THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #1168 - August 11, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Tuesday, August 11 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1168
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1167 (Air)
The Frogs vs. The Frogs/Mightyhead
nothing
Air in Austin
Re: Nice BFF Fans
air
hard rock replay
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1167
live at the wireless
Flaming Lips
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1167
Re: What's the deal with Hard Rock Live?
Pop Off This!
brissie show
bff video sale!
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1167
Re: renewed faith
Cars
bunch of crap
so i'm not alone
replay of Hard Rock Live
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Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 20:22:24 EDT
From: KNULPREK@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1167 (Air)
In a message dated 8/9/98 8:20:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, owner-
armchair@maillist.il.fontys.nl writes:
<< I was wondering if the guys ever make "Air" a part of the setlist...I
haven't
seen any setlists which include Air so I was just kinda curious...I was
wishing they'd play it at the show I was at a couple months ago but
unfortunately they didn't....Oh well they kicked ass anyways!! >>
They played it at the Atlanta show! :)
-jason.
<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/knulprek/home.html">The Happy Scrappy Page
</A>
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Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 21:17:10 EDT
From: YourPalCM@aol.com
Subject: The Frogs vs. The Frogs/Mightyhead
Just note however that "The Frogs" that are associated with the Smashing
Pumpkins are TOTALLY different than "The Frogs" turned "Mightyhead" band that
I am talking about. "The Frogs" that the person below is talking about -
although I have never actually heard them - I understand they fall into the
same classification as Smashing Pumpkins (which makes sense, of course). "The
Frogs"/"Mightyhead" that I am talking about fall more under the BF5
classification of "Pop" than the other band would.
In a message dated 98-08-09 20:57:31 EDT, you write:
<< Hey, what about the simply awesome brothers Flemion? aka THE FROGS. You
know, they signed to Scratchie records (owned by two of the Smashing
Pumpkins), and released an amazing EP called "Starjob". Before that they had
some other great stuff too. Oh well, they rule, check them out too. >>
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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 20:27:37 -0600
From: Deidre <a0028897@airmail.net>
Subject: nothing
Drew Carrey LOVES Ben Folds Five
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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 21:01:55 -0500
From: "Margaret E. Peck" <m_peck@mail.utexas.edu>
Subject: Air in Austin
They played Air in May when they came to Austin. It was cool, Ben gave
a little intro and all. He said when they asked them to write a song
first they gave them Dr. Pyser, but they didn't like that--then they
wrote something about Godzilla--total cheese about a big scary
monster--they played a lil, it was cute, and then they played Air.
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Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 22:13:04 EDT
From: Astro111@aol.com
Subject: Re: Nice BFF Fans
Hello all-
I just posted a plead with everyone on the armchair to tell me where I can get
a BFF poster. I did not expect to get one reply. Not only did I get 5, but one
girl (BROOKE YOU ARE TOO NICE!!!) actually offered to buy one and send it to
me as a gift sorta thing. Of course I can't let her do that, but that's
besides the point.
What I am getting at here is that BFF fans must have some common thread of
niceness. I think that is pretty damned cool.
Thanks all!
- -Robin A
"Yeah I'm crazy but I get the job done"
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:02:59 +1000
From: "Julie" <julianne@ronscomputers.com.au>
Subject: air
<<I was wondering if the guys ever make "Air" a part of the setlist...I
haven't
seen any setlists which include Air so I was just kinda curious...I was
wishing they'd play it at the show I was at a couple months ago but
unfortunately they didn't....Oh well they kicked ass anyways!!>>
I got one fo the setlists from the melbourne show, and it was on there, but
they never played it, I think Paul asked Ben why they didn't and he said
that he didn't feel like playing them at that time..(same with video)
godammit
(anyone see midday where everyone threw cakes at geoff harvey for his
b'day, very amusing!!!)
- -Julie
Julie's Australian Ben Folds Five Page
http://www.angelfire.com/me/katefolds/
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gone so won't you come right back?"
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Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 22:42:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Judi Smith <jsmith@bc.seflin.org>
Subject: hard rock replay
my daughter who knows everything ;) tells me that it will replay tuesday
(two days from now) at 7 est and thursday the 13th at midnight.
judi smith and then she said what's wrong with me?
jsmith@bc.seflin.org why don't you love me
why don't you love me enough anyway
would you catch me if was falling? ...she said when i think of heaven
kiss me if i was leaving? i think of you
hold me cause i'm lonely without you? how come you don't think of me too?
-- counting crows -- rain king, aie, cc
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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 21:43:47 CDT
From: "Lauren Talbot" <muffyhead98@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1167
Does anybody know where I can find a full length RealAudio of "Emaline"?
Please respond by email. Thanks.
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:58:49 +1000 (EST)
From: Caroline Lisa Kotze <c.kotze@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au>
Subject: live at the wireless
I just like to say that the Boy's rocked downunder and i too am regaining
faith in JJJ finally having a decent band on live at the wireless!!!
(sarcasm for those who don't know it). The only thing that pissed me off a
bit though was that they only played for half an hour.
Ela they did play brick but hey you gotta keep the masses happy!!
Caroline :-)
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:55:19 +1000
From: "Julie" <julianne@ronscomputers.com.au>
Subject: Flaming Lips
<<I saw in an interview that Ben likes The Flaming Lips and I think he
said that he went thru a Prodigy phase.>>
When I was talking to Darren, I asked him what his favourite band was, then
he told me thats a really hard question cos he likes so many bands, then I
aske dhim to tell me one he really likes, cos you know whichever he says
first is the one that he likes the most, and he said the Flaming Lips...
