From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V2 #22 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 15 1998 Volume 02 : Number 022 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: bmurray [Srm9988n@aol.com] Re: First concerts??? ["Bridget" ] Re: - Are Fruvous the Spawn of Satan??? [Chad Schrock ] Re: First concerts??? [Amy Cartagena ] Re: you've gotta see this [nicole.the.wonder.nerd.is@ana.ng.at.tmbg.org (] Re: First concerts??? [krista-dawn@home.com] Re: First concerts??? [bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors)] Re: First concerts??? [Sheryl Stoller ] Re: Bizarre media stuff... [Sheryl Stoller ] Re: Fru and Broadway... [petit_chou@juno.com] Tape of 11/11 Wilmington show? [automatic.4.the.people@spamfilter.erols.c] Re: First concerts? [automatic.4.the.people@spamfilter.erols.com (Kevin B] Re: First concerts? [petit_chou@juno.com] Re: First concerts? ["KatieWow" ] Re: Semi -review of Alfred, etc. (it's a novel... oops) [jerry smith ] Re: First concerts??? [nafio@my-dejanews.com] Re: First concerts??? [krista-dawn@home.com] fru/rent fans [caroline ] Re: First concerts? [krista-dawn@home.com] Re: First concerts? [petit_chou@juno.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 00:45:02 GMT From: Srm9988n@aol.com Subject: Re: bmurray Heather wrote: > I always get one back from "bmurray" with that > rejected message. I just smile and nod and push delete. Okay, I just got back from a completely insane weekend at Katonah and environs, thanks to Ladywench, Gordon, Mike, June, Joni, Lizzie, Caroline, Lindsey/beth, Katie, Kevin/Chris/George/Mosh, and entirely too many other Frunatics. And I get all these messages saying, at my first glance, that "it appears you are trying to contact Murray." So I totally spazz, wondering what I have done to offend the gods into making it look like I'm spamming the Murrman. Yeeesh! Took me a minute or ten to calm down. Hope bridget checks her email again sometime this year! - -- Lori (review/travelog/play-by-play coming soon!) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 17:56:28 -0700 From: "Bridget" Subject: Re: First concerts??? :> a new thread perhaps (unless this is something that's already been done), :> anyone care to share their "first concert" memories????? :> :> Lisa :> :> my first concert was bruce springsteen & the e street band......... don't remember it very well, i think it was 1985. anyway, i was about 13 at the time. it was at mile high stadium, which as you can imagine is a HUGE venue for a concert. we were on the field, quite a ways back, so didn't see much. really the only thing i do remember is my friend michelle's little sister amy, lying down on the grass toward the end of the show and FALLING ASLEEP******* over 'n' out xoxoxo bridget (o: (signing off this extremely meaningless post.......) 'He who laughs last didn't get it..........' http://www.tapetrading.com/lists/b/n/bnl_gordon@msn.com.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 19:42:51 -0500 From: Chad Schrock Subject: Re: - Are Fruvous the Spawn of Satan??? Paul Mischler wrote: > > Yes, but only if you are screaming at someone. MOXY FRÜVOUS! > > Otherwise, it's just 129... as in Moxy Früvous... > > Do not take the name of Moxy in vain. Preach it, but do not > scream it my child, and you shall live a long and happy life :-) Speaking of preaching the FrüGospel, I just realized something about the Wilmington show... Follow me here.... - Früvous played in a church - the 'stage' was actually an altar - they did a great show Now, doesn't it also follow that those of us that were there were attending the The First Church of Früvous? Since the guys were on the stage, which was actually the altar, doesn't that mean that they were, technically, preaching the FrüGospel? I thought so. - -- chad at radix dot net "Well just let me remind you that the cubicle is a coffin with e-mail." --Mike Ford, Moxy Fruvous ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 20:06:18 -0500 From: Amy Cartagena Subject: Re: First concerts??? My first "unofficial" concert was Beatlemania, on Broadway in 1978, which turned me into a Beatlemaniac. My first "official" concert was the Police at the former Brendan Byrne Arena in New Jersey in 1982. I remember being in nose-bleed territory, but still drooling over Sting. (how embarrassing!) Amy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 01:15:37 GMT From: nicole.the.wonder.nerd.is@ana.ng.at.tmbg.org (Nicole Carlson) Subject: Re: you've gotta see this On Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:26:47 -0500, the sky opened up and Nate DeRose spake thusly: >Hehehe.... >Ummm... I think it is a joke-page...... > >(Or I at least hope to GOD it's a joke.......) Actually, Nate... I don't think it is. :) Scary, no? I particularly liked the striking abundance of speling an grammer errers. File it under "Mandatory schooling; the case for: exhibit A". :) - --nicole twn - -- "I didn't write the words you hear me singing. I didn't sing the line before this one."