From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #719 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, August 19 1999 Volume 03 : Number 719 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: TIC: Fruvous Violence [Joe Navratil ] Re: OT: Christine Lavin [michykith@aol.com (Michykith)] Re: Are You "Alt"? [Chad Maloney ] Re: Are You "Alt"? [Chad Maloney ] Re: TIC: Fruvous Violence [Chad Maloney ] Re:Are You Alt? ["andi andrzejewski" ] NYE/NY day ["andi andrzejewski" ] Re: Borders L- Street reviews (quick) [Kate Bunting ] Re: Are You Alt? [Josh Drury ] Re: Are You "Alt"? [happygirl@fruhead.com (Dorky Spice)] Re: Are You "Alt"? [hallofeyes@aol.com (Jordan Q. Doe)] Re: E-Bay (was Re: C Album SUGGESTIONS (was Re: C Album Predictions . . .) [hKath ] Re: Are You "Alt"? [chad schrock ] Re: Are You "Alt"? [Ambush Bug ] net deprivation [CheesemonkeyGem ] a little question... [Phillyfru9@aol.com] Re: Im a Troll [Chad Maloney ] Re: Borders L- Street reviews (quick) [chad schrock ] Nya nya Canada! ;-) [ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry)] Re: Re:Are You Alt? ["Ken Perschke" ] Re: Are You "Alt"? [ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry)] Re: Are You "Alt"? [ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry)] Re: Are You "Alt"? [ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry)] Re: Fruhead.com nearing 500... [ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry)] Re: Are You "Alt"? [Michele Determan ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:38:57 +0000 From: Joe Navratil Subject: Re: TIC: Fruvous Violence Kate Leahy wrote: > > > holding a head high (on a stake perhaps?) and I > > could swear there was a > > reference to killing Paul. > > Really!? 'Cause I heard if you play it backwards, it > says that Murray's dead! > How right you are, Kate (and thanks, btw ;-) ). In fact, it's blatantly obvious that Murray is, indeed, dead and has been replaced for this album. Proof, you say? Pah! How about this -- 1) Murray has only one song on the album Unexceptional, except that a) The rest of the Lads have a fairly even distribution of songs; and b) At least two Murray songs were notably left off, Grudge and Pisco 2) Murray's writing style has changed considerably Independence Day is a sane song! I mean, it's about the end of a relationship and all that, but nowhere in the song is there any reference to arson or dead cats. The last time that happened was probably 'Bittersweet', a decade (and threeish albums) ago. Additionally, we've all heard Pisco by now -- could the same man who wrote "Sad Today" write "Pisco Bandito"? I think not! 3) Independence Day itself The song is about ending a relationship. A veiled message, perhaps? Look at the lyrics! "bleed down to black", indeed! 4) Murray's shirt in the album art IT'S NOT A MURRAY SHIRT! It's a solid color, and a relatively normal color. In fact, it's *blood* red. By now, you should get the picture... 5) The inside-liner picture. Dave, Jian, and Mike are tilting their heads to the right. Murray, on the other hand, is tilting his head to the left. And Paul wasn't wearing any shoes. 6) The very-inside-liner picture. Look closely. See the differences? Obviously, these are the finalists for the band's sick and twisted "Replace Murray!" contest. I'm guessing that the guy in the upper-right picture won, myself. Sheesh, that guy in the upper-left doesn't even *resemble* Fruvous's former bassist. I present simply the facts. Do with them what you will. -Joe ------------------------------ Date: 19 Aug 1999 19:31:48 GMT From: michykith@aol.com (Michykith) Subject: Re: OT: Christine Lavin k@ said.... >I'm still a little disappointed that she didn't do the "Bald Headed Men" >song though. Oh well. > > Oooh, that's my song! I think i put that on a tape i made for Novac, didn't I? " I like a man who's honest and true..who can look you in the eye when he talks to you...so if you follow this point to it's logical end, you can see why I like bald headed men." Anyone ever heard "Shopping Cart of Love?" That's my fave, albeit really long, Christine Lavin song. ~Joni (fnjoni@fruhead.com) * * * * - -You could hit him with a banjo - -A _banjo_ Bob? - -Yeah, I saw a guy get hit by a banjo once...and he went down. (bob and red, That 70's Show) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 13:21:09 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: Are You "Alt"? Michele wrote: > > I'm a first time "poster" to this news group, but a big Fruvous fan...so > be kind if I make a faux pas. Hi! Glad to have you as part of the posting community here on alt.music.moxy-fruvous. Have a nice stay and please don't mind the mess. > Maybe someone can help me? Murray signed my CD "Are you 'alt'?". I > guess the answer is "no" since I don't know what he means. I