From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V1 #144 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 Friday, June 5 1998 Volume 01 : Number 144 Today's Filings: ----------------- feeling strangely...dissed schmutzy excuse im a newbie You rock! Oh yeah... I almost forgot... Armchair Quarterbackin' outre daniel Three in one day! READ THIS PLEASE Just put me in a retierment home... CD singles heaven READ THIS PLEASE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 03:00:12 PDT From: "Courtney Knopf" Subject: feeling strangely...dissed I was perusing the April issue of Raygun, they of the pretentious layout, mostly because Rufus Wainright AND good old Jarvis Cocker were interviewed in it. After reading all the good stuff i got to the back where all the album reviews live. This is when I stumbled onto something of note..... To Carrie and other Semisonic fans, at least. They reviewed Semisonic's new album...interestingly enough there was a reference made to the sound of a certain "quintet" we've all been so fond of these past few years. so here it is, verbatim for you to read.... "On their second release, Feeling Strangely Fine, the Minneapolis trio Semisonic manage to sound just like every other "aslternative" noise from bands who's names you can't remember; Local H, Tonic or Nada Surf anyone? Lead singer/composer/guitarist Dan Wilson pulls his influences from contemporary alt-rawk luminaries - "Closing Time"'s chorus belings to Weezer, "Never You Mind" has a Ben Folds Five piano intro and "This Will Be My Year" rips a riff from the Lemonheads "Into Your Arms." Belching up songsas if they were the painful reminder of an all night drinking binge, Semisonicplow their way through 11 execrable tracks before finally giving up. It's sad to say, but there isn't even a stand out track to point a finger at - every song floats in the middle, neither here nor there. A good portion of the blame for the record's blandness can probably be placed on the shoulders of producer Nick Launay. Launay,m who has previously worked with suck one-hit alternawonders as For Squirrels and Silverchair, seems to have a knack for making everyone sound like someone else (though one has to admit it takes some modicum of skill to make a prepubescent Australian teenager sound like Eddie Vedder). Between Wilson's unenduring songwriting and Launay's lackluster production, Feeling Strangely Fine makes a grasp for the medium, and indeed, winds up somewhere in the middle of nothing." So.....you think he liked the album? Anyway, i thought it modrately amusing that the reviewer compared "Never You Mind" to BeFeF (thank you, Anne). Just cause they've got a piano. You'd think the mad had never heard of Boogie Woogie. Anyhow..thought some of you would enjoy that. So in reading the MA (mundane atrocities) today, i really did quite enjoy the destruction that those of you who posted left in your wake. Oh our militia is ready for war, baby. BRING IT ON!!!! I can't believe some dumbass actually looked up "Annebling." Oh the satisfaction I get out of feeling superior to those troglodytes (woohoo, that word of the day calendar sure is paying off, boy!). Also, I can't stress to you enough how in love I am with Rufus Wainwright's new CD!!! He is SO SO good! Buy his self titled album, NOW. It's on Dreamworks so it shouldn't be too hard to find. ~Courtney The Sultraness of Swing "Do you mock people who come in and buy Third Eye Blind?" "Yeah, but we usually wait until they leave first." (A conversation I had today with a chick who works at a record store) In my CD player: Rufus Wainright - S/T Beth Orton - Trailer Park Pulp - This Is Hardcore Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk (okay so this is really a TAPE) Sean Lennon - Into the Sun Blur - The Great Escape ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 06:39:23 -0500 (CDT) From: LaRubia@bigfoot.com (Carrie) Subject: schmutzy excuse I am a big snotty schmutz. Here's why: I, too, got the letter inviting me to post to the MA this month, along with Anne and whomever else received it. Why have I not posted? Laziness? Sure, that's part of it! But mainly, I can't think of anything to say to those people other than "I'm sorry you guys jumped on the BFF boat a tad late and also that you can't take a joke." What would that do except piss someone off? So I have to ask myself: Would this action increase goodness in the world, or take from it? :-) I guess I'm only happy giving dumb kids hell when it's to their faces