From: owner-cranlist-digest@smoe.org (cranlist-digest) To: cranlist-digest@smoe.org Subject: cranlist-digest V2 #135 Reply-To: cranlist@smoe.org Sender: owner-cranlist-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-cranlist-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk cranlist-digest Thursday, May 20 1999 Volume 02 : Number 135 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: %Cran: Cranstuff we would like to see ["Alex Kraus" ] %Cran: an introduction [Maudlin59@aol.com] %Cran: Some sobering news ["Alex Kraus" ] %Cran: cranberries opening act in the summer [EBugayong@aol.com] %Cran: Some interesting links [Brett ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 12:05:43 PDT From: "Alex Kraus" Subject: Re: %Cran: Cranstuff we would like to see Surprisingly, some of this stuff exists! About the watch, there was actually a clock made, but it wasn't an official one. They took the disc from the interview and put it on a CD-mount with a clock through the middle. You can detach the CD and listen to it. As I said, it's pretty much a bootlegged piece. But, there actually was a Cranberries jacket made! It was a promo piece made by Reebok. It was white with the stitching "The Cranberries -- To The Faithful Departed" on the front-right. For the rest, it's probably just wishful thinking ;) (except you may see a new calender pop up. Don't forget that they said last year that they'd make some new merchandise around the release of the album) -Alex - ----Original Message Follows---- From: Goyette Reply-To: Goyette To: Ridiculous Thoughts mailling list Subject: %Cran: Cranstuff we would like to see Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 19:23:28 -0400 Hi peeps! I was really bored in Math (or was it English?) today so I made a list of cran-items I would like to see. if you have some, please post them on here Items: Cranberries action figures (one for dol, one for noel, one for mike, one for ferg) Cranberries calender (In never got a chance to get the 1995 one) Cranberries desk set (complete with pens, pencils, paper, etc.) Cranberries mouse pad Cranberries inflatable chair (like the KISS one) Cranberries super special PERFUME!!!! (smell like dolores) More Cranberries condoms (by the way, does anyone have some UNUSED ones for sale? for my collection of course :-) ) Cranberries soap and shampoo Cranberries watch Cranberries coat And best of all.............................. Cranberries Doc Martens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bye bye!!! _________________________________________________ Jean-François Goyette (Fluo) dbgoyet@videotron.ca or fluo89@usa.net ICQ 10289063 Web page: http://pages.infinit.net/fluo1 (under huge renovations) "You'd better beleive I'm coming, you'd better beleive what I say" Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries _________________________________________________ - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Alex Kraus a.k.a. Cranguy and SOLDIER_1stClass e-mail: cranguy@hotmail.com ICQ#: 14755760 Webmaster of The Cranberries Gazette: http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/deadhead/454 And check out my eBay "About Me" and Feedback page: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/cranguy/ "Nobody knows exactly where these people are, but I know we would like to believe it is a better place. I believe it is a human impossibility to obtain complete peace of mind in this dimension. There's too much suffering and pain... There is a light that never dies." -Dolores O'Riordan, To the Faithful Departed "I want to meet... you." -Aeris, Final Fantasy VII - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 09:41:04 PDT From: "Dolly Housholder" Subject: %Cran: Dolly's Chicago concert experience!!!! As I promised, here's a synopsis of my experience at the Chicago concert...(sorry it's been awhile, I've been busy finishing this college semester and moving and all...) WARNING: This story is very long and detailed but fun and exciting (at least I hope you think so!!) Only true Cranaddicts sould venture forward :D First of all, my friend and I drove from Michigan to Chicago to the concert via the Indiana Toll Road. While westbound, I spotted 2 huge tour buses with licence plates marked "Musicians." I SWORE it was the Cranberries so I made my friend make a poster that said "WE LOVE THE CRANBERRIES" and put it in the back window of the car. Then I pulled in front of them to see if we could get a confirmation from the driver if the Cranberries WERE in there. The drivers seemed oblivious, so we decided to just follow the buses into Chicago and confirm ourselves who was really in there. (Meanwhile you can imagine my anticipation!!) My friend had to use the restroom which made me "pissed" cause I thought we were going to lose the buses. But we sped ahead and used the McDonald's Oasis (right before Chicago). As he was getting back into the car the tour buses passed us and we quickly got back on the toll road and on their tail