From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V4 #442 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 Sunday, November 5 2000 Volume 04 : Number 442 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Click Here for $900 worth of free merchandise ... [Ricky@dns1.tohokudensh] Re: what is your favorite Moxy Fruvous song? [Aaron Birenbaum ] Re: OT sorta: Opening acts [Josh Woodward ] Pisco bumper sticker ["Tracey Kast" ] Re: OT sorta: Opening acts ["Shawna Caspi" ] Re: OT sorta: Opening acts [saphiracat83@aol.com-remove- (SaphiraCat83)] Re: OT sorta: Opening acts [navratil@endymion.hyperion (Joe Navratil)] Re: Pisco bumper sticker [navratil@endymion.hyperion (Joe Navratil)] Re: Pisco bumper sticker [Donna Hunt ] AMMF song war? 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They say that the Road to Hell is paved with good intentions... well, at least it will be a smooth ride - --me ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail ------------------------------ Date: 04 Nov 2000 13:37:48 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Re: OT sorta: Opening acts Oh and in response to my own post here (yuck,I know)... I JUST found out that guess who the opener will be for TMBG at the Bowery in two weeks??? MIKE VIOLA.I would die for that one. And I get stuck with OkGo. Life is unfair ... ------------------------------ Date: 04 Nov 2000 13:31:38 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: OT sorta: Opening acts Last night we (husband, daughter and I) went to see They Might Be Giants at the 930 Club (I am willing to bet at least one other person from this NG may have been there) and we saw ... or maybe I should say were subjected to ... what was, IMHO, the all-time worst opening act I have ever seen at any kind of legit venue ... they are called OkGo (pronounced Okay, Go! which we were wishing they would do by the end of the first song). I mean, we are talking massive lack of anything resembling song-writing talent here ... and to make matters worse, they played for 45 minutes!!! Usually, when the opener isn't a real double bill kind of situation, you don't have to listen for THAT long ... By the third song, Dana (she's 10, by the way, very good judge of talent apparently since she loves TMBG, Fruvous and the Jackson 5) turns to us and asks "And they got to open for TMBG HOW?????" So here's me question/poll to the NG ... who are the BEST and WORST openers you have seen for legit headliners (yes, Fruvous counts as headliner but NOT as opener, since you went to see them in all likelihood ... ) I mean, we're not talking double bills here (I have often gone to shows to see the opener when it's been, for example, NRBQ with Elvis Costello, etc.) ... I mean a show where you probably knew nothing about the opening act till you got there. I would say the best I've seen was Kevin So, one of two openers for Fruvous at the Birchmere this past summer. I would absolutely go see him if I saw him listed playing somewhere, He may be one of the few openers I can say that about (the other was, believe it or not, an acapella doo wop band called 14 Karat Soul I saw open for NRBQ at the BottomLine about 20 years ago). Lisa ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 10:30:51 -0500 From: Lori Subject: Re: what is your favorite Moxy Fruvous song? the newly-christened A. (yes, just plain A., he's too good for a second initial now) wrote: > I'ven never really had a favorite, but now that I've come to the > realization that I'm basically just cooler than fruvous I'm not even > going to try. I mean what is the point of having a favorite? They are > just not that good. :p Oh I quite agree. If I were going to pick a favorite song, it would have to be Jewel's "Hands" poetry. Nothing like that awful Independence Day or Earthquakes or My Poor Generation crap from Mopy Fruitjuice or whoever they think they are. And certainly nothing from that depressing concept album "b". Oh, did I mention I hate Wood too? And YWGTTM? And Bargainville? Just wanted to make myself clear on that. - -- Lori Glitter Fairy/Tattooing Fru/Founding Member, Murray's Sect baffled by bullshit ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 10:34:59 -0500 From: Lori Subject: Re: what is your favorite Moxy Fruvous song? /l, who originated the single-initial moniker long before A. shamelessly played copycat, wrote: > yeah, i believe a lot of cal's (or colin's, if you ask lori) moi? > family is in > the business of education in canada. that and music... They're not the same thing? - -- Lori Glitter Fairy/Tattooing Fru/High Priestess, Murray's Sect ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ it's the Supreme Court, stupid! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 10:56:02 -0500 From: lawrence solomon Subject: Re: OT sorta: Opening acts BBWMinors wrote: > > Last night we (husband, daughter and I) went to see They Might Be Giants at > the 930 Club (I am willing to bet at least one other person from this NG may > have been there) and we saw ... or maybe I should say were subjected to ... > what was, IMHO, the all-time worst opening act I have ever seen at any kind > of legit venue ... they are called OkGo (pronounced Okay, Go! which we were > wishing they would do by the end of the first song). (so where were you all standing/sitting that I didn't see you?) yeah, I thought they were pretty bad, too (and I get to see them *again* tonight... fun) but mostly it was just that they were too loud and had way too much bass, which normally I enjoy, but not when it's giving me a headache through my earplugs. I've seen worse, though - anyone who saw TMBG at the 9:30 club in December, 1996, was subjected to Goatboy, which was by far the second worst opening act I've seen for them (the worst being Double Dong, which, as the name kind of implies, had songs about pretty much only one thing) > So here's me question/poll to the NG ... who are the BEST and WORST openers > you have seen for legit headliners (yes, Fruvous counts as headliner but NOT > as opener, since you went to see them in all likelihood ... ) in the "best" category... Russell Wolff or Tory Cassis, opening for Früvous Guster, for Barenaked Ladies[1] (I just wish the audience had been more appreciative) Candy Butchers, for TMBG (I envy the people who saw TMBG '86 open for TMBG '97) The Kennedys, for the Nields and in the "worst" category: those "hillbilly fag bar" guys who opened for Früvous in Columbus. offensive *and* bad. perhaps the only slightly redeeming factor was "Friends don't let friends watch Friends." Double Dong, for TMBG hrm, I guess I really haven't seen that many really bad openers. most are tolerable. I think there are very few that I would be willing to miss (but for some reason feel compelled to show up 2 hours early for anyway :) [1] in fact, I found Guster much more enjoyable than BNL. Guster haven't sold out. - -- lawrence solomon * http://www.fruhead.com/users/zaph * zaph@fruhead.com "And I don't know whether I believe in me, but I still believe in my friends." -The Nields ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 08:16:33 -0800 From: Josh Woodward Subject: Re: OT sorta: Opening acts Best Opener: Peter Mulvey (Somerville, March '98). Runners Up: Great Big Sea, EFO, Martin Sexton, Nields, Kid Kazooie Worst Opener: No question, that horrible guy in Columbus last year. I don't remember his name, nor do I want to. Anyone who was there will agree. :-) Runner Up: Angry Salad (not bad, just didn't fit with Fruvous) - -- Josh Woodward Technical Yahoo - Yahoo! Finance (408) 328-7879 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 12:24:53 EST From: "Tracey Kast" Subject: Pisco bumper sticker Hey All, Sadly, the Pisco sticker that I had on my car went away with the crumpled bumper (I didn't have time to perform a separation surgery). Anyway, my new bumper didn't come with one. (Imagine that!) Do any of you all know whether Pisco stickers are still available. I checked FHDC, but I didn't find any reference to the subject. Thanks, tkast _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 12:43:53 EST From: "Shawna Caspi" Subject: Re: OT sorta: Opening acts Lisa threw out this question... >So here's me question/poll to the NG ... who are the BEST and WORST openers >you >have seen for legit headliners (yes, Fruvous counts as headliner but NOT as >opener, since you went to see them in all likelihood ... ) > >I mean, we're not talking double bills here (I have often gone to shows to >see >the opener when it's been, for example, NRBQ with Elvis Costello, etc.) ... >I >mean a show where you probably knew nothing about the opening act till you >got >there. I'll play :) Best: Tegan and Sara- saw them last year opening for Mae Moore, had no clue who they were, and was thrilled to find out how much they ROCKED! Worst: some guy named Douglas September- opened for the Wyrd Sisters last year...ugh :p He looked like Bob Dylan and sounded like some half-alive, drugged up guy with no reason to be there at all. Runner up: Ben Sures- Oh man...I didn't *know* the show was a "shared stage", I thought he was just the opener. I went to see Martina Sorbara. This guy spent loooong amounts of time boring us to death, and then trying to amuse us with funny stories and induce singalongs. It got to the point that my friend's MOM (who loves Martina) actually started yelling rude comments to him! On that note, the best "headliner" I discovered (after going mainly to see the opener), was Laurel MacDonald...very nice. Cheers, Shawna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ shawna@fumblers.com AIM: Fumblefly fumbler\passenger\fruhead\headliner\canmuser **dancing around the handbasket**wink** - --------------------------------------------------------- "everybody looks more or less like a barbie doll... ...if that's your point of reference..." -a.g. - --------------------------------------------------------- *Are you a Michaela Foster Marsh fan? Join the mailing list! http://the_foothills.listbot.com _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ------------------------------ Date: 04 Nov 2000 18:35:13 GMT From: saphiracat83@aol.com-remove- (SaphiraCat83) Subject: Re: OT sorta: Opening acts Worst: This comedian for Weird Al. I forget his name. He just wasn't that funny. Maybe I didn't get the jokes... nah. Weird Al was awesome though. Best: Trout Fishing In America at the Ocean City show. They were just fabulous. They are the only opening band I've seen that came back out because the audiance wanted an encore. - -Saph *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -- Groucho Marx http://www.geocities.com/saphiracat *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* ------------------------------ Date: 4 Nov 2000 11:00:01 -0800 From: navratil@endymion.hyperion (Joe Navratil) Subject: Re: OT sorta: Opening acts >So here's me question/poll to the NG ... who are the BEST and WORST openers you >have seen for legit headliners (yes, Fruvous counts as headliner