Letters To SPIT: Volume #1
Sunday, Nov 3, 1996
Dear Spit,
You guys ROCK!!!! I work at MACKIE mixers and we received you
CD through the mail. It was exactly what I needed to hear. The
BIG suits at MACKIE didn't like the fact that you credited them
in your disc cover art(fuck them). They said the lyrics were VERY
offensive (KICK ASS) and they were gonna ask you to remove their
name from the cover. and thats why I'm writing you for. PLEASE
tell them to go fuck themselves!! they took the disc and destroyed
it. I was wondering where I could get a copy and/or we could make
a trade. I'd give you some MACKIE T-shirts for a disc or something.
Anyways keep up the good work and I hope to hear from you very
soon. SPIT RULES!!
Sean
Monday, Nov 4, 1996
Sean,
Thanks for the nice letter. I sent a really nice letter to Mackie
which I guess they ignored. I endorsed them for FREE. I am also
a stock holder in Mackie. I really love the mixers and own 4 of
them. I am always telling my fellow musicians to purchase them.
This will all now end.
It's pretty funny that they are willing to put groups on their
t-shirts they are blatently violent, racist, and anti-American.
My material is simply a big joke. Just like GWAR; who, by the
way is on their T-Shirt. Destroying a work of art is censorship
and UnAmerican. People in the music business should be the FIRST
to object to this-not to actually do it. I'm very disappointedin
them.
Tell Mackie I have removed their name from the disc. The actual
disc for stores in not yet in production. There were only 200
made for promotion with their name on it. If you would like one,
I'd be happy to send it to you free. I just need an address not
affiliated with Mackie.
- Vinnie SPIT
Tuesday, Nov 5, 1996
Vinnie,
Well I received your message and I couldn't agree more. I totally
forgot about GWAR being on the t-shirts. Oh by the way, are you
gonna tour sometime and if you are please make it up to the Seattle
area, the guys at work REALLY wanna see ya live. You said you
have 4 mackie mixers. What models? I'm a final tester for the
1202,1402&3204. Basically, all I do is play CDs into the mixers
and make sure it does every thing its susposed to do.(Easy Job)
Give my best to the mistress and hope to see ya up here soon.
Anyways heres my address so I can take you up on that cd offer:
- Sean
Date: Tue, Nov 12, 1996
To the Amazing Mr. Spit,
My name is Kevin and I work as an audio tester at Mackie in Woodinville
WA. You've probably heard from my co-worker Sean about how popular
your "Godfather of Smut" CD is within those hallowed
walls. It's currently in quite heavy circulation among those of
us who spend all day listening to music through mixers while twiddling
knobs and tweaking all the bells and whistles. Anyway, you're
becoming somewhat of a folk hero and phrases like "Squeal
like a piggy cuz that's what you is" and "tobacco chewin',
chicken screwin inbred freak" are becoming part of our daily
vernacular.
Okay, to the point. Please send me a catalog of all your merchandising
stuff. Some friends of mine(or myself) just might find a "reach
out and spank someone" t-shirt under their x-mas tree. Some
stickers to decorate my workplace would also be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
- Kevin
Kevin,
Thanks for the e-mail. I sent you some cats and stuff today. I'm
hoping to play Seattle again this year. Possibly at the OK Hotel,
Colorbox, or the Vogue. I played Colorbox in 1992. Anyplace you
guys recommend that might be better?
We have everything in stock except "Anger" cassettes
and "Reach Out and Spank Someone" t-shirts. However,
we will get some more spank t-shirts before we hit the road. All
the other ones are in stock.
Keep on muff-munchin' and fudge punchin'.
-Vinnie SPIT
Tuesday, April 13, 1999
Dude:
Got your latest mailer; you live the fucking life! Chicks, guitars,
what the fuck else is there? Like the photo of Mike and his unit!
Damn, I wish I were you. Think I might have found a woman up to
my level of perverse interest, but she's in Florida. Keep you
posted. Made myself a promise: If I don't land a record deal,
get some freakin' money, and find a great woman by the end of
the year, I've got 2 choices: go to Amsterdam, fuck every expensive
whore that breathes and charge it onto my credit card, then off
myself in a goddamn rainbow of drugs, booze, and guns or else
wax my back, drop 20 pounds, and put the monster to work in the
biz, in which case I'll need a few intros. Shit, yeah!
-Jeff
Tuesday, February 23, 1999
Dear Vinnie,
It was a hoot playing with you at the Martini Lounge on the
11th; we'd be happy to gig with you again sometime. It's hard
to say which we enjoyed more, your live show or your CD. We especially
loved the instrumentals on G-String Swing; you obviously have
a lot of talent to
go along with your wonderfully filthy mind. It's always a pleasure
to work with somebody who understands the concept of Show Business,
and you do it so well.
Bravo!
Christine & The Shredmistress
GLAMAZON
Thursday, December 17, 1998
Had a blast at the Coconut Teazser Wednesday. Enjoyed the CD
and the spank! Keep
up the good work among other things......
