THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #293 - May 9, 1997
Magical Armchair Digest Friday, May 9 1997 Volume 01 : Number 293
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Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #286
This new list sucks.
my zine
We're roud, we lock...sorry!
[none]
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HORDE in Chicago
New York in June
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #292
Fivers, Armchairites, Bag Of Shite
Tape of 120 Min?
Horde..promo...homepages..etc
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #291
new names....
m2 and 120
Brick
T-shirt info!!!!
DC show?!?!?!?!?
Bye Bye
BFF on MTV2
DC show
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Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 09:08:32 -0700
From: Mitay Sayo <mcsayo@pworld.net.ph>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #286
unsubscribe mcsayo@pworld.net.ph
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 21:36:39 -0500 (CDT)
From: Gregor Brown <gb0709@broncho.ucok.edu>
Subject: This new list sucks.
Sorry but i don't like the new format. Too many msgs at once. I am
unsubscribing.
Gregor Brown
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Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 10:02:16 -0700
From: Scott Slonaker <ss230495@oak.cats.ohiou.edu>
Subject: my zine
As a fellow BF5 fan, let me take a moment to advertise my weekly
electronic music zine, Take One. An upcoming review of _Whatever and
Ever Amen_ is planned. Just send a message to the address in the
signature, and I will send you the current issue, #24. It is completely
free and without strings or obligation. Apologies for the off-topic
post.
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"I don't believe there is such a thing as saying too much."
- -Patty Griffin, "Time Will Do the Talking"
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 22:23:24 -0500 (CDT)
From: sam jacob lewis <sjlewis@students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: We're roud, we lock...sorry!
On 120 min, this is my fav part where Robert adds a remark
during the "Japanese version of Song4theDumped"
conversation. I thought the boys seemed cool and confident about
themselves, as everything they said had some humor in it. They seemed
REALLY cool after Silverchair.
As for this wacky MTV, I noticed something along the lines of what miss
Anee Hall was talking about...
> "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.
Well, how about the Ben Folds Five contradiction. They had to remove the
word weed from "Battle" but the word pot in "Uncle Walter" is perfectly
all right! It's like the time I was listening to 103.5 the Blaze (way
back when...) late at night and they played "Man in the Box" by Alice in
Chains and the word shit was in the song twice...well, that's kinda
different but the media is still fucked up!
Donna said:
> 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.
You can listen to a quote from the interview at www.mtv.com under the
news headlines section. Also, while you're surfing their page, stop by
the 120 min site and see what kinda farce is going on there. They
listed our boys as "The Bend Folds Five". If this was their name, we
would probably be called the Bend Overs and I personally don't like
that so... send 'em an email and tell 'em that they suck. Here's what I
wrote if you wanna copy it and send it over to 'em:
I don't appreciate the constant mistakes that you guys make. At least
have the respect to type in a bands name correctly as "Ben Folds Five"
not "The Bend (over) Folds Five". Thanks - oh yeah, nice picture
w/silverchair sticking up his middle finger, very tasteful! Also, try
listing the right videos that you played for the week listed above, and
not the videos from a week ago. I mean, if you're gonna have a web site,
fucking update it correctly and give the bands that you're making so much
money off of the respect that they deserve and type in their names
correctly. You so lazy!!
Thank you for reading.
send it to minutes120@aol.com and tell 'em not to reckon with the supreme
forces of the Benathiac Folding Fivers!
Sorry about the length and thanks for reading (if you did!)
Sam Lewis
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Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 23:54:47 -0400
From: lpd105@psu.edu
Subject: [none]
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luke
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Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 23:55:39 -0400
From: lpd105@psu.edu
Subject: UNSUBSCRIBE
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 23:26:39 -0500 (CDT)
From: sam jacob lewis <sjlewis@students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: HORDE in Chicago
I just checked the Big Head Todd wed site (thanks for the tip Frank) and
I found out that they will be in Chicago on July 4. I guess that this
means that Ben Folds Five (along w/the rest of the HORDE bands) will also
be in Chicago on the Fourth of July. Well, I can't think of a better way
to spend Independence Day! BBQ, Beer, Fireworks and BFF make Samee happy :)
Sewil Mas|saM lewiS
Homer to Lisa "You know nothing know it all!" in the Lisa vegetarian episode
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Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 21:42:43 +0000
From: "Arnold S. Rowe" <arowe@pe.net>
Subject: New York in June
Hello fellow Foldians,
Please, Please, i really need the help of any New York City fans, or
any fans with info, for that matter. okay, i live in CA, but through
the miracle of modern day family reunions, i might be able to be in
NY on the day BFF will play in Central Park!! Could you please send
me any other info that you know about the concert, when tickets go
on sale, what time, price, any other bands, is it safe (my parents
have only me, and are way overprotective..) etc, etc. Thank you!!
