From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V2 #145 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 Tuesday, May 4 1999 Volume 02 : Number 145 Today's Fjordian Filings: -------------------------------------- shameless advertising correction here's one for courtney BFF on Much USA I WANT THE TRUTH NOT RUMORS Re: I WANT THE TRUTH NOT RUMORS Re: I WANT THE TRUTH NOT RUMORS Re: here's one for courtney Wait a minute... monday monday ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 08:25:28 -0400 From: "Dr. Jaki Hsieh" Subject: shameless advertising Okie I know I don't post much to this list :P But I do read it, I'm one of those lurking people. :P *waves to everyone who actually knows who she is* I just wanted to take a moment to push my boyfriend's website, http://www.hardwarecentral.com/ if he gets a lot of hits this month he will get a big advertiser. Anyway they are giving away a really kick ass puter http://www.hardwarecentral.com/features/c4scontest/ -- so there is some incentive :P especially if you are a computer geek like me. Okie I will cease my shameless advertising now :P But thanks to anyone who actually hits the site Love and Ben Jaki - -- Dr. Jaki Hsieh, M.D. sinnamon@mindspring.com | ICQ 2295378 http://i.am/sinnamon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 09:16:06 -0500 From: "Anoop Ranganath" Subject: correction shit, I mean June 11 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 09:15:42 -0500 From: "Anoop Ranganath" Subject: here's one for courtney Ticketmaster is showing that the boys are playing the House of Blues in Las Vegas on June 13. Anoop (wishing he would be turning 21 three weeks earlier, then he might actually go to the show) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 15:58:46 -0500 From: Jessica Brandt Subject: BFF on Much USA If anyone has Much USA, you can catch BFF at 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm on Thursday and 10 amdoing an interview. If you can tape this, please email me, i've got stuff to trade ya. also, rockontv says that the "Before they were rock stars" with BFF is on Friday at 10 pm on VH1 and on saturday at 12:30 pm and on sunday at 8:30 pm...we'll see! Jess *********************************************************** * --+-READ THE SHRUBBERY-+-- * http://www.theshrubbery.com --New Every Month- -Humor, Music, News and More-- *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 13:51:36 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: I WANT THE TRUTH NOT RUMORS Ok, now that I got your attention, there is a rumor that BFF is splitting up and that Sony will release offcial word. The only place I've heard this rumor is just on the BFF bbs, and a mailinglist I am on that picked it up. I know what I know, but what does anyone else know about this situation? 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: Mon, 03 May 1999 16:56:41 -0400 From: Dan Cohen Subject: Re: I WANT THE TRUTH NOT RUMORS At 01:51 PM 5/3/99 -0700, you wrote: >Ok, >now that I got your attention, there is a rumor that BFF is splitting up >and that Sony will release offcial word. The only place I've heard this >rumor is just on the BFF bbs, and a mailinglist I am on that picked it up. > >I know what I know, but what does anyone else know about this situation? > If it's a rumor, then it's just that - a rumor. I could say that Sony will release official word that Robert Sledge is giving birth to John Mark Painter's love child, and it would have no more credence than that. Simply putting Sony's name in doesn't make it any more believable. ~Dan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 16:01:24 -0500 From: "Anoop Ranganath" Subject: Re: I WANT THE TRUTH NOT RUMORS I heard Natalie Merchant on the radio the other day, and I was thinking about how I couldn't find my self liking her no matter how hard I tried, cause all I can think about is how she left 10000 Maniacs. I really don't want to feel the same way about Ben. I'm praying it's a rumor. Tickets for the Nashville show go on sale either now, or in an hour, not sure about nashville's time zone. Get yours. Anoop > At 01:51 PM 5/3/99 -0700, you wrote: > >Ok, > >now that I got your attention, there is a rumor that BFF is splitting up > >and that Sony will release offcial word. The only place I've heard this > >rumor is just on the BFF bbs, and a mailinglist I am on that picked it up. > > > >I know what I know, but what does anyone else know about this situation? > > > > If it's a rumor, then it's just that - a rumor. I could say that Sony will > release official word that Robert Sledge is giving birth to John Mark > Painter's love child, and it would have no more credence than that. Simply > putting Sony's name in doesn't make it any more believable. > > ~Dan > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 14:41:13 -0700 From: Dig that crazy chick Subject: Re: here's one for courtney I like