From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #551 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 Thursday, July 1 1999 Volume 03 : Number 551 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: look-alikes [srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin)] Re: this JIAN!!!! thing [srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin)] Re: Go Straight to Hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. (was Re: [s] Re: behold the power of tofu [srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin)] Re: O Canada! [Jacey7@aol.com] En Train and eggshakers! [srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin)] Re: Go Straight to Hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. (was Re: ESCAPING HELL!) [ChinaCat ] Re: behold the power of tofu [jbardhan@demon.ceh.servtech.com (Neil Bardh] Re: Go Straight to Hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. (was Re: ESCAPING HELL!) ["KatieWow" ] Re: about the "hell ["KatieWow" ] Re: Toronto Question fr. LISA = O ["KatieWow" ] Re: Godspell ["KatieWow" ] Re: about the "hell [amychic2@aol.com (Amychic2)] Re: Go Straight to Hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. (was Re: ESCAPING HELL!) [shadoeme@aol] Re: O Canada! [shadoeme@aol.com (ShadoeMe)] testing, testing, testing ... ["VINCENT G. CICILLINI" ] Re: En Train and eggshakers! [Amy Cartagena ] what is american culture? [shadoeme@aol.com (ShadoeMe)] re: this JIAN!!!! thing [CheesemonkeyGem ] Re: 'Ne'er been kizzed' [jacey7@aol.com (Jacey7)] re: all this talk of covers [shadoeme@aol.com (ShadoeMe)] Re: 'Ne'er been kizzed' [CheesemonkeyGem ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 01 Jul 1999 19:57:18 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin) Subject: Re: look-alikes Joni had to point out: >love, Joni >(ooooh, name ends with an "i" does this mean something Lori?) it could. see me and trace for evaluation and any needed shaker-egg lessons. :) - -- Lori, corrupter of all things innocent ------------------------------ Date: 01 Jul 1999 19:40:51 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin) Subject: Re: this JIAN!!!! thing Frunique popped up: >/me crawls out of the dark and decides to contribute >to a real thread. Yay, 'nique's back! where have you been girl? and where's Juliette? - -- Lori, missed ya. :) ------------------------------ Date: 01 Jul 1999 19:36:11 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin) Subject: Re: Go Straight to Hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. (was Re: Chad said: >Sorry if I got peoples hopes up that I was actually >mad at someone *grin* whoops! Musta dislocated my humerus this morning. :) - --Lori, well aware that sometimes Cchads are so subtle that the half-asleep can miss the point ******************************* 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: 01 Jul 1999 19:54:03 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin) Subject: Re: behold the power of tofu debs supplied the answer to Nicole's cheese dilemma: >Tofu, on the other hand is >one of my favorite foods, which no one understands, and I have been known to >eat it cold and plain from the container several times a week ever since I >was a little girl. People tells me it tastes like cheese. But I hate >cheese....I don't get it...any ideas why:)? >oh well...to each her own. so there you go: make your poutine with tofu! Of course, that idea is so weird that it defies description[1] I furthermore point out that cheese is entirely on topic, so tofu, which is alleged to taste like cheese (hey, I don't see it, but it's the right texture anyway) is by extension on topic. Besides, Jian has made pronouncements on what tofu tastes like. Hint: NOT cheese. :) - -- Lori [1] tofu: the perfect vegan cholesterol-free high-protein food, vs. poutine: the highly imperfect cholesterol-filled preservative-filled animal-product-filled nightmare/fantasy. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 20:09:22 GMT From: Jacey7@aol.com Subject: Re: O Canada! >>was a truly remarkable site that,in honour of Canada Day, I simply must pass on<< whew, that was fun. =) ~jen (heartened to know that her little state will not indeed be flooded for the great reservior [though I'm not sure I could get used to Bombardier province on the liscence plates...)but likes the idea of living in The Hip province even better... or perhaps she should just pack it all in and move to Canada (Warmer) ;-) - -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Nobody likes you when you're 23." --Blink 182 "Do you know that you are very strong?"-- Grover "Measure your life in love."-- Rent Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't. ------------------------------ Date: 01 Jul 1999 21:13:34 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin) Subject: En Train and eggshakers! Notice to Philly-area nutcases: David Dye brought to my attention that En Train is playing at the Pontiac Grille tonight. Furthermore, in conversation with the band, he mentioned that they "will be passing out shakers to the crowd". I can't go tonight, more's the pity, but i can't WAIT to see these guys at Singer-Songwriter Weekend. I wonder -- if they like audience participation so much, would they be averse to having a dumbek or 3 for accompaniment? - -- Lori ***************************** dum dum tek dum tek ka TEK tek ka ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 21:00:45 GMT From: ChinaCat Subject: Re: Go Straight to Hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. (was Re: ESCAPING HELL!) In article <377bbec4.16064813@news.p3.net>, trace@frumail.org (Trace) wrote: > -Decorative woven products by Hell In a Hand Basket [tm] trace, you just reminded me of a boy who used to write me letters addressed to (h)ellen (a) buck(et)ley. hee hee hee. peace, ellen (wonder what ever happened to him) *************************************************** I want to be good Is that not enough? Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 21:36:55 GMT From: Jacey7@aol.com Subject: Re: Go Straight to Hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. (was Re: ESCAPING HELL!) Trace wrote: ::Some highly distrubing yet considerably funny marketing ideas.:: I swear sometimes this newsgroup is like a car wreck... you don't want to look, but the compulsion is just too great to avoid. ~jen (buckled safely in her vehicle with the doors securely locked ;-) - -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Nobody likes you when you're 23." --Blink 182 "Do you know that you are very strong?"-- Grover "Measure your life in love."-- Rent Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 22:28:46 GMT From: SpainLB@aol.com Subject: Re: about the "hell In a message dated 7/1/99 2:34:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, amychic2@aol.com writes: << calm down there...i don't want to be involved in yet another NG row, but chad dear, who are you to decide if someone is saved or not? Was there a serious offense >> He's probably talking about me!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA PAZ, Lisa Bills = ) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 22:32:25 GMT From: Amanda.K.Potter@Dartmouth.EDU (Amanda K. Potter) Subject: In honor of Canada Day/ Canadian-American relations I just had to share this quote I found in my newspaper this morning: "Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well-informed about the United States."- J. Bartlet Brebner, Canadian historian I wouldn't even dream that this anyway reflects on this NG... (especially in light of this whole Thornhill thing!) ;-) Happy Canada Day to all my northern neighbors! - -Amanda :o) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 18:19:50 -0400 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: Getting Newbies Hooked singing the word "try" sucks. it comes out high-pitched and nasal. when 40 people sing the word "trah" on stage, however, the audience knows they're saying "try" and it isn't nearly as aurally offensive. ~~kate - -- Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@frumail.org **************************************************** "You're not going to Canada unless that room's clean!" - --My Dad, 6.27.99 **************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 22:10:55 GMT From: jbardhan@demon.ceh.servtech.com (Neil Bardhan) Subject: Re: behold the power of tofu On 01 Jul 1999 19:54:03 GMT, srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin) wrote: >-- Lori >[1] tofu: the perfect vegan cholesterol-free high-protein food, vs. poutine: >the highly imperfect cholesterol-filled preservative-filled >animal-product-filled nightmare/fantasy. *whimper* This more than anything made me want some poutine. I consumed tofu for the first time on Father's Day 1999. Same goes for sake(or is that saki? I mean the Japanese booze). I'd prefer not to have tofu again. Sake is repeatable, for sure. I wonder what mom's serving for dinner tonight..... Neil Neil Bardhan: stage manager,tape trader,CTY Nevermore,Libertarian,and nice guy http://www.servtech.com/~jbardhan/ Smile at every person you see ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 18:29:30 -0400 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: Go Straight to Hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. (was Re: ESCAPING HELL!) dear lord Chad :). i haven't fallen off my seat laughing since richard stopped posting :). ~~kate - -- Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@frumail.org **************************************************** "You're not going to Canada unless that room's clean!" - --My Dad, 6.27.99 **************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 18:33:22 -0400 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: tour not to bust your bubble, but don't take those too seriously. they also pretty much swore up and down that they'd play MIT every year. ~~kate, who *does* realize that the year is still fairly young - -- Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@frumail.org **************************************************** "You're not going to Canada unless that room's clean!" - --My Dad, 6.27.99 **************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 18:31:21 -0400 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: about the "hell hmm. as someone who is very outrightly sensitive to religious slams (i used to refuse to listen to/watch jian's pope impersonation [i suppose that was his best polish accent :)] during the long GE+H intro), i'd have to say this was hilarious. keep in mind - the person who posted the original spam was making the same judgement. ~~kate - -- Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@frumail.org **************************************************** "You're not going to Canada unless that room's clean!" - --My Dad, 6.27.99 **************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 18:24:56 -0400 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: Toronto Question fr. LISA = O don't look at me. people *still* think i'm supposed to talk like joe pesci, being from new jersey and all. ~~kate, who doesn't - -- Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@frumail.org **************************************************** "You're not going to Canada unless that room's clean!" - --My Dad, 6.27.99 **************************************************** Lori Martin wrote in message <19990701025530.12833.00005531@ng-fx1.aol.com>... >Nicole the wonder nerd asked: > >> >[1] - an effective use of the "hon." > >>Okay, what IS the secret Baltimorian way of pronouncing this? The >>instructions in a previous post resulted in my saying something like >>"hween", which I KNOW ain't right... > >'kay, I'll try to explain the unexplainable. Say "heh", but then elide into >the "oo" in "look" -- still one syllable mind you -- before tacking on the >final "n". > >If those instructions made sense to anyone but me, I'm completely overjoyed. >In particular, if they made sense to chad, Lisa, Kate or Valerie I'm ecstatic. > > >-- Lori, a Philadelphia hon >**************** >I'll hold my ground when people stop and stare > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 18:27:54 -0400 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: Godspell i think i can semi beat that. my high school is run by the pallottine order of priests and brothers (read: mostly old italian men who still refuse to believe vatican II ever occured), and used to do godspell every four years (differently every time of course). the year before i came to the school, my good friend megan sang "turn back, o man." closing night the entire board to trustees came to see the show. that makes 6 old italian priests from brooklyn. she sat on her boyfriend's lap and said "is that a roll of life savers in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" she got suspended for a week. ~~kate - -- Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@frumail.org **************************************************** "You're not going to Canada unless that room's clean!" - --My Dad, 6.27.99 **************************************************** Kate Bunting wrote in message ... > > >On that note, I've gotta say I *loved* singing "Turn Back, O Man" in our >production. We had it set up cabaret-style... so I got to come out from >the stage and, umm... 'visit' with the audience... > >Kate > > > >~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Katherine E. Bunting > sailor@wam.umd.edu > > "Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?" >~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > ------------------------------ Date: 01 Jul 1999 23:12:35 GMT From: amychic2@aol.com (Amychic2) Subject: Re: about the "hell opps..hehe...i didn't know it was an inside joke;O) ------------------------------ Date: 01 Jul 1999 23:03:37 GMT From: shadoeme@aol.com (ShadoeMe) Subject: Re: Go Straight to Hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. (was Re: ESCAPING HELL!) you know what my favorate part of the hell theory is? the fact that there is more than one religion who insists that "non-believers" will go to hell. now, lets think...doesn that mean that EVERYONE is going to hell? this religion thing makes less and less sence the more i think about it. smiles genna ------------------------------ Date: 01 Jul 1999 23:10:44 GMT From: shadoeme@aol.com (ShadoeMe) Subject: Re: O Canada! that reminded me of a rEALLY great and kinda silly website about canadian world domination...pay it a visit at htt://home.golden.net/~cmkerr/index2.html (sorry this isnt a link...i cant figure out how to do that...) >One displays myriad flags, sets off all manner of explosives, goes to >parades, >drinks way too much, and dresses in inordinate amounts of stars, stripes, >red, >white and blue ... oh, no, wait, that's us. smiles genna ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 23:19:40 GMT From: "VINCENT G. CICILLINI" Subject: testing, testing, testing ... ... is this thing on? hello. this is my first post to ammf. i have been lurking since the ann arbor shows in mid-june. (sigh) is it me, or are moxy fruvous concerts highly addictive? 8-) nutritious and fortified with all the essentials for a growing body, too! i do miss hearing the band live. i've lent the _live noise_ cd out, and it is currently making the rounds of various office personnel. the _thornhill_ songs really take my breath away, as well. "i will hold on" makes me swoon. (yeah, i know, guys aren't supposed to swoon ... but what can i say? 8-)) well, gotta get back to work. just thought i'd drop out and say "hello." hello. happy canada day! happy belated birthday, murray and amanda! moxy wishes and fruvous dreams, all! ciao--vc p.s. - how's that cowboy hat, marai? 