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alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Saturday, December 4 1999 Volume 03 : Number 997



                               Today's Subjects:
                               -----------------
  Re: Behavior during opening acts.  [Alanna <alanna@unagi.cybernothing.org>]
  Re: Fruheads unite and..Calm DOWN           [michykith@aol.com (Michykith)]
  Re: Behavior during opening acts.                        [Spin0za1@aol.com]
  re: tangents (was re: rant ... post d.c. show)           [Spin0za1@aol.com]
  Re: Fruheads unite and... Calm DOWN                      [Spin0za1@aol.com]
  What an evening!!!!!  (LONG!!)  [bnljane1@aol.combnl (Resident Movie Criti]
  Amherst!                                               [SugarFly26@aol.com]
  Re: Behavior during opening acts.          [cookie <cookie@2cowherder.com>]
  clifton park tonight                 ["Hell Hotel" <balloon@netheaven.com>]
  conan                              [kristen fair <firedancer@postmark.net>]
  Re: shirts (was re: rochester review)  ["Carey Farrell" <frodis@hotmail.co]
  Re: Amherst!                             [vika@attglobal.net (Vika Zafrin)]
  Re: "sports"                         ["Carey Farrell" <frodis@hotmail.com>]
  Re: Fruheads unite and..Calm Down    ["Carey Farrell" <frodis@hotmail.com>]
  Re: clifton park tonight                 [vika@attglobal.net (Vika Zafrin)]
  Re: Fishgirls WAS: Re: Fruheads unite and..Calm DOWN  ["Stephanie Hodges" ]
  Re: FRUHEADS! UNITE AND...umm...  ["Stephanie Hodges" <hodgess@marietta.ed]
  Re: shirts (was re: rochester review)      [cookie <cookie@2cowherder.com>]
  Re: Fruheads unite and..Calm Down                        [FruCake1@aol.com]
  Re: A question for the american fans out there....  [murmbeetle@my-deja.co]
  Re: least favorite song                           [jacey7@aol.com (Jacey7)]
  12.1.99 review                                        [frugals@my-deja.com]
  12.2.99 review                                        [frugals@my-deja.com]

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Date: 4 Dec 1999 05:11:28 GMT
From: Alanna <alanna@unagi.cybernothing.org>
Subject: Re: Behavior during opening acts.

Gordon Nash <gordonlew@aol.com> wrote:

: Something happened that disturbed me at one of the Westbeth shows. I didn't say
: anything there but I think I should now. When Tory Cassis was performing
: someone in the second row directly in front of Tory sat down, took out a
: flashlight and started reading. He couldn't help but see this.

<snip>

: Oh well. I just had to get that off my chest.
: I hope that didn't come off self rightious.

Not at all. I was standing right behind you and directly to the right of
the person who was doing it, and I took a certain vicious pleasure in
lovingly contemplating stepping on them. Hard.

I didn't, of course. But I thought about it.

- --D, who was *appalled* by some of the audience behaviour on  Thursday
night

- -- 
              Denise Paolucci * alanna@cybernothing.org 
     "Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence
     disappear behind the purpose of existance. Civilization is the
       subordination of the latter to the former." -- Karl Kraus
            http://www.cybernothing.org/~alanna/index.html 

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Date: 04 Dec 1999 05:43:17 GMT
From: michykith@aol.com (Michykith)
Subject: Re: Fruheads unite and..Calm DOWN

>J said:
><<Dig it: the man's talented, social and looks good. It understandably
>stigmatizes him (and some of his fans), but that's sad. Lay off. >>
>
>

This may be kind of after the fact....But, yeah.  What I like about Jian is his
kindness.  I don't think there's been a show I've been to where he hasn't been
there afterwards, talking to all the fans---teenage girls and the like.  He
doesn't discriminate or get (very) outwardly irritated by the yelling girls, so
we can show some patience with them too, right?  I mean, who hasn't felt that
way about someone at some point in their lives?  Who are we to say who is and
isn't a true fan, we're all fans in our own way. 

Really, the point about this post is to say, Jian is a good guy, ever so
obliging, warm and kindhearted.  And personally, I would like to thank him for
it. And Rai-Marie is right, he has an amazing stage presence, he's funny as
hell and yes, he is good looking.  But so are the other three guys.  That's not
the only reason we love them.

