THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #1528 - May 14, 1999
Magical Armchair Digest Friday, May 14 1999 Volume 01 : Number 1528
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
pics
Re: Owsley
rob's cigarette
Bootleg of TLA Show on 4/20 Wanted
Mess Lyrics
t-shirts
The Letterman version of Army
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1526
Owsley!
owsley
I wonder why Matt Penfield never asked Ben Folds about Owsley.
spare reels
hehehe
Jason Warburg's Review
Forum show
"No Boundaries" Kosovo benefit album
merchandise?
dcyp
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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 20:58:11 EDT
From: MFH333@aol.com
Subject: pics
just got my pictures back from the PSU show, and they are fantastic! i'm just
so ecstatic! who's with me on the 28th?
Adriane
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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 18:20:58 -0700
From: Brian Chan <gokou@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Owsley
At 02:00 AM 5/13/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 07:45:29 -0700
>From: "Bill Minnick" <bill.minnick@mailcity.com>
>Subject: Owsley
>
> Are any of my fellow Armchairites familiar with Owsley? Surprisingly, I
haven't seen any mention of Owsley in the Armchair. Once upon a time,
Messers. Owsley and Folds were actually in a band together! For the
uninitiated, Owsley is straight outta Pop Heaven. A definite contender for
Record of the Year. If anyone out there has any rare Owsley to share,
please let me know. Thanks!
>
>P.S. A friend of mine theorizes that the Owsley song "Sonny Boy" is about
Ben.
>
>
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I have the Owsley album, and I absolutely agree--it is superb. There's a
little bit of Ben Folds Five in there, a little bit of Beatles, hmm....I
don't know what else...but it's for anyone who has a sweet tooth for power
pop. I give it my highest recommendation. Hmm, I'll have to listen to
Sonny Boy again....
Brian Chan.
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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 21:44:06 -0400
From: Jody Clark <U_jclark@umassd.edu>
Subject: rob's cigarette
who the heck is selling rob's cigarette butt on ebay? and more
importantly, who is willing to pay for it? that's ridiculous.
jody
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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 21:41:53 EDT
From: YourPalCM@aol.com
Subject: Bootleg of TLA Show on 4/20 Wanted
By any chance, did anyone bootleg the 4/20 show in Philly at the TLA? If so,
email me privately.
Thanks,
Your Pal,
Chris Mal
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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 22:35:07 EDT
From: Nike11H@aol.com
Subject: Mess Lyrics
I have a question about the lyrics for MESS....
about 2 min. in, when he says, "and i dont believe in love, so i cant be
______" i am wondering what that word is. The lyrics have it as CHANGED, but
it doesnt sound like he's saying that. So if anyone knows the answer i would
appreciate it!
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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 21:56:57 -0500
From: "Don Curtis" <dcurtis@iastate.edu>
Subject: t-shirts
ok, everyone hold their pants on, i'm scared because i don't think i can get
the shirts out in time, i guess i can try. so i'll be emailing the people
who i ahve on the list. later
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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 22:54:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: nate <rudeboy@mindless.com>
Subject: The Letterman version of Army
I was going back over the Letterman version of Army after having listened to
TURBORM straight for a while. I must say that the studio version is much
better (some of you may say that this is to be expected, however, I've heard
live stuff of bands before that I like better than their studio stuff. Also,
I've heard a different version of Smoke before that I really liked that wasn't
the WAEA version). The horns seem really sloppy on the show... Did the CBS
Orchestra back them up or did the Five bring their own horn section? I think
that when I saw them in show they put on a much better (and more musically "on
key") show. Just my $.02.
- --Nate
www.cse.psu.edu/~nate
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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 23:04:17 EDT
From: Qualitease@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1526
<< S/T is the "fun" album
WAEA is the masterpiece
TUBORM is the artist at work. >>
I say...
S/T is the stripped down, pure goodness album
WAEA is the forced big-name label album
TUBORM is the "we have money now" album
guess which one I like best? ;-)
Are you saying that the "fun" was the band's or the audiences? confused..
~Alan
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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 23:07:30 EDT
From: Emaline555@aol.com
Subject: Owsley!
In a message dated 5/12/99 9:38:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
owner-armchair@maillist.il.fontys.nl writes:
<< Are any of my fellow Armchairites familiar with Owsley? Surprisingly, I
haven't seen any mention of Owsley in the Armchair. Once upon a time,
Messers. Owsley and Folds were actually in a band together! For the
uninitiated, Owsley is straight outta Pop Heaven. A definite contender for
Record of the Year. If anyone out there has any rare Owsley to share, please
let me know. Thanks!
P.S. A friend of mine theorizes that the Owsley song "Sonny Boy" is about
Ben. >>
Hey!!
