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Today's Topics:
 

                             Where is everyone?
                             Looking for Georgia
                             Re: Matt's singing
                       Re: to all yous that read this
                            Re: SNL: Pretty Noose
                       Re: to all yous that read this
                           i'm looking california
                       Re: to all yous that read this
                          the reason for my absence
                               Reach Down tab
                                     CD
                                    FOPP
                   Close Encounters with the Cornell Kind
                       Re: to all yous that read this
                                    help!
                                UltramegaOK?
                             Check these out...
          GeekGirl for knighthood, any Sydney Sommsters out there?
                     Re: Pic of Matt with his pants down
                 Fwd: The final order of MOUTH OF DECADENCE
                                      
                     Re: Pic of Matt with his pants down
                                Boston Show?
                                 Soundgarden
                                    2 ?'s
                                    bush
                                "bonus" ep's
                                  Re: 2 ?'s
                                  Re: 2 ?'s
                              Re: Boston Show?
                                Re: your mail
                              Re: Boston Show?
                              Re: :) quickie :)
                                  Re: Bush
                               something dumb
                              Re: :) quickie :)
                                  RE: 2 ?'s
                     everything i gave is what i need...
                                  Downtime
                     your heart's so young and so naive
                     down the sidewalks of that city...
                          Personal Interpretations
                            Re: Grammy nomination
                                  RE: 2 ?'s
                               I love santa...
                                  RE: 2 ?'s

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From: KAISERVRBL@aol.com
Subject: Where is everyone?

Where is everyone today?

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From: KAISERVRBL@aol.com
Subject: Looking for Georgia

Georgia,

I lost your E-mail address, E-mail me privately please!!!!!

Lance
KAISERVRBL@aol.com

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From: SndGrdn101@aol.com
Subject: Re: Matt's singing

I thougt it was Kim that sang at the end of BUTOW, but don't quote me on
that.


                                                                        From,
                                                                         Matt

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From: SndGrdn101@aol.com
Subject: Re: to all yous that read this

Good idea about having Matt sing a song. He does have a great voice. But
wouldn't it look kinda funny having a drummer sing at a concert? I'd like to
see it.

                                                                        From,
                                                                         Matt

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From: SndGrdn101@aol.com
Subject: Re: SNL: Pretty Noose

hey, I know the solo to pretty noose, but I don't have it written out in tab
yet. It'll probably be a while. But I'll get it to you sooner or later. I
just figured out the solo to BUTOW too, I'll send that to ya w/ the pretty
noose. 

                                                                        From,
                                                                         Matt

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From: Cameron Mence <tendrils@charon.net.au>
Subject: Re: to all yous that read this

> Good idea about having Matt sing a song. He does have a great voice. But
> wouldn't it look kinda funny having a drummer sing at a concert? I'd like to
> see it.

funny you should mention that,
If my memory serves me correctly Chris was originally (VERY originally)
the SG drummer and vocalist, but they decided it was crap having the
drummer as singer.
IF my memory serves me correctly.....


tendrils
(hey, its my first post...  wow.  Its like, more than a feeling...)


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From: "Enrique Olavarria" <e-olavar@amauta.rcp.net.pe>
Subject: i'm looking california

Hi.
i'll be in the US in a couple of weeks. 2 weeks in Miami and 2 weeks in Los
Angeles. So if any of you know any good used CD or bootleg stores where i
can get soundgarden stuff please email me. It would also be cool to meet
any Florida or California sommsters! Thanks in advance.
enrique.

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From: Geoff <gkleemol@calisto.uwinnipeg.ca>
Subject: Re: to all yous that read this

Check out Mind Riot on Motorvision.
Geoff


SndGrdn101@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Good idea about having Matt sing a song. He does have a great voice. But
> wouldn't it look kinda funny having a drummer sing at a concert? I'd like to
> see it.
> 
>                                                                         From,
> 
>                                                                          Matt

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From: "Lauren H Simonis" <0118452@noctrl.edu>
Subject: the reason for my absence

     Hi all. This is Lauren. Over my break from school, my college just 
     completely changed our e-mail system. My e-mail account with SOMMS, 
     along with all my addresses, were with my old system under the address 
     of gsalhs@noctrl.edu. My new address is 0118452@noctrl.edu. I hope 
     everyone had a wonderful holiday season.
        Love,   Lauren


