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Whatcha gonna get this time: ---------------------------- * Goodbye Asif...and a million questions. ** Chris Koehler: "Matstuff" *** Westerberg review from USA Today courtesy of Kevin Curry **** Philly Westerberg show (from Heather Chakiris...who else?) *** Westerberg Mnpls. show review from the Twin Cities Reader (from Chris K.) ** Mark Timmins tells all about Westerberg in Albany, NY * Dave Nicholson and some reviews that he dug up on alt.music.alternative. ** 120 Minutes with Paul, etc. (Roy Beaumont) *** Paul Maxi CD rumors (as spread by Bill Kelly) **** David Minehan trivia from Teddie James *** Westerberg illiterate? (from "Greg") ** Mike Monello, Bash and Pop T-shirts, etc. (Teddie a'gain) * Heathers/My Little Problem questions from Mason Allen ** Assorted crap from Matt Tomich *** The Lyrics According to Dave [Nicholson] **** NO BANDS -- //Skyway\\ members who are in bands, please read. //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ "FUCK SCHOOL" Boy, you guys probably think I've joined Slackers Anonymous by now or something. It's almost been a month since the last issue and now this one is going to clog your mailbox-bytes limit like a Bronco's double cheeseburger on a heart patient. Well, hopefully you all got my letter that I was in the process of moving back to school. And then I worked my butt off during orientation week, clocking up a hearty 50 hours in one week. And all that time, the computer lab that has the VT100 emulating-terminals was closed...so I couldn't get back into contact with Omaha's computer and send out an issue. So I'm sorry this was so late, but it was partly due to my moving and hectic schedule and partly because of my stupid school's resident idiots, its computer staff. Lotsa stuff this issue, eh? Well, something to add: Mark Timmins sent me his stab at the Don't Tell a Soul lyrics. Just write me at "guampo@parrot.creighton. edu" (where you're getting this from now) and tell me that you want the Mark Timmins (or just plain Mark) version of Don't Tell A Soul. I send him our older version and he's comparing the two (at least that's what I think he's doing) and coming up with a new master one (which is subject to review by everybody out there, of course.) I thought I'd just inform everybody out there of how this issue and the ones after it are being put out. While I'm still at school in Missouri, I telnet to my account in Omaha at Creighton University and send it from there. So if you were wondering if the address has changed or anything because I moved, the answer is no! Well, usually, I throw something profoundly personal in here. Instead, I'm just trying to get the issue out. Next time I'll be sure and put in something extra obnoxious. If anybody's going to be near Columbia, Missouri over the next school year, drop me a line and I'll look up what comcerts are going to be in the area. Again, sorry for the wait. Hope it was worth it. An exhausted... /\/\atthew / /|omich //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Date: Mon, 16 Aug 93 17:03:36 CDT From: Asif Siddiqi Subject: Irrelevant Musings from a Mats fan Hi people: I just got off work and the momentary euphoria of that event is rapidly wearing off. I thought I'd drop in a line to Skyway about my Mats experiences & other irrlevant shit like that. I just got back to Houston yesterday from Boston after a life-in-hell 51 hour Greyhound bus ride that I will not soon forget. This morning immediately after waking up, I put on All Shook Down and was again at a loss for words to describe that "life-is-shit-but-God-this-music-is- fucking-incredible" feeling. One reason I thought I'd drop a line was that I will no longer have access to the INTERNET, since I am dropping out of school at the end of this month. I tried one year in the Ph.D. program at Rice and decided I wanted to do other things. Besides, everybody in the department seemed infinitely smarter than yours truly. The first time I heard of The Replacements was when Tim came out, but at the time I was deeply into the Clash/Pistols/Dead Kennedys & other bands whom I really didn't understand (or didn't understand me) but liked the music. I saw an article in Rolling Stone (that bastion of independent free-thinking jour- nalism) and went to the local store and bought Let It Be without having a heard a single song. I think the article quoted Paul Westerberg as saying that "We'll dare to do anything, we'll even dare to fail..." I thought that was pretty strange and cool. And I guess that was it. After that it was the usual arduous road of discovering what other stuff they'd released. But it wasn't until Pleased To Meet Me that casual interest turned into obsession (or love or whatever one calls it). I tried to get a zillion people to like them, but everyone had that common reaction of "yeah, there OK, etc." Until of course, this group. I think everything about the Replacements, even their anger, their humour, their attitiude has a underlying sense of sadness that I can't pinpoint but I somehow perhaps know or feel or whatever. Most of the songs are like summaries of things that I've been afraid to say or admit but felt. Of course, it's also easy to get lost in the idea of "hero worship" and hear a song and think that "yeah, that's me" when the truth is that I only WISH it was me. I think for me PLEASED TO MEET ME still completely has that feeling of angry loneliness. Like a sort of "I'm pathetic, but fuck you" kind of a feeling. Needless to say that is my favourite album (maybe of all time). I feel like I'm just ramblin on again about nothing. I think the top ones are: Pleased to Meet Me, Let It Be, Tim, Hootenanny, All Shook Down. Oh, I saw the video for THE LEDGE the other day again. It's on one of those JUST SAY YES videos from SIRE records. It is definitely the best video I've seen of them, (my opinion, of course) (even better than Bastards of Young....) If you have the time & haven't seen it yet, it's definitely worth a see. I was thinking of compilations that the Mats appear on: 1. Stay Awake (Disney compilation): Cruella DeVIlle 2. Just Say Yes Vol. 1: (SIre compilation): Can't Hardly Wait 3. Just Say Yes Vol. 2: (Sire compilation): Date To Church 4. Say Anything (movie soundtrack): Within Your Reach Does anybody know anymore? Finally here's some trivia that perhaps someone could answer: 1. When exactly did Slim join the band? I know it was '86, but when in 86? 2. Are there ANY books on the Mats? 3. Does anybody know the names of the 22 songs recorded during the PLEASED TO MEET ME sessions? 4. Anybody want to try & compile a list of bands the Mats have opened for (or have opened for the Mats)? 5. Anybody know why there are two different colored sleeves for PLEASED TO MEET ME? 6. Anybody heard the rumours of an impending release in Europe of Twin Tone tapes from around the time of Let It Be? 7. Anybody know the credits (song-by-song) for All Shook Down? 8. STUPID QUESTION: Where the hell is Buck Hill? (requested this song the first time I saw the Mats, & Paul actaully began to play it, but unfor- tunately everybody else was out of tune, and the song went nowhere. All of then appeared to be very close to passing out....) See ya later Asif [Asif -- I know a few answers to your questions, but people correct me if I'm wrong... 1) Slim joined the band between the recording of Pleased to Meet Me and the tour for that album. (The Musician magazine interview from this era is where I gleaned this info.) 4) Well, I got one that nobody else probably knew. King Missile opened for them ONCE...in Omaha Nebraska. Paul fired them that night. I don't know why. But Tommy dedicated their second song, "Favorite Thing", to them. In their latest album, "Happy Hour", the Replacements are thanked ("esp. Tommy"). 8) Isn't this a skiing hill in Minneapolis or St. Paul? Can somebody from Minnesota correct/verify that? - M@] //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Date: 26 Aug 93 11:01:26 CDT From: Chris P Koehler Subject: Matstufff Matt- I think I've got a lot of stuff that would interest you and your readers. I've been collecting clippings and articles on the Mats since 1984, and while hardly comprehensive I'm sure I've got a lot of interesting poop to add to the Skyway. I've also seen them live at least 9 times (which doesn't sound like much, but after 1984 they'd only play here about once a year). My problem is that I don't have a lot of time to input the stuff so I'll probably stick to the shorter stuff. Then again, once I start talking/writing about the Mats, I have a hard time stopping. One of the free local papers had a more in depth review of Paul's concert here, so when I get the time I'll input that. He came to the same conclusion as the other review, though. Would you be interested in swapping bootlegs? I don't have a ton of stuff, but I've