From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V2 #112 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, April 1 1999 Volume 02 : Number 112 Today's Fjordian Filings: -------------------------------------- Happiness calls Re: Happiness calls TFI Friday part-time situation interuptions suck ass. Re: Jump Little Audio Re: Jump Little Audio (no subject) George show: Of all the things I have lost I think I miss my mind the most. Re: BOWCCL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 08:11:30 -0500 From: "Leigh 13" Subject: Happiness calls Hello, I've slowed my slew of posts lately in some attempt to make the ones I do write have more meaning. Good luck to me. Stacy! She's coming to New York! It's funny, I pretend like we're best friends and all, but the truth is I only met her for about 20 minutes last July. Wait, that doesn't have to stop us from being buds, does it? No, it doesn't. And it' going to be great to see her again! I want to form some sort of protest to convince Sandi and Ginger to come up to Amherst. It just won't be the same without them! I say we begin some sort of email deluge in a sorry attempt to get them to drive up the east coast! Well, chances are that there will be ONE person sending these emails (Me) but hey, that's fine. I have no self pride. Anoop- don't worry about the tires. The last time I went to Boston I decided I didn't want to drive the four hours on a patched tire so I took my car in for a tire change and soem other minor service. Of course, after getting under my car on the lift, the guy comes out with a list of everything my poor little Escort has wrong with it: bad springs, struts, shocks, ball joints, rods, wires, cups, blasting caps, whatever. He had like a $1200 estimate for me and told me I should really have the work done, because it was dangerous for me to keep driving the car as is. Well, I sure as hell am not going to sink a thousand bucks into my 12-year old Escort, so I just shrugged and stuck with the $125 tire. Two months later, and I'm still alive, aren't I? ;-) Will everyone please beg a higher being for mercy on my poor soul? - - Leigh 13 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 06:49:58 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: Re: Happiness calls >Stacy! She's coming to New York! It's funny, I pretend like we're best >friends and all, but the truth is I only met her for about 20 minutes last >July. Wait, that doesn't have to stop us from being buds, does it? No, it >doesn't. And it' going to be great to see her again! This is true, this is true... the story goes like this. Me and my best friend Jess are in NYC. I'm there to see my uncle, and his family, and enjoy the city, and Jess had moved to New Jersey, so she came and stayed with my uncle a few days. She loves BFF too, and as luck would have it, they were going to be on Conan. So, we are at Conan, but we never made it in (damn standby tix) so while the show is taping, we hang out on 6th and people watch, and then go back so we can catch a glimpse of Ben and everyone. While we are waiting for Ben to come out, someone taps me on the shoulder and asks me if I am on the magical armchair. I am, and I say so, and this person is Leigh. =-) We start talking a little bit, he is really nice, etc, and then a while later, we go our separate ways (after trading email addy's of course). And so I met Leigh. =-) And don't worry, we'll hang out this summer, Leigh. =-) Stacy If the path of least resistance is all you ever take Well at least you've been consistant And for that, I've baked you a cake. --Jason Falkner "Author Unknown" Stacy Lynn stacyf@u.arizona.edu http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq: 7641939 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:04:44 +0100 From: Paul Subject: TFI Friday Hey All For any of you living in the UK or Ireland, Ben Folds Five will appear on TFI Friday on Friday April 9th 1999. You can get more info from the TFI Friday homepage (http://www.tfifriday.com) or from my web-page http://www.irelands-web.ie/bff I've applied for tickets, so maybe I'll see you there! Paul May ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:05:03 EST From: Cumonlady@aol.com Subject: part-time situation last time I checked, this was still a part-time Elliot Smith list, so...... