[MMouse]: a tiny bit of info on the new album...
from matadoreurope.com :: "modest mouse - new album, for real this time 27/03/00 'the moon & antarctica' is the name of the new album from modest mouse, and if the sleeve is half as great as the music (translation : we haven't seen the artwork yet), you'll need new eyeballs. depending on the arrival of said artwork, this album could be out as early as june 2000." just figured you folks would be interested... --- brad ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: michigan fest, the beach boys, etc...
People wrote: > From: Andrew Hager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: MICHIGAN FEST > so who on this list is going? call me crazy but me and 9 othe rkids are i'm going to be there; proudly getting way too into rainer maria and atom and his package and spending way too much money on music. maybe i'll put a picture up on my webpage before i go so people can come and find me and say 'hey, i've been to your webpage!' and scare me half to death. or, maybe not... > From: Kristian Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: song addiction > I'm addicted to a couple of songs right now.. i'm currently addicted to 'the old master painter' and 'i just wasn't made for these times' by the beach boys. a friend of mine gave me his copy of "pet sounds" as an early birthday gift, and i downloaded "smile" and burned it to cd recently. i still believe that the early beach boys stuff was horrible, but those two albums are worth the credit that they get. an example of this is brian wilson's adaptation of 'you are my sunshine', which is part of 'the old master painter': you were my sunshine, my only sunshine. you made me happy when skies were blue. you'll never know, dear, how much i loved you. how could you take my sunshine away? not exactly happy, but it fits the mood that i've been in recently... as for everyone that brought up pinback recently, what i've heard by them is great. i think i like rob crow's solo acoustic stuff more though. and some of the heavy vegetable stuff is better, too... which reminds me: check out mp3it.com. it's a legit site that features stuff by all of rob crow's various projects (get the unreleased cassette box set. now.) and various other bands that can be related to him in some way or another. you won't be sorry. the other, non geek on the hotboys page brad. --- brad ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: in heaven...
On 3 Feb 00, at 09:12, Todd Houlette wrote: > From: Todd Houlette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: 2 live crew > the crew? Also I was just very curious if anyone knew > any info about Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'. Does > Modest Mouse ever give any credit to the Pixies for > using the line "In heaven, everything is fine. In > heaven, every things alright."? The Pixies song, I > believe entitle Heaven simply repeats that line over > and over with the only other line "you get yours and > I'll get mine." Just curious seeing as how there is no > doubt that Modest Mouse are giant Pixies fans. actually, from what i understand, '(in heaven) lady in the radiator song' is actually from the movie 'eraserhead'. however, living in the middle of nowhere, i haven't had the luck of finding 'eraserhead' yet.. i do know that the pixies at the bbc cd gives songwriting credits for '(in heaven)' to p. ivers and david lynch, so... that also reminds me of the fact that the one decent local music store stopped carrying 'liquid sky' without letting me know. that makes me kinda angry, since i got compelled to rent what could possibly be the worst movie ever made; yet, they didn't have 'liquid sky' anymore.. oh well. -- brad, who'll add his picture to russ' scary thing if/when he finds the scary picture of himself with wesley willis. --- brad ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: Re: Building Nothing
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Building Nothing > architectural diagrams and all. But what's this "Copyright 1999" shit? > We're halfway into January, and folks are still scared to date their CDs for > the new century? i'm thinking it has to do with the fact that 'buliding nothing' was originally supposed to get released around the end of 1999... but that's just a guess. i'm a little disappointed -- it's a great cd and a great collection of songs, but they could've fit a few more songs on there.. ie: the birds vs. worms and/or blue cadet three seven inches. but, oh well.. --- brad ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: ... and it's not even about religion! =)
On 1 Dec 99, at 23:08, Matt Evanosky wrote: > i never gave a damn about the meter man , until i was the man who had to > read the meters > ---the sonik ute, circa 1988 or so(sister record) that's actually a mike watt quote... the sonics borrowed it from him. and the song it's in, 'in the kingdom #19', is from evol. it came straight from the story/article linked below. i'd suggest reading it -- watt is a wise and very great man. http://www.evol.org/knees.html --- brad ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: Re: 1999 where did you go???
