THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #1524 - May 12, 1999
Magical Armchair Digest Wednesday, May 12 1999 Volume 01 : Number 1524
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
thoughts and experiences
FAV TUBORM SONG
TRL
bff ON nickelodeon, haha
Atlanta confusion
120 Minutes
120 Minutes
Fleming and John mp3's
self pity
Tour Dates
One line posts always make people happy.
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1523
Random notes and yammerings
Matt's mishap
120 minutes
Re: Letterman
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 20:14:25 -0400
From: Ben Bradshaw <benshaw@mindspring.com>
Subject: thoughts and experiences
Today I went to my local independent record store to buy an album by a band
called the Hogwaller Ramblers, out of Charlottesville, Va. They're a real
great folky-rock band, you should check them out. Anyway, I checked the
BFF area as usual to see if anything new and unusual was going on
underneath their sign. They had Army singles. Pt. 1 and 2. Pt. 1 has
Army, birds, leather jacket, and air. pt. 2 has army(clean version),
birds, and leather jacket I believe, and has a "made in England" sticker on
it. I'm bad at making decisions so I bought the original impetus for the
trip along with pt. 1. Now I will have no food for the rest of the week.
I have theories about this pt. 1 and 2, but with AP exams in a few days, I
can't bother with thinking. Can someone just explain it to me?
Also, I wanted to say that Lullabye is about the greatest song ever. There
are certain songs that make me want to cry every single time I hear them.
At the top of this list is Evaporated, End of the Tour by TMBG (I just
can't get the car crash scenario out of my head) and Devil's Haircut. The
last one is pretty strange, but when my cat got hit by a car, that's the
first thing I saw on MTV late in the night with my mind reeling. Anyway,
Lullabye is now number one. It's such a fantastically touching song.
Ben
"A little hair makes a lot of difference"-Mr. T Experience
Take A Gander, part 2 http://www.geocities.com/southbeach/lights/5364
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 19:27:19 -0500
From: "Matty Jacobs" <mbjacobs@students.wisc.edu>
Subject: FAV TUBORM SONG
Here are the current standings at http://www.freevote.com/booth/tuborm
1. Mess 27 22.8%
2. Magic 26 22%
3. Don't Change Your Plans 20 16.9%
4. Narcolepsy 11 9.3%
4. Lullabye 11 9.3%
6. Your Redneck Past 7 5.9%
7. Regrets 6 5%
8. Army 5 4.2%
9.Jane 3 2.5%
10. Hospital Song 1 0.8%
10. Your Most Valuable Possession 1 0.8%
I'm surprised to see Regrets so high and Army so low, but Mess and Magic and
DCYP looks right. Vote away!
Matty J
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
matty j.
mbjacobs@students.wisc.edu
AIM- Lifeisski
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If you want to be happy, be.
Leo Tolstoy
It's your life and you can decorate it as you like.
Ben Folds (Five)
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 20:13:25 -0500 (CDT)
From: Meredith <santarel@students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: TRL
Hey kids! BFF is on the list of frequently requested songs on the total
request live website, but I didn't see "Army" on the show today. Please
vote so we can get the boys on! Go to
www.mtv.com/mtv/tubescan/totalrequest2/ or go to www.BenFoldsFive.com and
there's a link. It would be really cool if they were on TRL, because
there's not much quality music on there (in my opinion anyhow).
Mer
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 21:35:42 EDT
From: SHAP99@aol.com
Subject: bff ON nickelodeon, haha
My friend (believe it or not hes actually older than 7...) was watching the
show "All That" on Nickelodeon and he said he saw the Ben Folds Five poster
with Ben on top of the piano on the wall of the set under an Offspring poster.
just thought SOMEONE might find that as.. uh... interesting as i did, hehe
lov ya!
- --->jez
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 21:41:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Robert Stevie Berryman Jr." <gt5537b@prism.gatech.edu>
Subject: Atlanta confusion
the BF5 page says the show is 5/29. my ticket says 5/29. but the local
papers and venue, The Tabernacle, says 5/30. does anyone know what's up
with this?
also, i have heard Jude will be opening, and just now i read that Soul
Coughing will be opening. what's the deal?
- --
R. Stevie Berryman, Jr.
gt5537b@prism.gatech.edu
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 22:18:11 EDT
From: Eze114@aol.com
Subject: 120 Minutes
HAHA---I was cracking up during 120 minutes. I love how the guys bullshit and
Matt Pinfield is an idiot when it comes to BFF. Well I was just excited that
they talked for so long and that they showed Army which I hadn't seen and
then the clips of the other videos. -Erin
Remember to vote for Army on Total Request Live!!!
