From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #102 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 Monday, February 1 1999 Volume 03 : Number 102 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Grover and other goodies ["KatieWow" ] Re: Neil Gaiman's Nevermore [kpfruhead@aol.com (KPFruhead)] Re: Grover and other goodies [Paul Mischler ] A Windsor Review [nafio@my-dejanews.com] Re: Fru-Articles: Dayton loves the lads! (II of II) ["^kat^" ] Re: Grover and other goodies ["KatieWow" ] Re: Grover and other goodies [nicole.twn.is@ana.ng.at.tmbg.org (Nicole th] Re: Niel Gaimen's Nevermore [Caitlin ] Re: Grover and other goodies [aleigh992@aol.comBROCCOLI (ALeigh992)] Pittsburgh travel [Donna ] Our favorite favorite comic! [katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide] Re: top five books [katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers)] Fruvous Takes Ann Arbor [auerworld@followme.com] Re: Grover and other goodies [Autumn Patterson ] Paintball [Cameron_Ross@ufacademy.com (Cameron Ross)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:44:20 -0500 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: Grover and other goodies i've heard of this!!! it's a little fuzzy in my mind, but i can definitely see it. nick jr. had some kick-ass stuff. remember "today's special" :)? ~~kate - -- **************************************************************************** Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu **************************************************************************** nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight - --bruce cockburn, "lovers in a dangerous time" and so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches. - --douglas adams, "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" we're splitting into two camps--mike, i'm with you. - --jian ghomeshi, bottom line, 1/1 *************************************************************************** schr9271@fredonia.edu wrote in message <792f4a$d0v$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>... > > >> > I could watch it over and over again and never >> > get bored or nauseous (unlike Barney, Boo's Clues, etc.). >> Ok, I have to stick up for Blue's Clues. I rather enjoy this show, and am >> known to frequently watch it. It's like Sesame Street to me. I never was big >> on Sesame Street when I was a wee one. I was more of an Eureka's Castle. > >ok, i have to ask this. Back when my lil brother was 2-3 and watched nick jr. >religiously everyday I could have sworn there was a show called Belle and >Sebastian. It was about the boy (Sebastion) who when all through the Andes >Mts with this big white dog (Belle, aka "the white monster") and a lil yappy >dog (poochie, i think), looking for his mother. it was done in a sort of >animie type fashion. Has anyone else heard of this show? I'm getting rather >tired of people saying "Oh you mean the band?" every time i ask them about >it. I think this show was around way before the band started. On the same >line, anyone remember The Seven Cities of Gold which i believe was on around >that time too?? > >Amy - remember way too much from her childhood > >-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- >http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: 31 Jan 1999 22:10:13 GMT From: kpfruhead@aol.com (KPFruhead) Subject: Re: Neil Gaiman's Nevermore >There's >also an astonishing bradburyesque short story collection called "Smoke and >Mirrors". There's also a sequel to that collection that's just as good: "Dogs and Ponys". Anybody read that? :) Sorry, couldn't resist!! Ken, actually posting a fruvous reference! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:11:00 -0500 From: Paul Mischler Subject: Re: Grover and other goodies Yes! I _loved_ that show! It was better than sliced bread! - -Paul Mischler schr9271@fredonia.edu wrote: > On the same > line, anyone remember The Seven Cities of Gold which i believe was on around > that time too?? > > Amy - remember way too much from her childhood > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 22:05:26 GMT From: nafio@my-dejanews.com Subject: A Windsor Review *sigh* I'm so broke. If anyone hears me talking about Frutrips until at least April or June when I am obliged to give myself a graduation present, knock some sense into me. But damn, this one was worth it. Welcome to another incoherent review ;) This was the first reunion of the Trouble Trio since the Hallowe'en shows, so of course we ended up stuck on unprintable quote mode most of the time. With Michelle, Marie-Claude and hKatherine around to contribute to the madness, well I remembered why I missed Frutripping. *here Mike Wood wants me to mention that on his bus from Toronto to Windsor, he sat next to Much Music VJ Bill Welychka* Windsor Since most of what we did or said is either boring or unprintable I'll concentrate on the shows. Wow. Very high energy, a few new things, a surprise or two.. Fruvous seemed just as happy to be back onstage as we were to see them perform again. Self-referential to the point of... did someone send them a couple of show tapes this past month or something?? And they're quite caught up on newsgroup events too *g* Two sets. (Yes, you are all jealous) Set 