THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #943 - April 16, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Thursday, April 16 1998 Volume 01 : Number 943
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #942
Open up your Ears!!!
"tonight Aphex Twin with special guest Ben Folds!" *
Chicago & Ohio shows
my email ain't working :(
Larry Sanders
Keenen Ivory Wayans Show
BFF orchestra
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #942
THANKS AZUSA!! + more on Andy Wallace, wonder boy
The Forum...
ARD comp.
To Ol' John Bull
One Hit Wonders
BFF Winamp Skin
sorry, lazy person asks question.
The state of the armchair
Rare MP3s
Bacharach show review
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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 21:23:09 EDT
From: FHudetz <FHudetz@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #942
In a message dated 98-04-14 20:26:50 EDT, you write:
<< Well I'm sorry to smash your dreams, Mr. Uncle Sam, but your not exactly
innocent of sending us crap, are you? Let's all think back to the glory
days of:
Hanson - oh thanks.
New Kids On the Block
Larry effing King
How to cook a la American - just add one pound of fat, and deep fry!
Married with Children
Jim Carrey
Kenny G
the whole rap/swing thing
police academy movies
'have a nice day' >>
Too bad you brits didn't take to the whole soap, deodorant and toothbrush
trend we got going over here.
Sr. Evil Empire
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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 22:28:12 -0400
From: David Beck <drbeck@ibm.net>
Subject: Open up your Ears!!!
hey all you close minded uneducated top 40 radio listening mtv watching
brick loving teenagers - there is not a damn thing wrong with techno, in
fact, unless you haven't noticed, it is beginning to become a big hit,
and is creeping up on the mainstream culture as i type and you read
this. now i don't want to yell at anyone(heehee), but ben doing a
tech-ambient album is downright good. how many people like Beck and his
where its at songs? how many know that he does jazz, folk, blues, tech,
and rock, but on separate albums? that he has at least 6 or 7 albums out
right now? so if ben is doing tech, let him, the only way one advances
is practice, experimentation with the new, and learning from one's
mistakes.
sorry for the interruption...
Officer (sorta un-)Friendly
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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 23:44:47 EDT
From: Snowwite67 <Snowwite67@aol.com>
Subject: "tonight Aphex Twin with special guest Ben Folds!" *
<< okay, I don't think criticism is appropriate for an album that is yet to
be released. we haven't even heard Ben's new album yet, and people
are posting about how it is against everything he is musically >>
Alrighty, I go to Mills College in Oakland, CA . It's a small private
liberal arts college and home to <trumpets sounding> CCM, Center for
Contempary Music. John Cage taught here and Philip Glass to name a few very
famous people. No, no, I'm not on the board of Admissions here at Mills, I am
getting somewhere. Being a music major, I do know something about CCM and the
music that it produces.
This new album that Ben's doing sounds very much along the same lines as
what my professors do. It is partly computerized music, but this does NOT
EQUAL TECHNO. In fact it's far from it. Now one of the things that has
concluded me to think that Ben may be doing something like what "we", (I say
"we" because I'm not really into the whole computerized music thing), do at
Mills, was because at the end of one of Bff's B-sides,( for the life of me I
can't find it right now), he does a very John Cage like thing, the counting
and what not. Plus there are other things I've heard about this album that
lead me to believe that it's this kind of music.
Hmmmm did this make any sense to ya'll? I just keep seeing all these
posts about Ben "going techno" and I think you're getting the wrong idea. But
hey, I may be totally wrong. Maybe for the next album, Ben will fire Darren
and Robert and hire those guys from the Pet Shop Boys. :)
- -Lauren
* now, I know most of you are pretty smart, but just in case, I want ya'll to
know that this was a joke. So, please don't let me see any posts like "Ben
Folds with Aphex Twin!! Where!?" :)
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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 23:51:29 EDT
From: Rachw2as <Rachw2as@aol.com>
Subject: Chicago & Ohio shows
To all you midwesterners,
I am going to be at the OHIO show on May 19th. However, I will be all alone
cuz I am driving cross country this summer. I was hoping some people who are
going would like to meet up before/at the show. It would be depressing to be
all alone that night, even though I love the boys, because it will be my
birthday!!! So, anyone? Bueller?!?!!!
ok, to the CHICAGO group who are planning to meet up. I have been out of the
loop cuz I had to change my screen name. I was higeary, but now I am
rachw2as. Please put me in the email loop again!! Many thanks! : )
Rachael
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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:56:28 -0700
From: "Julie 'bf5fan' Hurst" <sledgie@mailcity.com>
Subject: my email ain't working :(
Sorry to be a pain, but just letting everyone know that if you emailed me, sorry
I couldn't reply....
