{"id":1364,"date":"2008-04-12T16:27:34","date_gmt":"2008-04-12T20:27:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-04-12T16:33:17","modified_gmt":"2008-04-12T16:33:17","slug":"main-stage-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/main-stage-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Main Stage Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In regards to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php?title=all_star_jam_130&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1\" title=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php?title=all_star_jam_130&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1\">Tim Armstrong<\/a> <strong>All-Star Jam\u2122<\/strong> comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]<br \/>\nGerry, I got the time to give this clip another view. It&#8217;s not bad, but I think I&#8217;d like it better if I could better see the women. That grainy, B&amp;W Look of the video was cool at first, but I kept waiting for the Wizard of Oz-like moment when everything sprang into rich, vibrant color. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gerry wasn&#8217;t talking about the vid precisely.  I think he just liked this tune much more than he thought he would given that, you-know-who, is behind it.<br \/>\n<!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>I think, if I can speak for Gerry, he wanted to point out how tight the back-up band is here, <strong>The Aggrolites<\/strong>.  These guys back up all the big Jamaican reggae and ska bands that come to L.A.  They are way more roots than all the typical post <strong>Specials<\/strong> punk\/ska bands are.<\/p>\n<p>Problem is, like roots reggae and ska, is that for uptight dudes like us we need a little more pop and structure. <\/p>\n<p>Tight, fun but ultimately forgettable:<br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f6pT-IsIb0U?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I know we&#8217;re all still wincing a bit from the whole &#8220;Tim Armstrong dissing Mod&#8221; thing but Tim actually brings this needed pop to <strong>The Aggrolites<\/strong>. For your <em>musical<\/em> consideration.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UU8sDtage0U?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\n<center><ins><\/p>\n<pre>Try to ignore the video.  \nI know it looks like a scene cut from <em>Cruising<\/em>.<\/pre>\n<p><\/ins><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Not up to <strong>The Specials<\/strong> bar but as far as these post-post-ska ska-revival bands go I was taken with how traditional it is.  Especially considering Tim&#8217;s <strong>Rancid<\/strong> and <strong>Agent Orange<\/strong> roots.<\/p>\n<p>For those interested in <strong>The Aggrolites<\/strong> I do recommend their <em>Dirty Reggae<\/em> release as it has a bit more of the punch I need.  Here&#8217;s a track:<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Zbc-LK0ASw?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In regards to the Tim Armstrong All-Star Jam\u2122 comments: Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member] Gerry, I got the time to give this clip another view. It&#8217;s not bad, but I think I&#8217;d like it better if I could better see the women. That grainy, B&amp;W Look of the video was cool at first, but I <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/main-stage-upgrade\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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\/1364"}],"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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}