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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 1 - April 2007
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- "There are shitloads of meaning in the songs. I don't know what they mean, but there's still meaning there." - Liam Gallagher
- Project news
- Doolittle (album), "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Surfer Rosa, Adore (album) and "Bam Thwok" all reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to WesleyDodds, Brandt Luke Zorn and CloudNine. We've now written more featured articles in the past month than in the year to April.
- Portal:Alternative music achieved featured portal status, thanks to Teemu08 and CloudNine. More editors are needed to keep the portal up to date.
- We collaborated on Red Hot Chili Peppers, Zen Arcade, Radiohead and New Order during the past month.
- Kate Bush, Butthole Surfers, "Today (song)", Californication (album) and "Tonight, Tonight" reached good article status.
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- New members
Swidden, CattleGirl, UncleMontezuma, Dark Devil, RedHotRageSlave, Kudasai, Sjones23, Triviumchick1990 and Mr Richardson joined the alternative music ranks during April.
- Editors
User:CloudNine
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WikiProject Alternative music June 2007 Newsletter
The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 3 - June 2007
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- "I had a pair of cotton black pants, and I wore them every day for months. And Bill hung them outside the van 'cos they smelled so bad. And they flapped off on the highway. They were the only ones I had." - Michael Stipe
- Project news
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- New members
Riana, Kyjb70 and Scarps joined the alternative music fold during June.
- Editors
User:CloudNine
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WikiProject Alternative music July 2007 Newsletter
The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 4 - July 2007
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- "Thurston Moore? Is that your real name? I mean, give me a break. You made that up. That's a good one. Did you have a mom and shit like that?" - Gibby Haynes
- Project news
- Californication (album), Dookie, Be Here Now, and By the Way reached featured article status and Wilco discography reached featured list status in the past month! We now have 20 articles of featured quality. Well done to the various WP:RHCP editors, Xihix, Ceoil, WesleyDodds, and Teemu08.
- Kate Bush was featured on the Main Page on July 30.
- We collaborated on Meat Puppets, In Utero, "Touch Me I'm Sick", John Frusciante, and Zeitgeist (The Smashing Pumpkins album) during the past month.
- During the month of July, Sky Blue Sky, R.E.M. (band), "Monkey Gone to Heaven", A.M. (album), The Cure, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Wilco, Loose Fur, John Frusciante, A Ghost Is Born and Being There (album), a total of 11 articles, were promoted to good article status; a record month. We now have 33 GAs, out of a total of ~680 articles.
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- New members
Killereditors, Xihix, M2Ys4U and Lostvalley joined the alternative music fold during July.
- Editors
User:CloudNine, User:WesleyDodds
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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 5 - August 2007
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- "The amount of time it took to get Morrissey onstage was getting longer and longer. There was this great game he'd play of wanting to be asked 15 times if it had been 14 the night before. Johnny was like, 'Let's rock!' and Mozzer would be 'Well, somebody's gotta ask me another seven times.'" - Andy Rourke
- Project news
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- New members
Freaky4jesus32, Razorblade666, and Grim-Gym joined the alternative music fold during August.
- Editors
User:WesleyDodds
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WikiProject Alternative music September 2007 Newsletter
The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 6 - September 2007
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- "It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child. I'm a big fucking spaz."- Dave Grohl
- Project news
- "Today", Wilco, Pearl Jam, John Frusciante and Audioslave reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Brandt Luke Zorn, Teemu08, the various Pearl Jam editors, NSR77, Grim-Gym and Gocsa respectively.
- The discographies of The Make-Up, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nirvana, Lightning Bolt, The Breeders and John Frusciante all reached featured list status during the past month; a record month. Well done to Drewcifer3000, Brandt Luke Zorn (who both wrote two featured lists!) CloudNine, NSR77 and Grim-Gym.
- Blood Sugar Sex Magik was featured on the Main Page on September 24.
- We collaborated on Nirvana (band), Jimmy Chamberlin, Noel Gallagher and Courtney Love during the past month.
- During the month of September, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence, Era Vulgaris (album), Feeder (band), Harry and the Potters, "I Don't Remember", Kicking Television: Live in Chicago, Powderfinger, "Starlight" (song)" and Weezer (1994 album) were all promoted to good article status, a total of nine articles!
