From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #851 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 Saturday, September 25 1999 Volume 03 : Number 851 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MDFS [Amanda.K.Potter@Dartmouth.EDU (Amanda K. Potter)] Re: MDFS [srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com)] Re: MDFS [vika@ibm.net (Vika Zafrin)] Re: MDFS [serra44@aol.com (Jill Friedman)] Re: What I have determinded... [serra44@aol.com (Jill Friedman)] Re: MDFS [srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com)] Re: MDFS [srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com)] My game piece! [serra44@aol.com (Jill Friedman)] Re: MDFS [lawrence solomon ] Re: MDFS [leaben@aol.comBender (Leah Bender)] Re: MDFS [srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com)] Re: MDFS [leaben@aol.comBender (Leah Bender)] Re: MDFS [serra44@aol.com (Jill Friedman)] Re: My game piece! [srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com)] Re: My game piece! [serra44@aol.com (Jill Friedman)] Re: Bucks County Courier Times Article ["Anitra Setchell" ] another new game was Re: new fru game MDFS [lawrence solomon ] Re: Bucks County Courier Times Article [Chad Maloney ] test [Susan Messer ] Re: MDFS ["Hell Hotel" ] Re: MDFS [NovFraggle@aol.com] re: MDFS... or something like that [SnarkiFru ] Re: MDFS ["Ken Perschke" ] Re: MDFS ["Ken Perschke" ] MDFS [qualia2@my-deja.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 04:16:30 GMT From: Amanda.K.Potter@Dartmouth.EDU (Amanda K. Potter) Subject: MDFS Insomnia strikes again! Here's a few more: 1) Depression sufferer wanted by SPCA 2) Postal Workers' Oath of Office 3) Can't Find Love at Inn =) Amanda ------------------------------ Date: 25 Sep 1999 04:10:32 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com) Subject: Re: MDFS Amanda and QL both gave it the old college try: >1) Young Adults Suffer Angsty Ennui >--- end of quote --- >Bed and Breakfast? nope. not Sad Girl either. To review what it's not: B&B Sad Girl Splatter Splatter Kids' Song I didn't think this would be that hard. - -- Lori *************** "Make it so, Number One." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 04:10:32 GMT From: vika@ibm.net (Vika Zafrin) Subject: Re: MDFS Spake srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com): >Since all but one of my initial offerings has been solved, here's a few more: > >1) Romance Is A Rollercoaster Ride Fly >2) The Sins of the Fathers At a loss... MPG? >3) Ego Crisis Cured With Toy Really not sure... Ash Hash?... >4) Fun-Loving Hombre Enjoys Pastry Pisco! >5) Folk Fest Nightmare! Thousands Dead! Beware the Killer Tents - ----------- Vika Zafrin ----------- vika@ibm.net ----------- http://www.fruhead.com/users/vika/index.html http://www.brown.edu/Research/Decameron "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." -Douglas Adams ------------------------------ Date: 25 Sep 1999 04:59:30 GMT From: serra44@aol.com (Jill Friedman) Subject: Re: MDFS >>1) Young Adults Suffer Angsty Ennui >>--- end of quote --- >>Bed and Breakfast? Stuck in the 90s? - -J writing a song called the Ballad of Jill V. Fruhead Member of the Jian and Murray fan clubs Owner of all the MF albums and all of Ani DiFranco's "She's too short to play me."-Joey Potter Too short to play herself in a movie ------------------------------ Date: 25 Sep 1999 04:51:16 GMT From: serra44@aol.com (Jill Friedman) Subject: Re: What I have determinded... >Nay. "Jiheads-turned-mathsonites" What about Ji-Murray people? - -J writing a song called the Ballad of Jill V. Fruhead Member of the Jian and Murray fan clubs Owner of all the MF albums and all of Ani DiFranco's "She's too short to play me."