{"id":129,"date":"2009-02-06T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-02-05T23:37:09","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T23:37:09","slug":"crossing-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/crossing-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossing the Line"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is an old topic that dates back to our Yahoo Groups beginnings and was revived during the opening weeks of the blog version of Rock Town Hall that you’re reading now. One of the reasons I like this topic is Townsman Geo<\/strong>‘s response, which you’ll find in the Comments<\/strong> for this post. Over the years, Geo’s been the one person who has gotten what I’m looking for and shared an answer. I’m still hopeful that other Townspeople will get it and have the confidence to share their experience in crossing the line. Won’t you repay my faith?<\/em><\/p>\n

This post initially appeared 1\/24\/07.<\/code><\/p>\n

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Are you fearless in your quest to know all there is to know about Rock ‘n Roll, or do you have boundaries? Do you fear being faced with something a well-rounded rock nerd should know but find yourself paralyzed in fear of crossing the line<\/strong>? More than a line, in some cases, more like a 6-lane highway.
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\nFor example, the thought of renting The Mayor of Sunset Strip<\/em>, about LA DJ Rodney Bigenheimer<\/strong>, gives me pause. I’ve read about this legendary character for years, and I’ve been told that the movie is loaded with Rodney’s fascinating interactions with big-name rock legends. As much as I know I should<\/em> rent this DVD, I fear that watching the movie would cut too close to the bone regarding some dear friends. There are people I like seeing, people I like being able to look in the eye, and I fear that seeing this movie would prohibit me from doing so for some time.<\/p>\n

Another line that gives me pause is that Paul Green School of Rock<\/a><\/strong>. On 99 levels, this has always struck me as a fantastic idea; however, on 1 mere level, the thought of seeing a grown man teach children how to play Frank Zappa<\/strong> songs makes me think of what’s been going on in the dark recesses of the Catholic Church. Let the kids gravitate toward the famed Zappa Krappa<\/em> poster at their own pace.<\/p>\n

Once, at a flea market, I sold John Cale’s turgid Slow Dazzle<\/em> album to a 12-year-old in a baseball cap. Afterward, I realized that I’d dragged a young man across the line. It’s a good thing I wasn’t within a 5-mile radius of a school.<\/p>\n

How about you? Have you crossed the line? Do you worry about crossing the line?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is an old topic that dates back to our Yahoo Groups beginnings and was revived during the opening weeks of the blog version of Rock Town Hall that you’re reading now. One of the reasons I like this topic is Townsman Geo‘s response, which you’ll find in the Comments for this post. Over the […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}