but NOT as >opener, since you went to see them in all likelihood ... ) Oy, there's a can of worms... Best: The Paperboys, opening for Fruvous at the Ark in.. er.. '97? '98? Best, non-Fruvous that I already knew about: Peter Mulvey opening for the Nields sisters at the Freight & Salvage about a month ago; and Guster opening for BNL, like Lawrence said. Best, non-Fruvous that I didn't already know about: Christina Abbott, opening for Russell Wolff on their western trek. Worst: The 'Hillbilly Bar' guys from Columbus. Hands down. Worst, non-Fruvous: James Michael, opening for the Beautiful South last week; Chainsaw Kitten, opening for TMBG in '97. I'm sure there's more on that "worst" list, but it's early out here :-) -Joe ------------------------------ Date: 4 Nov 2000 11:30:13 -0800 From: navratil@endymion.hyperion (Joe Navratil) Subject: Re: Pisco bumper sticker Tracey Kast wrote: > >Do any of you all know whether Pisco stickers are still available. I checked >FHDC, but I didn't find any reference to the subject. > Hi Tracey -- The original stash of Pisco stickers (I can't remember if we got 250 or 500, all I remember is that it seemed like a lot at the time) has been gone for some time now, unfortunately. There are still a few people who might have a few lying around, but I'm pretty sure they read the newsgroup and I'll let them 'out' themselves to either you personally or the newsgroup in general if they feel like it :-) I've been considering doing a reorder for a while, but (since I don't want to charge for them, "accept donations", or anything else like that that might be misconstrued as profiting off the band) I'm a bit financially-challenged at the moment :-) I will definitely make an announcement here, on IRC, and on FHDC if I *do* reorder them. -Joe ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 18:43:22 -0500 From: Donna Hunt Subject: Re: Pisco bumper sticker Joe Navratil wrote: > There are still a few people who might have a few lying around, but I'm > pretty sure they read the newsgroup and I'll let them 'out' themselves >to either you personally or the newsgroup in general if they feel like it >:-) *grin* Hi, my name is donna, and I have a stash of pisco bumper stickers. [1] I do have a few hanging around left over from Joe's initial order. So if folks need them, email me and we'll take care of it. But, numbers are limited, so order now! giggles, donna [1] and of course I haven't even *started* wallpapering my walls with them yet! ------------------------------ Date: 4 Nov 2000 23:40:53 GMT From: presam0@wfu.NOSPAM.edu (Adam 'Plastic Cup' Prestin) Subject: AMMF song war? On a.m.ben-folds-five, they recently had a "song war," essentially a single-elimination tourney between songs. Since the group's in a semi-lull right now, i figured i'd waste some time and try to get one going here. I just need to know what i'm leaving out of the song list before i can start matching songs against eachother for the first round: here's a list of very likelies and not-so likelies. If you see anything that needs to be added to or removed from any list, or moved from one list to another, just reply or send me a quick note. thanks probables: Ash Hash Bad Jim The Ballad of Cedric Früvous The Ballad Of Marion Fruvous Bed and Breakfast Beware the Killer Tents Big Fish Billie Jian Medley Bittersweet B.J. Don't Cry Blow, Wind, Blow Boo Time Dancing Queen Darlington Darling Down From Above Downsizing The Drinking Song Early Morning Rain Earthquakes Entropy Fell in Love Fly Follow the Road Get in the Car The Goal Judge Gord's Gold The Greatest Man in America Green Eggs & Ham Grunge of Spain Guinea Pig Gulf War Song Half As Much Hate Letter Heatseeker Boy Horseshoes I Love My Boss I Will Hold On If Only You Knew The Incredible Medicine Show Independence Day It's Too Cold I've Gotta Get a Message to You Jared (The Wild Boy) Jenny Washington Jockey Full of Bourbon Johnny Saucep'n Kick in the Ass The Kids' Song King of Spain King of Spain [Cranky Monarch Version] Laika Lazlo's Career Lazy Boy Lee Love Potion #9 Medley Love Set Fire Michigan Militia Minnie the Moocher Misplaced Mistra Know-It-All The Mitosis Waltz Morphée My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors My Poor Generation No No Raja The Norbals! Nuits de Rêve On Her Doorstep Organ Grinder Pisco Bandito Poor Mary Lane Poor Napoleon Pork Tenderloin Psycho Killer The Present Tense Tureen River Valley The Road Runner Song Sad Girl Sad Today Sahara Signed, Sealed, Delivered Spiderman Splatter Splatter Stuck in the 90's Substitute This Boy Today's the Day that We Fight Back Video Bargainville Video Disco Bargainville When She Talks You Can't Be Too Careful You Will Go to the Moon Your New Boyfriend Anyone feel any of the following should be included? Off the top of my head, I'm not sure if they're covered frequently enough for us to bother. America's National Game Andy The Bill Anthem The Book Tax Song Brown Eyed Girl Canada We Love You Cross Border Shopping Doug Flutie Song Get Down From There The Harbourfront Song Harbourmall Indoor Fireworks La Complainte Du Phoque En Alaska The Mary Ellen Carter The Oatmeal Song Oliver's Army Peace Of Mind Photosynthesis Sleepy Drinker Something Stupid Starman Star Trek Song Talking Falcon Ridge Tent Pole Blues That's any good There Comes a Time Totally Massive Plethora Of Heroes We Think We Love You You've Woken Us Up ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V4 #442 ********************************************