HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: bmacdona@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Brian K!z!K MacDonald)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative,rec.music.industrial
Subject: Re: Sex on Wheels
Date: 17 Apr 92 04:38:56 GMT
Reply-To: bmacdona@ics.uci.edu (Brian K!z!K MacDonald)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.

In article <Apr.14.13.00.59.1992.395@andromeda.rutgers.edu> cuthbert@andromeda.rutgers.edu (David Cuthbert) writes:
>Nope, this isn't a dating request.
>
>Does anyone know who does this song. If "sex on Wheels" isn't the title, its
>at least a major refrain throughout.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Dave

  My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult.  It's on the CD _Sexplosion!_ and
   is the most UNcharacteristic track on the album amid a plethera
   of demented Chippendale's night club style disco music.

                                                           K!z!K
From: williams@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Kent Williams)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Honey's Dead/The Jesus and Mary Chain (MiniReview)
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:33:25 GMT

Well, a month or so I went out and bought 'Psychocandy' and quite
enjoyed it. I was only vaguely aware of TJAMC back when that came out,
and bought it because I read they were a big influence on My Bloody
Valentine.

So on the day it came out, I went out and bought 'Honey's Dead.' It
isn't as raw as 'Psychocandy,' but if you like their later albums,
you'll love this one.

Being a relative old timer, when I listen to TJAMC I hear heavy
Velvet Underground and Ramones influence.  But if you want to know
where I think they stole their vocal delivery, listen to _Electric
Warrior_ by T. Rex.

At any rate, there's a lot of catchy minimalist stuff, with their
trademark cynical dark lyrics.  The opening song 'Reverence' gets
things started with a bang:

	"I want to die like Jesus Christ/
	 I want to die on a bed of Spikes/...
	 I want to die like JFK/
	 I want to die on a sunny day/
	 I want to die like JFK/
	 I want to die in the USA"

and then the refrain is roughly:

	"I want to die/die/die/die" repeated.

The Beach Boys will NOT be covering this song.  But if you're into
searching for hidden influences, I think you can draw the line between
TJAMC and the Beach Boys.  TJAMC has an obvious interest in surf-punk
sounds, and a knack for catchy I-IV-V songs.  You could almost say
that if the Beach Boys had grown up poor in Scotland, they'd sound
exactly like the Jesus and Mary Chain.

But they don't take themselves too seriously; the last cut is called
'Frequency' and they 'sample' 'Reverence's' lyrics:

	"I want to die like Jesus Christ/
	 I want to die on a bed of spikes/
	 I want to die like Jesus Christ/
	 with the radio on"

Which the first time I heard it, made me laugh out loud.

To summarize, I think the Bros. Reid have pulled it off again,
amazingly enough.  Given the reported loudness of their shows, I'm
suprised they have any hearing left.
--
Kent Williams         | "Do you see your cerebellum as a lightbulb or a cog? I
williams@cs.uiowa.edu | saw mine as gristle so I fed it to the dog. But it 
Quote: Bevis Frond    | taste so bad, that she left it in the bowl ..."
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: drk@leland.Stanford.EDU (David Koehler)
Subject: Pixies advice sought
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 00:39:39 GMT


I recently got the Pixies'_Bossanova_ (for free) and _Doolittle_.
I really like _Doolittle_ but don't care much for _Bossanova_,
except for "Rock Music" and "Is She Weird".
Which one should I try next?  I can get a good deal on
_Tromp Le Monde_ though my CD club.

Thanks.
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     David Koehler              |     "Bad TV that/ Insults me freely.
   Stanford University          |   Still I know what/ I'm dyin' to see."
 drk@leland.stanford.edu        |            -- Iggy Pop
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From: feit@acsu.buffalo.edu (Elissa Feit)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: 10,000 Maniacs
Date: 12 Apr 92 23:23:16 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci

In article <1992Apr7.004330.11126@acsu.buffalo.edu> v115p8d6@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Quenby M Chunco) writes:

  (talking about the Maniac's  change to quieter and poppier
   attributes it to John's leaving:   )

>John Lombardo, who was an important part of the band, left after "The Wishing
>Chair" (the first record on a major label). If you look at the song credits
>on "Hope Chest" you will notice he had alot of input.
...
>I don't know of any obscure stuff but John Lombardo formed another group
>called John and Mary and they have released a record. Its called
>"Victory Gardens".