Now what I am here for..
If you have ANY questions for Darren, plz tell me...I can con the dj doing the interview
with 'D' to ask anything...and hopefully let me talk..which I feel is getting more
possible by the day :)
Well I'm running out of questions..and need some good ones...
but email me at julianne@ronscomputers.com.au with them PLZZZZZZZZZZ....
:)JOY(: is my word of the month. (I feel childish)
Don't be shy........
- -Julie 'anti-gavin'
(sorry if this got emailed twice)
P.S - Rosejmort could you plz email me.
P.P.S- oh yeah I can recieve mail, just not send :(
Get your FREE, private e-mail
account at http://www.mailcity.com
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:12:26 -0400
From: "John Felten" <Sammy7@gte.net>
Subject: Larry Sanders
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know this is old news but, I caught BFF performing on
The Larry Sanders Show tonight. I literally taped it through the HBO
lines, it was soooo worth it! That song, the theme from dr. peyser,
rocked!!! But that really sucked they showed like 30 seconds of it!
- -Daria
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:43:03 -0400
From: "John Felten" <Sammy7@gte.net>
Subject: Keenen Ivory Wayans Show
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For all of you who missed Ben Folds Five on Keenen, like me, it will be
airing again tomorrow, Thursday at 1 am, don't miss it!!!
- -Daria
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:43:50 EDT
From: FragleRoc1 <FragleRoc1@aol.com>
Subject: BFF orchestra
Does anyone know if the wonderful BFF orchestra is on tour with them this
time?? Cuz it would be really cool if they happen if they popped up at Q101
Jamboree this year.... reply with any info....
~Jenny
" Baby I was doin fine, how do you think that id survive the other 25 before
you"
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 01:19:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric Gugick <gugick2@TCNJ.EDU>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #942
Anyone going to the dmb/beck/BEN FOLDS FIVE show at Giants Stadium? Also,
does anyone know of any info about the Y100 fest in Philly? I heard
Everclear and Greenday are playing it, along with our boys.
> P.S. i really like it when BF5 fans mention what other bands they like, so
> i'm going to:
>
Well, here ya go:
dave matthews band
soul coughing
toad the wet sprocket
the promise ring
REM
eric
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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 22:48:08 PDT
From: "* Pea *" <naturalselection@hotmail.com>
Subject: THANKS AZUSA!! + more on Andy Wallace, wonder boy
This message is specifically to Azusa Motohashi - I lost your address
somehow, but I wanted to say THANKYOU SO MUCH for the cd you sent me!!
It is just GREAT and you are fantastic!!
Secondly, for anyone who's interested - I wrote a post not so long ago
about ANDY WALLACE being not only the mixer for WEAEA but for Sonic
Youth's 'Dirty' album. Well he also did Jeff Buckley's 'Grace' (that
wonerfully magnificent oh-so-fine record). What a star. I just thought
that was interesting.
cheers, (and thanks again Azusa!)
Petra
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 05:52:58 -0700
From: "Andy" <andrew.elliott@mailexcite.com>
Subject: The Forum...
OK...dumbassed question. Could someone please let me know how to get tickets for
the gig at The Forum, and also where the hell it is??? I'm a bit of a Northerner,
so I'm not too well aquainted with the intricacies of the London venues.
Thanks,
andy.
