THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #487 - September 19, 1997
Magical Armchair Digest Friday, September 19 1997 Volume 01 : Number 487
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
Come on people. . .
To Aussie Armchairians!!
Underground video
minneapolis bootleg saught
Blah blah blah blah
stuff
Tour Dates..
Re: Why People Like Hanson
Canadian tour dates
let it be
BFF on IRC
Bootlegs
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #478
Ive been away a while.
under 18 gig in Sydney
Come to my hometown!!!
don't forward!
Hello!
kate, fanny packs, and video...
hmmm..words.
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 06:54:49 PDT
From: "One Angry.Dwarf" <one_angry_dwarf@hotmail.com>
Subject: Come on people. . .
There were five! digests yesterday, two thirds of which were because a
few people keep quoting the entire previous digest when they reply!
HINT! Don't use your reply button when you write! We've all read the
digest once, we don't need to reread one three or four days later!
Russell
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what you pretend to be." --Kurt Vonnegut, "Mother Night"
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 00:41:01 +1000
From: Craig Hawker <craigh@iaccess.com.au>
Subject: To Aussie Armchairians!!
Hey All,
Just letting the Australian Ben Folds Five fans out there know that the guys
will be on the Aria's Awards on Monday night,(So Time Off Say's anyway) im
not sure wether they will be performing or presenting lets hope they are
performing!!!!!! :) As far as I know it will be broadcast live on Channel V.
Also how many of you Sydney Bff fans will be at the Sydney Uni gig next
Thursday?! email me if you are!! cos im making the trip down from the Gold
Coast to see em then coming back and seeing em at Livid!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!
Thanks,
Craig
"It's Easy To Be Easy And Free"
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 08:45:05 -0700 (MST)
From: Stacy L Flatt <stacyf@U.Arizona.EDU>
Subject: Underground video
Hey people,
do you know where the vid for "Underground" was shot? Well, I do! I was
talking to my local favorite DJs yesterday (I am the origional KFMA
groupie, I tell you, and it pays off! =-) and the one that I knew the
best introduced me to the other one as "The Biggest Ben Folds Five Fan in
the world." Suzy, who is also the progam manager of the station, said she
didn't know about that... Suzy is a huge fan as well, and we got to
talking... Apparently Darren, Robert and Ben love Tucson because they have
a big following here (thanks to Suzy who plays their music) and they
filmed "Underground" here at a place called Old Tucson Studios
(Tucsonians... would that be before or after the fire?). I told her no
tour dates for the western US were released, and she said not to worry,
BFF will come here. So, I about died when I found oiut that they were
here in my lovely city making a video!! But, I am sure they will return!
Stacy
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 10:47:20 -0500
From: "Clasen, Benjamin P" <BPCLASEN@CSBSJU.EDU>
Subject: minneapolis bootleg saught
hi. whiny me again. i am looking for a tape from the minneapolis on
june 9. i know one exists. people have told mne this, plus there is a
snipit at the Americans for Radio Diversity site at .
http://www.radparker.com/radio/revindex.html
please let me know if you know anything. i have LOTS to trade.
ben clasen.
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 13:19:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eriner <el266071@hvcc.edu>
Subject: Blah blah blah blah
Woohoo~!@ Anyone going to the Cornell show? I plan on being
there...umm..does anyone know when tickets go on sale? Dammit it better
not sell out on me..unless, of course, it comes closer to Albany than
that, but if not, I'm there, dude.
I sent a BFF fan letter via snail mail and I begged for a BFF
sticker for my car and they sent me one, which was doubly cool because I
just got a new car & need stickers for it :) It's a 5, and it says Ben
Folds Five in the top of the 5 and then it has pictures of the band inside
the 5. It's really cool, looks awesome on a car :) I dont have much more
to say, I just wanted to see if anyone else is going to the Cornell show
(Ben Folds Five, my favorite band, playing at Cornell, which is,
coincidentally, the name of the lead singer of another of my favorite
bands). And I wanted to do this:
What's in my CD changer?
IT'S BROKEN!!! HAH!!!!!
