THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #1409 - February 20, 1999
Magical Armchair Digest Saturday, February 20 1999 Volume 01 : Number 1409
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
Rolling Stone Article
Spamming?
Tour Dates
Virus Alert/sincere apologies
GOOD NEWS for amherst show
GREAT NEWS on the URI concert
armageddon
Reinhold Messner
NEW ALBUM TRACKLISTING
SHOW DATES
roll up the windows: NEW ALBUM
Re: Bhagavad Gita
help me if you can...
hindu holy text
Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1408
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 13:13:38 -0500
From: lane.bs@pg.com
Subject: Rolling Stone Article
This is from Rolling Stone online. Long but interesting.
"The Abominable Ben Folds Five
Piano-pop trio returns with "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold
Messner"
Only on a dare would someone read The Unauthorized Biography of
Reinhold Messner, but every disaffected hipster here and abroad may
soon find himself listening to it. Provided the legal eagles behind
the eccentric brain trust of Ben Folds Five can garner the proper
clearances -- presumably with the nebulous Mr. Messner -- that will be
the name of the trio's forthcoming album.
Set for release on April 27, the tentatively titled The Unauthorized
Biography of Reinhold Messner will be the band's fourth album
(including the odds-and-sods compilation Naked Baby Photos). According
to manager Alan Wohlmark, the band will begin a tour to coincide with
the record's release.
The new album will consist of eleven tracks, including "Narcolepsy,"
"Break Up at Food Court," "Magic," "Lullabye," "Mess," "Regrets" and
"I Thought About the Army," the first single. Wohlmark says the
album's sound will consist of a "wider array of instruments than [in]
the past ... but still no guitars" -- a BF5 no-no. Guest musicians
include Ken Mosher (baritone, alto sax) and Tom Maxwell (tenor
saxophone) of the Squirrel Nut Zippers.
Of course, the real question -- one that Ben Folds may have to answer
more than "why is it Ben Folds Five if there are only three of you?"
- -- is "who the hell is Reinhold Messner?" Though Wohlmark was not at
liberty to disclose his identity, it seems a certain climber who
scaled Mount Everest without the aid of artificial oxygen twenty years
ago is the claimant of the name.
The Austria-born Messner has devoted the last twelve years of his life
to dismissing false information about the Yeti (a k a Abominable
Snowman), ever since coming face-to-face with one in 1986. Through the
years, the oft-considered-humanoid Abominable Snowman, like the
Chewbacca-esque Sasquatch (a k a Big Foot) and Loch Ness Monster, have
been subjects of scores of books, TV movies and documentaries, both
aiming to corroborate and dispel their existence.
Last October, Messner came forth at the world's largest book fair in
Frankfurt, Germany, and publicly stated the thousand or so Yeti bears
that roam Nepal and Tibet are not missing links, but rather each is a
"Tibetan bear, similar to a grizzly but with longer hair."
Whether or not this is the same Messner who may get name-dropped on
the forthcoming BF5 album is pure speculation, but leave it to Folds
to bring some obscure mountaineer into the hipster lexicon. We'd
expect nothing less."
BLAIR R. FISCHER
(February 17, 1999)
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:58:02 -0000
From: "Will Brady" <will@bradymail.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Spamming?
In response to K.C. Smith's submission to the last MA, titled 'stop the
spamming':
I think you'll find that you've shot yourself in the foot there,
metaphorically speaking at least. The stuff you keep posting to the Armchair
is, I assure you of this, of absolutely NO interest to anyone subscribed to
the Magical Armchair, which is a BEN FOLDS FIVE MAILING LIST i.e. for the
discussion of Ben Folds Five related topics. I quite fail to see how any of
the stuff you insist on posting is in any way relevant, and frankly, who in
their right mind is going to send cash to someone like you? Please stop
posting this crap, we really don't care...
On a lighter note, and this is addressed to real BFF fans:
Now that we've got tour dates for '99, who's on the Armchair that plans to
see BFF in England this May? Let me know, and maybe we can link up. I don't
know how many I'll be able to get to - definately the London show. See you
there :)
Will.
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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 12:57:02 +0000
From: Paul May <paulmay@bigfoot.com>
Subject: Tour Dates
Hey Everyone.
BFF have announced new European/US tour dates....but no Dublin Gig! Now I'm
going to have to go to London!
Anyway for tour details, see my BFF page http://www.irelands-web.ie/bff/
Paul
"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness
consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of
life." - Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
paulmay@bigfoot.com
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 08:29:19 -0600
From: "Christopher Machart" <cmvox1@airmail.net>
Subject: Virus Alert/sincere apologies
My apologies to anyone who has already received this email from me, I've
got to be sure I tell everyone... sorry
OK, I know most of the time when you get one of these alerts its just some
guy out there trying to spam the world, but this one is for real, I know
from personal experiance (I just removed it). Although this virus doesn't
destroy everything on your hard drive, it's annoying just the same.