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From: "Al Babcock" <case12@mail.snip.net>
Subject:  Reach Down tab


> REACH DOWN
> 
> If you have any problem with reading this, let me know and I will try and
> clear things up for you
> 
> Also, if it is at all wrong let me know.
> I just listened to it and there is no way I can tab the third solo
> 
> key:
> (9) - ghoast note
> 1/2^14 - bend 14 half way up and then back down to 14
> 15^17 - bend from 15 to 17  
> 17^15 - from the bent 17 release to 15
>    h
> 10^12 - hammer on
> 
> 
> Standard tuning
> A.  (main riff)
>                          
> 1-                      0
> 2-                      0
> 3-                      0
> 4-                      0
> 5-    (sl.)  7         2
> 6- 0  3\7     3  0  3
> 
> B.
> "Now I said I got all this room and no money to decorate it."
> 1-
> 2-
> 3- 5  5            5
> 4- 5  5  7 2  2  5  7  5  7  5  7  5  7  5
> 5- 3  3  7 2  2  3  7  5  7  5  7  5  7  5
> 6-        5  0  0     5  3  5  3  5  3  5  3 
> 
> 
> C. (last line of chorus)
> "To the promise landddddd." 
> 1-
> 2-
> 3-
> 4- 7 7 7 7 5 2 2 
> 5- 7 7 7 7 5 2 2
> 6- 5 5 5 5 3 0 0 
> 
> First Solo
> 1-
> 2-
> 3- (9)  1/2^14 12 1/2^14 12 1/2^14 12 
> 4-                                                    14 12 14
> 5-
> 6-
> 
> 1-
> 2-
> 3-                                                   h
> 4-                           h     12 12 12 12^14
> 5-             h     10 10^12
> 6- 10 10 10^12
> 
> 1-
> 2-           15^17 17^15 12 15 
> 3- 12 12                              14^16
> 4-
> 5-
> 6-
> 
> 
> D.  (chords over solo)
> 
> D  E
> I    I

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From: Myra Haza <djhaza@hsonline.net>
Subject: CD

            I was reading a digest one day when someone asked about a CD
that had a close up of Chris's face on the cover.  Well, I know someone who
has that CD and its called "Songs from the Superunknown".  It has the songs
"Fell on Black Days", "Superunknown","Like Suicide", and two previously
unreleased tracks.  One of the songs is called "Jerry Garcia's Finger" but I
can't remember the other one.  I was also wandering when the CD "Down on the
Upside" was released.  I was thinking it was released in March of '96 but,
someone was trying to tell me it was released last summer or the past September.


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From: Myra Haza <djhaza@hsonline.net>
Subject: FOPP

            FOPP IS A DANCE!!!!!!!


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From: Laurie Casey <kcasey@npl.com>
Subject: Close Encounters with the Cornell Kind

Hey, does anyone know what kind of car Chris drives? I was driving over
to the Sound Garden... and I saw this guy in a Jeep that looked WAY too
much like Chris.. So I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out
if this WAS Chris.. or just one damn good Chris look-alike.

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From: DodeRoad@aol.com
Subject: Re: to all yous that read this

Actually, Chris used to be the drummer AND the singer...and I don't think it
would have looked that funny at all....

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From: Sgarden666@aol.com
Subject: help!

hi, sommsters. I am new to this mailing thingie, and i was wondering how i
could find all of those cool Soundgarden things you people are always posting
about. I live in NY, and any help would be apprieciated!!!

Dawn
Sgarden666@aol.com

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From: SndGrdn101@aol.com
Subject: UltramegaOK?

I just bought UltramegaOK and I've got some questions. First of all, on the
back of the CD it says that 665 -> 667 is 3rd and Beyond the Wheel is fourth,
but in the booklet it is vice versa. Which is which?
Second, SG gives thanx to a bunch of bands, including Faith No More and
Screaming Trees. Is there some kind of connection there?
Third, who is this Hiro Yamamoto guy? When did he leave and Ben enter? And
why?

See ya later,
Matt

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From: "V. Anselmo" <vikki@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Check these out...

