From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #709 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 17 1999 Volume 03 : Number 709 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Ocean City Setlist [Melanie Natoli ] Re: Thornhill chatter ["KatieWow" ] Re: C Album SUGGESTIONS (was Re: C Album Predictions . . .) ["Cara (Laika] Re: Thornhill chatter [ctyner@my-deja.com (Adam Tyner)] Metro help for in-stores? [jessa@delanet.com (Jess)] Re: geez [Melanie Natoli ] Re: Ocean City Setlist [llesi@aol.com (Llesi)] Re: southstreet revew (long) [aprestin@ccs.neu.garbage.edu] jian is a good guy [reganbel@aol.com (Reganbel)] Re: C Album SUGGESTIONS (was Re: C Album Predictions . . .) [Josh Drury <] Re: C Album SUGGESTIONS (was Re: C Album Predictions . . .) ["KatieWow" <] Re: geez [~jen <~jen@fruhead.com>] Re: Metro help for in-stores? [Snarky Spice ] - New site! http://xdocs.8m.com - Visit us now! [visitus@now.net] Thornhill [Buonaparte ] Re: the Point [gingee@my-deja.com] The Frvous Radio Hour ["KatieWow" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:19:27 GMT From: Melanie Natoli Subject: Re: Ocean City Setlist - --- Trace wrote: > Greetings from New Jersey! I'm too tired for a full > review, but > here's tonight's setlist > > 1/2 > Horse > 2 Care > Video - disco > Boss > Wenchy > Indy > Rush > Minnie - > ~Grampa Fruvous was tired of boardwalkin > Tired of staring, and tired of gawkin' > He wanted to do something erotic and baffy > So he stripped naked and covered himself in salt > water taffy~ > > ~.......down in Atlantic City > Saw people losing fortunes, it just wasn't pretty > Me and my pals lost 7,000 dollars between us > All to build a monument to Donald Trump's penis~ > Michy > Sauce > Fly > Nuits > King/Green > Splatter > Car > > 1st Encore > Billie Jian > Brown Eyed Girl - not on setlist, but they did this > w/Trout Fishing > > 2nd Encore > IWHO > MPG > > > -- > Trace > trace@frumail.org > > "Part of a new, emerging feminist movement." > ~Jian commenting on his Brittany Spears t-shirt: > 7/24/99 > > Crisis, Get Help > ~Anagram of "The Spice Girls" > Trace, do you know Woj and Christine? Woj is my friend from school and I remember them saying they knew who got the setlist and the words to the grandpa fruvous song. --MeL === ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh, you might as well laugh at it now." --Marie Osmond MeLaNiE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 11:32:51 -0400 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: Thornhill chatter /me slaps herself for getting the versions mixed up. "Brian Wilson 2000" (the radio remix) includes the accordion. The 'Gordon' version does not. You may now return to your regularly scheduled and *correct* information :). ~~Kate - -- Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@fruhead.com *********************************** "It's a long long road It's a big big world We are wise wise women We are giggling girls . . . " - --Ani DiFranco *********************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:52:17 GMT From: "Cara (Laika) Kozack" Subject: Re: C Album SUGGESTIONS (was Re: C Album Predictions . . .) Ummm.. I think that it mentions the recording of the C album in the credits on Thornhill. >Jian proceeded to tell him that currently there are no plans for the >next album, and the conversation moved on from there. So, while >speculating about the C album is quite enjoyable, we're not assuming >it's getting recorded, and if yes, then that it's happening anytime >soon, are we? Just checking. > >-v > > >Vika Zafrin, vika at ibm dot net >"Great, I'm a landmark now." -FatherO ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:04:47 GMT From: ctyner@my-deja.com (Adam Tyner) Subject: Re: Thornhill chatter A remixed version including accordion was released in '97 or '98, called "Brian Wilson 2000". It's a horrible take on the song. :-) I don't recall an accordion intro on the Gordon version. - -Adam On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 09:14:45 -0400, "KatieWow" wrote: >*nod* *nod* *nod* It's actually fairly common for band's to remix songs >specifically for radio play. One that comes to mind is Barenaked Ladies' >"Brian Wilson." On "Gordon," the song is introed with accordion; the radio >version, though, opens directly with o/~ drove downtown in the rain . . . >o/~ and includes no accordion at all. >The lesson: accordions don't belong on mainstream radio :) ? I hope not >:). >~~Kate ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:34:45 GMT From: jessa@delanet.com (Jess) Subject: Metro help for in-stores? I've recently convinced my husband that we should attend at least one of the in-stores. (I'm voting for both, but we'll see. *grin*) Anyway, we were planning to drive to one of the metro stations and use that to get to the various locations, if