From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #457 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, June 2 1999 Volume 03 : Number 457 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Final Total [fruhead1@aol.comkatieC (Fruhead 1)] it makes me giggle... [fruhead1@aol.comkatieC (Fruhead 1)] RE: Am I Nuts? [CheesemonkeyGem ] Re: FruMail, Where Am I, etc ["A.T. Schrader" ] Re: the new postcard [katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin)] Re: it makes me giggle... [Paul Mischler ] Re: the new postcard [nicole.twn.is@ana.ng.at.tmbg.org (Nicole the Wonder] Re: Final Total [nslife ] Re: Dar Williams and the Nields Was: What are you listening to? [llesi@ao] Re: the new postcard [Cameron_Ross@ufacademy.com (Cameron Ross)] Re: Converting Fruvous to CD [as075@juno.com] Re: Dar Williams and the Nields Was: What are you listening to? [cc@broad] Re: Fru mail [Blushooz@aol.com] Re: Indie Tape MP3's? [Lynne ] Re: OT: The Phantom Smarties [trace@frumail.org (Trace)] Re: the new postcard [trace@frumail.org (Trace)] Re: the new postcard [katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin)] Re: Indie Tape MP3's? [jimcclur@ews.uiuc.edu (Jordan I. K. McClure)] Re: Indie Tape MP3's? [aprestin@ccs.neu.garbage.edu] Re: Dar Williams and the Nields Was: What are you listening to? [srm9988n] Re: FruMail, Where Am I, etc [srm9988n@aol.com.LoriM (Srm9988n)] the new postcard. [limezinger@aol.commmmmmmm (LimeZinger)] Re: Converting Fruvous to CD [Jason A Hare ] Re: the new postcard [srm9988n@aol.com.LoriM (Srm9988n)] Re: location of fans? [jkpolk@ntplx.net (Andrea Krause)] Re: Dar Williams and the Nields Was: What are you listening to? [jkpolk@n] OT:more starbucks [Lynne ] More postcard captions ["Adam Hartfield" ] Re: King of Spain == Queen of Naboo [Leah ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 2 Jun 1999 04:19:19 GMT From: fruhead1@aol.comkatieC (Fruhead 1) Subject: Re: Final Total really? only 36 USAians? what about brits? ------------------------------ Date: 2 Jun 1999 04:29:53 GMT From: fruhead1@aol.comkatieC (Fruhead 1) Subject: it makes me giggle... on one idel afternoon, not too long ago I was listening to a random rochester radio station, and let me tell you... there is nothing like hearing hole, moxy fruvous, low fidelity all-stars, and snap dragon all in a row... gotta love wber. katie ps: I'm not dead. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 04:14:22 GMT From: CheesemonkeyGem Subject: RE: Am I Nuts? >Is it really hot anywhere else in our little Fruvous network? I'm dying here...how will I ever sleep tonight? Oh hell yeep, its too hot to move over here...and im in canada! (go figure, the igloo's melted!) thank the blessed lord of central air - -jen, reminding all not to worship false idols ;) ps.... >Sheesh. If I had a functional CD-ROM, I might be >anal enough to do that. Eeew.. horrid >thought: if someone does a DejaNews search for >"anal" they might find my name *shudder* hehe, somehow i dont think youd have to worry about your name being on the list if someone did a search for "anal"... someone had to say it! === 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: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 04:08:51 GMT From: "A.T. Schrader" Subject: Re: FruMail, Where Am I, etc > "It was hot. My canteen had sprung a leak, and I > was thirsty." > Cookies[1] to whomever can identify that quote. > (this is ridiculously OT). Ooo Oooo *amy raises hand* "I just gotta get outta here it's like i'm being tied to hood of a yellow rental truck being packed in with fertalizers and fuel oil, pushed over the cliff by a suicidal mickey mouse!" that be RENT ^_^ "Over the Moon to be exact ;-) Amy - enjoying her cookies *yum -choco chip ^_^* and yes, i do love RENT (duh) and Phantom and Cats and all those...but since that thread is already dead i'll leave it at that :-P === "The masses wanted to look non-conformist, so that meant the non-conformity had to be mass manufactured." ~Andy Warhol "Wouldn't it be great if the band never stopped playing!" ~Great Big Sea _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 22:32:17 -0600 From: katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin) Subject: Re: the new postcard In article <7j1of0$cq5$2@knot.queensu.ca>, 4cg7@qlink.queensu.ca says... > So I thought I would start a thread where you imagine what each of the > lads is thinking from the picture or write a funny caption. > > Mur: GQ here I come > Mike: I think the sky might be falling down, guys? hey guys? > Jian: Oh, my appendix. It kills me every time. > Dave: And with the final shipment of equipment my plan to rule the world > will be complete BWAHAHAHAHAH! Oh, all right, you've dared me. And you know I can't resist a dare. Mur: "I wonder how the Incredible Hulk made that busting-out-of-the-shirt trick look so easy." Mike: "Wow, those clouds look so pretty. Like a %&*!