From: somms@mit.edu To: somms-digest@mit.edu Subject: Soundgarden Digest, Friday, 27 Dec 1996 Reply-To: somms@mit.edu Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 02:01:08 EST Sender: saperl The Soundgarden Digest: Friday, 27 Dec 1996 listadmin: saperl@mit.edu list archive: http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/archive/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email saperl@mit.edu Today's Topics: mailing list options sat nite ny show (roseland) and if i'm condemned... Fan Clubs Re: Fan Clubs ------------------------------------------------------------ From: caryn rose Subject: mailing list options If anyone on this list could commit to contributing *$$$$$$* to moving the list to somewhere that would allow seth a little more administrative control (i mean technical administrative control), please write me -- there are several options and i want to see how much interest there is... - --caryn ------------------------------ From: jax00@ix.netcom.com (Jacqueline Franco) Subject: sat nite ny show (roseland) did anyone on the list attend this show? if so, and you have pictures, whatever, please email me? specially anyone who was outside the back door please. thanks. j ------------------------------ From: endless_nameless@prodigy.com (GRRL NIKI FREER) Subject: and if i'm condemned... guys, i got the COOLEST thing for christmas. okay, two cool things. first, i got that BMF in the wooden box i was rambling about so much about a month ago. = ) #68 of 1000 worldwide. = ) i am SO proud of it. = ) second thing, i got...in the mail...a christmas package from KOTS!!! i *didn't* go to the chicago shows, and i'm *not* already in KOTS, but i got it anyways. i got the postcard and the phonecard and the order form/tour dates and the catologue/miniposter. = ) i'm so happy! = ) bask in the SG glow with me, won't you? = ) mind riot ____ and if i'm condemned let me rest on my pillow and dream of those moments so few and if i'm blessed i'll be chasing your shadow there i go...nowhere... nowhere but you... ------------------------------ From: oponfam@cnsnet.com Subject: Fan Clubs Boy, hope the list isn't down long. Just thought I'd send this - optimistically figuring this problem will blow over real soon. Thanks everyone who replied to my questions about fan clubs being run by fans. I guess in this day and age in order to maintain with any style the fan club needs to be run by management, but the SG fan club obviously doesn't compare to other management run fan clubs. I know $12 isn't all that much, but I expect a bit more organization if I'm paying anything at all. It was nice to get the Christmas thing, but I'm still not impressed with the fan club, and I still think they should welcome free help. Granted, they need to trust the person, but how do you get to trust a person unless you give them a chance. I get the impression that they kind of put us all in the "fanatic" category and if you show extra enthusiasm they look at you with mistrust. I understand that that also is a function of being popular in this day and age of psycho-killers, but how does one set oneself apart as simply wanting to give back to a band that has given so much pleasure to me. I often wish I had made more of an effort to get to know the band when I first started going to SG concerts (back in 1990 when they were relatively unknown in this part of the country). Its so frustrating to want to be involved and to just keep having roadblocks put up in front of you. Does anyone else feel like this? I want so badly to be involved somehow on a more personal level. And I'm not talking about being "friends" with the band. I'm talking about contributing in some way, more so than just doing the important job of "just being a fan". I don't know if any of this makes sense, but I feel real strongly about it. I mean look at Seth. By doing the Unofficial Page he's contributed in a big way, and they know who he is. I just still sometimes feel like I'm out here hanging in the breeze. I don't know. You probably all think "Geez, what more does she want after meeting them in Chicago!" I guess I'd feel better if I'd get a note from Erin, who said she would keep in touch and hasn't (I know she's extremely busy and all, but I'm just being honest). I'm feeling kind of panicky after Seth's message about killing the list for a while. I hope this problem gets taken care of soon. I guess if this is getting to anyone it already has. I didn't set out for this to be a downer message, but it kind of turned out that way. Must be the let down after Christmas. Hope everyone who celebrates had a good one (I did - - my oldest boy, four years old, was really into it this year, which was a trip for us too). Kathie ------------------------------ From: endless_nameless@prodigy.com (GRRL NIKI FREER) Subject: Re: Fan Clubs aw, i feel the same way about the whole SG thing too. only i'm only 17, so my first SG concert was this tour. but i'd really love to do anything that would help them out. cause it's like this: my friends are pretty shitty, and right now i basically have none cause they've gone and screwed me over again. and i get all mad cause my friends aren't there for me when i need them to be . then i can be all mad at my personal friends, but i can go into my room and blast "hand of god" as loud as my parents will let me, cause SG is *always* there for me. they're like the best friends i'll ever have. and i'd really LOVE to help them out in return. it's a shame that we'll probably never really get offered any kind of chance to help. i didn't get to go to chicago, so i didn't even have the pleasure of meeting erin and seth and all of you SOMMSters that i love so much. = ) but yeah, it does seem like kind of a letdown hearing from the members of KOTS seeing as you get like one thing a year and have to re-send the $12 to get new stuff. = ( it doesn't seem equal. i dunno, i just thought i'd express my agreement with kathie's letter before SOMMS goes bye-bye for a while. = ( and no, not all of us obsessive fans are crazy-obsessive. i mean, i'd never DARE to do anything harmful to the 4 people who have had more influence on my life than anyone. and yeah, i'm kinda worried about the list too. this is my SG life line, in a way. i mean, i have seth's site and the official site and that's cool... but i love how this is on a personal level and we talk about SG experiences. not just FAQ or what the names of the 5 albums and 2 EP's are. it's just so much fun on here, even though i'm still relatively a newbie. so, take care everyone. don't hesitate to write me if you so choose to do so. i'm always in the mood to talk SG. love, mind riot ____ and if i'm condemned let me rest on my pillow and dream of those moments so few and if i'm blessed i'll be chasing your shadow there i go...nowhere... nowhere but you... ------------------------------ End of somms Digest [Volume 2 Issue 341] ****************************************