THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #1540 - May 20, 1999
Magical Armchair Digest Thursday, May 20 1999 Volume 01 : Number 1540
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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:
RE: Why the Seattle show was cancled
Re: French in Regrets
Two words: Chicago revisited!!!
Re: leather jacket
Quick Tour Check...
F&J
Chicago
No Boundries
Truth & Rumors to trade...
BFF Site
someone help me here...
Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1537
What the Heck
Hidden tracks at the start of a CD
ssa ym ssik
types of hidden tracks
Nontent
sound in lullabye
BFF Site Redesign
WAEA Secret Song
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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 18:18:41 -0700
From: Peter Duniho <peted@microsoft.com>
Subject: RE: Why the Seattle show was cancled
> Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 14:35:24 -0700
> From: Kyle Smith <kjs77@ix.netcom.com>
> Subject: Why the Seattle show was cancled
>
> I just got an email back from 107.7 the end and they said that
> Ben canceled the show because his kids are close to being born
That was what was originally said as the reason and was posted here on the
Magical Armchair. However, as Frank just posted, they've added a new gig in
Chicago, on June 18, just a day after they were supposed to play here in
Seattle. Sounds to me like the "due date" thing (actually, it wasn't Ben's
kids, was it? is he even married still? if I recall, it was someone
else's) is just a smoke screen, if it was even the reason given by the band
in the first place.
If it was because of a due date, how in the world would June 18 be any
better than June 17?
Pete
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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 19:55:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jess <julianne_5@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: French in Regrets
>
> Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 16:14:34 -0400
> From: Sean Kiely <seank@cybernex.net>
> Subject: French in Regrets
>
> For all those who are wondering, I've translated the
> french lyrics of
> Regrets below...
Correct me if I am wrong, BUT THERE IS NO FRENCH
LYRICS IN "REGRETS"!!!!! It's in "Your Redneck Past".
How many people have been saying it's in "Regrets"?!!
Geesh, idiots!
jess
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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 22:54:35 EDT
From: SarahMBK1@aol.com
Subject: Two words: Chicago revisited!!!
Wow.. What a second chance.. I totally blew not going to the last Chicago
show and then my computer wouldn't show me the damn concert, but now I have a
second chance!!! It's kinda weird that they are planning to have it the 18th
of June, the day after Seattle's show was going to be.. That blows...
SO.. All those people that emailed me before, are you guys all planning on
going to this one?? Armchair meet up, again??? Anyone planning on going,
email me!!!
I'm tooo excited!!
Sarah
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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 22:06:58 -0500
From: Christopher Schulte <christopher@schulte.org>
Subject: Re: leather jacket
>Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 23:40:41 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Jenny Harrison <jh593@columbia.edu>
>Subject: leather jacket
>
>who ever asked if leather jacket is a cover, it's not. it's a darren
>jessee original. jenny
Darren is really a great artist. His work has been very, very impressive
as of late.
I think Leather Jacket was album quality material, just didn't quite fit in
with the other songs. Still a marvelous song, for sure!
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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 23:23:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rachel Berman <rberman@Bowdoin.EDU>
Subject: Quick Tour Check...
Hi!
I don't know if any of you out there know me... but this is Rachel.. I
was at the Bowdoin and Tufts shows (as Leigh said "the first and last
showsof the northeast .. or something to that effect) in the front row, center,
jumping aruond and whatnot, wearing a green tanktop. Okay, that's my
official introduction.. you'll
never see it again. I've heard some whacked-out rumors that Ben and Co.
are perhaps coming back to New York for one last time before going
overseas in June.. any truth to this? An exact date would be much
appreciated. I checked a whole mess of online sources, but came up with
zilch. Thanks guys!
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34 Smith Union other: rberman@bowdoin.edu
Bowdoin College AOL IM: rachberm1
Brunswick, ME 04011
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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 23:38:00 EDT
From: Eze114@aol.com
Subject: F&J
Some people were talking about some Fleming and John promo they got and how
good it was. Well, here's my 2 cents. I saw em at the Park West show when
they opened for BFF and I thought they were incredibly good. I met them
afterwards and they were super nice as well. I bought the cd 5 days later and
it's awesome. I highly recommend. -Erin
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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 23:41:10 EDT
From: Eze114@aol.com
Subject: Chicago
OHMYGOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Another Chicago
show????? Can I believe it???!?!?! No way. And the week of concerts for
me....wow. When do tix go on sale? -Erin
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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 23:46:05 -0400
From: "Matty Jacobs" <mbjacobs@students.wisc.edu>
Subject: No Boundries
I found this in the most recent Consumable...
