I agree totally. And whatever benifits and/or money the mouse gets from
epic is wonderful for them and well deserved. I like the fact that while I
am at work listening to Modest Mouse they are at work making more music for
me to listen to....FULL TIME. Not working a real job to make ends meet
tring to figure out when they will be able to record/tour agian.
----- Original Message -----
From: xsunspotx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 10:47 AM
Subject: [MMouse]: re: re: re: (re:) epic saga (less MM content)
> Okay, fine -- I'll bite.. Pardon my Scandinavian, I promise to kick
myself
> in the ass afterwards.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> << When its not indie, it loses its gravity, loses the very stuff
> that makes it worth my time to listen to. >>
>
> No one knows about me. People who do know me, come to know of me by word
of
> mouth only. I spam no one. I have no personal manager. I am 100%
> underground - a pinnacle of indie-ness. So weigh my blather, and listen
to
> me VERY carefully...
>
>
> << BULLFUCKINGSHIT.... I listen to indie music because it lets me connect
> with the artist in a way that is IMPOSSIBLE when every single person knows
> every single line of every single song they've ever written. >>
>
> BACDAFUCUP.... Which fraction of the faction is this concerning? It's
all
> about entrance populations and vector science, I suppose. Given extreme
> conditions as such, however, it's pretty much an infinite equation. That
> is -- it's sorta like asking "Which came first, the egg or the egg?"
>
> And, in accepting this rationale, isn't it, in turn, being said that your
> realities and connections are essentially limited to external conditions?
I
> wouldn't be introducing anything less than trite to dismiss it as a
> capricious contention -- shallow, really. Don't get me wrong, wading
pools
> serve their purpose and all... but given the argument's concern with
> assessing certain "virtues", I am assuming that integrity is an integral.
> Perhaps I am assuming way too much.
>
> In any event, it seems to me that just about every single person *I* know
is
> more than well aware of MM at this point, wouldn't you agree? Let's
assume,
> for example, a typical MM show. Regarding empirical reaction, an average
of
> 500 people a night are quite informed as to both the appropriate measure
and
> count for echoing "fakes!" during Trailer Trash.
>
> Of course, you may counter this with arguments on fractions and
populations
> and cross-sections and set theory. To this I say: phooey! At least
Malthus
> had SOME pragmatic benefits to offer us. Are you a baby basher? I'll bet
> you are.
>
>
> << Modest mouse is and always will be a thousand times better when that
> connection is a personal one. Dont forget why they started going
> underground in the first place. >>
>
>
> Were MM ever underground? That's news to me. For an underground band,
> there sure seems to be an awful lot of hammy press photos floating around,
> not to slag 'em.
> Obviously someone wasn't around for the whole all-black, buckle adorning,
> Caesar haircut phase... yeesh.
>
> << There are a billion bands out there, all playing and saying basically
the
> same thing, what makes one different from the other is YOUR perception of
> them based on factors which are both superfluous to the music and not
> normally based on any type of reason. >>
>
> Thank you Casey Kasem. How fashionably post-modern. I'll try and keep
this
> in mind when going to the MM / Korn show. Maybe I'll end up seeing Korn
in
> a whole new light. After all, that Korn singer and Isaac have eerily
> similar stage moves, wouldn't you say? "Let it breakthrough!"
>
>
> Anyhow (here's where I attempt to maintain some sort of list-topicality).
> If I remember correctly, the first MM show I saw was some while back.
They
> were opening for Lync and Hush Harbor (or Easton Bridge) at the Velvet
> Elvis. For the next year or two following that, I recall seeing them
> perform on a number of occasions with next to nil attendance. Then, at
some
> point after releasing "Long Drive", they were headlining the VE with
swarms
> of fanatic kids, all of whom knew every word to every song, jumping up and
> down in excitement over the fact their new favourite band was playing
their
> new favourite song. Admittedly, it was rather amusing and peculiar. But,
I
> don't remember feeling bitter at all. In no way did I feel as if my
> "connection" with MM had been diminished or trivialised in any respect.
In
> fact, I remember feeling really happy for them, and the kids. I mean, if
> anything, it's awe-inspiring to see a once-lesser-known band earn the
> capacity to have a substantial effect on a greater population.
>
> Well.. sorry to pollute your inbox. It's late, and I'm currently
operating
> on stunted synapse. Disregard anything I may have said.
>
> 111/10000/11111001111
> b nath : *
>
>
>
>
