THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #539 - October 17, 1997
Magical Armchair Digest Friday, October 17 1997 Volume 01 : Number 539
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
L.A. Show at the El Rey Theater
Re: Philosopy (Sheet Music)
Indianapolis show
Regarding Snuzz and Eddie Walker...
a knock on the phone...
Raleigh show at the Ritz
Arizona Show
[none]
Halloween Show!
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #538
Verbow (BFF openers)
video
stuff
fav album
[none]
Where's Summer B??
Re: Jelly on toast
Which album's better????
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 20:11:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: MissDa@aol.com
Subject: L.A. Show at the El Rey Theater
hey l.a. bff fans... does anybody know if tickets for the l.a. show are on
sale yet? if so, how do ya get 'em? please respond in an email because i
have only been skimming the armchair lately... thanks bunches!
amanda
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 20:48:23 -0400
From: "Mike W. Halbert" <mwhalber@unity.ncsu.edu>
Subject: Re: Philosopy (Sheet Music)
yeah, it is...that riff, and a lot of the piano for the song are from Gershwin's
Rhapsody in Blue. You can find that referenced in one of his intervies(sorry i
cant remember where i saw it) but it was also the american airlines theme for a
while....anyway the answer is Yes...and it is amazing how well it goes with the
song!!!
Mike Halbert
mwhalber@unity.ncsu.edu
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 20:48:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: BlueJellow@aol.com
Subject: Indianapolis show
Why did I move away from Indianapolis?? It's fucking hard to be a Hoosier in
Jackson Mississippi. I'm going to get all my buds in apolis to go see them.
It's a crying shame. I'm kinda pissed. Why couldn't they come to the
southernest of all states so I could see them? I was wondering if the boys
ever read these. That would be the shit. They're probably too busy er
whatever.
Anyways,
Lucy
"It's no big..deal"-Evaporated.
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 21:02:44 -0400
From: Carrie Shanafelt <cds9@po.cwru.edu>
Subject: Regarding Snuzz and Eddie Walker...
OK, Brad (not the band, silly!) posted about the Snuzz CD containing the
line "Eddie Walker's OK" and Ben Folds writing the song "Eddie Walker, This
is Your Life" and what you notice is that Snuzz's drummer is Ed Walker.
Well, Britt Uzzell seems to be of the position that, well, he's OK, and Ben
says that he "never had a son or a wife, but ya sure had a hell of a time"
and seems to infer that every time they picked him up, he kept falling down
("down, doooowwwn!") I'd been thinking about this for a while, but hadn't
posted... So... if Chuck's out there, can you clear this up, or... anyone
else know? Is he really an OK guy, or kind of a waste of life? Or was Ben
just using the name???
Puzzled, Carrie
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 21:06:17 -0400
From: Jessica Brandt <jbrandt@kent.edu>
Subject: a knock on the phone...
I am relativly new to this list, so i am just wondering...
has there been a discussion about the phone ringing at 2:54 in "Steven's
Last Night in Town" or not? That was the first thing that struck me about
the album.
jess
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 21:14:58 -0400
From: "Jefree Shalev" <shalev@mindspring.com>
Subject: Raleigh show at the Ritz
Hello fellow helmet heads:
Anybody going to the Raleigh show this saturday want to meet before, =
after or during the show, please email me. It's going to be great!
Aussies: Rock on with your own bad selves! We love hearing 'bout Ben =
down under!
Jefree
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 18:21:09 PDT
From: "Aaron Bell" <ishot2pak@hotmail.com>
Subject: Arizona Show
Just want to inform all of the AZ Armchairites that there will be a show
on Thanksgiving. It is a KZON listener appreaction show and it is
absolutly FREE!
The only catch is that it's a 21 and over show.
The show starts at 8:00 at Gibsons in Tempe, and they are having a
tie-in with a charity and they want people to bring canned food.
KZON said that in the past they have never had to turn anybody away who
showed up.
If you have any questions, e-mail me.
See ya,
Aaron
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 21:26:00 -0400
From: Jessica Brandt <jbrandt@kent.edu>
Subject: [none]
>Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 11:56:29 -0400 (EDT)
>From: "Robert Stevie Berryman Jr." <gt5537b@prism.gatech.edu>
>Subject: pearl jam and BF5
>
>I am a big fan of both Pearl Jam and Ben Folds Five. I got into pearljam
>a while back, they made me able to appreciate other kinds of music like
>Ben Folds Five.
That's what I say too. Pearl Jam might sound like a lot of other badns, but
don't you think that other bands might sound like THEM and thus make their
"sound" obsolete? like i said in an earlier post, i hope that a wave of
piano punk bands don't come along and wash away the uniqueness of BF5.