Anyway, the file is called HAPPY99.EXE Do not open this file delete it
immediately!!! This file must be openned and viewed in order to install the
virus. for more information on the virus and removal of the virus check out
this site... http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/3652/SKA.HTM
This is no joke:(
chris cmvox1@airmail.net
- -------Outer Space Love Project------- www.geocities.com/~oslp
Pop Record of the Month: Jason Falkner --Can You Still Feel?--
"Have you seen the paper
There's a wonderkid and he's only two,
he's playin Beethoven on his violin
there's something I don't need tickets to"
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:32:01 PST
From: "Renee Couture" <renjc1258@hotmail.com>
Subject: GOOD NEWS for amherst show
I called up student activities and they claim that tix will go on sale
March 24 thru PRO TIX. Their numbber is 860-422-1000.
Renee
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 07:52:27 PST
From: "Renee Couture" <renjc1258@hotmail.com>
Subject: GREAT NEWS on the URI concert
I called the student activities office at URI (401)874-2726 or 874-1000
(main campus number), the show is open to the public and the tix will be
on sale through ticketmaster, they will not go on sale til March though.
Renee
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 19:50:22 EST
From: Vwbugn5890@aol.com
Subject: armageddon
actually, armageddon did release a cd entitled "What?" i guess i should've
read my FAQ again before i posted.
shan
"You always say your name, like I wouldn't know it's you at your most
beautiful" ~ REM
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:23:27 -0600 (CST)
From: Chris Tasler <sparky1@netins.net>
Subject: Reinhold Messner
Fresh gristle off rollingstone.com:
Only on a dare would someone read " The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold
Messner," but every disaffected hipster here and abroad may soon find himself
listening to it. Provided the legal eagles behind the eccentric brain
trust of Ben Folds Five can garner the proper clearances -- presumably
with the nebulous Mr. Messner -- that will be the name of the trio's
forthcoming album.
Set for release on April 27, the tentatively titled "The Unauthorized
Biography of Reinhold Messner" will be the band's fourth album (including
the odds-and-sods compilation Naked Baby Photos). According to manager
Alan Wohlmark, the band will begin a tour to coincide with the record's
release.
The new album will consist of eleven tracks, including "Narcolepsy," "Break
Up at Food Court," "Magic," "Lullabye," "Mess," "Regrets" and "I Thought
About the Army," the first single. Wohlmark says the album's sound
will consist of a "wider array of instruments than [in] the past ... but still
no guitars" -- a BF5 no-no. Guest musicians include Ken Mosher (baritone, alto
sax) and Tom Maxwell (tenor saxophone) of the Squirrel Nut Zippers.
Of course, the real question -- one that Ben Folds may have to answer more
than "why is it Ben Folds Five if there are only three of you?" -- is "who the
hell is Reinhold Messner?" Though Wohlmark was not at liberty to disclose his
identity, it seems a certain climber who scaled Mount Everest without the
aid of artificial oxygen twenty years ago is the claimant of the name.
The Austria-born Messner has devoted the last twelve years of his life to
dismissing false information about the Yeti (a k a Abominable Snowman), ever
since coming face-to-face with one in 1986. Through the years, the
oft-considered-humanoid Abominable Snowman, like the Chewbacca-esque
Sasquatch (a k a Big Foot) and Loch Ness Monster, have been subjects of
scores of books, TV movies and documentaries, both aiming to corroborate
and dispel their existence.
Last October, Messner came forth at the world's largest book fair in
Frankfurt, Germany, and publicly stated the thousand or so Yeti bears that
roam Nepal and Tibet are not missing links, but rather each is a "Tibetan
bear, similar to a grizzly but with longer hair."
Whether or not this is the same Messner who may get name-dropped on the
forthcoming BF5 album is pure speculation, but leave it to Folds to bring
some obscure mountaineer into the hipster lexicon. We'd expect nothing
less.
BLAIR R. FISCHER
(February 17, 1999)
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Now we just need Ben and the guys to call their tour the "Tibetan Bear
Freedom Concert Tour," and we'll be good to go...
Chris Tasler DJ/Sports Director, KICB-FM 88.1 - Ft. Dodge, IA
sparky1@netins.net
http://members.tripod.com/~Codemonkey
****************************************************************
"Yard sale." -Ben Folds, "Late Night With Conan O'Brien"
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:10:19 EST
From: Keyserdan1@aol.com
Subject: NEW ALBUM TRACKLISTING
OK, Kids. Here's the tracklisting for "The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold
Messner"
Please remember that both the Album Title and the Song Titles are subject to
change.
For more info on Reinhold...Check JAMTV.COM
By the way...The Release Date is April 27th.
BEN FOLDS FIVE: THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF REINHOLD MESSNER
Narcolepsy
Don't Change
Mess
Magic
Hospital Song
(I Though About The) ARMY (This will be the first single)
Redneck Past
Your Most Valuable Possession
Regrets
Jane
Lullabye
That's all.
Take Care.
- -Daniel
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:21:08 -0800 (PST)
From: ejimenez1@CSUPomona.Edu
Subject: SHOW DATES
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF BFF WILL PLAY cali? (i really hope so...) PLS, EMAIL
ME PRIVATELY IF YOU'RE IN THE KNOW.
thanks!
elenore
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 19:13:46 PST
From: "Valerie /" <charzi@hotmail.com>
Subject: roll up the windows: NEW ALBUM
Hi, Fivers.
