From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V1 #168 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 Sunday, June 28 1998 Volume 01 : Number 168 Today's Filings: ----------------- Clarification cha-cha-cha part 2 Dave Holmes, VJ to the masses Re: The Rockford Files V1 #167 yadda yadda yadda office town?! where the hell did THAT come from? a new brickhead Road Rules...I've been gone a while I saved Ben's life! just a warning to bootleg holders ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 08:39:46 -0400 From: Sean Kiely Subject: Clarification cha-cha-cha part 2 just to clarify again, I figured whoever wrote about bff being a quintet was joking, but I figured if they weren't I would at least try and clear it up in a civilized manner. I didn't mean to come off like an asshole, it wasn't my intention, so sorry. sean ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 08:51:26 -0400 From: Sean Kiely Subject: Dave Holmes, VJ to the masses yeah, second post, sorry. MTV tried this whole wanna be a VJ thing, and don't ya know it they end up with a true headcase on their hands, turning out to be the popular favorite. They also have the runner up, a truly worthy contestant who knows a lot about music (who also chose philosophy as his favorite song ever). So MTV lets Jesse on the air for a couple of weeks so the mindless teens who watch the show see that MTV was for real on this whole wanna be a vj thing, but eventually they let the really qualified contestant have the job. I've rambled a whole lot... it's too early on a Saturday morning... damn the Mets lost last night..... sean PS Bentent... I'm starting a web page called The Hardback Cafe, and I need ideas for interesting original content to put on it. Any suggestions are good suggestions. I plan to have the page up by the end of the summer, so whenever, but please!! :) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 09:07:16 -0500 From: john_oc@juno.com Subject: Re: The Rockford Files V1 #167 So. Erik, slow down on the whole Road Rules thing...you gave me no time to come up with a story for Episode One. Episode Two goes up today, and I made it to Episode One late last night about the time Jen was making that homepage(good job, Jen). I need more time...give us just like one more day, and we'll all be fine. I had to post on this Belle and Sebastian thread, as I wrote an article for the Columbus Dispatch(that never got printed!!!!!), but it did get printed in my school newspaper, that was a best of 1997. #1? Belle and Sebastian. I think that if you are feeling sinister is the best thing to happen to pop music since our beloved's self titled debut. I have since tracked down the three Ep's and a copy of the first album, entitled, Tigermilk. It is even better than the new one!!! So brilliant...I may have to start a tape tree to get this out to the masses! ps. #2 Radiohead - OK Computer #3 Spiritualized - ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space #4 Folk Implosion - Dare to be Surprised #5 Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On #6 Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen #7 Pavement - Brighten The Corners #8 Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One #9 Bob Dylan - Time out of Mind #10 Common - One Day I'tll all make Sense John( I wonder why it didn't get printed, oh, I didn't include Paula 'freakin' Cole...and whilst some of you may like her, her album IS NOT one of the best 5 of the year, not even top 20.... "Close your eyes and you'll see nothing at all, or maybe it's just everything at once." --Modest Mouse _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 11:18:17 EDT From: Sandibrady@aol.com Subject: yadda yadda yadda Alright, so I'm totally out of the loop on this RFRW thing...I guess that's what happens when you work 10-12 hour days and don't have time to do your email. ugh. Anyway, I know I'm in the Winnie, which is really cool. So can I make out with a guy while trying to convince him to sing "Brick" to me? Anyway...I have no interesting tid-bits of info to add today, besides the fact that I am on my way to have lunch with my sister and then we're heading to the mall to tear Victoria's Secret apart in search of cute panties in size XS, which is almost impossible to find unless they just got a new shipment in. Gotta love spending $20 for 4 pairs. Yikes. Isn't my life exciting? I tell ya, when I'm not seeing BF5 or Wallflowers shows, I'm raiding VS...gotta love it. See y'all later. Sandra Dee Ahhh, if anyone's interested in seeing some very strange photos of me and 2 cute boys, they are posted at: http://members.aol.com/Sandibrady for a short time. I put them up there so a few friends (could have trouble with attatched files) could see them, but they'll be coming down soon. They're not exactly what I would call the best photos of me, but they're funny nonetheless. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 15:01:22 -0500 From: luckybastard1@juno.com (Hannah B Kuhlmann) Subject: office town?! where the hell did THAT come from? hi. . .I haven't posted in about a month! dammit. but I'm back now, and it feels really nice, like my whole house was full of naked hermaphrodites or something. Basically what happened was I moved home for the summer, got new e-mail, new internet access, and it jsut took a while to get all my shit sorted out so I could post. my new favorite BFF thing in the whole fucking world: the face Robert makes in the BOWCCL video when the Cure lyric comes up. Ok, something that you'll actually care about on some slightly meaningful level. . .I'm finally updating my webpage with more sheet music and some rumors and news you guys have already heard. I haven't touched the sorry thing in a month, so this is much needed (and anticipated by millions of fans? um. . probably NOT.) the mix tape site sounds like a great idea - I think we should be required to construct/write humorous, attractive or at least interesting tape jackets as well. Isn't that one of the lovely bonuses of trading mix tapes? like I said, it's nice to be back. :) - -Hannah _________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/1094/ your Ben Folds Five resource center online since 1997 _________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 16:24:36 -0400 From: Jessica Brandt Subject: a new brickhead Hey i was working with my friend Mark (at work. we work together..) and we started talking about movies..godzilla...soundtrack....mark say he just got WEAEA. he told me that he had heard Brick and didn't know who did it, but he went into Best Buy and started singing it to the girls who worked there and they FINALLY came up with BFF. this is what he says about "brick" -- "there's only a few songs that have come out in the last 15 years that can really touch a person so deeply, and be so perfect about explaining a sensitive topic. this is one of them." He said he hadn't gotten a chance to listen to the whole album. He did love "SFTD" because his wife just divorced him (which i can't figure out, because he is THE PERFECT GUY). This leads me to believe that he'll like "Fair" and "Selfless..."....probably even "Missing the War" and "Evaporated" (this guy also tells me that HD Thoreau send him messages in the oak leaves...). Guess what, tho. His ex-wife's name is Kate. i shit you not. He hasn't heard "kate" yet but i don't think he will get into it :) that's all jess **************************************************************** I'm not just naked, I'm Naked for Jesus!!! * --+-Read The Shrubbery-+-- * http://www.theshrubbery.prohosting.com --New Every Month- -Humor, News and More-- * Ben Folds Five International Fans Page * http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Backstage/6814/fans.html --Get a "Ben" Pal- -Now Spans 11 Countries-- **************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 16:45:00 EDT From: Lennonita@aol.com Subject: Road Rules...I've been gone a while Fearless leader, I've been away from the computer since Tuesday. So if you've sent me anything private about the Road Rules thing, I kinda deleted it when I was just trying to weed out unwanted mail. I don't know what's going on. Help me. Also, I won't be online nearly as frequently as I have been in the past because I'm in New York now and can only access my mail when I'm at my boyfriend's house which will be a few times a week at most. I don't know if this screws up your Road Ruling plans but...whatever. E-mail me. To everyone else...Hi. New York is cool. I'm in the Winnie! I'm in the Winnie! YAY! Megan ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 16:38:01 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: I saved Ben's life! I saved Ben's life! And Roberts, and Darrens... at least in my dream.... anyone care to analyse this little gem for me? =-) (this is one of many bff dreams I had... most of them I had before the RF ever existed though...) on with the dream.... At the end of this little used street was a club... it was a swing club, and mainly had swing bands come play. Well, I found myself there, and I was looking at the list of bands playing, and I saw BFF