{"id":412,"date":"2007-03-27T21:42:32","date_gmt":"2007-03-28T01:42:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-03-27T22:26:25","modified_gmt":"2007-03-27T22:26:25","slug":"dugout-chatter-future-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/dugout-chatter-future-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Dugout Chatter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/dugout400x400.swf\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/dugout400x400.swf\"><\/param><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s one of those days when a single hit may be all we need. Have one or see if you can empty this dugout. If anything&#8217;s left when you&#8217;re through, pass it on!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you cool<\/strong> with multi-instrumentalists who play their guitar while standing behind their keyboard?<\/p>\n<p><em>Failure to launch&#8230;Abort mission&#8230;<\/em>Is any artist&#8217;s career more in need of a pulled plug than <strong>Joss Stone<\/strong>&#8216;s? Can she get transferred to <em>American Idol<\/em>? Does <em>American Idol<\/em> have some sort of &#8220;amateur status&#8221; criteria for contestants? <strong>Taylor Hicks<\/strong> had a few albums out before appearing on that show. Anyhow, that Joss Stone kid would <em>kill<\/em>, don&#8217;t you think?<\/p>\n<p>Does anyone actually like the music of <strong>B.B. King<\/strong>, or do people simply bow down to his <strong><em>greatness<\/em><\/strong> as a reflex?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Are you more likely to trust the testimony of a police officer than you are the testimony of a regular citizen?<\/strong><\/em> (This is the question the judge asked me that finally led to me getting relieved of having to serve jury duty on a criminal trial expected to last 6 days.)<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X5axMyJ_-Z8?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Are there songs that you know are cheesy as all hell but that nevertheless represent a special, innocent moment in time and that actually make you tear up a bit?<\/em> For instance, I get a little misty whenever I hear ABBA&#8217;s &#8220;Waterloo&#8221;, but sometime in the mid-80s it was determined that ABBA was actually cool, so that ruled out that song being my answer. However, to this day, no one would argue that <strong>Starland Vocal Band&#8217;s &#8220;Afternoon Delight&#8221;<\/strong> is cool; however, I would argue that the song is its own time capsule of a brief, twisted, <em>sur<\/em>-innocent time in our nation&#8217;s history. Whenever I hear it and really pay attention, I shed a tear for that lost moment in time. I ask that you open your heart when answering this question.<br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4NtgD83ChF4?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>On the flip side, is there a song that you know is cheesy as all hell yet makes you want to kick somebody&#8217;s ass (for the hell of it &#8211; not to be mean) whenever you hear it?<\/em> I&#8217;d like to answer Steppenwolf&#8217;s &#8220;Hey, Lawdy Mama&#8221;, but I&#8217;m sure I convinced you a few years ago, during the epic <strong>Steppenwolf vs MC5 debate<\/strong>, that Steppenwolf was actually <em>very cool<\/em>. So instead, I&#8217;ll suggest <strong>Lynyrd Skynyrd&#8217;s &#8220;That Smell&#8221;<\/strong>. I ask that you clench your fist when answering this question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s one of those days when a single hit may be all we need. Have one or see if you can empty this dugout. If anything&#8217;s left when you&#8217;re through, pass it on! Are you cool with multi-instrumentalists who play their guitar while standing behind their keyboard? 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