From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V1 #240 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 Thursday, September 10 1998 Volume 01 : Number 240 Today's Filings: ----------------- candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker one more you talkin' to ME...?!?!? what are your names?! Re: what are your names?! Oh make me over... pointfest/my car/and b&s Teenage Fanclub and my goofy Mom But I did go to the library... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 10:06:46 EDT From: Sandibrady@aol.com Subject: candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker Alright, so I was on my laptop and somehow send a message last night before I was done typing...and then it winds up as the last message on today's digest...confusion for everyone with the digest version...I did retype and it should be in the next "issue". Okay, so SCOTT, I too am fascinated with road signs. Just yesterday in fact, while looking for my job interview "meeting place" I passed a sign that said "speed bumps ahead". No biggie. So I get to this thing and it is NOT a speed bump, but a speed HUMP. Complete with a sign above it reading HUMP in big black letters on a yellow sign. hehe. HUMP. I just thought that was hysterical...and had nobody to share the moment with until Ginger and I were on our way to Raleigh. hehe. So I was walking down Henderson St., on my way to Franklin (there was parking on Henderson)...walked past the Cafe Trio...tragically hip by the way...and it's raining and cold! NC cold? Strange. So I pick up my copy of B&S's new one, which I had on hold JUST IN CASE they should get a rush for it and I mosey on over to the Gap and why you ask? Because I was cold and it was raining and I don't have a windbreaker type of jacket that repells rain. So I bought one. The damn thing was $70 after tax. Yowsers. So I keep thinking- Belle & Sebastian's tour is very limited...perhaps I should use some vacation days and fly to Chicago? To see my family of course...and it just might happen to be within the same time frame that B&S's there. Ate at some interesting place last night...what was it called Ginger? They had pretty good food....really greasy, but some strange boys outside tried to argue with us that it sucked. Strange people all around. I must give a big THANK YOU to Ginger for dealing with me long enough to show me around a bit more and take me to Raleigh and basically, just for showing me a good time. (wow...that sounds sorta kinky) I'm so thrilled to have someone to go to shows with already! Thanks Ginger. Robbie Fulks on the 26th, here we come! Big meeting this morning with the big wig....can't be late. I decide on a job and everything. Was offered all of the jobs I interviewed for...woo-hoo. Decisions, decisions... Wow...this is long for me... Sandi ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 10:21:14 EDT From: Sandibrady@aol.com Subject: one more What the hell? I'm on a roll...just one more post...I promise. SOOOOO, we had Armchairish Jump Little Children fans in the crowd last night. These Motley Crue looking skanks who have had sex with every guy in the band and then some (I don't know this for a fact...I'm just assuming from the sex kitten faces one of the chicks was making at all members of the band) butt their way to the front and they get in front of this girl who's in front of me and who is obviously a BIG fan. The band hasnt' come on yet by the way... So Miss Sex Kitten turns around and says to the girl behind her (as if to excuse her behavior) "I've been listening to them for blah blah blah years and I've been to blah blah blah shows....". Okay bitch, what the hell ever. This is the same problem I have with Armchair people. I've listened to the band longer than you and therefore deserve to be treated as such. ugh. Stupid people annoy me. First of all, I really could give a shit how long this girl's been fucking the band....(I mean listening to the band). I came to see the show and I got there early enough to be up front... If you want to be up front and you like the band so damn much, then get there early! ugh. I can't remember EVER pushing my way up to the front saying "I've been to 31 Ben Folds Five shows and have been listening to them since 95". It's true, but I would never use that as an excuse to butt in front of people who got there earlier to be in front. Whatever. How rude. I was very vocal about my disapproval and Miss Sex Kitten and fellow skanks turned around on numerous occasions to shoot me evil glances...how mature. Okay, so that's my rant for the day. We had a great time at the show anyway, so all is good. What a CRA-ZY day for rock and roll! Sandi ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 09:28:56 CDT From: "Fearless Leader" Subject: you talkin' to ME...?!?!? Here I am, fearlessly leading, once again. . . Actually, I just wanted to jump on and respond to a couple items: SANDI: Salted peanuts. That's what the damn deal is... Actually, send Christy to my AOL or HOTmail account if she is having problems...and if she is a hotty(hottie?), well, send her to Markus. OR, if she is a lesbian, send her to Eric. Of course, not that there is anything wrong with being a lesbian. In fact, I am a lesbian. My mom's a lesbian. My whole family are lesbians! MARKUS: There is a very conceded quote from a certain director in this month's issue of TIME. Something about poodle-poop. Oh, my point, his name is Marcus... PLAYBOY: Time for this years readers choice music awards. Ben Folds is listed as an individual under the category=instrumental. DO the lovely folk @ PB know something we don't? Do I smell solo? ANNE: absent. BIG MAC ATTACK: Last night was the only time I ever felt good about the Cards. That is over now. Back to redbird bashing. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN: Rolling Stone says: 4stars. ON THE HOMEFRONT: Kate is quite a handFULL. BUT, she continues to blossom and can now sing the chorus to her theme song (but dad still has problems hitting all the notes). RELATED TO THE PIANO: Spencer, you, you, you wonderful man you. Thank you for the music. JOE JACKSON: Don't be dissin' or pissin' on the guy. And I said it once, and here it goes again, in his concert at jamTV, a few songs remind me of Ben's voice. VOICE, not piano. But hell, Axl sounds like Ben also on a couple NBP tracks (no, not Dick Holster...that is Neil Diamond). Is this a Lovin' Spoonful List? - -FL ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 12:30:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Ginger Nance Subject: what are your names?! Oh, I love recognizing local musicians who don't think anyone knows them and making their nights at 2:30 am at Chapel Hill's greasiest restaurant! Well, Sandi was the one who actually asked him if he was the guy I thought he was, but still. It was neat. Jump, Little Children was amazing! They RAWK, hardcore. Go see them, go buy their album, go visit their webpage and buy stuff from them! Bio Ritmo is pretty cool. Salsa, baby, salsa! :) Scott: ha! Sandi completely understood my road signs thing, and she thought "get it on!" was pretty damn funny, too. so :P Jess: you go girl! piss of those armchair idiots! thanks to you, we don't have to hear the responses to that one girl's (not so) brilliant question: "what if ben's g/f hadn't had an abortion? can you imagine how cool it would be to have ben for a dad?! what would you do if he was?" I think there should be a stupidity test before you're allowed out into society, more as a service to yourself than anyone else. B&S...sigh. I love them, too. :) I am tres excited about seeing them this fall! McGwire did it...it was really cool to see Sammy go up and give him a big hug. And that big building in Chicago recording Sosa's HRs was cool, too. Okay, I'm gonna shut up now and read about the Aztecs. Bye! Ginger :) Ginger Nance ginger_nance@unc.edu http://www.unc.edu/~gnance ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 13:01:47 -0500 From: "Scott Schneider" Subject: Re: what are your names?! I smiled at the "get it on!" sign, didn't I? I may have laughed audibly at the "HUMP" sign had I seen it. :P I feel so intimidated posting to the Rockford Files these days. I like shorts posts, but I don't want to get anyone mad at me by posting something *too* short. I haven't much to say. Hannah: Post something. Anyway, I was among one of the kids rushing to record stores to buy The Boy with the Arab Strap yesterday-- it's quite beautiful and delicious. I'm addicted to it already. I believe if there were a band I'd love as much as Ben Folds Five, this would be it. I purchased tickets to see them at the Metro in Chicago last night... $14! Good deal. Work, class, work, class... when is one to sleep? Scott ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 15:26:18 -0400 From: "Lyons, Anne" Subject: Oh make me over... I'm all I wanna be A walking study In Demonology Hey all! Sorry, the Courtney* in me was just begging to come out and play a bit! = ) First off... E: So what's up? No post from the FL? What gives??!?! I mean, I know it wasn't a Monday -- but it was a sort of pseudo-Monday-Tuesday-after-Labor-Day, wasn't it? I need my weekly fix! Markus: Excellent blood spittage, dude! And about that inappropriate moshing... I hear ya! Kick 'em in the nads, I always say... But just think, when Sinforosa makes it big, you can personally kick out all those who dare to mosh! Or at least have one of your roadies do it for you... I'd do it for a dollar. And one more thing... didn't I see you on MTV in the fight scene with the Boston fish-throwing guy on the Real World? Weren't you the one laughing on the sidewalk when the cops came? Just curious... Silk: So there I was in an office over in the engineering building getting a demo of our newest management module, and what do I spy but a little white slip of paper slapped on the front of the huge monitor at which I am gazing. The barren office beige of the monitor casing was brightened by these four little letters... 'S I L K'. Unbeknownst to me, that is our internal code name for the new module. And... I immediately thought of you. Yep, even before David Eddings. So I think that it's official -- you have a new nickname. *smile* The MA: Ummm... over the weekend, or last week, someown made a comment that went something like "well, I know that we are supposed to hate/diss the MA here at the RF, but I still subscribe...". I'm not exactly sure how it went - -- but that is the gist of it. I just wanted to stand up and say... I don't hate the MA. I do not disrespect the MA. I have a TON of respect for Frank Maynard for creating his website and the list... and I think that there are some really cool/nice people on the MA. But when I originally left the vibe was all wrong. People were at each others' throats... not occasionally, but *every* day. Then I and a few others when back at the bequest of some other person in order to inject a little levity into the MA. So I did... and then things got out of control. People thought that we (from the RF) were only there to make fun of the MA... and that was not my intention at all. So things got really bad again, and there were just too many messages for me to plow through every day so I left again. The MA is a cool enough maillist (let's face it -- I "met" Erik and Eric and Markus and Sandi and Emily and Tina and Matthew and Jay and Spence all through the MA, so how am I supposed to knock that??) -- it's