THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #1054 - June 9, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Tuesday, June 9 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1054
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
AIR$??
Ahh Ben Folds
Enough Already...
Maybe not Darien
giants stadium
WHATEVER
umm ... Rockford Files ???
Australia - JJJ's Hottest 100 of All Time
It evaporated...see?
29th June Forum gig, UK.....
Woh dudes, confused signals!
Armchair/Files Assault
MTV Movie Awards
Bentent (I swear!)
For the Record
FORUM TICKETS
Vonda Shepard's Drummer is from Chapel Hill - Sorta BFF, Sorta Non BFF
GIANTS STADIUM
2 tix for Jones Beach 4 sale
Attention SONY-CAROLINE folks - Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival!
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 01:11:17 -0400
From: "Paperscratcher" <coyotearm@email.msn.com>
Subject: AIR$??
Oh , I was just wondering if it is worth buying the Godzilla soundtrack for
"air" or any other Song. I would appreciate feedback. Yall can email me, or
address it on the list. Thanks
I should have stayed in Bed-CC( agin. sorry I can't get enough of the Guy)
- -Paperscratcher
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 01:18:18 EDT
From: SouperDv@aol.com
Subject: Ahh Ben Folds
Do you have to be a fan two years to be moved by Ben Folds Five?
To intensely play air piano to Last Polka
To roll down the windows and belt Battle of Who Could Care Less
To slow dance with your girlfriend to Selfless, Cold and Composed
To turn off the lights and fall asleep to Boxing
To sing along to Song For the Dumped with your ex in the front seat and mean
what your singing
Ben Folds music stirs my very soul - sometimes it seems like the folks on the
chair think its how many bootlegs or number of concerts or how many years
you've known about them make you a real fan.
Nope. Your a real fan if the music is a part of your life. Thats my shpeel.
Keep it real dudes and dudettes.
SUPERDAVE
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 01:18:46 -0400
From: "Paperscratcher" <coyotearm@email.msn.com>
Subject: Enough Already...
all I know is, every has got to stop posting "Can't We All Just Get Along?"
It's enough already. Jeez! this shit will only Go away if we Ignore it. I
made the mistake of posting a similar letter.....Oh My God....I'm doing It
AGAIN!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!
- -Paperscratcher
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 02:05:49 EDT
From: Zuqir3000@aol.com
Subject: Maybe not Darien
Well, it looks like we're not going to end up going to Darien for the show
Tuesday...
For those of you who have been following this saga, it means that I'll never
get to express my love to my best female friend, not get to have merry
misadventures, etc. All because everyone appears to have welched on the ride
from Syracuse. Dammit.
Ah well. I'll spend Tuesday night studying for the calculus final with NBP
playing-my own concert. Hope those who go have a good time.
- -Dan
"What the ^$&* is a zuqir?"-Tom Malone
"Your mom and her dog!"-T.R. Minardi
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 03:32:44 EDT
From: FM3Red5@aol.com
Subject: giants stadium
well bff were great...they played Emaline and i went crazy...the played the
normal stuff...battle, philosophy, steven, oad, and he said "this is a song
about me in high school and my g/f getting an abortion...and they played
brick...oh what a suprise...they closed w/ song for te dumped...
beck was cool and scary...but was a lot of fun to watch...
DMB was awesome...the set was great 2 1/2 hrs of music...the only bad thing
was that they didn't play "ants marching" which really sucked...
If anyone taped this show...please tell me...thanks...
Frank
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 04:48:16 EDT
From: Snowwite67@aol.com
Subject: WHATEVER
<< PLEASE, just ignore them and they'll go away. These people love to
FIGHT so if you start flamin' them and respond to them in any way you
are playing right into their hands. >>
Uh yeah...who died and made you Queen of all things? "These people"??????
hehe
ALSO: WHY DOESNT EVERYONE JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!? WHY DOES EVERY MA HAVE TO
BE FILLED TO THE RIM WITH EVERYONES OWN PERSONAL MANIFESTOS?? HUH? AND I
DON'T GIVE A SHIT IF I SPELLED "MANIFESTOS" WRONG! :) MUSIC? WHATEVER HAPPENED
TO THE MUSIC? <SOB> hehe just adding wood to the fire! YE HAW!!!!!! hehe
- -Lauren super bitch
<<Erica the Supreme Bitch>>
Uh, I have a copyright on that one, hon. :)
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 10:38:38 +0100
From: Toby Jenkins <toby@hereford.ac.uk>
Subject: umm ... Rockford Files ???
Hey there! I know this probably sounds really dumb, but what are the
Rockford Files? I've been wondering ever sonce i heard Battle Of Who
Could Care Less. Please help,
Also - does anyone know whether the london gig has sold out??? if not
(the sold out bit), please could you help me - i want some tickets!!!
(phone number or something)
thank you :)
Toby-boy
<< ...why don't we send it to the Franklin fuckin' mint... >>
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Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 02:54:11 PDT
From: "Adam Jeffrey" <mikado99@hotmail.com>
Subject: Australia - JJJ's Hottest 100 of All Time
Australia's naitonal 'youth' radio station has just compiled a list of
100 songs that are the "hottest of all time".
