From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #874 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, October 6 1999 Volume 03 : Number 874 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: fruvous anagrams (slightly OT) ["Gramcracker" ] Re: Entry in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music [Chad Maloney ] Re: Entry in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music ["Winnie da Fru aka Sara" ] Fwd: Falcoln Ridge Folk Fest CD ["Carey Farrell" ] Re: Veering OT: Obsession Sign [Donna Hunt ] Re: FRFF CD - NO TENT SONG [vika@attglobal.net (Vika Zafrin)] Re: Fictional Band Histories ["Kate Leahy" ] Lyric interpretation s'il vous plait ... [bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors)] Re: OT: Roots of evil (was Re: Obsession Sign) ["Angela Anuszewski" Subject: Re: fruvous anagrams (slightly OT) > In fact, if we all want to play another game, we could use the anagrams of our > names to define Fru-songs. For example, I'm: > > "Amen! Trashier intolerant mania" -- Michigan Militia? my name anagrams to: Hmm! The amazing large beer. which is obviously a Drinking Song reference. or: I'm the German haze gambler hmph. suggestions on what this means? My mother has clear saucep'n traits: Grrr, eh! I'm a complete meal. smoochies, meghan (I'm a megahertz hen gambler) - ---- "The future looks like distant thunder 'cause I'm never sure that I'll get paid. And I'm pissed that I'm not gettin' younger, gettin' pretty, gettin' love, gettin' laid." -Moxy Früvous, "Earthquakes" - ----- Meghan Gramcracker is: ICQ# 17903747 http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/4448 ------------------------------ Date: 05 Oct 1999 12:09:40 GMT From: leaben@aol.comBender (Leah Bender) Subject: Re: Obsession Sign > >Don't worry, man, they're only the double-reed players. :) Personally, I have narrowed it down to either the sousaphones or the piccolos being the root of all evil... - -Bender (Clarinetist... boooooooring!) - ------------------------------ People would follow her anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: 05 Oct 1999 12:13:00 GMT From: leaben@aol.comBender (Leah Bender) Subject: Re: Entry in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music >Hat it been a different day, perhaps the book would say the name is derived >from a Toronto recycling proponent from many years ago... :) I know... I know... Finding that just added some fun to my otherwise boring day... the simplest things amuse you when you're stamping stacks and stacks and stacks and stacks of library books.... - -Bender - ------------------------------ People would follow her anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 12:09:54 -0500 From: Josh Drury Subject: Re: exotic fru-instruments (was: Re: Tune-a-Fish (err, "Tuna Fish", get it?) Lori at fruhead dot com wrote: > Novac doth pun too poorly: > > >I'm sure Cal would let you tune a bass. Just go to the fish shop first and > >buy your own. > > Umm, that wouldn't be a bayse, that would be a Bass. Yup, brutal pun. I suggest the punishment of a good hard kick in the bass. Josh Drury Winnipeg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 12:25:41 -0500 From: Josh Drury Subject: Re: fruvous anagrams CheesemonkeyGem found an ucannily appropriate anagram: > Jian Ghomeshi: > > -ahem! his jingo! It's funny 'cause it's true! At the Winnipeg show, he must've spent at least 20 minutes throughout the evening talking about the recent Manitoba election. Oddly enough, I think he mentioned (premier-elect, to be sworn in today) Gary Doer more times than he did in '97, when Doer was the MC of the show. Josh Drury Winnipeg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 11:44:09 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Re: Entry in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music Lynne wrote: > > hmmm.... or maybe it is the true story and they decided it was too silly > for anyone to believe.. so they keep tryong to make up a better one? > hee hee, Of course not. The real story is a lot simpler and more plausible than that, silly. When they were deciding what to rename the group since Chia Pets plus Dave kinda put Dave in the second fiddle slot, they needed to fix it. So they got to together to brainstorm names. The meeting was at Dave's house and on the table around which they met, Dave left a letter from his soon-to-be ex-girlfriend. Now, his girlfriend at the time was getting jealous of those other 3 guys Dave is spending his time with working on this "band". The letter was pretty her making light of the what she saw happening. She talked about her love and how strong it was, except she never wanted to say love directly because it had too much meanings to go along with it, so she always put x o, which she said were symbols of hugs and kisses. So there are sentences like "We have so much x o between us, Dave. You