Subj: LET IT SNOW!!#5 Date: 94-07-13 14:52:55 EDT From: L7s

LET IT SNOW!!#5 (general info pertaining to show Preparation and stage crew Perspiration) Since the idea of having a snow scene was conceived it has been a logistical pain in the tushy. Donita first came up with the idea to have snow falling on the stage while we played. Great idea, bad mess. It then evolved to painting our gear white and having a back drop depicting a winter scene (you know, the oil paintings usually found in motels, with snow caped mountains, big ol’ evergreens and a little hunting lodge off in the distance with the chimney going full force). Then one day while Suzi and Donita were driving to our practice room in North Hollywood, they passed a store front that displayed a fifteen foot pink snowman. Ideal they thought but never really pursued it. It was Suzi who returned to the area a week later to pick up some drapes at a secondhand store. This store happened to be next to the snowman shop. She decided to check it out. The place was a prop house run by a man named Mark Canepa. Sue told him the snow scene idea and inquired about the cost of the snowman out front. It turns out (destiny is a powerful thing) that he designs (among other things) snow sets for malls during the holidays. We hired him on the spot. I mentioned earlier the problems we have faced with this set. The Lollapalooza crew hate it and for good reason, it is a pain in the ass, but it looks so cool! Their was a threat at one point to bail the snow, but we basically said LOOK…. “No SNOWman no SHOWman!” “NO ice NO dice!” “The SNOW must go ON!” “NO drifts NO riffs!” “NO snow NO show!” “No frost get LOST!”

AND our snow tech, Double O, “The hardest working man in SNOWbusiness” would like to add… “Theres no business like SNOW business!!!!!”

Subj: Nick Cave and the Bad Fern Bar Date: 94-07-13 15:00:33 EDT From: L7s

Nick Cave and the Bad Fern Bar (July 10th) As Lenny had mentioned before (please see Crew Point of View), the Bad Seeds have befriended us. Their dressing room has been next to ours for the past two shows and they are very, nice, people! While we were watching them play last night in Denver, Nick requested that we “shout mindless patter that would amuse the ‘Americans’ in between songs” We obliged him with a chorus of “Fuck Shit Up” We are big fans of theirs, some of us are really BIG fans. On this night off in Kansas City, a Sunday I might add, is Bad Seeds bassist, Martyn’s Birthday. We all decided to meet in Dee’s room then head for a local bar. Unfortunately the only thing we could find open was a sports/fern bar violation (ya’ know the kind with fruity shots served in test tubes by overly tanned waitress). As we walked in a local knuckle-head took one look at Nick and said “look there, it’s Elvis!!” Ouch! It was an all nighter with everyone eventually showing up at this place. When the bar closed down, some of us took it back to D’Arcy from Smashing Pumkins hotel room.

Subj: Cervix Dilate and Water Breaks Date: 94-07-13 15:04:55 EDT From: L7s

the Cervix Dilates and the Water Breaks #7 (July 12) We gave birth today! Our Stinkin’ record is finally out of the birth canal and Slash Records has bitten through the umbilical chord! We named her Hungry for Stink! A bouncing baby Cd! She is our fourth (our 1st, a “self-titled” album was born in 1988 on Epitaph Records, “Smell the Magic” came along in 1990 from Subpop and little “Bricks are Heavy” popped out in Spring, 1992.) They are our children and we love them equally!

Let Me Introduce the Band..”SUzi meet DEe…”#3 (non-dated material)#3 This injection is designed to give you an idea about who we are, the names, the sights, the smells, the sounds, if you will… Suzi Gardner (L7 guitarist and vocalist), Dave Ratt (soundperson), Joe Double-O’Neil (SnowRangler, HinkleyTech and stageminder), Donita Sparks (L7 vocalist and guitarist), John Brubaker ( guitar techie), Demetra Plakas (L7 goddess of thunder-drummer), Rod Doak (tour manager, distributor of the meal tickets), Lenny Douglas (drum tech and quite the dancer), Jennifer Finch (that would be me and I play bass and sing), Dean Menta (bass tech for the first few shows), Dav Michael (assistant creator of the snow scene and on the road for the first few shows) and Craig All our bus driver who we are stealing from Pearl Jam.