From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 26 Jul 1999 to 28 Jul 1999 Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 2:01 AM There are 2 messages totalling 83 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. listening recommendation 2. mp3s To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 22:36:54 EDT From: Ben Timberlake Subject: listening recommendation [[I actually sent this about two weeks ago but realized I wasn't signed on to SOMMS from this address. But here's this gem, anyway.]] taking a cue from Dena, I'll switch off lurk mode to offer a soundgarden listening recommendation. Before the actual situation, though, a meditation on recommended listening: even though for the most part cool listening experiences come from spontaneous circumstances, I think you can, to some extent, engineer a greater appreciation from a song my changing your surroundings, what you see, or what you're doing while listening to it. Even though that's kind of obvious, I just felt like I had to justify. Anyway, I've begun rollerblading recently, since it's been cool for about ten years (so I'll probably get a cell phone in, like, 2004) and have "discovered" those trails that they have in parks (and I won't even get into my problem with driving somewhere to exercise) that go through woods or by streams or whatever. Here's the recommendation: in your walkman (or MD player, or whatever) put in a copy of superunknown, but also put "show me" somewhere on there. Go to aforementioned trails about an hour or two before sundown -- so the sun's low in the sky. The whole album (and actually any of 'em) is good for this, but especially on "Head Down" "Let Me Drown" and "TDITTL" (and "Show Me") go really fast or cruise down an available hill. Finally, a warning: don't let yourself get so into the music that you fail to see cracks in the pavement like I did. Those bumps on the noggin don't look so sweet out on the town. I'm excited about the top-20 postings. We did something like that on the list about 4 months ago, didn't we? Favorite post or something? A lot of people suggested Grote's acronym post, as I recall. Naturally I just archived all the somms posts I've saved over the years onto some Zip disk that I'll have to dig up. After the top 20 are voted on and celebrated, I say we get Kim to compile the 20 worst somms posts of all time and see if he finishes that or B-sides first. -- Ben p.s. to read my 18 page treatise on "newbies" versus "oldbies" (man, those are dumb words), please visit http://www.please.for/gods/sake/shut-up-about-it p.p.s. tonight (thurs. 7/23/99) they played outshined on VH1's "Rock Show" I'm not sure if it was a repeat, but it was sort of a focus on seattle episode. Clip of Mad Season's "River of Deceit" shown, Hater mentioned. I think they played Hunger Strike, but I didn't see the whole thing. Anyway the outshined version was the one with them performing in the smoky room and shots of some bearded guy walking on a wheel. I don't think this was the version I had seen before (which I only have seen on a boot tape I have). I know it's on the website, so if you're dying to figure it out, you can go there. Ben Timberlake No, btimlake@aol.com probably not. btimlake@nwu.edu Sorry. "Fear is the path to the dark side." -- Charles Dickens ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 00:15:06 EDT From: Troy Black Subject: mp3s Just curious guys... anyone know any free mp3 sites with a fairly good selection? I'm specifically looking for bands such as Soundgarden (of course) TooL, AIC, Helmet, NIN, Hendrix, Metallica, etc. Thanks, MorgioN ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 26 Jul 1999 to 28 Jul 1999 ************************************************