Review (with pictures) of the PNE Forum, Vancouver show:
http://dropd.com:80/issue/35/Soundgarden/

An article and picture from the Molson concert:
http://canoe1.canoe.ca:80/JamMusicArtistsR2Z/soundgarden_june16.html

A foreign magazine article and pictures:
http://www.rockol.it:80/rockol/edicola/mucchio/220/welcome.html

Another foreign language magazine with pictures:
http://www.6bears.com:80/sound.html

Two recent Kerrang articles and pictures:
http://www.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~hs94mjc/sg/articles.html

Technical guitar stuff:
http://www.kamanmusic.com:80/hamer/duotone.htm

A radio station dudes mediocre pictures of himself and station guests:
http://www.rock106.com:80/markley2.htm

Enjoy,
- -Vikki :)


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From: Aleko <alyberop@socs.uts.EDU.AU>
Subject: GeekGirl for knighthood, any Sydney Sommsters out there?

First I would like to thank Dena for the shirts and nominate her to become
a Somms knight. Next i would  like to draw out all those hiding Sydney
Sommsters (if they exist), where the hell are you? Are you going to 
the Soundgarden show at the Horden (if not, why not), would you like
to meet other Sommsters there? (me), Do you think the Aussie tour pack
is a big "Lets make the fans buy the album again by putting an extra CD
with songs the already have, so we can make more money" scam by the record
company?, do you prefer BBQ or salt and vinegar chips? Are you
dissapointed with the support bands (No i don't like You Am I)?

Eagerly waiting for your replies 



	"Rock n' roll doesn't have a soul, just a dick and a wallet"
			--- Kim Thayil


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From: Candy Haun <casuhaun@genesis.odvte.state.ok.us>
Subject: Re:  Pic of Matt with his pants down

What are you guys---a bunch of perverts or something?  I can't imagine
why any of you people want to see a photo of a man in his underwear!  

Oh, OK.  I confess.  I'm the one who scanned the picture of Matt in his
underwear.   I figure that the reason someone said it was not too clear
and someone else said it was, is because some of the people I have sent
it to have had trouble seeing it---some couldn't see it at all, some
said it was kind of scrambled and others saw it just fine.  (I use a Mac
and saved it as a jpeg in Photoshop.)  Anyway, I'll be glad to try to
send it to anyone who is interested. 

Candy

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From: KAISERVRBL@aol.com
Subject: Fwd: The final order of MOUTH OF DECADENCE 

Hey, well I guess not all 800 of us are cool people. I thought I'd just
forward the message to share with the whole gang!

This is from a SOMMSter who was pissed that I wouldn't make a special version
of "From the Mouth of Decadence" just for him. (Only certain songs in a
certain order). I tried to explain to him that I was working from a master
tape. Not re-making each tape individually. I've tried to be as quick &
accomodating as I can to everybody who has ordered from me. If anyone else
feels this way please let me know.

All I can say is hey I tried.

By the way, I HAVE ORDERS FROM ABOUT 14 OF YOU THAT I HAVE RECIEVED IN THE
LAST FIVE DAYS! YOUR ORDERS ARE GOING OUT IN THE MAIL TOMORROW! HERE ARE THE
NAMES FOR TOMORROW'S MAILING:

Heather Aston
Albert Kim
Jentje Smith
Cynthia Siragusa<---------(please E-mail me privately)
Margaret Leoucke
Anna Salyer
Guitarist 2001
C Smith
Staci Stenroos
Gene Candalaria
Amanda Pierce.

I've got more orders but no more tapes. So I will be spending the remainder
of the week making dubs.

Thanks SETH for letting us do this



Lance

- ---------------------
Forwarded message:
From:	kaytrang@utdallas.edu
To:	KAISERVRBL@aol.com
Date: 97-01-12 20:17:51 EST


Asshole.

That's all you are. Pure and fucking simple. All I asked was for you to 
cut down the number of songs. That was it. How hard was that you idiot?
You are so fucking stupid..how hard is it for you to do this? Arrogant 
motherfucker..

Your friend for life,

Trung




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Subject: 
From: Brydon Cheyney CS95 <bcheyney@cs.strath.ac.uk>


On Bush...
>When there just a couple of English pretty boys.
>I think that with the new c,d, out they couldn't handle the mass hate
>coming from Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, and Soundgarden fans. And they
>took it back to promote there c.d.
>
>joec

To be honest, no-one really likes Bush across here...  I mean, over in America 
they can sell out stadiums with ease...  across here they play 400 capacity 
venues...

