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AM Fan Letter • 1998

03-11-98

AMERICAN MUSIC: THE VIOLENT FEMMES MAILING LIST currently run by Pat. Wary ************************************************************************ In Today's Issue: 8 Submissions for RE: Top 10 Again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I know there are those of you who are not interested in reading other people's top 10 lists. So I've put them all together. Feel free to trash this issue if you want. Threads usually last no longer than a week, so bear with us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Top 10 Again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ okay, since i'm in a better mood than i was earlier (ugh,phy.ed/swimming should not be required; it ruined my entire day.) im gonna be really nice to that one dude ummmm..... matt! yea matt, there are a lot of matt's in this world for instance the really really really (insert lots of reallys here) hot matt at my school. sorry, i told you i babble, bet you didn't believe me did you. well it's true. im am a master of the art of babbling. shut up, it's a skill not a problem. ok, well now for what im actually writing in about (insert weak ass drum roll here. note: weak ass because this isn't very exciting, and it doesn't deserve a big drumroll like the return of wes did. that'd make a kinda cool movie title "the return of wes" sorry, babbling.) not in any particular order. (no insults, k?) Reel Big Fish Aqua Bats The Gufs Bloodhound Gang Sarah McLachlan Buffalo Tom Better Than Ezra Brian McKnight Veruca Salt Dave Matthews Band (i also like older bands too, but i figured i'd write my more modern stuff in. also the femmes would be at like the top of the list, but didnt that matt dude say not to mention the femmes? ok, well i like a lot of stuff. but yea.) ok, now my mom wants the computer. -beky (i don't need a quote, because I'm cool that way) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Top 10 Again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's my $.02 for the top 10 list (in no order) 1. Violent Femmes 2. Nine Inch Nails 3. Faith No More 4. Pink Floyd 5. Nixons 6. Jimi Hendrix 7. The Doors 8. The Cure 9. Nirvana 10. Ramones (i also love all of the bay area ska, punk, and industrial bands) -Emilia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Top 10 Again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ok...Here are my top ten bands besides the Violent Femmes. ~1~ The Specials ~2~ Less Than Jake ~3~ Hot Stove Jimmy ~4~ Buck-O-Nine ~5~ Operation Ivy ~6~ Slap Stick ~7~ Blue Meanies ~8~ MU330 ~9~ The Exceptions ~10~ Telegraph "Take The Cutting Edge and Slit My Wrist..." ~ChLoE!~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Top 10 Again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I really like matt's suggestion for top 10 submissions, Matt I give you the Rocket Scientist of the week award. Now my Top 10: 1-Dada 2-REM 3-Sixteen Horsepower 4-The Murmurs 5-Buddy Hollly 6-Chris Issak 7-Cracker 8-The Samples 9-Big Head Todd and the Monsters 10-Weezer "We must be able to see the light before we can aspire to reach for it" That is striaght out of my head, kind of amazing for me. My page. If your mail program does not support HTML Mail me at , or check out my page at http://neil.simplenet.com/kyle/kingaling.htm - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Top 10 Again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's my top ten band list (excluding femmes): 10. E 9. Camper Van Beethoven / Cracker 8. Dance Hall Crashers 7. the Muffs 6. Billy Pilgrim 5. Dogs Eye View 4. Sixteen Horsepower 3. They Might Be Giants 2. Ween 1. Negativland And yes, it's in that order. grief, joy, and information can be sent to - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Top 10 Again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top 10 Again Well, hell. I might as well, I didn't do it last time. These are not in complete order, just close. I put 11 because i can't narrow it down to 10. So there. 1. Violent Femmes 2. Led Zeppelin 3. Tori Amos 4. Queen 5. Nirvana 6. Smashing Pumpkins 7. The Cure 8. Green Day 9. The Doors 10. Sublime 11. Squirrel Nut Zippers .. .. 5943. Puff Daddy Anybody else like any one here. I know Danica (gluegirl) loves Tori. Rock on Danica. Nick -Pat. Says: Nick, you accidentally put one band in twice. I fixed it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Top 10 Again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nick Janssen's top 11 1.The King's Singers (Madrigal History Tour- the best album ever) 2.The Counting Crows 3.They Might be Giants 4.Rage Against The Machine 5.Sublime 6.Jane's Addiction 7.Led ZeplinPaul Simmon 8.Paul Simmon 9.Harry Connic Jr. (the old stuff) 10.The Extras 11.Wyclef Jean - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Top 10 Again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi everyone... besides the femmes who are definitely on top of my favorite band list...here is my top 10: 1. They Might Be Giants 2. The Cure 3. Depeche Mode 4. Oingo Boingo 5. Gene (the newest arrival) 6. The London Suede (aka Suede) 7. The B-52's 8. Smoking Popes 9. Cranes 10. The Tear Garden Ryan "Without friends, we only have our butts!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Top 10 Again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ok, i have a strange variety of music tastes but heres my top ten..... 1. korn 2. limp bizkit 3. deftones 4. sublime(more of there older stuff) 5. coal chamber 6. bloodhound gang 7. g love and special sauce 8. mxpx 9. the doors 10. led zeppelin i also listen to other stuff like...VOD, strife, beck,system of a down, porno for pyros, earth crisis, downset, pm5k, skinny puppy......a whole bunch of stuff. ok, thats all. bye! - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~