THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #1432 - March 11, 1999
Magical Armchair Digest Thursday, March 11 1999 Volume 01 : Number 1432
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
Our beloved F&M show
Benjy Folds
bens moving to australia
BFF ROCKS!!!! Check out this site about him!
Ben on JJJ
Freebird?
ben in adelaide
Re: Army on JJJ
Re: Bass stuff again...
Adelaide
First Show!
"Evaporated" on Dawson's
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1430
Irving Plaza tickets on sale NOW!!!
BF5 in NYC
REPLAY of JJJ interview!!
Columbia House
Frally
well whatever
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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 19:50:25 EST
From: DrummerAR@aol.com
Subject: Our beloved F&M show
Well, I live near Philly, but it looks like I'm gonna go to the F&M show
instead of the TLA. Does anyone have any info on it (the F&M show). What
time is it (or at least day/night?, how much is it, how can I get tickets.
Any information would be much appreciated. Thanks!
The much elated Ben Folds Five fan who is about to lose his "virginity"
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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 20:46:01 -0500
From: Sean Kiely <seank@CYBERNEX.NET>
Subject: Benjy Folds
I hate to put out the fire of new news on this list, but does anyone
else feel it's slightly possible Ben was feckin around with the
interviewer on that morning show thing about havin kids? He's been
known to burn interviewers much worse than that...just an observation,
sean
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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 20:34:54 -0600
From: "5 over after 3 rounds"<mic@1under.com>
Subject: bens moving to australia
yes its true
ben and his girl are moving back to her home town....adelaide...
wow how could an adelaide chic pick up someone as cool as ben...she must be special.
the new album ..."the unauthorised biography of reinhold fliegler"(i think thats the guys name) sounds great.
when ben was on triple j yesterday he was explaining about this guy." he used to climb the highest mountains unassisted and without oxygen...get to the top, smoke some hash and then go home"....bens own words. there was also an incedent in charlotte many
years ago that ben talked about... darren used to make fake id's and use this guys name. it was going well until darren and a couple of his mates all got caught with identical id... whether it was true or not ben told it beautifully. if anyone can pas
s amessage on to ben tel him to come up to newcastle and come for a surf with me. anyway we have 1/3rd of the band only 2/3rds to go and we can go to regular pub gigs and see them
i also have a guy who lives in my street who is disabled and has converted a lounge chair into an uncle walter chair...it doesnt have a steering wheel like UW's does but he goes as fast
oh.. one more thing thanx to comercial radio completely flogging brick to death (and there are so many other BFF songs they could play..eg last polka, man that rocks) i cant listen to the song without cringing...which is a shame coz its a great song. TR
IPLE J will suffice, even though they go for the high rotation thing, but TRIPLE R in melbourne are what TRIPLE J were 15 years ago. fight hard and lets get TRIPLE R nation...why ...coz i miss them
BFF Forever
mic
mic@1under.com
anyone who just loves bff and is in newy mail me
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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 20:13:45 -0700
From: Anonymous <anonymous@yahoo.com>
Subject: BFF ROCKS!!!! Check out this site about him!
Hey GUYS!!!!
check out the coolest site on the internet!
http://members.xoom.com/killigan/index.htm
It's worth your while!!!
Ben Folds Five ROCKS!!!!!!
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 14:38:07 +1000
From: "Lucy" <henry@weirdness.com>
Subject: Ben on JJJ
I must be like the only Aussie who missed Ben on JJJ. If anyone in
Melbourne is willing to make me a copy of the interview could they please
email me privately at henry@weirdness.com
And someone mentioned Ben would be on RRR, but they forgot to say which
day???
Lucy
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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 23:06:09 -0500
From: Tito <jjackson@hamilton.edu>
Subject: Freebird?
I was just wondering if anyone had an mp3 of the band covering Freebird or
would be willing to trade a tape of a show with it to a non-trader for a
couple blanks. Thanks...
- -JJ
"Say hi to your brother Tito for me."
Adam Sandler, The Wedding Singer
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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 23:54:26 EST
From: Ltiwdt@aol.com
Subject: ben in adelaide
Is Frally pregnant right now, does anybody know?
Laura
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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 22:19:59 -0800
From: slingerland96@juno.com
Subject: Re: Army on JJJ
I would like to hear "Army" as well. Hearing all you people who've heard
it makes me more anxious to hear the song & new album!!
