From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #677 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, August 9 1999 Volume 03 : Number 677 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Ot: Re: whine whine whine ["A.J. LoCicero" ] fruSURVEY RESULTS [duncan@interlog.com (Duncan)] Re: Tickets to The Point! [frggr78@aol.com (Amy)] Re: WBER interview [limezinger@aol.commmmmmmm (star shaped)] Re: Moxy in the Rochester D&C [limezinger@aol.commmmmmmm (star shaped)] Fruvous on WBER [SnarkiFru ] Re: The Beautiful South [frggr78@aol.com (Amy)] Re: Waves..... [drea1@my-deja.com] Re: whine whine whine [chad schrock ] Re: The Band Has Four Members [frggr78@aol.com (Amy)] Newsflash about "C" [Lynne ] Re: SOL on Point Tickets, but . . . [frggr78@aol.com (Amy)] Re: The Band Has Four Members [chad schrock ] Re: whine whine whine [chad schrock ] Re: Waves..... [chad schrock ] Re: The Band Has Four Members [katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin)] Re: OT: whine whine whine [chad schrock ] Re: OT: whine whine whine [srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin)] Re: Important subject if you collect Frumiles ["Sam I Am" Subject: Ot: Re: whine whine whine maria wrote: > > A.J. said: > >Having said > >that, I think we can safely allow the likes of Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, > >Nebraska and > >Missouri (kinda although since it was a slave state it has many things more > >in common > >with the South.) to be called Midwestern, > > Wait, wait, wait...YOU allow US? No, no, no. You should be happy to even be > allowed to have Eastern Midwest as a title. I, being from the TRUE midwest, > feels you are just a cheap, bargain basement store knock off. I mean, where is > your butter cow?? Your lovely go-anywhere scent of pig manure? Your food on a > stick? [1] The pure hickness that IS the midwest? That's right, they are all > right here. Consider the following, [2] otherwise we might have to come after > you in our pickup trucks carrying shotguns and beer. :D You haven't been to Michigan, have you? We got all that stuff... AND the gun toting racist redneck Michigan Militia. Besides, YES we "allow" you. We were here first dearie. The Native Americans were pushed out/exterminated from east to west, if you hadn't heard. If it weren't for us, there'd be a lovely advanced and peaceful indigenous culture operating where you are now, instead of the pig farmers. A.J. ~\o Hail, Hail to Michigan the champions of the WEST! ~\o (we used to actually be the WEST if you can believe that one!) - -- Mariaweb last updated 5/13/99. See Maria Louise in all her... erm... Glory? Visit MariaWeb at http://members.aol.com/marilou99/ _____ _ / ____(_) | | _ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |/ __/ _ \ '__/ _ \ | |____| | (_| __/ | | (_) | \_____|_|\___\___|_| \___/ @wwnet.com ICQ#: 13117113 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 19:51:02 -0400 From: duncan@interlog.com (Duncan) Subject: fruSURVEY RESULTS Here they are... the survey results! 20 awesome people (well, actually 19 plus me) took the survey... thanks a bunch! I'll have another one up a few months after Thornhill is out... you know, when the Frulads are celebrities. Also, LadyWench (thanks!) informed me that there was another survey taken a while ago, possibly March 98? I'd like, along with many other 'heads I'm sure, to compare the two surveys... could the person who took it please contact me, or just put it up online? My addy's fruhead@canada.com Favourite Album= Live Noise wood Bargainville b / YWGTTM (tie) Favourite Songs (only songs with two votes or over are included... from greatest to least # of votes) King of Spain/ Gulf War Song (tie) Horseshoes/ Fell In Love/ Authors/ Fly/ My Poor Generation/ Independence Day (tie) Michy/ Misplaced/ Bittersweet/ Kids Song/ River Valley/ IWHO/ Message/ Drinking Song/ Sahara/ GE&H/ On Her Doorstep/ Nuits de Reves (tie) Least-favourite Songs (same style as favourite) When She Talks Lazlo¹s Career Video Bargainville/ Sad Today (tie) Michy/ Morphee/ Poor Mary Lane (tie) Other Bands/ Musical Artists= BNL/ GBS/ DMB/ TMBG (tie) EFO/ Ani DiFranco (tie) Arrogant Worms/ Christine Lavin/ Ben Folds Five/ Sarah McLachlan/ Weird Al/ The Nields (tie) # of Frushows Greatest=67 Least=0 Average= 18 3 Best Shows= COMING SOON # of shows on tape Greatest= 50 Average= 9 Best place to see Œem= Ann Arbor (the Ark) Philly (TLA)/ Toronto (Lee¹s)/ Buffalo (Tralf) (tie) Age= Oldest= 45 (well, oldest out of people who would tell me their age!) Youngest= 14 (yipee!) Average= 26 Sex= Female= 16 Male=4 Country= USA 18 Canada 2 Province/ State= NY 6 PA 3 OH 3 ON 2 NJ 1 IL 1 RI 1 VA 1 IN 1 DE 1 CO 1 Funniest Thing That Happend at a frushow= Jian forgetting the words to "Organ Grinder" at the Ark. the lads' version of VH1's Behind the Music "The Hippie on the Post", "Paradigm Shift" The Drunk Chicks That came to the wrong concert and should have in reality been at Neil Dimond Jian being himself At NKU--a great auditorium venue--Mike and the boys came into the audience for Spiderman. Not exactly the funniest, but it was my first show, and I was amazed. The first time I heard the line "Sound man Cal has an urge to rock - and Merch-man (first Marcus, then Dave T, and sometimes these roles are switched) has a...." Disco ball outtakes at Ludlows, Oct. '98 at the Birchmere last summer, someone in the audience shouted very loudly "RAJA!!!" towards the end of the show, and Murray, in his standard deadpan, referencing the Birchmere's policy on talking, said "Um I think there's no talking in this venue...." [long pause] "Could we please have that person removed?" This group of "jock-like" fans had a huge stuffed animal and repeatedly chanted "monkey" about it. I thought it was a parrot, which I think Jian also perceived. Eventually they were fulfilled by Jian's "Well, throw it up here, then" and some banter about it, which led to Murray's line of the night. Murray's line of the night: "It's name is 'Monkey', I guess. Who's the Shakespeare who came up with that?" Even after the monkey was on stage, the chanters were chanting 'Monkey.' And Mike replied "I know you're chanting for Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch again, but they're not comin' out here until that moshing stops!" I don't know if there was any actual moshing going on, and I don't care, it was still funny. Fruvous improv! At the Philly TLA show I referenced above, Jian talked about the movie Some Kind of Wonderful for like 15 minutes (probably costing the band a couple hundred bucks in recording time and equiptment since this was a show recorded for the live album). It was great. The audience was silent listening to him go on and on about it. Then Fordy, who must have been feeling left out, starts making crap up about the movie. Something like Eric Stolz's Uncle Leo was doing stuff. The audience stared at him, stunned having no idea what he was talking about (but still really quiet) and this one lady in the silence while Fordy was making up more stuff yelled "What are YOU talking about?". Everyone utterly died laughing. the "way to go, murray" improv fr¸con weekend was incredible... just the epitome of fr¸vous... . . . usually involves me, on sleep deprivation, and adrenaline, and excitement, doing or saying something REALLY stupid, somewhere embarrassingly near a band member. The 10/30/98 show at the Iron Horse with the tale of BJ and Rachel was probably the funniest thing ever. I think my favorite part had to be Murray introducing "Psychokiller" (transcription off FDC): [Sad and in a funk, BJ wandered down to the river and spotted a shack. Inside, he was greeted by a woman. BJ got the impression she cut her own hair and she was flicking matches all over the room. "Seven" she says. "What?" "Seven. I prefer it to hello. It breaks the ice." "Oh Seven" "Match?" "No thank you". "I was like you once. Career. Husband. Career. I had it all" she said lobbing a match onto the couch. "What happened" said BJ. "I acquired a taste for human brains. A rare condition, but not as rare as you think. It doesn't get much press". "That's understandable" said