Now, I know I've been buzzing through these digests lately, but I
think I would have caught something as big as what I saw on the
newsgroup that I confirmed with JamTV. This digest here will probably
have about a half dozen people sending the same thing, but if no one did
it the last one, what the hell. Better to take up space with the new
album announcement than a bunch of spam about getting rid of spam.
Here we go, from JamTV:
Ben Folds Five Return with 'Reinhold Messner'
Only on a dare would someone read The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold
Messner, but every disaffected hipster here and abroad may soon find
himself listening to it. Provided the legal eagles behind the eccentric
brain trust of Ben Folds Five can garner the proper clearances --
presumably with the nebulous Mr. Messner -- that will be the name of the
trio's forthcoming album.
Set for release on April 27, the tentatively titled The Unauthorized
Biography of Reinhold Messner will be the band's fourth album (including
the odds-and-sods compilation Naked Baby Photos). According to manager
Alan Wohlmark, the band will begin a tour to coincide with the record's
release.
The new album will consist of eleven tracks, including "Narcolepsy,"
"Break Up at Food Court," "Magic," "Lullabye," "Mess," "Regrets" and "I
Thought About the Army," the first single. Wohlmark says the album's
sound will consist of a "wider array of instruments than [in] the past
... but still no guitars" -- a BF5 no-no. Guest musicians include Ken
Mosher (baritone, alto sax) and Tom Maxwell (tenor saxophone) of the
Squirrel Nut Zippers.
Of course, the real question -- one that Ben Folds may have to answer
more than "why is it Ben Folds Five if there are only three of you?" --
is "who the hell is Reinhold Messner?" Though Wohlmark was not at
liberty to disclose his identity, it seems a certain climber who scaled
Mount Everest without the aid of artificial oxygen twenty years ago is
the claimant of the name.
The Austria-born Messner has devoted the last twelve years of his life
to dismissing false information about the Yeti (a k a Abominable
Snowman), ever since coming face-to-face with one in 1986. Through the
years, the oft-considered-humanoid Abominable Snowman, like the
Chewbacca-esque Sasquatch (a k a Big Foot) and Loch Ness Monster, have
been subjects of scores of books, TV movies and documentaries, both
aiming to corroborate and dispel their existence.
Last October, Messner came forth at the world's largest book fair in
Frankfurt, Germany, and publicly stated the thousand or so Yeti bears
that roam Nepal and Tibet are not missing links, but rather each is a
"Tibetan bear, similar to a grizzly but with longer hair."
Whether or not this is the same Messner who may get name-dropped on the
forthcoming BF5 album is pure speculation, but leave it to Folds to
bring some obscure mountaineer into the hipster lexicon. We'd expect
nothing less.
BLAIR R. FISCHER (February 17, 1999)
Okay, end of article.
Now, let's get some bloody frigging shows in Canada, DAMMIT!!
Peace,
Valerie
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:48:08 EST
From: Snlpiscopo@aol.com
Subject: Re: Bhagavad Gita
<<< The bhagavad gita is the holy book, like the christian bible, for some
religion, hindu or buddism.>>>
Thank you very much for clearing that one up, I always thought it was some
kind of flower (Lord knows why).
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:09:51 EST
From: "Kurt Grieb" <sirgeb27@hotmail.com>
Subject: help me if you can...
i have just been graced with the knowledge of how to get an MP3 player,
and i remember reading about the mp3's of the beginning tapes being
somewhere, could any of you please send me the link to this or any other
worthwhile sites? sorry 'bout all that- thanks
kurt
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:49:43 EST
From: Cleonsdwn@aol.com
Subject: hindu holy text
The book you all speak of is simply the krishna holy text. Its good stuff,
many more cool pearls of wisdom than the bible.
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:28:03 -0500 (CDT)
From: Joe Kreidel <z_kreidelrj@TITAN.SFASU.EDU>
Subject: Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
HaHa! According to Rolling Stone Online, the name of the new album is "The
Unautorized Autobiography of Reinhold Messner"! That's awesome! Messner is
a god, just like Ben. For those of you who may not know him, he's a famed
Mt. Everest mountaineer, the first to ascend without supplemental oxygen,
something thought to be impossible before he tried it. But that doesn't
explain why the choice in titles, but I for one think it's great. The
short article is pretty gushing towards the band, and lists some more song
names. It's at
http://www.rollingstone.com/sections/news/text/
newsarticle.asp?afl=rsn&NewsID=6952&ArtistID=318&origin=news
Joey "Because It's There" Kreidel
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:11:10 -0500 (CDT)
From: Joe Kreidel <z_kreidelrj@TITAN.SFASU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1408
>
> Check out some of the lyrics on the official site. If you look at the lyrics
> for Ultimate Sac. for example and look at the bottom, you see that it is
> copyright Hair Sucker and Ewell Creme songs. Hair Sucker is, I believe one of
> Darren's ventures if I'm not mistaken. Could Ewell Creme be Sledge's?
Yes, I posted something about this last week sometime. Remember Robert's
middle name is Ewell......
JoeyK
"From the underground up"
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