THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #956 - April 24, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Friday, April 24 1998 Volume 01 : Number 956
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
Re: Video Killed the Radio Star
Radio 1 Is OK?
Brick on the news
Oh God Damn...it's NOT TECHNO!!!!!!!!!
Re: Origin of "Video Killed The Radio Star" and I need Promo posters
spin top 40
Aussie posters.
attn: KC FANS!
London pre-gig bevvy-ing
The CD Plot
horde?
turtlenecks suck
couple of things..
Re: Beatles, Ben, and Crowded House
5 Artists and 4 Singles and 3 Men and 2 Covers and 1 Post
did ya all know that Sting, Ah hem,Gordon Sumner,used to be a school teacher?
Aussie posters.
Snuzz and Bus Stop
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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 08:19:30 EDT
From: MeandMrRay <MeandMrRay@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Video Killed the Radio Star
In a message dated 4/21/98 8:53:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, owner-
armchair@ford.il.fontys.nl writes:
1) I've heard a lot about BFF performing Video Killed The Radio Star. Is
it the same song that is on the last album of "The Presidents of the
USA" ? Who performed this song first? Was it written by "The Presidents
of the USA" ? Forgive me for my lack of american music culture ...
The song "Video Killed the Radio Star" was originally performed by a band
called "The Buggles". "Video Killed the Radio Star" also happened to be the
first video ever on MTV. The rest is history...
Greg.
Allways up for a tape trade... check out my list at:
http://members.aol.com/meandmrray/list.html
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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 98 13:40:51 PDT
From: Derek Ebbrell <dse@postman.sabwabco.co.uk>
Subject: Radio 1 Is OK?
>I am sure all you Brits who happen to listen to the Breakfast Show on
>Radio One (from time to time!) are aware of the fact that braindead
>Zoe Ball
>has defined 'new band' Ben Folds Five 'FANTASTAIRK!'. Celebrity is
>THAT bad.
Smoke was also mentioned on mark and lards cheerfuly Cheesey Chart
Challange, did not here if they played it though.
Derek
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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 01:40:40 PDT
From: "Anne Kirkwood" <annepot@hotmail.com>
Subject: Brick on the news
This afternoon my boyfriend told me that while he was watching one of
the news channels(probably on the ABC), last night during the wharf
coverage he heard brick being played. He thought that it was probably
someones tape recorder VERY close to the microphone, but it may have
been edited in by the news people, who knows! Anyway, BFF have made it
onto the news in Australia(well there music has). I'm going to have to
start watching the news in future. Darn! Just thought you'd like to
know.
Cheers :)
Anne
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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 23:55:03 EDT
From: Snowwite67 <Snowwite67@aol.com>
Subject: Oh God Damn...it's NOT TECHNO!!!!!!!!!
<< should we laugh at his idea to make a techno album, when sp many people
surely laughed at him when he said "I'm gonna put together a piano rock
group!" >>
IT's NOT a techno album it's experimental, Avant-garde, type stuff! Geez!
Sorry to be so bitchy but we've been through this. :)
- -Lauren a.k.a The corecter(except when it comes to spelling, I suck I really
really do....notice how I spelled "corrector"...twice! ) :)
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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:51:43 -0400
From: Mike Baltus <merlin@advdata.net>
Subject: Re: Origin of "Video Killed The Radio Star" and I need Promo posters
The Presidents of the US were not the people who wrote the song. It was the
"Buggles" an eighties band. The Presidents simply did a cover on it like Ben
Folds 5 but Ben Folds 5 did it first.
Anyways i really really want a promo poster for my room so if anyone has one that
is up for trade/sale please e-mail me or post it on the armchair.
Thanks,
-Mike
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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 23:39:15 EDT
From: LUVmySPNDX <LUVmySPNDX@aol.com>
Subject: spin top 40
WHOA ! I just noticed that Ben Folds was chosen as #40 of the most vital
artists in music today , thats SO cool
toddd
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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 05:00:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jodie Poole <jodiepoole@yahoo.com>
Subject: Aussie posters.
G'day everyone!