listed... not once, but 2 times in one night. They were going to play a set of ragtime music, and then a set of regular music. I was thougholy surprised, first of all that I didn't know about this ahead of time, and second of all because they were playing 2 sets at this little known club. So I decide to go in. But, see, it was a bar on the inside. And there was a room, like an entry way, and then the actual bar where the band was. So, I'm peaking in, and afriad to go in because I am only 20 and all... but my dad was with me, and he said go in and see if there is an empty chair and just take it. So, I go in. They are playing Tom and Mary, sort of... but more variations and without the lyrics. I see an empty stool, and I ask if it is taken. It is. The bar isn't that crowded, and though everyone is watching, no one seems particularly interested. No one is talking, and no one is smiling or seeming to be havnig a good time. I notice someone standing up in front of the stage, but back in the back of the crowd. He is alone. And he seems suspicious. And I get a feeling, a gut feeling something very bad is about to happen. I go and tell my dad who was waiting for me outside. He gets out a gun and hands it to me. Then he gets out one for himself. And we go in. Sure enough, the lone man has a gun. He is going to shoot My Boys. I try to push the hammer down, youi know, so I can shoot the gun, but it is sooooo hard, finally I get it though. But the bad guy hears me, and he turns around, I fire, but the gun is so heavy and it misses, and hits the ground near his feet. he is on to me. I have to do something. I fire again. Again, I miss. It goes into the crowd and doesn't hit anyone fortunatly. It is odd, no one freaks out, screams, runs... they all seem very uninterested, nonchalant... nursing their beers... The bad guy runs into a hallway where the bathrooms are. He comes back with a rifle. He points it at me. This is it. I'm going to die. One chance. I have one shot before he turns the gun onme, and then Ben. I point the gun at him. I get it ready, and am so unsure of my aim, so I take a step or 2 closer. and I shoot. I hit him in the heart. he dies. And I fall over, I faint. my back hurts, and I sob. Darren walks by. I say "I just saved your life." "I know, thanks!" "Darren, I love you." "Wow, thanks" "No really, and I have for a couple of years now. Way before Brick!" And he smiles, and keeps walking. And I sob. And I wake up. What does this mean? I have more dreams too... not all bff related, but interesting to analyze nontheless. lates, STacy Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba --Ben Folds Five "Fair" http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq #7641939 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:52:10 -0400 From: vito Subject: just a warning to bootleg holders so me and my girlfriend go to the movies to see the new kurt and courtney movie. i accidently pull into the valet parking drive, so we are kinda stuck with valet parking. Anyway, we were (of course) cranking the Jellyfish on the way there, and apparently the valet guy really likes the Jellyfish too! so, he must have seen the OTHER TAPE in the JELLYFISH CASE and thought it was a different jellyfish tape, so he decides to take it... thinking it was the jellyfish. Well, right now, hes probably at home, pressing play, listening to a crowd cheering, and hearing BEN FOLDS motherfucking FIVE, NOT JELLYFISH!!!!! yes thats right, the fucker took my Ypsilanti bootleg. DIE! DIE! DIE!!!!!!! KILL!!!! BURN!!!! HATE! DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!! the empty ben case was still in the car and spilt milk was still in the player. it all makes sense now... when i got the car back, ill never forget that little conversation... "hey man, what tape is that?" "what?" "that tape thats playing" "oh, thats the jellyfish" "hmm the jellyfish, thanks dude" "yeah, they rock" i took it as a big joke at first; i made fun of the guy calling me "dude," but it certainly isnt funny now. the moral of this story, kids, PROTECT YOUR BOOTLEGS! MAKE SEVERAL BACKUP COPIES OF THEM. you never know when disaster might strike. whatever and ever vito BBB EEEE N N FFFF OO L DD SS FFFF I V V EEEE B B E NN N F O O L D D S F I V V E BBB EEE N N N FFF O O L D D S FFF I V V EEE B B E N NN F O O L D D S F I V V E BBB EEEE N N F goATman1@geOCitiES.com F I V EEEE - ----- http://www.Geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/7544/bf5.html ----- ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V1 #168 *********************************