THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #291 - May 8, 1997
Magical Armchair Digest Thursday, May 8 1997 Volume 01 : Number 291
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Topics in this issue:
Fivers
Re: Devil in the Doorway
Make a Wish...
BFF Phila Show
another 120 request...
I got your Video!!
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #288
Mime-Version: 1.0
wow!
letterman
120 minutes on tape??? please???
T-Shirts and stuff.
Ben Folds Five w/ the entire cast of Riverdance!!!!!
German Festival date cancelled!!!
RE: 120 reruns?
Tattoos, and delivering the Armchair
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #289
fivers... sux
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Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 21:18:20 -0500
From: "Louie Nash" <louie@tamu.edu>
Subject: Fivers
On top of all that other Fiver stuff, we can tell any flamers or anyone who
doesn't like Ben and the boys to go silflay hraka. (I don't know if that's
spelled right, but it's fairly close.)
Bo
"To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge."
Benjamin Disraeli: 1804-1881, British politician
"God is dead."
- Nietzshce
"Nietzshce is dead."
- God
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Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 21:32:07 -0500
From: "Louie Nash" <louie@tamu.edu>
Subject: Re: Devil in the Doorway
My guess as far as an interpretation (even though I haven't seen this
video) is that Ben's making fun of all of the people that saw what they
thought was a devil in the window or doorway of th eplace where they shot
some of the album art for the Eagles' Hotel California. It turned out to be
some really drunk lady in a red dress, but for years there were a bunch of
idiots that thought that the Eagles were some wierdo satan worshiping
moonies or something. I'll put money on this. I bet that there are a
bunch of people that don't get the Satan is my Master joke either. In fact,
it's possible that that's what inspired this. Oh well, as Dennis Miller
says, "That's just my opinion, I could be wrong."
Oh yeah, and I agree. We need something to denote a difference from BFF
fans, "fivers?", and us "Armchairites."
Bo
"To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge."
Benjamin Disraeli: 1804-1881, British politician
"God is dead."
- Nietzshce
"Nietzshce is dead."
- God
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Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 22:49:11 -0400
From: McCall Bennett <mccall@frognet.net>
Subject: Make a Wish...
MAKE A WISH!
Wish for something before you
read this!
Wishes of a Lover
As I look out at the majestic sea,
I know you and I were meant to be.
I only wish I could make you see
how much your love means to me.
I wish I could walk up to you
and speak the words that lovers do.
But now I sit here sad and blue
wishing that I could be with you.
SeND This tO 7 People within the next 5 mins.
and your wish will come true.
"If you see a man without a smile, give him yours."
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Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 22:43:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Qudrophnia@aol.com
Subject: BFF Phila Show
anyone here live near phila and see the show on Wed the 30th of April?
it was really great, the first time i've seen them live and i had an
incredible
time. I can tell anyone who wants to know what songs they played, i got
the set list right here with me. I was pretty surprised at all the different
kinds of people there. There were mostly like 20 and 30 somethings, a lot
more girls than i would have thought, some people my parents age and some
as young as my brother, 14. It was an interesting group.
Thanks talk to you all later
Keep your freedoms
speak your minD...
Alkaline
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Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 19:46:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: jrhee@wolfenet.com (Pollyanna Rhee)
Subject: another 120 request...
The first week in ages I decide not to make a friend of mine tape 120 for
me, I miss BFF, it would happen, so I'll hop on the bandwagon and ask if
anyone could make me a copy... I would pay, of course, unless anyone is
interested in Blur/Manics/Pulp + other various British or another episode
of 120 that I haven't recorded over...
I was flipping through an issue of Mojo from March and it had a little
thing about 'Underground' apparently in the verse the bass stays on B while
the 5th of B maj. is rasied chromatically to become the #5, then again to
become the sixth. And if you do the same to a minor chord you create the
James Bond Theme. Strange the things you learn.
A couple people on some other lists I'm on for Graham Coxon and Pulp have
started to like BFF and they all seem to have an attraction to 'Fair'. I
like the song a lot, but I'm not sure what sticks out about that one.
Alex--I'm sending out the single tomorrow.