--They Might Be Giants Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn Reply-to address is modified to escape the spammers... sorry for the inconvenience. spam trap: postmaster@localhost admin@localhost abuse@localhost root@localhost ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 01:04:30 GMT From: krista-dawn@home.com Subject: Re: First concerts??? > > anuone care to share their "first concert" memories????? > > > > Lisa When I was 13, I went to a punk concert in Winnipeg (Garbage Hill, to be exact) to see the band "12 Eyes" play. "12 Eyes" is a "Green Day-esque" band from Winnipeg, that I used to be in love with, namely because the lead singer is my uncle. A couple of months later, I went with a group of friends to see "Presidents of the USA" and "Chixdiggit" at the U of Alberta. It really *was* an experience - there I was at the tender age of 13, moshing with a bunch of cool university kids who had dyed hair, and smelled like pot. Wow, I felt *so grown up :-)!! Definately an awesome night. As you can probably tell, I used to have something of a "Punk or Death" attitude. I have since changed my tune... -----Krista----- ------------------------------ Date: 16 Nov 1998 01:43:41 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Re: First concerts??? <> Andrea, you and me both ... I got my first Beatles album when I was 4 years old and my dad brought home the brand new "Meet the Beatles" album (yeah, yeah, you do the math, I'm oooooold). I have been a Beatles fanatic ever since (even met Paul McCartney at the supermarket when I was nine and got his autograph on the grocery list). As my "list" of favorite bands changed as I grew up, the Beatles were always number one. And yet now, I realize, if pressed to pick one band for the famous "stranded on a desert island" question it would be my five Moxy Fruvous CDs. I'm a little embarrassed to admit this but ... I guess I'm going through the "change of life." :) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 20:48:04 -0500 From: Sheryl Stoller Subject: Re: First concerts??? On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Eve Lauria wrote: > > This is somewhat embarrassing, but I'm pretty sure my first concert was > seeing MeatLoaf in Portland, ME when I was 15. It was a short phase I > went through. that's ok, my first concert was Nine Inch Nails and Pop Will Eat Itself in Detroit, MI. :) ..i was 15 too. ...my dad went with me :D how cool is that? - -=>sheryl, procrastinating from programming as USUAL.. "they should make a unix command called "woman". same thing as man, but more vague." -me "The force runs weakly in your family. You dont have it... your father dosen't have it... And your brother is almost constantly stoned." -Jon Rosenberg, Jedi Mouse (www.goats.com) "And when I go to sleep at night I hear someone else's song, sung by some Canadians and thousands sing along. And everyone is dancing but I don't know the words, mystery and chimera and a million flying birds." -The Neilds, "Train" "I dont wanna go back to Canada..it's cold and the French people are mean to me. :(" -Jeff/Gobo if i ever record a melodius and earthy-sounding 2nd-album, i have to name it "Ford" ;] -Mike Wood ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 20:38:32 -0500 From: Sheryl Stoller Subject: Re: Bizarre media stuff... On Sun, 15 Nov 1998 epbuckley@my-dejanews.com wrote: > (1) i have been feeling the same way; i recognize most of the Princess Bride > refs, but i can't quote it myself. and i'm not a sci fi fan either, really, > save for Ray Bradbury. aigh! i love Ray Bradbury..i've been reading "the illustrated man" since i was a kid..my mother gave it to me at like, age 9. ...mm....The other foot.. ..and someone has my martian