From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V2 #61 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 Monday, February 8 1999 Volume 02 : Number 061 Today's Fjordian Filings: -------------------------------------- How a party is supposed to be. why we don't send mail at 4 am ( was [Fwd: How a party is supposed to be.]) money Rushmore, darn it! Rocky Horror in LA and The Cosby Show the rockaf(ord) skank! oh you know.... stuff. Love sucks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 03:36:24 -0500 From: "Leigh Nelson" Subject: How a party is supposed to be. So, on Friday night I was invited to a party over at my former school, Rutgers University. It was being thrown by Brett, a guy I know from the Magical Armchair, but had never acutally met in person. I didn't really know what to expect, because it was over on Busch campus, which houses most of the engineering students at RU. Generally speaking, College Ave is where it's at when you're at Rutgers. Anyway, I got there around midnight and the place was PACKED. I mean it was like a frat party, minus the frat. There were various shots in the fridge, from kamikazes to lemonade to jell-o. There was a huge bowl of everclear punch and a keg in the back. The place was jumping! It was a typical party in most respects--it was really hot and it took at least 5 minutes to walk fifteen feet through the crowd of people. The bathroom line was longer than the line for the keg and there was dance music blasting in most parts. I have to give them credit for having a swing room though--as much as I'm not into the whole retro deal it was a nice touch. I finally found Brett though, and I have to say my eyes lit up when he said he'd try to break out the piano later on if he was up to it. Three hours and a large quanity of alcohol later, it was time. As good as any party is, I have to say it's a given that some well-done Ben Folds Five will always make it better. So when Brett pulled the beer-proof cover off his electric piano, I had to ask him immediately, "Can you play Philosophy?" Of course he could--now picture the look in my eyes as he reeled it off perfectly and I'm just thinking, "Now this is darn COOL." It progressed to the point where we had to get some good dancing going, which a healthy dose of The Last Polka took care of. Now, when a group of girls came over and screamed "Kate! Kate!"...that's when it really started getting fun. Brett played it on the piano, and we all tried to sing. But of course, by that point of the evening, it was pretty tough to remember song lyrics so we ended up giving up and just putting on the CD. Now, I already said that BFF will make any party better. So, as fun as it is to dance to Jay-Z or Snoop or whoever the big rap star is today, dancing to BFF is more fun. And when you have a bunch of girls and some friends all doing the Fair Dance, or singing (screaming?) "KATE!," it rocks. And it did, it did rock. I ended up heading home around 6:30 in the morning. And that, in my book, means it was all the better of a party. I'll have to say it helped quench my thirst for some live BFF, at least for another week or so. So, the next time something like this goes down, I'll have to let you know ahead of time. Because, of course, you're all invited! Yours 'til Ben Folds, Leigh 13 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 04:03:07 -0500 From: Dan Cohen Subject: why we don't send mail at 4 am ( was [Fwd: How a party is supposed to be.]) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------7800DD08E2FAD8540BED544A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In my bleary-eyed late-night-ness, I inadvertently sent this to Leigh rather than the list. Oopsie. I was attempting to make a point of some sort, although it escapes me now. Leigh, please forgive me for dual-sending it your way. I have the words "WV-OH topo Monday Holy Shirt" written on my hand. Damned if I know why. Bet it's important though. ~dan - --------------7800DD08E2FAD8540BED544A Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <36BD5582.519225AB@twcny.rr.com> Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 03:57:39 -0500 From: Dan Cohen Organization: The P-Funk Reclamation Society X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Leigh Nelson Subject: Re: How a party is supposed to be. References: <002301be5274$f76f40e0$9d35fea9@thirteen> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Leigh Nelson wrote: > So, on Friday night I was invited to a party over at my former school, > Rutgers University. It was being thrown by Brett, a guy I know from the > Magical Armchair, but had never acutally met in person. > > I didn't really know what to expect, because it was over on Busch campus, > which houses most of the engineering students at RU. Generally speaking, > College Ave is where it's at when you're at Rutgers. Anyway, I got there > around midnight and the place was PACKED. I mean it was like a frat party, > minus the frat. There were various shots in the fridge, from kamikazes to > lemonade to jell-o. There was a huge bowl of everclear punch and a keg in > the back. The place was jumping! > > It was a typical party in most respects--it was really hot and it took at > least 5 minutes to walk fifteen feet through the crowd of people. The > bathroom line was longer than the line for the keg and there