I think they feel really pissed because Britain has ingnored them, but I guess 
things would improve for them if they created a style of their own and 
actually wrote some interesting songs...

Saying all that though, I do admire Gavin Rossdale for shying away from 
singing in an American accent...  To many Bristish bands suffer this failing...

Later...

Brydon

- - Somebody asked what Fopp meant?  It's just a dance, it's an old (Ohio Bros?) 
song they covered, y'know it's like "The Twist" or something...  Just "do the 
Fopp" kinda thing...  a made up dance...  I *LOVE* to Fopp, I just can't 
stop...  ;)


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From: Toni M Roark <tonerkin@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re:  Pic of Matt with his pants down

At 09:04 AM 1/13/97 +0000, Candy  wrote:
>What are you guys---a bunch of perverts or something? 
  Now is this not the pot calling the kettle black????

>Oh, OK.  I confess.  I'm the one who scanned the picture of Matt in his
>underwear.  
  Yes, we have more than one scanner smut queen on this list and on
different continents!!

>  Anyway, I'll be glad to try to
>send it to anyone who is interested. 
   No wonder those right wing conservatives are trying to police the
internet smut being send over the phone lines....you should be ashamed of
yourself! 
BTW: thanks for sending it to me  I could see that space needle just fine!! toni






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From: Sachin Trivedi <svt@bu.edu>
Subject: Boston Show?

Hey there,

	I've been away for a long time and was just wondering if there 
was any news on the Boston show that was canceled a couple of months 
ago.  



Sachin

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Subject: Soundgarden
From: amanda <amanda@pppmail.appliedtheory.com>

PLESE SEND ME A PICTURE OF MATT WITH HIS PANTS DOWN!  WHOEVER HAS THAT 
PICTURE SEND IT TO:amanda@pppmail.appliedtheory.com
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- -Amanda age 13

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From: SJordet@aol.com
Subject: 2 ?'s

I've got two questions for anyone who can answer them:

1. What are the names of Matt's cats?

2. I read somewhere that Soundgarden created the music for the video game
Road Rash. Being a fan of the game (hey, we all have kids inside of us,
right?) I checked the credits and it said the music was by some other dude.
What's up with this?

                                     Inquisitive,
                                          Benlover

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Subject: bush
From: amanda <amanda@pppmail.appliedtheory.com>

BUSH SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GAVIN ROSSDALE IS NOT EVEN CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- -Amanda age 13
amanda@pppmail.appliedtheory.com

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From: Georgia Kennedy <georgia@q-net.net.au>
Subject: "bonus" ep's

In light of this recent flurry of mail (lots of it from/to myself), and a
couple of recent postings to the list, I decided I'd mail my thoughts to the
list for comment/discussion/abuse/ridicule.

I'd like to think that the concept of re-releasing cds with bonus eps six
months or so down the track is from the record company, and (hopefully)
pretty much out of the band's control.  Of course, that may not always be
the case, but I'd like to think my faith in a band like Soundgarden remains
intact.  A good example is Badmotorfinger.  I bought a copy of it as soon as
it was released, heard about the SOMMS ep and bought another copy, a third
copy from America (US pressing as a gift from my best Dad), and then got
another copy again when it was released as a collectors box set in the form
of "Supermotorfinger", along with my third copy of Superunknown.  While I
don't begrudge shelling out $30 or so dollars each time this kind of thing
happens, mainly because I'm really interested in keeping up my collection,
and also because I have a pretty good, well paid job, not everyone is quite
this lucky.  And now the saga continues with Down on the Upside, as with
this Aust tour ep, I'll have three copies of that one as well.  I suppose
this also raises the issue of the actual sale figures of albums, because
although the "physical" amount of copies sold is correct, theoretically (in
a sense) the figures are wrong, because people owning multiple copies means
the total amount of people "exposed" and attributing to a bands sales and
popularity is distorted.

So, what does everyone else think?  I don't suppose there'll be any real
alternative offered to people like me who do this (the record companies will
continue to do this kind of thing forever), but it does raise an issue of
artist control over this.

Georgia.

ps - is this where I put a soundgarden lyric?


