From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #372 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, May 3 1999 Volume 03 : Number 372 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: **itinerary update** [Cheesemaker Gem ] Re: The X-files and Fr?vous [Gibbins Christopher <4cg7@qlink.queensu.ca>] Re: the all the hockey smack goin' on [Gruneberg Veronica J <6vjg@qlink.q] Re: the all the hockey smack goin' on [Matthew Wiser ] Re: T-shirts [Leah ] Re: T-shirts [Anna! ] Final Project [Caitlin ] Re: Final Project [vika@ibm.net (Vika Zafrin)] I want your support 8467 [bxywpq@hotmail.com] OT: LEAFS WIN!! LEAFS WIN!! [drea1@my-dejanews.com] Fortuitous fate... [Tamra ] Re: OT: LEAFS WIN!! LEAFS WIN!! [Paul Mischler ] Re: T-shirts ["A.T. Schrader" ] Re: Frvous on NPR [bodaceah@aol.com (Bodaceah)] Re: Fortuitous fate... ["KatieWow" ] I went to Utica. [Anna! ] Re: OT: LEAFS WIN!! LEAFS WIN!! [drea1@my-dejanews.com] review: Frtica NY 4/30/99 [Srm9988n@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 04:19:50 GMT From: Cheesemaker Gem Subject: Re: **itinerary update** > > I'm going to get jumped on for this, but that's > way > > worse than spelling > > St. Catherine's with an A. ya, but st catharines with an A is right...or am i missing somthing here? jen === The World's Shortest Pessimistic Poem: Hope? Nope. - -Robert Zeal _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: 3 May 1999 04:10:06 GMT From: Gibbins Christopher <4cg7@qlink.queensu.ca> Subject: Re: The X-files and Fr?vous > Langley from the x-files who plays the hippie "Lone Gunman" (The = > computer Nerd guy w/ long hair - and the one who was injected with that = > crazy stuff Scully was injected with on the last episode) look a lot = > like Dave Matheson? He is only a year older! His real name is Dean = > Haglund and is from Manitoba Canada. Crazy! > Could Dave be working under a fake name? Nah- highly unlikely! > Just thought I'd bring that up. > -Feeny (Chris) Langley is great especially in this week's X-files but I would say he really doesn't look like Dave his nose is too big and Dave's jaw is squarer. ------------------------------ Date: 3 May 1999 03:46:44 GMT From: Gruneberg Veronica J <6vjg@qlink.queensu.ca> Subject: Re: the all the hockey smack goin' on I'm not going to lie, I was a little confused for a minute - I wasn't sure if Ronnie was me! :) Strangely enough, only three people I know call em the most obvious nickname for Veronica... The answer to your question is that the Toronto Maple Leafs are Tornto's NHL (hockey!!) team. And they were playing the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round of the playoffs... Which brings me to my next point... Woohoo Leafs!! 4-2 series final... "Baaaa... ba-ba-ba-da-bada!!! Ba-ba-ba-badadada ba-dadada da..." (the theme from "Hockey Night in Canada", obviously...) :) Veronica - -- *************************************************************************** "Never look at the trombones, | Veronica Gruneberg it only encourages them." | Dept. of Biology - Richard Strauss | Queen's University | Kingston, Ontario ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 00:36:56 -0400 From: Matthew Wiser Subject: Re: the all the hockey smack goin' on Gruneberg Veronica J wrote:Which brings me to my next point... Woohoo Leafs!! 4-2 series final... > "Baaaa... ba-ba-ba-da-bada!!! Ba-ba-ba-badadada ba-dadada da..." (the > theme from "Hockey Night in Canada", obviously...) > > :) Veronica > Yea Leafs! Okay, I Sabres fan, but winning a series without scoring 3 goals in a single game seems very Sabreish to me. That would make an entertaining Eastern Confrence Final. Buffalo- Toronto. All decided 1-0 in multiple overtime. And for anyone wondering about next round: Pittsburg-Toronto, Buffalo-Boston if the Penguins win, Buffalo-Jersey, Boston-Toronto if the Davils win. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 05:18:35 GMT From: Aryn - Marietta Eaton Subject: Re: the all the hockey smack goin' on - --- Gruneberg Veronica J <6vjg@qlink.queensu.ca> wrot > > Which brings me to my next point... Woohoo Leafs!! > 4-2 series final... > "Baaaa... ba-ba-ba-da-bada!!! Ba-ba-ba-badadada > ba-dadada da..." (the > theme from "Hockey Night in Canada", obviously...) > > :) Veronica WOOOOOOOHOOOOO! Way to go Leafs!!!!!!!!!! Aryn, who being denied a team from her state, decided to follow one from outside the country! === Aryn - Marietta Eaton Alayna MacMullen Reluctant pirate of the black ship Inverness, Chatilaine, shire of Innersea, Self professed U2, Moxy Fruvous and Star Wars fanatic "Typh, don't put your hair in the Creme Brule." _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: 3 May 1999 06:01:46 GMT From: Gruneberg Veronica J <6vjg@qlink.queensu.ca> Subject: BFF in TO jen, i think it was you lamenting the show at the Guvernment?? I was just cheking out the Ticketmaster.ca site for shows I might like to see this summer, and the Guvernment show is listed as all ages. Probably 'cause it's a Wednesday night... Hope that makes you happy now!! :) :) Veronica - -- *************************************************************************** "Never look at the trombones, | Veronica Gruneberg it only encourages them." | Dept. of Biology - Richard Strauss | Queen's University | Kingston, Ontario ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 00:46:36 EDT From: Leah Subject: Re: T-shirts To answer the first of your questions, they were black and said "your New Boyfriend" on the front and Moxy Fruvous Fall tour 97 and the face of a guy on the back (I guess it's supposed to be the boyfriend). As far as I know, they are no longer available. They were sold during the YWGTTM tour, and I haven't seen them since then. Leah On 2 May 1999, BBWMinors wrote: > Question ... what were the baby T's with a "Your New Boyfriend" quote and does > anyone know where I can get one????????? > > Acquisitive Queen Lisa > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 06:55:57 GMT From: Anna! Subject: Re: T-shirts In article , katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin) wrote: > I don't wanna hear any groans either from anyone who fears seeing a big chyk > in a tight little baby-t. When those shirts *fit*, they look good, and they're > much more flattering (not to mention comfortable) than any neck-strangling, > chest-squeezing, up-the-hip-riding men's t-shirts. Besides, we big chyx > would also like the chance to proclaim our love for Canadian boys once in > a while. Amen! :) Most of my more flattering t-shirts are of the smaller variety, but baby-t's just seem to be designed for, perhaps an eight year old? (Hence baby-t's, I know.) Not that I'm knocking them, but my tummy takes one look at those shirts and says "Who the hell are you kidding?!" I don't know what I'm suggesting. I just wanted to say dammit, I want a Fruvous shirt that doesn't make me look like a cow. (Actually, I do have one, its just that I am a real genius with laundry and for some reason it's really itchy no matter how often I wash it.) But yeah, more shirts cost money and money is one of those weird things that people just hate to part with :) it's too late. *yawn* - -anna- http://elements.dreamhost.com - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 01:56:55 -0700 From: Caitlin Subject: Final Project OK. A few weeks ago I asked people for suggestions and donations for a relatively pointless e-zine I'd been assigned as a final project for my web design class. The skeleton of that site is now up there for people to look at: http://www.wayward-volvo.org/frutrip/ I'm looking for suggestions, feedback, and most especially any content that anyone feels like adding. Pretty please with lots of dark chocolate on top? Oh, and btw: I will apparently be being kidnapped to Providence next Friday, so if you're going to be at the Met Cafe, say hi! (And no, I'm not flying out from San Francisco *just* for a fru-show... it just kinda worked out that way!) :) ____ \ /__ Caitlin Xantha Hazen \/ / caitlin@wayward-volvo.org \/ http://www.wayward-volvo.org/xanthe/ "Sweetness and lighter fluid..." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 09:52:21 GMT From: vika@ibm.net (Vika Zafrin) Subject: Re: Final Project Caitlin delighted us with: >http://www.wayward-volvo.org/frutrip/ Wow, Caitlin! What a well-put-together project! You should be proud of yourself. :) Would be so neat if this really got to be used by people. Go check it out, everyone. Really neat zine. >Oh, and btw: I will apparently be being kidnapped to Providence next >Friday, so if you're going to be at the Met Cafe, say hi! HI!!!!! Oh... I have to wait until Providence, huh. Darn. Vika Zafrin, vika at ibm dot net "i'm not a mess. i'm a natural disaster." -norg ------------------------------ Date: 3 May 1999 12:04:37 GMT From: bxywpq@hotmail.com Subject: I want