Will Your Mystery Date Be a Dream or a Dud?
Who was that decade-straddling, shoulda-been Dutch band featured in our most recent Mystery Date?
Nov 102010
Mr. Moderator
Nov 092010
Let’s review the ground rules here. The Mystery Date song is not necessarily something I believe to be good. So feel free to rip it or praise it. Rather the song is something of interest due to the artist, influences, time period… Your job is to decipher as much as you can about the artist without research. Who do you think it is? Or, Who do you think it sounds like? When do you think it was recorded? Etc…
If you know who it is, don’t spoil it for the rest. Anyone who knows it can play the “mockcarr option.” (And I’ve got a hunch that one of you knows this one.) This option is for those of you who just can’t hold your tongue and must let everyone know just how in-the-know you are by calling it. So if you know who it is and want everyone else to know that you know, email Mr. Moderator at mrmoderator [at] rocktownhall [dot] com. If correct we will post how brilliant you are in the Comments section.
The real test of strength though is to guess as close as possible without knowing. Ready, steady, go!
[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Mystery-Date-110910.mp3|titles=Mystery Date 110910]Nov 082010
Mom!
I’m going to try something new tonight that’s long been considered but not the slightest bit approached…until I finally put a few hours of work into a Rock Town Hall podcast, which I’m calling Saturday Night Shut-In.
Tonight’s inaugural edition is 33 minutes and 32 seconds of scratchy, old vinyl selections (other than our digitally developed theme song) as well as a couple of snippets of your very own Mr. Moderator’s commentary. (That’s right, I won’t be quitting my day job.) Some of our very own Townspeople are name-checked for their influence on my recent stack of records sitting in front of my stereo!
[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/RTH-Saturday-Night-Shut-In-1.mp3|titles=Rock Town Hall’s Saturday Night Shut-In, episode 1]If this in any way adds to our listening and bullshitting capabilities, I’d be happy to make it a running series and encourage you to contribute your own podcasts. Enjoy!
Nov 082010
Legs & Co. will dance to anything. Try ’em!
Nov 082010
Building a bomb has never looked so enticing, has it? Why don’t we work together to build a bomb of an album, a hyped-up, ambitious work of art and commerce that is intended to soar like Led Zeppelin but, rather, goes down like a lead zeppelin. (Pants or tights optional.)
What makes for a bomb of an album? Do we have what it takes?
Nov 072010
I’ve never been a fan of The Jam‘s “Eton Rifles” (or any of Paul Weller’s soccer-chant songs, for that matter), but its middle eighth, which first appears at about the 1:24 mark of this clip, is—for me—the song’s saving grace. This song would be a constant needle-lifter on my favorite Jam album, Setting Sons, if not for that part. I like it that much.
Is there a song you would never listen to again if not for one worthwhile moment?
Nov 052010
After a long, rainy Thursday in the Philadelphia area, I’ve got nothing to say that you want to hear this Friday morning. Instead, I’ll let some tunes do the talking. Enjoy.
Popul Vuh, “Morning Sun”
[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/06-Morning-Sun.mp3|titles=Popul Vuh, “Morning Sun”]Don Everly, “Tumbling Tumbleweeds”
[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/01-Tumbling-Tumbleweeds.mp3|titles=Don Everly, “Tumbling Tumbleweeds”]Slapp Happy & Henry Cow, “Strayed”
[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/09-Strayed.mp3|titles=Slapp Happy & Henry Cow, “Strayed”]Fairport Convention, “Sloth”
[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/03-Sloth.mp3|titles=Fairport Convention, “Sloth” (live)]Roy Roberts, “You Ain’t Miss It”
[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/11-You-Aint-Miss-It.mp3|titles=Roy Roberts, “You Ain’t Miss It”]Burning Spear, “Black Wa-Da-Da”
[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/13-Black-Wa-Da-Da.mp3|titles=Burning Spear, “Black Wa-Da-Da”]Alton Ellis, “Breaking Up”
[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/01-Breaking-Up.mp3|titles=Alton Ellis, “Breaking Up”]