have some > theories: > > 1. alt.music.moxy-fruvous > 2. you're my alternative girlfriend (OK - this is wishful thinking) > 3. alternative lifestyle > 4. some reference to a fruvous song that I am unaware (I would hang my > Fruhead in shame if this is the case). Alt is the German word for old. Are you perhaps over 80? Anyways, what shirt were you wearing? Did you talk about anything? Usually when they sign stuff, they pick something out that they have gleened from you. Or they just make crap up. If it gets down to the make crap up stage, I'd guess that it's short for Are you Alternative. - Chad ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:13:06 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: Are You "Alt"? star shaped wrote: > on the [real] cover [the one with the red/yellow/green/blue blocks], he drew an > arrow pointing to the guy on the rocket, and wrote "It's an ICBM" ICBM is an inter-continental ballitic missile. I guess the little astronaut man is gonna have a rough landing riding that rocket! - Chad ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:11:42 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: TIC: Fruvous Violence Joe Navratil wrote: > 1) Murray has only one song on the album > Unexceptional, except that a) The rest of the Lads have a fairly even > distribution of songs; and b) At least two Murray songs were notably > left off, Grudge and Pisco Am I the only one that doesn't think Grudge is a Murray song? Maybe I'm crazy. > 6) The very-inside-liner picture. > Look closely. See the differences? Obviously, these are the finalists > for the band's sick and twisted "Replace Murray!" contest. Dammit, I came in second and what did I get? A lousy mug. I shopped for days to find that shirt to what end? To what end, indeed. - Chad ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 20:22:21 GMT From: "andi andrzejewski" Subject: Re:Are You Alt? Ken postulated Inter/Intra (not sure here) Continental Ballistic Missile, no? It would be InterContinental Ballistic Missile which can go across oceans. IntraContinental would mean we'd be bombing ourselves or Canada, since the US bases most of "ours" in thw south western part of the country. andi Get your FREE Email at http://mailcity.lycos.com Get your PERSONALIZED START PAGE at http://my.lycos.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 20:27:20 GMT From: "andi andrzejewski" Subject: NYE/NY day Hi! just thought i'd let everyone know the Tralf has the tix for the 12/31/99 and 1/1/2000 shows available at the box office. you can pick them up or order with a credit card at 716-851-8725.THey will allow underagers in 12/31 with a parent or guardian. what they told me was you had have something saying that you had a relationship with the "child and were willing to take responsibility for them. hope to see you all there andi andrzejewski Get your FREE Email at http://mailcity.lycos.com Get your PERSONALIZED START PAGE at http://my.lycos.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:11:58 -0400 From: Kate Bunting Subject: Re: Borders L- Street reviews (quick) > Got to Borders about 10:00, actually found a chair-seat. That'd be 12:00, noon, whoops. I wasn't there 2 1/2 hours early. loves, Kate ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Katherine E. Bunting sailor@wam.umd.edu "Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 15:44:57 -0500 From: Josh Drury Subject: Re: Im a Troll Chad Maloney wrote: > Of course, I never said USEnet is an acronym for anything in my post, > the above paragraph can be viewed in whatever light the reader likes. > > - Chad I think the refernce to acronyms was due to the fact you spell usenet with three consecutive capital letters. This very often signifies an acronym (e.g. NASA), or sometimes a wannabe acronym (e.g. UNPROFOR). Josh Drury Winnipeg ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 15:55:57 -0500 From: Josh Drury Subject: Re: Are You Alt? andi andrzejewski wrote: > Ken postulated > Inter/Intra (not sure here) Continental Ballistic Missile, no? > It would be InterContinental Ballistic Missile > which can go across oceans. IntraContinental would mean we'd be bombing ourselves or Canada, since the > US bases most of "ours" in thw south western part of the country. andi Yup. The "Intra-continental" ones are the ones aimed up north. The governor (or perhaps a senator) from North Dakota once "joked" about having a lot of missles stationed in that state, which could easily be given less long range targets, as a means to resolve a petty grain-subsidy dispute. Canadians were not impressed. Josh Drury Winnipeg ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:37:48 -0600 From: happygirl@fruhead.com (Dorky Spice) Subject: Re: Are You "Alt"? In article <37BC4B15.83A81843@fruhead.com>, chadm@fruhead.com says... > Alt is the German word for old. Are you perhaps over 80? "Alt" is also a Latinate root - as in the Spanish "alto/a" meaning high or tall, and the word "altitude." In other words, he may have been asking if you were high... > Usually when they sign stuff, they pick something out that they have > gleaned from you. Or they just make crap up. I'm still trying to figure out why he signed my Live Noise poster (at the Roxy, back in January) with "I love grunge!". 