From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #191 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 Wednesday, February 24 1999 Volume 03 : Number 191 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Way to go Jane ["Life101" ] Re: NEW HOMEPAGE ["CW" ] Re: Memories of Toronto, Part 1, Sunday [elinX@rff.org (Rodney Elin)] Re: Hello news group [Chad Maloney ] Re: Way to go, Murray [katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyer] Dave on Sci-fi (fwd) [Lynne Fisher ] Re: FruCon 2 IRC [vika@ibm.net (Vika Zafrin)] Re: Way to go, Murray [Chad Maloney ] Re: dave on TV! [elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James)] IT'S A BABY... ["P. Gruneberg" ] love in an elevator [Taryn Chase ] Re: IT'S A BABY... [katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers)] Re: I WANT DETAILS!!!!! [vika@ibm.net (Vika Zafrin)] Re: Memories of Toronto, Part 1, Sunday [gemini@p3.net (Trace)] Re: FruCon 2 IRC [Richard Butterworth ] Backdoors & Passwords ho 84399 [nobody@nowhere33.yet] Re: February 19 review [gemini@p3.net (Trace)] Re: Way to go, Murray [Thomas Fazzio ] Re: FruCon 2 IRC [katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers)] Re: Way to go, Murray [elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James)] Persians [Caitlin ] Re: What a trip it has already been! [nafio@my-dejanews.com] Re: Hello news group [gemini@p3.net (Trace)] Re: Way to go, Murray [nafio@my-dejanews.com] Re: February 20 review (Long, long, long) [gemini@p3.net (Trace)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 09:19:46 -0800 From: "Life101" Subject: Re: Way to go Jane Katrin Luessenheide Salyers wrote in message ... >http://www.dimensional.com/~katrin/j&m.jpg ROTFLOLWMCOOMN That was just priceless :) Life101 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:43:35 -0000 From: "CW" Subject: Re: NEW HOMEPAGE CW heeft geschreven in bericht ... >You have to see this new homepage and subages !! > > >http://people.zeelandnet.nl/cwill/ > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 14:49:57 GMT From: elinX@rff.org (Rodney Elin) Subject: Re: Memories of Toronto, Part 1, Sunday OK, here I go: Hi, my name is Rodney, and I am a John Denver fan. I have seen him in concert three times, and I own five or six John Denver LP's. (Yes, I have been a fan for that long.) Including both of the John Denver and the Muppets albums. I have never seen anyone handle a 12-string guitar like he does. Wow. On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 10:29:24 -0800, cookie wrote: >OK. I guess it's time I formally outed myself in a public forum. I am a >HUGE John Denver fan, and darn it...I'm proud of it. I originally came >out to a co-worker about 7 years ago, and to my surprise, she was also a >closeted fan. We gathered strength from each other, and soon found that >there are a lot more fans who, for some reason, are afraid to admit it. - --Rodney, (Oops! It looks like I accidentally put an extra character in my email address. To reply to this message, remove the letter X) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 08:48:29 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: Hello news group "Leah C. Bridgers" wrote: > > OK, so this is my first time at the infamous fruvous news group. I > actually made it to Toronto this weekend, which is where I heard so much > about it. Hi Leah! Okay, now we have a capital "L" Leah and a lowercase "l" leah, so here we go again (for reference sake, I'm Chad, not chad). Glad you made it up to the con and then over to here. Good to hear we get to be infamous too. > So, I just have to say that I had a blast at the Frucon (especially when I > won a CD copy of the indie tape) =) yeah! Congratulation. I don't suppose anyone who won a Wood poster would rather give to me than keep it? Didn't think so. > Anyway, I just wanna thank those who organized the Frucon. I loved being > able to see the videos... the science video in particular.. BTW, does > anyone know when that was made? We were trying to figure it out, but our > roman numeral speak is not very good. Well, Doug McClement mentioned them in his panel discussion (which was really great), so it was probably around Bargainville times. Using http://www.fruvous.com, the ultimate source in Fruvous information, you can gleen information about the Science Videos first hand at http://www.fruvous.com/energy.html. There's also an email contact for the filmmaker who may be able to get anyone who wants to be able to see the guys in Farmer costumes on demand ordering info. Welcome to the newsgroup, Leah!!! - Chad ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 08:05:17 -0700 From: katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers) Subject: Re: Way to go, Murray In article <9ce2e7a4.36d40148@aol.com>, Srm9988n@aol.com says... > Actually I enjoyed Sarah's sets MORE than Susan's, although Susan > was quite enjoyable too. I really thought that trance-groove thing Sarah > has going is wonderful; her backup singer on Friday had an amazing > voice; and the cello was really cool (not to mention its player looked > ALARMINGLY like Kevin Bacon and was named Kevin to boot). Oh, wasn't he *adorable*? Kevin Fox, right? I am just a sucker for a guy in geek glasses. :) k@ married someone with 20/15 vision ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:50:25 GMT From: Lynne Fisher Subject: Dave on Sci-fi (fwd) How fun!!!! Dave is not a bad actor, he looked a lot younger..... and um.. scarier haha! I taped it, if anyone is interested.. or do I just bring it to FruCon III - -Lynne >Everyone set you VCRs for Tuesday February 23, Sci-Fi Channel, at 10:01 PM. >Everyones favorite episode of Friday the 13th: The Series will be on! Incase >you don't know, it features Dave. If you miss it, just tune in at 2:01 AM for >a second broadcast. All times above are eastern. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:37:44 GMT From: vika@ibm.net (Vika Zafrin) Subject: Re: FruCon 2 IRC Richard Butterworth delighted us with: >That's correct, yes. Every single British kitchen has an Aga. Argh! What's an Aga? Vika Zafrin, vika at ibm dot net "[Our dog] gives birth every three years, like clockwork, to puppies that look like a hybrid between a stray and a crocodile." -from Anton Chekhov's correspondence ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 09:19:36 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: Way to go, Murray KatieWow wrote: > > did i miss the jian verse? i thought they ended it without one. > also, on sunday night, sarah slean came out to sing with the band, and > someone else yelled "way to go murray!" to which caitlin, colleen (i > think), and i responded "way to go sarah!" it was great in general :). Memory people. Focus. The Jian verse was sung my Mike. I was busting up laughing because Mike's first sentence was about a bunch of blond guys getting some and my mind, playing the continuity joke, of course assumed this was Jian's verse. It was. Pure hilarity. - Chad ------------------------------ Date: 24 Feb 1999 15:51:21 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: dave on TV! FruWench (fruwench@aol.com) wrote: : > he even had a : >southern accent. : Hey! That explains the "Y'all" at North Hampton!!! (*watching all FruHeads : with CDs of those shows run to figure out when that was.*) And as I thought last night while watching it, he looked like a cross between Ricky Shroeder and River Phoenix. Angry Dave was the best, when his hair was wild and he was yelling at someone. ;) - -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: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:45:58 GMT From: "P. Gruneberg" Subject: IT'S A BABY... Boy. But then, we already knew that!! :) Yup, my cousin, the yet unnamed Baby Boy Molloy, made his way into the world last night around 12:45. (Which, technically, I guess, is today) Baby weighed a whopping 9 lbs 13 oz, a surprise to all of us, since the doctors said a few months ago he was going to be very small (they were predicting around 5 lbs, based on ultrasound and Kerry's size. Man, were they wrong) Everybody's fine, and hopefully I'll get to go see him soon! But... ummmm, no word yet on whether or not I have a tape of Saturday's show to promise as part of the baby gift... please... someone? :) Veronica ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:50:23 GMT From: Taryn Chase Subject: love in an elevator On being stuck in the elevator: Lynne wrote: <(the SMALL elevator) with 8 people wasn't so bad, especially when Brad told the fire guy trying to get us out, "not to worry, we were all getting naked"> and a curious someone asked: Wasn't it right after the convention on our way to dinner at JJ Muggs, Lynne? Or was it after breakfast at the Golden Griddle on our way to the convention? Well, it seemed like a normal thing to do at the time. All 12 of us had been forced to bond together in the two hotel rooms, at any rate, so I think our personal space barriers had worn down enough to make it possible... Fortunately, I don't think any of us are permanently scarred with claustrophobia or anything... Good thing, too, cuz Lee's was insanely crowded Saturday night. On Sarah Slean & band: Lori penned: and was named Kevin to boot).