Yeah, so that's all I wanted to say.


~Joni  (fnjoni@fruhead.com)
* * * * 
"This is a tune in the traditional celtic style called...funky."
davy steele/battlefield band 11-9-99

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 07:09:09 GMT
From: Spin0za1@aol.com
Subject: Re: Behavior during opening acts.

She SERIOUSLY brought me down before the show when she tried to take my space 
while I was greeting an FHDC friend. I was honestly about to cry before 
Gordan cheered me up by calling her the Anti-Früvous...<g>

Gella

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 06:45:14 GMT
From: Spin0za1@aol.com
Subject: re: tangents (was re: rant ... post d.c. show)

I love you Lori. :)

All of this stuff has just been running non-stop through my head for a long 
time, as in long before the initial post. There has been this constant pain 
inside of me that I've wanted desperately to be able to tell the guys (any 
and all of them really, but I think maybe Jian in particular just because 
he's been so nice to me) just how much they mean to me without scaring them 
or having them think that I'm a freak etc. I mean, let's face it: It's kind 
of crazy to most people that a band could possibly mean so much to a person, 
both musically and personally. Anyway, last night (well, as it is now past 
midnight I guess it's the night before last technically, but you know what I 
mean) after the show, I went up to Jian. I waited a bit while he signed some 
autographs and then he faced me. "hi." "hi." pause "how're you?" stalling, am 
I? "I'm good" okay Gella, just get to the freakin' point! (kicking myself) I 
started to slowly stammer what I was trying to say, I'm a highschool student, 
don't have much freedom to follow the band around or anything so I didn't 
know when I'd see them again, just wanted to tell him, so he would know... 
breathe... Jian leans in to hear better cause I'm stammering and mumbling and 
my voice is shaking pretty badly "...You guys have just gotten me through so 
much shit in my life... I just really want you to know how much I appreciate 
your music and you... you guys really mean a lot to me...just... thank you." 
a smile crept across his face and parked itself there. I felt like crying. I 
almost was crying. "Thank you, Gella." And he gave me a wonderfully warm and 
caring hug. "You take care of yourself, okay? We'll see each other again 
soon." I just wanted to explode or implode or collapse in tears or something. 
I said goodbye instead and talked to Murray a bit... I don't know... it just 
feels like something's been released and I don't have to worry anymore. I 
feel so good. I wish I could adequately explain any of this to all of my 
friends who say "Moxy what?" I'm glad I got to talk to Jian openly like 
that... that's why my voice was shaking. Not because I'm nervous talking to 
Jian but because I just got so emotional, you know? Anyway, now I have this 
moment to add to the music (and the memory of that juggling bit in D.C. <g>) 
that I can escape to and live in if I need to get away from some of the shit 
for a few moments. And if Jian reads this, well, Thank you again, Jian. My 
heart is in every word.

Gella

P.S. re: the white ribbon petition: Thanks to Jian for that as well. As 
"survivors" or however you want to put it, my sister, mother and I appreciate 
it greatly.

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 07:17:37 GMT
From: Spin0za1@aol.com
Subject: Re: Fruheads unite and... Calm DOWN

>>. Mike has a ton of presence, but he is more quiet when it comes to 
not-singing. 

I loved the restaurant bit: "This is great onstage but when we go to a 
resaurant... I mean I know we seem all gregarious up here but we're really 
very shy...  um... i-i'll have the... um, the scampi... murray?" "um... 
i'll-i'll have... what he had... dave?" "yes, uh th-the fetuccini alfredo 
please, mike?" "<to Toreador from Carmen> YES THE LASAGNA LOOKS GOOD 
TONIGHT...!"

Gella

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Date: 04 Dec 1999 11:19:23 GMT
From: bnljane1@aol.combnl (Resident Movie Critic)
Subject: What an evening!!!!!  (LONG!!)

***Not a review, just sharing!!!***
So after being blown away at the show at the Somerville Theatre, my friend and
I decide that we want to go to the Amherst show, seeing as it's only 1/2 hour
away, and I grew up there, only to find that it's sold out.  However, since I
need to stop by Mom and Dad's house anyways, we decide to make the trip
northeast in hopes of finding people selling tickets outside.

