THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #761 - January 16, 1998
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
statue of liberty = helmet head (maybe?)
you piss me off
NBP in Chicago Burbs???
Pong
Solo Album??
Brick video in Aust.
chuck folds......
?
Emmaline
well, they asked, don't blame me.....
TO ALL AUSSIES
another NBP query
Fany Packs.
Only me...
philly 2-21-98
Maybe the Daily doesn't suck.....
Who deserves a CD?
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:49:08 CST
From: "Petra Starke" <naturalselection@hotmail.com>
Subject: statue of liberty = helmet head (maybe?)
>From: evlbison <evlbison@neo.lrun.com>
>Subject: Armchair in Naked baby Photos?
>
>The description Ben wrote for Philosophy on Naked Baby Photos,
>he says "This
>song is about my penis - if thats what you think it's about.
>
>Is this because of that "helmet head" discussion we had a few
>months back?
>
>
>Still saying helmet head is referring to his hair,
>Steve
I always thought that the "mortar, block and glass", the "helmet head"
and the "torch" all had something to do with NYC and the Statue of
Liberty. What does everyone else think? Actually, don't tell me, I'm
sick of getting so many f*cking armchairs in my mailbox every day! :)
Cheers,
Petra
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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 23:42:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Judi Smith <jsmith@bc.seflin.org>
Subject: you piss me off
all of you who say "never again mention space cowboy/the joker" and "stop
talking about SNL" piss me off, so i'm going to post about space cowboy AND
the joker and if you don't stop trying to tell me and everybody else what to
do, i'll write a script for an SNL skit featuring the joke and space cowboy,
and POST it, OK?!@ twice, if i have to.
sheesh.
control freaks.
ok, i feel better. :) and i just have to say: tom and mary ROCKS. how come
nobody else is mentioning it -- do you all have it already and are bored
with it? i have one boot with it on, but having it on cd makes it so much
clearer and more incredible. i love it, and emmaline of course ;) but tom
and mary makes me wanna dance while i'm driving.
judi smith well, sometimes i punch myself
jsmith@bc.seflin.org hard as i can, yelling NOBODY CARES
hoping someone will tell me how wrong i am
"You can do it! "boxing" -- ben folds five
Lose lose lose! Be a loser!"
-- casey, who is no richard simmons
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 00:08:10 EST
From: FragleRoc1 <FragleRoc1@aol.com>
Subject: NBP in Chicago Burbs???
I went to go get NBP on Jan. 13 at my local Best Buy, and gee... big surprise!
They didnt have it!!!!! I even asked an employee... their reply Naked Baby
WHAT????? Does anyone have a clue as to where I get get my very own copy out
here in the Chicago burbs???? S.O.S!!!!!!
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 00:18:53 EST
From: Emmaline20 <Emmaline20@aol.com>
Subject: Pong
Well, I've finally unlocked the secrets hidden within WAEA, and it was
interesting. I accidently deleted Duke Nukem 3D from my computer, trying to
increase the amount of memory I had left on my drive..my dad's gonna kill me
because this is the second time I've done it, whoops. I'm a big fan of
Pong...together Ben and I shut out our opponent, his head is an excellent
paddle.
Sarah :)
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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 23:55:50 -0800
From: Jeff Moehle <mrshow@discoverynet.com>
Subject: Solo Album??
This could sound dumb since I haven't been keeping up with the armchair lately,
but....I was reading the (small) article on NBP in the new Alternative Press and the
end of it mentioned that as well as working on a third album after this next tour,
Ben will also be releasing a solo album called "Fear of Pop". Anyone else heard of
this? Just curious.
-Jeff
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 98 16:37:43 PST
From: "Scott Hookway" <shookway@powerup.com.au>
Subject: Brick video in Aust.
Brick will be on Rage this Friday night at 1am, it is the fourth new
release they're playing if the order listed on the rage page is right.
Set you VCR's
Scott Hookway
shookway@powerup.com.au
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 01:59:22 EST
From: Brian34295 <Brian34295@aol.com>
Subject: chuck folds......
loonadee wrote:
<< I think Ben Folds was gonna chuck. >>
hmmmm.....does anyone see the irony in this statement?!....
sorry, i'm bored. later!.....
"could she love me again, or will she hate me,
prob'ly not, I know why, can't explain me...." - alice in chains....
Brian34295@aol.com
dead to the world
http://www.expage.com/page/brianzpge
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 02:29:50 EST
From: Emmaline20 <Emmaline20@aol.com>
Subject: ?
Hmm..I seem to be posting here a lot lately. Oh well...I just had one
question. "Bad Idea" demo version....when they sing " I think I see some sweet
squirrel rim.." what is squirrel rim? Are we talking like intestines and
whatnot?
Sarah :)
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 02:44:16 +0100
From: Jay Reddick <jreddick@nr.infi.net>
Subject: Emmaline
Hello!
