Just to provide a little contrast to The Star-Room’s most recent List Listopherson, I decided that we need to talk about the BEST jobs we’ve had throughout our lives…since it’s Labor Day weekend and all. I don’t know if we can all come up with 5, but let’s give whatever we’ve got. I’ll [...]
“This book is full of belly laughs, but I am suspicious of belly laughs as entirely happy experiences. The only way to get a belly laugh, I’ve found, is to undermine a surface joke with more unhappiness than most mortals can bear.” -Kurt Vonnegut
Anybody else got any great Vonnegut quotes, or quotes by anyone [...]
Remember my post celebrating the Zappa Plays Zappa tour last month? Well, I just received three copyright infringement notices from YouTube regarding my three Zappa Plays Zappa videos that I took on my little Powershot at a show in Red Bank, NJ last month. Here’s how they read:
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Dear Member:
This is [...]
What famous musician said “writing about music is like dancing about architecture”?
What band was Peter Frampton in before going solo in 1971?
Who recorded “Ride My See-Saw” in 1968?
Alright, today I’ve got my new favorite shit for you. It’s two songs (since it’s a double album) from prog/psych rock trio, Aphrodite’s Child’s 1972 (year I was born) album, 666. This concept-y album was the brainchild of keyboardist and other instrumentalist, Vangelis…yes, the ‘Chariots of Fire’ Vangelis! This album is so [...]
In what movie did Black Sabbath’s “The Mob Rules” first appear?
I just saw this posted over at Hidden Track and thought it might be important for you all to see, so that you know that our government is making strides at passing legislation for the things that really affect us all, and those we love…and even vice versa…
Live From Congress: The Skull Fucking Bill Of [...]
In what year did The Clash release their first LP?
A cool weekend indeed it was, and beautiful weather too, here in NY. Friday I attended a fun Shabbas potluck with the ever-effervescent members of the Storahtelling company. And for more Sabbath activities, Saturday felt like a Greenhills, OH block party with Black Sabbath cover band Sabra Cadabra rocking The Yard on Gowanus [...]
Here’s a West Side Story song as done by Yes, which was actually stuck in my head for the second half of yesterday, after Franny and I left the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival at Tompkins Square Park. Yes never put this song on an album but it has appeared on many re-releases over [...]
Who had “Too Much To Dream Last Night”? (1967)
This weekend’s bit of philosophy comes to us from our friends over at The Star-Room. Go there now and give ‘em your list of questionably-factual Bible stories.
This is the second Sh*t L*sts post since its inception, so it’s still a very new concept…listing items that might typically remain loosely unorganized in the primordial ooze that is the grey matter of your brain. This should be simple though and won’t hurt a bit. What I want everyone to do is [...]
Who gave Sid Vicious his trademark lock necklace?
Well, it looks like I don’t have a ton for you, but maybe closer to 175 lbs. Franny and I were lucky enough to be visited last weekend by our old friends, Andrew and Angie and Angie’s dad, Art, from Cincinnati. Andrew and I go all the way back to Hitching Post days. [...]
While Phil Collins was with Genesis, he was also involved in what jazz rock group?
Here’s a great track from the Kings of Leon’s latest studio album Because of the Times, which if you don’t have and you like rock and roll, you should get asap. I was just thinking, as much as I dig the White Stripes, I listen to Kings of Leon more often and skip them [...]
What existentialist writer has influenced Rush’s lyrics?
Who wrote The Coasters’ (1971) “Love Potion #9″?
So who’s gonna be seeing them this fall? It may be hard to pass up…
Hey…I thought I’d add a little regular segment where we all get a chance to list some things, as an organized and convenient way to see what’s going on with eaches otherses worldeses. There’s nothing sh*tty about these lists, in particular (unless you want yours to be); I just couldn’t come up with a [...]
What Rolling Stones album did Ron Wood first play on?
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