From: owner-the-landing-digest@smoe.org (the-landing-digest) To: the-landing-digest@smoe.org Subject: the-landing-digest V2 #79 Reply-To: the-landing@smoe.org Sender: owner-the-landing-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-the-landing-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk the-landing-digest Friday, April 16 1999 Volume 02 : Number 079 Today's Subjects: ----------------- SLEEPING NAKED. ["Ryan Sargent" ] Zippers gone [Jessica Brandt ] jazz squad dates [Jessica Brandt ] RE: Zippers gone [Dawn Carr ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 12:26:36 PDT From: "Ryan Sargent" Subject: SLEEPING NAKED. I just got a really good cd off ebay called "sleeping naked". LIVE 1998 1. Ghost of Stephen Foster 2. Evening at Lafitte's 3. Suits are Picking Up The Bill 4. Hell 5. Put a Lid on It 6. I've Found a New Baby 7. That Fascinating Thing SESSIONS AT WEST 54TH - 1997 8. Lover's Lane 9. Danny Diamond 10. It Ain't You 11. Hell 12. Club Limbo 13. Put a Lid on It 14. Ghost of Stephen Foster LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN 15. Suits are Picking Up The Bill LIVE WITH REGIS AND KATHY SHOW 16. Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter 17. Night and Day (w/Howie Evans) P.S: "The Max Wienberg 7" is the best band on t.v.!!!! _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 16:41:53 -0500 From: Jessica Brandt Subject: Zippers gone Well i don;'t know how many times this willb e posted here today, but it's freakin' horrible. This is off www.snzippers.com : Sorry to Inform you, but the Squirrel Nut Zippers have called it quits as a band, at least until the current legal situation is resolved. We are simultaneously being sued for using the name Squirrel Nut Zippers, and being threatened with lawsuit if we change our name. Spending time and money to tour and record are foolish under these circumstances. More details later. So how do you like that? I am crushed (like a cumin seed) that they have broken up. Six months i could handle, but now...i don't know. However, I don't blame them in the least for taking time off to get things straight. The Zippers used the name with permission from the original owners of the company. it's since changed hands and no doubt the new owners are trying to cash in on their success. However, they are going to be sued for changing their name, probably by the label and whoever else had a hand in marketing the name "Squirrel Nut Zippers". So what are they to do? I hope they have some damn fine lawyers. Matt Mitchell's page reports there will be a tour of the west coast later on and a new album, but he updated the page April 14 and Kenny updated snzippers.com on the 15th, so....don't be too hopeful about anything new right now. Welp, we've still got kat's solo album to look forward to on May 25, as well as Tom's solo, new Knockdown stuff, Ken and Tom on tour with BFF (hopefully) and Kat's Jazz Squad tour. There's also Andrew Bird's tour and various going-on with the Zippers recording with other folks. I haven't heard anything frm my buddy who's close with the band. perhaps he's hiding out, avoiding further lawsuits. i don't know. I'm pretty much in the dark about everything right now. Don't consider this the ultimate end of the Zippers. I think they'll be back. they'll fight it. I'll have more info on this the second i get some. damn. Jess *********************************************************** * --+-READ THE SHRUBBERY-+-- * http://www.theshrubbery.prohosting.com --New Every Month- -Humor, Music, News and More-- *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 16:56:18 -0500 From: Jessica Brandt Subject: jazz squad dates uhm, on a lighter note, here's some dates for the Katherine Whalen's Jazz Squad tour: Date Day City Venue 6/1/1999 Tues Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle 6/2/1999 Wed Baltimore, MD The Recher Theater 6/6/1999 Sun Northampton, MA Pearl Street (downstairs) 6/7/1999 Mon New York, NY Bowery Ballroom 6/9/1999 Wed Alexandria, VA The Birchmere So...yeah....i guess some of you lucky bastards in the new england area will be seeing Zippers sometime soon. Here's a lineup for the "squad" as found on MTV.com: The group features three other members of the Zippers, namely co-founder Jim Mathus (vocals, guitar, trombone), Stu Cole (bass) and Je Widenhouse (trumpet) as well as another five local players from hometown Chapel Hill, NC, namely Robert Griffin, Ted Zaras, Cecil Johnson, John Kennedy and Mike Mingus. you can find a good article with good updates at: http://www.mtv.com/sendme.cgi?http://www.mtv.com/news/gallery/s/squirrel9903 05.html Notably, Cecil Johnson is the excellent and very cool sax player who was with the Countdown Quartet when i saw them in Chapel Hill. Jess *********************************************************** * --+-READ THE SHRUBBERY-+-- * http://www.theshrubbery.prohosting.com --New Every Month- -Humor, Music, News and More-- *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:02:31 -0400 From: Dawn Carr Subject: RE: Zippers gone But...but...NO! > -----Original Message----- > From: Jessica Brandt [SMTP:jbrandt@kent.edu] > Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 5:42 PM > To: the-landing@smoe.org > Subject: Zippers gone > > Well i don;'t know how many times this willb e posted here today, but it's > freakin' horrible. This is off www.snzippers.com : > > Sorry to Inform you, but the Squirrel Nut > Zippers have called it quits as a band, at > least until the current legal situation is > resolved. We are simultaneously being > sued for using the name Squirrel Nut > Zippers, and being threatened with lawsuit > if we change our name. Spending time and > money to tour and record are foolish > under these circumstances. More details > later. > > > So how do you like that? I am crushed (like a cumin seed) that they have > broken up. Six months i could handle, but now...i don't know. > > However, I don't blame them in the least for taking time off to get things > straight. The Zippers used the name with permission from the original > owners of the company. it's since changed hands and no doubt the new > owners > are trying to cash in on their success. > > However, they are going to be sued for changing their name, probably by > the > label and whoever else had a hand in marketing the name "Squirrel Nut > Zippers". So what are they to do? I hope they have some damn fine lawyers. > > > Matt Mitchell's page reports there will be a tour of the west coast later > on and a new album, but he updated the page April 14 and Kenny updated > snzippers.com on the 15th, so....don't be too hopeful about anything new > right now. > > Welp, we've still got kat's solo album to look forward to on May 25, as > well as Tom's solo, new Knockdown stuff, Ken and Tom on tour with BFF > (hopefully) and Kat's Jazz Squad tour. There's also Andrew Bird's tour and > various going-on with the Zippers recording with other folks. > > I haven't heard anything frm my buddy who's close with the band. perhaps > he's hiding out, avoiding further lawsuits. i don't know. I'm pretty much > in the dark about everything right now. Don't consider this the ultimate > end of the Zippers. I think they'll be back. they'll fight it. > > I'll have more info on this the second i get some. damn. > > Jess > *********************************************************** > * --+-READ THE SHRUBBERY-+-- * > http://www.theshrubbery.prohosting.com > --New Every Month- -Humor, Music, News and More-- > *********************************************************** ------------------------------ End of the-landing-digest V2 #79 ********************************