THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #153 - October 24, 1996
THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR, Issue #153
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Topics for Today:
guest appearences
Oohh, everything, really.....
into every Bedside Manor, there belongs
Bootleg tape
Re: THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR, Issue #152
Boxing
BF5 or BFF?
fleming & john
Austrailian Angst
BFF
Another BFF web site.
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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 96 22:02:29 EST
From: callantha <u2171867@keystone.arch.unsw.EDU.AU>
Subject: guest appearences
ATTENTION ALL AUSTRALIANS!!!!
Are you all jealous of the fact that all the Americans write to this here
mailing list and send nasty little rub ins like "hey we heard Ben Folds Five
on .... [insert any random music program or show that we dont get]"? Well no
more! We have our own little claim to fame right here in our pathetic little
country!
Last night on Witness (yes the Jana Wendt programme) they played 'Boxing'
(instrumental version) in the background to the segment on Leunig's play. So
there! Sucked in all you poor Americans for missing out.
yours
callantha
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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 13:45:00 +0100
From: Mark Piper <pipermf@phymat.bham.ac.uk>
Subject: Oohh, everything, really.....
Hi all,
More inane ramblings....
Nic wrote:
> Thanks, Magical Armchair, for reuniting me with my
> mom.
*sniff*. I love a happy ending!
Ruprecht wrote:
> Anyway, I am going to start a bootleg page. On this page I will list any
> and all holders of BF5 bootlegs who want to trade. I will list whether
> you want a trade, reimbursement or a tape and postage or whatever.
Just a quick note to say that anyone who is interested can find a bootleg
discography (if that is the right word..) on Looks, Brains and Everything,
at:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/5430/bff.html
I also tried the same sort of thing that Ruprecht suggests above, but it
didn't quite work out (Too many wanting, too few having....). Anyway, I
hope it works out this time. Bootlegs don't just appear. Make yourself
know, bootleg traders!
> Ruprecht
> http://www.inca.de/user/ruprecht
> Because the best things are derived from boredom
In that case, Physics lectures are a pure fountain of ideas...
Alex wrote:
>
> PLEASE TOUR HERE! FORGET EUROPE! WE ARE MUCH MORE INTERESTING...AND
> WE SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE!
>
Well, exCUUUSSE ME!. Since when have Europeans been nasty to you? Or maybe
you're excluding the UK from that.... In which case... FORGET EUROPE! PLAY
SOME MORE SHOWS HERE!
Mark
Because most of my posts are derived from boredom *8)
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| mfp540@bham.ac.uk | pipermf@phymat.bham.ac.uk |
| Looks, Brains and Everything, the unofficial UK Ben Folds Five site |
| http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/5430/bff.html |
| If you haven't found out already, it's gonna blow your minds! |
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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 10:18:58 -0400
From: Wallace John <jowallac@cmp.com>
Subject: into every Bedside Manor, there belongs
I'm just wondering how many of us hold dual memberships here and in
Bedside Manor (Barenaked Ladies mailing list). Seems like quite a few.
And, is it just a coincidence that Barenaked Ladies are neither
barenaked (at least not in public), nor are they ladies, while Ben Folds
Five has three members, not five?
And, Frank, the BFF's manager isn't the only one thankful for you doing
such a super job with this mailing list.
"Catwoman, you give me strange stirrings in my utility belt" - Batman
ttfn,
J.W.
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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 11:02:47 -0500
From: Jay Perry <stromja0@seraph1.sewanee.edu>
Subject: Bootleg tape
I have a BFF show at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ that I'd be willing to
give for a blank and postage if anyone wants it. Also if anyone would
like to trade that be cool. It's a great setlist.
Jay
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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 15:27:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: THE YANKEE <mcdonpj3@wfu.edu>
Subject: Re: THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR, Issue #152
> Tom and Mary, there are no background vocals. Is it common for BFF to
> forgoe Background vocals in concert? I hope not.
Fear not. BFF's backing vocals in concert are as airtight as the other
bands I've seen who do this great live. (i.e. Extreme, James Taylor's
vocal cadre, Huey Lewis + the News)
Patrick J. McDonough
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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 15:40:26 -0600 (CST)
From: relder@macalester.edu
Subject: Boxing
I was talking about boxing with this one guy I know, and he
seemed to think that this song was about boxing the holiday... for those
of you americans that don't know what it is, I think, (I'm not exactly
sure) it's just a day where everyone gives gifts to everyone else..
