Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #62 - April 3, 1996
Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #62
Topics for Today:
wierd thing...
erica67@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu
cats and dogs and ben and maude
Mailing list
In response to the Customers Comments by Erica
BF5 Sheet Music
The Truth about The Truth About Cats & Dogs
Re: BF5 On the Folder
BF5 Poll
Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #60
BFF: To my dear erica (the Customers' fan)
Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #60
BF5 Tapes? answer
vote uncle walter
Commenting from file
Re: mailing list
Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #61
BFF in Atlanta, 4/21
The truth about Mr. Wrong
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 17:20:59 -0500 (EST)
From: allison <allison@servtech.com>
Subject: wierd thing...
weird thing happened to me today... went into the local sam goody, and was
looking around for a few things. thought i'd check out if they still had
any BF5. (it's where i got it originally, but hadn't seen it there
since)... so there i am in the B's... they had big slips up for sales on
the popular cd's - beatles... bush... BEN FOLDS FIVE?!?!? it was on sale
right next to the beatles with a big sign and everything! i don't know if
that's good or bad - last time i saw a band on sale like that that i hadn't
heard of, it was the presidents, and within a week, they were HUGE! it
would be great if they got all the fame they deserve, but i hate for people
to not like them cuz they "sold out" or are overplayed or something... have
you guys noticed that they seem to be a real critic's favorite? the public
hasn't caught on to them as much as the critics have. but they are
wonderful, and will get all the glory that they deserve. and keep coming
out with more great music, hopefully!
:)
al
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 19:51:48 -0500
From: KhobKhun@aol.com
Subject: erica67@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu
In a message dated 96-04-01 17:44:34 EST, you write:
> something on the lines of me thanking dave
Don't worry, I did. How ungrateful do you think I am. Geeze.
-mark
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Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 19:58:05 -0600
From: Geoffrey McNulty <gmcnulty@students.wisc.edu>
Subject: cats and dogs and ben and maude
Yes, "cats & Dogs comes out on Apr. 2.
geoff
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Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 21:10:02 -0500
From: Todd Smith <tmsmith2@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Mailing list
Hey guys,
My girlfriend and I caught you at the Avalon in Boston for the WBCN Xmas Rave
. Well, you impressed the hell out of us. After hearing you on Modern Rock
Live I was intrigued, but seeing you live was amazing. We'd like to get on
your mailing list.
Thanks and keep up the good work!
Todd Smith
tmsmith2@ix.netcom.com
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 21:40:27 -0500 (EST)
From: Somebody to Love <erica67@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Subject: In response to the Customers Comments by Erica
(I am writing this to the list and to David Burgbacher)
What I was trying to get across is that almost every band has roots in
another band. When I listen to Dave Matthews, Phish, and Rusted Root, I
see some of the Grateful Dead. Maybe not a LOT of influence, but
influence none the less... Ok. now thinking back on it, Rusted Root
doesn't really sound like another band, but still those other bands that
I mentioned (including stuff like Bush, Silverchair, etc) have their
roots and sound from other bands, but still attract tons of fans and
admirers. I thought the Customers were OK. The major problem with the
choice of the Customers as an opening act is: (This is a major revelation)
THE CUSTOMERS ARE A HARD ROCK BAND. BEN FOLDS FIVE IS NOT.
IE: THE CUSTOMERS WILL ATTRACT A DIFFERENT CROWD THAN BEN FOLDS FIVE.
IE: MOST BFF LISTENERS WILL NOT LIKE THE CUSTOMERS BECAUSE OF THIS
DIFFERENCE.
Thank you and goodnight!
Respectfully Submitted for your viewing pleasure,
Erica
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"Some summers in the evening after six or so, I walk on down the hill,
Maybe buy me a beer. I think about my friends, you know sometimes I wish
they lived out here, but they wouldn't dig this town."
-Ben Folds Five (Alice Childress)
******************I do the best imitation of myself.....*******************
contact http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~erica67
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 23:12:36 -0500
From: PowerVegan@aol.com
Subject: BF5 Sheet Music
>> There is currently not a Ben Folds Five piano music book, or published
sheet
music that I know about. If you want you can write to the band's producers
and ask(DEMAND) that they make a BFF songbook.
Man, if everybody keeps demanding sheet music, I may just put something
together myself. Maybe just the chords and melody line, and I wouldn't have
time to do that until much later this year. You know, Ben's playing style
doesn't really lend itself to being transcribed -- what *I'D* like to see is
an instructional video. Heck, if someone could make a concert video from a
good vantage point (like several feet above Ben but with a closeup of the
keys), that would be ideal for learning! That's my dream...
Speaking of instructional videos, on a lark I recently bought a mail-order
video called "How to Play Keyboards in a Rock & Roll Band, with David Bryan".
After I got it I found out that David Bryan is from Bon Jovi :-(... Anyway,
the tape's not really very good, but I don't need it any more and I can't
return it, so if any of you aspiring keyboard players want it, I'll send it
to you for the cost of shipping alone.
