From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #683 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Tuesday, August 10 1999 Volume 03 : Number 683 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Fruhead.com [Revell Sara E <4ser4@qlink.queensu.ca>] Re: Thornhill Musings . . . [FruCake1@aol.com] Re: Important subject if you collect Frumiles ["Sam I Am" ] Re: DC In-Stores [bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors)] Re:Important subject if you collect frumiles ["andi andrzejewski" ] Re: A quick intro... ["VINCENT G. CICILLINI" ] Re: Initial Thoughts on Thornhill ["Ken Perschke" ] Re: Can I just say one thing...... [FruCake1@aol.com] Re: Happy Thornhill Day... ["VINCENT G. CICILLINI" ] Re: whine whine whine [Lawrence P Solomon ] Re: Thornhill Musings . . . [chad schrock ] Re: Important subject if you collect Frumiles [srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (] Re: Can I just say one thing...... [chad schrock ] Re: Thornhill! [srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead.com)] Re: whine whine whine [chad schrock ] Thornhill [Leah Bridgers ] Re: Thornhill Musings . . . ["^kat^" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 10 Aug 1999 23:46:45 GMT From: Revell Sara E <4ser4@qlink.queensu.ca> Subject: Fruhead.com Wow - open for business for one day and already 168 member accounts created!!! I'm impressed Josh! What a terrific site! I'm enjoying IRC for the very first time as I type! :) Thank you Josh for all the time you put in this! :) Sara _______ The secret of life: breathe in, breathe out, repeat. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 23:53:40 GMT From: FruCake1@aol.com Subject: Re: Thornhill Musings . . . In a message dated 8/10/99 7:15:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mocksie@aol.com writes: << I was gonna say that Thornhill has replaced wood as my favorite too... but I'm not jumping the gun yet... I gotta get used to it ;) >> I think I have to listen to it two more times before I replace "Wood". I love the songs they do at the shows, but I (also) have to get used to the other ones. Two more times....I think that's all I'll need!! = ) Lisa Bills ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 19:46:14 -0400 From: "Sam I Am" Subject: Re: Important subject if you collect Frumiles It's in the PEZ. The PEZ holds the power! - -Sam- Luella Benn wrote in message <37B090B0.F441C891@bu.edu>... >GordonLew naively questioned: >Since power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely how does Tobey >with all the power of the stamp stay so pure? > > >Tobey?? David Tobey??? Pure???? >Excuse me whilst I pick myself up off of the floor. It's all an act I assure you.... > >--luella ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 23:49:49 GMT From: "VINCENT G. CICILLINI" Subject: Re: whine whine whine On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, maria wrote: A.J. said: > >Having said > >that, I think we can safely allow the likes of Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, > >Nebraska and > >Missouri (kinda although since it was a slave state it has many things more > >in common > >with the South.) to be called Midwestern, maria countered with: > otherwise we might have to come after > you in our pickup trucks carrying shotguns and beer. :D > wondering where when all the other real midwesterners are going to back me up. > Oh wait, that's right. There are no others. wait a minute! this doesn't sound like an agrarian revolt! a.j., quick! let's call the michigan militia! ciao--vc (somehow, this seems strangely on-topic 8-D) _____________________________________________________________ "others take TO dave. in this band, we take FROM dave." -- mike ford, 6/15/99 ------------------------------ Date: 11 Aug 1999 00:22:58 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Re: DC In-Stores Pentagon City Borders instore? Now I know where I'll be for my lunch hour (hey, Doug Levy, sounds like a good time for you to come east to do some fall cleaning ... we can give Jian that tour of USA Today!!!!!) QL ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:36:47 GMT From: "andi andrzejewski" Subject: Re:Important subject if you collect frumiles Gordon queried thusly: Since power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely how does Tobey with all the power of the stamp stay sopure? i can't tell you tell you how but i'm convinced that it's just one of the many secrets of our friendly samurai :) andi Get your FREE Email at http://mailcity.lycos.com Get your PERSONALIZED START PAGE at http://my.lycos.com ------------------------------ Date: 11 Aug 1999 00:19:14 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Re: Can I just say one thing...... Wow, looks like I'm finally going to start getting some more Frumiles ... not only do I have Rams Head and the TBA November 20 date in Washingotn, but I will be in southern Cal Oct. 25-27!!!!! Do I hear a big woo-hoo??? So I'm sitting here in San Francisco with two copies of Thornhill (FruPrincess Dana insisted on her own copy and since it