BJ. "Things fell apart after that. The postman. My boss. My husband. I was just getting into different recipes: Curries, tempura. I had just discovered a great recipe for Brain Au Jous." Just then the shack burst into flames and the rest of her speech was lost in the roar.] yeah, that rocked. Best meaning of Moxy Fruvous= joy 4 of the most talented, funny, kind, thoughtful, intelligent people I've ever encountered, who just happen to play some pretty damn good music as well... :o) The whole dollop/ splattering liquid thing haha... That it was a miss print from a Bible...is that true? yogurt dollup The magical monked-baked pastry thing. (On one of the T-shirts I still like multi-legged and aural. Pure music gods (I made up that one myself) when I first played them for my parents, my dad repeatedly asked what their name was, and when I told him, he said "Oh, it's a brand of ice cream!" A GROUP THAT KICKS @$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! A line from Jann Arden who opened for them in London, On (circa 1993/4)--"Moxy pads...with wings!" name for bread made by monks (ok, it's the only one i can remember). oh, wait, I like the sound of pancakces hitting the grill (that's one, isn't it?) Well, I know a lot of people, including myself, have been known to just make up crazy meanings for Moxy Fruvous for no apparent reason. Scrabble, some street in Toronto, a speed on a blender, the name of an extemely separatist, nudist intuit group from the northern Yukon. But really, you all know that Fruvous is Estonian for "No Comment" right? So a Moxy Fruvous is when someone says "No Comment" in a gutsy way. Kinda like: Japanese Reporter: So, Mr. Clinton, what do you think about how George Bush wretched all over our Prime Minister? Clinton: Uh... um... Fruvous Clinton (aside to press secretary): That was close Press Secretary: That was a moxy fruvous you gave there. i used to have a fruvousing keyboard! that definition thanks to lori... (o: but alas, the fr¸vousing keyboard is no more... From an interview Dave did, which is recorded on our beloved FDC - something about Dave's Father-In-Law (*giggle*) working for a company that was inventing a toothpaste to combat Crest and Colgate and naming the toothpaste "Fruvous" from the Latin word for "clean teeth". The guys liked the name, and since they all brushed well, they decided to use it for the band. Moxy came from the traditional meaning - "having Moxie" - energy, or spirited, or something like that. Hmmm . . ."Spirited Toothpaste"? Although the two new ones from Falcon Ridge are cute - "Aliens" came down and gave it to them, or the "misprint on page 12 of the Bible". This description from www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPagesM/ struck me as pretty wacky. For all we know...it's the truth. "Four-part a cappella/instrumental act from Toronto who met on an unlikely school trip that featured, among other things a hog-calling contest in Flesherton, Ontario. After splitting the prize for winning 'Most Promising Pig-Caller' the members met for the first time on the winners podium -- the winning pigs were named 'Moxy' and 'Fruvous'. " That's it! Thanks to all people who took the few minutes to fill it out (and extra thanks to those who posted their answers... just because you pissed those people off) Adam Duncan ------------------------------ Date: 10 Aug 1999 00:23:40 GMT From: frggr78@aol.com (Amy) Subject: Re: Tickets to The Point! What is the world cafe by the way? Amy They took off their shoes and bared their SOULS. ~Moxy Fruvous, "Fly" ------------------------------ Date: 10 Aug 1999 00:21:46 GMT From: limezinger@aol.commmmmmmm (star shaped) Subject: Re: WBER interview >The Frulads are "stopping by" the studio at noon tomorrow, so says Chris >Andrews and Dr. Damien. (Thank you Melissa for listening to Rant) hey, i listened to rant too. ;) ...it's at noon. sarah linnellgirl@tmbg.org http://members.aol.com/limezinger "how come you get to meet Deep Throat? i'm the one who saw the movie!" - bruce mcculloch in 'Dick' ------------------------------ Date: 10 