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: 19 Aug 1999 20:55:05 GMT From: hallofeyes@aol.com (Jordan Q. Doe) Subject: Re: Are You "Alt"? Hiya...Ive been lurking for a week or so, thought I'd post in this thread. At the South Street Sea Port show, Jian wrote "I [heart] Britney Spears" I'm not really sure why he wrote that.. Me and Murray were talking about the Gap Vests commercial and MTV, and how bad they are, and Murray wrote "Jordan- Subvert" Then Dave wrote "Thanks J.S." (I guess Jordan Subvert) Also, I had notes that Mike wrote to himself for the section in Boo Time, if anyones interested, it says-- South St. Seaport Heleport Hollo Deck PoopDeck Humid Im with STUPID Blue Jays Do Rock Goodbye Bosox Yankees will Choke [Heart] U New York Hey Neil Tennant Mets Take Pennant I had Mike sign this, and next to "Hey Neil Tennant", he drew an arrow and wrote "Pet Shop Boy." I don't get that.. ALSO on my b-album, Murray wrote "LOTTO!" Jordan "My father calls them "grandma's cookies" but grandma's dead"-Matthew Koff "Clock in my head, clock on the wall, and the two of them don't agree at all"- XTC "Nice holes!"- Andy Partridge of XTC, after putting his fingers in my ears. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 20:53:17 GMT From: hKath Subject: Re: E-Bay (was Re: C Album SUGGESTIONS (was Re: C Album Predictions . . .) In article <37baae3e.7897433@news3.ibm.net>, vika@fruhead.com wrote: > bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) delighted us with: > > >On another e-Bay note, I saw something that astounded me so much that I was > >amazed it wasn't mentioned anywhere on this NG (or maybe it was and I missed > >it). Someone had put a Moxy setlist up for the bid (from Portland, I > >believe)!!!!!!!!! > > That's nothing - I once saw someone trying to auction off a photo > they'd made of the guys in concert At least that pic was of the lads in concert. AJ, MC and I (why do I hang around with initials so much?) once saw a picture of the guys outside their hotel for auction on eBay. The bid was around $1.50... I couldn't believe that. Talk about trying to sell a stalker-shot. :\ hKath - -- "A handful of Jergen's doesn't count as experience." - Goats Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't. ------------------------------ Date: 19 Aug 1999 21:12:17 GMT From: Gruneberg Veronica J <6vjg@qlink.queensu.ca> Subject: Re: Are You "Alt"? Oh lord, I'm feeling old... you've never heard of the Pet Shop Boys??!!! And now that I've said that, can I think of a single one of their cheesy 80's songs? Nooooooo..... :) Veronica - -- *************************************************************************** "Never look at the trombones, | Veronica Gruneberg it only encourages them." | Dept. of Biology - Richard Strauss | Queen's University | Kingston, Ontario ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 17:28:49 -0400 From: chad schrock Subject: Re: Are You "Alt"? Chad Maloney wrote: > Usually when they sign stuff, they pick something out that they have > gleened from you. Or they just make crap up. A certain Frü signed my Thornhill CD "stop whining" this afternoon. d'oh! (and Trace started it, anyway. :) - -- chad at radix dot net she did! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:09:01 GMT From: Ambush Bug Subject: Re: Are You "Alt"? I have no ideas, but last night they signed my Thornhill book with: Dave: "Thanks Mike" Mike: Small budgie dog and an exclamation point after his name. Murray: "So you're Mike" with "you're" underlined and making it look like a word balloon. Jian: Happy Mike Day. No, I don't know what Mike Day is, although I now know it's the 18th of August. Must be a Canadian holiday. I think my point is that they tend to be creative and have fun on their signatures. And, yes, my name is Mike. Mike (it's not "not" it's "net") Remember when Michele said: : Maybe someone can help me? Murray signed my CD "Are you 'alt'?". I : guess the answer is "no" since I don't know what he means. I have some : theories: : Any ideas? - -- Computer Gaming World sez to try my games. Get them at http://www.aliensoft.com. Don't believe me? Check out: http://www.zdnet.com/swlib/zdawards/99/mags/cats/action99.