From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #126 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 Monday, July 20 1998 Volume 01 : Number 126 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Review of 7/17 Burlington, VT show [dacilen@bu.edu (Vika Zafrin)] Re: Review of 7/17 Burlington, VT show [ceelove@ibm.net (Colleen Campbell] Re: getting hit on via moxy shirt! [ceelove@ibm.net (Colleen Campbell)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:58:05 GMT From: dacilen@bu.edu (Vika Zafrin) Subject: Re: Review of 7/17 Burlington, VT show On Mon, 20 Jul 1998 00:17:32 GMT, "Adam Hartfield" wrote a wonderful review of VT, but I'll still add some tidbits: >Eventually the opener, Sharon, pronounced like the boatman of the >river Styx, came on. She has a very deep voice for a woman, and ably >accompanied herself on electric guitar. It's actually Shuron, and she's from Boston! I really liked her, despite the fact that I do agree with Adam about her needing a band to make her sound a bit more varied. But she's definitely someone I'll try to go see, if ever I come across a gig of hers. >In the meantime, Chris O'Malley, Vika Zafrin, Colleen Campbell, and >Mary Krause showed up. They had trekked up from Boston at warp factor >9.5. That's pretty accurate, actually. I've never gone so fast for such a long time on a road. We were going 90-100mph in a 55-65mph zone... we even zipped past a VT police car that was (I think) clocking cars, but he, apparently decided not to chase us. I, however, stupidly tested my luck on the way back from the show and got a ticket for going 43 in a 25mph zone. How was I s'posed to know they'd care at not-quite-4 in the morning, when there weren't any cars around? >I told her to beware drunk women shoving their way to >the front. She looked at me incredulously and laughed it off, but I got >the last laugh when it did, in fact, occur. And annoying it was. Part of why I love Fruvous shows is the relative absence of that kind of public - the "bar people" who get plastered and then scream "we love you!" at the performer(s). But it's still annoying when that happens, even though it happens rarely. >Banter - Tony Esposito Sweat. Who? I think he's a hockey player. But I'm not sure. >Green Eggs & Ham (I don't know the difference between the long and >short versions so can't comment on which this was) This was the short version. I miss the long one: the intro is very amusing. >Encore 1: Laika. Woo hoo!!!!! What I'm wondering is when/if they're gonna bring back that jazzy version of Laika that I've only heard on tape so far... it sounds soooo nice! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vika [VEE-kah] Zafrin Patron Saint of Caffeine dacilen at bu dot edu aka Coffee Fru "You and your hula dance of culinary delight..." -ceecee ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:33:02 GMT From: ceelove@ibm.net (Colleen Campbell) Subject: Re: Review of 7/17 Burlington, VT show On Mon, 20 Jul 1998 00:17:32 GMT, "Adam Hartfield" wrote: >Eventually the opener, Sharon, pronounced like the boatman of the >river Styx, came on. She has a very deep voice for a woman, and ably >accompanied herself on electric guitar. Sounded very much like Tracy Chapman, I thought. I liked her, especially compared to how much I *didn't* like Eggbot Wet-nap. Brace yourselves, though: Toby told me the guys loved EW and have asked him to open for them. Looks like more of you will get to experience the joy. >Colleen and I >started chatting to a woman standing next to us, who was seeing Frvous >live for the first time. She was really nice, and I hope she posts to >the ng or comes into IRC. Colleen - did you get her name? Karen. Flirtatious lass, I'll tell ya that. . . ;) >Green Eggs & Ham (I don't know the difference between the long and >short versions so can't comment on which this was) The short version is the segue from KoS, i.e., this. The long version is an independent piece, usually done with costumes, and generally starts out with a long intro from Murray about the "two main characters on this proscenium stage" and a long, way-off-color speech from Jian, the "local boy done good." They did it a lot during the Your New Boyfriend tour. >In addtion to close quarters, some very >drunk people had by this time shoved their way right next to me, and >they kept talking to each other. The second time they tried to pass me >I did not move out of the way for them. Damn rude people! Yeah, this was a great show, but it may have contained the most rude drunk people of any I've attended. They generally just pushed their way around, during the middle of songs, spilled beer, and never stopped yelling to each