On 1 Dec 99, at 22:46, Over The Counter Productive Culture wrote: > my favorite thing to do... please share your own. best things released this year that i own in one form or another: manRay19 - see you on the ground * http://www.mp3.com/artists/36/manray19.html - amazing. butterfly joe - butterfly joe * joe and dean from the dead milkmen & some others. unhappy yet poppy songs about life and the movies and autopsies. modest mouse - night on the sun (japanese tour ep) * the new album should be released right now. i can't wait for it. rainer maria - look now look again * they're worth the hype. or, at least, this album is... braid - please drive faster b/w circus of the stars * (RIP.) superchunk - come pick me up * much better than i was expecting it to be. stuff released this year that i need to be owning soon and/or have high expectations for: the dismemberment plan - emergency & i john linnell - state songs yars revenege - dejected a.c. - it just gets worse joel r.l. phelps - blackbird ween - paintin' the town brown and probably some stuff off of other people on this list's lists as well. have a nice holiday season everyone and feel free to buy me some new music. =) --- brad ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: Re: why do birds suddenly appear?
On 30 Nov 99, at 23:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > wow someone mentioned ethyl meatplow. I thought I was the only one who > spent > highschool at the industrial club grooving to my life with the thrill kill > kult etc... well I guess thats all I have to say. School is totally killer actually, i got into ethyl meatplow via backwards association. bought 'butch' by the geraldine fibbers first, then the first album, then the scarnella cd, then the ethyl meatplow cd when i found it used... but i was a fan of mltkk for a very short amount of time, if that makes you feel any better. =) -- b. ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: bright eyes/new spoon
first off, thanks to everyone who suggested bright eyes. i myself find them quite interesting and will probably pick up a cd by them when i have money to blow... it sounded like good depressing yet poppy-ish music with vocals that brought carla from the geraldine fibbers/scarnella/ethyl meatplow to mind for some reason. now, the other topic: has anyone out there heard the new spoon single that's also out on saddle creek? and does anyone know what's going on with spoon? 'an american scene' seems to be on a brief vacation, so i'm falling behind on the news related to them... -- b. ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: pavement/emo/dogma/et cetera...
On 24 Nov 99, at 23:19, various members of the list wrote:
> From: "amy wolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [MMouse]: i feel sick
> goddd that's a relief. hiatus is ok, breakups aren't. i'm gonna
> bitchslap my friend around for awhile cos like..i sorta grew up listening
> to pavement and if they broke up i don't think i'd handle it very well. aw
even though i'm responding to this message since it's the first
pavement related one in the newest digest, from the looks of things
i'm guessing that everyone else wasn't as disappointed as i was with
_terror_twilight_, correct?
pavement are only second to the dead milkmen in my mind, so it's
really hard for me to put down something they released... however,
in a way, i'd be happy if the rumours were true if they were planning
on staying in the vein of _terror_twilight_. for some unknown reason
that album didn't click with me. i'm not sure if it was because of
the high quality production, the happy sound that runs through it or
the fact that it's different and i'm one of those people who doesn't
accept change in certain things very well, but i was *VERY*
disappointed when it was released.
> From: "Dustin Summers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [MMouse]: typical indie/emo looks
> Who knows what bands are exactly emo, some call modest mouse emo, for a
> complete list of all those "emo" bands everyone is chatting about check out
> "http://www.ticklemeemo.com"
some other 'emo resources':
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/4891/emo.html - how to be
EMO [RIP: last call]
http://www.pcweb.net/fourfa/ -- what the heck *is* emo anyway?
http://members.aol.com/footsteps0/emobands.htm - how to name your
"emo"/post-whatever band
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Chateau/5485/emotest.html - emo
purity test [it had to happen sometime...]
(i can't believe i just used the words 'emo resources' together in a
sentence...)
--
now, other topics touched upon recently...