Aug 1999 00:20:44 GMT From: limezinger@aol.commmmmmmm (star shaped) Subject: Re: Moxy in the Rochester D&C >http://www.rochestergoesout.com/night/0805moxy.html arrrgh! i went to the trouble of transcribing and posting that whole article a couple days ago, and there it is, online. ah well. ;) i scanned the pic too -- larger. umm... here http://members.tripod.com/limezinger/frupaper080599.jpg sarah linnellgirl@tmbg.org http://members.aol.com/limezinger "how come you get to meet Deep Throat? i'm the one who saw the movie!" - bruce mcculloch in 'Dick' ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 00:27:01 GMT From: SnarkiFru Subject: Fruvous on WBER Probably already been posted, but in case it hasn't: while listening to Rant this afternoon Chris Andrews announced that Moxy Fruvous will be in the WBER studio tomorrow at 12:00 Noon (EST). Wow, WBER at Noon, Record Archive at 5pm, Milestones that night... poor guys... hope they eat their Wheaties (oops, 'scuse me, that would be Shreddies). Tune in on the internet at http://wber.monroe.edu and listen live via RealAudio That is all - --InfoSnark They say that the Road to Hell is paved with good intentions... well, at least it will be a smooth ride - --me ------------------------------ Date: 10 Aug 1999 00:22:27 GMT From: frggr78@aol.com (Amy) Subject: Re: The Beautiful South >well, i posted that *because* i lived in NC for a spell. it's not the >same at all, IME (i grew up in NJ and now live in MD). perhaps you lived >in the triangle area, which is a different world altogether. that's >where i'd recommend fruvous play; the triangle and/or asheville. recall >that NC is the state that keeps re-electing jesse helms. spend some time >in the western part of the state (asheville excepted) and you'll >understand why. Ah, I understand now. Don't know where the triangle area is, but I used to live on the last outer bank island. It would be nice to see them perform in Florida, though, next summer so I don't have to worry about tickets...then again, the Colorado crew has to put up with it, so I should too. Amy They took off their shoes and bared their SOULS. ~Moxy Fruvous, "Fly" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 00:41:02 GMT From: drea1@my-deja.com Subject: Re: Waves..... > yeah. like rehearsing It's Too Cold, or Misplaced, so that they can play > it in annapolis. boy, a second-half-of-wood show.. wouldn't *that* be > cool? Or maybe Bed & Breakfast and bringing back Nuits for, say... Harbourfront? *HINT* *g* Personally, anything from the second half of Wood would be great, considering some of us have only heard 5 songs from that album ;) Just whining as usual ;) Drea 14 days to Harbourfront, 16 to Thornhill! :) (And 33 till I move to Toronto!) "I'm a chartered accountant, and therefore too boring for my opinion to be of any consequence." - Monty Python "You're a fruhead - you don't count. We're talking about normal people." - - Fiona, July 19/99 Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 20:55:38 -0400 From: chad schrock Subject: Re: whine whine whine Lori Martin wrote: > Now, now, children, if I can share Annapolis with chad, then Who said that we were 'sharing' Annapolis? I don't share. (Being an only and all, I'm just like that.) > I'd expect both of you to be able to settle this without > smashings or smooshings or shreddings. Will there be chair throwing and clothing removal? > >> -- Lori, hellbent on taking over the world > >Unless I beat you to it. > not a snowball's chance in hell, sweetheart. um, guys, Pinky has already taken over the world. Do try and keep up. > especially as Trace and I already have located the Point of > Frumonic Convergence, and it's in The Greater Philadelphia Area. Frümonic... Is that the sound that your car makes when you drive down what passes for freeways in that state? Or is is the sound that the blender makes when you Früvous the cat? - -- chad at radix dot net FWOOOOOOM. ------------------------------ Date: 10 Aug 1999 00:38:49 GMT From: frggr78@aol.com (Amy) Subject: Re: The Band Has Four Members >> ... I'd really