THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #965 - April 29, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Wednesday, April 29 1998 Volume 01 : Number 965
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
April 26 - Charlotte, NC
Reviews of shows from the tour...
Attention all May 2 Nashville tour stop attendees
WEAEA review from Detroit News...
BFF BREAKUP!
Re: K-ROCK Dysfunctional Family Picnic Concert
Posters
hollywood palladium
superdrag
Tommy Kingsmill's fave bands
Bogart's
heh heh heh
Hey all you flathead clevelanders and Ohioans!
Aussie Ad.
Song For The Dumped Airplay
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #964
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #963
LIVE SHOW REVIEW ARCHIVE UP & RUNNING
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 19:18:51 -0500
From: noctum <noctum@usa.net>
Subject: April 26 - Charlotte, NC
Here is the set list for last nights show in Charlotte:
The Set List:
1. Theme from Dr. Pyser
2. BOWCCL
3. Philosophy
4. Selfless, Cold, and Composed
5. Missing the War
6. Steven's Last Night in Town
7. Fair
8. Brick
9. Kate
10. Julianne
11. Song for the Dumped
12. Video
13. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
14. Underground
For more information about the show (reviews, experiences, etc.), check out
http://bffirc.home.pages.de
Thanks to SiNnAmOn (Jaki) for being the first to submit the set list and a
review.
Have a good day and may the FOLDS be with you!
The site managers.
Email: bffirc@usa.net
URL: http://bffirc.home.pages.de
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 19:37:09 -0500
From: noctum <noctum@usa.net>
Subject: Reviews of shows from the tour...
We are working on setting up a site that will cover every show of the
spring tour. In order to make what we want to do possible, we are asking
everyone that attends a show to please email us the set list, a review of
the show, and any pics from the show. This would be greatly appreciated,
for we cannot do what we would like to do without your help. Please submit
all set lists, reviews, and pictures to bffirc@usa.net with "Spring Tour"
as the subject. Thanks.
The site managers.
email: bffirc@usa.net
url: http://bffirc.home.pages.de
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 19:44:31 -0500
From: noctum <noctum@usa.net>
Subject: Attention all May 2 Nashville tour stop attendees
Hey everyone! If you are attending the Nashville, TN May 2nd stop of the
tour please email me back. I am attempting to organize a meeting place for
anyone that is interested in meeting up with fellow people on the armchair.
Thanks.
Sanders
Email: noctum@usa.net
ICQ uin#: 1482897
Url: http://bffirc.home.pages.de
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:29:35 -0400
From: cambot@juno.com
Subject: WEAEA review from Detroit News...
Hola.
I was just flipping through the Detroit News today & I happened upon a
review in the weekly "by teens for teens" section of the paper (I don't
really read it! Really! Stop laughing at me!!) of Whatever & Ever Amen.
I'm sure everyone is pleased to know that it got 4 out of 4 stars.
Reading the review, there were a few things that bothered me:
1) "Ben Folds Five is what you get when you cross Squirrel Nut Zippers
with Third Eye Blind..." Ick. SNZ is okay, but 3B?! Come on! How do you
get this comparison, anyone?
2) Robert is called "Your basic bass player", while Ben gets the term
"awesome rock 'n' roll piano player", & Darren gets "cool drummer". Maybe
she ran out of terms for good...
3) "The band formed in college..." Am I grossly misinformed, or
something? I don't remember anything about this.
It's not like I'm mad about it, it's just that it's kind of annoying when
people don't do thier homework & just make something up they assume is
true. I'm very happy that Ben Folds Five is getting it's deserved
attention... Amen & good evening.
Bottoms up!
Steve!
the nird-rawker
Hey, I think it's about time I post my 5 favorite bands other than Ben
Folds Five right about now. It's not like anyone else hasn't done it &
the good lord only knows when I'll post next, so here it goes:
1) They Might Be Giants
2) Radiohead
3) Lincoln
4) Fountains of Wayne
5) Man... or Astro-Man?
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 18:09:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: roger samson <snub@rocketmail.com>
Subject: BFF BREAKUP!
AHHHHHH! PLEASE TELL ME IT IS NOT TRUE! MTV NEWS JUST BROKE IN
STATING THAT BEN FOLDS FIVE BROKE UP AND CANCELLED ITS REMAINING TOUR
DATES! THEY SAID THERE WOULD BE MORE INFORMATION FORTHCOMING. DOES
ANYBODY KNOW ANYTHING?