again. We followed them into downtown Chicago where some red lights seperated us. So I jumped out of the car and ran up to the buses (with 10 various album covers in hand for them to sign in case it was them!) which had stopped in front of an expensive hotel (Hotel Monaco near Wacker Street). There were police and security around and I tapped on the front door to get the driver's attention. He motioned me to come around to his side and I asked "Are the Cranberries in there?" He shook his head in a way that I found unconvincing. I then went up to one of the police officers and asked him who was in the buses. "Oh that's R. Kelly!" WHAT?!! I was so disappointed and mad at myself for following thoses buses for 2 hours! Most of all I was mad that I had lost my friend who was driving my car around downtown! While waiting at the corner I asked the policeman about the quickest way to get to the Riviera and met some guys who asked me who was in the buses. After a half hour, my friend showed up and we were on our way to the concert. We got a good (free!) parking spot around the corner and then went to the front door around 3:30. There were about 5 people in line then. I looked in the doors and saw a sign that said "For deliveries, please use the Lawrance Street entrance." I thought that maybe the stage door would be around there, so I went around the corner to do some investigating. Sure enough, there was a door marked "Stage Door" and I looked at it in awe. It was pretty inconspicous and no one was around so I walked in. I was met by 2 guys who said "Hey, what do you want?" and of course I said "I'm here to see Dolores." They said "Dolores who?" and I said "Dolores of the Cranberries!" and they told me she wasn't there yet and to wait outside. While I was in there "Promises" was playing and I asked if the band was doing a sound check. They said that the band wasn't there yet and their people were doing a pre-sound check beofre the band arrived. So I went outside and started waiting right outside that stage door. Every time it opened my heart started racing... Finally some security guys started coming out. They were dressed in plain clothes and we started talking. "So, you're waiting for Dolores?" they asked. I said yes, I was planning to meet her here before the show. (I didn't want to say "I'm a HUGE Fan and I WANT TO MEET DOLORES!!!" I tried to be calm because I knew I would get a much better response from everyone and my chances of meeting the band would increase.) The security guys were nice and we talked for a while and they showed me a safe place to stand and everything. Then it started to rain and the went inside the stage door and one guy went inside his car parked on the curb 5 feet from the stage door. I remained on the corner (about 10 feet from the stage door) not minding at ALL that it was raining, just enjoying myself and hoping I would get lucky tonight. The security guy in the car rolled down his window and said "Wanna come in?" and so I got oput of the rain and into the car. His name was Kim and he was really nice and told me that the band was going to come around 5:30. Finally after 45 min. in the car it stopped raining and then I saw with my eyes (which never left sight of the Stage Door!) I saw Mike Hogan come out of the alley and walk towards the Stage Door. I got of the car and said "Mike!" But he just waved and quickly entered the door. I was excited but sad that he didn't stop and I was sulking in the alley whenI looked up and there was Fergal walking towards me about 50 feet away. It was such a sureal feeling, like a dream. He keep coming towrads me and I walked towarfds him. "Fergal, let me introduce myself, I'm Dolly Housholder" I said and extended my hand to him. He said "Hi!" and shook my hand. I was surprised to see how short he was. He seemed to me like "mini-Fergal" about 5'7". He was wearing a white t-shirt with a black leather jacket and jeans. I told him I was really looking forward to the concert and how I was glad they were finally back on tour again after 3 years off. He talked to me about how great it was to be playing and touring again and how excited he was, too. We talked a little more then he said bye and went inside. He was really nice, easy to talk to, and he looks JUST like the pictures in Bury the Hatchet. His handshake was a little on the weak side, though :) About five minutes later I spotted Noel walking down the street about 50 feet away. I said "Noel! Mr. Hogan!" But he didn't stop. The only one left was Dolores of course, so I continued to wait on that corner. It was about 5:45 or so and I continued waiting around for Dolores. I walked in the alley behind the stage and heard Noel and Fergal talking and the they started playing "You & Me" with no vocals. It was cool listening to them through this old rusty door that must have been close to Fergal's drums because it was vibrating with the bass drum. I tried to open the door but it was locked. I wandered around some more and the security