cronicles, darnit. "they should make a unix command called "woman". same thing as man, but more vague." -me "The force runs weakly in your family. You dont have it... your father dosen't have it... And your brother is almost constantly stoned." -Jon Rosenberg, Jedi Mouse (www.goats.com) "And when I go to sleep at night I hear someone else's song, sung by some Canadians and thousands sing along. And everyone is dancing but I don't know the words, mystery and chimera and a million flying birds." -The Neilds, "Train" "I dont wanna go back to Canada..it's cold and the French people are mean to me. :(" -Jeff/Gobo if i ever record a melodius and earthy-sounding 2nd-album, i have to name it "Ford" ;] -Mike Wood ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 02:08:45 GMT From: petit_chou@juno.com Subject: Re: Fru and Broadway... Do you mean that musical by Murray Head that featured the "hit" song, "One night in Bankok," or am I missing a reference to a different post? Do you really like that? Heather Moore On Sun, 15 Nov 1998 17:37:09 -0500 Dagonet writes: > >_Chess_. And _Freudiana_, being a Parsonshead from way back. > >D. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 02:20:41 GMT From: automatic.4.the.people@spamfilter.erols.com (Kevin Bohrer) Subject: Tape of 11/11 Wilmington show? I think the show has been pretty well reviewed at this point, so I won't add too much except that it was my first live Fruvous experience and I was absolutely floored. I saw that someone had a soundboard feed tape running that night and I was wondering if anyone knows who it was and if I could get a copy. I would also be interested in an audience recording since Boss, Spidey and GWS were all performed off-mic. Special thanks to Lori for helping me out with the ticket! Thanks!!! Kevin automatic.4.the.people@erols.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 02:32:59 GMT From: automatic.4.the.people@spamfilter.erols.com (Kevin Bohrer) Subject: Re: First concerts? >(The bands I've seen since then compensate for my earlier lapse in >judgement: TMBG, Morphine, Matthew Sweet, Pink Martini, Crazy 8's, Pof >theUSA, Rockapella, M-Pact, Robyn Hitchcock, Paperboys, Dave Matthews >Band, Shooglenifty, Ben Harper, Me'shel N'dge O'chello, Cake...) I thought I was the only person who listened to the Crazy 8's. Other than the person I got the LP from, I have never heard of anyone else who listened to them. Just to chip in my first, it would have been the Dead Milkmen at the 9:30 club in DC when I was 14. Only got half way through the show before being tossed out for sneaking in through the side door. What could I do, the show was sold out? Other shows I have been to since include (mildly chronologically) Robert Plant, Pink Floyd, The Who, Billy Joel, Jethro Tull, The Cure, Jeffrey Gaines, Dada, BNL, Counting Crows, Paula Cole, Sarah McLachlan, TMBG. Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 02:09:11 GMT From: petit_chou@juno.com Subject: Re: First concerts? Ya'll got nothing on me. Besides various bands that I don't remember clearly at various Bumbershoot's (a MASSIVE annual music festival in Seattle) and various symphonies... THE FIRST BAND I SAW IN CONCERT WAS NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK. That's right, "you got the right stuff, baby," "step by step, ooooh baby," "please don't go gi-irl!" SIGH. I am proud to say that I am NOT similarly infatuated with the carbon-copied boy groups of today (5, NSYNC, Boyzone, Backstreet Boys, 98Degrees...ad infinitum). (The bands I've seen since then compensate for my earlier lapse in judgement: TMBG, Morphine, Matthew Sweet, Pink Martini, Crazy 8's, Pof theUSA, Rockapella, M-Pact, Robyn Hitchcock, Paperboys, Dave Matthews Band, Shooglenifty, Ben Harper, Me'shel N'dge O'chello, Cake...) Thank you, and good night. Heather Moore I believe it was Lisa who wrote: >so to start a new thread perhaps (unless this is something that's already been done), anyone care to share their "first concert" memories????? ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 21:38:36 -0500 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: First concerts? oh yeah? the only reason i didn't go was 'cause i couldn't get tickets :). i did however see debbie gibson, which made my entire fourth grade year :). ~~katie petit_chou@juno.com wrote in message <19981115.175830.11134.0.petit_chou@juno.com>... >Ya'll got nothing on me. Besides various bands that I don't remember >clearly at various Bumbershoot's (a MASSIVE annual music festival in >Seattle) and various symphonies... > >THE FIRST BAND I SAW IN CONCERT WAS NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK. > >That's right, "you got the right stuff, baby," "step by step, ooooh >baby," "please don't go gi-irl!" SIGH. I am proud to say that I am NOT >similarly infatuated with the carbon-copied boy groups of today (5, >NSYNC, Boyzone, Backstreet Boys, 98Degrees...ad infinitum). > >(The bands I've seen since then compensate for my earlier lapse in >judgement: TMBG, Morphine, Matthew Sweet, Pink Martini, Crazy 8's, Pof >theUSA, Rockapella, M-Pact, Robyn Hitchcock, Paperboys, Dave Matthews >Band, Shooglenifty, Ben Harper, Me'shel N'dge O'chello, Cake...) > >Thank you, and good night. > >Heather Moore > >I believe it was Lisa who wrote: >>so to start a new thread perhaps (unless this is something that's >already been done), anyone care to share their "first concert" >memories????? > > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 21:43:39 -0500 From: jerry smith Subject: Re: Semi -review of Alfred, etc. (it's a novel... oops) Do you recall after the "the Drummer's gonna get some," line, some crazy person shouting "I play the drums!", well I'd like to apologize for my friend Dylan. He just gets out of control. He had his "Lowest highest point" trivial persuit card signed by the band, as well as the setlist from the night in alfred. What a goof. Angie Armstrong wrote: > Just got back from a weekend out near Little Falls and wow... 111 msgs to read > from ammf. What a way to spend a Sunday! > > There were so many things I wanted to go back and respond to, but my eyes are > killing me from night-driving last night so I'll save it. here are a handful > of comments, though: > > Kelly w/the FruSignal - I was standing behind you when Murray was playing with > it at Alfred (unless someone else shares your creative vein). It _was_ pretty > cool, too bad the venue wouldn't allow for it. > > Thank you so much Taryn for letting me take up space in your car! I'm so glad > I went... even though I've now completely lost my voice... no rehearsal for me > tonight I guess. > > The opening act (Amy Rigby): I could definitely see her being called the > bitter woman. I suppose she had potential, but a lack of self-confidence will > certainly turn the crowd against you (she kept having problems with her > acoustic guitar volume, didn't really handle it well). There were times when > I swear she was about to break down into tears or something, couldn't handle a > lot of the heckling or people talking. I actually made an effort to listen to > her songs. Some of her lyrics made me cringe (I looked in the rear view > mirror- I didn't see anyone theer {she actually warped the pronunciation to > try and make it rhyme}). She had this one song slamming on Drummers, with the > end of the refrain saying "the Drummer's gonna get some," and in the middle > went into a slew of Drummer jokes (What's the difference between a dead skunk > in the middle of the road and a dead drummer in the middle of the road? The > skunk has skid-marks) Oh, the crowd got real quiet for a few minutes. Since > the Lads literally came in from the cold when they started, I figure they must > not have heard her... or were being nice. Had a _lot_ of potential for banter > (or so our little group thought) > > The show itself was awesome. First time I had to sit for a Fruvous concert > (lucky #7), and I was wearing the wrong jeans for it. Their performance area > was on the same level, so we had to sit on the floor. The cool thing was, > though... I was actually able to watch Jian's hands during "No No Raja" and > answered one of my drumming questions. At one point they went into this > "Futura theme song" bit, (Alfred being their first gig in the United States > two years ago, and they thought all American campuses had these cool > transporter pads from Star Trek) Then it digressed into a whole play on the > "new Batman Spin-off, Alfred" (with first Mike and then Dave taking on the > role of Alfred [or Manfred, his brother]). > > The "martinique" ditty was awesome, and references kept coming up throughout > the show (I believe there was a line about Martinique in "Boo Time), and I > nearly lost it when they started going on about "Operation Abacus" (There's > also a joke here at work among the instructors about one of the applications > we teach, Lotus WordPro, v2.1 for the Abacus... scary coincidence). > > --wow, this is longer than I thought... sorry!