From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V4 #102 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Thursday, February 24 2000 Volume 04 : Number 102 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Dayton Setlist - repost ["bmjchavez" ] a little frucon review, 2.20.00 ["^kat^" ] OT: Smarties [Rachel R Beck ] Re: TOTALLY OT: Who wants to marry a multi-millionaire? [cookie ] Re: A suggestion to the Frucon Committee [moonshimmer@xpnonline.net (moon] this is for special j!!! [tmbgirl@my-deja.com] Re: this is for special j!!! [tmbgirl@my-deja.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 18:31:17 -0500 From: "bmjchavez" Subject: Dayton Setlist - repost Reposting this as it seems RemarQ lost my original post this morning. I hardly ever post so when I so write something I hope others will see it! Canal Street Tavern. Quick listing of tunes from my notes and memory. I'll try to write something more specific later, but I'm not making much sense with the written word today. Warm up - Local favorite Todd Weidmer (sp?). "A robust Townes van Zandt" - me from last years show here after he opening for Fruvous. Still true. Nowhere man Lakia Can't be to Careful When She Talks Boss (? - not sure if I have this in the right place) You Go to the Moon Ash Hash Pisco Boo Time Jockey Disco Barganville Independence Day Present Tense Tureen Saucepan I Will Hold On Nuits River Valley Get in the Car Your New Boyfriend Dancing Queen/Walk on the Wild Side E1: M. Militia E2: Ziggy Stardust(Brought up Todd Weidmer to sing lead and play guitar - "The band didn't bring out their lead singer until the 2nd last song" - Jian (I think) Early Morning Rain - First time I saw them do this. It's great! Quick take - eclectic? laid back? thoughtful? I don't know how to describe it, but the guys were very "on", musically tight, very unforced yet very effective. Hmmm - see my comment at the beginning of this note about not making sense. The audience was there to listen as well. A few places where well lubricated fans shouted out during the expected long pauses in b-ville (when judging if the "TWO" was loud enough to continue, for example, also during Boss). Well handled by the band - was not a problem as the show went on, very little talking during the quiet songs - at least, very good for a bar. Mike, J and Mur came out afterwards. Were able to wander the bar and talk to folks in a more relaxed manner then I've seen lately - that is, people gave them space. That's more than a quick setlist! Better stop before word police come after me! CintiBud * NOT Sent from RemarQ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 19:32:50 -0500 From: "^kat^" Subject: a little frucon review, 2.20.00 [...and, i might add, this is my third try, seeing as how my computer chose to crash during my other 2 attempts. bah.] at the urging of carey & jen (& for the benefit of any of you who weren't there), i figured i'd post a little review of the 'con itself. ("little" is, er, rather not the right word, i realize, after looking over this protracted post of mine. skim as you see fit. ;p) i attended all 3 shows, basked in the glow of fabulous songs (like "early morning rain" on thursday. mmm.), and delighted in the improvs (jian's bathroom story, murray's "giv'er!" response for marion fruvous, etc...), but they've all blended together too much in my mind to give any sort of coherent individual thoughts on them. the *convention* itself, however... paul, andrea and i arrived at the courtyard (by mariott (tm)) around 11:30, checked in & got our perky yellow namebadges. (i proceeded to lose mine about a half dozen times throughout the day... but that's another story.) i immediately gravitated toward the singalong being led by george & phil, which was the first of many magical moments that day. it's not often one is among a group of people who not only know all the words to fruvous songs, but the *harmonies*, too... i definitely could've sung all afternoon. (my tambourine saw more action than it's ever seen, i believe. *grin*) i started getting nervous for the open mic around 1, so i practiced a little, wandered a bit & bought 12 raffle tickets from the lovely donna. all the prizes hadn't even arrived yet--i just wanted to win something. *cough* there was lots to do around the room: a large, wipe-off crossword puzzle; photo-puzzles from the IWHO photo shoot; a large white sheet covered with "frufitti" by fans for fruvous; IRC; crafts 'n' photos; a map to mark your location. the continuous video loop outside the conference room was definitely a nice touch--finally got to see the IWHO video. very cute. i didn't spend much time in the separate room playing fruvous performances / interviews / etc, but it looked like good stuff (the sort of thing i'd've loved to spend lots of time watching... if there weren't so many other things to do). there was also a table set up where one could purchase all sorts of rare fru-memorabilia (indie tapes, _bargainville_ promo tapes, stuck in the 90's cds, etc.). i myself picked up a _no-mega cd_ and a _wood_ promo cassette... dig the live version of "laika"! wow! ressurect *that* one, fruvous! so, the first "official" event got going around 1:45--the open mic. there was to be a "judging" panel, drawn from members of the audience. two women were selected... and then the "mystery" panelists were revealed: murray & jian. ack. as if i weren't nervous enough... everyone did really well, though. the "i love my boss" boys did an encore performance of that tune, as well