other. Jian was really pissed off--so much so that when he was intro'ing the Drinking Song, he invited those who knew it to sing along, and those who didn't to drink during it so their mouths would be occupied and they would stop talking. For the record, EFO says they're scheduled to play there this fall and asked about the venue. I warned them about the rude frat-boy crowd and promised them I'd remind any Vermont Fruheads to show some support for EFO there. So here's my plug: if you haven't already seen them, do so! They brought down the house at Solarfest this weekend (an inapt expression but you know what I mean), getting *three* encores and pleas for more. >Encore 1: Laika. Woo hoo!!!!! My first time hearing it live--yay! Still, I really wish they'd do the slow, swing version they used to do during the Bargainville Tour era. That kicked *so* much butt. 'Kay, nuff commentary. Gotta unpack and recover from Solarfest (my first Dar viewing--with two more coming up in the next three weeks!), which I highly recommend. Most fun I've had at a folk fest since Falcon Ridge last year! ceecee ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:36:23 GMT From: ceelove@ibm.net (Colleen Campbell) Subject: Re: getting hit on via moxy shirt! On 17 Jul 1998 17:35:43 GMT, jeliza@cs.cmu.edu (Jeliza Patterson) wrote: >I haven't gotten hit on yet, but I've definitely gotten a much higher >percentage of cuties checking me out when I wear the "your new boyfriend" >shirt. I'll have that toaster-oven yet! Why does this not happen to me, hmmmmm? >ObFru: the last time I heard them (at Rosebud in Pittsburgh) they did an old >tune about Marion Fruvous. If anyone has the lyrics, I would really really >love to see them. The lyrics, along with those to almost anything else Fruvous does or occasionally covers, are on www.fruvous.com. (The exception would be the new songs, which haven't been transcribed yet.) In case you don't have a web browser, though, I've copied them over here. ceecee The Ballad Of Marion Fruvous {spoken} In days of yore this quaint locale Was thought by its people more fair than foul Their lives the stuff of simple propriety But for a mild case of garbage anxiety With stories and songs the long hours were filled in And one was the stand-alone fave of the children: "Tell us the fable of waste that will move us; Tell us the story of Marion Früvous". The folks of Toronto, they had it all Paper thick as New York's and sushi on call Disposable cans of aerosol And no one in town seemed to mind at all Except for Marion Früvous. Somewhere along the dawn she creeps Where yuppies they drive Cherokee jeeps By PCB stashes and styrofoam heaps Hiding by walls where asbestos seeps Thus spake our Früvous: "Thrive as you may with extravagent ways Toronto, enjoy your disposable days One day you'll rot in your urban malaise" Said Marion Früvous, then she rode off again. Citizens cowered at Marion's threats Politicians lost votes and folks had regrets 'Cause the longer we wait the worser it gets And the Leafs' top defencemen has gone to the Jets "Whoa! Hey!" said Fruvous. "Thrive as you may with extravagent ways Toronto, enjoy your disposable days One day you'll rot in your urban malaise" Said Marion Fruvous, then she rode off again. (spoken) My colleage and I have been talking this over for about a week and we think we have come up with a plan that is going to takecare of the garbage problem. That's right, with our plan, Toronto will become the world-class, cosmopolitain city we keep calling it. We have got a plan, we have had some talks Have to put the garbage in a small blue box Fill it up with glass or fill it up with tin We'll recycle everything that they put in Take it to the curb on Wednesday Rest assured you're nature's friend People all around the world will have a blue box in the end. What a thing to do, love the colour blue! An end to all our troubles when the box comes through Recycling is here! There's nothing left to fear Etobicoke to Scarborough was set in gear Shelter for the poor and homeless Drugs and crime will soon be gone Pacify the population and purify the dawn! How peacefully Metro folk now slept But Marion sat by a curbside and wept Said "the program's a hoax; the stuff must be kept In a humoungus pile 'til properly prepped 'Til the industries change, 'til we become adept At rejecting the junk that we've learned to accept" The words of Marion Früvous. "Thrive as you may with extravagent ways Toronto, enjoy your diposable days One day you'll rot in your urban malaise" Said Marion Fruvous, then she rode off again. ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #126 ********************************************