THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #735 - January 6, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Tuesday, January 6 1998 Volume 01 : Number 735
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RE ARMCHAIR #733
Greetings
Le Cinq Est Arrive
BFF LIVE in NYC and PHILLY PA
BFF @ Irving Plaza 4/28/97
How Ben has Changed my Work life
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Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 20:05:39 -0500
From: Mike Dixon <101750.2237@compuserve.com>
Subject: RE ARMCHAIR #733
HEY Y'ALL
not long to go now
the day of reason is fast approaching
hey anna t'other english fan how are you
and to the girl who went to the shepherds bush gig in july
are you from england too?? i was that gig yeahhh, good choice for your
first one i reckon it's the best they have ever done in london, but where
were you on dec 11th?
about the brick thing, why close the argument when rob told me personally
that it was about elephants climbing the himalayas and ben swore it was
bout taking your pet to the zoo. surely those are valid reason that need
close analizing!!
and the album comes out on 12th in england 13th in us not 10th
and bollox bout new album in march, thats when brick comes out in england.
see ya from sunny england
MARINA
***all blokes jerk of on the phone and definately can't leave it alone, do
you think that lyric came from personal experience??***
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Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 06:00:28 -0600
From: Bec Williams <bec@the-beatles.com>
Subject: Greetings
People on the Armchair -
Hi everybody. I'm a brand-spankin' new member of the Armchair and I just
wanted to say hello to everyone. So far, I'm pretty impressed with the
issues I've received. Most mailing lists tend to be comprised of pointless
drivel which has nothing to do with the topic. I'm glad to see the
Armchair isn't like most mailing lists. But I guess that's pretty fitting
since Ben Folds Five isn't like most bands. :) That's all for now, but
fret not, you'll be hearing more from me real soon, I reckon.
Becky
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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 08:49:45 -0500
From: Anne Lyons <westlyon@pop.ma.ultranet.com>
Subject: Le Cinq Est Arrive
Hello the 'Chair!
Well, Happy 1998 to all of you -- hope your holidays were very nice.
Welp... I wanted to share a little story from my New Year's Eve
experience... see, I was skiing at a local mountain in Massachsuetts until
midnight, and there was a great band (bouncy, upbeat, great harmonies)
playing in the bar in the lodge (which was very nice to have as a diversion
while you are trying to warm up enough to go back out on the slopes). So,
we were sitting there grooving and just getting ready to back out, when the
lead singer says: "Here's some Ben Folds for ya..." I thought I was hearing
things, but the band did indeed begin playing Sports and Wine (and very
well, I might add). It was very trippy to hear the song with 2 guitars... I
even called the marketing department the next day to find out the name of
the band (I figure I can support an up and coming band, especially if they
play BFF!)
Without even trying, BFF helped make it an even happier old year for me.
And I think it speaks volumes that BFF is now getting covered...
So, two questions for ya:
1.) Is anyone from Electric Swingset on this list? or...
2.) Has anyone on this list in the Massachsuetts area heard these guys before?
That's it for me... I am outta here!
Again, hope your holidays/new year's celebrations were everything you hoped
they'd be!
Take care, now!
- -Anne
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Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 10:23:25 -0500
From: Brendan Noone <bnoone@junosystems.com>
Subject: BFF LIVE in NYC and PHILLY PA
Hi,
Happy New Year:
Could anyone tell me when tickets for the BFF shows in NYC (Feb 20) and
Phillytown (Feb 21) are going on sale? I tried to purchase the tickets
last Friday the 2nd and I was told by the ticket person that the NYC show
might be a MTV Unplugged special. Wow! Great news for the band but, unless
you are shacking up with a Viacom vixen, you have a better change of
getting a job at Jacksons Cannery then getting those tickets. HELP! I
want to go. I need insight. Is there anyone out there that knows?
Thanks,
B
At 02:01 AM 1/4/98 +0100, you wrote:
>
>Magical Armchair Digest Sunday, January 4 1998 Volume 01 : Number 733
>
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>
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>TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
>
> Snail Mail mailing list
> Its a new year...new bootlegs???
> NOT LONG NOW TIL THE 13th OR 12th IF YOU AREIN THE UK
> Crushes...
> beating a dead horse? let's shoot him!
> Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #721
> Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #732
> maxim...dammit!!
> New Album in March?
>
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>
>Date: Fri, 02 Jan 1998 21:01:51 -0800
>From: Truly <One_Angry_Dwarf@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Snail Mail mailing list
>
>Hello All!
>
>Damn I haven't posted to this thing in a LONG time! Guess I just haven't
had
>anything to say, huh?
>
>But, as for the postal mailing list, it is run by sony, so perhaps you can
>sign up at their official sight (what the url is, I don't know off the top
of
>my head). I just go on by signing up for it while at one of their shows,
but
>that was quite some time ago, so they may not feel the need to bring a
>mailing list for people to sign at shows, anymore!
>
>Hope you all have a happy and safe new year!
>- --
>Russell
>ICQ #5699865
>
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>
>Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 08:22:07 EST
>From: MeandMrRay <MeandMrRay@aol.com>
>Subject: Its a new year...new bootlegs???