Have any Aussies out there seen a new BFF poster floating around
record stores - it is damn cool and has the three guys on it with BFF
written at the bottom. I asked the manager of Trax for one but he
wouldn't give me one. Just curious.
also, is Carrie Shanafelt still on this list??
Catcha!
Jodie
PS: I'm leaving for a trip to the US, England and Germany in June. If
anyone would like to share any tips about places to visit etc with me
I'd be extremely grateful -ta!
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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 21:53:37 EDT
From: ShirowFan <ShirowFan@aol.com>
Subject: attn: KC FANS!
first off-- i'm going to kick sooo much ass if one more person brings up the
'ringing phone' in SLNIT. we've discussed this. it was discovered more than a
year ago. it's time to move on. a time for healing from this wretched
effrontery.
anyhoo--
the Borders Books shop on 95th and Metcalf has had a buncha BRICK singles
layin around in the BFF section (filed under B!). I've purchased 2 already,
and, as of tonight, there was one left. I'm sure they have more, there's
always at least 3 in there. So, if you wanted one, get on your bikes and pedal
down there!
All right, i must do this:
FAVORITE BANDS WHO DON'T SUCK
1. Van Morrison
2. Pearl Jam (the bootlegs, not the regular albums)
3. Ben Folds Five
4. Presidents of the USA (sigh)
5. Semisonic
6. your momma
I know this just takes up space, but i pay no mind; im just here to pick up
chicks.
Preachin' the Word,
Rev. Dave-o
"Well kids, you tried and you failed. And you learned a valueable lesson:
Never try."
Homer Simpson
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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:07:41 +1000 (EST)
From: Kirsty Chestnutt <kuryakin@edison.dialix.com.au>
Subject: London pre-gig bevvy-ing
Hi everyone,
If you're coming to the concert on the 29th June at The Forum, you might
want to join a bunch of us for a drink or two beforehand.
We'll be meeting in the front bar of the Assembly House pub on
Fortress/Kentish Town Rd from 6pm. To get there, come out of the Tube,
turn right and it should be in front of you across the road.
If you are interested in coming, send me an email - or just turn up and
try to tell which group is us :)
Kirsty - who saw the Spice Girls on Sunday :)
'When you're feeling sad and low...'
Kirsty Chestnutt *Svelte* kuryakin@edison.dialix.com.au
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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 04:01:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Amanda J <audeshii@yahoo.com>
Subject: The CD Plot
ah, someone has discovered just a small part of this plot.
You see, my theory is that in ever song ever recorded there is a a
phone ringing. Of course in most songs you can't hear the phone, but
when you turn the music up, you hear it. Very strange.
The phone effect gets worse the further away from the the CD player is
from the phone.
Just an interesting note,
Amanda
Top Five Bands, other than BF5
1. The Whitlams
2. The Beatles
3. Weezer
4. Green Day
5. Regurgitator
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Audeshii
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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:07:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lesley Long <lesleyl@bgnet.bgsu.edu>
Subject: horde?
i heard a rumor that bff will be performing again at the horde festival
this year...is it true? or will my heart be broken?
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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 23:43:40 EDT
From: LUVmySPNDX <LUVmySPNDX@aol.com>
Subject: turtlenecks suck
SPIN:Do you always wear a turtleneck when you play?
BEN FOLDS:No, I hate 'em. I've never worn a turtleneck, except for that
"Brick" video. They feel like shit.
- --spin magazine
i agree
toddd
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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:11:35 EDT
From: FM3 Red5 <FM3Red5@aol.com>
Subject: couple of things..
well...i never read that post about sting and the police...what was that all
about?... the police are great...well were i guess...Sting just kicks ass...
oh video killed the radio star is a cheezy 80s song...i fogot who its
by...but its irrelevant...anyway
i'm waiting anxiously for the giants stadium concert...i'm desperately trying
to get my hands on some recoding equiptment...if anyone can help me out...e-
mail me...
finally favorite bands...
Dave Matthews Band
Nine Inch Nails
Smahing Pumpkins
Fountains of Wayne
Stabbing Westward
All Cheezy 80s songs and then there's a ton more....