would put money in the Fru-coffers and I'm a doting mom, I said OK) ... but no CD player so all I can do is gaze until I get home Thursday ... oh well, I've waited this long. Anyway, one question -- anyone know who is opening at the Rams Head? (If indeed there is an opening act???) And one more thing ... I guess even if I was single and hot, I'd have no chance with Jian. "Love in the Time Of Cholera" put me right to sleep. Oh well ... :) Queen Lisa (with ridiculously plebian tastes in books but what else is new?) ------------------------------ Date: 11 Aug 1999 00:08:58 GMT From: <21st.century@net.ntl.com> Subject: Assistance required from anyone in the UK Hello, people . . . Has anyone in the UK tried Totalserve free access because Ive been asked to market it and I'd never heard of it before. Its new but I would like some feedback about it as I don't want to add a naff service to my range!! Me and a few people I know have tried it and it seems either very stable and fast or completely unable to connect depending what hardware you use!!!! If there is anyone who isn't on it who wants to give it a whirl and give some feedback I'd be grateful, you can access it through my site at http://www.puk.co.uk you can hook up direct from there without a disc. You can either reply to this with feedback or email me at web@puk.co.uk Many thanks for any assistance you can provide Adrian Paris 21st Century UK Internet and Telecoms Services www.puk.co.uk web@puk.co.uk I appolagise if this is a repost, my program crashed last time . . . ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:20:49 GMT From: "VINCENT G. CICILLINI" Subject: Re: A quick intro... On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Melanie Natoli wrote: > Hey fellow fruheads, what's up? umm ... i see flourescent lights and ceiling tiles. what's up with you? 8-D > I just joined the list whew! thanks! i was afraid it was coming apart! 8-P > and thought I'd give a quick intro. (right now, the bonzo dog band's "the intro and the outro" is playing through my mind. this one might be a little obscure ...) > Me name is Melanie, I'm 19, and I was born on a dark and stormy > night......just kidding. I live in central jersey but > I go to school up in Pennsylvania. The first time I > saw, or even heard of moxy was at the Clearwater > festival. fruvous greetings, melanie! welcome to our little corner of the (cyber)world. kick off your shoes and stay awhile! > I was sitting right in front because I had > my spot staked out all day for Dar, and I decided to > stick around and check them out. I fell in love with > their stage presence and talent immediately. Now I'm > going to see them on Friday in the city, and then > Monday at the beach. I can't even tell you how excited > I am. Ok, that's it, don't really want to bore you > guys with useless information about my life, but if > there's anything you would like to know feel free to > ask. ahh, the joy of experiencing a live fruvous event! have fun at your next two shows! don't be shy--stop and say, "hi!" for fru-related resources check out www.fruvous.com, and the new www.fruhead.com! also, don't forget to post regularly. someone may even have a copy of "the ammf survey" that you can fill out, and to this ng, if you'd like. 8-) moxy wishes and fruvous dreams, melanie! ciao--vc (on a sugar rush courtesy of orange soda and vanilla ice cream, yum!) _______________________________________________________ "others take TO dave. in this band, we take FROM dave." -- mike ford, 6/15/99 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 20:24:55 -0400 From: "Ken Perschke" Subject: Re: Initial Thoughts on Thornhill > > #3 > > Boy, the third hit quick. Earthquakes rocks! The flowing > music makes my head start spinning when I listen to the > earphones. That's wonderful. I get a circling sensation > listening to the whole song that just really does it for > me. I've never heard the Windsor version of this song, but > this version is incredible. I hope they can nail it live > and start showing it off in Rochester on the 10th. I have to agree with Chad on this one. Earthquakes is *easily* my favorite from the album. It's such a new and different sound for them, and a lot of fun to listen to! > > #4 > > I'm still in Earthquakes, head still spinning, and the last > verse kicks in with nothing but snaps, acoustic, and lyrics. Nice touch. > The moment of silence right before brings me up and when the snaps, > wrangling acoustic, and voice comes in it grabs me. I'm suprised at you Chad. How could you of all people miss Murray thumping on the stand-up bass here?? > > #5 > > Guitar in Splatter Splatter at the top is great. But what gets me is > the simple accordion quarter notes through out on top of the > drumming, it really keeps the whole thing grounded and solid. This > is a great song and I think it'll do really well on radio stations > if it can get there. I actuall prefer the live version because of the intro guitar... a little more distortion and little less delay, I think, sounds even better. But I have to agree with the