From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V1 #228 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, August 29 1998 Volume 01 : Number 228 Today's Filings: ----------------- rockumentry Rah rah rah ranting from teh underground Last Post Shocker! unsolicited email always brings an element of suprise Stuff I've been meaning to write about... The rush is on.... Markus Is For the Children North by Northwest Re: jump little children [none] I like talk soup TMBG and the RF ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 18:54:51 +0930 From: helen Subject: rockumentry Hullo there, >australia rules. we have the best beer in the world bar none, Except for VB. Anyone ever wanting to visit australia should be forewarned that VB is the worst beer you can get in australia. Apart fromt hat our beer is the best. Strong.. cold.. SmAshing! >bentent being that there is a BFF rockumentary coming out sometime. cause i just found that out. >so that's what all the cameras were for. Yup, MTV on optusvision.. whichreminds me to email my uncle to make him tape it. 'PLEAsE UNCLE AnDY.. you might see me having a huge fight with some silly bimbo in teh front row how only moved for brick and when the camera was on her'. Im assuming ti will be on soonish tho. So must email. >"australian music is cool" >Damn right. A year ago you would never have got me going away from >American/English tunes, but today? Well, they've just got this _sound_, you >know? Especially the Mavis' and the Fauves and Cordrazine. Superb. >Unfortunately, they just don't get the promotion over here (why does this >sound like BFF?) and their cd's have to be imported specially for anyone >who wants to buy it. Everyone.. we must THANK luke loverly girlfriend (in melbourne somewhere) for this man being so well influenced. Hope to see you sometime when you get here if you do Luke! >laughed at...we're going to beat you hands down, matie! Easily. That's >right Kirst, I said _England_ will beat _Australia_! *snorts into hand* Umm this is not Bf5 relted i know.. but erm... this is ridiculous.. we all KNOW australia is better at cricket. Oh and i wasnt at crowded houses farewell coz i couldnt afford the ticket to nsw by bus train or plane :{ i did watch on tele however. > 2) I'M GOING TO SEE TMBG!!!!! You see, They Might Be Giants makes >it a habit to stop in Ann Arbor whenever their schedulign permits, and >I've missed the past couple of times they were in town. Not this time, 'robert and John hang out at disco together' ** "So it's like a global village?' 'Yeah.. but it's just us your not invited' Oh erm sorry for that.. its just that DAMM interview on recovery with bf5 dressed up in funny yet amusing clothes came to me suddenly with the Tmbg mention... >Not just in England, as an Aussie girl I use "Ta" and "Ta muchly" a heck >of a lot, I don't say Cheers though! Imust be strange.. i dont say ta unless im talking to my nephews.. i dont say cheers unless im drunk nd about to toast.... i dont even say 'Howdy' themost annoying greeting in austraila... >I think someone mentioned Livid a couple of digests ago, hands up whose >going??????? I want to :{ so many good bands... Oh so long.. why ever did i write so much.. why did you let me brain! Well.. im feeling deprived and i must smoke a cigerette. LOOK a tacky bf5 ref without even meaning it! *sigh* I must stop listening to my silly mp3's. lexie ~ahh bullshit you motherfuckers lets GO~ someone possibly ben from some mp3 i got from someones page ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 19:31:22 +0930 From: helen Subject: Rah rah rah ranting from teh underground Amazingly PACKED with BenTent.. SCARILY shocking in its ways.. viynl stories that have no ending.. it could only be friday night.... Yes thats right. After that amazingly little reel to suck you al in i think i've forgotten what i was going to say. And i realiased i spelt with qith so i corrected THAT! Anyway... Packed with benTent. I was walking thru the city of adelaide today purusing record stores (as one does on a loverly day) when i ran into my friends who gave me pretty pictures from the recent bf5 concert held here. We got to gossiping and one of them told me that She'd heard that ben folds had been seen walking a while back (god knows when tho but his girlfriend lives somewhere in australia) around the glen osmond area with his arms full of real estate guides. NOW! Isnt thata mindless peice of gossip. Thou... it would be interesting... ofcourse seeing as i live in a crappy yuppie suburd full of crappy yuppie people noone in their right mind would want to live here (unless they are crappy yuppies or want to be crappy yuppies) there is a snowballs chance in hell of him even glancing at WynnVale in the guide. Mind you i dont know why im even going down this path because... not even most south australians want to live in south australia. And as for my vinyl story...I bought a seven inch of 'Demons' by welsh band super furry