I played BF5 on the Yamaha grand in the student union again today. It's
gonna be a damn good feeling when somebody there finally recognizes this
music because they've heard of BF5!
Oh, and to AZUSA MOTOHASHI:
"mailing list" ni irrasshaimase! watakushi wa kyonen no natsu kara BF5 no
fan desu. kyoo daigaku no "student union" de piano o ensoo shita toki,
nihonjin no gakusei to aimashita demo, karera wa BF5 o kiita koto ga
arimasen. :-(
-- Michael Bluejay, Austin, TX
[Michael, watch your language. There are minors on the list. -fjm]
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 00:33:59 -0500
From: Opus <opusmo@tiac.net>
Subject: The Truth about The Truth About Cats & Dogs
>
> if you're talking about "The Truth About Cats and Dogs", that soundtrack
> comes out Apr 9, last I heard :)
> shanna
I doubt that very much, i'm listening to it right now. The song's
title is "Bad Idea" (but some might know it as "Retarded") and it's pretty
good; a lot harder rockin' than the other stuff. The piano is downplayed
and the bass is pretty loud. Of course, I've listened to it a total of one
time (I just got it today) so I can't give an accurate review. The bad news
is it's only one minute, 55 seconds long.
In other news, while I was buying the soundtrack at the store I
work at, I started poking through the free posters bin, and asked my friend
who works there if he had seen anything good. He was just saying "no" when
I pulled a Ben Folds Five poster out of the bunch. He lied, I guess.
love and midgets,
opus
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 01:14:30 -0500
From: MARK400@aol.com
Subject: Re: BF5 On the Folder
I wasn't really too serious about Ben, Darren, or Robert leaving a
message in the folder. I was just being optimistic. I told Ben about the
folder in February in New Orleans. He had mentioned hearing about it. I am
a huge fan of the band. I flew to New Orleans just to see them. I also saw
them in Houston the next night. I brought about 10 friends with me. I met
Ben in October here in Houston when they were touring with Heather Nova. I
have heard he has shown curiosity at who MARK400 is. If you can tell him it
is just Nikki's friend from Houston who he talked with before the New Orleans
show. I am pretty sure he will remember because he asked my friend Nikki
about me in Austin.
You can reach the mailing list at: maynard@oeonline.com
I look forward to hearing from you and if you want to save time you can send
information to the MMC board by emailing it to me. I will personally
guarantee it will get there. ie. tourdates, release info, video info. I
also hope to see BF5 in my vicinity this summer.
Thanx
Mark Rendon.
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 02:22:11 -0500 (EST)
From: David Aron Reaboi <dreaboi@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Subject: BF5 Poll
* in reading this wonderful journal that i get every day, i often think
of who exactly ben folds five fans are. the varying views on a number of
issues of debate lead me to believe that bf5 fans are somewhere between
lite fm radio and the alternative scene. (no metal-heads, i'm pretty sure.)
* i think it would be a good idea if we found out exactly who we are as
part of the world of ben folds fivedom. i'll be working on a questionaire
that all our members could fill out; its results should be intersting.
* [PS: another discovery! listen to Oasis' "she's electric." then listen to
"while my guitar gently weeps." the chorus has been stolen yet again!]
Dave Reaboi
George Washington University
[Dave: To ease the administrative burden on the listmanager (me!),
please have people e-mail the questionnaire back to you, and not to the
list, or set it up as a form on a web page. If you do the latter, let me
know the URL and I'll put it on the BFF pages. -fjm]
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 09:16:41 -0500 (EST)
From: Chuck Folds
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #60
I'm not sure if its a good or bad omen that someone named ZDarrah 106
saw me & Ben
in a dream playing in a Macy's window, I hope its good!
What I look like is Ben's brother wearing glasses, a beard and a couple
years younger.
see ya
Chuck
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 09:57:44 -0500 (EST)
From: intcsb02@midget.towson.edu
Subject: BFF: To my dear erica (the Customers' fan)
erica
struck a nerve have i? let me begin by saying that the thing about the
roadies was purely for humor, but since you're covering their ass explain
the photographer and camera man taping them. I'm sure that was really
necessary. opening bands are not always chosen by the headliners
either. (you're vast music critic knowledge should at least know that)
you were right about one thing, there are a lot of crappy bands out there
and coming from D.C. I'm sure you're aware of quite a few. But being
from D.C. you should also know there are a hundred bands better than that
old-washed-up-wanna-be-punk-but-can't-find-the-youthfulness-to-play-it
band. When you started mentioning bands like Toadies, Bush, Silverchair
and the rest I knew that you might like the customers. I'm right outside
of Baltimore, and I appreciate the full potential of what's going on
around your town and my town, I can't believe you'd waste your time with
commercial bull****. I think most of the true BFF fans on this list
would understand what I mean when I say the Customers music is not
innovative, meaningful or interesting. If for some ungodly reason Ben
did choose the Customers of all people to open I'll forgive him this time
but hopefully he'll choose someone better next time (that won't be too
hard since that means anyone else).
