THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #796 - February 2, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Monday, February 2 1998 Volume 01 : Number 796
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 01:06:48 EST
From: FHudetz@aol.com
Subject: BF5 dreams
<< P.S. the only shiting you will be doing on my doorstep is when my shotgun
goes
off and blows the shit out of your head, dream about that. >>
I shit myself just fathoming that, thanks!
P.S. You have a shotgun?
TVS
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 01:46:35 EST
From: Jessica237@aol.com
Subject: nbp contest
well guys, i know you probably all hate me, but i was one of the runnerups in
this contest. i won a copy of nbp (my 2nd one...cool--1 for the car and 1 for
my room) and a cd single of some other song--i forget what it is right now.
all i know is that i didn't have it b4, which means they probably don't sell
it. it was soo cool bc i had no clue that i had won bc i forgot about the
contest (i sent in my answers at the last second on the day it was due...the
very last minute!!) and the other day got a package in the mail from caroline
records with the two cds inside. so i went on that website and saw my name
there. i thought it was pretty cool. btw--what did the 1st and 2nd place
winners get? --jess
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 02:06:18 EST
From: DMB44@aol.com
Subject: NO MORE SPICE GIRLS
please stop talking about the spice girls already...somebody asked a
question...they misunderstood what ben was saying and another person that
lives in or near london answered the question and also posted the opener of
that show....so the question was asked an answered so now please drop it..
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 00:40:37 -0800
From: brad crum <bcrum1@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: SAY IT AIN'T SO, MS. LYONS.
Please don't go, Anne Lyons. It'll only be boasting and commerce on the
old Armchair if you and like minded folks desert us.
I mean, when I suggested that everyone go out at 6am day after
christmas and make a big racket -- i heard from a few of you who took me
seriously. Don't look to me to bail you out, guys, I WAS KIDDING!!
The Armchair needs more kidding and sarcasm, and we can't afford to lose
another dreamer. Stay.
bc
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 23:12:26 +1100
From: Anna <z2211303@pop3.student.unsw.edu.au>
Subject: SFTD next single....maybe!
Hey Wonderful Gals and Guys!!!
Haven't posted for a while, so here goes:
About Song For The Dumped being the next single, it could just
possibly be it. Aussies out there may recall that SFTD was one of the songs
that they played live on JJJ on the Ladies Lounge, along with One Angry
Dwarf. It had alll those 4 letter "F" words in it as well.
I got Naked Baby Photos a week ago thanks to Matt ordering it. I had
to pay an extra couple of dollars cos it was an import but it was worth it.
I must say my favourite at the moment from NBP is Eddie Walker and the
version of Julianne - I just love that samba like intro.
And I'd like to pay tribute to the inventors of VCR's, especially
the programming feature. Aren't they wonderful gadgets?? Thanks to my VCR, I
got to finally see the Brick video because I could not stay awake till 1.30
in the morning for it. Luckily they did show it on Rage last night.
Petra, your video is finished, now I just need to make a copy for
myself. Sorry it has taken a while!
Well thats it for my rambling.
BF5 Buddy,
Anna B
When will BEN FOLDS FIVE come back to the land down under????
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 10:29:16 -0500
From: Steffen Donath <SDonath@compuserve.com>
Subject: BFF CD-singles wanted
Hello everybody!
I am looking for the following CD-singles
1.) Uncle Walter/Emaline (live)/Tom & Mary (live)
2.) Australian Brick CD-single with Kate (Ska version)
3.) Song for the dumped CD-single
Anybody out there who would like to trade one or more of these singles
against some great BFF live tapes or BFF promo material?
Please e-mail me.
Steffen
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:21:01 EST
From: Phishrman1@aol.com
Subject: Hammerstein SOLD OUT!
The NYC Hammerstein Ballroom show is sold out! my friend just went there
today and they said that they may release extra tix the nite of the
show....but for right now they are SOLD OUT!!!
~jared
http://members.aol.com/phishrman1/BenFolds5.html
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 15:41:11 -0500
From: Jessica Brandt <jbrandt@kent.edu>
Subject: ZsoundZ
>>P.S.: I know it has been discussed ad naseum, but here goes... I think the
>>phone that rings in SLNIT is a AT&T cordless phone. It sounds just like
>>mine.
>it sounds alot like my pager to me!
I think it's a toilet flushing.
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 15:52:42 -0500
From: Jessica Brandt <jbrandt@kent.edu>
Subject: Down With Brick Overplay, or ANY play!!
Here's my gripe:
My local radio station (WENZ in cleve-o) plays friggin "Brick" EVERY day
when i am trying to get up for school (around 8 AM) and EVERY day i fall
back asleep because it is such a GODAWFUL slow song....
So i wish wish wish wish they'd release something else, or go back to
playing "Underground" or SOMETHING so i can make it to class on time.
jess
"I bet you never knew but now you know-
I'm the undisputed king of this disco"
--DJ Kool
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 98 15:59:56 EST
From: "Emily Durand" <edurand@nunet.neu.edu>
Subject: dear god, EVAPORATED???
