From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #33 Reply-To: ammf@smoe.org Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Thursday, June 25 1998 Volume 01 : Number 033 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Louisville review [traugottcm@aol.com (TraugottCM)] Re: Frumiles? [elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James)] Re: Fruvous Dream ["Jason A. Reiser" ] Re: Tapes of recent shows [samoq@aol.com (Samoq)] Re: Arrogant Worms [Maige ] Louisville Review [Long] [Chad Maloney ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 25 Jun 1998 21:49:43 GMT From: traugottcm@aol.com (TraugottCM) Subject: Re: Louisville review Matt wrote: >: TraugottCM wrote: > >: > England, a country he "sincerely hoped he'd never >: > visit again. And you can put that on the 'net." (Sorry Richard). > >Did he sound like he was kidding when he said this? You know whta >joksters the Frulads can be. You know, Matt, it is so hard to tell with Fruvous, especially Mike. I think he was half serious. But then, being something of an Anglophile myself, I always find it hard to believe when someone tells me they don't like Great Britain. chris **** "And where would we be without a bass guitarist?" Ani DiFranco ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jun 1998 21:19:37 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: Frumiles? Rodney Elin (elinX@rff.org) wrote: : On 25 Jun 1998 03:28:18 GMT, zardsnod@aol.com (ZardSnod) wrote: : >Matt, I'm assuming not, since the Quill stated something about only shows that : >were paid for (can't find it handy for the exact wording). Although I hear : >that some stamps were given for a free show a while ago. Can anyone : >corroborate, or is it a viscous rumor? : I don't know about what the Quill said, but Toby himself told me that : he would stamp my card in Columbia on Friday. I expect to hold him to : it. : Matt, or anyone else, can you descibe the lakefront stage in Columbia? : I need to meet up with some friends there at the show, but I don't : know there is an amphitheatre with seating or if everyone will be : standing, or if there are multiple audience levels or whatever. To tel you the truth I've never been to this festival (or any festival) in Columbia before so I don't know what it's like. If I get a chance I'll drive by the area tonight on the way home and check it out. - -Matt - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt James Voice: (301) 231-9898 x. 121 TYC Associates email: mjames@tyc.com Rockville, MD alternate: mattj@charm.net http://www.tyc.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jun 1998 15:01:36 -0700 From: "Jason A. Reiser" Subject: Re: Fruvous Dream In article , dot0926@aol.com says... > >>LOL! Did anyone else around here ever have a Fruvous related dream?> > > >i had the strangest fruvous dream, i dont remember exactly what happened, but >it had something to do with jian and mike coming to visit my school, and >something having to do with eggplants.... "That's not eggplant stew, that's just brattle." - Fordy - - Jason ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jun 1998 22:50:25 GMT From: samoq@aol.com (Samoq) Subject: Re: Tapes of recent shows Harry wrote: >p.s. Have I been out to lunch - has there been any discussion of Great Big >Sea on this list? I just got Rant and Roar and I love it. Seems like a >natural fit for Frufans. My other favorite band! I highly recommend that you get their second and third albums, "up" and "Play". There's some crossover, I believe, because Rant and Roar is a compilation, but they're worth getting anyway, definitely. Their first album (self-titled) is... okay. I find it kind of naive and undeveloped, myself, but maybe that's because I heard the others first. By the way, I'm stressing out trying to decide whether to see MF in Vermont on 7/17, or GBS in Somerville MA the same day! Wouldn't it be dreamy if one was a day show and the other an evening show and I could do both? ... hmmm.... ******************************************************************** Sharon samoq@aol.com "Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away." - Goethe ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 18:36:13 -0400 From: Maige Subject: Re: Arrogant Worms Ofer Inbar wrote: *snip* > But certainly fans of Moxy Fruvous should check them out. They're a lot > folkier than Moxy and are relentlessly silly... but like Moxy they are > consummate showmen. Canuck comedic folk at its best. *snip* I have to second this motion! I was recently introduced to the Arrogant Worms by Doug (Sirilyan) - thank you very much btw - and after just a few songs I fell in love with this band...a definite new addition to my "A" list! - Maige ;P - -- *************************************** "The outragous is the reasonable if introduced politely." THE BOOK OF THE DAMNED - Charles Fort 1919AD *************************************** ICQ Fru-fans List: http://www.bigfoot.com/~fruvous ICQ &MoxyFruvous chat room #11945366 open Sundays at 7pm ET! Contact me at: Fruvous@bigfoot.com ICQ# 8662607 kats@mail.microserve.net LadyMaige@hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 17:25:12 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Louisville Review [Long] Louisville is pretty close to me. I was laughed at when I referred to Louisville as "the band coming to me" in Arkansas, but hey, it is one of the closest they get to me and I enjoy it. It also gives me a chance to visit Louisville Andi, not to be confused with Louisville Slugger, whom I hadn't seen since the convention. Plus Marty and Mary are there, though they had more responsibility this time, they planned a great shin-dig that was enjoyable to all. So, Andy Harrison and I dropped in the car and ventured south down one of the remain