THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR
The Ben Folds Five Digest
Issue #129 - August 14, 1996
THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR, Issue #129
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Topics for Today:
Ben Folds on the Barry Black album
Ben and the guys in Raleigh NC
Ben Folds Five In Raliegh
Re: Where's Summer B. CD single
I wore a..
Raleigh Show
Ben Folds in Philly and Sara Miller
bb5- newy
too obvious?
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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 01:30:14 -0400
From: PowerVegan@aol.com
Subject: Ben Folds on the Barry Black album
Hey, remember how I posted about the BF5 CD being in the KO.OP Radio library?
Well, today I went to pull it to give to the guy who does the show after me,
and it's GONE... But while I was looking for it, I ran across the Barry
Black CD that Ben and Darren played on. One of the songs that Ben played on
was, much to my chagrin, "Animals Are For Eating". Now, I expected that Ben
and the boys were non-vegetarians, which I could deal with, but
ANTI-vegetarians? That I wasn't sure about. So I played the song to see if
maybe it was satire, and I discover that it's an INSTRUMENTAL. So what to
make of all this? Now I'm not quite so sure if I should get that BF5
tattoo...
-- Michael Bluejay (Austin, TX)
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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 02:17:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jenn Halter <jlh4935@email.unc.edu>
Subject: Ben and the guys in Raleigh NC
Hi!
I just got home from work at Walnut Creek Amph. in Raleigh where BFF,
Jewel, and Neil Young played tonight. I didn't get to work the showcall,
just load-in and out,
because there were NO SPOTLIGHTS to operate! I think it was the first
show ever there where spots weren't used at all! (oh yeah, and for those
of you who do tech work, there were no cyberlights, varis, or any kind of
intelligent lighting. Just parcans, source 4's, and moles!!) But of
course i went early to catch the show.
I had someone drop me off and i ran in just in time to hear the guys
playing the first tune of their set- Uncle Walter. I'm not very good at
remembering the order of set lists, but some of the other tunes were
Philosophy (this is the one he introduced as "We Love Neil Young",
Underground, Stephen's Last Night, Song for the Dumped, and Alice
Childress- that's it i think. Anyway- mthey were great, playing up to
the hometown crowd- everyone liked them and many people stood up in
applause at the end. It was so weird seeing them in such a large place-
very cool. They sounded excellent.
It was neat having them back in NC too. My friend who dropped me off at
the amph. works at a record store here in Chapel Hill and said that Ben
came in that morning and bought an Otis Redding box set. Neat huh? I'm
glad they get to hang out a little here before moving on.
Anyways- Jewel was ok- she wasn't as good as i thought she might be- in
fact she was slightly annoying. Neil ROCKED- all I can say about him is
that he knows how to jam- I LOVED watching his show with the minimal
lighting and no nonsense. I think he actually only spoke 3 or 4 times,
but everytime was sincere and no crap. That's what a rock-n-roll show is
all about- down to earth, minimal set/lights, no crap, just rockin'
out!! It was super!
Well- i WAS going to go see them at Ziggy's on Sat, but i got roped into
working :( hopefully i won't have to wait to long for a surprise gig out
here!
jenn
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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 05:10:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: The Computer GEEK! <jgore@nrv.net>
Subject: Ben Folds Five In Raliegh
Well I just got back from one kick ass show in Raliegh. Despite the rain and
all tonight seriously rocked!!!!! BF5 came out on stage at around 7 and
opened with "one angry dwarf", which was an awesome song. It was really
raining in the first part of their set and then the rain slacked off. Ben
dediated a song (I can't remember which one.....sorry!) to all the people
sitting out in the rain....meaning me.
They played a lot of songs that I had never heard before, which I loved
because I was itching for new BF5 songs. He started "Steven's Last Night In
Town" by asking the crowd...."Are you ready for that gangsta shit????" All
of my friends and I were screaming!!! It was great! Ben also started some
song by saying..."here's a song of ours called "How Can We Be Lovers If We
Can't Be Friends?" They didn't get to play that long which really sucked.
They should've kicked Jewel off the bill and given BF5 a lot of time. Jewel
was just no big deal. really boring. They closed the show with
"Philosophy" which Ben said was called "We Love You Neil Young."
This has to be one of the greatest all time shows I have ever seen in my
life! BF5 and NY&CH!! Crazy Horse rocked out too......but I'll post a review
of that on the Neil Young list.
I'll write more about it later after I have had some sleep......this is all
probably rambling bull that doesn't make sense, but oh well. I'll write
REAL stuff later.