when my name turns up in subjects.... but erm. Vegas is still 4 hours away from me and HOB is 21+ and i'm not. and they better come to L.A. before the 15th of June, because I may be going to England for a week. grrr. i'm just going to go sit in the corner and cry, okay? Went to Disneyland on saturday and got cut-the-line passes because a member of our party was 'differently abled' (wink, wink). that ruled. i'm never ever standing in line at Disneyland again. Friday Indigo Swing and the Bill elliot Swing Orchestra played on campus and that was lovely. and saturday night Big Time Operator were reprazentin' at the carnation Plaza at D-Land. i shagged and didn't lose count for once, it was fun. (gutterminds, all of you! the Shag is a DANCE :P) then last night i caught Trans Am at the Roxy with some friends. i think my ears are still ringing. i have class in an hour. i'm so NOT enthused. oh well... at least it's my last class for the year. thank GOD. i'm going quietly mad, don't mind me. ~Courtney The Sultraness of Swing "As she leans in, I don't see Karen; I see Dawson's Creek heartthrob James Van Der Beek!" Anoop Ranganath wrote: > Ticketmaster is showing that the boys are playing the House of Blues > in Las > Vegas on June 13. > > Anoop (wishing he would be turning 21 three weeks earlier, then he > might > actually go to the show) - -- ************* 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: Mon, 3 May 1999 20:11:52 EDT From: Lennonita@aol.com Subject: Wait a minute... I just got my tickets for the HOB show. *meg scores!* and I'm not 21. The Ticketmaster site says all ages and I didn't get any flack when I bought the tickets, so...hmmm. Well, if anyone else will be going, let me know! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 20:20:39 -0500 (EST) From: Katy Demcak Subject: monday monday Hey all -- Went to the Tufts show on Saturday; highlight for me was meeting Ben and Darren after the show. Also met Leigh (hi Leigh!) and some other faithful fans. Perhaps I should be a bit more descriptive than that... OK, will do, but first here is a clip from the Tufts Daily about the boys' set: ....The final musical disappointment of the afternoon was headliner Ben Folds Five. This so-called "jam rock" band played a dull set that was the most anticlimactic ending possible to the Spring Fling festivities. The drunken masses were thoroughly unmoved, milling around as Ben Folds wailed on stage. His attempts to be emotive failed, saturating the audience with a restless boredom. Towards the end of the set, the band played music so quiet that one spectator commented, "I was near the speaker and couldn't even hear them!" The band also failed to play its only hit, "Brick." ..... *ouch!* I mean, certainly wasn't the best time I've seen BFF but my god, I would never call the band live a disappointment. I think that Spring Fling is a really bad concert to play for bands--95% of the people are there not to hear music but to drink beer and enjoy the sunshine, so there's usually a small crowd up front and then a big group of people in the back not paying attention to the music whatsoever. Which is fine, but I wouldn't want to be the person on stage. Highlights of the set for me included: Emaline (!), Kwami's Last Night In Town (if only because Ben decided to replace every single Steven with the name Kwami), Your Redneck Past (which I liked even better live than on the album). They opened with Don't Change Your Plans and played a ton of stuff off the new album and not so much off the first one (Philosophy, Underground). The encore was Song For The Dumped, but Ben didn't get too into bashing the piano at the end and only stomped on the keyboards a couple of times. Afterwards, I waited in front of the band's bus thanks to a nice tip from someone and was the first one there. Ben showed up first and I gave him a baby present for the twins (a little kangaroo stuffed animal) which he seemed to like. I realize that perhaps I am a sad obsessed person for doing that, but I thought it was sweet and cute. I caught one of Darren's drum lids at the Hammerstein show last year and had had Robert sign it that night. Well, both Ben and Darren signed it on Saturday so it is now even more my most valuable posession (tee hee). Ben almost stole my Sharpie. That's OK; I'd give him a whole lot more than a permanent marker. Darren seemed sorta outta it but was nice enough to sign my drum and I can't wait to see how the pictures turned out. Anyway, that's it....very fun afternoon. I saw Liz Phair the night before and she put on a good show too. I kept on thinking of the little song Ben improvised in the Chicago show last year "Liz Phair lives here...but the Pope doesn't live here." Speaking of, does anyone have a show where BFF covered Chopsticks? I'd love to hear that. xoxo, Katy ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V2 #145 *********************************