-Joey Potter Too short to play herself in a movie ------------------------------ Date: 25 Sep 1999 05:15:57 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com) Subject: Re: MDFS Jill guessed, re: >>>1) Young Adults Suffer Angsty Ennui >Stuck in the 90s? You're on the right track with that answer. Definitely on the right track. - -- Lori, delegating debs to award prizes in her absence on Saturday. :) ------------------------------ Date: 25 Sep 1999 05:11:12 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com) Subject: Re: MDFS Vika said: >>2) The Sins of the Fathers > >At a loss... MPG? ooo, good choice. I like that. But no, not what I was thinking of. >>3) Ego Crisis Cured With Toy > >Really not sure... Ash Hash?... nope. So that's 3 for 5. What'll your prize be, Veek -- a strudel or a pup tent? :) - -- Lori, who won't be playing along on Saturday, because she'll be out of town. But she'll distribute remaining prizes on Sunday! :) ------------------------------ Date: 25 Sep 1999 05:10:58 GMT From: serra44@aol.com (Jill Friedman) Subject: My game piece! 1) Two People Love Wrong Place 2) Distance Really Sucks Let's Fight 3) Itty Bitty Ideals Ring True 4) Dr. Seuss Rolls in Grave 5) Give it Away Now 6) Irish Song With Modern Twist 7) Let's Cry Over Spilled Toxins 8) California Knows Them Well, Eh? 9) Another Waltz But By Murray 10) They Are Little People, Thanks Enjoy! - -J writing a song called the Ballad of Jill V. Fruhead Member of the Jian and Murray fan clubs Owner of all the MF albums and all of Ani DiFranco's "She's too short to play me."-Joey Potter Too short to play herself in a movie ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 01:19:06 -0400 From: lawrence solomon Subject: Re: MDFS "Amanda K. Potter" wrote: > 1) Depression sufferer wanted by SPCA Sad Today > 2) Postal Workers' Oath of Office I've Gotta Get a Message to You > 3) Can't Find Love at Inn *that* one's Bed and Breakfast. :) whee, this is fun. :) try: 1. Girlfriend with Possible Radiation Poisoning 2. The Fish are Poisoned, Too :) - -- lawrence solomon * http://www.fruhead.com/users/zaph * zaph@fruhead.com "You knew it was true, when I held you, there were no secrets. I believed it." -Moxy Früvous, _I Will Hold On_ ------------------------------ Date: 25 Sep 1999 05:26:23 GMT From: leaben@aol.comBender (Leah Bender) Subject: Re: MDFS >>1) Young Adults Suffer Angsty Ennui My Poor Generation, maybe? It works... Definitely works... - -Bender (How many more can there possibly be?) - ------------------------------ Walking barefoot in the sand is good. Walking barefoot on a cactus is bad. - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: 25 Sep 1999 05:46:11 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com) Subject: Re: MDFS Leah said: >>>1) Young Adults Suffer Angsty Ennui > >My Poor Generation, maybe? It works... Definitely works... Bingo! Leah wins a beachball for Not Dave to play with. :) Goodnight all! - -- Lori ------------------------------ Date: 25 Sep 1999 05:34:43 GMT From: leaben@aol.comBender (Leah Bender) Subject: Re: MDFS >1. Girlfriend with Possible Radiation Poisoning Darlington >2. The Fish are Poisoned, Too River Valley - -Bender (I like this game!) - ------------------------------ Walking barefoot in the sand is good. Walking barefoot on a cactus is bad. - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: 25 Sep 1999 05:49:24 GMT From: serra44@aol.com (Jill Friedman) Subject: Re: MDFS >Check your watch. Smoke up! Ash Hash >A Politician That Can Swim Big Fish >Dumped Her on Her Birthday dunno >She'll Talk Trash To You dunno - -J writing a song called the Ballad of Jill V. Fruhead Member of the Jian and Murray fan clubs Owner of all the MF albums and all of Ani DiFranco's "She's too short to play me."-Joey Potter Too short to play herself in a movie ------------------------------ Date: 25 Sep 1999 05:32:08 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com) Subject: Re: My game piece! Jill came up with some puzzlers: >1) Two People Love Wrong Place ??? >2) Distance Really Sucks Let's Fight Misplaced? >3) Itty Bitty Ideals Ring True no clue. >4) Dr. Seuss Rolls in Grave GE&H >5) Give it Away Now Hey, that's cheatin'! Only four words! :) >6) Irish Song With Modern Twist Drinking Song >7) Let's Cry Over Spilled Toxins River Valley? >8) California Knows Them Well, Eh? Earthquakes >9) Another Waltz But By Murray Love Set Fire >10) They