From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 20 Sep 1999 to 21 Sep 1999 (#1999-12) Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 9:37 AM There are 26 messages totalling 739 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. birthday man (2) 2. R: new grace list 3. 4. Rollingstone Newsletter Euphoria review 5. Raygun & CCM Vid 6. Holy TicketMistress Batman! 7. Sacramento Show 8. Chris Cornell on 120 Minutes 9. No Cleveland Show... 10. District of Chris 11. Australian Album version 12. DC review...well kind of 13. something new perhaps 14. 11/14 Beacon Theatre 15. Motorvision 16. 120 Minutes 17. chicago 18. Tower Records offer 19. while you're out buying EM... 20. Just one more day 21. CC chatting online tonight 22. can't change me tab 23. chris chat 24. rocket article 25. mail problems & a dreamcast To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 02:06:59 -0400 From: jenny grover Subject: birthday man Happy Birthday, Ben! We love you! Jen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 02:07:06 -0400 From: jenny grover Subject: R: new grace list > Have Grace released something, already? > Marco They have 2 EP's out. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 18:42:00 +1000 From: Mansel Ismay Subject: Re: birthday man Hey , i don't know about you all but I feel a bit guilty remembering Chris and Ben and we forgot Kim in between!!#@!$ -----Original Message----- From: jenny grover To: SOMMS@mitvma.mit.edu Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 4:20 PM Subject: birthday man >Happy Birthday, Ben! We love you! > >Jen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 04:26:12 PDT From: Kenny Bungss Subject: Hey you guys........ just got my copy of the record.......The long awaited... Thought I knew most of the stuff that was supposed to be on it..... But I gor reallt chocked when I saw a bonustrack..... It was "can4t change me" in FRENCH !!!! ha ha ha ha The song is really slow and he4s singing i french...... WHy ???!!! That my question !!!!!!! Take care and enjoy !! I4M LOOKING CALIFORNIA, AND FEELING MINNESOTA ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 16:58:01 EDT From: Sarah Bucolic Subject: Rollingstone Newsletter Euphoria review I don't know if anyone posted this yet, but here's a review that I got in the mail from Rollingstone Mag: ++++ Chris Cornell, Euphoria Morning <3.5 stars> ...Cornell's music resides somewhere between shameless bombast and unrepentant beauty, and Euphoria Morning provides him ample room to show off Macho Man sides and Mr. Vulnerability tendencies, often in the same tune. Eschewing the shuttered-room metaphysics and Sturm und Drang of his previous engagement, Cornell proffers sentiments worthy of sonnets. The first song (and first single), "Can't Change Me," is as rhapsodically gorgeous as pop gets, putting a spin on true love that any reprobate slacker can relate to: "She's going to change the world/But she can't change me/Suddenly I can see everything that's wrong with me/But what can I do?/I'm the only thing I really have at all." Cornell unveils a desire to be reckoned with as an openly wounded and unabashedly portentous rock balladeer... Take care and rock on!!! See you L.A. SOMMSters on the 22nd and hopefully some of you guys on the 21st. Sarah ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 03:37:59 EDT From: Kathleen Burrows Subject: Raygun & CCM Vid yeah, I saw it. I have it. Good issue. Really. Chris is just about the most interesting person to read about, and he's just so intullectually together, that it makes the article even more interesting. I love the last pic of him (where he's looking down at the camera). Damn he looks good. I love the pics too-- I did that modern-art look. Anywhoski, now about the video-- I don't like it much. What the fuk is up with that "roking out" attitude with his aucoustic (i'm a shitty speller if I spelled that wrong) guitar??? God, he reminds me of the Goo Goo Dolls ::gag::. I dunno, everything that's going on with his media attention is weirding me out. I'm just so used to the "underground" approach of Soundgarden and the media, that it's unfamiliar and too strange for me to grasp. I don't care if I feel that way either, because it's the truth. He's rite-- it's not Soundgarden, and that's why I'm weirding out. Sorry to those who are just so damn accustom to it already, but that's how it is for me. I don't know how I'm gonna react when I buy the album, oh wells... btw-- all you SF SOMMSters-- have funn!!! Suhks that I couldn't go, but oh well. <<11/30 - Sacramento, CA @ Community Theater>> I'M THERE!!!! ALL YOU SOMMSters!!! GO HERE TOO!!!! HELL YEAH!!!! SACTOCLOSERTOHOME HERE I COME!!!! peace, love, hope, faith, soup and s o u n d g a r d e n always groovy, kathleen : )) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 17:37:00 EDT From: Nadezhda Ball Subject: Holy TicketMistress Batman! Hello listers! Before I start... HAVE FUN IN DC TONIGHT GUYS! and... Sorry that I haven't been able to get any tickmaster info until now... Yeah, yeah tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 am for beacon theater. Beacon is open from 12 to 6 tomorrow so, so much for the box office... $30 per ticket, plus 5.25 service fucking charge. yikes! From all the info I got, it doesn't look like the first ten rows or anything are over the phone, so basically first row is up for grabs over the phone and at the outlets. Happy hunting y'all! I love having the ticket master hook ups! And by the way, in a message dated 9/17/99 2:34:56 PM, Mr. Seth writes: <> Goddamnit right on! da queen of da damned... hedgehogz dezh. "if this isn't makin sense, it doesn't make it lies." "the truth don't look that good on me." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 02:19:09 EDT From: Zenia Diokno Subject: Sacramento Show In a message dated 9/17/99 10:05:44 PM PST, vamprcat@EMRL.COM writes: << I wasn't able to get tickets to the Fillmore show, but rumors persist of a Sacramento show at an undisclosed venue. Tickets to that show are supposed to go on sale on Sept. 24th. Hopefully those of us who weren't able to get tickets to the SF show won't have to cry ourselves to sleep knowing we missed our chance. >> The Sacramento show for the US tour will be at the SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY THEATER. It really surprised me to hear that it was going to be held there because it's usuallly plays and opera- type acts that are held there. But, hey, if that's where Mr. Cornell would like to play.... Hey, maybe I'll see some of you there. We should all set something up. Louder Than Love, Zenia ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 15:37:00 EDT From: Matt Cornell Subject: Chris Cornell on 120 Minutes I don't remember if anyone has mentioned this but Chris will be on 120 minutes tonight at midnight. I'd be sure to check it out ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 09:12:41 -0500 From: tonerkin Subject: Re: No Cleveland Show... At 06:04 PM 9/16/99 EDT, Ryan Parks wrote: >god, this week has completely sucked. this list of tour dates is fucked up. >i'm sorry, you play chicago (go there), detroit(hockey town my ass), >milwaukee, St. Louis Sounds good to me!!!! I thought this was a fine list just right for a road trip! Anyone coming along???? >all during the middle of fucking winter whereas you could be enjoyin the shit >playin La Zona Rosa, sipping on margaritas and enjoying yourself in nice >sunny texas... Sorry Ryan, I think you need to get out of Texas once in awhile. November is not the middle of "fuckin winter" it's the middle of "fuckin autumn" Check your calendar! Did it ever occur to you that Chris is playing the north in autumn, taking December off for the holidays and than most likely play down south when it really is "fuckin winter" in January and February up here in the north!!! Just relax son! He'll get there. You don't need to slag away at other people's home towns! I wouldn't say anything bad about Austin even though I know Chicago rocks tenfold over Austin! Did anyone see 120 mins last night?? Nothing too earth shaking to report. He looked good, answered the same ol questions(damn, I bet he gets tired of that) and they showed Can't Change Me. BUTT on all the bits coming back from commercial break they showed SG clips! toni ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 09:17:55 -0500 From: tonerkin Subject: District of Chris Back from ChrisfestDC. And I won't bore you with all the gory details about the long late night discussions about Chris' crotch decoration or anything like that.....BUTT I would like to make a few comments on the show. First off! Someone needs to work on the times of these shows. Our tix said, "doors open at 9pm" So many of us got there by 6pm. We had plenty of time to talk and met some sommsters. There were 14 of us that meet up(and that was not counting friends of sommsters) I'm sorry we missed some of you but UKDeb and I did walk down the line a couple of times to find you all. Anyway, they let us in the club at 9pm(after three hours of standing outside) only to find out we had 2 more hours to stand and wait for Chris!!!! No opening act....nowhere to sit....and expensive drinks. It wasn't like you could mill around and make like a fun cocktail party because you had to protect your "seat" I see no reason why Chris couldn't of come on by 9:30p or 10! He was there(we had heard the sound check) so why make us stand for two hours!!!! Not to mention getting out of the concert so late in not the best of neighborhoods where some people had to walk a distance to retrieve their cars! Someone needs to rethink that policy. Most of us were in the small "balcony" right above the sound board. It was a great place to see and hear. Some people did manage the upper bar and the few bar stools that were there. Mike from Chicago did us proud by being dead center front row. I could see his head the whole time and he got to shake Chris's hand! The show was exactly the same as the previous ones. Chris' voice sounds great(although Andrea and Vicki who had been at the NYC show said he sounded a bit better there) He sounded strong , in control and it is a beautiful instrument. He looked good....not too skinny and relaxed. Dark jeans(Mike...was that a lace