>Actually before people started talking about Pearl Jam on this list I was
>going to mention that I thought it would be cool to see them on tour
>together. What if they were to play a few songs together? How cool would
>that be? I would love to hear Ben Fold Five playing "Black" with Eddie
>Vedder singing, or would love to see Mike McCready add a guitar solo to a
>Ben Folds Five song.
I have a bootleg of a PJ concert where they do "footsteps" with a piano
player. When i first started getting into BF5, i suddenly remembered that
the name of this piano player was Ben. COuld it be?!??!?! Well it wasn't.
but hey, "footsteps" would be an awesome song for PJ and BF5 to collaborate
on.
I wonder is EdVed and the boys even KNOW of BF5. that'd be interesting to
hearwhat the 2 bands think of each other.
jess
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 21:27:58 -0400
From: Carrie Shanafelt <cds9@po.cwru.edu>
Subject: Halloween Show!
By the way, everyone going to the Halloween show in Cleveland -- do you
want to hook up during the show? Write me, and we will work it out (life
is very short, and there's no time... for fussing and fighting my friend!)
Carrie
"Make love while you can; it's good for you." -- Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 21:33:27 -0400
From: Jessica Brandt <jbrandt@kent.edu>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #538
>Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 16:30:28 -0400 (EDT)
>From: JCannery@aol.com
>Subject: import singles and video
>
>some others, but I think it's such a great song. One day I was sitting in my
>boring French class, and that line, "and as I'm growing older I'm bored and I
>remember when misery thrilled me much more..." ran through my head, and it
>just made perfect sense. You see, French class and school in general can
>just be so boring sometimes, but I remember when I used to like going to
>school. So, as I'm growing older, I remember when things like that used to
>be much more exciting... Anyone else have any thoughts on the subject?
>
I agree with that line (as i do most of BF5 lyrics!) but i remember when i
was 13 or 14 and stuff like NIN and KMFDM was so important to me, and
that's what i call "misery music". Thinking about being "Hurt" and killing
people and what not made pretty damn good sense to me. But then I realized
that dressing in black all the time and being a b*tch wasn't halping
anything, so i changed music, which changed my life. now, i listen to
pirmarily ska, BF5, Preal Jam, Squirrel Nut Zippers, and stuff like
Counting Crows and DMB. All that stuff is so anti-misery. sure, there's
some sad songs, but they're more "adult" sad songs. Songs on the radio now
are sooo boring to me, like Matchbox 20 and Tonic. i think that stuff
sucks. it's boring. it's miserable. hehe look! i made a connection..
okay, 'nuff said.
jess
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 20:42:07 -0500 (CDT)
From: Bill Tatalovich <wt3@cec.wustl.edu>
Subject: Verbow (BFF openers)
Hey all--
In regards to the post in the Armchair asking who was opening for BFF
when they're at Eastern Michigan on November 1. The openers are a band
called Verbow, from Chicago (I believe). They're pretty standard rock
music, with a cello thrown in to every song. I like them a lot,
actually...I got into them because one of my favorite musicians (Bob
Mould) produced their record. I don't know why they are opening for BFF,
because they're really different, but I still like the pairing.
BTW, Verbow is only opening for BFF between Oct. 30 and Nov. 6. The Nov.
4 and 6 shows are also with Travis. But yeah...I definitely like
Verbow...hope y'all enjoy them, because I'm not sure I'll be able to make
the trek to Chicago on the 30th. See y'all later.
Bill Tatalovich
wt3@cec.wustl.edu
"Someone stopped the sun from shining..."
--Bob Mould
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 20:53:03 -0500
From: "Clasen, Benjamin P" <BPCLASEN@CSBSJU.EDU>
Subject: video
hi kids.
i am avoiding homework now, so this may sound like a completly empty
post. forgive me. i dont remember who said in #538 that "video" was a
great tune. i agree completly. video is one of the best examples of
lyrical magic that BFF is all about. i am will now cite an example:
"And whatever it was that we all had then in common, grew up and left
home"
surely this has happened to all of you cats.
i dunno. something to think about. this quite possibly may be my most
pointless post ever - but it feels constructive while studying does not.
b
<place the video quote i used above here>
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Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 12:19:52 +1000
From: Rainy City <ad@healey.com.au>
Subject: stuff
>MOST OF US LOVE YOU AUSSIES!!!
>MOST OF US LOVE YOUR AUSSIE UPDATES!!!
>THESE THINGS ARE TRUE.....
