The Shims Green Day Club Newsletter (Best Veiwed with AOL 4.0) Member Count:146 Member Count Last Week:114 Member Count Goal for this Month:300....million *Contents* ------------- Introduction Green Day News News from the members Club and Page news Contest News SOTW Interview Some Words from the authors Song Of the Week Quote of the week Fact/Fiction Of the week This week DL is.. **GD Dictionary** Trivia Question Best GD wepage of the week Closing Our addys Ads Links ********************************************************************* Introduction Hey guys and welcome to the Shims Green Day Club Newsletter Number 3. First off, I have to apologize for last weeks HUGE mess up and crappy newsletter. Well hopefully that won't EVER happen again! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Green Day News* Woo hoo GD news....well...not really. Haha. But there isnt much to report for now. But i'll just go over what you already know anyhow, just in case there is someone who doesnt know this stuff. Ok...Green Day was on the top 20 on MTV For the video Nice Guys Finish Last for 2 weeks straight. If it was more then 2 weeks, then I didnt know about it. GD has canceled theyre 5 tour dates that were set to be with the Rolling Stones so they can work on theyre new album. The new album should be out later this year. I also heard something about Mike being up for the Bammie Awards for best bass player, but I'm not at all sure what thats about so, don't take it to heart. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *News From Members* Well there isnt any, if you have any news about Green Day please send it to Silver6426@aol.com and you will recive FULL credit for it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Club and Page News* Ok, well last weekend I worked all day cause I was bored and made a frames and non-frames page. So if you like frames, well We got a frames page now. You can go to the page now to check it out if you havnt already The Shims Green Day club (http://www.angelfire.com/nj/greendayclub1039/index.html) Also, if you have a webpage please put our link up! In return if we don't already have yours up, then tell us and we will put it in our Links page. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Contest News* Yay, contest are always fun, and if you have just joined or havnt participated then go to the contest page and check it out! We got prizes so why not try it? But as for the people who are participating in it, so far since last week the same people are in about the same position, cept...some people have moved up and some have moved down...so keep it up and good luck. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *S.O.T.W* If you want to be Shim Of the Week go to that page and go under SOTW or just click the link~ S.O.T.W. Last weeks shim of the week was Jayde222@aol.com. And this weeks is...drum roll please! Gd86Jaded@aol.com Here are the answers she sent in. 1.Who is your favorite member, and why? Billie Joe! well, hey i know everybody loves him..and everybody is always like "oh..he's soooo fine!!!, i wanna marry him!" BUT..thats not why I like him..he's my modivation! ever since i first heard longview (that was the first song i had ever heard by them)i thought..hey, that song is pretty cool..Then i got the album Dookie(eventually i got all of them).and i liked it so much..i listened to Billies technique and i knew.thats what i wanted to do..play guitar..now i know that sounds kind of corney but hey..well anyway...so i got my guitar, and it wasn't all that it cracked up to be..it just didn't sound the same as, well, billie's! (well, i kind of knew that would happen) Anyway..so i kept on practacing, and practacing, and practacing..knowing that the practice had to eventually pay off, and it did!So he's my modivation..my inspiration..and one day..i know i will play like him, if i just keep trying and practice, and practice, and practice..until i finally can play so freely and as good as billie! 2.What is your favorite album? I have two favorites..kerplunk and insomniac..but i think i listen to insomniac more..i think its sort of addicting! i just LOVE every song on the entire album! from 1 to 14..they are all really good! 3.Favorite song? geez..thats hard..well i really like armatage shanks..and stuck with me..and 86..and brain stew...and 2000 light years away...im like an energiser bunny..the list will keep going and going and going! 4.What is the most RAD ASS thing about the Shims Green Day Club? EVERYTHING!..i just got your first news letter today actually and it was really cool!! Everything..the contests..the shim of the week..the wavs (which i would like to know where everybody is finding all these cool wavs!)..the funny stories...pretty much everything!