Are Little People, Thanks Kids' Song How'd I do? - -- Lori, off to bed now. ------------------------------ Date: 25 Sep 1999 05:36:52 GMT From: serra44@aol.com (Jill Friedman) Subject: Re: My game piece! > >Jill came up with some puzzlers: > >>1) Two People Love Wrong Place > >??? Keep trying... >>2) Distance Really Sucks Let's Fight > >Misplaced? Yup! >>3) Itty Bitty Ideals Ring True > >no clue. >>4) Dr. Seuss Rolls in Grave > >GE&H >>5) Give it Away Now > >Hey, that's cheatin'! Only four words! :) D'oh, oops... > >>6) Irish Song With Modern Twist > >Drinking Song Yup! > >>7) Let's Cry Over Spilled Toxins > >River Valley? > Yup! >>8) California Knows Them Well, Eh? > >Earthquakes Sorry, that one was obvious. (Yep!) >>9) Another Waltz But By Murray > >Love Set Fire Heh, yup, another obvious one... >>10) They Are Little People, Thanks > >Kids' Song Nope. > >How'd I do? > >-- Lori, off to bed now. - -J writing a song called the Ballad of Jill V. Fruhead Member of the Jian and Murray fan clubs Owner of all the MF albums and all of Ani DiFranco's "She's too short to play me."-Joey Potter Too short to play herself in a movie ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 01:28:59 -0400 From: "Anitra Setchell" Subject: Re: Bucks County Courier Times Article > On Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:28:51 -0500, Josh Drury > wrote: > >>Vokes, Laurie wrote: >> >>> >>> ......So I'm reading this and imagining the guys sitting around playing >>> that Sesame Street game "one of these things does not belong here......" >>> >>> amusing nobody but myself this morning I guess. >> >>Not at all true! That's one of the catchiest Sesame Street songs out there, >>though none can compare to "One-two-three FOUR-five, six-seven-eight NINE-ten, >>eleven twelve. (Doo do do do do doo, do do do do doo, do do do do, do doodoo >>doo)" I'm surprised that hasn't found its way onto a Fatboy Slim song yet. Actually, I'm more scared than all of you... I know more of the words to that song... I think it's the "Ladybug Picnic" wasn't it? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 01:32:12 -0400 From: lawrence solomon Subject: Re: MDFS Lori at fruhead dot com wrote: > > Gramcracker said: > > >> 1) Young Adults Suffer Angsty Ennuie > > >Splatter Splatter, maybe? > hint: number one is *not* about kids, it's about *young adults*. Emphasis > on adults. Sad Girl, maybe? I can't seem to find anything else that fits... howabout: Check your watch. Smoke up! A Politician That Can Swim Dumped Her on Her Birthday She'll Talk Trash To You that's all for now. more if I think of them before the thread dies. :) - -- lawrence solomon * http://www.fruhead.com/users/zaph * zaph@fruhead.com "You knew it was true, when I held you, there were no secrets. I believed it." -Moxy Früvous, _I Will Hold On_ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 01:44:18 -0400 From: lawrence solomon Subject: another new game was Re: new fru game MDFS So, on the subject of "guessing songs," I'm reminded of a discussion I once had at a TMBG concert about TMBG songs, and the fact that they often use fairly unique words, and things that only come up once or twice. Since Früvous tend to do that, too, the idea is to come up with the song based on a single word from it. here are some to start on: (there may be more than one answer for some of these, but I *think* they're pretty unique, despite seeming like fairly common words) compound trade standard unsteady states it's good for... minutes... of fun... :) - -- lawrence solomon * http://www.fruhead.com/users/zaph * zaph@fruhead.com "You knew it was true, when I held you, there were no secrets. I believed it." -Moxy Früvous, _I Will Hold On_ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 02:34:10 -0400 From: "^kat^" Subject: Re: Songs to learn? > >I'm currently learning to play acoustic guitar. I'm > >making a list of songs that I want to learn to play > >(along with learning theory at the same time). ok, i *totally* missed the original post (darn these flaky news servers), but all i have to say