From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #82 Reply-To: ammf@smoe.org Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Saturday, July 11 1998 Volume 01 : Number 082 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: 21+ shows [nnicole1@my-dejanews.com] Harbourfront 9/7 review [nafio@my-dejanews.com] m-pact? (was Re: my Moxy Web page...) [Ofer Inbar ] Re: jeopardy ["MTKeener" ] Re: greetings from Alberta! ["MTKeener" ] Re: The Coolest Place on Earth Today ["MTKeener" ] Help! I've been Moxified! [chris25@nah.babba.nah.org (chris)] branching out in musical tastes... ["kat kunz" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 04:05:59 GMT From: nnicole1@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: 21+ shows Hi 'vryone, me again. Thanks for all your suggestions on my little problem. I called the venue and tried Chad's suggestions #1,2, and 3, at which point I had elicted the following information: 1) The venue appears to be a bar, not a club, 2) You have to be 21 to get in, 3) You have to be 21 to get in, and 4) You have to be 21 to get in. At this point I decided that suggestion #4 was not going to get me anywhere, so I'm going straight to suggestion #5 and facing the very real possibility that I won't be able to attend a show so close to me that it's in my own *area* *code*, for cryin' out... sorry. Getting carried away. So, thanks again, everyone. I'll get over my bitterness eventually. :) The only clear result of the drinking age law in my own personal life is that I'm being prevented from supporting independent musicians... I can get alcohol any time I want. I could care less about the damn stuff; I hate the way it tastes. *grrrr* - --nicole the wonder nerd - -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 03:57:39 GMT From: nafio@my-dejanews.com Subject: Harbourfront 9/7 review I love Harbourfront. I love Fruvous. I love Fruheads. Last night was pretty much destined to be a good show. It ended up being the best Fruvous show I've attended so far. Actually getting to the show was pretty uneventful. Not much to be said about grabbing dinner, jumping on the TTC and arriving at Harbourfront. Once at Molson's Place I gathered my courage and headed down front, where I found Rosemary, Hugo and Doug and was introduced to Ingrid, Catherine, and Andrea. We chatted for a bit, I got to hear the story of how Andrea had wound up in Toronto. (Andrea only recently finished a 20-hour bus ride back home. Hopefully she'll eventually find the energy to write a review later) Oh Susannah was okay. Nice voice, good songs, but I was tired and as somebody (Hugo?) put it, it was "Music to fall asleep by". Nothing very energetic. ChrissyK, Michelle, Kris, Kimberly, Mike (who apparently lives about 7 blocks north of me! Fruhead in the neighbourhood!! Hi Mike) and others whose names I forget (sorry!) arrived during the set. Largest Fruhead gathering I've seen other than the Frucon. I was amazed and extremely impressed. REALLY looking forward to the Frumiles weekend now. Eventually, (and practically on time too *gasp*) the "hero music" started up, Jian and Murray came onstage, Jian sat down with the dumbek (sp?) and they began what turned into a very extended Sahara. I was blown away. (I hadn't read a review in quite awhile, so I didn't know what new stuff to expect) I think it was Mike who had the videocamera (it was one of the males anyway) and I would really love a copy of the show. Even just an audio copy. Dancing started pretty much immediately. This was my first (many firsts this time) time actually up at the front of the stage and I had a blast. The set was pretty much fast and furious. Andrea claimed that they did Johnny Saucep'n even faster than the dobule-time they did We joked that the guys were trying to drum up publicity by having someone faint at the show. Someone else has a setlist, ask them I'm horrible at remembering. I do know that I loved the new songs. I was a bit distracted by an annoying audience member during I Will Hold You, but she eventually went away. A lot of fun was had at the expense of Mel Lastman, the "OmniMayor". It was either a way of getting all the Mel jokes out of their system before they play Mel Lastman Square August 7th or a warmup for that show. If it's the latter.. I almost feel sorry for the mayor. *g* I especially loved one bit where, after mistaking an Argos pennant Hugo was waving for a Thornhill flag, Jian started to talk about how great it would be if all the different communities in Toronto had their own flag and maybe even their own local government.. There were, of course, a few technical difficulties. I was reading a past review where someone mentioned the counseling session-type improv that popped up during KOS. It occurred earlier (I think) last night when Dave interrupted Jian by indicating he needed something-or-other fixed. Truly hilarious. I thought they were going to go into the WLUV intro for a second or two, Murray was kind of using his "Troy" voice. Btw.. does Dave usually use someone's shorts as hair for Marion Fruvous? I hope someone got a picture of that. By the end of it all I was a bit dizzy from lack of oxygen and couldn't have been happier. Hung around afterwards, got my first Frumiles stamp, "helped" Chrissy deliver her presents and other messages