your support 8467 Hello Everybody! I saw somebody posted a message few days ago. It said that is a newsgroup service which has a lot of uncensored pictures, softwares and mpeg files. So, I joined that newsgroup. But, I discovered that there is also a referral program. If you joined under my userid, you and I have half month service free. So, please join it under my user name called SMART. The newsgroup service provider web site is as follows: http://www.cit-news.com Thank you very much qrhndzgztezpvttpcjnedmsbhsbfqlrfgcpdqphrpenkfcrkdcy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 12:45:02 GMT From: drea1@my-dejanews.com Subject: OT: LEAFS WIN!! LEAFS WIN!! Just needed to gloat about that *g* Paul, Katie...I'll be investing in another article of Leafs clothing so you two won't have to share at Fort Erie :P *dance* Drea "We are evil. Fear us. That's the point, right?" - Fiona, May 1/99 - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 14:02:45 GMT From: Tamra Subject: Fortuitous fate... Hiya! By the aforementioned fortuitous fate I'm going to the Clitfon Park show on Thursday...(*blush*, my second show....) anyway, as I didn't expect this, I have paid no atteniton to those who have mentioned that they are also going - -- please email me off list if you're going and want to meet up -- I'm well behaved, really...... BTW - the woman I spoke with at Northern Lights said a group called Rocky Velvet(?) is opening and the doors don't open til 7:30 -- whats the deal with lining up?? Is it really necessary??? Someone mentor me on this.....! tamra ************************************************************** Bite not...lest ye be cast into quiet time... Leave the cat alone, for what has the cat done that you should so afflict it with tape? --- Ian Frasier ************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 09:38:33 -0400 From: Paul Mischler Subject: Re: OT: LEAFS WIN!! LEAFS WIN!! Drea; I was rooting for the Leafs. Now, its the Penguins (ugh!) I have to root for! You see: Here's the Eastern Playoff Scene... If the Pens beat NJ: Pitt(8) at Toronto(4), Buffalo(7) at Boston(6) If NJ beats the Pens: Buffalo(7) at NJ(1), Boston(6) at Toronto(4) I would much rather see Buffalo play Boston (Series was 4-1-0) than NJ (Series 1-1-1) - -Paul Mischler drea1@my-dejanews.com wrote: > Just needed to gloat about that *g* Paul, Katie...I'll be investing in > another article of Leafs clothing so you two won't have to share at Fort Erie > :P > > *dance* > Drea > > "We are evil. Fear us. That's the point, right?" - Fiona, May 1/99 > > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 14:36:24 GMT From: "A.T. Schrader" Subject: Re: T-shirts - -> k@ > Of course as long as we're ranting about all this, > why not bring up the > question of when some new designs will be available > as well? > i'd say by the time the new Quill come out (soon right? yes? please?) or at the very least when the new album comes out there will probably be some new designs. Fordy is probably scribbling away as we speak coming up with cool new budgie-like things to decorate some very much welomed new shirts. And yes, i agree about getting some more sizes. I bought a grey budgie shirt last summer and my friends have dubbed it my fruvous dress... Amy === "It's not easy to run when you carry a load let the questions be done and FOLLOW THE ROAD" _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: 3 May 1999 14:50:43 GMT From: bodaceah@aol.com (Bodaceah) Subject: Re: Frvous on NPR >Wow! You've got my attention--I'm a big fan of >Chomsky. Is this network available in more >eastern states, such as, say, Tennesssee? > >Zainab > I don't know if you are able to receive it over the air waves but you can hear it through archives at their web site. www.pacifica.org Democracy Now is the program and the last Chomsky interveiw was on April 12 You can also get another dose of Chomsky at www.igc.org do a search for Noam Chomsky and you are bound to get several hits. play, jude "i am petrified that a right wing bird could fly like a swallow i am petrified about that i am pacified that a big fat wind of change's gonna get'em i am pacified about that" Laura Love ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 10:32:25 -0400 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: Fortuitous fate... hey tamara :). well, i don't know how northern lights works, but the earlier you're out there, the better. in