THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #181 - February 7, 1997
THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR, Issue #181
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Topics for Today:
News from the band's management
The hidden track...
Re: Who put the buzz in Ben Folds Five?
BFF
BFF coming to Texas
Re: THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR, Issue #180
Can you find anything in Holland by BF5?
No fair!
Tour Dates
Q REVIEW (I'm a Poet and I.........Nevermind)
Battle of Who Could Care Less UK CDsingle info
praying for the show!
Postcard....
I'VE GOT THE NEW ALBUM!!!!!!!
japanese import
KSCA
BEN FOLDS FIVE COVERS OASIS
Ben Folds in New Orleans
Anything!!
touring with?
Alice Childress & Ghost Tracks
Re: THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR, Issue #180
NME
BF5 in Glasgow
ben on tv
Re: Pots & Pans
I'm confused...
BFF: interesting idea
Ben Folds
Re: "Pink On White Walls" CMJ MISTAKE!!!
Other bands
Second Coming!!!
NME
RE: THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR, Issue #180
Ben on a Bus Stop recording???
when?
snobbery in music. hmmmmmmm.....
Five Fold iss. #2
RE: Q (March 1997 issue) + other news...
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[First, some news you've all been waiting for, from Alan Wolmark, Ben
Folds Five's manager. This will answer a lot of questions that have been
asked lately.]
Some updated news from the management office:
1. We will be announcing a very extensive US tour shortly that will bring
Ben Folds Five to just about every area that fans on the Magical Armchair
have been asking about.
2. After some local, hometown area gigs, the tour WILL start with Counting
Crows on March 31 and go through Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Berkeley,
Irvine and San Diego. The tour will continue on into June with a two-week
break to go to Japan. All dates to follow very soon.
3. We are trying our best to keep everyone up-to-date about BFF activities
and have arranged for all previous mailing lists (all those sent into
Caroline and all those signed up on our tours) to be added to the band's
current mailing list based out of Chapel Hill and the one maintained by Sony.
We hope communications will come up regularly and with some cool surprises.
We are also maintaining lists for everyone who has signed up or mailed in
from the UK, Europe, Japan and Australia.
4. The official Ben Folds Five website (http://www.bffweb.com) will be up
in a couple of days, but please bear with us since it will still be "under
construction" for awhile. Meanwhile, when it hits you will be able to access
tour dates, news, sound bites, interview bits, portions of the EPK, the new
video for the single "Battle of Who Could Care Less" and finally be able to
get T-shirts, a wool cap and a Japanese import Ben Folds Five song portfolio
for piano and vocals, signed by Ben, with all the songs from the first album
plus "Tom & Mary."
5. In response to all the questions about why the staggered release
schedule around the world ......... Too often bands release records and
then have to burn themselves out traveling around the world to quickly get to
all the places that want to see them perform live. By staggering the
releases, the band can get to Europe and Scandinavia when the record comes
out there and then have plenty of time to do the extensive touring they would
like to do in the United States with minimal interruptions. It is only
because of the staggered releases that BFF will be able to get to so many US
towns on their first time 'round on this album! .............. Hopefully
you'll start hearing BFF soon when the single "Battle of Who Could Care Less"
gets released to radio in mid-February.
And finally, I cannot tell you how much the band and I appreciate all of your
relentless, enthusiastic support of BFF. The guys can't wait to get back on
the road.
Thank you.
Alan Wolmark
CEC Management
[Now on to the Armchair:]
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Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 13:48:45 +0000
From: Nick VINCENT <N.Vincent@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
Subject: The hidden track...
THe hidden track on Whatever and Ever Amen, was, unless they did it
somewhere else too, recorded at the first gig of the last UK tour, at
Dingwalls.
Ben ushered on a bloke, who I believe to be a manager of some sort, and said
"Let's do the hidden track" or words to that effect.
Bloke then utters a profanity about Ben, and everyone boos.
"They love ya, man" says Mr Sledge...
So I reckon it was then.