>
>Howdy Folks,
> First off, Happy New Year to everyone on the list that participates in
>the use of the Gregorian Calender. Ok, now I'll get to the point....I'm
>looking for more bootlegs. If anyone is iterested in trading, check out my
>list at <A
HREF="http://members.aol.com/meandmrray/benfolds.html">MeandMrRay's
>Tape List - Ben Folds Five</A> or if that link doesent work (I'm not sure if
>they do on the Armchair) the URL is
>http://members.aol.com/meandmrray/benfolds.html
> I'm looking for shows I dont have, and also better sounding copies of
>some of the lesser quality shows (The shows that are rated between 2.5 - 3 on
>my list). If you want to set up a trade, just email me at MeandMrRay@Aol.Com.
>
>Greg.
>
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>
>Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 09:47:32 -0500
>From: Mike Dixon <101750.2237@compuserve.com>
>Subject: NOT LONG NOW TIL THE 13th OR 12th IF YOU AREIN THE UK
>
>HEY
>I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE HERE IS FROM ENGLAND
>COS ALTHOUGH I HAVE MET ENGLISH FANS I HAVE YET TO MEET ONE ON THE ARMCHAIR
>COME FORWARD YOU ENGLISH IF THERE ARE ANY
>FINALLY I WAS IN AMERICA YESTERDAY AND I WENT INTO 6 MUSIC STORES LOOKING
>FOR THE BRICK SINGLE NO ONE HAD HEARD OF IT!!!!
>I THOUGHT IT DID REALLY WELL THOUGH NO ONE KNEW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT?
>THE CHEEK
>CHEERS AMERICA
>MARINA
>
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>
>Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 12:43:47 -0500 (EST)
>From: Eric Patton <shirak@umich.edu>
>Subject: Crushes...
>
> Hey, having crushes on here isn't that big of a deal. I mean, I've
>personally fallen in love with Sandi, Anne, Kara, and of course there's a
>big warm fuzzy spot in my heart for Frank. ;) Anyway, I just wanted to
>write to let people know that I'm all over calling up Clutch Cargo's and
>finding stuff out. Also, if people want some place to meet up in the Ann
>Arbor area, I happen to have a very large house that's a perfect crash
>pad. Anyway, see you guys around! Hail Eris! ;)
>
>ERIC
>___________________________________________________________________________
____
> "The squirrel has not yet found the acorn that will grow into the
>oak that will be cut to make the cradle of the babe who is destined to
>kill me."
>___________________________________________________________________________
____
>
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>
>Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 14:29:30 EST
>From: GrnEgNham <GrnEgNham@aol.com>
>Subject: beating a dead horse? let's shoot him!
>
>Two burning issues that I am dealing with:
>
> First and foremost, we have literally beat this whole Brick thing to a
>pulp. If you don't think it's about abortion, I'll send you a brick and beat
>it into your head. ok? :-) Therefore, I believe it is time for a new, more
>important, topic to debate. This debate will make us cry, tear us apart
>perhaps, but it needs to be straightened out. Perhaps you've never even
>considered the tacit controversy that surrounds it. What is it you say? The
>formation of Ws for "Whatever". Here in Cleveland (maybe this is a regional
>thing), we form the W by making what appears to be two Ls with our thumbs and
>pointer fingers, putting them together and raising them high into the air
with
>our knuckles and fingernails facing ourselves. But, on the t-shirts the W is
>different. The kunckles and fingernails face outwards and the hands are
>crossed. I find that one more difficult to execute, not to mention awkward.
>So, how do you make your W?
>
> Secondly, and less important but still important nonetheless, as I am
>completely disenamored with the 12 city tour list (no Cleveland or anywhere
>near Cleveland for that matter), I searched the ticketmaster Ohio concert
>lists in vain. I didn't find Ben Folds, but I did find Charles Folds...the
>Charles Folds Singers to be exact. They will be in Cincinati ( I completely
>botched that, sorry) around the time BFF should be (if they were coming to
>Ohio) the end of February. So, for all you Ohio fans out there, you can't
>have Ben but you can have Charles Folds. Confidential to Chuck: When were
you
>going to tell us?! :-) Meanwhile, I am trying to figure out how to get to
the
>DC show on Feb. 22. I'm going to DC with school that week, getting there
that
>night and would absolutely love to sneak out. I could try for an interview
>again and conveniently have to go- doh! WHY ARE THEY DISSING CLEVELAND HARD
>CORE? If it is lack of a venue, they can play at my house. That would be
>fun.
>
> Here's the address of the ticketmaster site with Charles Folds on it:
>
http://events.ticketmaster.com/cgi/events/perfname.idc?searchname=CHAR
>LES_FOLD_SINGERS&state=OH
>
> Sorry for writing so much, but you didn't have to read it! And if you did
>actually make it to the bottom, you're my hero!