>even after Crocodile Dundee.
hahahah Ouch. That's our embarrassment. You can have Pluvius. :)
>2. To Pluvius: certainly your post directed to our Australian friends was
>tounge-in-cheek, a veiled attempt to steer all of those subscribers who
>talk about anything other than BF5 to shut their pieholes about irrelevant
>junk. Keep it up, Aussies, and tell Luke Tubridy I said hello (if anybody
>knows him ;) ). BTW, Ad, your response to Pluvius was just as uncalled for.
Yep, sorry. I apologise to the whole list for using that language and
ripping his head off like that. I don;t apologise for hating his guts and
thinking he's an ignorant git.
BYE!!
Ad.
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 22:25:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sara Cazeault <scazeaul@mailbox.syr.edu>
Subject: fav album
>Now, I know that BFF has only had 2 albums, but as an overall impression
>which one do you guys like better? I know we all love both of them, and
>we are all sure that the next studio album will be great--but do you
>think it will be better than the first two. Its hard to imagine isn't
>it???
im pretty much a lurker, but this caught my eye. i certainly can't imagine
a new album being as good as the previous two, but then again, i couldn't
imagine the second one being as good as the first. and i was definitely
wrong about that. i dont know if i could pick a fav album. i mean, i love
them both. i love the first one for Philosophy, Underground, Uncle Walter,
etc... But i still almost cry everytime i hear Brick or Evaporated. plus
theres Boxing, Video, and The Last Polka versus OAD, Kate, and
Steven's Last Night. i mean, every song either makes me want to cry,
smile, dance, laugh, jump, call my best friend (who i got hooked on bf5 a
couple of years ago), or many other crazy things! call me indecisive, but
i cant do it! how can you make me choose, you evil people?! :)
love, sara
ps. im so happy! im watching The Wonder Years marathon on Nick at Nite.
ahhhh, the junior high memories....
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 21:40:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Peter Dean Mast <mastpd@elmail.cc.purdue.edu>
Subject: [none]
So, how is the rest of the CD? Obviously BF5 is good on it, but is there
anyone else on it that makes it worth listening to?
Peter Mast
"Leave the nightlite on in the Birdhouse in your soul."
They Might Be Giants
> bff content: I reluctantly picked up lounge-a-palooza yesterday.
> I tried to find it on tape because I hate spending tons of money on a
> fuggin cd and listening to just one song from it.
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 22:57:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: DEdwards98@aol.com
Subject: Where's Summer B??
I agree with Scott -- lets all be a bit more tolerant of each other and our
own musical tastes. Personally I think Pearl Jam and BFF are incomparable.
They both are great bands in their own right, and are tough to compare
anyways, as their musical styles are somewhat different. Personally, BFF
gets my vote (and more airtime on my stereo) because I can listen to it
whatever my mood is. Comparing BFF and Pearl Jam is like apples to oranges
- -- lets leave the issue be and get on with it.
Peace,
Drew
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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 02:27:37 -0000
From: "Leo Hernandez" <lphernan@edisto.cofc.edu>
Subject: Re: Jelly on toast
Speaking of Jelly,
Did anyone hear about the woman who's suing K and Y Jelly? She thought
it was a contraceptive, spread it on her toast, and ate it. She ended up
getting pregnant, and now she's suing. lol.
This was also a good reason to tell y'all what's in my CD player:
1) Ben Folds Five :WAEA
2) Ben Folds Five - Self-Titled
3) Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea
4) Jump Little Children - Licorice Tea Demos
5) Squirrel nut Zippers - Hot
6) The Decendents - Milo Goes to College
7) Less Than Jake - Losing Streak
I wonder if K and Y comes in grape...
Leo
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 23:39:40 PDT
From: "Flying Nun" <humperdinck@hotmail.com>
Subject: Which album's better????
hi,
>Now, I know that BFF has only had 2 albums, but as an overall
impression
>which one do you guys like better? I know we all love both of them,
and
>we are all sure that the next studio album will be great--but do you
think
>it will be better than the first two. Its hard to imagine isn't it???
Thanks for bringing this up, becuase i'd actually like to know what
everyone thinks as well. personally, by a very slim margin (very, very
slim), WaEA wins. For me anyway, it seems slightly more polished, and i
get the idea that they've really been developing as individual musicians
and a band as a whole from it. or maybe it's just that they've added
other instruments in this one...dunno, i've changed my mind so many
times, mainly because "best imitation" is on the first one
>Wanker--Do you aussies really use it???
yes (don't you?). you cannot call yourself an australian unless you do.
>I love that word~!!!!
yeah, it's better than "g'day" isn't it? :)
Que
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