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Subject: Re: 2 ?'s 
From: seth <saperl@MIT.EDU>


> 2. I read somewhere that Soundgarden created the music for the video game
> Road Rash. Being a fan of the game (hey, we all have kids inside of us,
> right?) I checked the credits and it said the music was by some other dude.
> What's up with this?

Soundgarden did not "create" the music for Road Rash -- I would
imagine there is some sort of musical score for the game that someone
else did. However, 4 SG tracks are on the soundtrack to the game at
some point: "Rusty Cage," "Outshined," "Superunknown," and
"Kickstand."

seth

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From: "Steven Russell Jr." <swr@acsu.buffalo.edu>
Subject: Re: 2 ?'s

At 01:18 PM 01/13/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I've got two questions for anyone who can answer them:
>
>1. What are the names of Matt's cats?

Kitty #1, Kitty #2 and satan.

;-) 




thank you please drive thru....


steve
- - "Who's Hiro?"


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From: Nate Crosswhite <nate@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Boston Show?

I've been wondering the same thing.  Did everyone hold onto
their tickets?  Both Ticketbastard and the Brandeis box office said
tickets for the Nov. 19 show would be honored at the rescheduled date,
but I've been getting nervous about that.

Nate

At 12:46 PM 1/13/97 -0500, Sachin Trived wrote:
>Hey there,
>
>	I've been away for a long time and was just wondering if there 
>was any news on the Boston show that was canceled a couple of months 
>ago.  
>


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From: Joe Cennamo <jcennamo@freenet.columbus.oh.us>
Subject: Re: your mail

> >joec
> 
> To be honest, no-one really likes Bush across here...  I mean, over in America 
> they can sell out stadiums with ease...  across here they play 400 capacity 
> venues...
> 
> I think they feel really pissed because Britain has ingnored them, but I guess 
> things would improve for them if they created a style of their own and 
> actually wrote some interesting songs...
 
I read that in England 16 stone sold 5000 copies which is nothing. If this
doesn't push my pretty boy, Sassy cute band alert theory I don't know wha
does. There really not that great of a band.

joec






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From: Toni M Roark <tonerkin@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: Boston Show?

At 12:46 PM 1/13/97 -0500, you wrote:

 just wondering if there 
>was any news on the Boston show that was canceled a couple of months 
>ago.  
   I'll bet they reschelude for Cambridge right about the time our
illustrious pagemeister Seth graduates < Sounda cum Louda she adds proudly>
Soundgarden at Sethfest....sounds great!!!   How bout it..... Matt??????    toni


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From: "B. Kinser" <bkinser@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
Subject: Re: :)  quickie  :)


On Fri, 10 Jan 1997 Aferdity@aol.com wrote:

> Just a quick question:  who wrote "Swallow My Pride"???
> 
> Stay Cool,
> Kelly  :)
> 
Uh...Green River?

I think I'm right on this one, but if not I'm sure I'll be corrected!

bk




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Subject: Re: Bush
From: seth <saperl@MIT.EDU>


> I read that in England 16 stone sold 5000 copies which is nothing. If this
> doesn't push my pretty boy, Sassy cute band alert theory I don't know wha
> does. There really not that great of a band.

But I bet they have their own mailing list, which is where discussion
like this belongs.

seth.listadmin

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From: "Jamie C." <jcare@callisto.uwinnipeg.ca>
Subject: something dumb

just an observation, with no intent to offend:

moon druid = nothingman ?????

the similarities are killing me.....

but i'm not implying anything bad, though...
- -- 
+jamie c.+
* --------------------------------------------------- *	
*  "in your sad machines....you'll forever stay..."   *
* 			  (billy corgan)              *
* --------------------------------------------------- *
  The Buck And Tony Experience: for free stuff, e-mail
 me: jcare@callisto.uwinnipeg.ca
*-----------------------------------------------------*

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From: Caryn Rose <clr@nwlink.com>
Subject: Re: :)  quickie  :)


On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, B. Kinser wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Jan 1997 Aferdity@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Just a quick question:  who wrote "Swallow My Pride"???
> > 
> > Stay Cool,
> > Kelly  :)
> > 
> Uh...Green River?
> 
> I think I'm right on this one, but if not I'm sure I'll be corrected!

no, you're 100% correct. ;-)

- --caryn


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From: "Jamal O. Johnson" <johnsonjo@washjeff.edu>
Subject: RE: 2 ?'s

No...Soundgarden Contributed Superunknown, Rusty Cage, Kickstand,
and Outshined For Road Rash.