(someone who knows correct me if I'm wrong) anyways.. this song takes on
such a delightful new meaning when you interpret it this way. Ben seems
to be saying that he's gotten a lot of gifts, but he feels guilty because
he didn't get gifts for others... he also throws in some great puns
dealing with the sport.. all in all, if this is intended, it is PURE
GENIUS! just thought I would share this. Maybe I'm wrong, sure hope I'm
not though.
________________________
Ryan Elder
relder@macalester.edu
I want to raise my freak flag
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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 22:00:27 EDT
From: "Ike L. Ruprecht" <superuprecht@juno.com>
Subject: BF5 or BFF?
Well, now with the Official Website coming (www.bffweb.com) one
must wonder about certain things. One of these is BFF or BF5. Either
work and both express the same idea, but maybe we should stick to one?
Well, time to ignore this message ;)...
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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 10:27:56 -0700
From: gillet <gillet@pi.net>
Subject: fleming & john
ha,
i was just wondering....
in the credits of the album, ben folds five thanks fleming & john.are
these the fleming & john that had a single called lovesongs (or something
like that) earlier this year? and if so, what's the connection? thanks.
jg
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met vriendelijke groet listen every mondaynight 9-10 to
joris gillet SUBBACULCTHA my weekly 'alternative'
uitgeest, the netherlands radioshow on the local radiostation
gillet@pi.net here in uitgeest, the netherlands !!
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[Ben also plays drums on several tracks on the F&J album -fjm]
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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 07:34:49 -0500
From: Greg Monkey <pavement@idir.net>
Subject: Austrailian Angst
> yes i live in australia. yes we are deprived. yes we cant get anything
> except the album. yes you should feel sorry for us. yes someone should pity
> us and send us some copies of all the other stuff that bbf have done - that
> we havent heard an inkling of and which you cruelly keep dangling before us.
> because there is no other way any of us here will ever get to hear it -
> considering there is only one station that plays their music (and it only
> plays two songs off their album) and we live at the end of the earth so i
> doubt that they are ever going to come here.
Does that mean all you can listen to on the radio is Silverchair and
Midnight Oil (with an occasional set by Men At Work)? Oy...I hope not for
your sake.
If it makes you feel any better, I really enjoyed what I heard of the album
on the college rock station here, then the "modern rock" (somebody shoot the
person who created this term) station here started playing "Underground" out
the booty...and they probably played "Julianne" 3 times...since then, none
of the rest of the album has been played. I don't find any copies of the
import singles, either...but I did pick up some nifty Rocket From The Crypt
singles yesterday! I'll stop rambling.
Sincerely,
Greg
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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 11:50:22 -0500
From: Mike Piccuirro <mikeman@pegasus.rutgers.edu>
Subject: BFF
My friend E-Mailed me this check it out.
> Mike,
> WZUP?! Check this out: In one of the songs on the new
>Counting Crows
> album, he sings at the Ben Folds Five!!!
>
> "Got nowhere but home to go
> Got Ben Folds on my radio right now
> I'm in trouble for the things I need
> He monkey, don't you want to be needed too?"
>
> How about that?!
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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 96 16:34:31 -0600
From: "S. A. Schneider" <echo@msn.globaldialog.com>
Subject: Another BFF web site.
I've been working for the last few weeks on another Ben Folds Five
web site... it is not quite finished yet (I still have to do a bit more
keying-in of interviews, and the 'Tour Dates' section will soon be
replaced by an 'Images' section as soon as I take the time to scan)...
It has a web-discography (with inline graphics of the album covers
[though I still am waiting to receive the two UK 'Underground' singles in
the mail so I can scan them]), interviews, links, and a preliminary
version of a Ben Folds Five FAQ (information page). The FAQ is not yet
completed, but if you wish to help write any of it (or think you have
anything to add, or find errors, etc), please leave me e-mail.
The URL: http://www.globaldialog.com/~echo/bff.html
Check it out, if you are so inclined to do so, and please let me
know what you think, and offer and suggestions for improvements.
Thanks!
--- S. A. Schneider
echo@msn.globaldialog.com
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