_dogma_: i saw it and really enjoyed it. interesting storyline, good
acting and george carlin as a religious leader should be able to win
over anyone with a sense of humour. possibly the best kevin smith
movie, but i'm still not sure. (i need to see _clerks_ again.)
vonnegut: i was on a vonnegut kick for a while last year thanks to a
friend of mine loving him. i suggest _welcome_to_the_monkey_house_
and _cat's_cradle_. she suggested _timequake_ to me, but i haven't
picked it up yet. he's another one of those people that have a great
messed up sense of humour.
new modest mouse show on rosco's server: very nice. i don't have it
all yet, but i really enjoy what i've heard. i also don't know the
names of two new songs so far (numbers one and five), and have
noticed that songs number six and seven ('doin' the cockroach') are
the same files. but i still have to thank him for serving us a nice
bowl of steaming live goodness.
new music: manRay19. they're a band from my area that needs as much
exposure as they can get. they're also very nice people and deserve
the before mentioned exposure. check out some mp3s at
http://www.mp3.com/artists/36/manray19.html -- and, for you people
who need to label everything, kent the singer/guitar player has
described them as a 'hardcare' band in past emails to me. they've
also referred to themselves as gympcore. check out the mp3s, spend
yr money on their *GREAT* album, be enlightened.
happy turkey day to all who happen to be fans of it.
-- b. ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: nature kids screaming into pickups about the smashing pumpkins
> From: "sputnik"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: nature kids > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 14:18:05 -0800 > word...the spoofed it. You see pavement seems to share this feeling about the > smashing pumpkins with me. Let us all remember back to the crooked rain era > and during Range Life when they say "out on tour, the smashing pumpkins, > nature kids they dont have no function, i dont understand what they mean and '... nature kids, I/THEY don't have no function, ...' in the studio version. [gladly being the anal retentive pavement addict.] does anyone have a copy of the show in which they covered '1979' on any sort of format? and, if so, would they be willing to become saintlike and convert it to mp3 and upload it somewhere? i'd love them forever if they did... > From: "Jay Dickason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: something completely different... > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 21:41:48 -0700 > And how does Isaac play the guitar with his mouth? > You know during Trailer Trash, he holds it up to his > face and seems to be playing it with his voice. Any > idea what I'm talking about? are you talking about when he screams into the pickups on the guitar? as in, when his voice comes through the guitar and has the neat distorted type sound? i've never seen modest mouse live due to the fact that they wanted too much money to play in the barren wasteland that i live in, but screaming into the pickups is the only freaky sort of mouth guitar thingy i've noticed from many of russ' bootlegs on his site. [and, once again, thank you russ for providing such a great collection of music to anyone who has a modem and lots of time on their hands.] -- b. ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: compilations, bands, blah blah blah...
first: what exactly is going on with 'building nothing out of something'? (or '... something out of nothing', if i've confused the title.) it obviously wasn't released on saturday -- updirect.com doesn't have it listed, and uprecords.com doesn't mention anything about it. anyone know the new release date? second: i hate the promise ring. i like sonic youth, but agree that they're overrated and, at the very most, are usually only very good at their best. however, none of you probably care, nor do i really care if you dislike them.. i wouldn't think listers would have a major problem with someone giving a review of the new promise ring album, but having seventeen 'yo! i hate the promise ring!' e-mails can get on yr. nerves... third: anyone hear the new rainer maria ep yet? i've heard that some promo copies are floating around and i'm curious about how they've done on it -- if it's in the same vein as 'look now look again', or if it's completely different from anything they've ever done. -- b. ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: Pleaseeasaur
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [MMouse]: Elephant 6 and such > << Pleaseeasaur >> > > I hear they're a pretty dope band, has anyone heard them? i've downloaded the mp3 of 'beef flavoured island' by pleaseeasaur from the website below. it wasn't all that bad -- i'm assuming they have better songs, but it was still worth the download. besides, in a strange way they're related to my heroes the dead milkmen, so they can't be all that bad... (john c., a constant poster from the dead milkmen free for all, runs the below website and is friends with the band. this also fits into the reoccuring philly topic, being that the dead milkmen are from philadelphia...) http://www.deadmilkmen.freeservers.com/Pleaseeasaur.htm -- b. ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: singles/japanese tour ep cover art?
