[MMouse]: geography of nowhere
can i share my maine experience? i went to the island of vinalhaven, off the coast of maine,near freeport i think...it was a 2 hr ferry ride there...spent a really cold march weekend with a grrlfren at the timeit snowed on sunday and we were stranded for another day, missed work, but had a great excusemissed the ferry, oh well really nice place, all things considered lost in the supermarket, mattboyslim
Re: [MMouse]: EXCITING PLACES
> and living in uptown i have found it to be one of the most vegan friendly places i have ever > been to. more than i ever would have imagined. > michael > you forgot to mention renters rebate. i'm getting $509 back for being a renterpretty cool ! yeah rent is pretty average up there. i think our rent was $500/month for a two bedroom and my mom was the caretaker. the kinda crappy thing tho was that we lived on the crosstown which isn't the safest neighborhood in minneapolis but it was one of the nicer apartments near bosson terrace so oh well! i'm not surprised it's vegan-friendly. my mom's friends were really ecclectic people and some of them were vegans..my mom worked at this big book warehouse place and her and her ecclectic friends would all go to this vegan restaurant right down the street :P pretty nice.. in response to this thingie: Right. For one, you're mostly talking about St. Paul. I don't mean to be picky, but Minneapolis and St. Paul have completely different atmospheres. you're right. st. paul has always seemed more aged than minneapolis, cozier, and certainly more industrial...still tho, they're twin cities and you know everyone from minneapolis goes to the state fair and winter festivals and what not so let's not be TOO picky ;) For two, they don't build the ice castle every year. In fact, they haven't come close to building a huge one in years. SINCE WHEN? i don't ever recall a time during the winter when it wasn't upbut my imagination is fuzzy and i haven't lived there in three and a half years. And I really don't want everyone to think that all Minnesotans sit around and look at ice all winter. they don't? i feel like an ass. that's all i ever did. I would completely disagree about the State Fair too. It's disgusting and there are so many better things you could be doing on one of our ten thousand lakes or at a great concert. i lived in a central location near most of the lakes in minneapolis..or at least close enough so that i'd rather spend one day of the year at the state fair, ya know? i mean it's hot, it's disgusting, but it's fun and i love that kinda stuff. concerts are nice and all but you can always go to a concert throughout the year. i'm sorta old fashioned, sorry. - amy, who thinks if you lived away from such a wonderful place for so long you'd be over exaggerating its wonderfulness too ;) (please note i may feel this way because i moved from a metropolitan area to a population of 3600 people. heh.)
Re: [MMouse]: MAINE
ahhh new hampshire. im from claremont nh a small city of about 13,000 and dropping. we are hated by every other town in the state because we sued the state for more school funding. in order to do so we had to prove that our schools were shitty. we won this lawsuit but we didnot reap the benefits. so now we are that town that fucked everyones school budgets up, plus we are known for shitty school and there isnt much we can do about it. yay. we even got picked on in the wall street journal. someone told me theres a really high inbreeding rate in claremont. i worked at the burger king there from 94-96. believe me, they are right. but claremont has a few perks. its the home of the super indie label Red Carpet Ring, which i am a big fan of (for obvious reasons) and uh. hmm. we have a super walmart? its open 24 hours, and seems to be the place to hang out at 3 am. but maybe not. woo. alas alack i will not be a resident of claremont much longer. oh i will miss that sad orange river that flows through our park, infested with rust or something else unimaginable. i will miss the tampon factory we all hold so dear to our hearts. and tin man, i believe i'll miss you most of all. russ
[MMouse]: MAINE
oh my, color me impressed by the nice amount of feedback about maine. nobody really cares THAT much about maine..but almost everyone i know 'from away' has at least some maine storyi really suggest that if you ever get the chance to visit maine on vacoation or anything please do so. russ where in new hampshire are you from? new hampshire is just a second rate maine, but theres no sales tax, woo hoo...thats where i do all my grocery shopping. its true that we dont have maine shows here, except moby played here recently, and TRISTEZA played at some bar her last summer...and also we had MELT BANNANA in saco last summer too. anyway this summer should ahve more shows i hope..me and my friends are trying really damn hard to make things happen..cause its true..there is little reason to come here...bands rarely ever venture much farther north than boston. oh well. oh yeahany one ever heard of CERBERUS SHOAL? they are from maine...and they are failry good to boot. oh well. love, andrew
Re: [MMouse]: Yes virgina, there is a portaland maine...
