THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #783 - January 26, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Monday, January 26 1998 Volume 01 : Number 783
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
philly tix....
Spice Girls / Favorite Songs
Ben Folds goes down under??
Who's going to Seattle show?
Fear of Pop; next single
From the moderator: Irregular issue schedule
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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 19:59:11 EST
From: Starstrail <Starstrail@aol.com>
Subject: philly tix....
<sigh>...one of my friends was too lazy and waited too long to get her tix for
the philly show...so if anybody has two extras that they're willing to part
with for cash, email me...thanks...
kestrel
starstrail@aol.com
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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 20:27:39 -0500 (EST)
From: SLAYBAMJ@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
Subject: Spice Girls / Favorite Songs
To whoever was worrying about the Spice Girls reference on NBP: The Spice
Girls' albumwas available and popular in England for almost a year before it
was released here. In fact, in Rolling Stone's year-end issue for 1996, Gene
Simmons (of Kiss) named it one of his favorite ten albums of 96. Oh Gene, say
it ain't so.
Also - For those interested in the favorite song tourny, I'll conduct it off
the list by individual mail. I'm ready with the first round of matches. It
looks pretty damn cool. If you wanted to participate, send me an empty e-mail
with the subject line BF5 and I'll reply with the match-ups. You can then send
me your picks. I'll post the results of each round on the Armchair, but that's
all. Cool. I hope you all join it'll be a lot of fun. And if you don't, well,
I( guess you'll all know what my favorite BF5 songs are.
SLAY
slaybamj@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 13:05:22 CST
From: "Petra Starke" <naturalselection@hotmail.com>
Subject: Ben Folds goes down under??
We miss BF5 in Australia!!! Anyone know if they're planning on coming
back on tour, perhaps this year?
Seeing as NBP "is not our third album", are they releasing another album
this year? Maybe we can expect a world tour after that.
Conflicting thoughts - half of me wants them to come down here and tour,
but the other half of me wants to tuck them up in bed with a cup of milk
and let them sleep for a week. Touring for that long must suck.
Cheers,
Petra
ALSO: WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THIS?:
on JJJ radio yesterday, after playing Brick, Richard Kingsmill (the King
of back-announce) said "That was Ben Folds, a guy who enjoyed his tour
in Australia so much he came back here for a holiday to drive around the
country." Huh? Wha? Buh? Sna. (anyone know if this info is true?)
HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD HOLIDAY DOWN UNDER, BENNY!!
COME BACK SOON!
check the Triple J website to find out where BF5 came in the Hottest 100
voting competition: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej
(at the moment the countdown's at 60 and no sign of BF5 yet)
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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 19:24:00 -0800
From: Susan Park <maven@jetcity.com>
Subject: Who's going to Seattle show?
Anybody else who reads the Armchair going? Someone else posed this
question a couple of weeks ago and I never saw an answer.
- -Spark
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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 21:27:22 -0600
From: Damian Marshall <damer@nwu.edu>
Subject: Fear of Pop; next single
As tempting as it may be to offer my opinion on the state of the attitudes
largely championed in the Armchair, I must refrain. For I would only be
adding fuel to a fire that will never be doused. Thus, I ask questions:
1. When will Fear of Pop come out? Is it complete album of Ben Folds solo
tracks? Will it be distributed via Epic 550?
2. Has it been confirmed that Song for the Dumped will be the next single?
Because if it hasn't, I would not expect it. The language will not pass
even the first round of radio format cuts.
3. Can Kate be released? I know that many of you commented that it already
has been released for radio. However, it never made it to Chicago's Q101,
which leads me to believe that it still can.
4. Are there any plans in the making for Brick to play on Top 40/Mix radio
formats? I inquire because I believe that Modern Rock formats are only the
tip of the iceberg for such a fine song.
Damian P. Marshall
Northwestern University 2000
damer@nwu.edu
847-332-6236
"For those of ya'll that wear fanny packs, this song's comin' out, this
song's comin' at ya."---Ben Folds Five
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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 00:55:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Frank Maynard <maynard@mail.oeonline.com>
Subject: From the moderator: Irregular issue schedule
Due to some problems at the host site, the Armchair has not been coming
out daily at its usual time of 8:00 PM US Eastern time. I will try to
issue the digest at regular intervals until the problem can be fixed.
-fjm
The world is sleeping. I am numb
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