After frantically trying to plan where/when/how we're going to get to Amherst
after work, we find a (probably illegal) parking spot around 7:15pm and head
towards the Campus Center.  We stand outside for a few minutes,  praying under
our breath that we will be able to get inside.  A few people start in together,
and one of them asks if anyone needs a ticket, and we pipe up quickly, to have
this girl hand us a ticket and keep walking, never asking for money for it!!! 
Ok, so ONE of us is going in!!!  About 5 minutes later, another group starts to
walk by, and since there's no way that only one of us is going in, I ask if
anyone has any extra tickets.  One guy gets really excited, and says that he
needs to get rid of the ones he has, and sells us our second one for the
non-student face value ($10), and we both stand there for a second, not
believing that we actually have 2 tickets!!!  (Trust me, if you knew me you
would know how generally well prepared I am, and to go somewhere without
tickets in hand is a BIG deal!!!!!)

We go inside and find a small line waiting as they rip the tickets further up
the stairs, and decide that we want to be on the Murray-Jian side (at least as
it was in Boston), and as we walk in, we enter on the left side!!!  We go right
in and stand right behind only one other set of people, and can't believe that
we're 2nd from the stage!!!  Since there was no opener, and had some time to
kill, we ended up chatting with the people in front of us, and one of them is
none other than the ONE person I've exchanged emails with so far in this
NG!!!!!  (what are the odds???  Hi Adam!!!)  We ended up doing a little
shifting right before they went on, since Adam is tall enough to see over us,
even if we were on stools <g>, and I found myself basically leaning against the
stage!!!!

Wow!!!!  I have never really been to a General Admission show before, and it
was just a trippy experience for me to be about 2 feet away from Murray!!  It
was rather intimidating actually, especially since I started to feel like I
wasn't really worthy of being so close, because I didn't know all of the
songs!!!  (So far, only have The B Album and Thornhill--Bargainville coming
next week)  However, it was so amazing being that close and getting to see
facial expressions and reactions right up close!!!  It was a wonderful, small
venue that they seemed to enjoy as well, and they were great!!!!!  (even pulled
a little boy out of the crowd and nicknamed him the Little Prince--he was
great!!!!)

To top it all off, we hung around for a little while, and Jian came out!!!!  I
know a lot of you have probably met him several times, but it was just really
cool to see him.  I was listening to him talking to a few people before us,
once the crowd started to thin a little bit, and I was amazed at how much he
was interested in people, (where they were from, how many shows they had been
to) as much as they were interested in him.

I'm still just amazed that within a few hours, we went from not even having
tickets, to being inside in the front row and then getting to meet Jian!!!!! 
I'm sorry for the length of this post, but everything for the whole evening
just fell into place more perfectly than I could have planned, I thought I
would share with everyone!!!  And not that it's the least of my priorities, but
I enjoyed the show itself immensely!!!  Thanks for listening, and if you got
this far, then you get big, big brownie points with me!!!   :-)


Cheryl
Barenaked in Mass
"I'm still learning things I ought to know by now"--Vertical Horizon
"Sometimes you just gotta see 'em live......"--Me
I made a web page!!!!!!  Please check it out!     www.angelfire.com/ma2/bnl1


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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 12:43:27 GMT
From: SugarFly26@aol.com
Subject: Amherst!

This has to be really quick for now because I have a band function in 20 
minutes ::groan:: but I wanted to share some cool things from Amherst. The 
music itself..AWESOME. I was really happy with what they played. I don't 
remember everything but among them were Half as much, Independence Day, 
Horseshoes, Pisco Bandito, If Only You Knew, Sad Girl, I Will Hold On, Johnny 
Saucep'n, Bargainville, Michigan Militia, Splatter Splatter...awesome stuff. 
I can't think of others right now and plus I'm wicked tired. Anyone else who 
was there care to fill in some more?

Jian messed up a little on his tin whistle part in Johnny Saucep'n and shook 
his head a little, but it was good anyway. Intro to that was something about 
loving food, and us being the anti anti-food people. In honor of people who 
love to eet. Eet, eat. ::shrug::

Jian started talking about the difference between Canadians and Americans, 
and he said something to the effect of while he can identify with a lot of 
them, there are just some that you don't find as much of in Canada. The type 
of people who love to see spurting blood from dying teenagers, naturally 
leading into Splatter Splatter. 