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *GD Interview* Well folks, thanks to Hillary (gdgirl27@hotmail.com) We have a special interview for you guys to read. She first sent it to the GD egroups list and I asked her for permission to post it in the shimletter, and because she is SUPER rad she said its ok and all. So thanks to her cause she took time to type this out and stop and rewind and play and mess with the tape to get everything right. So shes rad ass. Anyhow...here it is. This interview is from the radio station 107.7 The End. It was the friday before christmas, or around there. Here are some things you should know before reading it. *************************** Andy Savage = DJ for The End Steve = producer for The End They both were the people who interviewed GD over the phone. End Fest = A concert they played here last summer *************************** Okay, here it is.... Billie: Uhhh...hello? Tre: Hello Andy and Steve! Mike: I thought we were Billie, Mike and Tre... Steve: You are. Tre: That's the other team, dude! Mike: Oh! Okay, I got a little confused there. Steve: Hey, you guys remember End Fest, don't you? Tre: Of course! Mike (saying symotaniousley with Tre): No, not at all! Billie (laughing): Yeah, it was a great show! Steve: After End Fest, the Guinness people called and said you guys said fuck more than anyone else in the history of the world, so congratulations! Mike: Are you...are you serious!? Steve: Yeah. Tre: Well, tell them to give us some fuck'n beer! Billie: No, Tre, the Guinness Book of World Record and Guinness beer are different. Tre: That beer is fuc'n thick! It'll make you fuck'n fat, too! Andy: You know what was cool? When you brought that kid up on sage to play a song on guitar with you guys. That was pretty awesome of you. Billie: Did he say anything about it afterwards? Andy: Oh yes, and I suppose he's still talkin' about it. Mike: I told him not to! Tre: Has he gotten a lotta girls offa that? Andy: Yeah, I suppose he gets laid a lot. What did you tell him while he was up there with you? Mike: I told him is he said a fuck'n word he would be dead. Billie (in a big strong manly voice): Don't you open your fuck'n mouth, kid!!! Mike: We're trying to say fuck as many times a possible now. Steve: Yeah, we noticed. Mike: Well, you opened the can of worms, and now we're eating them! Andy: Billie. Billie: Yeah? Andy: I heard that before End Fest, you were at Linda's Tavern and you had to take a cab to the show. How much did that cost? Billie, Mike + Tre laugh Billie: It was really expensive. I think I had like 40 bucks on me, and my friend Will, whose in the band Sunny Day Real Estate had, uhhh...I think he had... Tre (interrupting): He had like $243.84 on him! Billie: ...like, $40 or $50, and it was over $100 to get there. When we were at Linda's drinking; we kinda looked at each other and said, "Oh, we're really shit faced right now." And he said, "Wait, don't you have a show to play tonight?" and I was like, "Yeah!" So really, I almost missed the whole damn show. But before hand, I was also at this Mexican food place is Seattle, and it was probably the best Mexican food I've ever had in my life! Andy: Really?! Well, what was it called? Billie: I can't remember the name... Tre (interrupting): It was called "The Best Mexican Food He's Ever Had in His Life!" A: Well, was it like Azteca or something? Tre: It was called Taco Bell. Mike: Yo quiro Taco Bell! Billie, Mike + Tre laugh Andy: Nice Guys Finish Last. Billie: Nice Guys Finish Last, what about it? Andy: Is that what you believe? What is it all about? Billie: Well, a good friend of mine used to have all these really great sayings. He'd say, "Nice guys finish last" all the time, and what else did he say? Something like, "It's a long road to the bottom, but I've got a lotta miles on me" or something like that. Mike: He had a lot of great sayings. Billie: Yeah, he did. Mike: Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice? Andy: Well, do you think that nice guys do finish last? Billie: It depends on the context, you know? Andy: In love. Billie: In love? Yes, definitely. It really helps to be a jerk. Tre: I mean, look at James Brown! He used a crow bar! He was the godfather of sole! Billie, Mike, Tre, Andy + Steve laugh Tre: Nice guys finish last... (starts to go na na na na to the tune of the song) Andy: So, what are you guys getting each other for Christmas? *************************** Theres more...but I will send the rest Next week. So its kinda a "too be continued" But as I already said, thanks hillary! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Some words from the authors* (From Me) Hey guys, well I want to welcome all the new people! Welcome! And haha apoligize ONE MORE time for last weeks HUGE mess up. Also, thanks for all the people that have helped us so far. Like Hillary for the interview, Dave for typing out the lyrics last week, a rad person that made us a logo, Im super sorry but I forgot your E-mail addy and name soo...heh sorry I cant mention ya. Also thanks to anyone who has our links up, thanks to rad ass Green Day clubs like TUUGIC,GDPC, MDA , and TDFC for being rad and because they are Green Day clubs period! And besides, theirs were here before ours! So if your not a member of any of those clubs, go join now. Also, thanks to everyone who has participated in SOTW or in the contest. Well I'm sure there are more people, but I forgot, so thats all from me! Thanks, Stacy ------------------------- (From Heather) I wanna thank everyone one last time for joining, not because I'm a suck up, but because you people rule for joining and I hope you like the club. I hope you are participating in our contest and shim of the week. Don't worry if you haven't started with the contest, you still have a chance, we're not going to end it for another couple of weeks so all of you can get a chance to participate. I hope you like the new frames on the page. They are there thanks to Stacy. I couldn't figure them out. Stacy is very smart and she figured it out all by herself. Thanks again... ~Heather Shim~ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Song Of The Week* Song: 2,000 light years away Album: Kerplunk Track: 1 I sit alone in my bedroom Staring at the walls I've been up all damn night long My pulse is speeding My love is yearning I hold my breath and close my eyes and dream about her Cause she's 2000 light years