From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 7 Sep 1999 to 8 Sep 1999 Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 2:01 AM There are 27 messages totalling 730 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Chris to Sweden. 2. [Northwest Supergroup] 3. [Re: CC VIDEO] 4. Making the Video (2) 5. Making The Video (5) 6. paging eric.... 7. Violently Happy (3) 8. long time no post 9. making the video 10. CCM 11. i like pretty man in video... 12. Flaming Jesus Christ Pose 13. good pair (4) 14. first show in Cambridge, MA (2) 15. Looked Healthy to me (2) To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 18:44:45 +0100 From: Johan Nilsson Subject: Chris to Sweden. Hey i just recently got on the list. I got a question for the swedes on the list, here it goes. Can anyone tell me if Chris is coming to sweden? On chriscornell.com i couldnt find anything about it but on ticnet.se it said Mon 01 Nov 1999 Chris Cornell tickets can be bought 990914. Is this correct? Then why isnt it on chriscornell.com? Johan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 11:45:25 PDT From: Omar Pahati Subject: Re: [Northwest Supergroup] I was really hoping that either Chris would sing something on Boggy Depot= or Cantrell play something on EM. That _would_ be sick. Boggy Depot in particular could have used a real singer at times. James Connolly wrote: in the metal hammer interview chris said

"And I didn=92t want to h= ave like a North-western supergroup either- and
because a lot of the band= s broke up or aren=92t playing, it would have been
really easy to have = the grunge supergroup combo. That would have been awful."

anyone get t= he idea he was talking about members of Alice in Chains? i think
so, an= d i think he's right, but i think for like b-sides or something it
would = be sick.

jimmy
____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webm= ail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 11:51:13 PDT From: Omar Pahati Subject: Re: [Re: CC VIDEO] One of my most vivid memories of the one time I saw them live is of Chris= absolutely tugging those upstrokes during the noise-laden warm up before = the first song. That IS so Chris. omar Chad Misselhorn wrote: okay.. here's my 200 dollars about the video

does real player suc= k (ha) or did i see a briefcase full of fire?
would tarantino be upset?

also.. isn't it just so chris to strike power chords on upstrokes?
i always loved that

so lemme get this straight.. the= y're both on fire but chris manages to put
himself out.

and one last= thing.. has chris' hair always been jet black or does he dye
it now?

