THE MAGICAL ARMCHAIR

The Ben Folds Five Digest

Issue #932 - April 9, 1998



Magical Armchair Digest    Thursday, April 9 1998    Volume 01 : Number 932



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TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST:

    I have two questions.
    Beale Street Music Festival
    the way ben sings
    darren
    Domo Ben Chan Desu..>Boots
    HAPPY B'DAY DAZ!
    Sorry... off topic...
    A little angry??
    JUST RELEASED!  10 Million!!!
    uncle walter's armchair/roundhouse
    recent setlists
    catching up
    Show Review Archive-I NEED YOUR HELP!
    Going to B in Cali on May 9?
    * New FAQ *

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 20:57:07 EDT
From: Musick Nut <MusickNut@aol.com>
Subject: I have two questions.

Hello everyone! This is my first post, for being a long time member. 

Well, I was curious if anyone had the piano notes for the song "Rocky?" That
is a really cool song, and I love the piano playing. If anyone has it, please
e-mail me privately.

Second, I was curious what songs were on "Lounge-a-pa-looza" sung by Ben Folds
Five. Please e-mail me privately, so, this mailing list don't fill up with
lots of the same answers. Thanks a lot for your help.
Dade.

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 21:05:57 EDT
From: BlueJellow <BlueJellow@aol.com>
Subject: Beale Street Music Festival

Ok, for those of you that hate brickheads, I was a major fan before December.
I'm 15.
I have a problem.  I need to know what time BFF is playing the festival.  My
parents won't let me drive to Memphis and back from Jackson Mississippi unless
I'm back by like 9 or 10 o'clock.  That takes 3 hours.  I fear I'm in big
trouble.  I have worked very hard to get to this, this will be my first BFF
concert.  It is really important to me if I could find out soon enough to woo
my parents into the idea of coming home later.  Maybe I'll clean the entire
house or something. PLEASE HELP
Lucy

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 11:07:09 +1000
From: Anne Kirkwood <akir2@student.monash.edu.au>
Subject: the way ben sings

Has anyone noticed how Ben sings with Exprssion!!!  If you listen to 
Best Imitation of Myself(I noticed it first with this song), you'll 
hear the unfamiliar sounds of expression in a singers voice.  It 
really sounds good.  A lot of bands/singers these days just put no 
expression into their voices, and hearing it makes my day!!!

Anne

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I got the gestures sounds
got the timing down
it's uncanny yeah you'd think it was me.
- - Best imitation of myself   Ben Folds Five

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 22:09:11 EDT
From: SPBCRAWK <SPBCRAWK@aol.com>
Subject: darren

Just wanted to ask a quick question.... To the girl who talked to Darren on
the radio and the dj said he would wish him a Happy Birthday when is his
Birthday...just want to know. Thanks

Alyson 

SPBCRAWK@aol.com

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 19:44:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: ralph kyatsu <inane_insane@yahoo.com>
Subject: Domo Ben Chan Desu..>Boots

>anyone out there with a copy of DOMO BEN CHAN DESU >willing to trade or
>sell? I
>can go as high as i need to. 
I know what your going through i spent 6 months looking for my
copy....but I would suggest keep looking in small stores(if your near
dallas apparantly they have a lot)....I paid 50 us for mine and that
was still kinda onthe steep side....there was a bidding war back
awhile on the armchair for this disc and I bid 75 US and still lost (I
wonder how much the winner bid?)....so keep looking you;ll find it
eventually

good luck!



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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 20:06:21 PDT 
From: "* Pea *" <naturalselection@hotmail.com>
Subject: HAPPY B'DAY DAZ!

Don't know if this will come out on April 8, but if it does:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARREN!!

You're one funky babe.

cheers,

Petra

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 23:59:02 EDT
From: Brad654 <Brad654@aol.com>
Subject: Sorry... off topic...

... but I had nowhere else to turn.

Anyone have the lyrics to Digable Planets' "I'm cool like that"?

E-me if you do. We can't have the Armchair purists getting pissed off about
off-topic stuff.

