From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #935 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 Friday, November 5 1999 Volume 03 : Number 935 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Singles (was Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?fr=FCvous?= on WBER) [Chad Maloney ] Re: collect all 50 states! was Re: Again in Entertainment Weekly! [Bridge] video footage [Tenzinfox@aol.com] Re: Canopy Club... request and ROLL CALL:) [merguez@aol.com (Merguez)] Re: sold out! [gingee@my-deja.com] Re: Tour Date Question: 12/2 [bojojohn@aol.com (Bojojohn)] Westbeth Theatre Info [sperschke@my-deja.com] The Fruvous Caffeinating game [SnarkiFru ] Re: Singles (was Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?fr=FCvous?= on WBER) [Loren Becker ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 08:47:12 -0500 From: Chad Maloney Subject: Singles (was Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?fr=FCvous?= on WBER) Mike Yoshioka wrote: > > When they played in Seattle (wooo what a show, I'll post a review some day) > Jian said that "This (splatter) will be our single out here." I dunno what > that means really, but he did say single, uhhh, what was I talking about > again? 8) It sounds like IWHO was the _Canadian_ single which the Canadian label is trying to push (hence the video and such). I'd guess since they did Splatter Splatter on Conan, that will be the song they try to push in the States with whatever record label Bottom Line is called today[1]. - Chad [1] Does anyone understand this whole Bottom Line/Razor & Tie/VelVel thing? The last I semi-understood, VelVel was handling distribution and Bottom Line did promotions and band interaction. Now Razor & Tie is in there too. Both VelVel and Razor & Tie's websites aren't there as far as I can tell. ------------------------------ Date: 5 Nov 1999 14:49:49 GMT From: bw049@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Eugene Haslam) Subject: FRUVOUS in Ottawa ****************************************************************************** Eugene's Party Central presents Canada's best-loved, folk, jazz, acappella, comedic, satirical rockers ****************** * MOXY FRUVOUS * ****************** + TORY CASSIS Friday AND Saturday, November 26 AND 27/ 99 (Doors 8pm) Age 19+. Proper Government photo i.d. required. ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX 2 (http://www.zaphodbeeblebrox.com) 363 Bank Street, Ottawa, Canada. Advance tickets $12: from Ticketmaster (http://www.ticketmaster.ca) (613) 755-1111 or, without surcharges, from CENTRAL GROOVE, 369 Bank Street. (http://www.fruvous.com) First spotted by a CBC radio executive while busking in Toronto, MOXY FRUVOUS has gone on to release 6 full-length albums, the most recent being "Thornhill". The four lads descended on THE TRAGICALLY HIP's Bathhouse Studio near Kingston, Ontario, and over four weeks experienced a collective flashback that resulted in an album with all the hallmarks of their formative years, with a few modern flourishes thrown in. Produced by Don Dixon (R.E.M., MATTHEW SWEET, THE SMITHEREENS), the challenge as he saw it was to make them sound not like four solo artists, but like a band with four lead vocalists. The new album is released in Canada on True North/ Universal and in the U.S. on Razor & Tie/ BMG. The lads appeared recently on "Open Mike" with MIKE BULLARD and THE CONAN O'BRIEN SHOW on Tuesday, October 12. They played THE GUINNESS FLEADH this summer, which took them to Boston, New York, Chicago and San Francisco, playing with the likes of VAN MORRISON and ELVIS COSTELLO. This current tour sees them playing the length and breadth of the U.S.A. and they return to Canada to play two nights at Zaphod 2. Many of their American fans have already snapped up tickets for this show as it falls on their Thanksgiving weekend. So expect to see "fruheads" from all over the U.S. and Canada at this special two-night engagement. Come for the music, stay for the fun! ****************************************************************************** - -- ****************************************************************************** CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE: http://www.zaphodbeeblebrox.com ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX 1, 27 York Street, Ottawa, CANADA. K1N 5S7 (613)562-1010 ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX 2, 363 Bank Street, Ottawa, CANADA. K2P 1Y2 (613)594-3355 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 15:38:18 GMT From: "Kathleen Cain" Subject: Fw: St. Louis 11/3 set list Tim Cain spake: > >Beatles