THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #898 - March 20, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Friday, March 20 1998 Volume 01 : Number 898
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
another band.
bands that arent BFF
Whatever........ ..............and ever amen!
COVERS
bf5 a capella
2/5/98 Bootleg?
Bridges and happy melodies.
Alternative Press Article
Ben Folds Five interview?
Stuff!..
goddamn uh
damn me again!
Underground Remix
b band
A few things to say...
you alone decide whats real
hola :)
wrong article address
everybody wants some
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 20:59:08, -0500
From: PFJH05D@prodigy.com (MISS JESSICA R BORASH)
Subject: another band.
do you people listen to 80's music? hello? a good b band!!
THE BUGGLES
"video killed the radio star"
it's an 80's BALLAD!! gee whiz... don't you people watch empire
records?
jeskuh =>
it's better to be safe than sorry
- -a-ha
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 21:15:55 -0500
From: jaedonely@juno.com
Subject: bands that arent BFF
1) THe Gladhands...people generally like that cd, right? I do. I think
its fun. BUt the song that is the catchiest on the cd to me, Gore Girls,
has lyrics that I dont like Im so torn...what do you guys think of it?
2) Havent heard much from this band, Harvey Danger, but what Ive heard,
ive liked, plus the lead singer definetly has a Ben Folds quality to his
voice. THeyd be good opening up for BFF.
Song for the Dumped has been marginally played on my radio station. It
won "suck or not" 9 nights in a row, which is good. Its been played
occasionally, including bitch, beeping F*** you. My mom, who thinks
brick is the best thing happening to BFF (but shes coming around...Im
teaching her about other songs) initially didnt like SFTD until..."and
dont fo-or-ge-etttt" at the end. She liked how they sounded "defeated"
heeheehee.:)
~Elisabeth
"they cut off my legs now Im an amputee Goddamm you!"
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 18:30:52 -0800 (PST)
From: andrew parker <parker62@yahoo.com>
Subject: Whatever........ ..............and ever amen!
OKay, first post, long time reader, and its not that I'm lazy, I just never had anything that was "list-worthy", until THIS.......
Anyways, I don't know if any one else has pointed this useless bit of knowledge out yet but I came across on Comedy Central a Dana Carvey special where he is showing off his musical talents and making fun of rock stars all at once. But when I first saw i
t I saw Dana Carvey with his head kind of down and as you know hes skinny like Ben and at this particular time had nearly the EXACT same haircut and clothing on as Ben, it seems. So anyways, COMPLETELY CONVINCED I hit the record button, LUCKILY there wa
s nothing in my vcr... But none-the-less, he had me fooled... Just thought I'd add that in...... and if you want a further documentation on this coincidence go to <a href="http://www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/palladium/3230">www.geocities.com/sunsetstri
p/palladium/3230</a>and FREE MUSTARD TOO!!!.....
......anyways......
sincerely,
- -"Grand Masta' P"
"Yeah well, money talks, I hate to listen....but lately its been screamin' in my ear..."
- -Big Ben Folds
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 22:57:14 EST
From: JGreenb106 <JGreenb106@aol.com>
Subject: COVERS
Here's my little list of BFF cover suggestions:
Nirvana- About A Girl
Led Zepplin- Stairway to Heaven
Oasis- Wonderwall
The Rolling Stones- Satisfaction
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 23:34:57 -0500
From: Rebecca.Cole@mail.trincoll.edu (Rebecca Cole)
Subject: bf5 a capella
>Uh... the definition of a capella is 'without accompaniment'.. so you've
>left me very confused.... lots of percussion & bass?????? without
>accompaniment???? something's not right here...
OK, just about everyone I know sings a capella, so I forget that I can't
use jargon with everyone. What I meant by percussion and bass were vocal
imitations of both. Sorry I confused you.
- -Rebecca
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 20:55:07 -0800 (PST)
From: The Elephant Man <wallmr@whitman.edu>
Subject: 2/5/98 Bootleg?
I know I've asked before, but I'm wondering if anyone managed to tape the
Seattle show (2/5/98). If so, or if you know of a comprehensive bootleg
site, let me know. Thanks.
Max
<wallmr@whitman.edu>
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:31:28 -0500
From: "Mike Yasich" <timberwoolf@email.msn.com>
Subject: Bridges and happy melodies.
I just wanted to point out that BFF writes some fantastic bridges! I especially would like to point out the one in Alice Childress. "No it didn't work out..." A sad, maybe melancholy line with such a bright, optimistic melody countered with the tension
in the chords. Wow. I just thought I'd throw this out there. Does anyone else hear these little serendipities?
- -Mike
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 21:50:59 -0800
From: Janet <LemonDrp@pacbell.net>
Subject: Alternative Press Article
There's an article about bands on late night t.v. in April's A.P.
magazine with a mention of Ben Folds Five and a nice picture of them in
front of the Late Show marquee in which Darren puzzlingly looks a little
like Thom Yorke.
