From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 27 Jan 1999 to 28 Jan 1999 Date: Thursday, January 28, 1999 1:58 AM There are 9 messages totalling 497 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Andy Wood Story.... 2. A-Sides (4) 3. A-Sides and my ranting... 4. Guitar World Article 5. POW: sydney bdo (no jbel) 6. POW: ash (no jbel) To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 04:10:41 EST From: Niki Freer Subject: Re: Andy Wood Story.... this from allstar daily update: Malfunkshun: The Andy Wood Story Eyes Late '99 Release As most of you know, before there was Pearl Jam, there was Mother Love Bone, which consisted of Pearl Jam members Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, along with Bruce Fairweather, Greg Gilmore, and charismatic frontman Andrew Wood. Wood died of a heroin overdose before the band's major label debut, Apple, hit stores in 1990. The rest is history, but what about the former? Amateur filmmaker Scott Barbour has been working the better part of the last four years to bring that into focus in Malfunkshun: The Andy Wood Story, a documentary chronicling Wood's rise and fall in the Seattle music scene. The 16mm feature- length documentary is currently in post- production, and Barbour hopes to have it finished by the end of 1999 and in a slew of film festivals shortly thereafter. The players Wood has secured for the film include Ament, Gossard, ex- Soundgarden members Chris Cornell and Kim Thayil, Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis, Fairweather and Gilmore from Mother Love Bone, Regan Hagar of Brad and Kevin Wood (Andy's brother) from Malfunkshun, Wood's pre-Mother Love Bone outfit. Barbour, who graduated with a degree in filmmaking from San Francisco State University last May, became interested in Wood after hearing Temple of the Dog -- the one-off Seattle 5480e project in 1991 which included Ament, Gossard, Cornell, ex-Soundgarden/ current Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron, and Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready. "It was Temple of the Dog that attracted me to the deal in the first place," recalls Barbour, who now lives in Los Angeles. "Then, when I found out a little more about Andy, I was really turned on by his charisma and abilities. He was extremely prolific and didn't really have any other goal in life than to be a huge star. I felt that he had a huge commitment to what he was doing." To raise money for the film, Barbour, a locksmith by day, has let go of more than a few choice possessions. "I sold a '67 Mustang, a '65 Harley Sportster, a lot of tools, my soul," he laughs. "I used student loans and I had my mom transcribe the interviews." Barbour is currently in negotiations with Portland, Ore.-based Cavity Search Records on the film's soundtrack, which is shaping up to be quite a Seattle keepsake. Although nothing is confirmed at this time, Barbour and Cavity Search co-owner Danny Swofford (who used to be a sort of jack of all trades for Mother Love Bone) are toying with the idea of releasing two titles -- one an Andy Wood solo album culling previously unreleased work from the film, and another more conventional soundtrack containing previously unreleased stuff from Malfunkshun, Mother Love Bone, and Devilhead (Brian and Kevin Wood's current band), as well as a track written and performed by Chris Cornell's sister Suzy. Barbour doesn't have a distribution deal secured for the film at press time either, but he says he has several interested parties. It's a good thing, too, because the student- film- turned- real- life- labor- of- love is a far cry from the impetus behind Barbour's filmmaking career in the first place. "I never wanted to do a documentary, I wanted to do horror movies." - Kevin Raub For more information on: Malfunkshun at: http://www.musicblvd.com/cgi-bin/tw/5480_42_123721 Pearl Jam at: http://www.musicblvd.com/cgi-bin/tw/5480_42_54645 Soundgarden at: http://www.musicblvd.com/cgi-bin/tw/5480_42_66166 Mother Love Bone at: http://www.musicblvd.com/cgi-bin/tw/5480_42_50027 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 04:12:10 -0500 From: inri Subject: Re: A-Sides ><> > >I heard that all the band members wrote a list of what they wanted to be on A-Sides and the ones that got picked the most >got on there. I could be wrong though. i don't own it......but isn't it just all the singles ? inri ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 08:09:57 -0330 From: Marc Hollett Subject: Re: A-Sides Yes it is, minus My Wave. And there's a bside on there: Bleed Together ---------- : From: inri : To: SOMMS@MITVMA.MIT.EDU : Subject: Re: A-Sides : Date: January 27, 1999 5:42 AM : : ><> : > : >I heard that all the band members wrote a list of what they wanted to be on : A-Sides and the ones that got picked the most >got on there. I could be : wrong though. : : : i don't own it......but isn't it just all the singles ? : : inri ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 06:47:56 -0500 From: Joe Corroney Subject: Re: A-Sides The tracks on a-sides were not simply chosen for personal taste or for being the best. That was the whole point of the album. If anything the album was more 'edited'. I'll explain. A-sides is a collection of all of their 'singles'(hence the title A-sides) from all their albums, not a 'greatest hits' or 'best of' necessarily. It is a compiled collection of their radio releases (like U2's 1980-1990). Though not all of their singles made the final cut on A-sides due to limit of space and/or artistic liscence. These are the 'singles'. These songs weren't chosen for being the best or most popular (though arguably most of them are). Simply put, these are the songs released to the radio listening public throughout their career. The band were able to select which 'singles' made the final cut though and that's why songs like 'superunkown' and 'my wave' are not present (and according to Kim and Chris they were disappointed my