Nick
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 09:06:59 -0500 (EST)
From: AGottl5648@aol.com
Subject: Re: Who put the buzz in Ben Folds Five?
Wow, y'all,
This mailing list has certainly picked up since the announced release date of
the new album...I'm just as excited as everybody. By the way, will there be
a song on the upcoming CMJ sampler to ease my appetite until the genuine
article comes out?
<< I've heard of a
song BY Ben Folds Five called "Pink on White Walls!!"
Where is this darn song...nobody seems to know about it?! >>
The only person I know who sings a song called "Pink on White Walls" is Paul
Weller on his recent release called Stanley Road. I think it's a pretty good
song for BFF to cover.
Until March then (or until I think of something creative to say),
Adam
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Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 14:16:47 +0000
From: Jaime Hargreaves <cs96jjh@brunel.ac.uk>
Subject: BFF
Hiya all!
Just a quick post to the person who wrote in about claiming the neck of
the guitar at the Astoria gig in Nov - yeah, we thought that it was
really cool the way you faught like children for half of the set. Do
you know how many people you hurt whilst wrestling for it? The amount
of people you severly pissed off during the gig was enormous - the only
downside to an otherwise awesome night. Sorry all!
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Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 07:27:19 -0700 (MST)
From: DMJ@ACES.COM
Subject: BFF coming to Texas
Okay, I was a little bit looped that night, but I'm pretty sure I didn't
dream this up...
The other night, I was out at a local Houston club, the Blue Iguana, and
there was a cool Austin band playing... El Flaco. After their set, I
talked with a couple members of the band, and one of 'em mentioned that
they will be opening for BFF at the Urban Art Bar in April. Coooool!
(Sorry Bluejay! Heh...)
--Don
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Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 11:21:33 -0500
From: luke deans <lpd105@psu.edu>
Subject: Re: THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR, Issue #180
This is the first time that I have posted here so bare with me. I have
been a Ben Folds Five fan since last June. They are soooooooo incredible.
I was wondering if anyone knew if they were going to come and play some
shows on the east coast(pittsburgh, pa). Now this has nothing to do with
Ben Folds Five . . . does anyone know if the Counting Crows and the
Barenaked Ladies are coming to the east coast. please respond if u have
any information. thanx
luke deans
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Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 17:50:57 +0100
From: Xander du Bois <iksman@pi.net>
Subject: Can you find anything in Holland by BF5?
Hi, this is a question for BF5 fans in Holland. I hope there are any
that read this. I live in Amsterdam and I can't find anything by BF5
(except for their debut-album ofcourse). I have been looking for
CD-Singles, but I haven't found any. Does anybody in Holland know a
shop where they sell them? If you know please mail me. See you all the
18th of March in 'De Melkweg'.
Xander du Bois
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 17:37:07 GMT
From: Mark Piper <pipermf@ugs1.ph.bham.ac.uk>
Subject: No fair!
Pat Meusel asked:..
> Does anyone know the source of the hidden stuff at the end of track 12? It
> comes in at 5:28 on Evaporated - someone yelling from what sounds like a
> stage.
>
Hmm, there's one thing you're forgetting, Pat, my friend...We mere mortals
haven't heard the album yet, yer jammy b*****d!. Of course, if you'd like
to send me a copy of the CD, I'll gladly investigate for you..... >8)
On another tack, was the "Shut Up And Listen to Majosha" on general
release (if you get my meaning)? Would there be any chance I might find it
in a record store over here in the UK? Does anyone in the UK have a
copy??? "Kalamazoo" is one of my favourite t racks on the demo tapes.
Oh, and it's of no use to anyone really, but on Radio 1, you know they
have that little trailer that goes "More...new....music" and then play
some snippets??? Well, the latest one features Ben Folds Five and the
tiniest snippet of Battle Of Who Could Care
Less. See, I told you it was no use....