for Jian and Murray and played silent girl. This was the 2nd time I hung around after a show and I still haven't actually introduced myself. Despite that I did get a hug from Murray when Andrea and I left for the bus station...really Murray, hugging strange women! It's positively dangerous! *g* Anyway, I know this isn't exactly the best of reviews but I had an awesome time, I desperately want a copy of the show (Mike, I know where you live! I'll hunt you down if I have to), I loved meeting everyone and seeing everyone else again. I've heard that I may have a Fruvirgin friend with me at Mel Lastman, so the Frumiles weekend is going to get extremely interesting! Looking forward to it. Fiona/Nafio "Live life to the fullest. It's too bad we're not cats...we only have one life." --- Nicholas Carter - -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 04:25:49 GMT From: Ofer Inbar Subject: m-pact? (was Re: my Moxy Web page...) > From: mail@m-pact.com (m-pact mailing list) M-Pact? That most awesome of North American a capella acts? Is that you here on ammf? (How can a "mailing list" be posting to a newsgroup? Hmmm...) -- Cos (Ofer Inbar) -- cos@leftbank.com cos@polyamory.org "Oh, it isn't very hard, the cellar's in the attic and the attic's in the yard Oh, try it now and see, the ocean's in the kitchen and the kitchen's on TV." -- Honest Bob & the Factory to Dealer Incentives, "My Dinner With Laurie" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 00:36:31 -0400 From: "MTKeener" Subject: Re: jeopardy Susan, you are correct. According to Rand McNally it's Florida. I looked once, some time ago, but I don't have the details. I do recall it's about 100' lower than Delaware's highest point. eot? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 00:53:13 -0400 From: "MTKeener" Subject: Re: greetings from Alberta! Well put! (what more can I add?) I can only echo that it is the individual's and/or parent's responsibility. With the sheer volume of music available nowadays, who buys anything they haven't heard? Aren't ready for? Would you buy a CD for your child that you hadn't listened to (at least a little bit)? If you aren't listening to what your children are, aren't you becoming an old fogy? (oooh, de negatives!) Just a couple of endnotes: The CDA came far after the push to self-censor music in the form of warning labels; the CDA was specifically aimed at the Internet. OTOH, people like Helms, Gore (Tipper), Hatch and others were behind a series of Senate hearings in the 80s that brought about such stickers. And it wasn't vulgbar acts like Twisted Sister and Def Leppard defending 1st Amendment rights against them, either...it was the truly creative (and, to put it politely, forward) Frank Zappa (and others, I'm sure, but Frank stood out). "Senator, kindly inhale my anal vapors." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 01:01:44 -0400 From: "MTKeener" Subject: Re: The Coolest Place on Earth Today Moxie is a decent local band in Columbus OH as well Matt ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 06:37:54 GMT From: chris25@nah.babba.nah.org (chris) Subject: Help! I've been Moxified! Moxy is on one of our cable channels all night long. I think the program is called "Planet of Sound." At first, I thought Moxy was some hack cable-access band, but now I see they are much more than that. Ohhh! There they are again! You will go to the moon... - -- chris ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 07:01:48 GMT From: "kat kunz" Subject: branching out in musical tastes... greetings, frufriends!! having just come off of an 11-day trip to DC & gearing up for a 7-day trip to new england (neither of which seem to be coinciding with any under-21 fruvous concerts... darnit), i'm in the mood for some new tunes to take along with me. awhile back, there was a thread similar to this asking about bands which frufans seem to enjoy, other than the four lads themselves. so i wrote them down as they flew past the news server, and here's what i've got so far: rheostatics sloan odds tragically hip great big sea nields (specifically, _gotta get over gretta_) da vinci's notebook (specifically, _bendy's law_) jim's big ego plus stuff like tmbg & bnl, of which i'm already highly enamored. point being: before i left for dc, i uncharictaristically purchased the nields's _gretta_ not having heard a single song on it. upon hearing "taxi girl," i was enthralled & amazed. wonderful cd. so, this afternoon, i went back to the same store and picked up the one cd they had by sloan. ugh. i'm listening to it now, and i'm really not impressed. what i'm looking for right now is a bit of a description, i guess, so this sort of mistake can be avoided in the future. after all, i first heard of fruvous on a.m.tmbg, and that was one of the best investments i've ever made. :) bottom line: what cd(s) would you recommend me purchasing by the above groups? what is it about this group that makes fans of fruvous enjoy their music? and are there other groups that should be on this list? thanks in advance, and many thanks for following my meandering train of thought. boy, is it late... ^kat^ "nobody knows but god (and sometimes even he doesn't bother)" ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #82 *******************************************