haiku

i may use just five
or sometimes i use seven
but normally five
____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webm= ail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 11:58:39 -0700 From: Christi Subject: Making the Video Just wanted to comment on last nights MTV airing of "Making the Video"... I really enjoyed it! I was smiling ear to ear. It was good seeing Chris again! I also enjoyed seeing how the video process works. I gotta admit that if I had any doubts about Chris's new look...well..those concerns just went right out the window! He looked beautiful! Good enough to eat!! Right Terri?! ;-D ***you and me girlfriend..15 more days...then it's third row center orch!!!!! Whooooya!! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 11:57:00 -0700 From: Christi Subject: Making the Video Just wanted to comment on last nights MTV airing of "Making the Video"... I really enjoyed it! I was smiling ear to ear. It was good seeing Chris again! I also enjoyed seeing how the video process works. I gotta admit that if I had any doubts about Chris's new look...well..those concerns just went right out the window! He looked beautiful! Good enough to eat!! Right Terri?! ;-D ***you and me girlfriend..15 more days...then it's third row center orch!!!!! Whooooya!! Christi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 15:12:49 EDT From: Matt Hammons Subject: Making The Video Yeah, I must say it was enjoyable watching the process. And our man is as dry and sardonic as ever. That bit with those old folks "yeah, I was in a band." Some great Chris lines. The video is alright, except I REALLY hate the whole singer lunging headfirst at the camera thing (anyone with me?) Although there were some cool moments when the lights would flash on, and his eyes were this weird electric blue. All in all, if i saw it on MTV I probably wouldn't change the channel, which is saying quite a bit for MTV. Be Well, Matt P.S. If Chris says videos are a commercial to get someone hyped up about the album, then wouldn't Making The Video be something to get people hyped up about the video? So in essence when you see an ad for "Making The Video w/Chris Cornell" are you infact seeing a commercial for a commercial for a commercial? Food for thought. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 12:32:47 PDT From: Monnica Lewis Subject: Re: Making The Video >From: Matt Hammons >Reply-To: Nothng2Say@AOL.COM >To: SOMMS@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >Subject: Making The Video >Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 15:12:49 EDT > >Yeah, >I must say it was enjoyable watching the process. And our man is as dry >and >sardonic as ever. That bit with those old folks "yeah, I was in a band." >Some great Chris lines. I liked the line at the very end when he said something to the effect that the boots he had to wear felt weird so he might have to call off the whole video thing. LOL Monnica ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 13:13:14 -0700 From: Christi Subject: Re: Making The Video --- Monnica Lewis wrote: > I liked the line at the very end when he said > something to the effect that > the boots he had to wear felt weird so he might have > to call off the whole > video thing. Christi wrote: Yeah Matt, I will have to agree with regarding the parts with Chris in the motel room, where they have him leaning close into the camera. I didn't think it was nothing 'special'. Monnica, I like the part you liked too! I epecially liked the cute part where Chris pretends he's gonna drive home in the motor home ...and gets behind the wheel and puts his head under the windshield cover! Not to mention the scene where he comments that he pretty sure that the camera crew pissed in the "bog" the night before! LOL! Christi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 15:31:03 -0500 From: tonerkin Subject: Re: Making The Video At 03:12 PM 9/7/99 EDT,Matt wrote: >Yeah, >I must say it was enjoyable watching the process. And our man is as dry and >sardonic as ever. That bit with those old folks "yeah, I was in a band." >Some great Chris lines. And did you hear the old lady say something like; " I looked you up on the internet" could she possibly have found http://www.rustycage.u-net.com/home.htm and checked Chris out there??? :-) >The video is alright, except I REALLY hate the whole >singer lunging headfirst at the camera thing (anyone with me?) Although there >were some cool moments when the lights would flash on, and his eyes were this >weird electric blue. >P.S. If Chris says videos are a commercial to get someone hyped up about the >album, then wouldn't Making The Video be something to get people hyped up >about the video? So in essence when you see an ad for "Making The Video >w/Chris Cornell" are you infact seeing a commercial for a commercial for a >commercial? Food for thought. Good point about the commercials, Matt! I taped the show, "making the video" because I was at work and watched it this morning. I am a very tough sell when I come home from working midnights and generally have been up for a long period of time and am in the throes of crabbiness. But I found myself smiling and enjoying the hell out of the show. I thought Chris looked fit and froggy. Not skinny or sickly but just fine! And he seemed happy and relaxed. It was good to see. I agree with Matt the video doesn't do much for me but seeing Chris was GREAT!! and the song is even growing on me. toni ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 13:27:04 -0700 From: Barbara Strong Subject: paging eric.... Sorry to send this to the list, but I don't have the private e-mail addy.... To the Eric that gave me SOMMS to whom I owe my first born: It IS a girl! Didn't you put this curse on me??! ;) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 16:54:04 EDT From: Aaron Preston Subject: Violently Happy This weekend I went to my dads house at the beach. He told me about this old school record store called Confusion Records. The place is a real hole in the wall but we loved it anyway. I asked the old hippy/owner if he had any S O U N D G A R D E N stuff. The only thing he had was this imported bootleg called Violently Happy. I had to buy it because its a rare thing for me to find S O U