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From: 	SJordet@aol.com[SMTP:SJordet@aol.com]
Sent: 	Monday, January 13, 1997 8:18 AM
To: 	SOMMS@MIT.EDU
Subject: 	2 ?'s

I've got two questions for anyone who can answer them:

1. What are the names of Matt's cats?

2. I read somewhere that Soundgarden created the music for the video game
Road Rash. Being a fan of the game (hey, we all have kids inside of us,
right?) I checked the credits and it said the music was by some other dude.
What's up with this?

                                     Inquisitive,
                                          Benlover



------------------------------

From: eliza <epolly@one.net>
Subject: everything i gave is what i need...

hey List-

Today i was *given* a copy of Born to Choose (with HIV Baby on it)....i
already have one, so I will give this one away if anyone wants it just cuz i
feel like it ...It is used, but in great condition....If anyone is
interested, email me...If lots of people bite, I'll do the random drawing
thing...*please* only do this if it is something you really want...

eliza

****************************************
In these careless days you know
Who your friends are, a saving grace
A time to remember
What you've taken and who
You took from, it's over
There's no mistaking
What you give is what you get
	--Quicksand



------------------------------

Subject: Downtime
From: seth <saperl@MIT.EDU>

The SG website will be unavailable for about 5 or 6 hours beginning at
11PM EST on Sunday, January 19. This is due to the fact that Stargate
Industries, who host the site, are upgrading their Web server.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

seth

------------------------------

From: eliza <epolly@one.net>
Subject: your heart's so young and so naive 

one of the article's vikki pointed out said:

>Chris Cornell's tired stage presence still seems entrenched in the mature
>singer/songwriter mold, a style that in my opinion doesn't do the man, or
the >band, justice.

*humph*....since when is mature a bad thing?

- --eliza
My mind is an open collage
Of Saturday morning cartoons,
For all who desire to study it
Some say I don't act my age,
But they just don't know
What age I am.

****************************************
In these careless days you know
Who your friends are, a saving grace
A time to remember
What you've taken and who
You took from, it's over
There's no mistaking
What you give is what you get
	--Quicksand



------------------------------

From: blind dog <s325961@student.uq.edu.au>
Subject: down the sidewalks of that city...

On Fri, 10 Jan 1997 Moonsta693@aol.com wrote:

> My questions for the day....does anyone know the words for Blistered and Sad
> McBain from Hater?  

	fairly accurate transcriptions of all the lyrics from _hater_ are
featured on the unofficial hater homepage (www.shocking.com/hater).  bonus
points to anyone who owns a billy edd wheeler record :)

	the good news this week is that the band (soundgarden, not hater)
are soon to touch down in our wonderful, sunburnt country.  I hope the
guys are feeling well and that their string of big day out shows and solo
performances are successful.  littlejoe and I will be seeing them both
this sunday at the bdo in southport and then again the following wednesday
here at festival hall.  perhaps chris will sing with you am I early in the
day?

	which reminds me: lee, which shows are you going to?


                       -----------------------------------
                        a thousand doors, a thousand lies
                           rooms a thousand years wide 
			      - words by kim thayil
                       -----------------------------------


------------------------------

Subject: Personal Interpretations
From: <oponfam@cnsnet.com>

I've really enjoyed reading people's personal interpretations of songs. 
In fact I had been thinking of offering that thread because I have a few 
of my own. Let me start with SuperUnknown. Every time I hear this song it 
makes me think about the experience of being a parent. I have two kids, 4 
and 2 years old, and since they were born I've often felt like I have 
embarked on a journey into the great unknown - and the song seems to 
really describe how I feel. And bear with me. I'm well aware that these 
lines have deeper meanings than what I'm giving them, but we're talking 
"personal" interpretations here. Let me go verse by verse:

"If this isn't what you see
It doesn't make you blind"

As a parent things aren't always as they appear to be. Sometimes you 
can't figure out what's going on, medically or emotionally or 
behaviorally, but it doesn't mean you're
 blind, or stupid.

