THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #835 - February 21, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Saturday, February 21 1998 Volume 01 : Number 835
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
Washington DC ticket available!
Quelle coincidence! L.A. folk listen up!
Brick speed
Robert and his second x-chromosome leftovers...
Some BF5 fun
Re: Toronto radio review
sledgestruck
help me track down anyone from bff? im playing in durham and raleigh
BFF on 102.1 & 6 String Drag
Canada...BF5
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #831
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #834
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 21:00:37 -0500
From: "Jane." <jane@wam.umd.edu>
Subject: Washington DC ticket available!
Hi
I have ONE ticket to the Washington DC 9:30 Club show available, which I
will be selling for 18.50 (the cost I got it at). I can not give you a
ride to the show, and the only way I can get you the ticket is by
meeting you in front of the club at around 9:00. I don't care to see
Robbie Fulks, but if we set up a time to meet, I will be there. Anyone
interested, please e-mail me
- --Jane.
"And we'll be decked in all black
slamming the pit fantastic."
-Ben Folds Five, "Underground"
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 18:17:04 PST
From: "Courtney Knopf" <vegasbaby@hotmail.com>
Subject: Quelle coincidence! L.A. folk listen up!
I haven't posted in quite a while. i've been stewing in my juices about
not getting to go to the Palace show. But God bless Real Video,
otherwise I wouldn't have gotten to see the chicago show! booyah!
Anyway..what i really have to say. So I was at the radio station the
other night and I was just about the play a Squirrel Nut Zippers song
from their first album The Inevitable (which is a great album that you
should all get).Anyway, I was looking at the liner nots for the first
time in months, and who's name do I see? Why, the famous Caleb Southern!
Apparently he remixed one of the Zipper's songs Lugubrious Whing Whang.
I was so happy and surprised and astonished.
And for who ever mentiuoned the Mighty Blue Kings show beforeBFF,
whoever has a chance to go..get your self over there! They are great
(more jump blues swing than SNZ, who are more ragtime/hot jazz). they
are GREAT.
Okay, for the L.A./So Cal crowd..I say we band together next wednesday
and try to get into the Tonight Show. All you have to do to get tickets
is to line up that afternoon. I can find out exactly which lot they
shoot at (I do know it's out in Burbank) and we should caravan over
there.
I am still SOOO sad that I missed out on the show at the Palace. Damn my
faulty connections!! Flakes, all of them!! I wanted to party with Adam,
Janet and Sandra, dammit! alas...could you imagine if they ever played
at the Universal amphitheatre? how strange would THAT be?!
well if you guys want to try and make a group effort for Leno, email me
and we can get it all figured out!
~Courtney
The Sultraness of Swing
"Get outta my Van Halen t-shirt before you jinx the band and they break
up!"
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 22:43:13 -0600
From: "Brad Liggett" <bliggett@tfs.net>
Subject: Brick speed
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
Anyone noticing that some radio stations are playing Brick faster than =
it is on the CD? I live in Kansas City and a new station in town called =
102.1 The Zone plays Brick sped up just a bit. Not too noticable to the =
untrained ear, but enough to make the pitch higher and sound like it's =
actually supposed to have some kind of beat to it. Just thought I'd =
bring it up.
Brad Liggett
bliggett@tfs.net
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 23:56:48 EST
From: FieryLox@aol.com
Subject: Robert and his second x-chromosome leftovers...
Well, I'll make this short and sweet. I had to laugh when I saw that someone
had posted about Robert's right nipple...when BFF played a Live X in Atlanta,
Robert came outside before the show to see about 40 delighted fans (and to get
some wood (?) for his bass) . Anyway, my lovely friend Michelle managed to
get a picture of her, Robert, and me! The whole point of this story is that
Robert was (ahem) nipping out in the picture, as well as throughout most of
the Live X. He's so cute! (And I love his sexy belly.) Too late at night,
me, too late! Oh, they're all wonderful...anyone pick up the new CMJ?