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 22:45:23 EDT
From: SarahMBK1@aol.com
Subject: 120 Minutes
I saw a bit of 120 Minutes Sunday Night and I was wondering who Army is
written about.... I remember hearing Ben talk about his dad saying the exact
quote to him, Son, you're fucking high, when he mentioned joining the army,
but on 120 Minutes, when Matt asked them, Ben said he wrote it about Darren.
Then Darren started talking about "his" story.. Maybe it was there witty
humor, but that late at nite, I was a bit confused... And I really liked how
Matt tried, REALLY hard to pronounce Caleb's name.. It is hard, isn't it?? I
didn't watch much of it.. Just the first little 'interview' with them... Oh
well, sleep is fun!!
Sarah
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Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 20:07:59 -0700
From: Kim Litzius <kglitzius@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: Fleming and John mp3's
Hey!
This is kinda related to BFF....I was wondering if anyone knows of any
Fleming and John mp3's? Just e-mail me privately; thanks!!!
Kim
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 22:11:07 -0500
From: "jeff" <jellobrain@hotmail.com>
Subject: self pity
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well, everyone else is whining for a show, i might as well too. (i =
suppose i am a follower, not the point). i live in hickville, iowa, and =
around here we dont get too many big name bands. unless you consider =
worthless bands like 98 degrees and such, big name. i dont consider it. =
being that i am only in high school, it would be quite a chore to drive =
down to kc or st. louis. a closer location would be much appreciated. =
but back to reality, it aint gonna happen, i am just dreaming. so how =
bout it ?? a concert in sioux falls, sd or anywhere in iowa ??
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 20:15:26 -0700
From: "Paul A. Carlson" <PaulCarlson@audiophile.com>
Subject: Tour Dates
Since everyone else is complaining about tour dates I figured I would
too. We need a tour date in Reno, NV or somewhere close to it. The
closest BFF is coming is Las Vegas and Seattle. Come to Reno, please.
- --
"Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs.
Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others."
-John F. Kennedy
Paul Carlson
<pcarlson@scs.unr.edu>
<paul@carlson.reno.nv.us>
<PaulCarlson@audiophile.com>
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 23:31:43 EDT
From: Pianogtar@aol.com
Subject: One line posts always make people happy.
<< 'nuff said >>
Umm not just yet.
<<hiiiiiii:)
oo i'm in a happy mood, bff in sheffield last night.
man they rocked :) not that that should be a aurprise to you lot :)>>
No, I actually thought that you broke into a medical supply office and took a
lot of prozac myself.
<<Well anyway-I was in the Gallery
East Mall in Center City Philly today scrambling to find some contact paper
for my final project and what do I see before me in the food court but a
Chic-Fil-A! I've never seen one there before even though I've gone to that
mall at least 20 times in all of my college boredom. I tell you,it was like a
choir of angels had clung to the fake marbled walls that day and a light did
shine upon the beauty that is Chic-Fil-A. >>
Starving Kids in Ethiopia also look at Mcdonald's the same way, I hear in
India Ronald Mcdonald is a Shrine.
<<One of my friends threw a Son Ho record on stage at a BFF show last year.
:o)>>
I heard a pimp tried to sell Ben some Ho's backstage.
<<Some one posted about wondering what happened to the Ben and Glen
Phillips colaboration, I had never heard anything about this and I was
wondering if any one knows anything about it to post about it. I think
they would be amazing together and their style of songwriting is kind of
the same. Behind Ben I think Glen is my favorite song writer.>>
Yeah I heard that the Semantics were going to reunite too, damn, well I guess
not.
Well I am pooped,
Goodnight
George.
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 23:38:04 EDT
From: Slk24kgj@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1523
Re:
<<Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 11:51:20 -0500 (CDT)
From: Joe Kreidel <z_kreidelrj@TITAN.SFASU.EDU>
Subject: bringin em back to Texas
As long as they are still adding dates...C'mon Texas, Seattle whined for
a tour date and they got one, now it's time to standup and get ourselves a
show! So lets start hootin an a hollerin, and bring the band to some good
ol Texas honkytonk, maybe Floore's in Helotes or Cabaret in Bandera!
Yeee-ha! Ok, so anywhere in Texas would be great, Austin, San Antone,
Dallas, Houston...maybe sometime before next fall. We're bigger and
better than the crappy midwest and deserve some rock and roll.