(Usual first-post tripe deleted)
Hi to all who know me, and of course, to the rest of you as well. :)
NBP rocks. It makes me want to stay home from work and listen to it all
day. (Very bossy, the CD is.)
My bizarre question that brought me out of lurking mode is this: For
all of you who are diehard Billy Joel fans, doesn't the guitared
"Emmaline" sound a lot like "Famous Last Words" off River of Dreams? Or
am I just nutso?
Majorly psyched for the Palace,
Jay
I can't wait till the future gets here.
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 19:33:40 +1100
From: "BECK" <beckwk@pnc.com.au>
Subject: well, they asked, don't blame me.....
Since they asked...
Porn Star name = Pec Rippling
Streets I grew up on: Tuppel St, Wells St, Cary St and Hospital Drive
and my first pet had no name, it was just nameless, I suppose
(but my pet rock was/is called Fraggle after that terrific show Fraggle
Rock)
Matt
Better hide or the gorgs will eat you!
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 03:30:07 PST
From: "Kel Lane" <kel_l@hotmail.com>
Subject: TO ALL AUSSIES
Hi, this is just a quick note for ALL aussie BF5 fans here:-
I read on the RAGE homepage that 'Brick' will be on on the Friday 16th
at 1am or something. So basically, get your tapes and fingers cued up
and ready to press 'record'.
(sorry if this has already been posted, sorry to all other non-aussie
fans and sorry if this info is wrong...=-})
yours ALWAYS,
Kel
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 98 8:17:18 EST
From: "Emily Durand" <edurand@nunet.neu.edu>
Subject: another NBP query
Since I'm getting mucho flack for posting anything slightly non-BF5
related, let me just throw this out there and beat a hast retreat:
Is "Eddie Walker" the BF5 "Jeremy"?
:)
I wanna borrow an allen wrench...Em
aka Maggie Myrtle
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 07:21:01 -0600
From: "Scott A. Schneider" <echo@msn.globaldialog.com>
Subject: Fany Packs.
> Seriously, on Fanny Packs. . . Darren is doing his Beastie Boy thing,
right?
> OK, so what is that voice supposed to be that Ben does after/during the
> first piano solo? (his rap - "I don't mind singin' and I don't mind
rappin'"
> after "yo D, you gonna let me in?") I've been debating this with a
friend
> of mine. He (my friend) says that it's just Ben's Goofy Voice, as heard
on
> the studio SFTD in Japanese and NBP Bad Idea. I, however, have this
crazy
> theory that Ben's doing a *really* crappy G-Love impression.
> Anyway, I'm crazy about this song. So post/e-mail and back me up. I
want
> to win my argument! >;)
I'm going with a guess that it's Ben's best "Snoop Doggy Dog"
impersonation.
scott
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 13:59:42 GMT
From: "Mark Piper" <mfp540@novell3.bham.ac.uk>
Subject: Only me...
Hi, hi, hi
Thankfully, I'm back after a long Christmas break. All that time
without the Armchair! Erk!. Unfortuantely, the ol' exams are on at
the moment, but they'll all be over by Saturday night, when I can
really start celebrating my 21st bday. Hoorah!
Aaaaanyway... I got hold of NBP on Tuesday, so I suppose I should
throw my couple of pence worth in. All in all, a nice CD. It's not
going to be dragged out time and time again, but I've only two
complaints, which are a)Fanny Packs is overlong and just gets tedious
after a few listens. I've already started skipping it. Maybe it
should have gone on as a secret track or something. b) is that
there was no Video Killed The Radio Star or Crosstown Traffic, but
that already got covered here a couple of months back so I'll leave
it alone.
I see reviews were very mixed. NME gave it 4 out of 10, whereas Q
gave it 4 out of 5. Apparently the Daily Telegraph didn't rate it so
highly. I haven't seen the Melody Maker review. Any ideas? I'll get
some of these reviews up as soon as I can on my web site.
Enough. Revision calls... Nice to be back. >8)
Mark
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 09:44:24 -0500
From: ljd128@psu.edu (firstname lastname)
Subject: philly 2-21-98
anybody going to be at the philly show 2-21-98? more to the point, will
anyone be taping it????
len damico jumpingcow@psu.edu
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 09:48:40 -0500 (EST)
From: Eric Patton <shirak@umich.edu>
Subject: Maybe the Daily doesn't suck.....
I'm sitting here reading the Michigan Daily, quite possibly the
biggest piece of amateurish literary crap I've ever set my eyes on (I know
you're thinking, 'Then why does he read it if it's so bad?' The answer is
twofold: 1, the comics and 2, it's my only link to the outside world.) and
they're doing their wrap up of the years best music. Guess who made the #2
spot right behind Radiohead? Yup, WAEA was appreciated in Michigan. Two of
the staff even had it as their best album of the year, and one of those
guys had NBP on his list too! I may have to re-evaluate them after all.
Anyway, I won't be writing until after the weekend, 'cause I'm headed to
Atlanta to see my Pop. Laters all! Hail Eris!
