From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #124 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 8 1999 Volume 03 : Number 124 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Lee's Palace Tix on sale now [Srm9988n@aol.com] Re: Outing Richard Butterworth [chad schrock ] Re: Philly and stuff .... [Srm9988n@aol.com] Re: Outing Richard Butterworth [jon@mrrl.lut.ac.uk (Jon Knight)] Re: Outing Richard Butterworth [Richard Butterworth ] Re: A Windsor Review [otispete@juno.com] Re: Geeky question for y'all [kevin@sahara.research-inc.com ()] Re: Philly Review/Boycott the Troc! [elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James] Re: Grover and other goodies [Chad Maloney ] You Can't do that... (was grover) [petit_chou@juno.com] Re: Moxy Fruvous at the Troc 2/6/99: the good, the bad and the ugly [Chad] yet another review - troc show. [aadler1@tiger.towson.edu] yet another review - troc show. [aadler1@tiger.towson.edu] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 05:35:52 GMT From: Srm9988n@aol.com Subject: Re: Lee's Palace Tix on sale now Bonnie and chad, our daring partners in criminality, let us know: > > Just wanted to let everybody know tix for the Sunday Lee's > > Palace show are on sale now at www.ticketweb.com. > ticketmaster.ca has info on the Sunday show and is selling > tickets now. > (real late, Sunday Feb 7) I just nabbed me a pair! Yeeehaa! Thanks for posting this, guys -- I have #47 and #48, which if they really just went on sale today is kind of amazing. So grab 'em while they're hot, folks! - -- Lori **************** "fru gud me sleep now" -- Dante B. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 00:03:21 -0500 From: chad schrock Subject: Re: Outing Richard Butterworth Adam Tyner wrote: > chad schrock wrote: > > >Oh, that would be a problem, I think. Don't rush the credit > >cards too much. The banks that give you the plastic can be > >*real* annoying about wanting you to pay them back when you > >charge stuff. > > Nationsbank, and others too, offer Visa check cards which give > you the convenience of a credit card without the annoyance of > bills. Yeah, but that is just a turbo-charged check. If I was going to go through all of the harassment of balancing a checkbook, why not also have the float from the Federal Reserve? > I believe everything's taken straight out of your account. That's the problem. Well, on top on having to actually have the money in my account. > (I haven't gotten any separate bills, anyway.) Those are > pretty useful. > > I'm going to get a traditional credit card just to build a > good credit history, but I don't plan on using it regularly. > Just enough to where they won't cancel my account from > lack of use. :-) I use my Visa like a debit card. But I'm weird. - -- chad at radix dot net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 05:46:18 GMT From: Srm9988n@aol.com Subject: Re: Philly and stuff .... chad sez: > Really, the only thing you all have is 'XPN. And even we > have that, for part of the time at least. And don't you just HATE that rest of the time. :P > > Not outside with the rest of the obnoxious Fruheads, telling > > the bouncers that Fruvous and we were paying them and we > > damn well COULD stand there. > Those arguments are usually pointless. By the time you have > to make them, the fight is pretty much lost. I think/hope that perhaps this was a case of lose the battle, win the war. They're getting just a BIT of grief over this one. Hell hath no fury like a pack of enraged Fruheads. And you know what? Even out on the street, standing around, being pissed off, we had fun. We just can't seem to help ourselves. :) - -- Lori ------------------------------ Date: 8 Feb 1999 08:49:56 GMT From: jon@mrrl.lut.ac.uk (Jon Knight) Subject: Re: Outing Richard Butterworth chad schrock (chad@radix.net) wrote: : > Why on earth would we need either air conditioning or : > refrigeration?!? : : Um, so the inside isn't hotter than the outside?? My main experience with air conditioned travel is the "air conditioned" Mk3 carriages on the British railway network. These were cunningly designed so tha the windows don't open at all and the air conditioning packs fail just as it gets warm outside. Resulting in a boiling sardine can effect. Give me a Mk1 with drop lights I can stick my head out of any day of the week. Oops, I thought this was uk.railway for a moment there... : > Anyway, you said England, what about Scotland?!? : : 'same thing innit?' Cue massive Britain != England thread. The fact that Wales and Scotland are individual components of the UK will soon be more apparent as they're getting their own devolved governments. - -- Tatty bye, Jim'll ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 09:45:53 +0000 From: Richard Butterworth Subject: Re: Outing Richard Butterworth "A.J. LoCicero" wrote: > Frucontent? Um, Fruvous won't be playing in England soon, because some members do > not care for the UK--presumably due to it's odd heating and cooling habits! Aha, at last this thread gets around to something interesting. (Thank you for the trains diversion Jon. I knew I could rely on you.) I'd just like to point out in a LOUD VOICE in case anyone from Fruvous HQ is listening that... Bare Naked Ladies, They Might Be Giants and Great Big Sea have all played here in the last month. All to rapturous acclaim[1], and BNL and TMBG both sold out large venues in advance on several nights. Soooo, how about making it the full set? Hmmm? Hmmm? TINKERTY TONK Tinkerty tonk Richard - ----------------------------------------- Salt fare North Sea weird stare further than the eye can see he had a head like a toy shop --`Some old salty'. Trad English song. - ----------------------------------------- [1] BNL even got thoroughly slagged off by the Guardian on Saturday, in their famously snotty and tiresome Lets Be Humurously Rude About Bands section -- a sure sign of massive music acclaim. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:19:01 +0000 From: Richard Butterworth Subject: Re: Useless information petit_chou@juno.com wrote: > really wants > to go to the beauty supply store[1] and say, "I was thinking of going > kind > of fulvous. What do you recommend for that?" Assisant : `I recommend medication.' (What *do* they supply in beauty supply stores? 3000 acres of New England in the autumn? Or Bizantine Florence in the light of a spring dawn? Or sunlight on a glacier? Or Linus Roach? Or...) Tinkerty tonk Richard - ----------------------------------------- Salt fare North Sea weird stare further than the eye can see he had a head like a toy shop --`Some old salty'. Trad English song. - ----------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 8 Feb 1999 12:27:47 GMT From: fruwench@aol.com (FruWench) Subject: Re: 930 review! >It was wonderful. There was one lady near me in the balcony who looked like >she was having a wonderful time dancing, *blush* Probably me, thanks! Come over and introduce yourself next time. ladywench FruSpace - We came, we saw, we slept on the floor . . . "For we can still love the world, who find a famished kitten on the step and know recesses for it from the fury of the street" - Hart Crane "Chaplinesque" ------------------------------ Date: 8 Feb 1999 12:25:44 GMT From: fruwench@aol.com (FruWench) Subject: Re: Moxy Fruvous at the Troc 2/6/99: the good, the bad and the ugly >Perhaps we could somehow use the Troc staff in our efforts to assimilate >Pittsburgh. Some of the bouncers were pretty big, and I'm sure they'd >be quite handy with a pitchfork. I wouldn't trust those mercenaries at my back. They would turn on us for a beer. FruSpace - We came, we saw, we slept on the floor . . . "For we can still love the world, who find a famished kitten on the step and know recesses for it from the fury of the street" - Hart Crane "Chaplinesque" ------------------------------ Date: 8 Feb 1999 12:21:20 GMT From: fruwench@aol.com (FruWench) Subject: Re: Philly Review/Boycott the Troc! More notes: Regarding the balcony - Yeah, great place to watch the show, IF YOU were over 21. That was the bar area. And the non-smoking area. And if you didn't want to dance. Kinda limits it. Regarding the "boo/Fru"ing, stage Murray was defnately HISSING by the time the Lads came out. And the hisses/boos were rippling through the crowd on the floor. I was getting scared. Rushing out afterwards: 1. Wrenn has a plate and several screws in her foot from an accident a few years ago. We were standin fro an awfully long time. Add that to the DC show the night before and she COULD NOT STAND when the show was over. I got defensive and nearly went for the throat of the goon who tried to make us move. Fortunately the Stage Manager (? thin guy with a beard) heard and quietly said we could stay as long as she needed. Of course the goon tried pushing the rest of us out, so Wrenn got up and hobbled out with us. THEN she was leaning against a wall keeping her weight off that foot, when we got hustled again. We tried to explain, and we had sent Jeff off for coats she she didn't have to fight through the crowd, but he wouldn't listen and was getting nasty - we were supposed to go outside, in the cold after a hot sweaty show, to wait for our coats. If I get sick, can I sue? Anyway, I helped Wrenn through the crowd so we could at least lean on the Merch table as an excuse to be there. Even there we were being swept out. Right under Tobey's nose, they