JoeK>>
serious question, was it really the wining of the armchair people that got
the boys to Seattle or maybe its something called planning a tour where you
go all around the country
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 23:57:02 -0400
From: Dan Cohen <wizard@twcny.rr.com>
Subject: Random notes and yammerings
> ------------------------------
> From: MongolFunk@aol.com
> Subject: Roberts "gf", Bess from Mizzou, and more.
>
>
> because I'm afraid of missouri's e-mail addresses, they're like:
> c02392049012490149019@showme.missouri.edu or something scary like that. what
> the heck does the c stand for?
>
>
> - - Katie, the american guillaume fan ;P (yeah, I'm a dork. shoot me.)
>
Better yet, what's with the "showme"? I know, state motto and all, but
still a mite suggestive for the email addresses of a STATE school. I
figured, what with the funding and all, they'd be as morally upright as
possible. And I just know Missouri's founders were sloggin' down the ol'
dandelion wine and saying, "See, they'll think this means something
really inspirational and deep, but we just wanna see us some WIMMEN!"
Nice to see you back, Katie. :)
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> From: Slk24kgj@aol.com
> Subject: Letterman
>
> Is anyone gonna make an MP3 of Army from David Letterman?
>
There is one available; now's the time for Kyle to step in and tell you
how to get to his FTP site. Hop to it, Kyle.
>
> ------------------------------
> From: Pianogtar@aol.com
> Subject: Yes it is just a bowl full of fun!
>
>
> Yeah where are the New Radicals, Wasn't the lead singer in that band Black? I
> think they may have already broken up or something.
>
One can only dream.
>
> What about Simon and Garfunkel are dead? i heard that they were, Are they not?
>
Nope. Garfunkel is doing really weird things like writing children's
albums and walking across Europe (no lie) and Simon is writing failed
Broadway musicals. And when I say failed, I mean that in the nicest
sense, because "Capeman" didn't deserve to be anywhere near a stage in
the first place. Good lawd that was a bad play.
> ------------------------------
> From: Judi Smith <jsmith@bc.seflin.org>
> Subject: happy mother's day to me
>
> i scored a promo copy of the new fountains of wayne cd for $7.98 and a
> big TUBORM/bff-looking-at-fingernails poster (about 2 1/2 feet square)
> for free at my local indie record store today. yum :)
Hurray for Fountains of Wayne, one of the few bands that can write damn
good pop songs and still manage to keep their dignity. The "Denise"
video is a bit, well, dodgy, but the album is swell. Hey, and although
it's highly irrelevant, Judi, would you happen to be the same Judi Smith
whom Dave Barry is always trying to hook up with Adam Duritz in his
column? For if so, that would be really cool. And rock on, as it were.
And I, too, promise to be an active and resourceful MAer. It is my
solemn oath to you all.
~Dan Cohen, the American snow leopard fan :P (if you don't get it, don't
worry. it's probably best that way.)
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Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 00:01:45 EDT
From: "Missy Corrins" <missysue38@hotmail.com>
Subject: Matt's mishap
In response to Melissa who wrote about 120 min last night, all I have
to say is that real BFF fans must think alike. I noticed that Ben was a
little pissed too. He kept making little comments to Matt, like "are we
going to be in the NEXT video?" And Darren was just hillarious, although he
wasn't quite as quiet about his frustration with Matt. When Matt said to
check out former albums from BFF like "forever and ever amen" Darren Just
screamed "WE DON'T HAVE ANY ALBUMS NAMED THAT!!!! " very funny stuff, and I
agree that Rob was blasted. He kept making faces at the camera with an
almost evil look and folded his hands like he was an evil warlord or
something. Matt Pinfield needs to brush up on his BFF, they are definitely
one of the bands that should stick out in his music encyclopedia of a mind!
Missy
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Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 00:11:29 EDT
From: Swenev@aol.com
Subject: 120 minutes
I completely forgot about "Before they were Rock Stars", but I stumbled on to
120 minutes last night while channel surfing. I though it was hilarious.
Matt Pinfield kind of deserved the crap they gave him, he didn't know what
the hell he was talking about (i.e. "square reels, forever and ever amen...)
I'm still laughing.
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Date: 11 May 99 00:23:06 EDT
From: Rey Anthony <reyanthony@usa.net>
Subject: Re: Letterman
Slk24kgj@aol.com wrote:
>Is anyone gonna make an MP3 of Army from David Letterman?
I made one for y'all, you can find it here...
http://www.rey.anthony.net/Letterman-Army.mp3
Take care,
Rey
(New pics on my page soon, too)
http://www.rey.anthony.net
"Please cook my steak again,
Je suis American"
- - Ben Folds Five
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