Everyone will be pleased (I think) to know that the boys fared quite
well in this list.
Brick came in at number 32
Underground came in at 52
Quite respectable I think!
Anyways - Not much more "Bentent" to impart to you other chairers at the
moment..
Waiting until BFF play in Perth again (only 42 ish sleeps left..)
Later
Adam from Oz
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 15:23:28 GMT
From: "Mark Piper" <mfp540@novell3.bham.ac.uk>
Subject: It evaporated...see?
Hi hi hi,
It's my unfortunate duty to inform everyone that the premier Ben
Folds Five site on the net (ahem :) is no more. Looks, Brains
and Everything has evaporated, due to my terrible responsibility to
stop messing around on computers and go and get a job. Sorry to
anyone who liked and used the site (all 2 of you), and thanks to
anyone who ever visited (even bigger thanks to those that visited and
liked it). If you're really interested, you can find a little parting
message at the normal URL, being
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/5430/bff.html
Of course, this also signals my departure from the Magical Armchair
mailing list. Having been here for almost exactly 1000 issues (I
think I joined at #49), it's time for me to leave. So, a huge thanks
to the BFF uberfan, Frank Maynard, for setting up the Armchair in
the first place, and to everyone else for making it one of the best
mailing lists there is. Okay, so I could go on about how it's not as
good as it used to be, but let's not spoil the moment, eh?
Anyone who I still owe money / favours / answers to can email me at
the usual place, MFP540@bham.ac.uk, until next week.
Until we meet again (Glasto, anyone?),
Mark
p.s. On the subject of Glastonbury, I took a peek at the official
site, www.glastonbury98.co.uk, and I noticed that Ben Folds Five
aren't listed. Something I should know? (Unfortunately, my reading of
the recent issues of the digest has been somewhat erratic). Mail me
if anyone has any answers.
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| Ben Folds Five: Looks, Brains & Everything - |
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 16:20:57 +0000
From: "Luke Wilson"<Luke_Wilson@fwuk.fwc.com>
Subject: 29th June Forum gig, UK.....
Hey there everyone,
For all those who can remember, you might recall that Kirsty posted an
invite a couple of months ago for all those who were interested in meeting
up pre-gig. From memory I can recall Andrew Eliott, EddyB plus friends and
Emily from Keele Uni (can't remember your surname) saying they wouldn't
mind (apologies if I'm got your names screwed up) and if you three could
email me to finalise, that'd be cool. Also, this is anyone elses last
chance to email me to say "Hey, not a bad idea, I'll think I'll join you."
So email me at luke_wilson@fwuk.fwc.com, and we'll get it all sorted out.
Oh, and if I forgot anyone in the list - I am very sorry. Very sorry
indeed.
Cheers
Luke - three weeks and counting.....
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 16:32:31 +0100
From: David.J.Holloway@student.shu.ac.uk
Subject: Woh dudes, confused signals!
First things first...
>From: "Erik C. Lyons" <EPA8820@epa.state.il.us>
>Subject: Webster says "NO" to wankers...
>Hey Dave! You freakin' Helmet Head! Who da fuk R U??
>Sweet.
Who da fuk am I? What is wid yus boyo? You forgetting your heritage now? Your good companion
(although far more frequent contributor) Annie did give me forwarning of the RF (I too was
*disillusioned* with the state of the MA) and have been there ever since the beginning... ha ha ha.
Now I'm old skool RF as well as MA - my god, I am superior over all you cheap hussies. I may not
write an awful lot there now but I'm always around, watching, redaing, thinking, wanking. Anyway,
before my (hopefully) apparent sarcasm gets me grief I shall forgive you and move onto far more
relevant business, although the odds on Bentent could be iffy at the time of writing.
I believe the constant stream of MA (majorly angry) posts announcing annoyance and aggrivation at
the apparently anti-social arseholes (how's that for illiteration?) proves any point us RF's had
the first place... we didn't leave the Armchair for any specific reasons or people - just we had
heard it all before and wanted to progress past that stage of repitition. That would have been
nigh-on impossible to do with a constantly growing fan-base so we shifted. The return to the MA was
just kinda an implosion to show we were still around, still loved the boys (that's BF5, what do you
think I am?) and wanted to see what the MA was like now. Guess you showed us...
Oh yeah, and one more thing for regular contributors to the Helmet Heads Forum Page. Sorry that
they haven't been added yet - I'm having some trouble with my computer and getting on the web.
Hopefully it'll be sorted by tomorrow...
Later alligators
Dave
Ben Folds Five: Helmet Heads
http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/lot/5009
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 08:28:03 -0700
From: "Kamp, Marcus S" <Marcus.Kamp@PSS.Boeing.com>
Subject: Armchair/Files Assault
This sums it up: "i hate to be the first one to point out how bogus this
jerry springer thing is, but THERE IS NO 31ST OF JUNE."
I won't even say how clueless this person is, but for those of you who
might've missed it-IT'S A JOKE!!!
(Sorry to blow your charade, Deke!)