NEWS: > _No Boundaries_, a compilation album benefitting the
refugees of Kosovo, will be released on Epic Records on June 15.
Artists contributing rare, live and previously unreleased
versions of songs include Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine,
Alanis Morissette, Neil Young, Oasis, KoRn, Black Sabbath,
Indigo Girls, Ben Folds Five, Peter Gabriel, The Wallflowers,
Sarah McLachlan, Bush, Tori Amos, and Jamiroquai.
> The latest single from Alanis Morissette's _Supposed
Former Infatuation Junkie_ album will be "So Pure", slated for
an early June release.
note the band between Indigo Girls and Peter Gabriel.
I speak French jive in my sleep,
Matty J
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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 23:52:13 EDT
From: IdiotKings@aol.com
Subject: Truth & Rumors to trade...
Hello Armchairians!!
I have in my hot little hands, a copy of Truth & Rumors. i found it at the
local Disc-Go-Round, at first glance thought it was TUBORM, but on closer
inspection noticed it was, in fact, Truth & Rumors. Why do I tell you this,
you ask? One simple reason... I have the ability to make copies of this CD
onto CD-Rs or whatever. I will be happy to trade a copy (on a CD) for a copy
of a BFF bootleg. If you can put the boot on a CD then all the better. Email
me personally for more info. ;o)
I can't be saved,
Johnny
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Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 00:06:10 EDT
From: PGH420PA@aol.com
Subject: BFF Site
Am I the only one who is having problems with the official site??? I get to
the page and I hear a midi of the begining to Army and thats it. All black.
I tried clicking and clicking and nothing happens. Am i just stupid? Is
there a trick? I dunno! Help me out
Brian
Pittsburgh
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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 21:13:56 PDT
From: "Aimer Hater" <i_hate_aimer@hotmail.com>
Subject: someone help me here...
As I'm a bit dense, I was wondering if about 4000 more people could send me
the french translation of "your redneck past". I can usually get it after
reading it for about the 18000th time, but it just didn't happen. So, if
anyone could help me out here, thanks.
Also, I was wondering if all of you people could please waste my time a bit
more by arguing whether or not george is an ass. I love reading everyone's
opinion about a guy who could very easily be ignored by all. It's called
SCROLLING DOWN. If you don't like what the guy has to say, then try not to
read it. I had initially joined this list for the occasional nugget of
useful info, followed by a completely irrelavent line of useless blather
about people like George, or how cute (fill in the blank) is, and
seventy-five posts about "Magic" being played on Dawson's Creek for 30
seconds, and how much the people in Seattle or Phoenix want BFF to come to
town. So, hooray for MA. Idiots...
with love,
asshole
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Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 00:40:54 EDT
From: Pyser02@aol.com
Subject: Re: Magical Armchair Digest V1 #1537
In a message dated 5/17/99 10:42:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
owner-armchair@maillist.il.fontys.nl writes:
<< I just think
it's REALLY WEIRD that I just got a Fleming & John cd in the mail. It's
got 2 songs, The Pearl and Don't Let it Fade Away and they're both
pretty damned good. I wonder how they got my address... >>
i hear ya. i got one too. no fucking clue how. just arrived. go figure. but
dont look a gift horse in the mouth. or, wait, is that the expression? dont
look a for a gift in a horses mouth? dont look in a horses mouth? i guess im
just beating a dead horse.... :)
ah. sleep.
aaron
id still rather be billy idol
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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 21:51:26 -0700
From: Kyle Smith <kjs77@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: What the Heck
All right I am from Seattle and I have to say that I am a little pissed. I mean I got
all worked up to see BFF play and then they cancle the show. Then I am told that the
reason that the show got cancled is because Ben is about to have twins and that is why it
got cancled because they were due near the date that the band was playing in Seattle.
Now they announce a new concert date in Chicago. What the heck. What happened to
Seattle, I mean if they can play on the 18th in chicago why couldnt they have kept their
commitment to us fans in seattle and played on the 17th here. I could understand why he
would want to be with his kids but now I just feel like all us fans in Seattle are being
passed over and it makes it suck even worse because we didnt think we were going to be.
