Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #50 - March 13, 1996
Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #50
Topics for Today:
Providence Show
Providence show
BF5: Haiku, Silliness, & Autographs
Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #49
Re: Ben Folds Five show (seattle)
Anarchy in the UK?
Canada?
BFF Boston Show
Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #49
Ben Folds Five in EW Text
BFF in CO: $ for $, best show on Earth
BFF live in Colorado
Mailing list
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 08:32:53 -0800
From: Tim Reynolds <timrwjar@ids.net>
Subject: Providence Show
Melanie Schatz <st942523@PIP.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU> wrote:
Also, for the person at
Williams, I don't know if Providence is closer to you than Boston, but they
are in Providence on Fri, Mar. 22 at club Babyhead...don't know any more
than that...
Club Babyhead is right in downtown Providence, holds about 300 people.
It's a great club to see a show -- this year alone I've seen Alanis and
Goo Goo Dolls there. Phone number for tix is: 401-751-4122. If anyone
needs more info, e-mail me direct. Last time they played Providence, they
had a good reception at the Met Cafe, so I would get tickets ahead of
time, it could sell out. There are two radio stations plating them: WBRU
is about 4 cuts deep into the album, and The Edge is playing "Song for the
Dumped" TIM
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:25:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Darin Goulet <dgoulet@husc.harvard.edu>
Subject: Providence show
Does anyone have a _time_ that the Providence show on the 22nd might be
starting? I am leaving for New York on the 20th, so I'm missing them in
Boston but will be very sad if I miss them completely this spring, so I
was thinking about bussing it up from NYC after my own show ends ... fill
me in?
Darin
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 13:01:36 -0500
From: PowerVegan@aol.com
Subject: BF5: Haiku, Silliness, & Autographs
Here's a couple more haiku for you. How come the rest of you haven't pitched
any in yet? Come on! :-)
Again, the structure is:
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables
If I practice hard,
maybe I can play like Ben...
in a million years!
Damn Uncle Walter,
driving me out of my mind.
Just shut the f*** up!
Here are some other kinds of Ben:
Gentle Ben
Ben & Jerry's
Saint Benedict
Ben Hur
Ben Franklin
Big Ben
Benedict Arnold
Benadryl
BF5 is playing here in Austin on Thursday. I'm gonna take my Roland JV-35
keyboard that I play in my band, and try to get Ben to autograph it with an
engraver! Boy, wouldn't that motivate me to practice, seeing Ben's signature
every time I play? :-)
See ya nice folks later, -- Michael Bluejay (Austin TX)
[Here's one:
PowerVegan writes
cool haikus about the boys
who make great music -fjm]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 13:09:59 -0500
From: DJdeath@aol.com
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #49
hey doug,- yeah bands still put on 'shows'...but only bands with the budget
to something elaborate. when you're playing in front of crowds that are
usually 200-500 people each nite, and ticket prices are around $5, it's not
cost effective. plus at this point, i think the idea is to keep prices low to
get people in to the shows. if you want to see a real show, i don't know what
nine inch nails will be doing next time out, but they put on an incredible
'show'.
so 'uncle walter' will be the next single? cool. i work in radio and our
music dir. is a big fan, so i bet we'll play it!
i'm doing my bestto turn all my friends on to BFF. most of them say
'piano???'. a lot of the stuff i listen to is industrial, but i have to admit
i listen to BFF more than anything lately. a few months ago, i readthat ben
folds was considering moving to hollywood and doing movie soundtracks. anyone
else hear this? i want another album!!!
later,
laura
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 13:39:03 -0500
From: Shan111111@aol.com
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five show (seattle)
In a message dated 96-03-12 07:16:29 EST, you write:
> Now, having said that, this tour is hardly on the same
> level as those (monetarily at the very least), and that type of "glitter"
> has long since disappeared from the music scene (a pity really, considering
> the prices we pay for top line acts. But, ultimately, we go to the show to
> hear music, and that we did!
in my opinion, ben folds five puts on a great show. compared to most of the
acts i have gone to see recently, they seem to have more fun up there on
stage. i guess they miss out on the glitter because that costs so much more.
i just don't ever see anything like that. for example, recently i paid $50
for pearl jam (luckly they showed up) and the only glitter i saw was a bunch
of candles behind them.
anyway, hope you enjoyed the BF5 show anyway:)
shan
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 14:17:49 GMT
From: Mark Piper <MFP540@novell3.bham.ac.uk>
Subject: Anarchy in the UK?