about this can be summed up in four words: i will hold on. period. first song i learned on acoustic guitar (a scant 6 months ago), and considering some of the later songs i've attempted, amazingly easy & with beautiful results. if you want the specifics, email me or check FDC. i *heart* playing guitar. now, if only i could find a good beginner teacher... ^kat^ "anyone can play guitar and they won't be a nothing anymore" http://fly.to/the.midway.after.dark ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 03:16:59 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: Bucks County Courier Times Article Anitra Setchell wrote: > Actually, I'm more scared than all of you... I know more of the words to > that song... I think it's the "Ladybug Picnic" wasn't it? No! They are different. One is the pinball machine song, which is One two three FOUR five, six seven eight NINE ten, eleven twelve and all the do's. The other, Ladybug picnic, is ONE two three, FOUR five six, SEVEN eight nine, TEN eleven twelve, and they all danced around at the ladybug picnic [1]. Always clarifying and everful of useless knowleedge, - Chad [1] They wanted to play jump rope but the jump rope broke so they all stood around telling knock knock[2] jokes [2] At this point, they knock their heads together ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 07:43:37 -0400 From: Susan Messer Subject: test test ------------------------------ Date: 25 Sep 1999 12:46:08 GMT From: "Hell Hotel" Subject: Re: MDFS > >Nocturnal lament for missing lover > > Morphee? Not sure... Oh, I'd have to say Lee for this one.... - -Eric Jackson EricJ@fruhead.com http://i.am/HellHotel ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 13:18:52 GMT From: NovFraggle@aol.com Subject: Re: MDFS In a message dated 09/25/1999 12:33:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Amanda.K.Potter@Dartmouth.EDU writes: > 1) Depression sufferer wanted by SPCA SAD TODAY ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 14:01:31 GMT From: SnarkiFru Subject: re: MDFS... or something like that Wow, i need to get this in in a hurry, cause I wanna play too!!! These from Lori: 1) Romance Is A Rollercoaster Ride Fly 2) The Sins of the Fathers Either River Valley or Down From Above??? NO clue 3) Ego Crisis Cured With Toy Get in the Car?? (Works for me, anyway!!!) 4) Fun-Loving Hombre Enjoys Pastry Pisco Bandito!!! 5) Folk Fest Nightmare! Thousands Dead! Killer Tents!!!! And this was another good one: 1) Young Adults Suffer Angsty Ennui My guess is My Poor Generation I hope there are some songs left by the time I'm done with work so's I can play too... is it against the rules to repeat a song with a different description? :^) - ---angie whiney because all the cool stuff happens when she has to work! ...there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path... - --Morpheus The Matrix ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 10:08:35 -0400 From: "Ken Perschke" Subject: Re: MDFS > > Way to go Meghan! For this feat you earn one bucket and one brush. Or a > hookah and a brush. Your preference. > How about a Buddha and a brush? :) Ken ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 10:06:40 -0400 From: "Ken Perschke" Subject: Re: MDFS > > For 2, count 'em TWO, correct answers! For this feat Ken wins a brand-new > Mike-Ford-inspected squirt gun! Woo-Hoo!! I can put this one with my official Mike Ford guitar pick :) And, if I get it quickly, I can show off at the NYC show! Thanks Lori! Ken ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 14:49:13 GMT From: qualia2@my-deja.com Subject: MDFS Gosh, what fun! (Yes, I'm a newbie of sorts - first post here, but I've been lurking since the Ramshead concert in August) Here's my rather sad contribution: 1. Increased hit points, lost love 2. Uncommon busker with simian pal 3. Not a complimentary Russian song[1] 4. Circumstantial conjugation and bare cauldron Cheers, Clara qualia@fruhead.com [1]sorry - bad pun Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #851 ********************************************