guy told me that Dolores just called and Taylor has an ear infection so she won't be coming until the very start of the show. So I went back to the front an began to stand in line. I counted about 40 people in front of me. I took in a camera and took 27 pictures inside. The pix weren't so good, but some will be posted on the internet on the Cranberries Land page My opinion of Sponge was pretty bad. The lead singer looked and acted like a pervert in my opinion. Their music was recognizable, but I found myself impatient with them and shouting "CRANBERRIES!!!" in between their songs. Now I will tell you that the concert was really, really great, especially since it was such a small venue of 2300 people. I had copied Fergal's setlist from the homepage and kept track of the songs as they came. The place got kinda quiet when Dolores was changing guitars right before Zombie, (maybe you guys who were at the concert will remember this...) so I yelled as loud as I could "ZOMBIE, ZOMBIE!!!" and everyone started cheering a bit and Dolores go this smile on her face. She went up to the microphone and said "You're right, this is Zombie." That was so cool! Then in the encore I shouted "DOLORES, DESPERATE ANDY....DESPERATE ANDY!!!" And I saw Dolores look at Fergal and laugh cause thet were gonna play "When You're Gone" next and not "Desperate Andy" I felt stupid but then they played Desperate Andy and Dolores said something like "Now here's Desperate Andy" or something like that I forget. After the show I went right up to the stage where they were giving out Fergal's drumsticks and towels and setlists. Someone threw Fergal's water bottle to me. I was sad cause these tall fat guys right in front of me were grabbing everything that I could have had, they both got Fergal's sticks, I was close though. So security was telling everyone to leave but I noticed that Noel's setlist was still taped to the ground. I asked someone if I could have it and he ripped it off and gave it to me!! I was so happy, Noel had even writen some notes to himself on it, too!! Then I came out of the concert so energized and went back to the stage door in hopes to see Dolores come out. I saw Kim the security guy again and he showed me a place to stand by this barricade where Dolores would be coming out. There were about 10 other people waiting with me to see the band. I was surprised there weren't more than that. While waiting, I asked "Is anyone on the Ridiculous Thoughts mailing list" but people just looked at me funny so I said "Nevermind!" (Hey you guys from the list should have been there....!!) A new black Lincoln Towncar pulled up between the stage door and us and Dolores in all her glory stepped out and into the car. Then she slid over to the side we were on and rolled down her window. She was about 3 feet from me and I immediately handed her my setlist and said "Can you write to Dolly and Simon (my boyfriend)" And she said "Sure! To Dolly and Simon?" and I said "Yes please!" She smiled and signed it and then I asked her a bunch of questions while she was signing things for other people. I asked her when they're touring in Norway and she said they'll be in Norway in the Fall. I said "Great! I'm gonna be there for that show!" And she looked puzzeled and asked me why and I told her that my boyfriend lives in Norway and I met him on his Cranberries website 2 years ago. She looked up at me and said that was neat. I asked her if Taylor was ok with his ear infection and all, and she said that he was fine. She was going to take him to the doctor in the morning. I told Doores that the show was really really great and she told me that we were a great audience. I coul;dn't understand her because of her accent, so I said "What?" and she looked at me straight in the eye and said slowly "You were a great audience" while nodding her head. I said thanks and told her that the MidWest loves her and she said "Really?" very surprised. I said "Yes! We're already looking forward to you coming back in the summer!" She kept smiling and signing things. Don wasn't there, I think he was back with Taylor. Dolores had some scruffy rough guy with her who didn't look like Don, but was kinda acting as his stand-in byfollowing her. I talked to her a little more, but I forget all I said. She ended up signing my setlist, my ticket, and my camera case. I took 9 close-up photos of her, too, and about 3 turned out really nice (soem of the last photos before her new haircut!!). Dolores was very friendly, nice, and she looked gorgeous­better than I can remember. She signed everything anyone wanted and then finally left. After she left, there were only about 5 or 7 of use who continued to wait for the guys to come out. A big white van pulled up in place of Dolores' car and about 40 min later Fergal, Mike, and Noel came out and went directly into the van. People were shouting for them and then Noel came out and walked up to me. I handed him my setlist (his setlist actually!) and he signed it. I said "Noel, that