got a good cross-section of selections of great to mediocre sound quality. If you're interested I'll give you a list of what I've got along with a short description. Chris Koehler, University of Minn. //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 09:37:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Curry Subject: USA Today Concert Review Matt- I hate to admit I actually read this crap, but I have to peruse the USA Today for my job, (Weekend NEws Editor and Producer at KING-AM in Seattle). Anyway, aside from the blatent error, this review was pretty flattering.... ONSTAGE HIT: The best pop tour to hit clubs this year is former Replacements leader Paul Westerberg's. An outstanding pop writer and a dynamic guitarist, he's a riveting presence live. A recent packed date at the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C., included material from his new 14 SONGS, Replacements classics and even a cover of the Monkees' I'M A BELIEVER. The remaining three weeks of the tour hit the East Coast and Midwest; most dates are sold out, but wangle a ticket if you can. From USA Today, Monday, August 9. -It's DAYDREAM BELIEVER, you idiots! Kevin //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1993 13:34 EDT From: HLC2@OAS.PSU.EDU (CHAKIRIS.HEATHER) Subject: Paul at the Chestnut Boy HOWDY, was it good to see Paul again last Friday night! He played in Philadelphia at the Chestnut Cabaret, and Tom at Sire/Reprise (God bless him) put me on the guest list. I have never seen a more solid -- and content -- Paul Westerberg in all my life. After opening with "Another Girl/Another Planet," he charged immediately into "Waiting for Somebody." Forgive me, but that's all that I remember in sequential order. I've never paid much attention to set lists, as I'm inevitably too involved in snapping my neck off and bruising my legs. Anyway, I do remember all of the songs he sang: From _Let It Be_: I Will Dare; Answering Machine Status: O _Tim_: Waitress in the Sky; Left of the Dial; Here Comes a Regular _Pleased to Meet Me_: Skyway _Don't Tell a Soul_: Achin' to Be; I'll Be You _All Shook Down_: Merry Go Round _14 Songs_: Knockin' on Mine; First Glimmer; World Class Fad; Things; Dice Behind Your Shades; Silver Naked Ladies; Someone I Once Knew; Mannequin Shop Covers: Daydream Believer He came on at 11:30 and played until 1:00, cutting short the show because he kept getting shocks from his microphone. After screaming at the roadie throughout the show ("I said I'm getting mother-fucking SHOCKS from this MIKE!!"), he finally just called it quits. Some people booed, to which he replied, "Hey, boo HIM. It's his fault." It was good to see that he's still as obnoxious as ever. :-) At one point, he told a roadie, "Don't come on this stage again unless I call you," then proceeded to launch into a big story about how the roadie was one of the best lovers Paul had ever had. What a pisser ... Other highlights: During "I Will Dare," he slowed it down to a nightclub swing, then gradually sped things up until the band was in a fucking punk free-for-all, with 3/4 of the crowd going ballistic. Keeping in true Paul form by changing the lyrics whenever he damn well wants, in "Knockin' On Mine," instead of singing, "Go out and sit in a field sometime," he just laughed that "Fuck it" Westerberg laugh and said, "Fuck me anyway." Thank God some things never change. Great show. Great crowd. Great backing band. Opening act was Grant Lee Buffalo. I probably would have enjoyed them more if they weren't opening for Paul, but I was just too damn WOUND to be patient anymore. And now my voice is gone, my knees are bruised and sore, and my neck is really pissed off at me. Proved to myself that I've still got it, though! :-) And so does Paul, thank God. I think that's everything I wanted to tell you. Thanks for staying with me! --Heather "Can - you - stand - me on my feet. Can - you - stand - me - on my feet?" -- The Mats, "Color Me Impressed" //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Date: Mon, 9 Aug 93 11:50:24 PDT From: tim@vestek.com (Tim McGinnis) Subject: Gina Arnold 8/6/93 I was reading in Gina Arnold's weekly column that Paul Westerberg was prevented from playing at a record store in Dallas by Warner Bros. because the store in question *sold* used CDs. tim tim@vestek.com //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Date: 27 Aug 93 16:06:35 CDT From: Chris P Koehler Subject: Review