song makes it a great show on the >Cain-o-meter, > Okay, Tim, I'll bite. What's a Cain-o-meter? Is it something specific to you? Is is something you are born with? Do ALL Cains have it and can I learn how to access mine? Enquiring Cains want to know. Kathleen (Cain, of course) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 15:58:40 GMT From: Bridget Subject: Re: collect all 50 states! was Re: Again in Entertainment Weekly! - --- Donna Hunt wrote: > > So, do I get to claim Boulder, too?? > Whoa... hold on there girlfriend... you guys have the Midwest, the ENTIRE Midwest. Colorado is _mine_, do ya hear me? MINE!!! But you're more than welcome to come visit... (o; ===== over 'n' out xoxoxo bridget "The reason he's the greatest quarterback of all time is that he's a robot. C'mon, anyone can see it!" ~Murray 10/29/99, on John Elway (o; __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 15:47:47 GMT From: Tenzinfox@aol.com Subject: video footage Hi fellow fru-fans, this is my second posting -my first was brief, and around the time when things were getting lost so I never got an official welome- sniff! :( Anyhow, I'm writing again 'cos I need to. My life is in turmoil at the moment, and it's a relief to read some uplifting/humorous stuff on the ng to bring a smile to my face. Ya see, I/m totally totally burnt out at my job (I work with mentally ill, substance abusing homeless women), I broke up with my fiancee a couple of months ago, got a written warning (and threat of dismissal )from my job (not my fault- my supervisor was in a bad mood), moved out to NJ to be with my sis & her kids (oh boy, I'm back in a house with hyperactive youg teens again!), and then got news that our mum in the UK has possible lung cancer (and was hospitalized with pneumonia), and that my dad has possibly had a stroke! AAAAArgh! Talk about the Universe dumping all at once! So I may be returning to the UK very, very soon. Which means that I won't be seeing any more Moxy shows for a loooooooooooong time! Waaaah! I'm trying to see them as much as poss before I go (if I go), so I'll be at the Keswick, Somerville, and the 2 NY shows.(and maybe Collinswood, not sure yet) to soak up as much of their energy/creativity/ wonderfulness as I can. (It's also my birthday the day after Somerville- a great way to celebrate). In the meantime, does anyone have any video footage of them (apart from Conan- thanks Laurie) so I can compile a tape to take with me to keep me sane? They're the only thing that's helped keep me together during all these crises over the past few months, and I'm eternally grateful that they exist (I'd love to tell them that, but have no idea how). Thanks, Frances p.s. Laurie- would you do a tape of Conan for a friend of mine too? I can't do it from my vcr. I'll give her your address if it's ok with you!? ------------------------------ Date: 05 Nov 1999 16:10:22 GMT From: merguez@aol.com (Merguez) Subject: Re: Canopy Club... request and ROLL CALL:) >>MOXY FRUVOUS >>NO MOSH/BODY SURFING The best part is, it says that on the tickets too. That is so Central Illinois. Michael ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Merguez@aol.com "Sur le feu dansant des paires de merguez à ciel ouvert. Harissa, moutarde tout est permis. Me lance le vendeur l'air réjoui" Merguez Sur l'Boulevard ~ par Drôles de Beaux Gars ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 16:51:35 GMT From: gingee@my-deja.com Subject: Re: sold out! In article <3821FD23.5935014@cc.umanitoba.ca>, Josh Drury wrote: > gingee@my-deja.com wrote: > > > I'll be at the Keswick tomorrow night for David Wilcox and > > Richard Thompson. > > Lucky you! Is RT bringing the band, or just going solo? > > Josh Drury > Winnipeg > > Josh, He's touring with his "new" band: *His son, Teddy Thompson, on guitar and vocals (on RT's last, limited release cd "Celtschmerz" Richard and Teddy do a fabulous duet of "Persuasion" which was written by RT and Tim Finn). Teddy has just begun his own solo career as well. *The always-great Danny Thompson on double bass *Drummer Michael Jerome *Pete Zorn on a bunch of stuff. Perhaps more than you wanted to know! Cheers! gingee Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ------------------------------ Date: 05 Nov 1999 17:08:02 GMT From: bojojohn@aol.com (Bojojohn) Subject: Re: Tour Date Question: 12/2 Hey Neil--Check out Fruvous.com for the most recent tour date information...it has this date definitely listed as Westbeth Theatre in NYC...an extended date added to Dec 1st at the same venue. Take care, Victorria ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 