Come ON, Tom and Mary got beat out by Evaporated? Jeez Louise.
What I really wanted to ask about on this post is, does anyone have/know of
recordings of September 67 opening for BF5 last spring? They did at least
the Providence and Boston dates in May 97, other than that I am not sure, but
I would love to find that. BTW if you don't know of them you should take a
listen.
Also, to Alby Tha Newbie, you are not missing a "hidden track" per se on
WAEA, there is just some dialogue between the guys, very NBP-esque fucking
around, in between the songs, which I guess Mr. Corporate Entity decided to
wipe clean from the new pressings, the lame-asses. So find someone with an
old CD and turn the volume up really loud.
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 17:20:09 EST
From: BenFoldsJ@aol.com
Subject: Translation of S/T+ Liner Notes
Hey Fivers,
Considering I'm not fluent in Japanese, nor do I care to be, I was
wondering if anyone knows the translation of the liner notes in the Japanese
import of the self-titled disc. I was looking through it, and it peaked my
interest because it seems like a review of the band, or some sort of
discography that I'm sure is worth reading. If anyone can enlighten me, I'd
really appreciate it -- it's definitely not in the American pressing.
~Jordan
"Fine pewter portraits of General Apathy and Major Boredom singing..."
p.s. So what does everyone think about Brubeck being an influence?
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 20:00:26 EST
From: YLimeHere@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #783
unsubscribe
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 22:44:31 EST
From: Mystic1879@aol.com
Subject: In response to ben sounding solely like one influence
I also beg to differ with this fact....I have heard many a influence from ben
as to supertramp, the late great charlie brown songwriter/preformer vince
guaraldi, billy joel, george gershwin and many others including keith
emerson....you get influenced by the things that surround you and then you
pick them up and use them in your life. It doesn't thave to be one thing that
influences a person.
Kudos:
Meredith
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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 22:45:26 EST
From: Mystic1879@aol.com
Subject: Oh yeah PS
Emerson has one m
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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 03:12:55 EST
From: LawneGirl@aol.com
Subject: PHISHY???
Has it crossed anyone else's mind that the Ultimate Sacrifice sounds a little
like a Phish jam? Maybe that's far fetched but I don't know...
Reply or e-mail me if we want to keep this from becoming a brick-like topic of
discussion.
- -lynzee
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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 11:49:28 EST
From: SkunkMojo@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #789
In a message dated 98-01-29 20:41:11 EST, you write:
<< Also - here again to show my totally "new to BF5" colours -
someone mentioned a secret track on WAEA and how the new CDs
do'nt seem to have it. Mine doesn't. Nothing outside of what
is listed. Just curious as to what the secret track was. >>
it's someone saying... "hey, i got yer hidden track RIGHT HERE, pal! Ben
Folds is a FUCKIN ASSHOLE!" amidst much laughter.
~James
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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 12:34:31 EST
From: Pianogtar@aol.com
Subject: get the March 98 Cmj
I was in Ashville N.C. yesterday and i Saw the one magazine I get every month
CMJ. To my suprise though i saw none other and BFF on the cover and when i
opened it up there was a live verision of Smoke that was unrelease, and it
sounds really good too, If I were you all I would get it now or as soon as it
comes out. The article also has some really good stuff in it too, a definate
reader.
p.s. it doesn't come out in my hometown til' about the 15th so don't get mad
if you don't see it at the time you go to the bookstore
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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 10:04:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Baldy Spice <wallmr@whitman.edu>
Subject: I'M SELLING 2 SEATTLE TIX
Hello Chair!
I've been trying to find a ride from Walla Walla to Seattle in
vain, so it looks like I'm going to have to SELL 2 SEATTLE TICKETS. Please
email me if you are interested. Do it ASAP. I'll send them to you next day
mail so you'll be sure to get them on time. My email is below.
Max Wall
wallmr@whitman.edu
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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 15:13:17 EST
From: Smarshal1@aol.com
Subject: Battle...singles for trade
I have a few of each version of the Battle of Who Could Care Less cd singles
leftover. I am looking to trade them for videos which I don't have. One of
the cds has Battle, Champagne Supernova, and Hava Nagila. the other has
Battle, Theme from Dr. Pyser, and Fanny Packs. So, if you have any videos and
want a cd or two, send me your list.
thanx,
josh
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Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 16:27:02 -0700
From: RT <rtuesday@juno.com>
Subject: http://www.cyber-west.com/rtuesday/
http://www.cyber-west.com/rtuesday/
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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 20:14:02 +0000
From: "David Lapides" <detdave@se.mediaone.net>
Subject: BFF in CMJ (& other stuff)
Det. Dave here...
