THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR

The Ben Folds Five Digest

Issue #1175 - August 17, 1998



Magical Armchair Digest    Monday, August 17 1998    Volume 01 : Number 1175



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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:

    Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1174
    Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1174
    naked baby photo indeed
    Holds on a sec..
    Ben's attire
    Advertise!! Cheap, Quick & Easy!! 
    WAEA # 8 on ARIA charts!!
    EASTERN TIME ZONE
    Re: Alice Childress 
    kick it in the teeth
    Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1174
    mitchell lane
    trading and stuff
    Sheet Music Book
    misc.
    winamp skins
    Australian Discography,Web site input of concert pics,oz BOWCCL single.

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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:29:22 EDT
From: EBear2001@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1174

Hey I would just like to ask something to all you BF5 fans.  How are you
people seeing all these BF5 music videos on television?  I have not seen one
except for downloading them from the internet to show on my computer.  Are
they ever on MTV or VH1?  I never see them.  Well thanks I just wondering.
See ya!

Erin :)

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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:34:58 EDT
From: Vertigo131@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1174

<< 4. I was looking over a pile of song lyrics for reasons I don't want to 
 go into here, and I noticed (probably belatedly- soemone else likely 
 made this point when I was looking the other way) that the Beatles 
 'Being for the benefit of Mr Kite' (off the Sgt. Pepper album)  >>


Yeah!  I mentioned this before and no one else said anything, good or bad.  I
hear the similarities everytime I listen to it, the music is also similar.
Anyway, whenever I hear T&M that's the first thing that pops into my mind.
Okay, I guess I'm just agreeing.

cheerio,
cait

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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 01:35:33 GMT 
From: "taves -" <taves@hotmail.com>
Subject: naked baby photo indeed

lucy said:
>Ben could be up there naked for all I care.  I always enjoy seeing him 
play the piano.

hmmmm now that would be interesting to see


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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:02:25 CDT 
From: "Lauren Talbot" <muffyhead98@hotmail.com>
Subject: Holds on a sec..

     Wait!  you saw SFTD the video?  As in music video?  I have never 
seen it in my life!  You are so lucky!
     Okay, I don't have much money lying around, so I never get to buy 
cd's.  Well yesterday for the first time ever, I saw NBP in my local cd 
store.  I practically jumped up and down and screamed.  I actually 
brought money and everything!  So I bought it!  I still have an 
adrenaline rush.  I probably made myself look like a fool, but it was 
NBP and BF5 and I was dancing!  I know it doesn't sound interesting to 
you, but it sure made some employees laugh for a while.  I was actually 
paranoid about leaving the cd in the car while we went to the movies.  I 
wanted to weld the thing to my body.....Okay that's enough rambling for 
now.

Lauren Talbot

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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 22:24:39 EDT
From: LIBJAD43@aol.com
Subject: Ben's attire

<<<I really don't care what they look like, you shouldn't either.  Ben could
be
up there naked for all I care.  I always enjoy seeing him play the piano.>>>

Come on now, the person who posted beforehand did not mean to bash Ben's
clothes. She was merely saying that she did not find it appealing for someone
as great as BEN FOLDS. She specifically said that Ben was great and it didnt
matter what he wore, he'd still be great. just thought I'd put in my two
cents. 

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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 12:40:58 +1000
From: Des <deslee@acay.com.au>
Subject: WAEA # 8 on ARIA charts!!

Hey Fivers!

Was reading the Sunday paper and it says WAEA is in the top 10 at number 8,
according to the ARIA charts!!!! This is in OZ!

Go guys go!!

BFF forever and ever

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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 23:15:11 -0400
From: vito <goatman1@geocities.com>
Subject: EASTERN TIME ZONE

just a correction, chat with chuck folds is august 28th at midnite, EASTERN
TIME, not pacific or central or lunar or whatever... thats like, people who
live in michigan, and around there

whatever and ever
vito

BBB  EEEE N   N     FFFF  OO  L    DD    SS      FFFF I V     V EEEE
B  B E    NN  N     F    O  O L    D D  S        F    I V     V E
BBB  EEE  N N N     FFF  O  O L    D D   S       FFF  I  V   V  EEE
B  B E    N  NN     F    O  O L    D D    S      F    I   V V   E
BBB  EEEE N   N     F   goATman1@geOCitiES.com   F    I    V    EEEE
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Date: 15 Aug 98 23:16:29 EDT
From: Rey Anthony (rey@radiolink.net) <reyanthony@usa.net>
Subject: Re: Alice Childress 

"Dan Calarese" <plaidhound@hotmail.com> wrote;

<<< ...where Ben tries more than ever to keep Alice from realizing how
horrible this life can be. (sad, eh?) >>>

Indeed.  That song has always been my favorite too.  It always gets to me in
my darkest moments.  Thanks for the post.  

Rey

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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 20:21:16 PDT 
From: "Dustin O." <doneil41@hotmail.com>
Subject: kick it in the teeth

Hey all,
Not to beat and already thoroughly beaten dead horse, but I was 
listening to the radio the other day and on came AC/DC's 'shook me all 
night long' song. And I was picturing in my head the guys doing it, it 
was really wacky, but it would rock as a cover I think. Sorry for 
bringing that back up again but hey...