that's possible. Unfortunately, we've almost never used the metro, and don't know all that much about the geography of DC. Can anybody who knows more about DC than us lend a hand here? Can we use the metro for this? And if so, please, help with the lines? Thanks, Jess -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! - ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==----- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:58:33 GMT From: Melanie Natoli Subject: Re: geez - --- SugarFly26 wrote: > songs, but fly really hits the soul. its one of my > all time favorite songs, but > i usually prefer to be alone when i hear it. i think > one thing i really like > about it is that it makes so much sense and no sense > at all, which is how a lot > of relationships with me seem to go. and its sung > with such emotion. > I definitely agree with you on this one. Fly is my absolute favorite Moxy song. In fact for those of you there last night, Jian did me a big favor by singing that. I asked him at the seaport to do it, and He gave me a kind of "well, we'll see." You could tell he didn't think they'd do it. But then I said it was my birthday this week, and he said ok :) I made sure to thank him after the show. Speaking of which, was he the only one that came out? I couldn't stick around too late, did the rest of the guys come out later, or did they just let Jian get mobbed by himself? Ok, back to Fly. You don't know how psyched I was to hear that live, that really was my best birthday present. That's why Moxy rocks, because they give a shit about the fans. It's sad that most bands don't, they just assume their fans will stick around and buy their cds. I think this is why Moxy fans are so wacky (in a good way, I'm one too remember) Of course the fans are going to love a band so much when we know that they appreciate us too. > getting looked down on for liking früvous is no fun > either. most adults i come > in contact with havent heard them, but when they do, > if they do, they look down > on my choice in music because moxy swears several > times, particularly in Live > Noise. sometimes i get lectured on "the good music, > back in the day". they dont > get that i do like a lot of "the good music" (hey, i > like everything from don > mcclane, jim croce, the beatles, and some billy > joel, to goo goo dolls, > squirrel nut zippers, tori amos, aerosmith, > rasputina, and they might be > giants). i dont listen to früvous because they swear > (heaven forbid!!) or > because theyre a guy band and i must think theyre > hot. i listen to them because > theyre real, and they make music, (not like a lot of > rap that i dont consider > quite music. not all of it, but some) good music. > thanks to adult listeners of > früvous who dont freak out and say things like maybe > you shouldnt be listening > to these people to me because im a teenager. Yeah, stereotypes suck, unfortunately there's not much you can do about them. Just go on being yourself, you know who you really are, who cares what some ignorant onlookers think? Don't worry there really are lots of people out there that don't let stereotypes cloud their minds, and I think a lot fruvous fans can be included here. I must admitt I think it's kind of silly when girls (no matter what age) fix their hair and even put on perfume (no joke, I saw someone do it at the seaport) to prep themselves for meeting the guys. Do they really think the guys will be drawn to them for that or something? But.....I don't look down on any fruvous fans for their age (heh, I make it sound like I'm real old or something, I'm only 19). Somethings about being young just suck. Some adults can't recognize that your views, relationships, and feelings are just as valid as theirs. Don't worry about them, ya can't sweat the small stuff, ya know? --MeL === ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh, you might as well laugh at it now." --Marie Osmond MeLaNiE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: 17 Aug 1999 16:30:11 GMT From: llesi@aol.com (Llesi) Subject: Re: Ocean City Setlist >> Gotta run to hear the guys on WXPN!! >> >> Jessica B. >> >Speaking of that. How many of you guys got to hear >that? As it turned out, I didn't!! After the first 5 or 10 minutes I got called into a meeting...such is the life of a working person...! :-( Oh well, at least I get to see the World Cafe show tonight. :-) Jessica B. ------------------------------ Date: 15 Aug 1999 06:54:08 GMT From: aprestin@ccs.neu.garbage.edu Subject: Re: southstreet revew (long) ShadoeMe wrote: : mocksie noticed something satin and red sitting in the base drum, she asked : jian "is that underwear" to which he replied "but of course" ...sigh...too bad : it never came out during the set....... I'm sure others will mention it, but I've seen those in the bass drumm for months now. Donno exactly when