what am i doing...

[solveig]

... that's drawing attention to me, whereas it's not drawing attention to Sam Coomes, you know?"

i wonder, elliott,
i wonder
:darn:

[solveig]

maybe we should
advertise?
make commercials?
propose awards?
be louder?

[solveig]

safest place
on earth

[fish]

The Quasi yahoo group used to be pretty active until it got overtaken by spammers. There's also a board on Quasi's official site. I think most Quasi-ers just post on the E.S. board.

[meepmeep]

maybe we need to have a sam coomes tribute concert somewhere. :) :-D

maybe we can get sam to come play a song or two!

[solveig]

i know that sam
is not running after fame
but six or seven of us
don't make an audience
not even
a first row!
:darn:

[fish]

Sam Coomes performing at his own tribute concert. That would be weird.

I used to be able to play part of "A Fable With No Morale" but I've long since forgotten.

Maybe we should make a Quasi tribute CD, though my band basically did that except we wrote our own songs. My half at least sound like Coomes-rip-offs.

[solveig]

Originally posted by fish


Maybe we should make a Quasi tribute CD, though my band basically did that except we wrote our own songs. My half at least sound like Coomes-rip-offs.


except we wrote our own songs?!
oh my
story of quasi life
:darn:

[solveig]

well,
that's all for free!

[not half right]

Solveig, I
thoroughly enjoy
the manner
and style
in which you
post.

That
is all.

[solveig]

why, thank you
for the praise!
some like it
& some don't
but all the same
thank you
(and for the visit
on the quasi board!)

[not half right]

You're quite welcome :D

And as far as the topic goes, perhaps Elliott was just effervescent in a way people had never seen. Perhaps the sensitivity and heart he put into his songs was just more palatable to an audience, reminding them of the power of songcraft (not to take anything away from Quasi, mind you).

At this point, I'm not sure if I'm making a whole lot of sense, so I'll stop here, but suffice it to say Elliott just had that 'something' that seemed to draw people in, y'know?

[solveig]

i know
what you mean
i know
he had that,
what you describe
but i still wish
people would look
for the living
now
:( :)

[not half right]

oui, je comprendre
Mais c'est tres difficile
à laisse aller

[not half right]

(excuse me if my French is a little rough :-o I haven't kept up on it for some 2 or 3 years)

[solveig]

your french is okay
& it looks good
on 2x2!
:)

[not half right]

Merci! :)

[solveig]

shy

[solveig]

nothing significant
to declare
as usual
just feeling the urge
to shuffle the cards

[trucker's atlas]

shuffle, shuffle, schmuffle

i don't know why i don't ever visit this lovely little board...

since i love quasi just about as much as i love elliott... :cry:

[solveig]

well, here you are
anything but swiss
quasi welcomes any
available
swissness!

:-D

[meepmeep]

I was walking out in the sun today and Smile was playing through my head.

[agent tremble]

i was on the bus yesterday and i had field studies in my ears. and in my head. it was wonderful.

[trucker's atlas]

Originally posted by solveig
well, here you are
anything but swiss
quasi welcomes any
available
swissness!

:-D

but i have no swissness to impart... :cry:

hee!

i should be packing.
i need a new avatar.
it's cold in here! :darn:

[solveig]

suit yourself!
:-D

[trucker's atlas]

well then... color me suited... :D

[trucker's atlas]

even though i always said i'd NEVER wear a suit... :)

[solveig]

but don't we know
someone else who had said that
& still ended up
wearing a borrowed white suit
and looking so cute?

[meepmeep]

my head hurts

[solveig]

it's the Foster, meeps

[meepmeep]

might have been.

and now for a jackalope!

http://members.aol.com/thermog2/shadowrun/creatures/jackalope.jpg

[solveig]

is it the weird
hybrid arizona fauna?
or the Foster, again?

[meepmeep]

weird fauna

at least there are not coyote birds. :scared:

[meepmeep]

on to square three, back to square one

[solveig]

*waves to meeps*

[meepmeep]

*waves back*

[solveig]

happy tuesday?
:)

[meepmeep]

better than monday, at least. :yes:

[solveig]

mondays are
always wrong

[meepmeep]

today is a bitter day.

best wishes to quasi :yes:

[solveig]

à votre étoile...