17:20:21 GMT From: sperschke@my-deja.com Subject: Westbeth Theatre Info Just got off the phone with the Westbeth Theatre... Shows both days are 8:00, doors at 7:00. Tix $15. Opening act (a bit confusing here), Tory Cassis and Sean Altman. (there may be an additional opening act each day, but I may have misunderstood.) The man on the phone said, when I asked "NO ONE UNDER 18", which means that if Ken (17) comes with me, and I can prove I'm his dad, no good. Since the drinking age is 21, this doesn't make sense. Then again, the Bowery Ballroom told me the same thing, and he got in without incident, so who knows. Scott Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 17:51:49 GMT From: SnarkiFru Subject: The Fruvous Caffeinating game Jill, in her mad taunting of Fate, dared: I want to see a group of over-caffinated fruheads. That would be funny. MUAHAHAHA! ::Jill runs around like an idiot drawing MF! on everyone's foreheads:: hehhehe... - -J Hmm, hey Lori, Trace, Amy(Chic2), Loren, etc: think I should do a repeat of the Pentagon City InStore? Anybody got chocolate covered espresso beans? *GRIN* - -Angie... hearing the buzzing in her ears already... oh wait, that's the CD-Rom drive... ne'er mind ;^} "Everyone should be scared of the Bald Man." - Dave Matheson, 12/3 ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ Date: 05 Nov 1999 09:33:17 PST From: Loren Becker Subject: Re: Singles (was Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?fr=FCvous?= on WBER) Chad Maloney wrote: > [1] Does anyone understand this whole Bottom Line/Razor & Tie/VelVel thing? > The last I semi-understood, VelVel was handling distribution and > Bottom Line did promotions and band interaction. Now Razor & Tie is > in there too. Both VelVel and Razor & Tie's websites aren't there > as far as I can tell. Okay, so this is just my understanding of what's up and I claim no official knowledge. As far as I can tell, VelVel is more or less dead (note that the U.S. releases on Thornhill don't list it as all) although I'm a bit confused on the details of how it happened. As a result, Razor & Ties has taken over distribution (and just about everything else as far as I can tell, given staffing changes at Bottom Line). Razor & Tie's website should be there though I haven't checked it in quite a while. Please correct me if anyone has the official story. /l ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 17:56:07 GMT From: tmbgirl@juno.com Subject: 10/29 review > Tyler yelled > at me from the balcony, where unfortunately he > was stuck with Kent and Lindsay. I think Jeremy > was there too. waitaminute - i thot tyler passed the 21 mark long ago... what's this all about? > The crowd (size) was a little disappointing, > IMHO. It didn’t seem that there were as many > people as they had drawn at the Fox back in June. hehee... sorry, i wasn't there to do my usual recruiting *grin* > ***Jian – "I was surprised to find out that my > name was 'dude'"… (apparently Coloradans say"dude" > quite frequently... can i just explain how much crap i get for that out here now that i've moved away? I also get it a lot because i say "fresh" (i guess that's a total colorado-snowboarder thing mebbe skiers too). And worst of all... when i say "I want a pop" or "there's a pop-machine" people don't even know what the hell i'm talking about. Like, ok, if you say "soda" i know what you're saying - it just sounds totally retarded to me, but at least i know what you're talking about. > ***Jian said that they’re trying to play songs > that have never been played in Colorado, ugh! you just like making me even more jealous, eh? > to which > the crowd started shouting for King of Spain and > other unintelligible requests. The Spiderman > guys started piping up at this point too. except that they've played both of those. how could you forget spiderman at swallow hill with the pyrotechnical bit!? >(Larry Walker – Canadian rocker) noice! (that's "nice" for all those not hippin with the slang) > ***Früvous at the Bluebird improv, can i just say: what a bunch of crap?! do people *really* think of denver as that bad of a place? now don't get me wrong - there is a large amount of denver that i just do not like straight up but come on - it's the bluebird! that's *my* hood! i feel so dissed! > ***Jian – "Boulder is a progressive bastion of > liberal hippie-dom, but Denver is kind of a > conservative place." (which is very true, btw!) see, when jian tried to tell me that as i was talking to him after the conan taping - i just shrugged it off. maybe parts of denver are gonna be full of the ganky people - but come on - every city has their crap. I don't know - i'm in NYC right now and based on where i grew up in denver and who i surrounded myself with there i don't see many differences at all. I guess you just gotta know where to hang? > ***Murray – "Denver wasn’t actually on our tour > schedule, we were just going to go right through > the state, play here and keep going, but we > really wanted a John Elway sticker on our van." Bridget, you forgot to explain to all of the non-colorado people that John Elway sells his name to just about 90% of the car dealerships in denver. So you've got "John Elway Ford" "John Elway Honda" "John Elway Autonation" whatever...he's got his name on everything. So just about 90% of the cars in denver have these little diamond shaped placard things that have "John Elway" on 'em. > ***Jian "How many people saw Moxy Früvous on the > Late Night with Conan O’Brien show?"... many > cheers... ohhh how i wish i'd actually been able to make it home for this! *grin* > which brings up the topic of the > ‘Lanche this season. The Avs..." Then we were > treated to a great visual of Mike’s impression of > the Avalanche this season... hey, I don’t think > they’re doing THAT bad. (Red Wings SUCK,Joe...). oh yeah, that's another thing us colorado people get crap for - how much we hate the red wings *grin* > I had to show the shirt to Murray and Jian. > Murray loved it, when I asked him if we could get > a picture, he said we could get a picture if he > could get a shirt... (o; hahaa... think of the picture if you had given him a shirt! *grin* "take it easy, JOrdaN" http://www2.netcom.com/~arnot/joda/bootlegs.html http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/3404/frustuff.html ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 18:22:45 GMT From: "Carey Farrell" Subject: Re: Oh Wise and All-Knowing Head . . . This was really cute: Me: Will I be able to go to the D.C. show? Dave's Head: It's been our most abiding dream. Carey, who's been noticing a lot of people wearing hats like the one Dave wears in the Wood photos lately ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 18:08:06 GMT From: vika@attglobal.net (Vika Zafrin) Subject: Welcome, Frances!!! Hello there, Frances. :) Welcome to ammf! I am sorry we goofed on the "official" welcome. Pull up a chair, relax - sounds like you need it! - and... and I'm sorry, but I can't help on the videos. However, I can help on contacting the band: I am sure they would appreciate hearing that they are positively affecting someone's life! This is from FDC (Fruvous Dot Com, http://www.fruvous.com ): Email: moxy@passport.ca (this will go to Jude the Goddess of Management Assistance, and if she can't tell you how to contact the guys, nobody can!) Although, if you want to write an Actual Letter and snail-mail it, you could *probably* (don't quote me on this) write to them c/o JAM Entertainment 59 Berkeley Street Toronto, ON, Canada M5A 2W5 Stick around, and hopefully things will turn around in your life. Do e-mail me if you want to talk (I've had run-ins with some of the things you're going through). And get yourself to a Frushow! :) - -v - ----------- Vika Zafrin ----------- vika@attglobal.net ----------- 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: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 18:23:24 GMT From: Bridget Subject: 10/30 review...finally I think my reviews are not so much reviews anymore, as they are short stories of my life... (o; Sorry about the length, folks. October 30, 1999... Denver, CO: Saturday morning, we were rather rudely awakened around 8:45 by my too-shrill telephone. Stupid telemarketers. Ah well... I had to inform my guests that I had no breakfast foods to speak of (OK... so maybe that should read NO food to speak of, period...), so Donna, Becky and I went off to King Soopers. We wandered the store for a bit, trying to decide what sounded good, when what did we run across but a Pez display? Karma, I tell ya. So Becky got a Pumpkin Head Pez dispenser for Tobey, while Donna and I got Pez refills for him. On the way home, we were discussing the “dude” banter from the previous night, and I wondered aloud whether we (Coloradans) REALLY say “dude” a lot. So when we got back to the apartment, we were getting the goods out of the trunk and Becky said “Dude...” but I didn’t even hear the rest of the sentence as we were all pretty much rolling by then. Guess that answered the question... (o; Then we ate and just basically hung around the apartment like bums for much of the day. I felt kinda bad that we didn’t DO something, especially since Donna, Joe and Debbie had never been to Colorado. But, hey, now they have a good reason to come back! And stay longer than two days, right Joe? I was very excited for the Bluebird show, because my mom was going to go. Becky and I had been planning this for MONTHS, without Mom’s knowledge, of course... until a few weeks back when I just sort of asked her out of the blue – “Hey, Mom, Fox or Bluebird?” She said “I don’t know what you’re talking about...”