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:24:15 GMT From: CheesemonkeyGem Subject: net deprivation oh man, first off, i apologize for lack of frucontent, but i am going insane... i havent had access to the comp for two weeks because my modem just up and busted, so i had to check my mail and the library's internet comp... 222 emails in my box, overflowing it like crazy, so i probably had another 222 bounced back to the sender. i dont know whether to wade thru the 4 million fuvous digests ive missed or just delete them all! i am *supposed* to be getting the fixed comp back tomarrow (but then again i was supposed to get it last week) so one will need a crowbar to pry me off... TOO... MUCH... EMAIL!!!! anyhoo, does someone wanna fill me in on whats been going on lately? i was gonna come on and ask anyone on the NG to come join me in buffalo to see the spirit of the west show; i had planned on going for about two months but everyone i know had to work and they couldnt make it. it was today (actually IS today, they are probably playing right now) anyhoo, its pointless now for me even to mention this so enough of that... SIGH. i miss the NG.... man, its so sad when you lose internet access for a couple weeks and you go nuts! my name is jen, and im addicted to the internet. "hi jen!" - -jen === ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The trouble with the world today is that there is no music to give you a preview of what's to come ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:27:22 GMT From: Phillyfru9@aol.com Subject: a little question... Hey hey peeps. I've decided to crawl out of under my rock for a little while.... I was having a little chat with my friend the other day and she asked me one of those if you were strained on a desert island who would you want to be w/ questions, only it was if you could ask Moxy Fruvous any question, what would it be? The sad part was I couldn't answer it. I mean I've talked to them before and I never really thought about something like that. So now I am asking you...if you could ask the frulads any question what would it be??? I feel like I'm at a sixth grade slumber party, hehe. Some other unrelated things...I was at the Ocean City concert, and wow, I wouldn't say it was their best concert, but it was definately up there. When they did Brown Eye Girl with Trout Fishing I was totally blown away. That is like one of my all time favorite songs. The only thing that I was kinda mad about was that when a bunch of friends and I got up to dance in the isle by murray's side of the stage, we got yelled at and were herded back to our seats in the back, another disappointment. But oh well, what can you do. I also have to add that I didn't make it to the Point because the tickets sold out in ten minutes, I was not very happy about that to say the least. Well I've gotta run, I'm leaving for the Philadelphia Folk Festival Monday and I haven't even begun to pack. Yes, I'm spending the whole week there, I'm soo excited. A week in a field in a tent, with no showers. It doesn't get much better than that does it. Lata peeps. Katie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:11:28 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: Im a Troll Josh Drury wrote: > I think the refernce to acronyms was due to the fact you spell usenet > with three consecutive capital letters. This very often signifies an > acronym (e.g. NASA), or sometimes a wannabe acronym (e.g. UNPROFOR). Oh well, that's just how I always see USEnet spelled. Either that or USENET. But I see less and less of USENET and more of Usenet, but my fingers type USEnet still from days gone by. I figure if someone knows what USENET is, they don't care if its USEnet, Usenet, or UsENeT. Or maybe they do and I just don't care. Either way, I'm ok! - Chad ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 17:37:33 -0400 From: chad schrock Subject: Re: Borders L- Street reviews (quick) Kate Bunting wrote: > > Hiya! > > This is gonna be short'n'sweet, as I'm actually *supposed* to > be working today! Erm... I just called in *cough* sick today. :) > Got to Borders about 10:00, actually found a chair-seat. This is > relevant, as the store area quickly filled up; I'd guess there > were close to 100 (?? I couldn't see how far back the crowd went) > people there by the time the show was in full swing. There was a *big* crowd. Even a decent one upstairs, too. Also, the red-shirted Borders lady that started things off by telling us that after the show that the guys were going to go back and towel off and they needed help from us. After some cheering, the red-shirted Borders lady said that we would be going back in groups of 5 to 10.... Actually, I had a point to this paragraph... The red-shirted Borders lady was next to and infront of me. She had the biggest smile on her face throughout the show. (I also think that she was some sort of mgm't type.) This show was