THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #344 - June 10, 1997
Magical Armchair Digest Tuesday, June 10 1997 Volume 01 : Number 344
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
Top 10 and other stuff
Conan and Jenny McCarthy
If you like Ben Folds Five...
Unruly masses
Toronto Bootleg needed!
who wants 2 free tix to NYC taping 6/9
inzombia.
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #343
the Mailing list sucks
Shortest Magical Armchair ever!!!
Tapes to Trade
my favorite top ten, too!
minneapolis radio -- 93.7 the edge
[none]
top 10
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Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 19:36:21 -0500 (CST)
From: Nate Mathews <nmathews@mork.uni.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Top 10 and other stuff
here's my faves in No Real Order
1.BFF-both albums(can't pick a fave)
2.Cake-Fashion Nugget
3.Medeski Martin and Wood-Shackman
4.Face to Face-s/t
5.DJ Shadow-Entroducing....
6.KRS-1-s/t
7.Sparklehorse-Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
8.Less than Jake-Losing Streak
9.James Taylor-greatest hits
10.Radiohead-The Bends
11.Rusted Root-When I Woke
12.For Squirrels-Example
13.The Doors-greatest hits
14.The Fugees-The Score
15.Beck-Odelay, 16.Ash-1977, 17.Johnny Cash-Unchained, 18.Semisonic-Great
Divide,19.Jars of Clay-s/t.
Woah sorry about excess non-BF5 content. Got a
little carried away
there. I make no apologies for my eclecticism, though. Anyway, did someone
say BF5
covered "Sweet Home Alabama", cuz if they did I would be hyped. That's a
song I could definitely see them playing
-Nate
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Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 21:06:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: Elsie77777@aol.com
Subject: Conan and Jenny McCarthy
Hi All
Whats this about a BFF appearence on Jenny McCarthy?
Info Anyone??????
BYE ALL
Elsie :)
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Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 21:35:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: KRI1701@aol.com
Subject: If you like Ben Folds Five...
Hi all--
As I do my daily Web search for the Kate singles, I came across the following
while searching CD Universe.
If you like Ben Folds Five, you may like these bands--
Lilys
Morphine
Beck
Tim Buckley
Counting Crows
Sheryl Crow
Freedy Johnston
Pearl Jam/The Frogs
R.E.M.
Pete Seeger
U2
Underworld
Neil Young
David Bowie
Built To Spill
Bush
Abd you guys thought that our Top Ten lists were diverse.
If anyone can explain how all these bands relate to BFF-I'd LOVE to here it.
Ken
NP Graham Parker live on the radio
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Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 21:36:37 -0400
From: cynthia@people.timeinc.com (Cynthia Wang)
Subject: Unruly masses
Hi y'all,
Megs posted the following in Armchair #342:
>Japanese crowds are so much more polite and courteous than American ones.
>I noticed that the crowds did not talk or scream at
>all during the whole show. And when Ben announced the name of the next song
>and at the end of each song, there was a short period of clapping and
>cheering, then everybody shut up so he could play and be heard. It was such a
>relief.
I think you're right. But I think the hootin' and hollerin' is a lot more
apparent at general admission concerts in smaller venues. I loved BFF's
perfomance at Irving Plaza in NYC during this tour - they are such a great
live band - but there were a lot of people in the audience for whom I
couldn't fathom exactly WHY they were at the show. Shelling out $17 is a
bit steep to interrupt someone else's pleasure by getting rip-roaring drunk
and yelling, or just talking to loudly a friend as if you were in a coffee
bar. I mean, if they paid that much money, they must know who BFF is at
least, but why, then, aren't they paying attention to the band?
I went to see the Finn Brothers last year only to end up standing in front
of a group of guys and gals who liked to drop beer bottles and laugh at
personal jokes, all the while pushing closer then ebbing away for no
reason. Has anyone else experienced this sort of thing at BFF show or
otherwise? Any theories as to this behavior?
Thanks for listening. Do you want fries with that?
Cynthia
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Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 22:06:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: disco superfly <semccart@Oakland.edu>
Subject: Toronto Bootleg needed!
Hey ,
If any one taped the BFF show in Toronto this past FRiday nite, please
email me, I would desperatly desperatly love a copy. I can bargain with
you so well. If so, please email me at semccart@oakland.edu
oh, and the show was totally amazing. Better than Detroit's.
Bow wow wow yipee yo yipee yeah, ben folds is in the motha fucking house.
thanks,
shannon
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Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 22:35:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: FiercePup@aol.com
Subject: who wants 2 free tix to NYC taping 6/9
Hi,
any BFF fans in the NYC area who want to see the band taping a show at Sony
Music Studios on 54th street e-mail me and i'll give you the info you need. I
have 2 spots on the list and cant make it.
e-mail at fiercepup@aol.com.
bye,
sal
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Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 23:01:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Yoda90210@aol.com
Subject: inzombia.
Argh...and here i am participating in a top ten album list for the
2095829035th time this year. How low i stoop... yet i can never seem to
limit it to just ten albums. Anyhow...without further ado..my favorite 10 as
of now.