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: elephant6 > Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 02:25:36 EDT > dig a little of the old Modest Mouse. When is that comp of singles coming > out on up? I'm sure somebody has talked about that already. anyone else this made me think of an interesting question that i've been meaning to ask the list recently --- has anyone out there seen the cover art for either the singles compilation or the japanese tour ep? i'm just curious about what they both look like... the mouse usually have very nice/interesting cover art, so i'm surprised someone hasn't already asked about getting a scan of at least the tour ep art. -- b. ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: late nights / bwp
On 8 Aug 99, at 11:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Leno, Conan, et al actually have had many bands on before they ever signed > with a major label. Leno in particular seems to like Matador, and had > Pavement on between the Slanted and Crooked Rain albums. So it's certainly > not out of the realm of possibility. conan also seems to be a heavy supporter of this here 'indie scene' --- he's had built to spill on at least once that i know of and ben folds five about thirty times. (from what i understand, bff was on when they were still techincally an indie band that no one had ever heard of.) and andy interviewed pavement a year or two back, so... i *DEFINATLY* wouldn't complain about seeing modest mouse on a late night show. that is, as long as it was announced beforehand so i could actually get the vcr ready. that, and if it wasn't leno -- i *HATE* jay leno. and also, to make my friend joe (who's lurking on the list) happy, i saw blair witch project on saturday. i was really looking forward to seeing it, and wasn't disappointed. sure, it wasn't the scariest movie ever; but i feel it was worth the four bucks. and i can honestly say that it was a lot better than the new austin powers film... -- b; who fell for the conan joke but didn't get angry. ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: REAL emo.
On 31 Jul 99, at 22:21, Over The Counter Productive Culture <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Shot through the heart and your to blaim - you give love a bad name. > I play my part and you play your game, you give love a bad name." > > yes. that is the saddest song ever. bon jovi, "you give love a bad name" > real emo- check it out folks. 'every rose has it's thorn / just like every night has it's dawn / just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song / every rose has it's thorn.' nothing more sensitive and touching than big haired musicians from the late eighties who can't get a job in a fast food restaraunt anymore. -- brad, who enjoys the list for posts just like the one i responded to.
[MMouse]: Re: Lovelorn Songs...
On 25 Jul 99, at 15:34, John Boyer wrote:
> Whoever gave out props to "Think(let tomorrow bee)" by SeBADoh is dead on as
> far as sad, lovelorn songs go. There are a few others that need
> mentions...maybe someone will go out and check them out.
i agree with the originator as well -- 'think' is one of the most
depressing songs i can think of.
pretty much everything off of 'electr-o-pura' by yo la tengo is very
lovelorn and depressing as well in my opinion. not that it isn't a
great album, but it's one of those things that can make me VERY
depressed if the setting is right. (and it usually is...)
and any bill stevenson written descendents or ALL song is usually
very lovelorn and sad, but not in the same vein of other music that'll
probably get mentioned on this list. ('scary sad' comes to mind
immediatly, along with 'she's my ex' and 'cleen sheets' and many
others...)
the acoustic silkworm ep ('the marco collins sessions') is also very
sad/depressing/lovelorn in my opinion. that may be more based on
the fact that the lyrics remind me of certain people that i know.
-- b. ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: Barkmarket...