drumming, espically on the chorus! > > #11 > > Okay, I'm still in Hate Letter and Dave sings some of Half as Much in > the background and I just have to smile and wonder what the heck else > is going on in the background. You know I'm just waiting for someone a > little crazier than me to crank it up, pan all the way to the left, and > start decipher what's being said in the background. Hehehe... the background vocals are what the song is all about! There's a lot I still haven't gotten yet, but what I have heard is great. I'm not going to give anything away, but listen for the guys singing lines very softly in harmony in the beginning of the break. You'll know what I mean when you hear it :) I haven' caught the Half as Much quote, but in the middle of the break Mike starts singing Sad Girl ("Once in a while, to hold your head high...). These are really what make the song! All this being said, I have to say that I am really not as thrilled as everyone else about the album. There are a lot of songs that I do like, but others..... My rundown: Half as Much - A good album opener. Expect a tab on FDC soon :) Sad Girl - It's okay, but dosen't really do it for me. Nothing that really grabs me. Too Careful - A good, energetic song. I enjoy it, but not my favorite. IWHO - I really like the song, but I prefer the live version much more. More guitar, more energy from Jian, and less bass and drums after the first verse (as in the live version), would really make the recording better. Earthquakes - It rocks! See above. When She Talks - From my favorite to my least favorite. This is a skip song for me. What's the point? Splatter Splatter - I really like this one too, and they did a pretty good job with the recording. The only thing is the guitar as I commented above. Independence Day - No offense to all the Murray's people out there, but I don't get this one. Downsizing - I certainly respect Jian and his motives for writing the song, but I'm just not big on depressing music. Hate Letter - This is a fun song! Listen carefully :) If Only You Knew - Great Mike song, and excellent recording job. MPG - Excellent recording! I look forward to seeing people on Friday! Ken ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 01:23:11 GMT From: FruCake1@aol.com Subject: Re: Can I just say one thing...... In a message dated 8/10/99 8:34:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bbwminors@aol.com writes: << And one more thing ... I guess even if I was single and hot, I'd have no chance with Jian. "Love in the Time Of Cholera" put me right to sleep. Oh well ... :) >> Really?? I'm reading it and can't put it down!!! Maybe it's because SOME of the places and events he describes remind me so much of my beautiful island, Puerto Rico, and my family there. I'm also very sappy! My husband makes fun of me when I'm watching a romantic movie or reading a love story = ) ----- "I LOVE L<3VE!!" Lisa Bills = ) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 01:18:36 GMT From: "VINCENT G. CICILLINI" Subject: Re: Happy Thornhill Day... On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Groovy Spice wrote: > In article <37B05E11.BAF0138@cc.umanitoba.ca>, > Josh Drury wrote: > > > For us, Thornhill Day is two > > weeks away, but it may as well be an eternity! Why have you forsaken > >us? WHY?!? > > well, you guys get to have thanksgiving a whole month and a half before > *we* do. every year, even. > > *duck* hmm, that's funny. i always thought it was *turkey* 8-D ciao--vc (running and hiding) ________________________________________________________ "others take TO dave. in this band, we take FROM dave." -- mike ford, 6/15/99 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 01:12:16 GMT From: Tom Salyers Subject: Re: Initial Thoughts on Thornhill Chad Maloney wrote: > Then I realized what really did it. Toms!!! There are toms on > the album. Every album goes better with Toms. - -- Tom Salyers "Now is the Windows of our disk contents IRCnick: Aqualung Made glorious SimEarth by this Sun of Zork." Denver, CO --from _Richard v3.0_ http://www.dimensional.com/~tsalyers ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 01:24:17 GMT From: "VINCENT G. CICILLINI" Subject: Re: C Album Predictions . . . On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Trace wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 1999 18:10:05 GMT, Kate Leahy wrote: > > >I can't believe no one's made any suggestions as to > >what the track list for this C Album might be :). > >Hmm . . . I'm gonna go with Pisco as a definite. > >Marion Früvous, perhaps? Cross-Border Shopping? Get > >Down From There? *gasp* Kissinjah!? Someone mentioned > >Killer Tents . . . > >Whaddya all think? > > I like all of those suggestions Katie. I heartily vote for Get Down > From There! I would also like to add Pork Tenderloin to the list. seconds for "pork tenderloin," please! wait, that sounds fishy. 