From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V1 #96 Reply-To: rockford-files@smoe.org Sender: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk The Rockford Files Wednesday, April 22 1998 Volume 01 : Number 096 Today's Filings: ----------------- Sassy! Hey Dre! Gangsta Rap knowledge? Here it comes... I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'... center cityfest, anyone? What a relief... yo yo yo yo jiggy yo mac ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:01:38 PDT From: "Courtney Knopf" Subject: Sassy! Hello all:) I am up late NOT doing my screenwriting revisions for finals. go me, booyah! I hate finals, how about you? So I finally got my lazy ass in gear and read Erik's fan fiction. all i have to say is "Damn, boy! You so funny!" (I imagine that statment has more strength when said as if part of Ricki Lake's audience, sassy head swivel and finger snaps included.) All you who get to see BBVD are in for a treat. They are SO kickass. They've played at my school twice (USC). Scotty, the lead singer is a really great guy. When my friends and I were talking to him afterone of their shows here, he was talking about getting his Zzoot suits custon made, nad he showed us the lining in the jacket he was wearing and it had Varga Girls on it. It was SO cool. Their new CD is pretty good too. Although I'm one of the priveliged few who got their first one before it went out of print (yay me!) And you don't necessarily HAVE to dress vintage when you go to tehir shows, but it just helps to set the mood. I need to go shopping again. My vintage dresses have been worn out already. i need to get new ones that have yet to be seen in public. And you know what I've noticed? It's hard to find good vintage shoes that are bigger than a size 7. Seems like everyone in the 40's had itty bitty feet. So do you people care? probably not, but whatever. I am so jealous of Anna who went to see Cabaret! I want to see it so bad. I love Alan Cumming! Alas, I am on the other coast:( But maybe the rest of the cast will be on Rosie again soon. So i just realized that the new tour kicks off in less than a week! That makes me so happy! and i *might* get to go to the show at the Forum in June. I'm trying to coordinate my travel plans so as to be in London that week. Yay, vacation! I think there was some other stuff i wanted to talk about..but have since forgotten it. oh yeah! i remember now. the MTV wanna be a VJ thing. Jessee is a big spazz, and he's entertaining and all...but he doesn't have the VJ je ne sais quoi that Dave did. Dave was chock full of quoi. And I've realised that most people named Dave are really cool. Examples you ask? But of course: Dave Foley David Letterman Dave Barry David Spade See? they're all cool. i think that they should send jesse out on some more remotes in Times Square so he gets hit by a car (not killed mind you..just injured) so Dave, as runner up, would have to take over the duties as VJ. Sounds like a plan to me. yeah, so i think i shall shut the hell up now:) ~Courtney The Sultraness of Swing "Do you have soup on the menu?" "Yes, but we wiped it off." ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 08:45:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Anne Lyons Subject: Hey Dre! Hey Markus, thanks! I kinda thought it was Dre... but then I got all confused about the Dre factor -- because isn't there a more talented, less fat, much more angry Dre as well? As in NWA Dre? As in Godfather of Snoop Doggy Dogg Dre? Or is my lack of gangsta rap knowledge showing? Oh well... not that it matters, right-o, me-boy? Bands that I hate to admit that I like... well, Anne being Anne, I feely admit all the bands I like. Even if the cache is rather lacking. For example: frankly, I was mesmerized by the Spice Girls "Wannabe" video... couldn't tear my eyes away. but that was more like rubbernecking to watch the aftermath of a gruesome car accident. Another band I don't like to admit I like... well, I like some country music acts... but that is only difficult to admit around here -- country is not big with the youth of New England (not that I'm all that young...). Ummmm... well... OH! I know! Duran Duran! They were the first concert I went to.. and even now, I get my groove on to Rio or Hungry Like the Wolf, or New Moon on Monday, or The Refle-fle-fle-fle-fle-flex. And the song that brings me back to 1983 is Save A Prayer "No don't say a prayer for me now... save it 'til the morning after..." That brings me right on back to the Friday night 