1 Sheryl claims the entire introduction was practically word-for word from a previous show she was at.. ask her which one. Jian asked for the doors into the hall to be closed "because those people out there haven't paid", and managed to get people to leave before Fruvous even started playing *g* He was kidding, the doors stayed open. A CAPPELLA MESSAGE RIVER SPIDEY - Lounge version. At first I could swear it was going to be Jockey but suddenly Spidey appeared from the stage of the Sahara. Fly Me to the Moon/Sarah Hines (sp?) improv. Mike may never live this one down. He revealed that in kindergarten he'd been the Gingerbread Man in a play and "been eaten by Sarah Hines". When the crowd went to the predictable place, he then dug himself a deeper hole by explaining she was the Fox. (Oh yeah Mike. Best way to get minds out of the gutter, really) This may or may not be when Kissenjah were resurrected. INDEPENDANCE DAY - *another* new Murray song. Entirely excellent, great imagery to go along with the great sound. BOSS - Tiny venue, so of course, out into the crowd they went.. Jian said it was going to be a performance for the people in the hall, and then they ended up with their backs to the hall.. "well they can get a good look at our asses" I've been ASLing bits of various songs for a while now and pre-show taught Drea some stuff.. for Boss we pretty much stuck to signing "I Love My Boss" instead of the lead vocal and it was noticed.. we could just *see* the wheels turning in Jian's head as he wandered down the aisle but in the end he "attacked" someone else. PISCO - The Fruhead detector for the night came at the bridge. They got these "yup, look what we're doing" looks and went into "What is Pisco's favourite thing to rob?" The rest of the crowd must have been confused when a few pockets of the audience went into wild applause. 90's MICHY SLEEPY DRINKER - my first time hearing it and I thought it was great. Oh jeez, I've forgotten to mention. Fruvous has acquired a keyboard. "We just got it yesterday so we've been playing with it". I guess we won't need to haul one around for them :) WHEN SHE TALKS - new Jian song which just bowled me right over. (I know these are not the most helpful descriptions but remember who's writing the review. I have a poor conscious audio memory.) DARLINGTON - *giggle* Murray somehow managed to keep playing while bent WAY over as Jian played on him. DANCING QUEEN - Earlier the guys started a discussion of the naming of doughnut holes, Timbits vs Sweet Nothings... "Our rehearsal space is right near a Country Style Donuts.." "D'oh, now they know where it is!" "It's on street!" "Near edifice!!!" (You know guys.. it's dangerous to challenge people like that.) So Lou picked back up on it and started talking about the 'sugar' on Timbits... One of the highlights of the night was a guy (in a purple shirt, no less) who got up and danced like a wildman during Dancing Queen. During intermission I pretty much just wandered around grinning. Sheryl told me I was drunk ;) Yay Fruvous dammit. Set 2 EARLY MORNING RAIN - love this song. love it. AUTHORS - Generally I'm tired of MBLABOA but I guess after nearly 2 months rest I was ready to hear it again, very fast and fun. MOON KIDS - Hilarious as usual.. Jian and Murray playing an odd game of footsie, Murray doing a slow burn before he built up to the Glare.. The Guy in the audience: "Aw just make 'em a state!" FLY - I hope I never get tired of this one. Mike went searching for the harmonica for about five minutes before giving up and just singing harmonica parts. EARTHQUAKES - "I think of this song as a three-minute ride through Dave's brain" - Murray. The oddest things go through Dave Matheson's head when he picks up a banjo. Great song, great imagery, not a hell of a lot of sense... it's a Dave song *g* TUREEN - "Sorry Murray, we're going to stay in my head for a while" KOS - "Is it Sheila Copps?" The Guy in the audience "Mike Harris!" Mike "Are you a democratically elected representative of the crowd? 'Cause if you are, that's cool. Very democratic band, Fruvous". "Sarah Hines!" (Classic reaction from Mike) "The hassle from the castle with the tassel" POTION *g* The guys got a standing ovation and looked a little embarrassed about it. The first set had run kind of long so they were tired and came back for only one encore DRINKING SONG after which they got another standing ovation. Other stuff.. "So, speaking of eponyms.." very casual Jian, really. A Rainbow Connection tease and then they slaughtered the poor song. :P Two empty seats next to Michelle's husband Neil after the intermission led to Neil being teased about whether he smelled bad (Mike: So we're back to smell again?) and about his English accent. Neil was stuck with the six of *us* all weekend, so attention from Fruvous was no sweat. Afterwards we stayed around and chatted. Jian was asking if anyone was staying in Canada overnight and going to Michigan the next day. We informed him we were staying in Windsor overnight and then heading home. "Why?" he wanted to know, and proceeded to badger us into coming to the instore. It's nice to feel wanted. Michelle brought him the Windsor Star the next day as per requested. We then debated where to go and eat (Thanks