#ing ice cream sundae." Jian: "Thank you, thank you - I'll be here all week....What? These guys? Oh, uh, yeah, they'll be here too, I guess." Dave: "Enough of this photo op stuff already. What do you guys think of my pants?" k@ next? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 00:52:10 -0400 From: Paul Mischler Subject: Re: it makes me giggle... Which reminds me: We need to help wber. Go to: http://wber.monroe.edu/ for more information on how you can help save WBER!!! - -Paul Mischler Fruhead 1 wrote: > on one idel afternoon, not too long ago I was listening to a random rochester > radio station, and let me tell you... there is nothing like hearing hole, moxy > fruvous, low fidelity all-stars, and snap dragon all in a row... gotta love > wber. > > katie > > ps: I'm not dead. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 05:18:43 GMT From: nicole.twn.is@ana.ng.at.tmbg.org (Nicole the Wonder Nerd) Subject: Re: the new postcard On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 22:32:17 -0600, someone who looked like katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin) whispered: >next? Mur: What're YOU lookin' at? Mike: I don't want to inherit Swamp Castle... I just want to... sing! Jian: Heeeey, Macarena! Dave: And the NEXT person who calls me "Chrome Dome" will suffer an unfortunate accident. *rubs hands together* - --nicole twn p.s. Housemate's reaction to seeing postcard: "You didn't tell me they were CUTE!" *** "Malcolm solves his problems with a chainsaw, and he never has the same problem twice!"--the Arrogant Worms Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn Reply-to address is INCORRECT! Think of it as an intelligence test. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 07:37:44 -0300 From: nslife Subject: Re: Final Total Fruhead 1 wrote: > > really? only 36 USAians? > > what about brits? no brits checked in. Rose ------------------------------ Date: 2 Jun 1999 13:47:01 GMT From: llesi@aol.com (Llesi) Subject: Re: Dar Williams and the Nields Was: What are you listening to? Wow, you guys don't like the Nields' newer stuff? I think it's GREAT--there's only one song on Play that I skip over (the slow one, I think it's the third song maybe), which is quite a "record" (!!) for me, since I hardly ever like every song on an album. 'Mousse is really good too...it's seemed to me like they're actually getting better with each album. Of course, there are great individual songs on Bob and Greta, but as a whole I think Play and 'Mousse are WAY stronger. And I get to see them at Appel Farm this Saturday!! Jessica ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 14:21:07 GMT From: Cameron_Ross@ufacademy.com (Cameron Ross) Subject: Re: the new postcard Hey Chrissy, pull out that log file why don't cha ;) - - Life101 - "Life is a placebo masquerading as a simile" -They Might Be Giants - -=( life101.brainshock.com || 39307347 )=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 16:33:43 GMT From: as075@juno.com Subject: Re: Converting Fruvous to CD Restore your Record Collection on CDs! Save the music from your LP's, cassettes, and CD's and share them with friends! It's easy with DART® Software. http://dartpro.com/New.asp The software is available for windows and macintosh Thomas On Tue, 01 Jun 1999 01:14:44 GMT Brent & Marianne Miller writes: >Does anyone know of a shareware or a reasonably priced >licensed program that will convert and edit audio (like >cassette tapes) to a format that I can burn onto a CD? > >One very important bit of information, >I'M ON A MACINTOSH >(System 8.1 with lots of RAM & storage space) > >Thanks, >Brent ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 12:08:54 -0400 From: cc@broadwing.nospam.com (CC) Subject: Re: Dar Williams and the Nields Was: What are you listening to? In article <19990602094701.21740.00000113@ng-cg1.aol.com>, llesi@aol.com (Llesi) wrote: Bob and the two that preceded it (I have them on tape somewhere) were great collections of songs. You could hear the vocals and the harmonies really shine. It's also easier to understand the lyrics (now I'm sounding like an old fogie) - and they have great lyrics... Greta has some good music on it, but you have to dig to get to it. It doesn't do it for me right off the bat. And while there's only one song on Bob that I don't like, I pass on quite a few of Greta's songs. I tried Play a few times (my wife got it for me as a gift) and we just haven't gone back to it. > Wow, you guys don't like the Nields' newer stuff? I think it's GREAT--there's > only one song on Play that I skip over (the slow one, I think it's the third > song maybe), which is quite a "record" (!!) for me, since I hardly ever like > every song on an album. 'Mousse is really good too...it's seemed to me like > they're actually getting better with each album. Of course, there are great > individual songs on Bob and Greta, but as a whole I think Play and 'Mousse are > WAY stronger. > > And I get to see them at Appel Farm this Saturday!! > > Jessica - -- remove "nospam" before sending mail ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 17:11:24 GMT From: Blushooz@aol.com Subject: Re: Fru mail fruvous doesn't love me. still no postcard :'( ~jess agreeing that ANY of the guys in a c.k. pose would be wonderful! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 17:27:42 GMT From: Lynne Subject: Re: Indie Tape MP3's? So it takes me a while to get to some things... I'm not speaking for anyone, but me <- disclaimer :) It would be cool (but would take up some space) if when you opened FDC, a song would play in the background. King was a good suggestion... my 2.5 cents :) - -lynne Chad and Geoffrey went back and forth a bit: Geoffrey Long wrote: > Me wrote: > > It wouldn't be right for a new fan to checkout the band > > by listening to a rare unreleased song on FDC I'd think. > > Which brings up another vaguely interesting notion. Copyright headaches > aside, wouldn't it make some semblance of sense to post, say, KING OF > SPAIN or one of their other "trademark" songs on the site as an MP3 for > free download? It would basically be free Frucrack: the first one's on > us, and then you have to go out and buy the album... (Jeez, I hope I > don't start one of those "One free song, what would it be?" threads...) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 17:11:39 GMT From: trace@frumail.org (Trace) Subject: Re: OT: The Phantom Smarties On 2 Jun 1999 02:02:45 GMT, srm9988n@aol.com.LoriM (Srm9988n) wrote: >Madd Hatter Jerry wrote: > >>I was down there thiuweekend and I >>was disturbed at the WaWa's Jar Jar tounge pops.. > >I haven't checked out these tongue pops, but I would imagine they would be >quite disturbing. > >And does anyone else think this obnoxious little trait of Jar Jar's was lifted >straight from Ally McBeal? The tounge pops *were* weird. I couldn't think of a tactful way to include them in my off topic story about the Smarties, so I left them alone :) I'm quite sure however, that I wouldn't want to suck on *anything* inside Jar Jar Binks mouth :) - -- 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, 02 Jun 1999 17:24:16 GMT From: trace@frumail.org (Trace) Subject: Re: the new postcard On 1 Jun 1999 22:56:32 GMT, Gibbins Christopher <4cg7@qlink.queensu.ca> wrote: >Today i opened up my mailbox which is usually crammed with junk mail. When >i lived in Calgary I never got as much of the stuff as when I moved to TO. >And instead of the irritating political campaigning materials I've been >getting there was a new Fru postcard. So I thought I would start a thread >where you imagine what each of the lads is thinking from the picture or >write a funny caption. Ok, I'll play along too! Mur: "I'm too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts..." Mike: "Wow! The Mothership has returned..." Jian: "Mmmmm...Tofu" Dave: "They didn't tell me we were posing for a promo pic. I'm wearing pajama pants for *$%#sakes! I will kill them slowly for this..." - -- 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, 2 Jun 1999 12:00:00 -0600 From: katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin) Subject: Re: the new postcard In