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:09:53 EST From: Cumonlady@aol.com Subject: interuptions suck ass. I shall continue. jeesh. so anyway, about E.S. I found a neat-o 29 minute clip of him and some weird shyte at RollingStone. addy: http://www.rollingstone.com/sections/vtheater/text/inventory.asp?afl=rsn&Artis tkey=s So, it is cool. have fun. I didn't realize, because I guess I am a sheltered artist, that he was nominated for an Oscar. and I don't mean a weiner. Elliot is so pretty, dontcha think? See ya at the upcoming shows! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 15:01:46 -0800 From: Dig that crazy chick Subject: Re: Jump Little Audio Anoop Ranganath wrote: > Ohhhhhhh Stacy, let me just tell you, once you walk down this road, > there's > no turning back. The CDs are just the beginning, it's when you see > them > live that the insanity begans. I saw them once back in September, and > I was > hooked, I've seen them thirteen times since then. But Stacy, you won't have to worry about that part because THEY'LL NEVER FUCKING COME TO YOUR TOWN!!!! I think they've forsaken the west. not that i'm.... bitter. ~Courtney The Sultraness of Swing "These matches are disappointing me!" - -- ************* ICQ: 24901402 AOL IM: CourtSpork Laugh until you wet yourself; read The Shrubbery. http://www.theshrubbery.prohosting.com Listen to my radio show, "Swing and the Single Girl" every Tuesday night from 12-4am PST live in Real Audio at http://kscr.usc.edu. ************* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 17:24:11 -0600 From: "Anoop Ranganath" Subject: Re: Jump Little Audio Well, can't argue with Courtney on this one. They had made their way to the west coast for a while, opening for Hootie and the Blowfish (who, I believe, own their record label). Anyways, you guys'll just have to come out here. Anoop >Anoop Ranganath wrote: > >> Ohhhhhhh Stacy, let me just tell you, once you walk down this road, >> there's >> no turning back. The CDs are just the beginning, it's when you see >> them >> live that the insanity begans. I saw them once back in September, and >> I was >> hooked, I've seen them thirteen times since then. > >But Stacy, you won't have to worry about that part because THEY'LL NEVER >FUCKING COME TO YOUR TOWN!!!! I think they've forsaken the west. not >that i'm.... bitter. > >~Courtney >The Sultraness of Swing >"These matches are disappointing me!" >-- >************* >ICQ: 24901402 >AOL IM: CourtSpork >Laugh until you wet yourself; read The Shrubbery. >http://www.theshrubbery.prohosting.com >Listen to my radio show, "Swing and the Single Girl" every Tuesday night >from 12-4am PST live in Real Audio at http://kscr.usc.edu. >************* > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:39:51 EST From: Vwbugn5890@aol.com Subject: (no subject) it's been an extremely long time since i've posted, but that's ok, not much to say i guess. i've been looking at colleges lately. i went to visit KU last weekend and didn't like it, but we drove through mizzou on the way home and i liked it, so i'm going to look into that. it'll probably be my back up college if Wash U doesn't work out. but if it doesn't i'm going to be in a state of severe depression at mizzou. anoop - do see rushmore and do buy billy joel's greatest hits. rushmore is the funniest movie i have seen in a long long time. when i went to see it i saw one of my favorite djs from a radio station in st. louis, so that was a nice bonus :) while my friend and i were driving to KU on monday, we passed a couple hours listening to billy joel. it's good road trip music. stacy - you must buy some J,LC stuff. after hearing everyone talk about them here i decided to buy Magazine and i was totally hooked. they haven't come to st. louis yet, but i'm still hoping. it's so depressing that i have to spend my spring break writing a term paper on nixon. i wish he was one of those presidents that didn't really do anything exciting. there is way too much stuff to write about. i have 22 pages for a 10 page paper. damn watergate. jude is coming april 16. and elliott smith april 7. finally some good shows have made their way here! shan "You were right when you said, 'this is the end'" ~ Built to Spill ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 00:37:31 EST From: Pianogtar@aol.com Subject: George show: Of all the things I have lost I think I miss my mind the most. << Ben Folds played with the first band for a couple of songs but I missed that because I got there around 10:25.  But I got to stand next to him at the 'trough' in the men's room. Yes, I peed next to Ben Folds.  Thank you, I will be signing autographs later on.