[meepmeep]

clouds indeed

[solveig]

they're back
in the rucksack
:(

[solveig]

same exact post

[meepmeep]

have a cuppa tea.

[solveig]

right. i forget.

[meepmeep]

was it Crooked Lake, or Tenth Crow Wing Lake? Past the woods, where the Mosquitoes were fierce. Memories faded.

[meepmeep]

what *am* i doing?

[solveig]

what happened
before editing?

[meepmeep]

just sad words

[solveig]

then i hope
you edited them
just because
you didn't feel
so sad anymore

[solveig]

what's in store
for 2005, quasi?

[solveig]

no church for you,
no grave

[meepmeep]

wodenstag

[meepmeep]

sir, yes sir, it was a life of mediocrity and tedium
quasi helped make it better
but still - is survival and existence living?

[solveig]

Originally posted by meepmeep
sir, yes sir, it was a life of mediocrity and tedium
quasi helped make it better
but still - is survival and existence living?


:(

*feels helpless*

[meepmeep]

Originally posted by solveig
:(

*feels helpless*

do not worry, i was only imagining
hopefully things turn out better

[meepmeep]

spring cleaning - date set

[solveig]

commit to memory

[solveig]

nothing happened

[ktothebbc]

my first post
(in here anyway)

[Subterranean]

post anyway in my first? here

[Subterranean]

its a great place to pad my post count

[Subterranean]

but what happens to my pre count

[Subterranean]

or my pad thai:-o

[solveig]

Originally posted by ktothebbc
my first post
(in here anyway)

hi, kevin
the more
the merrier
:)

[solveig]

geez

[solveig]

before it molds

[meepmeep]

*cuts mold off*

[solveig]

*blows dust away*

[meepmeep]

*spruces up*

[solveig]

*fixes electric appliance*

[I am Spiderman]

I forgot. Then I remembered. Sometimes it happens that way.

[solveig]

it's
dying

[adolan]

No it's not!! :)

[solveig]

i can't
let go
i try
but i fail
miserably

[Poor Boy]

*does a little dance*






*gets down tonight*

[solveig]

unusual location
but then again

[meepmeep]

Thank you Quasi.

[solveig]

never ending
gratefulness,
sam & janet

[adolan]

Originally posted by solveig
never ending
gratefulness,
sam & janet

:yes:

[solveig]

staggering activity
today

[meepmeep]

shocked

[solveig]

:confused:

[adolan]

It's all about da love...

Portland tomorrow for Me!!!!

[solveig]

lucky you
unlucky me
:)

[meepmeep]

oh lucky you, oh lucky me ........ lalala

[solveig]

are you drunk?
not so early?
:confused:

[meepmeep]

not drunk!

just giving Quasi some attention. poor little blue board.

[solveig]

i'm sorry
for the accusation!
the blueboard
never quite sank

[adolan]

Lucky all of us:) that we even know they exist!!

[meepmeep]

ooh it is ok.

if i was drunk i think my boss would not like that so much.

good news, i think i may have a new album in the upcoming months. (well good for me, i don't know if anyone will like it)

[adolan]

I had to wait 6 years to see them...and then i pigged out and went two nights in a row!!

[solveig]

great news!
is it written yet?
'seven of swords'
was a beauty

[solveig]

Originally posted by adolan
I had to wait 6 years to see them...and then i pigged out and went two nights in a row!!


i haven't seen them
once in six years
:darn:

[adolan]

If it wasn't for sweet addy i'd have missed it completely......

[meepmeep]

Originally posted by solveig
great news!
is it written yet?
'seven of swords'
was a beauty

oh thank you.
it is not yet quite written. maybe half is written. i'll probably be writing as we are recording; but it will be a complete band recording. hopefully i will be able to find a violinist and steel guitar player too.
:)

[solveig]

but is it yours?
or the wormwood brothers?
i was looking at the lyrics
they are good!