Didn't get to meet anyone unfortunately, band or otherwise, because my 
friends and I had to split. As it is we got home about 12 and have to go out 
in the freezing cold to play at a football game soon. joyousness. 

I'm forgetting a lot that I want to add, but it'll have to wait. I'm gonna 
get going for now, but it was an awesome concert, I thought, and I think my 
friend Aaron is now officially hooked. :)  Yay! Plus my friend Katie bought 
the B album! Whoo hoo! See ya all later!

- ----------------->   Ln 

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Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 21:28:58 -0800
From: cookie <cookie@2cowherder.com>
Subject: Re: Behavior during opening acts.

Alanna wrote:

> --D, who was *appalled* by some of the audience behaviour on  Thursday
> night

I'd like to apologize for my friend, Eli, who was in attendance.
Actually, I'm not aware that he did anything improper (and he didn't
mention anything to me other than the fact that he really enjoyed the
show and converted yet another friend.) However, just to be on the safe
side--I want you to know that he didn't mean to do whatever it was that
he might have done. :-)

Let the holidays begin! Happy Chanukah!

Cookie

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Date: 4 Dec 1999 15:14:56 GMT
From: "Hell Hotel" <balloon@netheaven.com>
Subject: clifton park tonight

YAY!!! I get to see fruvous tonight...it's been too long(since falcon
ridge).  I'm just wondering how many others of us NG type people will be
there?  I'd love it if they could sell out this venue!

- -Eric Jackson

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 15:14:17 GMT
From: kristen fair <firedancer@postmark.net>
Subject: conan

seems as though there's still a few people in search of the conan show
floating around...

if this fits your description, i'd be more than happy to make you a
copy; just email me and let me know!

peas and such,
kristen
firedancer@postmark.net
=======================================================
"those who hear not the music think the dancers mad..."
=======================================================

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 15:27:39 GMT
From: "Carey Farrell" <frodis@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: shirts (was re: rochester review)

vc wrote:

>[1] mr. ford was looking resplendent, completely dressed in white, at the
>     9:30 club.  wow.

Warning: Monkees content ahead!

Mike's outfit at the 9:30 really amused me, because he's always reminded me 
of Micky Dolenz from the Monkees, and at the show he really looked like he 
had stolen Micky's dandruff costume from the movie Head.

Carey, wondering if anyone else has a clue what she's talking about?

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 15:11:06 GMT
From: vika@attglobal.net (Vika Zafrin)
Subject: Re: Amherst!

Spake SugarFly26@aol.com:

>remember everything but among them were Half as much, Independence Day, 
>Horseshoes, Pisco Bandito, If Only You Knew, Sad Girl, I Will Hold On, Johnny 
>Saucep'n, Bargainville, Michigan Militia, Splatter Splatter...awesome stuff. 
>I can't think of others right now and plus I'm wicked tired. Anyone else who 
>was there care to fill in some more?

How about a "Do You Want To Know a Secret?" teaser by The Beatles?  :)
It's one of their songs I learned first (when I didn't really know
English yet), so much grinning abound...ed.  The second half of the
first verse (which was all they did) was about something they were
talking about just then.  I don't remember exactly what it was.  But it
was great.  And so was the jam:  Tobey came up on stage (at the lads'
request) and was dancing, and then was handed the Fender by Mike.  Oh
wow, Tobey can *improv* on the bass.  (I don't really know how hard that
is, but it did look impressive).  What followed was a 4-5 minute jam.
Very nice.

>Jian messed up a little on his tin whistle part in Johnny Saucep'n and shook 
>his head a little, but it was good anyway. Intro to that was something about 
>loving food, and us being the anti anti-food people. In honor of people who 
>love to eet. Eet, eat. ::shrug::

I have to say, though I love watching all four of them during shows,
Jian's facial expressions were a particular joy to follow last night.
He was enjoying it SO much, and his energy was contagious.  I haven't
danced this hard in a while.  It was a weird kind of release.  Gooooo
finals!

- -v, rambly


- -------- Vika  Zafrin -------- vika@attglobal.net --------
http://www.brown.edu/Research/Decameron

"You never know where you're going 
'til you know where you've been."
		 -Will Smith's dad

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 15:42:32 GMT
From: "Carey Farrell" <frodis@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: "sports"

I said I was going to stop responding constantly to the "sports" thread . . 
 . I lied.

