From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V1 #159 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 Saturday, June 20 1998 Volume 01 : Number 159 Today's Filings: ----------------- Another Love Note from Kathy-rin semitent a bit ahem Re: Real World LA Re: Real World LA ACK Like walking in the rain... Kiss me kiss me kiss me! I'm a dork Joplin is my friend Awwww.. yah.. Seafood UFO I spot a sexpot! BFF to be on TV July 4 on ABC. random stuff X-Rockford Files my ben dream ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 03:57:14 EDT From: HndOfChaos@aol.com Subject: Another Love Note from Kathy-rin Hey, all-- MY VID: Glad you all liked it, but I haven't a clue as to why I can't count to four properly...Apparently it goes 3, 2, 4, 1. Sorry, but now You Are Informed. COURTNEY: All right, this is going to sound downright Bizarre with a capital "B" but I think you need to hear this. I had the weirdest dream! It was right reading after your post, too...I was reading The Files before I went to bed. I only remember reading the newspaper and seeing that "Radio powerhouse KROQ 106.7 FM is proud to introduce the merging of Loveline [WHAT?] and Courtney Knopf's 'New Music' show {HUH?}"...It was a little one paragraph story...but somehow...I'm not quite sure. It's all blurry in my mind! Help! What does it mean? What DOES it mean? I GIVE UP ON YOU GUYS: Okay...I'm a Faery Bike Messenger with Purple Hair and Piercings Everywhere Who Lives In San Francisco. Actually, I lived in SF for a few years a while ago....BUT, that still doesn't explain Why I Don't Have Cable. I've seen...oh...15 minutes of non-music video MTV in my life. I think I'm actually grateful.... SCOTT...: Is that a "nope" to you're in denial or a "nope" to your brain chemistry has been drastically altered by *The Grits*? Would you stop taking those mind-altering drugs already....?!?!? > A: Just a thought...Maple Leaf Rag wasn't the only rag by Scott Joplin, > though it's the most famous w/the word "Rag" in the title. There may > well have been a "Pineapple Rag", although I may not know what the hell > I'm talkin' about. Daarrr! OH YEAH? Take this! (thanks for the answer anyways, AHopk52682@aol.com.....) Fig Leaf Rag, Gladiolus Rag, The Magnetic Rag, Maple Leaf Rag, The Paragon Rag, Pineapple Rag, Reflection Rag, Roseleaf Rag, Searchlight Rag, Stoptime Rag, Sugar Cane Rag, Sunflower Slow Drag, Wall Street Rag... KATIE: Welcome to the..er...family! > So that was my first post. It's quite possible I might post again. Oh, and > anyone on AOL, we usually all go into a chatroom and make fun of each other > for hours on end. We usually participate in this activity nightly at like 10 > est. We would love it if you would join us.. we're running out of people to > make fun of. (And no, I'm not "Bangli") Excellent suggestion...here's the link... Arts and Entertainment - Ben Folds Five Then again, be prepared for conversation like this: "Ginger said that Scott said that Katie said that he was obssessed with her..." > Scott (read: not Dawson). HA! Oh, and I volunteer Katie to bear Meredith Brooks (Markus' love-child). Either that, or ***EVIL*** Ginger... ~Kathryn THE STRANGEST THINGS "Howard, the strangest things have happened lately..." http://members.xoom.com/HndOfChaos ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 06:58:53 -0500 (CDT) From: LaRubia@bigfoot.com (Carrie) Subject: semitent a bit Sara of the FieryLox: I totally know what you mean. I know that in concert they must try to fit in all the sex grooves. (I have to say, though, I thought Completely Pleased was pretty obvious: "I want to see you smiling, weak in the knees / I want to see you come, come, completely pleased".) The one that I didn't see the duality of until the concert was "Delicious". The lyrics are mostly harmless, so I always wondered why they gave it that heavily-percussed (is that a word, Marcus?), heavy bass feel. Then I realized during the concert that is ALL ABOUT giving a girl head. "You're delicious, aw you sweet thing, you got somethin' I should open wide for" But that's off "Great Divide", which I haven't listened to in ages because it is sacred and does NOT go onto a tape for my car. Movies? Delicatessen, Kicking and Screaming, Hombre Mirando al Sureste, Jacob's Ladder, To Die For... I'm sure I'll think of others later. "That bitch took my money and she went to Chicago!" Scott - I met you in Chicago, right? I may have been battling hangover, espresso, beer, and massive amounts of nicotine, but I don't think you look I thing like Dawson. Maybe I'm crazy... Off to work carrie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 08:17:32 -0400 From: Sean Kiely Subject: ahem >Scott: I do fear, however, that they're coming to an end soon here... what exactly do you mean by that? - -- Sean Kiely "http://www2.cybernex.net/~jekiely/" Sean Kiely's New and Improved Static-Free non-frames anything/nothing web page extravaganza with lotsa links. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 08:53:02 -0400 From: Jaki Hsieh Subject: Re: Real World LA >Clayton: Puck was in SF. There's been no LA cast yet, has there? >Courtney, you game? There was a LA real world, it was the 2nd one. The one where they kicked out David for taking off Tami's blanket and called him a rapist :P Remember? I wish there would be another LA cast I would LOVE to be in it. I miss LA *sniffy* I miss the Chinese food in good ole Chinese town. Jaki ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 08:52:54 -0400 From: Jaki Hsieh Subject: Re: Real World LA >Clayton: Puck was in SF. There's been no LA cast yet, has there? >Courtney, you game? There was a LA real world, it was the 2nd one. The one where they kicked out David for taking off Tami's blanket and called him a rapist :P Remember? I wish there would be another LA cast I would LOVE to be in it. I miss LA *sniffy* I miss the Chinese food in good ole China town. Jaki ============================================================ Jaki Hsieh AKA SiNnAmOn sinnamon@mindspring.com | ICQ 2295378 http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/4832/ "I wanna live with a Sinnamon Girl, I can be happy the rest of my life with a Sinnamon Girl..." ============================================================ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 08:54:28 -0400 From: Jaki Hsieh Subject: ACK I think I just posted the same message twice :/ Please forgive me Jaki ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:09:24 -0400 From: Anne Lyons Subject: Like walking in the rain... ... and the snow When there's nowhere to go And you feel like a part of you is dying... Hey all! So, anyway... I'm driving home yesterday, flipping stations (there were commercials on FNX, E, I swear! *grin*) and what to my wondering ears should appear? But a mention of BNL's new album (OK, OK.. so that doesn't exactly rhyme.). ANYWAY... Barenaked Ladies newest will be out in early July, and this radio station played the newest single off of it. It... F'in... ROCKED! Now, I like BNL, so I was psyched to hear it anyway... but it blew me away! In typical BNL fashion, they threw a million pop references at you in a very fast paced lyrical onslaught. BNL rapping. So listen for it (if ya haven't already heard it, that is!). So for those of y'all who are BNL fans and are curious... here are the lyrics for One Week. It's been one week since you looked at me/cocked your head to side and said I'm angry/Five days since you laughed at me saying/get that together come back and see me/Three days since the living room, I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you/ Yesterday you'd forgiven me, but it'll still be two days till I say I'm sorry. Hold it now and watch the hoodwink/As I make you make you stop, think/You'll think you're looking at Aquaman/I summon fish to the dish, although I like the Chalet Swiss/And I like the sushi cause it's never touched a frying pan Hot like wasabe when I bust rhymes/Big like Leanne Rimes/Because I"m all about value/Bert Kempfert's got the mad hits/You try to match wits, You try to hold me but I bust through Gonna make a break and take a fake/I'd like a stinkin achin shake/I like vanilla, it's the finest of the flavours/Gotta see the show, cause then you'll know/The vertigo is gonna grow/Cause it's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad/Tryin hard not to smile though I feel bad/I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral/Can't understand what I mean?