THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #654 - November 26, 1997
Magical Armchair Digest Wednesday, November 26 1997 Volume 01 : Number 654
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
subscribe
nuttin (except learning some songs)
Armchairians - I need your help...
an alternative list??
RE: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #648
one line in brick........
American gig etiquette...
[none]
Re: Darren in Modern Drummer
The Five on RealVideo and Chat!
Rosaliem@exotico....
Dreams...or nightmares?
new album news.
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 03:53:27 -0500 (EST)
From: Dr10279@aol.com
Subject: subscribe
subscribe
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 03:12:43 PST
From: "Empty Bucket"
Subject: nuttin (except learning some songs)
Hi,
I've changed my mind about wanting Darren to teach me "Dumped" (if
anyone paid attention to my last post). I'd rather have him teach me
"Steven's", because it's got that "swingers" sort of Big Voodoo Daddy
beat that I love. But hell, if I actually had the opportunity for any
of the Five to teach me any of the songs I wouldn't be so picky.
Thanks for that Courtney. Yes, yes I am a goddess aren't I? :)
Que
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 13:33:21 -0000
From: David.J.Holloway@student.shu.ac.uk
Subject: Armchairians - I need your help...
Hey guys,
I am currently knee deep in negotiations with my lovely friends at
Sony but it looks like I'm gonna be able to interview the boys in
Manchester on Dec 8th. What I want to do is not the bog-standard
boring interview, more a collection of fan questions... this is where
you all come in. I want you to mail me with any questions you have
and want me to ask. The idea is I'll form a sort of Magical Armchair
interview and the finished product will be posted on my web page
( http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/lot/5009 ). I get final say over
what questions I do ask and please no 'are you really a gay
crackhead' questions.
So dig deep and find out what you really really want to know - if
this works it could be really cool...
cheers
Dave
"This town ain't big enough for the one of me so I'm livin' inside my
own memory" - Collapsed Lung (RIP)
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 11:51:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Scoota97@aol.com
Subject: an alternative list??
Hey armchairites,
Lately, I have been noticing more and more requests to find an alternative
BFF list and it looks like one is in the works......this list will focus on
three things 1)BFF tape trade info, 2) reviews of shows/albums/boots, and 3)
general (legitimate) info on the band. The list would be sent out a couple
times a week and since it will probably have a small membership base,the
posts can be read for appropriateness before being included. Anything not
deemed to comply with the three subjects probably won't get on the mailer. If
you have an interest in receiving the list, mail Angrydwarf@aol.com with a
message to subscribe. The mailing list will start in a couple weeks depending
upon interest. Just one more thing, this is not intended to diminish the
armchair in any way....I think that it will always be the best source for
info, but for those of us who don't want to necessarily scroll through a
whole armchair to get a couple worthwhile posts......your alternative is
here.
later,
~Scott
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 13:05:16 EST
From: jrezendes@topcat.bridgew.edu
Subject: RE: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #648
hey everybody!!!! anyone going to the bru birthday bash on Dec. 3 in providence?where BF5 will be playing!!!!! I'm soooo psyched! It's only my second time
seeing them live, but I've been a faithful fan for awhile now and I know they'regoing to rock!!!! My friend is also is going to tape the show so i'll probably
have some copies if people want to trade....ok, gotta run!! Later alligator! Jen
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 13:40:06 -0500 (EST)
From: F2G2@aol.com
Subject: one line in brick........
i'm sick of hearing about.
but here's my take........
using deductive logic i'm gonna say that he sells the gifts to buy the
flowers for her and have money to exist for the next week. he's probably
poor.......due to the holidays AND the abortion. or sick dog. or cancer
chemo payments......
(let the debate rage, you mo's.)
have fun.......
matthew
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 18:24:34
From: M*******
Subject: American gig etiquette...
>Now, that's the kind of show where you know the
>people there are there to listen to music and watch a band perform, not
>tp "mosh" or get drunk. That's because BF5 fans rule!
>
Hey, what's wrong with moshing?? OK, so it's not exactly appropriate on a
lot of BFF songs, but the select few (SFTD, etc) just demand moshpit
action!! Unless, it's something totally different in the USA.
Also, I've noticed a lot of people go on about BFF gigs being 'seated'.
SEATED?? how can you sit down to listen to the almighty 3? That sounds more
like a kind of easy listening type thing to do.. (sorry, easy listening
fans). Does anyone want to explain to me why moshing means you can't
appreciate the music? (Unless a fat person moshes ON you, and gets all
their mates to join in, in which case i totally understand).
