From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 15 Sep 1999 to 16 Sep 1999 (#1999-7) Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 2:01 AM There are 19 messages totalling 535 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NYC show!!! (2) 2. Tour merchandise 3. 4. A damn good time (2) 5. Cambridge setlist 6. Seattle show 7. Grunge is dead 8. Rocktoons 9. Oops 10. I Need Help!! (2) 11. i'm a smidge confused 12. no ticketmaster nyc leads yet... 13. nyc show 14. Oregonian Sommsters? 15. nobody loves us..... 16. For all of you ravenous new yorkers To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:07:04 EDT From: Igor Nepomnyashchiy Subject: Re: NYC show!!! although i didn't try waiting outside after teh show, i was a bit dissapointed with the show itself. It may be because i have not heard most of the songs beforehand so I don't know what they sound like. But one itsy bitsy little thing kinda messed up the whole experience. The keyboards on Like Suicide. WTF? OK I understand the songs on EM were written with keyboards in mind and so thats why those have keyboards... but Like Suicide? No way.... That and also Chris and teh whole band looked like it was on a stage in Las Vegas or something not at a rock show... but maybe thats because im not used to seats. Ok now to the good parts... Chris's voice!!! hell's yeah... even in Like Suicide which the keyboards messed up, Chris's voice is powerful enough to just blow the rest of the band out of the hearing range. Its nice to hear its teh same old voice as back in the day. Alain is great on guitar!!! I don't know why but i especially liked him because he seemed really serious and concentrated on it but it came out really good- even the songs not written with Eleven. BTW, my friend took pictures at the show as soon as i get my hands on them (which may not be as soon as I like because we are both real lazy asses) i will scan some in and put them up in some way. These should be pretty damn cool cuz we were in the 5th. row (thank you oh mighty ticketmaster.com glitch). If anyone finds out anything about the Beacon THeatre show, hook me up with the info. The experience should be wholly different after hearing EM. Who do you guys think would be a good opener for Chris ? And lets be serious and within the spectrum of reality. ok thats about it bye everyone -Igor ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 08:59:01 +0800 From: dream sister Subject: Tour merchandise Can anyone who's been to one of the concerts, tell me if they're selling any tour merchandise? I know it's only the promo-tour, and the items (if any) might vary from the ones later on, but Chris did mention having his name on t-shirts, during the show. thanks ds ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:59:13 -0700 From: johnny utah Subject: Yeah, CC comes to Salt Lake, so he does care about the Mormons!!! Fluttergirl, you seem about as stoked as I am. I thought 'Salt Lake-fat chance'. I doubt I'll get to see him when I'm back in the UK as he only goes to Manchester or London or whatever, but while I'm here in Salt Lake I actually get to see C. Cornell. Pretty cool. Who knows when tickets go on sale? Alex. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 14:48:48 EDT From: Nadezhda Ball Subject: A damn good time WARNING: this email-post contains three parts. PART ONE: my review of the show... PART TWO: my "review" of the SOMMSters I met. PART THREE: NYC Beacon Theatre Info. Hey fun peoples! I peeked at the setlist for Boston, and I'm kickin myself in the ass for doing so. Cuz it was the exact same thing. Anyway. Chris was cool, thankin everyone for coming out to see him perform songs that they've never heard before, which I thought was cool, even though I was not apart of the crowd. Chris looked good, wearng the same pants that I keep on seeing on him. I don't know, he looked like Chris, minus a guitar. His vocals were ahhhhhh-maaaazing. It sounded full, and had soul and emotions, and he was hitting every note. He just sounded great. It was just so damn beautiful. Rocky and Clammy suprised me. See on the album, I'm not too partial o them, but they rocked out last night. Some woman sitting next to Vicki (did I spell that right? damn cool old school Sommie that I met) said that Natasha looked like the mad professor. She really did, she was off the hook on those keyboards. Live, I like those cats, now why didn't they do that on the album? Anyway. I found that I wasn't as excited as I thought I would be, but I was still damn excited. I think basically all the songs were dope... except Like Suicide. Now what a silly disappointment. I thought the vocals were good, but there was no need for the Eleven to play during that song, as well as Seasons and Sweet Euphoria. Someone