utica i hopped in line around 7:15 for 9:00 doors (well, technically--they didn't actually open 'til about 9:40) and was third or fourth in line, which garnered me a front row spot stage murray. i traditionally show up at least a hour and a half before the doors open, just 'cause i'm short and can't see unless i'm pretty durned close to the stage. well, good luck! i'd say enjoy, but i don't have to. i know you will :). ~~kate - -- kate leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@frumail.org ***************************************************************** evil is just special with a criminal record. - --doug, 3.26.99 everybody loves a happy ending but we don't even try we go straight on past pretending to the part where everyone loves to cry - --elvis costello **************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 16:24:54 GMT From: Anna! Subject: I went to Utica. I can't really remember too terribly much about the show - so this will be one of *those* reviews :) (besides, nobody else is talking!) Let's see... After a particularly unrestful three hours of sleep on Thursday night, I somehow managed to find my car and get down to College Park to pick up Melanie. The only problem along the way was the usual beltway traffic, and a rather annoying police officer who pulled me over for 'abusing the shoulder' Actually, the traffic on 495 was backed up and standing still, which blocked off the exit ramp to College Park entirely. After waiting patiently for ten minutes, the traffic moved enough so that I was about one car length from the beginning of the ramp. So, being in a hurry, I pulled around the car in front of me to get on the ramp, having to spend about half a second on the shoulder in order to accomplish this. Anyway, the cop was fairly nice and didn't give me a ticket, but couldn't quite grasp the fact that I wasn't cutting anyone off. Oh well. After that, Melanie and I had a nice breakfast in the dining hall and were on our way. We made some super time up to Utica, and found Captain Trip's around 5:30 or so. We pulled the car into the parking lot of the liquor store and I immediatly jumped out, having been in that stinky car for eight hours. At about the same time that I was struggling to shut my car door while balancing coffee, Melanie says "Check it out - Murray and Dave!" I look up, forgetting about the car door which hits my arm, and causes me to spill coffee on my white t-shirt. Very typical Anna move there. I pull on another shirt as Melanie tells me to hurry up because she is being harassed by a man who keeps yelling at her for wearing shorts. I'm still dazed by the car ride as Mel pulls me over towards Murray. We say hello, and it actually took me a few seconds to remember even that word. Also waiting outside was now local celeb Captain Mikey, who made sure to plug his radio interview, which Murray and Dave went off to do. A nice man told us to move the car, lest it get towed. With two hours to go before we had to get in line, we drove around Utica listening to the radio show (nice, by the way - good idea to pick No No Raja as the last song.) and looking for the Utica Zoo. It was closed. At this point, I had way too much caffeine in my system to function normally as a human being, so we got strawberries from the grocery store and sat in the grass behind a bank across the street from the club. After I felt better, we went back across the street where I said my hellos to the few people I knew (Katie, Lori, and Val) and went to the back of the line. After what seemed like a long time (it was a long time, what am I talking about?) We realized that we would have to get in a seperate line to get our will-call tickets. (They were wonderfully printed, by the way - those of us with will-call tix got to see Moxy Frovous perform :) I got to see a few songs from the sound-check as I waited to pick them up. Anyway - eventually we were all let in, even the college kids who made a semi-successful rally to cut in line. Once inside, we were made to stand behind a black cloth, so we couldn't see the girl who opened (damned if I can remember her name) sound check. We could hear her though, being only thirty feet away, so I will never really know what the point of that was. After about 15 minutes chatting with other fans (I finally got to meet hKath and Marie-Claude - though they knew who I was, and I didn't know them, and I felt pretty