{"id":18268,"date":"2013-04-24T12:13:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T16:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=18268"},"modified":"2013-04-24T12:13:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T16:13:36","slug":"dugout-chatter-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/dugout-chatter-38\/","title":{"rendered":"Dugout Chatter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"400\" height=\"400\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/dugout400x400.swf\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/dugout400x400.swf\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"400\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/dugout400x400.swf\" data=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/dugout400x400.swf\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p><em>Ladies and gentlemen, it&#8217;s that time again: the RTH speed round known as <strong>Dugout Chatter<\/strong>. All we ask is that you provide <strong>gut<\/strong> answers to the following would-be burning questions. If you&#8217;re new to these parts, this is a great time to jump in and get your feet wet. If you&#8217;ve been around forever, your voice must be heard. Who knows, maybe one of our old friends like <strong>Happiness Stan<\/strong> or <strong>tonyola<\/strong> will resurface?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever been at a show and realized, as you let out a hoot, that you might be the only person in the audience who has identified the <strong>cover song<\/strong> the band on stage just launched into?<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever yelled an<strong> insult<\/strong> at an artist from the audience? Be honest.<\/p>\n<p>While we&#8217;re being honest, be honest: how often do you <strong>illegally download<\/strong> music these days, not downloading an occasional track from a blog, but scouring the Web for bit torrents, .rar files, and the like? Once a week? Once a month? A couple of times a year? For those of you whose answers you wish to keep anonymous, you may answer in the handy-dandy RTH poll.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-332\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_332\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blogs\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_332_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"99394f17c2\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How often do you illegally download music these days, not downloading an occasional track from a blog, but scouring the Web for bit torrents, .rar files, and the like?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-332-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-1321\" name=\"poll_332\" value=\"1321\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1321\">Daily<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-1319\" name=\"poll_332\" value=\"1319\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1319\">A couple of times per year<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-1318\" name=\"poll_332\" value=\"1318\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1318\">Once per month<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-1320\" name=\"poll_332\" value=\"1320\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1320\">Never to less than once per year<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-1317\" name=\"poll_332\" value=\"1317\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1317\">Once per week<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(332);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(332); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-332-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p>I love thinking about arrangements; a great arrangement can save a turd of a song, as I believe is the case with <strong>The Beatles&#8217; &#8220;I Want You (She&#8217;s So Heavy).&#8221;<\/strong> Is it possible the band pulled on their goofy arrangement for the B-side &#8220;You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)&#8221; as a template for their\u00a0<em>Abbey Road<\/em>\u00a0song, or is that a common arrangement device,\u00a0in which a theme is run through numerous permutations?<\/p>\n<p>I often regret that no new band has satisfied my jonesin&#8217; for an actual Talking Heads reunion and continued productive career. Everyone tells me I need to pick up some LCD Soundsystem, but I don&#8217;t know&#8230;I just don&#8217;t hear the <em>songs<\/em>\u00a0and distinctive point of view whenever I try them. The only song that ever stands out to me is &#8220;North American Scum&#8221; (I think that&#8217;s the name), and why shouldn&#8217;t it? The music is an excellent rip-off of Pete Shelley&#8217;s &#8220;Homosapien.&#8221; Long question short: <strong>What void left by a long-gone artist do you most wish a new artist would step up and fill?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You probably know by now how much Philadelphia Pride I possess. I make all sorts of allowances for Philadelphia culture short of taking the time to watch that OSCAR-nominated movie from last year in which Bradley Cooper wears a Hefty bag and enters a dance contest, but I can&#8217;t get my head around the\u00a0<em>music<\/em>\u00a0of\u00a0<strong>The Roots<\/strong>. They seem like great guys, etc, but I&#8217;ve yet to hear one song by them that I fully enjoy. Which killer Roots song have I not come across yet?<\/p>\n<p><em>I look forward to your responses<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ladies and gentlemen, it&#8217;s that time again: the RTH speed round known as Dugout Chatter. All we ask is that you provide gut answers to the following would-be burning questions. If you&#8217;re new to these parts, this is a great time to jump in and get your feet wet. 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