Frank
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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 21:04:04 EDT
From: Dimsdale0 <Dimsdale0@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Beatles, Ben, and Crowded House
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that Crowded House were the next best
thing that came out after the Beatles, only to be replaced by Ben Folds Five?
Just curious. Dimsdale0
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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 21:26:32 -0400
From: Richard Challen <rchallen@clemson.campus.mci.net>
Subject: 5 Artists and 4 Singles and 3 Men and 2 Covers and 1 Post
Hello Armchairites,
This is a numeric post, so bear...
5 ARTISTS I like in addition to the, um, Five:
Grant Lee Buffalo
Jeff Buckley
Counting Crows
Radiohead
Tom Waits and/or Prince (these are pre-MTV folks for you young'uns)
4 SINGLES of "Brick":
England has 2 different "Brick" singles and either are worth your
money... I would skew towards the one with the Japanese SFTD because
that version is EXTREMELY funny, but the one with live "Smoke" and MTW
rocks as well.
Japanese "Brick" is really good but costs a LOT of money (damn exchange
rate) and you can find everything on another single now. It has "Smoke
(Live)" and "Fair (Disco Remix)" from the English "Brick"s, "Kate (Ska
Remix)" from the Australian "Brick," and the wonderful "Mitchell Lane"
from the English "Kate" single.
There's also an Australian "Brick" which has 2 songs from the Japanese
version. Eh.
3 MEN performing a tribute to Bacharach (aka BF5):
Will be released officially when? Oh yeah, Godzilla soundtrack drops May
19th, with the new Five song "Air"! (And a not-so-bad cover of Bowie's
"Heroes" by the Wallflowers...)
2 COVERS of "Video Killed The Radio Star" exist:
But the original came out in '81 (1980? 1979?) and was performed by
one-hit wonders the Buggles. First video ever shown on MTV, for those
who care. Don't you DARE think that those lame-ass Presidents of the
U.S.A. could EVER write a song that good. Plus, the Five were performing
it in concert as early as '95, so I think even their cover predates the
Presidents'. Too bad they don't play it anymore; it was a really sweet
rendition.
1 POST to speak my 2 cents about a bunch o' crap and also to tell you to
keep eyes open for these great upcoming releases:
Grant Lee Buffalo - Jubilee (heavier, rockier, still cool)
Jeff Buckley - Sketches (what an epitaph)
Tori Amos - from the choirgirl hotel (Saw her last night... Talk about
rocking out on the piano...)
emmet swimming - Big Night Without You (best band you've never heard)
in the player now: Dan Kibler, David Poe, Semisonic...
Later,
rICH
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LIFE/DEATH... 15 songs of romance and retribution...
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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:03:26 EDT
From: Snowwite67 <Snowwite67@aol.com>
Subject: did ya all know that Sting, Ah hem,Gordon Sumner,used to be a school teacher?
....I bet you're all giddy with glee now, aren't ya? Aren't ya!
<< > << Sting (ok, strictly speaking, Andy Summers >>
> Hon, I agree with you, The Police rocked and you Brits have given us a lot,
> but isn't Sting's real name, Gordon Summoner.
Gordon Sumner, I think you'll find....
>>
Yeah yeah yeah....Why the hell are you people Always correcting me! hehe
- -Lauren
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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 04:58:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jodie Poole <jodiepoole@yahoo.com>
Subject: Aussie posters.
G'day everyone!
Have any Aussies out there seen a new BFF poster floating around
record stores - it is damn cool and has the three guys on it with BFF
written at the bottom. I asked the manager of Trax for one but he
wouldn't give me one. Just curious.
also, is Carrie Shanafelt still on this list??
Catcha!
Jodie
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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 12:36:45 +0100
From: David.J.Holloway@student.shu.ac.uk
Subject: Snuzz and Bus Stop
armchair@maillist.il.fontys.nl,Internet writes:
>anybody buy the SNUZZ cd? i've been thinking about getting it, but
>i want to know if it's any good first. buyers' caution, if you will.
>any opinions on the thing?
The Snuzz CD is really good, but in my humble opinion the Bus Stop
one is better. Um, that is all I have to say on the subject.
Dave
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