;)
- -Eriner
(el266071@hvcc.edu)
"Last night I dreamed that I was a car muffler. When I woke up, I
was exhausted." - Rose Nylund, "The Golden Girls"
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 15:42:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Curt587621@aol.com
Subject: stuff
well, i was just thinking and i kinda had this conversation with someone who
works with me. we both believe bff is one of the best musical groups to come
around in the last few years...i know they're up there on my list...it will
probably create controversy among members or maybe just a little something
for people to talk about. let's just say brick hits it super big...who knows
if it will or not...people on this list have been saying it will become the
next "the freshman" of the music world...this may or may not be my opinion!!
well, here it goes...do you want ben folds five to become super big? i mean
ben folds five is known but they're not no super group...i think the people
on this list and the band now are still unscathed by commercialism. there
has yet to be an influx of fans who know bff because of one song that hit it
super big. do you want everyone to know bff for one song that hit it big. i
mean eventually every band is ultimately known for that one song. so: do you
want ben folds five to get that commercial breakthrough or not?...i am NOT
saying that ben folds five will sell out or go "commercial"....I don't want
everyone to critique this... i am just throwing out some
ideas................THanks-
CURT
CD PLAYER:
1- BFF
2- BLUR
3- Great Composers- Gershwin (I got it from the school library)
4- WAEA
5- DMB- Remember Two Things
Other CD's that are sitting right there:
Pearl Jam TEN
DMB- RECENTLY
Cake- Fashion NUgget
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:27:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Christina Scarmeas <15SCARMEAS@cua.edu>
Subject: Tour Dates..
Hi guys, it's been awhile since I've posted. Anyway, I was wondering if
anyone knew when BF5 is coming to the Washington DC metro area. I am
getting really frustrated, because I am from Michigan, and they already
have shows planned there, but I have yet to hear anything about DC (
where I go to school). Ugh, maybe it's just too hardcore for the band:)
Thanks
Tina
P.S In my CD changer:
BF5- WEAEA
BF5- Ben Folds Five
Sebadoh- Bakesale
Yo La Tengo- Genius + Love
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion- Now I got Worry
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 18:51:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Smarshal1@aol.com
Subject: Re: Why People Like Hanson
I believe that Adam DeLisse's post on this topic is the most educated we have
seen and will see. So how about nobody ever posts about Hanson or their
talents or their songwriting again! Wouldn't it be cool?
Josh
"The new stage manager for Michael Jackson"
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 20:49:16 -0600
From: times@bordercity.com (Lloydminster Times)
Subject: Canadian tour dates
hey, armchair oldtimer here. Been here since almost the beginning, used to
be in Halifax, then I graduated a few months ago, and now I've (shudder)
entered the real world. I'm in Lloydminster now, and I just checked my old
Halifax account (which is only up until October) and received something
like 70 armchairs and I only read the most recent one, so forgive me if I
ask a question that's already been answered. Are there any upcoming
Canadian dates? Specifically in Alberta or Saskatchewan? Lloydminster sits
exactly on the provincial border, so either province is fairly easy for me
to cover. If anybody knows, please let me know.
And I have to say I am interested in what other things people listen to,
even if it might annoy some people. So at the risk of annoying all y'all,
here's what I've been listening to a lot lately:
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing, Pet Shop Boys - Very, Inxs - X, the Geraldine
Fibbers - Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home, Beastie Boys -
Paul's Boutique, Faith No More - The Real Thing, the Jayhawks - Tomorrow
the Green Grass, and Wilco - Being There.
Daniel
Lloydminster
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 22:31:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Alanica@aol.com
Subject: let it be
Hello,
Just let people discover Ben Folds Five, form their opinions, and let the
success come if it is meant to be. No matter what happens, and no matter what
people say they will always have us, right? At least I know I'll always be
there for them, loving every second of their music.
Take Care.
Becca
"and the sun was shining bright/ and i walked barefoot/ down the road"
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 18:58:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: "jac \(jp^\)" <jpgr@rocketmail.com>
Subject: BFF on IRC
For those of you who can get on IRC (Internet Relay Chat),
there is a couple of BFF channels on DALnet.
#benfoldsfive and #chapelhill
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 17:07:02 -0600
From: "Jon Tycksen" <jon@ns.cyber-west.com>
Subject: Bootlegs
Hey There
I'm interested in some bootlegs (or any recording really) of the following
songs
if you know how to get a hold of any of them, or if you have any you'd like
to trade,\
please E-mail me privately
Cool Whip
Eddie Walker, This Is Your Life
Guilty
Kalamazoo
Protection
Rocky
Satan Is My Master
Thanks a million
- -jon
jon@ns.cyber-west
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 00:59:40 -0500
From: john_oc@juno.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #478
If any of you e-mailed me about tapes...
