Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #18 - January 17, 1996
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 08:37:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Marc Nathan
Subject: Brownies anyone?
I'll be there...with my Barenaked apparel on. Flattop, bearded, black
leather jacket, perpetual smile, and singing along :)
P.S. Didja know that the cassette version of the BFF album has a slight
difference from the CD version? ;)
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 15:45:10 -0500 (EST)
From: matthew larkin mondlock
Subject: bff live
For the man that said:
"I'm curious where they got it from since
there was no audience noise...possibly the appearance on Letterman (or was
it the other guy?)"
It's possible that it was from the appearance on Conan O'Brien. They
played it to a T. I've got that appearance on tape at home, but home is
4 hours away and I'm not going there till their show in Chicago on the
27th. (if anyone's interested in acquiring it).
Matt Mondlock mmondloc@indiana.edu
"You take any dumb rock band and start playing their songs on piano and
watch their eyes light up."
-Ben Folds
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 20:18:43 PST
From: Chris A Ruffner
Subject: BFF in Detroit
Greeting fellow BFF fans,
As we all know due BFF is scheduled to play in Detroit/Pontiac on Jan 26. I
found out today on the promoters homepage today that a band called Three
Pound Thrill is scheduled to warm up.
I seem to recall the name of this band, but don't know if they are local or
not. Anyone know anything about this band? Just wondering.
For those interested the URL for Clutch Cargos in Detroit is
www.rust.net/r-net/961MELT
Over and Out
Chris
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 20:59:20 -0500
From: Opus
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #17
> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 01:02:21 -0500 (EST)
> From: matthew larkin mondlock
>BTW: Who else has heard Barry Black's album? I bought it when I noticed
>Ben was on so many tracks because I figured it had to be similar. No
>disrespect to Ben but I think he should cut musical ties off with Eric
>Whatshisname. It's one of the strangest (not in a good way) album's I've
>ever heard.
Whoa! Now, I let whoever made the nasty remarks about the Barenaked Ladies
slide becuase I knew my compadres would rush to my side, but I have a
feeling I'm alone in defending this one. Certainly, I'd agree that Barry
Black is one of the strangest albums I've ever heard, too, but I in no way
see that as bad.
Sure, I expected something like Eric Bachman's Archers of Loaf when I got
it, or perhaps shades of Ben Folds Five. And, sure, it's nothing like
either of those things. Heck, it hardly ever treads on the ground of pop
music. But I think it's a great album anyways. Where else could you find
something flipping from a pseudo-polka to a classical quartet? And every
composition has a bizzare, twisted air to it that brings a special air to
whatever genre he chooses to use. Anyone who doesn't really like this most
likely expected to stay in the realm of normal pop music, but for those of
us who appreciate bizzareness and inventivness in whatever form it takes,
it's a treat.
In other sorta-bf5 news, I actually managed to pick up (on somebody here's
suggestions) two Bus Stop albums (featuring brother of ben Chuck Folds on
bass). For free, natch! They were promo albums that went to the T.V.
station of a guy I know. Whomever described them as "White Boy Funk" was
correct. I think I'd like them better if they took themselves less
seriously: stop trying to put out straight funk and get a little weird with
it. They don't seem to realize the stuff they do is semi-cheesy, and
perhaps if they did, they could have a bit more fun with it. That's my
mini-review, anyhow, but if anybody can pick it up for free, as I did, then
go for it.
That's all. Oh, yeah, I'm going to see The Ben Folds Five twice in the
coming two weeks, so you can all be jealous of me now.
-opus
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 15:30:10 -0800
From: Doug Swan
Subject: Concerts?
Being new to the line and lacking any intuitiveness whatsoever, I am not
sure I'm even sending this mail to the list. However, if I have, I am
curious as to whether Ben Folds Five have played Seattle? I read that they
will be playing in California during their current tour, but am not aware of
any further dates. Could anyone enlighten me? Thanks. dswan@path.org
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 22:57:43 -0600
From: jen sansbury
Subject: Re: ben folds five
frank - i wrote this a week or two ago and just realized it never got sent.
whoops. :)
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i thought it might be fun to post this. just this week i recommended ben
folds five to an e-buddy of mine. this was the message that awaited me
today:
>i kept my word. i bought ben folds five at best buy. :)
>
>i'm making a tape right now of the entire CD, i *need* this
>in my car.
>
>let's see.. who do they remind me of... at times, one (or
>more) of the following: green day, joe jackson, crowded house,
>jellyfish, randy newman, to name a few. they had it at the
>listening station at best buy. one click, and i'm hooked!
>
>Thank you thank you thank you. you never steer me wrong. :)
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