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================================ *Long Day 'Zine* ~Issue #4 December 27, 1997~ ================================ **Table of Contents** It's Been a Long Day...................................................................... Greetings What Did You Hope to Learn About Here.............................................. News Don't Rush This Baby....................................................................... Touring I Wonder What It's Like To Be the Head Honcho............................ Chart Stats Heaven Sweep Me Away................................................................... Feature It's Better Than Nothing............................................................. Merchandise I Hang On Everything About You......................................................... Article It's Nothing It's So Normal toYou...................................................... Reviews Pull Out Some Hope for Me...................................................... Interpetations If You’ve Never Heard The Silence....................................................... Poll #2 Rain's Gonna Wash Away I Believe This............................................. Stories Funny How it Comes to Pass.............................................. Concert Reviews Keep This Hat of Broken Dreams....................................................... Dreams Don't it Make You Wanna Think Damn............................................. Whatever All These Feelings Cloud Up My Reasoning....................................... Feelings I Could Say So Much....................................................................... Quote(s) I Forget When Words Were Only Words......................................... Questions Don't You Think I'm Good Enough.................................. Webpage of the Issue Cause I've Been Cheated, I've been Wronged............................. Advertisments We Always Say it Would be Good to Go Away............................... Good-byes================================ *It's Been a Long Day* Greetings ================================ ~Hello from all of us at Long Day 'Zine~ ================================ *What Did You Hope to Learn About Here* News ================================ ~What's up with the band~ MB20 is on the cover of Launch. It is a magazine in CD-ROM format. Very, very rad. It includes a live track ("Real World") along with some wicked cool things for your comp (interviews, live footage, etc). Definetly something to check out. It'll run you around $10 and you can find it almost everywhere you find mags. Big bookstore chains like Barnes & Noble will definetly have it. For more info check out Launch Online: http://www.launchonline.com I have heard (this is NOT confirmed as of yet) that MB20 is making a deal with ABC to do a Christmas Special. Just though y'all would like to know! -Later- -Sarah smurf65@hotmail.com I heard that the band is going to film their next video, Real World, in Las Vegas. -LderlyWman@aol.com Matchbox 20 is up for a couple awards in this years American Music Awards. They include: Best Pop/Rock New Artist and Best Pop/Rock Album. Other nominees for Best Pop/Rock New Artist are: Spice Girls and The Wallflowers. For Best Pop/Rock Album they're against: Jewel: "Pieces of You" •Spice Girls: "Spice" •The Wallflowers: "Bringing Down the Horse". There's a rumor that they might be performing "Push" so be ready for that. Meera said that Kyle told her that Paul informed him of the performance of "Push" on the AMAs, so it's probably true. Tune in on January 26th 1998 to see if they win!! We got word that the next album won't be out til mid 1999. Let's see if we can last that long :) The Fleetwood Mac cover CD is still not out. Matchbox 20 is covering "Never Going Back Again". We'll keep you updated on its release. -RubyTues23@aol.com ================================ *Don't Rush This Baby* Touring ================================ ~Here is where you can get info on what Matchbox 20 is doing on the road~ -03lucky@gte.net Jan. 30th-Gainesville, FL Jan. 31st- Tampa, FL., Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Admission $29.00, Selected Seating Feb.2nd-Jacksonville, FL.,-8:00p.m., Admission $22.00, General Admission Feb.3rd-Ft. Lauderdale, FL.,- Sunrise Musical Theatre, 7:30p.m., Admission $25.00 Feb. 4th- Orlando, FL., Selected Seating, Admission $25.00 03lucky@gte.net Touring News: San Antonio Express News Friday November 21, 1997 Weekender page 15 Coming up: matchbox 20 Charting the phenomenal growth in popularity of matchbox 20 in 1997 is as easy as charting its Texas itinerary. In February, the band played a free local show at the Hard Rock Cafe. April brought what turned out to be a traumatic opening slot for No Doubt (lead singer Rob Thomas let a knot of hecklers get under his skin and stalked off the stage). In June, the band played for a mob o' folks at the Blockbuster Rockfest in Fort Worth; three weeks ago, it returned to the same venue to open for the Rolling Stones. Now the band, propelled by the huge hit 'Push,' has graduated to the Majestic Theater to headling a Dec. 29 show. The band is Paul Doucette, Adam Gaynor, Thomas, Kyle Cook and Brian Yale. Tickets, $22 plus service charges, go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ticketmaster outlets. Show time is 8 p.m. An opening act hasn't been announced. San Antonio Express News Friday November 21, 1997 Music: Rock Concerts Weekender page 15 DEC. 29: MATCHBOX 20 After warming up a No Doubt crowd, the slow-rising band of "Push" and "Long Day" fame finally gets to headline something besides a nightclub show or an opening-act slot in S.A. Special guest TBA. Tickets, $22 plus service charges, go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday through Ticketmaster outlets. 