I agree that the maniacs' sound changed due to Lombardo's leaving, but
don't buy Victory Gardens expecting to hear anything that drives. It's
not the "old" John Lombardo.  I haven't heard too much
John and Mary. Mary Ramsey has clasical training, and her vocals have
been compared to Natalie's (Merchant).  What I have heard has been
very tiring.

The Maniacs used to play benefit concerts for my food co-op in 1981-2  8-). 

Elissa Feit (feit@cs.buffalo.edu // {rutgers,uunet}!cs.buffalo.edu!feit)
Near a soldier, an ex-marine with a tattoed dagger and eagle trembling,
He bites  his lip  beside a widow  breaking  down. She takes her purple
heart, makes a fist, strikes The Wall. - 10,000 Maniacs
From: jasdzews@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Gary James Jasdzewski)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: run westy run\
Keywords: run westy run
Date: 9 Apr 92 03:17:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: mentor.44560

Anyone ever see Run Westy Run live?  Good shows (seen them 4 or 5
times now), but their LP's are very different, like a new band.

Or the Geargaddies live?
From: euaaen@eua.ericsson.se (Anders Engwall)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: Songs about UFOs summary
Keywords: strange beams of light and hairs standing on end
Date: 10 Apr 92 07:04:43 GMT
Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden

aigdi@castle.ed.ac.uk (Gavin Inglis) writes:

>Thanks to everyone who responded to my strange query on UFO visitations.
>Since quite a few people wanted one, here's a summary of the results.
>The topic seemed to extend to "spacey"-type songs in general, but I've
>just posted them all.

Indeed the topic must have expanded, because among the items included
was none other than

>  "Strange Town" by The Jam

I give up. Just what has this to do with UFOs? Weller may not be the
most articulate of vocalists, but clearly this is all about moving
from a small city to a big city. Or has memory failed me that much?
--
Anders Engwall				Email: Anders.Engwall@eua.ericsson.se
ELLEMTEL Utvecklings AB			Voice: +46 8 727 3893
"Alvsj"o, Sweden			Fax: +46 8 647 96 44
		"Bryna nuppa fj{ssa sp}nken" - Razor
From: u330649@sparc20.ncu.edu.tw (me)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: new skinny puppy
Date: 10 Apr 92 20:35:20 GMT
Organization: NCU
From: williams@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Kent Williams)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: My Bloody Valentine (Discography)
Date: 13 Apr 92 22:02:31 GMT

From article <29E776FD.6720@ics.uci.edu>, by bmacdona@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Brian K!z!K MacDonald):
> In article <881277m.101@ace.acadiau.ca> 881277m@ace.acadiau.ca (WALLACE MCLEAN) writes:
>>looking, searching, praying for _Ecstasy and Wine_ and _Feed me with your
>>kiss_ on CD. Are they available in North America? Are they even on CD?
> 

Ecstasy and Wine is only intermittently available on this side of the
pond, and probably not worth the trouble.  I'd buy it too if I could
find it, but I can't so I don't.

>    I don't know about _Ecstacy_and_Wine_ but I have an import CD-single
>   for "Feed me with your kiss".  It has 3 non-LP tracks on it also.
>   Plus the SOUND QUALITY of "Feed me.." is better than that on the
>   Relativity release of _Isn't_Anything_.
> 

I have the _Isn't_Anything_ CD and the _Feed ME_ CD EP.  The only
difference I've noticed is that there's a two second drum countdown
that's edited off of the IA version.  I've not noticed a sound quality
difference.

From Alternative Press March 1992 (MBV on the cover), paraphrased:

1984: German Release of a shitty album called "This is Your Bloody
Valentine".  I've never heard this.

1985: "Geek EP" Biker Songs?

1986: Two EP's "The New Record By My Valentine" and "Sunny Sunday
Smile".  More Jesus and Mary Chain soundalike stuff.  Haven't heard
this.