wave had to be left out but it made sense). The boys had to make sacrifices to which cuts from their albums made it. Between spoonman, black hole sun, black days, and day i tried to live the album 'superunkown' was heavily represented on A-sides even without the other two legitimate singles. That is why there is room for their other earlier singles like nothing to say and get on the snake (which represents their earlier albums and are legitimate a-sides or singles). Though everyone i speak to says "these songs are inferior to songs like 'like suicide' or 'mind riot'". Maybe true but those song's were not released as a-sides (or singles) when the albums came out in their respective years. I'm sure if Kim had his way and put together a "best of" you would see 'suicide' or 'riot'. Kim is quoted as saying that Like Suicide is one of his favorite songs (and loudest) he ever played (my all time favorite also...of any song sg or otherwise :) ) Also the placing of the songs on the album are in a particular order for a reason. They are arranged according to the order they were released to the public. Trust me, I've heard some people complain that "'get on the snake' was a bad choice to place before Jesus Christ Pose" or "why are the three badmotorfinger tracks out of order on A-sides?" It's because they were released in that order. So, my point is simply, the band decided which of their 'singles' would or would not be on the compilation...and they all had a final hand in it (and did a good job too) Regards, -Joe >From: inri >To: SOMMS@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >Subject: Re: A-Sides >Date: Wed, Jan 27, 1999, 4:12 AM > >><Kim??>> >> >>I heard that all the band members wrote a list of what they wanted to be on >A-Sides and the ones that got picked the most >got on there. I could be >wrong though. > > >i don't own it......but isn't it just all the singles ? > >inri > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 06:55:13 -0500 From: Joe Corroney Subject: Re: A-Sides and my ranting... Oh yeah, in addition to the 'singles' we had the one b-side of "Bleed together" on A-sides, the obligatory new song that makes all the fans who own the albums buy the new disc (who don't already own it as a b-side to Burden). I wonder if 'Bleed' will show up on B-sides or if since it was released as the new single to promote A-sides it will be put aside...hhhhmmmmm....curiouser and curioser Peace, Joe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:23:28 EST From: Evan Frees Subject: Re: A-Sides In a message dated 1/27/99 2:00:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU writes: << I heard that all the band members wrote a list of what they wanted to be = on A-Sides and the ones that got picked the most got on there. I could = be wrong though.=20 >> The songs on "A-Sides" were literally A-sides, as in the songs that were released as singles, except for "Bleed Together" of course. And as for a live album, I would guess that any live stuff they release will be included with "B-Sides", unless they decide to release a boxed set some day. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 21:48:44 -0500 From: MICHAEL APPLE Subject: Guitar World Article Date sent: 27-JAN-1999 21:46:38 Hi, all, I've been away on vacation for a month, so forgive me if someone's already posted about this. Has anyone posted the interview with Kim Thayil that appears in the March 99 issue of Guitar World? It's a short piece by Jeff Gilbert about how Kurt Cobain's death affected Kim. I wouldn't mind typing up a copy and posting it to the list if anyone's interested. Later, Mike Apple ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:49:35 +1100 From: mysweetheart'sdrunk Subject: POW: sydney bdo (no jbel) ok, so i know this is a few days late, but hey a girl needs a little time to recover. i mean i'm still suffering palpatations after *finally* seeing tim wheeler and the rest of ash up close! after meeting up with a few friends we made our way through the main enterance to the new showground. i think i suffered slight eardrum perferation at this early stage due to these large gun things that guys dressed in army gear were letting off at the entrance. first band was bodyjar. they played an explosive set that would have kept all fans happy. a good mixture of the new and not-so-new. they also included their staple covers of "hazy shade of winter" and they might be giants' "racist friend." could have done with a little more on stage antics from grant though. i can proudly say though, that a couple of my friends are now bodyjar fans. next was the awesome front end loader. davis was in fine form as usual. "makin' lunch" was the second song they played, so we didn't have to put up with yobbos singing out "play 'makin' lunch'" for the entire set. by the next song davis was in the crowd playing guitar. richard had to warn him about peaking a little too early, but davis didn't care. god, he loves to be the centre of attention! not that that's a bad thing. ;) the three of my friends who i watched these guys with had never heard of them before they saw them. needless to say they were all converted fel fans by the end of the set. they also agreed that davis was one of the most crazy, funny, attention seeking frontmen they ahd ever seen in their lives. next we went over to the main stages to see the remaining 25mins of the living end. we got there in time to hear them do their versions of the stray cats' "runaway" and soft cell's "tainted love (gotta be one of the best songs of all time!). we also caught them do "prisoner of society," "west end riot," etc. ok, back inside to the purple stage just intime to catch the start of not from there. i firmly believe this is one of the most underrated bands in australia. never has a band made such a heavy, harsh guitar sound sound so beautiful. plus ya gotta love the fact that in the age of catchy sing-a-long songs heinz has the courage to sing in his native tongue - german. ok, now back over to the main stages for the superjesus. this band is developing into one of the best live acts in australia, but i think they lost alot playing on such a large stage. oh well, stewie seemed to be having a ball. that boy loves the camera, can tell you. every time it came near him he had the rock pose thing in overdrive. next time i meet him i've gotta ask why they don't give him a microphone, he seems to like singing so much, even if we can't hear him! i mean all the others have one. he must have a shocker of a voice. next up - regurgitator. it had been about 8 months since i'd seen these guys so i was really hanging for it. they played a great set. a really good mix. they even threw in a new song they'd written especially for the bdo. it sounded quite punkish - who knows maybe this will be their new direction. you can just never guess with these guys. the mosh was absolutely *huge* and featured people crowd surfing on a foam bodyboard ala livid. after a bit the daredevils took over the board and started doing backwards summersaults off it into the crowd. in the middle of the mosh! man, i would hate to have been one of the people these guys landed on! next up was the most stupid timetable clash of the day. powderfinger vs ash! i knew immediately i would have to see ash, afterall thay are one of my favourite bands, and they're from ireland! tim wheeler! ohhh! plus i'd already seen the powdies about three times in the last year. not that any of this dampened my frustration. i didn't get to see dz in his econodogs t-shirt! doh! i met up with jeanette and steve before ash started(finally! thank god for mobile phones!)and made my way up to the front of the crowd. ash were *brilliant*! i was right up the front of the mosh infront of tim. god damn that man if fine! and he'd fixed up his hair so that i didn't have to torture myself in regards to his premature balding. they played a great set, and the mosh pit was certainly very alive! i don't think i've been in a mosh that tight, nor been kicked in the head so much by crowd surfers since i saw soundgarden last! definitely the best act of the day! by far! after ash we hung around to see the fun lovin' criminals. definitely the surprise act of the day. they were sooooo good live! when they played "barry white" i think the entire pavillion was groovin' away. the highlight though was the idiot who scaled the huge pole. you can tell that once he got to the top he was thinking. "why did i do that? how the hell am i going to get back down!" he ended up getting down safely (though at one stage it did look like he was about to go "splat"), and once he was safely on the ground the flc invited him up onstage. he spent the rest of the show groovin on the side of the stage beside fast. hughey gave him a friendly hug and offered him the mic. he then promptly thanked all his friends for egging him on, cuz without them he never would have done it. i caught some of marilyn manson, and it was one of the most surreal experiences of my life. it was like you were watching this weird cult thing that you shouldn't really have been watching. like i wasn't invited to be there. i was predisposed to hate mm, but i couldn't help but admire his stage presence and the control he had over the crowd. next up happyland. now i thought they'd be crap live, but they were actually really entertaining. the crowd was in raptures as soon as the keyboardist (shane from regurgitator) and drummer (identity still unknown to me) walked on stage. they were dressed in suits the same as that little thing on the cover of the welcome .... to happyland cd. janet and quan get along really well on stage, at times chating to each other. janet forgot one of the verses to one of the songs and told quan that he had to sing it with her. she rekons she never liked that song anyway ;) caught the end of hole. can't say i was very impressed. when courtney cut of her monologues long enough to play a song they were pretty good, but that girl just loves the sound of her own voice too much. she just ended up coming across as really arrogant. though i do think her getting a bunch of girls to sit on the stage while they played was pretty cool. last up was tism. the entire audience almost died when they entered the stage. they were dressed in black suits that had these flashing glowing tubes on them! well, atleast they wouldn't lose each other in the dark! they played all their hits, but sadly, unlike the glenworth valley festival, there was no nudie romp. oh, and i was so hanging to see ron hitler naked again! doh! ron did his traditional monologue. this time it was about him showing marilyn manson around suburban sydney. i can say that mm was fairly "freaked out" by all the families with their 2.3 children and station wagons. but mostly he was freaked out by the number of yobs that call themselves tism fans. as an explanation ron hitler barassi could only offer: "i don't like the thugs, but the thugs like me." well i think that is a fitting ending to a very lengthy email. i appologise to all those jbellers who will probably say that this had no relevance to jeff buckley, but you do have a delete key. also thanks to all of you who stayed awake long enough to read this entire email! till next time, 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: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:54:59 +1100 From: mysweetheart'sdrunk Subject: POW: ash (no jbel) i was just wondering if anyone has any idea what the address of the page that has details about subscribing to the ash mailing list is. the one that crops up in the search engines must be old or something, as aol says there is no such site. ta in advance, 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) ***************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************** ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 27 Jan 1999 to 28 Jan 1999 ************************************************