THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #1042 - June 5, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Friday, June 5 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1042
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
Jerk Invasion Alert and Advice
oxford american
Feeling left out?
huh?
Re: Feeling left out?
Shindig tape trade?
springer date
The TRUE meaning of Air
MP3's: Dr. Pyser, Mitchell Lane, Pretty People
rob in rolling stone....
rolling stone
dance versions, YUCKIE
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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 09:12:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Marie Buckman <pal_ilene@yahoo.com>
Subject: Jerk Invasion Alert and Advice
PLEASE EVERYBODY ON THIS LIST....
DO NOT respond further to the recent jerk invasion of this list. The
people posting are disgruntled people who left the list cause they got
too *cool* for it and started their own. (Ever hear of the Rockford
Files?) Now that their little 'in' list has gotten so boring (cause
they are the only ones on it?) they are just trying to stir up trouble
on this list.
PLEASE, just ignore them and they'll go away. These people love to
FIGHT so if you start flamin' them and respond to them in any way you
are playing right into their hands. If you give them NO response at
all, they won't be able to stand it and they WILL go away.
I've really been enjoying the armchair lately and this is pissing me
off.
My advice is if you read a post from any of these people just shrug it
off and go on. Believe me, nothing pisses these people off more than
to be ignored.
DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT, let these people get your goat. It's why
they're doing it. For more information, go to the following web
address: http://www.smoe.org/lists/rockford-files/
and read the archived issues of the Rockford Files. You'll see what
these people are all about.
And to all you *cool* Rockford File guys....Shame on you for having
such little respect for a great guy like Frank Maynard by trying to
reduce his list to a war zone for your pathetic pleasure.
Over and out....
ilene
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Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 13:19:58 -0400
From: bf5 <bf5@SURRY.NET>
Subject: oxford american
When I called to order the Southern Sampler cd from Oxford American the lady
said that the "new" bf5 song was "Tom & Mary". Just thought I would let
everybody know that before they paid $7 for it.
- -Whitney
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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 13:33:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric Patton <shirak@umich.edu>
Subject: Feeling left out?
Are you confused as to why this whole big, friggin HUGE group of
rather intelligent, if off-kilter (Hey! Gimme back my kilt!) ex-members of
the Armchair are planning a Mass Assult? Well, we were some of the old
school of Helmetheads who got sick of the virulent decaying of the quality
of the Armchair. So we did the only thign we could have done: quarantine.
Yup, we locked ourselves away in a tiny little bomb shelter called the
Rockford Files (even though I was voting for Discordians on Parade, but
they felt it didn't have enough signifigance. Besides, I'm the only
Discordian*...) There we stayed, safe and warm in our own little world,
enjoying each others intelligent, witty, drunken posts. (Each and every
one of us has done it at some point. Okay, well, maybe not everyone. Okay,
fine, just me and Sandi, okay! Get off my back!) But a cry went out, and
we emerged from out sacred land, to spread love, cheer, and a big boot to
the head for every idiot psuedo-fan out there in the land of the
Meretricious Apparition (Stuff that in your thesaurus and smoke it! HAH!)
So we're here for a month or so, patroling the ways to keep the Boys from
becoming idols to the mentally deficient. Hail Eric (I mean, Eris) and
VIVA ZAPISTA!!! Laters.
ERIC
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"I'm just an ordinary man, living an extrordinary life."
-Chris Smith, High Priest of the Church of Unrequited Love
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Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 13:33:37 -0400
From: bf5 <bf5@SURRY.NET>
Subject: huh?
Does anybody know what the meaning behind the song "Dick Holster?" I
have been studying the lyrics for weeks on end only to come up empty.
Sucks.
Hey, don't miss the Springer episode coming up w/Robert. He is going to
be on to "surprise" someone about something. I can't believe he actually
agreed to appear on the show. That Jerry. He is quite a guy.
Did I miss something? "Dick Holster" has no lyrics....Robert is going to be
on Springer???? I'm lost.
- -Whitney
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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 13:44:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric Patton <shirak@umich.edu>
Subject: Re: Feeling left out?
Oh yeah.... The *. I forgot all about that. Anyway, all i was
going to say is if you have to ask what a Discordian is, well, three
things will happen: 1) Go to a book store (you know what they look like,
right? The big store with all the strange rectangular objects in it? Yeah,
that's it.) and pick up a copy of the Principia Discordia. 2) You will be
smacked with a trout. Why? Because trouts are fun, and bigger than
herrings! 3) Find the nearest person who understands the meaning of the
word "fnord." It's like fjord, but with more of an "n" to it. ;) Laters!
ERIC
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"I'm just an ordinary man, living an extrordinary life."
