Well, no, he'll try to "Win Ben Stein's Money" on Comedy Centraltonight! Check your local listings. He'll be joined by Weird Al Yankovicand Poison's equally weird C.C. DeVille. Who will win? This show (Episode#4114) may be broadcast December 5th, but be sure you tune in tonight.
Another update from Linda:
Matthew will be on the Craig Kilborn show on Friday October 13th. Checkyour local listings!
Matthew will also be performing at the opening of John Lennon's exhibitat the Cleveland Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame on October 19th. He was hand-pickedfor the gig by Yoko Ono! Billy Preston will also be playing. It won't beopen to the public, unfortunately.
Matthew Sweet's new single is "So Far," a bonus track featuredon his upcoming Greatest Hits release Time Capsule: The Best of MatthewSweet. "So Far" was released to radio stations nationwideon September 21st. Please take a moment and visit my radiorequests page - every email, every call, every web site request counts!Let's bring back some decent music to our airwaves!
For an in-depth look at the Greatest Hits, visit SilentCity! To pre-orderthe album, go to Matthew'sonline store. Remember, if you buy his music here, he gets a biggercut!
Tony Marsico is more than Matthew's bass man. Tonight, he'll be on thereality TV show, Big Brother. Check your local listings for more information!Tony's got some cool Survivor and Big Brother art he created for sale onE-bay.
Here's a sneak peak of the cover art for the upcoming Greatest Hits release,courtesy of art director Nick Gamma and my fellow Sweet supporter, LindaWitfoth. Yep, the cover cutie is Tuesday Weld, of Girlfriend fame.For more detail, visit SilentCity.
Folks, here is the news you have been waiting for! Letty and Linda havefound out the following about Matthew Sweet's Greatest Hits release!!!
Title:Time Capsule: The Best of Matthew Sweet
Release Date:September 26, 2000 (3 days after my 27th birthday- Thank you, Matthew!)
Track Listing:
| 1. Divine Intervention | 10. We're the Same | |
| 2. I've Been Waiting | 11. Where You Get Love | |
| 3. Girlfriend | 12. Until You Break | |
| 4. You Don't Love Me | 13. Behind the Smile | |
| 5. Time Capsule | 14. If Time Permits | |
| 6. The Ugly Truth (Acoustic Version) | 15. What Matters | |
| 7. Devil with the Green Eyes | 16. Hide | |
| 8. Someone to Pull the Trigger | 17. Ready (New Song) | |
| 9. Sick of Myself | 18. So Far (New Song) |
To pre-order your copy from Matthew's online store, clickhere!
Great news for the Chicago area listening audience!! Radio station Q101WXRT will be broadcasting a taped concert performance this upcoming Sunday.Here are the details:
The XRT SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT (8-9pm) presents a recent LIVE performanceby MATTHEW SWEET, who headlined a critically-acclaimed XRT Free Concertat Taste of Chicago just two weeks ago. This show was recorded LIVE whenMatthew played an XRT Show at Park West in March (2000).
For more information, visit XRT's website.
Again, I pilfer information from Matthew's official site to report toyou the latest from our favorite pop-rocker!
Matthew currently has 12 original oil paintings (2 by keane and afew by the other famous print artists from the genre) in a Laguna Canyon,CA. art museum show called "Keane and Keneabilia" that runs fromJuly 29-Dec. He has also written an essay for the show that will appearin the exhibit brochure.
He's also just completed tracks for a SHOES tribute cd (song: "Karen"),and a Kinks one (song: "Big Sky") and has been playing bass andguitar for the background tracks of a Josie and the Pussycats live actionmovie (producer: babyface!:)) as well also singing and playing on a newcd for Kacy Crowley produced by Fred Maher.
Matthewsweet.com, Matthew'sofficial site, has some great news!
Matthew is currently working on a couple of songs which will be includedon
a retrospective greatest hits release due out in October 2000. He willbe
doing a short run of dates in July.
So... the Greatest Hits package has moved from possible to definite! Couldthese
be brand new original tracks? Studio cuts of some of the demos fromIn
Reverse? Old b-sides? Either way, I can't wait to pick up my copy:-)
To see the new tour dates for July, see my SweetTour
page. Let's just say, you'll wish you lived in the Windy City!
For those of you interested in Matthew's Spanish project, good news!Letty Lopez, the Tower Sweetie, reports:
The album by Mikel Erentxun called "Te Dejas Ver" came outtoday! This is the spanish album produced by Fred Maher and vocal help fromLloyd Cole and Matthew Sweet!!! I could not wait for a promo, so I wentahead and bought it! It's great!
