Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #72 - April 22, 1996
Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #72
Topics for Today:
BF5 in "The Truth About Cats & Dogs"
BF5 REID IS GOD!
European tour
Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #71
intcsbo2@midget.towson.edu and BEN FOLDS FIVE
Re: moving?
BFF on modern rock live
triangle area
Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #62
Re: "Philosophy"
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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 12:43:40 -0700
From: nicole sandler <nicole@ksca.com>
Subject: BF5 in "The Truth About Cats & Dogs"
I just saw a screening of this film last night. Starring Janeane Garofolo
and Uma Thurman, it is a wonderful film.. funny & fun, and the soundtrack
is awesome. Not only is there a new Ben Folds Five song featured on the
disc, it is also featured prominently IN THE FILM ITSELF... great placement
in the story!
You should all check out the film (opens next Friday).. and the soundtrack,
which has great new songs from Suzanne Vega, Squeeze, Paul Weller, Cowboy
Junkies.... and of course Ben Folds Five...
Nicole
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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 18:56:07 -0400
From: Andrea Merrifield <hapfield@commdesign.com>
Subject: BF5 REID IS GOD!
i agree with everything Reid said in the last issue . REID YOU ROCK , you
are the spitting image of everything generation X should be (even if you're
not a member) . keep up the good work , and keep throwing in your 2 cents
in .... i'll be ALL ears.
P.S. who the hell cares weather Bf5 iz alternative or not?! , i think it
has just as much bearing (on their music) as their sexuality does!...that
iz all........bye
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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 12:32:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ed Zeitz <ez@en.com>
Subject: European tour
Just read in "Dancing About Architecture" at the Austin Chronicle Website
that the BFF European tour is a Caroline Records "showcase" and they will
be playing with, gulp, Sincola, that faux-angst, boring Austin band that
played before them at SXSW. What a horrible pairing. The third band on
the bill is Engine 88, of whom I have no knowledge.
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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 23:36:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: Greg Saunders <godboy@galaxy.galstar.com>
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #71
hey this is in response to the gentlemen who were arguing about whether
or not ben folds is indeed alternative and i would just like to say to
each of you: do you like ben folds five? cause if you do then who gives
a rats ass what kind of music they are? they could be the only alaskan
throat-singing outfit thats ever made it in the bigtime and if they
sounded like the ben folds five sound i bet youd still like them... i
realize that in this day and age it is nearly a sin to make a
pop-culture reference without a foundation and that many people feel the
need to 'site' examples but come on. are we really that bored or do we
actually just like to get into dumb arguments? if the answer is you just
like to argue then more power to you but if youre just bored i can suggest
other ways of channeling your free time. practice piano or hey--get on
#benfoldsfive or something hehehehe. also if any high ranking ben folds
five official happens to be reading this i would just like to take this
opportunity to beg you to send them to tulsa ok and/or santa fe this
summer. preferably tulsa because i sure would like to enjoy their live
show. thanks all!!!
-godboy
p.s. why does everyone hate uncle walter?? granted its not the best song
on the album and it may even be the worst but i just really dont mind it
and i would listen to it at any opportunity
oh well...
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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 11:20:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sellout Punk Rocker <erica67@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Subject: intcsbo2@midget.towson.edu and BEN FOLDS FIVE
I resent that comment on DC. Yes, its a sh*thole, but do we have to be
reminded of it? I'd rather see it as a large POTHOLE that the federal
government cant afford to fill. Ben FOlds Five would really improve the
morale in this city. But, hey, they can't be moving here on the basis
that I LIVE HERE and I WANT THEM HERE way too bad, and of course they
owuldn't be here for that reason alone. The mayor could rock out to them.
Smoke some crack or something.
Erica
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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 12:05:58 -0400
From: Kymberleyh@aol.com
Subject: Re: moving?
In a message dated 96-04-20 15:14:47 EDT, you write:
> Someone in the last digest mentioned Archers moving to D.C. It that true
> or was someone just saying that to try to be funny? Why would they move
> from NC to DC? That wouldn't make any sense DC's a s***hole, every time
> i go there i dread it.
you know, this was just not nice. so im an archers fan (been looking for
that barry black album for months and i cant find it) and im also a bf5 fan.
does that make me an a**hole, just because you had some bad experience?
