Nothin’ matters but the weekend. Who’s planning on having more fun this weekend than these guys? The bar is set high!
Mar 222007
Mar 222007
Townspeople,
Tell me what you know about North Mississippi Allstars. Tell me more than the band contains the offspring of Jim Dickenson and some other 12-rate survivor of the Southern soul circuit. I’m going to see them with a friend in the neighborhood tomorrow night. My friend is a good guy, and he was looking for a music lover to join him. I’m terrified, Townspeople. Not of my friend’s company – hanging with him is a breeze – but because I’m terrified this band is going to push all my 21st Century Bluesphobe buttons. I’m terrified I’m going to get that look on my face. You know the one, the judgemental, 99 things are wrong with this picture look. It sucks getting into that mood around an innocent friend, a friend who may not be used to me and more gut-wrenching reactions to things I don’t like.
All that said, I had the same fears midway through Marie Antoinette with him and his wife. I figured I’d hear it from my wife when she saw me with that look after the movie, but our friends disliked it as much as we did and had been storing up as much bile. So who knows? Maybe this show will work out either way. In the meantime, please tell me all you know, short of AMG blurbage. Thanks.
Mar 222007
Mar 212007
It’s one of those days when a single hit may be all we need. Have one or see if you can empty this dugout. If anything’s left when you’re through, pass it on!
Name a song that’s “rocked” your world in the past week.
Name a current musician or recent demonstration of musicianship – on record or in concert – that’s impressed you in the past month.
Name a band you wish you could dig based on its name, reputation, and overall “vibe” yet have been unable to do so no matter how many times you’ve tried.
If you’re assessing bonus tracks on a reissue of an album you already own, are you more likely to be influenced to buy the record again based on the strength of previously unreleased
- Studio outtakes
- Live tracks
- Demos
Mar 212007
I just watched some new video by The Hold Steady over at Stereogum, a site I sometimes check in on and sometimes enjoy (the content, that is). However, almost any time I feel moved to leave a comment in response to a video or story I’ve read, I’m confronted with the least-articulate set of college-educated, indie crybabies known to man. At times like these, I’m left leaving a message such as the following:
Shoot, we’ve spent 25-30 years trying to preserve what cool is left in rock so The Kids can go ga-ga over Born to Run? And then all you can do is cry over syntax and ignorance of case rules? Wah-wah.
I’m sorry to have to put a hit on the well-intentioned Stereogum and The Hold Steady in response to the folks who leave comments, but Jeez Louise! Check out for yourself what passes for discussion.
Mar 212007
Nurture your fantasies but don’t hurt your nuts.
Mar 212007
The third round of the 2007 Rock Town Hall Fantasy Rock Band League Draft is about to begin! Free agents may be selected in lieu of a band’s pick in this round and the following round. GMs who signed free agents in the second round are ineligible for selections in this round. Watch your salary cap!
Picks from the second round are listed here.
Picks from the first round are listed here.
Following a series of trades, Mr. Mod and Andyr have flipped draft picks in this round. Meanstom and Sally C have forfeited their third-round picks owing to free-agent signings. For the third-round draft order and analysis…
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