-- > > "The Kids Song" was hilarious (as usual), and they did "I will hold on" early > in the set. Jian was consulting his set list and trying to decide on "Raja" > or something else (I don't even remember what the other song was) and became > the "Applause-o-meter." The answer was a resounding "RAJA!" > > King of Spain, funny as always, segue'd into Green Eggs and Ham... the whole > "Beatles" bit seemed much longer than usual with a couple of slams to Matchbox > 20 (at which point Dave (?) started singing "Closing time," was corrected by > Mike (?), and Dave shrugged it off saying "hmph, same difference)and Third Eye > Blind. > > Someone shouted out a request for a song and Jian said "no" and that person > said "f@ck you," which Jian kinda laughed off, and became something of > another recurring theme throughout the night. > > I remember more, but I'm too tired to finish right now, and I'm sure there are > tons others that can fill in blanks and correct my misquotes :^) They did > also rekindle that "agrarian assault" schtick when commenting that Fredonia > charged people to see the show and here they were at Alfred just down the road > and their concert was free... and then decided that Alfred should march on > Fredonia with pitchforks, etc. I think I saw a Fredonian cringe near me and > heard her say later that she was afraid she'd be lynched since she was from > Fredonia. > > It was a good night, I promised myself I wouldn't scream but as soon as the > Lads came in there I was, shrieking to high heaven... and now I've got barely > a whisper (*sigh*). Seeing the guys afterward was cool, though Dave snuck out > again. I can't wait for Clinton. I spent so much time talking to Tobey > before the show that I didnt' really get a chance to try and mingle with > people up front (though I did better, I was about 5th "row" back this time!). > > If you read this far, thanks and hope I didn't waste your time. I gotta get > home and drown myself in hot tea. Happy Sunday everyone!!! > > --Angie > basking in the Fruvous glow yet again > > ____________________________________________________________________ > More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 03:25:40 GMT From: krista-dawn@home.com Subject: tri-lingual? Awhile back, someone mentioned in a review that Dave, while playing the accordian, started to sing in German. Does Dave actually *know* German, or was he just stringing a bunch of German words together? Are any of the other guys tri-lingual? Just curious, Krista ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 03:22:19 GMT From: "Jennifer K. Heffron" Subject: Re: First concerts??? First concert: Rick Springfield (!) at the ATP Tennis Center near King's Island, Cincinnati, August 1982. I think it was The "Working Class Dog Tour." The Greg Kihn Band opened. It was most excellent. Second concert: Loverboy. Oh yeah! At the Indiana State Fair the following August. I had to throw that in because it is such a one-two double whammy. And I even got a t-shirt. Too bad I didn't hold onto it. It was hot pink, as I recall. Go ahead--you can laugh if you want to. I'd like to think that my musical tastes had nowhere to go but up after that. Hey, I was young back then. But, I am a little ashamed to admit that I still tend to linger over the Rick Springfield greatest hits collection every time I browse through my BMG catalog. I haven't heard any Rick Springfield since my turntable bit the dust back in 1986. Except for the snippet of "Jesse's Girl" that was playing in the background of the movie "Boogie Nights." Okay, I'll stop rambling now. Jennifer ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 03:43:32 GMT From: nafio@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: First concerts??? Does Sharon, Lois and Bram count? Maybe not, it wasn't entirely of my own free will, although I will say that I enjoyed it. (I _still_ enjoy Sharon, Lois and Bram. Great children's entertainers) Ok if that doesn't count then it would be Roch Voisine at either Massey Hall or Roy Thompson Hall. I always get the two mixed up. The opening act was an _extremely_ crude comedian, but Roch's set was