Matthew's talented supporting players this tour, Drummer Ric Menck andGuitarist/Backup Vocalist Paul Chastain, compose the incredible pop-rockband the Velvet Crush. They are getting ready to tour in support of their1999 release (produced by Matthew) FreeExpression. Guitarist Pete Phillips, who toured and recorded withboth Matthew and the Velvet Crush, may be joining them! Letty Lopez reports:
Ric Menck and Paul Chastain are back! The Velvet Crush are gonna tourfor the first time since '95! First in the U.S. in Aug/Sept then over tothe UK. The album Free Expression will be release domestically in the UKin July on Bobsled along with a worldwide single Gentle Breeze. The Crushare also working on a new album set for release early next year and be onthe lookout for the Velvet Crush box set also coming out in 2001!
Keep your eyes on this site; I'll be posting the dates as they're announced!In the meantime, make sure you have your Crush collection up to date throughBobsled records.
Hey folks!
Just got this very interesting email and I wanted to share it with allof you! Seems that Matthew is involved in yet another project.
My name is Jordi Meya and i'm writing you from Barcelona, Spain, whereI work as an editor for a music magazine called Rock Sound.
First of all I wanted to congartulate you for your work in the UglyTruth fanzine. It is a great gift for all Matthew Sweet fans around theworld.
Anyway, I wanted to give you some information so you can include itin your next issue:
Matthew Sweet is featured as a background vocalist in several tracksfrom the new album from Mikel Erentxun, a spanish mainstream-pop songwriter.The album is called "Te Dejas Ver" and it's been produced by FredMaher, who also plays drums and piano on the album. Greg Leisz is also onthe album playing all kinds of guitars.
Matthew sings in the following tracks: "California," "AFlor De Piel," "Próxima Estación," "EnSilencio," and "Contracorriente." Lloyd Cole is also singingon "En Silencio." The album has been just released by Warner Spain.
My friend and Tower informant, Letty Lopez, has confirmed that TeDejas Ver is scheduled for release in early June from WEA Latina. Shewas also astute enough to dig up this link to a Spanishsite about Te Dejas Ver. Enjoy!
Matthew Sweet
Live on April 13 - 11am ET
http://www.broadcast.com/music/concerts/matthewsweet/
Matthew Sweet stunned both critics and audiences back in 1991 whenhe released the Mega-hit album Girlfriend, and has continued to build arabid fan base with his subsequent releases, 100% Fun, and Blue Sky on Mars.Now he is back with a new album, and it is being touted as his best workto date. Recorded with over a dozen musicians in a Phil Spector "wallof sound" concept, Matthew Sweet in Reverse, hits you like a tidalwave.
His straight ahead rock and roll guitar riffs and left-over reverbplay perfect compliment to his alter-ego ballads, and his sense of humornever eclipses his sense of music.
Watch him give a brief interview and play a short set that includessongs from Altered Beast and Girlfriend.
The notorious Onion AV Club askedMatthew an interesting question. Read on!
Matthew Sweet is a pop-rock singer-songwriter whose newest album istitled In Reverse.
The Onion: Who could you take in a fight?
Matthew Sweet: [Laughs.] Gee, that's a hard one to answer.I don't know exactly what the angle is. Who could I take in a fight? AnyoneI was angry enough at to really want to. But I'm a lover, not a fighter.
Matthew's performance at the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia,PA tonight will webcast LIVE. Here's the link (thanks Beckie!):
http://electricfactory.net/upcoming/main_upcoming.htm
Keep a sharp eye out for me... I'll be in the front row, squealing likea girl (oh, right, I AM a girl!). If you miss it, don't worry: it'll bearchived there a few days later!!
Power Pop Princess Bibi Farber sent me the latest word on her upcomingtour, billed Girl Like Me! Read on!
This is the tour I'm opening a few dates for Pat Dinizio, next weekendon in Georgia, This ran in USA Today - Both the Atlanta Journal Constitutionand Creative Loafing will be covering the Atlanta show. Dates and stuffat bibifarber.com . Say a powerpop prayer!
See you all soon! Love, Bibi
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/lmds969.htm
Wow! Have I said before that Matthew was the King of the Soundtracksand Compilations? Well, seems he's going to be the King of Tribute Albums!The following was reported on the Matthew Sweet Mailing List:
Here is the tentative lineup of the artists/bands slated to participatein the Paul McCartney Tribute CD:
Owsley: Band on the Run
Foo Fighters: Jet
Neil Finn: (track is TBD)
XTC: Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Ben Folds Five: Listen to What the Man Said
Fountains of Wayne: Baby's Request
Squeeze: Junior's Farm
Brian Wilson w/The Wondermints: Dear Boy
Barenaked Ladies: Junk
Matthew Sweet: Every Night
The Merrymakers: No More Lonely Nights
Sloan: Waterfalls
John Faye Power Trip: Coming Up or World Tonight
They Might Be Giants: Ram On
The Interpreters: Maybe I'm Amazed
Echo and the Bunnymen: My Love
Robyn Hitchcock: Goodbye (prev. unreleased McCartney track)
World Party: Teddy Boy
Hi everyone!