give the man a goddamn guitar. Seasons actually wasn't that bad. I mean if Alain had just played along acoustically for all of them it would have been alright. I don't think Alain had any biznez with that guitar solo during Like Suicide. It was just too complicated all that other music. Preaching the End of the World was really fucking excellent. On the album the vocals don't mend well from soft and sweet to hard and emotional, but last night they did. Two really disappointing things were that he didn't play Disappearing One and Wave Goodbye. I'm not gonna even discuss the disappointment in that. The crowd was great. Mellow people just so damn happy. Sitting, no pushing, well maybe at the front towards the end of the set. Some happy Pantera "rock on" guy got Chris dedicatin' Like Suicide to him. Just a good vibe from the crowd. Chris' energy was just everywhere. The music was pretty good, and the vox... dope. And for toni, he lookeded FABULOUS! They did sell some merchandise, a black hat, a black EM shirt, a white girlie tee, and a grey fleece (my partic-a-lar favorite) for the person who asked what they were selling. And now the SOMMIES: I was supposed to meet people and didn't end up meeting some of y'all cuz I don't know what the fuck ya look like. I'm sitting in front of Town Hall tryin to see who looks like they could be on SOMMS, and I finally get fed up and just start walkin down the block shouting out "SOMMS!" and had people looking at me like I was crazy. And then old schooler Vicki raises her hand and says "Somms!" Yay! Then I met old schoolers Bonnie and Andrea and ListGOD, Seth. I just wanted to say that aside from seeing the show, chattin with those cats was was the best part of the night. Tellin me (and each other) stories of days long ago in Chicago, and whatever else came to mind (except for Seth, he had to go home). Truly great people. Mellowed me out a bit (I needed it). You all left a mighty big impression on me that I can't really make go to words, but thanks for being so nice. Crazy to meet Sommsters in the flesh, they're not just words anymore! So on Saturday at 10 am Tickets go on sale thru Ticketmaster for the Beacon Theater Chris show on November 14th. I'm gonna try my damndest to either get the hook up at Ticketmaster, or go to the friggin Beacon Theater myself. If some people won't be able to get tickets lemme know, I'll get them for you. I'm gonna try to also find out how much they are, service charge, if they're selling the first 10 rows over the phone/at the box office or whathaveyou and try to post it later on tonight. Those in DC, have a great time! And those everywhere else... have a great time! da queen uda hedgehogz... over and out roger roger... dezh. "if this isn't makin sense, it doesn't make it lies." "the truth don't look that good on me." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:26:27 EDT From: Mike Gallagher Subject: Re: Cambridge setlist the new york show was exactly the same. exactly. even down to the delayed start time and the finish. --Mike-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:46:26 EDT From: Mike Gallagher Subject: Re: A damn good time Damn, I'm really upset I missed everyone. oh well, the beacon is another chance. I want to meet some of my fellow fans other than my three friends who like Chris and Soundgarden. I was hoping to be able to distinguish sommsters from regular people, but that didn't happen. Maybe some people saw me before the show. I was standing with my friend right in front of the double steel doors, listening to the sound check. I was wearing a light blue plaid button-down, with a grey tee, and cargo pants. I'm tall, brown hair, a chris-esque goat. anyway, i doubt anyone noticed me. did anyone see those two metalheads (one had a jaco shirt on. yeah!) who started out on the balcony, but ended up in the front row by the end? they were funny as hell. then of course there was the guy who, as chris put it, "was the only guy with the balls to stand up." i think he got as big an ovation as chris when he dedicated the song to him. that was great. i wish i met some of you guys there. especially seth, who i owe so many countless hours of internet enjoyment to. hope to meet some of you on the 14th. oh yeah, i was in c row on the balcony. great seats. i was singing to every song. --Mike-- In a message dated 9/15/99 2:50:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Nahedgehog@AOL.COM writes: << WARNING: this email-post contains three parts. PART ONE: my review of the show... PART TWO: my "review" of the SOMMSters I met. PART THREE: NYC Beacon Theatre Info. Hey fun peoples! I peeked at the setlist for Boston, and I'm kickin myself in the ass for doing so. Cuz it was the exact same thing. Anyway. Chris was cool, thankin