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alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest  Tuesday, July 14 1998  Volume 01 : Number 093



                               Today's Subjects:
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  Re: question for a knowledgable fruvous fan  [Starfox <starfox@dfw.nationw]
  Re: fruvous mix             [Chad Maloney <opercmm@rosevc.rose-hulman.edu>]
  Re: question for a knowledgable fruvous fan  [chad@radix.net (Chad Schrock]
  Re: Talking Heads, and repeated band seeings (was Re: nyc!!)  [gorbitron@a]
  Re: Jim & his Ego (was Re: branching out in musical tastes...)  [Joe Navra]
  Re: question for a knowledgable fruvous fan  [Starfox <starfox@dfw.nationw]
  Re: Penn's Landing Show                       [wbsmiles@aol.com (Wbsmiles)]
  Sad Girl (was Re: Penn's Landing Show)  ["Robert M Fenster" <BOBFENSTER@pr]

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Date: 13 Jul 1998 23:53:33 GMT
From: Starfox <starfox@dfw.nationwide.net>
Subject: Re: question for a knowledgable fruvous fan

J E Jacobs <jejacobs@aol.com> wrote:
: I'm a pretty new fan... less than a year.  I have both Bargainville and Go To
: The Moon.  I love them both.  I remember hearing that there are at least two
: other full length CDs.  Anyone know how I can get them?  Are they still sold in
: stores?  I would so appreciate a reply.

You can't really find "wood" and "B-sides" here.  You can either pick them
up at a show if they are selling them, or online.  Perhaps in the northeast
you might be able to find them in stores.

I got my copies via www.cd-now.com.  It's a canadian site, so if you don't
mind being charged canadian dollars (still shows up converted to american $'s
on your statement).

Starfox "I've got them all.  *woohoo*"
- -- 
				Starfox
		     starfox (at) nationwide dot net
	"We each pay a fabulous price, for our visions of paradise."
		           - Rush "Mission"

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 18:25:20 -0500
From: Chad Maloney <opercmm@rosevc.rose-hulman.edu>
Subject: Re: fruvous mix

Dot0926 wrote:
> 
>  does anyone have any ideas as to what songs i should put on a "welcome to moxy
> fruvous, please get into them" tape? ( im trying to convert a friend of mine).
> mainly im having problems with what the first song should be... these are my
> choices so far in random order ( whoa, i sound like america's funniest home
> videos...)
> 

Hmmm... honestly, I'd probably work with actual Fruvous set lists to help
make a mix. Real set lists are pretty balanced and have definite sections
to the show. If you take a real hard look at Live Noise, it's layed out
like a show as well. 

I really liked the opening of the Your New Boyfriend shows. That
was Acapella Message -> Poor Mary Lane -> Doorstep. All those are
really great musical numbers. Currently, the guys are opening with
Jam->Sahara->Jockey-><something else strong like Horseshoes>, but
without the big slide that takes the Jam into Sahara, I don't think
this can be duplicated on a mix. 

I'd definitely not open with Fly. It's a good 4th or 5th song once you
want things to slow down, but I'd open strong with something full sounding.
Maybe Michigan Militia...

Eh, why not just buy them Live Noise and then you wouldn't have to 
think so much *grin*

			- Chad

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Date: Tue, 14 Jul 98 00:06:33 GMT
From: chad@radix.net (Chad Schrock)
Subject: Re: question for a knowledgable fruvous fan

In article <6oe6lt$okt$1@fnord.dfw.net>, Starfox <starfox@dfw.nationwide.net> spoke forth:
>J E Jacobs <jejacobs@aol.com> wrote:
>: I'm a pretty new fan... less than a year.  I have both Bargainville and Go To

Hey, same here!  Welcome.  ;)

>: The Moon.  I love them both.  I remember hearing that there are at least two
>: other full length CDs.  Anyone know how I can get them?  Are they still sold
>: in stores?  I would so appreciate a reply.
>
>You can't really find "wood" and "B-sides" here.  You can either pick them
>up at a show if they are selling them, or online.  Perhaps in the northeast
>you might be able to find them in stores.
>
>I got my copies via www.cd-now.com.  It's a canadian site, so if you don't
>mind being charged canadian dollars (still shows up converted to american $'s
>on your statement).

Do you mean cdnow.com?  I tried cd-now.com (and several variants)
but none of them had DNS entries.

cdnow.com has "Live Noise," "Bargainville," and "You Will Go To
The Moon" for sale, but not the others.