Interesting article...Ben comes off very college radio-y. (And he mentions
Jeff Buckley...twice! RIP, Jeff.)
Toodles!
Sara
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 21:18:32 -0800
From: "Shannon" <zody@exo.com>
Subject: Some BF5 fun
An interesting tid-bit I want to share....
I was fortunate enough to attend the Late Show with David Letterman, via
the performers green room the other night. Having a friend who works there
is a plus!
Anyway, one of the guests was Mike Myers. Before he went on, the band
played "One Angry Dwarf". Mike got sooooo excited and started to run
around the room hooting and hollering about him and his wife's favorite
band Ben Folds Five, and how incredible it was that they were playing that
song before he came on.
And I must add that his mother in law is the cooolest lady, and is EXACTLY
the same as he portrayed her on SNL (Linda Richards)
Afterwards, talking to my friend who works there, he said that BF5 were a
great bunch of guys and hoped that they would be back in the future. So,
kudos from the Letterman show!
S
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 13:24:09 -0800
From: Mike Wood <michael.wood@sheridanc.on.ca>
Subject: Re: Toronto radio review
Chris Short wrote:
>
>I got to stand right behind Ben (he stepped on my toes twice I was so
>close) and got to add some vocals to Dr. Pyser (he told the people
>behind him to yell "Rocker Tommy Lee!" twice).
i couldn't believe that those last few of us thru the door actually got
to stand BEHIND Ben...
Anyone else notice his balding-spot? I s'pose it's a rule that all great
pianists must start to go bald at some point in their lives...
>For all you Radiohead fans, while the guys were warming up they played
>Karma Police on the radio station. Robert, hearing this, started
>playing the bass line, then Darren jumped in, and Ben too, once he
>figured out the chords. It was solid (I'm not a RH fan myself, but I
>still thought it was cool).
They also did this for Weezer's "The Sweater Song", and Ben lipsynced
part of REM's "Man on the Moon" as well...
"Andy, are ya goofin' on Elvis, hey baby..." :]
Mike Wood
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 11:31:53 PST
From: "valerie hochschild" <charzi@hotmail.com>
Subject: sledgestruck
Hi, Fivers.
Thanks to those who've sent personal support for my sleep-deprived and
hormone-infused Toronto review. The note, I guess, was anti-climatic in
its obviousness and I will consider Yahoo Mail. (Uh-oh, are the
Microsoft spies watching? Uh, I'm just kidding...heh heh. i love
Hotmail, honest!)
Through the haze I did neglect to say Robbie Faulks was a lot of fun
and the crowd really dug him. Also, while I was sort of in the pit
(tho' not enough to my taste, but maybe it was just as well), I didn't
really get the vibe of the whole crowd; but once I did look back around
encore time and it seemed the front third were the only group jumping
around. Oh, well.
Mainly I'm here to pass on a quote or two from the review from Kieran
Grant from today's Toronto Sun, which you can find in full in the Jam
Music section of www.canoe.ca. The hard copy even features a colour
photo of who else but Mr. Sledge in full sing - from this and the
reaction I got for my dazedness, clearly the spell I was under was a
common one , which frustrates me all the more. Anyway, Kieran had
lovely things to say like "Loose as a goose from the get-go, Folds
positioned himself at the keys of his baby grand like a kid who just
skipped his ritalin dose before piano practice." and "There's something
to be said for a band that can have this much fun at the expense of
thsie best work." Grant even mentioned the diva thing, calling it
"impromptu". Brazen hussy has us *all* fooled, eh? Sigh. (Dunno if
the photo's on the site, btw. Take yer best shot.)
Hope to hear all sorts of fabulousness from the Hammerstein.