Lori wrote:
>Carey, how did I miss you?  You met ellen, and she was seated right behind 
>me!
>:(
>
>One of these days ...

Hey Lori,
I met ellen unexpectedly after the show -- she had gone to school with the 
guy I went to the show with, if that made any kind of sense, and they were 
chatting when I got back from the bathroom. Sorry I missed you, and 
everybody else, too!
Carey

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 15:50:04 GMT
From: "Carey Farrell" <frodis@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Fruheads unite and..Calm Down

Rai-Marie wrote:

The other guys are charismatic, of course, but Jian's energy seems to
>radiate farther than the other guy's. The person with the least amount of 
>stage
>presence seems to be Dave. I know, you Mathesonites might rebute my 
>position,
>but would you agree that he seems to be more conservative in his jumping 
>around
>and getting involved then Jian would?

I'm not a Mathesonite, but I will jump in here and say that both times I've 
seen Fruvous, and in a lot of the video stuff I've seen, Dave has been a 
dancing fool. Like during KOS in Collingswood, when Michaela came out, Dave 
was definitely (as my brother said the other day) "gettin' on his giddy-up."

Carey

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 15:57:47 GMT
From: vika@attglobal.net (Vika Zafrin)
Subject: Re: clifton park tonight

Spake "Hell Hotel" <balloon@netheaven.com>:

>I'd love it if they could sell out this venue!

Hmm, if it really does hold 900, as I've heard rumoured, it's not
likely.  From what I've seen of the venue, however, it's got such a cool
layout that it doesn't really need to be sold out.  A lot of the space
where people would usually hang out (it *is* a bar, complete with some
arcade games) is separated from the stage area by the bar itself.  It's
pretty nice.

- -v


- -------- Vika  Zafrin -------- vika@attglobal.net --------
http://www.brown.edu/Research/Decameron

"You never know where you're going 
'til you know where you've been."
		 -Will Smith's dad

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 17:12:49 GMT
From: "Stephanie Hodges" <hodgess@marietta.edu>
Subject: Re: Fishgirls WAS: Re: Fruheads unite and..Calm DOWN

>-- Lori
>*****************
>looking for a Frunique-shirt-like dress for NYE.  :)

Awww... really?  With maple leaves and everything?  I'm flattered.  

Stephanie "Frunique" Hodges
www.fruhead.com/users/Frunique - now better than ever
"Power beyond the twilight and crimson blood that flows
Buried in the stream of time is where your power grows.
I pledge myself to conquer all the foes who stand
Against the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hand."
Lina Inverse's Dragon Slave, _The Slayers_

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 17:11:29 GMT
From: "Stephanie Hodges" <hodgess@marietta.edu>
Subject: Re: FRUHEADS! UNITE AND...umm...

Alright, that's it.. I officially declare we start a PA Michael Wood fan
club.  All lovers of damned cute geeks are eligible.  And since we all know
what an uber-geek-lover I am... ^_^

Hey, that makes two Mike Woods with a fan club.  Must be some chemistry in
that name.

Neek the fuzzy fru-geek
www.fruhead.com/users/Frunique - now better than ever
"Power beyond the twilight and crimson blood that flows
Buried in the stream of time is where your power grows.
I pledge myself to conquer all the foes who stand
Against the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hand."
Lina Inverse's Dragon Slave, _The Slayers_

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 09:29:20 -0800
From: cookie <cookie@2cowherder.com>
Subject: Re: shirts (was re: rochester review)

Carey Farrell wrote:

> Warning: Monkees content ahead!
> 
> Mike's outfit at the 9:30 really amused me, because he's always reminded me
> of Micky Dolenz from the Monkees, and at the show he really looked like he
> had stolen Micky's dandruff costume from the movie Head.
> 
> Carey, wondering if anyone else has a clue what she's talking about?