was dance music > blasting in most parts. I have to give them credit for having a swing room > though--as much as I'm not into the whole retro deal it was a nice touch. > > I finally found Brett though, and I have to say my eyes lit up when he said > he'd try to break out the piano later on if he was up to it. Three hours > and a large quanity of alcohol later, it was time. As good as any party is, > I have to say it's a given that some well-done Ben Folds Five will always > make it better. So when Brett pulled the beer-proof cover off his electric > piano, I had to ask him immediately, "Can you play Philosophy?" Of course > he could--now picture the look in my eyes as he reeled it off perfectly and > I'm just thinking, "Now this is darn COOL." > > It progressed to the point where we had to get some good dancing going, > which a healthy dose of The Last Polka took care of. Now, when a group of > girls came over and screamed "Kate! Kate!"...that's when it really started > getting fun. Brett played it on the piano, and we all tried to sing. But > of course, by that point of the evening, it was pretty tough to remember > song lyrics so we ended up giving up and just putting on the CD. Now, I > already said that BFF will make any party better. So, as fun as it is to > dance to Jay-Z or Snoop or whoever the big rap star is today, dancing to BFF > is more fun. And when you have a bunch of girls and some friends all doing > the Fair Dance, or singing (screaming?) "KATE!," it rocks. And it did, it > did rock. > > I ended up heading home around 6:30 in the morning. And that, in my book, > means it was all the better of a party. I'll have to say it helped quench > my thirst for some live BFF, at least for another week or so. So, the next > time something like this goes down, I'll have to let you know ahead of time. > Because, of course, you're all invited! > > Yours 'til Ben Folds, > > Leigh 13 Indeed. (As the RF's Resident Rap Beeyotch (tm), it's my duty to inform you that the current rap star de choix is either Eminem or Silkk the Shocker, but that hardly matters.) I've been to parties where I've gotten absolutely rip-roaring drunk and blasted the hardest ghetto booty-rap available on quadrophonic speakers with scads of women and three Playstations and a pool table, etc., and then I've had quiet evenings with a few friends and WAEA. And, to be honest, I almost like the latter more than the former. Having a really good piano player there helps too; it's a pity that she's off to college this year and has an asshole boyfriend besides. In other Bentent, I was perusing and reminiscing today when I noticed that one year ago this week, our boys were at #42 on the Billboard charts. Yes, folks...it's been a year, give or take, since the infamous Brick debacle tore a rift through BFF fans. In retrospect, I can't say that it hasn't made us stronger as a unit. For the most part, the "teenybopper" disagreement has subsided (although I hate to see what happens should BFF have a "One Week"/"Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" type song on das new album), and the world is a peaceful place. Hard to believe, though... I'm going to bed. Bleh. ~Dan http://dan.nodata.org UIN: 13907258 - --------------7800DD08E2FAD8540BED544A-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 02:07:29 -0800 (PST) From: "Jordan W." Subject: money money!!!! yeah. you wanna know what rocks? getting paid rocks. i managed to score a little job today fixing a couple of computers for an hour. and getting paid $40 for the pleasure. oh, yeah, that's good. money... markus....sinforosa.....mail me. it takes it out of you, sitting here for 5 hours doing maths. clayton thinks that i am a freak. i am, i guess. but in a weird way, it's easier than people think. no interaction, just me, my stereo, my cd collection, and a sheet of questions. seems almost pure at times. no difficult moral questions, no dangerous interactions, no feelings for me to tread on. the only thing between me and the answer is the working out. it's a hell of a lot easier than trying to sort out the shambles that is my social life. some of the things that have been happening have been disturbing me. so, i choose to ignore them. ahahah.. H.P. Lovecraft once wrote "the most merciful thing in the world.... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents" i think i'm gonna pay that. correlation can be a little bitch. oh yes, it can. has anyone sighted matthew or spencer? damn. me neither. Jordan "We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but someday the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality. . . that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age" _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 10:52:24 PST From: "E.M. Donnell" Subject: Rushmore, darn it! Hey all, Have I written anything for the digest this week? Ive sent many a message, about Rushmore, from a different address, but for some reason theyre not on the archives. So I decided to go with hotmail. But ya'll should go see Rushmore. Its so good. I adore the sountrack, and Id like to get it. I especially like the scottish guy, who looks like a young, chubby Ewan McGregor. Wicked funny,I would say. And I apologize if Im repeating myself, but at school, the paper always forces me to write poems commemorating each holiday. They rejected my first valentine poem because it was "not happy" ha. So I sold out and wrote a remotely happy one. But trust me, it was sardonic. And snarky.