8 p.m. Majectic Theater, 226 E. Houston St. -sent in by Jem1362079@aol.com ================================ *I Wonder What It's Like To Be the Head Honcho* Chart Stats ================================ ~Where MB20 ranks on various charts~ -LuvMB203EB@aol.com VH1 Top 10 - 3AM is #9 (aired 12/20 from 12pm - 1pm) 12/27 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums~ matchbox20 "YOSLY" is #13 Blockbuster Music's Top 10 Albums~ matchbox20 "YOSLY" is #4 Yourself Or Someone Like You is #4 on Columbia House Music Club's "Top 30 Countdown" of best-selling albums recently. -Greegore@aol.com "Push" was number 19 on VH1's top 50 of 97 -RubyTues23@aol.com ================================ *Heaven Sweep Me Away* Feature ================================ ~A special Matchbox 20 feature of the issue~ Our Special Feature for this Issue is a letter about a different sort of group for MB20 fans. Please take your time to read this and if you feel like it is something for you, be sure to email Melissa. ~*TIME AFTER TIME*~ I know that many Matchbox 20 fans out there are deeply connected to the music because it reflects experiences and emotions from your lives. Everyone has stories to tell. I have lived thru almost every situation described on the album, and then some. The lyrics are a dictation of my life and philosophies. Not only with 'Push' and the psychological (and/or physical) manipulation, betrayal and abuse. But also in all the other lyrics. The listless wanderings out on the road, walking the streets and highways thru the long night. Thinking that what you are searching for is just around the next block, or on the next exit ramp. Looking for excape from it all, to get away. From where we are, wherever that may be, and to get away from ourselves. Using substances to try and blot out the numbness or dull the searing pain. Searching for reasons that can justify experiences that we can never completely understand. The blind optimism that is unwittingly rooted in the naivete of youth that mockingly appears, no matter how much we recognize that reality will dictate otherwise. The introspective frustrations of searching for who we are and where we truly belong, if we honestly 'belong' anywhere. Above all, the worth of love and the sacrifices that are made to keep ourselves bound to that love, at all costs. I'm not sure if all that makes any sense to y'all. But I am sure that there are at least a few of you out there know exactly what I am trying to say because you have been in the same position at one point or another. It is strange how much we feel that we know Rob because of the stories from his life that he has shared with us thru his genius for writing and for music. I understand how music can empower the soul with it's messages. The guys may never know how much their music does for so many people. I have formed a support for the fans of MB20 that are like I am. Anyone interested in being a part of this can E-mail me, have 'Time After Time' in the subject and I will respond as quickly as possible. I will be compiling the addy's of those interested for an E-mail web, and arrange chat times on AOL. It may take about a week or so to get everything organized, based on the number of responses that I recieve. For a long time their music was the only thing that kept me from giving up completely, and still held fast in the times that I did. When I had nothing else. It continues to do so to this day. It is my motivation, my inspiration. It has shown me that I am not alone in my feelings and experiences, as I have often felt. I have spent so much time and energy concealing the things that I've been thru. My own parents, siblings and almost all of my friends have absolutely no clue. I wanted to take care of everything on my own, without anyones help. The only reason I am telling y'all this is because someone has taught me in this time that what is most beneficial can be communication with someone that understands from similar experience. Now I am here and want to have others share there stories. To be here to help them in the struggles that we all are dealing with. Because I too can't help but be scared of it all.......... sometimes. -Melissa Reed ~ MelKody13@aol.com ================================ *It's Better Than Nothing* Merchandise ================================ ~Find out what's out now and how to get it~ ((((((Rockabilia)))))) In their December 1997 catalog Rockabilia has a few MB20 items. Check it out: ~T-Shirts $17.95 37887 Matchbox 20 Group Photo 37886 Matchbox 20 Logo 37888 Matchbox 20 Yourself (prob album cover) Plus something alittle different: ~Embroidered Baseball Cap $19 37889 Matchbox 20 Logo I think that's it. To get the catalog email: Rockabilia@aol.com with your name, home address, and email wouldn't hurt. Or you can snail mail them: Rockabilia P.O. Box 4206 Hopkins, MN 55343 Phone: (612)942-7895 Fax: (612)942-5341 They've got really cool stuff from loads of bands so try to check them out. -Carrie6896@aol.com and RubyTues23@aol.com There is now a Matchbox 20 "Push" import from Japan. Info: Japanese single for their post-modern smash. It's backed with acoustic versions of "Push", "3am", and "Long Day". Slimline jewel case. 1997 Atlantic Release. Info is from Mass Music where you can order it for $14.75 plus S&H. Just go to:
