From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 12 Jan 1999 to 13 Jan 1999 Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 2:33 AM There are 7 messages totalling 264 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. RS: Chris in the studio 2. Josh Homme Interview from meteorcity.com 3. No Soundgarden content here, sorry 4. Selling tape 5. jeff buckley & the grammies (2) 6. oh, i'm gonna make it undead. To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 22:33:06 +0000 From: Michele Subject: RS: Chris in the studio Hey people, I have that Rolling Stone magazine with Rob Zombie on the front of the cover, it has the info about chris' new album so I deicded to type it up for you guys. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rolling Stone Febuary 4, 1999 In the studio Chris Cornell. A first look at the Soundgarden front man's solo album. Ask Chris Cornell About his upcoming solo album and he's quick to warn you,"It's not like Soundgarden. " There are no long guitar solos, which lets Cornell put his vocals right out front. "This is a singer's record that's more about the songs," he says of the still-untitled record, due in April. "My voice was always the fifth instrument in Soundgarden, and this is an album about my vocals." These celebrated vocal cords have been relatively quiet since the breakup of Soundgarden, in April 1997. Never one to play the star game, Cornell has studiously worked on the album in Los Angeles for the past six months, avoiding the spotlight, though one of the album's first tracks,"Sunshower," was released on the Great Expectations soundtrack. The midtempo, acoustic tune suggests the feel of the new record, which is at times ethereal and dreamy, and almost pushes the singer's voice to the front of the mix. The album was recorded at the home studio of Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider of the Los Angeles band Eleven( Cornell met them when Eleven were the opening band on a Soundgarden tour). "We'd sit around the house, and whenever anyone had an idea we's go and record it," Cornell says. Blankets were tacked over the windows to block out the noise from neighborhood lawn mowers, but the insulation didn't always help. On " Sunshower" you can hear a garbage truck if you listen closely. Cornell orginally wnated to work with Daniel Lanois, but hwne the producer was too busy, he opted for the low-key approach with Johannes and Scheider. Their home orchestra included chord organs, harmoniums and old, rusty sitars, along with sample from these and other instruments. "It's not modern in terms of electronics," Cornell says of the album. "There's no big,chucnky,fuzzy guitars. There's alot of noisy guitars, but they are there for atmosphere." Though much of the material's dark mood will remind listeners of Soundgarden ( and Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron does appear on one song), Conrell says people will be surprised by the electic nature of the record. "It's not schizophrenic, but it's defintely diverse," he notes. "One song is an R&B ballad that I wrote specifically becuase I wanted to be able to sing like that. There are little experiments when it's nobody's business but your own." At this point, Cornell says he is less interested in selling records then in achieving his artistic goals. "I never wanted to make music that was consider part of a fad," he says. " The way things have worked out, the timingfor this record is such thta I am not in that situtation. And, for once, that's a good thing. " -Charles M. Cross ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laterz, Michele ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:24:45 EST From: Nick Boos Subject: Josh Homme Interview from meteorcity.com heres something of interest from the interview.. MeteorCity: "As far as playing with the Wellwater Conspiracy: some magazin= e published an article saying you had joined Wellwater Conspiracy." Homme: [Laughs.] "The Wellwater doesn=92t really work li= ke that. It=92s almost like it=92s own Desert Sessions. It=92s Matt [Camero= n] and McBain at the core, and either they play it all, or they bring someone in. John and I have become pretty good friends over the last eight or nine months. We have it on a level wh= ere it=92s like, =91Hey man, why don=92t you show up and play some bass.=92 Or =91Wh= y don=92t you sing on a tune.=92 What I like most is that casual sort of vibe. It=92s = not mandatory to =91join=92 per se. You don=92t have to pay your dues and get the membersh= ip card." - Nick aka Spackle ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 12:20:15 -0800 From: Horrible Icky Pain Subject: No Soundgarden content here, sorry > Craig Griffith: High school student, guitar player, King of Craigland > http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/8509/ > "I may make you feel, but I can't make you think" -Ian Anderson That song kicks ass. -- "It tastes good." - Bill Clinton http://members.tripod.com/~DamienGrief ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:27:05 -0500 From: Ivy Goodman Subject: Selling tape I am selling a tape of the japan interview. 