THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #1151 - August 1, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Saturday, August 1 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1151
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
Miscellaneous crap
It won't leave me alone!
Help
bff chords/tabs
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1148
majosha
defending WAEA
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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 09:49:55 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Edward A. Weinstein" <wein0047@tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Miscellaneous crap
Hello from Japan.... yes, I'm here in Tokyo and I do in fact plan on
hitting the Fuji Rock Festival on Sunday and I'll try and get a report out
once I get back to the states (unless someone beats me to it and I have
nothing to add)...
While I confess that I haven't been reading the armchair in great detail
of late, I'm pretty sure that this hasn't made it up yet. Our friends at
Shinko Music Publishing (who gave us the sought after piano score for the
self-titled album) released a band score for Whatever and Ever Amen. It's
142 pages of bass tabs and piano info, as well as strings and brass where
appropriate.
I must say that while I am not by ay stretch a competent piano player, I
noticed right away that some of the transcriptions are close
approximations but suspect nonetheless. If I can catch up with ben or
some managerial component on sunday I plan to ask about this.
For those who want tight details, it's a band score and the first
publication date is listed as Feb. 15, 1998. As far as I know there is no
second printing. Please don't ask me how to obtain it because I only
found the one copy and that was because I was in a bookstore in the
countryside where the only copy they're ever likely to get just happened
to still be there, plus I'm leaving Monday anyway.
I will say however that I don't think they've dried up completely yet, and
if they have the Japanese publishers will likely, true to form, reprint it
at least once. So there is yet hope. And the cover price was 3000 yen,
which wasn't too bad at all given the current 140yen=1USD exchange
rate.....
But anyway, I thought some folks might want to know in case they hadn't
already heard. Sorry if this was already mentioned when I wasn't paying
attention.
Ed
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Edward A. Weinstein wein0047@tc.umn.edu
"It's all part of the curse..."
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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 10:51:29 +0000
From: mark & mikell brown <brownmm@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: It won't leave me alone!
"Cool Whip, oh, oh, oh..."
...has downloaded itself inexorably into my brain. From a rather sketchy
sounding realaudio version at that.
Fairly lite'n'frothy....certainly not up to BFF's usual
standards....probably why it's not on an album....but it's
catchy....very...very...catchy.........ARGHHH!!!
"That tops it off. We think you'd better cool it down."
And now for something completely different-
I have really enjoyed reading _BFF News From Down Under_! Great stuff
guys! Would love to see some photos though....Julie...you there?
Anyway, THAT'S what the Armchair is all about, isn't it!
"She got fat and she's living in a trailer."
NOT ME! THE SONG!!
mikell b.
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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 09:37:50 -0500
From: phrogger@juno.com (Tauna Lewellyn)
Subject: Help
I'm looking for a cassette for NBP. I've looked all over the place for
it, but can't seem to find it. Anyone got suggestions?
phrogger
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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 17:32:26 +0200
From: "F.M.A.J. van der Linden" <flinde01@nkm01.regiolicht.nl>
Subject: bff chords/tabs
does anyone know any transcriptions of bff songs apart from those
ascribed on http://oeonline.com/bff/tabs/index.html ?
spaceman@solobyte.com
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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 11:51:30 -0400
From: "b. koski" <koskib@mail.portup.com>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1148
> From: "Julesy" <julianne@ronscomputers.com.au>
> Subject: Darren + Ben in drag..
> I'm really really really looking for cassettes or vinyls of BFF
> albums.......so if someone can direct me to where I get them PLEASE DO
a certain little place by the name of CD-Now is selling the
'Whatever' vinyl... they also, if i remember correctly, had cassette
copies of a lot of other stuff.
if you've lived in a cave over the last year or four, CD-Now is at
http://www.cdnow.com
b. koski, who's currently sig-line less.
http://www.portup.com/~koskib
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| b. koski -- http://www.portup.com/~koskib
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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 14:03:02 EDT
From: Vwbugn5890@aol.com
Subject: majosha
<<"Party Night: Five Songs About Jesus" ep that BFF
self-produced.>>
i thought that ben's band majosha did that one, not BFF....am i wrong?
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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 14:04:18 EDT
From: Vwbugn5890@aol.com
Subject: defending WAEA
<<I see kids with Bf5 shirts on every day, and they know almost nothing about
the band. Half of these shirt-wearin' mom-waiting-outside-the-club-to-pick-
you-up-after-the-concert 14 year olds can barely sing "Brick".>>
i wear bff shirts and i'm 16....i don't think i should be categorized b/c of
my age...and i had to have my parents pick me up at plenty of concerts, not my
fault i couldn't drive, doesn't mean i still don't like the music...and good!
we don't want them to sing brick!...and in defense of the people who write
about WAEA, they just got on the list, they don't know what people here do and
don't have, hell for all they know we're a bunch of brickheads that threw
together a list after the release of "brick"
shan
Got Ben Folds on my radio ~ Counting Crows
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