[meepmeep]

yes....welll Wormwood Brothers is me really (with whoever plays along w/ me)... so it will be a Wormwood Brothers record (& all my songs). Some of those songs on the lyrics page will be on there. :yes:

[solveig]

you should tour
beyond america!
:)

[meepmeep]

Originally posted by solveig
you should tour
beyond america!
:)

haha ... i can barely get beyond a 50 mile radius. :darn:

[solveig]

when do you think
it will be ready?

[meepmeep]

realistically not until january sometime :darn:

[solveig]

i'll look forward to it
found a title yet?
:)

[meepmeep]

not yet. if you think of a good one let me know.:-D

[solveig]

it has to be yours!
:-D

[meepmeep]

'way west of muswell hill'
:-D

[solveig]

only ray
would get it!
maybe one of the songs
will become the title too?

[meepmeep]

clouds clouds clouds quasi clouds

[solveig]

thank you, soldiers

[solveig]

don't go down

[solveig]

it's got
2 l

[solveig]

& no flipside

[solveig]

& it only
looks
like a bird

[adolan]

Excellent birds...

[solveig]

finally featured

[adolan]

this is the picture....

[solveig]

urban birds

[adolan]

You know about that artist in the picture that puts those space invaders tile mosaics everywhere?

[solveig]

i owe the
invaders
to meeps
i had never
heard of them before
are there any in germany?

[adolan]

They're everywhere! i saw his stuff in Lodown magaine in Japan and NY etc..i write grafitti that's how i know about that dude...a few of my friends are into that stuff...you know JONONE 156 though right? can't have lived in paris and not seen that name... Colorz as well...

[solveig]

the name rings no bell
but i had also
rather missed
the invaders
(maybe a pic would help)
:)

[meepmeep]

Originally posted by solveig
urban birds

:D

another one found

[adolan]

Originally posted by solveig
the name rings no bell
but i had also
rather missed
the invaders
(maybe a pic would help)
:)
can't be missed...

[solveig]

i wouldn't
miss it again

[solveig]

tiny tragedy

[adolan]

No tragedy
Comedy
Pure and Simple

[solveig]

comedy is
never simple!

[solveig]

& tragedy is never pure
for that matter

[solveig]

also, it's got nothing
to do with quasi

[solveig]

peer gynt
has a quasi presto

:confused:

[meepmeep]

magicians?

this is my favorite quasi board thread

because indeed, i ask myself often "what am I doing?"

[solveig]

:)

soldiering on, maybe?

[meepmeep]

stumbling on more like it.

you know--i'm in my 30s, obsessed with music, perpetually single, not really headed for any higher financial realms......what exactly *am* i doing?

[solveig]

Originally posted by meepmeep
stumbling on more like it.

you know--i'm in my 30s, obsessed with music, perpetually single, not really headed for any higher financial realms......what exactly *am* i doing?


:O

just being yourself?
i know the pursuit
of happiness
is supposed
to follow
certain rules
& feeling like a misfit
can be really heavy at times
but give yourself a little credit!
you're listing these things
like they are flaws
like they are failures
don't you have the right
to be obsessed with music
& unobsessed with higher financial realms?
there are future butterflies of every kind
thankfully mercifully & luckily

[meepmeep]

I do have that right. Unfortunately I feel increasingly out of place pursuing those rights....maybe my feelings will change. :darn:

[solveig]

Originally posted by meepmeep
I do have that right. Unfortunately I feel increasingly out of place pursuing those rights....maybe my feelings will change. :darn:


i know it's easier
to ignore the social pressure
when you're still twenty
:darn:
especially when you still
haven't produced
the 'optional' kids
:rolleyes:

[meepmeep]

Originally posted by solveig
i know it's easier
to ignore the social pressure
when you're still twenty
:darn:
especially when you still
haven't produced
the 'optional' kids
:rolleyes:

you may be one of the few people that understand me
or at least the way i feel sometimes; thanks for listening from so faraway.

[solveig]

Originally posted by meepmeep
you may be one of the few people that understand me
or at least the way i feel sometimes; thanks for listening from so faraway.


you're welcome, meeps
i like to listen
from faraway
:)

[adolan]

Originally posted by meepmeep
stumbling on more like it.

you know--i'm in my 30s, obsessed with music, perpetually single, not really headed for any higher financial realms......what exactly *am* i doing?