they got put there though. - - A.P. - -- ------------------------------ Date: 17 Aug 1999 16:19:08 GMT From: reganbel@aol.com (Reganbel) Subject: jian is a good guy i recently went to the northhampton folk fest with my best friend and three year old son, who with my tutorage is a huge fruvous (specifically jian) fan. we waited around after the show, way past my son's bed time, and jian came down said hello, crouched down to my son's level and promised he would play bunch of authors at the next show per my son's request. that was three days ago and josh is still talking about it. so if you are reading this jian, thank you, you made my son and me very happy. oh yeah, excellent show definitely worth ditching work, driving six hours, sitting in the rain, and driving six hours home the same night... how many things can you say that about? regan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 11:22:23 -0500 From: Josh Drury Subject: Re: C Album SUGGESTIONS (was Re: C Album Predictions . . .) "Cara (Laika) Kozack" wrote: > Ummm.. I think that it mentions the recording of the C album in the credits > on Thornhill. "Watch for the upcoming C album of Fruvous Odd Songs and Arcana", reads the bottom of the inside liner notes of the album. According to the website, at least. I've never actually seen the album in real life, and I'm staring to think that it may be an elaborate internet conspiracy to make me beleive they actually did put out another album. I guess I'll find out in a week... Josh Drury Winnipeg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 12:38:44 -0400 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: C Album SUGGESTIONS (was Re: C Album Predictions . . .) Cara (Laika) Kozack wrote in message ... >Ummm.. I think that it mentions the recording of the C album in the credits >on Thornhill. *nod* It does. The band is, however, known to make jokes. It doesn't happen too often, and it's normally pretty discreet, but they *are* occassionally funny. I know we're supposed to take everything the band says as absolutely factual and serious, but I think they might be just joking. I'm not sure, but maybe :). ~~Kate - -- Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@fruhead.com *********************************** "It's a long long road It's a big big world We are wise wise women We are giggling girls . . . " - --Ani DiFranco *********************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:51:26 GMT From: ~jen <~jen@fruhead.com> Subject: Re: geez > Speaking of which, was he > the only one that came out? I couldn't stick around > too late, did the rest of the guys come out later, or > did they just let Jian get mobbed by himself? Well, apparently the other three left via a different exit. Mike and Murray stuck around for just a few minutes, did a little signing, and left. Dave was there a little longer, but pleaded with those waiting around him that he had to be up by 7am, and the other guys were waiting for him in the cab, but "next time" he'd stick around longer ;-) ~jen - -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Nobody likes you when you're 23." --Blink 182 "Do you know that you are very strong?"-- Grover "Measure your life in love."-- Rent Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 17:14:46 GMT From: Snarky Spice Subject: Re: Metro help for in-stores? In article <37b98096.5080096@news.delanet.com>, jessa@delanet.com (Jess) wrote: > I've recently convinced my husband that we should attend at least one > of the in-stores. (I'm voting for both, but we'll see. *grin*) Anyway, > we were planning to drive to one of the metro stations and use that to > get to the various locations, if that's possible. Unfortunately, we've > almost never used the metro, and don't know all that much about the > geography of DC. Can anybody who knows more about DC than us lend a > hand here? Can we use the metro for this? And if so, please, help with OK, the first DC instore is at the Borders at 18th and L, the closest Metro is Farragut West, on the blue and orange lines. That starts at 12:30, and the trains run roughly every 12 minutes off rush hour. You can get an exact schedule by calling the Metro help line. I don't remember what it is, but you can prolly find the number on Metro's web site at http://www.wmata.com The second performance is at the Pentagon City Borders, at the Pentagon City stop on the blue or yellow lines. That train is going to be unbelievably crowded since the performance starts at 5:30. When you get off the train, you'll go through the gates and take the escalator to the right. Borders is right at the top. I could be of more help if I knew where you were coming from, but I applaud your decision not to bring your car into DC. Anybody else who's coming from outlying area, please take Metro. It's just a good idea. - --Amanda Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't. ------------------------------ Date: 17 Aug 1999 17:34:22 GMT From: visitus@now.net Subject: - New site! http://xdocs.8m.com - Visit us now! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 12:35:40 -0500 From: Buonaparte Subject: Thornhill So was anyone pleasantly surprised by Earthquakes? 'Twas the first time I'd heard it. I quite liked it. Perchance 'tis my favorite on the album, though I enjoyed the entire run thoroughly. Good show! Good show! - --The King of Rome ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 17:40:49 GMT From: gingee@my-deja.com Subject: Re: the Point In article <7pbmtk$2a0$1@netnews.upenn.edu>, llion@dolphin.upenn.edu (Lindsay R Lion) wrote: > Does anyonw know how to get there??? > > -- > Lindsay Lindsay - One of the guys I work with who lives near Bryn Mawr gave me these directions, so they should be good. From Philadelphia, depending on traffic, it might take about 40 minutes. 76 West Exit onto 320 South (right after the blue route/476 exits) Make a left onto East Lancaster Avenue/Route 30. The Point will be a couple miles after you turn onto Lancaster Avenue (Landmark: you'll pass Villanova on the left). Just in case: The Point 610-527-0988 880 W. Lancaster Avenue Bryn Mawr, PA The Guys were wonderful in Ocean City last night and hilarious and sounding great this a.m. on 'XPN - so I'm thinking this might be the most special Fruvous date we'll ever see! See ya there! Pat (nom de screen -gingee) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 13:23:37 -0400 From: "KatieWow" Subject: The Frvous Radio Hour WARNING: *Really* long This morning Früvous joined Michaela Majoun in the WXPN studio for an hour (okay, it turned out to be more like an hour and a quarter, but whatever :). I write this as I relisten to the thing on tape (I'd be happy to offer a trade, but it's really bad. I mean, really bad. Like taped from my little stereo thing that I got in sixth grade). This is kind of stream-of-radio, but I'm trying :). I turn XPN on around 8AM, and Michaela is giving teasers about the interview every few minutes, talking about how they were coming to the studio after having played a show at "The Ballroom in Ocean City, Maryland." :). Ah well - she's still the best :). She eventually announces their arrival in the studio and plays "I Need a Miracle" by the Dead and something by the Beatles (forgive me for not remembering which :). She opens the interview by playing the studio version of "Splatter, Splatter," then introduces the guys and right off the bat mentions that it must be humiliating to have the album come out in America before it comes out in Canada. Jian announced that it is a depressing day in that Lamar Alexander (his second choice after Malcom Forbes) has dropped out of the Republican race. He also clues us in to the fact that Canadians are allowed to vote in primaries and that while he didn't personally take the straw poll, he certainly took it personally. "Noted Republicans and Canadians Moxy Früvous join us today . . ." --Michaela Michaela thanks them for eschewing sleep to be on the radio to which Murray responds "You assume we're not sleeping now." Discussion of how much fun the OC show was, how great Trout Fishing in America is and how glad they were that Ezra and Keith actually knew the words and the bass fills to "Brown Eyed Girl." I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but "Brown Eyed Girl" featured Ezra on Murray's Fender, Murray on guitar and Mike on tambourine :). Talk of the members-only show at the Point, the folk fest, and the Keswick. Website talk! Evidently, Michaela found out about the interview from the website, Murray finds out about the tour schedule from the fans, and Jian finds out about the tour dates from Michaela's reading of the website. This was followed by lots of technology jokes ("the screens have color now!" "Is that DOS?") Michaela inquires about Thornhill (the place) in rehearsal for the interview tonight. Jian makes the erroneous statement that none of them were born in Thornhill - they only spent their teens there. Turns out that Dave and Murray were born *and* raised there ("the flower of Thornhill"). Jian was born in London, England. (For the record, though it wasn't mentioned, Mike was born in Michigan, making him the only band member who could potentially be President :). They discuss Thornlea, their high school, and hanging out together in the theater department there (this wasn't where Früvous was formed, but where the "germs of Früvous congealed"). Michaela makes the erroneous statment that they hadn't met in Thornhill, and they admonish her for not researching on the website enough. Alas, Thornhill in its current state is very different from what the band remembers (none of them live there anymore and it's expanded significantly). For the real