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If You Can’t Say Anything Nice About…Zwol

Nov 262011

We here in the Halls of Rock Town are sometimes taken to task for being overly negative, snarky, hyper-critical, and all too often, just downright rude. As part of our collective efforts to bring a bit of sunshine and light to the world wide web, we occasionally make an extra effort effort to find something good to say about, you know, stuff that is clearly godawful.

It is in that spirit that we embark on yet another effort to bring some positivity to our proceedings. Please spend some quality time with the video above, then — if you can — please find something nice to say about it. You’ll feel a whole lot better, I promise you.

I look forward to your comments. Just remember, if you can’t say anything nice about this video… please don’t say anything at all.

Little Rays of Sunshine

Posted by Happiness Stan

Nov 242011

I love this record, adore it, I want it played at my funeral and I want to be alive during my funeral so I can hear it just one last time. Whenever I hear it I then have to play it another three or four times just to bask in the llveliness of it. I want to line up everyone who bought “Need You Tonight” by INXS in 1988 and demand to know why they didn’t buy this instead.

It is such a gorgeous song that I want to buy everything that The Mekons have ever recorded, and all of Sally Timms’ solo records, and follow them on tour just in case they play it. Here’s where it all falls down, though – I’ve heard almost all of their other records and they do nothing for me at all, leave me stone cold. For over thirty years.

By way of a reversal of the “one rubbish track on a great album” debate: Which band or artist (who have released at least two albums) would be completely without interest if it wasn’t for just one song which gives you a nice sunny feeling inside whenever you hear it and vindicates an otherwise not very interesting career?

Rock/Food Synchronicity

Posted by hrrundivbakshi

Nov 242011

It's a free-for-all

On this day of thankfulness and engorgement, I bring you a startling tale of rock/food synchronicity, in the hopes that you might share your own, if you have any to offer.

Not more than 30 minutes ago, I finished butchering the hind quarter of an eight-point deer a friend of mine gave me from a recent hunting expedition. Feeling peckish after all my carving, I set aside a hunk of the beast to tide me over until the Thanksgiving feast. After setting my venison stew on to simmer, I took my slab of meat, seasoned it with salt and pepper, and seared it in bacon fat. As I stood there in the HVB test kitchen, gnawing on my gamey treat, the iTunes randomizer coughed up “Free for All” by Ted Nugent.

Perfection!

I wonder how many of you have had similar moments of food/rock perfection. If you can’t think of any, perhaps you could share your best guesses as to what Rock flavors should accompany the following items from the HVB-and-friends thanksgiving feast:

Paddlefish caviar

Oysters on the half-shell

Oven-roasted Brussels sprouts

Carrots and parsnip puree

Green bean casserole

Turkey with all the trimmings

Venison bourguignon

Pumpkin pie

Red, white wine

All-Star Jam

Posted by Mr. Moderator

Nov 242011

It was 35 Thanksgivings ago when this concert was filmed and a young Mr. Moderator’s obsession with rock ‘n roll was sealed. What has he got to show for it? What have you got to share? An All-Star Jam is an open forum for you to do your thing.

To get things started here are a few cool links sent my way by Townspeople in recent days:

Who Is Most Thankful?

Posted by Mr. Moderator

Nov 232011

As we prepare for a long weekend of thanks and overeating, let us take a moment to give thanks to a fellow Townsperson for something specific they’ve added to your rock nerd world this year. Thanks of a general nature, such as “Thank you, Mr. Mod, for setting me straight about so many things this past year,” will not be accepted!

I also encourage you to tell me, Who among the following artists is most thankful?

Is it an attractively hirsute Sinéad O’Connor?

Last Man Standing: Don’t Know Much About Geography

Posted by cdm

Nov 222011

Well, the dust has barely settled on the most recent Last Man Standing but I’ve been inspired start another by a response that tonyola made to the Mod in a previous discussion.

Please name a song that contains the name of a nation in the title. The nation must be a real one, so Atlantis doesn’t count, although it can be one that no longer exists, as in my first answer: “Back in the USSR.”

Once a country is mentioned, it is off the board.

Only one answer per post please.

When Good Musicians Go Bad

Posted by tonyola

Nov 222011

Jeff Beck. Jimmy Page. John Bonham. Noel Redding. Nicky Hopkins. Stellar rock names who would have been a million-dollar band back in 1969-1970. You’d think that an album featuring all these excellent musicians would be a must-have classic for the ages, right? Not this time, bunkie.

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