Man that sounds too familiar....

[adolan]

I tell you what... if it wasn't for the two nights i saw Quasi and actually talked with Sam and Janet for a bit , i would be prolly doing the same old shit but as a result seeing them doing their thing in front of like nobody made me think hard about what i want out of life and where i need /want to be to do it.... and sure hanging with a girl that night who lived in Portland in the early 90s, i got to thinking and just decided fuck it!!! what do i have to lose except the chance to expirience a whole new thang. So i took a trip with my best friend,went to PDX and decided that is a place i wanna be.. in fact gonna be in about 5 months time:) a whole new direction thaks to Sam and Janet:) and no i won't blame them if it does not work out:-p but gotta give these two fine musicians much credit for what they do and will continue to scratch my head wondering how more people don't know what they are missing out on seeing these two in action..

[solveig]

now that's
some tribute!

[meepmeep]

Originally posted by adolan
I tell you what... if it wasn't for the two nights i saw Quasi and actually talked with Sam and Janet for a bit , i would be prolly doing the same old shit but as a result seeing them doing their thing in front of like nobody made me think hard about what i want out of life and where i need /want to be to do it.... and sure hanging with a girl that night who lived in Portland in the early 90s, i got to thinking and just decided fuck it!!! what do i have to lose except the chance to expirience a whole new thang. So i took a trip with my best friend,went to PDX and decided that is a place i wanna be.. in fact gonna be in about 5 months time:) a whole new direction thaks to Sam and Janet:) and no i won't blame them if it does not work out:P but gotta give these two fine musicians much credit for what they do and will continue to scratch my head wondering how more people don't know what they are missing out on seeing these two in action..

that is excellent.

i may actually be nearby---seattle---sometime next year. they tell me change is good.

[solveig]

'they' are always
easy & free
with the advice

[meepmeep]

sometimes I'm a 'they'. my advice is probably useless. my advice is usually "Drink a beer and watch Mystery Science Theater 3000." It's gotten me through some confusing times.

[solveig]

i'm a terrible
self adviser
i know firsthand
i won't listen
so i don't bother

[meepmeep]

hmm to be:
literature teacher
psychology something or other
computer nerd?
bah

[solveig]

ah, choosing
making decisions
yuk

[meepmeep]

well ... yes ... (see sig)....
time for something new though
acrobat?
vaudeville performer?
dirigible pilot?
curmudgeon author?

[solveig]

is it that bad
what you're doing?

[meepmeep]

it's not that bad
just boring and pointless

[solveig]

not the kind of thing
you dream of doing
when you're little?

[meepmeep]

no it was just a last ditch effort to make a living :darn:

[solveig]

so now it's time
to live it up
& make up for
the lost years!

[adolan]

Let's just go:)

[solveig]

if only i wasn't
such a coward

:lamb:

[adolan]

Or play the happy prole?

[adolan]

:-D

[solveig]

:guitar:

[meepmeep]

another day. another 'what am i doing' day.

[solveig]

drifting by
from nothing into nowhere
inside someone's dream -is it mine
a cardboard panorama
in an empty void
stars like diamonds
shining in an endless sky
close your eyes
see how clear
the darkness is this time
we shake hands & we smile
receding back
to where we came from
before we were born
nothing
nowhere
meaningless & beautiful

[meepmeep]

everything means nothing to me?

[solveig]

i see a
darkness

[meepmeep]

that's waht all of that nothing is.

[solveig]

beware of the thoughts
that linger
winding up
inside your head
the hopelessness
around you
in the dead of night
beware of sadness

[meepmeep]

it's all a figure 8
some parts of the ride are dark
some are light
sometimes it seems my ride through the dark is very slow
no matter what i always get back to the light
and then enter back to the dark.

[meepmeep]

anyway,
god bless george
and elliott
and hank williams
and everyone that is willing to understand the truth

i think i should take a shower.