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 10:09:32 -0500
From: "Clasen, Benjamin P" <BPCLASEN@CSBSJU.EDU>
Subject: ARD comp.
hiya.
someone posted a little while back inquiring about a BFF appearance on a new
compilation due out in may. here's the shit:
Americans for Radio Diversity (ARD) is releasing a compilation titled
"TELECONNED Volume 1: We Want The Airwaves" on the NO ALTERNATIVE label. the cd
features several live/unreleased tracks from several bands including (but not
limited to) soul coughing, ani difranco, low, walt mink, his name is alive and
of course, BEN FOLDS FIVE. the bff track is dr. pyser. it is the version with
strings recorded last summer on the KCRW morning show.
the cd is indeed an eclectic mix, i encourage everyone to go out and buy it.
the proceeds from the cd go toward ARD, a not-for-profit group that was formed
in minneapolis after the 1996 FCC telecom act that deregulated radio and
television broadcasting. ARD is an active voice for independent labels and
artists as well as radio listeners concerned with diversity in radio
programming.
i have an advance copy, i and i can assure you that this cd will be well placed
in your collection. very good stuff. cool to hear the strings with the BFF
boys, too. the street date for the cd is may 5th. more information on the cd
and ARD is available at: http://radiodiversity.com/
b
"lisa magnus sat wishing for her knight, but all that came upon her was
darkness" -d. stevens
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 11:10:20 -0500
From: tony <Anthony.N.Sayler-1@ou.edu>
Subject: To Ol' John Bull
Kenny G.'s Canadian, and Joe Cocker is British if I'm not mistaken.
Oklahoma Joe
p.s. I have no intention of starting an argument.
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 11:17:03 -0500
From: tony <Anthony.N.Sayler-1@ou.edu>
Subject: One Hit Wonders
On a bootleg I recently received, (thank you Ryan Neary), right before
they go into "Video Killed the Radio Star" Ben mentions that they
recorded it for a compilation of One Hit Wonder cover songs. Does
anyone know if this ever came to fruition? What label it's on? Is it
still available? Is there anything at all containing a BFF-studio
version of this song? Please mail me if you know.
Oklahoma Joe
jmcnulty@ou.edu
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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 12:25:58 -0500
From: Mike Baltus <merlin@advdata.net>
Subject: BFF Winamp Skin
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Hey guys i made a skin for the boys. Check it out at this link
BFF AMP
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Hey guys i made a skin for the boys. Check it out at this link
<BR><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/senate/4823/bff_amp.zip">BFF
AMP</A></HTML>
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 18:56:37 +0100 (BST)
From: Richard Cheng <richard.cheng@st-edmund-hall.oxford.ac.uk>
Subject: sorry, lazy person asks question.
where in london is the forum?
and who (where/what telephone no.) do i contact to get tickets?
rich
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:06:32 EDT
From: FunShnBear <FunShnBear@aol.com>
Subject: The state of the armchair
Ok, so maybe I do screw up ONE quote. Of course you can't be civil, and e-mail
me (like two other people did, nicely) but you get on the armchair, and
publically humilate me, by insulting me. I don't know if you've read the rules
of the armchair, but you're not suppose to insult people directly on the
armchiar. So next time you go on a power trip with your keyboard, try not to
insult me.
That's why I think I hardly ever post to this anymore, because if you do
indeed screw one thing up, you're dismissed as a moron.
Oh, and back to correcting quotes, you've got the last polka one wrong.
it's NOT
"now we're treading water, now we're holding back our tears"
but, it's:
"We're treading water now, and holding back our tears"
Next time you correct someone elses quote, you MAY want to type your ending
quote correct yourself
Bring it,
- - - Katie
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:11:09 EDT
From: Jaffman1 <Jaffman1@aol.com>
Subject: Rare MP3s
Greetings fellow Armchairers.
I have been trying to find BF5 doing She Don't Use Jelly and couldn't find it
until that webpage posted by someone for rare BF5 MP3s. I went to the webpage
to donwload it and it wouldn't work. I have IE 4.0 and a Pentium I so it
doesn't run too well to say the least. Anyway...I can't download anything
from the web. However, I do have AOL and I can download from there. So if
anyone has She Don't Use Jelly in their mailbox could you please forward it to
me. Or, if you want to be really nice, you could upload it to me.
Please respond to this privately (Jaffman1@aol.com)
Thanks.
-Eric
Jaffman1@aol.com
"Ask for nothing, and you get what you paid for."
-For Squirrels (*Really cool band.
Check 'em out*)
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:20:53 -0400
From: Sean Kiely <seank@CYBERNEX.NET>
Subject: Bacharach show review
a review of the bacharach thingy saying BFF are one of the highlights of
the evening
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/entertainment/story.html?s=z/reuters/980414/entertainment/stories/review_bacharach_1.html
sean :-)
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