THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #1207 - September 10, 1998
Magical Armchair Digest Thursday, September 10 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1207
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
Soundalikes
MTV music awards and the Playboy music poll.
Hummm....
soundalikes
You'll never guess what I heard
Re: To ES83
[none]
For heaven's sake...
Where ARE we?
dropouts, sellouts and bears oh my!
Shmoooldien Nyup (among other things)
air single
My little rant
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1205
"Air" single
bff on tv
just stuff
Hello folks
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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 20:46:30 EDT
From: YourPalCM@aol.com
Subject: Soundalikes
In a message dated 9/8/98 8:39:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Noah Skaroff"
<birdtrane@hotmail.com> writes:
<< Stop being stubborn
and realize that Ben Folds is not god. He's an incredibly talented
musician who has risen to fame. That doesn't make him any worse, it
makes him human. Next time, think before you speak. >>
Hey, I agree with Jess, your parents are ignorant and your older brother is
stupid and you little sister hates you, and life sucks and...and....umm...your
friends are jerks or something like that. :-) YPCM
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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 20:59:56 EDT
From: ETS83@aol.com
Subject: MTV music awards and the Playboy music poll.
Yes BFF is up for a music award in "best alternative band" I belive. Also Ben
himself is nominated for best instumental in the Playboy readers 1998 music
poll, so everyone go out and buy the October Playboy and send in the little
card with a vote for Ben. Thats all.
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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 21:21:25 EDT
From: Natasha155@aol.com
Subject: Hummm....
hey ~
I just thought this was kind of interesting, and I wondered what everyone
thought...
My friend is a huge BFF fan like me, and at a party she had over the weekend,
everyone got into the subject of music- and of course she brought BFF up, and
she went off on how they have sooo many awesome songs and they are
overshadowed by other bands and are seem underrated and under-publicized, etc,
etc... Someone made the comment to her that she actually loves BFF b/c they
are not "huge like Hanson or BSB" (how the hell he can even put those 3 groups
in the same sentence is beyond me... ( = ) He said that she likes
having favorite songs that "no one" (his words- obviously he isn't on the MA
( = ) has heard of. That she enjoys "gasping" when people actually haven't
heard the songs that she thinks are masterpieces. At this point I had jumped
into the room and put my 2 sense in ( =
Anyways, what do you all think??
~ natasha
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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 21:28:14 EDT
From: EBear2001@aol.com
Subject: soundalikes
To whom this may concern:
Please stop yelling and getting out of control about the soundalikes.
None of us who suggested bands or songs that sounded like BF5 meant that they
were exactly like them, we were just saying that the songs had a FOLDISH
"touch" and maybe you should pick up the CD cuz if u like BF5 then you'd like
them. So calm the hell down, nobody is saying Ben isn't original or anything,
we're just saying some bands have some resemblances to them. So please don't
bitch at us anymore. Thanks.
Erin :)
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Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 11:49:26 +1000
From: akir2@student.monash.edu.au
Subject: You'll never guess what I heard
I was walking into a uni building which has the library opposite, and
as I walked up to the building, what did I hear? The end of
underground being played VERY loudly!
Also last week as I was leaving a tute and these 2 guys were coming
in the room saying, 'Give me my money back, give me my money back'.
Now I wonder where they picked that up from!
Also WAEA is number 5 at JBhi fi in Aus!!
See Ya
Anne
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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 22:00:33 EDT
From: Dimsdale0@aol.com
Subject: Re: To ES83
Regarding the earlier and mellower BF5 songs, I'm with you. Boxing is by far
their best song in my regard. Thank ya very much.
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Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 22:33:40 -0500
From: Jessica Brandt <jbrandt@kent.edu>
Subject: For heaven's sake...
Good, now will you all have some intelligent discussion around here?
Go ahead and tell me i suck. just please make a big discussion of it.
Jess
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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 22:41:10 EDT
From: Roxygrrrl1@aol.com
Subject: Where ARE we?
So I was checking out the MAD #1205 and I noticed this --
Magical Armchair Digest Friday, January 9 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1205
Dear Frank Maynard, are we going into the future or the past? Just a
question... =) Just kidding! I love you Frank!