ERIC
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oak that will be cut to make the cradle of the babe who is destined to
kill me."
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 10:19:46 -0800
From: Eric Modena <emodena@bu.edu>
Subject: Who deserves a CD?
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Amit wrote:
> >I would have to agree with Entertainment Weekly when they said "...How could a
> >band with just two albums and little commercial success possibly merit a
> >rarities/outtakes album? ..."
>
> Poor Jared - he's gonna get flamed for agreeing with EW so I'm gonna get in
> his corner and say I agree with him. EW isn't necessarily negative about
> Ben Folds Five - they really like the guys. They're just questioning if
> BFF has enough quality stuff in the can for a b-sides/rarities release,
> which is a valid question for me, too.
>
Of course Jared will get flamed...as will you...as will EW. That is
one of the most ridiculous questions of all time...Who deserves a
rarities/outtakes album? Let's get first things first...it's really a
rarities/b-sides/live album. No real outtakes, that kinda stuff goes on
the Beatles Anthology and their usually just bad versions of songs. Why
shouldn't BFF release this CD? Do they have enough quality songs is the
question? Well...NBP is the answer...there are 16 songs..and i'd say
about 15 are quality and one of em is just damn funny. Half of the CD
is live, and though I would have preferred a much later recorded version
of Song For The Dumped (cause like the booklet says, it morphs...it gets
better each time i saw the boys...adding new stuff, new bassline to the
beginning...and just rocking) at least i have Julianne with the salsa
beginning. That alone merits a CD. I've never heard boxing performed
live before, so that too was great.
Emaline....yes, i did already have it...but it's an amazing song and
this is the guitar version, something I did not have before.
Tom and Mary...studio version...awesome.
See...that question is retarded. BFF could have released it 8 years
from now with the same exact songs and they'd probably get praised for
it. As for meriting a CD? Since when did Chumbawumba merit one? They
released it anyhow.
The CD is for the fans according to BFF. Caroline released it most
likely to milk the last remaining dollars out of the band.
I personally don't care why it was released. It's a CD from Ben Folds
Five and I am a fan. Many of us would love to get our hands on any BFF
item we can. I'm still wanting a whole live CD. So release it for the
fans, like they did. There are no guns to anybody's head. If you don't
like something, don't buy it. They don't merit it, don't buy it. But i
have to say...the leftover material of Ben Folds Five is much better
than some bands main material.
Not like Ben ain't recording in March anyhow. This will just hold us
over.
Sorry to rant. That was really a response to EW, not Jared and Amit.
eric
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Amit wrote:
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<PRE>>I would have to agree with Entertainment Weekly when they said "...How could a
>band with just two albums and little commercial success possibly merit a
>rarities/outtakes album? ..."
Poor Jared - he's gonna get flamed for agreeing with EW so I'm gonna get in
his corner and say I agree with him. EW isn't necessarily negative about
Ben Folds Five - they really like the guys. They're just questioning if
BFF has enough quality stuff in the can for a b-sides/rarities release,
which is a valid question for me, too.</PRE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BR>Of course Jared will get flamed...as will you...as will EW.
That is one of the most ridiculous questions of all time...Who deserves
a rarities/outtakes album? Let's get first things first...it's really
a rarities/b-sides/live album. No real outtakes, that kinda stuff
goes on the Beatles Anthology and their usually just bad versions of songs.
Why shouldn't BFF release this CD? Do they have enough quality songs
is the question? Well...NBP is the answer...there are 16 songs..and
i'd say about 15 are quality and one of em is just damn funny. Half
of the CD is live, and though I would have preferred a much later recorded
version of Song For The Dumped (cause like the booklet says, it morphs...it
gets better each time i saw the boys...adding new stuff, new bassline to
the beginning...and just rocking) at least i have Julianne with the salsa
beginning. That alone merits a CD. I've never heard boxing
performed live before, so that too was great.
<BR>Emaline....yes, i did already have it...but it's an amazing song and
this is the guitar version, something I did not have before.
<BR>Tom and Mary...studio version...awesome.
<BR>See...that question is retarded. BFF could have released it 8
years from now with the same exact songs and they'd probably get praised
for it. As for meriting a CD? Since when did Chumbawumba merit
one? They released it anyhow.
<BR>The CD is for the fans according to BFF. Caroline released it
most likely to milk the last remaining dollars out of the band.
<BR>I personally don't care why it was released. It's a CD from Ben
Folds Five and I am a fan. Many of us would love to get our hands
on any BFF item we can. I'm still wanting a whole live CD.
So release it for the fans, like they did. There are no guns to anybody's
head. If you don't like something, don't buy it. They don't
merit it, don't buy it. But i have to say...the leftover material
of Ben Folds Five is much better than some bands main material.
<BR>Not like Ben ain't recording in March anyhow. This will just
hold us over.
<BR><BR>
Sorry to rant. That was really a response to EW, not Jared and Amit.
<P>eric</HTML>
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