was a GREAT show!" and he said "Thanks a lot" and continued to sign various things. I asked him if I could get my picture with him and he said "Yeah, sure." So I went beside him and put my arm around his shoulder while soemone took my camera and snapped a picture of us. The picture turned out a little out of focus, but it's cool. I half-hugged Noel who's about 5'9" or 5'8" and told him again that the show rocked. He said "Thanks a lot" again to me. Fergal and Mike waited in the van for Noel. I was waving to them and giving them the thumb's up sign and they waved back. Finally after about 5 min., Noel got back inside the car and they drove off...... One of the best impressions I got from the band was to see how friendly and nice they all were. Mike was the only one I didn't talk to and he seemed unusually shy and almost annoyed with the whole celebrity thing. Soooo, that's my story!! If you've read this far, thank you for being interested this much in the Cranberries. I hope you enjoyed this testimony of sorts of mine. It was one of the best nights I've had. The only regret of mine is that my boyfriend, Simon, wasn't with me enjoying every moment and meeting Fergal before the show and all. But I have a feeling that sometime in the future we'll both see them again. I'll tell you when my pictures get on the internet. I'll also scan my setlist and signed ticket! In the meantime, visit the Cranberries Land: http://home.sol.no/~gdankel Dolly. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 04:09:40 +0800 From: "aier~" Subject: %Cran: couldn't send pic file i wanted to show u the ANTHRAX stomp CD cover that looked like the cran's. with that "same" naked guy? and blue sky... maybe over-sensitive. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 18:45:20 EDT From: Maudlin59@aol.com Subject: %Cran: an introduction Hi Everybody, I have just joined the Cranlist this week and thought I would introduce myself. I don't know exactly if new members introduce themselves like on the Morrissey list, but I'll do it anyway. My name is Angela, I'm twenty--one years old and I live in Indiana. I've been a fan of The Cranberries ever since their first album. I have only been to one of their concerts, which was in Indianapolis on the "No Need to Argue" tour. I like a variety of music from British Music to Industrial to New Wave and everything in between. I'm a big fan of James Dean, Ian Curtis of Joy Division and Sean Connery. I am also into racing, it's an Indiana thing. Well, I think that's about all. Hope no one is bored now! I hope to talk to some of you! Later.. - -Angela ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 16:10:37 PDT From: "Alex Kraus" Subject: %Cran: Some sobering news I just found this out, and decided it wasn't worth waiting to put up tomorrow on the Cranberries Gazette (http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/deadhead/454). It will be up there tomorrow, along with any more details I get. Here it is: - -------------------------------------------------- Today, Bruce Fairbairn, the producer of the Cranberries's third album, "To The Faithful Departed" and many other artists' albums, died of unknown causes. If I get more info. about this, it will be up here. - -------------------------------------------------- If anyone has any more info about this, let me know. -Alex - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Alex Kraus a.k.a. Cranguy and SOLDIER_1stClass e-mail: cranguy@hotmail.com ICQ#: 14755760 Webmaster of The Cranberries Gazette: http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/deadhead/454 And check out my eBay "About Me" and Feedback page: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/cranguy/ "Nobody knows exactly where these people are, but I know we would like to believe it is a better place. I believe it is a human impossibility to obtain complete peace of mind in this dimension. There's too much suffering and pain... There is a light that never dies." -Dolores O'Riordan, To the Faithful Departed "I want to meet... you." -Aeris, Final Fantasy VII - -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 19:35:14 EDT From: EBugayong@aol.com Subject: %Cran: cranberries opening act in the summer i just heard on local radio station in the bay area alice 97.3 that collective soul will open for the cranberries in the summer. ed http://listen.to/tdn http://listen.to/donnas ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 23:47:33 -0400 From: Brett Subject: %Cran: Some interesting links Just in case not everyone has heard, apparently the producer of TTFD, Bruce Fairbairn has died. There's a story about it at: http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusic/may18_fairbairn.html Also, I just found another link from the Muchmusic Rapidfax page. It's about the Cranberries Canadian connection. It's at: http://www.chartattack.com/features/99/cranberries/ - -Brett ------------------------------ End of cranlist-digest V2 #135 ******************************