Mike, the rib place was good). While waiting for a decision to be made.. and then for AJ to bring his car back, I went over Horseshoes in ASL with Drea about three times, with the occupants of the Frubus watching more than I thought they were. Michelle also regaled us with the tape of Elmo's version of "Baby You Can Drive My Car". "Back by popular demand...." The next morning, after having breakfast with Jillian's mum.. *wave* Jillian, all Fru-deprived in Argentina... we headed for Ann Arbor and Borders books. Matt and Meredith had made it there so we said hi to them and re to everyone else. Things were running on Fruvous time.. in fact Fruvous-in-Newfoundland time. While we waited, the Z-lets got up and performed for us... dead-on impression of Jian, so hilarious. Eventually they arrived for the "acoustic performance" with the keyboard. No complaints but I was amused. In no particular order... Foam-holder improv.. As a token of their appreciation the Borders staff gave Fruvous some nylon zip-up book covers which contained foam. Foam-holders ar apparently the latest craze. "Say Murray's a puddle..." "This is Fruvous stuffed-up" MESSAGE HORSESHOES - Drea and I debated whether the ASL session last night inspired this. We signed along. Mike on keyboard, "Even Murray can play the guitar", Dave also on guitar and Jian looking awfully naked without the drums. Jian encouraged his bandmates to sit on the stools that had been provided. "Should I sit too? No, you stand." "That was the worst version we've ever done." BOSS - One woman had a cell phone and was letting her husband hear the show. As they wandered through the crowd Jian grabbed the phone, sang into it and passed it among the other lads until it finally got back to its owner. "Who knows what roughage will be bringing.." SPIDEY - Mike perched on a comfy chair, then up on a bookshelf, yelled into a security camera, challenging Bill Gates to show himself, looked at the pipes etc on the ceiling, tested them and then decided even Spidey doesn't want to break his neck. KOS - "Is it Roadrunner?" (pleading "Yes?" from a few of us) "Is it the Poet of New York?" "Is it the Naive Young Man?" "Is it "Tom"?" "Who's Tom?" "King, is pastry roughage?" "King, does the Sasquatch exist?" "Someone in Animals over there wanna take care of this guy?" HOLD - :))))))) EARTHQUAKES - without banjo.. still great :) GULF And then we headed home. Thanks to everyone for a great weekend, see you at FruCon II! Fiona "I'm SO a Dave's people if it weren't for Mike..." - -Marie-Claude Nov 16/98 - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:41:59 -0500 From: "^kat^" Subject: Re: Fru-Articles: Dayton loves the lads! (II of II) >I've been gone for a month, so have been out of touch with events. Could >anyone please tell me what time the Dayton show is? Also, does anyone know >where the Canal St Tavern is? 1) the wed. feb 3 show in dayton, oh starts at 9:30 pm, tho' doors open at 8. 2) the misleadingly-named canal st. tavern is located near the corner of first & patterson streets in downtown dayton. if anyone from out of town (or anyone unfamiliar w/ the area) is interested in a pic of a map of that area, i've got one scanned & would be glad to send it your way. just ask. :) thrilled that she'll be able to attend the famed falcon ridge folk festival with the fabulous lineup (*grin*)-- ^kat^ "but if he saw my fantasies he'd know i am disturbed..." www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/4014 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:45:51 -0500 From: "^kat^" Subject: Re: top five books Any other closet >> comics fans out there? >comics?? no one mentioned fav comics before...:-) hey, i've got one: how 'bout the Tintin series by Herge? i _loved_ those in my elementary years, & still am entertained by them every time i pick one up for a quick perusal. i watched the HBO cartoon series for awhile, but the book format was far better. beautiful artistry, too. hmm, now i've got the urge to re-read _the blue lotus_ or _the seven crystal balls_... ^kat^ "but if you are feeling sinister go off & see a minister; he'll try in vain to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever..." www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/4014 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:08:32 -0500 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: Grover and other goodies doh!!! was that about the kids and the aztec ruins? which reminds me--as anyone seen the "inspector gadget" episode with aztec annie? also--has anyone seen the previews for the new "inspector gadget" movie?!?!? matthew broderick notwithstanding, it would appear to be a gross perversion of all that is gadget. i think that penny is gadget's love interest--and they've totally eliminated brain. blasphemy. ~~kate - -- **************************************************************************** Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu **************************************************************************** nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight - --bruce cockburn, "lovers in a dangerous time" and so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches. - --douglas adams, "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" we're