From: owner-rockford-files-digest@smoe.org (The Rockford Files) To: rockford-files-digest@smoe.org Subject: The Rockford Files V2 #174 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, June 8 1999 Volume 02 : Number 174 Today's Fjordian Filings: -------------------------------------- Do I sense a challenge? Ben Folds Five, June 6, 1999 prt 1 Ben Folds Five, June 6, 1999 prt 2 Jude and PI Re: Jude and PI ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 08:22:15 -0600 From: Tina Archer Subject: Do I sense a challenge? Okay everyone, lets send Alex all kinds of kewl stuff to put on the bootleg. It seems that the folks on the MA weren't contributing, so we have got to protect our turf. I'm ready to rumble. By the way, does anyone else want Courtney's life? How about it Courtney, do ya want to be an environmental lawyer in a podunk Midwest town?? We can trade any time ya want :-) Peace all, T ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 13:11:45 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: Ben Folds Five, June 6, 1999 prt 1 Amazing. Utterly and vert completely brilliant. This is the band that changed my life, and every once in a while, (very arely but it does happen) I forget what this band does to me. Chills. Tears. They make me feel more than any other band. Now. A buncha words about the concert. =-) I left Tucson at 11:30 this morning, and got to phx around 2. 1st I found the club, then I wandered around with my little sister (loveable thing that she is, she isn't a fan like I am, and mostly only listens to the CDs if I am around, but she does enjoy what she hears...) and then met a friend for lunch. a late lunch. We wandered around a bit more before we decided to go to the club. I being the BFF geek that I am and freely admit to being, got there more than 2 hours before the doors opened. So we waited outside. Only a group of 4 and a group of 2 were in front of us. We got to talking, and they were all very very cool people. One of them, Jeff is on the MA. 2 of them were from Tucson too. Jeff wants to get on the RF so if anyone can tell me how to subscribe (I forget!) pass the info to me, and I'll give it to him. Anyway, so we chilled, and they are awesome. Ben Folds Five people are just the nicest people in the world. *bonding momemt* =-) Reminds me of my Conan O Brian experience when I met Leigh. So the doors open and I claim my piece of rail. Chill for a while. Then Jude opens up. Oh my gosh, I mean, I loved his albums to bits, have been ever since I heard them in september. but wow. He put on such an amazing so, and well, you know how hard it is to be an opening band? Most people could give 2 shits about you, they are they to see the headliner, right? Well, Jude won the entire crowd over. his voice is like an angel, and his guitar playing is breathtaking. His band was also in top form, the one electric guitar player with the slide bass just wowed me completely, as did the drumer. I was the only one very familar with Jude before the show, and so I did the geeky thing and sang along to every song.. cuz I know all the words and all, and every onece in a while, Jude would notice that I was totally into it and singing along (he was right in front of me on the stage) and he would look straight into my eyes, and I'd get all nervous like and then have to smile... I got a smile out of him even. Jude rocked, and he won the entire crowd over, people were really buying his CDs after the show. GO JUDE!!!!!! Then came the real waiting... for Ben Folds Five themselves. Eventually they showed up... words cannot begin to describe it. The audince was in heaven. At least I hope Heaven is one big Ben Folds Five concert. WOW, that would be cool. Anyway, it was a smallish crowd definately not sold out, and we just loved it. I don't remember the set list offhand... Opened with Plans...oh, they played Alice Childress, Battle, Philosophy, Video, Fair, SFTD, OAD, Regrets, Army, Kwami's (aka Stevens!), Hostpital Song, MAgic, Mess, Rednecked Past... maybe more. Lets see... when he introduced Steven's, he said "My name is not Ben. I wrote this song about me" At this point, I knew exactly what song he was talking about, and I yelled "KWAMI!!!" He looked at me, smiled, motioned with his hand, and said "Good call." he was pleasantly surprized. =-) ROCK ON WITH MY BAD SELF! =-) When he played Rednecked Past, he said "this is a song about Kwami's past" Then he broke a string, and while he was getting that fixed, Rob started a jam called "Kwami Broke a String" Oh did it rock. Amazing. They got it fixed, and Ben kept jamming with him. Amazing. Narcolepsy was... orgasmic. really. That was worth the price of the ticket alone. I pressed my body up against the wood separating me from the stage so I could feel the vibrations throughout my body, I held my hands just up slightly, fingers to the sky, palms out so that I could feel the music all the way to my fingertips. The other pure...sheer...emotion, it rivals Narc, and I would go as far to say it was more orgasmic, was the ending of Regrets. That was just... beyond words it was so amazing. Part 2, about meeting Ben Folds Five will be coming right up... stacy The best things in life don't make any sense -Odds "The Best Things" Stacy Lynn stacyf@u.arizona.edu http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq: 7641939 