PEace,
Valerie
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:02:05 -0500
From: obscuredsp@juno.com (lawson t bennett)
Subject: help me track down anyone from bff? im playing in durham and raleigh
i'm playing gershwin's rhapsody in blue on march 22nd at carolina theater
with the durham symphony orchestra- anyone from the triangle wanna come??
email me or just get tickets and go!
what i'd really like is to know if ben would be in town (chapel hill)
then- doubt it but just wonderin- also, i'm going to do a senior recital
at some point, and i'd REALLY like to know when he might be in chapel
hill from now till school starts again in august, cause i REALLY want to
invite him. i'll post about that again and invite anyone- i'll play a
bff song for sure- but any help on this is so appreciated!!!!!!
lawson bennett ----obscuredsp@juno.com
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS BEN FOLDS FIVE TORIAMOS
PJ HARVEY MManson NIN Bjork Drum&Bass
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 16:43:30 -0500
From: Kenneth McKenna - SSG <KenneMcK@sbservices.com>
Subject: BFF on 102.1 & 6 String Drag
Greetings Armchairians!
Would any of you in the Southern Ontario area have a good recording of
the BFF appearance on 102.1 from 2/18? I spotted one post where the
individual has a so-so recording, but I thought there might be a
better copy floating around out there. Forward replies to my e-mail
address at the end of this post, and maybe a trade can be worked out.
For you listers that enjoy Robbie Fulks, I highly recommend the latest
disc by 6 String Drag called "High Hat". These guys are damn good,
and I suspect they could be on their way to bigger and better things.
Actually, I've heard they are great live, so I'm looking for recent
boot material. If anyone has live recordings of 6 String Drag, e-mail
me to see if a trade can be worked out.
Regards,
Ken McKenna- kennemck@sbservices.com
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 15:12:32 -0800 (PST)
From: ralph kyatsu <inane_insane@yahoo.com>
Subject: Canada...BF5
Hi fellow armchairians(did anyone ever figure out the proper way
to refer to ourselves?)...
anyways I'm working on my BF5 webpage and I wanted to make it the
canadian one(I've notice lack of...plus it was kinda hard to find out
realease dates of NBP and magazines that are only aveilable in Canada
that had BF5 content(although Frank's site is pretty good!) so i'm
asking for all anyone who wants to help add to the page to make it
seem relevent and Canadian...(acutally mostly toronto based)
email me at inane_insane@yahoo.com
check out the site if you want
www.geocities.com/soho/cafe/9956/bf5.html
any suggestions will help!
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 19:32:38 EST
From: BlueJellow@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #831
In a message dated 98-02-18 20:51:15 EST, you write:
<< This is just an aside: Paula Cole played SNL a while back. She was
wearing a spaghetti-strap top, and when she was done, she lifted her
arm to acknowledge the crowd's applause. I just have one word for Ms.
Paula: Bic.
>>
LOL. Paula Cole's armpit hair policy has always baffled me. Feminism is so
dead. AHHHHHH!!!!!!
I think Darren looks so unique that Dana Carvey is like, "Where did that come
from?" BTW, I was wondering what everyone thought to the CMJ pictures. I
thought they looked kinda bad. Ben kept making *ADORABLE* faces, but Darren
and Robert looked really tired and stuff. Oh well, they are so cute anyway.
I liked the vinyl pants and pink snakeskin boots they put on them. I really
didn't like Darren holding up a pack of Malboros. Why do they smoke? I wish
they would stop. Maybe it's just a stress reliever. But I want their lungs
to be nice and pink. I care about them.
Love and bFF
Lucy *Emaline*
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 19:44:58 EST
From: BlueJellow@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #834
In a message dated 98-02-19 21:08:44 EST, you write:
<<
I for one am happy that BFF is getting recognition. Remember this band has
yet to crack the Billboring top 40 single and Album chart so they are not
going to be the next Usher or Third Eye 20. They are going to still be
ours: a little shy, a little coy and a great little three piece that kicks
ass >>
You said Third Eye 20. You are very cool in my eyes! Rock on!
I am happy that BFF is popular too, but some chicks in my class started
singing it togther, and I was like, "shut up!"
Lucy
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