Janet.
- --
My Mom Says I'm Cool. http://members.tripod.com/~peachfish/sparkie.htm
My Heroes I Confess. http://members.tripod.com/~peachfish/BenFoldsFive/
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:28:35 -0600 (CST)
From: Mat Hames <mhames@onramp.net>
Subject: Ben Folds Five interview?
Could you please post the actual place where the article is? I found your
site eventually (The address you gave is wrong. It's "Arena" with a capital
A, and "SunsetStrip", not all lower case) but didn't see any article.
Thanks
>Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:32:23 +1100
>From: Bree or Garth Nevin <nevinb@mpx.com.au>
>Subject: Ben article March 98
>
>I have a recent article with Ben attached to my web page at:
>
>http:www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/arena/5111
>
>It is from March 98(even though the interview was done in Jan)when Ben
>was on Hols in Australia. It may answer some of your questions about the
>direction of the new album. He also shares his thoughts on his fans.
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 22:38:45 -0800 (PST)
From: ralph kyatsu <inane_insane@yahoo.com>
Subject: Stuff!..
I think it's cool that BF5 is doing another tour....I wonde rif
they'll come up to toronto again??....ehhh probably not....Umm ok Umm
I guess I'll throw my .02 cents into the emaline ring....I think the
difference in what the lyric sheets say and what we hear might be due
to the version we hear??(feel free to correct me)...Because Emaline
was on the Majosha album and it was also on a single so it's possible
that some words changed over time right?....
Oh yeah Protection is amazing....I like Cool Whip too but I got to
admit it's definitely got cheese factor to it...
Oh yeah I'm really happy I finally got my hands on DOMO BEN CHAN
DESU!!!....you know that rare hard to find 2cd Japanese bootleg....
I guess this is only for fans that live in Toronto but Global channel
41 cable 6 is airing Dawson Creek(I think from the beginning) april 21
at 10 am(don't quote me on dates it's 1:30 am but I do know it's in
april)..so for those who missed the evaporated episode you have a
second chance!...
Oh yeah ICQ if you have you can add me if you want
UIN #4429325
later
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 17:44:28 -0600
From: "Julie 'anti-gavin' Hurst" <shadow@ballarat.hotkey.net.au>
Subject: goddamn uh
So that commercial radio station in ballarat seems to have turned against
bff in a way. They play Brick still, but because I've rang up three times to
complain about calling them THE ben folds five, they started calling them
Benjamin folds five, and saying imagine if it was jackson five instead of
the jackson five, then they brought hanson into it, calling htem THE
hansons. So after that I give up on power fm forever (for the second time)
The only reason they play brick is cos the dj loves the song. But he likes
radiohead so he has something there.
Emaline lyric thing: I always thought it was summer champayne, so whoever
said it wasn't. I'm confused.
IRC chat: who goes on?? I go on a fair bit now on all servers. And was
wondering if we ever worked out a meeting time? Or we didn't even consider
it, if not, whoever goes on email me privately.
I got an email from my 4th fave person (next to BFF) DAVID STRASSMAN!! Just
sharing my joy with you.
Anyway I'm gonna go now, see ya all.
- -Julie 'anti-gavin'
strasswoman@mailcity.com
ds email- chuckwood@compuserve.com
strasso@classic.msn.com
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 17:45:00 -0600
From: "Julie 'anti-gavin' Hurst" <shadow@ballarat.hotkey.net.au>
Subject: damn me again!
<< Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:49:28 -0500
From: foldsben05@juno.com (Juli Anne)
Subject: Darren.....time to stop hiding!
Hello Fivers!
anyone else but me notcied darren never gets much attention on tv...?
I mean, i understand them filming Ben most of the time, but they always
find
a way to hide Darren!
Allison >>
I agree, damn annoying too, everyone wants to see Darren!! Don't we? Well we
want to see them all.
- -Julie 'anti-gavin'
P.S - My name is actually Julie-anne. When I was younger I actually got
called it all the time, and my name was Julie-anne farmer, but I got it
changed to Julie Hurst, but Anne remains my middle name. Hurst is my fathers
last name, farmer was my sisters dads last name, doesn't make sense when he
wasn't my father. <just some personal info there>
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 23:34:32 +0000
From: Chris Robles <ziggi@cats.ucsc.edu>
Subject: Underground Remix
Check out the new Underground Remix at
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Amphitheatre/4512/
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 19:36:41 -0600
From: "Julie 'anti-gavin' Hurst" <shadow@ballarat.hotkey.net.au>
Subject: b band
did we say bentley rhythm ace ?
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:45:30 PST
From: "Chantel Crossman" <chantel79@hotmail.com>
Subject: A few things to say...