8-) ciao--vc ________________________________________________________ "others take TO dave. in this band, we take FROM dave." -- mike ford, 6/15/99 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 01:34:15 GMT From: "Matthew \"game guru\" Ragone" Subject: green eggs and ham does any one know where I can get green eggs and ham Moxy told me to look on independent lables but did not tell me which one . If any one from WBER can make me a CD with all the independent moxy music please reply to this address matthew.ragone@gte.net would greatly appreated hay WBER up the watts so I can get you in Mt Morris matt ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 21:55:24 -0400 From: chad schrock Subject: Re: whine whine whine Aleigh wrote: > I wrote: > >How about Lisner? Or the Patriot Center? Just not the 9.30 club. > > the PATRIOT center? With _those_ acoustics?? hey, I was just suggesting places that I could think of around here. And, Merriweather, Nissan Pavillion, and Wolf Trap won't be open in November. There are the places at AMU, UDC, GWU, CU, and Galludet. (Plus, the place at the Naval Academy, but somehow I just don't think so....) > What do you have against the 9:30 club? (well, besides the fact > that it's in a bad neighborhood)...it's great once you get inside... Let's just not go there.... :) - -- chad at radix dot net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 21:41:38 -0400 From: Lawrence P Solomon Subject: Re: whine whine whine "Lori at fruhead.com" wrote: > You'll have to ask Donna and Lawrence when they get back from Ra-cha-cha. I'm confused now... I was going to go to Rochester, but the show sold out before I could pick up the phone to order tickets... and I bet they're playing all of Thornhill, too. But, to answer Chad's question, there will be none of either. I figure the most fight-like thing you might would be an exchange such as this: "The Cleveland show belongs to the Pittsburgh people! Arrrrrrr!" "Does not!" "Does too!" "Does not!" "Look, this isn't an argument. This is just contradiction. An argument is a connected series of statements used to prove one's point, it isn't just saying 'No it isn't.'" "Yes it is!" "No it isn't!" and so on... :) - -- Lawrence Solomon http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~lps/ zaph@tmbg.org "Just because you're floating doesn't mean * This space inadvertently you haven't drowned." -They Might Be Giants * left with stuff in it. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 22:19:45 -0400 From: chad schrock Subject: Re: Thornhill Musings . . . aprestin@ccs.neu.garbage.edu wrote: > > Kate Leahy wrote: > > : On a side note, has anyone been watching the sales > : ranking on Amazon? 'Thornhill' jumped from 351 to 284 > : in a couple of hours. > : Big things, my friends . . . > > It's at 147 now, and #4 on the New Releases list. 107 now. I don't see anyone writing on-line reviews of it, though..... - -- chad at radix dot net ------------------------------ Date: 11 Aug 1999 02:29:19 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead.com) Subject: Re: Important subject if you collect Frumiles Sam thought long and hard and divined the obscure truth: >It's in the PEZ. The PEZ holds the power! > >-Sam- > >Luella Benn wrote in message <37B090B0.F441C891@bu.edu>... >>GordonLew naively questioned: >>Since power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely how does Tobey >>with all the power of the stamp stay so pure? LOL! considering I gave him a Yoda PEZ dispenser on Saturday, I think Sam's DEFINITELY on to something here. The Force IS strong with Tobey indeed ... - -- Lori ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lori@fruhead.com Lori's Strange and Wonderful World: http://members.aol.com/srm9988n/index.html The spiffy, newly updated amm-f FAQ: http://www.fruvous.com/news/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 22:30:52 -0400 From: chad schrock Subject: Re: Can I just say one thing...... BBWMinors wrote: > > Wow, looks like I'm finally going to start getting some more > Frumiles ... not only do I have Rams Head and the TBA November > 20 date in Washingotn, but I will be in southern Cal Oct. > 25-27!!!!! Do I hear a big woo-hoo??? WOO-HOO!!!! was that big enough? You know, it's cold here in October. It's warm in SoCal then.... hmmm... :> > Anyway, one question -- anyone know who is opening at the Rams > Head? (If indeed there is an opening act???) According to the RH web site: James someone. Well, they had it listed the other day.... Hmph. - -- chad at radix dot net ------------------------------ Date: 11 Aug 1999 02:22:41 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead.com) Subject: Re: Thornhill! Lisa Bills commented: >I was going to go to a price-hiker store, but out of curiosity called Best >Buy. I couldn't believe they had it!! Actually, I got the last one (he held >it for me) and they have 20 more on order!! We tried a Best Buy with no luck ("we probably didn't order very many of them" said the clueless clerk), but the Borders in Springfield (Delaware County PA, for anyone local who still hasn't picked up their copy) still had a bunch at 8:50 pm. So of course Steve bought 2 (one for me, one for another gift ... ) - -- Lori, getting an early very bouncy start on her