THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #767 - January 20, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Tuesday, January 20 1998 Volume 01 : Number 767
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
The Five are Rolling Stone's feature...
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #764
porn names
Photo Passes
RE: Help me out (AKA NAKED BABY PHOTOS CONTEST ANSWERS REQUEST)
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #765
All I wanna do is rock!
Vinyls!
sorry
LA show last Nov 30; also, do the boys ever play Vegas?
Does anyone want a copy of the SNL show?
hey guys!
Real Fan?
Porn Name
Stuff
my philosophy & the 7th Brady kid
RE: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #757
'Life in General' (it's a band), Snuzz/Bus Stop (also bands) + other other stuff
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 20:25:17 EST
From: BenFolds J <BenFoldsJ@aol.com>
Subject: The Five are Rolling Stone's feature...
Hey Fivers,
Our facetious Five are, according to the sites, the next feature for
Rolling Stone. I don't know if this means they get the cover, or a big
headline, but they are going to have a review in the magazine. They were the
feature story for Friday's hot news on RS's website. Anyway...this is bad, I
don't like my Five so commercially popular. But this is an interesting
article, because in it, Ben talks about labeling NBP as "For Fans Only." Well,
enjoy...
~Jordan
p.s. I renig on my Armchair resignation for now, but I'm still gonna back off
for a bit. ;>
"Ya, now there's a place to go...underground." -- Jus' where I wish our boys
were right now.
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 20:47:08 -0500
From: Dan <sweetums123@geocities.com>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #764
Hey...
um
1 question...
why the odd date?
"Magical Armchair Digest Tuesday, January 2 2001 Volume 01 :
Number 764"
Dan
- --
Did you get my other letters?
Sometimes I think I oughta call..
Cause you know I often wonder if you open them at all..
Every couple nights or so you know you pop into my dreams,
I just cant get rid of you like you got rid of me..
Ohh.. but i send my best- cuz God knows youve see my worst
All is fair..
All is fair in love....
Ben Folds
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 21:41:53 EST
From: Starstrail <Starstrail@aol.com>
Subject: porn names
i think i got it figured out...
use the name of the first FEMALE pet you had if you're a girl...
i'm not sure it'll work the other way around for guys though, but it's worth a
shot =)
mine would be almond valley...not too shabby there eh? =)
and to add some bff content, nbp is the funnest album i've heard in a looooong
while...it's just soooooo funny and rockin and groovin cuz it's like you're
there and, well duh cuz most of its live argh enough senseless ramble
starlight smackeroos,
kestrel
(yes, i've never posted before...i'm fairly new)
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 18:53:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Mango <wallmr@whitman.edu>
Subject: Photo Passes
Hey out there! Does anyone know who to contact to get a photo pass so I
can try and get some pics of the guys when I'm at the concert in Seattle?
Please let me know! Thanks mucho!
Love,
Max
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THEBEATLES* wallmr@whitman.edu STING*
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FOOFIGHTERS*RAGEAGAINSTTHEMACHINE*PRESIDENTSOFTHEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICA*U2*
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 21:57:36 -0500
From: cambot@juno.com
Subject: RE: Help me out (AKA NAKED BABY PHOTOS CONTEST ANSWERS REQUEST)
Do you own work to win the Naked Baby Photo's contest, dammit!!
Steve!
>Help me out
>please send the answers to these questons to me.
>The Questions
> 1: Ben Folds had a brush with studio work in Nashville
(even playing drums on Christian-rock records) and
worked eight months in New York arranging music for an
off-Broadway version of a popular movie. What was the
name of the movie for which Ben Folds was arranging
music?
> 2: Where did Ben get the words to "Cigarette"?
> 3: Who is Steven in "Steven's Last Night in Town"?
> 4: Which Ben Folds Five song, originally cut from their
>first
> album, features an acoustic guitar?
> 5: What was BF5's first ever single?
> Bonus: According to Robert, which country's soccer team
> has the nicest jerseys?
>thanks Jason
>good luck
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 22:16:09 EST
From: Qualitease <Qualitease@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #765
In a message dated 98-01-16 20:14:38 EST, you write:
<< Magical Armchair Digest Tuesday, January 2 2001 Volume 01 : Number
765
>>
wow, did I miss something?
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 22:00:21 -0500
From: jaedonely@juno.com (A A DONELY)
Subject: All I wanna do is rock!
Hey my armchair was for Tuesday, January 2, 2001.
heeheeheeeheee
Love love love to everyone! Emaline is my new fun song. I'd appreciate
the lyrics.:)
~Elisabeth
"He tells me what to do-oo...he buys my Metallica records for me"
Anybody else feel a southern baptist revival vibe to that song?