> I agree--Sarah had a lot more going for her with the backup band. (Caught her at the Tralf without and it was much less poignant.) Speaking of which, did anyone happen to notice the drummer? He was mighty fine as well. I think his name was Steven(?) Anyway, I had half a mind to go over and say hello, but I soon realized there was a line of like 40 girls and I wasn't gonna get involved in *that*. Just curious if anybody had any scoop on him. (Sigh.) So much for living by the lines: "You can't be too careful; you can't agonize over it. You can't be too careful; just make your mind up and go for it." taryn c. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 09:15:32 -0700 From: katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers) Subject: Re: IT'S A BABY... In article <36D41E68.3F314D7D@home.com>, pgruneberg@home.com says... > Yup, my cousin, the yet unnamed Baby Boy Molloy, made his way into the > world last night around 12:45. (Which, technically, I guess, is today) Congratulations to Veronica's new cousin! A Frühead from birth. Gotta love it. k@ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:16:22 GMT From: vika@ibm.net (Vika Zafrin) Subject: Re: I WANT DETAILS!!!!! VJohnson delighted us with: >But, I really can't wait to see what YOU have to say about the weekend!! ;-) By >the way, did Chris, Zard or CeeCee attend? Yes, both ChrisT and ChrisO, yes, and yes. :) - -v, speaking for others Vika Zafrin, vika at ibm dot net "[Our dog] gives birth every three years, like clockwork, to puppies that look like a hybrid between a stray and a crocodile." -from Anton Chekhov's correspondence ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:07:43 GMT From: gemini@p3.net (Trace) Subject: Re: Memories of Toronto, Part 1, Sunday On 24 Feb 1999 12:03:35 GMT, fruwench@aol.com (FruWench) wrote: >>Another >>coinky-dink! Dang! I'm going to have to stop posting on this newsgroup. >>My posts seem to be affecting my reality, and it's starting to freak me >>out a bit. > >Didn't you know about the Fruvous psychic connection? Except it usually works >with stuff we talk about in private ending up on stage. Who's bugged? Do we >have a spy in our midst? (Must be Traci.) HEY!!! It's not me! I deny everything! I'm telling ya, either the Fruvous merchandise is bugged, or the lads are channelling us :) Why else would Jian repeat *verbatim* the conversation we had about him eating at McDonalds because there's no meat in that food anyways? I am NOT a spy dammit. I hope you'll all notice my cool, new email addy :) - -- Trace trace@frumail.org *sniff* Target is within sniffing range. Hailing on all frequencies. *woop woop* Visual acquired. Our bogie is at 9:00. Fire when ready. - 1/1 BL dum tek ca tek tek ca tek tek *snort* ARGH *glare* Follow THAT one lads.... - 1/2 BL ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:27:42 +0000 From: Richard Butterworth Subject: Re: FruCon 2 IRC Vika Zafrin arghed: > Argh! What's an Aga? > A very short palindrome. ** slap ** Alright, alright, seriously. `Aga' is the sound typically made by a member of the audience when Murray unexpectedly smiles at them. What that sound is doing in my kitchen I wouldn't know. ** slap, slap, SLAP ** Actually I'm surprised at you not knowing this Vika. Its a brand name for those huge, old fashioned wood fired cast iron ovens. Very popular with yuppies and other people with more money than sense. I'd actually quite like one, but then I never had much sense. Or money. Actually I probably do have more money than sense. 2.85 Euros to be precise. 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: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 10:43:22 -0500 From: VJohnson Subject: Re: I WANT DETAILS!!!!! heehee...don't worry, Chad...we know that it sometimes takes a full week to recover from Frumania...I just don't want all of those precious moments forgotten the longer people wait!! (AND I'm just kidding of course about being so impatient!) But, I really can't wait to see what YOU have to say about the weekend!! ;-) By the way, did Chris, Zard or CeeCee attend? Best, Victorria OH! My band, near, is playing this Sunday (Feb 28th) at Luna Lounge in NYC--10pm if anyone needs something to do!! ;-) Chad Maloney wrote: > KPFruhead wrote: > > > > >Ok, so I've been patient...I've noticed the setlists posted and all the > > >nice short posts of "great to have met ya,etc" but I'm dying for DETAILS > > >HERE! Please, for those of us unable to get to FruCon...impressions, > > >funny remarks, late night excursions--anything to help us live > > >vicariously!! ;-) > > > > Ditto here!!! I'm going to wait a day or two for everyone to get back and > > recover, though... Personally, I look forward to Chad's full musical analysis > > :) > > Oh great. Now there's pressure. Can't let down Ken and Vic. > > I'm still trying to get back into working mode, but we'll see what > we can whip up tonight or tomorrow. Hey Ken, the Charvel came out for > Jockey Full of Bourbon on Friday night. I think the Red Gibson got out > of tune during Too Careful. The luxury of shows in your hometown I guess. > Don't have to squeeze your life into a van... > > - Chad ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:02:25 GMT From: nobody@nowhere33.yet Subject: Backdoors & Passwords ho 84399 Mendoza's Passwords Updated!2331 http://members.xoom.com/samsneedy/pass/password.htm http://members.xoom.com/samsneedy/pass/password.htm We are happy to announce our MP3 cd's are now ready!! - we have three volumes available - 3 for $35 or $15 each. Send a fax to 407-677-4089 with the words mp3 and your email address for more info. The CDS are a mix of 70's-80's-90's- Hip-hop-Dance-Trance-Rave and breakbeat! 