On 21 Jul 99, at 19:34, Todd Houlette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If anyone would like to go further I would reccomend Quicksand and/or > BarkMarket or even Porch (Todd Huth, origional guitar player of Primus' > band.) Well, that's enough but be sure to check out Cevelle's new one if does anyone out there know what's going on with barkmarket or dave sardy? just curious, i've been getting into barkmarket somewhat heavily recently and seem to be hearing nothing about where they are and what they're doing... as far as i know, once all of barkmarket's stuff on american went out of print (which angers me since i still need to buy two of the american releases), dave sardy's producing career went out the window. a few pages have mentioned that they've supposidly 'reformed' or are playing live, but i've heard nothing concrete... and, to stay on topic, is anyone else out there a little bothered that the japanese ep tracks are supposidly going to be on the new epic release? it doesn't bother me a lot; but based on the fact that the band seems to be continually writing songs, it bothers me that these songs are going to be getting released twice... oh well. -- b. ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: Re: profile
On 14 Jul 99, at 07:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > read...lauren asked about what song fall in love> was from & everyone ignored her. that line is from someone responded, but it was enclosed in a whole bunch of survey replies... (maybe i shouldn't have posted my response? oh well, someone would've done it anyways...) > my import cd.the sheet says the lyrics are can make me fall in love>Does anyone know the truth? ive heard that the it *sounds* like 'the summer' -- that may have been the lyric sheet writer's attempt at a joke, or his/her laziness seeping through. (even though there's only a letter difference between 'this song' and 'the summer'.) -- b; who will refrain from quoting the descendents.
[MMouse]: Re: fav's
> From: wyatt tuzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: fav's > > SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON(S) WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: thanks > for getting rid of all this html for me! >!! d'oh! sorry about sending mine back w/them... teaches me that i should probably re-edit stuff before i send it back to a mailing list. (now watch, this'll have strange embedded html as well...) -- b. ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: Survey
russ: here you go. you said no one would respond, but i did! so there! other non-russ people: i'm bored, so i figured i'd send you this survey. you may or may not care, but ... list: i'm not sure if russ wanted people to post this to the list, or if anyone did, but i kinda think it's a good idea. things like this, no matter how cheesy you feel they are, are a really good way to get everyone to try to like and respect each other and find similarities and blah blah blah when it comes to mailing lists. (besides, all the people on the dinosaur jr. list did one too! and we wanna be better than the dinosaur jr. list, don't we?!?) and if no one else does this, brad will be the idiot who did. also, it's not this'll interrupt mind boggling conversations about modest mouse anyways... > NAME: brad. > SEX: male > HOME: ishpeming, michigan, usa. (as previously mentioned, in the upper peninsula of michigan -- you know, that area that everyone thinks is part of canada or wisconsin?) > EYE COLOR: hazel > HAIR COLOR: an annoying brown > YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOWS? simpsons, kids in the hall > FAVORITE MAGAZINE? not a magazine fellow.. (the onion) > FAVORITE SMELL: a girl that i used to know had a really cool scent. it was strange and rather hard to explain, but i enjoyed it.. > WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD: feeling like yr. alone in this world. > BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD: realizing that you aren't alone in this world after all. > FAVORITE THINGS TO DO ON THE WEEKENDS: sleep, listen to music, slack. (more or less my normal non-school year weekday, too.) > FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK: the 'i shot andy warhol' soundtrack. (the only soundtrack i still own.) > WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING? why am i still alive? > DO YOU GET MOTION SICKNESS ? nope. > ROLLER COASTERS-DEADLY OR EXCITING? indifferent > PEN OR PENCIL? pen > HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE? depends who it is. (i love caller id.) > FUTURE SON'S NAME? ralphie > FUTURE DAUGHTER'S NAME: maureen > FAVORITE FOOD: pizza, of course. or toast. > DO YOU GET ALONG WELL WITH YOUR PARENT(S): yup, my dad is hip and/or cool. > CROUTONS OR BACON BITS: bacon bits > DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE? yes. driving is calming. > DO YOU SLEEP WITH STUFFED ANIMALS? nope. > WHAT TYPE OF CAR WAS YOUR FIRST CAR? i'm carless -- i'm currently driving my dad's bumperless ford tempo though. (it had a bumper before i started driving, if yr. curious.) > THUNDERSTORMS COOL OR SCARY? cool > IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON, DEAD