great. Cindy and I had fun, even from balcony level. We were vastly amused that he had no clue that over half the audience spoke French, or at least knew Helene well enough to want to hear it. And if Jian reads that I'm sure he will be exceedingly amused. Oh well. I'm also a Backstreet Boys fan. I'm used to being laughed at. Fiona (yes I'm a Muppets, Red Dwarf, Princess Bride and general sci-fi fan as well. Am I the _only_ one on the newsgroup who's read Diane Duane?) - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 03:45:24 GMT From: krista-dawn@home.com Subject: Re: First concerts??? A lot of people seem to be very defensive of their musical tastes of the past. Well, I figure liking bands like the New Kids on the Block and Loverboy is just a part of growing up. The sad thing is when you have grown men - and women - obsessing over those very same bands. Case in point: my dad. My dad is a 49-year-old, white-collar, straight-arrow-kind-of-guy, and he loves the Spice Girls. Especially Baby Spice . It is sad. He refuses to listen to anything that isn't either the Spice Girls or the Rolling Stones. *Typical conversation with my father* Me: Say, dad, there's this really great band called Moxy Fruvous that you should listen to sometime. Dad: Well, let's see. Do all of their songs sound exactly the same? Me: Uhhh...no. Dad: Do they look as good the Spice Girls do in revealing tops and high-heels? Are they marketed simply by their appearances? Me: Ummm...no. Sorry 'bout that. Dad: Then I don't like 'em. ****** Oh well, what can you do but feel sorry for these poor, Fruvous-deprived individuals :-(? ---Krista--- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 04:01:21 GMT From: caroline Subject: fru/rent fans katiewow queried: >any other früvous/rent fans? > i have to include myself in this one... a good part of my first comp sci class was spent looking up Rent info online. i've also been known to walk around campus singing Rent songs with fellow Rent-heads. they've now been converted into Fruheads as well, so now people think i'm *doubly* weird (probably more... weird^(big #)). hmm, favorite song - that's a hard one. have to love "la vie boheme", but collins' rendition of "i'll cover you" after angel's death gets to me every time. and "one song glory". caroline the ever-smiling, who was singing TMBG songs at the Katonah show. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Truth faced leaves a strange taste When joy and sadness meet A country rain on a city street This life is bittersweet - Moxy Fruvous, "Bittersweet" *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 03:21:03 GMT From: krista-dawn@home.com Subject: Re: First concerts? petit_chou@juno.com wrote: > > THE FIRST BAND I SAW IN CONCERT WAS NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK. > > That's right, "you got the right stuff, baby," "step by step, ooooh > baby," "please don't go gi-irl!" Congrats to you for having the courage to admit it! After all the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem ;-). ("Hello, my name is Heather, and I am a recovering NKOTB-o-holic".) Hey, I used to love the New Kids too, and I would have gone to one of their concerts if they had ever come to my area. Did you ever watch the cartoon show? Now *there's* the sign of a true fan - that show was so bad it was embarrassing to watch! SIGH. I am proud to say that I am NOT > similarly infatuated with the carbon-copied boy groups of today (5, > NSYNC, Boyzone, Backstreet Boys, 98Degrees...ad infinitum). Nope, either am I. After all, those groups are marketing to the eight-year-old females of today, not to us. We've already done our time in the jail of banal, emotionless music. ( I seriously hope I'm not offending anyone out there who *is* a fan of one of the above groups. Oh, who am I kidding, I probably *am* offending you - sorry. Just don't take it personally, OK (-:?) ---Krista--- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 04:13:46 GMT From: petit_chou@juno.com Subject: Re: First concerts? I am SO completely jealous. Heather Moore On Sun, 15 Nov 1998 21:38:36 -0500 "KatieWow" writes: >oh yeah? the only reason i didn't go was 'cause i couldn't get >tickets :). >i did however see debbie gibson, which made my entire fourth grade >year :). >~~katie ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V2 #22 *******************************************