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Trace, Kevin, Fr+APw-wench, and Amy. >Hmm... traveling hundreds >of miles to another country to share a room with 4 people I'd never met... >isn't Fr+APw-headism >great?+ Fruheadism...see the world, meet new people, hear great music. What more can you ask for? This is the life! > Setlist and my random thoughts... > >Sahara (extended) - it was kickin'. I love the extended jam more and more >every time I hear it. >And after meeting Trace +ACY- Fr+APw-wench, I have a new appreciation for the >dumbek... Beware Bridget. You are in danger of being converted. We've already converted Amy, as she has ordered a dumbek of her own. :) Rock on! >I Will Hold On - We've decided this seems almost like a stalking song... not >unlike +ACI-Every Breath >You Take+ACI- by The Police. Hmm... Dig it Well, there are definitely stalker-esqe moments in the song, but it is not wholly negative. What Jian articulates perfectly in the song, but hasn't explained fully in his prefaces, is that the content of the song is the kind of thing every woman would *love* to hear from the man she loves, but would cringe to hear from the guy she's tryng to break off with. It can be taken two ways, depending on the perceived attitude of the person the song is directed to. Stalker, or dedicated best friend and lover...it can work either way in my opinion. I still think of it as a positive song, whatever Jian says, but I can certainly see what he means.... > >Jammed about the liquid gifts Dave's receiving for his birthday. Very >funny+ACE- Yeah, just how many tequilas did members of the audience buy Dave? He didn't seem to mind... :) > >If Only You Knew - I've read/heard over and over and over again that this >full band version pales in comparison to Mike going solo. I've heard it >performed both ways, and while Mike's solo version is tender and moving, I >have absolutely NO gripe with the full band version. I think it's a great >song either way. I think it may be more emotionally intense with just Mike singing/playing, but I like the full band version as well. >'Thanks for the pizza, Kevin... sorry about the gay hooker.' > :Fruwench, 02/22/99, sometime around 3 in the morning... I should probably leave this one alone, but I can't let Jen take the blame....I said that, I admit it. It WAS 3am, what do you expect????? For those of you who are interested, maybe Kev will tell the story behind it. After all, he did pay $5 (Canadian) for the honor of having this story to tell, so I should let him get his money's worth :) - -- Trace trace@frumail.org *sniff* Target is within sniffing range. Hailing on all frequencies. *woop woop* Visual acquired. Our bogie is at 9:00. Fire when ready. - 1/1 BL dum tek ca tek tek ca tek tek *snort* ARGH *glare* Follow THAT one lads.... - 1/2 BL ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:29:16 -0500 From: Thomas Fazzio Subject: Re: Way to go, Murray > Sara McGloghlin (sp??) wow - that is *the* coolest spelling of Sarah McLachlan I have ever seen... =) later, tom. Thomas Fazzio Sarah Slean Fan Potsdam, NY fazziote@clarkson.edu http://www.clarkson.edu/~fazziote ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 10:15:16 -0700 From: katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin Luessenheide Salyers) Subject: Re: FruCon 2 IRC In article <36D42877.28AA8616@mdx.NONASTYSPAM.ac.uk>, r.j.butterworth@mdx.NONASTYSPAM.ac.uk says... > Alright, alright, seriously. `Aga' is the sound typically made by a > member of the audience when Murray unexpectedly smiles at them. My goodness, Richard, you're right! I think that noise, made by me, shows up loud and clear on at least one recording of the Roxy show. k@ not to mention my horrified screams later ------------------------------ Date: 24 Feb 1999 17:08:17 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: Way to go, Murray : Actually I enjoyed Sarah's sets MORE than Susan's, although Susan : was quite enjoyable too. I really thought that trance-groove thing Sarah : has going is wonderful; her backup singer on Friday had an amazing It seemed that