just not for me anymore. I just want to reiterate that it's not a "if you like one, you must hate the other" case with the MA and the RF. Of course, I think we are more fun, but that's just me. But I digress... Recent obsessions: I've recently been perusing a lot of Kevin Smith. I read two of his screenplays... and was incited to rent the trilogy. No, no, no... not the trilogy that has a prequel due out on Memorial Day next year... the other Trinity: Clerks/Mallrats/Chasing Amy. And man... he is a *superb* writer. Seriously... and on second viewing... Mallrats was extremely underrated. I mean, Smith was paying- homage- to- while- slightly- spoofing 80's teen flicks. But I digress. Anyway... I highly recommend these three for any rainy afternoon/evening. And while watching Chasing Amy... check the superior work done by Ben Affleck. His soliloquy in the SUV is one of the most powerful moments in recent film (Saving Private Ryan notwithstanding). And the moment that he 'shares' with Jason Lee the morning after is perfect. Damn. Affleck, Damon, DiCaprio... there's a lot of talent in the most recent crop of heartthrobs... Damn. New Music: Picked up the latest from Hole, Elliott Smith and Bell & Sebastian disks today... I was only able to listen to Hole on the way back to work from the store, though. I have high expectations of B&S after seeing all the praise on this list (all the way back to Sandi praising them on the MA!). Later all! - -Anne *That's as in Courtney Love, as opposed to our own Sultraness! *grin* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 18:10:06 EDT From: Vwbugn5890@aol.com Subject: pointfest/my car/and b&s well pointfest was saturday and i must say that it was very awesome. if anyone has heard of the urge, you probably already know that they're great, but they do put on a wonderful live performance as well. there were somewhere around 12 other bands there, who were also very good. one of my favorites of the day had to be they might be giants. too bad my friends think that they're awful, i thought they were great! they played dr. worm twice in the same set, but that's ok, cause it's a good song :) and i'm going out to buy their live cd anyday now (when i have some sort of money). i got my car fixed this weekend, new alternator and new battery. when you tell your father that you might need a new battery, make sure he listens to you. and don't let him say oh batteries last a long time. well how long has this one been in here dad? oh i dunno (keep in mind i have a '92) so basically i've been running on the same battery for about 6 years when it should last about 2 or 3. whatever, atleast it's fixed and they didn't steal my bff sticker out of it. i hate the fact that i have no job, that means no money, which means no cds. therefore i have to not eat lunch all week so i can make 20 bucks and have enough to buy cds. but of course my town sucks and only has mainstream music stores who by the way do not carry any sort of belle and sebastian cd. this means i have to wait probably atleast a month until i can go into st. louis and go to vintage vinyl. small illinoisan towns are not good for anything! that's about it for today, gotta do homework...well atleast pretend i'm doing homework.... shan "Other bands we were opening for would come out and laugh at us and make jokes"~Darren Jessee ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 20:32:37 -0400 From: Kristin Klevering Subject: Teenage Fanclub and my goofy Mom When I read Courntey's post about "Songs From Northern Britian", I just had to speak up - that album is great! I've been a fan of Teenage Fanclub since the early 90's and I swear that "The Concept" by them is still my favorite song ever! I still think their "Thirteen" is better than "Songs", but it's a great album nonetheless. Enjoy, Courtney! BTW, my fave song is "Aint that enough?" from that album. My Mom is such a goofball, I swear she gets weirder and weirder by the year. When I was a kid, I took piano lessons for a few years, and she decided to take them as well. We both quit when I was in Jr. High and went into my Ozzy Ozbourne phase, and I can't play a lick of piano now to save my life! Anyway, my Mom sits home all day (she has MS, but isn't that sick right now), and she's decided she wants to start remembering how to play the piano again (it's been like 15 years since we quit - that sure ages me!). So she went out and bought herself a beginning piano music book. The problem is that she doesn't have a piano or keyboard to practice on. So, my ingenious Mom has taken to playing air piano while reading sheet music! I have teased her to no end about this, and she thinks it's pretty silly, as well. If she gets into playing air piano on her lap, she says, she'll go out and get a keyboard (we sold the piano years ago) to play on. I am SO glad I've left home (hehe - but my folks are pretty cool for the most part)! BTW, she's much happier with me now that I'm into BFF instead of Ozzy, for obvious reasons. Eagerly awaiting "Fear of Pop" - Kristin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 02:30:20 EDT From: HndOfChaos@aol.com Subject: But I did go to the library... In a message dated 9/9/98 12:28:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time, owner-rockford- files-digest@smoe.org writes: > 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? But, Jess.......I went to library! I had a few books that kinda sorta wanted to go BACK before I got fined. I didn't get any CD's there, but there was this guy who was borrowing Whatever and Ever Amen. Weird. I spotted the purple and orange from a mile off. Bizarro. ~Kathryn ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V1 #240 *********************************