From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #671 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, September 26 1998 Volume 01 : Number 671 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: That article/Empty newsgroup [zardsnod@aol.com (ZardSnod)] Re: BIG ANNOUNCEMENT-- 10/17/98 --STYLEEN'S -SYRACUSE (fwd) [zardsnod@aol] review: FruVancouver, 9/24 (long :) [jenncyn@aol.com (JennCyn)] Re: No, The Fish Are Alright: Expedition '98, Part 3 (LONG) [kdsinthhal@a] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 26 Sep 1998 03:25:15 GMT From: zardsnod@aol.com (ZardSnod) Subject: Re: That article/Empty newsgroup >"There are 13 people who live there! All of them >are named Frank! Even the girl!!" >-- Arrogant Worms speaking of N. Ontario "She's popular..." - -Zard "www.washme.com" - seen on the back window of a filthy station wagon, heading to Owen Sound, ON ------------------------------ Date: 26 Sep 1998 03:08:07 GMT From: zardsnod@aol.com (ZardSnod) Subject: Re: BIG ANNOUNCEMENT-- 10/17/98 --STYLEEN'S -SYRACUSE (fwd) rob quothe, per newspaper announcement: >styleen's was originally supposed to close down in order>to renovate it into a restaurant, but due to wide response from locals they >decided to keep it as is for live entertainment. Spread the word and make >sure everyone knows this great announcement. Let's show ...styleen's why they made a good decision in>keeping the bar open for live music.-----> Yay!! A great venue stays afloat!! And, everyone here, if you have the chance to see Fruvous here, DO!! I've made the trek twice from DC, and both times it was VERY worth it!! Great energy there! Whee! An aside from DC... the Bayou is closing. :-( At least in it's current incarnation. Article in the Post today (by Eric Brace, of Last Train Home - good roots rock band!) says that when Cellar Door Productions sold out to a large promotion company earlier this year, the owner of the Bayou kept it and The Ballroom. But, the building's been sold out from under him, so he's got to relocate. So, dunno when the next Bayou show will be, but it won't be in the same ol' spot.. (unless they can squeeze it in before the Baltimore show? *hope,hope*) - -Zard "www.washme.com" - seen on the back window of a filthy station wagon, heading to Owen Sound, ON ------------------------------ Date: 26 Sep 1998 03:27:21 GMT From: jenncyn@aol.com (JennCyn) Subject: review: FruVancouver, 9/24 (long :) NOTE: Before I start this review, I'd like to put out a request: I know at least two people were taping this show, so if you're on the ng, could you get in touch? I'd love to get a copy somehow. Email me and we'll figure out something. Thanks!! - --------------------------------------------------- Pepper Spray, Gay Bars, and Freshly-Minted Hippies: Moxy Fruvous @ Richards on Richards, 9/24 Ahh, British Columbia. Home to gorgeous scenery, beautiful people ("well, maybe it's because we just came from Alberta"), and Fruvous-endorsed student demonstrations against oppressive foreign dictators. As evidenced by the onstage banter, just mention APEC to Jian while in Vancouver and he'll start asking for a tour of the site. "Hey, could you show us the place where that policeman hit the student?" It was, after all, their first trip here since those events. The Moxy Fruvous gig at Vancouver's Richards on Richards was their first in the city in three years. Fortunately my mother and I managed to make it up there, and it was probably my favorite show of theirs I've seen so far. My only disappointment was that on the first night of my life when I could actually prove legality somewhere, I didn't get carded! ;) The setlist was as follows: Sahara Jockey Full of Bourbon BJ Don't Cry Horseshoes Sad Girl Pisco Bandito I Love My Boss You Will Go To The Moon Minnie the Moocher The Kids Song I Will Hold On Half as Much Michigan Militia Johnny Saucep'n I've Gotta Get A Message To You King Of Spain/Green Eggs & Ham My Baby Loves A Bunch of Authors Get In The Car Love Potion #9 medley - -- Encore 1 -- Psycho Killer - -- Encore 2 -- The Drinking Song Looks fairly close to the Salmon Arm setlist (no "Gulf War Song", but I DID hear that live & off-mike once. The memory is crystal-clear). But I loved the local touches. The venue's name was just screaming out for a joke -- as Dave said, "When they said we were playing a place called Dick's on Dick's, we thought, 'Is this a gay bar?'" I'd have to check a tape for the direct quotes [hint!], but he went on to say they _had_ played a gay bar once, and then cracked a joke about what Jian was wearing.... :) The Vancouver theme continued with "Coquitlam Woman", an entire improvised BC tribute song (I think that's where Kim Campbell got mentioned), and Murray's correction of Vancouverites being called leftover hippies. "I don't think they're left over. They're freshly-minted hippies." Of course "Authors" included the Vancouver Sun and KOS was amended to "the Canucks called me up...." And the obligatory cannabis and snowboard jokes had me wondering why something like "Ash Hash" was mussing from the set! In general, I'd always wondered what a Frushow in Canada as opposed to America would be like, and the answer wasn't a surprise; the politics were much closer to home. (Luckily I've paid enough attention to understand most of the references.) But it was a bit disconcerting to be the poor American sod in the front row when they introduced "Michigan Militia" by describing us as 7 feet tall with fangs and a habit of cawing early in the morning when we fly out of the trees. ah well. In the US, you don't get people shouting "Ask Quebec!" when Jian asks, in the context of how many people there had and hadn't seen them before, "What defines a majority?" It was fun to be in on that kind of vibe. One problem of the show was handled with flair: the technical difficulties. When Jian's microphone failed at the start of "I Love My Boss," they performed it off-mike. It sounded terrific from the front row, although I'm not sure how far it carried toward "the people trying to be cool off in the corners." And the string of Beatles movie references started with a too-short guitar strap -- "the guitar is high, and the piano's been drinking!" After the show I stayed to get a setlist autographed (I'll scan it in and add it to my Web page soon). In the short conversations I had with the guys before and after the show, they were extremely friendly and fun to talk to as usual. The whole night had been Fruvous Up Close & Personal, really; after standing right up by the stage, not only stage Murray but within about an arm's length of the musician in question, I think I'm spoiled. :) Nothing farther away is going to be quite the same. You don't get microphones in your face from row 12, for starters.... In short: the concert was pure energy and I loved it! I still hate having to miss the Seattle gig on Saturday, but this sure makes things easier. Come back this time next year and I promise I'll be at the show. ;) - - jenn "not 21 until August 21, 1999" griffee http://www.halcyon.com/griffee/ ------------------------------ Date: 26 Sep 1998 03:48:06 GMT From: kdsinthhal@aol.com.krunk (KdsInThHal) Subject: Re: No, The Fish Are Alright: Expedition '98, Part 3 (LONG) >Don't despair, I hear the makers of Newsroom have a new show coming out >about >Canadian TV! What better atmosphere for irony? i just hope my pbs affiliate picks it up. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. *sarah linnellgirl@tmbg.org http://members.aol.com/kdsinthhal " 'demographic'.. that's my courtney love word." --chris murphy of sloan ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #671 ********************************************