OR ALIVE, WHO WOULD IT BE? bruce campbell. =) > FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC : a specific person? =) > WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN? pisces > WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE POET? kerouac, but only because vonnegut doesn't write poems. > DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI? broccoli is evil. > GUYS~IF A GIRL ASKED FOR THE SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK, WOULD YOU GIVE IT? depends what shirt it was... and what girl, i guess. > IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED, WHAT WOULD IT BE? something that involves me being rich. > IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR, WHAT WOULD IT BE? as russ mentioned, silver. (it *IS* possible and i *WILL* do it.) >IF YOU COULD HAVE A TATTOO, WHAT AND WHERE WOULD IT BE? fr. some reason i want to tattoo the black flag logo on my body somewhere or other. no idea why; i'm not even as much of a black flag fan as i was at one time.. it just seems to be a perfect thing to tattoo on yrself. > HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE? unfortunatly. (makes me think of 'a plea for dump' by dump. lyrics fit all relationships i've ever attempted to get involved in.) > WHAT IS ON YOUR WALLS IN YOUR ROOM: pictures from various magazines. (including modest mouse from spin, which a friend of mine had. and 'boy dies after bullies stuff him into tuba!' from some tabloid. and a king vitamin box's front.) and a metal spork. > IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL? sure. (i'm a lazy pessamist, if you need to know.) > WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SNAPPLE? something or other related to root beer which i've only had twice in my life. > FAVORITE MOVIE(S)? monty python's the meaning of life, a clockwork orange, any john candy film, evil dead 2, jack frost, back from hell, avenging disco godfather. > LEFTY OR RIGHTY? right-y. > WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED? my playstation box, a bag w/some college related information and records in it, lots of dust. > WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? pi. (also a great film which i didn't mention above.) > WHAT IS YOUR DREAM CAR? an amc eagle w/an amazing stereo and a guarantee that it'd last fr. at least five years. > FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH: water polo. > SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON(S) WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: well, he used to run the cool modest mouse live mp3 site, so he's my hero for that. (even though i no longer have any of that live stuff due to a computer crash..) and he also posted the japanese tour ep twice, which made me very happy. > OUT OF THE PEOPLE YOU SENT THIS TO, WHO IS LEASTLIKELY TO RESPO
[MMouse]: followings/favourite lyrics
from digest v001.n401: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kyle Souza) > Subject: Re: Digest modestmouse.v001.n400 > > >Modest Mouse is an almost unheard of > >band, especially when you get out of the west coast. > a small but cute following in maine!!! don't forget maine!!! also in the upper peninsula of michigan, surprisingly enough. there seems to be a strange following of the band up here, more or less all of the college radio followers in the area. the local sam goody carries cds by them even, proving that there's at least a little bit of a demand. yet, surprisingly enough, when i went to green bay, wisconsin recently to search for music i couldn't find a single mm release anywhere... go figure. i'd have to say that i think they have a large following, but not a very large following -- as in, large for most independent label bands, but not as large as pavement for example. > From: Michael R Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: best line > > lets talk about something meaningful with respect to the band -- i am sure > this has been done on the list before -- favourite song lines -- verses > even -- lets let each other know what lines have affected and changed us > -- for me, the mouse is more than a band -- isaac's lyrics (for the most > part) really hit a spot for me -- i was wondering what lines people on > here liked i'll start with a few-- well, to start it off, my current four favourite modest mouse songs are these: other peoples lives, ohio, it always rains on a picnic and teeth like god's shoeshine. and medication. and novocain stain. my six favourite songs are, as follows, ... =) as for quotes, only a few stand out in my mind as being mindblowing, just because of the fact that i feel all of issac's lyrics are amazing. but, here's a few anyways... 