don't x and o those other guys do you? :)" (where of course that smile wasn't a computer smiley, but that's all I can type here. It should be eye-side up like it would be in a letter). And the close of the letter went like this: "Great, Dave. Just great. You four guys as a group are breaking us up and you know full well its true, Dave. Why don't you just call your band Four vs my x o :) because that's what it is. On second thought, put my name in there so I can be famous one day too." And, well, Mike Ford, Anagram Genius that he is, took one look at that and said Fry Sox Ovum! What a great band name. Jian sneered, Dave laughed, and Murray suggested Fry Sox Ovum :). Dave said that the smiley wouldn't work in adverts because its not a very printable character. Murray came up with using a u-umlaut to represent it and Mike Ford said Moxy Fr:)vous! How perfect. - Chad - Chad ------------------------------ Date: 05 Oct 1999 17:58:31 GMT From: dgodwin1@aol.com (DGodwin1) Subject: Main Stage Live Just to let everyone know... You can order "Main Stage Live" from the falcon ridge folk fest at www.signature-sounds.com Moxy Fruvous is included on the CD, and they have a short clip (RA or shockwave) of Present Tense Tureen. Daniel ------------------------------ Date: 05 Oct 1999 18:56:17 GMT From: srm9988n@aol.comicrelief (Lori at fruhead dot com) Subject: Re: Entry in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music Mahoney once again offered his uncommon wisdom and universal knowledge of all things Fru: >You four guys as a group are breaking us >up and you know full well its true, Dave. Why don't you just >call your band Four vs my x o :) because that's what it is. On >second thought, put my name in there so I can be famous one day too." > >And, well, Mike Ford, Anagram Genius that he is, took one look >at that and said Fry Sox Ovum! What a great band name. Jian sneered, >Dave laughed, and Murray suggested Fry Sox Ovum :). Dave said that >the smiley wouldn't work in adverts because its not a very printable >character. Murray came up with using a u-umlaut to represent it >and Mike Ford said Moxy Fr:)vous! How perfect. Now that is the single most sensible, logical explanation I've ever heard. And the lads' sensitivity to the delicate feelings of others, especially in a painful a case of love on the rocks, would explain their reluctance to share the Real True Story whenever any old radio host or music-critic neanderthal asks. I feel truly honoured that Chad has deemed the populace of amm-f worthy of knowing this touching truth. Would it be too much to request that it be filed in the FAQ, so that others joining our ranks also could be aware of this touching story? - -- Lori, wishing someone would immortalize HER in a band name. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 19:37:48 GMT From: Robin Attas Subject: Pinawa Show, 09/24/99 Hello Fruvous fans! My name is Robin and I've been a huge MF fan for at least 6 years. I have been fortunate enough to have helped bring the band to my hometown twice, my town being Pinawa, MB and the most recent concert being Sept. 24. Anyway, I've been lurking around on this list for the last few weeks because I noticed that there were some serious Fruheads at the Pinawa concert and I wondered what their impressions were of my town and of the concert itself. So, if you're out there, what did you think? Robin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 20:43:55 GMT From: "Winnie da Fru aka Sara" Subject: Re: Entry in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music >And, well, Mike Ford, Anagram Genius that he is, took one look >at that and said Fry Sox Ovum! What a great band name. Jian sneered, >Dave laughed, and Murray suggested Fry Sox Ovum :). Dave said that >the smiley wouldn't work in adverts because its not a very printable >character. Murray came up with using a u-umlaut to represent it >and Mike Ford said Moxy Fr:)vous! How perfect. Oh Chad...you have me giggling at work (not that it's a bad thing...) That was one of the best stories I've ever heard (and not very explainable at a concert either since you need the visuals of smile!). Sara ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 21:03:46 GMT From: hugrod@home.com (Hugo Rodrigues) Subject: Another friend of MF Hello. I found another friend of Moxy on CBC. Listen to Richardson's Roundup on CBC Radio One, weekdays from 2 - 4 p.m. EDT (for realaudio, local times for radio). He played Splatter Splatter today. Better yet call him up at 1-888-SAD-GOAT and tell him all about how we're crazy. "It's nice to be liked / But it's better by far to get paid" -- Liz Phair, "S***loads of money" *MOO*MOO*MOO*MOO*MOO*MOO*MOO*MOO*MOO*MOO* Hugo Rodrigues Hugs on the Undernet / 49272270 ICQ Journalism Student http://members.home.net/hugrod/ Forever Fruvous!!! *MOO*MOO*MOO*MOO*MOO*MOO*MOO*MOO*MOO*MOO* ------------------------------ Date: 05 Oct 1999 21:26:52 GMT From: lisamooree@aol.com (LisaMooreE) Subject: Re: Entry in The Encyclopedia of Pop Music Chad Maloney wrote re: the genesis of Moxy Fruvous' name: So they got to together to brainstorm names. The >meeting was at Dave's house and on the table around which they met, >Dave left a letter from his soon-to-be ex-girlfriend..... >And the close of the letter went like this: > >"Great, Dave. Just great. You four guys as a group are breaking us >up and you know full well its true, Dave. Why don't you just >call your band Four vs my x o :) because that's what it is. On >second thought, put my name in there so I can be famous one day too." > >And, well, Mike Ford, Anagram Genius that he is, took one look >at that and said Fry Sox Ovum! What a great band name. Jian sneered, >Dave laughed, and Murray suggested Fry Sox Ovum :). Dave said that >the smiley wouldn't work in adverts because its not a very printable >character. Murray came up with using a u-umlaut to represent it >and Mike Ford said Moxy Fr:)vous! How perfect. Wow, Chad, is that the truth or just another weird manufactured explanation? If it is true, God, it's a great story. Have they ever told this anecdote in print or on stage? L Moore Edmonton ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 21:46:24 GMT From: SugarFly26@aol.com Subject: OT: Roots of evil (was Re: Obsession Sign) Bender said: <> Lol, piccolos, definitely!!!! My friend and I once made a drawing of "the tree of evil" and "the tree of good", like drawing roots and writing the evil thing in the middle of the root, or drawing a leaf and writing something less evil as a "leaf of evil". Among the evil tree parts were spiral bound notebooks that snag; piccolos; algebra; pens that skip a lot; fruit flies; ice cream with chunks of ice you don't notice til it gets between your lip and gum; the perfect color paint you need, dried; bread (long story); and clarinet reeds. Some of them have personal stories behind them. Oy <<-Bender (Clarinetist... boooooooring!)>> Clarinets rock!! :) - ---------------> Ln ------------------------------ Date: 05 Oct 1999 22:42:04 GMT From: leaben@aol.comBender (Leah Bender) Subject: Re: OT: Roots of evil (was Re: Obsession Sign) >Clarinets rock!! :) When the right people play 'em, yeah... when I play mine, it's a scary thing... I have learned from experience: There are many songs that just were NOT meant to be played on clarinet... During breaks in band practice, I can often be found figuring out one Früvous tune or other and getting strange looks from people around me... - -Bender (Who thinks that GWS sounds FANTASTIC on clarinet, though) - ------------------------------ People would follow her anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: 05 Oct 1999 22:33:50 GMT From: leaben@aol.comBender (Leah Bender) Subject: Re: exotic fru-instruments (was: Re: Tune-a-Fish (err, "Tuna Fish", get it?) I am going to send this careening waaaaaaaaaay o/t..... This thread reminded me of a joke I got the other day.... The symphony orchestra was performing Beethoven's Ninth. In the piece, there's a long passage, about 20 minutes, during which the bass violinists have nothing to do. Rather than sit around that whole time looking stupid, some bassists decided to sneak offstage and go to the tavern next door for a quick one. After slamming several beers in quick succession, one of them looked at his watch and said, "Hey! We need to get back!" "No need to panic," said a fellow bassist. "I thought we might need some extra time, so I tied the last few pages of the conductor's score together with string. It'll take him a few minutes to get it untangled." A few moments later they staggered back to the concert hall and took their places in the orchestra. About this time, a member of the audience noticed the conductor seemed a bit edgy and said as much to her companion. "Well, of course," said her companion. "Don't you see? It's the bottom of the Ninth, the score is tied, and thebassists are loaded." - -Bender (Irrelevance! Yes! Irrelevance!) - ------------------------------ People would follow her anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 20:20:54 -0400 From: "Novac" Subject: OT: Fictional Band Histories wrote in message news:ba2df5b3.252aa771@aol.com... > << formed a band, taken after the pigs' > names: Moxy and Fruvous. >> > Is this true? I've never heard this take on their name. -nov Hah, sure, it's true, if you want it to be :) Ben Folds Five is also notorious for their numerous accounts of the band's past. They generally love making up former band names that they had, or that one of their members played under. My favourite is mentioned in a promo video of theirs I have in which Ben says that Darren was listening to a tape of one of his former bands, named "Uncle Plastic B*tch". Maybe that one's true, I dunno for sure, but