8-) p.p.s. - what's wrong with encouraging trombones, veronica 8-) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 23:50:09 GMT From: Amanda.K.Potter@Dartmouth.EDU (Amanda K. Potter) Subject: Re: testing, testing, testing ... - --- "VINCENT G. CICILLINI" wrote: is it me, or are moxy fruvous concerts highly addictive? - --- end of quote --- Oh no, it's not just you! Welcome, Vincent, to the Moxy Fruvous Addiction Support Group! =) I'm so glad you've found your way over here! Just in case you haven't already, be sure to check out Fruvous.com- a fountain of knowledge about all things Fruvous. This being my first welcome, I'll try to make it short and sweet! Hope to be hearing more from you soon! Amanda :o) PS- There's nothing wrong with men swooning! Especially over "I Will Hold On". ;-) PPS- Thanks for the birthday wishes! ------------------------------ Date: 1 Jul 1999 16:28:25 -0700 From: "Jason A. Reiser" Subject: Re: Go Straight to Hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. (was Re: In article <377B8CDC.B0C07805@fruhead.com>, Chad says... [...] >Just complete the Fax/Book Request form below and send it by fax to >my 24Hr dedicated fax line @: 1-800-GO2-HELL. My fax machine was unable to send a document to this number. After several attemps and some bloodshed, I finally tried dialing this number from a regular phone to see what was up. It seems that calls to your toll free # 1-800-GO2-HELL are being misrouted to 1-800-GET-HERS. I'll continue attempting to send this fax until either 1-800-GET-HERS gets off your line, or until I get off. Thanks, Jason /cc: spammemore@spamforyou.com?subject=subscribe ------------------------------ Date: 1 Jul 1999 16:33:08 -0700 From: "Jason A. Reiser" Subject: Re: about the "hell In article <377bb6f4.9944015@news3.ibm.net>, vika@ibm.net says... > >amychic2@aol.com (Amychic2) delighted us with: > >>calm down there...i don't want to be involved in yet another NG row, but chad >>dear, who are you to decide if someone is saved or not? Was there a serious >>offense > >*blink* Huh? > >Chad just wrote one of his hillarious, witty and just plain well-made >responses to a spam that appeared on the newsgroup. His post was an >obvious parody. ummm... Vika... I really don't appreciate your... tone? I think we should all take a moment and sit down in the grass and think about the imact that our words have on one another? - - J ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 20:03:25 +0100 From: Amy Cartagena Subject: Re: En Train and eggshakers! Lori Martin wrote: > > Notice to Philly-area nutcases: > > David Dye brought to my attention that En Train is playing at the Pontiac > Grille tonight. Furthermore, in conversation with the band, he mentioned that > they "will be passing out shakers to the crowd". > > > > I can't go tonight, more's the pity, but i can't WAIT to see these guys at > Singer-Songwriter Weekend. > > I wonder -- if they like audience participation so much, would they be averse > to having a dumbek or 3 for accompaniment? > > -- Lori I must de-lurk and proudly say that the drummer for Entrain is my boss's brother. (I love my boss......) Okay, that's my brush with fame! What's the Singer-Songwriter Festival like? I've heard of it, but never been. Amy ------------------------------ Date: 02 Jul 1999 00:55:49 GMT From: shadoeme@aol.com (ShadoeMe) Subject: what is american culture? as trace so elliquantly put, the US culture is very hard to define. our "melting pot nation" has tried it's hardest to find an identity betwix (i love that word) it's diverse rainbow of people. so, as was done in france during the french revolution, officail state religion was replaced with nationalism. there is no offical language, no offical religion, no foods that feel distinctly american (hot dogs are german), so, instead we wave flags, we set off fireworks, we obsess over the love life of our president. it's hard to explain how a country with no national identity made a huge INTERNATIONAL identity. it's like compensations (psych term...yay). i forgot what point i was trying to make. smiles genna ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 01:24:19 GMT From: CheesemonkeyGem Subject: re: this JIAN!!!! thing >All wisdom comes from things connected to cheese. ;) hehe i may have to use that as a sig one day :) - -jen the cheesemonkey === "Behold the power of cheese" - -American Dairy Institute's slogan _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: 02 Jul 1999 01:21:19 GMT From: jacey7@aol.com (Jacey7) Subject: Re: 'Ne'er been kizzed' >> resemblance between murray and david arquette either!<< My goodness, who said *that*? I tought we had a *good* opinion of Murray here... ~jen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Nobody likes you when you're 23"-- Blink 182 "Do you know that you are very strong?"-- Grover "Measure your life in love."--Rent ------------------------------ Date: 02 Jul 1999 01:05:48 GMT From: shadoeme@aol.com (ShadoeMe) Subject: re: all this talk of covers i think they should do "mr. sandman" at clearwater several years ago (i was a clearwater festival goer long before i ever heard of fruvous) there was this "barbershop quartet" who was so increadably good. i cant remember much else of what they did...but they did this wonderful rendition of mr. sandman i think fruvous would do a great job with this one smiles genna ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 01:10:50 GMT From: CheesemonkeyGem Subject: Re: 'Ne'er been kizzed' >OK, I wasn't going to jump in on this thread, but the >testimonials are fast accumulating. Am I the only >person who *didn't* think he lookked like Murray? >Like, it never even occured to me until someone posted >it. Ok, similar hair, but that's all I'm getting... >maybe I just wasn't in a very "fru" place that day... woohoo! i thought i was the only one. i dont see a huge resemblance between murray and david arquette either! - -jen === Before you get in a fight with a person, walk 500 hundred miles in his shoes. That way you're 500 hundred miles ahead of him and you've got his shoes. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #551 ********************************************