From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V1 #239 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, September 9 1998 Volume 01 : Number 239 Today's Filings: ----------------- yadda yadda yadda A little update before I go america's dairyland Bumbershoot Fear of Pop. MCGWIRE, BABY!!! oh brother mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm Re: oh brother another Erik Lyons, what's the deal? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 02:13:11 PDT From: "Courtney Knopf" Subject: yadda yadda yadda so, I was at Ikea a couple weeks back, and did you guys know that they have a chest of drawers called FJORD? well they do. I smiled when I saw that. I am on a mission to buy TBWTAS tomorrow. and things are looking up for me to get to NYC to see them at the supper club. I bought Jump, Little Children's CD yesterday, but i haven't had a chance to take a good listen. I also picked up Teenage Fanclub's "Song's from Nothern Britain" and i can already tell you that it rocks me. My freidns and I took a trip to Old Navy yesterday and I bought some kickass black loafers. i'm forever indebted to the chunky heel for making me seem much taller than i really am. these shoes are going to look SO good with my leather jacket. as soon as it stops being 85 degrees out every damn day. well, I, in my infinite stupidity have a chemistry class tomorrow mornign that I must get up for, so i bid you all adieu until the morrow. ~Courtney The Sultraness of Swing "Had he been a dog that had howled thus, they'd have hanged him." ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 07:01:00 -0400 From: Dan Cohen Subject: A little update before I go Hey all...a fair and fine weekend I did have...if you haven't heard about the havoc that was wreaked on Syracuse NY and why I almost didn't make it home last night from another camping trip (and why the last day of the State Fair was cancelled and two people died etc.) check out our paper's page at www.syracuse.com. It's a BIG deal. I got here at 12:30 am. I'm soooo tired and I only have one more day of work. School might not start until Friday since the teachers may not have to report today for orientation since most of them probably don't have power. I'm a lucky one. New B&S....Ohhhhhh. It's incredible. I hate to rub it in, but mah GAWD! It just confirms my long-held belief that Isobel has the prettiest voice I've ever heard. There are maybe one or two songs that are merely OK (as well as Stevie reading some story in a really thick accent over this trippy-ass background music) but something like "Sleep the Clock Around" or "Chickfactor" compares favorably with the best stuff they've ever done. I mean it. I wouldn't mind waiting for this one. It's a beaut. Well, my friend Andy gave me a bad cold so that's the state of my nose right now :) Although I did get up on water skis for one brief, shining trip around Star Lake, I didn't injure myself greatly. Work awaits...the full story tonight... ~Dan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 10:10:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Ginger Nance Subject: america's dairyland Seen in the bathroom of Fuel, Milwaukee's finest coffee establishment: "Here I sit, brokenhearted, came to shit but instead I only farted." Woo-hoo, gotta love those witty BFF fans! :) Also, State Street in Madison is a great place to eat ice cream and make fun of people. Especially shirtless guys walking around with beers, trying to be cool even thought they aren't. Tonight Sandi and I are off to see J,LC. Rawk! It's so nice to have someone to go with me to shows. My loser friends don't understand good music and would never go with me. Scott owns way too much BFF stuff. It's almost frightening, but maybe I'm just jealous. Watch out Athens, can we say Atlanta all over again?!?! Ginger :) Ginger Nance ginger_nance@unc.edu http://www.unc.edu/~gnance ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 07:34:11 -0700 From: "Kamp, Marcus S" Subject: Bumbershoot 1st off, lemme start by sayin' ta all you young'uns out there that if you crowd surf anywhere near me, you will be punched in the nards. Unless you're female, that is...in which case, I'll do my best to make sure you don't get hurt. And now, the rest of the story...Bumbershoot was this weekend. Fan-frickin-tastic. Modest Mouse was disappointing. Big Nazo is a must-see. Not sure where they're located, but if they ever, EVER come anywhere near you, go, go, go! They're a truly refreshing, entertaining bit of surrealism. Think Muppets on acid & you're