Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 02:00:01 -0500 Subject: SOMMS Digest - 16 Nov 1997 to 17 Nov 1997 There are 8 messages totalling 216 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. "no other band will ever be able to grab my heart" 2. sorrow to both jen and somms 3. =?iso-8859-1?Q?A=2DSides=09?= (2) 4. SOMMS Available 5. Lucky find 6. Black Days (2) To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 03:35:51 -0500 From: Jenny Grover Subject: Re: "no other band will ever be able to grab my heart" Let me back up Niki here. I think I know how she feels. Yes, there are many many bands, and I discover new (and old overlooked ones or missed opportunities) things I like all the time, and a few things I love. Many old favorites have faded, some have not. Some fall in and out of my favor in cycles. At my age I have been through a lot of bands. Some have met tragic ends. Others have become a disappointment, or just stale. Some of the brightest and best just weren't around long enough, for whatever reason, to put out more than 1 or 2 albums. We all need different things at different times and our tastes do evolve. However, there was/is something about Soundgarden that goes deeper than even my several longstanding 2nd favorite bands, and it's something I'm at a loss to put my finger on. They touched many of us in deep, personal ways that cannot be adequately described to someone who has not had a similar experience. I'm not saying that other bands have not touched me deeply or that none ever will again, but it is not likely to be in the same way or to the same degree. I also feel more guarded now. I'm not sure I'd be willing to let my heart be taken over that thoroughly by a band again. Besides all that, they were/are so good in so many ways that many things I once thought of as superb begin to pale in comparison. While certain SG songs or albums may get a little old now and then for me, it's never for very long. I can put them away and still have enough other SG to fill the gap in the meantime. There is a timelessness to their music. It doesn't sound dated like a lot of things. It isn't limited by having been trendy, doesn't have to be viewed in the context of when it came out. It doesn't matter when it came out. The oldest songs could come out tomorrow and sound appropriately new. And they never put out anything that disappointed me. They had incredible staying power, didn't lose their edge, didn't wear out their welcome. As for "gathering up some objectivity", love has never been about objectivity. Jen ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 12:33:04 -0500 From: Catherine Veit Subject: sorrow to both jen and somms let me tell you, it has always been hard for me. like you, my anniversary is approaching, which makes me think of that night, then feel sad knowing that i'll never be able to experience anything like that again. hell.... the moment i walked through my front door that night, i felt depressed. 'cause i had been looking forward to it for so long, and well...... it came, it was a wonderful experience (too wonderful which makes it harder) and in a flash it was gone. i told myself, "i'm going to get those pit tickets next time." silly me! like kathie, my favorite memory of them will be their live performances, that was the only way i could see them in the flesh, sort of speak.... you have to admit that seeing someone live is more effective than listening to their CD day in and day out. although sg is probably the only band that gives off so much energy in their albums that it's quite possible to depend on just their CD alone. when i heard that they split (i know we've been over this) i was so distraught, it felt as if they were passengers of TWA flight 800. i wanted to visit their "grave" and smother it with the most beautiful flowers i could find. and the chemistry between them was undeniable. to see 4 men that i respect so dearly working as a team was absolute heaven. and despite how incredible chris' solo project will be, it'll never be the same. WHAT!!! they spell it c-a-t-h-e-r-i-n-e......that's so depressing. thanx a lot jen. well i'm sure there's probably a million billion catherines in this world, and it just so happens that you ran into the minority of catherines. maybe? go with me on this one. cats4kim ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 14:33:50 -0500 From: Dave George-Cosh Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?A=2DSides=09?= Well, all you SOMMSters should be happy to know that A-Sides debuted this week at 63 on Billboard. To make us all feel more happy, here are some losers who Soundgarden is ahead of: Elton John Jamirokay....qui....forget it. Mary J. Blige WyClef Celine Dion Everclear Foo Fighters (Take that corporate grunge!) Deana Carter - for her album "Did I shave my legs for this???" lol Well...I hope this brought you a smile today...I know I got one :) Dave ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 12:34:17 -0800 From: DAVID DEBOLT Subject: SOMMS Available Hey-I found a copy of SOMMS in a store in San Francisco for $25.00 Email me if you are interested and i will try to pick it up. If lots of people reply, I will have some sort of drawing for it. It will cost about $30 after tax and shipping. David ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 13:08:16 -0800 From: "S. Kutz" Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?A=2DSides=09?= don't go knocking jamiroquoi there! i hapen to like them.maybe i'm in the minority though... =) i've got a soft spot for retro funk srah =) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 16:44:31 -0600 From: Christi Lopez Subject: Lucky find I said...."OHHHHH GOOODY! Aren't I the lucky one..." when I found the 7inch boot of live "Fop/Sub Pop Rock City" on blue vinyl. Printed by:(Pub Sob records)<--spelled correctly. It's B+ quality. Has godzilla fighting some other creature on it..(I don't claim to know much about Japanese horror movies) I'm sure some of you know who it is...anyway, I'm very happy to be the proud owner. :-D "Christi" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 22:15:48 -0500 From: MICHAEL APPLE Subject: Black Days Date sent: 16-NOV-1997 22:09:50 Hi, Sommssters, I've noticed over the past few days that many are feeling melancholy about Soundgarden and the A-sides CD. When SG broke up, back in April, I felt really bad about it too. To work out my feelings of depression and emptiness, I wrote a short story called "Black Days" about someone learning to cope with Soundgarden's break-up. This did more to make me feel better than anything else I could have done. That's because it gave me a creative medium to examine my feelings about Soundgarden, and find the answers I really needed. If you are feeling really down and depressed right now, maybe you should write a poem about Soundgarden, or paint a picture that expresses how you feel about them. It helped me when I needed it, and maybe it will help you. Later, Mike Apple P.S. If anyone would like to read "Black Days", drop me a line. I'd be happy to share it with you. *********************************************************** "All that I am and all that I ever will be is an allegory." - Murray Attaway *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 20:22:53 -0800 From: "S. Kutz" Subject: Re: Black Days when they broke up, it really shocked me and i felt like iwas gonna cry (i didn't, i don't know why) luckily, my best friend and i live a stone's throw away from the Sound Garden so we wrote little notes about the band and took the bus to the park. we brought along some candles and found a neat little spot under a willow tree by the lake (it was dark out, probably about 8 or 9 pm) and we read our notes aloud. we made two copies each of our notes and lit one a fire and threw it into the lake. then we left the other copy beneath a lit candle and we left in mourning. for two weeks i made it a point to wear at least one piece of black clothing every day. i'm still sad about the fact, but i'm not in distress over it anymore. i realized that they aren't DEAD. the personal people in the band are all still around and as is evident, are still making their music. and it's not like suddenly after the break up the albums we all own disappeared into thin air. they are still around and are still just as great as the first time we all popped them into the player. well, enough about my life story....=P sarah =) ps I'd like to read your story! ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 16 Nov 1997 to 17 Nov 1997 ************************************************