RS.
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:01:00 EDT
From: Jaffman1 <Jaffman1@aol.com>
Subject: Re: K-ROCK Dysfunctional Family Picnic Concert
Here is all the information I was able to get on the K-ROCK Disfunctional
Family Picnic Concert:
- - May 30 at Jones Beach
- - Tickets go on sale Friday, May 1 (Time is not yet determined)
- - Price will be $32.50 (Not definitely)
- - Tickets will be sold through Ticketmaster (Maybe some other ways, but
definitely Ticketmaster)
List of all bands that will be there:
Green Day
Scott Weiland Band
Jerry Cantrell
Ben Folds Five
Third Eye Blind
Fuel
Offspring
Soul Asylum
Stuttering John Band
I will definitely be calling to get tickets...Hope to see some of you there.
- -Eric
Jaffman1@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 23:02:23 EDT
From: SunfireQT <SunfireQT@aol.com>
Subject: Posters
Hello Fellow Chairers:
I've been reading a few personal stories here on the armchair about how
rude salesclerks are when we, the customers, ask them for a poster which will
just be thrown out eventually. So I have two stories to tell, but I'll make
them short so as not to take up too much space.
The first comes from the viewpoint of a salesperson in a HUGE music store
called FYE in Trumbull, Connecticut where I no longer live. We used to give
the posters, stand ups, etc. to employees and we were intructed to tell the
customers who requested them that they were sent back to the home office when
we were through with them. This way, we wouldn't get mobs of people coming
into the store asking for free stuff.
The second is from the viewpoint of a girlfriend who went with her
boyfriend to buy NBP at a Blockbuster Music Store in Richardson, Texas. My
boyfriend noticed that the girl behind the counter was taking old posters down
and putting new ones up. One of the new ones was the NBP 1-foot-squared
poster. My boyfriend asked if they give those sorts of things away and the
girl said normally they don't but she didn't think she'd need all of them so
she gave one to us anyways. It's hanging on his wall next to his bed.
So, I guess what I'm trying to say is next time a salesperson denies you a
free poster, realize that they are just doing thier job. And also realize
that sometimes you may get lucky and find a salesperson who isn't a major pain
in the ass like I was.
And yes, if there are any Texans out there, the salespeople in Texas are
WAY nicer than those in Connecticut. People in New England think they are too
high-society to work in a retail store. Or at least that's the impression I
got.
Erica, the Texas Yankee.
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:40:03 -0700
From: Annamarie Ho <atho@ucsd.edu>
Subject: hollywood palladium
Being from San Diego, I was wondering if anyone else from the armchair was
planning on meeting before or after the may 9 show and if anyone could
(privately) provide me with info about how the Hollywood Palladium is set up.
This will be my first BF5 show where they'll be the main act (the last
times were with the Counting Crows and at HORDE).
Thanks, Annamarie
(My favorites: the dandy warhols, the beatles, ella fitzgerald, the smiths,
soul coughing, cornershop . . .)
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 23:49:25 EDT
From: Snowwite67 <Snowwite67@aol.com>
Subject: superdrag
<< Get Superdrag's latest album, 'Head trip in every key'.
>>
It really is great...a new favorite album of mine. Does anybody know if they
are still opening for BFF this summer? That'd be amazing...
>>
yes they are. :)
- -Lauren
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 23:51:28 EDT
From: SASH37 <SASH37@aol.com>
Subject: Tommy Kingsmill's fave bands
hey u all know me im the guy who killed the "I HATE BRICK" fiasco....so now i
wanna announce my 5 fave bands in no pacticular alphabetical order:
1. MAN...OR ASTROMAN?
2. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
3. NERF HERDER
4. TRACY BONHAM
5. MATTHEW SWEET
hey howz about a few more: the odds, BIS, green day, CAKE, the freakin cads,
leah andreone, GOD LIVES UNDERWATER, marcy playground, SPACE, southern culture
on the skids, REM(better than radiohead)
(yeah i know that RADIOHEAD remark might get me killed but whatever
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 02:03:23 -0400
From: srtown0@pop.uky.edu
Subject: Bogart's
Anyone headed to Cincinnati on the 19th of May or Cleveland on the 1st of
June let me know. Email me and we can hook up. I am a huge BFF fan, for a
couple years now, and since they do not seem to make many stops in the
Kentucky area, these 2 shows will be my first. I have heard so much from my
friends in the Chapel Hill/Greensboro area, I am ovulating. Also, as a side
note...the local "new music" station just finished a mission to get 2000
signatures on a petition to get the "unedited" version of Dumped played on
the radio. The unedited version contains everything except for the "Fuck
you" parts, and sounds like shit. Finally they got enough area Brickheads
to come get free pastries and sign the petition, so the real version is out
on the play list. Email me Ohio Valley Fans...