[solveig]

not quite

[meepmeep]

great lyrics, not too hopeful though. and yet i get the feeling he has more drive and hope than a lot of folks.

Shadows are falling and I've been here all day
It's too hot to sleep time is running away
Feel like my soul has turned into steel
I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal
There's not even room enough to be anywhere
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there

Well my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain
She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind
She put down in writing what was in her mind
I just don't see why I should even care
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there

Well, I've been to London and I've been to gay Paree
I've followed the river and I got to the sea
I've been down on the bottom of a world full of lies
I ain't looking for nothing in anyone's eyes
Sometimes my burden seems more than I can bear
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there

I was born here and I'll die here against my will
I know it looks like I'm moving, but I'm standing still
Every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb
I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from
Don't even hear a murmur of a prayer
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there.

[solveig]

many times
we've been out drinking
& many times we shared our thoughts
but did you ever
ever notice
the kind of thoughts i got?
well you know i have a love
a love for everyone i know
& i you know i have a drive
to live i won't let go
but can you see this opposition
comes arising up sometimes
that its dreadful imposition
comes blacking in my mind

[solveig]

you know you're always
only happy just for now

[meepmeep]

same sky, different world

[meepmeep]

still stumbling on
:darn:

[solveig]

& i don't go
where i'm supposed to go
& i don't go
( really )
anywhere you know

[meepmeep]

where to go?
to go

to go box

[solveig]

all dressed up
i got nowhere to go
seems like fun night
on the telephone!

_______________________________________

(another quasi post)

[meepmeep]

many dead ends and closed streets to explore

[solveig]

nothing was dangerous
& nothing was too bad
in murky lanes
before i died

[Herr Lipp]

ah so you've upgraded to italics now solveig.

[solveig]

be careful
what you say

[meepmeep]

does anything ever get better?

[meepmeep]

maybe

[solveig]

:darn:

you don't seem
too optimistic
about that

[meepmeep]

optimisim is hard for me to muster sometimes.

[solveig]

i know the feeling
& can only forget it
for a while
hanging around
sweet adeline

_________________________

(call it sleep)

[meepmeep]

many questions, few answers
just fake it fake it fake it!
and drink beer
:darn:

[solveig]

answers don't
come easy
i found none
probably never will

_________________________

*worried about meeps*

[meepmeep]

:darn:

[solveig]

another year
left
behind

[meepmeep]

yeah another one
and i feel about the same this year
as i did last time around

[meepmeep]

...back to quasi....

clouds

[solveig]

Originally posted by meepmeep
yeah another one
and i feel about the same this year
as i did last time around
it's not a good feeling
it's a terrible feeling

but i think i will send you something, hopefully you'll like it

edit: sorry i am in a bad state of mind & have been for about a week....damn i wish it would stop.


same here...
nothing achieved
nothing changed
no disaster either
just some frozen state

______________________________



thank you , & don't apologize for something you can't really choose

[meepmeep]

Originally posted by solveig
same here...
nothing achieved
nothing changed
no disaster either
just some frozen state

______________________________



thank you , & don't apologize for something you can't really choose

but i can count some good friends on my hand that makes it at least tolerable. and i went on a dating misadventure (last week). slightly more optimistic lately.

[solveig]

:)

glad you're
feeling better!

[meepmeep]

oh dear
the forum is getting thin again
my dear solveig
things are strange, but well, at least i think
i am recording
i am dating
i am rolling along, trying to keep the gears going in motion
it's good, mostly

[solveig]

Originally posted by meepmeep
oh dear
the forum is getting thin again
my dear solveig
things are strange, but well, at least i think
i am recording
i am dating
i am rolling along, trying to keep the gears going in motion
it's good, mostly


:)

i wish you happiness
lasting happiness
it will be your year!

[meepmeep]

thanks!


bye bye blue board?!?