They also have an interesting 'click here for other titles you might
like' thing.  After clicking there, they thing that I would like:
        *Fastball, "All The Pain Money Can Buy"
        *Dave Matthews Band, "Before These Crowded Streets"
        *Barenaked Ladies, "Stunt"
        Bogmen, "Closed Captioned Radio"
        Massive Attack, "Mezzanine"
        *Ani DiFranco, "Little Plastic Castle"
        Jim Infantino, "World of Particulars"
        *Corrs, "Talk on Corners"   <------ *very* good CD
        Eric Clapton, "Pilgrim"
        Largo, "Largo"

(I own the ones with the *s next to them, so I guess their album
advisor is pretty good.  Then again, I do have some pretty far 
ranging musical tastes.  :)


chad

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Date: 14 Jul 1998 00:35:44 GMT
From: gorbitron@aol.com (Gorbitron)
Subject: Re: Talking Heads, and repeated band seeings (was Re: nyc!!)

>What's the other David Byrne movie? With John Goodman in it. Is that
>Stop Making Sense? I don't think it is. Anyone know what I'm talking
>about or am I just crazy (or both)?

That would be True Stories.  Uneven, but fun nonetheless.

Gordon
For lack of a better signature, I offer you my heartfelt thanks for making it
all
the way to the end of my post.  May the road rise to meet you.  May the wind
stay at your back.  May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your
house.

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Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 00:35:31 GMT
From: Joe Navratil <navratil@umich.edu>
Subject: Re: Jim & his Ego (was Re: branching out in musical tastes...)

Chad Maloney wrote:
> Ofer Inbar wrote:
>
> > Jim put together a second band, also called it Jim's Big Ego.  This
> > band, consisting of Hillary Kuegler and John Kiehne, were actually
> > already a band to themselves under the name Smokstik, and are also a
> > couple.  Hillary plays drums (really well!!) and John plays the
> > Chapman Stick, one of my favorite instruments.  This version of Jim's
> 
> Man, Ofer, you really know how to get my attention. STICK! Chapman Stick!
> Woo-hoo! So, what are my chances of obtaining this live album anywhere
> near Indiana? Or would it be better to finagle someone out there to
> snag me that album? Hmmm...

To add my two cents, I completely agree with Ofer that "titanic" is Jim's best
work yet.  Of course, my second favorite is "Strawman" (mostly for the studio
version of "Stress"), but I digress.. :-)

I've only had a chance to see Jim live once, without his band, here at the U
of Michigan.  I was there only because I had heard him do a live spot on Dr.
Demento, and he performed "Stress" -- easily one of the funniest songs I've
ever heard -- and I was hooked.  His name appeared on a poster on campus, I
happened to notice it, and my evening was free.  So I went.

And was blown completely away.

He was intelligent and hilarious, performed for just about ever, then took a
break to hawk his own CDs out of a little "Case Logic" CD-holder and drink
some water, and came back for a second set that was every bit as long as the
first.  Of course, I bought all three CDs that evening (it helped that he was
offering an "I'm Sensitive to the Student Plight" special... $15 for one, $25
for to, $30 for all three :-) )

As for obtaining the live album, I found it in a record store in Ann Arbor, so
it's around.. if you've got a national chain nearby, and all else fails, they
should be able to order it for you (but you might hafta ask them to search
under both "Jim Infantino" and "Jim's Big Ego", since both are on the cover
:-) )

 -Joe

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Date: 14 Jul 1998 01:55:12 GMT
From: Starfox <starfox@dfw.nationwide.net>
Subject: Re: question for a knowledgable fruvous fan

Chad Schrock <chad@radix.net> wrote:
: Do you mean cdnow.com?  I tried cd-now.com (and several variants)
: but none of them had DNS entries.

Ack! Yes..cdnow.com is what it should be, but not what I meant.  I
meant www.cd-plus.com.  That's the canadian version of cdnow.com

*grumble* Too similar names. :)

Starfox "transliteration? Wazzat?"
- -- 
				Starfox
		     starfox (at) nationwide dot net
	"We each pay a fabulous price, for our visions of paradise."
		           - Rush "Mission"

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Date: 14 Jul 1998 02:20:12 GMT
From: wbsmiles@aol.com (Wbsmiles)
Subject: Re: Penn's Landing Show

>I'm *really* looking forward to their show in Annapolis now.  Anyone
>else going?
>
>

Sure Chad, a bunch of us are going! I think  will be at table 102.  See you
there!!!!

Smiles,

Wendy 

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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 23:47:10 -0400
From: "Robert M Fenster" <BOBFENSTER@prodigy.net>
Subject: Sad Girl (was Re: Penn's Landing Show)

Had a good time at the show, but I have to dissent about "Sad Girl."  I
thought it was rather lame.  I do like much of "Wood," but unlike "Fly" or
"Horseshoes", the lyric to this ballad was pretty weak.

Best line of the night was Mike's during the Minnie the Moocher song
(Grandpa Fruvous):

America will finally show some World Cup spark
Just as soon as they annex Cuba, Brazil and Denmark

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