Thornhill-as-the-band-remembers-it experience, don't go there - just buy the album. Or borrow it. Or steal it. That last one is hard now 'cause of the metal chips they put in. Michaela describes the album as "not out in Canada yet, but out here in the United States." "Have you been selling it that way all week?" asked Jian. Michaela mentions that it's not right that their t-shirts cost mroe than their CDs, and Jian says that they learned it from Dave Matthews :). Then they launch into a fantastic acoustic (shaker and guitar) version of "Half as Much" with nifty hand claps in lieu of drums. For so damn early in the morning, they sound awesome. *Side note: They were on time. In OC the night before, Jian had asked my friend Carlos and I when we thought they should leave to get to Penn by 8:45. I guess our answer of "7:00 at the latest" worked :). Michaela again pushes the fact that they're doing this on no sleep. She terms "Splatter, Splatter" this year's "Michigan Mitilia" and asks what inspired it. Apparently, "Michigan Militia"'s success inspired it - recapturing old glory, so to speak. "Actually, we're hoping it's this year's 'King of Spain.'" Mike clears it up by saying that his fifteen-year-old step-daughter's horror movie habit inspired it, and that he and his wife can't stomach the graphic violence, though the production quality is excellent. Jian says that it was actually his fifteen-year-old girlfriend who brings him to the movies. "And you and her mother are horrified," says Dave. Some chatter about how they were in the country just after the Dalai Lama ("Have you noticed that Dave and the Dalai Lama are never seen in the same place?") Michaela baits Jian's politics habit. He launches into a slightly-bumbling discussion of Hillary bashing. At one point he says "Where can you find a better . . . wife figure. No." Evidently, he really admires her; according to him, she has the best politics in the country. They sing a few impromptu bars of a song called "Lay Off Hillary" with Michaela adding background vocals (BTW, Jian - her name is Kate Pierson :). o/~ Lay off Hillary . . . she's no Liddy . . . o/~ What is it with these guys and hand-claps lately :). They do the first of a series of talk-radio take-offs by pretending to take a phone call from George from Trenton who is disgusted that these damn Canadians are talking about politics, that Jian is running off at the mouth, that he hates Hillary and Lamar Alexander, and that he wants them to bring back Beth Orton - she was very entertaining. "Let's get back to the album," says Michaela. "Oh, you're no fun anymore. All business now," says Jian. Rick from Upper Merion Township called next from his CB unit. He wanted to talk about the album and how it was produced by Don Dixon. This started a barrage of compliments on Don Dixon. Look what you people have done :): Jian discusses how some of the "really big" fans of the band don't want to say that "Thornhill" is a great album. He compares it to his love for David Bowie, and how it would be tough for Bowie to make a new album that could replace "Low" or "Lodger" as his favorite. He commented that a lot of people think it was Don Dixon that "wrecked" the band ("What happened to that 'I Love My Boss' song?!"), and that it wasn't valid. Murray says that the members of the band are each fairly strong-willed and that Don Dixon was the first producer that the band didn't "steamroller" :). Jian comments that they had a great deal of trust in Don, and that, if anything, Dixon really brought out what the band likes about the band, and it was easy to give deference. I kind of infer from Jian's comments that Dixon cut down a bit on their legendary anal retentiveness and proved to them that the real spirit of Früvous gets kind of killed by too much tinkering. As an illustration, Jian also revealed that the vocal on "Sad Girl" was only the second take, and that he thought it was crap but that Don wanted to keep it - and Don was right :). With other producers, they would have insisted on recutting the vocals, but with Don, they put faith in his opinion. "As a band, we're the best we've ever been." --Jian Michaela responds that their hair is the best it's ever been, too :). Michaela then plays the studio version of "Sad Girl," and refers to it as a "second-take wonder." They talk about the Point show, and how though many people were disappointed, it's a special event. Dave says that they'll be playing songs from Harry Nilsson's "The Point." Jian says that the small venue is just one part of the band's new exclusionary policy, and that sometimes the best way to endear people to you is to act like you hate them, which is the direction they're going. It's tough love :). Then Rick came back on his CB and bitched about the traffic in Philly. "Where are you stuck, Rick?" "Battlestar Galactica - what the hell do