Someone mentioned Owsley!! Owsley ROCKS. Ginger, Sandi, Jess, and I (the
ones you should know, jk) caught an Owsley show in Chapel Hill last
month....that's also the show where I happened to meet Ben! So there's proof
that Owsley and Ben have a history. And, after Owsley's rockin' set, Ben
brought him over and introduced him to us. Great guy! Ben and (Will) Owsley
used to be associated with The Semantics, even though I don't think Ben
played on the record. Everyone, I recommend Owsley's S/T cd. It's been in my
cd player ever since I bought it. It's some great pop stuff. Go get it! AND
visit www.owsleymusic.com and look at the pictures on the Tour Dates
page...those are from the show we saw in North Carolina!
"Zavelow! Zavelow! Zavelow!"
Emily
P.S. As far as "Sonny Boy" goes, it reminds me of "Where's Summer B.?" in the
beginning with the piano chords, but i don't really think it's about Ben.
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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 23:18:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ginger Nance <gnance@email.unc.edu>
Subject: owsley
To the person that mentioned Owsley:
Yes, Owlsey rocks. His album is easily the best power pop album of the
year. The Semantics disc is great, too...several songs on the s/t are old
Semantics tunes. He puts on a great show--I've seen him play 3 times. To
top it all off, he's a really nice guy, as are the other guys in his band
(esp. the infamous Jerry Dale McFadden, bonus cool points if you know who
he is). If you want to check him out, go to www.owsleymusic.com. (Emily
and Jessica, those pics on his site are from the show we went to, where
you got to meet your rock stars!)
I'll be at the Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Nashville shows with Miss
Shorter and hopefully the Indian Girl. Watch out for us!
Ginger :)
Ginger Nance
gnance@email.unc.edu
http://www.unc.edu/~gnance
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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 23:53:51 EDT
From: Pianogtar@aol.com
Subject: I wonder why Matt Penfield never asked Ben Folds about Owsley.
In a message dated 5/12/99 9:38:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
owner-armchair@maillist.il.fontys.nl writes:
<< HEY, TIS HEATHER GRACE AGAIN, LOOKING FOR SOME FELLOW BFF FANS FROM
SEATTLE
WASHINGTON! PLEASE, CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSI >>
Please, screaming doesn't make you any new friends. And besides it hurts
peoples ears.
<<about the hidden track, i don't have it on mine (australian release), but
if it does exist on some versions, maybe they got the idea for that from
snout. snout were the support band for their last australian tour and on
their last album, cirlce high and wide, they have a hidden track like that.>>
Umm not to burst your bubble of ignorance but a lot of bands have hidden
tracks, even some have you skip through 20 minutes of dead space just to
listen the the hidden track. :l
<<Are any of my fellow Armchairites familiar with Owsley? Surprisingly, I
haven't seen any mention of Owsley in the Armchair. Once upon a time,
Messers. Owsley and Folds were actually in a band together! For the
uninitiated, Owsley is straight outta Pop Heaven. A definite contender for
Record of the Year. If anyone out there has any rare Owsley to share, please
let me know. Thanks!>>
George Pinfield here the facts on Ben Folds and Will Owsley, Ben played drums
while Owsley fronted and played guitar for the 3 piece called the Semantics,
They were signed to DGC Records but were dropped before the album was ever
released. Ben left the band to form Ben Folds Five and Owsley went on to be
(yes no lie or joke in this line) Amy Grant's touring guitarist and then did
vocals on a Shania Twain album, he inbetween doing Amy Grant's tour and
Shania Twains album recorded his own album, All I can say is that everyone
should pick up the album.
<<ANYWAY... If anyone sees a girl with short hair about 22 at the Forum
gig wearing bright red jeans and talking to her older boyfriend who's
35!!!
Then.... IT'S MEEEEEEE! Come over and say hello!>>
Well I am pretty sure that someone will notice you then. :l
<<Matt Pinfeild is the all knowing music god, OK? So he tripped on his words
a
little, that doens't mean he's an idiot or that he doesn't know anything
about the guys. He knows their personalities well enough that he let Darren
get away with that stupid (but hilarious) story, didn't he? If you had
watched their last appearance on 120 minutes last year, you would all know
that he knows plenty about the guys. =p Stop the dissing of Matt, it's
totally uncalled for.>>
Yes I agree with you 100%, dis someone who needs to be dissed, Like Jesse
Camp or Ananda Lewis.
<<Ben on Before they were Rock Stars was too funny...to all of you who missed
it, you should quit your job and school or whatever and watch VH1 all day, so
you can see it! >>
Umm I would disagree, if you have a vcr just record vh1 while you are away,...
Well I am away to bed.
George.