article <37556747.9531857@news.cyberenet.net>, trace@frumail.org says... > Mike: "Wow! The Mothership has returned..." You mean "mother%#*@!ship", right? k@ wait, I'm supposed to say extra-nice stuff about Mike this week. Well, he *is* Mr. Photogenic; you can't argue with that. ------------------------------ Date: 2 Jun 1999 18:00:58 GMT From: jimcclur@ews.uiuc.edu (Jordan I. K. McClure) Subject: Re: Indie Tape MP3's? Lynne (lynne@jade.zeal.net) wrote: : So it takes me a while to get to some things... : I'm not speaking for anyone, but me <- disclaimer :) : It would be cool (but would take up some space) if when you opened FDC, a : song would play in the background. King was a good suggestion... : my 2.5 cents :) Yeah that would help, but I think it would also be nice if all the text would blink and change color when you moved your mouse over it. Oh and that main image is is way to boring - it needs some animation. Seriously though I may or may not be in the majority here, but there are few thing I find more annoying on web pages than spontaneous music. jordan - -- Jesus loves me, but he can't stand you. ------------------------------ Date: 2 Jun 1999 18:31:44 GMT From: aprestin@ccs.neu.garbage.edu Subject: Re: Indie Tape MP3's? Jordan I. K. McClure wrote: : Seriously though I may or may not be in the majority here, but there : are few thing I find more annoying on web pages than spontaneous : music. Pages that _require_ Java, Javascript, or Shockwave are higher on my list of "things that suck about the web", but music is up there. - - A.P. - -- ------------------------------ Date: 2 Jun 1999 18:38:27 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.com.LoriM (Srm9988n) Subject: Re: Dar Williams and the Nields Was: What are you listening to? Jessica wrote: >Wow, you guys don't like the Nields' newer stuff? I think it's >GREAT--there's >only one song on Play that I skip over (the slow one, I think it's the third >song maybe), which is quite a "record" (!!) for me, since I hardly ever like >every song on an album. Huh -- *I* like Play just fine, except for Train, a circumstance I find most unfortunate given the topicality. (I especially adore Easy People and Snowman :) ) My impression was that peoples were just newly enamored of the older stuff, so that is currently in heavier rotation. I didn't notice anyone saying they didn't like Play. - -- Lori, who doesn't think she'll be at Appel Farm :( ------------------------------ Date: 2 Jun 1999 19:05:18 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.com.LoriM (Srm9988n) Subject: Re: FruMail, Where Am I, etc Zainab smirked: >>>LOL! Yeah, what's he doing wearing clothing? >>>He should be in his underwear. >> >>Now there's an evil evil thought ... :> > >There's more where that came from. Well, that's how evil thoughts are -- much like potato chips, you can't stop at just one. - -- Lori, devilishly ------------------------------ Date: 2 Jun 1999 19:20:33 GMT From: limezinger@aol.commmmmmmm (LimeZinger) Subject: the new postcard. i scanned it so the postcardless of you all can see what we're all oohing and ahhing over here: http://members.aol.com/limezinger/newfru.jpg :) (apologies if anyone's already scanned and uploaded it.. i try to keep up with you guys, really, but so much slips past me.... ) sarah http://members.aol.com/limezinger linnellgirl@tmbg.org * icq #26873712 * mstie #77216 "so give me coffee and tv... peacefully; ...i've seen so much, i'm going blind, and i'm brain-dead virtually..." -- blur ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 15:19:38 -0400 From: Jason A Hare Subject: Re: Converting Fruvous to CD On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 as075@juno.com wrote: > Restore your Record Collection on CDs! > Save the music from your LP's, cassettes, and CD's and share them with > friends! It's easy with DART® Software. > > http://dartpro.com/New.asp > > The software is available for windows and macintosh > > Thomas Yeah, it's also EXPENSIVE with Dart Software, with a retail of $399.95!! And according to their FAQ, there is no Macintosh version, nor are they planning to release one. Stay with the shareware Ultra Recorder for now... Jason ------------------------------ Date: 2 Jun 1999 19:02:42 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.com.LoriM (Srm9988n) Subject: Re: the new postcard Trace