Sarah Slean sounded almost exactly like Sara McGloghlin (sp??) I dunno, she didn't do a whole lot for me. (that could have to do with the fact that I don't like Sara McGloghlin's music, though) - -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: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 09:12:45 -0800 From: Caitlin Subject: Persians On Wed, 24 Feb 1999 drea1@my-dejanews.com wrote: > (for the record, room full of intoxicated fruheads > > was a high point of my weekend as well!) > > Hey hey hey...not ALL of us were intoxicated! Note to Phil: obviously, we'll have to provide more alcohol next frucon! > Btw, to all those who were in 608 on Saturday > night... the persians (it's a Thunder Bay pastry > people, minds OUT of the gutter) were an evil plot > to try to persuade people to come up to Thunder > Bay the next time the guys are in town *G* It could very well work. Can you smuggle those things across the border somehow? Those of you who missed munching on Persians (give up, their minds are already *in* the gutter!), it could be well worth the trip to thunder bay to see what you missed! ____ \ /__ Caitlin Xantha Hazen \/ / caitlin@wayward-volvo.org \/ http://www.wayward-volvo.org/xanthe.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:30:30 GMT From: nafio@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: What a trip it has already been! Lace mentioned: > "Where's the henna?" > -Susan Werner > (ah, my 15 seconds of fame..) That was you? Cool! So I may not have met you but now I know approximately where you were during Saturday's show. It's a step :) Fiona "Früvous has this weird mental virus - we have to follow them or we'll die" - me, Windsor Jan 29/99 - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:40:04 GMT From: gemini@p3.net (Trace) Subject: Re: Hello news group On Wed, 24 Feb 1999 08:48:29 -0500, Chad Maloney wrote: > >Congratulation. I don't suppose anyone who won a Wood poster would rather >give to me than keep it? Didn't think so. LOL Hmmm, I don't suppose you'd want to trade your indie tape for my Wood poster? I didn't think so :P That poster gave me headaches on the way home. It was not easy transporting a rolled up poster onboard an aircraft w/o having it get crushed. It was worth it though, and the strange looks I received were amusing. - -- Trace trace@frumail.org *sniff* Target is within sniffing range. Hailing on all frequencies. *woop woop* Visual acquired. Our bogie is at 9:00. Fire when ready. - 1/1 BL dum tek ca tek tek ca tek tek *snort* ARGH *glare* Follow THAT one lads.... - 1/2 BL ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:38:07 GMT From: nafio@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: Way to go, Murray "valerie jones" wrote: > i found out after the show that this "f*cker" was the wonderful brent of > toronto -- the kindhearted soul who spent his weekend ensuring that all the > out-of-towners made it to lee's, there, and everywhere. i'd thanked him > profusely earlier in the night for all his time, tips, and thoughtfulness. > very funny that he turned out to be such a badman. :) btw, thanks so much > for all your help and time, brent (you f*cker!). :) Brent is a very cool person and he knows way too much about Toronto. It was so cute to see him after the show, beaming like mad and announcing "Jian called me a f*cker!!!" (I guess it wasn't enough of a deterrent, Ji. Especially since I hear somebody tried to start up the "Way to go Murray" thing on Sunday night again) Fiona "Früvous has this weird mental virus - we have to follow them or we'll die" - me, Windsor Jan 29/99 - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:41:16 GMT From: gemini@p3.net (Trace) Subject: Re: February 20 review (Long, long, long) On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:06:58 -0700, "Bridget" wrote: >Fr+APw-con day+ACEAIQAh- The 'con was a blast. I thought it was very well organized, >the planning committee did a great job. Yep, it certainly was a blast, and kudos to the committee! Here is what I remember from the con. Upon entering, con-goers received an awesome, keepsake ticket which was laminated and made to look like a "pass" that is hung around the neck. It was blue with the FruCon II logo and date on it. Three cheers for whoever came up with that idea. Con-attendees also recieved a bag full of goodies, which included a very nicely done program outlining the events, containing bios of the lads, an article about the band, and space set aside to write down the names and addresses of Fruheads met during the con. Great idea! Also in the bag was a questionaire, a raffle ticket and a puzzle piece (more on that in minute). There were stations around the convention area with activites and/or displays. There was the raffle