Am I the *only* fan of BFF in the UK? Sob. People need to know about
these guys. Anyhow, does anyone have information about the UK tour
planned for April / May? I don't want to miss them. They had better
play Birmingham.....(UK, that is, not Alabama). If anyone speaks to
them, tell them they must play Birmingham, preferably The Foundry
because that's just down the road. Cheers!
Mark, The Reverend Bingo
"We are young despite the years,
We are concern,
We are hope despite the times.
All of a sudden....."
[Rev: Nothing has been announced yet as to dates or venues, but keep
watching - you'll probably read it here first. They played just up the
M-1 from Birmingham in January, but that's Birmingham, Michigan, and not
that M-1, but Michigan highway #1. -fjm]
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 19:05:59 -0400
From: - Steady Eddy - <bartok@fox.nstn.ca>
Subject: Canada?
please, please, puh-lease! does anyone out there know of canadian tour
dates? my teeth are getting itchy 'cause i'm so desperately wanting to see
these guys live. surely if they've toured japan, they'll be coming to their
neighbour country.
anyone know?...anyone?
thanks,
ed reifel / bartok@fox.nstn.ca
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[Eddy: I'll trade you a Ben Folds Five show for a Moxy Fruvous show,
or maybe Ashley MacIsaac, OK? -fjm]
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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 19:05:19 -0500
From: Jason Lemieux <jlemieu@sugar-river.net>
Subject: BFF Boston Show
Hey...
The show is at eight o'clock at mama kins. The screwy thing is
that it is a 19 and over show! I'm 17... had a nice ID if it was going
to be 18 and over. No can do. I don't think I could pass for 19 either.
I've never been to mama kins. do you think they'll check ID? I am dying
to go to the show. Anyway... see you later.
J. Lemieux
--
Digital Feedback
http://www.sugar-river.net/~jlemieu/df.html
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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 21:39:43 -0500
From: Cliff Stuehmer <cmstuehm@Oakland.edu>
Subject: Re: Ben Folds Five Digest, Issue #49
> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:47:55 -0800
> From: "J.J. Engel" <jjengel@mail.utexas.edu>
> Subject: BF5 mailing list
>
> Hey there,
>
> I just wanted you to add me to the mailin list and to let you know that
> Ben Folds Five is soon going to start Working on the "Uncle Walter"
> video..
>
> Nikki
>
So, does anyone have any info on a release date or anything on the Uncle
Walter video? Or any other videos in the works (if there are any...)?
Cliff
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We can be happy underground! --The Ben Folds Five
http://www.acs.oakland.edu/~cmstuehm
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 08:22 -0500 (EST)
From: armbr003@mc.duke.edu
Subject: Ben Folds Five in EW Text
If anyone is interested, the text of the Entertainment Weekly blurb
is:
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"Radio Active" p.122 February 23, 1996 Issue
Three program directors offer meditations on their most rotated
songs, and ones to keep an eye on:
KSTN, Stockton, Calif (Top 40)......
KSDM, International Falls, Minn (Country).....
WBRU, Providence (Commercial Alternative) Alexa Tobin....
One to Watch - "Underground," Ben Folds Five: "A unique
combination of pop, rock, jazz, and anything else you can
think of. And the singer plays a baby grand."
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I think this was a real good plug for the band because the other bands
mentioned in the article included mainstream acts like George Michael
(blech!!!) I guess that brief description of their music is about as
good as anything we all come up with because they really are so hard
to pin down.
By the way, anyone find out where Trinity Farm in Raleigh is yet???