bad!) they let us out from behind the curtain. Whee! I'm going to skip the opening girl except to say that she was talented, but couldn't really get a good grasp on the audienced attention. Fruvous took their rime as usual, and got on stage around 11:30. As far as the music went, it seemed nice and solid. Nothing really stood out as either amazing or terrible. They opened with Independence Day which surprised me, but didn't bother me in the least. *sigh* I love that song. The rest of the set was pretty normal, nothing surprising (I guess I missed all the surprises by not going the night before - drat.) They played Splatter Splatter and Boo Time, both of which got big cheers from me, and I was *ecstatic* to hear them play Alison as an encore. My dancing during the show was severely limited due to the fact that the pockets of my pants kept getting caught on an unweilding fan placed in front of the stage, although, I think I still managed to prove to the few people who hadn't realized - I can't dance. The only other thing I can comment on was the notable lack of chatting on stage. Of course, Katie's borrowed Flyers jersey caused a bit of a commotion :) and there were a couple other funny moments early on. Though it quickly became apparent that there were more then a few drunk college kids there. A few in particular who would shout really obnoxious things every time Jian spoke. I think their best defense was just not to talk much at all, and let the kids drink themselves into quietude. Unfortunatly, it didn't help much at all, and they were talking really loudly during inopprotune moments, like during Fly. They all shouted for the Drinking Song, which was on the setlist but wasn't played. (Funny, that.) After the show, it wasn't too long before the guys came out (all four!) and the majority of the crowd seemed to have cleared out by then. Mel and I talked to Murray for a while about various things (including the spiffy new Frubus and trailer, which can apparantly handle speeds above 90 mph quite well) and he hinted at the possibility of another Baltimore show this summer! We talked about some other stuff too, but unless you're really interested in my Elvis Costello paper that I wrote for music history, it's not all that interesting :) As we made our way out the door, we bumped into Jian and Mike, who implored us to make sure we drove home safely :) With that advice in hand, we said out goodbye's and left Utica, happy and contented little Fru-fans. After getting pulled over for speeding (so much for taking their advice - but don't look at me, *I* was sleeping!) the drive home took 13 hours - we stopped three times to take naps in various east-coast restaraunts. I took Mel home and was crashed back in my room by 4:00pm. What an insane 30 hours it was. ** Trip stats ** ** Classes missed - 1 ** Time spent in car - 20 hours ** Time spent out of car - 10 hours ** Cups of coffee - 7 ** Albums listened to - - Anna's Springtime Mix, James (The Best of), Ben Folds Five, The Velvet Goldmine Soundtrack, Blur, Soul Coughing (El Oso & Ruby Vroom), Phish (Billy Breathes), Tripping Daisy (Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb), and of course, various radio stations here and there :) ** Time pulled over - 2 ** Tickets recieved - 1 That about wraps it up, I think :) Be thankful I'm not planning on writing about every show I go to this summer! Oh yeah, I got a few pictures developed - - they'll be posted later tonight maybe. I'll let you know :) Time to get to class - do something productive for once! - -anna- http://elements.dreamhost.com - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 17:24:55 GMT From: drea1@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: OT: LEAFS WIN!! LEAFS WIN!! > Drea; I was rooting for the Leafs. Now, its the Penguins (ugh!) I have to root > for! OOPS! Confusion in IRC nicknames strikes again *blush* (Paul's nick is Misch, which I got confused with *mosch*, who was the one who really bet me.) My apologies :) By the way *Kevin*, what I said before applies to you too ;) *grin* Drea "We are evil. Fear us. That's the point, right?" - Fiona, May 1/99 - -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 18:19:33 GMT From: Srm9988n@aol.com Subject: review: Frtica NY 4/30/99 This review compiled jointly by Lori Martin, Kate Leahy and Valerie Jones. Utica, NY: 5 hours north of Philadelphia, 7 hours north of Baltimore. The perfect one-night