From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #431 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 Wednesday, September 9 1998 Volume 01 : Number 431 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Canadian cuisine? [Amy Schrader ] re: Canadian Cuisine [Amy Schrader ] Sunday [Amy Schrader ] Re: Other local-ish Bands [dgodwin1@aol.com (DGodwin1)] Re: poutine (was: Re: Errors) [ingrid@ehmail.com] Re: upcoming concerts... [Chad Maloney ] Re: Canadian Cuisine? [Chad Maloney ] Scrabble! [was Re: Canadian Cuisine?] [brian tivol ] Re: So... I wrote a letter about it. [ingrid@ehmail.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 10:21:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Amy Schrader Subject: Re: Canadian cuisine? > > (Speaking of beer, I always thought a cold Molson or Labatt Copper was the > proper poutine accompaniment, not Tim's coffee. Tim's coffee goes with ... > Timbits!) oh no!! Tim...bits!!!! AAAAuuughhhhh!!!! Taryn, are you reading this?? Amy - who apologizes for the public post, but it's just too early to try and remember e-mail addy's right now....:-P "Alright! Who fruvoused the cat?" ~Mike Ford ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 14:45:54 GMT From: Amy Schrader Subject: re: Canadian Cuisine < But at least the McDonald's on South Street sells cheese fries so there's something to snack on while everyone else gets their beef fix.> hmmmm....I was under the impression that one could eat a hamburg at McDonald's and still not eat any meat :-) *Ducks the load of Mcds french fry spears aimed at her* Amy "'If' is the middle word of life, man!" ~Murray Foster "Alright! Who fruvoused the cat!" ~Mike Ford ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 15:00:31 GMT From: Amy Schrader Subject: Sunday Hey! It's sound like fun!! I'd love to go!! Now the question is, is there any one in the Fredonia/Buffalo area that I could ask a ride from OR would like a ride (car fits 3). I just don't want to trek up by myslef. thanks Amy "'If' is the middle word of life, man!" ~Murray Foster "Alright! Who fruvoused the cat!" ~Mike Ford ------------------------------ Date: 9 Sep 1998 15:28:08 GMT From: dgodwin1@aol.com (DGodwin1) Subject: Re: Other local-ish Bands For small bands, I would Recommend Johnny Vegas, and for large Bands who havn't made it in the states yet, I would recommend Great Big Sea. Great Big Sea is playing a couple of dates in the US soon Daniel Never be critical of someone else until you've walked three hundred miles in their shoes...that way you be 300 miles away from them, and have their pair of shoes (Rockapella Banter) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 15:06:12 GMT From: ingrid@ehmail.com Subject: Re: poutine (was: Re: Errors) > Done talking about poutine. Will > probably have one for lunch, though ;) Just did. Yum. :) Over and out. Ingrid - -- "I'm 34. I've heard it all." - Cal "Jean Ghomeski" - Much Music '92 - -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 09:23:40 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: upcoming concerts... bchavez@rippe.com wrote: > To order tickets for the Northern KY (Cincinnati) show, call WNKU ticket > office at (606)572-6500 Thanks, Bud! Worked wonders! And the lady thought Indianapolis was far away, so I must have been an early caller *grin*. And she was really nice too. I must say that between this lady and the 1-800-The-Tick lady, Ticketmaster Reps seem like cardboard... - Chad ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 09:34:24 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: Canadian Cuisine? DALevy wrote: > > Unlike poutine, scrapple is pretty disgusting. Basically it's all the scraps of > meat that aren't fit to include in sausage. Of course, sausage being all the scraps of meat unfit to be made into ground beef which is meat unfit to be made into steaks which is all meat unfit to be put into my[1] mouth! Viva La Vegetarien[2]! - Chad [3] [1] I'm talking about my mouth. If you want to put scapple in your mouth, that is fine with me! [2] I don't know a lick of French (but I am from Indiana which has a town called French Lick). I was just shooting for something pronounced Vee-vuh Lah Veh-guh-tair-ee-ehn with the accent on the ee. [3] He's footnote *CRAZY*! ------------------------------ Date: 09 Sep 1998 11:28:04 -0400 From: brian tivol Subject: Scrabble! [was Re: Canadian Cuisine?] Revell Sara E <4ser4@qlink.queensu.ca> writes: > Don't know what scrapple is (but I am familiar with scrabble - anyone > care for a game?), but poutine is french fries with gravy and cheese > curds. 