suggested: >Mur: "I'm too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts..." >Mike: "Wow! The Mothership has returned..." >Jian: "Mmmmm...Tofu" >Dave: "They didn't tell me we were posing for a promo pic. I'm >wearing pajama pants for *$%#sakes! I will kill them slowly for >this..." /me says: Murr: "Whoa ... I need to remember, no truffles before lunch ..." Mike: "Look! It's f*ing Santa Claus, and I *know* he's bringing my squirt gun this year!" Jian: "*Some people* have a lot of audacity. It hurts, it really hurts -- they might as well just spit on the band." Dave: "Time to rethink this Twain thing -- back in Spain I was *buried* in striped silk." - -- Lori ******************************* Lori's Strange and Wonderful World! http://members.aol.com/srm9988n/index.html Früvous/amm-f factoids galore! (courtesy of Colleen Campbell): http://www.fruvous.com/news/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 19:25:49 GMT From: jkpolk@ntplx.net (Andrea Krause) Subject: Re: location of fans? On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 23:16:15 -0400, "Sam Patch" wrote: >rochester, ny; currently stationed in dayton, oh Dayton! Yay!! (sorry, that was where I was born/sorta grew up...I get nostalgic) Kat's the real Daytonite around here though! Andrea (Off on a tangent as usual) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Moxy Früvous is a trust exercise." - Mike Ford 1/1/99 Pumpkins, Cookies, Tapes, and The Früvous Dance: http://www.ntplx.net/~jkpolk - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 19:29:54 GMT From: jkpolk@ntplx.net (Andrea Krause) Subject: Re: Dar Williams and the Nields Was: What are you listening to? On 2 Jun 1999 13:47:01 GMT, llesi@aol.com (Llesi) wrote: >Wow, you guys don't like the Nields' newer stuff? I think it's GREAT--there's >only one song on Play that I skip over (the slow one, I think it's the third >song maybe), which is quite a "record" (!!) for me, since I hardly ever like >every song on an album. 'Mousse is really good too...it's seemed to me like >they're actually getting better with each album. Of course, there are great >individual songs on Bob and Greta, but as a whole I think Play and 'Mousse are >WAY stronger. > >And I get to see them at Appel Farm this Saturday!! > >Jessica Oh, don't get me wrong, I really really love Play...I just don't like it as much as the others. It's kinda like you see four yummy sundaes in front of you, but one is chocolate chip ice cream instead of chocolate. Ya love chocolate chip (well I do) but you go for the chocolate first! :) And we'll be at Appel too! (assuming the multitudes of dying car issues work themselves out.) Andrea - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Moxy Früvous is a trust exercise." - Mike Ford 1/1/99 Pumpkins, Cookies, Tapes, and The Früvous Dance: http://www.ntplx.net/~jkpolk - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 20:03:03 GMT From: Lynne Subject: OT:more starbucks Starbucks and Mark McGwire Raise $80,000 to Help Kids Read http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/990602/wa_starbuc_1.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 19:49:14 GMT From: "Adam Hartfield" Subject: More postcard captions > /me says: > > Murr: "Whoa ... I need to remember, no truffles before lunch ..." > Mike: "Look! It's f*ing Santa Claus, and I *know* he's bringing my squirt gun > this year!" > Jian: "*Some people* have a lot of audacity. It hurts, it really hurts -- > they might as well just spit on the band." > Dave: "Time to rethink this Twain thing -- back in Spain I was *buried* in > striped silk." > > -- Lori I can resist no longer. Murray: Why isn't my X-ray vision working? Mike: Birds do THAT in the air, too? Jian: I can't compete. Nicole's "Hey, Macarena" was perfect. Dave: Yes, Master, I will bring you a brain." - --Adam adamh@javanet.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 16:05:52 EDT From: Leah Subject: Re: King of Spain == Queen of Naboo On Sun, 30 May 1999, Neil Bardhan wrote: > Hamilton College, Clinton, NY.. > 96.1 > 97.1 > 98.1 > Any others out there lurking? > HAMILTON COLLEGE!?!?!? I graduated from there in 98! Which means that the summer of my junior year when I worked on campus (ie 97) you were there. Weird. Leah ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #457 ********************************************