THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #917 - March 31, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Tuesday, March 31 1998 Volume 01 : Number 917
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
shut up and listen to me
general BF5 ramblings
Cool Whip!
spring tour dates
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 16:02:40 -0500
From: bf5 <bf5@SURRY.NET>
Subject: shut up and listen to me
Hiya,
If anybody knows of anyway that I can get a copy of Shut Up and
Listen to Majosha, please mail me. I've been lookin for it for a long time
but haven't found it. Also, someother people may have asked this...is Fear
of Pop out yet?!?
thanks
\ \/ /
~\/\/hitney =o)
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:14:46 -0600
From: Nikki <discordia5@earthlink.net>
Subject: general BF5 ramblings
Maybe I hallucinated it but I think I saw someone call Ben, Darren, and Robert "sell
outs." I've been going to BF5 shows since '95. I've seen them set up their own
equipment many times. Lugging the piano on and off of small stages. I've seen them
crammed into the little cab of their old yellow truck. As far as I'm concerned the
guys are finally getting what they rightfully deserve. I'm glad they're getting all
of this attention. The best thing for me is seeing someone else loading and
unloading their gear. Sure, Brick gets played a million times a day on the radio
but i don't listen to the radio that much so it doesn't bother me. Brick is still a
beautiful song and for those of you that are sick of it, i really feel sorry for
you. When a band "sells out" in my opinion they change everything they are and
everything they're about. As far as I've seen BF5 hasn't done that. About the only
selling out they've been doing is selling out at every venue they've played at
lately. So they've got a hit single. I'm glad! No amount of teenage girls singing
Brick out loud and screwing up the words at a show is gonna make me sick of the
BAND. I'll get sick of the little teenage girls. It seems like the mass of the
conversation that goes on on here is about how the "Brickheads" think that Brick is
the only song and you're getting sick of BF5 because alot of people only know
Brick. If you're going to stop listening to a band because they're getting famous,
how much did you really like the band in the first place? Hell, they could play
Brick 24-7 for all i care. Hearing Brick 80 gazillion times isn't going to take
away the joy i get out of the ah-ah's in Where's Summer B.? And it's not going to
ruin Darren's glorious drums in Last Polka... There is life beyond Brick. I loved
Ben Folds Five well before Brick became popular and I'm gonna love them well after
it's popularity fades.
Okay.. i think I've worn off the bitchiness of a bad day at work.
Nikki
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 17:15:38 -0800
From: Alan Brockman <brockmaa@elmail.cc.purdue.edu>
Subject: Cool Whip!
Does anyone know whether BFF's song "Cool Whip" is on any of the import
or singles? How about Dr. Pyser? I've goot poor quality mp3's of these
off of bootlegs, but would like to buy them on cd.
Thanks,
Alan
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:04:22 EST
From: luckyday6@juno.com (Jason A Masi)
Subject: spring tour dates
here you go:
Spring Tour
April 26: Charlotte, NC - Center Cityfest On sale March 20
April 29: Durham, NC - Duke University (free show: Duke students
only!)
May 1: Knoxville, TN - World's Fair Park On sale April 4
May 2: Nashville, TN - Nashville River Stages On sale March 20 via
Ticketmaster
May 3: Memphis, TN - Beale St. Music Festival On sale April 3
May 4: Auburn, AL - Auburn University/Bibb-Graves Amphitheatre (free
show: Auburn
students only!)
May 5: New Orleans, LA - House of Blues Now on sale - call House of
Blues
May 8: Las Vegas, NV - The Joint/Hard Rock Hotel On sale March 20
via Ticketmaster
May 9: Hollywood, CA - The Palladium On sale March 28 via
Ticketmaster
May 10: San Jose, CA - SJSU Events Center Arena On sale March 29 -
tickets via BASS.
May 11: San Diego, CA - 4th & B On sale March 21 via Ticketmaster
May 14: Austin, TX - Austin Music Hall
May 15: Dallas, TX - Bronco Bowl Auditorium
May 16: tba
May 17: tba
May 19: Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
May 21: tba
May 22: Ft. Wayne, IN - Allen County Memorial Coliseum - WEJE
Festival
May 23: Tinley Park, IL - World Music Theatre - Q101 Festival
May 24: Somerset, WI - Apple River Amphitheatre - 93X Edgefest
Tickets by calling
612-989-5151. 93X reports that tickets will be available online from
Ticketmaster but
Ticketmaster currently has no reference to Edgefest, so keep
trying.)
May 26: Grand Rapids, MI - The Orbit Room
May 29: Philadelphia, PA - Y100 Festival
May 30: Boston, MA - Kiss 108 Festival
May 31: Raleigh, NC - G105 Festival, Walnut Creek
Opening for Beck:
June 1: Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center
June 2: Clarkston, MI - Pine Knob
June 3: Toronto, Ont. - Molson Amphitheatre
Opening for Beck and The Dave Matthews Band:
June 5: Boston, MA - Foxboro Stadium On sale March 28 via
Ticketmaster
Opening for Beck:
June 6: Saratoga Springs, NY - SPAC
Opening for Beck and The Dave Matthews Band:
June 7: East Rutherford, NJ - Giants Stadium On sale April 4
More dates will be posted as they are announced or confirmed.
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