=) And that holiday can die, die, die. Clayton, you're writing Eli(s)abeth with the groovy way that my name is spelled! I have such name issues. Sometimes I wish I could get CALL ME ELISABETH tatooed on my person. Im so not a "Liz." I hope you guys get this- ~Elisabeth "Whats a girl like you doing looking so glum with bongos?" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 10:56:07 PST From: "E.M. Donnell" Subject: Rocky Horror in LA and The Cosby Show Oh, I forgot. is David Arquette really playing Frank-N-Furter in LA? That's so cool! That Id love to see! David Arquette is great-I love him in Dream With The Fishies. The Courtney Cox thing I dont get, but whatever. Has anyone seen him perform in Rocky Horror? Did you know that Russel Crowe also has Frank-N-Furter in his past? The Cosby show is a lot like my family, and I am Rudy. ~Elisabeth "I saved Latin! What have you ever done?" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 17:46:56 PST From: "E.M. Donnell" Subject: the rockaf(ord) skank! Hey, I just saw a preview for Office Space. Why did Fatboy Slim release the Rockafeller Skank to practically every single movie preview coming out? Altho', what I really like about Shes All That is a) hearing the Rockafeller Skank (usher, shush!) and b) hearing the Afghan Whigs in dolby surround sound. Good stuff. Maybe I dont have cable, but, dont understand the wrestling gene. I have actually been to a party, where I was the only one sober, all the kids there ignored me since I go to private school, and everyone was gathered around the tv watching wrestling. Oh god, Weymouth kids are weird... ~Elisabeth "This is fucking spooky!" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 19:50:53 -0800 From: Blue Green Olga Subject: oh you know.... stuff. yes, David Arquette is Frank-N-Furter in the live Rocky Horror show here in L.A. It's playing at some theatre on Sunset Blvd. i'm intrigued to say the least, but i think i'm going to save my money to see Alan Cumming in Cabaret when it's here instead. love those skinny, pasty, could-be-fey Scottish lads. "Singles" was on TV today and I was magically transported back to my freshman year in high school when i was desperately in love with that movie, its soundtrack and Eddie Vedder. I love all the Seattle band cameos in it. Those were good days. why does music suck so much now? it really upsets me. people have just forgotten how to really rock. man, i should have killed that punk from the New Radicals when i had the chance. Yes Stacy, I know you like them, but i just CAN'T. I have tried. I gave them a chance and listened to more than just that EVIL EVIL song, but argh, they still piss me off. Hey Jess, guess what? Our boyfriend Ed Norton isn't dating Courtney Love anymore!! yay. permit me to rejoice. he's moved on with Cameron Diaz.. and while i'm not her biggest fan, she's much more tolerable than Ms. Love. we drove by the diner from American History X the other night. let me tell you, it's SOOOO not anywhere near Venice Beach. You want to know how useless the Golden Globes are? It only takes 17 votes to win. There are only 84 members in the American Foreign Press Association. What a crock. Now i'm not so bitter that Life Is Beautiful wasn't nominated. I rearranged the CDs in my disc changer today. That was tedious... mostly because putting them back where they belong in my alphabetized collection is a giant pain in my arse. But NBP is back in rotation. I love the possibility that "Eddie Walker" could come on at any random moment. eesh, my collection is out of control. must... have...shelf. read my column in the Shrub to find out more about my CD issues. I've had Lauryn Hill's "Ex-Factor" stuck in my head all week. Sometimes i want to punch Frank Black in the face, and sometimes i embrace him openly. TMBG's Factory Showroom is happily back in slot 33. S-E-X-X-Y, baby. someone tried to sell me and my friends crack last night. it was scary at the time, but at least it makes for a good story. Dig that crazy chick. ~Courtney The Sultraness of Swing "He's only like, the next Martin Scorceez." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 23:59:15 -0500 From: shirak@umich.edu Subject: Love sucks Okay, all I know is if I'm not seeing someone by Valentine's, I may be forced to go drinking at the bar alone and pitiful. Not as much because I have to, it's just a more poetic, James Dean kinda thing to do. ;) Anyway, my birthday went great, the party nearly killed me, and the story of the morning afterwards is not suitable for young viewers. All in all, being 21 is kinda neat. Not that I'm going to have to buy any time soon, seeing as how my housemate bought me a 1/2 gallon of Crown Royal. Gweep. Anyway, I actually have money now, so SInforosa is next on my CD list. Y'hear that, Markus? Get off my back, will ya! ;) Anyway, the Lord of the Dreaming is requesting my presence. (That's another cool thing about my birthday; I got two books signed by Neil Gaiman! I invited him to my party, but he was headed otu for Chicago then next day. Ah well.) I'm going to stray off for sleep now. Laters all. Love ya lots. ERIC ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V2 #61 ********************************