up fly or what????) dark gray or blue tee shirt. Came out with a dark jacket but lost that the second song. And of course the infamous boots. I was just so happy to see him out there singing.............BUTT it is going to take me a while to get over his band. I found myself staring at Chris because if I looked to his right my heart would sink...no Kim! And I'm sorry but I missed him. And looking at Chris there was this dark headed man drumming that seemed all wrong. The band sounded OK....and obviously Chris is comfortable with them. I never saw him look to his right and smile at Kim like he did at Natasha a couple of times. And I guess I prefer him playing with friends rather than a hired band but it just seems so weird. Don't get me wrong...I really liked the show. I am still planning a road trip through the midwest when he comes here in November BUTT I just miss Soundgarden I guess. My favorite songs were. Follow my Way, Mission and Pillow on my bones. Hope everyone made it home OK! toni ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:59:58 +0100 From: Deborah Baker Subject: Re: Australian Album version Georgia wrote: >For anyone who's interested, the Australian version of Euphoria Morning may perhaps be a little different from most other country's >releases. >The last track (13) is another version of Can't Change Me, performed at about half the tempo of the original, done in a "french" >style, with Chris singing (for the most part) in French. >Ah. Lovely. The UK version has it too. And I have to agree with Kenny here - WHY? He makes a pretty good job of the accent, but it sounds just like a French pop song and French pop songs are...trust me, if I wanted to flush a dictator out of hiding I'd pick non stop Patrick Bruel over Guns N Roses any day! And I'm sorry but I think Chris, of all people, singing in French is kind of pretentious. I know he wants to grow and maybe move away completely from expectations but that's getting a little too weird for me. I think I preferred it when the only French he knew was the insults Soundgarden's bass tech taught him before the Paris 94 show. Deb PS He and Alain were wearing matching trousers at the DC show - can you imagine if he'd tried to get Kim to go for that!? :-))))) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:43:55 -0500 From: Mike Liacone Subject: Re: DC review...well kind of I was also at the DC show. I enjoyed the show very much. The only part i didn't like was the way Like Suicide, and All Night Thing were Elevenized. as far as Eleven goes, Alain is very good, but no, hes no Kim. Natasha has a nice body, but other than that, shes a beast. I had fun meeting all the other SOMMSters. I was front row and center, and loved it. Chris was standing in front of me, and i just reached out and he grabbed my hand. He was into it, you can feel the energy in his grip. it seemed like he didnt want to let go. after that, everyone else around me (it sounds like Liz was right there) lunged forward, and he slapped their hands. It was cool. Chris had much more energy than he did on 11-9-96 in Chicago. It was cool. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: sndgardn@shentel.net To: Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 11:28 AM Subject: DC review...well kind of Hey everyone Sorry if you guys are tired of hearing about reviews, but oh well..I'll try to make mine short:} Chris was *terrific* at the 9:30 club. He got into every song, swaying, stomping, eyes closed...you know the usual. He played the same setlist that he played everywhere else (Sunshower through Steel Rain). The highlight of the evening for me was when he played "Follow My Way". I can not begin to say how great he performed that song. "Like Suicide" actually wasn't that bad. It got kinda annoying when Natasha's(?) keyboard took over all the other instuments, but, as everyone said before, Chris' singing made up for it. Well...since I'm sure other people want to post their reviews, I'll let them go more in depth than I did:) Oh and for the people that wanted to know, yes, there are shirts selling there. Along with sweatshirts (I got that:)), hats, and posters, postcards, stickers (those were free). And unfortunatly, I did not meet one single SOMMSter, but oh well...maybe next time:) That's all from me ~Liz...still in shock from last night and from almost touching Chris' hand and making eye contact with the man three times and being in the second row:D ps. for the girls who drool over Chris like I do....he looked *great* at the concert. He looks more beautiful in person than he does on pictures. