From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #380 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 Sunday, August 30 1998 Volume 01 : Number 380 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: this crazy other band... [Loren Becker ] My 1st TMBG experience [Sheepy311@aol.com] What a Weekend :) [nafio@my-dejanews.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:39:31 GMT From: Loren Becker Subject: Re: this crazy other band... > Hey there all...I'm another one of those lurking newbies who have been > watching yet not participating, but now I have a question worth blurting > out. Who are these guys who call themselves the Nields?? I've never the Nields are another folk-ish group from Northampton, Mass. who share a lot of the same following as fruvous. they are made up of three nields and three daves totalling five people (katryna nields, nerissa nields, david nields, david chalfant , and david hower) you should catch them in action some time as they are definitely an act well worth seeing. loren. who would like just once to have both the nields and fruvous at a show she could attend (maybe falcon ridge next year ???) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "to be young is a crime. reality commits it each day at dawn; and so does history, which is each morning born anew. and so, reality and history are banned." --eduardo galeano On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, Nadir Ahmad wrote: > > heard of them. I first saw the lads in Champaign (that's where I live/go > to school) at an in-store in the early summer and I was truly mesmerized. > I was so unbelievably impressed by the show (which was very uncomfortable > with the amt. of people and variety of odors) that I drove with some > friends down to St. Louis the next day to catch a full show. Another > great experience. > > Needless to say, I'm anxious to see them when they stop up here at the > beginning of October. I pretty sure that I'll make the mini road-trips to > Chicago and Indianapolis the next as well. It's about that I get another > Fruvous fix. > > Oh, please don't bombard me with welcomes. It's sweet and all, but it > really wouldn't be proper...I've been around for almost 6 months now. 8^) > > Nadir > -- > nadir.ahmad > nahmad at uiuc dot edu > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 20:04:48 EDT From: Sheepy311@aol.com Subject: My 1st TMBG experience Hello fellow fruheads, I just came back from a concert called Edgefest in Buffalo, NY. The Edge is a radio station and they get some bands to play a little festival, and this year They Might Be Giants played. I always hear things about them, especially from this list, but never actually heard them for myself. I must say I was quite impressed...I loved them! I think I am a newly recruited TMBG fan! So, if there are any TMBG fans (and I know you are out there) let me know on a good web site to look them up on. I would like to find out more about this band. They found their way to the top of my CD's to buy list. Adios Sheepy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 01:05:39 GMT From: nafio@my-dejanews.com Subject: What a Weekend :) WARNING: There are no tapes of any of the following performances. If you're not prepared to just be jealous, go read something else. This is also gonna be LONG. Wow. When Michelle and Neil picked me up on Friday afternoon I had no idea that the weekend was going to be THIS good. Don't get me wrong, there was a down point, but magic happened at the Ottawa Folk Festival. We arrived at Brittania Park, bumped into Kim and Kris, spotted Mike Wood, Ingrid and Katherine, and collectively parked ourselves Stage Dave with Rosemary and Dante. One main question was "Where's Hugo?" and I never did get a satisfactory answer to that one. The Mike Plume Band was playing. They were good but not all that impressive. Eventually, a fifteen minute (read around half an hour.. there were 6-8 people trying to set up the stage and poor Cal kept having to fix everyone else's mistakes.) intermission was announced. I moved over to Stage Murray, where Michelle and Neil had set up their blanket, and kept an eye out for the by-now late Rochester bunch. A local DJ (I think) came out to introduce the band, and announced to the row of people stage Dave that there was to be no moshing. More on THAT moron later. When my dancing partner (Chrissy) hadn't arrived by halfway through BJ I moved back to Stage Dave with all the dancing people. The set was more or less what was at the TOD show: BJ Jockey Minnie Moon Hold On Michigan KoS/GE&H Saucep'n Car Love Potion (possibly one or two more, this is from the memory of various ppl) No encores Minnie was particularly good, and I'd