like to hear more about the other guys as well. >> Dave's virtuosity and voice--when I first heard Bargainvillle, I feel in >> love with Dave's voice. Mike's voice, too. All the guys have great >> voices, but what Mike can DO with his voice, WOW. And Murray's >> eyes ... > > agreed. agreed. agreed. jian is a wonderful person. four >people make up moxy fruvous, though. "river valley" did me in--big time! >dave, mike and jian's voice just made me melt. dave and jian's harmonies, >with mike's slight growl coming though ... sigh. i made the mistake of >looking into murray's eyes after the 'celebrate toronto' show, whoops! >all i got out was, thanks for doing "pork tenderloin" in ann arbor ..." >he carried the conversation after that; i just nodded, lost in those >beautiful eyes ... > > great, now i'm gushing. first i swoon, then i gush. next thing >ya' know, i'll be eating quiche! ciao--vc (who loves vegetarian quiche, >yum!) I would have to say that right now Sahara makes the hairs on my arms rise...Just something about the harmonies and Mike's voice singing this song. And, I might add, at the Abyss concert, Murray came out of the club...I saw him...called out his name...and went blank. I couldn't speak or anything because 1) I couldn't believe I just called out his name and he had no idea who I was and I definitely knew who he was and he is definitely on a higher level than me in many respects and 2) just looking into his eyes made me melt. Thank you for letting me share that moment with y'all. Amy They took off their shoes and bared their SOULS. ~Moxy Fruvous, "Fly" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 01:23:20 GMT From: Lynne Subject: Newsflash about "C" Always just giving us that inch.... I go I get Thornhill... and then read "look for a "C" ALbum... ack...... more waiting and anticipation. Hope everyone is enjoying the release party.. wish I could be at the seaport... --I've got to move back east!-- Happy, happy, Lynne :D >talked about "C" and he said that both "Pisco" and "Killer Tents" would >be on it. Hip Hip Hurray! ------------------------------ Date: 10 Aug 1999 01:01:07 GMT From: frggr78@aol.com (Amy) Subject: Re: SOL on Point Tickets, but . . . I don't know you and really wish that I do...but you have my deepest sympathies. I lost my grandmother a couple of years ago and it was pretty hard for me. It is true that your memories, the thought of your great friends and a band that pulls you through good and bad helps to heal your pain. Hope to meet you soon. Amy They took off their shoes and bared their SOULS. ~Moxy Fruvous, "Fly" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 21:15:15 -0400 From: chad schrock Subject: Re: The Band Has Four Members Leah Bender wrote: > > >Dave has a kick-ass voice too! > > Yeah! All the guys have killer voices, but there's just some > quality of Dave's voice that I have always found very calming > and relaxing... I'm not sure what it is exactly... Is this > just me here? No, Dave has an awesome voice. He definately has a future as a crooner. (You should have heard his opening song last year in Annapolis...) - -- chad at radix dot net My, I'm chatty tonight. I must be putting something off. What a surprise, I am! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 21:04:54 -0400 From: chad schrock Subject: Re: whine whine whine Groovy Spice wrote: > aleigh992@aol.comBROCCOLI (Aleigh) wrote: > > > Which I would imagine to be the 930 club again, because they > > filled up that place last time they were there. That or the > > Birchmere, > > birchmere's already booked that day. damn. damn. again I say, damn. > the 9:30 calendar doesn't go that far yet. I hope not. How about Lisner? Or the Patriot Center? Just not the 9.30 club. - -- chad at radix dot net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 21:07:44 -0400 From: chad schrock Subject: Re: Waves..... Groovy Spice wrote: > trace@frumail.org (Trace) wrote: > > > Good lord, I hope not! I hope the lads have way too much to do to > > bother with such pointless silliness as a discussion thread of that > > sort. > > yeah. like rehearsing It's Too Cold, or Misplaced, so that they > can play it in annapolis. boy, a second-half-of-wood show.. > wouldn't *that* be cool? I think so. :) Plus, it will be a great finish to the first-half-of-wood show they did last year here. - -- chad at radix dot net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 19:33:22 -0600 From: katrin@dimensional.com (Katrin) Subject: Re: The Band Has Four Members In article <199908091756.KAA32198@hipmail4.gohip.com>, benderl@bombdiggity.com says... > Yeah! All the guys have killer voices, but there's just some quality of Dave's > voice that I have always found very calming and relaxing... I'm not sure what it > is exactly... Is this just me here? No, it's not. Mmmmmmmmmmm Dave... k@ - ---------------------------------------------------- "When someone says that they can't draw a straight line, it's a comment that belittles the act of drawing. It suggests that it's a God-given thing, that no one has to practice it, that all artists are idiot-savants." - --Phoebe Gloeckner ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 21:03:25 -0400 From: chad schrock Subject: Re: OT: whine whine whine maria wrote: > Wait, wait, wait...YOU allow US? No, no, no. You should be > happy to even be allowed to have Eastern Midwest as a title. > I, being from the TRUE midwest, feels you are just a cheap, > bargain basement store knock off. Well, if you want the Wal*Mart West.... Just be careful of that flying smiley face. That's disturbing, actually. > I mean, where is your butter cow?? Your lovely go-anywhere > scent of pig manure? Your food on a stick? [1] The pure > hickness that IS the midwest? That's right, they are all right > here. Consider the following, [2] otherwise we might have to > come after you in our pickup trucks carrying shotguns and beer. :D You know, by that definition, the "west" starts somewhere about Frederick in Maryland. Maybe just a bit past there. And that's only about 30 miles west of Baltimore. Of course, Frederick is more or less a suburb of Baltimore and DC anymore, so the true hickness is moving west to Hagerstown. - -- chad at radix dot net ------------------------------ Date: 10 Aug 1999 01:41:58 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.composter (Lori Martin) Subject: Re: OT: whine whine whine chad schrock wrote: >maria wrote: > >> I mean, where is your butter cow?? Your lovely go-anywhere >> scent of pig manure? Your food on a stick? [1] The pure >> hickness that IS the midwest? That's right, they are all right >> here. Consider the following, [2] otherwise we might have to >> come after you in our pickup trucks carrying shotguns and beer. :D > >You know, by that definition, the "west" starts somewhere about >Frederick in Maryland. Maybe just a bit past there. And that's >only about 30 miles west of Baltimore. Chester County PA, sez I. They got butter. They gots guns. They got beer and food on a stick and man-oo-wer. Heck, they even got t'bacca in the fields, makin' 'em almost suthrun too, jest like those people in Murrlinn. - -- Lori *********** nobody'd ever get shot if everybody had a gun ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 21:49:16 -0400 From: "Sam I Am" Subject: Re: Important subject if you collect Frumiles I just had this converstion with Toby Saturday. Card can't be stamped as of Jan 1. Sorry..4 months left. - -Sam- SkyStar117@aol.com wrote in message ... >In a message dated 99-08-09 05:34:11 EDT, you write: > > << My Frumiles card clearly says "valid until end of this Millennium". >That's > right...we have a FULL year and 4+ months left! Sorry if this has been > discussed before. > Psycho Mike >> > > THE END ALL BE ALL OF FRUMILES LIMITATIONS AND EXPIRATION DATES: > Tobey said to me "look @ your card...`1998-1999'." Deal. Sorry Everyone! It >expires in just like, 4 months...but that's not to say you can't still go see >them like, 300000 times on all of their nifty new tour dates!!! > > love! > *deb ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #677 ********************************************