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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 11:10:44 -0500
From: jen sansbury <sansbury@bluemarble.net>
Subject: BFF on modern rock live
> Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #69
> In late April or early May, Global Satellite Network and Sony Electronics
> are jointly releasing a CD featuringlivetracks exclusivelyrecorded for
> Global's syndicated concert series, "Modern Rock Live." The 2-CDset
> compiles 18 songs by 17 artists, including "Philosophy" by our beloved BF5.
> There is a hitch, unfortunately. In order to get the thing, you must
> purchase either a boombox or a Discman. Now there's a test of faithfor
> the completists among us!
i don't really see the point if the BFF song is all you're interested in. i
taped their entire modern rock live appearance last september. i wouldn't
mind making a few copies for people, but if i'm overwhelmed with requests,
i'll probably have to ask someone to tree it for me. (i'm not up for doing
that myself.) it includes the album version of 'underground' and they
played 'philosophy,' 'alice childress,' 'julianne' and 'song for the
dumped.' 'song for the dumped' was horribly censored in a really irritating
way. instead of just bleeping out words, they would cut in with 'you're
listening to modern rock live' (or something like that), which certainly
lasts longer than a bleep and therefore obliterated more of the song than
necessary.
anyway, write me if you're interested.
jen
sansbury@bluemarble.net
p.s. someone else mentioned being a fan of the housemartins. in case
anyone's interested, i run 'list for whoever,' the housemartins/beautiful
south internet mailing list. to join, send a message to
lfw-request@bluemarble.net with and empty subject line and simply the word
subscribe in the body of the message. it is NOT in digest form (alas) and
traffic is pretty low. (frank long ago beat me out on # of subscribers. :)
)
p.s. #2 - this just occurred to me. perhaps we could come up with a name
for this list other than 'ben folds five digest.' that is, if frank is
interested.
[I think it's about time for both a tape tree and a new name for the
digest. A couple months ago I put out a call for suggested names and got
quite a few from one or two people, but ideally it should be one or two
words related to the band. Some examples of other list names are
"Introspective" for the Pet Shop Boys; "Whale Mail" for the Rheostatics;
"Minarets", the now-defunct Dave Matthews Band list; and "Bedside Manor"
for Barenaked Ladies. Every time I think about it I come up with "Sports
& Wine" but I'm afraid the & character may mess up some people's mailers.
Maybe we could name it "Sports and Wine"... any other suggestions? -fjm]
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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 18:27:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jenn Halter <jlh4935@email.unc.edu>
Subject: triangle area
> I agree BF5 does not play the Triangle area enough. The whole
> scene is choking to death. Either bands are getting too big or they are
> calling it quits. The whole thing is thinning out. Hell, Archers of Loaf
> are moving to Washington, DC. The death-knoll? Maybe.
well, there is definitely still a scene--more bands than one can count.
More established ones like Superchunk, the Connells (yes they are still
around- they played the azaellea fest. last week), our well known friends,
BF5, and SNZ's, up and comers like JUNE!!!!, Clarissa, and Gravity's Pull,
and bands that play their butts off every week- Trout Band, Anna to the
Infinite Power (sorry i couldn't make it to the show Mitch- had a study
group!!!!! :(), Mike Garrigan, Joby's Opinion, Pipe, Spatula, etc
etc...EVERY place in town has music on any given night of the week- even
He's Not Here has bands now, and Cafe Online and Cafe Driade (saw Durham
Rangers there last night). It's crazy! sometimes it's even hard to
choose!
jenn
PS: Nikki rules!
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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 22:45:24 -0500
From: "J.J. Engel" <JJEngel@mail.utexas.edu>
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #62
>
> 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 love Marilyn Manson, Kyuss, Deftones, and many amny other things that it
would be totally pointless to list.. I think that BF5 fans are pretty
interesting and diverse... This is probably one the most eclectic mailing
lists around..
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 00:24:56 -0400
From: Rahoolio@aol.com
Subject: Re: "Philosophy"
Hello there!
I know it's been a while since it was last brought up--and I wanted to do a
little research myself before I said anything--but I've got this notion that
"Philosophy" is about something a little less prurient than the size of
"Little Ben." I've always thought it was a touching little number about how
the god Mercury (or Hermes) pushed relentlessly for the development of
civilization because he was scared to be "out in the woods alone." If anyone
out there is better versed in mythology than I am, I'd like to hear what they
think of that interpretation...
Best, Rahoolio
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