animals when i don't have a working record player.. in fact i dont know anyone at the moment who has a working record player. It had a Poster Pack edition sticker on it however so i felt morally obligated tog et it for a pretty picture. OH and i love reading about this Spencer and markus and someone else (i have such a bad emory whenim tired..its not even 7:30pm yet either). It makes me realise that i'm not alone in this world. even though i am female. I once dumped a guy who said he couldnt understand why i liked music so much. Then proceded to rave on about how nirvana was the best band ever. this was after kurt was dead.... why do *I* get the morons... Dont get me wrong i like nirvana.. but best band... foofighters aremuch better. Then again.. ben folds five are even better. this si going NOWHERE! i should disapear into my little hole. its comfortable. lexie ~i had a dream i beat up robert coz he hit my brother. Then i ran away when i realised it was him. then i helped him escape the evil techno listening to slave masters. And insulted a friend.~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:00:35 +0000 From: "Luke Wilson" Subject: Last Post Shocker! This communication and the information it contains:- (a) Is intended for the person(s) or organisation(s) named above and for no other person(s) or organisation(s). (b) May be confidential, legally privileged and protected in law. Unauthorised use, copying or disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please contact us immediately by email at postmaster@fwuk.fwc.com ______________________________________________________________ Yes, it's true. This will be my last post. For a while. Well, about a month actually. God knows what I'll miss. Anyway, for "all" of you that are just going to miss me too much, you can still email me at *cringe* uncle_walter@mailexcite.com don't you dare laugh. You at the back! Stop it! Well, I managed to get into work after a thoroughly knackering night seeing Green Day. They were just spanking awesome, and they had trumpeteers (I don't know if that's the right word, but I like it :)) dressed as a bee and a banana. Anyway, they played all the classics, but they also did Dominated Love Slave with Tre Cool on guitar and Billie Joe on drums, and they did Platypus, and Big Yellow Taxi (I kid ye not) - and I lost my shoe. But I found it again. Also got a majorly cut lip thanks to some Marilyn Manson look-a-like. Oh thank you matey - you could see how I needed a mouthful of blood. But yes, they kicked buttocks. *sigh* Well, to keep it short, I'd like to say, in the words of the actor playing a German composer, "I'll be Bach" ,if all y'all :) let me in. Cheers, and ta muchly Luke ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 04:55:33 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jordan W." Subject: unsolicited email always brings an element of suprise hey you wacky, zany, madcap kind of people! i get weirded out sometimes by this whole instantanous communication thing. apparently someone heard my name on triple j, looked it up on Four11 and mailed me, wanting to start a communication. wow. im so famous. kate, you got that wanting to tell someone you like them but not being able to do it? i thought that was some sort of insecure male thing. i mean, if there is a alpha male syndrome, then i would have omega male syndrome. i mean, i play tennis, do well at school and hang out with a group of intellegent people. somehow, this puts me in a perfect group for beating up. but this has dropped off since all my friends are 6'5" and taller. three of them outmenaced the entire football team. :)they rock. Luke, my matie, don't be making me laugh, man. like you guys have a snowflakes chance in hell of winning a cricket series. ever. again. it is not heresy, and i will not repent. i mean, yeah..? we shall ceed from the commonwealth, damn it! pulp kicks my arse. i like brit music tho. kinda. livid, here i come! we should get a van together and tour the concert scene sometime. BDO has beasties this year. who's up for it? anne kicks arse. she rawks my face! i mean, who understands us aussies anyhow? for you, my dearie, i will explain these strange cultural phenonoms. singlet is underwear, a sleeveless shirt which is worn to keep people warm. and to make other people envious of one's pecs. giggle. stubbies is a word which has two meanings. one, a 375mL beer. mmmmm, beer. lotsa beer. the other is a brand of short, short, _short_ shorts. i mean, these things are the main cause for coin slots in australia, and hence, eye injures as people try to claw out their own eyeballs to avoid seeing crack. and no, i don't mean that crack, markus. you don't snort that crack unless you are a sick little puppy dog. ewww..... that's vile and disgusting. lets all us aussies bring in some terms for the foreigners. reverse cutural induation starts here. Scott, you're back!! welcome home, buuuuuuddy. how could anyone forget you? kathy-rin, you