like to thank Mike (I never did get a real chance to) for his bit about teachers. It's kind of tense right now for them and any support is much appreciated. Virtual hugs Mr Ford. Also, I've never quite heard anyone manage to call Mike Harris a dickhead quite that graphically. *giggle* Friday was the night I finally clued in to the gorgeous paint job Mike did on Dave's banjo. While he was trying to get the banjo's sound levels right for Michigan Militia, an extended intro was needed. The hosts for the evening had been giving bilingual introductions for all the groups, so Mike attempted to translate Murray's introduction, leading to the classic line "Comment est-ce qu'on dit "white supremesists?"" The Rochester bunch arrived during Militia and I dragged Chrissy over to Stage Murray. Two different perspectives, same show. :) Dave might have been having sound problems but Jian had amnesia. He managed to skip the whole Not The Beatles bit of Green Eggs and Ham. It wasn't until he found himself asking Dave, WAY too early, "You don't like green eggs and ham?" that the two of them looked at each other and realized that something was wrong. Murray and Mike were extremely amused) After a pause Jian doubled back and kept going. He later explained "That's the first time in five years I've fucked up that song". (That badly anyway) Post show was a bit of a downer. As usual, people went for setlists. One unfortunate got her hand stepped on and told "Put that back". Someone else had security insisting that they return their setlist to the stage. No one got a setlist for the show. Also, the next day, the moron who had introduced Fruvous the night before told everyone that no standing near the stage was allowed because the Fruvous fans had had a mosh pit the night before and tried to steal things off the stage. However, all was not lost. The magic was, in fact, just about to begin. After the usual milling around, we headed for the Luxor hotel for the evening jam session. The Mike Plume Band finished up as we got there (no room to get to the front, we all stood right at the back of the tiny venue), Bill Strand took the stage briefly, and then Fruvous came on. The jam session was actually just a scheduled thing, not a true jam, but believe you me, the Fruheads were NOT complaining. While Cal busied himself TRYING to get the drumset set up (I think eventually he just gave up - Jian sat at a normal drumset. A first as far as I know) the guys chatted and somehow introduced Dusty Fosterbourne. A few more minutes passed and Dave suggested they do the "Dusty Theme". That's right folks, the set STARTED with That's Any Good. They checked back with Cal, who was still working on it, and decided to do soemthing else. They'd been joking about what they'd eventually play once they had drums "a whole evening of Jethro Tull", "The White Album", "an evening of David Bowie". Mike Wood yelled out a request for the "Purple Shirt" song and earned himself "the glare". Instead they launched into Major Tom, followed by Starman. Jian eventaully got tired of having nothing to hit and grabbed the dumbek. Ash Hash followed (and I hope someone got some good pictures of Murray's facial expressions!) Still no drumset. So we got Message, a cappella. After that, Jian went to help Cal and test out the drums. Murray was attempting to introduce the next song and ended up telling Jian to be quiet at least three times. Finally he told him to "Just do nothing!" (Jian responded by a soft tap on a cymbal) Next came a "moment". Pork Tenderloin. There was an attempt to do the whole song, but Dave, well in the immortal words of Murray Foster, "I like the new lyrics brother." While he was improvising his way through, the names of his kids included "Chris", which got a mild cheer *g* Then he pointed straight at Michelle, Chrissy and I and rhymed a line by ending it "clear eyes". (Chrissy and I had discussed her eye vs my hearing aid after the main stage show, right next to Dave. I take it the discussion sunk in.) Just when things couldn't possibly get any better, we got Poor Napoleon. I think it was then that Mike signed "applause". (For those who don't know me, I usually only clap to keep a beat at Fruvous shows, and use the ASL sign for applause after each song) I'm not sure when exactly it was, I nearly missed it. Someone spotted Vance Gilbert. Before even Vance knew what was happening, he was up onstage with Mike's guitar, playing "When Jimmy Fell In Love", backed by Fruvous. The man never left the stage. What follows is a vague idea of the songs that they all did together. King of Spain (The big black King of Spain) Fame Golden Years On Broadway New Pollution (with lyrics by Mike Ford. Vance's response: Must be a