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The Rockford Files Tuesday, September 11 2001 Volume 04 : Number 029
Today's Fjordian Filings:
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oh, ben who?
Depressing songs?
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 05:20:00 EDT
From: FieryLox@aol.com
Subject: oh, ben who?
hi rockford people. i think i've posted to this list like, three times in my
life. but i an in a bit of a quandary.
i bought some tickets to a TOOL show today online at ticketbastard.com...and
i get to the final screen before i realize that they are for THE WRONG SHOW!
argh. so now i have two tool tickets to the show in raleigh that i need to
get off my hands. if you or anyone you know would like to see tool (and i
just saw them in june, and it was the best concert i've EVER seen, including
any and all bff shows...well, except maybe one) in raleigh, please email me!
i'm selling the tickets for exactly face value, minus the ticketmaster
charges and whatnot.
in other news: you may remember me preaching about jump, little children here
a few years ago...well, they've been through some messy, sad legal battles
with their label--but are finally going to release the album they completed
in march. it's called "VERTIGO" and it's coming out on SEPTEMBER 25. they
have a bunch of southeastern tour dates announced, but nothing outside of the
southeast yet. the album is beautiful...the songs are so much more mature and
fully-fleshed out than the shit on magazine. i highly recommend it to any fan
of good, good music.
phew!
- --sara
http://sarax.nodata.org
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:18:20 -0400
From: "Anne Sawyer"
Subject: Depressing songs?
Hey all...
Hmmmm. Losing Lisa has depressing lyrics. Yes. Definitely. Sure. Absolutely.
But the beat is still one that makes me want to dance and skip around my
apartment. Sports & Wine isn't the kindest of songs, but that doesn't make
me want to move around any less. Underground is tongue in cheek, but that
doesn't mean that I don't want to mosh when I hear it.
Y'see, for me, it's the dichotomy that makes it kick ass.
As to being depressed... as a girl I coached in field hockey put it "You're
31, single and unemployed. Your Mom isn't proud of you!" So let's not talk
about depression... :) Strangely, though... the beautiful way that very
depressing subjects are handled by Ben is the very reason why his songs kick
ass when I am most down. For example, there were many, many, many times that
I played BFF when I was going through my divorce.
I dunno. I'm not sure I can explain it. But because the songs are quirky and
beautiful and touching... they tend to uplift me rather than bring me down.
And I disagree that Rockin' is the only song that isn't depressing... The
Luckiest is uplifting if you look at it the right way. :)
Hope all is well with all of you!
- -Anne
"I just want to walk away...
Every one of you is fired."
:)
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