Fara
"I'll stir-fry you in my wok'' - Beastie Boys
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Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 23:57:20 -0400
From: schander@juno.com (joe s schanderson)
Subject: dropouts, sellouts and bears oh my!
>>Jessica Brandt <jbrandt@kent.edu WRITES:
>>Don't listen to your parents, they are ignorant.
>>Don't listen to your friends, they are stupid.
>>Don't listen to your older siblings, they are mean.
>>Don't listen to your younger siblings, they hate you.
>>Don't listen to the newscasters, they are conspirators.
>>Don't listen to the DJs, they are dropouts AND sellouts.
>>Listen to your own damn self.
What if my own "damn self" tells me to listen to my parents?
: )
It seems like >>Jessica Brandt <jbrandt@kent.edu FORGOT to WRITE:
>>Oh wait a minute, right after I told you not to generalize about music
I did it about >>parents, siblings, etc....
love ya jess,
michigan joe
p.s. My parents are understanding, my friends are thoughtful and kind, my
older sibling loves me, my younger siblings don't exist, the newscasters
know EVERYTHING and the DJs are dropouts and sellouts
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 01:30:05 EDT
From: BenFoldss5@aol.com
Subject: Shmoooldien Nyup (among other things)
Hello armchairers!
I hate to get bitchy on y'all, so I'll try to keep this short 1- don't paste
old armchairs into the new ones! and 2- Stop sending messages like
<<maillist.urp._____unsubscribe_____.doip.whatdoesthisbuttondo.twerp.tinkle.nl
>>
I realize that people subscribe and unsubscribe all the time, but watch it,
ok? Or else you might end up with the same angry reaction that people who say
"what is the story behind the song - i think it's called blip or block or
stick or something.." get.
Anyway, aside from that I was just wondering where I could get a copy of the
unreleased songs like Kalamazoo, Cool Whip, Rocky, Half Asleep, etc. I don't
really dig mp3's and I can't find anyone to trade with me. Thanks for
actually reading this far.
See ya,
Jon.
"Ben touched me very lightly on the shoulder, looked me in the eyes and said,
'What's up?' I said, 'Uh, not much.' Then his hand went down my back a little-
more than I was comfortable with. He invited me over to watch movies- I
thought. He started, basically, rubbing himself down with baby oil. I was
really shocked, I didn't know what to do about it. So, I called up
Robert...The rest is history."
- -- a different version of the beginning of the band (Darren Jesse)
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Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 22:47:06 PDT
From: "Crystal Cooper" <crystal_bf5@hotmail.com>
Subject: air single
Hi
Guess what? I have the ^Ñair^Ò single! I just thought you might all like
to know that it actually does exist. I found it today, for those of
ya^Òll that live in Brisbane area, I was at Garden City shopping center
and it was at Sunflower. Whoever posted about it before must have seen
it
there as well. It has ^Ñair^Ò, ^Ñmissing the war^Ò live, and ^Ñshe don^Òt use
jelly^Ò, the last two songs being the same version as on the SFTD single.
So I guess I won^Òt bother offering to tape it cause the version of ^Ñair^Ò
is just the same as the godzilla soundtrack version, which I didn^Òt own.
But I guess if you want a tape of it, e-mail me anyway. It has really
cool Japanese writing inside it, I distinguished about 2 characters from
my Japanese classes 2 years ago... and the
lyrics to the songs are inside in Japanese and English as well, and
they^Òre sadly wrong, esp. ^Ñshe don^Òt use jelly^Ò. I won^Òt tell you how
much I paid for it... yes I will, $25. Consider that a normal Australian
single costs $8, and I only paid $20 for the s/t album and you^Òll laugh
at me. Also, my vinyl WAEA arrived a few days ago, from CD now... I
don^Òt even have a record player. I will get one at Christmas, I just had
to order the record now cause I couldn^Òt wait. They ship it really
quick, so go there to see what else they got. I worked out how much
money I^Òd spent on my BFF stuff and it came to like $400 all total...
and then I complain I have no money. Well, I don^Òt complain that much,
only cause everyone reminds me I^Òm an airhead and not only that, but an
obsessed one and I should just shut up before I say something stupider,
like I^Òm prone to doing.
I^Òm sadly obsessed...