<<hey! i'm an auntie! now i feel old. though not hungover. as yet....>>
my sister is having her third kid in January...and wonderfully, if its a
boy, shes calling him Ben!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, I was wondering what TV shows people have heard BFF in..ages ago I was
waiting for whatever was after Party of Five to come on, and Alice
Childress came on...So i taped it, cos I was desperate for bff stuff then!!
Umm..I heard dwarf of Channel ten news (here in aust) once, and I heard
Battle Of Who Could Care Less on some clothing show on Pay tv...umm. I'm
pretty sure thats it...
bleh
- -Julie 'anti-gavin'
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gone so won't you come right back?"
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Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 23:39:53 EDT
From: Hambone570@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1167
This is an response to Fergi23. I went to the Foo Fighters/ BFF show in
Indianapolis and they played Air. It even was on the set list which I got
(Robert's I think) from the crew. If anyone has that show on tape they can
email me privately I'd love to hear it again.
Thanks for the time,
John
"been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding"--H.
Danger
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Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 21:46:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: punx@psnw.com
Subject: Re: What's the deal with Hard Rock Live?
>On a bad note:
>Tell me I wasn't the only person who noticed how fucked up the sound
>quality was.
yeah... I thought that the sound was pretty bad for a professionally
recorded performance... anyways.. for all you people asking for re-runs..
you can go to www.hardrocklive.com. I missed most of the first airing and
caught the first re-run Saturday night. I'm too lazy to go to the site
again but I believe it airs on Monday and Tuesday.
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 00:58:39 -0400
From: Jessica Brandt <jbrandt@kent.edu>
Subject: Pop Off This!
Hey all you kats and kitties, i scanned the MAD bff spoof and put it up here:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Backstage/6814/notben.html
It's my official "This is not a ben folds five page" page. You can also get
a scan of Rob's Epiphone ad, as well as 2 other BFF-related goodies.
So go...and be warned, i've already had one AOLer say she couldn't get it
to DL right....and I know that for me the picture takes at least 4 mins to
load. but i couldn't do it any better without having the words be illegible.
oh yeah, and the pics are up for grabs if you want to add them to your
OFFICIAL-like BFF pages.
Jess
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 15:33:45 +1000
From: Christine Ko <s365927@student.uq.edu.au>
Subject: brissie show
did anyone tape the brisbane show or know of anyone who did? i really want
to get my hands on a copy so i can relive the experience! =)
email me and i'm sure we can work something out.
christine :o)
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 00:32:18 -0500
From: bowiechild@juno.com (bowie child)
Subject: bff video sale!
Hey everyone-
Long time fan, never posted. I have a video of three ben folds five
things on it. One being the Conan O'Brian show preformance, another being
the pop up video to Brick and finally the Hard Rock Live performance.
(And yes, the sound did suck.) I'd be willing to sell it. Make me an
offer, and I'll see what I can do.
Hillary
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:42:31 +1000
From: "do.vanloo" <do.vanloo@student.aquinas.acu.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1167
Is it just me-or does anyone else hear the theme from Cheers in th NBP version of
Philosophy?
- -Don!
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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 23:49:55 PDT
From: "Maree Fewster" <ree37@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: renewed faith
Triple j have played unedited Ben Folds Five for years now!
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Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 23:03:12 +1200
From: Dave <virgil99@ihug.co.nz>
Subject: Cars
ive decided i think that BFF should do a cover of Gary Numans classic 79'
track, 'Cars'
i just thought id get that off my chest
D
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 07:51:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Leigh <emaline5@yahoo.com>
Subject: bunch of crap
Hey. My computer is now back up and running, and I just got through
at least 20 armchairs...Anyways, have a few things to ask. What ever
happened with that Teleconned cd, something like sounds from the
airwaves.. I don't know, but last time I asked this, which was a few
months ago, someone said it was only released in colleges or
something... I don't have a clue. But if anyone has any info on that,
I'd appreciate it much.. And what bff song is on there?(pyser) Also,
my local radio station in not known for playing Ben Folds Five. The
closest they come to playing them is.....well, they don't come close.
But anyways, they played "Brick" twice yesterday, just out of the
blue. I also thought that pop up video got a few of their facts
wrong... Someone also posted before how bff went through a prodigy
stage(or was that just ben)anyways, ben also said he(or they)went
through a rage against the machine one too.. Well, that's all.
~Leigh~
The Page That's Uncanny To See
http://www.angelfire.com/fl/BenFolds5/index.html
p.s. I missed the SNZ's video last week, but was expecting to see it
on 120 min. this week..and yes! they played it.. It was great! (I
also taped it)
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:31:24 EDT
From: SmilesGLH@aol.com
Subject: so i'm not alone
hey guys,
i just wanted to say that i'm SO glad that i'm not the only one that missed
hard rock live...i swear, i need to start putting post-it notes on my forehead
written backwards so i can read them when i look in the mirror because i'll
probably forget that they're there otherwise...sorry, just rambling. so if
anyone has any info about when it'll be rerun i would also greatly appreciate
it if you'd fill me in, or maybe if anyone taped it...we'll see. thanx
~gretchen
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:23:57 EDT
From: Rosejmort@aol.com
Subject: replay of Hard Rock Live
According to Rock on TV, (http://www.rockontv.com/thu.html?mail), VH1 will re-
play the Hard Rock Live episode of Ben Folds Five and Squeeze on Thursday,
August 13, 1998 at midnight (eastern time.)
Hope this helps all who couldn't catch it the first time.
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