Jesus123 You, my dear, are a peddler of deceit. [ Topics | Messages ] Name: Ryan Day Location: WI Country: United States Date of Birth: March 31st, 1984 (26 years old) Astrological sign: Aries Occupation: Jesus Status: Inactive (for 16 months) Last host: 70.94.47.* Joined on: May 13th, 2002

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Interests

Piano, writing music, writing songs, buying records, making movies, wit

Music

Ben Folds/Five, Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, Radiohead, Eels, Beck, Divine Comedy, Andrew Bird, Sufjan Stevens, Belle & Sebastian - AC Newman, Air, Badly Drawn Boy, Band Of Horses, Beatles, Ben Kweller, Ben Lee, Beulah, Björk, Bloc Party, Bonnie Prince Billy, Brendan Benson, Brian Wilson, Califone, Clem Snide, Coldplay, Dan Bejar, David Byrne, Death Cab For Cutie, Destroyer, Dissociatives, Duncan Sheik, Feist, Final Fantasy, Flaming Lips, George Harrison, Guster, Hotel Lights, I Am X, Imogen Heap, Iron and Wine, John Vanderslice, Joseph Arthur, Magnetic Fields, Muse, My Morning Jacket, Neko Case, New Pornographers, Nine Inch Nails, Notwist, Of Montreal, Phoenix, Postal Service, Rilo Kiley, Rufus Wainwright, Shins, Simian, Smashing Pumpkins, Snow Patrol, Sondre Lerche, Spoon, Spymob, Starlight Mints, Stars, Strokes, Supergrass, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Thom Yorke, Weezer, Wilco, Zutons

Favorite Ben Folds (Five) Songs

Carrying Cathy/Fred Jones ... Messner

Best Moment

Singing a tune with Ben on stage. During the Lawrence, WI show I had my usual loud-mouth requests going. I shouted "Carrying Cathy" after he finished playing a song. He didn't take notice to it the first time and proceeded to tell a musical education story. When he was done with that story, he fumbled about and said, "Let's see..." I then shouted "Carrying Cathy" again. He heard me this time and said, "Oh, ok. I haven't played this one in awhile, let's see if I can figure it out," or something to that extent. He played around to figure out the chords and began. Throughout the first verse the lyrics escaped his memory, so I helped him out: HER WINDOW WAS HUNG LIKE A PAINTING "Oh, yeah, that's it," he said. He continued with the song and continued to forget the words, periodically looking to me for assistance. "THEN ONE NIGHT SHE CLIMBED INTO THE PICTURE FRAME" to which he stopped and responded, "...the fuck? I wrote that? Hey, you up there. Are you a vocal major?" To which, of course, I responded "YES" even though I am not. He said, "Maybe you should come down and sing for me cause I obviously can't." So, shocked and bewildered by his offering, I became frantic. My seat for this show was in the lower balcony...not my usual position, but it worked for this one. I began to run in the opposite direction from the stage to go downstairs when the security guy said, "HEY! You can go this way." --which was the stairwell that led to the stage. "Just calm down," the security guard said. So I slowed down and walked down the steps, side by side while Ben played "intermission" type music. I looked over to the guard as I was about to go through the backstage door. I said to him, "You realize, this is like my dream." He smiled and said, "Good luck, man." From then on, everything slowed to a crawl as I walked through the backstage area, saying hi to Joe. He smiled and pointed me to the door that led to the stage. I walked out on the stage and immediately saw the entire crowd- all standing and cheering as they saw me. I raised my arms in the air, saying nothing, but thinking "Jesus..." I walked up to Ben who was of course sitting at the piano. I shook his hand and said, "Hey Ben, remember me? I'm the Jesus guy from Milwaukee." He said, "Oh yeah, with that sign that I read. I know you. How's it going?" After some chatter, he said, "Ok now, let's take it from where we left off." I said, "Alright, I'm kind of nervous, but go ahead. (I really wasn't all that nervous, it just seemed appropriate to say at the time)." He handed me his microphone. I was standing behind him and the piano. He began to lead me into the verse. Blinded by the stage lights, I didn't come in right away, but the second lead-in. From what I heard from my friends and other crowd members, I sang it well. When the song was done, I remember that I had a CD of my music in my pocket. I handed it to him and shook his hand. As I was walking away Ben said, "Ryan Day, ladies and gentleman!" I turned to the audience and put my arms in the air...and I think I bowed, or something lame like that. As I went back to my seat my friend just looked and me and cursed. We yelled at each other for awhile and then I slowly phased back into my usual Ben show routine: singing as loudly as possible. This is definitely up there on my "greatest moments" list, but sadly, no recording has been found. I continue to offer a $50 reward to anyone who can track down a bootleg with my part on it. Here's the only proof I currently own... http://gallery14235.fotopic.net/photo.php?id=1930989

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