Crystal
"The overpriced single buyer"
P.S - If anyone wants to see the cover art to the air single, I^Òm
attempting to get my retarded scanner to work, I^Òm not sure, but if it
does scan, I^Òll put it on my web page. My web page, by the way, is on
the way to being fixed, so anyone who had troubles before, it should
work now. (my obsessed little fingers and toes are crossed it will work
and I^Òm not just deluding myself - I so often do) at least in a few
days, cause I^Òm still uploading all my files.
http://members.xoom.com/crystal_bf5/index.html
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Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 20:40:16 +0930
From: helen <helen@merlin.net.au>
Subject: My little rant
Hey all
I dont like the dave matthews band but i love bf5.. does this make me an
outcast from YM magazine? My birthdays in decmeber the 8th.. it has nothing
ben folds fivish about it but has beatle connection.. well john lennon
anyway. My brothers is near robert but hes a gansta wanna be. I enjoy being
insane and of kilter. I dont like having no money so i cant buy stuph. Mus
see pulp must kill that brickette who hted me for dancing. Must stop this
email before your brains explode
lexie
~im me and i dont wanna be~
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 08:48:47 EDT
From: Luna1118@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1205
In a message dated 98-09-08 20:54:30 EDT, you write:
<< Geez, don't you some of you ever *read* the Armchair? I agree with
Sarah (I think that's who it was?). Some people are getting a little
redundant. Here's a better idea -- keep up with the digests, at least
skim them or something -- that way you won't repeat. Otherwise what's
the point of even subscribing? >>
I think those of us who ACCIDENTALLY repeated things have been harassed
ENOUGH. And it's not even with the semblance of politeness now. You know what?
I've read every Digest I have received. Apparently I forgot about this
Dawson's Creek thing. I'm sorry. Hey wait. I already apologized for it, and
yet there continue to be attacks. Hmm.
And MTV awards: Ben Folds Five is up in the Best Alternative Video category
for "Brick". I think, at least. And I also think, am not positive, that
Garbage is up for it too....
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 12:14:59 EDT
From: Dreamer528@aol.com
Subject: "Air" single
Does anyone here have the "Air" single? If so, what songs are on it? or is
it just "Air"? E-mail me at Dreamer528@aol.com if you know. Thanks.
- - Sarah
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 13:40:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Leigh <emaline5@yahoo.com>
Subject: bff on tv
This morning, as I was getting ready, I flipped on mtv.(and almost
turned it off) Nothing good was on, so I decided to put on Whatever
and Ever Amen. But soon realized it had a crack in it, then cracked
in half! = ( So I just kept the tv on. And what do you know, "Brick"
was the next video! Haven't seen that on tv for ages.. Well, that's
all.
Leigh
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http://www.angelfire.com/fl/BenFolds5/index.html
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 17:50:21 EDT
From: Vwbugn5890@aol.com
Subject: just stuff
lauren--that is very true...i suppose without the abortion brick would never
have been written and ben folds five would have never gotten the popularity
they now have...or maybe bff wouldn't have been formed at all! oh no! a world
without ben folds five?!? how would we all survive? :)
also, who the hell keeps posting the old armchairs to the new ones? it gets
really aggrivating and redundant, so cut it out!
shan
"Other bands we were opening for would come out and laugh at us and make
jokes"~ Darren Jessee
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 18:56:45 EDT
From: BlueJellow@aol.com
Subject: Hello folks
Hey everyone.
Just to clear this up...Jess Brandt is a really cool girl. She writes some of
the smartest posts I have seen on this mailing list, she just makes sense.
Her message (what *I* think she was saying was) was THINK FOR YOURSELF!!!!!
And it took the words and language she used to get her point across, and it
worked, didn't it?
And, I really don't care how many days you are from Ben Folds' birthday. No
one cares. Well, I don't. We are all 365 days away from each other, at the
least. How cool is that?! Let's post about it!
This time last year...no one announced that his birthday was coming up. I'm
sending him a birthday card. Kiss my ass, he's gonna like it. I don't care
what any of you think.
I don't want to get kicked off this list...sorry...I'm just a little angry.
I had a dream that I listened to Fear of Pop. It was so cool. At least I can
hear his voice in my dreams...ahhh...can you feel that?! It's awesome.
Love,
Lucy
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