. Becky chimed in, “Just pick, Fox or Bluebird?” So Mom said “Fox”. Well, we ended up inviting her to the Bluebird instead, mainly because she wouldn’t have been able to get off work in time on Friday to get to Boulder, and I thought it’d be easier for her to make the Denver show. Well, she called Saturday morning and was sick... very sick. She sounded terrible. I was bummed... and I tried to talk her into going anyway, but she said the way she felt she wouldn’t have any fun, and she wanted to go when she was feeling better. She kept apologizing to me and telling me that she had really been looking forward to it. Keep in mind that this is my mom who calls me a groupie. Needless to say I was totally psyched about having her go to a show so she could see firsthand just WHY I am compelled to travel all around the continent to see these guys... Ah, well, I told her next time they’re in town we’d go for sure. And we were still going to drag Cindy, our older sister, to the show. Sometime after noon, we actually started moving... considering there were five of us who needed to shower and all. And since Tom’s birthday had recently passed without proper Frühead celebration, Tom, Kat and Laura came over to have munchies and chocolate cake that had traveled all the way from Ann Arbor. Tom brought his book “Would you Rather” (I think that’s what is was called) and we played that for a while. For some reason, the only one I can remember is “would you rather have a forehead that reflects light like a disco ball, or have the ability to puff up like a blowfish when you sense danger?”. Very amusing. Joy called around 4, and since she was staying in the Boulder area, we were just going to meet her at the Bluebird around 6. We left my place at 5:30; Donna, Becky and I rode in my car. Donna observed that Coloradans run a lot of red lights. This is true. In Denver, a red light basically means that it’s OK for two more cars to go through the intersection. Don’t ask me, I don’t get it either. Anyway, we popped in the tape that Joy had just given me of the June 10 show in Boulder. So we headed out, and I can’t even remember what we were talking about, but something made me go “woo!”, then Donna and Becky said “woo!”, then on the tape, Murray went “woo!”. God it was so funny. OK, so maybe you had to be there. I was laughing so hard I almost had to pull the car over. Haven’t we talked before about channeling Früvous? Hee hee... We arrived downtown, where we met up with the rest of our group (Joe, Debbie, Tom, Kat, Laura and Jane) at the Singapore Cafe, a Chinese/Thai place across the street from the Bluebird. Becky and I went to wait for Joy and Lorene, and while we were waiting, we decided to get our pictures of the Bluebird marquee (Jordan, I’ll send you a copy as soon as we get them developed!). Joy and Lorene were late arriving, due to traffic and downright STUPID directions that they’d been given by the Bluebird Theater people. Joy got out of the car, and while Lorene went to park, we started devising our plan to get Joy and Becky out of the balcony and onto the floor. While we were scheming, this guy walked by, looking at the marquee. Of course, we were the only people in front of the venue at that point, and he asked us if we’d ever seen the band. We gave him an emphatic “YES!” and he asked where they were from, and then said he might come back and catch the show. We assured him that, yes, he SHOULD come back, but I didn’t see him later. At least we tried... (o; So, between the three of us, we came up with quite a story. Before Mom got sick, we weren’t TOO worried; we thought with a parent we’d probably be OK. And Joy and Lorene had called the theater earlier, and apparently the Bluebird folks were impressed enough that they were driving eight hours from New Mexico for the show that they said Joy would have no trouble getting in. So, we decided that Joy was our cousin, Lorene was our aunt, and that Becky had actually made the eight-hour trip with them. But she was only going to school there, which would explain why she had a Colorado driver’s license. And so, with our sob story ready, we went back to join our friends for dinner. I wasn’t all that hungry, since we’d spent the day eating Doritos and chocolate cake (ugh), so I settled for some soup (thanks, Lorene!). We were supposed to meet Cindy outside the Bluebird at some point, but neither Becky nor I could remember exactly when, so Becky was going to watch out the window for her. Around 7:30, I asked Becky if she’d seen Cindy yet, and she said “No... oh, wait, she’s out there!”