[MMouse]: speaking of modest...
i am reading the coolest book ever right now. i dunno if anyone mentioned this, but if not, everyone must go out and get this book. it's called "the return of modesty" which is like an updated miss manners except sooo much better. "the return of modesty" by wendy shalit so far has given me hope for the future. there was a time when i felt alone in this world as a girl until i read this book. basically, at least from what i can tell thus far, the book is about how female liberation has only oppressed the female gender in the long run because now we've given males the ability to have more control of things by being so...open.. it also gives some fresh insights about how modesty isn't all that bad, and girls shouldn't feel 'weird' about being modest. god i love this book, EVERYONE GO GET THIS BOOK. this, ugh..this is the prime example of why i'm glad to be a jew ;) i dunno, i just thought i was always alone about not wanting to discuss my 'girly issues' and apparently i'm not. as for other good books: the geography of nowhere shot in the heart in cold blood the great gatsby and hmm that's all i can think of for now, but i'd like to read the anatomy of love. ok GO GET THIS BOOK. $5 AT BORDERS BABY ;) - amy
[MMouse]: gatsby
i didnt like the great gatsby. it was like the author was just rambling on about nothing. oh well.
[MMouse]: D C F C
all my input for death cab is that the guys are cool. i have a baby blue shirt of theirs which rocks. and they sound good. oh! BOOKS hey whoever was writing about "the perks of being a wallflower" like right after you posted my friend brought it over and she told me i had to read it. i read it in a day. it is so good. def a fav. but books are always my favorite right after i read them :) jesse
[MMouse]: padded cells and books
oh. same on this side. i can't think of any band that I would prefer to listen to on a regular basis more than the mouse. it's kind of funny, but when I think of a fav. band i always run this scenario through my head: if i were locked in a padded cell for the rest of my life and had to decide on one band to listen to who would it be? every time since "96" it's been modest mouse. on another note, any Carlos Castenedos fans here? Rachel White wrote: nononono, I think you misunderstood me.I meant there's no way I like sy better than mouse. That's all. gobs of people like sonic youth better if only because they haven't heard death cab yet, even so I'm sure sonic youth would be favored by the majority because they have so many fans. Me personaly i'm not sure who I like better, I do listen to death cab a whole lot more than I do sonic youth so maybe I like them better. Rachel White wrote: Are you saying what I think you're saying? Is there actually someone out there who likes sy better? Not that it wouldn't be completely fine with me -- it would be -- I just didn't think it possible. It would be better to actually debate the mouse and Sonic Youth than Death Cab, there isn't really anything sonic about Death Cab in my opinion. but that's me. John *** Think of it this way: Say you can go see both of their shows, but you have to choose which to go to first. Who will give a better encore? That is, if they will even do one. So, you chose the one to go to that you want to see an encore of and leave the other one early. And you pick that one b/c encores are usually awesome. So, since you picked that one because of a good encore, maybe that means that you like them better; so go to that one. That made a lot of sense in my mind, but it looks kind of jumbled here, sorry. Phil ___ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html ___ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html
[MMouse]: two things...
1) I'm reading "Conversations With Wilder", by Cameron Crowe, right now. Anybody who's really interested in film should check it out, though it is kind of pricy ($35). Billy Wilder is/was _it_. 2) I'm going to be in swinging london/luxembourg/gay paree, etc. Later this summer and I wanted to know where I could find all the k-rad indie rock shit, and also where I might want to look to find "Tintin in the Congo" and, if there's a miracle, "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets". -Dan
Re: [MMouse]: padded cells and books
if i was in a padded cell my music selection would be the gloria record. as for my book? i think if i was locked up i would read the whole bible. then write a whole book against it :P .. j/k
[MMouse]: questions
first off i just joined the list and would like to tell you a little about myself. i'm a big fan of music in general. i love bands such as royal trux, sonic youth, fugazi, firehose, melvins, the who, lynyrd skynyrd, etc...(and of course modest mouse).i work in a music chain and get to listen to what ever i want when ever i want. most of my friends are in bands and i love seeing live shows and try to support local and touring bands. 1.why do you like modest mouse? 2.where does everyone live? 3.how old are you? 4.are you male or female? just a few questions to find out what other kind of modest mouse people exist out there.thank you, joe
Re: [MMouse]: questions
sonicskyn asked these questions and i thought they were pretty good ones so here are my answers : 1.why do you like modest mouse? first of all the lyrics get me everytime and on top of those amazing words i cant even describe effectively how i felt the first time i heard mouse but ill try ,it was teeth like gods shoeshine and i was at track practice and i had this tape my friend gave me and when the song came back in after it kind of stopped it actually moved my feet faster and faster until all i heard was this mixture of amazing music and rushing wind...you can add it up and give a shit ...and its all all wrong...ahhh 2.where does everyone live?levittown ,long island ,NY 3.how old are you?19 4.are you male or female?male *gary*
RE: [MMouse]: questions
oh..what the hell...why not... 1.why do you like modest mouse? cause it took me so long to figure out what was so good about them...then one day..the light came on..and good lord..look out...i think it's the fact that they go from completely off the wall to completely sugary sweet in a split secondplus the lyrics are downright ingenius... 2.where does everyone live? dallas, texas.. 3.how old are you? recently 24.. 4.are you male or female? male.. chris *tour de force, defacto, ayuchuco!!
Re: [MMouse]: questions
I can't put into words what I want to say, but here it goes. 1.why do you like modest mouse? First, the lyrics are just amazingIsaac's up there with Bob Dylan in my book. 0Enough said there. The lyrics are what got me obsessed with hearing more and more Mouse, but the music is what go me hooked. They're all incredible musicians and can make the simplest, slowest notes sound sooo good.and the way the music goes from slow, and then builds up to this crazy, orgasmic explosion (yes, that's what I said) -- music just doesn't get any better. All their different styles of music on the different albums and all their experimentation with sound just sound so right. I could write a thesis on this but I'll spare ya'll since it probably only makes sense to me. 2.where does everyone live? Carmel Valley, CA 3.how old are you? 23 4.are you male or female? female **thanks to anyone who actually read the whole thing! ___ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html
[MMouse]: sorry guys, one more thing...
how could I forget? ISAAC'S VOICE! ___ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html
[MMouse]: (no subject)
well i remember the first time i put one of their cds in.i was blown away and realized after just a few songs that they were my new favorite band and they have been for a couple of years now. the new cd is completely amazing to me...your heart felt good, it was dripping pitch and made of wood...i mean how do they do it? i can go on for hours, but i wont.anyway, how many people are on this list? what are your favorite mm songs? has everyone seen them live?if so, when,where,and do you think they are just as good live? joe
[MMouse]:
i love the archers. and i have the lyrics. let me know what you need. and parlay the cut like 10 muthafuckas.
[MMouse]: naked.
this might be a bit late, i just got back from vacation but... i just finished naked by david sedaris and although i absolutely loved the first 9/10ths of the book and it made me laugh out loud, i was a bit disappointed by the end. kelli