and I can watch them say, "....huh?" Who knows. I'll probably rescind my position if'n I get bored. >- -shara > Shara, you rule. Have you seen "it" yet? >Is Markusian humor an acquired taste or something? I think so. I also think that acquiring a taste for Markusian humor tends to ruin you for the regular kind. Have a good day, m'dears. carrie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 10:54:14 -0400 From: Jaki Hsieh Subject: im a newbie Hi guys.... I've been on for a couple of days now observing. I guess now is the time for an introduction? :) Well I am Jaki, I live in Durham, I'm 18. I have been a fan since November 97, I believe, and yes, it began with Brick. *ducks* But I do know all the other songs, I have all their albums, plus plenty of bootlegs and b-sides. I've seen them in concert twice now, once in Charlotte and at Walnut Creek. My 3rd time will be next week in Atlanta (wewp). I even have their autographs. So I must not be tooo bad ;). I know some of you must hang out in #benfoldsfive on undernet where u can find me almost anytime (hey i work tech support enough said :P). I go by SiNnAmOn. So you may already know me :). Ummmmm it would be cool to hook up sumtime fer a BFF concert whenever they came back this way. As long as your name is Kate and you arent from Chapel Hill. Maybe someday I will relate the Psycho Kate supposed BFF fan from Chapel Hill to ya :P Anyways thats me. Im obsessed with Ben, he is God. Jaki ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 11:44:29 -0400 From: Anne Lyons Subject: You rock! Hey all! First off... lemme say that I am as giddy as a schoolgirl over the MAss assault. It's wacky fun and I for one am happy that that guy I didn't even know asked us to come back. Now on to other important matters: Spencer Cordon... You ROCK! 'Brandy' is such a great song and you put it in my head where it hummed and kept me in a good mood all day. Don'tcha just love singing at the top of your lungs in your car: "Brandy... you're a fine girl (such a fine girl) What a good wife you would be (such a fine girl) But my love, my luck* and my lady... is the sea (doo doo n doo doo-n doo doo n doo doo)" As to Steely Dan... the hell witht he Crimson Tide bring on those Deacon Blues, Nineteen! You rock, boy! I will help you kick ass with my walker any day! Carrie: You rock! Your postscript about American Psycho made me laugh. And that makes me happy. Whcih is what counts! Markus: You rock! What has you as all frothy and fribbling* this fine week? Posting 'teehee' to the Fjord... Have you perchance found someone who... Heats your waffle iron? Greases your bike chain? Laces your sneakers? Double-clicks your mouse? Installs your air conditioning unit? Jettisons your cargo? Sinks your putt? Knits your afghan? Rakes your lawn? Recites your alphabet? Shifts your gears? Dials your phone? Waters your plants? Reformats your disks? *grin* FL: You Rock! I'm convinced God looks like Sean Connery. (Oh please let him look like Sean Connery!). As to being Sinforosa's Tour Manager: Hell yeah! They turn my crank and sweeten my tea! They even shrinkwrap my software! As to procuring booze and sex for the band & roadies... as long as someone takes a really awful still photo of me that VH1 can use in 35 years on 'Behind the Music: Sinforosa' when they talk about my contribution to the rise... and fall...** of the group. Everyone else: You all rock! I am filled with love for all fjordkind today! See ya! - -Anne * As Aaron-on-the-Armchair would say "Don't call me a Brickhead... Look it up!" *grin* ** Proclaimed in stentorian tones just like the VH1 voiceover ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 11:59:21 -0400 From: Anne Lyons Subject: Oh yeah... I almost forgot... Hey Matthew! Shut up already! Who cares about your ranting and raving and unwillingness to capitalize anything? And anyway... who died and made you head of Matthew's Militia? [What do you mean he created the militia? That's why it has his name in it? Wha...? Oh. OK.] Well... still... shut up. You suck. Well, actually, you rock. But someone needed to tell you to shut up, or so I've heard. So do it. And no complaints, either. Ben never liked you anyway... he only wanted to be your friend because you had an inground pool. Waxing incoherent, - -Anne ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 08:42:08 -0700 From: "Kamp, Marcus S" Subject: Armchair Quarterbackin' I'm havin' so much craic! These Armchairianites get upset so easily. Just tell 'em they're shyte & they think you mean it! Little do they know that we're enjoying a good laugh @ their anger/rage! Well, I'll include the same Bentent here as I did over on the Maddening Antagonism...does anyone know if the boys are returning Stateside after Europe. On the last couple tours, they've waited till then to hit Seattle & I'd really like it if they did so this year too. Don't they know how much I love them?! I worship their every note & bring more & more people into the fray by the second (NON-moshers, all!!!) & this is the thanks I get! They'll be sorry when I'm big, yes they will, yes they will! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 10:43:50 -0700 From: "Will Canzoneri" Subject: outre daniel I am on only 2 band mailing lists on the net: Ben Folds Five and Steely Dan. That would make Steely Dan like my 2nd or 3rd favorite band (if you wanna call it that)(The Flaming Lips are the other). So anyway, yeah, I'm a HUGE Dan fan, and if you wanna hear some BFF influence, listen to "Countdown To Ecstasy," and in particular, dig "My Old School." The perfect BFF cover. - --- "Reality, it's not for me, and it makes me laugh..." -The Beach Boys, 1971 Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 14:30:03 -0400 From: Anne Lyons Subject: Three in one day! It's me again! Just wanted to let y'all know that I almost just got into a car accident as I was driving out of the WalMart parking lot! Well, not really, but I sort of held up traffic after slamming on the brakes due to the fact that when I turned on the radio I heard the DJ say: "...working with him on Whatever and Ever Amen". HELL-o! This must be someone from Ben Folds Five, no? And it was. It was the one and only Robert Sledge talking via phone to Julie Kramer right after Leftover Lunch (the best radio program on... right, E?). So basically I had to pull over into a parking space for the remainder of the interview. I learned: + The Boys "occasionally" party with Beck's band, but more often they are inclined to eat with them. Or do yoga with them. Yes -- yoga. Apparently, Ben's girlfriend is a yoga instructor and has Beck's band "stretching out in all sorts of positions" and "raising their legs higher than they ever thought possible". + Robert is a very big fan of Sean Lennon's -- he thinks he is a superb artist. + He also thinks Beck's band is "tight... which is great to see. Sometimes bands aren't that tight." When the J told him that that is how she feels about Ben Folds Five he seemed a bit shocked and said: "Well, um, thanks a lot." + They will be heading to Australia and Japan after the European leg of the summer tour and then "back to the US to record an album" (So that answers that, Markus... they'll not be hitting the US again until after the next recording session...) And there was some other stuff that wasn't as earthshattering. Not that this was either. Just thought it would be of interest! I promise this will be my last post of the day! *grin* - -Anne ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 13:30:02 -0700 From: That Little Voice Inside Your Head Subject: READ THIS PLEASE Everyone who is going to the Gregory Show at the Troubadour, must respond to this letter! If you don't you may show up at Java Joe's on the 10th and we won't be able to give you a ride. So please respond all. Love Ya Long Time, Lora ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 21:35:25 -0400 From: spencerc@usit.net (Spencer Corden) Subject: Just put me in a retierment home... OK, you bunch of monkeys!!! Shara pens: <> Our beloved FL reminisces ("dialogue swam from his pen like pollywogs..."): <> Spencer puts in his teeth and replies: OK. Look. Dudes. Am I really *that* old? Do I hold the honor of oldest Filer at the young tender age of 27? I mean, sure, I know what day of the week social security checks come in on, but this is embarassing! ;-) Romanticized lyrics about women and pop drugs backed with rock/jazz tracks from some of the most talented studio musicians ever. I must admit though, an ex-girlfriend got me hooked on the Dan. And I know that deep down inside all of your BeFeF'n little hearts, you all would do a bit of booty shakin' if "Peg" was playing right now. Trivia: where did Steely Dan get their name? I'll tape the entire box set for the first person that emails me with the complete correct answer. No joking. ANNE, MARCUS: Thanks for keeping me in the loop on the "Armchair Massacre". That is *too* rich! Anne's line about being more powerful than a silent "e" had