Oct 222008
 


During the NLCS we gave great attention to the musical “walk-up” match-ups between the Phillies and the Dodgers. I’m not going to rehash the key theme songs for players on the Phils. If you’re interested in a recap check out here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Considering I have no RTH counterpoint based in the Tampa area who would care to monitor any fair-balanced analysis I’d give to the Rays, I won’t get into much depth. I do think it’s important, however, that we preview some of the key musical offerings in this series and provide a place for a little baseball chatter. Here goes!

Everyone knows that a key battle will be between the Phils’ Chase Utley‘s walk-up theme, Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir”, and Rays’ Game 1 starter, Scott Kashmir. Whoever owns the song in the players’ head-to-head confrontations may own the series.

Rays’ outfielder Rocco Baldelli was always an easy guy to root for during the team’s sad-sack formative years. Along with leftfielder Carl Crawford, Baldelli was long a rare shining Ray of Hope. Plus he’s got a cool name and now he’s coming back from a rare, career-threatening disease. I’d never paid any attention to Baldelli’s walk-up music before this series. His rotation of Cream‘s “Sunshine of Your Love”, The James Gang‘s “Funk #49”, and Black Sabbath‘s “War Pigs” should be pitched to very carefully.
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Oct 212008
 

What are your thoughts on the tune, maaaaan. You likey? You no likey? Why?!

Harness your rock nerd powers and impress us with your bold critique. You might just stumble on the artist.

If you know who it is, shut your yammer.

Mystery Date

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Oct 212008
 


The Abbey Road medley is a common point of controversy among Beatles fans, both of the “regular people” Beatlemaniacs and the rock nerd variety. One one hand the medley is dazzling, especially, I would think, to young or otherwise impressionable ears. Of course, I’m giving away my bias: even when I was a kid I found it unsatisfying and a cheap ploy. Over the years, as I’ve matured and grown as a human being, I can better appreciate the craft of the medley–even its place in cementing the Beatles’ legacy. However, I’m not totally certain of how I feel. I’d like to hear your thoughts on this key late-period Beatles work. How should I feel about the Abbey Road medley?

After the jump…perhaps the most fascinating slice of Beatlemania I’ve seen in some time…and the final word?
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Oct 212008
 

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October 21, 2008

TELEVISION REVIEW
‘Nova: Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives’

By ROBERT LLOYD, TELEVISION CRITIC

“Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives” is not your usual edition of “Nova,” the PBS science anthology. The film, which airs tonight, follows rock musician Mark Oliver Everett — better known as E, leader of Eels — on a journey to discover the physicist father he never really knew and to understand something of his “Many Worlds Interpretation” of quantum mechanics — at first, painfully ignored, but now taken quite seriously.

Full story here.

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Oct 172008
 

Sorry to post and run, but it’s late, and I have a two-bourbon buzz on. I had to get a couple of drinks down my gullet to withstand the jam-tastic wankathon that confronted me at a Little Feat show I got backstage tix to tonight. I want you all to know that the only reason I went is because a number of you — including many whose musical opinions I otherwise respect — swear by these guys.

It wasn’t terrible. I mean, it wasn’t even 20% as bad as the Phish show I got dragged to once. Or 5% as bad as I imagine Dead shows used to be. But it wasn’t really my cup of tea. Fair enough and “big fucking surprise,” I hear you guys moaning as you roll your eyes and lunge for the bong. But, seriously, do me a favor and tell me why you like Little Feat so much. What I heard was an extremely competent roots-rock/jam band, with very, very little of interest to say. Here’s a way to get at what I want to know: why do I love Lynyrd Skynyrd so much, yet find Little Feat so uninteresting?

Before you throw rotten tomatoes at me for trying to get you to say (once again): “because it’s jam-band hippie shit, and you don’t like that stuff, HVB!”, let me just say that there were a few bourbon-fueled moments where I was actually able to nod my head sympathetically to lead guitar player dude’s sextagenerian stratocaster bliss-out, and I was actually mightily impressed with drummer dude’s game. But, really, what the fuck are these guys singing about? Why do I love “Get Up, Stand Up” by Marley so much, yet find Little Feat’s version so lame?

If ever I needed some serious RTH Healing, it’s now. Please explain, so that I may grow and mature as a music listener.

Thank you all, and I look forward to your responses.

HVB

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Oct 172008
 

What’d I tell you about our friend, Links Linkerson? At the end of a busy day I just got notice from the basement that Four Tops lead vocalist Levi Stubbs has died.

I’m sure some of you are sick to death of the band’s oldies but goodies (greaties, in most cases), so here’s a hit from the ’70s that you may not be as sick of hearing and that was key to the formative musical years of myself and a young Townsman Andyr!!

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Oct 172008
 


Townspeople,

This is your Rock Town Hall! If you’ve already got Back Office privileges and can initiate threads, by all means use your privileges! If you’d like to acquire such privileges, let us know. If you’ve got a comment that needs to be made, what are you waiting for? If you’re just dropping in and find yourself feeling the need to make your voice heard, don’t hesitate to register and post your thoughts. The world of intelligent rock discussion benefits from your participation. Even your input, Links Linkerson.

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