Mark
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 12:45:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Michael Scott Thomas <msthomas@wam.umd.edu>
Subject: Tour Dates
I don't want to waste time or space so I will get to the point. I think
it would be nice if we could get an accurate listing of all the known (or
unknown) BF5 tour dates. I am extremely anxious to see where they will be
playing in the near (or not-so-near) future. Thanks.
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 10:38:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Robert Mcgovern <mcrobert@hotmail.com>
Subject: Q REVIEW (I'm a Poet and I.........Nevermind)
If you live in the UK or Can get a copy of the March copy of Q
magazine.......do so.
Inside there is a two page story about the band in Germany which is absolutly
hilarious.
The interview/story is written by Danny Eccleston who was hanging out with the
band while they were being boredom, decides that it would be really funny if
Danny Eccleston and swop roles since non of the interviewers in Germany had
ever seen the band before. Then Just for the fun of it the band begin to make
up stupid answers for the interviews:
German: "What are your ambitions?"
Sledge:"To complete our mormon mission on bicycles."
German:"Vhy do you have a piano?"
Folds:"Why do you have a nose?"
German:"What is your New Years resolution?"
Jessee:'To Quit Jacking off. Specifically in my own mouth."
And so on.........
Finally there is the story of Ben and the drive by shooting.
___________
"Dad roped me into this drive by shooting once,"he winces. "This dog had bitten
him and he was really up for revenge. So he had me drive slowly around the
neighborhood while he hid in the back with a .22 rifle. Thank God he missed."
And that, insists Folds, is no word a lie.
___________
If any one has any questions about the review or the article then e-mail me at
this address
mcrobert@hotmail.com
later..............
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 18:37:28 +0000
From: dl <dl@cates.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Battle of Who Could Care Less UK CDsingle info
Just got the commercial and promo CDsingles for 'BoWHCL'.
Tracks on the Commercial (cat No: 664230) are...
1) Battle of Who could Care Less - 3:17
2) Champagne Supernova 1:33
3) Theme from 'Dr Pyser' 2:02
tracks 2 and 3 were recorded live @ LA2 London 26/11/96 (sound quality not
so good).
The version of BoWcCL on this single includes the 'Franklin f***ing
Mint'and the weed reference.
The promo CD single (cat no XPCD2125) contains only ...
1) Battle of Who Could Care Less (Radio Edit) 3:16
contains the weed reference and the 'Franklin f***ing Mint' as well, so
it's not actually noticibly different at all from the 'normal' version. So
no radio exposure for this song then.
the covers on these releases are both different, but neither are anything
to get excited about. The song is GREAT of course.
DL
>>
dl@cates.demon.co.uk
"If Elvis were my landlord, we'd all say stuff in
the halls like '42 tennants can't be wrong'"
-Bruce McCulloch
>>
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 97 13:47:54 -0600
From: Bergqvist <Kristin.M.Bergquist-1@tc.umn.edu>
Subject: praying for the show!
hey all!! i know youre TERRIBLY thrilled to hear from me...i've a
question...just like ALL of the other questions..only hopefully not quite
as repetetive...
are the boys ONLY opening for CC in the US? or are they also doing their
own tour?
sitting here in minneapolis/pt paul and wondering why, o WHY are they not
saying anything about playing our little towns? better yet...playing the
university! ...ah, one can dream, can she not?
at any rate...i appologize for this, no doubt, utter redundancy on my part.
but if there is a soul so kind as to find an answer, i would be eternally
indebted
kristin
**he who cannot draw on three-thousand years is living from hand to mouth**
***************wisest is she who knows she does not know*******************
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 14:07:51, -0500
From: MS SANDI SHORTER <EPVJ98A@prodigy.com>
Subject: Postcard....
I've been getting these notes forever and haven't ever submitted
anything, so I thought it was about time. I live just south of
Cleveland, Ohio. I love Ben Folds Five but have only been able to
catch 3 shows so far. Seeing them live is a religious experience so
I highly recommend it to everyone out there! One of the shows I saw
was while they were on the Lollapalooza tour. The tickets ended up
being (with all those service charges) $40. Since I got there just
in time to see BF5 and left right after they were finished, I figured
out that I spent a dollar a minute to see them...but it was worth
every penny! I also am a Jellyfish fan. Just what is the BF5-
Jellyfish connection? I really don't think they sound much like J-
fish. Anyway, I received the infamous postcard in the mail saying
that the new album was finished but it didn't include a release date.