Cheers,
Pollyanna
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Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 22:08:55 -0500 (CDT)
From: koenij22@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu
Subject: I got your Video!!
Fello-Fivers,(damn that's catchy!)
I've written three days in a row cuz' I got BFF Fever.
Anyway, To you people who want a copy of 120 minutes. I can help you
out. Just privately mail me.
And to you shmucks who print your unsubscribtions on the
Armchair. Where does it say that you have to go down in a blaze of glory?
Listen quitters, We're INDIFFERENT TO THE LOSS!!! I'm really not that
peaved. I just wanted to use that line.
So who's going to be at the MILWAUKEE show? I know
Mike(aka.Mr.Sunshine) will be there.Still can't wait. Counting the days.
Imagine a duet with Ben and Ani Difranco? That would be beautiful(sob)
Last thing. Who caught this on 120 Minutes?
Pinfield: So how's was it playing with Counting Crows?
Ben: It was great. Although everyone left after they played.
Pinfield: Dumb-ass stare
Ben: tries to explain the joke
That's what kind of happened. Man, Pinfield's a heel!
Peace out people. Hope all is well.
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue."
--Airplane!!
Joel the Baker<koenij22@uwosh.edu>
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Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 23:13:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Fruhead1@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #288
I'm sorry to go off topic, but I have a problem. Do I pay for the armchair?
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Date: Wed, 7 May 97 00:24:37 -0400
From: skinner_john/furman@furman.edu
Subject: Mime-Version: 1.0
subscribe armchair
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Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 14:38:39 +1000
From: hillsey@tpgi.com.au
Subject: wow!
i think ben folds five are really cool and they should be clapped really
really loud whenever they play good and cool.
bye bye
"god loves us ALL"
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 00:35:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kristaffer@aol.com
Subject: letterman
they played another "whatever" segment on letterman again tonight...(tuesday)
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Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 00:50:44 EDT
From: sandishortcake@juno.com (Sandi Shorter)
Subject: 120 minutes on tape??? please???
Okay, I know someone else posted a note saying they'd like a copythe 120
minutes interview and videos, but I would too. I was in Atlanta for the
weekend to see their show there so I missed it...and of course like an
idiot, I totally spaced on setting my VCR. If anyone has it on tape, and
has 2 VCRS so they can make a copy, please e-mail me. I'll pay you for
the tape, postage and your trouble.
Thanks.
Sandi
"get born. keep warm. short pants. romance." -Dylan
http://kent.edu/~sshorter
Where we discuss the Wallflowers, BF5, strange dreams, & things that piss
us off!
Check it out! sandishortcake@juno.com
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Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 02:32:34 EDT
From: john_oc@juno.com
Subject: T-Shirts and stuff.
I just wanted to thank everyone for their interest in my T-shirt design.
As soon as I get enough response, I will set out on making some. If I
make them, they will be done by June 1st, because that is when I will
need them by for my personal use. If anyone with an often hit BFF
webpage wants to take orders for me, it would be greatly appreciated.
Also, on another note...I am so excited one of my base four favorite
artists just came out with a new album and I got the advance copy at the
station. BEN LEE!!! He is actually mature now for those of you who have
heard of him before. His new single "New Song" was debuted on MTV last
week. The album rocks!!! Also, in the five for fighting promo pack, it
lists Ben Folds Five as their favorite band, and biggest influence. The
lead singer sounds like a cross between Eddie Vedder and Adam Duritz.
Anyone else hear it? Anyway the band is good, try it out. After, of
course you get Ben Lee. btw, it is called Something to remember me by,
and is on Grand Royal, yes the Beastie Boys label.
Forever in Ben,
John Boyer
WOBN-FM 101.5 the ROCK
Asst. Music Director and Research Director
Westerville, Ohio(Just north of Columbus)
Email: John_OC@juno.com Phone: (614) 823-2969
"Rock over London, rock on Chicago, Pork, the other white meat" --Wesley
Willis.