Hello Armchairites,
Okay I will make this short, sharp and shiney
1. Hi Clayton...all I can say is "finally"
2. I also heard that Ben wanted to apply for citizenship in Australia,
whether he
was saying that to be nice we will only ever find out when and if he
does apply.
3. Coming from Adelaide I think his choice in cities to admire was
rather
fine.
4. Does anyone know whether Darren or Robert are doing any side projects
while Ben is exploring his orchestral side?
Thats it for me,
Chan XX
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 03:47:42 EST
From: Corrin108 <Corrin108@aol.com>
Subject: you alone decide whats real
Ok, this is a pretty random question - unfortunately having nothing to do with
BF5, but you guys are my last hope. A while back I remember hearing about the
singer of some band doing a solo project called "trout fishing in america."
Now for some reason, I cant remember who it was. So if any of you kind folk
know the answer to this random question, please oh please email me with the
answer.
Just to add to the list, I think it would rule if BF5 covered:
"Catch" - The Cure
"Make-out Club" - Unrest
"Thursday" - Morphine
"Postcard" - The Lemonheads
"slack motherf!#ker" - Superchunk
Oh, I dont think i am the first to say so, but I think that "Kate" would be
awesome for their next single.
Corrin
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 05:00:49 EST
From: KRDinLA <KRDinLA@aol.com>
Subject: hola :)
Hey all. Just wanted to add to the SFTD rumors....the trade mags are right
on. Song For The Dumped arrived in the mail at KROQ here in LA today,
officially the next single from WAEA. So if hearing Brick get overplayed has
got you down, may I suggest turning off the radio for the next six months or
so because SFTD is going to hit big time with the kids! Commercially, Ben
Folds Five is on a roll.
Tonight I saw Mary Lou Lord at the Troubador here in LA and she kicked ass!
What a great show! And Elliot Smith appeared out of the audience and did a
song with her. That was a pleasant surprise. He will kick ass on Monday at
the Academy Awards. Go Elliot! I'm on such a high from that show. If you're
not familiar with Mary Lou Lord, check her out. She's from Salem, Mass, and
her disc is called "Got No Shadow." That's all outta me. :) Kristen
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 02:04:23 -0800 (PST)
From: bree Nevin <slomo_hifi@yahoo.com>
Subject: wrong article address
sorry about the ben article address. Try this one.
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Arena/5111/bens.html
This is the article from Australia(Jan 98)
Cheers
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 09:24:41 -0600
From: chdevers@juno.com (kent brockman)
Subject: everybody wants some
***** help! *****
>"Books are good." "Parading's better." -- A Hard Day's Night
>
>i have only this to say to that:
>
>"HEY! WHOS THAT LITTLE OLD MAN!?" 'well who is he?" "he belongs to
>paul"
"funny, he's such a clean man..."
***** dirty boots *****
><< "schizophrenia" by sonic youth. i think alot of sy songs
><<would sound good on a piano actually... oh well, whatever. >>
>novel idea, but bear in mind that almost all of SY's guitar parts are
>in non-standard tuning, so Ben would probably have to re-tune his
>piano or do reasonable facsimiles(sp) with standard-tuning.
i think something could be arranged...
***** freebird! play freebird! *****
ok, someone alluded to the idea recently, let's expand it.
we've talked alot about cover songs bff should play.
let's put the shoe on the other foot.
here's your assignment:
who would you have perform on a bff tribute album,
and what song or songs would each band play?
would you want a parade of famous bands?
(a la "singles", "the crow" (or about a dozen other) soundtracks?)
would you want a showcase of bands most people haven't heard of?
(like the shonen knife or van halen tributes i've heard?)
perhaps a mix of old and new -- whatever. you decide.
a handful of my suggestions (in some kind of order):
"jackson cannery" as performed by rage against the machine
"philosophy" as performed by the rollins band
"julianne" as performed by guns 'n' roses (or just axl would do)
"underground" as performed by nine inch nails
"sports & wine" as performed by the mighty mighty bosstones
"uncle walter" as performed by the jesus lizard
"best imitation..." as performed by michael jackson
"last polka" as performed by the afghan whigs
"boxing" as performed by portishead
"one angry dwarf" as performed by elton john
"brick" as performed by pj harvey
"s. f. t. dumped" as performed by sebadoh
"kate" as performed by beck
"cigarette" as performed by tool
"steven's ... town" as performed by harry connick jr.
"battle ... less" as performed by billy joel
"emaline" as performed by the lemonheads
"tom & mary" as performed by paul mccartney
"fanny packs" as performed by the beastie boys
"bad idea" as performed by quicksand
"ultimate sacrifice" as performed by europe (or journey)
"satan" as performed by marilyn manson
"twin falls" as performed by rem or christie front drive
(now try to figure out which were facetious... hehe...)
ok, anyhow, that's my suggestions. how about you guys?
- --chris
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