Email me again. My computer locked up whilst Juno was still active so it
dumped my most recent emails that I had just gotten. Thanks! I am
sending out a bulk mail of my policy to all who reply...
Thanks!
John Boyer
WOBN-FM 101.5 the ROCK Columbus, Ohio
Asst. Music Director, Triple A Dir. and Research Dir.
Email: John_OC@juno.com Phone: (614) 823-2969
"Call it what you want, you'll never fool anyone with what you've got."
- --Luxury
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 15:05:24 +0000
From: "B.D.WATTS" <tl6304@qmw.ac.uk>
Subject: Ive been away a while.
Having spent three months away from university and thus the computer
the rather daunting prospect of reading 164 armchairs is too much. I
would be grateful if anyone would email me with what is going on and
whether there is to be a single in the UK cheers.
Ben
the
beast
of
UNCAGED
proportions.
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 23:47:43 +1000
From: Rainy City <ad@healey.com.au>
Subject: under 18 gig in Sydney
Hey all,
I know that nearly everyone prolly already knows this, but you never know... So I'll say it... Ben Folds Five are playing a free gig on Tuesday for all ages...
BYE!!!
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:04:36 EDT
From: jaedonely@juno.com (A A DONELY)
Subject: Come to my hometown!!!
Why why why are Ben Folds Five NOT playing in the genreal vincinity or
even a neigboring state with cool clubs(rhode island) of boston????!!!!!
You sold out your show in may!
And I couldnt go because of exams!(digressing, may was a relativley sucky
month for me. i dragged my buddies to the jon spencer blues explosion
show and we dont get in thanks to asshole asshole bouncers so of course
my friends are scared of 18+ dates now. i just wanted then to see the
blues explosion and now they are scarred for life.)
whoever reading this with influence-please bring some happieness to cold
as hell Boston in nov. or oct.-bring us the five!!!!!!(All ages? PLease?)
oh life is sucky!
Elisabeth
~happy thought-my absoulute favorite movie, bottle rocket. so
entertaining, funny, well written, i can recite every line...~happy(ish)
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 13:20:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jfishhead@aol.com
Subject: don't forward!
Just a request - whoever's responding to the Armchair by hitting their
"Forward" button, please stop. You're clogging up the newsletter with stuff
that's a few weeks old.
Thanks.
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:09:13 -0400
From: Denny Deaton <navyblue@coastalnet.com>
Subject: Hello!
Hey at the Armchair,
Something happened to my email account and I think you cancelled my
subcription, so I am write to subcribe to the Armchair again. Thanks!
Denny
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 16:47:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lsts19@aol.com
Subject: kate, fanny packs, and video...
Hi! This is my first post, and I have a few questions/comments:
1--perhaps this has already been discussed, but has anyone seen the kate
video? What did you think? Personally, I found it quite amusing...
2--also, are there lyrics to For Those of Y'all Who Wear Fanny Packs, or is
it like a Dr. Pyser kind of instrumental thing? i really looked, but
couldn't find any. if there are lyrics, can you email me them?
3--as for the person who said they loved video, i agree: that's my favorite
song. hmm...a video for video....
4--and about hanson: ben's skills just can't match up to that keyboardist,
and Darren just couldn't compete with that 11 year old behind the drums...
- --lindsay
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 17:03:37 -0600
From: laura@radiks.net ([laura werkheiser])
Subject: hmmm..words.
hi. i'm not sure how "bIG" ben and the boys are, or have become, in other
parts of the world, but here in ...n e b r as ka... they're still pretty
unknown. that's probably why i get so crazy whenever i see/hear anything
bffrelated. i don't know why. it's part of the fun though. i think. last
night on mtv's 'real world' (ya i know) they actually played the beginning
of uncle walter in the background.. i was goin, "OHHH wowww!" you know,
it's funny how you can just pick these little things up. ok bye.
oh wait!@# i don't understand where some of the "ugghh! who CARES WHAT'S IN
YOUR FREAKING cd changer" attitude is coming from. i kinda like it. :)
jamiroquai - travelling without moving
sleater-kinney - dig me out
red ants - saltbox
bff - bff
311 - music
sublime - robbin' the hood
return of american skathic - the midwest strikes back
x0!
laura
.
if i inadvertantly decide to be deliberateLY unladylike pr o vacatively
tangibly free,, it Does not necessarily follow though you u n d
erstandably may not agre e that i am less of a Woman when i'm enjoyin
more of me.-j
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