>
> Emily :-)
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 15:12:48 -0500
>From: hyatt <lwh39@idt.net>
>Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #721
>
>Hey, just want to add myself to that list of Armchair members
>
>Name: Michael Hyatt
>From: Charlotte, NC
>Age: 18
>On the Armchair Since: Late '97
>What I do: Student (Will attend UNC or Wake Forest next year and I coach
>youth b-ball at the YMCA)
>First heard BFF: July, 1995
>First show: July 1997, The Shepards Bush Empire - London, England
>Favorite BFF Self-Titled song: Underground, Philosophy
>Favorite BFF Self-Titled line: "I do the best imitation of myself"
>Favorite WAEA song: Song for the Dumped and (gulp) Brick (I swear before
>it hit the radio and because I just learned how to play it)
>Favorite WAEA line: "See I've got your old ID and you're all dressed up
>like the Cure"
>First heard BFF: My friend put this tape in he found on the ground in
>the parking lot of a Harris Teeter we stopped at on the way to the beach
>and we didn't take it out for like a week
>
>Thanks
>
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>
>Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 15:10:16 EST
>From: KNULPREK <KNULPREK@aol.com>
>Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #732
>
>In a message dated 98-01-02 20:46:44 EST, you write:
>
><< hI.
> names' Anthony. I reckon.... Jason and Dan have a crush on Natassja.
> >>
>
>oh! thanks! you hit the nail on the head. i'm glad you were able to sort that
>out for me.
>
>- -jason <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/KNULPREK/home.html">The Happy
Scrappy
>Page</A>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 17:23:23 EST
>From: ShirowFan <ShirowFan@aol.com>
>Subject: maxim...dammit!!
>
>ok.. just picked up a copy of the way cool magazine MAXIM. otherwise neat,
but
>in the back there's a review of Naked Baby Photos.
>
>It reads as follows...
>
>"A notorious live performer, Ben Folds- the punk rock piano man from Chapel
>Hill, North Carolina,- raises the art of tickiling (or in his case,
criminally
>abusing) the ivories to spastic new heights, evoking a coked-up chimpanzee.
>Sadly, this album of live tracks, B-Sides and rarities largely fails to
>capture the Five's on-stage energy. So, unless you're a die-hard fan, do
>yourself a favor and catch this band live instead."
>
>There's also a cool picture of the cover. For those of you who have yet to
see
>it, it's Ben doing his best vogue while darren and robert do their best to
>look jaded.
>
>Whatever. It's not like this thing won't sell a million copies. The
>teenyboppers in love with "Brick" will ensure that. Only 10 more days....
>
>Coked-up Chimpanzee,
>
>dave
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 18:51:50 EST
>From: BenFolds J <BenFoldsJ@aol.com>
>Subject: New Album in March?
>
>Heyas Armchairers,
>
> Anthony mentioned something crazy about a new album in March....that's
the
>first I've heard of it. I heard they're releasing a new one next winter.
>Anyone hear anything? Let us know. By the way, Naked Baby Photos comes out on
>the 13th, not the tenth.
>
>~Jordan
>
>"I wish it was last September..."
>
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>
>End of Magical Armchair Digest V1 #733
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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 10:48:13 -0500 (EST)
From: vanvalnc@is2.nyu.edu (Chris Van Valen)
Subject: BFF @ Irving Plaza 4/28/97
Hi Kiddies
I'm lookong for a GOOD quality version of this show. the copy I got in a
trade isn't that good(sorry, Josh) and I'm lookong for something better. I
have the Supper Club show available for trade(Tres excellent!). Please
e-mail me privately. Thanks..
CV
If you have an unpleasant nature and dislike people
this is no obstacle to work. -- J.G. Bennett
Catch "Forever Knight" on the Sci-Fi Channel every
Mon-Thurs at 9PM and 1AM EST. -- Lucien LaCroix
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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 12:13:11 EST
From: Mystic1879 <Mystic1879@aol.com>
Subject: How Ben has Changed my Work life
Dear Armchairites:
I know that you will probably groan when I say this, but I am going to do
this anyway for the sake of the armchair sticking to Bf5 topics.
Well, in a world of discount retail hell, you work long hard hours over
Christmas and all you get to listen to is that annoying Holiday Cheer music
that has been replayed and reguritated through one's mind over and over until
you find yourself in the middle of the store with tinsel draped all over you
and you are doing the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy to the Hawaiian Twelve
Days of Christmas and you are deludedly singing along, "...and a myna bird in
one papaya tree!!!". This is sick folks.
After Listening to this junk from Thanksgiving Day to New Years Eve,
something had to change!!! I was going insane!!! This constant repitoire of
Awfully redone Christams Carols had taken it's toll and I was going to go kill
some people, but all was not lost.
I walked into work yesterday with my sullen face hanging low, because I
did not want to be there...."Just then it stared in low and then it began to
grow"...my favorite song was on Ames' radio!!! Brick was so cool even Ames
radio could play it. Ever since then I have really realized that Bf5 desreves
the National attention it has gotten.
I just wanted to share my humble story with you. Thanks!!!
meow, meow:
Meredith
To Anthony::
e-i-e-i-o :o)
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