- Mitch Armbruster
Chapel Hill, NC
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 11:56:45 -0500 (EST)
From: eric t beteille <beteille@mary.iia.org>
Subject: BFF in CO: $ for $, best show on Earth
Ben and band did not disappoint, last night in Boulder, CO. Crowd
was slow to get into the groove, at first.. (They must have wondered
why some yuppie punk in the middle of the dance floor knew every
word to every song).. but 'Song for the Dumped' and 'Philosophy' and 'Jackson
Cannery' and (especially) Darren's dramatic performance at the beginning
of 'Underground' got everyone doing something they probably never
imagined they'd do ... Dancing to grand piano music.
Songs I'd never heard them do before:
'One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn (?) Faces'
'Every Night is Steve's Last Night in Town'
'Video Killed the Radio Star'
The song about Twin Falls, Idaho
And yes! Finally, some recognition that the piano solo in 'The
Last Polka' was a dead ringer for the piano line in 'It Keeps
You Runnin' by the Doobie Brothers, or Michael McDonald or
whomever officially does that tune. (Nice impressions by Ben
and Robert, too!)
Cool t-shirts, too ... I met Joe from the list at the t-shirt
counter while buying the "I was never cool in school" blue
large. Overall, BFF was much appreciated by Colorado..
especially at the bargain price of $6 per ticket. IT's nice to be
a particiapant in the dawning of a band's popularity, so I can
someday say ... "I knew them when..."
--
Eric
"I knew them when we still had to sit through bands like
The Customers before each show"
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 13:01:27 -0700
From: Joe Sweetser <joes@Access.COM>
Subject: BFF live in Colorado
Hi all,
Saw the group last night here in Boulder and concur with the other reviews.
These guys are definitely not "studio magic"...they can (and do) pull it
off in a live setting. Personally, it was the vocal harmonies that blew me
away. Not too much banter between songs, though there was a good story
before "Song for the Dumped" which is an absolutely hilarious song in my
eyes. The show could've been a bit longer but I have no complaints for my
$7 ticket. It didn't seem all that spontaneous...does anybody out there
know if they are playing the same set every night?
Met fellow BFF-lister Eric after the show while buying t-shirts and that
was cool. I enjoy making these "cyber-connections". And speaking of
t-shirts, with the fair amount of discussion about them on this list I
decided to buy 4 extra ones to dole out to list members. Well, not quite
dole because you're gonna have to pay for them but just my cost ($12) plus
postage. Now, the question is what is the fairest way to run this little
contest? Before I get too far, I should say that I bought 2 of each kind
- dark blue with a piano and "Ben Folds Five" on the front with the "I was
never cool in school..." lyric on the back and an all white one with red
trim around the neck and arms with a picture of a hand on a keyboard. The
caveat about the white T-shirt is that the hand is flying the bird and it
says "Middle C" in small letters across the top of the keys. Fairly
humorous, but it might be censored on the net due to the
Telecommunications Act. But I digress.
The blue ones are large. The white ones are X-Large. They all say they
are pre-shrunk but your mileage may vary. BTW, I think it's totally cool
they only charged $12/shirt and didn't try to stick it to their fans with
$20 prices.
Well, after typing all that in, I still can't decide on a fair contest so
we'll go for the 'ol "race condition". Hey - I'm a nerd. Here's the
deal, the first 2 messages I RECEIVE PERSONALLY asking for the blue shirt
and the first 2 I RECEIVE PERSONALLY asking for the white shirt will win.
If you don't specify a single shirt in your message, it doesn't count.
And you can't say "whatever's available". Make a decision and pick one.
Oh - and don't send me 2 messages (1 for each shirt). Anybody who sends
me 2 messages will be disqualified. As a last plea, please don't ask for
a shirt if you are going to be seeing the band soon. I really only wanted
to do this for fans who wouldn't be able to get one otherwise. I'll work
out the details of delivery later and I will notify you via personal email
if you win. I may notify the losers too, but that depends on the number
of responses.
OK. All done. On your mark, get set, GO!
"You can laugh all you want. I got my philosophy."
later,
joe
[This is the first I've heard about the red and white ones! -fjm]
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 21:43:11 -0500
From: Bill Franklin <bhf19@en.com>
Subject: Mailing list
I want to be on your mailing list because I just want to because I
like Underground because it's a good song because the band is cool and
I could go on like this forever but I've got a life and I'm not a
poser so I'll just go now and have some ---.
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