spasm_log velvet spasm rick, dear chris, your letter was well received. your family that is extended here gives alms and praise of your words most wise. we offer a plethora of kudos to your choice of distinctive months, that i'm sure has SOMETHING to do with carl jung. the first three weekends of june would be delightful. we also offer dj dance parties if you would be interested in a two night gig-or-reee-no. dig. as far as monetary discussions, our minimum is $313. however, we also (with proper promotions, such as radio promos, etc...) work with door. our ONLY stipulation, which having worked with you numerous times, am completely confident, may be reached with little discrepancies is free beer. ever so humbly and most desiredly devoted to something, yours, the spasm that is VELVET bs74 botch j 010317 ... uhhhhhh We are looking at June at the monkey. Give me avails and costs. Rick 010317 ... we better learn a couple songs kel if you get a wild hair, v. spasm is playing next fri. at sam's uptown club in chas. around 10:00- ish. hope you can come. jon 010317 ... velvet spasm Editor, Jay Neil wasn’t overly impressed with brown25. I’ll give him drab. They were actually pretty bleak. They looked terribly depressed towards the end of the show. I’ve never seen five grown men cry at the same time (outside of grandma Ethel’s funeral). Everybody in the place hated themselves and wanted to die. The misery was as thick as a cow’s skull filled with lead. The mood lightened however, when the lead singer ran onstage with a frozen turd, threatening to penetrate the perplexed cellist. Then they played "My Sharona" and everybody went home happy. Ass Facely, man on the street 010317 ... spasm Well, it was January –- time for KanawhaPalooza. Since my feets couldn’t take me everywhere, I settled for catching Brown 25, Melissa Reaves, the Steve Himes Project and Voodoo Katz lineup. Gotta hand it to B25, they’re out there. First band I’ve seen with a computer actually onstage as an instrument. And the Moog is to die for -– puts me in mind of a Devo-meets-Nickelodeon matrimony. Dunno how to describe it, really. Capes and goggles and leis and other sundries might invoke an appropriate image. Anyhoo, I dig the Moog. Did I say that already? 010317 ... velvet spasm rick- please excuse all the confusing language. bill, our leader, has been coping with some mental problems. let me bypass the nonsense for a moment and give you some raw info. we are available the first three weekends in june. we'll play for 300.00 or the door . some drinks would be nice. thanks for your time, b.j. velvet spasm 010318 ... ass facely Um, Upon checking your e-mails I've formed a semi-memory of talking to you. I must say your messages have been far from lucid, so out of habit I disregarded them with the others from the others, eh? I don't think you gave me a demo, If so it didn't say Velvet Spasm on it. So you may try sending one to the address below. Elbow has moved back to the Carolinas. From what I hear he has a job driving semi-trucks... Thanks, Jon Steele 010417 ... god Subj: where???? Date: 5/8/01 6:26:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: brown25@bionicmilk.com (brown25) Reply-to: brown25@bionicmilk.com To: RJONNZ@cs.com (mass transit suicide) Damn... here goes... my webpage goes down....I get the server complications fixed my computer goes down before I can get webpages set up for it my e-mail account goes down and has been for weeks without me knowing it now...it all seems to be fixed...for now... what the bloody hell? anyhow...I don't know if you wrote but brown25@bionicmilk.com was gone for a while. Did you happen to get your 'bio' thingy done???? I wanted you to do something that was more your personality....dig? Lemme know....k? I'm hoping to have the webpage stuff done for the most part by the weekend. dig? bq ***************************** brown25 the bionic milk plant po box 111 ashland, ky 41105 www.bionicmilk.com/brown25 www.mp3.com/brown25 010527 ... god hey it is me and soory it took so long to get back to you ,but i'm just getting to check my mail.....still have the jacket too!!!!Kirwood opened his bar like I said and its kicking ass!!!the name of it is "Club 8:12" but hey i've got a buzz and need to go but keep in touch shroomgirl 010527 ... god Subj: velvet spasm bio Date: 5/15/01 12:34:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: RJONNZ To: brown25@bionicmilk.com (from a note dated4-1-02, found somewhere in the Sargasso Sea some sixty years later) I can remember the first time I saw the others. It was an unseasonably cold day in the Port of Amsterdam. The dappled sunlight played across their contorted faces as I peered through my grimy porthole. They