From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #185 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, August 3 1998 Volume 01 : Number 185 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: Like a Dog in a Butcher Shop: Fruvous at Styleen's in Syracus ["Demet] RE: Short 'n' sweet: 7/31 & 8/1 ["Demetriou, Melanie" ] fruvous returning to nyc? [dot0926@aol.com (Dot0926)] Vic Hadfield [gorbitron@aol.com (Gorbitron)] Re: fruvous returning to nyc? [seqiro@mail2.nai.net (Paul D. Beasi)] Some thoughts on Aug 2 performance at KOP [abc96@_____erols.com (AC)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 15:30:32 GMT From: "Demetriou, Melanie" Subject: RE: Like a Dog in a Butcher Shop: Fruvous at Styleen's in Syracus On Friday, July 31, 1998 5:32 PM, traugottcm@aol.com [SMTP:traugottcm@aol.com] wrote: > The first time I ever heard bigpipes in person was on the banks of Lock Lomond. > No kidding! I was 14 years old and with a tour group from my school. We were > allowed to wander around for a bit and I splintered off from the group. I > heard a sad, wailing sound and as I rounded the bend I saw a man, in full dress > kilt complete with dirk, standing next to the lake playing Amazing Grace on the > bagpipes. I have no idea whether he was there for the tourists or just felt > inspired by the beauty of the place, but it is a sound and image that has > stayed with me for almost 20 years. I loved the bagpipes so much as a kid that my father spent the month before my 13th birthday combing the city for a used set to give me. He found some, but even used, they were very expensive. He also found out how much lessons cost. I never got the pipes... I still love the sound and expressiveness of bagpipes, and have recently discovered there are other instruments that use the bag as their source of wind. Can anybody recommend a good starter CD for me? I'd like to learn and hear more of this instrument family. Thanks, Melanie ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 15:52:30 GMT From: "Demetriou, Melanie" Subject: RE: Short 'n' sweet: 7/31 & 8/1 On Sunday, August 02, 1998 9:57 AM, ceelove@ibm.net [SMTP:ceelove@ibm.net] wrote: > [snip] great reviews < I just want to add that it really was great to see the massive amounts of Fruheads that turned out for the Saturday show. I enjoyed meeting many of you ftf that I've been e-chatting with recently, and saying hi to those of you that I already knew. My husband, btw, guiltily admitted that he enjoyed himself, and he's planning to come to one of the Iron Horse shows in October. Woo-hoo! Melanie ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 22:23:48 GMT From: melissa Subject: 7/31: I almost forgot my name hey there! you may have noticed im new at this fruvous stuff....2 weeks ago, i would have said "moxy huh?" if you brought them up, but lucky my good friend kevin kobos sent me a tape of them and i was instantly hooked! the quincy maket show was my very first and let me tell you, i was shocked as all hell! theyre amazingly good on stage! even better than tmbg! so i was standing there, front row, right next to the little rope that stood between me and my new favorite band [ i suppose tmbg will have to take the back seat :( ], waiting for them to come on, and when they did, who do they ask to come up on stage and introduce them?! ME!!!! of all people in the crowd, they have to pick me. ok ok, i admit, the pink hair may have had something to do with it, but my hairs been this way for going on 3 years, so i didnt think theyd really notice. but they did, and i swear i thought i would fall over! and since my right ankle was sprained from the tmbg show the day before, i did almost fall over! but thats besides the point...it took me a couple seconds to even realize it was me they were talking about! and when i got up on stage i almost forgot my freekin name! boy was i a mess! but thats to be expected when you first meet someone youve only seen in dreams and they ask you to introduce them. im just glad i said "moxy fruvous" because i almost said "they might be giants" :) oh well, please dont think im a nerd, usually im on the other end of the shy scale, but when it comes to meeting MF for the first time, well, you saw me at the show, and if you didnt, i think you get the idea. but thats all besides the point...MF kicked major ass [can i say that on here?] and ill definately be back for more! see you in october, i think youll recognise me, so come up and say hi....im not as lame as i let on onstage! melissa ------------------------------ Date: 2 Aug 1998 23:10:57 GMT From: dot0926@aol.com (Dot0926) Subject: fruvous returning to nyc? hi everyone, i hope everyone is having a great weekend.....anyway, someone told me that during yesterday's show, the lads mentioned something about returning to nyc, possibly irving plaza ( which would rock, it's walking distance from my dorm, so if this turns out to be true, anyone who needs a place to crash is welcome by me) in the fall. does anyone know more about this ( not that i would doubt anyone's word, i just want some comfirmation of this rumour) thanks a bunch, nora ( who is debating whether to go to work tomorrow in her swollen state in order to give her fellow employees the cheap thrill of thinking they've seen jay leno...) ************************************************************************** ******* " you keep saying that word. i do not think it means what you think it means." - - the princess bride nora cohen (dot0926@aol.com) snafru on irc **************** ------------------------------ Date: 3 Aug 1998 02:04:04 GMT From: gorbitron@aol.com (Gorbitron) Subject: Vic Hadfield For those of you at Saturday's show, you know that we had the pleasure of having 70s hockey "great" Vic Hadfield introduce the band. We were told he scored 52 goals in 1972. Of course, Mr. Hadfield looked an awful lot like Mike Ford. (I am also sure that Jian called him Tim Hatfield, but that may have just been that until he mentioned the hockey statistic, I had no idea where he was going) Anyway, I was asked after the show by one particular newsgroup lurker if I was going to check up on the Vic Hadfield reference. I said I would. And because we are all waiting breathlessly for the following hockey information, I bring it to you now. Vic Hadfield, New York Rangers, 1971-2, 50 goals, 56 assists, 106 points. This was good for 4th in the league, behind Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr and Jean Ratelle. Just ahead of Rod Gilbert. The other four of the top 5 are in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Not poor Vic. Of course, that was the last year the Bruins won the Stanley Cup, led by the aforementioned Esposito and Orr. And we all know that before there was Gretzky, no one ever thought Espo's records would be broken. He was just that good. As for Vic Hadfield? He played 16 seasons, scored 323 goals, never won a Stanley Cup. But there was that glorious year in 1971-2. And then he got to introduce Moxy Fruvous, capping off an extroadinary life. 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. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 03:31:22 GMT From: seqiro@mail2.nai.net (Paul D. Beasi) Subject: Re: fruvous returning to nyc? On 2 Aug 1998 23:10:57 GMT, dot0926@aol.com (Dot0926) wrote: >hi everyone, i hope everyone is having a great weekend.....anyway, someone told >me that during yesterday's show, the lads mentioned something about returning >to nyc, possibly irving plaza ( which would rock, it's walking distance from my >dorm, so if this turns out to be true, anyone who needs a place to crash is >welcome by me) in the fall. does anyone know more about this ( not that i would >doubt anyone's word, i just want some comfirmation of this rumour) >thanks a bunch, > Well, they said that they were going back to NYC, they didn't mention where. Of course, at the Styleens show they said they were going to back to Albany, which isn't on their schedule either. :) Anyone know any more? Paul - ----------------------------------------- Paul Beasi seqiro@ct2.nai.net http://w3.nai.net/~seqiro The spotlight guys got Iggy! -TMBG, Lupos Heartbreak Hotel 10/25/97 - ----------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 03:36:33 GMT From: abc96@_____erols.com (AC) Subject: Some thoughts on Aug 2 performance at KOP This was only the second time I've seen Moxy Fruvous live, so excuse the naivete. Anyway, a few comments about their performance at King of Prussia, PA on Aug 2. - - They were definitely well worth the obscenely low price of $6 to get in. They're the best live band I've seen and I'm look forward to seeing some more of them, though they won't be back to the Philly area till next year. I haven't been to any "Concert under the Stars" events, but I thought it was packed. - - Given that this was quite a family crowd, the guys behaved themselves quite well except for two slipups that I noticed, once during green eggs and ham. - - The people running this event made sure to keep things nice and orderly (for the sake of the kids and families, of course). There would be no dancing in front of the stage, and the shirtless hippie dude was kindly asked to leave the front area of the stage (or should I say gazebo). Despite that I think everyone still had a good time. - - I didn't recogize about three or four of the songs they played although I don't have all the albums yet. I think they said a couple were new. - - They sang a "tribute" to Philadelphia and I don't think they mentioned Pittsburgh at all. - - I was personally quite pleased that the guys ended the first encore with "The Band" classic "I Shall Be Released" and would have been quite happy to end the night on that note (I couldn't gauge how many in the audience knew that song from my vantage point in the back). Of course they had to come out again and sing "and the Band played on..." That's all for now. Gotta get ready for work tomorrow. ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #185 ********************************************