Tony J
Please put me on the catalog list....Thanks
Saturady, Nov 16, 1996
Congratulations on your new C.D. As always, keep up the good work, and record what you want. Also, belated congratulations on your marriage. I bought and read her book several years ago, and I found it courageous and insightful. I have no new word on your namesake. If I ever hear of you touring in Penna., I hope it will be you and not them. If you ever do tour again, let me know. If you are based strictly on the West Coast now, I'll try to catch you when I'm out your way. I'm usually in L.A. in late September.
Keep writing and recording.
Leon
Saturday, Mar 21, 1998
I fuckin' love your music!!! you're like a white Blowfly! (that's
a compliment) Well, here's the deal: I wanna buy a bunch of stuff.
(no fuckin' hats or t-shits, just music) What have you got? I'd
especially like to get that 12" with all the "blue Velvet
" samples. I'd even buy multiple copies of that and give
them out to my wierd relatives for Xmas. Let me know what kind
of shit you've got to offer. Since the evening news tells me that
the economy is just super, I must have a lot of spending money,
right?
cheers, LEW
Tuesday, February 23, 1999
Hey Mr. Spit.
I'm sure you don't remember, but you sent me a couple of copies of Spit material for review last fall. Just wanted to let you know - It got print at AUTOreverse. The online version of the print issue just went up (the print issue went out in Nov I think). Here's the address:
http://come.to/autoreverse
I also submitted this to an Austrian zine called Kan-Du (they love anything from SoCal) so expect some overseas print. I'll let you know when that runs. I had submitted your reviews to a couple of other zines I'm loosely associated with. Not sure why, but they didn't pick up the reviews.
I am continually expanding my sphere of influence as a writer (you can check out some recent work at some of the sites I write for below). Feel free to send me anything else you want some print for. I find Spit entirely entertaining (if not musically short-sided at times) and will offer my written opinions on anything you feel like subjecting to them.
Spit should gig in San Diego so I can witness first hand. Add me to your emailing list so I know what's up in the world of Spit.
cough, cough into the millenium
Bushman
PS - I'm sure you can print a copy of that review for your press package - but if you want the zine itself - ask Ian at AUTOreverse. Cool guy. Tell'em Bushman sent ya.
i don't have much time, so i'll just say one thing: you kick all ass!!
rebecca
Monday, Nov 3, 1997
dear mr. spit,
hi, this is emily! i just got the stuff you sent today! i was
so happy! thank you, it's more than i ever expected, and thanks
for taking the time to write me a note. so i gotta tell you the
story of where i heard of you and all that stuff, cause if i was
a famous person, those kinds of stories would just tickle me (uh,
ok strange wording). so it was back in the day in 1995 (it seems
like long ago) and me and my best friend, becca, had just got
interested in college radio. this wonderful station, wcsb (89.3,
cleveland state university) could play stuff with swearing and
take phone calls late at night. we were just like wow, cool, swearing.
so we'd stay up until like 5 am listening to these shows, particularly
one called gag reflex done by this guy keith newman. he played
surf, trashy punk rock and pretty much anything with funny/obscene
lyrics. we listened every week, and he'd always play blue velvet.
me and becca loved that song, and at the time neither one of us
could stand that punk rock shit, but spit was just so funny! so
the song inspired us to see the movie. we screamed every time
it got to something from the song. so, flash forward to present
time, keith is now our friend (he's so nice!) and this summer
he made me a tape of you would if you loved me and persecution
of genius. i acquired the name of mordam records/vinyl communications,
wrote to them, and got the cd you would if you loved me. you just
rock! you don't know how many times we've both listened to the
albums. so all the time me and becca go around saying "i
love spit" and "heinekin, fuck that shit" and "1
900 eat spit" and "spit would make a good babysitter"
and "cuddle up with someone you love" and the chorus
of boss and bark like an apple. that story on "beach"
was so funny! did that really happen with that little kid? so
i have to just say, you're so cool! i love spit! and i'm sure
that becca will want to hear from you.
-emily
Hi Emily,
Glad the SPIT SHIT arrived O.K. WCSB rules. I'd do a legal ID
or an interview for them any time. Tell 'em to call if they want.
Yes, the Beach story is true. In fact I have another story for
you.
Several years ago I was dating a woman with two children (both
girls) ages 4 and 6. We've since broke up. Anyway, she liked my
music but would avoid playing it in front of the girls. Understandable...whatever.
One day she had to take a long drive and the kids fell asleep
in the back seat. She figured it was cool to play some of my albums
since the kids wouldn't hear. So she played "You Would If
You Loved Me" and "Flinch" several times.
A couple of days later we're together eating dinner and the girls
were off playing in their room. We heard them singing all sorts
of songs. One in particular that sounded really familiar. But
I couldn't place it. It turns out the girls were singing "Shit
For Brians". However, they had the lyrics wrong. They were
singing "Apples, Chicken, SuperTrain" instead of "Asshole,
Dickhead, Shit For Brains". When I asked them what they were
singing, they said a song from the radio. Their mother figured
they simply heard words they knew instead of what it really said.
I asked them if they knew any other songs from the radio and they
began singing "Bark Like A Dog". I ran home grabbed
a mini-tape deck and rushed back to record them. That recording
is "Bark Like An Apple" on Persecution of Genius.
Nice to hear from you. I'll try to drop a note to your friends.
I get pretty busy here. Got several live shows to do this month.
If I get out your way, I'll let you know. Keep in touch.
-Vinnie SPIT