From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #873 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, October 5 1999 Volume 03 : Number 873 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: "fruvous song" spotting [mredk3@aol.com (MREDK3)] Re: Obsession Sign [mredk3@aol.com (MREDK3)] Re: OT: And yet so close to being on that is practically is... a cute story [mredk3@aol.com (MR] australians?? ["Crystal Cooper" ] Re: australians?? [Wakko Ellington Warner-Warner III ] Re: Sidetrack Cafe shows [Queen Lisa ] re: fruvous anagrams (slightly OT) [srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fru] A Fruhead in my neighborhood! [serra44@aol.com (Jill Friedman)] Entry in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music [leaben@aol.comBender (Leah Bender] Re: Sidetrack Cafe shows [Queen Lisa ] Re: Sidetrack Cafe shows [Queen Lisa ] Re: Tune-a-Fish (err, "Tuna Fish", get it?) [fruwench@aol.com (FruWench)] Jian's webpage ["Tim Deegan" ] Re: Entry in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music [NovFraggle@aol.com] Re: Obsession Sign [Donna Hunt ] Re: Jian's webpage [skystar117@aol.comet (Deb )] Re: Guster RIT show ["Angela Anuszewski" ] Re: fruvous anagrams (slightly OT) ["Angela Anuszewski" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 04 Oct 1999 08:33:18 GMT From: mredk3@aol.com (MREDK3) Subject: Re: "fruvous song" spotting i always hear "moogy froogoo" from an oldies- listening friend of mine... ------------------------------ Date: 04 Oct 1999 08:43:45 GMT From: mredk3@aol.com (MREDK3) Subject: Re: Obsession Sign Hmmmnnn.... there was always a rumor of a secret sect that had mastered circular breathing in my school's music department.... ------------------------------ Date: 04 Oct 1999 08:54:45 GMT From: mredk3@aol.com (MREDK3) Subject: Re: OT: And yet so close to being on that is practically is... a cute story no lie- when i was in high school- many years ago, some headbanger guy made up a t-shirt that said "i love satin". yes, he really was THAT stupid. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 18:39:49 +1000 From: "Crystal Cooper" Subject: australians?? are there any other australians who read this newsgroup? i'm strongly inclined to think i'm about the only fruvous fan down here in australia. i've certainly never met another fan. i went and read the list at fruhead.com, and i was the only person located in australia. bleh. i'm jealous of all you people over there in fru-land. anyway, i was just interested in finding out if there was any aussies here, especially in the brisbane area. crystal ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 15:44:38 GMT From: Wakko Ellington Warner-Warner III Subject: Re: australians?? Crystal Cooper wrote: : are there any other australians who read this newsgroup? i'm strongly : inclined to think i'm about the only fruvous fan down here in australia. : i've certainly never met another fan. i went and read the list at : fruhead.com, and i was the only person located in australia. bleh. i'm : jealous of all you people over there in fru-land. anyway, i was just : interested in finding out if there was any aussies here, especially in the : brisbane area. Well, maybe not a fan, but I did drag my friend, who's from Melbourne, to the 1/2/99 Bottom Line show. They actually did some Australia references at that show, too (Midnight Oil in particular), which was kinda a nice touch. He seemed to enjoy it. - - A.P. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 17:54:04 GMT From: Taryn Chase Subject: re: fruvous anagrams (slightly OT) I discovered these for our pal, Tory Cassis: ~ It's So Scary ~ Soy Racists (?) Signed, Taryn (guess from the anagram if you care) Chase ~Any Sly Enchanter ps LOL ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 17:59:48 GMT From: Queen Lisa Subject: Re: Sidetrack Cafe shows In article <19991004030021.18795.rocketmail@web126.yahoomail.com>, CheesemonkeyGem wrote: > > > Did any of you Albertian ng people check out the shows > at the Sidetrack Cafe in Edmonton on friday, saturday, > and the instore show today Hey, I did! I went to all three. The first night the crowd was sort of quiet but I stood Stage Dave up front all night and had a great time. I had a nice long chat great guys! The second night was a lot more festive (as far as the audience went). Both shows were stellar as usual. They even played my table's request for Organ Grinder on Saturday. They did a great improvised song about the Edmonton media's "Extensive Gretzky Coverage" that was hilarious, especially for those of us sick of the Gretzky fever gripping our fair city. The in-store at West Ed was fun too. They used a cardboard cut-out of Cameron Diaz as a stage prop. All in all, a great weekend. I'm sad it's over. *sigh* Lisa Moore Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ------------------------------ Date: 04 Oct 1999 20:13:13 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com) Subject: re: fruvous anagrams (slightly OT) Taryn announced she's: >~Any Sly Enchanter Well, my list really