unused Interstates from Indianapolis for the past two weeks. After lotsa pre-show hugging with some special appearances and some pre-show pizza and catching up, we went up to the show half of the pizza parlor to sit down. The show half had a front side that was lined with chairs, about 10 across maybe and 10 deep and then a side side with tables and chairs along the wall. Behind the stage, there was a Moxy Fruvous banner in Fruvous-font. To the left of the stage were stairs going down to the street. Dave (Toby, Dave) was setup in the pizza parlor section and enjoying some yummy-looking pasta. They had Bass on tap too. Always useful =) Marty Rosen came up and introduced the night. He said that the lads from Moxy Fruvous were going to be on a bit later, but first a couple local acts were going to come on and play a bit. This got a buzz going from the second row as imaginations started running wild. A bald man came on first and introduced himself as some guy with a couple of first names, a local pot farmer. He was gonna come up here and play song for us all. Dave played a song probably called Poor Generation about his generation and whats happening to them. Just Dave on acoustic and singing to a quiet audience. As he left, he places the acoustic back on the stand and thanks everyone for listening, there'll be another out in a bit. Mike comes out next and introduces himself as a Narc agent who has been having a rather slow month. But then that first guy came along and pretty much fell in his lap. Said a bit too much, that first guy did. He introed his song as a tune he wrote when in England, a place he never hopes to visit again, and proclaimed "And you can put that on the net" after saying it. He then said the song stemmed from missing his beloved on the road so much. The song was a good driving jazzy feel song with some great words. I figured this one would be my favorite, so I'd remember more, but it wasn't. Sorry Fordy. Jian came out next and started talking in a thick accent, with scattered laughs in the middle. I don't remember anything he said at all, but for a very good reason. I remember as much of his song as I could possibly do after hearing it once after two other songs I had never heard before. The song was beautiful. The imagery was great and the song itself was flowing and just wonderful. More on that a bit later. Like after the next paragraph. The song was a visual story of people at different ages all trying to find and follow the road, from young to old. Amazing. Murray came in last. He reluctantly selected his Kentucky name, pointing out that the crowd all knew what was up and we were all getting tired of the conceit. A couple of times when he was explaining how much of an influence Elvis Costello has had on the band, he slipped back into talking about himself in terms of Fruvous and then curses this silly conceit. Mur then sang Indoor Fireworks (great song - buy King of America if you don't have it or if you just want a first Elvis disc, there's this green Best of that is kinda new that has like 22 tracks - Indoor Fireworks is #21 by the way or #6 on King of America. Random facts for you there *grin*). Arms went around Chris Traugott, eyes closed, and at least our row beamed at a performance of a great Elvis song. My eyes were closed or watching Mur, so I don't know how everyone else reacted. Of course I remember all the lyrics to this one, but I knew them coming in... So, at this point, well actually after collectively hearing some of the new songs a couple times and then after these solos, the lyrical talent of these lads just amazes me. I mean, Wood has some great lyrics. But the new songs like Sad Girl and Pisco Bandito have wonderful lyrics. Sleepy Drinker too. I get too caught up in the groove of I Will Hold On to catch all the lyrics, but the ones I do catch are witty. It's just so amazing to me that I can be entranced by the music and the complexity of it and then the lyrics do the same thing. The Elvis Costello influence is definitely there. Elvis was THE lyricist. I mean, I get lyrics caught in my head not because of the tune behind them, but because Costello's lyrics are amazing. I'll re-recommend King of America here. It's light on the musical complexity, but a pinnacle of lyrical genius. Anyhow, these lads amaze me continually. And you know what, there's a show after this. Still a show! Wow. The guys opened with an acapella tune I didn't recognize, but I heard whispers from the right about the Beatles. The song was called That Boy and at the end, guys all pointed at the guy on the end of the second row. Mur was singing the bass line to the tune and I bet both Chris and I were smiling huge at him. He was having fun with it. After That Boy, the went into Michigan Militia. I always like this song in the beginning because it gets the energy up. Murray's Nemesis combo was pointed right at my head, so there were some good bass tones from where I was. Militia went straight into Jockey Full of Bourbon which is still a great song and another good song to have the Nemesis pointed at your head. Jian said it was nice to come to Louisville and get away from Canada where it is still covered in snow in ice. He pointed out that Canada is completely covered in snow the entire year, except for like 4 days in August when things melt. Murray thought it was funny that they joke about Canadian stereotypes with lotsa ice and igloos, but when they came out in the beginning they had names like Billy Bob Joe Robert and such. He commented on how it isn't really fair that way. The King of Spain ventured in early. Early enough that I don't remember any bit of it. Just sorta flowed into the middle of an awesome set. Before Sad Girl, Mike goes off into this jam that was just awry. It was a kinda