. So I go to get her, then get yelled at because she’d been there for half an hour and we were supposed to meet her at 7, and she was inside the theater listening to soundcheck until they finally kicked her out and it was cold on the street. Oops. She was hungry, so Becky and I said we’d sit with her while she ate. Well, she wanted to order a Thai noodle dish, but was told by the waitress that she couldn’t order it because it took too long to prepare. Hmm... So she went with some soup too. Eventually, we went BACK to the Bluebird to finally stand in line. I saw “tie-dyed Dave” when I was waiting to get our tickets. Once Joy, Lorene, Becky and I were all together, we popped inside to find Katie (the house manager for the evening) and give her the story. Well, as it turned out, all the elaborate scheming went for naught, because all Lorene said was “We came all this way, can these girls please be down on the floor?” Katie said yes, and just to find her when the doors opened and she’d stamp their hands. So we got back in line, literally jumping up and down for joy while still in shock that the whole thing was so simple! We did, however, continue to call Lorene ‘Aunt Lorene’ all night... (o; Lindsay and Kent were behind us in line with Tyler and Shawn, so they sort of asked me if they could be part of the New Mexico group too. I told them I’d see what I could do. Doors finally opened and we found Katie to mark Joy’s and Becky’s hands. They got right in. But before Kent and Lindsay got in, Katie disappeared. The guy wouldn’t let them in, so I went to find Katie again. When I did, I said I have two more underage friends, and could they please come down, too? She hesitated this time, then agreed, and told me that they weren’t allowed to leave my side (and for those of you who know Kent, you realize what a tremendously nice deed this was...) and if they were caught drinking, we’d all be kicked out. Since I know that Kent and Lindsay don’t drink, I wasn’t overly concerned. And they were thrilled. I’m kidding about Kent, btw... he’s one of the greatest people I know! I’m pretty sure Katie was totally sick of me by the end of the night, because every time I saw her, I thanked her profusely for letting the kiddies (j/k) in. So we headed down to the stage, where Donna was saving some space stage Dave, because she knew that I made the deal with Becky the night before. Well, stage Dave was rapidly filling up, and stage Murray was just pathetically empty. So I asked Becky if she would mind terribly if we sat stage Murray again. She agreed, saying that she was just happy NOT to be in the balcony... besides, I sat stage Dave with her TWICE in Ann Arbor, so I figured she owed me... (o; We got settled, then Becky went back to give Tobey the Pez. When she returned, I went back and saw that Tobey had put some Halloween-themed Pez on display. I didn’t see the one I’d given him the night before, so I asked him about it... he convinced me that he thought it was very cool, so he was going to leave it in the box so it wouldn’t get broken. What a sweetie! So I gave him the Pez refill and he told me that he had just been thinking about Pez the other night and that how nobody in the West ever gave him refills and he always ran out. And he gave me another big hug... (o; Then some guy came by (who I later found out was the opener) and asked Tobey how to pronounce Moxy Früvous, because he didn’t want to mispronounce it when he introduced them. Tobey said “Ah, just say those bastards will be out in a few minutes!” Hee hee... We chatted for a while, I introduced him to Cindy (who also thinks I’m pretty much insane, btw...) then we walked together into the room. Tobey commented that it was quite a crowd, which was interesting because I thought it was rather sparse, compared with the last two Boulder shows. But it was the first time they’d headlined in Denver, so maybe my expectations were just too high. I only worry that small crowds will keep them from coming back to Colorado again and again and again... *grin*. Plus, we figured that the reason we were able to get Becky, Joy, Kent and Lindsay in so easily was because there wasn’t a huge crowd. Went back to my space