of Westerberg Show This is a review of Paul Westerberg's show at First Ave. in Mpls. on 8/20/93. The review appeared in the Aug.25-31,1993 issue of the Twin Cities Reader, a weekly 'alternative' newspaper.I attended the show myself & would have to agree with the reviewer's assessment of the show. A MEAN, MEAN THIRST Fans needed more than Westerberg was willing to give. ========================================== by Brett Anderson Last winter, Dylan's kid, Jakob, humored a Fine Line crowd by alluding to what they really came for. Admitting he couldn't pass through town without paying homage to "Minnesota's favorite son," the young musician smothered the club's chattering hum as the audience prepared to sing along to a Dylan classic with Bob's boy. With a sly grin, Jakob and his band, the Wallflowers, kicked into a rendition of the Replacements' "Here Comes a Regular." Nobody even blinked at Jake's implicit suggestion. On most counts, a Dylan-Westerberg comparison is ridiculous. As the leader of the Replacements, Westerberg accumulated a loyal cult following mostly by making it painfully obvious that he didn't give a shit about anything; as the principle catalyst in the stormiest decade of our country's existence, Dylan, now 50, did no less than change popular music forever. But Jakob Dylan's comment was telling: For a certain segment of the population-a segment that happens to include the daughters and the sons of living legends-the 33-year-old Westerberg has a lot to live up to. The fact that Westerberg hasn't delivered the goods worthy of his legend since 1987's _Pleased to Meet Me_ wasn't enough to dull the hometown crowd's anticipation of his 'Matless homecoming last Friday. The $12 tickets were getting hawked for as much as 70 clams. Reports from other cities that the set would dip liberally into the 'Mats catalog only boosted fans' electric glee. The night had further historical signif- icance as the first time Paul stepped onto First Avenue's stage without stumbling (a clean Westerberg played two farewell Replacements shows at the Orpheum in 1991). It didn't take long for the worshipers to be checked by their icon. During the show's second song, "Waiting for Somebody," from the _Singles_ sound- track, Westerberg ripped a "Paul is God" sign from a fan and angrily tore it to bits. During "Waitress in the Sky," the evening's giddiest tune, Westerberg got hit by an empty plastic cup (to the chagrin of the bar- tenders, he had demanded that all bottled beer be poured into cups). In retaliation, Westerberg inexplicably promised to tear the head from the torso of the cup-throwing culprit. Throughout the show, Westerberg's cup seemed to be overflowing with re- sentment. About halfway through his two-hour set, he became unhappy with the crowd's lukewarm response and suggested chairs be made available if needed (two songs later he took to a chair himself). When the crowd erupted midway through "Skyway," Westerberg cringed and rushed the song to its end. And when the finally fired-up audience drowned out the postconcert PA music after a hell-raising version of "Left of the Dial," Westerberg showed his gratitude by playing two more tunes, "Alex Chilton" and "Down Love," while hidden behind the stage's protective screen. When he was a Replacement, it was easy to cheer on the improbable hero as he fell face-first onto a stage slickened with booze-but it's hard to rally behind a sideshow that features him pouting through his movie jingles, churning through the lame stomp of "Silver Naked Ladies," and butchering "Achin' to Be" into an incomprehensible murk. Although Westerberg has hardly outgrown the surliness and insecurities of his youth (watching him from the side while he played behind the screen, it's clear that he's more comfortable when no one can see him), he also showed that his supreme musical gift is still very much intact. When he switched the lyric to the first person during a frightful "Here Comes a Regular" and croaked "God rest my guts," the crowd relished the moment. And in a similar fashion, Westerberg squeezed a higher octave from the last verse of _All Shook Down_'s "Sadly Beautiful." Armed with only an acoustic guitar and his own sandy pipes, Westerberg could bring tears to the dead eyes of a scarecrow. Although Paul Westerberg's homecoming may have lacked the things of fairy tales, followers of his music should take comfort that he still has the tools to escape