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- New members
User:Dihydrogen Monoxide and User:Connorhalsell joined the alternative music fold during September.
- Editors
User:CloudNine
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WikiProject Alternative music October 2007 Newsletter
The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 7 - October 2007
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- "It's weird when you play a show somewhere and there's a disproportionate number of people backstage talking about how they're witches."- Trent Reznor
- Project news
- Nine Inch Nails reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to BotleySmith and Drewcifer3000.
- List of Powderfinger awards and the discographies of Uncle Tupelo, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Powderfinger all reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Lincalinca, Dihydrogen Monoxide, Spebi, NSR77, and Teemu08
- The Smashing Pumpkins was featured on the Main Page on October 11.
- We collaborated on Nevermind, The Breeders, Alternative rock, Fugazi (band) and The Downward Spiral during the past month.
- During the month of October, Adam Clayton, One Hot Minute and Joey Santiago were promoted to good article status.
- There are two articles at prose review, Butthole Surfers and Radiohead. You can help promote these articles to FA status; every little helps.
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- New members
Sorchah and Tarc joined the alternative music fold during October.
- Editors
User:CloudNine
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WikiProject Alternative music November 2007 Newsletter
The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 8 - November 2007
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- "Personality. Personality. Personality. Personality>Personlaity>peporisnaitiu.Pelsonlaity>personality> PSoDURYW'OB>peojuiuauA>PRFIVGU-JSNN.;YN~CPJHOQA" ALFIHI-WUSAZ;/P ioy iqNLKH GZW IGDB." - Thom Yorke
- Project news
- Pinkerton (album), Joey Santiago, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence, One Hot Minute and Powderfinger reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Cowbellcity45, CloudNine, RaNdOm26, Dihydrogen Monoxide, Grim-Gym, NSR77 and Spebi.
- List of Silverchair awards and the discographies of Pavement, Feeder, the Minutemen and Nine Inch Nails all reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Brandt Luke Zorn, Dihydrogen Monoxide, CloudNine and Drewcifer3000.
- Nine Inch Nails was featured on the Main Page on November 20.
- We collaborated on "This Charming Man", Sonic Youth, Siamese Dream and Powderfinger during the past month.
- During the month of November, Small Mercies, "Passenger" (Powderfinger song), Jimmy Chamberlin, Spiderland, and Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt were promoted to good article status.
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- New members
Cambrant, Chickpeaface, Atlantik and Thelastfetusdying joined the alternative music fold during November.
- Editors
User:WesleyDodds
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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 9 - December 2007
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- "He didn't really talk until he got his girlfriend, and somehow that jump-started his ego, and he went from 'I am Lou, I am nothing' to 'I am the greatest.' He just went ffffft, just flipped the scales. And then he started talking a lot. And then I was realizing from a lot of the things he was saying, 'Hmmm, maybe I don't like Lou.'"- J Mascis
- Project news
- Loveless (album), Spiderland and Internationalist (album) reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to WesleyDodds, Ceoil, Brandt Luke Zorn, Dihydrogen Monoxide and Spebi.
- The discographies of Nation of Ulysses and Dave Gahan reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Drewcifer3000 and Underneath-it-All.
- We collaborated on Rage Against the Machine, Flea (musician), Oasis (band), Mission of Burma and Primal Scream during the past month.
- During the month of December, Slay Tracks (1933-1969), "These Days" (Powderfinger song), Transfusion (EP), Young Modern, Ian Svenonius, Trent Reznor, "Sunsets", Alice in Chains, David Lovering, Thrice, These Days: Live in Concert, Parables for Wooden Ears, Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994-2000, Odyssey Number Five, Vulture Street and Flea (musician), a total of 17 articles, were promoted to good article status; a record month. With the addition of Loveless (album) and Internationalist (album) (which were promoted to good and featured article status in the same month), this brings the total up to 19 GAs for December!
- Starting this month, the newsletter will contain a new feature that lists a recommended alternative rock album for project members to check out and help expand their knowledge of the genre. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle (1993).