Thelma-and-Louise-and-Louise jaunt, right? That's what we thought. Kate and Valerie arrived at Lori's house early in the afternoon, and after a quick exchange of tapes and loading of the Cushy Cozy FrüCar with a checklist of staples (pillows, bubbles, CDs, snackstuffs, and a certain hockey jersey) we departed on our grand adventure. Valerie, already overcome by incipient Frübliss, soon announced that even the much maligned I-476 was a beautiful drive. In fact it was a lovely day for a ride north -- the first one Lori can recall in many years of driving that route. Even the perpetually-under-construction I-81 was blissfully devoid of construction, despite signage to the contrary, which meant it really was a trouble-free trip. We arrived in Utica around 6:00 and checked into the A-1 motel just off the exit ramp. This spacious and gracious lodging, with floral-patterned sheets and generous quantities of high-quality linens and paper products, also impressed us with a lovely view of dumpsters and discarded snow fencing. While Val checked in, charming the desk clerk senseless, Lori and Kate explored the premises and immediately discovered what apparently was the door to Bluebeard's Dungeon, which lured us with the following typewritten warning: No Public Access No Exceptions Anyone violating this order will be evicted from the premises with Police Escort! We were enthralled, especially as the door was ajar. The possibilities seemed endless, and we quickly plotted our course of action at checkout time: while Val would distract the besotted desk clerk, Kate and Lori would OPEN THE FORBIDDEN DOOR, discover the A-1's grisly secrets, and likely meet our doom. Hey, we reasoned, none of us had ever had a Police Escort before. Shortly before 7 we headed off to the venue, "a long way" south on Genesee Street, according to FDC (actually about 2.5 miles), through the heart of downtown Utica. We were puzzled by the patriotism evidenced by the American flags bedecking seemingly every other lightpole -- we weren't aware of any recent or forthcoming national holiday that would inspire such pride. But no matter. We drove right past the cleverly concealed Captain Trip's, partly because there was no FrüBus to rivet our attention, and no big line of fans, but found our way back shortly. After greeting Kimberly, Kim, Norg, and Andi, then chatting with Mike and Jian as they entered (Jian wearing beautiful canteloupe-colored jeans and really cool looking geek sunglasses with yellow lenses -- WOW! --) we set off to find something resembling dinner. Back on line we found Adam Hartfield and bunches of other people -- Novac, Marie-Claude and hKath, Chrissy, Anna and Melanie, Misch, Chris O and Vika, Chad, Emily, Angie (who brought her inimitable Frübars), and Dante, who was really psyched to have a Frügig within 5 blocks of his house. Marie-Claude was distributing Canada stickers to affix to our clothing, which we thought was a nice way of countering the US flags lining the street. We had to make our lads feel welcome! It did feel weird to be standing in front of a venue in the sunshine, not shivering, after lo these many months of winter. Kate pulled on Lori's jersey (carefully concealed from the lads during our previous encounter) and immediately realized why L. hadn't wanted to wear it -- it was too hot! There was a small crew of line-crashers we yelled at, but other than that the mood outside the venue seemed upbeat and jovial. The doors opened late, but eventually we were let in a few at a time -- over-21s getting wristbands, under-21s getting magic-marker Xs on both hands (Kate was quite unhappy with this, felt it made her look like a lazy neo-fascist.) The bar was separated from the concert hall by a black plush curtain, and after chatting with Tobey we gathered impatiently in front of this barrier. Eventually Tobey peered out from beyond the curtain, and when we asked if we could go in, and he said yes, a mad dash for advantageous territory ensued (the plan was that a bunch of us would try extremely hard to get a complete set of setlists for Rodney.) Ultimately Kate, Val and Lori wound up in front of Murray's monitor along with Angie, Anna, Melanie, and a little further back Norg and Vika; Misch, Marie-Claude, hKath, and Chrissy were Stage Mike-ish, and the Kims and Andi were Stage Dave. Apologies to the other Früfans who may have wanted setlists, but we were on a mission ... some