Scott
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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 03:05:17 EDT
From: SASH37 <SASH37@aol.com>
Subject: heh heh heh
im glad to see me telling off you morons who bashed ben folds five for being
popular a few months back worked.
lets just love them for what they are....a good band.
i think ben darren and jesse like it better that way. i dont think they wanna
be ashamed for being popular.
by the way what does BRICK mean........kidding
tommy
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 03:29:57 -0400
From: Jessica Brandt <jbrandt@kent.edu>
Subject: Hey all you flathead clevelanders and Ohioans!
Hey, i might have an extra tickie to the June 1 BFF (and Beck, *groan*)
show at BLossom in Ohio. No one i know really likes the guys. Plus, i am
trying my darndest to get backstage.
So A> if you are going backstage at this show, please please mail this
desperate grrl and B> if you are a clevelander looking for an extra ticket,
i MIGHT be able to help and C>if you have seen Sandy, or if you ARE Sandy,
please mail me!
top five bands today:
1. Dead Milkmen
2. Mustard Plug
3. Skankin' Pickle
4. Barenaked Ladies
5. Dave Matthews Band
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 02:50:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jodie Poole <jodiepoole@yahoo.com>
Subject: Aussie Ad.
Hi there!
Have any Aussies seen the new BF5 ad on TV? It has a little boy who
picks up something (maybe W&EA?) and says "Ben Folds Five??" Then he
says something like "Piano?, Bass? Drums? ... what about the other
two?" Or something like that - I only saw it briefly.
Bit of exposure for the boys out here *finally*. Is this ad only on
out here, or is it in the US too?
Catcha!
Jodie
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 06:36:11 EDT
From: JARAMINI <JARAMINI@aol.com>
Subject: Song For The Dumped Airplay
It was so great. Sunday I just flipped on the radio to 102.1 (it's based in
Canada) and after about 5 minutes Song For The Dumped came on. It was so
amazing, not only was it getting airplay, BUT uncensored airplay. Then,
yesterday morning, on my favorite station 103.3 (in Buffalo) they played Song
For The Dumped too. The best part was how they introduced it: "this is Ben
Folds Five 'Song For The Dumped', one of our favorites" that was just the
coolest thing, I wanted to jump for joy, but managed to contain myself long
enough to enjoy the song. So around here I've been hearing it, and hope this
one gets bigger than Brick.
John
"Hasek with the miraculous save! We are not worthy!"
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 09:18:55 -0400
From: Jaki Hsieh <sinnamon@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #964
>
>Hey!! Did anyone see the Charlotte NC show on sunday 4/26? It was great, but
>way too short!!!
>- --Jessica Kaufman
>
Yah I was there! It wouldnt have been so short if their wasnt a stupid 20
min delay cuz the guy couldnt like configure the bass guitar thing right!
I dont know what exactly he was doing but the delay sucked!
Jaki
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:32:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kimberly Morley <kmorley@arches.uga.edu>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #963
hey,
if anyone is going to the memphis show this weekend and needs another
ticket, i have one that i'll sell cheap because i can't use it. also, the
charlotte show was great, especially underground.
kim:)
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 14:09:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Patrick J McDonough <mcdonpj@wfu.edu>
Subject: LIVE SHOW REVIEW ARCHIVE UP & RUNNING
As promised, I have got the review page all ready to go, and have already
taken the liberty of making Ginger Nance's first review the inaugural
piece of material there. (I went out on a limb and assumed this was okay
by you, Ginger) I will also be working on pulling old reviews of past
armchair issues to add to the site.
Please come and peruse this resource and others I am developing at
http://www.wfu.edu/~mcdonpj/bff/index.html
Your input is welcome!
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