me on the floor! The most beautiful part was the almost Pavlovian response of the reactionary immature peanut gallery that made everyone leave the MA in the first place. Don't they realize that they're the damn punch line of the joke? But don't get me wrong. The nice responses from some of the MA'ers were cool as well. BENTENT: I'm still debating on this "Air" thing. I'm glad I got the Lounge-a-palooza CD for "Jelly", but is the Godzilla soundtrack worth the money? I'll tally the votes. I *am* dying to hear the BFF track, but perhaps not all of the extra baggage that comes along with it on the CD. I just can't get into this whole Puff Daddy thing for the life of me... I got absolutely *no* input from you guys on what type of music to do for that TV special, so I guess I'm stuck. This is the worst writers block I've ever had, and time is short. I've already gotten one idea rejected by the producer. I can see a trend on this, I think. Finally, I'm leaving on vacation for Orlando to see my sister tomorrow. Get this. She manages Cinderella's Castle in the Magic Kingdom. Free passes to all the parks for a whole week! How cool is that? I'll even get mouse ears for any of you with your name on them if you want. Just gimme a mailing address. I'm takin' the laptop, so I'll update youze guys on the whole Mickey & Minnie scandal that's going to be on Springer next week. Anybody want any postcards? Then off to Pawley's Island for some more vacation. Sweet bliss.... Well, I'm finished with my martini. I guess I'll split. Spencer "keepin' Metamucil and Depends in business" Corden ======================== "Clean this mess up or else we'll all end up in jail. Those test tubes and the scales--just get it all outta here" -Steely Dan, "Kid Charlemagne" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 21:49:35 -0400 From: Kristin Klevering Subject: CD singles heaven It all started when I got home from work, and there was this package at my door. My order from World Party music was here - and I only ordered on late Saturday! I am now the proud owner of two "Kate" Cd singles! The rest of my order (2 BOWCCL and 1 Uncle Walter) was labled no longer avaliable. Bummer, but at least I got part of it! I felt somewhat guilty about ordering $60 in CD singles in the first place, but I was all excited after getting home from Cedar Point that I went crazy! I went to a rollerskating party with my 7 y/o cousin tonight - talk about flashbacks! It was at the same rink I spent way too many nights at when I was in junior high - all decked out in my skin tight Jordache jeans (with the big ass comb in my right back pocket), spandex top, and tons of purple eyeshadow on my eyelids. That was definately not my attire this evening, mind you - I don't think I've worn eye shadow since my prom! It was so weird to skate there to techno-pop and not Journey and Sammy Hagar (I know this is dating me, but I know there are other filers who can relate - hopefully!). I even bought a glowstick for myself, as my cousin wanted me to have one just like hers - and I can't say I didn't mind actually being able to afford one and I wore it around my neck with pride. I've always loved glowsticks! I stopped at a favorite record store on my way home, on a whim, to see what they had, since I'm rarely out in that area anymore. Damn if I didn't find 2 "Underground" CD singles! The store also had the "Middle C" t-shirt displayed for sale! I already owned it, so but I was so tickled to see it avaliable. I almost bought WEAEA for the date I took to the Grand Rapids show, but we're going to do some CD shopping tomorrow after we go to dinner, so I'll buy it for him then. Note to Eric - Ed is NOT my boyfriend! I know he and I act like we are, but I refuse to call him my boyfriend. Never mind that we've been dating for a few months, but I'm still adamantly against having a man in my life again. I'm still not ready. Hell, I'll never be ready until my dying day (or wedding day, if that ever happens)! Does anyone know if there are still tickets avaliable for the Atlanta show? Let me know, I am seriously considering flying out there for it. Later - Kristin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 20:25:28 -0700 From: That Little Voice Inside Your Head Subject: READ THIS PLEASE For everyone to know On the 10th Farmer's Market is in O.B. so you should get there early, parking is a pain. Love Ya Long Time, Lora ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V1 #144 *********************************