Wilco is cool with an early “leak” of their upcoming album, Sky Blue Sky. In fact, they’ve decided to capitalize on what most of the industry considers a akin to a capital crime with an authorized live streaming broadcast of the album this Sunday, March 11, on the band’s official website.
All-Star Jam. Mmmmm, Kim Gordon’s panties.
As you enjoy your weekend, consider what – if anything – is missing from this video’s single-handed codification of everything that defined the early ’90s hipster. Amazing! The only thing I didn’t see was a Charles Manson reference. Anything else not covered in the quick cuts?
First a brief news item generated from our very own Moderator, that is, me. Then I’ll open up discussion based on a recently received offlist message from the Mailbag.
First the news!
ROCK TOWN HALL, EARTH – Mr. Moderator has proposed to the Rules and Regulations Commission of Rock Town Hall a cap on cymbal and hi-hat fills by rock drummers.
“Think of the cymbals and hi-hats as the supporting percussion bag of the drum kit,” said Mr. Moderator in his 48-page proposal to he Commission. “They’re there to assist the drummer in fortifying his or her key beats. You wouldn’t want Ray Cooper hopping about playing tambourine and vibroslap fills indiscriminantly, would you?”
In brief, Mr. Moderator proposed no more than one cymbal crash per every 4 measures and a maximum of 2 open hi-hat fills (as opposed to rhythmic variations within the standard hi-hat pattern) per song. He noted that special cymbal privileges could be obtained by the likes of Keith Moon and Mitch Mitchell.
Proponents of the proposition include Peter Gabriel, who said, “If we’re going to allow any cymbals, this is a more than reasonable proposition.” Opponents of the measure include Mr. Moderator’s bandmates, Townsman Andyr and Townsman Sethro.
As for the Mailbag question…
I’m a little confused by the pro-drummer sentiments from you and Andy. I thought bass was the single most important ingredient for the Nixon’s Head crew.
Let me think more about how to answer this fine question. Meanwhile I’ll throw it open to my bandmates in the Hall and the rest of our members. Thanks.
I look forward to our responses.
Few bands have a third singer-songwriter who gets to contribute a song to a band’s record. Fewer yet make strong contributions. At this risk of setting the stage for a quick 2-person battle between Ron Wood‘s fantastic contribution to The Faces, “Ooh La La” (see cool, live Ronnie Lane version above) and any of a handful of George Harrison‘s contributions to The Beatles, I am calling on your vast knowledge of obscure rock ephemera to identify The Greatest Performance by a Band’s Third-String Songwriter.
For starters, there’s only one rule I can think of: XTC contributions by Colin Moulding, who somehow occupied the Harrison role in 2-songwriter band, will not be accepted.
See No Evil. “The world premiere of ‘Three Days in the Life,’ a documentary about John Lennon, was canceled after lawyers for the slain Beatle’s widow, Yoko Ono, warned that she had not authorized any public viewing of the film.” More!
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Here’s what could be a good thread – with your input – as suggested by Townsman Andyr. Let’s begin setting up the thread and see what we can do with it over the course of the coming week. Check it out…
If you could play GM of a Fantasy League Rock Band, who would you target for your band? Don’t answer yet! How ’bout we actually start our own Fantasy League Rock Bands and draft talent? What we do with these efforts following that is another matter, but see if these parameters work, and start thinking about how you want to approach this in today’s thread:
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Courtesy of our Cinnamon Girl, this one’ll lift ya outtta your dog day afternoon. What’s got your hackles up?
