THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #1157 - August 4, 1998
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Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1155
R.I.P. Toad, Yea Emmet, Burn For Ben
just my yapping
The Adelaide BFF Gig
about Uncle Walter
evaporated
sessions and SFTD
Live at the wireless
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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 01:08:31 -0500
From: pink-freud@juno.com (Mark A Jurado)
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1155
>Hola!,
> Ok for a while now I have been wondering what my favorite
>bf5 song is about(uncle walter).then a couple of days ago i saw that
>walter cronkites nickname was uncle walter and that got me thinking
>is Uncle Walter about Walter Cronkite?It really could be.He has traveled
>around
>and he probably has great ideas for being president or something so if
anyone
>has any ideas 0n this feel free to comment
I came to this conclusion on my own as well. And I have heard Walter
Cronkite refered to as "uncle walter". In his day, Walter Cronkite was
one of the most respected people in America...All Cronkite had to do was
raise an eyebrow, or cast a stern look at an interview subject, and the
public would instantly think "oh, well Walter doesn't quite agree with
that". He was a very, very powerful man, and what did he do? Read the
news every day at 6:00. I think the song plays along with this. Here is a
man who read off of a sheet of paper for a living, but is one of the most
powerful menin America. I think the song poke fun at him, saying that at
the end of the day he went home and was just like your uncle or mine,
sitting in his magical armchair, drunk watching the television, with
cigarettes and a six-pack. But that's just my theory.
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Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 02:40:44 -0400
From: Richard Challen <rchallen@clemson.campus.mci.net>
Subject: R.I.P. Toad, Yea Emmet, Burn For Ben
Hey Armchair,
Not to get off post, but I'd like to add a fond farewell to Toad.
Great songs, great vibe, great to see live... Can't wait to hear that
Glen Phillips/Ben Folds collaboration, though.
Further off post, emmet swimming is the name to watch on that
Athenaeum/Black Lab/Emmet bill. Folks, you GOTTA check out their 2nd
album, "Wake" (usually discounted at fine record stores), even though it
sounds nothing like Ben Folds Five. Diversity, my son, diversity...
And back on post, I FINALLY got my burner up and running. So, to whom
it may concern: Those Ben Folds CD-Rs are (belatedly) coming your way!
Sorry for the delay, but once you hear all 21 tracks of this thing,
you'll agree it was worth it.
Later,
rICH
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LIFE/DEATH... 15 songs of romance and retribution...
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Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 17:37:10 +1000
From: Christine Ko <s365927@student.uq.edu.au>
Subject: just my yapping
i decided to wear my brand spanking new BF5 t-shirt today and when i went
into a record store, the guy working there was wearing a BF5 t-shirt too!
how cool is that?? was anyone else disappointed at the limited range of
merchandise at their brisbane show? i withdrew extra money just for that show.
christine :o)
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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 98 17:02:39 +950
From: "Kara Lee Turner"<kara.turner@student.adelaide.edu.au>
Subject: The Adelaide BFF Gig
I went to BFF here in Adelaide and they went off!! Best concert I've ever been
to. After, we went to the Rhino Room, got to meet Rob and Darren (sucked in!)
and they are the coolest guys. The next night they played a secret gig at the
Rhino Room, sadly I was not there.
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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 03:32:24 EDT
From: LoonyLiz@aol.com
Subject: about Uncle Walter
At The Warfield (or was it at the Shoreline? I forget) Ben told a little
story. And it went a little something like this.
When Ben was 14, he was in a band. The other guys in the band were like 16.
During rehearsals when they went out on beer runs, they left poor little Ben
at home with somebody's old drunk mom, who told him endless stories and hacked
in his face. So this WOMAN was the inspiration for Uncle Walter. Which is
one of my favorite BFF songs :) Isn't that nice?
Liz =o)
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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:02:00 +1000
From: "Julie" <julianne@ronscomputers.com.au>
Subject: evaporated
I totally agree on Don's thingo on Evaporated! It's exactly what I'm going
through now! And Evap makes complete sense to me!
Poor Ben....poor me, uhhhhhhhh, 'hand me my darren' and I'll be happy
again...(hehe)
During my lunch break today, I went into the music store...dazing at the
BFF posters, I walked it, and I squealed (a little) cos they were playing
WAEA, and Fair was on... then I came across a bff shirt, that I sworn had
gone, cos I was going to hide it myself..(maybe I did...and forgot!)
Anyhoo's I really don't see much else being written by me that is
*interesting*
buy buy buy yep
- -Julie 'anti-gavin'
Julie's Australian Ben Folds Five Page
http://www.angelfire.com/me/katefolds/
"I poured my heart out...."
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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 01:12:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: whatever whatever <whatever_45@yahoo.com>
Subject: sessions and SFTD
Sessions with BF5 was on in Australia??? I^Òm gonna cry, I missed it.
Someone told me that it wouldn^Òt come on til October?? Who was that...
you were WRONG. Grrrr.
Crystal
P.S -- Anyone in Australia who knows whats on the SFTD single? Is it a
different release over here and also, exactly when is it getting
released?
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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 05:09:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lisa Porter <minkimoo@yahoo.com>
Subject: Live at the wireless
Evening all,
I taped all of the Live at the Wireless broadcast, the playlist
(though short) was good:
Theme from Dr. Pyzar (spelling?)
Emaline
Missing the war
Steven's last night in town
Brick
SFTD
They did the string and palm thing in SFTD again, a nice flash back to
the concert for me... and one of the guys (Robert?) screamed out "I
love you Ben!" before Brick... a not-so-pleasant flash back to the
concert... It is a quiet recording (no studio audience) but their
sense of humour comes through.
If anyone wants a copy get back to me... oh my god, does this mean I
can get into that underground trading thing???? WHOOHOO!
Ela
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