other time, okay? :) Due to our extreme proximity to the stage we were able to stash our bubbles, cameras, drinks etc between monitors, which was quite convenient. This was probably the smallest stage Lori has seen Früvous play on, but it seemed to work out okay. The room itself, although not that big, seemed much less crowded than other recent concerts as well -- much more breathing and dancing room than at Lee's Palace, the Troc, or the Bottom Line, and the crowd did not seem to push inexorably forward, which was nice. Opening act Sarah Harmer was fairly impressive, despite an inattentive crowd that talked over much of her set. A little country, a little folky, doesn't command a room as well as Susan Werner, but she has a good voice and does attempt to build a rapport with her audience -- which on this night was a difficult chore. She was amused by the bubbles (even though they were pretty crappy bubbles -- "Miracle Bubbles" just aren't all that miraculous) and at one point decided we should play an "egg shaker solo". :) The wait between sets wasn't all that bad, but by drunken non-Frühead standards it apparently seemed interminable, as there was much yelling and shouting for the lads to just get out on stage. Finally they did, making wonderful fashion statements with, respectively, a horse-motif print shirt (Murray, apparently in honor of the Kentucky Derby); plaid stretchy pants (Jian); and a seersucker jacket (Dave). Mike was his usual well-coifed, spiffy self. Jian, spying Kate's jersey, gave her a withering look that inspired most of the stage Murray crew to embrace her protectively, and they launched into: *Independence Day -- what a great show opener! *Sahara -- got the room dancing Jian then welcomed us, professing that the band was happy to be at a "Rock and Roll Preserve." Murray then observed that they were there to preserve rock 'n' roll, after which Jian commented that the setup of the room was interesting, as the speakers were well forward of the stage and so the first five rows or so were actually hearing the show as the band did, through the monitors. "But that's okay, we don't sound too bad up here." This led into a Quadrophenia-esque story about how, at a punk/new wave gathering Jian attended when he was 14, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts played, and the audience hated "those rockers", and someone took *Jian's* Adidas bag and threw it at Joan Jett. "He was a lot bigger than me, so I let him do it. And then I said -- Do you want any more of my stuff to throw?" A few bars of *I Love Rock and Roll followed, to which we obligingly sang along. *2 Careful *If Only You Knew and then... Jian: "You know, Murray, *some* people have a lot of audacity." Murray: "Indeed they do." Jian: "Like THAT WOMAN there, who has the nerve to stand in the *front row*, flaunting a Philadelphia Flyers jersey. It's like she's spitting on the band." Murray: "That would, in fact, be preferable." Jian: "Because, as you know, the flyers draw many of their players from the Toronto area." At this point Katie is blushing; Lori and Angie have arms around her; Valerie stands behind Lori, finger pointing over her head, yelling, "it's HER jersey!!" Jian: "What's interesting is that's you're wearing number twelve. There IS no number twelve is there?" Katie: "It's not a real Flyers jersey, it's a Little Flyers jersey." Dave, all conciliatory: "OH! The Midgets -- we don't hate *them*." Jian, acting principled: "Well, maybe not. But the good news is -- THE GOOD NEWS IS -- the Leafs just won in overtime!" And with that they played: *Hockey Night in Canada theme. We swear they were just waiting for the score before they decided in what way to abuse Katie. The things she'll do on principle. :) *I Love My Boss *Kids Song -- while we blew bubbles, Murray pointed the mic at us to get our views on Québec separating: Kate: "no!", then changed her mind to "why not?"; Valerie: "no!"; Lori: "yes!"; Angie: "who?!" Mike, on "do you have a gender bias?" "My sister has three!!" Many withering looks, then: "She's a Trisexual!" *When She Talks At this point the drunks in the room were starting to grumble; the Stage Murray fans kept hearing shrieks for Pisco; those Stage Dave were subject to repetitions of "River Valleeeeeee!!!"; for all we know those in the middle were having their ears besieged by requests for Freebird. REALLY annoying; the guys just seemed to be trying to