From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 9 Apr 1999 to 10 Apr 1999 Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 2:01 AM There are 12 messages totalling 358 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. two years and waiting... 2. (2) 3. missing. 4. a day of mourning 5. Soundgarden 2000 calendar (2) 6. Alternatives (2) 7. The day the music died 8. April 9th 9. vinyl for sale To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 02:24:29 EDT From: Kathleen Burrows Subject: two years and waiting... hey SOMMSters. wow, i haven't written in a while. oh wells. i just thought i would, especially since tomorrow is what it is. now, i know some of you don't care anymore (i won't mention names), but i do. just think of it this way: could any of us imagine our lives if we hadn't listened to Soundgarden?? Me?? I can't. that's why tomorrow is important to remember. this band that was, has become apart of us in one way or another. for me at least, it made me think a bit more about everything in my life. i can't say that about every band i've listened to. so kiddies, take time tomorrow to enjoy what Soundgarden did for you. i know i will... btw, i've waited five months to do this... fellow SOMMSters, here is the official unvailing of my SG site. please take the time to chek it out. i worked really hard on it. thanks. peace, love, hope, faith, soup and s o u n d g a r d e n always groovy, kathleen : )) http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Canal/5465/sgpage.html VIVAX CLAMORHORTUS!!! (LONG LIVE SOUNDGARDEN!!!) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 05:07:23 -0500 From: Joe Corroney Subject: Hi Kathleen I just wanted to reply to your post and let you know it actually felt pretty good to read your comments and i wanted to let you know you are not alone in your passion for Soundgarden. Actually i hardly think of them really gone anymore since their tapes and cds hardly left my cd player or car stereo since i began playing them back in '92. I dont write to the SOMMS post often but your post inspired me to reply... Your post reminded me what an influence those guys had on me personally and creatively in my life and i dont think any other band i have ever listened to has ever come that close or influenced me like they did. Sure, Zepplin and the Beatles are probably two of my favorite bands and two of the best rock n roll bands to have ever been and were definitely responsible in shaping the sound of Soundgarden but they were bands i didnt get to mature with as a young man as they churned out albums in their era. Soundgarden was and i am grateful for their inspiration through their incredible sounds and lyrics. Being able to grow as a person and an artist thru my college years with the sound of Soundgarden maturing and expanding with me will be an experience i will never forget and for that i will always hold the band close to my heart. And i am grateful for fans like you who make me feel like i am not alone as i throw a soundgarden cd into my stereo about (though it feels like but not really) every day. Freinds still give me funny looks like "why am i listening to this old stuff still".. .tomorrow i will be definitely running thru my extensive bootleg cd collection and perhaps watching some pirated concert footage of their shows trying to recapture the feeling of seeing them live in Indianapolis during the summer of 1996 and under a hot "July sun"... I guess i am curious about your first Soundgarden "experience" Kathleen. I feel like i came in a little late in the game but i will share with you the first time i heard Soundgarden not knowing how attached i would end up being to their music... It was fall of 1992 and i had gone to see True Romance with a group of college buddies. i had just started my sophomore year. Of course i remember being blown away by the source music in the scene of Brad Pitt getting high smoking a honey bear "bowl" as he is harrased by gangsters (pretty funny scene actually) and walking away from the theatre with "that" song stuck in my head. Even though the song was only played for about 30 seconds i was hooked. I ran out to Media Play and checked out the film soundtrack and soon found out the song was "Outshined" and the band was Soundgarden. It was then i worked my way backwards thru their album catalogue and feeling like i discovered gold with every song i played. It was late in my junior year of college in 94 i remember feverishly waiting in line at the record store at midnight for their new album after catching the Spoonman video a few weeks prior on mtv. Superunknown was the Soundgarden album that made the strongest impression on my personally then and i think it still does now. Songs like "Fresh Tendrils" and "Like Suicide" bring back memories of good times and bad with thoughts of a past romantic relationship and times with freinds. Even years later as I play these songs i can still find inspiration or meaning to chris' ambiguous lyrics and their music. And two years later after i graduated college i was in line again for Down on the Upside and it feels like yesterday that i was patiently waiting thru crappy videos on mtv with my finger on the record button trying to tape the "Burden In My Hand" video. I regret i only saw them live once but will never forget seeing them stride out onto stage all dressed in black head to toe opening the show with Spoonman or hearing their haunting version of "Waiting for the Sun" by the Doors. Well i rambled enough but im sure we'll all be reminiscing abit and once Chris' album comes out this September, we will all be inspired all over again... Joe P.S. if we get too depressed this month about their breakup two years ago i'm sure some of us can look a month forward from now to May 19th for a little pick me up... Peace Love and and May Soundgarden be with you... ---------- >From: Kathleen Burrows >To: SOMMS@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >Subject: