Date: Mon, 04 Jul 1994 19:55:43 EDT
CHOKE, INC. NEWSLETTER VOL. 1 #7
CHOKE, INC.
1376 W. GRAND AVE.
CHICAGO, IL. 60622
choke@spagmumps.com
STUDIO TIME
We fellas in craw just got back from chicago and our recording
session. We all feel it went very well. We have rough mixes of the
music and will be returning at the end of this month (before I
actually send this out) to put the final touches on it. Should be out
by late september, early october. I haven't really noticed how much
the band is evolving until actually hearing the new stuff on tape and
comparing it with the first cd. Still equally as heavy but at the
same time a little more melodic and structured. I'm pretty happy with
it.
Jaks will be recording with our pal steve in august. Hairy Patt Band
have already recorded and their cd will be out in late august, early
september. Then ours, then Jaks.
ONE WEEK LATER
The new album is all mixed and ready to go to the mastering plant. I
personally think it sounds amazing - better than the last one.
BAD NEWS
Morsel have lost their guitar player, Shawn, to the evil plans of the
major label continuum - i.e. he also sings for a band called Wig who
are on polysomething-or-other and decided that that band was more
promising. Actually I think the rest of morsel kicked him out because
he was totally slacking when it came to their band. What a fucking
fool. I've seen Wig a few times and they are not anything
spectacular. I like them as a straight ahead, grooving jam band, but
that has been done to death. Especially if you are from ann
arbor/detroit (big chief, slot, laughing hyenas, mule, etc.) Get a
grip shawn, Morsel is a totally original, creative kicking band, and
Wig is not. At least you'll be able to buy a house in a few months
with all that major label money. Loser. Wig won't last a year after
their first release. This sucks saying this, too, cause I really like
shawn and the guys in Wig as people. I just have become extremely
patriotic towards our label and am going to react as such when
something like this comes and threatens any part of it.
Anyway, for now I believe that Shawn's roomate will be replacing
him. I don't know his name nor whether or not this will be a
permanent guitar spot. Will know soon.
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GOOD NEWS
For those of you who like to read and talk about really great bands
over newsgroups but have sworn off alt.music.alternative cause it
just sucks, rejoice! alt.music.independent has been founded and so
far so good. As the name implies, only talk about independent bands
and labels (like us) - all cobain mourners need not show up.
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WEIRD NEWS
After the demise of Cobain and Nirvana, Hole bass player Kristen
Plaff left said band and junkie-mom-widow Ms. Love. Originally bass
player from Janitor Joe, one of minneapolis' finest bands, Kristen
was planning on rejoining that band. However, last week she returned
to seattle to pack up her belongings and O.D.-ed. She is no longer
with us. My condolences to JJ. Not that this will stop them.
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KISSINGER SAVES WORLD WITH SOCCER
A good friend from high school had the opportunity to interview Dr.
Henry Kissinger last month about the upcoming world cup soccer in
America. Kissinger is a very big fan of soccer. During the interview
he says to my friend "let me tell you how soccer and I prevented
world war III." I am going to summarize this so here goes. Under
Kennedy and prior to the bay of pigs invasion of cuba the upper staff
were reviewing some arial photographs of cuba. In these pictures were
farms, grain silos and other normal looking farmery stuff all next to
a series of large fields. Nobody thought anything of it until the
pictures came to Kissinger and he flipped and told them to invade.
They questioned him and he said "what is next to those silos?"
"Fields" they replied. "What kind of fields?" After looking closer
they replied "soccer fields." "Correct," kissinger replied, "and
Cubans do not play soccer. They play baseball. Russians play soccer."
The rest is history.
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TEAM USA!!!
For not even expected to win one single game in this years world cup,
Team USA proved throughout the first round and the second round match
against Brasil that they are indeed a new force in world class
soccer, defeating and eliminating Columbia and keeping the match vs.
the greatest team in the world Brasil scoreless for over 70 minutes
until Bebeto was fed by superpower Romario for the winning goal past
Tony Meola and Alexi Lalas. Contributing to USA's demise in the
second half was the injury to Tab Ramos who suffered a 2nd degree
concussion by the elbow of Brasil forward Leonardo, who consequently
was given a red card and ejected from the game. Even though Brasil
was then forced to play a man down the rest of the match, USA clearly
suffered from the removal of Ramos' incredible playmaking and the
added fact that their other key playmaker, Jon Harkes, was on the
bench because of receiving two yellow cards in the first round.
Although the loss vs. Brasil eliminates USA from the cup, this is in
no way the end of a temporary trend of soccer fever. Starting in
spring of 1995 the MLS will start up - Major League Soccer - and for
me, having played soccer for 14 years, if this band thing ends
anytime soon you know where I will be - trying out for a team.
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COOKIE NEWS
Our annual contributor, Mr George from athens, Ga. found this
somewhere. please feel free to forward somewhere else.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 94 19:24:10 PST
From: mLiu_at_PubHealth@ccmail.llu.edu
To: gobears@soda.berkeley.edu
Subject: Cookie Recipe
For all bear fans hungry for a "good" cookie recipe:
>Date: Sun, 24 Apr 1994 15:17:45 -0700 (PDT)
My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe
in Dallas & decided to have a small dessert. Because our family
are such cookie lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus
Cookie". It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me
the recipe and they said with a small frown, "I'm afraid not."
Well, I said, would you let me buy the recipe? With a cute
smile, she said, "Yes." I asked how much, and she responded,
"Two fifty." I said with approval, just add it to my tab.
Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement from
Neiman-Marcus and it was $285.00. I looked again and I
remembered I had only spent $9.95 for two salads and about $20.00
for a scarf. As I glanced at the bottom of the statement, it
said, "Cookie Recipe - $250.00." Boy, was I upset!! I called
Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the waitress said it was
"two fifty," and I did not realize she meant $250.00 for a cookie
recipe. I asked them to take back the recipe and reduce my bill
and they said they were sorry, but because all the recipes were
this expensive so not just everyone could duplicate any of our
bakery recipes....the bill would stand. I waited, thinking of
how I could get even or even try and get any of my money back.
I just said, "Okay, you folks got my $250.00 and now I'm going to
have $250.00 worth of fun." I told her that I was going to see to
it that every cookie lover will have a $250.00 cookie recipe from
Neiman-Marcus for nothing. She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do
this." I said, "I'm sorry but this is the only way I feel I could
get even," and I will.
So, here it is, and please pass it to someone else or run a few
copies....I paid for it; now you can have it for free.
(Recipe may be halved.):
2 cups butter 4 cups flower
2 tsp. soda 2 cups sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal** 24 oz. chocolate chips
2 cups brown sugar 1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated) 4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder 3 cups chopped nuts
2 tsp. vanilla (your choice)
Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix
together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add
chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts.
Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.
** measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
Have fun!!! This is not a joke --- this is a true story..
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NO reviews - I hate music this month
TOUR DATES
CRAW JULY
7 cleveland
8 dayton
9 huntington
17 baltimore
18 asbury park, NJ
20 boston
21 portchester, NY
22 warren
26 morgantown w/ dazzling killmen & clutch
27 huntington w/ dazzling killmen
28 lexington w/ dazzling killmen
29 cincinatti w/ milkmine
30 cleveland w/ jesus lizard
AUGUST
4 columbus w/ hammerhead
5 toledo
6 chicago
I had tour info for Milkmine and Morsel written down but lost it and
am too lazy to call the boys up and get it. Suffer.
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Again, feel free to send the choke inc guys demo tapes, etc. and
please feel free to send me articles for this - reviews, fiction,
whatever - i don't give a shit. I'd like to try and make this a
little more interesting.
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