canadian song, I'll get all the words wrong) Signed Sealed Delivered (not the medley, the whole thing) Can't Explain at some point "Play that Funky Music Black Boy" also segued into Fred Eaglesmith's "When did we Become White Trash?" ending with I Shall Be Released Most Fruheads in the room had to move out towards the bar (a separate area) to recover. We talked and talked and talked. Dunno about everyone else, but those in room 309 didn't go to bed until after 5 am. At one point, the quote of the weekend surfaced. Mike, Ingrid and Katherine were all in one double bed and one of them (not telling which, but the person was a tad drunk) decided that "It's like Abbey Road, only we're naked". (All people in question were clothed to some degree) Next day. I marvelled there WAS a next day. After breakfast Michelle, Neil, Mike, Ingrid, Katherine, Chrissy and I were back at the main stage in time to hear a whole bunch of Christmas songs and tales. Very interesting stuff. I'm going to post the setlist and try and let it inspire me. Authors Pinball Wizard (tease) Substitute Horseshoes Boss Kids Song Sad Girl Pisco Bandito (the Fishing Dance saw a revival) Gord's Gold Tureen Darlington Dancing Queen Medley It was good and fun, dampened only by the aforementioned announcement about no standing/dancing and the lack of encores. (Can you tell that when people talk about the Ottawa Folk Festival I'm going to remember ONLY the jam at the Luxor?) The workshop was short and fairly organized. It was on "Personal Political", with Bob Strand, Nishtu, the Unseeded Band (I think) and Fruvous. It was played as a round robin, Fruvous did Marion Fruvous (Marion's hair courtesy of Dede or Kim) and Today's the Day that we Fight Back. The Unseeded band ( I know I'm getting the name wrong) had a wonderful bluesy song called "Damn Your Ass", a rather direct message to a certain government figure. Jian explained that they'd written, but never recorded a similar song, based on the fact that, sometimes while on the drums, Murray's ass is the only thing Jian can see. The song was called "Damn Your Bony Ass." Unfortunately, we didn't get to hear any of it. Following the workshop, Mike, Chrissy, and I (eventually joined by Ingrid and Katherine) went out and sat on a rocky man-made promintory, watching the interesting cloud formations, the gorgeous light patterns of the sun through the clouds and the rain from the other side of the lake. After a bit the wind picked up and we had to run for it as the rain chased us back to the mainstage looking for shelter. The downpour lasted maybe five minutes, and resulted in three beautiful rainbows, so no harm was done. Well, we were soaked but it was fun. Back at the Luxor, four of us shared Pizza Pizza (Dante's first taste), watched Much Music and worked on this review. After Dante had gone, Chrissy and Mike got fascinated by The Last Crusade and Point Break, dubbed into French. Eventually we made our way downstairs for the second jam. Fruvous weren't scheduled but various people had said they might show up anyway. None of them did take the stage. Mike lurked for a bit then disappeared, Murray and Jian never showed and Dave sat at a table with friends. Michelle sat on a ledge just behind him. Dave must have thought we were sooo obnoxious, because Michelle was impossible to make eye contact with and we kept making eye contact with him instead. Eventually, Chrissy waved at him and asked him to get Michelle for us *g*. There was some mighty fine music going down that night anyway. Brendan Scott sounded absolutely awesome all alone on his guitar. Then a marvellous french-canadian guy whose name I forget took the stage, and explained his concept of a jam. This involved getting every performer there (with Dave, Nishtu and a few others as exceptions) up on stage to play some great celtic/french canadian dancing tunes. It also involved getting people to dance. The first time round, this included Dave, who was one of the first pulled up. Chrissy and I proved that fruheads CAN be shy by staying in our chairs despite his obvious gestures that we should join him. Anyway, we got to see Dave participate in a French Canadian dance called Le Plongeur (the diver), after he'd had a few beers. I hope Chrissy's pictures turn out. For me anyway, the end of the jam was more or less the end of the evening. A few other people played by themselves but it wasn't as fun. So that's my rambling, incoherent, by no means full account of the weekend, with input from Mike Wood, and Chrissy. (We had this problem all weekend. Every time we said the name "Mike" Mike Wood responded.) Much fun was had by all and I can't WAIT for Iron Horse. 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