Rock Town Hall • Rock Music Discussion

Show of Hands!

Mar 102011

Show of hands! In the last month, how many of you have:

Knowingly listened to Justin Bieber
Watched American Idol from start to finish
Listened to an XTC album (or, let’s say, more than three cuts from one in a row)
Listened to classic rock radio
Listened to Saturday Night Shut-In
Played a vinyl LP or 45 RPM record
Bought an actual CD
Thought a rock star of your own gender was at least somewhat sexy
Heard today’s “pop” music on the radio or internet and wondered why the kidz are willing to put up with such godawful trash
Secretly wished you could be listening to Bob Seger

Rock Town Hall in German True Stereo!

Posted by Mr. Moderator

Mar 102011

We’ve got a hot new t-shirt for you, the long-awaited German True Stereo shirt. While your rock-nerd friends are content to experience the world in regular old stereo or, at best, Japanese gold, remastered 5-D surround sound, you can proudly let them know where you’re coming from. The German True Stereo shirt is available here.

Also new to the Rock Town Hall store is the Pince Nez mug. What better way to start your day in the Halls of Rock but with a cup of coffee and a humbling reminder of the limits of our rock expertise? The Pince Nez mug is available here.

On a related note the RTH Booooooks link has been updated with many of the rock bios discussed earlier this week. Check ’em out and fill your head with new bits of, outside this place, useless information!

Vocal Mugging

Posted by machinery

Mar 102011

I’ve always had a hard time getting into Billy Bragg. It’s because of his very heavy accented singing. It almost sounds like he’s mugging to the audience (even in the booth) with every line.

I don’t seem to mind other artists who do this—Andy Partridge has a bit of this wink-to-the-audience tone to his voice—but Mr. Bragg is too much for me.

Anyone with me?

New Order: What’s Right and Wrong?

Posted by Mr. Moderator

Mar 092011

What’s right and what’s wrong about this live-in-studio New Order clip? For instance, I would say Bernard Sumner‘s angrily ripping off the windscreen is RIGHT, while his shorts are totally WRONG.

Once and For All: The Greatest Rock Biography

Posted by cdm

Mar 082011

There’s been a lot of talk about oversaturation in the rock bio market so let’s just cut right to the chase here. Once and for all…what is the Greatest Rock Biography? It can be based on any criteria you wish (insight into the artist’s psyche or creative process, the arc of the rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-redemption story, snorting a line of ants or the “Mud Shark Incident”) but no matter what your basis is, please show your work.

Time Machine: The Dreaded Colonel Tom Parker Question

Posted by Mr. Moderator

Mar 072011

Now or never?

You’ll have to excuse me for raising this odious question, but in the interest of complete honesty and for the good of rock ‘n roll, here goes: Continue reading »

All-Star Jam

Posted by Mr. Moderator

Mar 072011

Stay hungry, my friends.

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