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 22:28:03 EST
From: Mansuetude <Mansuetude@aol.com>
Subject: Vinyls!
Does anyone have any on the vinyl versions of the s/t and WEaEA? They are
available at cd now on backorder, and it doesn't say if there is any extra
tracks or anything. If someone has either one of these, or wants to go get
one, can you tell me whats on it?
Kris
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 23:02:07 EST
From: luckyday6@juno.com (Jason A Masi)
Subject: sorry
I writing to all those people that think I scammed check your mailboxes
for the next couple days or so and I know there are a lot of people that
I didn't scam and I would appreciate it if you can prove that I sent you
something so maybe you can post it to the Armchair.
that's it for now,
"Your uncle walter is going on and on"
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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 00:43:28 EST
From: Lennonita <Lennonita@aol.com>
Subject: LA show last Nov 30; also, do the boys ever play Vegas?
There's no really good way to start a first-time post, is there?
Now that that's out of the way, I have two questions for you lovely
Armchairians:
If anybody has an audio or video tape of the show that was on November 30,
1997 in LA at the El Rey theater...could you e-mail me, please? It was my
first (and so far only) BFF show and I'd really like a copy of it...if anyone
was there, I was the one who threw the black t-shirt onstage at the
appropriate line in "Song for the Dumped..." I personally do not have any
tapes to trade; however, I'm going to London in April and I could possibly
pick some sort of BFF import up for whoever sends me a tape.
Issue number two: When are the boys ever coming to Las Vegas? I had to schlep
to LA just to see them last time, and I only got to do that because I asked
for it for a birthday present. I'd go see them Feb. 8th again in LA, but I've
run out of birthdays. Does anyone know if they've ever played Vegas before,
and/or if they plan on including us in any tours ever? There's an excellent
venue here, the Huntridge, which would be perfect for them.
Oh, and one more thing: is there any way to write to them without going
through the record company? That seems so impersonal, like I'm going to get a
form letter and an application for the Ben Folds Five Fan Club back or
something. That's all.
Megan
P.S. Porn star name, according to pet/street: Simba Cimmaron
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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 06:04:11 GMT
From: Jordan Erenrich <erenrich@mail.geocities.com>
Subject: Does anyone want a copy of the SNL show?
I have the SNL show taped, so if any you want a copy send me a padded
mailer, return postage, and a VHS. Email for my address.
I would really love to trade for anything BFF, but all I have is the SNL
show, and the three album.
I would die to see BFF on Sessions on West 54th street.
On another note, I really want my band back. All my friends stole it from
me when they heard Brick.
BTW, drop me a line if you'd like to meet at the NYC show.
Jordan Erenrich
erenrich@geocities.com
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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 01:12:29 EST
From: dr.watson77@juno.com
Subject: hey guys!
Stop Writing So Much!! My in box is hell lately! I love you guys but I
can't keep up. Thank you this has been a public service announcement from
a very desperate girl.
I'll walk the plank yeah I'll jump with a smile, and if I'm gonna go I'm
gonna do it with style.
I won't say a word no I won't confess, cuz you've left me with nothing
but I've worked with less.
Andrea
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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 01:46:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Peter Mast <mastpd@elmail.cc.purdue.edu>
Subject: Real Fan?
With a couple posts mentioning a BF5 concert only for "real fans" and talk
about NBP being "for the fans", I'm just wondering how people define a
"real fan".
As someone said before, anyone willing to read four posts a night of this
armchair has to qualify at least at some level as a fan, here's the
thought that a friend passed on to me.
A real fan is one that loves the music so much that he (or she) just has
to spread around the music. That's how I came to find Ben. This friend
wanted to go to the concert, and lent me the self-titled to listen to. A
week later, we had our tickets bought and were figuring out who was going
to drive.
That's why I was so happy when two days ago one of my friends informed me
that I wasn't getting my copy of WEAEA back because he loved it so much
AND someone on my dorm floor asked to borrow the CD because he had seen me
wearing my BF5 shirt to class earlier. Try it some time, it's a great
feeling. And to anyone upset that Bf5 is the "Brick" band, do something
about it. If someone says they like Brick, hand them WEAEA and tell them
to listen to it for a couple of weeks. Call up the radio station, try to
get them to play a double of BF5, brick and another song.
Damn, I rambled again. Oh well. Peace, everyone,
Peter Mast
Porn name = Dean Woodmere (sounds more like a senator)
"Go ahead you can laugh all you want, I got my philosophy."