table, where items to raffled included a dumbek (to be signed and personalized to the winner by the band, congrats Kevin), indie tapes, indie cds, wood promos, posters, Tobey's jacket, and t-shirts among other goodies. A late entry to the raffle was Murray's old, non-functional pitch pipe. Yay! I bought 9 tickets myself, which brought my grand total to 10, including the one that came in the goodie bag. Other cool raffle items were puzzles, which brings me to the next station... The Puzzle Tables. Pictures of each of the lads were blown up and turned into puzzles, the pieces of which were included in the goodie bags. Con attendees' jobs were to assemble the puzzles to form the pictures. When completed, the puzzles were to be raffled off. Sadly, at the time of the raffle, only Jian's puzzle was completed. I believe 5 puzzle pieces, belonging to the Mike, Dave and Murray puzzles were lost or thrown away unknowingly during the afternoon. Luckily, the lost pieces were not overly crucial, with the exception of Dave-o's shoulder going awol. My 10 tickets came in handy as I was fortunate enough to win the Jian puzzle. There was a giant crossword puzzle about the band for attendees to fill out (and btw, whose idea was it to make the Flyers Jian's favorite hockey team? I nearly died laughing!). There were areas for singalongs and jams. There were display tables for artwork, and the Larry and Barry costumes from Halloween. There was a large map of North America, with handy star stickers which Fruheads were invited to mark their homes with. There was a video section where the band's videos, the science videos and tapes of the Ark and Halloween shows were played. There was the Q&A features with the peopel from BLR etc. And there was the scrapbook table, with pullout pages that Fruheads could decorate with artwork, messages, pictures, etc, and which was presented to the lads after the raffle. They flipped over it. It was a really nice keepsake. Oh, and there were *lots* of friendly Fruheads! What a blast! I can't wait for FruCon III :) On to the show... > >Well, it was STILL cold waiting outside Lee's+ACEAIQAh- Before we got in line, we >went across the street to grab a slice at the Pizza Pizza. Hee hee. Same >story as the night before, waited and waited, got inside, staked out that >second row (stage Murray...) and slowly thawed out. Susan Werner opened, >and was EXTREMELY well received. She was a hoot+ACE- And we got an encore... >with Jian and Dave. The night was off to a very promising start... I also liked Susan. She thought we were the strangest audience she'd ever seen. She ain't seen nothing yet :) Unfortunately, Susan didn't have her cds with her that night, but she corrected that problem the next night, and probably sold quite a few. >Setlist and my random thoughts... > >Johnny Saucep'n - needless to say always a crowd favorite. I get mesmerized >watching Murray with that grater... I was hand-jiving :) > >When She Talks - hadn't heard this one before tonight. Didn't leave much of >an impression on me. There are lots of the +ACI-new+ACI- songs that I like a whole >lot more... Second time hearing it. I don't know. Maybe it'll grow on me, but I find it a bit disturbing. I like IWHO, Sad Girl, and Follow the Road better. It's not bad, I just like the others better I suppose. Sad Girl has particularly improved with the new keyboard. >Independence Day - please please please let this one make the album+ACEAIQ- I >ADORE this tune... There is still that one line in the first verse that sounds discordant to me, but otherwise, I love this song. It is absolutely mesmerizing. I just hope this won't turn out to be another one of those Murray songs that he never sings live after the album comes out :| > >Minnie the Moocher - 'twas awesome+ACE- Notably absent--Murray's claim of the song being written 30 minutes or less before showtime, or your pizza is free :) Sure Jian, you only scan the headers of the newsgroup. We believe you. Really. :) >Early Morning Rain - so, isn't there a campaign out there to get this one on >the new album? My undying support... I really loved this song in the closing position. Guess what guys? I think you've found another closing encore to mix things up. I simply loved hearing it last. Beautiful and satisfying. I realize at this point that I should've just made my own thread, but oh well, this is just a really, really long follow up :) - -- Trace trace@frumail.org *sniff* Target is within sniffing range. Hailing on all frequencies. *woop woop* Visual acquired. Our bogie is at 9:00. Fire when ready. - 1/1 BL dum tek ca tek tek ca tek tek *snort* ARGH *glare* Follow THAT one lads.... - 1/2 BL ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #191 ********************************************