>> I really wish that I could have been in Jeremy's shoes. I mean Ben is my Idol for crying out loud. I would have wet on myself for sure, but then again it was just another saturday night at the WD for me, yep, with the boss saying, i need you to do this for me, I need you to do that for me, and the lazy inbread talking about his horse. So my life sucks and I need to change it: and I need to give wisdom out tonight, dear lord a serious post. Yes a no lies or sarcasm here tonight honestly: I know, this is going to sound like another one of those I hate my job and want to die posts and in a way it kind of is but kind of isn't. After looking at my schedule this week I was depressed to know that I am working 4 days in a row. and no weekend day off, and yes the fri-sat is from 6pm-2am, but you know I need the money so I have to stay for the time being, but here is what I was going to get at, I am 22 now, but January only feels like 10 days ago and the fact is that I need to live my life a little more, I miss hanging out with people at shows or on the weekend nights when everything is going on. But the fact is that I am young and I need to live my life, things will get better soon I hope, and I pray, but for the moment I just want to be free.... and I'm not. I wouldn't mind working from 2pm-10 pm every friday and saturday just to be able to go to a show in town. I mean I have to say I am very impressed with what the guy had to say about living to the time we die, but we should enjoy the ride. you know that is so true, and yes I will work on it, even though I feel empty and feel like balling into tears. I want to do more with music and I want to enjoy my life, I guess the only thing I can turn to know is God, Seriously, Please don't feel sympathy for me because it is not what I want, I just want everyone to enjoy themselves and to have a good time at what they do. ok as for the test last night. 1. False, my family has two furbys. 2, true 3. true 4. False, I have never owned a pair of doc martins. 5. true, stayed in charlotte for 3 weeks with my sister. 6. False, I am a virgin. 7. False, the 25th is on a sunday. 8, true. 9. false G----r made that post which actually happened at that show. 10. False fl oz cd is in my car. ok, so see how your answers rank, I am sure noone got a 100 but what the hell, see you in a couple of weeks. George. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 01:24:16 -0500 From: Spencer Corden Subject: Re: BOWCCL Kristin wrote: >Does anyone have a voiceless copy of that song, not a midi, and is there >one avaliable? Let me know, please, if anyone knows of one and how I can >find it. Long story, but I really do want to find a voiceless version of >BOWCCL, if it even exists. Finally, some of my audio knowledge will pay off. Kristin, you've got 2 immediate options.... 1. Find a friend who has one of those 'karaoke' buttons on their console stereo unit. I know this seems obvious, but it's still a suggestion. It won't get rid of all the backing vox, but you'll be better off than you were. 2. Suggestion 2 is a little more involved. You do what's called "throwing your speakers out of phase". This requires going to one, I repeat *ONE* of your speakers and reversing the 'black/red' wires. The most obvious thing you'll notice after doing this is that the bass level will be *drastically* reduced. But at the same time, the imaging is thrown off and in some cases will eliminate the lead vocal, which is usually 'panned' to the very center of the stereo image. If the backing vocals are also in the center, they too will reduce in volume. If they are panned to the sides, they will be clear as day. OK, scratch idea #2. I just tried it on my system, and they've got the vox panned right and left. On the bright side, I could hear the piano *really* well. So if you wanna play like Ben, do the above or buy the piano book. In conclusion, I hope you have a friend with a karaoke button. I'm really sorry I just wasted all of this bandwidth. I was only trying to help. *******On second thought!!!...when I go to work tomorrow, I'll process the tune in the Digital Audio Workstation and try to mask the vocal frequencies. If it works out, I can make an MP3 of it and email it to you. Would that work? Always tryin' to help my fellow man, Spencer "Quit that technical shit and just play the damn melody!" Corden ================================= Spencer Corden Associate Music Director/Composer Cinetel Studios/HGTV 9701 Madison Avenue Knoxville, TN 37932 (423) 670-4583 ================================= ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V2 #112 *********************************