Sorry if I sound ignorant.
Love and blue Smarties,
@nn@
P.S Glad to see Tubthumping has been unleashed on y'all... :^) and how
about 'Barbie Girl' for a BF5 cover?
*Love always gets in the way.... just like in Hutch and Starsky*
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 13:20:07 -0600
From: katie@gstanley.com (Katie McBride)
Subject: [none]
auth 2fe 2dl a9 subscribe armchair katie@gstanley.com
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 17:11:53 -0500 (EST)
From: BenFoldsJ@aol.com
Subject: Re: Darren in Modern Drummer
Marc,
I don't think they were incorrectly referring to an album with "Forever
and Ever Amen." That's the name of a country album which I have heard the
Five got the idea for Whatever from. So, read the context around it and see
if I'm right. Otherwise, that's the reason Darren and Modern Drummer don't
get along too well.
~Jordan
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 17:18:04 -0500 (EST)
From: BenFoldsJ@aol.com
Subject: The Five on RealVideo and Chat!
Hey Fiving Armfolk,
I just got a letter from the Epic records mailing list saying that the
group will be chattin' away on Sunday at their website along with a live
broadcast in RealVideo of their El Rey Theatre performance in Los Angeles.
(Also in RealAudio.) This oughtta be a trip -- our boys in streaming 15fps
video. You know I'll be there.
~Jordan
p.s. Also, a cool website I found was South Park's:
"http://www.comedycentral.com/southpark/"
"I wish it was last September when we could lose ourselves in crowds
everyday..."
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 17:38:01 -0500 (EST)
From: KNULPREK@aol.com
Subject: Rosaliem@exotico....
Hey.. this subject should have grabbed one specific person's interest.. that
of the person who's begining of their e-mail address is that. Anyway, to that
person:
Heya. I'm an idiot and never copied down your address for the tape, and now i
can't access the old e-mail and can only get that out of your e-mail
address.. so, if you could write me so i can send you the blank tape, that
would be great! Thanks! Sorry!! See ya..
-jason-
http://members.aol.com/knulprek/home.html
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 19:49:31
From: Jessica Brandt
Subject: Dreams...or nightmares?
I've seen some other people post their Ben dreams before. Mine was a
nitemare!
See, i've been making all these BFF videos for people lately and sometimes
i come home in the afternoon to take a nap. i leave the video on (cause
there's nothing on tv) and kind of slip into a half-sleep. Well since i was
watching the video when i fell asleep, i had a Ben-dream
In the dream, I was watching a movie on TV with my brother. There was a guy
walking around in the woods and i said "hey isn't that Ben Folds? this must
be the movie he made before he made the band" So we watched and it turns
out the movie (which was called "freak nite"??????) was about a guy (Ben's
character) who was bitter about people having little kids (for some reason,
maybe his parents sucked) and he went around killing little kids. And the
way he killed them was by eventually cutting off their heads and attaching
a spring between their necks and their heads so that when the parents woke
the kids up from what they THOUGHT was sleep, their heads sprung up and
scared the shit out of them! Scary, huh?
In the middle of my dream the phone rang and my heart was beating SOOOOO
hard that I thought it was going to come out of my chest! God, was it
scary. And Ben looked all zombie-like and had blood on his face. He kinda
looked like he did at the Halloween show, with black circles around his
eyes. And everyone in the movie (the adults) were afraid of him so no one
ever did anything about it.
weird, huh?
jess
"All the boys are monsters;
All the girls are whores.
But when you lose the one you love,
There's always plenty more."
-Squirrel Nut Zippers
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 19:55:59 -0500 (EST)
From: ShirowFan@aol.com
Subject: new album news.
hey-- you all are great listeners.
In AUGUST i reported on my mini-interview with ben at the KC Horde Fest. He
told me that the new album would be out in January with about 15 songs.
Caroline Records will be producing it, and, depending on the success of WAEA,
it may be out later (they don't want to be their own competitor.)
But, on the 19th, Ben was in Lawrence, and he said it would be out in
February. It's called something like "Love and Kisses" or something and will
contain Eddie Walker, Emmiline, Tom & Mary, Michell Lane, Champagne
Supernova, All Shook Up, She Don't Use Jelly, and some interactive crap with
interviews and videos on it.
Next time, listen better and you'll all have a lot more time to salavate.
This is dave coates, esq. signing off.
Always a Bridesmaid,
dave-o
"Our Knowledge is a shrinking Oasis in a growing desert of ignorance"
- --some smart white guy
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