I'd just like to say...that there is a Wilmington, Delaware, as oppose to the more familiar Wilmington, South Carolina, and yes, Delaware is a state, it's not a part of Canada (much to popular opinion). It's south of Pennsylvania. I'm dying from only listening to you... and though I smile... it's just because I want to like you.
Re: [MMouse]: Whenever You See Fit - the CD?
i think that makes about 6 people who responded to that.and i wasn't even really that concerned about the answer.how nice. how many other lists are this efficient? At 03:21 PM 2/22/00 +, Styx wrote: >At 08:38 AM 2/22/00 -0800, morganm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>how different is the version that's on the up comp.? >>morg > > I believe the Up compilation includes the DJ Dynomite D remix of >"Whenever You See Fit." The 12" (and upcoming CD EP) includes that remix >along with the original 14 minute song and a second remix called Sientific >American. > > - Matt > >
Re: [MMouse]: Whenever You See Fit - the CD?
At 07:22 AM 2/22/00 -0800, colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> CDNow is listing a "Whenever You See Fit split EP" for release on >>March 21st, 2000 on Suicide Squeeze records in CD format and it's offering >>advance orders for $7.49. Anybody know anything about this? > >yes, it's just a CD version of the vinyl. the 12" is >almost out of print, and will go out soon. suicide >squeeze asked to put it on cd, which Up said okay to. Good deal. Thanks for the information. I should've just checked the Suicide Squeeze page before inquiring on the list. Official release date is March 28th. >>Maybe Suicide Squeeze is trying to, pardon the pun, squeeze out what they've >>got of Modest Mouse before the new album is released and all sorts of legal >>red tape will restrict them? > >what legal red tape? It's my understanding that once in a while when bands are signed to larger labels, their previous releases on smaller labels are, in one way or another, blacklisted from re-release. If that were true, it would explain why Suicide Squeeze was throwing this out just before Modest Mouse's first release on Epic. It was merely an assumption on my part since the timing of these re-release is conspicuous. >> I sure hope so, but in a way, it's annoying. I went through the >>trouble of encoding the 12" to .mp3 so I could burn it onto a CD. > >most sincere apologies. Not sure if I detect sarcasm or not. Either way, it's a *good* annoyance. Now I can remake the CD with three CD-quality tracks to replace the three poppy, hissy, metallic vinyl tracks. >>Eh. So it goes. The Suicide Squeeze re-release, if factual, will probably >>sound much better. > >depends on whether or not you thought it was the vinyl, or >the songs/recording that made it sound bad. I think the songs are amazing, and I think the vinyl sounds fine when played on a turntable. It just seems that vinyl loses some of its audio quality when converted to an .mp3 or .wav, which may be more attributed to my bad encoding skills than the vinyl itself. Besides, I don't have a turntable player in my car :) Either which way you look at it, I'm excited about the release. - Matt
Re: [MMouse]: Whenever You See Fit - the CD?
At 08:38 AM 2/22/00 -0800, morganm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >how different is the version that's on the up comp.? >morg I believe the Up compilation includes the DJ Dynomite D remix of "Whenever You See Fit." The 12" (and upcoming CD EP) includes that remix along with the original 14 minute song and a second remix called Sientific American. - Matt
Re: [MMouse]: portland related
sean croghan is working on a solo album. he also plays the occasional show. every time he attempts to put a band together things just don't seem to work out. his band "moustache", (with sam coomes of "quasi" and brothers chris and nate slusarenko), may not play any more shows either. if you want more info i could possibly get it for ya. jason. > jedgar wrote: > > Speaking of Portland, OR, does anyone know what Sean Crogan of Jr. > High and Crackerbash fame is doing these days? > > jedgar > > >
Re: [MMouse]: Yes virgina, there is a portaland maine...
