“Precious” has GOT to come off that ep; then you’ve got at least a mediocre ep on your hands. When people started asking Weller why he broke up The Jam, he should have said, “Have you ever listened to The Gift?
BTW, Hrrundi, Sondra enjoyed seeing you today and was thankful for your act of culinary kindness. Hope Hazel’s big day was great, Kcills! Wish I could have been there.
1. I saw the Strummer flick, and loved it — though it is a bittersweet thing, watching Strummer cheerfully confront his total lack of zazz in the late 90s.
2. The Specials’ first album rules, the second is for fools, and the Special AKA reeks of stools.
3. I feel the same way about the quality of the Huskers as I do about Zappa — I could easily fill a C-90 with good stuff from both of these artists, but I’d have to survey their entire careers to do so. Having said that, I would really miss not having songs like “Peeches en Regalia” and “Celebrated Summer” at all. Both artists, in other words, were responsible for a few real winners.
4. You want a fun page-turner of a rock book? Check out “Sharp Dressed Men” by former Zeez roadie and bon vivant David Blayney. It chronicles his life and times with the Lil’ Ol’ Band from Texas from their humble beginnings playing (literally) chicken coops in BF, Tejas to the Eliminator tour. A great read — probably my fave rock insider bio ever. Though I doubt Plurbie cares enough about the band to dig the long OOP book up.
5. Missed Plurbie and Mod at kcills’ do, but it was sure fun seeing the rest of the gang. Please apologize to Lulu for letting her down during the music trivia prize giveaway. You should have seen how crestfallen she was when I couldn’t identify whatever cookie-cutter Motown play-doh factory hit they offered up for identification.
Hey, later today or tonight I hope to write about an historic movie I watched in my hotel room last night, Black Snake Moan This turd was unbelievable, asking questions that not even a Once and For All session will be able to answer if we let it ride for 100 years.
I also caught 5 minutes of what I still hold is the sappiest, least-rockin’ rock movie ever, Almost Famous. Man, I hadn’t seen a minute of that movie since the one time I rented it and watched it in its excruciating entirety. It was the scene when they survive the airplane scare and then the kid and the lead dude exchange knowing glances in the airport. I wish you could have been with me while I watched these scant 5 minutes and went off on the film in my head. Maybe I’ll have more time to get into this later, but if one of you likes this film and has ever had the nerve to criticize some piece of feel-good fluff like Boys on the Side, you’ve got to take a good look in the mirror. We’ll talk about this later, but I’m beginning to think it’s time we have it out over Almost Famous. As I head off to a symposium, I’m looking for a few good Townspeople to back up my cause and a few good Townspeople to explain to me how they can be so loving and tolerant people as to find it within them to love this film.
I’d like to revise the mix tape size on my statement about how much of one I could fill with quality Husker Du and Zappa music. I now believe the most I could muster would be a C-60 for either artist.
I can’t find words to express the envy raging inside that you, Mr. Moderator, found an opportunity to actually watch Black Snake Moan. I must though express my deepest admiration for your seizing upon such an opportunity rather than opting for H.R. Muff n’ Stuff or some other porn delight.
As for Almost Famous. Is there no middle ground here? How about a category for “Incredulous that someone could HATE this b-level feel-good-coming-of-age-flick?”
Does anyone really consider this a “rock” movie? That’s just the setting. And Dude- Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Lester Bangs, so, like, you’re not allowed to HATE it.
Mr. Bakshi. You are a treasured jewel of The Hall but I would be remiss to not point out that Thank you for your attention. is the intellectual property of, ahem, The Back Office.
Almost Famous blows. Maudlin’s got a point though. The movie includes (using E-Plurb’s black and white star rating system) the “meet with a six-pack” stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Frances McDormand, and Jason Lee, but also includes the “meet with a shotgun” actors Kate Hudson and Jimmy Fallon. Mr. Mod, I feel your pain on catching a few minutes of that flick, but I’ll admit that the scenes with Jason Lee prevent it from being as god-awful as you lament.
If I want to watch an enjoyable Jason Lee in a terrible movie I can also revisit that Kevin Smith flick involving some “sensitive” handling of homosexuality. What was it called, Chasing Amy? Ugh. Another movie whose sole purpose in being made was to allow neanderthals to feel like they were beginning to catch up with our touchy feely times. This is what bugs me about Almost Famous – the setting is completely inappropriate for the self-help book tone of the thing. Movies like this should be made around people dying of cancer, women from the South with checkered lives, fatherless boys growing up in the Bronx, or all of the above.