and got ready for Früvous. Kent made Shawn go get him a Coke, and when Shawn asked him why HE didn’t go, he said it was because he wasn’t allowed to leave my side *grin*. So we waited, we chatted, Cindy and Lorene were getting along fabulously (they were behind us on the first “deck” so they could sit down). Then I saw Joe come bounding down the steps. He said “Look, do you see what’s over there by the drum set?” Well, I’m short, and I can’t see over ANYTHING, so he dragged me over and there it was... the DUMBEK! He had requested extended Sahara the night before. Woo-hoo! Finally, finally, the opener came out. Everyone just referred to him as “Scott”, so I have no idea what his last name is. Apparently he owns the restaurant (?) across the street from the Bluebird. He was OK, kind of mellow. He was by himself, playing guitar and singing some. We thought he needed to sing a little more and play less instrumental stuff. Nevertheless, the crowd treated him very well. So, (eons later she finally gets to the point!) on to the show... Jian’s setlist: ***Yes, it was indeed the extended version. It had been a while. This was nice. <2 CAReFUL> ***Kat’s theme song. She was thrilled! And as Donna said, she and I LOVE to sing the Murray part at the end... You can’t! You can’t! You can’t! ***This is one of Becky’s favorite Früvous tunes, and neither of us had seen it live since our SECOND show last year in Carbondale. It’s kind of an awkward live song, but it was great, and since there was no Pisco or Indy, Murray had to get his moment SOMEHOW!!! ***This was a request from the psycho guys the night before, who weren’t even at this show! Mike even said afterward that it was a request from some guys on mushrooms. We were glad it wasn’t the lounge version... ***I wasn’t sure if they were ever going to start “When She Talks”. Something Mike had said beforehand got Jian going in a total giggle fit, and for a minute, I didn’t think he’d be able to recover. He DID recover, though, and rather nicely at that. ***Denver references aplenty! As Joe said, they were mostly about sports. They mentioned McNichols Arena, now defunct, and the Pepsi Center, the new home of the Avalanche and the hapless Nuggets. I can’t remember anything else specific about it. Oh, he did the lesbian hooker verse. ***I don’t hear this song often enough! ***OK, this was absolutely, totally, hands-down the FUNNIEST rendition of Kids’ that I have ever heard. And now that I’ve waited almost a week to write the stinkin’ review, I can’t remember a lot of the specifics. But when they got to the Gabby verse, “My mother makes a spicy bowl of...” Jian started cracking up. Dave began again... “My mother makes a spicy bowl of...” Jian was just laughing hysterically, I can’t even remember at WHAT! They had to start about 4 times, when Jian finally grabbed this ‘bat-wing’ hat from a woman in the front row (from Minneapolis!) and put it on. It must have been a magic hat, because he was finally able to finish the verse. After the song, he went to give it back to her, but when she told him that it lights up, he took it back, but couldn’t get it to work. She finally had to take it back and turn it on for him. It WAS a pretty cool toy... (o; ***Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining in any way, but this is the third time I’ve heard this one since June. Considering that before Ann Arbor, I doubted that I’d ever see it played live, I’m doing pretty darn good! ***Never, never, never will I get tired of seeing them perform this song. And every time I see it, my brain involuntarily says “Way to go, Murray!”... ***THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! All I’ve been hearing from Becky since our first Früvous show is “Why don’t they ever play ‘Authors’? I’m never going to get to hear ‘Authors’.” As Donna said, hard to believe, huh, Josh? I told her again and again that if she went to enough shows, she’d see it. Then in Ann Arbor, it was on the setlist, but the guitar broke down, and she was crushed. Needless to say her night was made! ***Jian took longer than usual to start this one... thus inviting annoying heckling from certain members of the crowd. But it still RAWKED! (this was MPG.com on Murray’s setlist... (o;) ***I like My Poor Generation as a closer, but I was kind of hoping for GWS... the venue was not one where they’d normally do that song, but the crowd was small and generally polite and well-behaved. I just got my hopes up too much, I guess... )o: I can’t remember much more of the banter and improvs, again probably because I waited so long to write stuff down. I’m