Is the album still expected to be released on the originial date:
March 18th?
Sandi Shorter
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 21:50:46 +0000 (GMT)
From: David Sandford <D.M.Sandford@Bradford.ac.uk>
Subject: I'VE GOT THE NEW ALBUM!!!!!!!
After a particularly successful blagging day at our Student rag, I've
managed to land myself not only a copy of the new single (out Feb 10 in
UK) BUT!!! a copy of the album as well (FIVE WEEKS EARLY!!!). I have only
listened to it once, but it seems like typical Ben fare, only a lot more
mellow and jazzy rather than the more bouncy nature of the first album.
Particular favourites are Stevens last night in town and One angry
dwarf... More comments when I actually manage to listen to it again.
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Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 17:57:04 -0600
From: Dan Mauer <dmauer@earthlink.net>
Subject: japanese import
> TO ALL OF YOU WHO NEED THE JAPANESE VERSION WHY NOT MAKE A FEW PHONE
CALLS TO
> THOSE OBSCURE RECORD STORES THAT ARE IN EVERY TOWN!! TO PROVE MY
POINT, I
> AM ORDERING MINE FROM JAPAN TOMORROW!! I FOUND A PLACE THAT IS GOING TO
> ORDER IT ON THE CONDITION THAT I MAKE A SMALL DEPOSIT AND MAYBE PAY FOR THE
> SHIPPING!!!! USE YOUR HEAD!!!! IF THIS DOESNT WORK, TRY AND MAKE A
CALL
> TO JAPAN! YA NEVER KNOW!
a couple things: first, please don't use all caps... it's the equivalent
of screaming. :)
Second, and more to the point... the problem with ordering from a
record store is that it will take 4-6 weeks (since it's from japan, more
likely close to six) to get here, and then it will cost $30-$40. The
thing is, if we're gonna get it at the same time either way, it's
certainly not worth an extra twenty bucks to me just to get the extra
track, which I'm sure I'll be able to get a tape of from somebody
sometime.
Oh well. Thanks for the advice, anyways...
-dan.
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Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 18:25:26 -0600
From: Dan Mauer <dmauer@earthlink.net>
Subject: KSCA
From: CAROLYN YOUNG <YOUNG@law3.law.ucla.edu>
> [KSCA] has really supported BF5, is the only one in LA I've ever
> heard play them, and it was at KSCA's 1995 Christmas show that I first
> heard the band (I went to see Barenaked Ladies and got this special bonus!).
> Anyway, the DJ couldn't stop raving about the album, and explained that
> she had to beg the record co. to let her play a track early. You see,
> the sad part of this story is that the station is going off the air
> tomorrow, having been bought out and turned into a Spanish language
> station.
ACK!!! I'd heard something about KSCA possibly being bought, but I
didn' tknow it was happening already! (I live in Pasadena, but go to
school in Chicago, so I didn't hear)... first KNAC, and now KSCA.
What's with unique L.A. stations becoming spanish?!
Oh well, I am also replying to this because that particular show you
mentioned was also the first time I'd ever heard BFF play -- and I'd
gone to see BNL as well. Weird. But the odd thing about that show was
that the sound system was pretty messed up for the first few of BFF's
songs (jackson cannery and I don't remember what else)... and they
sounded HORRIBLE! My friends and I were sitting there laughing at them
for being so bad... (we didn't know it was just the sound system at the
time)... then, Darren just got up away from his set after like 10
seconds of some song and said into the mike, "Hey sound people!!! What
the hell is going on?!" or something like that... to which ben responded
(this cracked me up): "That's darren jessee, our drummer. He's real
punk." Then they fixed the sound system and played one of the better
sets I've ever seen... picked up a shirt that night and an album the
next day and was hooked forever.