as 2 separate renditions of "pork tenderloin." absolutely hilarious. *grin* phil schwan covered the apocryphal "follow the road," a quartet from VA did an SATB "gulf war song," kelsey engle sang "present tense tureen" (with some backup from the crowd & panelists), lawrence solomon did "bed and breakfast" (winner of best song choice, according to murray), angel lit up the stage with "minnie the moocher" (complete with lyrics appropriate to the occasion), i pulled off my debut guitar performance with IWHO, and the event was wrapped up with another "gulf war song," led by phil & george nowik & 2 other fellows (though they "warmed up" with a fabulous off-the-cuff "peace of mind"). the awards were fun--i got best debut guitar performance and *grin* best shoes (red plaid, to match my red fender acoustic). my prize? a pez dispenser of a fez-adorned camel. *heh* its fez is red, too... next up was the panel Q&A session, moderated by fiona. we asked questions of john schwartz, washington post staff-writer and author of a great article about fruvous in july of '98; jaymz b, toronto radio personality, performer and proponent of fruvous from the early 90's; and kim hughes, NOW reporter responsible for one of the first-ever articles about fruvous. this was amusing if not informative, particularly jaymz's anecdotes about the frulads (and his facilitating jian's "date" with a woman who collected cacti and refused to answer consistantly to any one name...). during the Q&A the missing fruvous appeared (mike & dave), & they all left to practice for their performance at the 'con, up next after the panel. the lads were fabulous... jian joked about being "on-book," and indeed, they all had little pieces of paper floating about with lyrics to their intended tunes. (jian also quipped that he'd listened to the b album for the first time in... 11 years. ;p) they opened it up with "big fish," which set the crowd wild. jian's cranky ol'mom voice was *hysterical,* as was the golfing chorus where all of them were stretching the bottom of their vocal ranges. afterward, mike was amazed that they'd only sang one song--"it feels like we've been singing for an hour." *heh* nice try, guys... next came "ballad of cedric fruvous," which thrilled me b/c this is quite possibly my favourite tune on the disc--and certainly one i never expected to hear live. apparantly there's a video for this tune, made on a very limited budget and for which the facilitators were very careful to bring every object mentioned in the song ("here's a roulette wheel... and red dice... and a *sponge*..."). carrying on in the b-vein ("no, not that one..." *shuffle* "here, let's do this...") they broke into the FULL "entropy." *giggle* "misplaced," the token ballad, came next, with both jian and dave on guitars. i'd heard the "electric" version at noho last dec. 30, but hearing it totally acoustic was beautiful and purely magical. reminds me again why i love this band--they do such wonderful things for their fans. :) they wrapped up the set with "harbourmall," a VERY old-skool song which featured dave as the "naive young chap" ("you can tell i'm naive... just look at my face!"). it's sort of a fru-take on the banana boat song that's *really* catchy... i've found myself humming it more than once since i've returned, which is irksome because i only sort of know the chorus. ;p all in all, it was a great set... fruvous made a couple of lyrical gaffes throughout the 5 songs, but it just made the whole situation all the more endearing. (did i mention that i love these guys? yesyes. thank you, fruvous, for visiting & performing--it was wonderful.) the final event was... the raffle. there were 11 prizes to be raffled off: 3 puzzles, a bargainville-era poster, a framed poster from the michigan show, a _no-mega cd_, an indie tape, a "stuck in the 90's" cd, spots on the guestlist of a fru-show for 2, a spot on the bowling team, and... something else i've forgotten. really, raffle-winners, this was very anti-climactic--i had a hard time figuring out if anyone had *won* anything b/c no one was shouting out with joy as their numbers were called! though i must admit, frunique's glee at winning an indie tape was certainly full of excitement... as was my own amazement at winning the coveted bowling position. ye gods. i'm still dizzy at the thought... the blessed event has yet to be scheduled, but come hell or high water, i WILL be there! yes! so, thus concluded the 'con... and i'm left wishing that there were another convention this weekend. *sigh* thank you to all the coordinators! your hard work most certainly paid off, and made for a festive and fabulous day of fruvous fun. :) it was so marvelous chatting and singing and bonding with everyone there--honest to god, moxy fruvous has the best fans in the world! *hug* and for all you who couldn't attend... you were sorely missed, but here's hoping for frucon IV, n'est-ce pas? still waiting for her frucon t-shirt (darn slow yale postal station)-- ^kat^ ". . . my senses finely blurred" http://fly.to/the.midway.after.dark pictures coming soon! promise! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 01:28:09 GMT From: Rachel R Beck Subject: OT: Smarties This is from the package of Smarties I got at the FruCon. Q: What colours do you mix together to make a black Smartie? Answer to follow. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:20:57 -0800 From: cookie Subject: Re: TOTALLY OT: Who wants to marry a multi-millionaire? Maggie Deegan wrote: > i: could you *win* wearing shorts and a t-shirt? > g: probably not. gimme a break, i'll be stuck with this woman for the > rest of my life!! > > ~Maggie, infuriated by the majority of the male population of the earth Before you judge the pig too harshly, don't forget that the strumpets he was choosing from were just as shallow as him. ;-) I think the whole thing is morbidly fascinating, and you can bet I'm enjoying following all the subsequent scandals! Cookie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 20:20:22 -0600 From: "Kathleen Cain" Subject: Re: Madison I'm going to be there!! I'm bringing a Fruvirgin with me. She's keeping me company on my move from St. Paul to Memphis. I'm no where ready to move yet, but I'll get there. I only have Thornhill and YWGTTM right now, but it will get her introduced to them before she sees them. Can't wait! Kathleen Aryn - Marietta Eaton wrote in message news:20000223183414.9747.qmail@web304.mail.yahoo.com... > > > It's 8 hours from Duluth, but we're actually leaving > from Minneapolis. Our first Fru Trip! My fellow Fru > head Kendra and I are very excited. Who all is going > to be there? > > Aryn, happy bouncy, happy bouncy > > ===== > Aryn - Marietta Eaton > Lady Caelfind ni Mullen (called Alanna) > Chatalaine and Minister of Children, shire of Innersea > Offical Nothrshield Pouncer, CoFounder, House Ferrit > Self professed Star Wars, U2, and Moxy Fruvous Fanatic > "Dude, Jesus is hot!" > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 03:36:16 GMT From: moonshimmer@xpnonline.net (moonshimmer) Subject: Re: A suggestion to the Frucon Committee A.J. Danny, MC's long-lost twin, wrote: > The bottom line on con timing was this: February in Toronto was when > THE BAND was available to participate, and when there were going to be 3 > shows in one place. (Also it has become a bit of a tradition at this > point). > When Früvous announced the > Lee's shows, they made it abundantly clear to us that that weekend is > when THEY preferred the con to be held. Given all these factors, once > the Lee's dates were confirmed, there was really not much more to talk > about date-wise. Thanks for clarifying, A.J. This was a minor topic of conversation on AIM this weekend among some of us non-attendees (ie, "gee, if they had the last weekend of June, instead of the third weekend in February, we could celebrate 2 lads' birthdays instead of just one!" ) We were wondering about the reasons for it being in February, in the middle of the school year, and in bad-weather season for much of this continent. (Tradition in itself doesn't hold much water with this particular Fruhead.) But if that is the time of year when the guys envision themselves being most available, so be it. I guess I'll just be an every-other-year FruConner, because there's no way I can juggle the babysitting/school-drop logistics -- much less count on nobody being sick - -- every year. C'est la vie. - -- Lori Glitter Fairy/Tattooing Fru ~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://members.aol.com/srm9988n/index.html -- site being updated! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 03:56:43 GMT From: tmbgirl@my-deja.com Subject: this is for special j!!! Now I know all of you are wondering why I am posting a message to myself...simply because I'm not Jordan!!!! Sisterpuff somehow has herself signed onto deja on all our computers down here in hicksville...so I thought that I would scare her a bit. Oh, update on the fun that someone is having upstairs (j-that was a message i sent to your IM...don't know if you remember), it's still going. Yay. I love college! Ok, i'm outy. just thought that i would make jordan wonder for a bit. we love you girl! amy & co. counting flowers on the wall that don't bother me at all playing soitaire til dawn with a deck of 51 smoking cigarrettes and watching kaptain kangaroo now don't tell me i've nothing to do Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 04:05:33 GMT From: tmbgirl@my-deja.com Subject: Re: this is for special j!!! Ok, so we're definitely on crack. I'm sitting here reading this to the "& co." part of the crew and they start giving me attitude, so now I have to post another post...then i was stuck and just clicked on post reply so we're replying to our own posting. So anyway, that was a great post! Um, ya. the reason why i have to post another post? because the "& co" people don't want to be "& co". they want to be "& the ethnics" so, we'll check you later! Amy & the ethnics ;-) ps paul is not here, so he's not part of the "& co" just so you know... that was put there because of amanda... In article <892a5p$v3m$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, tmbgirl@my-deja.com wrote: > Now I know all of you are wondering why I am posting a message to > myself...simply because I'm not Jordan!!!! > Sisterpuff somehow has herself signed onto deja on all our computers > down here in hicksville...so I thought that I would scare her a bit. > Oh, update on the fun that someone is having upstairs (j-that was a > message i sent to your IM...don't know if you remember), it's still > going. Yay. I love college! > Ok, i'm outy. just thought that i would make jordan wonder for a bit. > we love you girl! > amy & co. > > counting flowers on the wall > that don't bother me at all > playing soitaire til dawn > with a deck of 51 > smoking cigarrettes > and watching kaptain kangaroo > now don't tell me > i've nothing to do > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V4 #102 ********************************************