his creative rut. When the night seemed doomed for failure, he ran spellbound through "Left of the Dial." Like the girl transfixed by her radio in that song, Westerberg let the music-- not the applause, his image, or a feather-light cup--consume him for four minutes. Those moments have always been few and far between for him, and his newest material may never have the power to create more of them. What's clear, though, is that when Westerberg climbed into a song's cavity last Friday, the crowd went batshit. ============ It's not a real positive review, but it wasn't a real positive show, either. Chris Koehler, Univ. of Minn. //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Subject: stuff From: IO20762@MAINE.maine.edu (David Nicholson) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 93 10:38:22 EDT Well, working all these !@#$% hours at once gives me way too much time to poke around on the internet, so I found some more Westerberg reviews. Anyway, here are the articles, most of which have references to each other, so you can sort it out. ========================================================================= In article <24b3rg$lgp@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> shendure@athena.mit.edu (Rahul > Grant Lee Buffalo opened up. They were much better than a lot of opening > bands I've seen. I've never seen someone pound a 12-string acoustic like > that... Definitely NOT an acoustic sound. Most interesting. > Westerberg's band, which includes two Bostonians, was as tight a band as I've > seen. They did most of the songs off the new album and A LOT of 'Mats tunes > (12 I think...). Highlights included Here Comes A Regular and Skyway (Paul > by himself w/an acoustic guitar), Answering Machine (Paul by himself again), > I Will Dare, Left of the Dial, Alex Chilton(a great closer...) , Cant Hardly > Wait, and a blistering cover of Daydream Believer. I saw Westerberg Monday night (damn they make you stay up late). Reminded me a lot of the Replacements show I saw on their last tour. Still likes to play lose and sloppy, but it's an act. Some songs were very tight, others lose. His attitude hasn't changed much either. Comes out on stage puffing a cigarette and then sticks it in his guitar for safe keeping. Fans wanted Replacements tunes, which Westerberg didn't seem to like entirely. He may of course have been kidding, but he did seem somewhat annoyed. At one point he seemed to deviate from his set list to play 'skyway' [I know that this song has been a staple on the tour, but he seemed to indicate that this was a deviation and told the drummer to go play jazz or semothing during the song] and then after the first verse said "maybe not" and quit playing. When the crowd objected, he retorted "shut the fuck up" and finally "you think we came all the way here to play stuff you want to hear?" There were a few folks in the front row who kept shouting requests. Finally, to shut them up, he gave in and played 'alex chilton'. To rub it in, he then played the same song again, making up lyrics for the second go round. He also played 'left of the dial' near the end but only after telling the person who was requesting it that he'd do it for dollar (which it threw back to the crowd later). Is this sort of stuff a staple at his shows? All in all, pretty good show, though really loud and sloppy at times. Lot's of replacements stuff. Played about 1 hour 40 minutes, which I think is longer than he played the last time I saw the Replacments. -- Thomas Narten narten@cs.albany.edu ========================================================================= (Thomas Narten) writes: >I saw Westerberg Monday night (damn they make you stay up late). >Reminded me a lot of the Replacements show I saw on their last tour. >Still likes to play lose and sloppy, but it's an act. Some songs were >very tight, others lose. His attitude hasn't changed much either. >Comes out on stage puffing a cigarette and then sticks it in his >guitar for safe keeping. > >Fans wanted Replacements tunes, which Westerberg didn't seem to like > [ meat of the article deleted] >shut them up, he gave in and played 'alex chilton'. To rub it in, round. >He also played 'left of the dial' near the end but only after >telling the person who was requesting it that he'd do it for dollar >(which it threw back to the crowd later). Is this sort of stuff a >staple at his shows? Yeah, he did seem slightly annoyed at times (completely opposite from his demeanor backstage). When I yelled "Customer" he said, "nah, I dont wanna do that one". He actually stopped Daydream Believer after the first line but they did it later in the set. He didnt do much talking... said something about him hating playing rock and roll shit..."but here's one anyway...". Now that you mention it, a few songs were played pretty loosely. He forgot the words to one of the new songs at one point. On another tune he pulled out all of his guitar strings except the low E string and then proceeded to play a pretty cool solo on the single string... Rahul. ========================================================================= Wow, Thomas Nartens comments about the Paul Westerberg show he saw totally conflict with his attidude at the 3 shows I went to...he didn't seem to mind playing Replacements songs at all, and when he played Skyway, he was all mockingly congratulating himself (patting himself on the back)...at one show (second night at the WHiskey in Hollywood), he finished Skyway, and then played "Sadly Beautiful", it seemed like he just did it spur of the moment, like he was enjoying himself. He turns the guitarist and is all, "See if you can play anything along with this..." IT's a shame that Paul seemed like such a cocky asshole at the show you saw...but man, you totally scored by hearing "Answering Machine," he didn't play that when I saw him...fuck! -Mike ========================================================================= > IT's a shame that Paul seemed like such a cocky asshole at the > show you saw... I wouldn't go quite this far. Like I said before, it seemed to me that his attitude is somewhat of a put on. Seeming to resent the crowd asking for Replacements tunes contradicts the fact that he played so many of them. I also didn't get the sense that he was seriously annoyed. More like a game or a stage act. >but man, you totally scored by hearing "Answering > Machine," he didn't play that when I saw him...fuck! I'm not complaining about this one! -- Thomas Narten narten@cs.albany.edu =================================================================== Anyway do with 'em what you will, as always they're reproduced w/o permission, so sue me. Dave ================================================================ David Nicholson "Yeah, right, I'm sure io20762@maine.maine.edu you're with the FCC." Program Director, WMEB-FM -(former) WMEB DJ, to University of Maine real FCC guy, 11/92 Orono, ME 04469-5725 ================================================================= //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ From: bobes@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Roy Beaumont) Subject: Re: 120 Minutes Interview SUCKED!!! Date: Thu, 19 Aug 93 14:17:23 EST Hey, Whats up Matt. Did you see the 120 Minute interview on Sunday night? That VJ asked some of the dumbest questions I've ever heard. And when Paul asked if there were any song requests, the dumb-assed VJ had no answer. Its like HELLO, get a clue. Anyway, Paul's coming to Chicago tonight (sold-out); but I can't get out of this huge Purdue banquet I'm in. I';m really ticked off, but when he comes back from Europe I'll see him. Any guesses on his next single? I think it'll be "Dice Behind...." or (hopefully) "Runaway Wind". See ya, Roy bobes@expert.cc.purdue.edu [No, I didn't see the 120 thing but my friend Mike Bischoff (Skyway member) has it on tape. I can imagine...MTV gets some of the biggest idiots around to interview people. And the more you like the musician, the bigger idiot the VJ is. (see Dead Kennedy's "MTV Get Off the Air!") About the next single, my guess is...hmmm...geez, I dunno. I'd flip out if I heard the first song on the album on the radio... - M@] //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 93 13:41:35 +0200 From: bllklly@olsen.ch (Bill Kelly) Subject: for the Skyway Anyone heard of a maxi CD from Paul? A friend of a friend heard that there's a disc "only available in Germany, ... reasonably new and only has 2-3 tracks on it", which are not material from 14 Songs. I'd love to hear this rumor confirmed. Bill (bllklly@olsen.ch) //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Date: 18 Aug 1993 08:58:06 -0700 From: "Teddie James" Subject: Re: David Minehan trivia TJ> I was looking at one of my old Scruffy the Cat albums (High Octane Revival) TJ> and found out that it was produced by David Minehan. Cool. MT> Hmmm...who's