[solveig]

perpetual nighttime
instead of the beloved
clear blue quasi skies

[Kris Klam]

herrrrrrrrrrrreeee they come to snuff the rooosterrrrrrrrr
yeahhhhhhhahhhhhh you know he ain't gonnnaaaaaa dieeeeeeeeeeeiiiieeee

[aria]

and it's about time
it's about drawing near
blue skies bring tears
blue skies bring tears
blue skies bring tears

[solveig]

... that's drawing attention to me, whereas it's not drawing attention to Sam Coomes, you know?"

i wonder, elliott,
i wonder
:darn:


but in fact
it's obviously
hollywood
fuck hollywood

[elisabeth]

hap.
both damns and praises








:bag:

[solveig]

wish you
were here

:heart:

[adolan]

Hi Solveig *waves*

[elisabeth]

There's room enough in here to really stretch!
And it's nighttime sky colored.:wizard:
Hi Solveig.
Hi Adolan.
Hi dark blue Quasi thread.
pleasedtameetcha

[solveig]

hello, you

*drags self back to bed*

[elisabeth]

:zzz:
It's a good time for it.
The sun isn't sunny anyway.

[hikat]

Yeah, it's dark in here.

[solveig]

and sure
they're not polite

:lullaby:

[meepmeep]

hm.
fuck hollywood.

[solveig]

let's just forget
for the night
that hollywood
ever happened

it's something i believe
something i want from you
the mad bird fluttering in your words
i just want to catch it
& rest on its feathers

[elisabeth]

It'll all fall into the sea....
:fish:

[solveig]

fucking defeat the day
when fireworks
meant only din to you

[elisabeth]

*drives away evil spirits*

[solveig]

making sure
it is too late
making sure
it will delete
the outline of
the figure eight

[adolan]

drifting down
the river of cars
saw your name
written up in the stars
i jumped ship
and i'm down a hole
deep underground
like a lump of coal
then a dream
i never knew
came true
they rattle your cage
they yank your chain
then all your dreams
tumble down the drain
never give up
never give in
poverty sucks
but it ain't no sin
Then a dream
you never knew
comes true

[RoadToJoy]

Where am I? This place is more empty than my bladder and I just went pee pee!

[RoadToJoy]

seriously, what's this all about?

[solveig]

i must spread rep around
before giving it to
adolan again

[adolan]

i must spread rep around
before giving it to
adolan again

Huh?

[solveig]

i was not

:darn:

[solveig]

only asking
to be proved wrong

[adolan]

*big hug*

[solveig]

that was smart
of sam really
no way you were going
to do what you were
supposed to do,
what everyone predicted!
yes, that was a smart move

[solveig]

nobody knows
what he's doing...
:)

[adolan]

and i like it like that!

[solveig]

& once the attention
is here, it doesn't
go away, & it's
too late

[solveig]

what if it's something
you're not doing?

[elisabeth]

Singing & tapdancing
:spamtap:

[elisabeth]

eating sandwiches.
also ironing and boiling water.

[elisabeth]

anything's possible
:monday:

[solveig]

you remember i had
'a name and a game'
for you, h?
it's still working sometimes


:)

[loveishell7]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/loveishell7/Elliott%20Smith%20DVDs%20-%20one/quasi72100c.jpg
:mario:

[solveig]

what are you doing, janet?
what are you glancing at
sideways?

[adolan]

why she's watching Sam!
they crack me up, cause they start laughing while playing..:pinkeleph

[solveig]

stronger than anyone

[solveig]

but what are you
going to do
compared to
last year's best friends

[loveishell7]

seconds later...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/loveishell7/Elliott%20Smith%20DVDs%20-%20one/quasi72100b.jpg

[solveig]

i'm so glad
you're no longer mad
janet

:heart:

[solveig]

what are you doing
stranded out there?

[meepmeep]

here, there, and nowhere

[solveig]

some call it
the nowhere city
alarming name i used to think

[elisabeth]

hard to find

[solveig]

i need this stranded birth
out of shape
out of sight

[meepmeep]

*edited*

[adolan]

meep meep... woo..woo

[solveig]

what else has been turned
into something else?

[solveig]

what are you doing, these days?

these days i seem to think a lot
about the things that i forgot to do
& all the times i had the chance to

[solveig]

there'll be
other readers now
that's the most confusing

[meepmeep]

what am i doing?

"working"
wishing i could stop things that can't be stopped