Sure do! I've got a bootleg copy of that fabulous piece o' cinema!! I
don't see the Micky/Mike correlation as much, but I'm following the
visual reference! :-)

Cookie
"But, then why should I speak? For I know nothing." -Peter Tork, Head

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 18:18:29 GMT
From: FruCake1@aol.com
Subject: Re: Fruheads unite and..Calm Down

Rai-Marie wrote:

<< The person with the least amount of stage presence seems to be Dave.  >>

When you're as talented as he is who needs to  jump around. :)  Plus, that 
accordian seems pretty heavy.  I wouldn't want him to get a hernia just to 
keep up with Jian.  :) Jian has a lot of opportunities to jump around 
considering some of the songs don't require him to  be stationed at the drum 
set.  If only the others were so lucky. *g*

Lisa Bills

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 19:21:29 GMT
From: murmbeetle@my-deja.com
Subject: Re: A question for the american fans out there....

I think that enough abuse has been heaped here so I'd just like to make an
interesting point: Last year I came to live in Israel & of course the first
thing I had to do after making friends here was make them like Moxy Fruvous
(I learned that that was the correct formula, after my efforts of trying to
make people like Moxy Fruvous right off the bat made them eager not to be
friends with me :)).  My friend Ronnen warmed to them immediately, his
all-time favorite album being "b" &, strangely enough, his all-time favorite
song being "Big Fish". Strangely, because as an American I've been told
enough times how Canada-centric that song is & how I couldn't possibly get it
enough to enjoy it. He is inarguably Israeli & yet knew it all by heart
within two days.......in fact, he had more difficulty with the Kids' Song,
being unclear on how to squirgle a dog.........

Miriam Beetle Libicki
who just thinks she is so cool, living in Israel
& drops names with voiced velar fricatives in them at any opportunity


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Date: 04 Dec 1999 19:59:55 GMT
From: jacey7@aol.com (Jacey7)
Subject: Re: least favorite song

>>I used to not like Raja..<<

yeah, that'd be one of mine. I still just don't get this one.

Also Incredible Medicine Show and Lazlo's Career.

I also find that I don't listen to the French songs much. I'm a lyrics kinda
person, and if I can't sing along, I tend not to pay too close attention. Which
isn't to say I don't like them, just that I tend to skip them.

~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

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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 19:50:29 GMT
From: frugals@my-deja.com
Subject: 12.1.99 review

Ok, I know this is kinda late, but you will soon find out why it's taken
a while to post the reviews...
~Amy

from Atasi's notes in the travel log:
Well first off getting there was an adventure in itself.  I was driving
in NYC and the directions were all good until we had to find JOe
DiMaggio Hwy.  And the funny thing is that there is no Joe DiMaggioHwy.
 Apparently they either changed the name of Joe DiMaggio to West or
something else...I don't know.  So after we figure this whole dillema
out we finally find Westbeth Theatre.  My first impression of the place
was "umm, sketch..."  I found a parking spot an dheaded inside.  By this
time it was around 8:30 or so and the show started at 8.  It's all good
because they had 2 opening acts.  We get inside and it is a really cool,
intimate joint.  We missed the first opener, who seemed to be pretty
cool and upbeat.  The second opener, Tory Cassis, was a little more
mellow and kind of brought me down before the show, but finally Moxy
came on and started with Down From Above.  Awesome!  It's club was
really awesome because it was just close and intimate and anything you
said was really awesome because anything you said could be heard by
everyone (which was kind of dangerous considering Amy and Laura would be
talking about people really loudly).  But they played "The Kid's Song"
(great!  loved the way the lads acted like little kids and everything!),
"Get in the Car", "The Drinking Song", and many more great ones that I
can't think of right now.  Oh and we met a really cool chic, Jordan, who
is a major FruFan like us, even more so actually since the lads know and
always recognize her.  She is a freshman at NYU and totally awesome.  We
had conctacted her through AMMF and told her we wanted to meet up with
her at the concert and she was really chill.  It's awesome to be able to
talk to someone you can really relate to and who isn't really stuck up
because they discovered Moxy Fruvous before us.  Anyways we chatted with
Jordan for a sec before the concert just to introduce ourselves then we
caught up with her after the show and talked to her for a bit.  We are
most likely taking her to Canada with us for FruCon.  After the show we
waited around to hopefully meet the band.  Jian comes out finally and
we're all like, "Holy shit!"  Laura and Amy push me up front to start
off the introductions and of course I'm all nrevous and so I'm all
talkative and babbling.  But Jians was very cool about everything and
gives us all autographs.  He was so cute when he asked how Amy was
doing.  I think it totally made her night!   So after all that we are
like well I guess we should drive home and try to catch some sleep
before classes.  Gwynne was really out of it and Laura and Amy had
permanent smiles on their faces from just meeting Jian.  I can't really
describe how I was feeling.  It was a mixture of complete
contentment/excitement/exhaustion/anxiety (I had a Calc test at 11AM and
it was like 2AM)/sadness (because I couldn't stay longer)...pretty much
the whole spectrum of emotions.  We made it back alright even though I
started hallucinating and having major headaches about 2 hours into the
drive back.  I gladly gave the controls to Gwynne while I passed out
sitting next to her.  Overall, the trip was definitely worth it and I
could see myself going to NYC more often, maybe to chill with Jordan
sometime.  So that's my review for the show I saw on Wednesday.  I'll
let someone else fill you in on the next crazy 24 hours.
~Atasi