Soul coughing...ruby vroom.
that dog....s/t.
Portishead...dummy.
seBADoh...bakesale.
Firewater...get off the cross, we need wood for the fire.
Radiohead...the bends.
Pavement...slanted and enchanted./wowee zowee.
Jeff buckley...grace.
Stereolab...emperor tomato ketchup
campfire girls...mood enhancer ep.
and of course, le ben folds five. I think it's pretty much obvious that
anyone who reads through all the mail that forms on this mailing list is sure
to have at least one of their favorite albums be one of ben folds five.
AND NOW...for a new addition to the question'/answer mania we've got on this
board, beckoning even more posts to this board, name yr favorite SONGS...ooh.
ahh.
"best imitation of myself" ben folds five
"song about an angel" sunny day real estate
"crutches" bettie serveert
"seatbelt" supersport 2000
"oh!" the breeders.
"hallelujah" (leonard cohen) jeff buckley.
"city of motors" soul coughing.
"deeper than beauty" sloan.
"burning paper" folk implosion.
"love supreme" john coltrane.
Psst...major props to those of you who have discovered brendan benson...he
belongs somewhere on these lists of mine, i just don't know where yet.
Pssssst....too bad i was late on those cover song requests for ben folds
five... wouldn't you love to see them dig out "whip it" by devo?
phew. i am not a list person,
susie.
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Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 23:57:27 -0500
From: bartok@adan.kingston.net (steady eddy)
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #343
does anyone know where the hell the boys were for the ottawa show? i drove
2 hours only to find a cancellation notice on the friggin' door. you can
imagine how f***in' disappointed i am. what the hell happened. ben? anyone?
i feel as though my heart has been ripped out and pissed on.
ed
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Sunward I've climbed and joined the
tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds...and
done a hundred things you have not
dreamed of...wheeled and soared and
swung high in the sunlit silence.
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Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 07:28:48 +0200
From: rsnead@awod.com
Subject: the Mailing list sucks
The one and only top ten album list
1.The Ben Folds mailing list is not worth reading - the album "Kill the sheep"
2.Fags from the BFF Mailing list- first album
3.all of you are idiots- all three albums
4.If you want to write top ten lists- the album "don't"
5.BFF rock- the album "the mailing list sucks"
6.Why do I complain?- the albums "cause i get ten mails in my mailbox
consisting of top ten lists","I don't care about your top ten lists", and
"No one else does either"
7.I hate fags who write their top ten- the albums "beat 'um, beat 'um, beat
'um", "baseball bats and heads flyin'", and "get a life, oh nevermind your
dead from my beatings"
8.the Ben Folds Digest: Ben Folds related stuff?- the album "where I don't
see any"
9.Jump on the band wagon- the albums "I'm gay and I write my top ten," "Oh
I only know the song BOWCCL"
10.Send your hate mail to me at rsnead@awod.com, you losers.
because of you all I no longer read the once lovely Mailing list. It gets
auto delete, and the only reason I keep getting it is because Ben, Darren,
and Robert are the best all around musicians in the industry today, and I
will stay loyal. top tens should be kept to yourself, I have my favs, but
I'm not going to list them cause that's stupid. Whoever started this
stupidity, email your address to me and I shall personally come to your
house and give you beatings. Thats right ten free beatings all for you,
and tell you my top ten as I beat and beat and beat...
The mailing list sucks
Bryan Snead
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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 01:20:36 -0400
From: Steffen Donath <SDonath@compuserve.com>
Subject: Shortest Magical Armchair ever!!!
Thanx MAJORDUMBO for the shortest ever issue (correct me if I am wrong) of
the Magical Armchair (#343). You must be kidding to send out one letter as
a whole issue.
And to the person who called Queen third rate Schlockmeisters: Get a life
(or at least some musical taste).
STEFFEN
PS. Thanx Joris for your news on BFF appearing on Conan here in Europe.
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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 00:40:05 -0400
From: sandishortcake@juno.com (Sandi Shorter)
Subject: Tapes to Trade
Did anyone tape the Pittsburgh or Cincinnati shows? I'd LOVE a copy of
either one and am willing to reimburse for tape, postage, etc.
Sandi
"and she speaks, and she breathes...I wanna be KATE! KATE! KATE!" -BF5
Check out my website: http://kent.edu/~sshorter
Includes strange Wallflowers and Ben Folds Five dreams, as well as show
reviews, original photos, and more!
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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 01:56:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: RhubarbCub@aol.com
Subject: my favorite top ten, too!
Since I'm obviously a BFF fan I'll leave those two albums off my list to make
room for a couple more. I'll also leave off a current favorite by Fleming
and John, "Delusions Of Grandeur", since Ben played drums on a couple of
cuts!