were pushing people AWAY from the Merch table. We made sure Tobey knew, and eventually went outside. I also wanted to note the surcharge the Troc put on the Merch. Just FYI, I gave away my Bargainville CD and was planning on replacing it at the Troc. Combination of the surcharge and the attitude I got by the time I GOT to the Merch table, I had decided to wait until FruCon. Fruvous can have my money, and if Fruvous wants an extra $3, they can have it. I won't give it to The Troc. For Fruvous, I will go anywhere to see a show. But, please, not the Troc again. ladywench FruSpace - We came, we saw, we slept on the floor . . . "For we can still love the world, who find a famished kitten on the step and know recesses for it from the fury of the street" - Hart Crane "Chaplinesque" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 07:43:58 -0500 From: Lisa Schapiro Subject: Re: Lee's Palace Feb. 21st show CONFIRMED "Ticketmaster still has heard nothing about it, though... I'll be checking with my sources ;-) tomorrow!" Hmmm... I bought tickets to the show via Ticketmaster Canada on Saturday night, but they were calling the show by a different name, because it's a benefit show. You should try to call again and give them the date and the venue, and see if that works. If not, mention that it's a benefit show and that Moxy will be headlining. If I find the name that Ticketmaster called it, I'll let you know. Good luck! Lisa ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 13:51:31 GMT From: "Joyful Girl" Subject: Ani cd's I don't know if someone has already mentoned this, but if Ani cd's are too expensive where you live you can order them directly from her label, and they're a lot less expensive. They also have some neet t-shirts and stuff. The phone number is 1-800-ON-HER-OWN. I hope your wallets are relieved. love & light, Lucia i am burning. i am not consumed. -lucille clifton ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 14:03:04 GMT From: otispete@juno.com Subject: Re: A Windsor Review Indeed the "Poland" remains as of 2/5 in DC... On 5 Feb 1999 00:55:10 GMT stereopuff@aol.com (StereoPuff) writes: > >>>they arrived for the "acoustic performance" with the keyboard. > >and another thing i don't think anyone's mentioned... :) after one >song, Dave >asked Cal for a piece of black tape and stuck it over the right-stem >of the "R" >in the name "Roland" on the keyboard, turning it into a "Poland" >keyboard... >can anyone going to the shows this week let us know if it's still >there? ;] > >>And here is where I thwap Mike for meeting more people. > >and David Cronenberg last Tuesday! :D move to T.O. soon, MC! :) >and everyone go see Cronie's "eXistenZ" when it opens >late-spring/early-summer... it's quite a wild trip!!! (and has even >MORE Don >McKeller!) > >~mikey-wood > > ___________________________________________________________________ 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: 8 Feb 1999 14:08:01 GMT From: kevin@sahara.research-inc.com () Subject: Re: Geeky question for y'all On Fri, 05 Feb 1999 19:03:07 GMT, Ross Hendry wrote: >>an autographed vibrokitty, >Ahem, what? The term 'vibrokitty' conjures up a rather odd image. the vibrokitty is by far one of the strangest children's toys I've ever seen it's supposed to be a cat that gets upset when you squeeze it's foot, proceeds to meow, and then display it's anger by snarling and hissing. Instead it looks like a feline prostitute with it's makeup, and after meowing, it goes into what can look like an epileptic fit, or as Jian demonstrated on stage at Pt. Claire, a really good orgasm. Fruvously Yours, Kevin Kevin@frumail.org ------------------------------ Date: 8 Feb 1999 15:01:04 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: Philly Review/Boycott the Troc! : For Fruvous, I will go anywhere to see a show. But, please, not the Troc : again. : ladywench Fortunately, there are two other venues in Philly, The Theater of the Living Arts and the Electric Factory which could accomodate future Fruvous shows. I know TMBG has played at both so they're both big enough. I'm sure they'd be much nicer. - -Matt - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt James Voice: (301) 231-9898 x. 121 TYC Associates email: mjames@tyc.com Rockville, MD alternate: mattj@charm.net http://www.tyc.