splitting into two camps--mike, i'm with you. - --jian ghomeshi, bottom line, 1/1 *************************************************************************** Paul Mischler wrote in message <36B4D4F4.6C631C07@rit.edu>... >Yes! I _loved_ that show! It was better than sliced bread! > >-Paul Mischler > >schr9271@fredonia.edu wrote: > >> On the same >> line, anyone remember The Seven Cities of Gold which i believe was on around >> that time too?? >> >> Amy - remember way too much from her childhood >> > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 00:34:48 GMT From: nicole.twn.is@ana.ng.at.tmbg.org (Nicole the Wonder Nerd) Subject: Re: Grover and other goodies On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:44:20 -0500, someone who looked like "KatieWow" whispered: >>ok, i have to ask this. Back when my lil brother was 2-3 and watched nick >jr. >>religiously everyday I could have sworn there was a show called Belle and >>Sebastian. It was about the boy (Sebastion) who when all through the Andes >>Mts with this big white dog (Belle, aka "the white monster") and a lil >yappy >>dog (poochie, i think), looking for his mother. it was done in a sort of >>animie type fashion. Has anyone else heard of this show? I remember this show. I used to watch it in France, and I still remember a snippet of the theme song. - --nicole twn *** "Just because you're floating doesn't mean you haven't drowned."--They Might Be Giants Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn Reply-to address is INCORRECT! Think of it as an intelligence test. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:59:08 -0800 From: Caitlin Subject: Re: Niel Gaimen's Nevermore Neil Gaiman either *is* god, or else is going to be in very big trouble when someone realises what he's been sharing with the rest of us. Aside from my beloved Sandman and Death comics, I have Neverwhere, Good Omens (easily one of the best books ever written for cheering someone up) Smoke and Mirrors, Angels and Visitations, and all sorts of little limited edition collections on my shelves. There *is* also a new Gaiman book out: Stardust. Don't buy it. Make the effort to find it int he form it was originally released in first, the wonderful graphic novels illustrated by Charles Vess. Ut-oh, total lack of fru-content... um, and you have to listen to Live Noise while you read! love and 19 days till fru-con! ____ \ /__ Caitlin Xantha Hazen \/ / caitlin@wayward-volvo.org \/ http://www.wayward-volvo.org/xanthe.html On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Cameron Ross wrote: > > > >Does he have any more books out? It said in the notes for Neverwhere > >that he > > > >was supposed to have something out soon, and one book that I thought it > >said it > > > >was already out, but I've looked and the only books under his listing in > >the > > > >bookstores I've seen were Good Omens and Neverwhere. > > I can't remember the name of it, but I did see it in the stores a couple > of days ago > > - Life101 - > "Progress takes away, what forever took to find" > -Dave Matthews Band > > > ------------------------------ Date: 1 Feb 1999 01:25:02 GMT From: aleigh992@aol.comBROCCOLI (ALeigh992) Subject: Re: Grover and other goodies > i think that penny is gadget's love interest ewww There are laws against those kind of things! Aleigh (who is _NOT_ watching the superbowl!) Check it out! Check it totally out!! --> http://i.am/not_your_broom "Your feet are freezing in the ice of reason and it's too little much too late"~ Yazbek ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 02:04:57 GMT From: Donna Subject: Pittsburgh travel You know, if anyone's in the Cleveland area, or passing through it on their way to the Pittsburgh show, and are just dying to give me a ride to the show... I wouldn't say no. :) So, if you can give me a ride, drop me a line! still reading, still lurking, donna isis@apk.net PS Hi Andrea, Aimee, and Paul! (Look! It's me!) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 19:44:50 -0700 From: katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers) Subject: Our favorite favorite comic! In article <792mru$nnr$2@news.erinet.com>, katkunz@erinet.com says... > > Any other closet comics fans out there? > >comics?? no one mentioned fav comics before...:-) Oooooh, thank you for the perfect segue, ^kat^. I just want to remind *everyone* here to be sure to pay close attention to http://www.waitingforbob.com in the upcoming weeks! It'll contain some Very, Very Important Information That You'll Need To Know. Or not. But you still might find it entertaining. Don't be left behind! And now let's hear some endorsements: DOUG says in his best P.T. Barnum voice, "Step right up! *Glory* at the strips! Feel *superior* because you get the inside jokes! *See* the egress!" TOM says, "Read the next two weeks. Even you, Hugo." AMBER (from That Other Newsgroup) says, "*Laugh* at the [non-Fruheads] who don't get it!" Remember, kids, that's http://www.waitingforbob.com! k@ Thus ends today's self-aggrandizement. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 20:23:34 -0700 From: katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers) Subject: Re: top five books In article <792mru$nnr$2@news.erinet.com>, katkunz@erinet.com says... > >comics?? no one mentioned fav comics before...:-) And getting back onto the real thread...you said the magic words. My all-time favorite comic, hands down, no contest, is Love & Rockets[1] by the Hernandez brothers. They've stopped production of new issues now, but you can still find compilation books of the old stories. Jaime Hernandez is The Art God At Whose Altar I Worship Without Ceasing. I can and do go on at length about my fanatical devotion to his work (and Gilbert's too), but I figure I exhibit a bit too much fanaticism around these here parts as it is. Daniel Clowes is another of my heroes - "Ghost World" is incredible. Enid and Becky are the split halves of my teenage self. And of course I have to mention Trina Robbins, illustrator extraordinaire in her own right and also the author/editor of the awesome book "A Century of Women Cartoonists"...and many of the artists profiled therein. How did I read Brenda Starr for so long as a kid without ever considering that Dale Messick was really named Dalia? And earlier in this thread I made mention of George Herriman, "the only person whose art I have so far seen fit to have permanently etched on my body" yadda yadda yadda... A couple of people have recently pointed me toward "Strangers In Paradise" by Terry Moore, and what little of it I've looked at on the web looks very interesting - I'm definitely going to check it out. Uh-oh, there I've gone and gotten fanatic anyway. There are *so* many good comics and graphic novels out there that don't get the recognition they deserve. And no, I've never gotten into Sandman. I enjoy Gaiman's writing, but I find those garish colors just too distracting from the story. And now I've got to force myself to log off and draw. k@ [1] Which has NOTHING to do with that plagiarizing, no-talent English band that stole its name ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 03:55:15 GMT From: auerworld@followme.com Subject: Fruvous Takes Ann Arbor Just returned from the Ann Arbor Folk Festival.... Although the line-up included such people as Emmylou Harris, Karen Savoka, Kelly Joe Phelps, Carrie Newcomer, Altan, The Raisin Pickers, Andy Breckman and others, Moxy Fruvous was the ONLY act which received an enthusiastic/spontaneous standing ovation... We've seen them steal festivals in Philadelphia, Colorado, Falcon Ridge, Mariposa, Sudbury, Owen Sound, Rochester and they did it again in Ann Arbor over the weekend.... For those in the area: Fruvous will be playing The Ark in Ann Arbor on June 10, Dan Bern will be there on March 13 and there will be a Phil Ochs Tribute Night there on May 21..... Hope you all get through Canadian customs with no trouble.... George 28 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 23:20:26 -0500 From: Autumn Patterson Subject: Re: Grover and other goodies On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 schr9271@fredonia.edu wrote: > ok, i have to ask this. Back when my lil brother was 2-3 and watched nick jr. > religiously everyday I could have sworn there was a show called Belle and > Sebastian. It was about the boy (Sebastion) who when all through the Andes > Mts with this big white dog (Belle, aka "the white monster") and a lil yappy > dog (poochie, i think), looking for his mother. it was done in a sort of > animie type fashion. Has anyone else heard of this show? I'm getting rather > tired of people saying "Oh you mean the band?" every time i ask them about > it. I think this show was around way before the band started. On the same > line, anyone remember The Seven Cities of Gold which i believe was on around > that time too?? Are you sure the show was animated? I seem to remember a big real dog named Sebastion in some kind of tv series. Also, the big white dog thing reminds me of that episode of the Raccoons about the dogs going into space. Hrmmm... Or perhaps my childhood memories are catching up to me in some sort of odd messed up, unconnected, dream-like state. I never was much for remembering. In fact, just tonight I remembered an Mtv commercial which stated "There's a turkey in the oven, and I think it's done." there were other versions of the commercial that said things like "Toothless prostitution is #1" ...only thing is I can't remember what in the world those phrases were supposed to rhyme with since obviously they don't mean much on their own. Okay well sorry I couldn't be of help and ended up just rambling but, um, yah, you know. *LICKS* Autumn Patterson Goddess of the Lick and Editor of Precious Meat http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~apatte2 "I'm a Psychosomatic sister running around without a leash." - Liz Phair ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 04:41:42 GMT From: Cameron_Ross@ufacademy.com (Cameron Ross) Subject: Paintball Ok, no one seemed to be interested in Paintball during FruCon II weekend, so I will just do my timing right, I was planning to do Paintball for my birthday, and my birthday is Feb. 15th... SO I will post the time I'm going for my party, and if I see ya there, I'll see ya there :) - - Life101 - "Progress takes away, what forever took to find" -Dave Matthews Band ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #102 ********************************************