Augusta, for the record is the capital. I don't want any 5th grade teachers disappointed. >>> William Gillis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/22/00 06:55AM >>> There is a portland, maine, and correct me if i'm wrong, but i believe its one of maines biggest cities, and also its capital.. You gave a really good description of inland maine, boring, redneck...but the coast fucking rocks. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MENTIONING BULLMOOSE...thats where i bought my first issue of CMJ like when i was 12, it was always one of my favorite place...its s cheap and they have such a great selection. Other places in maine...LL BEAN...i think the only place open after ten (well, theres no real nite life in maine, cept whatever you want to do) WEIRDEST placed to spend the hours from 3 till 5 in the morning...like dicking around with the camping equiptment, looking around this humoungous store with all these goofy pictures, and fish in ponds, and stuffed wildlife (a little erie). Anyway...i guess its just the little stores in maine, because there are so many cool fucking places...think of all the coolest beach stores you've ever seen, and thats pretty much all thats at these little maine towns, like boothbay harbor... anyway, just ranting...i luv that place
Re: [MMouse]: Whenever You See Fit - the CD?
how different is the version that's on the up comp.? morg At 09:13 AM 2/22/00 +, Styx wrote: > > CDNow is listing a "Whenever You See Fit split EP" for release on >March 21st, 2000 on Suicide Squeeze records in CD format and it's offering >advance orders for $7.49. Anybody know anything about this? Maybe Suicide >Squeeze is trying to, pardon the pun, squeeze out what they've got of >Modest Mouse before the new album is released and all sorts of legal red >tape will restrict them? > > I sure hope so, but in a way, it's annoying. I went through the >trouble of encoding the 12" to .mp3 so I could burn it onto a CD. Eh. So >it goes. The Suicide Squeeze re-release, if factual, will probably sound >much better. > > - Matt > >
[MMouse]: Yes virgina, there is a portaland maine...
There is a portland, maine, and correct me if i'm wrong, but i believe its one of maines biggest cities, and also its capital.. You gave a really good description of inland maine, boring, redneck...but the coast fucking rocks. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MENTIONING BULLMOOSE...thats where i bought my first issue of CMJ like when i was 12, it was always one of my favorite place...its s cheap and they have such a great selection. Other places in maine...LL BEAN...i think the only place open after ten (well, theres no real nite life in maine, cept whatever you want to do) WEIRDEST placed to spend the hours from 3 till 5 in the morning...like dicking around with the camping equiptment, looking around this humoungous store with all these goofy pictures, and fish in ponds, and stuffed wildlife (a little erie). Anyway...i guess its just the little stores in maine, because there are so many cool fucking places...think of all the coolest beach stores you've ever seen, and thats pretty much all thats at these little maine towns, like boothbay harbor... anyway, just ranting...i luv that place
[MMouse]: Whenever You See Fit - the CD?
CDNow is listing a "Whenever You See Fit split EP" for release on March 21st, 2000 on Suicide Squeeze records in CD format and it's offering advance orders for $7.49. Anybody know anything about this? Maybe Suicide Squeeze is trying to, pardon the pun, squeeze out what they've got of Modest Mouse before the new album is released and all sorts of legal red tape will restrict them? I sure hope so, but in a way, it's annoying. I went through the trouble of encoding the 12" to .mp3 so I could burn it onto a CD. Eh. So it goes. The Suicide Squeeze re-release, if factual, will probably sound much better. - Matt
[MMouse]: portland related
Speaking of Portland, OR, does anyone know what Sean Crogan of Jr. High and Crackerbash fame is doing these days? jedgar