~Aimee
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Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 03:04:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: FHudetz@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #292
To whomever wrote this
<< im a really big fan of BFF and im also Australian...i also happen to
love Australian bands and i am incredibly proud of them...so when i hear
comments such as this:
>Sacrifice" was fuggin hilarious. I think some of the kiddies in the crowd
>didn't get it, but then again,it wasn't Silverchair so what do you expect.
from Americans, i get a little annoyed...great call...now we can all
high-five each other and slag off a few more hardworking bands...oh yeah,
and your spell silverchair with a small "s"... >>
I wasn't putting down silverchair, I was merely saying that the kids were
more or less there to see acts like silverchair, and that they were not
digging the BF5 scene...oh yeah, and you spelled you with a "r"....G'day
Tim
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Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 9:37:13 -0000
From: "Simon Burrows INF-KB" <sburrows@madge.com>
Subject: Fivers, Armchairites, Bag Of Shite
>>Oh yeah, and I agree. We need something to denote a difference from BFF
fans, "fivers?", and us "Armchairites."
Why? So we can all feel that we're 'proper' fans, whilst the rest don't
really like them? What is the point of this self-satisfied crap?It
doesn't mean that we like the band more, just because we're lucky enough
to be on this mailing list.
We had this sad argument about BFF going 'mainstream', and I'll say what
I said last time - it stinks of 'Hey - I liked them first' cool. Call
yourselves what you like - as far as I'm concerned anyone who likes Ben
Folds Five, in whatever capacity, is alright with me.
By the way, a 'fiver' (in the UK) means a five pounds note.
Ceddy
sburrows@madge.com
"You minus me equals none"
T h e B e a u t i f u l S o u t h
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Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 01:53:38 -0700
From: qreeus@uclink4.berkeley.edu (Nathan Gunn)
Subject: Tape of 120 Min?
Hey there. I completely forgot to watch 120 Minutes on Sunday. Did anyone
tape the appearance? If so, I'd love to get a copy. Please eMAIL me at
qreeus@uclink4.berkeley.edu to let me know. I could either send a blank
tape or maybe I could trade for it. Anyway, I'd really appreciate some
info! Thanks again.
Swingfully,
Nathan
***********
"I don't trust anybody's nostalgia but my own. Nostalgia is a product of
dissatisfaction and rage. It's a settling of grievances between the
present and the past. The more powerful the nostalgia, the closer you come
to violence. War is the form nostalgia takes when men are hard-pressed to
say something good about their country."
-- Don DeLillo
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Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 05:15:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: KDM92772@aol.com
Subject: Horde..promo...homepages..etc
Hey All..
I never mentioned. I have changed my email address, so any of you who at one
time knew me as "woodnymph@hotmail.com" it's just little old me. And I also
lost my whole e-mail address book, so if ya haven't heard from me...drop me a
line.
But I wanted to talk about HORDE. Tres excited to see the AZ date, but
JULY!!!! I went to HORDE last year in september and almost died of heat
stroke. Phoenix in July....it will be like seeing bf5 in hell. But oh well,
happy anyway.
Also, i would love a copy of the promo tape. if anyone would be keen enough
to make me a copy, i might have something to trade...I taped the show at Pima
fairgrounds in tucson, but just on a hand held. its cool anyway, though.
and just because a band is from one part o' the world, or another, does not
quality make. (silverchair) It is all a matter of opinion.
And I am working on 2 different homepages...if you are really bored.....
<a href="http://members.tripod.com/~weefer/index.html">weefer's wacky page of
hilarious hijinks</a>
<a href="http://members.wbs.net/homepages/k/b/u/kbuffer.html">kbuffer</a>
Thanks Fivers..
cheesily.....Kristin
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Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 06:39:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: Qualitease@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #291
No chain letters, please.
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Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 22:11:03 +1000 (EST)
From: Derek Scott <scoco@netspace.net.au>
Subject: new names....
hey everybody...
how about the Angry Dwarves?