ignore it. From our vantage point Kate and Lori could see that none of these songs were on the setlist, and were snarkily pleased to be able to inform these people that they weren't forthcoming. :P A pox on drunken one-song "fans". After a long and exceptionally bizarre introduction, first by Mike, comparing the next song to a man's first, lousy kiss (from the audience: "or a woman's!", a line Mike kept repeating in falsetto as they played out this theme); and then by Jian, comparing the same song to a man's first, disappointing sexual experience: "you don't know if you're in or out . . . you think you're Superman but you suck" (obnoxious voice from the audience: "you would know!") (Mike: "I can see it's half-price drinks night") . . . Jian: "I mean, this song REALLY sucks . . . (again from the audience: "it better, after all this!") Mike: "and now, in his seersucker jacket and Tibetan hat, the ..." *King of Spain *GE&H -- After Mr Cheese attacked the Beatles, Sam went on the offensive with much sexual undercurrent: "You know, Mr Cheese, I hate this part of the show, because I hate YOU at this part of the show. You never give me your .... money, and you NEVER give me your .... ummm .... " Mike played a few lines of *You Never Give Me Your Money before physically attacking Mr. Cheese and deriding him as a "crack ho"; at which point Murray commented that it was looking like a Jerry Springer episode, and we in the crowd started chanting Jer-RY! Jer-RY! Jer-RY! *Boo Time *Sad Girl A nice tuning moment, during which the audience sang along happily, led to Jian's comment that they now had the tractable Früheads doing all their segues for them, and then: *Michigan Milititia *Johnny Saucepan -- when the tin whistle came out the audience cheered, which led to Jian offering it up in his hands like some object of ritual worship. *Splatter Splatter *Video Bville -- a perfect segue! And Murray did the most AMAZING bass thing, playing a string like it was a zipper while strung-out vidiot Jian mugged; unfortunately, the drunks in the audience did not appreciate any of this and yelled through the entire introduction. Fie on them all. *riff of Riders on the Storm, started by Murray, sung by Jian, led into some other Doors snippet (The End?) *Psycho Killer -- again, unappreciative drunks didn't care for the posing, just wanted to hear the damn song. Lots of yells from the audience. Phooey. Note: there was NO medley to end the show. We wonder if they're working on a new one? encore 1: Authors -- Murray decided the disco ball overhead was a wonderful thing to twirl around manually; we were hoping it wouldn't crash down on the drum kit. Fly -- Jian's intro was interrupted by the same drunken morons. encore 2: Allison -- what a wonderful ending. on the setlist it was listed as an option, along with TDS; we're glad they chose Allison. The jerks in the crowd probably would have thought TDS was a clap-along celebration or something. It just seemed too bad that the band's usual efforts at improv seemed so limited and unappreciated by this particular audience -- except for the hockey banter, there really were no animated discussions, because the crowd was riding them so hard to just play the songs already. After the show the usual mingling ensued; Kate, who had taken up a collection, obtained a Früvous jersey for Rodney and got all 4 guys to sign it; and we munched on the Sour Patch Kids Kimberly had brought for Murray. We tried to get together for a group photo of Früvous and Früheads for Rodney, but never managed to pull it off before we were ushered out of the club at about 2:30. Oh well -- there will be other shows at which to attempt this. Val, Kate and Lori headed back to the A-1, basically comatose, and woke up the infatuated desk clerk to ask him for more of the luxurious linens. We didn't stay up chattering too long before passing out, and by 10 am we were heading out for a substantial diner breakfast and then rolling homeward listening to Robbie Williams, DaVinci's Notebook, and the Monkees. (Hey, when you're half-asleep you need something perky to keep you on the road and out of the median strip.) Oh, and what was in Bluebeard's Dungeon? A dark, unprepossessing staircase, with a pile of linens at the bottom. We dared go no further ... There was no Police Escort out of town. ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #372 ********************************************