1987: "Strawberry Wine" EP. First with Belinda Butcher.  "Ecstasy" EP.
I believe this is what is collected on "Ecstacy and Wine"

1988 YMMR EP, Feed Me With Your Kiss EP. Must Buys.  Isn't Anything
LP.  MUst Buy.

1990: Glider EP

1991: Tremelo EP, Loveless LP.
--
Kent Williams         | "Do you see your cerebellum as a lightbulb or a cog? I
williams@cs.uiowa.edu | saw mine as gristle so I fed it to the dog. But it 
Quote: Bevis Frond    | taste so bad, that she left it in the bowl ..."
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Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: The Stone Roses
Summary: n
Keywords: m
Date: 8 Apr 92 14:41:54 GMT
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin

The Stone Roses are Fascist
 
    On the back of the sleeve for "One Love" there are 63 swasticas on
the painting by John Squire.
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: arebold@vax.clarku.edu
Subject: RE: Drop Acid - the group
Organization: Clark University
Date: 8 APR 92 21:01:56 GMT

Yeah, I've heard some "Drop Acid" stuff. Since Kevin left the band (7 Seconds)
I find it kinda funny that 7 Seconds are still together. Also, if Kevin ever
goes on an acoustic tour again, check it out. I saw him acoustic in '89
when he openned up for Dramarama (hit single "Last Cigarette"). Drop Acid
is definitely worth listening to - for all of you Kevin Seconds fans out there.

                                                   Bloodbath
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: ksantosu@descartes.waterloo.edu (Bullwinkle J. Moose)
Subject: Re: Pixies advice given
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 23:34:16 GMT

In article <1992Apr11.194150.1254@bvc.edu> hansencarlaa@bvc.edu writes:
>
>	Strange that you would see 'bossanova' as the weakest PIXIES album.  Seems 
>to me that 'Trompe le monde' (and what is that french, anyway?  "don't step 
>on my ice cream?")...

Hahaha!!!  Actually I don't really know where you got that from..."Trompe
le monde" means "Deceive the world".  "Monde" is "world"...ice cream is
"la glace" or "la creme glacee" with appropriate accents.  But your translation
probably makes for a better title...:-)

Cheers

Kevin

"I'm not being unfair...okay, I am, but who cares?" -- The Wedding Present
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: rancid@leland.Stanford.EDU (Chanel Wheeler)
Subject: Re: Best Pogues? Most Erotic Alternative Music?
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 04:26:07 GMT

THE most erotic song is definitely without a doubt Reaching Happiness,
Touching Pain by Cathedral. Heavy, long, and sooooo slow. 

rancid
From: itch@cbnews.cb.att.com (richard.m.brack)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: The Cult - Dreamtime
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:37:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnews.1992Apr6.173734.12151
Organization: AT&T

In article <NIEDER.92Apr5214229@galois.iesd.auc.dk>, nieder@iesd.auc.dk (Jesper Niedermann) writes:
> >>>>> On 1 Apr 92 15:51:38 GMT, cmgeorg@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRIS MICH GEORGOULIAS) said:
> 
> CHRIS> I just got Dreamtime on CD yesterday and was quite disapointed that all the
> CHRIS> live songs are not included on the disc (as they are on the tape).  There are
> CHRIS> roughly three extra tracks at the end.  I guess that's their
> CHRIS> pseudo-compensation
> CHRIS> for what they left off.  My question is, does anyone know if there are
> CHRIS> two
> CHRIS> versions of this disc (one that may include said material)?  If so I'd
> CHRIS> really
> CHRIS> like to know.
> 
> So would I. I didn't even know there was livetracks on the tape.
> In fact I didn't know they had ever released any live-material.
> But then I have experienced the real thing :------)
> 
> Any info on live-material will really appreciated.
> 
>  - Jesper

I have _dreamtime_ on vinyl and CD.  Nither of them have live
tracks so I doubt the cassette does.  The vinyl and CD versions
are the same except for the bonus tracks on the CD.  BTW, this is
my favorite Cult disc :-).  Love those band pics!!!!

Rich
-- 
{ the itchman cometh   /-/         _          i don't want to be your angel }
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From: fnord@panix.com (Cliff Heller)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: rec.music.recreational
Date: 15 Apr 92 15:35:41 GMT
Organization: Right Bleedin' Church of Libertine Obfuscatology

Just realized how redundant this newsgroup name is.

what next?

comp.music.computers?

soc.music.social (society?)

or

for an oxymorinic bent:

talk.music

Seriuosly though, doesn't alt.music tell the whole story?  then you can
subcategorize by types of alternative music (that no one will ever agree on
anyway). 