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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 20:15:58 GMT
From: frugals@my-deja.com
Subject: 12.2.99 review

Ok, so here we go for the next day...Whew!
~Amy

from my notes in the travel journal:
First of all, I waould like to say that everything that has happened
since Wednesday did not start to sink in until Friday morning when I was
talking with a friend of mine...but I'm getting ahead of myself.
I guess I should just take off from where Atasi left off...
So, we get back to JMU at 6:30AM and we all go our separate ways to our
rooms.  I crash for 45 min. then get up to move my car to another
parking lot.  When I got back, I checked my emailand Jordan had written
me.  Apparently we missed some fun after leaving the club.  Let me just
say that I want to be Jordan when I grow up.  :-)  Anyway, I went back
to bed and didn't get up until 12:30pm.  By 2 I am seriously considering
going back to NYC for the concert.  After asking Laura and Amanda and
begging Jes for 15 min, we shower and hop in the car by 2:30pm.  We got
to the club around 8:30pm. same exact timing as Wed. night.  We even
parked on the same road.  We headed for the bar first because I just
needed a beer.  But, Jordan sees us before we got that far.  (I had
emailed her before I left letting her know that we were coming back.)
She had made a copy of the Indie tape for me and gave it to me!!!  She
is just too cool.  I couldn't believe she had done it so fast.  It was
such a nice gesture.  Anyway, so we chat for a bit and I introduce her
to Amanda and Jes.  She heads into the club and I resume my walk to the
bar.  I get tow beers, one for me and one for Dave.  Ya, I got the
skills.  We found pretty cool spots stage Dave and Laura puts Dave's
beer on the stage for me.  Tory Cassis played the same set as he did on
Wed. night, so nothing to report here.  Finally, the lads came out.
Jian looked pretty nice all in black and Dave was chill in his jeans and
tshirt.  They opened with Sahara which was pretty cool since I haven't
heard them play it since June in VA Beach.  After Sahara, they went on
bantered about not talking and just playing songs one after another just
like Dave Matthews (and Laura started clapping only because they
mentioned the other Dave's name...I had to fill her in that they said
something mean about Dave).  It was a GREAT concert.  They played Disco
Bargainville again, Nuit de Reve, KoS, No No Raja...all of which I
wanted to hear.  Sadly, Dave was horse at the end of the show and so
they had to change the songs and only played If Only You Knew.  I hope
Dave is feeling better!  But, at some point at the end of the show, he
did thank me for the beer.  After the show, we chatted a bit with Jordan
and I offered her a ride to FruCon, which she gladly accepted.  :-)
Murray came out and we got his autograph...during which Jian came out
and Amanda gave him a huge hug.  So cute.  Jian was cool as ever.  He
asked me what my name was...then said, "Oh, you're the one that
professed your love to Dave."  Haha.  We resumed our wait for Dave and
while we waited, Jordan came over and sat with us.  After a long time,
one of the guys that worked at the club asked us who we were waiting for
and he went and got Dave.  Poor Dave!  He sounded really horse.  But, he
was cool and everything.  Apologized for keeping us waiting and said he
didn't know we were waiting for him.  So, we chatted and he asked what
my name was...said than you very much for the beer and it was sweet of
me.  Major points scored both ways: I bought him a Heineken and he said
it was "The king of beers".  It definitely is.  :-D.  So, after that we
left to return home.  I am so happy that I went back.
Out of the two days going to NYC, we made three new converts on my
floor.  Hopefully by the end of the year, all 29 will be FruFans.  :-)
~Amy


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