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 13:17:58 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: Ben Folds Five, June 6, 1999 prt 2 The show was over all too quickly, as is the case when you are in heaven, but they played a very long set. I snagged a set list after the show, and after glancing at it, it is completely wrong from what they actually played, but what the hell. =-) I bought a total of 4 BFF tshirts and one jude one. I also snagged a million posters etc from the walls. Rock on. So me and my new found friends were going to meet the band afterwards. But the security were dicks and made us all leave. I just knew it wasn't Ben rob or darren who didn't want to see us, that made no sense since they are always the nicest people... the gaurds were just being assholes, and I told them that. They surrounded our car, and told us to leave or they would break our kneecaps. Nice guys, huh? So we just went down the street, had a bite at the denny's and came back. We came back, I had my picture with Rob taken, he signed a CD for me, and I got him to sign another CD as a bday gift for a guy at work I just found out likes the new BFF album. I thought I'd intoduce him to some oldschool BFF. =-) Then my awesome new friends had to leave (they are still in HS and have parents and curfews to worry about...) but then entrusted me with some things they wanted Ben to sign when he got back (he was doing an interview). Of course we exchanged addresses etc before they left. =-) So, me and my sister were chillin, when I noticed the guys next to us were listening to the show on casstte... I freaked, and asked them if I could get a copy. So, It was arranged, and I shall be getting a bootleg of the show in a few weeks. Rock on with my bad self. Ben made his grand appearance. I got my autograph for me and for the friend at work, I told him I'd be seeing Sandi and Ginger this summer, and I got the real scoop on the semantics. He just did drums on the demos. other rurmors had been circulating, but there, straight from Ben's Mouth. I got my picture with him, asnd we talked a bit more, but it was late, and I didn't want to keep him, and he had already been so wonderfully nice, that I didn't want to overstep my bounds. I didn't see Darren, but I will live... I always seem to miss out on him. I only saw him briefly at his last show here. I did get to talk to Rob and Ben enough though, so I feel ok. The show was so amazing. And They were so nice. And Jude was just beyond incredible... and I relized he not only reminded me of Elliot Smith and Rufus Wainwright in ways, but also Jeff Buckley. Such talent. And the Ben Folds Five fans that I met were just so very nice and cool, and well, I love you all. =-) Even the ones I haven't met in person yet. =-) Ok, I will end it before you all bore of me. goodnite... stacy The best things in life don't make any sense -Odds "The Best Things" Stacy Lynn stacyf@u.arizona.edu http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq: 7641939 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 01:10:37 -0500 From: "Matty Jacobs" Subject: Jude and PI Alright, I have heard enough talk about Jude that I REALLY want to get an album. The question for y'all is...Which one? I much prefer suggestions to randomly choosing. Please email me your suggestions. Also, for those of you that caught Politically Incorrect tonight, I was a little dissappointed but in other ways not at all. Granted, he said two sentence the entire show and only when prompted but for some reason I thought he was a good guest. I don't know, I just enjoyed watching him react to Alan Thicke's jokes. That was amusing. Boo-yah, Matty J @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ matty j. mbjacobs@students.wisc.edu AIM- Lifeisski ICQ# 25174853 If you want to be happy, be. Leo Tolstoy It's your life and you can decorate it as you like. Ben Folds (Five) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 23:56:27 -0700 From: Stacy Lynn Subject: Re: Jude and PI At 01:10 AM 6/8/99 -0500, you wrote: >Alright, I have heard enough talk about Jude that I REALLY want to get an >album. The question for y'all is...Which one? I much prefer suggestions to >randomly choosing. >Please email me your suggestions. Well, he only has one major label release out, and it is called No One Is Really Beautiful. It is a FANTASTIC album, it really shows off his voice and guitar skills. It is a much fuller album, much more produced than his indie-label 410 Harper Ave. That album is amazing, has some of the same songs as his major label release, but more stripped down versions of them. there are also a number of live tracks on the album. Its like compareing old elliot smith to the new stuff... old elliot is very bare but intense and wonderful, while his new album is more poppy and produced. I would reccomend you get No One Is Really Beautiful for a couple reasons... its going to be easier to find, and it will really let you see the direction he is going in now. If you like it (and you will) then I reccomend the indie release, and you will fall in love with that one as well. Stacy The best things in life don't make any sense -Odds "The Best Things" Stacy Lynn stacyf@u.arizona.edu http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stacyf icq: 7641939 ------------------------------ End of The Rockford Files V2 #174 *********************************