-- 
     / \      Reverend fnord   	             | "King Kong died for your sins!"
    /   \     fnord@panix.com                | 
   / <0> \                                   | "Don't just eat a hamburger, 
  /_______\   Church of Obfuscatology, Inc.  |  eat the HELL out of it!"
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: klf@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Brian Mark Bishop)
Subject: Re: Nine Inch Nails
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 02:51:58 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.022600.26094@muddcs.claremont.edu> rwyatt@niji.claremont.edu (Robert Wyatt) writes:
>Would someone PLEASE put Trent Reznor out of OUR misery !!!!
>
>When NIN first appeared on the scene three or fours years ago, they  
>were great.  I remember seeing them in a half-empty club with Meat  
>Beat Manifesto, and they kicked ass.  Now what the hell is going on  
>?!!!  Trent has become the industrial god of all the teeny-boppers.   
>Spin featured him as the "founder of industrial music".  What the  
>hell ?!!!!  Has anyone out there heard of Skinny Puppy or Ministry ?   
>Throbbing Gristle ?  Trent is hardly the founder of anything !!!   
>Maybe he sold the most albums, but that hardly makes him worth a  
>cover article !!!  
>
>And as far as a new album goes, he's toured 5 or 6 times with this  
>one and has released nothing new but a few remixes and the "Get Down,  
>Make Love" single.  Big F*cking Deal !!!!  Trent, face it, you're  
>nothing more then a "One Hit Wonder" who has come to be idolized by  
>all the mindless teeny boppers who think Nevermind is Nirvana's first  
>album !!!!

I fail to see your point.  You don't like NIN anymore??? Big deal.  Who
really cares.         

Trent is far from the founder of industrial music, that one is obvious.

It is quite obvious that NIN is one of the trendiest sounds around, but does
that mean there is something wrong with it?

I have no respect for pretentious jerks who think that just because an      
alternative group is popular, that group now sucks.  Give me a break.

As I said, I really fail to see any point in your post, besides the comment
about the article on Trent.

NIN may be trendy, but Trent definately ranks in my top 3 as far as
industrial music goes... NIN, Ministry and Nitzer Ebb.
From: mthorn@madvax.uop.edu (Charlie's enormous mouth)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Re: Shriekback- Nemesis
Date: 6 Apr 1992 23:19:20 UTC
Reply-To: mthorn@madvax.uop.edu
Organization: University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

I wrote:

>>The quote mentioned earlier appearing in the remix of Nemesis is from 
>>Apocalypse Now, a movie centering around an occult tribe in Africa. (Based on
>>the novel _Heart of Darkness_ by Joseph Conrad.)

To which duve@ellis.uchicago.edu (michael andrew duvernois) responds:
 
>I could have sworn that the last time I saw _Apocalypse Now_ it had to do
>with Vietnam and not occult tribes in Africa.

Ah, an obvious error, my apologies...the novel _Heart of Darkness_ is about
Africa.  The movie is indeed about Vietnam.

>I'm not sure that I buy into the occult interpretation.  I see
>much more of a naturalistic bend to at least "Nemesis".  Oil, natural   
>selection, death, and asexual reproduction are at least what the song is
>literally about. 

True, Shriekback do have a naturalistic bent - you need only read the liner
notes to the album _Big Night Music_ to know that - but I still think that the
lyrics in Nemesis deal with the occult more.  The tribe in _Apocalypse Now_ is
a group of headhunters, fronted by a single man who is quite off his rocker and
will put somebody's head on a stake for no reason at all (or, more
appropriately, reasons understood only by him).  The entire tribe worships this
guy and they do his every bidding, because they view him as some sort of
religious idol.  Sounds occultish, doesn't it?  Also, consider the lyrics in a
not-so-literal sense:

	Big black Nemesis
	Parthenogenesis
	No one move a muscle as the dead come home

What naturalistic interpretation can there be of asexual reproduction among
human beings?  It all implies very strongly some sort of occult ritual.

Also, think about the lyrics to _The Only Thing That Shines_.  "Only say that
word, and I will pour myself like wine."  

Comments/discussion?


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Michael Thorn / mthorn@madvax.uop.edu 
"Colonel Sanders wants to goose Granny's loose caboose
 He's gonna give her a boost with that Kentucky fried juice"
					--Mr. Bungle
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: malcolm@wrs.com (Malcolm Humes)
Subject: Re: Residents
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 17:51:24 GMT

cpaulse@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Chris D Paulse) writes:

>Can anyoune make any reccomendations of a good CD by  the Residents to buy?
>I remember hearing one of their records in a bar, and I liked it quite a bit.

It's a tough call since the old stuff is pretty different from the new. Freak
Show is their latest, and pretty cool, but a lot slicker than their earlier
works. The Third Reich and Roll is a fun older one that trashes a pile of
60's melodies. Eskimo is probably one of the ultimate concept lps ever. 

