THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #1018 - May 24, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Sunday, May 24 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1018
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
Re: WEAE noises?
hanson = bf5, i don't think so
a late sessions article
Videos
Uncle Walter on MTV
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1013
NY Times Magazine with BFF
Sorry to take up space
bff midis
not superdrag..
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Date: Sat May 23 10:31:04 EDT 1998
From: Rey Anthony (rey@radiolink.net) <reyanthony@usa.net>
Subject: Re: WEAE noises?
"Ben Williams" <ben@tne.net.au> wrote:
> Where are these crickets and telephone??
Crickets on "Cigarette", though intentional, I feel.
Telephone on "Steven's Last Night..." Definitely not intentional, if
fact you can hear laughing after the phone rings. Sounds just like
mine, and used to freak me out for a while because I thought my phone
was ringing. Great stuff. They must have an AT&T cordless laying
around! Take care.
Rey
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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 10:48:51 -0400
From: bf5 <bf5@SURRY.NET>
Subject: hanson = bf5, i don't think so
Also, since someone mentioned some poor misguided person comparing Ben
Folds Five to Hanson, I thought I'd ask if you guys have had the
experience of leaving the NBP CD laying around and having a
friend/co-worker/relative ask if it was a Hanson CD?
http://radiolink.net/rey
rey@radiolink.net
This never actually happened to me...but one time my computer blew up and my
mom had to take it to Best Buy and the wallpaper that I had set was from NBP
(the one with the miniture instruments)....anyway...the guy booted up the
computer, looked at my mom and said..Do you have a daughter? My mom said,
yeah, why? Then the guy said, So is she obsessed with Hanson? My mom gave
him this really weird look and she said, NO, why? Then the guy said, Well
that's their picture isn't it? Mom looked at him and said, I'll tell her
you didn't say that.
I couldn't believe it when mom told me that, I couldn't believe it. Grown
men with experience compared to pre-pubescent squeekers. Geeze.....
- -Whitney
G105 can't wait!!!!
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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 12:08:48 EDT
From: "Kurt Grieb" <sirgeb27@hotmail.com>
Subject: a late sessions article
i know a great deal of you listened to sessions this past weekend, but i
first heard it from a friend, since my VCR screwed up. Actually i only
heard the first two songs, (war, and smoke). once again, their live
playing skills must be commended, especially with the vocals. Second,
what the hell was ben playing to make that organ-like sound in smoke. it
was cool and so was the stroking of the piano strings to get the other
effect. its a shame i couldn't hear the rest of it, but what i hear was
soothing to the ear-- it was also really neat since i've never actually
seen them play before, except in videos, which doesn't count.
Geb
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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 12:53:36 EDT
From: LadZER0 <LadZER0@aol.com>
Subject: Videos
Just a question.
Maybe I don't watch enough MTV, but where and when do all of you see videos
other than Brick? Do they play them in the wee hours of the morning or
something? Brick is the only video I've seen, plus half of OAD. I'd
appreciate it if someone would let me know if there's a certain time block
when MTV or VH1 plays videos that are out of heavy circulation.
Live on
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| \/ |att!
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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 12:16:38 -0500
From: finejade@juno.com (Fine Jade)
Subject: Uncle Walter on MTV
regarding...
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 16:20:02 EDT
From: SASH37 <SASH37@aol.com>
Subject: lets all work together to get uncle walter on MTV
I'm trying to organize a massive vote for ben folds five.There is a new
tv
show on MTV called total request.You vote to see a video.On may
27th,WEDNESDAY, I'm getting all my friends to vote for UNCLE WALTER by
ben
folds five. You can call 1-800-DIAL-MTV or email TOTAL@MTVMAIL.COM
PLEASE be sure to call or email on the 27th.
send this to all you bff fans and fight the power.the show is on at 9:30
thanks for your help!!!!!!
tommy
will everyone be doing this? i just wanna know. i really think that if
all the armchairites voted, theres a possibility that the video will be
on the show.
however, i was wondering if it should be the uncle walter video or the
SFTD video cuz many ppl have missed the SFTD video the nite it premiered
on 120 minutes. this would be a good opportunity for those who missed the
video to catch it again.
what will it be?
and dont forget: wednesday 5/27 -- email or call in
gekleng
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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 14:26:05 -0400
From: Jason <jasonp@bhip.infi.net>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1013
> yet another example of the fact that not only are BFF hugely talented
> artists, but they are pretty damn funny as well. (not that is would have
> been deliberate, but how many other bands do you know with that kind of
> stuff on their albums?) All I can say is, "Ben Folds is a Fuckin
> Asshole..."
Only 1 other band I know of...
Actually, at the end of the new NOFX cd, there's a clip of Howard Stern making fun of
the band.
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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 16:01:00 EDT
From: TarintinoQ <TarintinoQ@aol.com>
Subject: NY Times Magazine with BFF
ok i was flipping through New York Times Magazine today(5/23)
and i noticed an article with Naked Baby Photos and some mavericks cd
pictures on the top of the page. i figured that somewhere in this article
there
would be something about bff so as i skim through i finally see them mentioned
and
here is what rob hoerburger had to say about them(the article is about how the
adult crowd, the 30's,who are being gipped from the music world. they are
geting no attention and these are some of the bands that they listen to and
like)
Ben Folds Five, who with their angst-free hooks and harmonic splashes have
reclaimed the piano asa driving force in pop.Thanks to heavy touring,the
groups year old album,"whatever and ever amen", finally 'went gold' but they
shouldnt have had to work as hard as they did for it. And they wouldnt have
had to if more radio programmers recognized the intelligence of the adult
audience.
mcgregor
*********IN MY STEREO RIGHT NOW**********
SEAN LENNON- INTO THE SUN(MY AUTOGRAPHED COPY)
BUFFALO DAUGHTER-NEW ROCK
BILLY JOEL-GREATEST HITS
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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 16:40:59 EDT
From: Fantine222 <Fantine222@aol.com>
Subject: Sorry to take up space
Hey everyone, sorry about the nature of this post.
If Betsy is here, I e-mailed you about the SFTD video and I accidently erased
all my mail, so if you responded, could you please e-mail me again. If you
haven't e-mailed me yet, then, well, i will keep hoping that you will.
Ok, I know, shut up already,
Cait
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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 17:09:57 EDT
From: Natasha155 <Natasha155@aol.com>
Subject: bff midis
Does anyone know where I can find some ben folds five midis? The only ones I
can find on the web for bff are "brick" and "missing the war"... thanks!
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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 18:25:47 EDT
From: Lglu <Lglu@aol.com>
Subject: not superdrag..
Does anyone know who is opening for BFF in Grand Rapids MI? At the Superdrag
site, it says their drummer has a broken finger & they've canceled three dates
of the tour with BFF.
Laura
7 fav. groups other than BFF (never did it)
DMB
Rusted Root
Barenaked Ladies
Phish
REM
Radiohead
Pearl Jam
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