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goths-digest       Thursday, September 25 1997       Volume 01 : Number 015



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  Hello? Questions. And more.....(questions!)  [foxmulder@juno.com (Chris L ]
  Re: Hello? Questions. And more.....(questions!)        [Twiglet667@aol.com]

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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 17:10:20 EDT
From: foxmulder@juno.com (Chris L Smith)
Subject: Hello? Questions. And more.....(questions!)

Hello!!!! - 

Sorry to wake everyone up.... :) ......this list's been a bit slow as of
late (which is expected, seeing as the list is young, the band isn't
touring, and there's not much to talk about with regards to their
recently released EP), so let's see if I can wake it up a bit:

If anyone hasn't noticed, I have compiled a FAQ for Rasputina that's
posted on the fan web site. I'm looking for more questions about the band
to add to the FAQ. Could people post their questions to this list and
then anyone with an answer can answer - and I'll use the Q/A for the
FAQ??? 

Also, I have a topic in the FAQ describing the purpose/theme of
Rasputina's songs. Since many of the tunes are historically based, their
topics are often obvious. Some songs that raise questions to their theme
(at least, in my opinion) are: Stumpside, Rusty the Skatemaker, and Trust
All-Stars. Anyone want to get a discussion going on any of these songs? 

Okay, fine....I'll start.....Stumpside: does anyone else think it
describes either the life of a woman living on a farm or a colonial
female? 'Peeling potatoes,' 'dirt floors make dust,' 'I carry candles,'
'fixing a fencepost or feeding a cow' - they all seem to support the idea
of a colonial woman. Anyone make sense of the rest of the song??

Sorry if anyone was sleeping.....I'll be quieter next time. :)

Chris

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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 21:29:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Twiglet667@aol.com
Subject: Re: Hello? Questions. And more.....(questions!)

Okay, this is my first contribution, so be nice. Following through with the
idea of what Stumpside might mean.. I agree that it sounds like the life of a
farm or colonial woman. I think the song describes how she's tired of her
everyday hardship and wants to escape. I'd go into my interpretation line by
line but that would be too long..but if you want me too, just e-mail me. I
showed my dad the lyrics and he came up with something I though was
interesting. What if we were to look at the song from the point of view of a
woman accused of being a witch? He said  "We come alone and leave alone and
we look the horse in mouth; we scratch the skin and break the bone and see
birds migrating south" bit sounded like something that might have come from
an incantation. Anyway, my thoughts may be way off base..but thats what I got
from the song.

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