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Woo woo! Your turn. - --brian ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 15:17:09 GMT From: ingrid@ehmail.com Subject: Re: So... I wrote a letter about it. I'm so proud... *snif* Ingrid > Okay, a lot of us were dissatisfied about Chopper and other frustrating > things at the Ottawa Folk Fest (even though the rest of it was great, really > it was!) So, I wrote a little letter to the Citizen on behalf of everyone who > got pissed off that weekend. This is how it appeared yesterday. It's not > exactly the way I wrote it (you'll notice the bit about technical crews seems > weird -- and I don'T know what kind of party or gathering a "Moxy Fruvous" > is... but anyway, here it is): > > Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday, September 8, 1998 > > FOLK FESTIVALS SHOULD ALLOW FANS TO DANCE > > As a regular at folk festivals throughout Ontario, I've always found > their atmosphere to be quite peaceful and friendly. This is why, when 20 or so > of us got up to dance during the Moxy Früvous, we made sure that the stage was > high enough that people sitting in lawn chairs and on the ground behind us > would miss only what was happening below the performers' kneecaps. > > This has been a problem before. At Summerfolk in Owen Sound, for > example, the stage is low to the ground and seating is limited,so a "no > dancing" rule has been understandably enforced. However, with an elevated > stage and a vast amount of space in front of it, the patrons of the Ottawa > Folk Festival should be allowed to stand, dance and freely enjoy the music. > > Throughout the evening performance, my friends and I danced and none > of the people behind us or members of festival security told us that we were > bothering anyone. If they had, we would have surely sat down or moved to a > less prominent spot. > > After the concert, as emcees Chopper McKinnon and Karen Flanagan > McCarthy took the stage, a few of my friends reached up onto the stage in an > attempt to grab a set-list as a souvenir. Obviously, bands no longer need > these, and they usually will whole-heartedly autograph them after a show. > Their technical crews generally make it a practice to hand out lists to > concertgoers on request. But one friend was told to put the paper back, and > when she didn't it was snatched from her hand and was probably discarded. > There isn't much else to do with a used scrap of notebook paper. Someone else > had her hand stepped on by Mr. McKinnon in an attempt to dissuade her. He > never even stopped talking while he was doing it. > > Needless to say, we were appalled. And our dismay grew the next day > when an announcement from the main stage called for a ban on dancing. As an > explanation, authorities stated that the previous night, fans of Moxy Früvous > had gotten rowdy, climbed onstage and tried to steal things. Now, I don't > mind that the festival authorities seemed to attack my friends and me for > behaviour that seemed perfectly natural at any other concert or festival, but > associating this allegedly improper behaviour with the band in question was > just a low blow. As an avid supporter of Moxy Früvous, I feel the need to > encourage them, not contribute to their having a bad reputation for any > reason, especially one which has nothing to do with anything they have done. > Moxy Früvous is a "grass roots" kind of band whose success depends a lot on > word of mouth, reputation and the loyalty of fans like us. Bad press like > this isn't very good for business. > > I implore the Ottawa Folk Festival to modify the festival plan next > year to include a dancing area. Maybe more people will want to dance if they > know it's an option. I'd also like to propose an attitude-check for Mr. > McKinnon. Anyone who would step on another person's hand to protect a piece > of paper needs to seriously re-examine his priorities. It may be no > exaggeration to say that the festival has outgrown him. > > Katherine Maheux, Gatineau - -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #431 ********************************************