It's also available from World Party Music for $15.06 plus S&H. Also at CdNow for $13.99 Go for the link and buy at the Matchbox 20 Bootpage: http://members.aol.com/BPRichard1/mb_boots.html -Carrie6896@aol.com Special thanx to Krukedaddy@aol.com for letting me know about it. ================================ *I Hang On Everything About You* Article ================================ ~The Article of the Issue~ From iMusic. Original article is here: http://imusic.com/showcase/modern/matchbox.html ================================ *It's Nothing It's So Normal toYou* Reviews (CD, vid, TV performance, etc.) ================================ ~How they rate to you~ From http://www.nyrock.com/reviews/matchbox20.htm NY ROCK Matchbox 20: Live In Concert : by Alice Hammond 11-13-97 ================================ *Pull Out Some Hope for Me* Interpetations ================================ ~Where you interpetate a song, vid, or lyric~ I think this song is about his mum. When he was younger, and he left home he would call from out on the road to talk to her and to find out how she was doing..... She said it's cold outside as she hands me my raincoat, she's always worried 'bout things like that. > She knows he is going, and she isn't going to try to stop him. She is worried and still wants to make sure he's taken care of. She says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault..... > She or he is trying to settle things, putting everything into place and make sense of it all. and she only sleeps when it's raining and she screams and her voice is straining > The rain lulls her to sleep, like a child that needs to be rocked or sung to... she is frustrated and upset at this. she says baby, it's 3am I must be lonely When she say baby, I cant help but be scared of it all sometimes, and the rain is gonna wash away I believe it...... She's got a little bit of something, God it's better than nothing. and in her color portrait world, she believes that she's got it all..... > This line could mean exactly what it says, I know many women that are like that. But I thought it could also mean- She looks at thing as details, small parts. Like photo's. In pictures everything seems content and captures situations for there best and at there most attractive face value. If she looks at things that way, they seem so much better than they are.... she swears the moon don't hang quite as high as it used to > She recognizes, deep down that things are different, and life is not as grand as it once seemed to be. She has lost the disillusionment of that portrait world.. and she only sleeps when it's raining, and she screams and her voice is straining....... > The rain lulls her to sleep, like a child that needs to be rocked or sung to... she is frustrated and upset at this. she says baby, it's 3am I must be lonely > She is talking to him long-distance, like on the phone. She is, as she tells him, lonely and is unable to sleep. She is asking for someone as company, someone or something to be with her during this time.. When she say baby, I cant help but be scared of it all sometimes, > He feels like a child when she calls him 'baby', and feels helpless to her plight, and that makes him aware of his own vulnerability. and the rain is gonna wash away I believe this....... > The rain is what carries her to sleep. He thinks that if she could just sleep, than he would feel better about not being with her. And in that time that the rain would wash out all of the problems, and cleanse both of them from their fear and insecurities. She believes that life is made up of all that it used to and the clock on the wall has been stuck at 3 for days and days > She is trying to keep things as they once where. She wants things to change, but only if they change for the better. She is trapped in that consciousness. she thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway, yeah.. > A mat on a doorway is a symbol of welcoming. It is also like the portraits, a detail. In that, it gives yet another illusion of contentment. She believes that if she welcomes someone, especially him and he stayed with her that everything would be better. But outside, it stopped raining..... > The rain the might have led her to restfulness is now gone, and she is even more trapped then she was, and so is he ..... she says baby, it's 3am, I must be lonely when she say baby, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes, > He knows that she wants him there, to be with her. But he can't. and the rain is gonna wash away I believe this...... It's 3am I must be lonely, when she says baby.. I cant help but be scared of it all sometimes > They are apart, and cannot be with each other, they are both realizing that for the time being they will have to settle with how they are. She is afraid and upset that she cannot care for him, and that makes her long to have him with her even more. He will keep her company during her sleepless.but not be with her in person. They also realize the fact that things may change, wether they want them to or not, and not necessarily for the better. -Dreed3@Juno.com or MelKody13@aol.com Here's a song interpretation/what it means to me for "Kody". I love "Kody"; I feel like it's about me. The way I see it, it's about someone whose life is really going terribly, and he likes to just go off by