From PackageThf@aol.comSat Feb 10 02:57:34 1996
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 21:03:40 -0500
From: PackageThf@aol.com
Subject: the freed seed (Superchunk Internationale (e)Mailing List)

Hello Superchunk fans - here's the starter for the new year.  I would have
gotten this out a little sooner, but I've been having some problems with AOL
- which I finally got fixed.  (stupid AOL.)  Anyway, here's some brief junk
to start off.....
ALSO, I was planning on reprinting the Merge Catalogue for all of you (the
lastest edition with music from Merge and others PLUS t-shirts).  Since it's
kinda large - as a text file, that is (= mucho download time) - and I know
some of you may already have it, here's the deal: I'll send it out to
everyone UNLESS I get a note not to send it by Jan. 21.  Okay?

There was a brief profile/interview of Superchunk in Bone Magazine, which
seems to be for the benefit of radio stations.  It's in the December issue.
 No new info, but it does mention Wurster's band, 7 Brides For The Meatwagon,
which spoofs buzz bin songs - they're currently planning a falsetto version
of "You Oughta Know."  And there's a color band pic.
Also, there's a promo cd from "The Hits Postmodern Syndrome" (whatever that
is) that has a comp. of new "alternative" music that includes "Yeah, It's
Beautiful Here Too" - which leads me to believe it'll be the next single. 
ONWARD:
~~From jasongg@ix.netcom.com:  i have a bootleg from a tour right before "on
the mouth" came out.  i got it from a guy a few years back on the internet.
 the concert's in Waltham, MA.  the sound is terrible, but if you really like
superchunk you'll fiddle with the equalizer/bass/treble/tone knobs and
listen.  there's some okay comments by Mac, um i'll have to dig around for
it.  i love superchunk and i fiddled with the knobs a couple of times so it
was tolerable, but like i said it was pretty bad.  but that's what bootlegs 
are all about....
~~from psu08810@odin.cc.pdx.edu: This is in response to the question on
"Swallow That" in your last posting. When I saw Superchunk in Portland in
June '94, Mac introduced the song by saying (if I remember correctly) that it
was about a friend/acquaintance with AIDS, and the prescribed medications. We
all know that the band's between song banter is often deliberately
misleading, so don't take my recollection of his interpretation on faith.
 Outside of that, I can't offer any insights.
++a response (of sorts) to that from kt0d061u@umiami.ir.miami.edu: With
regard to the subject matter of "Swallow That": a couple of years ago, in an
album review (in _Spin_, I think), the song was refered to as Mac's "AIDS
anthem". After listening to the song frequently for the last 3 years, I still
don't understand many of the lyrics, but those that I do understand don't
seem to support the AIDS anthem theory.
~~from From: BabyDoll8@aol.com: in response to a couple pf things, first to
woweezowee, iron was completed way before the album, they played it this
spring in a hometown chapel hill show,  they were also joking at the time
that they were trying to name their album and at the time had deciced on,
"don't blame me, i voted for superchunk" it rocked, also, superchunk began
it's trend of opening with sunshine state at Raleigh lollapalooza in the
summer, they also played animated airplanes at that show.  also, will you
people please stop refering to superchunk as "CHUNK" that is the worst insult
you can give them, take five extra key strokes and get it right!!
~~from Indiette: just read in "popnauseum" mag that mac and jim met while mac
was attending Columbia and jim was attending Fairfield...i always assumed
that they went to UNC...also, chunk is going to europe from mid-jan to
mid-feb, and should be touring the US again in late spring.
~~from shainin@worldweb.net, a story about the "Chapel Hill scene" from US
News and World Magazine - pleeeze write me (at packagethf@aol.com) if you
want a copy
~~from mrozek@msn.com: Mac's brother told me that Mac got the No Pocky for
Kitty title from when Superchunk was on tour in Japan.  Mac had a cat with
him that became fond of this Japanese candy Mac liked alot called Pocky.
 Well eventually Mac realized 
that Pocky wasn't good for the cat so whenever Mac got some Pocky the cat
wanted some and he wouldn't give him any and the cat got pissed; thus the
title.
When I've read these concert reviews I.ve been very surprised to here about
mac surfing in the crowd.  In the past I've known Mac to be very against any
sort of moshing or crowd surfing.  I remember reading a transcript of an
interview some radio station did with Ian Mckaye of Fugazi.  They were talkin
about moshing and stage diving and cowd surfing and how they didn't really
like it and during this interview Mac phoned into the station to voice his
position.  It  was somewhere along the lines of how participating in these
antics interfered with other people watching the show.  This isn't the only
place I heard about Mac's dislike for moshing,  I've read other stuff in the
past where he's said things along the same lines.  It used to be that in
Chapel Hill you could go see Superchunk and the crowd would be as calm as if
they were watching some classical concert.  But since then Superchunk's scope
of audience has changed, and I suppose Mac has taken the "If you can't beat
em, join em" philosophy.
~~from SebadohKid@aol.com: i just got the young rock compilation video of
chapel hill bands. with superchunk are the likes of polvo, archers of loaf,
small, southern culture on the skids, flat duo jets, pipe and many others.
the precision auto video was superchunk's contribution. the video was
obviously low budget but here is a description: it starts out going fast
foward down franklin st. & other areas in chapel hill. then it switches off
for a second to chunk playing. then mac opens a garage and brings out some
old gold car and drives it (in fast foward again) through chapel hill. this
series is repeated until mac closes the garage back.the polvo video of
vibracobra was good as was the flat duo jet's radioactive man. most of young
rock was devoted to small-time bands, and not too many any good.    

this letter finishes out with a thought from mmarti03@uoguelph.ca: Everyone
should band together to raise the money for Mac to buy another shirt besides
the Bats one he has right now.

next issue - more opinions and info, followed by the Merge catalog.  See ya
then-