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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 01:11:29 PDT
From: "Crystal Cooper" <crystal_bf5@hotmail.com>
Subject: spare reels
hey armchair!
my spare reels video arrived today from cdnow, and after messing with my tv
controls to make it work properly, i got to watch it.
and i discovered something. a whole lot of the video shots of sftd were
taken from the brisbane concert on july 30th 1998, and i was there. a whole
lot of the images in other songs as well were from that same concert, which
is really cool.
and, the piece de resistance... ben was wearing the shirt that we brisbane
armchairers threw on stage for him. if i had paused the video at the right
spot, i could have read my name! i didn't realize for ages that some of the
shots were from festival hall. my sister (who was at the concert, and
watching the video in the hope that they'd do something really stupid that
she could laugh at) and i both saw him in the shirt, and we both said 'hey!
that's from brisbane!'. and i started freaking out a little bit. ok, a lot.
but that's so cool! my name's on that video. he he he...
also, since with spare reels comes the digipak of TUBORM, can someone tell
me if there's anything interesting inside that digipak? cause i was going to
go and sell it at a record store as the american release, and i think it'd
be worth more if it was still shrinkwrapped, so i don't want to open it. so
what's inside the shrink wrap?
and for anyone who can get the courier mail in queensland, australia,
there's apparently an interview with ben in it. that's the friday may 14th
paper. i'll be getting some extra copies, because in my economics class
we're getting the paper (the federal budget just came out and that's why)
and i can just take a few extra copies out with me. if the article's any
good, i'll give those extra copies away, or trade them or something.
Crystal
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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 06:28:55 PDT
From: "Stephen Jackson" <distilled_spirit@hotmail.com>
Subject: hehehe
hehehehe
my formal parteners name is Kate
"you"
-evaporated
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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 13:35:50 GMT
From: "Nate Collins" <natecollins73@hotmail.com>
Subject: Jason Warburg's Review
Hey Everyone
Please go to Jason's Warburg's website at
http://members.aol.com/jasonburg/home.html
You all have to read the review he does of TUBORM. It is great. He sums up
exactly what Ben and the Boys are all about. Great job Jason!
P.S. vote for the video on MTV's TRL.
Nate
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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 01:43:51 EDT
From: Calmdown20@aol.com
Subject: Forum show
Hell yeah everybody. The forum show is tonight and Im gettin all excited. My
second show and Im lookin forward to it. The first one was in West Palm
Beach, FL a couple years back and it was the sh-z-it, and Im hopin this one
is just as good (I have no doubts).
Anyhoo, I'll see everybody tonight and if you see an obvious american lookin
guy with a blue hat with a big "D" on it come up and say "cheers mate" or
whatever it is you people say :o) Have fun!
Jonathan
You have made me smile again...in fact I might be sore from it...its been a
while.
Cant buy what I want becuase its free
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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:19:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lee Chaix Katz <starfish@email.unc.edu>
Subject: "No Boundaries" Kosovo benefit album
Hey all,
I found this on A Dent in the Tori Amos Universe, but as you can see, it
pertains to Ben Folds Five fans as well (check out #8):
A new benefit album for the Kosovo refugees that is due in the stores June
15 from Epic Records called "No Boundaries". Here is the track listing
for this album (according to Billboard):
1."Last Kiss" - Pearl Jam (1998 Fan Club Christmas Single)
2."Baba" - Alanis Morissette (live)
3."Ghost Of Tom Joad" - Rage Against The Machine (CD single from "Rage
Against The Machine" home video)
4."War Of Man" - Neil Young (live)
5."Freak On A Leash" - KoRn (Butch Vig Mix)
6."Psychoman" - Black Sabbath (Danny Saber remix)
7."Come Down" - Bush (acoustic version)
8."Leather Jacket" - Ben Folds Five (unreleased studio track)
9."Take Me Away" - Oasis (B-side of British "Supersonic" single)
10."Mary" - Sarah McLachlan (live)
11."Go" - Indigo Girls (live)
12."Used To Be Lucky" - Wallflowers (unreleased studio track)
13."Wolf In Sheep's Clothing" - Jamiroquai (B-side to British "Canned
Heat" single)
14."Merman" - Tori Amos (unreleased studio track)
15.Fourteen Black Paintings - Peter Gabriel (from his album "Us")
16.Soldier Of Love - Pearl Jam (B-side to 1998 Fan Club Christmas Single)
Thought this might be of interest to people. Thanks to the Dent.
Lee
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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:12:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Judi Smith <jsmith@bc.seflin.org>
Subject: merchandise?
hey, robert sledge IN my lunchbox works for me ;)
tho i gotta admit darren is getting cuter and cuter as i look at this
great poster...sigh ... too bad he was born so late....i could have been
his.... babysitter. ;)
anyway.... where does all this merchandise (*the real stuff, not the
fantasy) come from? can you get irl at a cd store, or only online?
judi smith goodnight, goodnight, sweet baby
jsmith@bc.seflin.org the world has more for you
than it seems
would you catch me if i was falling? goodnight, goodnight
kiss me if i was leaving? let the moonlight take
hold me cause i'm lonely without you? the lid off your dreams
-- round here -- lullabye, ben folds five
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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 12:37:40 -0400
From: bf5 <bf5@surry.net>
Subject: dcyp
<<but im glad one of them was DCYP, which ben forgot the words during>>
I don't think that he forgot the words to DCYP, I think that he was still in
the process of writing the finished song.
\ \/ /
~\/\/hitney =o)
*i wanna be kate*
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