"If this doesn't make you feel
It doesn't mean you've died"

I love this line. When you are exhausted and overwhelmed sometime you 
feel like you must be dead, you feel kind of numb, but you have to go on. 
I picture myself sitting like a lump during a particularly wild day, 
watching my kids (both boys I forgot to say) going nuts, thinking "I am 
so tired, this doesn't even bother me".

"Where the river's high"  For me this means high emotion, being on the 
edge.

"If you don't want to be seen (wishing I could hide from the kids, get 
some privacy)
You don't have to hide (No, I just have to get my time some other way)
If you don't want to believe (I can't believe he did that! I can't 
believe *I* did that!)
You don't have to try
To feel alive."

Of all the joys of having children, feeling more alive is my favorite. I 
don't have to "try"
to feel alive. Just watching and being with my kids makes me feel alive.

"Alive in the Superunknown" 

Perfect description of the whole parenting experience. I don't know if it 
ever gets less unnerving, if I'll ever feel like an expert, but right now 
every day is an adventure. Even after the second was born, and I thought 
I knew all about babies, his personality was so different that it was 
like starting all over. Now, this isn't a bad thing. It sure makes life 
exciting. I definitely see this as a positive song.

"First it steals your mind"

For me describes the first few months with a new baby, feeling nuts.

"And then it steals your soul"

This is when I fall head over heels in love with the child and they have 
my soul forever.

You get the idea (I hope) so I'm going to skip the next "If this doesn't, 
it doesn't mean" part since the ideas are similar, just the ambiguities 
of dealing with life and small children.

I love this next part:

"Get yourself afraid" 

I was always pretty much of a daredevil until I had kids. Now I know the 
real meaning of "afraid". I think parents have pretty vivid imaginations 
when it comes to horrible things that could happen to their kids.

"Get yourself alone" (Something I think every stay-at-home mom dreams of)
"Get yourself contained
Get yourself control"

For me those last two lines describe the process I go through when one, 
or both of them really piss me off. Rather than kill them I get 
"contained" and "control", or "self-control", as I think he means here.

"Alive in the Superunknown
First it steals your mind
And then it steals your...soul"

Even the music and the feel of the song fit in with my feelings about it. 
Any of you with kids (or without kids, I don't want to discriminate) take 
another listen and tell me what you think. Sorry this is so long, but its 
been waiting to come out for some time now. Hope I didn't bore you all. I 
have a personal interpretation of Zero Chance too, but I guess I'll do 
that another time.

Kathie

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Subject: Re: Grammy nomination
From: <oponfam@cnsnet.com>

>KAISERVRBL@aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> Not that it matters, but to me it's almost kind of insulting to be nominated
>> for a Grammy.
>> 
>> The Grammy awards are a totally money "flavor of the moment", that 
celebrates
>> the shit that ruins good music(i.e. commercialized, homginized, lobotimized
>> horse shit to be consumed by our mostly braindead & lethargic society)
>
>God, I could'nt agree more with the above statement.
>
>> Soundgarden, it's members, & it's music, reflect none of these things.
>
>Hmmm... Some would contend that SG seems to be moving in a more
>commercialized direction...  I don't now who, though.... :)
>
>Later, Taylor

Soundgarden have been being nominated for Grammys for years, and have 
even won some. I don't see how that means they are "moving in a more 
commercialized direction". I imagine early in their career being 
nominated, even if it was for the horrid Grammy, was exciting. And they 
really can't help it if they get nominated. Chris did make a comment when 
accepting the award for Black Hole Sun that he didn't think the song was 
Heavy Metal, and they definitely don't seem like they've kissed ass in 
the past at the ceremony. Shit, what's wrong with winning an award? 
People who turn their nose up on things like that need to do an ego 
check. I've been amazed every time they've been recognized by the Grammy 
people, because you're right, they don't fit into that whole scene. But 
they don't have to fit into it to be honored by it, or to benefit from 
the recognition. And if they didn't think so they wouldn't show up. Let's 
wait and see what they do this year. Sure we all know the Grammys are a 
sham, but so is every other award like it. Who knows, maybe they throw 
one hell of a party.

