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Sep 282007
Sep 272007
Losing it
If you’ll recall, a few weeks back I reported on my being selected to test iLose, a revolutionary weight loss program being developed by Apple’s iTunes empire in conjunction with Bakersfield-Area Weight-Loss Labs (BAWLL). iLose combines iPod technology with Apple’s vast iTunes inventory and BAWLL’s 40-plus years of weight-loss expertise. Three weeks after a representative from Apple contacted me and set up my participation in a Phase II study on this digital weight-loss program I lost 6 pounds and gained a wealth of great tracks to load onto my iPod! I’m now halfway through my second month on the program and I’ve lost even more weight while downing yet another batch of calorie-free digital tunes!
This month’s selection kicks off with some mellower tracks, like an outtake from The Basement Tapes and a “twofer” of LA-style rock by an obscure 1977 by a band called Anonymous. Soon enough, The Small Faces and Finn’s Motel crank up the energy. Why don’t you load these tracks into your iPod, take a walk now and then, and tell me if you don’t start shedding pounds like I have. You, too, can lose!
A sample of the playlist from my most recent iLose session follows. Consider it your trial version of this possibly revolutionary weight-loss program!
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“All You Have to Do Is Dream”, Bob Dylan
“J. Rider”, Anonymous
“We Got More”, Anonymous
“(Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me”, The Small Faces
“Accelerate and Break”, Finn’s Motel
“Recent Linear Landscapes”, Finn’s Motel
“She Hangs Out (mono mix)”, The Monkees
“I’m With You”, The Poneys
Sep 272007
In an effort to further the definition-in-progress of Prock, specifically identify what is Prock in this video.
Sep 262007
I’ve been keeping an eye out for this clip on YouTube for some time. Get it now, before David Thomas finds out!
I love the way the guitarist faces the drummer. I’ve always wanted to write a song that would require me to do that.
Sep 252007
Townsman Saturnismine briefly interrupted his baseball dreams to ask the following of us:
RTHers, I have been in the clubs, where the few in attendance gawk amazed at half-hearted post-rock pedal hopping. I have been to the record stores, where artfully designed cover art and requisite Look continue to scam the impressionable to empty their pockets. I have been to the Nether-regions of hipster cyberspace, where the soul-less look to their shoes with woeful, soul-less gazes.
And on this clear, cloudless day, I implore you: the world of rock needs US to put down all our worldly, reverent talk of jazz, Beatle covers, and “true German stereo,” regardless of the merits of such talk. It is a time to strip away all ponderings and embrace simplicity. It is a time to TAKE UP CHILDISH THINGS.
First, I want to know if what you’re about to watch is even possible in 2007.
Feel better? I thought you might. I also want to know what songs clean YOUR cobwebs by getting back to what matters most. These songs must be hard hitting, fun, dumb, maybe even RAUNCHY – and profound in their simplicity: no esoteric cobweb cleanings, please. I want viscera. Townsman HVB, I especially
hope to connect with you on this one.
Sep 252007
Townspeople,
Rock Town Hall heeds your call! If it’s The Sensational Alex Harvey Band you want, it’s The Sensational Alex Harvey Band you shall get! What more can I say but take what has been given to you! Rock down low in your greasepaint, brothers and sisters! Without further ado, Rock Town Hall presents a fistful of THE…SENSATIONAL…ALEX…HARVEY…BAND!
“Midnight Moses”
“Framed”
“Swampsnake”
“Next”
“Faith Healer (Live)”
Sep 242007
All-Star Jam. Feed your head.