The Winter issue of the Matthew Sweet Fanzine will be wrapping up soon.However, you folks can STILL submit articles, pictures, classifieds, etc.to us (use my email) by Friday, March 3, 2000, as I am extending the deadlinefrom Feb 25th.
As you know, I won't be sending the fanzine out to subscribers anymore,because of the cost. However, every contributor will get a free hard copyof the fanzine.
Don't forget the fanzine is online at members.aol.com/sweetezine.
Pete from the Matthew Sweet BBS reports this tidbit:
Some good has finally come out of my girlfriend forcing me to watchthe TV show Felicity. Last night they played "Time Permits" inthe middle of the show and then plugged the album after the show ended.They played a good portion of the song. Hopefully this will get some buzzgoing for the album.
Reported on the Web:
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A month of performances kick off with Matthew Sweet on Feb. 14 @ 12PMEST. To see the shows and get more info, check out http://www.bugjuice.com/track/0211b.html
As all of you (or most of you) know, Linda and I put together The UglyTruth, The Matthew Sweet Fanzine. We've put out 3 issues so far, and eachone has been more successful and reached more people than the one beforeit. Unfortunately, our success has meant we've reached a point where itwill be difficult to maintain our current setup. You see, with our firstissue we had about 70 subscribers, our second had 160. This last issue wentto approximately 250 people. And we're adding more daily. I print the fanzinefrom my own printer at home, I buy all the materials, and I take care ofthe "shipping and handling." Now, I make a DAMN good salary, butfrankly, the bottom line is that I'm a single mom living in the 3rd mostexpensive county in the country and I simply can't afford this anymore.
I can't afford to produce hard copy of the fanzine free anymore, norcan I charge for the fanzine. Legally, it would be too much of a hassledealing with the copyright and trademark issues (You recall The Artist'ssuing his fanzine) and for all my bluster, I have enough problems in mylife without worrying about getting sued. Morally, I would not feel rightcharging anyone for something that is fan-based and produced out of lovefor a musician we all respect and admire. In my ideal world, Matthew wouldbe a mega-platinum artist and we'd be officially sanctioned and sponsoredby his label and management. But this is far from my ideal world, and weare just tolerated at this point by his people.
Does this mean the end of the fanzine? No. Contributors to the fanzine(and that includes people who submit letters and classifieds) will stillreceive the fanzine hard copy at no charge. The fanzine will still be archivedand maintained online at members.aol.com/sweetezine.Linda and I still hope you folks continue to contribute and keep the fanzinegoing. I know I speak for Linda when I say we feel the fanzine has improvedwith each issue, and we plan on making it better and better.
Linda wanted to tell you:
Just wanted to send out a HUGE thanks to everyone who participatedin the poll regarding Matthew Sweet merchandise. I started emailing everyonea thank you at first, but there was such a great response, I just couldn'tkeep up.
If you haven't responded yet, it's not too late. You can send anyother
ideas you might have to me by 5:00 pm CST on Monday (1.10.00). I willfinish
compiling the answers tomorrow night and send them in to Matthew'smanagement
on Tuesday morning.
THANKS!!!
:) Linda Witfoth
http://www.hifi90.com/matthewsweet
Linda (of SilentCityfame and my good friend) just posted this exciting news on the Matthew Sweetmailing list!!!
Hey guys... Golden opportunity here!
Management wants me to take a poll with you, the true Matthew Sweetfans. They are considering ideas for merchandise and want to know what youwould like to see for sale at www.matthewsweetdirect.com - Matthew's officialstore.
Be creative, be wild, and/or be realistic. Want would you like tohave??? Keychains, 8x10 glossies, more hats, posters, guitar pics, toothpics???What should they focus on making for you, the diehard Matthew Sweet fan?
Send me your thoughts SOON and I will compile them and send them in.They will take your ideas with serious consideration.
Thanks!
:) Linda Witfoth
silentcity@aol.com
http://www.hifi90.com/matthewsweet
Well...what do you want? As for me, I have already sent my vote for abox set of Matthew Sweet b-sides, demos, and other rarities! (Though a videocompilation would be incredible too!)
NY Sweeties I have news for you...
There's an upcoming gig in your parts. It's Bibi Farber, who is the guitaristin Richard Lloyd's band. He produced and collaborated on her solo album,Firepop. I have a little page for her. Go checkher out - she's pretty damn good!
The gig is at:
Bibi Farber & Band at Brownies
Ave A between 10th and 11th st
New York
Friday, February 4th, 2000 9:00 pm
I am not sure if Mr. Lloyd will be performing with Bibi, but it's possible;he's based in NY and they have a creative partnership.
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