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 08:27:23 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: Grover and other goodies Krista wrote: > > Brent McNamee wrote: > > > It's a note of trivia that ALANIS MORRISETTE was on "You Can't Do That > > on Television" when she was a kid... It was produced in Ottawa, Ontario > > as a Nickleodeon co-production... > > Yeah, I've heard that too, although I'm not sure which character she was > (my friend says that Alanis was, and I quote, "The One Who Always Got > Slimed A Lot". I have to admit that this description doesn't really > ring any bells with me, because I seem to remember a LOT of people > getting slimed a lot of the time). Alanis was Alanis on You Can't Do That On Television. I always thought Moose got slimed more than Alanis. Alanis was kinda quiet. Moose, Alistair, and Lisa Ruddy got the most slime and water action in my Nickelodeon memory. "Just what do you think is in the burgers" - Chad ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 08:24:15 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: Fruvous Ramblings (Fans...) KatieWow wrote: > > hey megan! i just noticed your post, and no one had followed up yet, so > until chad (or is it Chad? i can never remember) pulls the welcome wagon > up, allow me to direct you to the temple of all that is frü, > www.fruvous.com. Sorry, the welcome wagon took a detour through DC and Philly this weekend, but it's back again on track again (still being held together with 2 shoelaces and a clotheshanger (thanks, Sarah!!). And welcome welcome to Megan!! - Chad ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 07:08:09 PST From: "jamila ali" Subject: 2BCDEBF-FB30405 PLEASE SUBCRIBE ME SOME MOXY !!!!!!!! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 15:26:32 GMT From: petit_chou@juno.com Subject: You Can't do that... (was grover) Chad said: >Alanis was Alanis on You Can't Do That On Television. I always >thought Moose got slimed more than Alanis. Alanis was kinda quiet. Moose, >Alistair, and Lisa Ruddy got the most slime and water action in >my Nickelodeon memory. May absolute favourite thing to quote with my friend Faith is when one of us will holler, "oooooohhhhhhhh Alistair?" and the other will say, "Yessssss Christine?" For some reason, that put us in hysterics every time. That, and quoting the poem from Joe Vs. The Volcano. Heather Moore "Long ago, the delicate tangles of his hair covered the emptiness of my hand...Would you like to hear it again?" ___________________________________________________________________ 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, 08 Feb 1999 09:52:59 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: Moxy Fruvous at the Troc 2/6/99: the good, the bad and the ugly Trace wrote: > female bouncers to frisk female concert goers. The very good reason > for this was proven at the Troc, as the bouncer who *frisked* me got > no where near my pockets (in fact I had a camera he missed in my coat > pocket) and just contented himself with patting my ass twice. *sniffle* No one patted _my_ ass. I guess I'll echo the whole 'had a crappy experience at the Trocadera' thing going on. Zard and I got in really easily because we had our tickets on hand. No frisking (I walking in with a decent sized bag of stuff under my arm) or hassle coming in. Had no problem securing a good space in front of the sound board where we got some of the step up for the less aerial people in our group. But once the show started, people just started moving backwards. People who started 20 feet in front of me ended up within arms distance by the end. I would open my mouth and hit the girl in front of my with my chin. I couldn't move my arms at all. Not the most comfortable place in the world. It didn't get too warm, but that was because of these large fans that gave the whole show a bit of a background buzz to it. I'm sure the show was great, but I was too uncomfortable to enjoy it myself. Then after the show, we were completely herded out. Probably the worst I've ever seen. I mean, I've been herded out of places before, but come on, yelling at people for hanging back two feet from the pack of people trying to get through the door? Sometimes I'm glad I'm bigger than most bouncers... Then, once they got us outside, they even tried kicking us off their sidewalk. The one redeeming quality of the Trocadero? It's name. Boy, did Mike *love* saying Trocadera. But next time, maybe play the TLA two nights or something. At least they just head you out into the lobby and give you dirty looks. The last TLA show was my favorite Fruvous concert ever and a big reason for that was the crowd being really into the show, quiet at the right spots and vocal at others. The crowd enhanced the show instead of detracting from it. So how big is this Tower place? - Chad ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 06:20:02 GMT From: aadler1@tiger.towson.edu Subject: yet another review - troc show. So, the Troc show. I didn't get a setlist, so I can't remember all the songs. Let's see what I can remember though. Opened with Splatter Splatter (yay!), and then Jockey Full of Bourbon. The rest of these are in no particular order, and i could be very wrong - Horseshoes, Fly, Minnie the Moocher (same jokes as DC, for the most part), Spiderman (lounge), Michigan Militia, Get in the Car, I Love My Boss, You Will Go to the Moon, Johnny Saucep'n, Independence Day, You Can't Be Too Careful, When She Talks (I Listen), King of Spain (It's laissez faire, I'm not wearing underware!), Darlington Darling, My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors (my baby's hooked on - my crucifixion!), Early Morning Rain, Love Potion Medly, Psycho Killer, Drinking Song. A bunch of improvs too - most notable being the "Act Glocally" set. It started out as Jian implored the audience not to go to Starbucks, and to examine local options and "think locally." To this Mike responded, "Think globally, act locallaly, or...think and act Glocally!" Of course, there had to be a song :) In my head its somehow mixed up with the 'Ransom' satire, where they just sort of yelled "Give me back my son!" which turned to "You can't handle the truth!" which finally turned into "You can't handle my son!" (just a note - this might have happened on Friday, the shows are running into eachother a lot in my tired, sick mind! :) This actually turned into a very long jam session, including Dave and Murray singing Van Morrison's "Moondance". Jian commented, pretending to be a reviewer..."This reviewer failed to understand why, three songs into the show, the band went into a ten minute long unplanned jam session." Jian started talking about how the guys know eachother so well, they can communicate without actually talking. Sometimes they do it by rhyming. It started with Jian rhyming 'Trocadero' with 'a sombrero' because it could be part of the rhyming in "Boo Time" and how they talk like that all the time now. He then told us that sometimes they didn't even bother to rhyme, that they would just sing something like "Let's go back to the hotel - let's go there." The Mike added that they can add things into it subliminally: "My leg's bugging me, Murray's bugging me." They made a few jabs at the "internet geeks" in the audience, which was fun, and somewhat embarassing. This turned into a short improv called "Hippies and Geeks" Jian said that this was going to lead to a mass "outing" of hippies. Murray said "In a phenomenon sweeping the nation, hundreds of hippies came out in Pennsylvania." Jian asked how it was supposed to be a national phenomenon if they were only coming out in Pennsylvania :) Lets see - Dave played bass for Early Morning Rain and When She Talks, which displaced Murray to drums. Dave informed us that he was now "playing a bass guitar" and that we should watch how complicated his part was. (It was something like two notes, but a good job all around :) And Murray commented "It's good to see someone who knows what they're going with that thing. I couldn't make heads nor tails of the manual." Mike made an incredibly bizarre comment about the G-Spot while introducing Dave as the King of Spain. There was abolutley no context :) The Poland keyboard is a really nice addition. Mike was having a little too much fun with the sound effects, and picked on that seemed to hypnotize everyone. "I can't move," Murray exclaimed "It's put me in a trance." Dave and Mike went to go fix something on the piano, and Murray explained that "the boys are building an entire new addition to the piano." Mike yelled back "It's okay Murr-man! We got it!" I forgot this earlier - but it was a riot - so I need to remember it :) I can't for the life of me remember which song it was in, but I'm guessing it was Minnie. Mike made the funniest rhyme, about how Cal makes the sound rock, and guitar tech Tobey has a twelve inch - woah!!! (We all know where that one was going!) Anyway, I saw Murray back up a bit on stage and laugh to Tobey who was off to the right side. Tobey then proceeded to do a really hysterical dance, which you could only see if you were looking off-stage. This seemed to cause Murray a lot of amusement :) Random tidbits of personal stuff -- My friend Ben had come to the DC show and was so impressed with them, that he drove all the way to Philly, *without* a ticket, to try and get in. And he did! The weird thing is, Ben is more of a "friend of a friend" kind of guy, and we haven't always been on the best terms. I was really impressed that the night before he gave me the candy box Murray threw out at the audience. I ended up driving to the Philly show alone, and getting there a little late (I missed most of the opening band). I had made my way to a decent spot up by the stage, when I feel someone tap my shoulder. I couldn't have been more suprised