/Well, you soon will/I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve/I have a history of taking off my shirt It's been one week since you looked at me/Threw your arms in the air and said You're crazy/Five days since you tackled me/I've still got the rug burns on both my knees/It's been three days since the afternoon/You realized it's not my fault not a moment too soon/Yesterday you'd forgiven me/And now I sit back and wait till you say you're sorry Chickity China the Chinese chicken/You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'/Watchin X-Files with no lights on, we're dans la maison/I hope the Smoking man's in this one/Like Harrison Ford I'm Frantic/Like Sting I'm tantric/Like Sinckers, Guaranteed to satisfy/Like Kurasawa I make mad films/Ok I don't make films/But if I did they'd have a Samurai/Gonna get a set of better clubs/gonna find the kind with tiny nubs/just so my iron's aren't always flyin' off the back swing/gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon/Cause the cartoon has got the boom amino babes/that make me think the wrong thing How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad/Trying hard not to smile though I feel bad/I'm the kind of guy who laughes at a funeral/Can't understand what I mean?/Well you soon will/I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve/I have a history of losing my shirt It's been One Week since you looked at me/dropped your arms to your sides and said I'm sorry/Five days since I laughed at you and said/You just did just what I thought you were gonna do/Three days since the Living room/We realzied we're both to blame, but what could we do?/Yesterday you just smiled at me/Cause it'll still be two days till we say we're sorry. I think my favorite lines are "Like Sting I'm tantric" and in the chorus "How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad?" and "I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve/I have a history of losing my shirt" Just. Too. Cool. And of course... I defy you to dislike the lines: "... I make mad films/OK, I don't make films/But if I did they'd have a Samurai" As to my favorite films (in no particular order) well, y'all already know I love Bull Durham... and I too, love Field of Dreams (I agree... it's about so much more than baseball!). Princess Bride* seems to get better and better each time I watch it. "That word... I do not think it means what you think it means." Andofcourse, being the romantic sap that I am... Gone With the Wind* is just the best. What else? Hmmmm... Pope of Greenwich Village, Unforgiven, A Fish Called Wanda, Braveheart, Star Wars (can I hear a shout, FL?), Lonesome Dove* (even though it was for TV!), Muriel's Wedding, When Harry Met Sally, African Queen, Casablanca, Gaslight... and I know there's still more that I just can't think of right now. But I love the thread, Jay! Always looking for good movies to rent... especially with all the good tv shows on hiatus! Carrie- Of COURSE we miss you! Good to hear that you are expanding your horizons beyond receptionizing! Let me know if you ever want assistance with your resumizing... I have been known to put together a kick ass resume! I mean... mine got me at least an interview at all but one of hte places I applied... so that record is pretty good, huh? Sandi- I was just teasing about the SandiEmilyCalvinSpeak (SECspeak for short)! But I am glad to hear that there is a new guy for you to debauch! *grin* Anyway... that's really all I had to say. Bentent? None. I don't think... Nope, none. Take care and have a great weekend! - -Anne * But the books are better! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:13:56 -0500 From: "Scott Schneider" Subject: Kiss me kiss me kiss me! >SCOTT...: Is that a "nope" to you're in denial or a "nope" to your >brain chemistry has been drastically altered by *The Grits*? Would >you stop taking those mind-altering drugs already....?!?!? It was a "nope" as in "nope, I look nothing like the guy, and you are all on crack." >"Ginger said that Scott said that Katie said that he was obssessed with >her..." And it's all completely true! Okay, now that everyone who isn't Ginger, Katie, Sara, Lucy, or Sanders (did I miss anyone?) is confused and skimming past all of this "inside-content" stuff... Well, we'll just add more non-Bentent! X-Files movie tonight... anyone else going? I wonder if this is going to suck as hardcore as the show has for the past season. We can hope not, but I have a sinking feeling, anyway... but I suppose Gillian Anderson being a hottie makes up for it? At least my roommate tells me it's worth going for her alone... I trust his judgement. My favorite movies: Well... I have to mention Happy Gilmore because it holds a special place in my heart that is completely