it's a hilarious band name either way you slice it. - --Novac ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 00:58:28 GMT From: "Carey Farrell" Subject: Fwd: Falcoln Ridge Folk Fest CD This was posted on the Dar-List, and I think it's something everybody might be interested to see. Apologies if there's another Dar-Lister/AMMFer who's already posted this, but I'm on the digest of both, so I wouldn't know. >Everyone on this list knows what a great time the Falcon Ridge Folk >Festival >is....certainly one of the highlights of the summer. Just in is Main Stage >Live : The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival album. It includes 13 of your >favorite >a recorded live at the festival over the past few years. The booklet >includes >great photos and comments from John Gorka, festival producer Anne Saunders >and a poem by Greg Brown. > >Here's the track list: > >Moxy Fruvous Intro (tent song) & Present Tense Tureen So apparently, all of us who didn't make it to FRFF will be able to experience the joy of "Killer Tents"! And now I *really* need to buy that CD! Carey ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 21:52:34 -0400 From: Donna Hunt Subject: Re: Veering OT: Obsession Sign Leah Bender wrote: > > > >Don't worry, man, they're only the double-reed players. :) > > Personally, I have narrowed it down to either the sousaphones or the piccolos > being the root of all evil... Whoa! Whoa! I don't remember anyone implying that double reeds were EVIL! I just said we were those circular breathers, man! And, like, lay off the sousaphones, dude... all bass clef instruments are cool! And, I totally have like no idea why the hell I'm talking [typing] like a stoned valley girl these days. I'll blame it on the guys being on the West Coast. [I can't believe the next time I see Fruvous it's going to be on TV!] ciao, donna ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 02:02:44 GMT From: vika@attglobal.net (Vika Zafrin) Subject: Re: FRFF CD - NO TENT SONG >So apparently, all of us who didn't make it to FRFF will be able to >experience the joy of "Killer Tents"! And now I *really* need to buy that >CD! The Killer Tents Song is NOT on the CD. They mention the tent army that is encroaching, but no KTS. That's this year's invention. The recording is from 1997. - -v - ----------- Vika Zafrin ----------- vika@attglobal.net ----------- ***NOTE NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS ABOVE*** http://www.fruhead.com/users/vika/index.html http://www.brown.edu/Research/Decameron "Hey, ground, I'm nobody's lunch." -Eddie From Ohio ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 21:59:31 -0400 From: "Kate Leahy" Subject: Re: Fictional Band Histories >Ben Folds Five is also notorious for their numerous accounts of the band's >past. They generally love making up former band names that they had, or that >one of their members played under. My favourite is mentioned in a promo >video of theirs I have in which Ben says that Darren was listening to a tape >of one of his former bands, named "Uncle Plastic B*tch". Maybe that one's >true, I dunno for sure, but it's a hilarious band name either way you slice >it. The truth is, it sounded better than Ben Folds Three. :) ~~Kate - -- Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu katiewow@fruhead.com *********************************** "It's a long long road It's a big big world We are wise wise women We are giggling girls . . . " - --Ani DiFranco *********************************** ------------------------------ Date: 06 Oct 1999 02:43:24 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Lyric interpretation s'il vous plait ... So I've been wondering about this one really since the first time I heard the song but never thought to ask about it, figuring I was just being dumb ... then yesterday morning I'm listening to "Misplaced" with FruPrincess Dana while driving her to school and SHE asks about the exact same line "I don't understand what he means by that" so I figured OK, I'll ask the board ... I am sure this has been discussed before but somehow I missed it ... "I tried and tried and tried that night, I cried and cried so that we would fight" ... so WHY did he cry to make them fight? I can sort of figure now why he wanted to fight (having been at Rams Head for the now-famous Jian rendition of "he dumped her on her birthday") but why did he cry to make them fight? If some guy was crying to me I'd want to pat his head, not fight with him, especially not if I were the dumpee to start with ... Anyone? Queen Lisa whose birthday actually is in two hours but hopes she doesn't get dumped. It's bad enough to be turning 40 (I'm staying 39.95). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 22:56:25 -0400 From: "Angela Anuszewski" Subject: Re: OT: Roots of evil (was Re: Obsession Sign) Of course, now I need to take my clarinet out of the trunnk of my car and give it a try. I definitly agree about reeds being evil. Have you ever been playing something really intricate and accidentially cut your tounge on one? It's like getting a paper cut, only in your mouth. And in addition to the pain, you now have this wonderful taste of your own blood to go along with it. I had a lonely childhood, i would sit in my room and play my clarinet for hours on end. Now I just play my Playstation (I'm 23 BTW, if you want a frame of reference). Angela Leah Bender wrote in message news:19991005184204.26288.00000836@ng-ft1.aol.com... > >Clarinets rock!! :) > > When the right people play 'em, yeah... when I play mine, it's a scary > thing... I have learned from experience: > > There are many songs that just were NOT meant to be played on clarinet... > > During breaks in band practice, I can often be found figuring out one Früvous > tune or other and getting strange looks from people around me... > > -Bender > (Who thinks that GWS sounds FANTASTIC on clarinet, though) > ------------------------------ > People would follow her anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ Date: 06 Oct 1999 03:04:56 GMT From: shadoeme@aol.comrad (Genna) Subject: request for repost I know you all hate these...but I forgot to save some info in some posts and the aol newsreader has made it nearly impossible for me to find what I need. So if anyone could either repost or e-mail me the info, I'd really appreciate it. 1) the pisco bumpersticker - I'm supposed to e-mail K@, right? Can I have her e-mail address? 2)What is the URL for the anagram sight? Thank you so much, and I'm sorry for the inconvenience. solem, Genna ^^^^^^^^^ And my unspeakable wife, Queen shmendrick (Don't mention shmendrick ------------------------------ Date: 06 Oct 1999 03:25:32 GMT From: jacey7@aol.com (Jacey7) Subject: Re: Veering OT: Obsession Sign Leah blasphemed: >> Personally, I have narrowed it down to either the sousaphones or the piccolos being the root of all evil...<< and then Donna "selectively" defended: >And, like, lay off the sousaphones, dude... < Oh yeah, I see the implication *there*. Before you all start throwing the accusations around, just remember what we piccolos can do to your high-frequency hearing if propperly provoked. Nyah ;-p ~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: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 03:27:59 GMT From: Raenfaerie@aol.com Subject: Re: Lyric interpretation s'il vous plait ... After having gone through a similar thing, the lines took on new meaning. My relationship was a very dysfunctional, messed up one, but we were extremely close and knew each other very well. That's why it was so difficult when we got into arguments; we both knew each other's devices for illiciting desired reactions. The same for the song: for example, the author may be crying so that the "dumpee" will turn on him, accusing him of trying to look pitiful so she'll will feel sorry for him (or some other messed up psychological trauma that we subject ourselves to in order to manipulate situations :) In other words, they are playing a game without really admitting it either to each other or to themselves. The author says he tried, but really he wanted to escape from the relationship without losing face (by crying). As for the fight - a lot of times it's much easier to consider oneself blameless in an exchange of any sort if it's ended by a fight; somehow the drama of the event eclipses its cause and effects. just my 0.2 cents. I feel I owe it to this fantabulous song ... maryam "peace ... back by popular demand" << "I tried and tried and tried that night, I cried and cried so that we would fight" ... so WHY did he cry to make them fight? I can sort of figure now why he wanted to fight (having been at Rams Head for the now-famous Jian rendition of "he dumped her on her birthday") but why did he cry to make them fight? If some guy was crying to me I'd want to pat his head, not fight with him, especially not if I were the dumpee to start with ... >> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 03:50:56 GMT From: Wakko Ellington Warner-Warner III Subject: Wouldn't it suck if. . . With the baseball playoffs upon us (go Yanks!) and NBC carrying a good number of games, it kind of would suck a whole lot if a long (or late) game delayed the start of the local news, Leno, and, of course, Conan O'Brien's show by an hour or two. This happened a lot during the playoffs last year. Hopefully it won't happen on the 12th - I don't know too many people who would stay up until 2 in the morning to catch Late Night, no matter how big a fan they are of the show. Something like this would definitely affect Fruvous' chance of "getting noticed" by a significant number of people. :/ - - A.P. ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #874 ********************************************