THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR

The Ben Folds Five Digest

Issue #305 - May 16, 1997



Magical Armchair Digest      Friday, May 16 1997      Volume 01 : Number 305



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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:

    BF5 - Bogarts
    BFF and SNL 
    the d.c. show 
    BFF in Cincinnati
    BFF in Cincinnati, the sequel
    Name 
    instrument in Smoke
    Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #302 
    blueberry pancakes
    CRICKETS 
    BFF in Washington Post

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Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 13:26:07 EDT 
From: sandishortcake@juno.com (Sandi Shorter)
Subject: BF5 - Bogarts

Someone asked about BF5 playing at Bogarts...Yes, on the official page it
says they're playing Pittsburgh on June 2nd, but that date has been
changed to June 1st, and the Bogarts show has been sceduled for June 2nd.
 They have yet to update the dates on the official page...but I called
for my Pittsburgh tickets last week and they confirmed that Pittsburgh IS
on June 1st...I haven't gotten Bogarts (Cincinnati) tickets yet...anybody
know how much they are?

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: Thu, 15 May 1997 14:35:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ranvac@aol.com
Subject: BFF and SNL 

while perusing my armchairs, I was shocked to see that no one had mentioned
(or perhaps none of you know) that BFF will be on Saturday Night Live this
Saturday! 
I have recieved this information from a hopefully reliable source, the only
other BFF fan i know, who says she was watching SNL last week and at the end
they announced that BFF was going to be on.  I hope she heard correctly and
i'm not lying to you all.  but, in the chance that she's right, I'll be
watching Saturday and I hope all other listies will.
anna

 

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Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 14:38:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: RESRVRDOG@aol.com
Subject: the d.c. show 

hey bffers---
i just bought tickets the other day to the show at the 9:30 Club in D.C.  if
anyone else on the Armchair is going....email me privately (don't waste
Armchair space) and we could meet before the show and hang out.  i know many
other Armchair members do this...so lets keep the tradition up.
 also......why do we need a name?  no one will ever stop bickering over a
name for us....lets just call ourselves what anyone wants to call ourselves
and not make it one general thing we refer to ourselves as.  just my opinion
and anyways.....


catch ya'll in D.C.---
Brad


"i don't want the world....i just want your half"  tmbg
"go ahead and laugh all you want....i got my philosophy"  B. Folds

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Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 16:07:07 -0400
From: Darryn Fessel <dfessel@one.net>
Subject: BFF in Cincinnati

As far as BFF coming to Cincinnati, Bogart's email event update and
eventline said that they were coming June 2nd.  Their homepage doesn't
say anything, but it's not very up to date.  If I here anything else,
I'll report back.

- --Darryn
dfessel@one.net

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Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 16:13:44 -0400
From: Darryn Fessel <dfessel@one.net>
Subject: BFF in Cincinnati, the sequel

New update:  Frank's page says that the Pittsburg show is June 1, and
the Cincinnati show, at Bogart's is June 2.  Thanks Frank for keeping
things up-to-date!!!

- --Darryn
dfessel@one.net

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Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 16:15:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: StarbabyM@aol.com
Subject: Name 

My vote for the Name is 

The Philosophers.


Kinda plain but it comes from my FAVE song.  So if some one could add a
little something to it.......

And if you don't like it:

Go ahead, you can laugh all you want!

( cause I got my Philosophy )

Nancy

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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 16:38:13 -0400
From: "Dan Cherney" <DrFraggah@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: instrument in Smoke

I'm almost positive that the instrument is a zither (or an autoharp.)  It's
got a lot of strings on a board, and you push down buttopns for the chords
you want to play, and strum it with a pick.  Kind of an interesting
instrument.
					Celebrate,
						Dan Cherney
                 

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Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 17:50:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: SteveJG22@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #302 

I agree all the djs say what a great band etc  and then try to explain who
the guys are.....
<< u know, the whole Clueless thing), and think that Ben sound like a
 "happy Billy Joel". >> I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE CALL BEN BILLY JOEL ON ACID OR
ELTON JOHN RAGING ON AND ON, WHAT?
WELL IT COUL DBE WORSE.
p.s.  sorry for the caps,
any one have any horde info in ny?

steve

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Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 16:10:33 PDT 
From: "Michael Mohan" <driver8_@hotmail.com>
Subject: blueberry pancakes

Why do we need a name for ourselves?
Well I'll tell you, my friends! Because at the shows we can easily identify each 
other, and have interesting conversations about the armchair.

Example: "So what do you think about the armchair?"
									"It's swell. I am a happy person when I read the armchair. Well, except 
for those issues where they quote the whole digest, or when they unsubsribe, or 
when they complain about people who complain about people who complain, or when 
they want to find out what Brick means. Other than that, it's the keenest thing 
since blueberry pancakes!"
									"Indeed it is my friend! Although I really like blueberry pancakes. 
Especially with maple syrup."

See you too can have interesting conversations like these if you are identified 
as a member of the armchair. Of course, awkward conversations can be fun- but at 
least you won't have to talk to someone who thinks BFF are the next Billy Joel® 
(note the ®, Billy Joel®'s name has all rights reserved).


And for all of you wonderful people who don't want to be called the angry dwarfs 
or the solemn faces- for God's sake look at the trio we all love and appreciate, 
yes this trio under the moniker Ben Folds FIVE.

																																										-driver8_


ps. (send this to 5 people and eternal happiness will be yours. just kidding.)


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Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 19:16:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Alanica@aol.com
Subject: CRICKETS 

Hello to the Magical Armchair. I think we're starting to become a rocking
chair. Ok, that so called washboard effect has got to be crickets. It makes
perfect sence. The song seems to have a night time setting, and here in the
south crickets are very noisy in the summer .  i think that also makes semce
to have the song in the summer, but that's just me. But, listen to it again,
and se if it sounds like crickets. Also why do we need a name to distinguish
ourselves? Isn't "Magical Armchair" written on a poster good enough? Oh,
well.

- -Becca
Does this help any Joel the Baker? 
"It's a wild world. It's hard to get by just apon a smile."

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Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 19:17:20 -0400
From: "Paul Rodriguez" <mppr@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: BFF in Washington Post

Very cool feature on BBF in today's Washington Post.  Check it out at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1997-05/15/204L-051597-idx.html

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