put my page on your links! wow. :) barbi, was spec trying to hit on me? giggle. now, i get put in a group with markus and spencer. that one whips the llamas arse! hang on, markus spencer = mark and spencers? wow! underwear is a hot topic on the RF. spec, you know, markus has got a mean slap on him? that bruise is gonna show for weeeeeeeeks. does that new job mean that you can finally afford that ring i always wanted? will there be three bedrooms in the new house, or a kingsize jacusi with copious amounts of bubbles? you don't need to choose between us, markus and i connect on this _level_, you know? plus there was some weird sandwich action with your momma after that Springer epsiode. and you know i'n not talking about ham and cheese. markus, are you moving in? i need answers, godsdamnit. kate, my sis is with you on the corona bit, but she prefers stout. hmmm, spec, you interested? she's got a cool name too (plus she's a chick ;). actually Markus, she's got a australian accent. and she's fairly cool. actually, she's cooler than me so she must be up there on the top eshalon of the Files. up there with people like Court-Nay, Anne and the irrepressable FL. Jade. lets all give her a big fjordian welcome people. Anyhoo if you ever need a rest stop between toowoomba and sydney, man, i am halfway between these two wonderful places, and you're welcome to drop in anytime. lets blow this mother out! anoop is so cool. i like you, anoop. and i mean that in a compleaty platonic way. so smart, so shiny. and yet, he slots in to the fjord like a comfortable ol' slipper. cheese, i like plastic cheese. processed cheese. mmmmmmmm :9 and with that i be leaving this madhouse of mayhem, mischief and other m words. Jordan "my sister thinks im weird" W. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:55:09 -0400 From: "Lyons, Anne" Subject: Stuff I've been meaning to write about... Hot blooded Check it and see I got a fever Of 103 Hey all! Sorry -- that song has been stuck in my head ever since I woke up and I have NO idea why. So I figured -- screw it -- I'll infect all of you with that song, too! MWA hahahaHA! It's Friday! Anyone else feel like cabbage patchin' with me in the middle of the RF dance floor? C'mon... you know you want to! I am feelin' a bit goofy today... apologie all around in advance! To make up for it -- I'll buy first the round of drinks at the next BENcon! Bridal Showers: Here in the US (at least in the Northeast) we still have them. In fact, I even had one of my own. And it was in a bar, too... how much better can that get? Well, I guess it wasn't exactly in the bar portion... but it was in a pub. O'Connors is this great Irish pub (the owners had a pub in auld Eire before xing the pond to open this one...) and they have Saturday brunch... so we had it there. But we didn't do any of the supposedly "traditional" games -- you know, the ones that make you want to puke. Well, make *me* want to puke anyway... = ) Mine was just a normal little party with gifts and stuff. Here's my suggestion if you ever have one of your own to go to... bring a packing knife. You know the ones I mean... the ones that look like a jumbo exacto knife? Well -- I'm not sure whether Crate & Barrell is a worldwide company, but they must have kitchenware shops in the UK and Oz that close up their boxes with the tape that is impossible to rip off. C&B does that here... my bridesmaids made fun of me until they saw how easy it was to open stuff up. Hey Markus! Can you add that to your "tips & tricks"? *grin* So yeah... I had a bridal shower -- but it wasn't nearly as fun as my bachelorette. One of my 'maids organized it... she had this whole things set up. She had a list about 6 pages long of things to do - -- almost like a drunken scavenger hunt. So I had to walk around asking people if they could tell me a field hockey rule, or get them to do a Clinton High School cheer with me, or get a guy to sing "You've lost that loving feeling" to me on one knee, etc. It was much fun. Dan!: I've been meaning to mention... Tubing can indeed be dangerous! Every year I go up with a group fo college friends to a small lake in upstate NY. I have sustained many tubing injuries... but none as serious as a broken nose! (Ouch! I hope it is better...) But I do usually wing the prize for "Best Bruises"! this year I had a wonderful reddish purple one on my inner thigh from switching legs (you know, to jam your outside knee into the inner ring of the tube, so that you don't go flying out as you get whipped out to the side) when crossing the wake (oh, yes... we have been at this so long, we all have *styles* of tubing!). I also got some nice bruises on my upper stomach from going through a "field" of waves that the boat had created. I *did* stay on, but I was unable to garner the prize for "Best Recovery" -- that went to the guy who stayed on after the tube had flipped (so he was underneath) and was able to stay on *and* flip the tube back over! We also have a