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- New members
Pjoef, WeBuriedOurSecretsInTheGarden, Argezas, Pbroks13 and Paper Back Writer 23 joined the alternative music fold during December.
- Editors
User:CloudNine
User:WesleyDodds
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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 10 - January 2008
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- "I still have people come up to me like, 'I really, really liked your last record.' 'Oh, thanks!' 'Are you going to do "Loser" tonight?' I'm like, 'Look, I'm six foot six. Beck is five foot sex, all right?'"- Thurston Moore
- Project news
- Radiohead, Slay Tracks (1933-1969), David Lovering, "I Don't Remember", U2, R.E.M., Anodyne (album) and Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt reached featured article status in the past month, a record month for the WikiProject! Additionally, with the promotion of Radiohead, U2 and R.E.M., half of our Top Importance articles now have featured article status. Well done to Atlantik, Brandt Luke Zorn, CloudNine, the various WikiProject Powderfinger editors, Merbabu, WesleyDodds, Teemu08, NSR77 and Grim-Gym.
- The discographies of Dischord Records and Load Records reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Drewcifer3000 (who wrote both featured lists).
- Powderfinger discography reached featured topic status during the past month. Well done to the various WikiProject Powderfinger editors.
- We collaborated on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Franz Ferdinand (band), PJ Harvey and Michael Stipe during the past month.
- During the month of January, Rage Against the Machine, Pick Up the Pace, "Lost and Running", Bernard Fanning, Year Zero (album), Jon Coghill, "Losing My Religion" and "Touch Me I'm Sick" were promoted to good article status.
- Sign up for our B-class article drive on the project talk page! The goal is to increase a number of the project's B-class articles to GA or FA status within two months. The B-class article drive will run from February 1 to April 1, 2008.
- This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988).
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- New members
Skeeker, Dethzone, Sceptre, IN THE EFFIGY, Crislee 88, Grrrlriot and Indopug joined the alternative music fold during January.
- Editors
User:WesleyDodds
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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 12 - March 2008
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- "Expressions of irony through clothing are very important.'"- Carlos Dengler
- Project news
- "Just Like Heaven" (song), Flea (musician), Bernard Fanning, Odyssey Number Five, In Rainbows and Silverchair reached featured article status in the past month! Additionally "This Charming Man", a former Featured Article, has been re-promoted to FA status. Well done to WesleyDodds, NSR77, Grim-Gym, the various WikiProject Powderfinger editors, Atlantik, Ceoil and Dihydrogen Monoxide.
- The discography of Silverchair reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Dihydrogen Monoxide.
- Surfer Rosa was featured on the Main Page on March 21.
- We collaborated on In Rainbows, Vitalogy, The White Stripes, Blur (band) and Accelerate (R.E.M. album) during the past month.
- During the month of March, Nine Inch Nails live performances, Oasis (band), Boredoms, Hoodoo Gurus, and Vitalogy were promoted to good article status.
- This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Editors - An End Has a Start (2007).
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- New members
NewMarqueeDayMoonRising, Thundermaster, and SuperNeek joined the alternative music fold during March.
- Editors
User:WesleyDodds
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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 14 - May 2008
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- "I go to a fucking office and I write. I'm not one of these dickheads who opens a beer, high fives his mates and opens his mouth and shit pours out, which he then writes on a beer mat. It doesn't come easy."- Nick Cave
- Project news
- "Touch Me I'm Sick", Diorama (album) and Nine Inch Nails live performances reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Indopug, Dihydrogen Monoxide, and Drewcifer3000.
- The discographies of Sonic Youth, The Libertines, Foo Fighters and Smoking Popes reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Drewcifer3000, Indopug, Tenacious D Fan and Teemu08.
- We collaborated on Superunknown, Supergrass, Kate Bush and Foo Fighters during the past month.
- During the month of May, The Killers (band), "Under the Bridge", Death Cab for Cutie, Bloc Party, Coldplay, Beck and Ten (Pearl Jam album) were promoted to good article status.
- This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984).
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- New members
Seraphim Whipp, Guitardude3600, Lunar Jesters, Kristmace, Freedom (song), TwentiethApril1986, JD554, Thom, and Sethward joined the alternative music fold during May.
- Editors
User:WesleyDodds
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