David Minehan? Paul's guitarist for this tour. Ted [Is that his name? That guy is a SPAZ! He's hilarious! - M@] //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1993 10:15:51 -0700 (PDT) From: GREGS@SLC.SLAC.Stanford.EDU Subject: contribution >From: schrey@VFL.Paramax.COM >Date: Mon, 2 Aug 93 12:10:30 EDT >> [personal ad info from from DRURYS@carleton.edu deleted] > You missed the opportunity to use one of those fine passages from > "Love Lines" on _Hootenany_. If you haven't heard it, it's pretty > much Paul reading personal ads while the band jams away in the > background. It's great and can really only be heard not described. > Can anyone transcribe it? > Tim I remember reading an interview with Paul where not only did he confess being an alcoholic (as if that was a tough one), but he also admitted to being illiterate. Am I imagining this, or was he just pulling the readers' legs? In that context, Paul reading personals in "Lovelines" takes on an interesting light ... not to mention the sort of irony in the cover photo of _14 Songs_. greg | "You want a mystery? Pick up the phone book ... gregs@slc.slac.stanford.edu | and tell me what are all these people doing | living around here?" -- Howe Gelb [I don't think so, considering in the interview that came with the limited edition CD, they ask him who his favorite authors are. Then again, maybe he listens to Books on Tape (c)! -- M@] //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Date: 13 Aug 1993 13:54:31 U From: "Teddie James" Subject: Various questions and answe Various questions and answers -Anybody out there remember Mike Monello? Well, I gave him a call the other -day and he's alive and well. He lost his internet access when he graduated -but he's in the process of getting in contact through a friend's account. Does he still live at the same address in Orlando? Same phone number? I want to send him a copy of the Westerberg show. -WOW. Geez, does half this list live in Texas or what? I should drive down to -Austin for Spring Break and show up to a concert just to see if I can get a -glimpse of Bobby Mould! Come on down. My couch or floor is always free. Or you can always pitch a tent in my yard, whatever floats your boat. -Am I the only one who thinks Chris Mars sounds like Ray Davies? I agree completely. -[What do the Bash and Pop T-shirts look like and how much should I bring to -get one? -- M@, ed.] Well, the black ones have the album cover on the front and something else on the back. The white ones have this bizarre painting on the front of a woman sitting down with two small animals at her sides. The animals are dressed up as other animals. The caption reads, "Animal Impersonators With Trainer." Above the painting in bright red letters is "BASH & POP." On the back in outline letters, it says, "More fun than a circus." Cost is $15. Good luck getting a shirt since the Austin date was the last one of the tour. If anyone has been having trouble in getting in touch with me, this alternate mailpath should work. teddie_james@oakqm3.sps.mot.com Ted teddie_james@csicqm.sps.mot.com [Teddie -- I think I remember Mike saying that his roommate was staying at that phone number and would have his new one. -- M@, ed.] //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Date: 11 Aug 93 01:08:32 EDT From: Mason.L.Allen@Dartmouth.EDU (Mason L. Allen) Subject: Female Vocals... hey guys, i was wondering if some of you people w/ a bit of knowledge of the band could answer this question that's been bugging me for the last three years or so. since i first heard All Shook Down, i've been wondering who the female vocal is on Little Problem. I don't have the cd sleave anymore, but i want to know if the chic is a lead vocalist in another band or whatever. i found her voice extremely sexy... in other news - that point about the HEATHER'S reference to Paul - uh, does JD (Christian Slater) _really_ say "Color me impressed!" ?? i think i would've remember that one - for most of high school we didn't do much besides watch the same movies over & over again, & HEATHER'S was certainly one of 'em. Anyone else remember this? thanks, m. "rage free or die." [Hey...are you a Rage Against the Machine fan? If so, you gotta meet the *@#$ who lives about me and blares them as soon as he wakes up for his 7:30 A.M. class! (I saw them on Lollapalooza and thought they tied for best act, so this isn't a flame.) I think the singer is from Concrete Blonde...Johnette Napilano or something like that? (My apologies for this butchering to any Concrete Blonde fans out there.) -- M@, ed.] //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Date: Tuesday, August 31st, 1993 7:31 p.m. CST From: Matthew Tomich (skyway@phoenix.creighton.edu) Assorted questions/stuff... 