unexplainable. Others faves are Leaving Las Vegas (I love Nicolas Cage!), the Tarantino movies that DIDN'T suck (Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs), and... some other stuff that I can't think of right now. I'm a sucker for John Woo and Audrey Hepburn (though not working on the same film, obviously) as well. So I've rumours of both an upcoming Rhode Island show and a Nashville show, but neither have really been verified yet. If anyone is keeping all of this information to themselves, step forward and feel free to share with others... I'm ready to FLY again, baby! See, that was Bentent. This post ain't all drivel. Just mostly. Scott ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 11:15:36 EDT From: BlueJellow@aol.com Subject: I'm a dork Hey Everybody..... I'm joining Katie and saying...helloo! My first post on the Rockford Files. I promise I won't do this often. I went to Atlanta. I was in line for about 20 minutes...hehheee. I posted a review on the Armchair. I only met Kim cause I only had the guts to meet one person... and plus I saw Sanders. But next time, I'm gonna let Ginger and Katie stuff grits down my throat.... I promise. Yes yes, the AOL people have been talking up a considerable amount of my time every night in a damn chatroom. But it's quite fun because the combination of Kathryn and Katie is very hilarious. Plus it's *very* sexy. Sara: When I think about it, BFF is also among one of the more sexually charged bands. I mean, every concert I've been to, I get to see Ben walk around with no shirt on and strut. Plus I mean, Ben IS sex, now isn't he? heheheheee. I wanna see Semisonic in concert though. Lucy Rob "Touching our hands, wondering why, it's time for saying goodbye...."---Kermit...awwwwww ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 11:45:01 EDT From: AHopk52682@aol.com Subject: Joplin is my friend In a message dated 98-06-19 03:26:14 EDT, you write: > A: Just a thought...Maple Leaf Rag wasn't the only rag by Scott Joplin, > though it's the most famous w/the word "Rag" in the title. There may > well have been a "Pineapple Rag", although I may not know what the hell > I'm talkin' about. Daarrr! OK, Marcus: You've forced me to REALLY de-lurk (because just a short post like my last one is really not a de-lurking). Yes, there is a piece by Scott Joplin called "Pine Apple Rag"-- note that it's not "Pineapple"-- but on the ConnecteD site (I think that's what started this shit in the first place, isn't it?), Ben plays "Maple Leaf Rag." "Pine Apple Rag" isn't very popular, and really is, in my opinion, one of Scottie's lesser works. As for other rags, um... let's see: "The Entertainer," which we all played at age 5, right? "Weeping Willow," "The Easy Winners," "Peacherine Rag," "The Sycamore," "The Favorite," "Something Doing," and tons more, but I think I've stepped WAY into konw-it-all asshole territory, and that's certainly not where I meant to go. Oh well. What else am I supposed to do with a master's degree in piano performance? God knows no one's hiring me because of it. A.J. Oh, and did you grow up in Okla? Where? I'm around OKC these days. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 12:26:04 EDT From: ILuvRobS@aol.com Subject: Awwww.. yah.. Now I'm bearing love children? What the heck? At least I don't have purple hair and I'm a bike messanger. Road rules.. hmm. . can I be Oscar? Chock full of Puerto Rican pride. I think I have a lot of puerto rican pride. Plus I'm a bull.. *snort* My ben dream: (Yes, I need it analyzed.) So Ben and the guys come and play my high school. (Background info on my high school: It's in the middle of white-bred america, but for some reason we have all these gangstas at my school. They wear really nice clothes.. but they're all 20 sizes too big. They talk in a language I can't understand, and personally they're quite frightening. Markus, you lived in Kansas City.. didn't you? Are you familiar with the Shawnee Mission School District?) For some reason there was a laundry mat at my high school. My friends and I are walking around, and they spot Ben in the laundry mat. Of course they send me in there to go see if it his him. I walk in there and I spot Ben.. only his head is shaved! I walk over to him, and I'm wearing this really doofy looking sun hat. Ben says to me: "I screwed up my hair, can I wear your hat?" He puts it on. Now you must realize that this is a dorky sun hat that