Oh well, that's my random personal story for the day. Hope you had fun.
-dan.
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 16:35:05 -0700
From: news editor <news@allstarmag.com>
Subject: BEN FOLDS FIVE COVERS OASIS
Excerpted from: allstar Daily News for February 4, 1997
http://www.allstarmag.com
Edited by Carrie Borzillo
BEN FOLDS FIVE COVERS OASIS
'Champagne Supernova' Cover Due Feb. 10
Fans of the spunky, piano-driven Ben Folds Five will soon
have their wishes granted. For a while now in their live sets, Ben
Folds Five has been covering both Oasis' mega hit "Champagne
Supernova" and the Buggles' legendary "Video Killed the Radio Star"
(the first video MTV ever played). And shortly, fans will have the
chance to get recorded versions of those songs--albeit
internationally.
"Champagne Supernova" will be released as the B-side to "The Battle
of Who Could Care Less," due Feb. 10 as the first European single from
the band's upcoming album Whatever and Ever Amen. It will also be
the B-side to the album's first single for Japan, which will be "Song
for the Dumped." Both the European and Japanese singles will also
contain a third song, "The Theme from Dr. Pyser." There are no plans
at this point for "Champagne Supernova" to be released in the U.S., so
check your import bins.
As for "Video Killed the Radio Star," the song was supposed to be
on an Elektra Records compilation called Wonderama, which never saw
the light of day. But a spokesperson for Ben Folds Five says that
there is talk of doing a live version of "Video" as a "B-side for
something else somewhere down the road."
Whatever and Ever Amen is the band's major label debut, and will
be released in America on 550 Music/Epic on March 18. Ben Folds Five
will also be supporting Counting Crows on a West Coast tour March 31
through April 12, followed by their own headlining club tour.
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Date: 4 Feb 1997 19:09:34 CST
From: rosaliem@bbs.exoticomm.com
Subject: Ben Folds in New Orleans
Hi, if anyone is planning to come to the show in New Orleans, I have
some info:
Thursday, February 13, 1997
Jimmy's music club, 8200 Willow St. (located Uptown, near Carrollton
Avenue)
Doors open at 8, showtime is for 10:30. They are on a bill with Five
Stone and Moby. Ben Folds is second on the bill, so they should play
about 12 or 12:30. Tickets are $8-12, the person I talked to was not
sure of the exact price. He also didn't know anything about advance
ticket sales, so I guess we'll just have to camp out early to beat the
Moby fans.
Bye!
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 20:51:01 -0500 (EST)
From: Kristaffer@aol.com
Subject: Anything!!
I have absolutely nothing to trade, but I'll pay for anything slightly rare!
Email me at Kristaffer@aol.com
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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 23:31:12 -0500 (EST)
From: THANEZRA4@aol.com
Subject: touring with?
i was recently listening to a local radio station who was talking with the
counting crows. in their conversation the mentioned that they were touring
with BF5, now they are coming close to my town and i wanted to know if they
were touring with them (BF5) or not because if they aren't, then i probably
won't go see them. so are they? thank you.
-timme-
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 00:58:28 -0500 (EST)
From: NBoski@aol.com
Subject: Alice Childress & Ghost Tracks
From what I have heard, the song "Alice Childress" has nothing at all to do
with the writer.
You want to hear about a ghost track. I was fortunate to have heard many
times the first album that BF5 did for Caroline - the one that got shelved.
There was some hilarious, sick and twisted dialogue on that tape between
Darren and Robert. Did anyone ever get the chance to hear it? If I posted
it I could get in a lot of trouble because it's pretty vulgar, but so funny.
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 16:44:18 +0000
From: Damian Child <dchild@lochard.com.au>
Subject: Re: THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR, Issue #180
> Ok.. someone asked what Alice Childress was about. Well, Alice
Childress is a
This has been covered before. Alice Childress was someone in
a nursing home that Ben's co-writer on that song knew... or
something.