close. Attendance @ any future Bio Ritmo shows is also mandatory. If ya like Los Amigos Invisibles, check out Bio Ritmo. Those of you in the middle of the east coast (NC, VA, etc.) should get several chances to see 'em, as they're based in Richmond, VA. Morphine was good, except for the moshing/surfing (see note below). SNZ was brilliant, drunk, & in rare form. Now, THAT's swing!!! When Bio Ritmo joined 'em on stage, the worlds of swing & salsa collided into one helluva tasty dish...turn up them burners & start dancin', baby, 'cause the party's just gettin' started! OK, so here's the tale of my concussion...as soon as Morphine started, so did the moshing/crowd surfing. To Morphine?!?!?! I mean, we expected it @ Modest Mouse, but not Morphine. Mebbe I'm old, but it really pissed me off. Especially when I took a wayward forearm to the mouth. I got 'im back though by spitting my blood @ 'im:-)! Finally, when SNZ came on most of the moshing subsided & kids started swing dancing...very cool! The crowd surfing, however, continued, albeit to a much lesser degree. I decided I could put up w/it, until I got conked on the noggin by a surfing Doc Marten (foot, leg, & teen male body attached). I know am suffering the sustaining effects of a mild concussion. If I'd wanted to feel this way, I'd a chugged a bottle of sh*tty champagne. What is w/you feckin' kids anyway?! (God, I sound like an old fart on the MA!) Enough rambling...Markus's Advice, pt. 463: Crowd surfing gets people hurt. Don't feckin' do it. Period. Ya do & ya deserve a swift kick in the genitalia. "Oops, my foot slipped!" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 10:31:41 -0500 From: "Scott Schneider" Subject: Fear of Pop. Jon Richards for senate. No, seriously. A coworker's girlfriend went and had lunch with Trey in Chapel Hill last week and got to listen to Fear of Pop. She said it was good, but didn't really elaborate. Anybody anxious about the release of it can at least know that it's finished. I guess it's up to record companies now. New favorite road sign: "Get it on!" (seen at the Illinois visitor's center on I94). But who has preoccupations with road signs, anyway? Weirdos. You can never have too much BFF stuff. Jess and I will conquer the world. Muhaha. Belle and Sebastian today! Run out and buy it. And midwesterners-- go and get your Chicago tickets! The Metro is a nice venue, don't you think? Ramble ramble ramble. I just wanna be loooooved, Scott (bitch. ho-ass). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 21:39:44 -0400 From: Dan Cohen Subject: MCGWIRE, BABY!!! Hah, Lucy. Hah. Hah. Hah. Sosa all you want, but Mark is the king of swing (with apologies to Court). McGwire picking up his kid to give him a kiss is the sweetest thing I've ever seen. For those of you not in the States who don't realize what a big deal this is, compare it to David Beckham or (insert really big Aussie football star here) kicking a last-minute goal to defeat Man U (I believe Beckham doesn't play for Man U anyway) or Adelaide (hehe...I think any team with the Crows as a name deserves to get beat) in the finals of whatever the hell equates to the World Series. Except that this is quite a bit more exciting. I'm not really much of a die-hard baseball fan, but I was on my feet in a psuedoephedrine-enhanced phase (cold medicine is always nice) like every other American, and let's face it...baseball is finally back. Let's all collectively thank a big, sweaty, red-haired guy that a part of our national conscience has been restored. I really hope some kid gets that $1,000,000 ball and refuses to sell it and gives it to Matt McGwire. That would rock. Or keeps it for himself. Some rich guy shouldn't be able to buy history like that. HAH! It's in a storage area somewhere! More on the storm...very little of Syracuse and the surrounding area has power now. Grocery stores are giving away all their frozen food before it spoils. That's right folks, Dan's city is now a post-apocalyptic nightmare-world. Luckily, we have electricity and cable, and also cable Internet access. So I am a conduit to the outside world. School may not start Thursday after all since we're starting to get our lives back to normal. The faculty of my school was supposed to report today and tomorrow, and my sister heard an unconfirmed rumor that the roof of my high school partially caved in. They're saying wind gusts were up to 120 mph. Yoiks. Yeah, the B&S disc is starting to trickle its way into the RF populace. Most likely y'all got it today. Ain't it divine? I really do