Kathie

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From: David Miller <pjdave@flash.net>
Subject: RE: 2 ?'s

Is this the Road Rash for Sega?  Is it the first version (isn't there
around 3 of em)?  Thanks.
At 05:51 PM 1/13/97 -0500, you wrote:
>No...Soundgarden Contributed Superunknown, Rusty Cage, Kickstand,
>and Outshined For Road Rash.
>
>
>----------
>From: 	SJordet@aol.com[SMTP:SJordet@aol.com]
>Sent: 	Monday, January 13, 1997 8:18 AM
>To: 	SOMMS@MIT.EDU
>Subject: 	2 ?'s
>
>I've got two questions for anyone who can answer them:
>
>1. What are the names of Matt's cats?
>
>2. I read somewhere that Soundgarden created the music for the video game
>Road Rash. Being a fan of the game (hey, we all have kids inside of us,
>right?) I checked the credits and it said the music was by some other dude.
>What's up with this?
>
>                                     Inquisitive,
>                                          Benlover
>
>
>
Dave Miller
*********************************************
*I like to trade bootlegs.                  *
*Check out my Pearl Jam homepage at:        *
*http://pwp.starnetinc.com/gwm/pearl.htm    *
*You can find my bootlist there             *
*PEARL JAM AND SOUNDGARDEN RULE!            *
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From: blind dog <s325961@student.uq.edu.au>
Subject: I love santa...

On Sun, 12 Jan 1997 SndGrdn101@aol.com wrote:

> I just bought UltramegaOK and I've got some questions. First of all, on the
> back of the CD it says that 665 -> 667 is 3rd and Beyond the Wheel is fourth,
> but in the booklet it is vice versa. Which is which?

	from memory, I think the order on the record itself is 665, beyond
the wheel and then 667.  if you are asking which is which, then I don't
know :)

> Second, SG gives thanx to a bunch of bands, including Faith No More and
> Screaming Trees. Is there some kind of connection there?

	I imagine that various members of each band knew each other before
the recording of ultramega.  chris also (I'm guessing that this was later)
co-produced and sang back up vocals on _uncle anasthesia_, an early
screaming trees record. 

> Third, who is this Hiro Yamamoto guy? When did he leave and Ben enter? And
> why?

	all these questions and more are answered within the pages of the
ugly truth, which you can find at www.sgi.net/soundgarden/faq.  the short
answer is that hiro was soundgarden's original bassist, but left around
the time of louder than love.  why he left is not certain, but there are a
couple of clues outlined in the faq.


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                        a thousand doors, a thousand lies
                           rooms a thousand years wide 
			      - words by kim thayil
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From: "Jamal O. Johnson" <johnsonjo@washjeff.edu>
Subject: RE: 2 ?'s

No. Only on the 3DO..(for those of you who shelled out the bucks)
since the genesis cart doesn't have the memory to hold all that music.
I was kinda surprised that Soundgarden actually Contributed music for the game. Anyone out there have a clue why?


- ----------
From: 	David Miller[SMTP:pjdave@flash.net]
Sent: 	Monday, January 13, 1997 10:50 PM
To: 	somms@MIT.EDU
Subject: 	RE: 2 ?'s

Is this the Road Rash for Sega?  Is it the first version (isn't there
around 3 of em)?  Thanks.
At 05:51 PM 1/13/97 -0500, you wrote:
>No...Soundgarden Contributed Superunknown, Rusty Cage, Kickstand,
>and Outshined For Road Rash.
>
>
>----------
>From: 	SJordet@aol.com[SMTP:SJordet@aol.com]
>Sent: 	Monday, January 13, 1997 8:18 AM
>To: 	SOMMS@MIT.EDU
>Subject: 	2 ?'s
>
>I've got two questions for anyone who can answer them:
>
>1. What are the names of Matt's cats?
>
>2. I read somewhere that Soundgarden created the music for the video game
>Road Rash. Being a fan of the game (hey, we all have kids inside of us,
>right?) I checked the credits and it said the music was by some other dude.
>What's up with this?
>
>                                     Inquisitive,
>                                          Benlover
>
>
>
Dave Miller
*********************************************
*I like to trade bootlegs.                  *
*Check out my Pearl Jam homepage at:        *
*http://pwp.starnetinc.com/gwm/pearl.htm    *
*You can find my bootlist there             *
*PEARL JAM AND SOUNDGARDEN RULE!            *
*********************************************



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