THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #1160 - August 5, 1998
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
ya reckon?
Race Relations on the Armchair :)
Uncle Walter, Battle
Re: the guys in the background on Sessions
sessions
Hard Rock Live
Robert
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Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 18:50:06 +1000
From: "Julie" <julianne@ronscomputers.com.au>
Subject: ya reckon?
<<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.>>
BFF played Adelaide on the 23rd
BFF played Melbourne the night after......
hmmn!
- -Julie 'anti-gavin'
Julie's Australian Ben Folds Five Page
http://www.angelfire.com/me/katefolds/
"Life's a bowl of punch, go
ahead and spike it"
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Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 09:58:57
From: Raspberry Swirl Girl <absoluthad@softhome.net>
Subject: Race Relations on the Armchair :)
Hey all, thought I'd put in my two cents about this whole thing, seeing as
at the one BFF show I've been to (The Big Shindig) I was one of say, about
30 Blacks at the entire show (and if you were at the Shindig you know what
kind of numbers I'm talking about). Also, I was the only black person at
the Semisonic show in Raleigh back in April or something. The main reason
I know that more black people don't listent to rock is because it's
stigmatized as "white music" whatever the hell that means. Unfortunately
BFF gets caught up in this simply because they are white. It's ugly, but
it's true.
Of course there are crossover acts, but even sometimes, they are accused of
trying to be something they are not. Examples: Living Colour, Jon B.,
Lenny Kravitz, etc. This is just due to people being rabidly prejudiced
and small-minded; not thinking out of the box. And I speak from
experience; all my life I've got shit for listening to "white music." I
just feel sorry for those who are missing entire genres that they might
actually enjoy simply because the music is coming from someone of a
different color.
I do agree that BFF should have a more diverse audience. Hell, I'm doing
my part, I got my boyfriend hooked to them and my family have heard them
continuously for years. But they won't have a voluntarily (sp?) diverse
audience unless prejudice and ignorance ends.
"Alice, the world is full of ugly things that you can't change
Pretend it's not that way, that's my idea of faith"
- You know who :)
- -absoluthad
"I saw doves and thought they were rocks, but they were asleep. My breath
made them stir and the doves took flight -- the earth exploding ... and my
only thought was that I wanted you to see them too."
-- Douglas Coupland, MICROSERFS
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Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 13:52:04 EDT
From: Zyah@aol.com
Subject: Uncle Walter, Battle
- - Hey, do you think the friend's mother ever listened to "Uncle Walter"
knowing that it's about her? I'd feel pretty damn priviledged to be the topic
of a BF5 song, as I'm sure all of you would. :)
- - They played Battle on the Real World. They never seem to wanna play the
videos, but always play the beginnings of songs. Actually, it's annoying,
because they just repeat the beginning over & over again, when I'm waiting for
the rest, you know?
Lauren "These automatic flowers won't do."
<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Frontrow/2647">Generation Y</A>
Our Lady Peace
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Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 14:46:37 EDT
From: Sentabmx@aol.com
Subject: Re: the guys in the background on Sessions
I taped Sessions and watched it the next day and I can't tell you how much fun
I had watching those guys dance around in the background! It was obvious that
at least the guy with the hat on was a BFF fan - he was mouthing a lot of the
words. I was just wondering if he or his friends were on the Armchair. If
so, you guys put on a great performance!
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Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 15:10:40 EDT
From: MFH333@aol.com
Subject: sessions
i missed sessions again! did anybody tape it? maybe we can set up a trade. i
really want to see it. thanks.
- -adriane
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Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 14:48:20 -0500
From: Vamprrella <vamprrella@ameritech.net>
Subject: Hard Rock Live
This is what I got from the Yahoo! TV Listings for Friday for the Hard
Rock Live show. Too bad they're only airing three of the songs... =(
Hard Rock Live
Fri Aug07
VH1 74, 6-7pm
Ben Folds Five/Squeeze
Ben Folds Five sings ``Brick,'' ``One
Angry Dwarf,'' ``Emaline''; Squeeze
performs ``Domino,'' ``Tempted,''
``Black Coffee in Bed.'' Stereo.
Kristin
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Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 18:04:01 CDT
From: "Lauren Talbot" <muffyhead98@hotmail.com>
Subject: Robert
I am looking for some Robert Sledge stuff. Pics, photos,
quotes...anything for my website. Please email or ICQ me if you know
where I could find these.
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*Lauren Talbot
*The Website of Who Could Care Less
*http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Balcony/2078
*muffyhead98@hotmail.com or bf5freak@geocities.com
*ICQ - #16480620
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"I see that there is evil and I know that there is good
and the inbetweens I never understood."
~Ben Folds --"Philosophy"
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