Take it easy, have fun, and be safe,
Dustin

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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 23:04:12 -0500
From: Don Curtis <dec3@netexpress.net>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1174

yeah, i want apologize to lauren talbot and the rest of the armchair.

I feel correct for what i said but i apologize for putting up crap on the
armchair.  Please excuse my behavior, and excuse my "childish" actions.
The letter in response was mailed to the armchair but was intended only for
Lauren.  It just bothered me that she would accuse the Underground for not
being decent.  The way i went about it was absolutly wrong.  Sorry...

My sincerest apologies....

don

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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 00:11:50 EDT
From: MFH333@aol.com
Subject: mitchell lane

i've noticed the little comments about mitchell lane. i always thought that it
was:
having isn't bliss
sunshine is amiss

- -adriane

i heard the beginning of battle on road rules!

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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:13:01 PDT 
From: "Vicki Holtham" <vicki_rae67@hotmail.com>
Subject: trading and stuff

hey

i am a totally obsessed ben folds five fan, wanting to increase my 
collection of BFF stuff but... i don't have much stuff to trade so if 
anyone is willing, i have HEAPS of blank tapes etc that i can send to 
people.(especially in Australia).

vic

"the cruelest lies are often told without a word,
 the kindest truths are often spoke and never heard"

                    Ben Folds Five~~~The Last Polka

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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 01:43:38 EDT
From: CBolt1@aol.com
Subject: Sheet Music Book

I am with you Garrett on getting them to reprint the book.  We should make a
petition and have everyone sign it (I mean who doesn't want to play BFF on the
piano) and send it in.  Maybe its just me but I get really pissed that they
would only make a few when so many people in my opinion would buy them.
Anyways I just had to express my feelings on that.
Carl

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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 02:59:14 EDT
From: Zyah@aol.com
Subject: misc.

- - Tonight I went with my sister and her friend to the Colonial Diner; we got
in the car, he turns it on, and all of a sudden it blasts "GIVE ME MY MONEY
BACK!" and I get all excited, I'm like, "hey is that the radio or a CD?"  and
to my delight, it was a cd.  but then he switched it to notorious b.i.g.
There's some eclectic-ism for ya.  But that is torture, don't you think?
having BF5 in the car, but not being able to listen to it.  It is his car, he
can do what he wants, but after a few more minutes of "i smack my bitch up,
grab a big mac, hit the sack" or whatever, I had to ask him to put BF5 back
on.  And he did.  yea. :)  self-titled this time.  ah, it is so much better
being trapped in the car with BF5 than biggie, don't you think?

- - Then, once we got to the diner, my sister ran into her friend amy.  She
comes back to our table and was telling us about amy's new boyfriend.  "He
looks like the drummer from Ben Folds Five," she said.  Well, naturally that
piqued my interest, and I really wanted to see this guy!  I've never seen a
darren lookalike before, amazingly enough.  so as we were leaving i was trying
to find them, but they left.  oh well.  :)  

- - Um, I was trying to think of some new exciting info, review, or question I
could put right here to make this post seem, i don't know, validated....but i
can't.  so if you don't like these rambling kind of posts, i'm sorry!

Lauren

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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 10:14:15 -0500
From: finejade@juno.com (Fine Jade) 
Subject: winamp skins

i was just wondering...has anyone made bff skins for winamp?
if so, where may i be able to find them?

come near me and i'll bite u
gekleng

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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:21:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Fermit <mr.teeny@rocketmail.com>
Subject: Australian Discography,Web site input of concert pics,oz BOWCCL single.

Hi all.

Firstly for an assignment I am doing for my univiersity (college for
all you Americans!) course I am required to do a web page. So being a
BFF page what else could be better to do then sit and do hours and
hours of work on a BFF one??? Well anyway for the page I would like to
acquire some pics from concerts of the guys in action. eg Ben slaming
the piano, Robert getting into some bass, and Darren hitting the
drums. I want this  to show what it's like at their fabulous concerts.
I would really like them to be from Aussie concerts as I am intending
the page to be made of Australian BFF content. But any good pics of
the guys getting into it would be great!
 SO if you have any pics of this sort could you please email me at
this address. Of course the usual thanks and copyright will be put on
my page  and of course a link to your page if you have one.

Secondly I am after a complete Australian discography. As my site will
be Australian orientated I wish to compile a discography of Australian
bff releases. Excluding those imported by some stores. So please could
you email me or direct me to a site where I could find up to date and
accurate info on this.

Which brings me to my third subject. Was BOWCCL released as a single
in Australia??? If it has I haven't seen it anywhere in Brisbane!! hmm
Are us "banana benders" (sorry about the Aussie expression there)
behind or something?!?!? So the usual... if any knows where you can
get it in Brissy (assuming it's available) I want to know!!!!!! And if
I find it somewhere I'll post it up where I found it  to all you poor
Brisbanites
like me out there!!!

oh and while I'm on the subject of singles in brisbane. I have seen
OAD at HMV at garden city so if you're after a new copy... 

Well that's all for now. Hope someone will help me out with some cool
pics for my assignment (which if it turns out well I will post to the
web using my ISP) for all to see.

cheers!

        Paul.

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