**************************************************
Go ahead and laugh all you want
I got my philosophy
And I trust it like the ground
That's why my philosophy
Keeps me walking when I'm falling down
************** jason *****************************
d.p.w. homepage: http://nrvalley.com/dpw
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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 19:17:55 -0400
From: Jessica237@aol.com
Subject: Re: Where's Summer B. CD single
Hey, guys! I finally found a store that actually carries some BFF stuff
around here. They had a huge poster of BFF and a listening station with their
CD and posters of them around it. No posters or t-shirts to sell, yet. . .but
hopefully, when the display of the posters comes down, I can get myself one
of those. Anyway, I bought the Where's Summer B.? CD single at this store on
Saturday and was amazed by how wonderful "Tom and Mary" and "Emaline" were.
But I was wondering, where were those live versions recorded?
Thanks,
jess
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Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 02:34:41 GMT
From: Toru Kurihara <tkuri@usa.pipeline.com>
Subject: I wore a..
Hi Frank and folks. Frank, thank you for sending Ben's answers.
I wore a BFF t-shirt when I went to SQUEEZE accoustic show at the Supper
Club in NYC on July 31. I thought somebody would have found it, but nobody
realized and mentioned me. Well, maybe next time.
Kuri
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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 23:53:27 -0400
From: Tom Cooper <bigt11@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Raleigh Show
It's 11:27pm and I am still trying to get over last night's show! The
band was smokin'. First time I have seen them in a large venue. The
sound was excellent.(Evidently Neil is being good to the guys & letting
them run full sound). Robert's brother, also a damn good singer, was my
college roommate(ECU), as well as the lead singer for the band I was in.
I can tell you from jammin' with the guy over the years that if Ben and
Darren are as talented as he is,(and we all know they are or this
mail-list would not be here), there is no end to the great music these
guys can & will come up with. I had the honor of getting backstage at
last night's show & it was cool seeing the band members & their parents&
friends hanging out. Ben had a little birthday celebration for his
little brother. From what I can gather from talking to Robert & the
family (and Alan actually), Neil Young's people have been really cool to
them & they seem like they are having a great time. I believe that the
album just went gold in Japan. Of particular note(pun intended) last
night was "Alice Childress", "Philosphy" & (please help me with the name
of this song if it is incorrect)"Gimme My Money Back". Gotta Run!
Oh Yeah, anybody around Raleigh or Cary have any good bootlegs?
P.S. Robert blew up the Big Muff(fuzz pedal). If anybody has an old one
laying around drop me some mail & I'll see if I can get up with him.
T.C.
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Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 01:11:28 -0400
From: HartManTim@aol.com
Subject: Ben Folds in Philly and Sara Miller
I am going to the Neil Young concert in Blockbuster and I want to meet Ben
Folds like other people have. I figure that not many people will be there
for Ben Folds, so I figured I could meet up with the other Ben Folds Five
fans and make it a party. Is anyone here going? It is Friday, August 16. I
want to meet Ben.
So what was the "devil sign" that Sara flashed to Ben? Is it like a secret
symbol that he wants you to give him to show you are die hard? I just want
to meet the fella. I think he has a creative mind that is just beginning to
turn out the great stuff. I can't wait for his next album. Sara, thanks
for the review, but I think that others who have not seen Ben Live before may
have been confused.
And Frank, you are doing a great job. I look forward to every issue of the
armchair. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Tim Hartman
Newark Delaware
[Thanks, Tim! -fjm]
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Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 13:01:11 AEST-10
From: hhor1@student.monash.edu.au
Subject: bb5- newy
hi all
i'm just a little Aussie slowly infultrating the list.
*hopes and waits for bb5 to come to Australia*
i think Ben himself came out for a promo tour earlier this year but
no gigs :( . does anyone know if they are going to come back?
someone mentioned music transcripts? that would be brilliant if there
are some available somewhere!
bye
chris
*we can be happy 'down under'ground*
[I've heard an Australian tour mentioned for early next year. -fjm]
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Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 08:07:19 -0700
From: Richard A Kochman <rkdc@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: too obvious?
While listening to the Beatles, the thought smacked me right between
the eyes that "Lady Madonna" would be a great cover for BFF - piano,
bass, and drums.....I'm sure someone would fill in with 12 bars of
something cool where the sax solo is in the original.
Is this too obvious because of the instrumentation? has this been
mentioned before on the list? what does anyone else think? Personally,
I'd go nuts just to hear Ben cover any Beatles song (Why Don't We Do It
In the Road would be nice also!!!).
Also, I had some problems with my email account last week.....Frank,
did you post the second half of Ben's answers? If so, could someone
please forward it to me. Thanks
Rich
[No, the 2nd half of the answers aren't in yet. So many questions, so
little time. Ben said he'd get to the rest, probably when the tour and
possibly Reading is over with. -fjm]
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