really cool. A lot of cool songs and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. My mother even likes the guys now. :) - -- chad at radix dot net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 22:31:47 GMT From: ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry) Subject: Nya nya Canada! ;-) Just thought I'd say that I have Thornhill! ;-) Thank you thank you thank you Lizzie! Ross It's the Galaxies Greatest Comic, Now check out it's web site! http://www.cybergoth.net/tuws/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 18:27:17 -0400 From: "Ken Perschke" Subject: Re: Re:Are You Alt? > Ken postulated > Inter/Intra (not sure here) Continental Ballistic Missile, no? > It would be InterContinental Ballistic Missile > which can go across oceans. IntraContinental would mean we'd be bombing ourselves or Canada, since the > US bases most of "ours" in thw south western part of the country. andi I thought that was it, thanks! Although, you never know when bombing ourselves could come in handy... :) Ken ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 22:18:20 GMT From: ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry) Subject: Re: Are You "Alt"? On 19 Aug 1999 21:12:17 GMT, Gruneberg Veronica J <6vjg@qlink.queensu.ca> wrote: >Oh lord, I'm feeling old... you've never heard of the Pet Shop Boys??!!! >And now that I've said that, can I think of a single one of their cheesy >80's songs? Nooooooo..... > >:) Veronica > Cheesy 80's?! They're still doing cheesy 90's worse luck! ;-) It's the Galaxies Greatest Comic, Now check out it's web site! http://www.cybergoth.net/tuws/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 22:16:19 GMT From: ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry) Subject: Re: Are You "Alt"? On 19 Aug 1999 20:55:05 GMT, hallofeyes@aol.com (Jordan Q. Doe) wrote: > >I had Mike sign this, and next to "Hey Neil Tennant", he drew an arrow and >wrote "Pet Shop Boy." >I don't get that.. > >Jordan Neil Tennant is one half of a group called "The Pet Shop Boys". Simple really...if you knew it... Ross It's the Galaxies Greatest Comic, Now check out it's web site! http://www.cybergoth.net/tuws/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 22:17:16 GMT From: ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry) Subject: Re: Are You "Alt"? On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 17:28:49 -0400, chad schrock wrote: > > >Chad Maloney wrote: > >> Usually when they sign stuff, they pick something out that they have >> gleened from you. Or they just make crap up. > > >A certain Frü signed my Thornhill CD "stop whining" this afternoon. > I got "Lay off" written of on a photo of mine! Guess I should step up the Scottish campaign even more then! ;-) Ross It's the Galaxies Greatest Comic, Now check out it's web site! http://www.cybergoth.net/tuws/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 22:24:15 GMT From: ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry) Subject: Re: Fruhead.com nearing 500... On 18 Aug 1999 21:55:57 GMT, Josh Woodward wrote: >Josh Drury wrote: >: Just thought I'd point out that as of 10:45 am EDT, Fruhead.com has 479 >: registered Fruheads. Not bad for just over a week. Let's see if we can >: push it over 500 today! C'mon, I know you're out there... > >There are now officially 500 Fruheads registered on FHDC. :-) (There >are a few people who aren't listed on the member directory). Wow! > Silly me! I just went to register and entered www.fhdc.com as the addy! Got a bit of a fright there! :-) Ross It's the Galaxies Greatest Comic, Now check out it's web site! http://www.cybergoth.net/tuws/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 18:33:26 -0400 From: Michele Determan Subject: Re: Are You "Alt"? Chad Maloney wrote: > Alt is the German word for old. Are you perhaps over 80? Well, I am 30 years old ("I'm almost thirty - I don't want to be thirty...."). I would be very depressed if he meant old. At least he didn't sign it "Are you 'alt', MA'AM". > Anyways, what shirt were you wearing? Did you talk about anything? > Usually when they sign stuff, they pick something out that they have > gleened from you. Or they just make crap up. I was wearing a fruvous budgie T-shirt with the definition of Moxy Fruvous on the back. We didn't really talk about anything. He was first at the autograph table and signed it before I could say anything. For the show, I was standing above the crowd on a platform, which Mike had noticed - maybe Murray did too. Maybe it refers to "high" - as in above the crowd. I don't know...Maybe it means nothing. Thanks for trying everyone!! - Michele PS - You can check out the autograph at http://www.determan.net/michele/ ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #719 ********************************************