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 13:54:48 EDT From: Jenna Freemon Subject: Re: something new perhaps << I know everyone's already gone over this, but what about B-sides? >> In Guitar One Magazine I read in a cover interview that Chris said they aren't sure when B-sides will be out but they know that they will eventually do it. So it looks like we are all gonna have to wait and see what comes up. Jenna :o) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:12:22 EDT From: Mike Gallagher Subject: 11/14 Beacon Theatre I send this message on a somber note. the ticket info that nadezha (sorry if the spelling's wrong) is incorrect. the tickets to the NYC show on nov. 14 are already on sale, and judging by the shitty location of my seats, they have been on sale for a while. i was happy to read that the tickets were going on sale tomorrow, cuz it would have meant one convenient trip to cd world for the tix and the cd, but when asking a friend if he wanted to go, he informed me that not only did he want to go, but that he already had his ticket. he's in the first row of the first balcony. a friend of his, who is nowhere near as big a soundgarden fan as i, got him a ticket, while i'm stuck in the fucking 10th row of the fucking upper balcony. WHAT THE FUCK!?!? don't be surprised if you read in the paper, boy killed by jealous concert goer, cuz i'm gonna raise some hell! the thing i really want to know is when did they actually go on sale? and how in god's name is this kid gonna have better seats than me? --Mike-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:24:49 EDT From: Mike Stevenson Subject: Re: Motorvision In a message dated 09/17/1999 4:43:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, CTMc4@AOL.COM writes: << << just picked up a copy of Motorvision and watched the video for the first time. What do you guys think of it? I must say that I was a little bit disappointed. With the camera moving so much and the slow motion effects it was hard to get a real sense of what was going on at those shows. >> >> If any of you have seen louder than love (most of you) it is almost the same, just weird blurry shots. It is pretty annoying. -Mike "If this isn't making sense, it doesn't make it lies" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:55:21 EDT From: Tammy Read Subject: 120 Minutes Anyone else see Chris on a 120 Minutes last night? I missed the first few minutes of it, but managed to tape the rest of it. After his interview deal, they played his video. Pretty cool. Tammy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:25:49 -0500 From: Princess of Power Subject: chicago if anyone finds out when tickets go on sale for the chicago show at the riviera, please post it ASAP. thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:07:25 EDT From: Igor Nepomnyashchiy Subject: Tower Records offer hey all... those that signed up on the chriscornell.com mp3 download thingy there was an email sent out saying they are giving away a CD-ROM biography free with EM if you buy it from Tower Records... the addy online is http://www.towerrecords.com/promo/cornell/default.asp?from1=CCE if you wanna buy it at a regular twoer records, you gotta ask for the free CD.... im sure most of you got this info in the email... for those who didn't, if you want, i can forward the whole thing- email me privately. peace out -Igor ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 18:10:40 -0400 From: jenny grover Subject: while you're out buying EM... Mark Lanegan's covers album, "I'll Take Care of You" comes out tomorrow also, and Ben plays bass on some of it. Jen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 18:29:56 -0400 From: Anson Watkins Subject: Just one more day By this time tommorrow I will have the new CD. I have only heard Can't Change Me so far. I decided to wait until the cd came out as opposed to downloading the songs from the internet. I have a pretty expensive sound system and I wanted my virgin experience with the new music to be the best as opposed to getting low quality sound from the internet. I have yet to hear a computer that can stack against the CD quality sound reproduced by a huge system. One thing really gets me. I just read the letter from the fanlist saying that you can get free cdrom from Tower Records. The only problem is that is not a Tower Records anywhere around. That means in order to get it I have to order it online and that means waiting another 3-4 days at best. So while everyone will be posting there comments and praises tommorrow I will not have heard the entire cd. Well I guess I have waited this long, another couple of days won't kill me. Kayler P.S. I just got Jeff Buckley's Sketches For my Sweetheart the drunk and all I can say is that I wish I had bought it a long time ago. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 18:46:43 -0400 From: "Steven Russell Jr." Subject: CC chatting online tonight Hey list, Sorry if this is a repeat...but i just got this email from the CC mass emailer. > ATTENTION: Chris Cornell will be chatting online and answering your > questions TONIGHT at 9pm EST. Click here to go to the chat at > Transworld: > http://www.twec.com/TW/OnStage/Channels/chat/home.asp?Mode=1. Has the CC NYC show in November sold out already? Steve - Sloan - Between the Bridges 9/21/99 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:24:09 EDT From: Chad Misselhorn Subject: can't change me tab there is some guitar magazine out right now w/ megadeth on the cover it includes guitar and bass tab for can't change me haiku play on my guitar i just tweeked all of the knobs it sounds so nice now ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 22:11:34 EDT From: Charlie Mccutcheon Subject: chris chat let me be the first to say, that sucked. it's 10:11 pm as i make this report. 