Da Yoopers Email and letters from Yoopheads Sometimes whacky, sometimes funny, but always nice... (well, almost always) Here's just some of the interesting email and letters we get from friends out there in cyber space. ![]() |
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Subject: Still Rockiní Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 23 :43:15 -0800 From: ìMichael L. Smithî Organization: Buddies Ltd. To: youguys1@up.net Dateline December 22, 1996, and we find this transplant doing his holiday shopping early for a change. I was pawing through the bins at our local Crapalot Music, and finding just so much nothing, when suddenly there to my glee and amazement is a new CD from the Yoopers. I scarfed up the lot of them and proceeded to the check out. You should have seen the look on the bald headed nose pierced X'er behind the counter when I tried to assure her (or maybe it was a him?) yes indeedy I did want all 5 copies that ìjust arrived yesterday" and they better order more cuz when word gets out... there will probably be a flood of people storming in to get an issue of their own. Anyhow, wanted to let ya know I think its a great album and it was a wonderful Christmas present from You Guys. My many thanks to ya! Mike PS. You could stick my name on your mailing list of events, catalogs, concert schedules, etc. Would appreciate it. Michael L. Smith |
From: M. R. Leipzig To: <youguysl @up.net> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 12:23 PM Subject: Greetings from the Middle East. Hey dere, youse guys, ëeh one time. Every year, you may go back to the Northland and the Bridge, but I have to settle for a FedExíed case of Old Style and Grain Belt, some frozen smelt and distant memories of Lake Butte des Mortes and Lac Vieux Desert. Thanks, guys, for giving this displaced Wisconsite a reason to sit around, listen to silly music on my 666 MIHz Pentium III, drink beer and run up huge Internet bills. FWSSSSHST! This Tiger Lagerís for you. Cheers! Marty Leipzig |
Subject: Yoopin it up in Brazil. Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 21:05:32 -0300 From: ìPaul Abretskeî To: <youguys 1 @up.net> Hey You Guys, I just wanted to tell you
I enjoy your stuff. I had never heard of Da |
From: Maunzio Della Nave To: <youguysl ~up. net> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 8:38 AM Subject: to someone of DaYoopers. Öso, yaí, I have a dog named Zippo.., but he (my dog Zippo) discovered in internet your old song, "A Dog Named Zippo".., and now he (my dog Zippo) wants to hear everytimes the song with his own pocket walkman.., asking to me for the words.., and I donít know how to translate it ëcause the voices are not clear... Heís really angry.., can you send me the real text? I and my dog Zippo, searching for music ëround the Net, we discovered
your ìstrangeî group casually.., have you some demos/samplers or so
on.., to send us? Thanks a lot, bye. Maurizio Della Nave (and his dog Zippo dancing) |
Subject: Whatís UP eh? Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 23:59:32 EST To: youguys 1 @up net My parents live in Manistique though they have moved around the UP
a lot. I first heard your music when Second Week of deer camp came
out and believe me, even here in Muskegon, that song gets a lot of
air play from our local country station 107 MUS. Ed Tennison |
Subject: thanks for the goodies Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 14:36:03 -0800 To: youguysl@up.net Dear Jim & Lynn, |
Subject: To Hoolie Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:15:48 -0400 From: Bill Dobiesz To: youguys 1 @up. net Hi Jim, Well Digging OK, I can see the funerals part.. .Iím not sure Iíd want to go there
for a wedding, though. |
Subject: Wishing I was at Camp Go-For-Beer! Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 13:57:25 -0400 From: deli Organization: Cranium Sketch Productions To: youguys 1 @up.net Hey you guys! Wishing to sing with Goofus, |
Subject: howís it going, eh? Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 07:37:37 -0400 From: jimmi To: youguys 1 @up.net hey der yous guys, iím a former yooper from Sands MI, and
have enjoyed yous guys since the begining. jimmi |
Subject: Thanks for being there. Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 00:03:35 EDT From: JMcE944 To: youguys 1 @up.net Well here itís been since March of 1995, had to leave the
cherished UP to get the retirement in hand. Went to work at KI after
CCI laid off in ë 82, can;t just keep starting over ya know. So when
the base closed the government sent me other places, Fort Riley, Kansas,
Dept of Army. Now Iím with the National Park Service here in Ohio.
A few hundred miles closer to da UP. Keep up to date by visiting the
local links. Not to much longer for the retirement though. But then
thatís wishing my life away, heh? |
From: Bert Braunsteiner To: <youguys1~up.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 17,1999 5:57 PM Subject: THANKS hELLO, mY FIRST EXPOSER TO THE yOOPERS WAS BY A GUY i WORK WITH AND hE WAS
In all seriousness you folks have helped me do something I havenít done for a long time----LAUGH and it sure felt good. Thank you and God bless you all.. Bert Braunsteiner |
Subject: Sighting of bumper-sticker in NJ Date: Sat, 17 Jul1999 09:52:20 EDT From: Alkis3 To: youguys 1 @up.net Dear Yooper gang in general, I live in Princeton, NJ, and
drive in to Manhattan via the Lincoln tunnel each Friday morning.
