show on the tour wasn't bad. I wasn't expecting much because many people had said they sucked but I was quite suprised. Rocket From The Crypt wasn't very good but I didn't think they were going to be. I would have to say it was the best concert I ever went to(right in front of Urge Overkill at the same venue which was almost just over a year ago to the day). The set:(not in order) Pretty noose, Dusty, Ty Cobb, Blow Up The Outside World, Burden In My Hand, Never The Machine Forever, Boot Camp Let Me Drown, My Wave, Fell On Black Days, Black Hole Sun, Spoonman, Kickstand Rusty Cage, Outshined, Slaves & Bulldozers, Jesus Christ Pose Hands All Over, Helter Skelter, Search And Destroy(Iggy Pop) ------------------------------ From: Greg Bensimon Subject: Moron the Washington Review! Well, my head is finally back together and my ear have stopped ringing, so I guess it's time for me to chip in with my review of the D.C. show... First off, my night was made before I ever got over to the Patriot Center. I stopped by the local Fuddruckers to meet Jamie, Toni, Dylan, Chris, and Kelly, which was really cool. I had met Jamie over the previous weekend to work out the details, so I recognized her and Toni from her picture on the member directory. We walked in together, and there was this crowd standing in front of us. So I kind of asked, "Hey, are you with the SOMMS mailing list?" Everyone said yes, we did all of our introductions and sat down. Man was it awesome! I've never been in the presence of so many real SG fans in my life! I've got a couple of other friends who like SG, but they only know back to BMF. If I start talking about Hands all Over or Incessant Mace, they just stare at me. Anyway, we all just sat there and takled for about two hours about all kinds of stuff (yes Toni, even STP...) I see where Chris now refers to me as Greg the Thug. Hmmm... I think I'll leave the thugliness to our SOMMS Sheriff. So after a couple of beers and some conversation, it was time to move over to the arena. We got there about an hour before the show, and I got my JCP T-shirt. I loved the BMF design on the long-sleeve, but I never wear long-sleeve shirts, so $35 was kind of steep. (Toni and I got to talking about the BMF logo and Frank Kolzik. Has anyone heard from Frank recently?) Jamie and Toni found some great seats near the floor. Dylan, Kelly, and Chris moved down to the pit, and I met a couple of other friends up high in our "warm-up band seats." I leave most of the Tenderloin and Rocket from the Crypt reviews to Chris. He was right on there. Tenderloin rates pretty good on my list. I like their Texas style of rock, and the lead singer's got a pretty good sense of humor. Matt and Ben came out to do a Howlin' Wolf cover with them that absolutely rocked. Rocket from the Crypt was kind of like "Happy Days meets the Ramones." They seem to be a lot more flash than cash, and the dancing boy has got to go. So does the "We are the shit" attitude they come out with. On to SG. When they took the stage, I was really worried how Chris was going to sound. He definitely started off the night restrained, but by the time Drawing Flies and Slaves and Bulldozers cam around, he was going for it. Kim wasn't wearing the Tool shirt (damn), instead he had on a Terror Crew shirt. Matt had that wonderful "Fuck You" shirt with the giant image of the bird right in the middle. I've definitely goto to get me one of those. Anyway, the set list went something like this... Spoonman Searching with My Good Eye Closed Let Me drown Pretty Noose (dedicated to the "bitch") My Wave (dedicated to Rolling Stone) Ty Cobb (dedicated to Tenderloin... geez, a lot of dedications...) Fell on Black Days Burden in My Hand Helter Skelter / Applebite Rusty Cage Boot Camp Black Hole Sun (acoustic) Outshined Kickstand Dusty BUTOW Drawing Flies Slaves and Bulldozers Never the Machine Forever Jesus Christ Pose That's pretty close to what it was. The first three songs and the encore I'm sure of. In between, I've got the ordering as well as I can remember. Anyway, when they opened with Spoonman I was all they way at the back of the pit. It was pretty calm back there, everyone seemed a little older and they appeared to be there for the music. I bobbed and weaved my way throught the pit (got my bell rung by a crowd surfer once), and made it to the front of the stage just before they started Pretty Noose. Down front were the usual fuck-ups who were there to beat on people and occasionally yell, "Play Rusty Cage!" or something like that. Oh well, I had made my way directly in front of Ben, and there was no way I was losing that ground. I was expecting antics like the Chicage shows, but Ben didn't do much of anything. I mentioned once before that I got his attention between Burden and Helter, and he just kind of stormed off. Bummer. Well, with Ben doing nothing and considering the beating I was taking down on the front row (being shoved into people is a lot less painful than being squished up on the railing. It doesn't give at all...), I only stayed until Black Hole Sun. Things kind of calmed down then, so I made my way back to where Jamie and Toni were sitting/standing/dancing/yelling, and watched the rest of the show from there. Slaves and Bulldozers was definitely the highlight of the show. Well, that and watching Toni dance in the aisles during the show. Kim ripped on guitar, even playing with his tounge and behind his head, a la Jimi Hendrix. Chris really gave it his all, but it was obvious he was still suffering from the effects of his laryngitis. And Ben... well, he was tearing up that bass. I just wish he'd torn up some of the stage as well. I was really