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 00:15:05 -0000
From: Tom Whitaker <tom@tw.prestel.co.uk>
Subject: NME
John Lax wrote (M.A. #180):
NME hasn't given anything a good review unless the band name is Oasis,
Blur, Pulp or the Stone Roses. Its a good thing that Mojo, another British
music mag, rated Ben Folds Five one of the top 20 albums of 1996.
That's a bit harsh. The NME may be irritatingly contradictory (love it one
week/hate it the next), but they do have more than one writer, and if one
person raves about someone you don't like, you're likely to start HATING
them - human nature, y'see. They don't love Stone Roses anymore - they
slagged the brilliant second album, and take the piss all the time now.
Also, I love them, 'cos they gave Underground 'Single of the Week'. That's
why I bought it, so I've got to thank 'em.
One more thing (to non-Brits)...
In the UK, most people who like BF5 and Radiohead (who are mentioned quite
a bit on this) also like:
Kula Shaker
Manic Street Preachers (esp. ' Everything Must Go' album - very Radiohead)
Stone Roses (best band ever - ignore the NME)
The Charlatans (who've come from good-but-second rate Roses imitation to
groovy genius-types)
The Bluetones
You may have heard of all that lot (lucky you). If not, give 'em a go.
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 10:31:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Rebecca.Cole@Mail.Trincoll.Edu, Rebecca Cole <rcole@Mail.Trincoll.Edu>
Subject: BF5 in Glasgow
Is anyone going to the Glasgow show at the Arches on March 2, besides me,
a transplanted American? This is my first-ever BF5 show and I am more
excited than even I can believe. If anyone is going, e-mail me, and maybe
we can meet up.
-Rebecca
rcole@mail.trincoll.edu
"please do not offer my god a peanut." -Apu
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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 19:49:02 -0800
From: gillet <gillet@pi.net>
Subject: ben on tv
yep,
attention all dutch bf5 fans. set your vcr's 'cause the session bf5 did
last time they were here will be broadcasted on tv (at least a couple of
songs) thursday february the 13nd at 19:55 at NPS TV3. I don't know yet
when the radio-version of the session (with more songs!) will be broad-
casted.
joris gillet
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 97 15:20:53 -0000
From: Charles D Folds <4rachuck@concentric.net>
Subject: Re: Pots & Pans
Melanie Berlin asked-
>Is anyone else familiar with Pots and
> Pans, the band Ben was in back in the late 80's?
Yes. It was very brief, I think they played about a half a dozen shows,
it was the result of the breakup of Majosha. Ben played the drums, Evan
Olson (Bus Stop) played bass and the guitar player was Snuzz (Bus Stop.
Snuzzband). They didnt record anything.
>On the album "Shut Up
> and Listen to Majosha (does anyone know if this is their only album?),
Yes, that was it.
>there's a song called "Kalamazoo." Could this be Kalamazoo, Mi?
Yep, as Frank said, he lived near Traverse City for a while. He had some
gig at Schuss Mountain Resort.
see ya
chuck folds
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 15:21:20 -0500 (EST)
From: berlinme@student.lansing.cc.mi.us
Subject: I'm confused...
I recently came into possesion of the album of the band that Ben Folds
was way back in the 80's. I am confused about the name of the band,
though. At first I was assuming that the name of the band was Pots and
Pans, since there are orange stickers on the sleeve of the album that say
"Shut Up and Listen to Majosha," the debut album by the band Pots and
Pans. But I read on one of the BFF home pages that the name of the band
was Majosha. Could someone clear this up for me? I'm really confused
here. If the name of the band was Majosha, what does Pots and Pans mean?
Melanie Berlin
berlinme@student.lansing.cc.mi.us
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 15:20:23 -0600 (CST)
From: Bill Tatalovich <wt3@cec.wustl.edu>
Subject: BFF: interesting idea
Hey everyone--
I came across this while reading my messages to Moby's electronic mailing
list, aptly named Mobility:
>Moby will be at 'Jimmy's' in New Orleans Feb 13. The ad reads:
> "Electra Sony/550 Showcase featuring Moby, Ben Folds Five, midnight set
>by Five Stones (Fantasy Recording artists)."