N D G A R D E N bootlegs in southern Florida. The quality of the bootleg is ok, a little to much bass/reverb going on but it still rocks. Has anyone ever heard of this bootleg and is it that rare? Aaron ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 17:33:16 EDT From: Robin Warren Subject: Re: Violently Happy soooooo what's on it? Robin ! ----------- In a message dated 9/7/99 1:57:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Fultilt3@AOL.COM writes: > This weekend I went to my dads house at the beach. He told me about this old > school record store called Confusion Records. The place is a real hole in > the > wall but we loved it anyway. I asked the old hippy/owner if he had any S O > U > N D G A R D E N stuff. The only thing he had was this imported bootleg > called Violently Happy. I had to buy it because its a rare thing for me to > find S O U N D G A R D E N bootlegs in southern Florida. The quality of the > bootleg is ok, a little to much bass/reverb going on but it still rocks. > Has > anyone ever heard of this bootleg and is it that rare? > > Aaron ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 15:07:43 PDT From: Rachel Reisman Subject: long time no post hi, after a looong vacation in europe, i've returned home, and to somms. i'm sure i missed a ton with the new chris stuff out and all. i've noticed a lot of new names. they must have known that i wasn't around, so they decided to join. like everyone else i saw the video last nite. very unchris. or rather, very un old chris. but the new one is SUPRISINGLY growing on me. Rachel* ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 03:49:03 -0400 From: Tom Gipson Subject: making the video they can blur the can all they want, but we all know it's beer. -=t0m=- .---------------------------------------. | http://w3.to/4sum5sum | .---------------------------------------. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 10:23:36 +1200 From: Adrian Humphrey Subject: CCM I finally heard Can't Change Me yesterday (us down here in NZ are months behind everyone else). It absolutely rocks. I can't say it any other way. I know everyone has been divided over the issue and it's old news, but I still think it rocks. Thats all. Thank you for your time. Adrian ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 18:25:34 EDT From: Nadezhda Ball Subject: i like pretty man in video... yay!!! fun fun fun! I loved the making thing. It was such the added bonus for the freaks that have been waiting a year and a day (I know much longer than that) to see mr. man! Mainstream or not! I personaly liked the making much better than the video. He looked better. No offense to the director, but he is not Robert Rodriguez. I know you wanted the video to look like Desperado, but get over it. Listening to what Chris was saying in the begining about the girl being positive and wanting to do postive things... I dunno if that was what he wanted to get across in the video, but to me she just looked like she had a horrible influence on people. That point didn't really make it far in my mind. She was all mean and waify! I'm now gonna become an anorexic pyromanic if she can't change me. And duh! to whoever said she couldn't change him! Even without Chris saying that it was mad apparent. Anyway... the "actress" needs to eat some food and put some clothes on. Dammit Chris get some healthy black voluptous wimmez in there... like myself! 'Kay, loved the whole driving home thing under the sheet! He looked great, happy and brainwashed. I'm just being mean. Rocksha and Clambake aren't all that bad. And was it me, or can I not read, but did the shooting of the bog take place in Cornell,CA? Watch your video tapes for me people. I shall correct myself. <> What's up with that? He looked like Jewel or something. And all that fluorescent lighting made him look mad old. And what's with the Jesus Christ Pose. Write a fuckin song about how much you hate people who do that, and then do it over and over again. I love you anyway. btw... Mr. Cornell is on the cover of Guitar One mazine. The article's pretty cool. There were a couple of guitar things I didn't understand, cuz I am not a musician, and have no rhthym. But the questions were things that I would have liked to know. I think it's in that article that he says something like "Everyone was pretty much expecting something like the 'Seasons' song on the Singles Soundtrack." and he wasn't feeling that. Well shame on me for wanting that! There's also a lil interview with Clambake (ya know Alain). He's climbing up the ladder of Hedgehog likability. They talk about Soundgarden and his writing skills. I don't know, I like it. He's also got on those pants that he keeps wearing in RAYGUN and the video and some other magazine, Rock Sound or something like that. Coal Chamber's on the cover (shudder). I haven't read that one yet. Check 'em out. I like his pants. And his boots. And the boots that aren't his. And that brown sweater. And his hair his mommy didn't comb. But here's the thing about the Rock Sound article. The first coupla lines say something about him living in Seattle. But in RAYGUN it says that he was brainwashed and moved to North Cali (not the brainwashing part). I'm surely confused. He stills looks yummy though. He should be in TEEN BEAT! Watch me jinx him. Sorry! I still love ya buddy! No matter what! enuff from me, da queen uda hedgehogz dezh. "if this isn't makin sense, it doesn't make it lies." "the truth don't look that good on me." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 18:55:23 EDT From: Zenia Diokno Subject: Flaming Jesus Christ Pose I wasn't all THAT impressed with the video, but like many of you, I enjoyed seeing Chris and hearing his new song. My absolute favorite part of the video is towards the end where he's in the lake/ "big mud puddle" (as Chris called it) and he was in flames with his arms outstretched. Very cool..... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 16:17:52 PDT From: Rachel Reisman Subject: good pair <<>>> Well in that case, the "actress" and Chris go well together. He could use a haircut and a sandwich as well. Rachel* ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 19:21:27 EDT From: Aaron Preston Subject: Re: Violently Happy In a message dated 9/7/99 5:35:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, RobinWarr@CS.COM writes: << SOMMS@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >> >soooooo what's on it? >Robin ! The Track list for Violently Happy is.. JCP SPOONMAN LET ME DROWN MAILMAN THE DAY I TRIED TO LIVE MY WAVE ROOM A THOUSAND YEARS WIDE BLACK HOLE SUN SEARCHING WITH MY GOOD EYE CLOSED SUPERUNKNOWN RUSTY CAGE MIND RIOT-listed as MIND RAPE FELL ON BLACK DAYS HANDS ALL OVER KICKSTAND SLAVES AND BULLDOZERS RECORDED IN DEINZE, BELGIUM 1994 there ya go Aaron ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 16:24:06 -0700 From: Andrew Snodgrass Subject: Re: Making The Video Christi wrote: > Monnica, I like the part you liked too! I epecially > liked the cute part where Chris pretends he's gonna > drive home in the motor home ...and gets behind the > wheel and puts his head under the windshield cover! > Not to mention the scene where he comments that he > pretty sure that the camera crew pissed in the "bog" > the night before! LOL! I personally thought the part where chris gets behind the wheel was fucking funny as hell. I busted up laughing out loud. I knew chris was a funny guy, listen to the sound clip on seth's site about using the spoon samples, but he was crazy last night. I also loved the part when the people of Cornell, CA were talking to him. The old lady was all "So i guess this is your town huh?" and Chris responds "Yep, and now i'm gonna start taxing you all." hahahah And the old guys comment about "You were in another band of something but then you quit." HAHAHAHAHAH -- -AS mailto:asnod@home.com http://members.home.net:80/asnod/ |---------------------------------------------------------------| | "Everybody likes my stuff! Everybody knows that I can rock! | | Everybody knows that I can whip a horse's ass! | | Everybody in my general time knows that I can rock good. | | And as I rock well, I'm going to rev it up!" | | | | - Wesley Willis | |---------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 19:24:28 EDT From: Heather Scott Subject: Re: good pair Well in that case, the "actress" and Chris go well together. He could use a haircut and a sandwich as well. Rachel* >> I'm with Rachel. He looked pretty sickly. I'm not complaining, just a tad worried. Has Chris been known to use drugs? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 19:29:08 EDT From: Nick Boos Subject: Re: good pair In a message dated 9/7/99 4:25:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Powerhks@AOL.COM writes: << Has Chris been known to use drugs? >> If you read in the interviews with Chris lately...I believe in Raygun or one of the others he talks about how its funny how everyone accuses him of doing drugs, because he is one of the furthest people that would, since he has seen first hand what it can do to his friends. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 19:42:43 -0400 From: Kendrick Kay Subject: first show in Cambridge, MA So, in less than a week, Chris et. al will be playing in Cambridge, MA (more specifically, in a Harvard building!). The really weird thing is that this building has built-in seats and seats a max of 1166 people. Will anyone be taping this show (audio or video?)?? I'm pretty sure the "security" at Sanders Theater is lax (even though the official policy is "no recording devices allowed"). I would try if i knew how and if i had the equipment.. but a taping would be really really nice. maybe he'll do something cool since it's the first performance ever for Chris going solo. maybe some cool people will be there .. like other SG members.. any thoughts? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 20:17:06 EDT From: Nick Boos Subject: Re: first show in Cambridge, MA Well...I met Josh Homme at Queens at bumbershoot this weekend, and he said that Matt was in Seattle at the show, so I would kinda count matt out... yes i know it doesnt take a week to get to the east coast. -Nick ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 23:11:26 EDT From: Lance Huber Subject: Looked Healthy to me In a message dated 99-09-07 19:25:36 EDT, Powerhks@AOL.COM writes: << Well in that case, the "actress" and Chris go well together. He could use a haircut and a sandwich as well. Rachel* >> I'm with Rachel. He looked pretty sickly. I'm not complaining, just a tad worried. Has Chris been known to use drugs? >> It's funny that you guys think that. I thouhgt he looked a helluva lot healthier than he did by the end of the DOTU tour. Back then I thought he was going to day of malnutrition. As they say, man cannot live on Cape Cods and cigarettes alone. I also think Chris' voice sounds stronger than it has since Bandmotorfinger. Has he finally quit smoking to save his voice? Or is it just me? Lance ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 01:16:01 -0400 From: Anson Watkins Subject: Re: Looked Healthy to me I agree with you he is definitely looks better than he did in 97. He is still skinny but he looks healthier and fit. All that touring can wear on you. His voice seems to be very healthy also. If you remember it was getting really bad in 95 on the Superunknown tour-so bad that they had to cancel a few shows. We all remember that it did not sound healthy at all on the Saturday Night Live performance. I think the downtime since the break up has really help him recover. Anson > It's funny that you guys think that. I thouhgt he looked a helluva lot > healthier than he did by the end of the DOTU tour. Back then I thought he was > going to day of malnutrition. As they say, man cannot live on Cape Cods and > cigarettes alone. > > I also think Chris' voice sounds stronger than it has since Bandmotorfinger. > Has he finally quit smoking to save his voice? Or is it just me? > > Lance > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 06:36:34 +0100 From: Deborah Baker Subject: Re: good pair > I'm with Rachel. He looked pretty sickly. I'm not complaining, just a tad > worried. Has Chris been known to use drugs? It's worse than that, I'm afraid. He's one of those tragic people who wilfully decide to.... cut dairy products from their diet! Deb ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 7 Sep 1999 to 8 Sep 1999 **********************************************