I am a graduate of Houghton High, and my Mom works at the FinnishóAmerican
Heritage Center at Suomi College in Hancock. She saw the Yoopers concert
in Calumet a few months ago! This message is about |
Subject: loved your show Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 22:01:47 -0500 From: ìspenserî To: <youguys 1 @up net> just saw you at the Fortune Bay Casino in Tower, MN. Just a shame that you guys make Hoolie carry all of the luggage!!!! :) We saw you in little fork, MN a few years back. you get better and better each time we see you. hopefully will see you in Northern MN again soon. maria and bill erickson |
From: Gary Sklar To: <youguysl @up.net> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 2:00 PM Subject: comment on Ieenanau sands show you guys are so funny i almost fell out of my chair at the sands
show on april 2001. the skit about grandpa got run over by a beer
truck and the skit about the giant rifle to shoot a deer-a manís gun-almost
six feet long and about two feet wide at the barrel was a classic,
keep up the laughs- bye for now.. .gary,West Bloomfield,Mi |
From: <SandManofTC> To: <youguysl @up.net> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 3:19 AM Subject: (no subject) yah hey, i just saw yous guys at the cherry fest in t.c. what a hoot!
does this ol yooper transplant good to see you guys spreading the
yooper gospel (as it were) i used to live in marquette and work in
ishperning at the f.d. been to your trap, hunted everywhere
from dishno to ralph and republic, fished evangeline, and stannard,
cruised all the gannon timber (till kiss kiss got it) over to au train,
wish we all could stop the timber slaughter up there, where my heart
and good oIí family still is keep it up spreading the |
From: Susan D Akens To: <youguysl @up.net> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 12:03 AM Subject: Greetings From Mittenville Yo Yoopers! Just wanted to drop a quick line telling you we really enjoyed the fine concert last Saturday night in Niles, MI. Thanks for bringing the wonderful weather. First time in many years we havenít had rain and cold for the Apple Festival. The music was great and I bought two of your tapes. As you know, the best way to listen to them is to turn them up really loud. Sure hope the weather turns cooler soon so I can roll up my windows. Iím getting a lot of funny looks from people, especially at stop lights. Youíd think a person would get used to it, wouldnít ya? I just have one teensy, weensy little complaint about your concert. You guys work way too hard! Not that you complained about it, but I am a very observant person and I could see this. Maybe you could get her some help? I have weekends off so keep me in mind, okay? Of course if this bank merger doesnít go so well I may have more than my weekends off, if you know what I mean. Take care of yourselves. Thanks again for sharing your talent with us mittenheads, even if we are ëbeneath youí. Sincerely, Suki Akens |
Subject: Another Great Cherry Festival Performance Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 20:26:49 -0400 (EDT) From: ìMary U. Mannerî To: youguys 1 @up.net Imagine: The beauty of the hills, the water gently rolling, the cloudless blue of summer evening, the majesty of Eos withdrawing her golden raiments in westerly descent, leaving an essence, only, of lavendar sky and glittering Venus, and on the tender sward beset, the gentle townsfolk arrayed in happy suspense. Then you guys come out... Another wonderful concert! Thanks so much for performing at the Cherry Festival here in Traverse City, and for hanging around backstage afterward for autographs. The ìYooper Love Machineî was positively bewitching. My neighbor and I may never get over it! See you next year. I remain... A Loyal Yooper Fan (could that be YooperóGrooper.. .would
that make me some kind of fish?) |
From: JOHN PAONESSA To: <youguysl @up.net> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 3:44 AM Subject: Hello Hi from Texas! Take Care, John Paonessa |
Subject: great show Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 21:26:25 -0800 (PST) From: mathew Grabowski To: youguys 1 @up.net I loved your show this evening at MPC. Hope you had a safe drive
home, them deer can be awfully tasty this time of year, but, not good
on the grill. And one last note to remind that 60ís lead guitar dude
Bellmore of that joke ìWhatís the difference between LBJ and LSD?