By the way, I'm glad you got to know the singer on a first name basis,
you probably got to interview him like the real rock star he is. I'm
sure your getting to know him had nothing to do with your opinion of
them. (yeah right). Ryan's on his way to stardom all he has to do is kiss
999,999 more asses to go platinum. It worked once, right erica?
love
J.C.
yes erica "I've got my philosophy"
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 11:59:18 -0500 (EST)
From: Jenn Halter <jlh4935@email.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #60
to Zach:
i don't agree with your complaint about BF5 getting big. There is
nothing wrong with that- anyway, they aren't really as popular as they
COULD be
yet. just wait...but i know how you feel- my favorite band went from
playing to around less than 300 people to over 20,000 in one year! It was
weird with all the teeny boppers and people who only knew 2 or 3 of the
songs! I wonder if BF will ever go that far? :)
jenn
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 12:06:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim's Wicked Mail <jlane@UDel.Edu>
Subject: BF5 Tapes? answer
> From: Hooley21@aol.com
> I was wondering if the band allows live taping(much the same as Phish or
> DMB). I'm really into the tape trading thing and am very interested in
> getting some BF5.
*Well, if you try it in Philadelphia, they'll grab your recorder and
throw you out of the theater violently, and then you'll have to
smooth-talk your way back in. Unless of course, your name is Ned, who
must be cooler (or at least more discreet) than myself.
\|/ ____ \|/ With love from James
@~/ ,. \~@ ******************
/_( \__/ )_\ Wiseass at large
\__U_/ jlane@udel.edu
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 13:21:51 -0500
From: TRMull@aol.com
Subject: vote uncle walter
i work in a record store and have received word that the uncle walter "EP" is
coming on april 9th. i don't know whats on it, i know it's coming on the 9th.
look for it.
lookingforward
trmull
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Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 13:37:05 -0500 (EST)
From: AGNEND86@SNYBUFAA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU
Subject: Commenting from file
I've checked out your BF5 page a few times, and I'm pretty impressed.
Their album is great. I can't get enough of these guys. Anyways, I work
at my s schools radio ststion up here in Buffalo, and today we got in a
soundtrack for a film called THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS, and it looks
like there's a new BF5 song on it called "Bad Idea". I haven't even
gotten a chance to listen to it yet, but I will when I get home. It's on
A&M. The rest of the soundtrack doesn't look too good. I just sent away
for the D-Tox 7". I hope they still have some left. Please put me on
your mailing list if you could. Thanks!
-Neal
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 14:01:27 -500
From: TMARSHAL@Calumet.Yorku.Ca
Subject: Re: mailing list
i was writing because i wanted to be on the Bensfolds Five mailing list. i
saw them in concert in january. they played with Sheryl Pope in Toronto.
my friends and i were singing along with the songs. we had people come up
to us and ask us how we new there songs.
we ended up talking to the band for a few minutes. they are a cool bunch of
guys :)
Tonia
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 18:30:07 -0500
From: Dunehop@aol.com
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #61
does anyone know how to get the piano, to the bff songs........is there a
book you can buy with the songs in it........................zz
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 20:18:27 -0800
From: Reid Davis <reid2@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: BFF in Atlanta, 4/21
WORD TO THE WISE for those anywhere in the Atlanta vicinity... BFF are
coming to the Roxy theatre (a fairly imtimate 1000seat-ish venue) in
Atlanta on April 21st (mark yer calendars) to do a special
"freeloaders" show for radio station WNNX ("99x")- A station which,
BTW, just recently demonstrated its cluelessness by picking up
"Underground" 6 months after 100 radio stations were already playing
it, then adding insult to injury by calling it a "breakthrough" track.
Sheesh. But I digress. The show is free to those with a "99X card"
and five smackers for everyone else. Local band Memory Dean is opening
the show. (Frat-rock acoustic, BTW. Hootie wannabees. Ugh.)
And for those late-night netizens, it's still not too late to set yer
VCRs to catch Fleming and John on Conan... 12:35 EST!
Cheers.
Reid
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Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 00:39:00 -0600
From: Geoffrey McNulty <gmcnulty@students.wisc.edu>
Subject: The truth about Mr. Wrong
The soundtrack fot "...cats and dogs" did come out today. unfortunately i
have no money for anything until my friend at home sends me her money for
the tori amos ticket that i got for her. by the way, if anyone hasn't heard
the "Mr. Wrong" version of "song for the dumped" and has enough memory, let
me know and i'll send it to you as an email attachment. It turned out much
better than I thought it wold, transfering it onto my harddrive and all).
geoff
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Asst. Promotions Director |
| "...what's the use in being young
UW Madison Student Radio | if u ain't gonna get old..."
gmcnulty@students.wisc.edu |
| --O{+>
(608) 264-2261 |
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