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 02:06:19 +0100 owner-armchair@maillist.il.fontys.nl
(Magical Armchair Digest) writes:
>Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 15:30:03 -0500
>From: "Mike Baltus" <baltus@mediaone.net>
>Subject: Army on JJJ
>
>Hey does anyone who recorded the interview and BF5 songs on JJ want to
>make
>an mp3 for us nice people in the US? I think we would all be much
>obliged
>if you would. Well just a thougt I'll do anything to get my hands on
>new
>BFF.
>~mike
>"Bass in yo face" - Ben Folds Five
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 17:13:13 +1030
From: Ben Williams <ben@tne.net.au>
Subject: Re: Bass stuff again...
"The Funky Dudes" <frenzal@emunet.com.au> wrote:
> >the fuzz thing Robert uses heaps can be
> >expensive, you'll need some kind of effects pedal, not just bass + amp.
> >Guitar effects don't really work well with bass, but you might be able
> >to get a cheap guitar distortion pedal that will kinda sound like it.
>
> The pedal Robert use's is a Big Muff Pi reissue made by electro-harmonix.
> Surprisingly enough it's one of the cheaper units around, i picked mine up
> for about $150 Aus (about $80us). I had this before i even heard of Ben
> Folds
> and I think it is the best sounding fuzz box out there, next to the
> original, which
> is the more expensive option. (it's also made for a guitar, Jimi used one of
> the originals as his main distortion pedal). But it's true, it's hard to
> play
> any BFF stuff without one.
I stand corrected! forgive me ;-) and if that's the case, they are that
cheap, why the hell haven't i bought one yet?? oh, yeah, that's right,
bank balance of $1.53. ;-)
> One thing I am curious about is that Robert has taken to using an
> ocatave pedal at live gigs, and I'm wondering if anyone on the list knows
> what brand he uses? (the best on is the Octabass by far!)
no idea.
<snip my comments>
> I must explain myself more, follow Bens left hand because it's easier
> than roberts bass lines.
agreed, i hadn't thought of that. good thinking :)
> Besides, i really disagree with you abhout Ben
> not having a beefy left hand. I believe that's it's Bens left appendage
> being so strong that allows Robert to freestyle and break out of the
> usual bass mode. (I remember a quote about robert saying that he just
> tries to play like hendrix..or something).
yeah, i may have been a bit hasty on my "light left hand" thing, ben
does play a fair bit of left hand stuff. maybe i don't notice coz i am
too busy listening to robert :)
they work very very well together really, if ben is playing heavy left
hand stuff, robert will play something higher up the neck, it is a great
combo.
that bit from OAD when robert plays that guitar-sounding bit in the
bridge blows me away, i didn't realize it was not a guitar until i
thought about it once, then thought "hey, there is no guitar...it must
be robert! cool!"
>
> What do pianists think??
>
> ok..so it has all three instruments, most books usually dont!
>
> MAtt!
>
> Keep rocking Ben :Ž (from this list)
you're not a bass player by any chance are you? ;-)
>From Ben.
- --
Boycott shampoo! Demand the REAL poo!
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 17:16:36 +1030
From: Ben Williams <ben@tne.net.au>
Subject: Adelaide
how many Adelaideans we got on this list?? it is way cool :)
email me privately if u r, i wanna do a count.
i'm an Adelaidean too, btw.
>From Ben.
- --
Boycott shampoo! Demand the REAL poo!
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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 23:36:29 PST
From: "James McGarvey" <thebluenote@hotmail.com>
Subject: First Show!
I'm so excited!!
Went down to my local music store called Bull Moose Music, and
purchased my crazy, mad, phat, $22 general admission BFF TICKET! I'm
also psyched because the show is the first on the tour, and I'M THERE..
what a rush... I've never seen them before, but if the live stuff on NBP
is anywhere near the intensity, i'll be blown away... which I'm ready
for. I'd also like to get my hands on an MP3 of Army.. I tried to catch
the JJJ show on Real Audio, being in New Hampshire, but I think I was
sleeping... ah well..
Jamie
"You got to learn to dig and be dug in return!" - Rustic Overtones
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 03:25:56 PST
From: "Gemma O'Brien" <gemob2@hotmail.com>
Subject: "Evaporated" on Dawson's
Hey all!!!
I know there is probably gonna
be HEAPS of posts about this, on
Dawson's creek last night they
played evaporated and
I just had to say how good
it was to finally hear a BF5 song
played on a show. It was sooooo
good, got the emotions rolling
that's for sure. Anyway,I had to
say I loved it!!!