everyone for coming out to see him perform songs that they've never heard before, which I thought was cool, even though I was not apart of the crowd. Chris looked good, wearng the same pants that I keep on seeing on him. I don't know, he looked like Chris, minus a guitar. His vocals were ahhhhhh-maaaazing. It sounded full, and had soul and emotions, and he was hitting every note. He just sounded great. It was just so damn beautiful. Rocky and Clammy suprised me. See on the album, I'm not too partial o them, but they rocked out last night. Some woman sitting next to Vicki (did I spell that right? damn cool old school Sommie that I met) said that Natasha looked like the mad professor. She really did, she was off the hook on those keyboards. Live, I like those cats, now why didn't they do that on the album? Anyway. I found that I wasn't as excited as I thought I would be, but I was still damn excited. I think basically all the songs were dope... except Like Suicide. Now what a silly disappointment. I thought the vocals were good, but there was no need for the Eleven to play during that song, as well as Seasons and Sweet Euphoria. Someone give the man a goddamn guitar. Seasons actually wasn't that bad. I mean if Alain had just played along acoustically for all of them it would have been alright. I don't think Alain had any biznez with that guitar solo during Like Suicide. It was just too complicated all that other music. Preaching the End of the World was really fucking excellent. On the album the vocals don't mend well from soft and sweet to hard and emotional, but last night they did. Two really disappointing things were that he didn't play Disappearing One and Wave Goodbye. I'm not gonna even discuss the disappointment in that. The crowd was great. Mellow people just so damn happy. Sitting, no pushing, well maybe at the front towards the end of the set. Some happy Pantera "rock on" guy got Chris dedicatin' Like Suicide to him. Just a good vibe from the crowd. Chris' energy was just everywhere. The music was pretty good, and the vox... dope. And for toni, he lookeded FABULOUS! They did sell some merchandise, a black hat, a black EM shirt, a white girlie tee, and a grey fleece (my partic-a-lar favorite) for the person who asked what they were selling. And now the SOMMIES: I was supposed to meet people and didn't end up meeting some of y'all cuz I don't know what the fuck ya look like. I'm sitting in front of Town Hall tryin to see who looks like they could be on SOMMS, and I finally get fed up and just start walkin down the block shouting out "SOMMS!" and had people looking at me like I was crazy. And then old schooler Vicki raises her hand and says "Somms!" Yay! Then I met old schoolers Bonnie and Andrea and ListGOD, Seth. I just wanted to say that aside from seeing the show, chattin with those cats was was the best part of the night. Tellin me (and each other) stories of days long ago in Chicago, and whatever else came to mind (except for Seth, he had to go home). Truly great people. Mellowed me out a bit (I needed it). You all left a mighty big impression on me that I can't really make go to words, but thanks for being so nice. Crazy to meet Sommsters in the flesh, they're not just words anymore! So on Saturday at 10 am Tickets go on sale thru Ticketmaster for the Beacon Theater Chris show on November 14th. I'm gonna try my damndest to either get the hook up at Ticketmaster, or go to the friggin Beacon Theater myself. If some people won't be able to get tickets lemme know, I'll get them for you. I'm gonna try to also find out how much they are, service charge, if they're selling the first 10 rows over the phone/at the box office or whathaveyou and try to post it later on tonight. Those in DC, have a great time! And those everywhere else... have a great time! da queen uda hedgehogz... over and out roger roger... dezh. "if this isn't makin sense, it doesn't make it lies." "the truth don't look that good on me." >> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:21:41 EDT From: Nick Boos Subject: Seattle show Does anyone know when tickets go on sale for Chris's show in Seattle on 11/16? -Nick ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 00:22:46 +0200 From: Lurkaren Subject: Grunge is dead Chris Cornell was on swedish television today. He spoke about grunge as usual, and that he doesn't care about making "milestones", or wether "grunge" had any impact on the music industry, as long as the people likes the music. No breaking news, just thought I'd mention it. And btw, I think MTV will play Can't change me quite a lot, since it is directed by the guy who also directed Madonnas video Nothing really matters... Just a thought. /Fredrik =A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8= =A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8 \ / _/ * * \_ \ /\ / <..