'as long as your gone / i can't apologize / for all the things that i haven't said and done' -- life of arctic sounds 'this is the part of me that thinks outer space is all dead / this is the part of me that wishes it was with it' and 'you can't make dirt clean so we'll just lemon-scent it' -- medication 'i hear voices insinuating / feed me lyrics to this song that i am sayin' / sunlight, 7:20pm, early september / standing, looking at a photograph that you do not remember / being taken you look out of breath and me like i am fakin' / as a matter of fact i don't recall this photo being taken / you don't even actually exist, so i just started shaking...' -- exit does not exist 'i got up, remembering to thank him / better things to do so i'll start drinking' -- all night diner 'everyone's life ends but no one ever completes it' -- dark center of the universe 'other people's lives seem more intersting 'cause they aint mine' - other peoples lives and previously mentioned quotes from talking shit, polar opposites, and bankrupt on selling. meanings? good question... a lot of those quotes (and the songs they're from) just kinda spark off some sort of feeling in my mind, like i'm not as alone in this world as i like to pretend i am. or, sometimes, they make me realize that i'm more alone than i could ever know. and a few are related to specific people and situations as well. -- b. ( http://www.portup.com/~koskib )
[MMouse]: rape / shirts
> From: "baby spine \[marginal\]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Digest modestmouse.v001.n283 > um, no. not necessarily. you're kind of saying, "i bet he DIDN'T rape > someone cos i didn't read it in spin"--that's just as illogical as > saying "i bet he DID rape someone cos i read it online", you know what > i'm saying? not to attack you, i just wanted to point that out...and that's a good point. after re-reading, i did realize that i kinda made it sound like i was saying that -- more or less all i was trying to say though is don't believe everything you read. be it in a magazine, online or anything. if it did happen, it sucks and i feel immensly sorry for the girl that it happened to. however, until i see proof that is more concrete than one person's word on an anonymous internet bulliten board, i'm not going to get worried. > there are many many things that the media chooses not to report, and for > many reasons. just one example i know of, tom sizemore (the actor) beat > his wife and was arrested for it last year (per the l.a. sheriff's > department), yet every time since then that i've read a "movieline" or > "premiere" interview or profile of him, that was never mentioned. hm. hmm... welp, i still think someone important would've jumped on this situation if it actually has happened. but, that's my opinion -- however, i see the point yr. making above and agree with it as well, and can see how it'd get ignored / pushed under the carpet. > From: "Dave Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MMouse]: issac rape charge... > > P.S I don't know about this whole rape thing, but I do know that falsely > accusing somebody of rape is one of the most fucked things anyone can do > to another human being, short of actual rape of course. (clap, clap, clap) i agree 100%. --- on a totally different (and MUCH lighter) note, exactly how many different modest mouse shirts exist out there? just curious; i'm planning on ordering the famed ugly orange elephant shirt from up, but i wanted to know if there's other ones around as well.. also, since one or more of you folk out there may be able to direct me, does anyone know where i could possibly find a pixies or frank black shirt? i've been searching desperatly for many a month with no luck at all, so any help would be appreciated... --- 'crazy people are right on; crazy people are right.' -- 's. soup', sebadoh. go here now: http://futon.resnet.mtu.edu/bk
[MMouse]: issac rape charge...
> i dont' like spreading rumours esp. when they're as serious as this but > i just wanted to put this out for everyone to see, and i'm hoping > someone has more information or wants to discuss it...i have no opinion > yet as to if this is true or not but i'm really hoping it isn't becos > then that means (obviously) that i can't ever listen to modest mouse here's the url to the thread she was refering to when mentioning punkrock.net later in her email -- http://messages.punkrock.net/?action=listthread&topic=001415- 00-022499-19.msg&showdays=2 in all honesty, i believe in what the people on the above message board are saying -- don't believe everything you read on the internet. this rape charge may be true, and if it is i can honestly say that issac is a pig and that the stuff i've heard about him being evil is true; but if this happened and the girl brought it to the police why hasn't anyone important jumped on it yet? seriously, spin magazine and rolling stone and sonicnet and all of those other fun magazines seem to be drooling over the mouse, so don't you think you'd hear something about the whole horrible situation from them? i rest my case.. hopefully i'm right. and, on other notes, this is my first post. hello. i'm brad, a high school student who listens to lots of what some folk call the 'indie rock' and some old school punk as well. i dig lots of bands, most of which i won't go on about here but i'll gladly ramble on about if you email me. my webpage is going to be down until the middle of march (or until i move it back to http://www.portup.com/~koskib), so.. i hope to enjoy the list as much as i've enjoyed others... --- 'crazy people are right on; crazy people are right.' -- 's. soup', sebadoh. go here now: http://futon.resnet.mtu.edu/bk
