From PackageThf@aol.com Mon Feb 17 00:03:23 1997 Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 03:33:29 -0500 (EST) From: PackageThf@aol.com Subject: fader rules Hello and welcome to another extremely gratifying episode of the Superchunk e>Mailing List... If you're new to the list, a hearty welcome. >>>SIDE PROJECTS, VOL. 1 - PORTASTATIC on TOUR: 2/20 - Asheville, NC - 31 Carolina Lane (all ages) 2/21 - Nashville, TN - Lucy's Record Shop - w/Lambchop (all ages) 3/6 - Charlottlesville, VA - Tokyo Rose (18+, most likely) 3/7 - Carborro, NC - Cat's Cradle (18+, most likely) >Mac will have a band with him, but it is unknown quite who at this time. >The new Portastatic album is called The Nature of Sap (MRG120) and will be released March 11. >>>SUPERCHUNK in the STUDIO: Superchunk will be recording their new LP starting April 10th, with about a week of recording planned. Recording will take place in Bloomington, IN (!); the album will be produced by the band and recorded by John Plymale (who worked on the Laughing Guns ep). The album's release date is tenatively set for September 2nd. >>>SIDE PROJECTS, VOL. 2 - HUMIDIFIER Who is Humidifier? (thanks to khoskins@zoo.uvm.edu, Motorcoat@aol.com, and sl eepy@twave.net; tour info courtesy of Jon) >it is Jim Wilbur (guitar, bass, vocals), John King of Spent (guitar, bass, vocals), and Denis Saulnier on drums. >they're on Link Records (121 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001) >the address for Humidifier is: 1086 Tulse Street, Uniondale, Ny 11553 >The album was recorded by Nicolas Vernhes at Rare Book Room in Brooklyn, NY, in August of 1996. >The track listing is: 1. Death on the Cape - 2. Nicotine - 3. If You Want to Make This Right - 4. Intelligent Vehicle Nightmare - 5. Telephone Poles - 6. Nature Calls Albert Collect - 7. Rubber Gloves - 8. Way Station - 9. Five Relatives in the Cemetery - 10. Martian Timeslip - 11. Actified - 12. Not Afraid, Terrified - 13. Slowburn - 14. When My Fingers Fall Off >>You can catch humidifier in concert next week (specific dates unknown, seem to be thurs-fri-sat; double check these dates before you go, please!): - Boston, MA - The Middle East - NYC - Brownies - Philadelphia, PA - Silk City >>>SIDE PROJECTS, VOL. 3 >Jon Wurster has 2 side projects of his own (he plays drums in both; both are rather low-key projects): >The Pinetops: with Jeff Foster, who previously performed with Jon in the Carneys. The band performs approx once a month; there may be a record in the future. >Grand National: a new side-project with Ed Crawford, ex- of Firehose. >>>SIDE PROJECTS, VOL. 4 >Jon and Jim perform in Seven Brides for the Meatwagon, a band that only plays once a year, in conjunction with the Mammoth Records XMas party; they perform parodies of the year's buzz band tunes. Sorry about not getting out the info about it ahead of time this last year, I will for this year, I promise! And, for those who have asked, the Son Volt song they performed (the only tribute of the evening - see the Jan.22 mailer) was "Drown." >>>CHUNK on the WEB (from boiler@winternet.com) http://www.theonion.com/avclub/avclub3103/music3103.html >On this site: The first reference is in a review of Engine 88's new album, "Snowman". Here's the actual quote: "a very Superchunk-esque kind of rock, with compact songs and high-pitched vocals and a pace that's just controlled enough not to get out of hand and hurt someone." The second reference is a review of Portastatic's new album. The last sentence says this: "McCaughan's music is almost always intriguing, but this is one of his least inspired creations." >>>THE MERGE RECORDS CALENDAR (thanks to Spott) >In addition to the Porta and Chunk releases mentioned above, you can look forward to: Feb 11, 97 - The Ladybug Transistor "Beverley Atonale" cd / lp April 1, 97 - Verbena "Souls For Sale" cd / lp April 1, 1997 - Honor Role "album" cd (a reissue of most all of their stuff - from Richmond VA) April 22, 97 - MRG100 - a remix compilation - all songs previously released and remixed by Mark Robinson (Superchunk, The Magnetic Fields, Guv'ner, Spent, Butterglory, Lambchop) April 22, 97 - Third Eye Foundation - "Ghost" cd / lp beyond that, look for a new ep from The Gothic Archies, plus new lp's from Pipe, Butterglory, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Beatnik Filmstars, The Karl Hendricks Trio, Lambchop and more this summer and fall... Also now available from merge is a superchunk ceramic coffee mug for $6.00... - - - - - That's all for now. If you have any q's for me or and topics you'd like to bring up for the list, just send them my way. Did you like the new, slightly more organized, format? Let me know... If you have any changes in address, please let me know. Until next time... - - - - - CHUNKSITES: Here With Superchunk: http://www.monkey.org/~chunk/superchunk MERGE RECORDS: http://www.mrg2000.com/merge Chunk e>Mailing List FAQ: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/2605/chunkfaq.html