your grandmas wear to go gardening in. (No offense to anyone that has ever worn one) It's not that it didn't look ok on me, but the image of it on Ben was frightening. Then we walk around the school trying to find something, but it's really never revealed throughout the whole dream. The whole dream is plotted out like a scooby doo episode, with music and everything. What does it MEAN? What were we looking for? Why was Ben wearing my sun hat? So many questions.. My favorite movies are anything cheesy, and from the 80's. My current favorite Cheesy 80's/early 90's movies are: Big Girls Don't Cry (with the sister from Home Alone in it), Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (with Helen Hunt, Jonathan Silverman, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Shannon Dorthery (I can't spell)), The Day My Parents Ran Away, Breakin', Adventures In Babysitting (not cheesy, but SO good), and many more. I actually have a list of them because I have no life. I had a dream.. does that count as Bentent? If not: If they did indeed play a couple of shows after coming home from abroad, do you think they would play some new material? I want opinions.. lots of 'em. Ginger.. I want my biker picture. - - Katie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 11:47:47 -0500 (CDT) From: wplusb@ix.netcom.com Subject: Seafood UFO <> Let's set the record straight, not much is cooler than Anne. As for joining DSST, Anne, you are a prime candidate. It would be an exciting career move, in my opinion. You would have to relocate though. Do you know anything about detailing cars? <<2.) Calvin, Em, and Sandi -- you guys make me laugh, even though I don't ever know what you are talking about!>> Neat. I'm glad that somebody else is as amused by us other than the three lost sheep. Less than two months until the Boys of Beastie and Q-Tip tear some shit up at the Rivieria. Oh yeah. Oh, everyone wish Calvin good luck as she is off to Minneapolis to defend her title of Advertising Queen of the Midwest...if she wins this round, she will be the undefeated heavyweight Advertising Queen of the World, and she'll sell you a Hallmark card and an ad space in the Michigan State paper before she crushes you with the power of her ability to get any beer bottle open anywhere. Happy Father's Day! Emily ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 13:18:44 EDT From: FieryLox@aol.com Subject: I spot a sexpot! OK, not to beat a dead horse here (or use a stupid cliche...), but seeing as we have all these remarkably intelligent, witty people (oh, and sexpots, I forgot the sexpots!) on the Files, I have a question to pose: Does Ben write sexy music? After all that Semisonic stuff, I was thinking about it, and while Ben may emit sex waves just because he's a cool guy, I couldn't think of a single SEXY Ben Folds Five song! Does BFF make make-out albums? I don't know! Ack! Sheesh, these teenagers today! Toodles! Sara ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 13:50:26 -0500 From: Sanders Hall Subject: BFF to be on TV July 4 on ABC. ATTENTION NEW BENTENT!!! Subject: ABC's Independence Day concert (U.S.) (July 4) Ben Folds Five is one of the artists scheduled to appear on this show, which is scheduled to air on ABC on July 4, 1998 from 11:30pm - 1:00am, EST (times may vary; check local listings!) Other artists include the Dave Matthews Band, Foo Fighters, Matchbox 20, and Tori Amos. The concert segments will be taped June 26-28 at the Glastonbury Music Festival in Glastonbury, England. Special thanks to Danielle, Jennie, and Gina for informing me. You can see this listed on the RockOnTV web site (ww.rockontv.com). Sanders P.S.- Check out http://bffirc.home.pages.de for Atlanta concert media! Sound Clips and more pics to be posted soon. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 16:26:49 -0500 From: Clayton Smith Subject: random stuff Before we start the maddness, there has been an L.A. real world cast and no, the character puck wasnt from it...he was from the S.F. cast but i havent seen either of those really at all so it was my mistake.....and in a related note....all the real world seattle ppl seem to be horny.....except for the two quiet girls....we will have to see what happens...also quickly i will say that someone posted a great little light bulb story on the MA that made me laugh... Scott: way to go on the crack remark! Lets all be nice to scott! I would be offended if i was compared to dawson too......even thought i dont watch the show ive seen a little piece of it once... Kathryn: we all love you here.......but to clarify...eric called you a bike messenger with colored hair, i thought he was making a reference to puck from the real world....im pretty sure your not a fairy..... Jess: I think those ppl ripping you on the MA were really out of it. Thank you for being out there and trading. I think ppl fail to see you were doing a service to ppl and they are attacking you for telling them that you are stopping...they should really respect the fact that you do it at all Anne: your post where you made many references to morphine sounded very normal, so thats good Spencer: Since you seem to know the system around here.....where does anne get her morphine??? just testing your knoledge. and start posting more often...your posts are awesome.....also i heard that craig kilborn is gonna leave the daily show when his contract runs out to host the late late show with tom snyder or whatever....it made me mad.... Clayton Smith ctsmith@onr.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 23:10:52 -0400 From: Amanda McClintock Subject: X-Rockford Files Well haven't I been silent. Man those two weeks I spent in California have really gotten me behind on my RF writings. I feel like a cat who ran away from home, and when I finally found my way back home all the other cats wouldn't accept me back in.... Well maybe not, that's a bit to melodramatic, I really don't know why I wrote that but I feel like not taking the time to backspace and erase it. I open my stupid, habitually analogical mind to you, my filer friends. No true BENtent at this time. Except that I haven't been quite as excited as I was tonight since the BFF show in Grand Rapids. I saw the X-Files movie. Now I am a fan of the show, but I don't know Mulder's birthday. But even if you have never seen an X-Files episode but love high suspense, aliens, and big booms then see this film! Now the last item on my agenda this evening is to inform you hear at the RF that I now have am ICQ # 14280746. If any of you are on this little chat system and would like more BFF chat in your life let me know your #'s! I just can't get enough of you people (Kristin,Eric,etc) I also have AIM (McClin22). Til then take it easy Amanda ~I want to believe~ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 01:44:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Katy Demcak Subject: my ben dream I had the nicest Ben dream last night. Really, it was one of the best dreams I've ever had, but it was one of those dreams that are great when you are having them and then when you try to explain them, they don't make much sense or seem as great... But I will tell you all anyway. Warning: it is very strange, and probably reveals many hidden things about my state of mind. If anyone wants to Annelyze it, feel free! OK, so Ben & Jerry's was having this special promotion thing, and there were these cryptic messages on the containers that would say things like "Keep looking" and no one knew what they were about. Then one day I got a container with an invitation to go to Vermont near their factory and sleep under the stars and see something special. So I decided to go, and there weren't very many people there, only like 75, and one of them was Ben. And, of course, in my dream I knew him and was friends with him already and so I had my sleeping back next to his. Everyone was just in sleeping bags, no tents or anything. And everyone was laying on their back, looking up at a perfectly clear, beautiful starry night and there were these cool people in hot-air balloon-type things up in front of the moon. It's really hard to describe. So I said, this reminds me of that line in Video, and so Ben started singing it, except it wasn't the Video we know, it was some other song completely. And I drempt up this whole new song with lyrics and harmony, and when I woke up I could sing it but then I forgot it when I fell back asleep. Anyway, it was messed up, but it was a very good dream. xoxo Katy ________ Katy Demcak kdemcak@wellesley.edu http://wilbur.wellesley.edu/a-m/kdemcak/kdemcak.html "I don't want you to lose your inhibitions/Just to be a bit more flexible by dictionary definitions/Be a bit more ductile like me" -- Ben Lee ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V1 #159 *********************************