crossed the rickety ramp and boarded the Rathsman II. I sensed their subconscious relief as they set foot upon the creaky vessel which I had vowed to abandon mere minutes previous. They had played cruise ships before, but not one like this. With them was our hero, a being of indeterminate age or sex. I knew I would follow "it" to the bottom, should fate smite us with its withered hand. I met them as they descended into the musty innards of the steerage compartment (where the musicians were made to bunk). I remained silent; I wanted to keep my anonymity whilst I sized them up. I nonchalantly walked by each one. I read their name tags. first was "it". Any descriptionof "it" would be futile on my part. Second was Boerg47/Bs74. He hadn't killed anyone...... yet. He would be elected leader, but would refuse to lead (most of the time). Next was B. Slutz. He lead (most of the time), but refused to be elected leader. He also knew most about "it". Third was D.Paul Manns. He refused everything except low frequency manipulation and frequent doses of advil. Lastly, me. signed, Botulism aka god 010527 ... velvet spasm (from a note dated 4-1-02, found somewhere in the Sargasso Sea some sixty years later) I can remember the first time I saw the others. It was an unseasonably cold day in the Port of Amsterdam. The dappled sunlight played across their contorted faces as I peered through my grimy porthole. They crossed the rickety ramp and boarded the Rathsman II. I sensed their subconscious relief as they set foot upon the creaky vessel which I had vowed to abandon mere minutes previous. They had played cruise ships before, but not one like this. With them was our hero, a being of indeterminate age or sex. I knew I would follow "it" to the bottom, should fate smite us with its withered hand. I met them as they descended into the musty innards of the steerage compartment (where the musicians were made to bunk). I remained silent; I wanted to keep my anonymity whilst I sized them up. I nonchalantly walked by each one. I read their name tags. first was "it". Any descriptionof "it" would be futile on my part. Second was Boerg47/Bs74. He hadn't killed anyone...... yet. He would be elected leader, but would refuse to lead (most of the time). Next was B. Slutz. He lead (most of the time), but refused to be elected leader. He also knew most about "it". Third was D.Paul Manns. He refused everything except low frequency manipulation and frequent doses of advil. Lastly, me. signed, Botulism aka god 010605 ... velvet spasm shalom, botulism velvet spasm hey ... as soon as i remember the # i'll give it back to you .but yeah thanks ssoo much for the jacket. It's at the drycleaners now to get fixed..... Don't worry its al goood ...wouldn't let anythimg happen to the great jacket of Japan!!!! anyway i'll get back w/ u w/ the # to Kirwoods new #. see or talk to me soon...shroomy a.k.a. Tiffany 010605 ... velvet spasm hey botch, What's up? Haven't heard from you since the 'fest'. Have you recovered? I just got over my hangover yesterday. I felt sorry for you and Billy having to do sound for that whole train wreck. I hope you didn't mind me fucking with faders...you just looked like a zombie and I thought it might wake you up. I wish I would've seen the Velvet Spasm set, but I was pretty fucked up. Apparently, everyone tried to get me to move, but I was out cold. I would bet you can really tell I was fucked up from the recording of my set....I shouldn't have gotten so messed up before playing....I might've delt with adversity a little better. Anyhow....did anything from my set turn out? I'm really afraid to even listen to it. I hope to get to work on something new come September and would like to work with you, if you have time. dig? keep in touch bq 010907 ... velvet spasm I am totally confused after reading your email. I had no idea that anyone else was planning to host the jazz fest but Cliff. He is the only person to my knowledge that contacted me concerning the event. I know that I never verbally confirmed with anyone that another band would play that night. I do not understand this situation at all. I don't have as much to do with the entertainment part of the restaurant due to some health reasons, but I know that I would have recalled Ben and them playing. Can you give me more details like who confirmed this numerous times and such? I am totally in the dark as to what to tell you. Please call me to discuss this, as I have no idea what could have caused such a mix-up. Thank you. 020217 ... daxle thursday the 14th, 12:02 am, I had a spasm it was brief but severe, waking me out of a half sleep 020217 ... velvet spasm brought on by...? 020217 what's it to you? who go blather from