that he actually came over to see me and then wanted me to stand with him and his friend. When the Drinking Song came on, he immediatly put his arm around me to do the whole swaying bit. I was just incredibly impressed, beause there was a time when I was certain this kid hated me :) Jian looked like he was sobbing during the song, and I was about to as well. The night before, Ben and Murray had a pretty good talk about the Talking Heads, because Ben loves them. When Psycho Killer came on, Ben went nuts :) Talking to Murray after the show, he said he noticed us, and saw Ben going crazy when they started. I thanked him for Ben, who couldn't stick around to brave the evil security. Ugh. Never, ever, ever go to a show at the Troc if you can help it. They are MEAN! Even when Tobey tried to reason with the guards, they still wouldn't listed. Then Tobey went beyong being "reasonable" and just got a little irate :) Not only did they kick people out rudely, they also tried to kick out the band. They didn't realize that Murray was actually from the band, and they asked him to leave. (Or so I hear.) To combat evil guards, Dave went to talk to fans outside, at which point the quards locked the doors behind him so he couldn't get back in. Fortunatly there were other doors. I just thought it was a little rude. Grrr. Um. Yeah. :) Hanging out with newly met fellow Fruheads was cool too. And Kevin even let me sleep on his couch that night. I have a feeling it was becuase he got his car locked in the parking garage and needed a ride back to it the next morning :) I got to meet the Vibro-Kitty though, and that was fun. Really, I guess thats it for now. Of course, i will remember a million other details later, but for now my mind is friend. by the way - between the two shows, i took over 100 pictures. I'm taking them to the mall tomorrow to get developed, so I could have some scanned as soon as tomorrow night. whee!!! if they didn't come out, i'm going to cry. I will never, in my entire life, retain as much information as i did this weekend. I must have founs brain cells that were deep in hiding :) until then, - -anna- http://www.eccentrica.org/elements - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 06:20:02 GMT From: aadler1@tiger.towson.edu Subject: yet another review - troc show. So, the Troc show. I didn't get a setlist, so I can't remember all the songs. Let's see what I can remember though. Opened with Splatter Splatter (yay!), and then Jockey Full of Bourbon. The rest of these are in no particular order, and i could be very wrong - Horseshoes, Fly, Minnie the Moocher (same jokes as DC, for the most part), Spiderman (lounge), Michigan Militia, Get in the Car, I Love My Boss, You Will Go to the Moon, Johnny Saucep'n, Independence Day, You Can't Be Too Careful, When She Talks (I Listen), King of Spain (It's laissez faire, I'm not wearing underware!), Darlington Darling, My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors (my baby's hooked on - my crucifixion!), Early Morning Rain, Love Potion Medly, Psycho Killer, Drinking Song. A bunch of improvs too - most notable being the "Act Glocally" set. It started out as Jian implored the audience not to go to Starbucks, and to examine local options and "think locally." To this Mike responded, "Think globally, act locallaly, or...think and act Glocally!" Of course, there had to be a song :) In my head its somehow mixed up with the 'Ransom' satire, where they just sort of yelled "Give me back my son!" which turned to "You can't handle the truth!" which finally turned into "You can't handle my son!" (just a note - this might have happened on Friday, the shows are running into eachother a lot in my tired, sick mind! :) This actually turned into a very long jam session, including Dave and Murray singing Van Morrison's "Moondance". Jian commented, pretending to be a reviewer..."This reviewer failed to understand why, three songs into the show, the band went into a ten minute long unplanned jam session." Jian started talking about how the guys know eachother so well, they can communicate without actually talking. Sometimes they do it by rhyming. It started with Jian rhyming 'Trocadero' with 'a sombrero' because it could be part of the rhyming in "Boo Time" and how they talk like that all the time now. He then told us that sometimes they didn't even bother to rhyme, that they would just sing something like "Let's go back to the hotel - let's go there." The Mike added that they can add things into it subliminally: "My leg's bugging me, Murray's bugging me." They made a few jabs at the "internet geeks" in the audience, which was fun, and somewhat embarassing. This turned into a short improv called "Hippies and