1) Two years ago, I remember seeing a video for a song that Westerberg did with Joan Jett. It was okay, but you could really tell what parts Paul did. Does anybody know the name of this song/the album its on/their opinion of its quality? 2) What does "LLYFF" stand for in the credits of Don't Tell a Soul? 3) Anybody else out there heard the They Might Be Giants song, "We're The Replacements" from Miscellaneous T? There's a scream in the center by them that's a dead ringer for "Favorite Thing". 4) On the soundtrack to the movie "Say Anything", there's a version of "Within' Your Reach" that's remixed/remastered, or something. It sounds a hell of a lot better than the version on Hootenanny, in my opinion at least. Then again, it loses alot of that "garage" sound...which I love, but I think the cleaner sounding version brings out the song a little more. Anybody else heard the CD of the soundtrack and compared the two? Yer partner in crime... - Mat //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Subject: Lyrics de Replacements From: IO20762@MAINE.maine.edu (David Nicholson) Date: Mon, 09 Aug 93 17:38:38 EDT Allo, I guess you know jack about French! Even I could kick your sorry ass in Paris, my friend. But, this is a Mats-related message, not a French contest. Just wanted to give my thoughts on Heather's _All Shook Down_ corrections: "And you're waving to the stage" - (Nobody) probably right "Spacklin' another heartache" - (Bent Out Of Shape) What? Does she mean "spacklin'" as in using Spackle, that stuff to fill holes in walls? I don't get it. I stand with Francois - "Spiked with another heartache" is right (Paul's talking about Sleepytime Tea, which could be spiked, but probably not spackled.) "You kept me straight" vs. "You're gettin' me straight" (BOOS) flip a coin. "Got me up" vs. "Lock me up" (BOOS) I go with "got", there's a "g" in there someplace. Maybe "Got me all" but not "Lock". "Jester plays" (When It Began) Yup. That's what I thought myself but I left it blank 'cause I was only like 30% confident of it. "I'm a man of pieces" (My Little Problem) Yeah, I'll buy that. Let's see - 3 Heathers, 2 Francois, and one draw. Francois still don't suck.... Jim is also correct with "Forever on the brink/Turn it up so I don't have to think". I already e-mailed him thanking him. As for your "So fuck it man" addition, I still don't think so. Here is my evidence: Exhibit A) Paul's talking about his newspaper, where he would be reading about a war in "some fuckin' land" Exhibit B) I can hear an "L" in there, as in "land" Exhibit C) He enunciated the line very clearly when I saw the 'Mats the night Desert Storm started. He could've changed it, I suppose, but I don't think so. So, there's my case, take it or leave it. Actually, there's nothing wrong with "So fuck it man" in my book anyway. It makes a damn fine lyric. Anyway, that's it for my attempts at Paul to English translation for the evening. I'll get back to you later. Dave //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1993 11:12:25 -0400 From: timmins@polysci.umass.edu You mentioned in issue #5 about making your band's tape available at cost. I like that idea. In fact, I'm willing to wager that there are other bands represented by the readers of this 'zine (can we call it that?). Wouldn't it be cool to have some sort of exchange of each others' tapes, or even to put together some sort of "best of Mats' fans' bands' songs" tape or somesuch? I, for instance, drum in what my friends and I pretend is a band, and, naturally, the Replacements are high on our list of influences ;-). Like you, we have (at least) one song which is overtly Westerbergian. I think our other major icon is Lou Reed.... -Mark @UMass "It's educational" "one foot in the door ... " [Mark, I'd love to hear any tape you got of yourself! And I'm all up for the idea...and since you had the brains for it, how about you coordinate it? Just send me the details you set up and I'll put it in the next //Skyway\\ and the hellow letter that people get when they sign up. -- M@] //===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===\\ fin.