prize for "Best Dismount" -- that always ends up going to the same guy, who for some reason always ends up cartwheeling across the water when he falls off. We sometimes give out a prize for "Best Mocking" -- y'see, when on the tube, if you mock the drive, that gives him free license to do whatever the hell he wants to you. Of course, now that we are older and wiser (and more beat up) we rarely mock. Of course, any movement at all is considered to be "mocking" to the "watchers" in the back of the boat. The tuber knows she is in for a rough ride when you hear everyone yelling "She pushed her hair out of her eyes! Doug! She's mocking you!". But I digress. Anyway... just wanted to tell you that it definitely gets better... each year it is a bit easier to stay on and dismount properly (rolling over on your back and skidding along the water is best, I've found). Just wanted to give a fellow member of the DNRC a few tips! = ) Anoop! Thanks for the *very* nice compliment! When I read what you wrote about me, I actually got the "awwww" look on my face... you know... the one where my eyebrows tip up toward the center of my face? Anyway... Thanks! Was that all I was going to say? Well, that is certainly enough to say for one day! Cheers! - -Anne, Mistress of Rotaries, Beltways and Other Circular Roads "You're 21, you can legally drink. We figured we'd get you a car." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:23:47 +0100 From: Jay Reddick Subject: The rush is on.... Hi all! (the subject line really means nothing, except for this damn song from this local commercial that keeps going through my head. Shame none of you are FROM here, you could share my pain.) Spencer: I've kind of conditioned myself not to laugh out loud at stuff in email...probably has something to do with the hours I usually check it and the light-sleeping habits of my roommate. But Springer had me rolling. I would declare my devotion to you, to keep with the whole mistaken-gender thread which seems to have taken over the beloved RF, but I have enough to worry about in the whole relationship area currently thank you very much. :) Anne: I really really want to take you to dinner. I know just the place, too....do you like chili? But seriously, us old fogies gotta keep the love going in here. I'll join Anne's Army of Luuuuuuuv and Understanding. Ginger, and others: you know, so many people have tried to tell me about Jump, Little Children. I should probably check them out sometime soon...tell me when they are coming back to the beloved Cigarette State. Jordan: Crowdies RAWK. I must have more Crowdies. Bentent? Who said anything about Bentent? Take care, Jay ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 07:51:18 -0700 From: "Kamp, Marcus S" Subject: Markus Is For the Children KATE: I'm almost always defenseless. As for the things you could do w/that, well, we don't wanna know about it...OK, yes we do>:-)! If I figger out how ta tell the wee Winsome Nicole exactly where I stand, I'll let ya know. Don't hold yer breath, though, as I've quite convinced myself that it ain't never gon' happen! I'm way too garish for her demurring ways...so instead, she's hooked me up w/a friend of hers, a redhead even more garish than myself--the louder to my loud, if ya will! Fun, but no congratulatory cigars...perhaps I should work harder on convincing you ta visit the greatest city in these here United States (sorry, folks, but it's true!) & watch Sinforosa open for Missing Persons. Then you & I can work on telling each other how in love we are...practice on me, baby...use me, I'm yours:-)! Say, that reminds me...we picked up our tix for our Missing Persons show last night. Seein' an official TicketMaster ticket w/the words "Missing Persons & Sinforosa" is TOO KEWL FOR FECKIN' WORDS!!! How excited am I?! Well, I really can't tell you that...>:-)! JORDAN: Don't overlook friends as romantic possibilities...any good relationship is gonna be based on a friendship. I know it sounds like a John Hughes film (as does all of my life!), but ya might miss somethin' great by puttin' the friendship blinders on! BTW, sushi is a taste sensation not too be missed. Spence, buddy, it's even better out where it's wetter; seafood out here on the left bank is SOOO fresh (not surprisingly)!!! The sushi literally melts in your mouth like a warm pat o' butter:-)! ANNE: (A) Glad ta know I'm not the only 1 who can't convince you ta try somethin' just by tellin you how GOOD it is>:-)! (B) Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play w/your food?! (C) Do Pop Rocks count as food?! GINGER: Please don't think my post was aimed directly @ you. You've been here long enough for some of us to know yer kiddin', but some others of us might miss the humor, think your serious, & join in the fray. There's more than enough in-fighting here already. Of course, I'm supposed to go f*ck myself (not your words...someone else's), so what do I know?! SCOTT: Welcome back, my Midworstern friend! The thread idea's a good'n, which leads me to... KATIE: Smoked cheddar or baby swiss! DAN: That dog story is too, TOO funny! I've tried humpin' women @ record stores & usually get a similar response...usually:-)! BARBI: I'm sure Spencer, Jordan, and I would be HAPPY ta train you in the ways of our world. Keep flirtin' w/Spencer...I think that's a good start:-)! SPENCER: I could never leave you for Jordan...I prefer the sensitive musician type! Markus's Advice, pt. 395: If you're curious about a Naturopath, don't bother askin' an MD what they think...it's akin ta askin' yer Catholic priest what he thinks about Wicca!!! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:31:49 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: North by Northwest hey, Just thought I'd post this little thing I found about that concert festival that Courtney worked at. I used to live in Portland, you know. I miss it there, it was gorgeous. here it is: +++++ North by Northwest, Various venues, Portland, Ore., August 20-23, 1998 Portland's North by Northwest music festival -- the smaller, more parochial younger cousin of Austin's famed South by Southwest -- celebrated its fourth year in existence at a time when an array of regional acts (Everclear, the Dandy Warhols, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Elliott Smith and the Spinanes, to name a few) are fast gaining Portland a reputation as a viable music community. With 350 bands at 30 venues, Portland overshadowed Seattle for the three nights of the festival. Full story at: http://www.rollingstone.com/sections/performance/text/concertlist.asp?afl=ma il2&NewsID=5433&ArtistID=6180 pretty cool, eh? Stacy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:22:10 -0400 From: Jaki Hsieh Subject: Re: jump little children I saw them live in Charlotte right before BFF came on and um I thought they erm........ sucked. *ducks* :P Jaki ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 17:05:46 -0400 (EDT) From: KDEMCAK@WELLESLEY.EDU Subject: [none] la la la la la...this is *my* stop, got to get off, excuuuuse me... Sorry, just watched a tape of a Daria marathon and the theme song is in my head. Ah, I love that show. I was showing a friend from out-of-town around Chicago the other day (we did the Ferris Bueller tour, only there wasn't a parade to sing in), and I made her go in this touristy Viacom store because they have MTV stuff, and I thought they'd have some cool Daria stuff. All they had was a frickin' Daria fisherman hat. I ask you: would any self-respecting Daria fan wear a fisherman hat with Daria on the top? I think we all know the answer to that one. The school bus just drove by. One of the good things about college (and there are many) is hearing the school bus drive by and knowing that classes don't start for you for another week and a half. Oh, I must say that sitting on a bench eating Baskin-Robbins and making fun of people was really exactly how my relationship started. Ah, the cruel pain of being a Cubs fan in August; FL, I know you feel my pain. cheers, Katy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 18:15:52 -0400 From: "barbi" Subject: I like talk soup Wow, you seemed quieter than I expected on that Springer episode. And Markus and Jordan, what's with those clothes you were wearing? Spencer, please make that ice cream come (which I'm paying for since I don't let anyone pay for me) chocolate and sugar-free (since I can't have sugar). Thank you. And thanks for inserting the word judgemental because I have trouble putting my thoughts into words. My vocab is... of someone a decade younger or something. (That last digest was a double BARBI mention! Woohoo!) anoop and everyone else in school: I'm jealous! I have to wait another month for Columbus. I remembered my bentent: Someone on icq sent me a request for authorization. He went by the name, ben folds! That was cool since I go by the name, Kate Folds. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to talk to him yet. Hmm... A "what it" question: If you could have 24 hours with Ben, Darren, and Robert, where would you take them (money not a factor) and what would you do? ~Barbi ps. If Spencer or anyone want to know for sure that I'm a girl, ask Sandi or Calvin. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 19:19:04 EDT From: Vwbugn5890@aol.com Subject: TMBG and the RF <<2) I'M GOING TO SEE TMBG!!!!!>> hey me too! i get to see them at pointfest, a concert with two stages and almost 15 bands in st. louis...needless to say i am very excited because there are gonna be some awesome bands there! <> hey join the club, i feel very inadequate...i have two singles and the three albums and that's it, there is no bff stuff around here, i ordered three more singles but two were backordered so they might never come! i don't even have bootlegs, i need more bff stuff :( shannon "upset because her singles were backordered from music blvd. 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