From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 30 Jan 1999 to 31 Jan 1999 Date: Sunday, January 31, 1999 1:57 AM There are 6 messages totalling 225 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. sg + the next one... 2. Interview with Kim 3. Matt with PJ pic 4. new damage (3) To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 12:27:31 EST From: Catherine Veit Subject: sg + the next one... This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_917717252_boundary Content-ID: <0_917717252@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII here's what charlie has to say.... * * In a message dated 1/29/99 7:32:10 PM, CTMc4 wrote: <> --part0_917717252_boundary Content-ID: <0_917717252@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: CTMc4@aol.com Return-path: To: Lilricky81@aol.com Subject: sg + the next one... Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 21:32:10 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit In a message dated 99-01-29 18:39:34 EST, you write: << yeah....but i think we traded for it..if i'm not mistaken... -cv >> GOOD! i just finished mixing the master tape about 2 min. ago. could you post the message below to somms for me, please? i knew you would;] it is a good day today, sommsters! i, charlie, have just finished my new album, now titled 'january'. i can now start dubbin' as soon as i get some names and address's. $5 a pop for an hour of music. you can't find a better deal this side of the bargin bin! sg content: see, even my advertisments have some sg content. anyway, didn't we drive a- sides into the ground already? i liked the sokjunky idea of 'what would everyone expect musically if the ex-'gardeners had their own labels? what would be there sounds?' also, i just got 'bau haus volume 1', and i'll be damned at how much of an influence they were to the early seattle bands. in fact, matt uses the exact drum intro to 'bela luggosi's dead' on entering. peter murphy also had quite an influence on chris' voice, too, it sounds like. anyway, anyone that digs the old stuff, hunt down (i should be shot for all the puns in here) some bau haus. thanks charlie --part0_917717252_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 16:07:49 +0000 From: Mike Apple Subject: Interview with Kim This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------396D6BCB652F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey, all, Here's the interview with Kim from Guitar World March 1999. I still recommend picking up the issue, though, because it has a lot of nice articles looking back on the past decade, with a feature on Kurt Cobain's life and music. Later, Mike Apple --------------396D6BCB652F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D535744" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="thayil" Spirit In The Sky Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil recalls his late comrade in arms, Kurt Cobain. By Jeff Gilbert The news of Kurt Cobain's passing hit Soundgarden's Kim Thayil hard. Compounding his grief was the fact that Soundgarden was in the middle of a European tour at the time and the band members were unable to draw on the support of hometown friends in Seattle. "It hit everyone hard," says Thayil quietly. It's five years later, and Thayil still finds it difficult to revisit the painful memory. But he is more comfortable with his happy memories of the living Kurt Cobain. "Kurt was a great songwriter," says Thayil firmly, "and an impassioned singer. He was one of the best. GW: How did Kurt's passing affect the Seattle music scene and its musicians? Kim Thayil: I think it might have affected people's perspective on what it was they were doing. I think people became a little more serious. It wasn't a rollercoaster ride anymore. We were all having fun. Things weren't supposed to get that serious. GW: Do you recall the first time you met Kurt? Thayil: It was when Nirvana opened up for us in the late Eighties, when we played in some park in Olympia, Washington. They were kind of like our little brothers, in a way. We watched 'em play and thought they were really fun. They were young guys who had some really cool songs and were trying their best to whip it out. They seemed a little bit self-conscious and nervous. I remember talking to those guys afterward, mostly to Chris (Novoselic) and Chad (channing), their drummer at the time. Kurt, being somewhat shy, didn't talk much back then. GW: Nirvana went on record to the effect that they wanted to be signed to Sub Pop because that was Soundgarden's label. Thayil: I thought that was flattering. We really liked Nirvana. During out early tours in the van around the country and Europe, two of the