>Apparently nobody knows who is in the band.  Perchance someone on usenet knows
>who they are? :-)
 
Sure. Half the population of San Francisco knows who they are, but we're sworn
to secrecy or our firstborn child will be kidnapped and forced to listen to 
The Third Reich and Roll on auto-repeat.  

  - malcolm@wrs.com  
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: bst@wang.com (Bruce Tannenbaum)
Subject: Re: boston bands
Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 92 17:14:14 GMT
Keywords: ping pong

watts@csa2.lbl.gov (PAUL N WATTS) writes:

>In article <rhgh6INNq7i@seven-up.East.Sun.COM>, joneil@heretix.East.Sun.COM writes...
>>check out the follow boston bands:
>> 
>>	HERETIX
>>	0-POSTIVE
>>	TRIBE

>Agreed; however, why stop there?  Go a bit back in time and check out

>Mission of Burma/Birdsongs of the Mesozoic/Roger Miller
>The Lyres
>Barrence Whitfield & the Savages
>The Del Fuegos
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I read recently that the Del Fuegos were reforming (only one of the Zanes'
would be playing.)  That's good because I haven't heard any DF lately except
on my own player.

>I'm not mentioning the ones everyone probably knows about, like the Pixies and
>Throwing Muses.  Also, note that although they're now based in Brooklyn, They
>Might Be Giants originally came out of Lynn.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If I'm not mistaken, it was Lincoln, MA, not Lynn, MA.  Mayhaps that's why
one of their discs was entitled "Lincoln".

Cousin Brucie (not the original, but an awfully good imitation)
-- 
Bruce S. Tannenbaum (RADAR) <bst@wang.com>
VoiceCom Systems Inc., San Francisco, CA and Tewksbury, MA.
"I have a cunning plan!"
From: luebke5317@iscsvax.uni.edu (Phil Luebke)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject:                       TRIP SHAKESPEARE
Date: 8 Apr 92 12:45:43 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

G       R       E       A       T       
        
                                        B       A       N       D       !

(what else is there to say?)
                                                                -phil
-- 
                                "There's a girl in a dress in a sinful mess
        Phil Luebke              With a face that's made for kissin'
 luebke5317@iscsvax.uni.edu      What kind of god gives you a rod
                                 And says you can't go fishin'?"
                                                     -- Something Happens
From: fau@po.CWRU.Edu (Francis A. Uy)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: looking for DHOH
Date: 12 Apr 92 13:04:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr12.130406.6131
Reply-To: fau@po.CWRU.Edu (Francis A. Uy)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


>|>    Interestingly enough, HipHoprisy drop inspirators of everyone from
>|>    Chuck D. to Fugazi.  Also Adrian Sherwood and Meat Beat Manifesto are
>|>    mentioned.

Okay, I'm intrigued.  But no one in MaryLand has heard
 of them yet.  At least, no one at UMBC and no one at
 the major record stores.  The way you're describing 
 them, they can't be that far underground, can they?

What's their label, and what are their records?
-- 
Francis A. Uy
fau@po.cwru.edu
cs201329@umbc5.umbc.edu
From: Treefrog@cup.portal.com (Edward Thomas Keller)
Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
Subject: Michael Penn?? Where the hell is he!?
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 22:57:17 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Hey, just want to know if anyone one knows what the hell happened to him!
I mean, his first album was excellent, first-rate songwriting, and extremely
well produced.  Where is he?  I want another album!  Does anyone know, has
he given up music? Working on a new album? Sold all his posessions and changed
his name to Cat Stevens?  Help!!

Thanks in advance for any reply.  I don't read this group all the time, so
please e-mail response if it's not too much trouble (although I'll try to
check back in).  

peace
Edward
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Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
From: gdebelle@athena.mit.edu (Guy L Debelle)
Subject: Re: End of the World
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 16:40:57 GMT

In article <74048@netnews.upenn.edu>, kwelch@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Kevin C. Welch) writes:
|> 
|> Any one give me impressions of Until the End of the World (sndtrk)?
|> 
|> Is it worth the money?
|> 

Yeah definitely
The Nick Cave song is wonderful and almost worth the price alone.
Other good tracks by REM, Elvis C., the song Calling all Angels,  Neneh Cherry and a good one
by the Crime and the City Solution and of course there's LOU.

The only song I don't like is the one by Patti and Fred "Sonic" Smith which sucks severely.

BTW why isn't the Peter Gabriel song in the movie not on the soundtrack.

Guy