two years and waiting... >Date: Fri, Apr 9, 1999, 1:24 AM > >hey SOMMSters. wow, i haven't written in a while. oh wells. i just thought >i would, especially since tomorrow is what it is. now, i know some of you >don't care anymore (i won't mention names), but i do. just think of it this >way: could any of us imagine our lives if we hadn't listened to >Soundgarden?? Me?? I can't. that's why tomorrow is important to remember. > this band that was, has become apart of us in one way or another. for me >at least, it made me think a bit more about everything in my life. i can't >say that about every band i've listened to. so kiddies, take time tomorrow >to enjoy what Soundgarden did for you. i know i will... > >btw, i've waited five months to do this... > >fellow SOMMSters, here is the official unvailing of my SG site. please take >the time to chek it out. i worked really hard on it. thanks. > >peace, love, hope, faith, soup >and >s o u n d g a r d e n >always groovy, >kathleen : )) > >http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Canal/5465/sgpage.html > >VIVAX CLAMORHORTUS!!! (LONG LIVE SOUNDGARDEN!!!) > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 11:07:21 EDT From: Niki Freer Subject: missing. april 09 1997: the day the music died. Soundgarden 1984-1997 no one sings like you anymore... -mind riot ---------------------------------------------------------------- http://mindriot.tsx.org butt rock candy shop ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 08:32:18 PDT From: SheLikesSurprises * Subject: a day of mourning 2 years ago today... a day of mourning... for when they disbanded. ;( sls (into chris' fire she goes...) _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 21:09:56 +0100 From: Deborah Baker Subject: Soundgarden 2000 calendar The band may be no more, but the calendar lives on! I received this email from Yours Direct the other day. >I am happy to say that we will be selling a SOUNDGARDEN Calendar for 2000. >If you wish to let others know that's fine by us. If you ask anyone >interested to send us an email to soundgarden@calcom.uk.com we will let them >know about it when published. Deb PS I did suggest that if they hadn't chosen the pictures yet, they might consider giving Ben and Matt their own month this time around :-) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:29:30 -0400 From: Kim Subject: Re: Soundgarden 2000 calendar > Deb > PS I did suggest that if they hadn't chosen the pictures yet, they might > consider giving Ben and Matt their own month this time around :-) > Yeah, no kidding. When I bought the 1999 calender, I was somewhat dismayed to see that almost all of the pictures were glamour shots of Chris, with Kim getting one picture, and the band getting only two. They could at least give Matt and Ben a picture for the month of their birthday. -Elliott ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:50:13 EDT From: Jenna Freemon Subject: Re: Brovo! Thanks Joe and Kathleen for the inspiration note. Jenna :o) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:18:38 -0500 From: Mike Jones Subject: Alternatives SOMMSters, Yes, today is April 9th, and we should all be mourning. But I've found another way to cope with the loss: listen to your entire Soundgarden collection in chronoligical order. :) Trust me, it works. After I did it last year, I just looked at my fav Soundgarden poster and said "Holy crap these guys are amazing". I don't post that often, but this is something that I just don't quite understand. What would Chris say to you if he say you moping around or crying because two years ago today they went on for personal interests? This is a lot like hero worshipping, exactly what nobody in the band wanted. You could say that collecting everything they've ever done and buying all their merchandise is hero worshipping, but you're celebrating their MUSIC, crying or moping around because they broke up is just saying "Look at me, I'm sad. Pay attention to me, everybody, my fav band broke up two years ago today and I'm pissed off". And that's not gonna get anybody's attention or help you cope with the loss in any way. I think instead of remembering every April 9th as "the day the music died", we should remember it as a "Soundgarden Appreciation Day". Think about it. Music might as well have died when Jason Everman joined!! :) It's gonna be ok, Chris is getting his solo out sometime this year, as is Kim and the B-Side collection, it's gonna be ok!! Appreciate them more than anything, I'm sure everybody is doing that without even thinking that. Ok, that's all I have to say. Thanks for listening. Andy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 14:34:51 -0700 From: Liz Corona Subject: The day the music died The day the music ended and only left us with fond memories... Soundgarden: 1984 - 1997 ~ Liz _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:48:56 -0700 From: Dave Brener Subject: April 9th Soundgarden 1984-1997. Thanks for the great music. Dave _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 21:39:25 -0400 From: jenny grover Subject: vinyl for sale Kelly Hendricks, who used to be on SOMMS, has asked me to post that she has some Soundgarden vinyl for sale. If you are interested, please email HER at aferdity@hotmail.com (don't email me about it!) One is a black Down On the Upside and the other is a blue Superunkown. She's asking $10 for the black and $20 for the blue. It is first come, first served. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 22:22:10 EDT From: Jenna Freemon Subject: Re: Alternatives In a message dated 4/9/99 2:21:25 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mijones@airmail.net writes: << listen to your entire Soundgarden collection in chronoligical order. :) >> Hell yeah! that's exactly what i did today. Jenna :o) ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 9 Apr 1999 to 10 Apr 1999 ***********************************************