I realize that I am just sitting here complaining but I just want to say, if anyone knows
the person that is in charge of schedualing their shows or if someone knows Ben tell him
that there is a college student in Seattle who has been turned into a whining complaining
baby because he doesnt get to see his favorite band and it sure would be nice if they
would reschedual a show for all us fans here in Seatte so that way we wouldnt feel like
we got handed something really great and then got it taken away before we ever got to see
it. I am glad that the people in chicago get to see them, I feel happy for them, but it
still really sucks that they cancle a show here and then set up another show somewhere
else when the reason they cancled it here was a reason that if it was real should keep
the band from playing anywhere. Anyway, I just wanted to release some of my
frustrations, thanks for listening to anyone that did.
Kyle
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Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 15:44:28 +1000
From: "Julie 'anti-gavin'" <julianne@ronscomputers.com.au>
Subject: Hidden tracks at the start of a CD
I remember the guy who said there was a hidden track said it was at the
start of the cd...
But um, Yeah,
311's Transistor has a secret track before track 1, you just rewind from the
start of the cd and it goes back
but I tried it with TUBORM like the day I got it (I do it to all my cds now)
and there was nothing there..
So um, yeah, nothing.
- -Julie 'anti-gavin'
Julie's Australian Ben Folds Five website
http://www.angelfire.com/me/katefolds
"Maybe I don't want him back you know?
Maybe I just can't let him go" - RBF
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Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 18:02:20 +1000
From: Christine Ko <s365927@student.uq.edu.au>
Subject: ssa ym ssik
>Of course theres no hidden track on tuborm, a hidden track is just after a
>huge pause at the end of the last song on a CD. For instance, Greenday's
>Dookie,(all by myself) and BFF WEA(BFAFAH) . Has anyone else heard of any
>other kinds of hidden tracks on other CD's? for instance, in the middle of
>the CD?
you can get hidden tracks at the beginning of a cd where you rewind back
from the first track, not that there is one on TUBORM
christine
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Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 10:53:48 +0200
From: "Chris Reiffert ;-)" <reiffert@hrz2.uni-oldenburg.de>
Subject: types of hidden tracks
Hi ....
there re three types of hidden tracks s far as I know:
1. At the end of the last song after a long pause (the classic one ;-)
2. BEFORE the first song, only accessible by searching backwards (I have
one CD of this kind)
3. the rather dull variant: a track just not named on the cover or in
the booklet
enough of the "wonders of music" lesson for today ;-)))
cu
chris
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Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 14:20:56 +0200
From: "Guillaume" <ggranger@club-internet.fr>
Subject: Nontent
Snlpiscopo@aol.com (sorry, i dont know your name dude) wrote :
> I'm not Guillame (sp?), the french ben folds five fan (Nice Site, Man).
Sean Kiely wrote :
> if guillame can do better, I tip my hat to him
Guys, lets clear it all up, my name is Guillaume. Yo, thats the french name
for William. Its funny, everyone always make the same mistake when spelling
my name. Whats wrong with "U"s ? :) Anyway, i still like you ;) I just
couldnt let the same mistake happen more than twice ;)
Sorry for the nontent. Take care and may the folds be with you,
GuillaUme, aka the french bastard ;p
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Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 16:48:13 +0800
From: "Shing Khor" <shing@mozcom.com>
Subject: sound in lullabye
Does anyone hear this sound in Lullabye during " just the three of us
<sound> took flight that night"...it sounds like drumsticks or something
but it doesn't sound like it belongs there. I'm no musical genius, but was
it intentional? Tell me!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 10:12:37 -0500
From: "Kyle Fisher" <xeaxes@maverick.mwis.net>
Subject: BFF Site Redesign
Hey Guys,
I redesigned my BFF site last night. I hope you all come check it out.
The URL is http://www2.mwis.net/~xeaxes/bff. It has over 235 MP3s, 2 AVIs,
and 2 Real Videos. So, go take a look and see what you think!
Kyle
Ben Folds Five: The Clubhouse
http://www2.mwis.net/~xeaxes/bff
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Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 08:44:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Karin <umpis@rocketmail.com>
Subject: WAEA Secret Song
>I must be the only one, but... I can't finad a hidden track on WAEA. I
tried
>backing it up from the beginning and everything, do not all versions of
the
<CD have a hidden track or what? Could someone please e-mail me and
inform me
>about thsi track?
<Corrine>
Corrine - One of my friend's bought WAEA when it first came out. About
a month or so later I bought my own copy. Her's has the secret song
and mine doesn't. My guess is that the first issue of WAEA had the
secret song and then they deleted it. Think collectors edition for the
first issue.
Karin M.
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