away She holds my malakite so tight so... Never let go Cause she's 2000 light years away (years away) I sit outside and watch the sunrise Lookout as far as I can I can't see her but in the distance I hear some laughter, We laugh together. I hold my breath and close my eyes and dream about her Cause she's 2000 light years away She holds my malakite so tight so... Never let go Cause she's 2000 light years away (years away) I sit alone in my bedroom Staring at the walls I've been up all damn night long My pulse is speeding My love is yearning I hold my breath and close my eyes and dream about her Cause she's 2000 light years away She holds my malakite so tight so... Never let go Cause she's 2000 light years away (years awayyy) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Quote Of the Week* "I fuckin' hate Lynyrd Skynyrd, I've always hated Lynyrd Skynyrd. fuckin' backwards ass hillbilly shit!" (Billie Joe Armstrong) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Fact/Fiction Of the week* Fact: In 1986 Tre' played drums on One planet One people, the debut release on the Lookout! label. Fiction:Ok,this week there have been a few rumors going around, so I actually have something related to GD for it.~There is a rumor that GD's new album is going to be out like next month and that its called "2%" well, its all a bunch of BS so don't believe it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Download of the week* This weeks DL is a wav of a GD song called Suffocate. Sorry for last weeks mistake. Hope you enjoy this weeks. This is off of the Time Of your life part 2 single. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *GD Dictionary* This part is a new section of the newsletter! What it is, is you send us words from any Green Day song that you don't know what it means and we will put it up here! This week we chose our own word, just to show you how it works. Also, we aren't saying this is what GD means buy it, cause there could be inside jokes and all, but its what the Dictionary says it means! So send us the words you don't know that are from GD songs at Silver6426@aol.com and we will post em up one by one every week! Also, tell us what you think of this section. If its dumb, tell me (Silver6426@aol.com) And if its cool tell me that too! ************* This weeks word:Malajusted mal*ad*just*ed (adjective) First appeared 1886 : poorly or inadequately adjusted; specifically : lacking harmony with one's environment from failure to adjust one's desires to the conditions of one's life ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Trivia Question* Ok, well last weeks was a mistake so heres one for this week. The first person to E-mail me with the right answer will be the winner. Trivia: What EP was the song Paper Lanterns from? E-mail me with your answer at Silver6426@aol.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Best Green Day Page Of the Week* I've explained already what this section is for, but for the new people I will do it once more, this section is where I choose a GOOD Green Day page and recommend it for you guys, its also kinda like an award, but through e-mail. Plus, its to show appreciation for these pages, and the people who put the time, and effort into making them. So all pages that we recommend, you HAVE to go to :) **************** Last weeks page was: *THE MANSION* (http://members.tripod.com/~HaushinkaD/mansion.html) This weeks page is: The Green Day Obsessed Dried Pickle Club (http://gdpc.virtualave.net/) Since we recommended it, GO TO IT NOW! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Closing* Well guys, Im pretty sure this shimletter was better than last weeks. Sorry again about last weeks DL mistake! I hope you enjoy these newsletters...it takes time to type them all up. Well at least for me it does, im kinda slow and dumb so you know how that works. But anyhow, Thanks to all of you guys who are members. And thanks to GD for being such a rad band that I can have a club for them! Woohoo yeah. Also, if you have any suggestions, complaints, or anything e-mail them to me, Silver6426@aol.com Until next time...Bye! ************************************************************ Our e-mail addys Me (Stacy)~Silver6426@aol.com Heather~Shim1039@aol.com *********************************** *ADS* *BOOTLEGS-i have green day bootlegs, blink 182, everclear, cake, rage, local h, foo fighters, semisonic, and much, much more up for trade. email me @ mikiedirnt@aol.com if you are interested. thanks lots ---------------------------- Punk Rock Glitter A new Punk zine, go here http://members.tripod.com/~HaushinkaD/zine.html to check it out. ************************************************************ *Links* 1,039 smooth a Green Day page http://www.angelfire.com/fl/1039smoothgreenday/index.html ----------------------- Rehab Reject's Green Day Page http://www.chickpages.com/musicmania/greendayme/index.html ----------------------- Stacy without an E... http://www.angelfire.com/fl/stacydork/index.html ------------------------- The Green Day Obsessed Dried Pickle Club http://gdpc.virtualave.net/ -------------------------- add some GREEN to your DAY http://surf.to/addGD -------------------------- *THE MANSION* http://members.tripod.com/~HaushinkaD/mansion.html -------------------------- Heather's Page http://www.angelfire.com/nj/babyshim/index.html -------------------------- TUUGIC ttp://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/9006 -------------------------- The Shims Green Day club http://www.angelfire.com/nj/greendayclub1039/index.html ------------------------- THE END!