2/8/94 interviews videos and live proformances. I am not asking for a specific price, I think I paid about $15+ for it. Just e-mail me if you are interested, name your price. Ivy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:33:11 +1100 From: mysweetheart'sdrunk Subject: jeff buckley & the grammies there has been alot of debate about this going on on the jb mailing list. most of us feel that it was a sympathy vote and that he would never have been nominated if he was still alive today. i mean he was never nominated before. he had much better songs vocally than "everybody here wants you." just listen to "last goodbye" and "grace." oh well, the only consolation is that millions of people will see a 10 sec snippet of the song, and hopefully will fall inlove with his music. i *really* doubt that jeff will win. the voters are totally out of touch and 90% of them will probably never even have heard of him. if he does win i hope his mum gets up there and makes one hell of a speech that will bring the auditorium to their feet (though i also doubt this will happen, as most of the artists there won't have heard of him either). kate ***************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************** Kate Miles Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Dept. of Mathematics University of Newcastle Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia c9806781@alinga.newcastle.edu.au "Just hear this and then i'll go You gave me more to live for More than you'll ever know" Last Goodbye Jeff Buckley (17/11/66-29/5/97) ***************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 20:37:57 EST From: Kathleen Burrows Subject: oh, i'm gonna make it undead. hey kiddies. long time no barf. ANYwhoski... hear hear!!! grammie nominations just get WORSE, AND WORSE... sheesh. just a question?? what the HELL do those nominators see in crappy pumpkins?? eh??? sheesh... this is the third nomination in a ROW??? URGH. I agree with (sorry forgot your name) the person whoever said that the really kik grass music BARELY gets noticed (think of our boys. only twice.). wells, hopefully chris will sweep the music world when his album comes out. heh heh heh. ANYwhoski... QUESTION: What song do you think will get airplay first when b-sides comes out?? cause when a-sides came out, bleed together was blarin on zeh radio where i am. which isn't a bad thing at all... heeheehee... JUST A THOUGHT FOLKS. Chat yall up later!!! adios and keep on truckin!! peace, love, hope, faith, soup and s o u n d g a r d e n always groovy, kathleen : )) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:47:41 -0800 From: Andrew Snodgrass Subject: Re: jeff buckley & the grammies mysweetheart'sdrunk wrote: > > there has been alot of debate about this going on on the jb mailing list. > most of us feel that it was a sympathy vote and that he would never have > been nominated if he was still alive today. i mean he was never nominated > before. he had much better songs vocally than "everybody here wants > you." just listen to "last goodbye" and "grace." oh well, the only > consolation is that millions of people will see a 10 sec snippet of the > song, and hopefully will fall inlove with his music. > > i *really* doubt that jeff will win. the voters are totally out of touch > and 90% of them will probably never even have heard of him. if he does > win i hope his mum gets up there and makes one hell of a speech that will > bring the auditorium to their feet (though i also doubt this will happen, > as most of the artists there won't have heard of him either). > > kate Only thing i have to say is that the critics said some pretty good things about Sketches. This leads me to believe that they will vote for him. Yes he never got recognition for "Grace" or "Live at Sin-e" but there was a lot of buzz about Sketches. It may be because he died, every one listened to Sketches cause they wanted to see what his music was like, and they fell in love with it. So don't count him out yet. And to my suprise, a lot more people have heard and like Jeff that i thought. -- -AS mailto:asnod@home.com http://members.home.net/asnod |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | "Everybody likes my stuff! Everybody knows that I can rock! | | Everybody knows that I can whip a horse's ass! | | Everybody in my general time knows that I can rock good. | | And as I rock well, I'm going to rev it up!" | | | | Wesley Willis | | | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 12 Jan 1999 to 13 Jan 1999 ************************************************