tapes that were given the most rotation were Nirvana's Bleach and Fugazi's first EP. GW: What was your first impression of Kurt? Thayil: He just seemed quiet, like many singers are, especially after they perform. There are two kinds of singers: your monkey-boy singers, who always act like they're on speed and bouncing off the walls; then there are those guys like Kurt, who are very quiet after they sing, like they ran a marathon for an hour and a half. He always seemed to be a little quieter and just a little bit shy and intimidated. GW: Any fond memories that come to mind? Thayil: One of the funniest things was when Nirvana got thrown out of their own record release party for starting a food fight. I think it was with ranch dressing. (Laughs) I turned up after the fact and saw Kurt standing outside of the club on the street with salad dressing all over his shirt and hair. I remember Nirvana played the next day at Peaches {a local record store - GW Ed.} and we were having a band practice up the street. Afterward, we decided to jump in the van and go down to watch them play at the in-store. We got there just in time to confirm that it was too crowded for us to get in. (Laughs) So we stood outside and listened for a song or two. There were a lot of people hanging outside in the parking lot who couldn't get in the store. So we turned around and went and got some beer and got drunk. GW: Where were you when you heard of Kurt's passing? Thayil: We were in Paris, France; we heard after our show. Some of the guys in Tad, who did the show with us, heard about it. Then our road manager came in and, after making some phone calls back home, confirmed it. When I first heard it, I was shocked and went numb. I was hoping it was a rumor and that the information was misrepresented. (Long pause) I felt incredibly numb. I got very upset and I had this weird empty feeling. GW: What Nirvana song stands out to you? Thayil: We loved the Bleach album. I still think Bleach has the best and coolest songs on it. There's a lot of Nirvana songs I like: "Blew" and "Negative Creep." When I first heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit," it blew me away. I think the first time I heard it in a 7-Eleven, I was already tired of hearing it. (Laughs) Everyone was happy for our Seattle brethren; what was good for one of the bands was good for all of the bands. There was this "us against the world" sort of feeling - and it was great. --------------396D6BCB652F-- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 17:26:15 -0500 From: "sndgardn@shentel.net" Subject: Matt with PJ pic Just figured I would tell you guys that don't know... There is a picture = of PJ with Matt in it in the latest Hit Parader mag. (the one that has = the "Who's hot, who's not cover on it.) ~Liz:} ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 19:05:56 -0500 From: Kendrick Kay Subject: new damage Is there anyone else who thinks, as I do, that a live version of "New Damage" would be really great (with its long-ass guitar solo and chris' wailings)? How about other studio tracks that have never been performed live? Like "Power Trip"? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 19:10:27 -0500 From: Adrian Subject: Re: new damage > Is there anyone else who thinks, as I do, that a live version of "New > Damage" would be really great (with its long-ass guitar solo and chris' > wailings)? Isn't the version of "New Damage" on the _Alternative NRG_ compilation live? With Brian May, no less. _________________________________________________________________ Adrian age@alfheim.net unity http://www.alfheim.net/~age/ " ... mirrors destiny, and breathes the universe ... " ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 21:20:53 EST From: James Connolly Subject: Re: new damage hey everyone, there are plenty of live versions of power trip, it's just that they were performed before they signed with A&M. seek old bootlegs and you shall be rewarded peace love life violence hate death XXX~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~ AND SOUNDGARDEN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~0~2~3~0~2~3~0~0~0~|~~~~~~ Always dying,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0~2~3~0~2~3~0~0~0~|~~~~~~ Jimi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0~2~3~0~2~3~0~0~0~|~~~~~~ Forgive~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The~~~~~ 2~3~0~2~3~2~0~3~2~0~2~2~~~3~2~0~2~2~~~~~~~~~ Lameness,2~3~0~2~3~2~0~3~2~0~2~2~~~3~2~0~2~2~~~~~~~~~ Goodbye ~2~3~0~2~3~2~0~3~2~0~2~2~~~3~2~0~2~2~~~~~~~~~ I mean, see ya, Jimi ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 30 Jan 1999 to 31 Jan 1999 ************************************************