getting lazy. Ah well! Cindy came down right after the show and said she was going to head out. I tried to convince her to stay and meet the guys, but she was tired. Normally, that wouldn’t be ANY kind of excuse, but she’s pregnant, so we have to cut her a little slack. I did manage to talk her into staying long enough to meet Mike, who came out first. She said she had a good time, and when I looked back a couple times during the show, she was laughing and looked generally happy, but alas, she’ll never be a Frühead. Well, if I can get her to a show whenever they’re in town, that’ll be good. We stayed for a bit after the show, but we were all pretty much wiped. I talked to Lorene, and we again regretted that Mom wasn’t able to make it, even moreso because of the setlist. When my mom DOES finally make a show, I’d like it to be heavy on the a capella, which this one was. Of course, I’d also like her to see a show that’s light on the cursing... which this one wasn’t *grin*. Lorene told me to tell Mom that she has three wonderful daughters who have excellent taste in music. I tell ya, I wouldn’t be able to find a better surrogate aunt ANYWHERE! We said our goodbyes (for now) and sadly left. When we got outside the venue, we were rudely awakened by the COLD!!! Temperatures were in the 70’s all weekend, so it was hard to remember that it was, indeed, late October in Colorado. Incidentally, this was the first Halloween I remember in a LONG time where it didn’t snow! We hung out on the sidewalk for TOO long; Becky didn’t have her coat and was freezing, so we finally decided to go back to my place and order pizza. Donna, Becky and I rode together again, and while I can’t believe I’m admitting this, it’s just too hilarious NOT to! Umm... I got lost on the way home. Well, not really lost, I just overshot Monaco and had to take a roundabout way home. It was very embarrassing, let me tell you. Donna said, “Well, I’d help you, but I have no idea where we are!” God, how pathetic. So, anyone out there who may ever be relying on me to be a good hostess, just keep that little nugget in mind! We got back to my place to find Joe, Debbie, Tom, Kat and Laura huddled on the doorstep. It was pretty funny. Well, you learn something new everyday. There are NO pizza delivery places open at 1:30 in the morning, yet strangely they still answer their phones! Tom called at least three places where someone answered only to tell him that they were closed. We finally had to settle on leftover Doritos, root beer and chocolate cake. We hung out for a while, but when Donna and I started to fall asleep on the couch (I DO have a comfortable couch!) everyone started to file out. But it was great to hang out; we don’t do this often enough. Of course, it’s not too easy when my some of my best Früvous buds live in the Midwest! So that’s it. I’m in Früvous withdrawal mode again. Donna, Joe, Debbie, Joy, Lorene... I love you guys. You are some of the most wonderful people on this earth. I miss you already! Kat, Tom, Laura, Kent, Lindsay, Tyler, Shawn, thanks for hanging out. I love you guys too!!! You are some more of the most wonderful people on this earth. I can’t miss you too much, though, although we probably don’t see enough of each other! Thank you all for a wonderful weekend, I can’t wait for the next time. And lastly, I have to mention my little sister Becky. Anyone who knows Becky knows that she is just an absolute doll. She’s the one who travels with me to see Früvous when the rest of my family (and most of my friends!) think I am totally off my rocker. She will do just about anything in the world for the people that she cares about. She’s funny, smart, and very passionate about things that she believes in. And WHY, you may ask, am I going off about my little sis? I got a card from her in the mail today, just to thank me for picking her up from school, for letting her stay over, for feeding her, and for giving her “the best weekend”. And it touched me. There are plenty of things going on in my life right now that are causing me MUCH stress, and just opening a card that says “thank you for everything you do for me”... well, I’m almost in tears NOW, for god’s sake! So, anyway, Becky, you are wonderful, I love you, I’m glad we share stuff like this! And I’m going to end this NOW… See y’all soon! Love you lots! ===== over 'n' out xoxoxo bridget "The reason he's the greatest quarterback of all time is that he's a robot. C'mon, anyone can see it!" ~Murray 10/29/99, on John Elway (o; __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #935 ********************************************