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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 01:57:48 EST
From: Mystic1879 <Mystic1879@aol.com>
Subject: Porn Name
As I recall, it was rupaul that first introduced the porn name to the viewers
of national television, but it was first called the DRAG NAME.
Mine would be
Iggie Marie
how's that
tweet tweet:
meredith
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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 02:14:34 EST
From: Emmaline20 <Emmaline20@aol.com>
Subject: Stuff
I could have sworn it sounded like something about squirrels..perhaps I should
get my hearing checked. In any event..I got my tickets today for the NYC
show..took the man several minutes to figure it out, I started getting
nervous. But..all three are sitting in my address book waiting to be taken to
NYC, I can't wait. It's the first time I've been to NYC since ninth
grade..which was like almost six years ago. Ahhh...the memories. I heard
"Brick" on my mall musak tape today while I piercing someone's ears..it was
kind of soothing.
Sarah :)
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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 02:04:54
From: "Hannah Kuhlmann" <kuhl0025@tc.umn.edu>
Subject: my philosophy & the 7th Brady kid
>>. . . mudwrestling
>>that's how we should solve this petty bickering.
Good idea! But only if "Bad Idea" is playing in the background. Actually,
how about a staring contest a la Conan O'Brien? It would be much more
entertaining than weeding through rambling flame posts, trying to find
thoughtful posts and hilarious gems like the one above.
>>Subject: Help me out
>>please send the answers to these questons to me. [THE NBP TRIVIA Q's
FOLLOW]
wow. OK, those questions were easy, they just took a while. Please tell me
nobody actually aided this shameful cheating attempt. Please? C'mon, just
go to the websites. It takes 15 minutes -tops- to find all the anwers.
Um. . .on the subject of look-alikes. . .somebody mentioned a while back
that Robert is a dead ringer for Peter Brady. See my website for an eerie
photo comparison. . .
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/1094/pix.html
Sorry for the griping. I guess I'm getting a bit frustrated. It seems like
lately a lot of chairposters are using the list as a crowd to watch 'em bear
the pain or something. (So what? um. .. you've gotten all you wanted.)
Now, please deal with the personal angst of unappreciated fanhood, thwarted
testosterone-charged flame post wars, *whatever is making many people so
irritable* - somewhere else. It's clogging up my mailbox.
Thank you to everybody who is trying to post stuff that's good-spirited,
thoughtful, funny. . .basically, stuff Ben and the boys would approve of.
Those are some of the qualities that drew me (and I'm sure many others)to
BFF's music, so let's try to mirror them to some extent on the Armchair.
:)thanks.
- -Hannah
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Hannah Kuhlmann - kuhl0025@tc.umn.edu
**FLASHY BEN FOLDS FIVE WEBSITE** AT
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/1094/
CHECK OUT THE NEWLY COMPLETED NBP SECTION
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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 03:31:32 -0600
From: Joel Johnson <lucy4@hempseed.com>
Subject: RE: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #757
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So about the St. Louis Show... It's late Friday night right now and I, =
more slack than Dockers, didn't call to get my tickets yet. I fully =
intend to get up bright and early and do this but does anyone know if I =
am too late?
lucy
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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 20:36:42 CST
From: "Petra Starke" <naturalselection@hotmail.com>
Subject: 'Life in General' (it's a band), Snuzz/Bus Stop (also bands) + other other stuff
Has anyone here (particularly the Armchairites from North Carolina)
heard of a band/duo called 'Life In General' from NC? they are coming to
Adelaide, Australia for an arts festival we have here, and they are
described pretty favourably in the festival guide (well, as if they're
going to bag them when they want you to buy tickets, huh?). Apparently
they have won 'Artist of the Year' in 1996 and 1997, voted in by
colleges across the states. Are they any good?
Secondly - SNUZZ AND BUS STOP ARE FANTASTIC!!! Thanks Matt ever so much
for the copy of their stuff, it's bloody excellent. If you haven't
already bothered to check out Chuck Folds' band(s) (that's right: BEN'S
BROTHER!! Wow!) then go and do it. Now. Or I'll find out where you live
and...
Thirdly, anyone realise that STEVIE WONDER has a song called 'All in
love is fair'?
Fourthly, seeing as people are drawing parallels between the physical
appearances of Darren and band members of Morphine, and Ben and Fred
from Roseanne (where you got THAT idea I'll never know) I might combine
the two ideas and suggest that DARREN looks a bit like MARK from
Roseanne. Whaddya reckon?
She's out breakin I'm drowning slowly. ;)
Petra
PS: dammit bloody dammit...missed Brick on Rage.
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