hoping for the Mailman/JCP encore. I knew thay had done No Attention a couple of times as well, but I really love Mailman. They did NTMF instead, but they kicked ass on it. I remember at Fuddruckers saying how NTMF ws still growing on me. How each time I hear it, I discover something else about it that I really like. So it was real cool to hear it live. As for JCP, I really don't remember too much except for Matt. I really just wanted to watch him play on this one, and he was absolutely amazing. It's amazing to me how he can get both arms and both legs doing so many different things with such coordination and precision. I saw Neil Peart do a 10 minute solo during Rush's '94 tour that absolutely blew me away. Matt didn't solo, but just watching him during JCP was every bit as good. Well, I left the show with a big smile across my face, and I'm sure everyone else did as well. I can't wait for a spring tour now. If it comes anywhere near D.C., I'm there. Hopefully I'll get to meet more SOMMS members as well. Greg ------------------------------ From: Aferdity@aol.com Subject: Multiflavored Eggos, Smiley Faces, and of course......Soundgarden!! Hey All, I was watching TV yesterday and I saw that Eggo commercial. You know the one where they are introducing all the new flavors, well, anyway, the guy that they had do the commercial is really weird and funny looking. To get to the point, he looks in his freezer every morning and smiles really big. The way he smiled reminded me of the BHS video because he looks exactly like one of the characters that run around with unusually big smiles on their faces. I just thought that was the weirdest thing. Anyhow, I was also flipping channels and I caught the BUTOW video and I thought, "Hell, MTV never plays anything earlier than BHS so I'll watch this to get my Soundgarden fix." But I noticed when the part with the smiley face came on the smiley was gone. I couldn't figure out what they were doing because it lasted like a half of a nanosecond. Oh well!! Also, you know that group The Presidents of the USA? Anyway, Kim played guitar on the last track of their CD, a song called Naked & Famous, and it is really cool. When I heard the song I was like "WOW!!" and then I looked at the credits on the CD cover and sure enough that awesome guitar player was Kim. That man is so amazing, they all are. Well, just thought I would share and sorry I babbled on!!! Hugz & Cyber Kisses!!!!!! Toodles, Kelly :) P.S. Not even 3 more days til the Houston show and counting down!!!!!! :) ------------------------------ From: Deborah Baker Subject: Live 'n' Loud MTV Europe Tuesday 26th November 20.30 - 21.30 (UK time) Soundgarden Live 'n' Loud !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UKDeb ------------------------------ From: DiMarrzio@aol.com Subject: Re: Soundgarden Digest, Saturday, 23 Nov 1996 I was curious (worried) about how Chris' voice was doing lately. If anyone has insight on my problem, do reply. The Nashville show is on Sunday and my friend just SOLD HER TICKET because she thought his voice was completely shot. Please allow me to prove her wrong. Blake "Look around. See?" ------------------------------ From: "Steven Russell Jr." Subject: Tree Info, Identity Crisis, MTV Europe broadcast Q...and sympathy cards to Tommy Lee Memo: 23.11.96.4 From: me To: The Tree People...(sorry, but I'm sick of cut n pasting all your email address's :-) Note: The 'Eagle' (7/13/96) has landed and It's incredible! The quality is better than most shitty CD boots and even better than the Ferris show!. I'll get those out ASAP. IF I find a copy of the TO show...I'll tree that one also :-) Question: Will the MTV Europe SG thingy be a full concert? partial footage? Anybody in the know...send the info along. If you have a satellite system and can pick up MTV Europe...get in touch with me. Note: selling, for profit, unauthorized SG items on this list is very *uncool*. Very basic information (just the track listing) for Kim's High School band "Identity Crisis" has been uncovered. Wasnt someone writing a book about Kim?...seems they would be interested in that info. Feelin' Chautauqua, Steve :-) all replies to this email will be sent as subscribe requests to the Garth Brooks mailing list. :-) lol !! ------------------------------ From: Carolyn Hanel Subject: a BIG DAY for punters {above subject line was the headline of a small newspaper article from = Adelaide on Thursday - article follows:} "Okay, so you already know that next year's Big Day Out features The = Prodigy, Supergrass, Sepultura, Beasts of Bourbon and The Offspring - = enough reasons to attend. But as if that wasn't enough, the mighty United States band Soundgarden = has decided to jet over and blow us away with its dark, menacing fury. = These guys ripped Oz apart when they appeared on the bill in 1994 and = promise much of the same in '97." "The mighty United States band Soundgarden" - what an appropriate = description, huh? Just thought you might be interested in reading how = some Aussies think of them. Cheers, Carolyn the Most Fetching I'm on a cloud and I won't come down......Tumbleweed {Dena - bought the new Tumbleweed CD yesterday - a copy will be winging = its way to you soon!} ------------------------------ From: Billy Subject: The film before BUTOW anyone who went to any of the recent soundgarden shows probably saw that mini-film that came before Blow Up the Outside world. I think it kicked ass and i was wondering if i could get a copy or a video or something, does anyone have an Avi or Quicktime file? thanks ------------------------------ End of somms Digest [Volume 2 Issue 314] ****************************************