frightened me. (I got a lot of matches -- that'll teach me to put in all 5 names :P) In fact, if we all want to play another game, we could use the anagrams of our names to define Fru-songs. For example, I'm: "Amen! Trashier intolerant mania" -- Michigan Militia? - -- Lori ************** I am a smarter international hen. ------------------------------ Date: 04 Oct 1999 20:35:18 GMT From: serra44@aol.com (Jill Friedman) Subject: A Fruhead in my neighborhood! It is just me or do I post a message like this every day? I think I'm some sort of Moxy Fruvous cosmic magnet...anyway, here's my story: This morning I left my house, and as I was walking across the street to my bus (convienient, I know), I saw two women jogging north on York Ave toward me. One of them was wearing a black shirt with what looked like a red and white rectangle on the center of the chest. It looked a little too familiar. They jogged closer, and I saw there was writing beneath the rectangle. A little closer, and I saw the writing was the "I *heart* Canadian Boys" line. (I have this shirt, I'd know it a mile away). I said to her, "Excuse me, I *LOVE* Moxy Fruvous!" "Aren't they great?!?" she said, and jogged on with her friend. And that was how I started my day. It was great! Now, I must ask...was this any of you...? - -J writing a song called the Ballad of Jill V. Fruhead Member of the Jian and Murray fan clubs Owner of all the MF albums and all of Ani DiFranco's "She's too short to play me."-Joey Potter Too short to play herself in a movie ------------------------------ Date: 04 Oct 1999 20:39:04 GMT From: leaben@aol.comBender (Leah Bender) Subject: Entry in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music Today, like pretty much every other day, I was stamping books in the library. One of the books about to go under my stamp was the index of The Encyclopedia of Pop Music, so I opened it and started looking around, just for kicks. I assume you know where this story is leading at this point... and yes, I did find an entry for Moxy Früvous in there. I think it's a little off... and old at that... but here it is... Moxy Früvous A cappella Toronto, Canada band Moxy Früvous initially made their name opening for the likes of Bob Dylan and Bryan Adams. The members had, allegedly, previously met on a school trip to a pig-calling contest. They did not win, but instead shared the prize for 'Most Promising Pig Caller'. Hence Mike Ford (guitar/percussion), Murray Foster (bass/guitar), Jean Ghomeshi (drums), and David Matheson (guitar/bass/accordion) formed a band, taken after the pigs' names: Moxy and Fruvous. They subsequently began to write and rehearse together at high school. However, one pair broke off to write three full-length musicals, while the others started a pop/funk combo called Tall New Buildings. The quartet regrouped while attending university in 1990 and began busking on the streets of Toronto. Their eclectic tastes saw them draw on rap, soca, folk and theatrical traditions. The single unifying factor was the band's distinctive four-part vocal harmonies. The irreverent and occasionally incisive lyrics offered an additional attraction, as on the single 'Stuck in the '90s', a grim take on counter-culture and the politics of protest. The band's debut album, Bargainville, was released in 1993, the songs conducted with the type of alternating restraint and fervor which recalled the passionate melodicism of the Proclaimers. ALBUMS: Bargainville (three stars) Well, that's it... This is what I do during lunchtime... - -Bender - ------------------------------ People would follow her anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 22:35:21 GMT From: Queen Lisa Subject: Re: Sidetrack Cafe shows In article <7tapub$c1p$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Queen Lisa wrote: > In article <19991004030021.18795.rocketmail@web126.yahoomail.com>, > CheesemonkeyGem wrote: > > > > > > Did any of you Albertian ng people check out the shows > > at the Sidetrack Cafe in Edmonton on friday, saturday, > > and the instore show today > > Hey, I did! I went to all three. The first night the crowd was sort of > quiet but I stood Stage Dave up front all night and had a great time. I > had a nice long chat great guys! Oops! I meant to say "I had a nice long chat with Tobey and Jian until 2am. They are such great guys" Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 22:35:32 GMT From: Queen Lisa Subject: Re: Sidetrack Cafe shows In article <7tapub$c1p$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Queen Lisa wrote: > In article <19991004030021.18795.rocketmail@web126.yahoomail.com>, > CheesemonkeyGem wrote: > > > > > > Did any of you Albertian ng people check out the shows > > at the Sidetrack Cafe in Edmonton on friday, saturday, > > and the instore show today > > Hey, I did! I went to all three. The first night the crowd was sort of > quiet but I stood Stage Dave up front all night and had a great time. I > had a nice long chat great guys! Oops! I meant to say "I had a nice long chat with Tobey and Jian until 2am. They are such great guys" LMoore Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ------------------------------ Date: 04 Oct 1999 23:07:11 GMT From: fruwench@aol.com (FruWench) Subject: Re: Tune-a-Fish (err, "Tuna Fish", get it?) >I'm sure Cal would let you tune a bass. Just go to the fish shop first and >buy your own. Also, I hear Toby can teach you to tune trout... >--Novac NO no. Ezra and Keith are the trout tuner teachers. ladywench "Music not danced to is music wasted." - Eileen Ivers, PFF 38 FruSpace - We came, we saw, we slept on the floor . . . ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 20:10:25 -0400 From: "Tim Deegan" Subject: Jian's webpage hiya! i found a mini-webpage devoted completely to Jian. it's pretty old, thought, his name is spelled "Jean" on it. but uh, i came across this one day when i came home and there was a nifty little print-out on my bed. LoL my mommy had found it, she was bored and decided to search for Moxy Früvous. so here's the link to it. http://www.mit.edu:8001/mj/moxy/jean.html well uh, enjoy! :) Maggie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 01:07:52 GMT From: NovFraggle@aol.com Subject: Re: Entry in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music In a message dated 10/4/1999 5:07:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, leaben@aol.comBender writes: << formed a band, taken after the pigs' names: Moxy and Fruvous. >> Is this true? I've never heard this take on their name. -nov ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 20:56:06 -0400 From: Donna Hunt Subject: Re: Obsession Sign MREDK3 wrote: > Hmmmnnn.... > there was always a rumor of a secret sect that had mastered circular breathing > in my school's music department.... Don't worry, man, they're only the double-reed players. :) ciao, donna --freelance bassoonist extraordinaire ------------------------------ Date: 05 Oct 1999 01:00:28 GMT From: skystar117@aol.comet (Deb ) Subject: Re: Jian's webpage maggie found a swell mini-webpage devoted completely to Jian..... http://www.mit.edu:8001/mj/moxy/jean.htm actually mags, it's part of this super funny long story by these 2 guys named ..something I can't remember, but it's located at the MIT radio site...mike and jim, or something like that....anyway, the story is about a really rad frutrip @ MIT a couple of years ago...check it out:)!! - -debs "..Some say the ducks went to Canada...others, to Toronto." -Bart "Frufagnugen!" -Dan "For hope and inspiration, live a life Fruvous." -Rosemary @}--}--}---- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 21:26:38 -0400 From: "Angela Anuszewski" Subject: Re: Guster RIT show Um, dunno about it, but if it isn't something that need pre-purchase of tickets, I'd go. I'm dying for some nightlife. I'm new to fru though, you'd need to forgive me. Angela CheesemonkeyGem wrote in message news:19991004022434.20432.rocketmail@web114.yahoomail.com... > > I was just wondering who is all going to the Guster > show at RIT in Roch on friday Oct. 8? (email me and > let me know!) i may be going; my friend may be able to > take us, if she gets directions... even tho I have > been there before (fruvous! yay!), I can offer no help > in that capacity. I was wondering if someone could do > me a huge favour and email me explicit directions from > St Catharines to RIT. Thanks so much in advance! > > -jen the cheesemonkey, crossing her fingers hoping to > get to this show! > > > ===== > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > A cop stopped me for speeding. He said, "Why were you going so fast?" I said, "See this thing my foot is on? It's called an accelerator. When you push down on it, it sends more gas to the engine. The whole car just takes right off. And see this thing? This steers it." > > -- Steven Wright > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 21:22:48 -0400 From: "Angela Anuszewski" Subject: Re: fruvous anagrams (slightly OT) My name is anagram of "glue awakens nazis". Thought you'd like to know. Angela Lori at fruhead dot com wrote in message news:19991004161313.12990.00000102@ng-cf1.aol.com... > Taryn announced she's: > > >~Any Sly Enchanter > > Well, my list really frightened me. (I got a lot of matches -- that'll teach > me to put in all 5 names :P) > > In fact, if we all want to play another game, we could use the anagrams of our > names to define Fru-songs. For example, I'm: > > "Amen! Trashier intolerant mania" -- Michigan Militia? > > -- Lori > ************** > I am a smarter international hen. ------------------------------ Date: 05 Oct 1999 02:24:59 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com) Subject: Re: Guster RIT show Angela says: > I'm new to fru though, you'd >need to forgive me. Well, we were all new once. ;) I don't think you need forgiveness for that. Especially if you'll put up with us, andsubject your name to anagram games, and otherwise show scintillating good taste. So welcome Angela! If you haven't found http://www.fruvous.com yet, you're missing out on a fabulous sensory treat! Check out the FAQ while you're