Got my copy of CMJ New Music Monthly in the mail yesterday, and much
to my delight saw BFF as the featured artist on the front cover. CMJ
New Music is a magazine that reviews the latest in "New" Music
(non-mainstream) The best part is the sample CD which contains about
20 tracks of the artists covered in the mag. You know what that
means...a live version of "Smoke" is track 1!!!
Just go out and get it. Totally worth the 5 bucks.
Also...
Stop griping about this list!!! I've been a longtime member of the
They Might Be Giants list and everything everyone complains about has
happened there and will continue to happen on every list out there.
So, in order to make this list a "kinder and Gentler" place, I humbly
offer these suggestions:
1) Post whatever you want as long as it is BFF related. Someone might
be interested.
2) If you don't like what you are reading, JUST SCROLL DOWN!!! You
don't own this list (well, Frank does and you don't see him
complaining).
3) Dream posts are cool. They allow us to get to know each other and
help us form a true community (ok, everyone, all together...
1..2..3...AWWWWW!!!)
4) Lyric interps are also welcome. Since there seems to be a lot of
turnover on this list and new people join all the time, don't freak
if someone offers an interp (Uh, I think Brick is about getting an
abortion) that you have already read. Everyone was a newbie once.
5) Lurk (read, but don't post) for a while. It'll give you a chance
to kinda get the feel for the list.
6) There is no number six (two points for anyone who gets this)
7) Don't insult people. Flame wars should be kept off the list.
8) Don't troll (post inflammatory statements like "BFF sucks!!! I
think they should break up"). Someone will get upset and respond.
Yippee. What fun.
Finally, I have a CD burner and would be willing to burn any of you a
copy of any high quality bootlegs you might have. Of course, I'll
burn one for myself at the same time. ;-) Just send me an email
(detdave@mediaone.net) and let me know what you have. If it sounds
interesting we can make arrangements.
Oh well, I'm missing the Simpsons, so I think I'll say:
CYA!!!
Det. Dave
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Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 11:43:53 CST
From: "Petra Starke" <naturalselection@hotmail.com>
Subject: Brick on the rise (ironic, eh?)
Brick is currently standing at #5 in Triple J's new request-countdown
show, the Net 50.
Listeners are asked to vote for their most loved or most hated songs
through the Triple J website (http://www.abc.net.au/triplej); the votes
are then collated and the top 50 played every week on the show.
Go Brick!
Cheers,
Petra
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Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 21:49:00 -0500
From: hyatt <lwh39@idt.net>
Subject: Mr. Wrong
I was just wondering which song BFF plays on the sountrack to Mr.
Wrong. Is it worth getting?
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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 22:13:01 EST
From: Angrydwarf@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #792
In a message dated 1/30/98 11:54:17 PM, you wrote:
<<why did the girl commit suicide because of listening to KATE?
i missed that one.........
>>
apparently she was extremely obsessed with wanting to BE Kate to the point of
seeing daisies in her footsteps, passing out the Bagavahd Gita,etc....and was
so depressed that Ben would never meet HER that she pushed a piano to the edge
or a stair well so that it was just about to fall off.....got to the bottom,
and used a rope to cause it to come hurtling down, crushing her. The very sad
ending to this story is that as she lay there she was heard to whisper...."I
wanna...wannna.... be k a t e......." this all happened in a tiny town south
of the State of Sarcasm......not sure where exactly but I'm sure people can
find out for ya'
just doin' my part to enlighten.
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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 22:45:10 EST
From: Angrydwarf@aol.com
Subject: class envy??
As the band grows in popularity...I think we should have some sort of class
distinction to let people know where in BFF fandom you stand.
example:
Brickheads- Brand new to the band and the list...."just love that
song....what's it about??" maybe have yet to buy the album but LOVE that
song!!
Walters- Have both the s/t and WAEA albums....know most of the words and band
bios...(generally, at this point, walters tend to look down upon brickheads
who ramble incessantly about stuff that could easily be learned by either
buying the album or checking out a couple websites)
Emalines-have all three albums, maybe a couple of import singles/live shows
and are starting to hear and comment on unreleased songs much to the confusion
of both Brickheads and Walters
Whippers-Have all the aforementioned stuff including a bunch of live
shows/memorabilia. Has heard previous bands that members of BFF haves been in
and know quite a bit of trivia about the band.
Uncle Plastic Bitches-have most everything that they can get there grubby
little hands on......wait impatiently for new material and will physically
harm you if you come between them and a 7" Jackson Cannery. UPBs (as they are
fondly called) can be pleasant as in spinning a live tape for a newbie or mean
as hell as in completely trashing a brickheads first post. Mostly, its a
mixture of both that is common. UPBs are a great source of information but
seem to grow irritated when asked something that a walter could answer. Tread
lightly.
we are all fans, or else we would not be on this list, but everyone is at a
different stage. I think knowing where a person is at will bring a little more
civility to the list. These terms aren't meant to be degrading to any class,
but are to be used as a reference to depth in fandom. Let me know whatcha'
think.
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