himself late at night (or whenever...) to try to cope with it. That song is definitely one of the most brilliant songs ever written, and it really hits home with me. My life is not going very well right now-my mom's sick, and I'm really misunderstood by almost everyone who thinks they know me. So, instead of putting up with getting misunderstood all the time and brooding on everything that's going wrong in my life right now, I find happiness by going by myself. I don't go off to an avenue like Kody does in the song; my bedroom is my "avenue." I just go there and listen to music, write songs, play my guitar-anything musical. It's so hard to describe in words, but I'm definitely Kody. Things seem hopeless and broken quite a bit of the time, and like Kody, I like to go by myself to cope with them. "Kody" is an awesome song with awesome lyrics; there are two quotes that I find especially brilliant. One is "I could drive, but it takes so much to get there." That is definitely one of the best quotes in all of music. It says perfectly that when he looks back on those times by himself, he could definitely return to where he tried to cope, but it would be too emotionally trying and terrorizing to ever return to a place with such memories. Another is "I've seen a lot of good things die and I'm in an overemotional way." We all feel that way sometimes (although some more than others...)-everything good seems to be slipping away, and emotions seem to take control over reason. That quote, just like the song, is me. Hope you like it!!! Nicky -PITTPEN66@aol.com There was a brief moment in my life that I have to share with you guys. It was during the Matchbox20 show in Milwaukee this August. It was hell in the mosh pit and all I was doing was trying to stay on my feet while singing along with Rob. I was standing there. the whole crowd was basically still. He introduced the "next song" as the new single and the video was being made in a few weeks. Then he goes, "This song is about my alcoholic mamma." It was 3AM. For some reason I just cried inside. I am sure I shed a few tears, but it was mixed in with sweat. My mom I concider to be an alcoholic and there are many childhood memories of her, just so many bad and embarassing ones that I would only share with people who have mom's like me. And Rob was the 1st person who admitted to me (in a sense) that he also lived with a drunk. I knew he has been a run-a-way and I am sure I would be too, but see, I have this music to rely on. 3Am is a song that will always stay in my heart, and makes me cringe every time I hear it. Hopefully, some time in my life I will be able to sit with him and tell him my problems. Until then... -Melody FareyFreak@aol.com ================================ *If You’ve Never Heard The Silence* Poll #2 ================================ ~Opinions concerning Matchbox Hey Guys- Here are the results to this issues Poll... 1 - Have you ever met any of the guys??? Yes -- 59 No -- 94 2 - If you ever have met any of the guys, which ones have you met??? Rob -- 22 Kyle -- 12 Adam -- 14 Brian -- 9 Paul -- 10 All of them -- 18 3 - How did you get to meet them??? Had Backstage Passes -- 13 Saw them walking around the venue and approached them -- 12 Waited after the show by the tour buses -- 14 Other -- - They were hanging around outside the venue watching people in line to go to their show. - He was hanging out by the dressing room signing autographs, and I just got in the line. When I was there, we just started talking! =) - They were in the hotel I was staying at and I happened to see them come off the elevator - My friend chats on e-mail with Sabrina and she got us backstage - They were playing in my city and i saw them in the mall(shopping)...no one knew who they were!!! they were really really nice! - I went to the Viper Room when I knew they'd be sound checking. The second time I met them was at Leno, and the last time at the El Rey before and after the show. - I asked Kyle during show if they would do a meet & greet, he said yeah, and to hang around the bar after the show - Personal invitation from them - The first time we were able to talk the DJ guy into letting me meet them...we got to go in with the backstage people. The second time, we talked to Dean, before they went to do the show, I got to hang with Rob for an hour. - At the show in Indiana (Kyle's homestate) Kyle came into the seats to say hello to his family and I was siting in that area because Kyle's mom gave us tickets to that area because we were way in the back! -Shane from Cool For August introduced us to Rob and then Rob introduced me to the rest of the guys. - I have a friend who is a bouncer. He went backstage and Paul wanted to see the band that was opening for them so he brought him out. - Rob took me backstage at X-Fest after we approached him. - They came in the VIP room where we were, and they watched the fireworks with us - My friend grew up with them and they also go over there and i was there one time. - At Rockfest they were in the Blockbuster Tent sighning auotgraphs at a booth. - I waited before the show at 11:30 am when the show started at 8pm - My friend and I were really early for the concert and Adam approached us first. He talked to us, brought Paul in on the conversation and eventually the other guys all did the same.We met them all again after the concert where we got cookies and hugs from them. 4 - How many Matchbox 20 T-shirts do you own? 0 -- 79 1 -- 48 2 -- 13 3 -- 6 4+ -- 7
