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Issue #394 - July 10, 1997

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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:

    HORDE set? 
    Yeah, I like 'em too
    Re: Cool In School 
    `
    Free BFF Seattle tickets! 
    My list (sorry if I am late) 
    What happened with Sessions @ 54th

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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 22:37:09 +0100
From: kareng@ici.net (karen gannon)
Subject: HORDE set? 

New to the list: sorry if it's been asked before.
Does anyone know how long BFF is going to get on the HORDE Tour? I'm still
dealing with the fact that their coming around again (I missed both of the
shows in my area). Later
- --Josh

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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 23:28:53 -0400
From: schander@juno.com (joe s schanderson) 
Subject: Yeah, I like 'em too

I'm a longtime fan but a first-time post-er. I'll mention that I'm from
Grand  Haven, Michigan just in case there are others in the vicinity.
 I would like to re-emphasize the importance of Jellyfish in BF5 fans cd
collections. Especially their Spilt Milk lp. Very produced and
orchestrated but under it all the stuff is the same-Queen and Beach Boys
rip-offs in the most flattering sense of the term. If you get the chance
pick up some Trash Can Sinatras. Not like BF5 but brilliant nonetheless.
Boo Radleys too.
 Next...has anyone determined if if the HBO reverb show with the eels and
BF5 is different from the one with Duncan Shiek and BF5 as the
headliners. I'm also interested in finding out if people doing all the
tape trading have good soundboard kind of quality tapes or they're
hand-held stuff like what I've got. Just curious.
 Last thing, let's not start a hierarchy based on how long we've liked
this or any band. People referrring to new fans as "newbies" in a
primarily negative sense makes no sense. Fact: no longer how long you've
been a fan of BF5, all you've ever been is a fan. Your claim to fame is
simply that you really like a band. This is great but just because
someone likes a band before another person means nothing. I hope everyone
jumps on the "band" wagon and then goes back and listens to their first
album and starts scrounging around for rare stuff and live videos and
bootlegs-like I do now...if they don't, well, some really good musicians
make a little extra cash. Thatta boy!  

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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 00:17:57 -0400
From: dtisdall@mv.igs.net (Dylan Tisdall)
Subject: Re: Cool In School 

Hi,

I read this in Armchair #393:

>       ..every morning, you wake up and head right down stairs to check
>the mail and get really angry when the presence of the "cool in school"
>shirt you ordered fails to grace the mailbox

and I was wondering if this is "normal". I ordered said T-shirt about four
months ago now, and it has never appeared. Not that I check the mailbox
everyday or anything.

Anyone else had this happen?

As for the idea about the "you know your obsessed when . . ." list: I like
it. But hey, my friends have told me I'm obsessed, so I'm bound to like it.
I've got nothing to add to it right now though.

All for now,
Dylan!


- --
"I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel. I focus on the pain. The only
thing that's real."
                                              - Hurt, Nine Inch Nails

Email: dtisdall@mv.igs.net
WWW: http://mv.igs.net/~ptisdall/Dylan/

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Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 19:06:27 +0000
From: loaf69 <hillsey@tpgi.com.au>
Subject: `

i think bff can be really really really really really really really
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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 97 11:44:02 UT
From: "Bill Holmes" <BHolmes_fm@msn.com>
Subject: Free BFF Seattle tickets! 

Hi, I'm Bill, a lurker in these parts. Here's a message of interest from my 
pal Aubbie...

Will you please post the following message to the BF5 list, or tell 
me how to do it?  In addition, I'd LOVE to know what the response is 
. . . . maybe you could tell me how to subscribe so I could see the 
response myself . . . Thanks for all your help!

ATTENTION ALL SEATTLE-AREA BEN FOLDS FIVE FANS!
BF5 will be hopping off the HORDE Tour to play a free show in Seattle 
on Saturday, July 12th at Entros.  The ONLY way to get tickets is to 
show up at the Tower Records on Mercer Street this Saturday (the 
12th) between 11 am and 1 pm.  Find 107.7 The End's Modulators, and 
grab your free tickets.  There are only 300 to give away, so you 
better come early -- and bring your friends!  The free show will take 
place the same night at 9:00 pm.  For more information, call 
206-622-3251.

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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 10:52:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Qualitease@aol.com
Subject: My list (sorry if I am late) 

OK, here is the list:
1. Jackson Cannery
2. Philosophy
3. Julianne - I can not dig Brick for some odd reason, could someone help me?
4. Where's Summer B.?
5. Selfless, Cold and Composed - my favorite on WaEA
6. Underground - no arguement
7. Sports and Wine - the lyrics make this song
8. Uncle Walter - how could you pick Cigarette?
9. Steven's Last Night In Town
10. Battle of Who Could Care Less
11. The Last Polka
12. Evaporated

there it is:
BFF: 8
WaEA: 4
- ------> a decicive victory

NOW A CHEAP PLUG:
For my complete bootleg list: http://members.aol.com/Qualitease/boot.html
I have over 20 BF5 bootlegs!

   ~Alan

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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 12:56:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Frank Maynard <maynard@mail.oeonline.com>
Subject: What happened with Sessions @ 54th

The producers of Sessions at West 54th decided to "bump" Ben Folds Five 
to a later show, but the decision was made after the advertising went out 
for the first show. Ben Folds Five will appear at some time later this 
summer on a show with David Byrne, who has not yet filmed his segment, so 
a date can't be set yet.  A good guess would be late in August. Keep an 
eye on the show's web page, http://www.sessionsatw54.com/sessions.html 
and as soon as something is known I'll post it here and on the web page.

  -fjm
                      Oh well, maybe not, I'll try again

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