-Chris Smith, High Priest of the Church of Unrequited Love
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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 98 14:46:36 EDT
From: Jason.Kilts@css.unc.edu
Subject: Shindig tape trade?
Mitch,
My name is Jason Kilts, and I'm here at UNC also. I saw your post about
taping the Shindig performance and was wondering if you would like to trade it
for other bootlegs. I was at the show and would love a copy. I have a few
dozen audio bootlegs (including last year's show at the Ritz in Raleigh), as
well as three hours of video recordings (including a 1995 live show at the
Cradle). I would certainly be willing to set up whatever kind of trade might
interest you. Drop me a line and let me know what you think.
Thanks in advance,
Jason Kilts
| Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:29:18 -0400 (EDT)
| From: Mitch Armbruster <marmbru@email.unc.edu>
| Subject: Big Shindig Gig
|
| Hey all, looong time no post,
|
| Didn't go to the Big Shindig yesterday, but they played
| the whole darn
| show on the radio, straight from the board, and I recorded
| it. The
| opening number, Dr. Pyser, really rocked, more than the
| other live copies
| I have heard. I also liked how they teased the
| Brick-heavy audience by
| saying "do ya want to hear the hit?," and launching into
| Raindrops Keep
| Falling on My Head. The cheesy DJ at the end of the show
| sounded
| shellshocked by the performance.
|
| - - Mitch
|
| - ----------------------------------------
| mitch armbruster
| marmbru@email.unc.edu
| Cause I Said So
| http://www.unc.edu/~marmbru/godfathers
| - ----------------------------------------
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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 16:15:33 EDT
From: Vwbugn5890@aol.com
Subject: springer date
yeah if this robert on springer this is real, i'd love to see it so please
post the date! thanx
shan
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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:33:43 EDT
From: SunfireQT@aol.com
Subject: The TRUE meaning of Air
Hello Chairers:
Just thought I'd mention this.
I read a recent post saying that Ben told a Chairer a campfire story about
12 guys swimming through a tunnel underwater and one was chlostrophobic (did I
spell that right?) so he had to be dragged to the top by his buds and was
unconscious.
Did I get all that right?
Anyways I thought y'all might find this a bit interesting....
When I read that post my mind lingered off to my Freshman year of High
School (not a very good year, but bear with me). In English class, we read a
short story about a boy who was vacationing on a beach and saw a bunch of
older boys swim underwater for a good 2 1/2 minutes and then return to the
surface far off in the distance. He dove and discovered a tunnel underwater.
He spent the rest of the summer training his lungs to keep a breath that long
so he could go through the tunnel himself. When he finally accomplished his
task, he was under so much pressure down there that his facemask was full of
blood. He almost choked on it.
I thought the similarities of the two stories were amazing. Maybe Ben read
it? It's called "Through the Tunnel" if anyone is intersted.
So, like Robert Plant said "And it makes me wonder"
The Texas Yankee
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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 15:36:29 -0700
From: "Paul Nienow" <pnienow@email.msn.com>
Subject: MP3's: Dr. Pyser, Mitchell Lane, Pretty People
I'm trying to find a few BF5 MP3's out there such as The Theme from Dr.
Pyser, Mitchell Lane and For All The Pretty People - anyone have any
suggestions? Thanks!
pnienow@msn.com
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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 19:06:22 -0400
From: aplauri@juno.com
Subject: rob in rolling stone....
well, title says it all. i got my latest issue of RS only to find rob in
one fo the articles.... kinda cool as a matter of fact! it tells about
his car and stuff. it isnt real long but who cares.... if you just want
to go check it out at Barnes and Noble its the june 25th issue. the
article itself is on pg. 82. (its the one with tori amos on the cover)
enjoy
- -philip
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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 19:29:58 EDT
From: KamalaICB@aol.com
Subject: rolling stone
so in the lastest issue with ms. tori amos on the cover, there is a story
about what kinds of cars several recording artists drive and what kind of
systems they have in them.....so there's like wu tang, and missy elliot, and
then....
robert sledge
check it out, it's pretty amusing :)
and saw SFTD last nite again on the BOX...i was about to call and pay for it,
then BAM it was on (right before i flipped to South Park
again...hmm...interesting)
casey girl
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Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 21:36:50 -0400
From: ashleybell1@juno.com (silly rabbit)
Subject: dance versions, YUCKIE
>Did anyone leaving the Shindig on Sun hear the awful dance version of
>Brick they played when the guys went off? terrible, terrible, terrible.
>Who in the band authorized that crap!?
I hope they didn't butcher it like they did with that 4 NON Blondes song.
I just can't picture a guy taking his girlfriend to the abortion clinic
under a disco ball with the strobe flashing. Is it just me??
**********ashley***********************
****************check out the reflections in my eyes*****************
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