Anyhoe, the other thing I had to
say was that Army is the best song!!
After I heard it on triple j, yesterday,
I reckon it was sooo good and I can't wait
till it comes out on album/single over here
in oz. Anyhoe, that's all
Keep smiling = )
Love always
X Gem X
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 16:04:56 +0000
From: The Purple Headed Warrior <ch81lw@surrey.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1430
Just thought you might like to know that for the Brit tour dates, Furslide
are looking like the support. No, me neither...
Luke
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:14:35 -0500
From: "Leigh 13" <leigh13@mindless.com>
Subject: Irving Plaza tickets on sale NOW!!!
Let's thank our friends at bffweb.com for another mistake:
Tickets for both BFF shows at Irving Plaza went on sale TODAY, March 10 at
noon. The date is listed as March 12, INCORRECTLY, on the official BFF web
site. You can call up Ticketmaster on the phone or head over to
http://events.ticketmaster.com and get them right away.
Thanks to Dan for spotting this!
- - Leigh 13
"If you ever come back, could you bring a pizza?"
- Bugzy
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 13:33:21 -0500
From: tzrich@microdsi.net (tzrich)
Subject: BF5 in NYC
Tix just went on sale today for the 4/27 and 4/28 shows at Irving Plaza, =
NYC. The tix are general admission, they were something like $20 a =
piece after ticketmaster fees, etc. It's during the week, but that's =
better than not at all! =20
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be truly exceptional? Be a touch insane...You need a little bit of =
insanity to do great things." - Henry Rollins
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:35:04 PST
From: "Alice Childress" <jbpastie2@hotmail.com>
Subject: REPLAY of JJJ interview!!
Hi people!
Adam spencer just said that they’ll be
replaying the interview (JJJ) tomorrow,
just after 7:00, so if you missed it, be
sure to get it this time!!!
('tomorrow' is the 12th)
He said this after making the mistake of
saying ‘tornados’ was by ben FOLDS,
instead of by ben LEE, and he corrects
himself saying ‘I don’t know which of the
2 would be more offended by me saying
that…blah blah…" funny.
see ya,
JANET =)
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:06:52 EST
From: Astro111@aol.com
Subject: Columbia House
Hey all-
Okay so this isn't too exciting, but I am in Columbia House Music Club and
they never get any good CD's and when they do they are like 7 years late. So,
I got a new pamphlet today and under "new and noteworthy" was FOP :) YAY!
Also, if ANYONE can send me an MP3 of Army I would be beyond thankful.
Thanks a bunch,
Robrin
"If Ben Folds Five are going to be an hour away from me for more than a week
and I don't go to a show, someone is going to get hurt" --my brain speaking
through my fingers
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:45:03 EST
From: Snlpiscopo@aol.com
Subject: Frally
When did he marry Frally? An I the only one who didn't here about this? I
didn't even know he was dating her.
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 00:09:22 GMT
From: "tavia -" <taves@hotmail.com>
Subject: well whatever
ok i realise my attempt to quote was a major misquote, but I'd only
heard the song once, so I forgive myself. (kind arent I)
what I meant to say was more like:
'citing artistic differences the band broke up in May
and in June re-formed without me and they got a different name'
and if that's wrong I dont care. and i dont care if that's the only song
that's liek the old stuff. I'll still buy the album even if they dyed
their hair orange and got nipple rings and started sounding like celine
dion. because I'm a sad person and besides it would be amusing.
anyways: monsiour adam spencer said he's replaying the interview
sometime around 7/8 am on friday (this week) so if you didnt catch it
here's your chance.
I also got an email from dan hirning, who rang up adam about it(and this
may very well be the reason we hear the interview again for all we know)
and adam said that ben took the single with him , but that they hope to
have a copy on monday and adam said he would play the shit out of it.
what a great guy. only bff fans should be allowed to be djs... (in a
perfect world...)
i'm still deciding whether to see the whitlams......
oh yeh , I'm not a silverchair fan but, I liek 'anna's song' it's sweet.
taves
'i must be mad thinking
I'll be remembered, yes
I must be out of my head...
something soemthing...
my name will mean nothing
ten minutes after I'm dead'
Jesus in JC Superstar.
(it's surpring to think that andrew llyod webber is capable of irony)
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