One is a drug and the other is a dope!î later mathew G. |
Subject:Thanks for the great show Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 18:22:29 EDT From: JBurpee~ao1.com To: youguys 1 @up.net Caught your show in Bay City at the Pig Gig. It was great, and you all are wonderful entertainers. It was great that you take the time to sign autographs. I have seen a lot of concerts and not many of the supposed ìSTARSî stop to sign for the fans. Thanks for being a friendly bunch and making the fans feel included in the show. Joyce OlsonóBurpee |
Subject: Re: Cherry Festival Concert..Traverse City Date: Wed, 7 Jul1999 11:06:29 EDT From: JudiPers To: youguysl @up. net Hello youguys, Way To Go Da Yoopers!!!!!! Judipers@aol . corn |
Subject: look at Hoolies email Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 23 :43:19 -0400 From: Don To: youguys 1 @up.net I just wanted to say. that was a great show at the UP state fair. And that I could relate to all the songs and skits. Its just too bad I have to go back to school and learn how to make a living and get back home to ìGods countryî . I enjoy being able to share my culture with my low-per friends and girlfriend ( low-per too.. .donít hold it against her) but I must say that I need to make my claim to fame then hightail it back here asap. Once again I enjoyed the show and next summer I will have to come home to see you guys perform at the fair again. Your YOOPERS truely, |
Subject: Loved your show at the Woods-N-Water Weekend! Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 21:39:35 -0700 From: ìBill and Ruthî Organization: Reliable Doors, Inc. To: <youguys 1 @up.net> I especially enjoyed Bowling and Beer. You guys really know how to do a show! Thank you especially, Lynn, Jim and Hoolie for the backstage interview and the Jackpine Savage tape. We plan to listen to the entire thing on our way up north (or down-south in your case) to Cadillac next weekend. You are all great sports! Weíll see you in Pt. Huron next month! Ruth Stover-Lange |
From: Kae To: <youguysl @up.net> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 3:43 PM Subject: Mailing list Hi, saw your performance this fall in Black River Falls, WI - It
was great - took my 78 year old mother-in-law and she said she has
never laughed so much. My husband was out of town or he would have
definitely been there too. We would like to be put on your mailing
list and also get your 2000 tour schedule. Mail - Kae & Dave Dettinger,
614 Chestnut Street, Black River Falls, WI 54615 email - gravytrain
Hope to hear from you soon. Kae |
Subject: Good Show Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 13:13:26 -0600 From: ìConn, James, MSG, 1 28ACS, LGTM To: youguys 1 @up.net You put on a great show in Black River Falls last night.
Iíve been to your show in Rosholt a couple years ago and I even visited
the Tourist Trap a while back. I was once even married to a Fin and
her mom was from Champion with a maiden name of Maki. James D. Conn |
From: Rachael Prill To: <youguysl©up.net> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 11:45 PM Subject: awesome show Saturday hello there. i got this address off your website. I just wanted to let you know that i saw your concert Saturday night at the Ubly Heights Restaurant and it was very awesome. My father and mother were there with me and he wanted to say thanks again for signing his green St. Pattiesí Day hat. I loved all the music and all the skits and i love your new Cd JAck Pine Savage.. i cant wait until i can purchase the xmas cd.. it sounds so great.ó- i am looking forward to seeing you again next year. maybe if i get lucky i can come way up there and see the museum., that is if i donít get lost, thanks for the time Love Always, |
Subject: hi. From: Thomas Council To: <youguysl @up.net> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 6:27 PM HoIa, Hi, Bonjour, Your New Mexican Fans.. .in USA |
Main Identity From: ìScott Viarî <sviar > To: <youguysl ~up.netí Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 10:47 AM Subject: Awesome show Hey dere, We saw your show in Grand Haven during the Coast Guard Festival, and walked away with sore sides and tummies. I had never laughed so hard at a concertónot even Weird AL!As a Northern Cheeseheed married to a Milwaukeean and living in Troll Land, I saw my husband transform from ìcity boyî to ìNorth Country guyî in a matter of minutes after your show began. Now he canít stop singing ìDiarrheaî and ìDa Anniversary Songî. As a result, we plunked down big bucks for Yoopers stuff. I had just been to Canada for two weeks and was trying to break the ìeh Iî habit...the show didnít help any. :) We also shared your ìItís About Time, EhIî video with my sister and her family, and now my 2-year-old niece runs around accusing her many uncles of having problems in the bathroom.:) Just wanted to say a belated ìthanksî for a wonderful show, and next time weíd like to see you someplace where some boring talking fountain wonít cut your show short. :) And how about dem Packers dis year, eh! All the best, Heidi Solberg Viar Kalamazoo |
Main Identity From: <JtIhiggins To: <youguysl ~up.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 14,2001 11:57 AM Subject: Tankyouuuuuu Tanks Youse Guys for da great show at da casino in Suttons Bay, da wife even smiled a couple times though she was trying not too. Janet won $100. so the whole weekend cost about $20.( a suite with ajacuuzi, gas, food, da show an everything). Special tanks to Hoolie an Lynn for dedicating da anniversary song to us, and too Pete for running to my car wit me to get some wooden flowers. P.S. Ijust keep getting more pleased and surprised every tape I get from youse guys, Naked Elves in Cowboy boots is da best yet, I keep expecting to buy a tape thats a let down from the ones I got already but each one is just as good if not better then the last. Itís 68 degrees today here ha ha time to flip da tape so bye Da Muffin Man
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