I thought maybe it sounds negative or something but I can just picture a
whole crowd of little short ppl with red faces bopping along to BF5. it's a
very cute image! How about it?? Or perhaps the Squirrels and Birds, or the
GIJo ppl (???). I dunno...
catchya
Claire
* The Days of the Digital Watch are Numbered *
* -Ginger Meggs, SMH *
* *
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Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 09:07:44 -0400
From: bon2onov@atlas.moa.net (Brendan O'Neill)
Subject: m2 and 120
The 120 min. thing was great, pinfield is such an idiot. It was cool to
see "Uncle Walter" again. And then, I turn on the tv on Wednesday, and
there was BFF being bleeped out. (They were talking about what they could
say and what they couldn't on MTV. It was great.) They picked some good
videos.
Brendan
Novi High School
Novi Community Schools
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Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 15:19:30 PDT
From: "Stephen Buchanan" <ferris_bueller11@hotmail.com>
Subject: Brick
I can't figure out how anybody can get abortion out of brick, I mean I know that
they say the whole doctor bit, but then why does it say near the end that she is
not fine, and then the doctor tells them that it is time to tell the truth. I
think it is more about someone trying to cope with a terminal disease and also
figuring out that their relationship is not working...a penny for your thoughts.
Oh, yeah visit Fire Online Magazine for the Cynical and Sarcastic, it is really
cool-www.essex1.com/people/banshee.
Carpe Diem
Stephen Buchanan
ferris_bueller11@hotmail.com
Or stumblein@usa.net
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Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 10:47:25 EDT
From: john_oc@juno.com
Subject: T-shirt info!!!!
Here is another T-shirt update...
Total orders to date: 13
That isn't enough. I need enough to get the best bulk deal. Help me
out. The more T-shirts ordered, the cheaper they will be. Remember, it
says Ben Folds Five on piano keys on the front, and solemn faces on piano
keys above a stick piano and small heard on the back. Email orders
privately, Please.
Cost: Price of Shirts divided by orders, then plus shipping where
applicable.
YOU DETERMINE THE PRICE!
*Disclaimer*
I am not making money on this venture. I can't, its illegal, and I
wouldn't want to make money on Ben. I am just trying to get in his good
graces so I can meet him sometime, anything for name reckognition. Right
Frank!!!
Aufwiederemail,
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
"You could whip a pack-mules ass, you are my friend to the max" -Wesley
Willis
Thanks evilbison.
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Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 11:44:11 -0400
From: bpluta@rmc.edu (Brian Pluta)
Subject: DC show?!?!?!?!?
I called Protix to order BFF tix for the May 30th show and they said Bettie
Fucking Serveert is playing there that night. No Ben?????? Anyone know
what's going on for that one????? What's tha deal?
brian
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Date: Thu, 8 May 97 07:40:58 UT
From: "Bruce Herrier" <BHerrier@msn.com>
Subject: Bye Bye
Sorry to say, but I am yet another old-timer (almost a year) jumping ship -
Maybe at some point in the future I can rejoin - thanks to all you
"fivers/armchair pilots" for making the armchair (until recently) by far the
most intelligent, civil, and readable list in my mailbox.
Bruce Herrier
bherrier @msn.com
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Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 12:33:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lunasa1@aol.com
Subject: BFF on MTV2
Darren was more talkative than on 120 Mins. (how could he not be), Ben was
definitely "on". They played BoWCCL and:
Liz Phair, PJ Harvey, Chemical Brothers ("we're playing them cuz Rolling
Stone said they were the next big thing.." Ben deadpanned), Madness (One
Step Beyond....haven't seen that vid since Reagan was Pres -- great
choice!!); George Jones, Komeda (probably forced to play them); and Pat
Benatar's Love is a Battlefield (Ben said they tried to re-create Pat's
"dance-off" in their "Underground" video, and suggested all BFF's
disagreements are settled by "dance-offs"). Towards the end, Robert said he
believed Noel Gallagher had back hair. Hostess Jancee responded that Noel's
doing pretty well, "maybe things are turning around for people w/back hair".
"If you have back hair" Ben quipped, "you should never turn around".
Ben also expressed frustration that you can say "ass" on TV, but not "weed"
(as in BoWCCL). He then said he'd probably get away with it if he changed
the line to "score some ass" -- he was bleeped.
Luna
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Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 13:14:11 -0400
From: Kieran Cox <krocox@UDel.Edu>
Subject: DC show
The tickets went on sale today for the May 30 show at the 9:30 club in DC.
Supposedly, there aren't many on sale to the public. BFF is playing with
Bettie Serveert. Anyone ever heard of them? Are they any good?
Kro
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