1 hour, and very few worthy questions answerred. "what did you have for breakfast, chris?" ?!? please. the moderator was kissing his ass and not posing any significant questions. of course in between my being booted offline every 15 minutes, maybe someone did get a good sg (i know it was a chris chat, but it's not like anyone had any good questions for him. except me of course ;] ) question answerred. in short; matt chat = more fun. i bet they were holding chris prisoner. charlie ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 22:26:12 -0400 From: jenny grover Subject: rocket article I don't know if this was posted on here yet or not. I don't recall seeing it. It's from the Rocket. ____________________________________________ Mark Lanegan I'll Take Care Of You Chris Cornell Euphoria Morning by Andrew Strickman Back around 1994 or '95 it became clear that what once was the Seattle "sound" was changing once again. The Screaming Trees' Dust was displaying a bit more of the dark, blues-rock that frontman Mark Lanegan was issuing on his solo albums, while Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell cut his hair and appeared on MTV singing about that darned 'Black Hole Sun'. Well two of the greatest rock voices to front bands are now releasing solo material and guess what? Change is once again afoot. For Lanegan, it's I'll Take Care Of You, an album of favorite covers that follows the three strong outings away from the Trees. For Cornell, it's Euphoria Morning, his first full-length foray since Soundgarden broke up in 1997. Two long time scene-leaders making music that on some level brings happiness to their black days. But happiness doesn't particularly suit Lanegan's or Cornell's music; both records are dark, often somber visions of the lives we lead. For Lanegan, that perspective manifests itself in songs ranging from the beautifully melancholic "Carry Home", written by the late Gun Club frontman Jeffrey Lee Pierce, to the litlting Buck Owens tune "Together Again". And with the sexy, bottle-in-hand spin he puts on '60's folkie Tim Rose's "Boogie Boogie", there's no question that Lanegan's tastes are not pigeonholed by any genre or era. Another great recording from a true talent. For Cornell, of course, there's more at stake, particularly because his 'influences' were never that apparent on Soundgarden records - instead of being influenced, he was the trailblazer. Now, a few deep breaths later, he gets to spread his wings a bit and surprise us with some soulful, often acoustic rock. On "Flutter Girl", Cornell's music and lyrics are a spiritual sister to late-era Beatles, while the highly restrained track that follows it, "Preaching The End Of The World", is the song that Cornell might have written with his friend Jeff Buckley. "Wave Goodbye" is not only a farewell to Buckley, but a simple, soulful rumination on losing loved ones. "Mission" reminds us that Cornell still knows how to climb a wall of sound deftly, and on "When I'm Down" a boozy piano riff gives Cornell a terrific pulpit for a bit of post-modern blues. In a way, these rockers from Seattle's most recent heyday are growing older - both musically and emotionally. They're surrounding themselves with their longtime friends behind the scenes (for Lanegan it's producer Martin Feveyear and a musician roster that includes Mike Johnson, Barrett Martin, Ben Shepherd, Mark Pickerel and Van Conner; Cornell has former Eleven members Natasha Shneider and Alain Johannes on board as producers and collaborators), and they're making music they want, with little deference to commercial taste. Don't be too surprised if the masses actually hear what Lanegan and Cornell have to say and respond in kind. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 22:47:47 EDT From: Niki Freer Subject: mail problems & a dreamcast hey guys. well, since AOL is the grand service it is, i didnt even know mr cornell was showing up on 120 last night. suppose it wasnt much different than the hundreds of reviews we've read. Oh, but i wanted to thank the guy who posted that All Music Zine link- fantastic review. thank you. anyone else get the official CC newsletter? i did. erm, a sega dreamcast? chris cornell.com or *someone* affiliated with them and artistdirect.com has a huge quix for you to fill out (http://www.chriscornell.com/quiz) so you can enter this drawing for a Sega Dreamcast. interesting.... Its really goofy, the quiz, it askes you your favorite song off of each individual SG record, but it fails to mention SL/Fopp and instead lists A-Sides. bizarre.. So far the only on-sale date i've seen for the Fall tour is the Beacon Theater in NY, which went on sale last saturday. But they announced the tour on Mtv the other day, during news 1515. here's looking to get a decent seat in Atlanta. The reviews are a joy, guys & gals, keep em coming!! --mindriot ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 20 Sep 1999 to 21 Sep 1999 (#1999-12) ***********************************************************