you care?!" Dave talks about the studio in which the album was recorded (the Tragically Hip's Bathhouse), and, while describing a party scene, makes reference to Freshie, Canada's version of Kool-Aid. Mike likens the recording process to playing with the cool stuff that belongs to the brother of your best friend (or "friend that you use"). Jian knocks MP3s by saying that that was before you "e-mailed your copy of the 'White Album' to your friend." Michaela mentions that people might fall under the impression that the guys were cynical. "Oh, we're full of hope," said Murray. "I wouldn't say we're cynical. Bitter, maybe." They discuss the old stone house in which the studio is located and that they took turns cooking. Jack Ross (their manager) wanted to hire a chef to make them more ostentatious than they want to be, and they refused. I always get a kick out of Jian's "Jack-Ross-as-crusty-Southern-gentleman" voice :). Dave and Murray then played a chorus of "Pork Tenderloin." Dave then gave his own recipe for pork tenderloin. Michaela gets a little garbled with tense shifts and Mike teases the Mass of Creation by Marty Haugen (musical interludes in the Eucharistic Prayer from the Catholic mass): "Christ *has* died, Christ *is* risen, Christ *will* come again . . ." "Are you comparing yourselves to Christ?" she asks. Michaela then implores them to play another song. A strange coincidence in light of the recent earthquake in western Turkey, they play "Earhquakes" with banjo :). "There's no place I'd rather be than in a room with Moxy Früvous." --Michaela Michaela discerns the meaning of "Earthquakes": even with all the amazing things in the universe (the moon, the sun, earthquakes), we still get hung up on stupid things like appearances and sex. Talk of the Fleadh - the mud, playing soccer with Hootie ("some may consider them a crap band, but boy can they play soccer"), unlimited Guinness, and eating one table over from Elvis Costello. Murray and Mike were sitting in the tent, eating and talking. Elvis walked in and they continued the conversation, but ceased to listen to anything the other was saying, taken with staring over at him. Murray liked San Francisco best, but Mike liked Boston - his wife was there :). Jian talks about getting bitched-out by Elvis after he bodily bumped into him and does a voice that sounds a lot like Billy Bragg's. In reality, Jian *had* bumped into him and gotten completely tongue-tied. Had it been Beth Orton, he says, he would have given her attitude. He then made a comment about Dave Matthews and had to retract it by saying that he really did like Dave Matthews - in fact, he knows a journalist in Toronto who had been come onto by Dave many times. At that point, there were only a few minutes left, and Jian whined a bit about how they hadn't really gotten a chance to talk ("No, *she* hasn't gotten a chance to talk," said Murray). Michaela talked about the first time she met Joni Mitchell. Then they play "I Will Hold On." Jian screws up the lyrics :). Michaela terms "When She Talks" Beach-Boys-esque. Jian discusses how wonderful the fan base is, considering that their press coverage in America is virtually nil, to which Michaela replies that they're going to be on Conan. Jian hopes they'll suck so the whole thing won't snowball and they can just end their career. They discuss other artists who intro their songs the same way all the time. Jian slips and says "a**hole." Michaela says not to worry - they're so overtime, they're not on the air anymore. She talks about the impending tourist rush on Thornhill (the place). The band members don't live there anymore, which is good, seeing as how they each owe several hundred dollars in fines at the library there. Michaela mentions that they're not a "ferrago" which is the word of the day. They do an improv based on "word of the day" which consists mostly of clapping. Then she gets them started on sports. Jian says that they were really big fans of the Blue Jays while they were doing well. Now that they've lost five in a row, though, the band is off the bandwagon. On to the Raptors :). Jian says that the Leafs beating the Flyers in the playoffs was the best thing that happened all year. Jian lets it slip that his favorite hockey team *ever* was the Broad Street Bullies - the 1970s Flyers. He just hates the current Flyers. Mike sings "When in Rome." Jian mentions that XPN probably hates them now. And then it was done :). Sorry that was so long. Cool interview :). ~~Kate - -- Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@fruhead.com *********************************** "It's a long long road It's a big big world We are wise wise women We are giggling girls . . . " - --Ani DiFranco *********************************** ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #709 ********************************************