Wouldn't that be a killer show? Not just Ben and the gang, but our
favorite vegan Moby as well? Damn...maybe I should find a way down to New
Orleans...
Bill Tatalovich
wt3@cec.wustl.edu
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 17:10:32 -0500 (EST)
From: SoulFire1B@aol.com
Subject: Ben Folds
Since BF5 has signed with the new record company are they going to get more
air time on the radio. Will this endanger their ecstasy " UNDERGROUND"
Soulfire1B
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 97 22:34 EST
From: holmstd@ssu.southwest.msus.edu
Subject: Re: "Pink On White Walls" CMJ MISTAKE!!!
hi.
in the last armchair, Tucker Linda Lorraine <tucker5@server.uwindsor.ca>
wrote about a supposed BF5 track called "Pink On White Walls".
I saw this song listed on the first installment of CMJ Magazine's "Comp
Tape Of The Month: Getting Married Blues (or some such)" in the short cuts
section of their mag. The typist had gone mad on this entry and entered
this title in two or three spots during the comp tape tracklist.
I wrote to CMJ asking them to tell me where I could get this track from the
5. They took their sweet time replying via email, and eventually said that
the track listed there actually was "Video" from BF5...and that "Pink On
White Walls" was a track from another band in the tracklist, and that the
typist, had (these are their words), "been dragged out of the layout room
and shot."
Hope this clears this up for you bside-freak-collector types like myself.
Anything I can do to help out...
-davhole (Anyone with Soul Coughing rarities, please mail me!)
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Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 14:11:34 +1000 (EST)
From: Michael Townsley <M.Townsley@hum.gu.edu.au>
Subject: Other bands
Andy Hewitt wrote:
[quote shortened by moderator]
> Can anybody recommend bands along the same lines or in a similar
> style to Ben Folds Five as I love BFF so much that I will probably
> like the others too ?
Andy,
Try listening to an Australian band called "The Whitlams". I saw them live
about two weeks ago and they were awesome. They even did a song only
performed at live shows. It is a kind of cover of Dexy and the Midnight
Runner's "Eilenne". It was having a go at Pauline Hanson (an federal
politician who also happens to be an uneducated racist bigot, IMHO). "Come
on Pauline, what the f. do you mean?"
I would definately try "The Whitlams"
MT
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Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 21:33:00 +0900
From: Azusa Motohashi <EZC00110@niftyserve.or.jp>
Subject: Second Coming!!!
To everyone,
I mentioned about first single from "Whatever and Ever Amen".
These were released yesterday! Great, of course.
But I have to tell you something about single.
"Champagne Supernova" (original from Oasis) is an only side show
truck from London."Theme from Dr.pyser",too.
They didn't play a whole of "Champagne S."
I heard the album jacket is different from U.S. one which will
be sold. If you're Ben Folds Five mania, check it.
To Takayuki O.
Your liner notes are usually good. We feel your love for
Ben Folds Five.And we thank you that you did a great job
at "Sift". I never forget the magazine and your 2 times
interviews for them.( when did you know the lady in
"Jackson Cannary" jacket was Ben's mother?)
Azusa Motohashi
EZC00110@niftyserve.or.jp
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Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 14:39:05 +0000 (GMT)
From: Paul <P.D.Macneill@comp.brad.ac.uk>
Subject: NME
A lot of people on this list have been giving the NME a slagging for
their (extremely brief) comments about the new BFF album, but has
anyone noticed the line-up on their new 'Singles of the Week 1996'
compilation album. The tune 'Underground' by a certain well known
piano-playing three-piece is featured. And if everyone in Britain
hates them (as the comments before seem to suggest), why have the BRAT
awards (NMEs 'alternative' awards ceremony, to promote new talent) had
such an effect on the BRIT awards (real British music industry
awards), pulling it into real life?
Wait for the full review, then slag them off if you want.