7th and 8th grade dances. Am I ashamed of liking Duran Duran? Well... it's more along the lines of a guilty little pleasure. After years of putting up with my brothers yapping at me for liking them ("I smell like a sound? What the hell does that even mean, Anne!" "Well, at least it's better than "Rough Boys" by Pete Townsend... that song is about being gay!" "Shut up, Anne! Pete Townsend is not gay!" Well, haha Joe... I guess I called *that* one at 13, did I not??!?!). But I digress. Asterisk: no one started it... it's just a way of footnoting. Easier to understand in posts rather than doing it the proper1. way. Annealysis: sorry I missed it in the last post. Revenge dream (friends urging you to shoplift) -- sure! But you have a high moral standard... even int he dream you are not actually shoplifting... your subconscious has your friends urging you to shoplift rather than you actually doing it. But it certainly sounds like you are pissed as hell at the store... Fanfic: Loveitloveitloveit, E! Keep it coming! Welp. That's all for now! Cheerio! - -Anne 1. See? I tolja footnoting with numbers didn't work! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:35:07 -0400 From: Carrie Subject: Gangsta Rap knowledge? Here it comes... > because isn't there a more talented, less >fat, much more angry Dre as well? As in NWA Dre? As in Godfather of Snoop >Doggy Dogg Dre? Or is my lack of gangsta rap knowledge showing? Yes, Anne, this is Dr. Dre as well. Dr. Dre helped start the whole Death Row Records mess a long time ago, and was in the forefront of "kill whitey" music of the early-mid-90's. Recently, Dr. Dre has experienced a bit of an epiphany, allowing him to lose some weight, change heart, leave Death Row, and start out anew with some not-so-violent and actually rather talent-expressing music that I have caught myself listening to with vague appreciation, reminiscent of my love of rap/hip-hop during the 5th-grade year (Young MC, LL Cool J, Digital Underground... Yes, I'm the girl who knows every word to "The Humpty Dance" and "Momma Said Knock You Out"...) Never be ashamed of Duran Duran, Anne. The Union of the Snake is on the climb, and I don't care what the f*ck that means; it's a damn good song. Oh... and Girls on Film... :-) I've been skimping on the Bentent recently. I'm sorry, all. Maybe I'll get around to some trippy fanfic here soon... During finals, maybe... Recently I've been enjoying hooting and hollering just a little too much... Listening to The Urge right now. I suppose I'm a little embarrassed about them because only about 1/2 their songs are remotely decent. :-) Carrie " 'Holocaust, schmolocaust, First Amendment! I'm gonna be a peaceful offender!' No longer is the pen mightier than the sword; All the edge has been taken off the written word." --The Bogmen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 13:23:40 -0500 From: "Scott A. Schneider" Subject: I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'... Goddamn that Mr. Folds. All because of him, I haven't been able to get "Raindrops" out of my head for the past four days!* Even to the extent that I borrowed my mom's "Raindrops" BJ Thomas LP. My roommate are beginning to look strangely at me** due to the fact that I sing it quite often while walking around at home... Hey Mr. Erik "get in your damn car and drive" Lyons-- I'm actually in Madison WI, not Chicago-- so what's that tell you? I DROVE for ConBENtion, and I am DRIVING for the Tinley Park IL and Somerset WI (which is practically Minneapolis) show! Maybe I'll DRIVE to see QUIET RIOT!*** On a side note-- you mentioned Milwaukee. Hey, I was at that show, too! Crazy. What am I embarrassed to listen to? Well-- certainly not Duran Duran; no no, I listen to FAR worse than that. For instance, I still thing Billy Idol's "Dancing With Myself" is a cool song. Still. I rock out to Jamiroquai-- something few Fiver-friends seem to understand. I own a Green Day CD. I like techno and have gone to raves. Yikes... at least I don't have huge 50"-legged pants. But I'm still a geek. Scotty of BBVD is one cool cat! He was telling me how much he hated having to drive everywhere (obviously a guy whom Erik wouldn't get along with) and how they need to invest in a bus for the next tour. He also mentioned how strange it is that their album is in the Billboard Top 100 and they still haven't gotten any radio airplay. And he said that Jon Favreau is a rockin' swing dancer who used to teach lessons at the Derby in LA. Wow-- there's some useless knowledge for you. And, hey Courtney-- you gotta dub their debut CD for me. I've got "Whatchu Want for Christmas" (which I'm told is also out of print) which is cute, buuut... I, as well, am working on my fanfiction. Just a few more revisions... scott* * - Not meant to imply that it's not an excellent tune. ** - Which they pretty much always did... just to more of an extent now. *** - 100% pure sarcasm. **** - Offer expires soon. Not packaged for individual sale. While supplies last. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:59:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Ginger Nance Subject: center cityfest, anyone? Howdy folks. Before my head spins off of my head from all the work I'm trying to keep up with, I thought I'd post a little note asking if anyone is going to Center Cityfest. I was thinking we could arrange a big happy meeting of BFF lovers, so e-mail me (w/o the nospam part, of course) if you're interested! Ginger :) Ooooo Ginger Nance ( ) ginger_nance@nospam.unc.edu ) ( http://www.unc.edu/~gnance (o) GO HEELS!! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 17:29:55 EDT From: FoldinFive Subject: What a relief... Hey Fivers, I never thought the original Armchair members would dissipate and recrowd again, but here's living proof. Thanks again Sara for pointing me in the direction. I'm pretty sick of Armchairs loaded with a choc full-o-redundancy. As for the everpresent smile on Darren's face during shows, I guess the guy's always happy -- I don't know. From when I met Darren at the Atlanta show, I got the feeling he's just simply-put, a really nice guy. Always smiling. I don't think it's just when they're playing, because whenever you see the trio on camera in an interview, Darren's always smiling. (At least, that's what I take from it.) And hell, if you were in their position, wouldn't you be happy? I'd have to assume that it all comes down to the music -- it's just FUN music...am I wrong? I have to agree on the Third Eye Blind phenomenon. It's really strange, but after all its hype and overload on the charts, I still can't shake a liking for "Semi-Charmed Life." I can listen to that song over and over, yet I don't have that sick feeling in the pit of my stomach that I call the Macarena Syndrome. (The title actually changes from time to time -- insert your least favorite song before "Syndrome.") One last thing...there's an album that came out today by a brand new band named "Evan and Jaron." If you see it, listen to it. You don't have to buy it, but it's worth a try. I'm doing this, eh, promotion as a favor to the guys whom I've known for about 12 years now. Thanks. Cheers, Jordan Oh, and by the way...this is my first post to the Files. CD's in my pathetic little three-disc changer: Dave Matthews Band -- Before These Crowded Streets (radio promo copy) BFF -- S/T Third Eye Blind -- S/T ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:12:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Jon Richards Subject: yo yo yo yo jiggy yo mac Holy crap. Man I have not posted in along time. Sorry hope nobody got worried or anything. Which I really doubt happened. But anyway I was out of town and then I got grounded. So that pretty much explains where I have been. Anywho Ben Folds Five Concert for me is in 2 week or May 3. I am looking forward to it. I am jumping cause I am finally going to have some orginal pics for my page. And no one else better have them either or I'll kick there butt. Anyway let me think what else has gone on since I posted. Oh ya I now have a girlfriend named Deanna. She's really nice and I like her alot. Lets see what else. OH ya how could I forget. The reason I got grounded is cause I got Expelled from school for 5 days. I kinda got into a fight...And threw a desk at some punk named Brian. The desk hit him and he basically laid on the floor while me and my friends laughed at him. It was cool but daddy beat my ass for it. Oh well I think it was worth it. Lets see lets see oh ya I got my report card 3 A's and 3 B's. Oh ya go me. And thats about it. Just thought I would up dated some people even if they are out of High School and could care less. I think I will begin to post regulary again now that I have access to my computer. Sorry to ramble. Jon Richards http://members.tripod.com/~bensfive/index.html The Official Unofficial Ben Folds Five Website I am redouing my page so their is not much stuff up right now...sorry about that _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V1 #96 ********************************