Geeks" Jian said that this was going to lead to a mass "outing" of hippies. Murray said "In a phenomenon sweeping the nation, hundreds of hippies came out in Pennsylvania." Jian asked how it was supposed to be a national phenomenon if they were only coming out in Pennsylvania :) Lets see - Dave played bass for Early Morning Rain and When She Talks, which displaced Murray to drums. Dave informed us that he was now "playing a bass guitar" and that we should watch how complicated his part was. (It was something like two notes, but a good job all around :) And Murray commented "It's good to see someone who knows what they're going with that thing. I couldn't make heads nor tails of the manual." Mike made an incredibly bizarre comment about the G-Spot while introducing Dave as the King of Spain. There was abolutley no context :) The Poland keyboard is a really nice addition. Mike was having a little too much fun with the sound effects, and picked on that seemed to hypnotize everyone. "I can't move," Murray exclaimed "It's put me in a trance." Dave and Mike went to go fix something on the piano, and Murray explained that "the boys are building an entire new addition to the piano." Mike yelled back "It's okay Murr-man! We got it!" I forgot this earlier - but it was a riot - so I need to remember it :) I can't for the life of me remember which song it was in, but I'm guessing it was Minnie. Mike made the funniest rhyme, about how Cal makes the sound rock, and guitar tech Tobey has a twelve inch - woah!!! (We all know where that one was going!) Anyway, I saw Murray back up a bit on stage and laugh to Tobey who was off to the right side. Tobey then proceeded to do a really hysterical dance, which you could only see if you were looking off-stage. This seemed to cause Murray a lot of amusement :) Random tidbits of personal stuff -- My friend Ben had come to the DC show and was so impressed with them, that he drove all the way to Philly, *without* a ticket, to try and get in. And he did! The weird thing is, Ben is more of a "friend of a friend" kind of guy, and we haven't always been on the best terms. I was really impressed that the night before he gave me the candy box Murray threw out at the audience. I ended up driving to the Philly show alone, and getting there a little late (I missed most of the opening band). I had made my way to a decent spot up by the stage, when I feel someone tap my shoulder. I couldn't have been more suprised that he actually came over to see me and then wanted me to stand with him and his friend. When the Drinking Song came on, he immediatly put his arm around me to do the whole swaying bit. I was just incredibly impressed, beause there was a time when I was certain this kid hated me :) Jian looked like he was sobbing during the song, and I was about to as well. The night before, Ben and Murray had a pretty good talk about the Talking Heads, because Ben loves them. When Psycho Killer came on, Ben went nuts :) Talking to Murray after the show, he said he noticed us, and saw Ben going crazy when they started. I thanked him for Ben, who couldn't stick around to brave the evil security. Ugh. Never, ever, ever go to a show at the Troc if you can help it. They are MEAN! Even when Tobey tried to reason with the guards, they still wouldn't listed. Then Tobey went beyong being "reasonable" and just got a little irate :) Not only did they kick people out rudely, they also tried to kick out the band. They didn't realize that Murray was actually from the band, and they asked him to leave. (Or so I hear.) To combat evil guards, Dave went to talk to fans outside, at which point the quards locked the doors behind him so he couldn't get back in. Fortunatly there were other doors. I just thought it was a little rude. Grrr. Um. Yeah. :) Hanging out with newly met fellow Fruheads was cool too. And Kevin even let me sleep on his couch that night. I have a feeling it was becuase he got his car locked in the parking garage and needed a ride back to it the next morning :) I got to meet the Vibro-Kitty though, and that was fun. Really, I guess thats it for now. Of course, i will remember a million other details later, but for now my mind is friend. by the way - between the two shows, i took over 100 pictures. I'm taking them to the mall tomorrow to get developed, so I could have some scanned as soon as tomorrow night. whee!!! if they didn't come out, i'm going to cry. I will never, in my entire life, retain as much information as i did this weekend. I must have founs brain cells that were deep in hiding :) until then, - -anna- http://www.eccentrica.org/elements - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #124 ********************************************