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 04:55:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Aneehall73@aol.com
Subject: Ben Folds Five w/ the entire cast of Riverdance!!!!!
that there's called a joke. anyway...
hello all, just felt obligated to say something after catching up with what
seemed like years of posts! to quote mrs. mia wallace, "i said got damn!"
is there any sign of change as far as going back to the old frank-handled
format for the list? that would be a damn dream.
anyway i noticed a few things in the bazillion post that i wanted to comment
on:
"weed" reference deletion:
yeah, mtv is funny...Tom Petty can't say "so let's get to the point, lemme
roll anotha joint" and Dr. Dre can't even show a leafy "chronic" bud on his
hat...but if you're Green Jello or Jelly or whatver...you have pigs smokin
joints in yer video! fascinating.
alright fine, it's very late and i can ony think of that. forgive me.
hugs not drugs...or hugs with drugs, it's a free country.
shoosh, anee
"what? oh, yeah, quote somebody, right, damn, i'll hafta remember to do
that"-
that chick up there
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 04:33:42 -0400
From: Steffen Donath <SDonath@compuserve.com>
Subject: German Festival date cancelled!!!
Hi everybody!
I just got the news from BFF Tourmanager Doug:
>As of May 6 this is the BFF European schedule: June 27 - Glastonbury
>Festival in England, June 28 - Roskilde Festival in Denmark, June 29 -
>St Gallen Festival in Switzerland, July 1 - Shepards Bush Empire in
>London, July 2 - Quart Festival in Norway. We play in Central Park in
>New York City on June 25 and begin the H.O.R.D.E. Tour in the US on July
>12 or so.
>Sorry we won't be in Germany this time around.
Well, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. Better luck next time!
STEFFEN
There is a place where you can throw it all away... - Midnight Oil
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Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 01:47:01 -0500
From: Randi <rn21ja19@idt.net>
Subject: RE: 120 reruns?
>Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 21:19:53 -0400
>From: Evan Chakroff <chakroff@ee.net>
>Subject: 120 reruns?
>
>hey, anyone know if MTV reruns 120 minutes (I figure they do, they >re-run
>everything else...)
>
>anyway, do they? if not then... well.... I don't want a tape just for >the
>two videos and one interview..... well... nevermind then.
>
>- -ec
No MTV never reruns 120, they never used to rerun the Headbangerball
either. Some how they only show the crappy shows twice. The interview
was fine, I was happy to see the video for "Uncle Walter". I think MTV
has only shown it once before. Now I've seen all the videos atleast
twice.
Randi
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/3847/
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 04:13:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: NakedVegan@aol.com
Subject: Tattoos, and delivering the Armchair
Alanica@aol.com wrote:
>I told Ben I was goign to get a
>tatoo of the stick figure piano, but I don't think he heard me.
When I showed Ben my stick piano tattoo at the show here last month, he
didn't think it was real at first. He said, "What is this, crayon?"
(Yeah right, the one thing you CAN'T write on yourself with!) I'd
mentioned the tattoo in the Armchair several months prior, so I guess Ben
doesn't read all the Armchairs. Especially now that the volume is so
large... I know that fans used to print out the Armchair and give it to
the boys at shows. Now that they have their own website and mailing list
and are on the Sony label, I kind of assumed that one of their staff
would be printing out the armchair for them, but on second thought,
that's probably not a good assumption. Maybe someone could ask the boys
at future shows whether they want us to keep delivering printouts of the
Armchair to them at their shows.
In other news, I was never able to get a copy of the promo home video.
Who wants to sell me one?
- -- Michael Bluejay (Austin, TX)
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 07:41:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: "D . Hokanson" <hokansod@goldey.gbc.edu>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #289
BFF on MTV this morning. They had BFF in an interview on MTV news this
morning. I didn't cath the whole thing. Talked about the cost of hauling
the piano. They mentioned the Horde tour and also that they'd be in
Boston on May 27.
Donna
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Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 23:22:54 +1000
From: Very Fruity Indeed <ad@healey.com.au>
Subject: fivers... sux
Hi people,
I dunno where you all are at with this fivers thing, but I think it sux.
In fact, I think think it really really sux. :) It sounds so try-hard,
geeky, unnatural... I am not a fiver... Call yourselves what you like. :)
BYE!!!
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