funky jam that Mike started because he was playing with the bass. After it quits, Jian comments on how weird it is to play in a room with a clock. Well, here they had clocks all over. It's kinda a reminder to get bad improvs over with *grin*. Murray points out that all the clocks are wrong and have different times and they may just end up playing forever. We got each of the new songs and each was as good as ever. Sad Girl is getting more solid as they go. Mike is popping more notes on the bass for emphasis. Pisco Bandito is as funny as ever. My favorite line is the "He's no worse than Jean Valjean" and then it goes on to explain exceptions to that line. Good lyrics. Plus Sleepy Drinker and I Will Hold On. They all are sounding better and better each time. I really like Dave's hand slap at the beginning of Pisco (he plays bass on that one, you know). Speaking of bass, after Boo Time, we got Mistra Knowitall. I had been waiting so long for this one. They were playing it out in the East and came over here and no. But they played it and I had Chris Traugott at my side to enjoy it with me. Oh yeah! There's nothing like a good Stevie Wonder song with a bass solo added to it. Murray's solo got some chording going in the end too. Great cover tune. Another hilarious point was Mike's Barley jam. We were all hurting from laughing after it. So, durned funny my cheekbones ached and my stomache ached and I almost doubled over laughing. At a couple points, well, two actually, they broke into Duran Duran stuff. Each time, it died really quickly and Murray blamed it on Duran Duran. Of course, later, when Rio kicked in in the Signed Sealed Delivered medley, the entire crowd cheered. So much for that hypothesis, Murray. Mur said the night is turning into a 90's retro night. Jian quickly corrected him that Duran Duran was an 80's band, so it should be an 80's retro night. Murray politely pointed out that it is the 90's right now and so it is a retro night in the 90's hence a 90's retro night. They bantered back and forth for a bit. Jian said that they hate each other normally, but on stage, they put up with each other. Finally, Mike leads an intervention and asks the two to be quiet and remember what they've been talking about in therapy. Murray tried to get in a word edgewise but Mike shushes him and continues explaining the therapy. Jian and Murray start offering rhetorical questions to Mike as solutions. Murray kept saying that "I feel I am putting my feelings before your feelings?". Mike leads the session onward talking about what is going on and what we do when we are in an intervention. Visualize. Think. Breath. Visualize the basket. Murray again tried to say something, but Jian interrupts him and whines about Mur not trying at all. Eventually, after three tries and lotsa silence, Murray admits to Mike that he is having a problem visualizing the basket. At this point, Chris and I are almost on the floor dying laughing at the guys. Then Jian and Murray were spatting again later on. Jian picked a guy off to the side who was wearing a green shirt and claimed him as his guy. He started making up stuff about the guy, that this was his first show and his girlfriend who was sitting next to him brought him to the show. He said this because at the beginning, the guy was kinda paying attention and stuff. But when Jian pointed him out and asked how he was, he gave the eh, I'm okay hand motion. You see, he was trying to be a funny guy. But that meant he was more comfortable and enjoying himself. So, Jian claimed the guy as his guy. Murray disagreed, claiming him for himself. They quibbled a bit before launching off into My Guy, a parody of My Girl. Afterwards, Jian threatened the whole audience. He said that the guys have a big red book of information about all of the audience. And sometimes, when they get together and have a little meeting, they talk about the audience and what to say about them and look through the book. So watch out. This went into Present Tense Tureen which went well. We were sitting down, so Johnny Saucep'n Hand Jiving wasn't too hard. The best part of Saucep'n was that we were (well, I was at least *grin*) trying to speed it up by clapping a little faster. I think Mike caught on and started speeding up the guitar part and it just kept speeding up till the end. It was nice to see Saucep'n in a small place where you can speed up the clapping and really effect them *grin*. Next came We're Moxy Fruvous, from Canada, and My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors into Get in the Car into the kick drum going for the end. They closed with the Signed Sealed Delivered Medley, putting two Stevie tunes in a night. Good stuff. A string got broken on the electric in the medley and this cut short the first encore. It was planned to be Message and BJ, but stayed with just Message. Message was really good as the encore and sounded great. But the lads came out for more and did an intimate micless Gulf War Song to close the special evening (well, the show portion of the evening, the rest of the evening went rather later). Cal really worked his magic on this one... no... mmmm... guiness. All in all, this was a very special show. I need a new song that I really really want to hear, not that I have heard Mistra Knowitall enough yet. But the combination of Frulads having a good night, an intimate venue, surprise visitors, a bass heavy show, and having Chris there to enjoy it with me was incredible. It was no November '97 TLA, but it was a great show. Definitely the best of the past couple weeks for me. And if enjoyable time is inversely proportional to recovery time afterward, boy was the day enjoyable. - Chad ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #33 *******************************************