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 08:40:14 -0700
From: "Kamp, Marcus S" <Marcus.Kamp@PSS.Boeing.com>
Subject: MTV Movie Awards
>> They Played the beginning of One Angry Dwarf on one
of the categories, and they played another song, I'm not sure what it
was, on the lifetime achievment award. It was awesome!!!!
That other song was Underground.
(See, I'm not always an arrogant prick from another planet-just when
it's fun to be!)
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 09:15:06 -0700
From: "Kamp, Marcus S" <Marcus.Kamp@PSS.Boeing.com>
Subject: Bentent (I swear!)
Robert's tiny little section in the "Stereos of the Stars" article (not
its real title) in RS is awesome. Especially in contrast to Poof Poppa
& all the other self-important egoists in the article. Read it now &
you'll love him even more.
Also, if you missed Lucy's post on the MA about the painting on her
site, check it out (http://members.aol.com/BlueJellow/BEN.html) as it's
quite enjoyable!
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 09:23:28 -0700
From: "Kamp, Marcus S" <Marcus.Kamp@PSS.Boeing.com>
Subject: For the Record
I'm older than Anne, but not as old as Deke (I don't think). Annie, you
should know that by now!
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 18:52:42 +0000
From: "Chris Marsh" <winkie@easynet.co.uk>
Subject: FORUM TICKETS
hi,
i have two downstairs standing tickets for the Forum show on 29th
June but i'll be out of the country. they were £15 each. if you're
interested, please mail me as soon as possible.
chris
winkie@easynet.co.uk
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 12:58:14 -0600
From: uselink@juno.com
Subject: Vonda Shepard's Drummer is from Chapel Hill - Sorta BFF, Sorta Non BFF
I went to Vonda Shepard's show last night. (She does the music on the tv
show Ally McBeal) She was wonderful. It was a semi-small venue a few
hundred people. She's really sweet and fun and encourages you to dance
and loved it when a group of about 20 people (me included) came and
leaned on the stage and danced and sang along at the encore. But anyway
after the show I went out by their bus and waited for them to come about
and talked with the whole band and got all their autographs and talked
with the drummer Rob Ladd and he said that he was from the home of our
boys. I was wearing my 'Kiss my ass' shirt and mentioned them and he said
"yeah, they're from there. They're a great band"
I don't know, the great show, meeting them all, getting a hug from Vonda,
and talking a little BFF made my night. Maybe I'm weird. =]
Later kats and kittens,
Jer
In the changer
1. Michael Waterman - Running
2. Vonda Shepard - Songs from Ally McBeal
3. Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 15:03:31 EDT
From: HAM12HAM@aol.com
Subject: GIANTS STADIUM
WHats up again.....i wanna start off by saying, i hope im not the only person
getting suicidal tendencies over the recent breakup of the Spice
Girls..jk..but anyway i was at the giants stadium shpow on sunday..and even
though im not a big DMB fan they were incredible..beck was pretty good..but i
was dissapointed in the time that BFF had on stage..they only played 7 songs
ass opposed to the even smaller 5 songs they layed the previous week at the K-
rock thing...well heres the setlist.......
Fair
BOWCCL
Philosophy
SLNIT
brick
One Angry Dwarf
SFTD
Of course the quality of there performance was incredible..and my seats were
unbeliavable(19 row)...the stadium had about 10000 when BFF was on but they
made there presence felt...I'm seeing them again this thursday w beck at jones
beach and i really hope they play more than 7 songs..especially more from the
first album..See ya then.
- -PLEASE COME BACK GINGER............................haha
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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 15:07:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: crv1@is2.nyu.edu (Chris Van Valen)
Subject: 2 tix for Jones Beach 4 sale
Hi all I have 2 tickets for BFF/Beck at Jones Beach for this Thursday that
I want to sell. I just want my initial outlay($54.50) but will accept best
offer.
Please e-mail me.
cv
If you have an unpleasant nature and dislike people
this is no obstacle to work. -- J.G. Bennett
Catch "Forever Knight" on the Sci-Fi Channel every
Tue-Thurs at 9PM and 1AM EDT. -- Lucien LaCroix
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Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 12:37:59 -0800
From: Susan Park <maven@jetcity.com>
Subject: Attention SONY-CAROLINE folks - Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival!
If there's anyone out there who has any power or influence whatsoever on
the band, please encourage them to return to Seattle to play Bumbershoot!
http://www.bumbershoot.org/
Bumbershoot is a fabulous festival that would really launch BF5 to new
heights in the NW. Music loving record buyers come from as far as
Southern California and Minnesota to take advantage of the economical,
all-ages, $32 four-day pass.
This year's will be Sept. 4-7. It always takes place at the Seattle Center
below the Space Needle. Various sizes and types of indoor and outdoor
venues are available. The best stages are the outdoor stages (Flag Pavillion
is one), and the half-covered Football Stadium because there are more
spectators waiting for the next act, enjoying the sun, dancing, or strolling
by.
The whole event is produced by One Reel Productions. The final lineup will
be firmed up by July 16. Tickets will also be on sale through the internet.
http://www.onereel.org/
Hope you can make it. You won't regret it.
- -spark
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