Paul MacNeill
To survive in a horror movie:
1. As a general rule, don't solve puzzles that open portals to Hell.
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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 22:42:24 +0100 (MET)
From: Daniel Rodrigues Parreira <parreira@aquawolf.xs4all.nl>
Subject: RE: THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR, Issue #180
On thursday the 13th Ben Folds Five will be playing on Dutch national TV in a
show called "2 meter sessies". . I don't know which songs will be performed.
They recorded the sessions the day after they played in Amsterdam last year.
-- Daniel
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Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 22:24:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Stuart Kazanow <stuart@tiger.towson.edu>
Subject: Ben on a Bus Stop recording???
Is is just me, or do the lead vocals on Bus Stop's "Facin' Out" sound
exactly like Ben?
Just curious, given he has no album credit, and Chuck is given no credit
for vocals.
-Stuart
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Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 12:03:25 -0500 (EST)
From: Phishrman1@aol.com
Subject: when?
When Will BF5 come to New York City?????????
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Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 21:31:32 +0000
From: Alex Torrance <mabp65@dial.pipex.com>
Subject: snobbery in music. hmmmmmmm.....
hello.
a long time ago Carrie said:
>>idiot pop fansthis sounds a bit elitist to me but then i can't really
talk. some of my best mates are idiot pop fans into crap like the
bluetones, shed seven and the spice girls! (well not the spice girls.) and
i go one further by liking obscure 'indie' stuff like jonathan fire*eater,
ben folds five and jon spencer blues explosion as well as bis, am i the
only bis fan here? i think so. i don't like it cos its not very popular
but because its good. i have one friend who constantly has a go cos he
thinks my musical taste is dictated by the nme, but i don't care cos he
likes reef!!!! ha ha ha. anyway i'm going to the bff show @ the astoria in
march and i'm bring one idiot pop fan with me so there!!!!!
also linda tucker said something about pink on white walls. this is by
Paul weller and not bff tho' it has a piano in it so i guess it sounds
like them a bit. however it should be easily distinguisable by paul's
gravely voice and the guitar solo. (bff=no guitar!).
alex.
i dont know any quotes. oh yeah, i do, wait a bit....
"sugar, sugar, kandy pop!" bis.
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Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 21:44:54 +0000
From: Alex Torrance <mabp65@dial.pipex.com>
Subject: Five Fold iss. #2
hi again.
Five Fold issue #2 is out now!! it costs 50p for those of you in the uk
or 2-3 IRC's for those who don't have the privilage to live in the same
country as me! ha only joshing. it has a coupla live reviews, a review on
some of the unnofficial bff web sites and 4 reasons why Ben Folds Five
are better than Oasis, like you don't know already! send all yr money +
SAE to:
Alex,
93 Shortheath Road,
Farnham,
Surrey,
GU9 8RZ
Uk
Alex.
i still can't think of a good quote. :P
p.s. an irc is an international relay coupon which you can buy from your
post office for US$1:15 i think. its kinda like international stamp
buying money. nearly as great as sliced bread or conveyor belts.
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Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 17:57:55 -0500
From: Mandel Ilagan <ilagan@husc.harvard.edu>
Subject: RE: Q (March 1997 issue) + other news...
Some random thoughts as I eagerly await the next album:
Something to add to the post about the March 1997 "Q" issue in the last
digest...The issue also contains a very positive review about "Whatever and
Ever Amen," four out of five stars to be exact. The only criticisms the
reviewer had were about the vocal mixing and the studio chatter.
There's also an article about "The Battle of Who Could Care Less" European
single and the "Song For the Dumped" Japanese single on www.allstarmag.com.
In addition to mentioning that "Champagne Supernova" would be a B-side on
both singles, the article also said that the singles would have another
track called "The Theme from Dr. Pyser." Is this that live cover of the
British TV theme that was mentioned a while back or is this a non-album
track from the "Whatever and Ever Amen" recording sessions?
Mandel Ilagan
ilagan@fas.harvard.edu
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ilagan
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