> __ "I'm organized chaos But don't call me stupid, I'm insane" http://i.am/usurper =A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8= =A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8=A8 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:29:23 -0500 From: Amy Subject: Rocktoons For those interested, you can get a t-shirt with that darling Soundgarden rocktoon on it for $15. Amy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:30:30 -0500 From: Amy Subject: Oops Here's the url: http://www.rocktoons.com/soundgarden Amy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:49:54 EDT From: Josh Lewis Subject: I Need Help!! Hello Everyone, I need some help does any one have lyrics for "Sunshower" If you do please send me a copy. Thank You So Much ~ Josh ~ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:19:43 -0400 From: Bill Herrington Subject: I Need Help!! Try Seth's at http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/ >X-POP3-Rcpt: billh@infinity >Delivered-To: billh@EXIT118.COM >X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by imo23.mx.aol.com >X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 25 >Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:49:54 EDT >Reply-To: SndGrdnSRV@AOL.COM >From: Josh Lewis >Subject: I Need Help!! >To: SOMMS@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > >Hello Everyone, I need some help does any one have lyrics for "Sunshower" If >you do please send me a copy. Thank You So Much > > ~ Josh ~ > > --- Bill Herrington billh@exit118.com http://theranch.exit118.com Good Stuff: http://slashdot.org/ http://www.google.com/ Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger Kyuss - Sky Valley Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 22:16:46 EDT From: James Connolly Subject: Re: NYC show!!! it thought the keyboards in Like Suicide were really sick, a bit of a twist on the chorus and it was synth SITAR which is always fun- for me at least, i can see why some people wouldn't dig it so much though. i just thought it was a cool addition. I really love the keyboards on "Follow My Way" but the high-end on that keyboard patch was WAY to high when played solo live and it hurt my ears. anyway, i think natasha's skills are quite phat, something to get used to though peace love and guava juice jimmy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 21:54:52 -0500 From: JT Subject: i'm a smidge confused ok, you know how chris cornell said that none of the material on his new album was intended for soundgarden? well this is what i don't understand-- how come 'fluttergirl' has been on the unofficial page for so long, if it's new? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 23:16:27 EDT From: Nadezhda Ball Subject: no ticketmaster nyc leads yet... I couldn't get anymore ticketmaster information today. but tomorrow i shall be triumphant. finally a short post from da queen uda hedgehogz! dezh. "if this isn't makin sense, it doesn't make it lies." "truth don't look that good on me." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 23:22:57 -0400 From: "Steven Russell Jr." Subject: nyc show Hey list, Wow, it's been a while ;) Those of you going to the November CC NYC show....is anyone coming in on the Metro-North? If so, email me :) s. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 23:49:58 EDT From: Nikki Reed Subject: Oregonian Sommsters? Hey, Just wondering if any of you will be going to either (or both) of the Eugene, OR shows. He's playing on Nov. 27 and 28. I don't know a soul who likes Soundgarden or Chris the way I do, so I'll probably be on my own, and I reeeeeaaaally need someone to go with! So please, please, PLEASE e-mail me (or IM) if you're going! Thanks. =) Nikki P.S. I live in Portland, just so ya know! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 04:36:56 GMT From: The Devil You Know Subject: nobody loves us..... Well once again my hopes and dreams have been shattered. One canadian date. On the other side of the country. Well Canada isn't just Toronto and Vancouver although everyone seems to think it is. *weeps* I'll have to wait til next time, perhaps ill be able to afford a plane ticket. Jill ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 00:59:29 EDT From: Matt Hammons Subject: For all of you ravenous new yorkers Wondering if someone got a tape of the 9/14 show? Apparently someone did, and it's on ebay right now!! http://search.ebay.com/cgi-bin/texis/ebay/results.html?query=chris+cornell&ht= 1&maxRecordsReturned=300&maxRecordsPerPage=50&SortProperty=MetaEndSort ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 15 Sep 1999 to 16 Sep 1999 (#1999-7) **********************************************************