Brad

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 00:55:04 EDT
From: Phisher XC <PhisherXC@aol.com>
Subject: A little angry??

<< Keith
 
 P.S.:  All you rude asses that pushed and shoved and wouldn't get out mine
 or my lovely wife's way at the Chicago show can just stay home.
  >>

I don't think this was a very nice statement...I was at that show, but I
didn't do that...I'm sure you were pushiung to get towards the stage too.

Ryan

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 08:33:53 +0200
From: minshow@gold.uni-miskolc.hu
Subject: JUST RELEASED!  10 Million!!!

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 03:39:29 EDT
From: Miss Da <MissDa@aol.com>
Subject: uncle walter's armchair/roundhouse

since the topic is being discussed...

there used to be a show on nickelodeon called roundhouse (did anybody else on
here watch it every week?) a few years ago, and the dad's character had a
mobile armchair that he'd ride around in and chase all the other characters
when he'd get mad.  i always just chalked it up to random coincidence, but i
figured i'd share anyway.  

amanda

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 09:14:09 -0500 (CDT)
From: Skip Allums <mallums@tiger.lsu.edu>
Subject: recent setlists

 howdy all!

 was wondering if anyone could send me a setlist from a recent BFF show...
i'm goin to see them in New Orleans, and i'd like to know what songs
they've been doing on this tour...

 thanky thanky,
skip


Skip Allums...         President of Skipland.
                     Beatles Fan... Root Beer Man.
              "Gloria in Vanillum" (glory be to vanilla)
        "qui me amat, amat et canem meam"  (love me, love my dog)   
mallums@tiger.lsu.edu                        www.collegeclub.com/~skeep1

  "I soiled my armor I was so scared!" - Sir Robin, Monty Python's Holy Grail
  "A thingy! A fiendish thingy!" -George Harrison, Help! (the movie)                  

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 09:17:48 -0500
From: Katie McBride <mcbride@scapromo.com>
Subject: catching up

I have been off the armchair for about a month, so I am a little out of the 
loop.  I hope I don't ask something that has already been talked about.  If 
you could humor me a bit I would appreciate it!
What is the deal with all of this touring?  I am from Dallas & this will be 
the 3rd time they have been here in the last 6 months.  I am grateful & 
all, but why aren't they releasing anything else besides Brick?  I have 
noticed some mention about a Kate video.  Is that their new single?  Come 
on with the airplay Dallas!  Have any of you going to see shows in their 
latest tour heard any new material?  I would be very pleased to hear some 
new stuff when they come in May!
I apologize in advance if I am wasting anyone's time with old topics!
Thanks,
Katie

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 10:20:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Patrick J McDonough <mcdonpj@wfu.edu>
Subject: Show Review Archive-I NEED YOUR HELP!

Armchairites-
	After being inspired by the list of show reviews on Moxy Fruvous
Fruvous pages (http://www.fruvous.com/showinfo.html), I would like to set
up a list of BFF show reviews.  If any of you have recently attended a
show, particularly for the spring tour, or have any reviews from old
shows, please email them to me at mcdonpj@wfu.edu.
	For big fans of Fruvous, this page seems to be a lot of fun, and I
think the BFF crowd would enjoy a similar resource.  Start emailing!

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 09:20:14 -0600
From: "Erik C. Lyons" <EPA8820@epa.state.il.us>
Subject: Going to B in Cali on May 9?

If so, and you don't have tix yet for the show, there is a chance to register
to win free tix on my homepage. Concert Direct is sponsoring the giveaway.

http://members.tripod.com/~elyons/ben_menu.htm

Is everyone else wearing their badge of Fjord today??

- -FL in IL 

God I love coffee...

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 09:25:37 -0500
From: "Scott A. Schneider" <sschneid@gdinet.com>
Subject: * New FAQ *

For those interested -- a new Ben Folds Five FAQ (V3.7) is out as this
morning.

http://bff.home.ml.org/bff_info.html

Enjoy.

scott

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