In no particular order
1.) Level 42... just about everything they ever released (esp. the older
stuff)
2.) Joe Jackson, "Night and Day" (and everything else as well)
3.) The B-52's, self-titled debut (and "Cosmic Thing" for housework)
4.) The Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper" (must listen to in entirety once a year as a
ritual)
5.) The Police, "Every Breath You Take; The Singles"
6.) Wendy Carlos, "Switched-On Bach"
7.) Kiss, "Alive" (a guilty pleasure to be sure)
8.) Soundtrack Album, "That Thing You Do!" (I can't help it!)
9.) Animaniacs, any of the three CD's I know about (and have!)
10.) They Might Be Giants, "Apollo 18" (and everything else as well)
It's really kind of a drag to have to pick 10, because I have to leave off
hundreds of others like Shonen Knife, Alice Cooper, Presidents of the USA,
Riders In The Sky, Charlie Parker and Florence Foster Jenkins. I think it
would be easier to list bands that I'm NOT a fan of. Let's try that,
although I'll probably make people mad...
10.) NKOTB
9.) Spice Girls (a.k.a. NGOTB)
8.) Just about all gangsta rap
7.) Anyone who ever told Weird Al that he couldn't do a parody of their song
6.) Ted Nugent
5.) Most bands that wore a lot of spandex before the Age Of Cobain
4.) Bush ("GLYCERINE!!! AWWWWW, GLYCERINE!" What in the hell...?)
3.) Oasis ("Cause maybaaaaaah... you're gonna be the one that saves
maaaaaah...)
2.) Any band that is fighting the battle of who could care less (a lot of
'em!)
1.) Alanis (the artist that resulted in me turning off the radio more than I
ever have in my entire life. I just wanted her to GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME
ALONE!)
Granted, if Ben were to start covering any songs by any aforementioned
artists (like he's already done with "Champagne Supernova")... lemme see...
"The Right Stuff"... "Wannabe"... "Gangster's Paradise"... "Cat Scratch
Fever"... "Girls, Girls, Girls"... even "You Oughta Know"... you know, I
might appreciate 'em a bit more that way. :D
Ned and his red socks
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 03:05:04 EDT
From: alexaf@juno.com (farrah d alexander)
Subject: minneapolis radio -- 93.7 the edge
hey!! this is my first post, so i suppose i should start by saying hi to
everyone.
ok, now to my point...
i was at the first ave show in minneapolis (it was the best concert i
have ever been to, by the way) and it was mentioned (by ben and audience
members) that the edge does not play bf5. (is this true? i don't listen
often enough to make a call on that.) at any rate, ben said that he did
not want to be played on that station (the edge). (because of the whole
rev 105 thing -- : ( )
well, guess what? as i sit here studying for finals, (listening to love
lines, cuz i just can't sleep without my nightly love lines fix), brian
oak (previously of rev) came on with his "under the edge" show. guess
what i hear coming out of my radio, but "one angry dwarf..." !!!
what is that all about?!?
toodles!!
farrah dawn : p
"those who make peaceful revolution impossible
make violent revolution inevitable..." --jfk
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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 13:15:27 +0100
From: Mark Piper (PWA) <pipermf@ugs1.ph.bham.ac.uk>
Subject: [none]
So I'm a little behind. Forgive me...
As snipped from an interview by Dan Goodspeed:
>Ben: "I like this band called Belle and Sebastian"
The man has taste! "Star of Track & Field" was one of the best songs of last
year. How many bands do you know that could fit in the lyrics "Now he's throwing
discus for Wigan and District" (or something along those lines at least...)
Paul "The Irish Guy" wrote:
[lyrics to Mitchell Lane]
>And Riley made that stupid face all day
^ ^ ^
Yup, definitely Irish >8)
And he corrected himself with:
>In the cold light of day I've seen a mistake
the line: "Sunshine is amiss", should be changes to "The sunshine isn't
missed"
Funny you should say that, because I thought it should be "Sunshine is amiss"
anyway......
Oh, and can everybody hurry up and post their top ten albums, because it is
beginning to get a touch tedious (despite the show of good musical taste all
round). Go on, get it out your system!
My top ten *fruits*, in no particular order........
(Well, I won't, but I'm sure you'll agree that pineapple would be #1)
3 days until I'm off the Armchair for the summer....sob!
Mark
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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 08:48:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: BSCHACK@aol.com
Subject: top 10
As long as I have to read through everyone else's, you gotta read through
mine:
- -BFF - BFF
- -Queen - Killers
- -Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
- -NWA - Straight Outta Compton
- -Rent - Broadway Cast Recording
- -Pearl Jam - 10
- -Grateful Dead - Dead Set (To all you people trashing GD on this list - Get
A Clue)
- -Styx - Grand Illusion
- -Sublime - 40 oz. to freedom
- -Boston - Boston (3-way tie for all-time best debut album: BFF, Boston and
PJ)
Honorable mention - Your favorite Grateful Dead bootleg; Supertramp -
Breakfast in America; Queen - Queen II, Dr. Dre - The Chronic; BFF - F&E
Amen; Iron Maiden - Live After Death; A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight
Marauders; (I guess I could go on forever - I'll stop now)
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