believe that this is my new favorite CD. I'm torn between it, the Elliott Smith, and the TMBG live thing, which still has a place in my heart. (Please note that Dan's favorite CD is bound to change at any given moment). I'll go to Sound Garden this weekend to see if Fear of Pop has come in early. I also meandered down there today and scored a B&S promotional poster. It's a bit larger than an LP and has the TBWTAS cover on the front and some pictures and junk on the back. I have a standing order for it on vinyl should it ever materialize. Now I must decide whether to spend $40 for a new record stylus. Mine is kaputski. Boy, am I sick. I caught some cold from my friend Andy (incidentally, I tried to put B&S on his stereo, which has bass like a mofo, and he replied "That's screwed up" without hearing it, then proceeded to put on AC/DC, and only the singles to AC/DC!) this weekend and it hit at work today. I'm sniffly, sneezy, woozy, and queasy. And I have mucho things to do tomorrow. Yoiks twice. Well, I will go and stagger into bed now. There may be a sighting of me on IRC later tonight if I'm awake. Don't hold your breath. I'm an acrobat, and I flip and dive for your pleasure, beeyotch, ~Dan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 22:37:55 -0500 From: Jessica Brandt Subject: oh brother Been following the MA lately? apparently, i have pissed some off. I posted this: You know, everyone keeps telling YOU about what bands sound like BFF....ie ELO, Joe Jackson, the lovin spoonfull (??) Semisonic, etc. but i'll tell YOU something...the only reason that BFF gets compared to any of those bands, or Elton John, or Billy Joel, or whoever, is ONLY because of the fact that it's a band which includes a piano. IGNORANT people will listen to a song, hear that it has piano, and make a little connection in their heads and say "gee, this sounds like..." but it DOESN'T!!! Ben FOlds Five Does Not Sound Like Any Other Band!! These are the same people that say all rap is the same! that all ska is the same! that all BLACKS are the same! that all JEWS are the same! These Are The Same People That Believe That Martians Can Come From Any Planet, EVEN The Moon!! (when, in fact, they can only come from mars...hence the name.) Don't listen to your parents, they are ignorant. Don't listen to your friends, they are stupid. Don't listen to your older siblings, they are mean. Don't listen to your younger siblings, they hate you. Don't listen to the newscasters, they are conspirators. Don't listen to the DJs, they are dropouts AND sellouts. Listen to your own damn self. Go to the library and get an ELO cd and find out for YOURSELF that they just HAPPEN to use a piano. Get a Joe Jackson CD from the 99 cent bin and find out that he is good in his OWN way. Go online and listen to The Lovin' Spoonfull's one goddamn hit song and realize that it is just a fluke. And while you're at the library, why not get a book? ... And apparently, Chris Mal is no longer my pal ;) But seriously, i don't really give a flying flip if people agree or disagree. the matter of the fact is that people keep posting things like "My dad heard BFF and he says they sound like (BAND X) and i was wondering if they do?" I just think that people should find out for THEMSELVES... Jess *********************************************************** I'm not just naked, I'm Naked for Jesus!!! * --+-READ THE SHRUBBERY-+-- * http://www.theshrubbery.prohosting.com --New Every Month- -Humor, Music, News and More-- *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 12:52:43 EST From: "Lauren Hinchey" Subject: mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm Hello All, And welcome to my weekly post, I guess I am a bit late this week!!! Well I have a post just packed full of Bentent, kind of... well not really..... I just got my aussie SFTD single after the bastards at Sanity music store told me it was going to be in last Monday. I had to wait for 8 days for the lazy people to unpack it out of a box that had been sitting in the middle of the store!!!!! I could have unpacked it myself in less than 8 minutes!!!! 8 days.... I was not a happy person.. But I got it (finally) and I absolutely love it...I guess it was worth it!!!!!! I had a friend who thought the beginning of SFTD said.... So you wanted to take a brick. hee hee I just thought that was funny. Also Hi to the original Lauren... from now on I shall be known as the other Lauren or Lauren no.2 Have you noticed how many girls called Lauren there are on the MA???? I think I have counted about 10!!!!! Just an observation!!!! Well thats all from me the other Lauren!!! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 23:21:27 -0400 From: Dan Cohen Subject: Re: oh brother Jessica Brandt wrote: > Been following the MA lately? apparently, i have pissed some off. > > I posted this: > > You know, everyone keeps telling YOU about what bands sound like BFF....ie > ELO, Joe Jackson, the lovin spoonfull (??) Semisonic, etc. but i'll tell > YOU something...the only reason that BFF gets compared to any of those > bands, or Elton John, or Billy Joel, or whoever, is ONLY because of the > fact that it's a band which includes a piano. > IGNORANT people will listen to a song, hear that it has piano, and make a > little connection in their heads and say "gee, this sounds like..." but it > DOESN'T!!! Ben FOlds Five Does Not Sound Like Any Other Band!! These are > the same people that say all rap is the same! that all ska is the same! > that all BLACKS are the same! that all JEWS are the same! These Are The > Same People That Believe That Martians Can Come From Any Planet, EVEN The > Moon!! (when, in fact, they can only come from mars...hence the name.) > Don't listen to your parents, they are ignorant. > Don't listen to your friends, they are stupid. > Don't listen to your older siblings, they are mean. > Don't listen to your younger siblings, they hate you. > Don't listen to the newscasters, they are conspirators. > Don't listen to the DJs, they are dropouts AND sellouts. > Listen to your own damn self. Go to the library and get an ELO cd and find > out for YOURSELF that they just HAPPEN to use a piano. Get a Joe Jackson CD > from the 99 cent bin and find out that he is good in his OWN way. Go online > and listen to The Lovin' Spoonfull's one goddamn hit song and realize that > it is just a fluke. > And while you're at the library, why not get a book? > > ... > > And apparently, Chris Mal is no longer my pal ;) > > But seriously, i don't really give a flying flip if people agree or > disagree. the matter of the fact is that people keep posting things like > "My dad heard BFF and he says they sound like (BAND X) and i was wondering > if they do?" I just think that people should find out for THEMSELVES... > > Jess > *********************************************************** > I'm not just naked, I'm Naked for Jesus!!! > * --+-READ THE SHRUBBERY-+-- * > http://www.theshrubbery.prohosting.com > --New Every Month- -Humor, Music, News and More-- > *********************************************************** Pissed some off? Feh. A bit of an understatement. Seriously, though, Jess, no one on the RF (by the way, we are ALL your pal here) gives a flying foofy about them. And you're right...I personally don't care at all about the Lovin' Spoonful but they don't sound a bit like BFF. Was that Jew thing for me? How nice you are...:) By the way, does "YourPalCM@aol.com" sound freaky to anyone else? I envision a bondage freak holding a whip and telling someone that he's their pal...maybe this cold medicine is making me funky. At any rate, don't listen to the trolls. BFF/Semisonic makes me laugh. What a bad comparison. While I'm on this strange Man U thread, did Rupert Murdoch actually buy them? Weird. Yeah, so that was out of the blue, but so what? So is this following sentence... BOOGA BOOGA! I LIKE CHEESE! I need to go to bed. A fuckin' LIMO DRIVER (kinda; OK, so it's a 1993 Dodge Shadow; OK, so the paint is peeling off; OK, so it's my mom's; OK, my self-esteem is gone), ~Dan (Three posts in one day? Wow, a record. This after lurking for a week...) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 01:14:36 -0500 From: Jessica Brandt Subject: another oh yeah, forgot to mention that the new Shrubbery is out. uhm...not much interesting to report, just some more QUALITY journalism from my pals :) be sure to read Jason's Monthly World News, as well as his Time Travel piece. both hilarous!! Jess *********************************************************** I'm not just naked, I'm Naked for Jesus!!! * --+-READ THE SHRUBBERY-+-- * http://www.theshrubbery.prohosting.com --New Every Month- -Humor, Music, News and More-- *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 03:07:11 EDT From: Sandibrady@aol.com Subject: Erik Lyons, what's the deal? So I go to a Jump Little Children show with my friends Christy and Ginger...it was wonderful by the way, and Christy tells me that she tried to get on this list : THE ROCKFORD FILES ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V1 #239 *********************************