there, too. - -- Lori **************** I am a northern, mean alienist rat. ------------------------------ Date: 05 Oct 1999 02:12:28 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com) Subject: Re: Jian's webpage debs the ever-helpful stopped watching Schindler's List long enough to say: >actually mags, it's part of this super funny long story by these 2 guys named >..something I can't remember, but it's located at the MIT radio site...mike >and >jim, or something like that....anyway, the story is about a really rad >frutrip >@ MIT a couple of years ago...check it out:)!! >-debs Actually, debs, the site is called Matthew and Jake Go To Moxy Fruvous, andis full of riotous reviews and random amusement. Now go watch your homework, kiddo! :) - -- Evilori the Frumommy. ------------------------------ Date: 05 Oct 1999 02:18:55 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com) Subject: Re: australians?? Crystal asked: >are there any other australians who read this newsgroup? i'm strongly >inclined to think i'm about the only fruvous fan down here in australia. >i've certainly never met another fan. i went and read the list at >fruhead.com, and i was the only person located in australia. I don't know if they're still reading the newsgroup, but there *were* two Australians who were posting earlier this year. We haven't heard from them in several months however. We're glad to have you aboard though, Crystal! How did you ever hear about the greatest unknown band in the galaxy, anyway? Oh yeah. Check out http://www.fruvous.com. And check out the FAQ linked off fruvous.com. Yadda yadda yadda. Welcome! :) - -- Lori ************** I am the manliest inane narrator. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 22:02:37 -0400 From: lawrence solomon Subject: Re: Entry in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music NovFraggle@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/4/1999 5:07:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > leaben@aol.comBender writes: > > << formed a band, taken after the pigs' > names: Moxy and Fruvous. >> > Is this true? I've never heard this take on their name. -nov This is actually the first explanation I've heard more than once, but I'm still pretty sure they just made it up and that just happens to be the story they told to whoever called and said "We're writing a blurb about you for a book... where'd you get your name?" Hat it been a different day, perhaps the book would say the name is derived from a Toronto recycling proponent from many years ago... :) - -- lawrence solomon * http://www.fruhead.com/users/zaph * zaph@fruhead.com "You knew it was true, when I held you, there were no secrets. I believed it." -Moxy Früvous, _I Will Hold On_ ------------------------------ Date: 05 Oct 1999 02:53:32 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com) Subject: Re: [SLCR] Fruvous in Regina, Sept 27/99 James wrote: James, I love your reviews! :) To address and/or clear up a few stuffs: > Tory Cassis was great in Saskatoon, and he was >great in Regina as well. Just one guy with a guitar, but he's a very >talented musician, and he is blessed with a great singing voice. Some >excellent songs - take it from me, this guy's gonna be famous. Yup. If there's any justice. >Does it count as digressing if I kinda stay on topic? Tory is *always* on topic at amm-f. ;) >Of course, the Fruvous Crew (Fruvoids? Fruvi?) took the stage "The Guys". :) >Most of these should be pretty evident, though >if anyone has any guesses to MPG, I'd love to hear them. No guessin' necessary. My Poor Generation. The Best Song On Thornhill. >like when I sang "he giggled in French/that's what he did/like a cat >at Christmas" for like three years before figuring out that cats don't >giggle. you too? LOL! >Jian, who actually recognized me, and like knew >my name and stuff! Very cool. He signed my beautiful stolen setlist. Setlists are never stolen; they're free for the taking. (Well, they're stolen if you prise it from the hands of another Fruhead holding it, but not if you grab it off the stage anytime after the last encore.) James, I know you're crossposting this -- but come over to amm-f and hang out some more! We're a harmless buncha wackos. Mostly. :) - -- Lori ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 03:28:55 GMT From: Lynne Subject: Re: Entry in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music hmmm.... or maybe it is the true story and they decided it was too silly for anyone to believe.. so they keep tryong to make up a better one? hee hee, lynne > << formed a band, taken after the pigs' > names: Moxy and Fruvous. >> > Is this true? I've never heard this take on their name. -nov >This is actually the first explanation I've heard more than once, but I'm >still pretty sure they just made it up and that just happens to be the >story they told to whoever called and said "We're writing a blurb about >you for a book... where'd you get your name?" ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #873 ********************************************