THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #124 - August 1, 1996
THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR, Issue #124
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Topics for Today:
BF5 "Where's Summer B." single
Re: Ben Folds Five-New Listener
The Scene, Lyrics, and other stuff
Underage fans
Are BF5 playing consistently with Neil Young
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 02:39:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Andrea Merrifield <hapfield@mix-net.net>
Subject: BF5 "Where's Summer B." single
i was reasently in england and i picked up the "where's summer b." CD
single , aside from the obvious track it has to live trax: Tom & Mary and
Emaline. was this single released in the US????
spot
[No, just the UK. -fjm]
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 08:44:40 +0000
From: "Pam Stong, Eric Stong, and Collin Stong" <"pss41 "@frontiernet.net>
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five-New Listener
Wuz up?
I just started to be addicted to the BFF. My favorite radio station
plays the song, Uncle Walter, quite frequently! I love it. But one of
the DJ's decided he liked the part of the song when they talk about
Uncle Walter being President. He decided to start a campaign (fake) to
get Uncle Walter into the White house. All you had to do was make
banners for your car or yard, and if you sent him proof, he would send
you a WBER bumper sticker. After a while a real campaigning dude
(I can't think of the right word...) called up and told the radio
station he wanted equal airtime as Uncle Walter...Cool, huh?
Eric Stong
Rochester, NY
Amateur music lover
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 08:37:32 -0700
From: Rhonda L Smart <adnohr@cris.com>
Subject: The Scene, Lyrics, and other stuff
Regarding 'the scene' around Chapel Hill....
I work for a software company in San Diego, CA, and a woman called to order
the software. I took down her address, which was in Chapel Hill, and since
she sounded so friendly, I said, 'Ah! Ben Folds Five!'
She said she loves them, and hasn't seen them around lately, and we chatted
a bit about shows and things, and that she is glad they made it out of
Chapel Hill, etc.
Anyway, I guess that had no point but to say they do have fans back home who
are wondering where they are.. :)
Also, after sending in that postcard thingy back in January... I finally got
my 'lyrics and stuff' from the band... Well, lyrics anyway.. no stuff
actually... But the mysteries that hadn't been solved by Franks sig are now
cleared up...
I guess they are back home, eh?
---
rls,
naked in san diego
www.concentric.net/~adnohr
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 01:27:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: David James Burgbacher <db5a+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Underage fans
Excerpts from mail: 30-Jul-96 New Listener by Scott Simons
<scottwvu@iolinc.net>
> here's my quick BFF story: The band was playing in Pittsburgh at a bar
> called Grafitti's... I drove 2 hrs to see them and guess what... couldn't
> get in... Im under 21... 19 to be exact. Boy was I pissed... So Ill just
>
I was at this show, standing right up front & having a blast. During a
break to fix the equipment I began chatting with some folks around me.
Turns out they too were underage and had driven hours for the show.
Initally they were turned away at the door; however, while lurking
around outside they ran into Ben himself! He snuck them in a back door.
I guess the moral of this story is there's always a way into any bar--
you just have to be patient and creative.
Better luck next time,
Dave
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 15:46:37 -0700
From: Marquis <bmarquis@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Are BF5 playing consistently with Neil Young
Neil Young is doing a lot of shows around NY/NJ in the next month, and I
was wondering iof BF5 is going to be playing at all of them. I called
ticketmaster today and the lady told me that the opening band for Neil Young
was Crazy Horse. (I didn't waste time saying anything rude or explanatory
to this woman who was obviously not in her job due to her abundance of
musical knowledge.) Anyway, aside from his own band, is Neil Young going to
brig ben and the boys around with him?
peace. -marquis.
[dUUh! BFF are opening at six of them, and the closest to NYC is in
Philadelphia. The complete list is on the web page under Tour Dates.
-fjm]
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[Watching The Real World 5 on MTV tonight, I had the thought that they
will probably use a Ben Folds Five song somewhere in the series. It would
have been perfect to use a bit of "Retarded" when Flora was arguing with
her two boyfriends, for instance. How about a contest! I've got some stuff
left over from the list name voting, so starting today, the first person
who identifies a BFF track used in a MTV show will win something groovy.
No fair if you work for MTV. And if you do work for MTV, hey, how come
you're not playing Uncle Walter in the buzz bin? -fjm]
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