bday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lori@fruhead.com Lori's Strange and Wonderful World: http://members.aol.com/srm9988n/index.html The spiffy, newly updated amm-f FAQ: http://www.fruvous.com/news/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 22:34:06 -0400 From: chad schrock Subject: Re: whine whine whine Snarky Spice wrote: > Lori, as the official Queen of Snark--and anybody who disagrees > me will be glared at until a hole burns through their skin--I > hereby take DC and Maryland back. > > Philly shows are things you can get to on commuter rail, hon. > > "Shows I can get to easily" are different for each person. See, > for me, Anything with a major airport and reliable ground transit > is something I can get to. works for me. my last count was just the cool places. > I think the 200 miles is reasonable, but you *may* *not* claim > our piece of turf. you *GO* girl! :) Tak ehtat you turf grabbers! > /me smiles sweetly as she withdraws her claws. Don't take them too far.... Lori: nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah :P - -- chad at radix dot net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 22:38:56 -0400 From: Leah Bridgers Subject: Thornhill Well, I just got back from Rochester. Couldn't go to the concert in the evening cause it was sold out before I even called (2 days after tickets went on sale!).... Anyway, we went to the instore in Record Archive...Let me start by saying what an utterly cool store that is! They've got everything! Anyway, the guys played an acoustic set there...it was wonderful! A nice twist on some of the new songs, plus some old favorites... The only bad part was some rude people who cut in the autograph line... I have to say that I really like the new album... I can't say that it is my favorite though... I don't think I can pick a favorite album... it would change by the hour. My 9 year old cousin is always asking me about my favorites... she has a favorite everything... I try to explain to her that I don't really have a favorite Spice Girl, but she just doesn't get it.... Anyway, that was totally random, and I seem to be babbling, but I just wanted to say what a great album Thornhill is, but how could anything other than a great album come from Fruvous? Leah ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 22:41:00 -0400 From: "^kat^" Subject: Re: Thornhill Musings . . . happy thornhill day! that's what i've been saying all day [wearing my oldskool font 'i *heart* canadian boys' shirt & dancing around wildly]. i do feel a bit like liv tyler in _empire records_ every time i say it... but i think, judging from the string of photos in the liner notes [but no lyrics! hmph.], that the frulads are far sexier than mr. rexxy manning. mmmm.... *cough* but i digress. my thornhill acquisition tale? *heh* dressed in fru-regalia, i hit our local borders at 9:03 am, went straight to the "new release" rack, & absconded with 4 of their 7 copies [one for me, one for mom, one for mom's friend in FL, one for mom's coworker]. the bemused checkout clerk, taking note of my purchases, said, "you must be their biggest fan." i chuckled, thinking lady, i've got a newsgroup full of fruheads you need to meet. *grin* so, i've probably listened to the album 5 times through already, and i'm fairly certain that this is my favorite fruvous album, overtaking _wood_. my favorite song on the album, however, is rather hard to pinpoint. "[you can't be] too careful" is still catchy as ever: mom & i had a bonding moment listening to it pumping out my convertible three times through on the way home from krogers tonite. "iwho" does, indeed, have 'single' written all over it, and it still makes me melt. *sigh* "id4" is so hauntingly beautiful, especially the bridge. wow. lately i've become more and more of a murray fan, & this song only serves as icing on the cake. "mpg", too, is poignant and satiric all at once, with dave's gorgeous melody carrying it. this song has grown on me by leaps & bounds. i wish fruvous'd played "earthquakes" for FRFF--it just seems so folkily eclectic & appropriate for such a venue. i joked w/ my bf eric that fruvous encompasses many decades here: 60's pop ["half as much"], 70's pop ["hate letter"], and 80's pop ["when she talks"--what *did* they do to jian's voice??]. "splatter^2" is fantastic--i had a taste of this from the NPR broadcast a month ago, but it just plain rocks on my own personal cd. with that & "if only," mike really outdoes himself. "downsizing"--what a surprise. i'm going to need several personal listenings to this song before i fully appreciate it. and last but not least, TH has rekindled my love "sad girl," the first of this batch i got to hear in a live setting way back in june of '98. wow. this album was worth the wait. between this & the new cd's from GBS & EFO, '99 has been a *banner* year for music. thank you, fruvous. you've created a masterpiece. ^kat^ "red and gold bleed down to black" http://fly.to/the.midway.after.dark ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #683 ********************************************