Weller just seems disinterested to me, and deservedly so. His not introducing his bandmates properly was his one really bad move (beside covering “Heatwave”, but the damage had long been done on that count). Beside that, though, what kind of answers was he supposed to give Clark? Weird that they even made American Bandstand. What was with that rah-rah audience? How many of them were turning tricks 5 years later?
Sorry I’ve been out of the RTH loop for so long. I’ve been getting in touch with my inner Fifth Beatle. So, hey, it’s been a while, and I think I might be up for another round of “What Went Wrong in 1981”. Someone please refresh my memory. No, I will not start it off.
With the tassel!
In case no one else mentions it – Mr. Ismine’s Photon Band is playing tonight at Fire, which is where I will be (after work, of course) 🙂
ALBUMS THAT WOULD’VE MADE GREAT EPs:
“The Gift” by The Jam.
I realized this as I listened to the whole damn thing in its sloppy, poorly engineered entirety on my way back from Philly today. Here’s my “Gift” EP:
1. Happy Together
2. Ghosts
3. Precious
4. Carnation
5. Town Called Malice
That’s it! Short, sweet, and of uncompromising quality (though I have second thoughts about including that “Town Called Malice” number).
“Precious” has GOT to come off that ep; then you’ve got at least a mediocre ep on your hands. When people started asking Weller why he broke up The Jam, he should have said, “Have you ever listened to The Gift?
BTW, Hrrundi, Sondra enjoyed seeing you today and was thankful for your act of culinary kindness. Hope Hazel’s big day was great, Kcills! Wish I could have been there.
1. I saw the Strummer flick, and loved it — though it is a bittersweet thing, watching Strummer cheerfully confront his total lack of zazz in the late 90s.
2. The Specials’ first album rules, the second is for fools, and the Special AKA reeks of stools.
3. I feel the same way about the quality of the Huskers as I do about Zappa — I could easily fill a C-90 with good stuff from both of these artists, but I’d have to survey their entire careers to do so. Having said that, I would really miss not having songs like “Peeches en Regalia” and “Celebrated Summer” at all. Both artists, in other words, were responsible for a few real winners.
4. You want a fun page-turner of a rock book? Check out “Sharp Dressed Men” by former Zeez roadie and bon vivant David Blayney. It chronicles his life and times with the Lil’ Ol’ Band from Texas from their humble beginnings playing (literally) chicken coops in BF, Tejas to the Eliminator tour. A great read — probably my fave rock insider bio ever. Though I doubt Plurbie cares enough about the band to dig the long OOP book up.
5. Missed Plurbie and Mod at kcills’ do, but it was sure fun seeing the rest of the gang. Please apologize to Lulu for letting her down during the music trivia prize giveaway. You should have seen how crestfallen she was when I couldn’t identify whatever cookie-cutter Motown play-doh factory hit they offered up for identification.
Way the denigrate the Motown hit you couldn’t identifty, Hrrundi! Take your rock nerd failings like a man! 🙂
Hey, later today or tonight I hope to write about an historic movie I watched in my hotel room last night, Black Snake Moan This turd was unbelievable, asking questions that not even a Once and For All session will be able to answer if we let it ride for 100 years.
I also caught 5 minutes of what I still hold is the sappiest, least-rockin’ rock movie ever, Almost Famous. Man, I hadn’t seen a minute of that movie since the one time I rented it and watched it in its excruciating entirety. It was the scene when they survive the airplane scare and then the kid and the lead dude exchange knowing glances in the airport. I wish you could have been with me while I watched these scant 5 minutes and went off on the film in my head. Maybe I’ll have more time to get into this later, but if one of you likes this film and has ever had the nerve to criticize some piece of feel-good fluff like Boys on the Side, you’ve got to take a good look in the mirror. We’ll talk about this later, but I’m beginning to think it’s time we have it out over Almost Famous. As I head off to a symposium, I’m looking for a few good Townspeople to back up my cause and a few good Townspeople to explain to me how they can be so loving and tolerant people as to find it within them to love this film.
I’d like to revise the mix tape size on my statement about how much of one I could fill with quality Husker Du and Zappa music. I now believe the most I could muster would be a C-60 for either artist.
Thank you for your attention.
I can’t find words to express the envy raging inside that you, Mr. Moderator, found an opportunity to actually watch Black Snake Moan. I must though express my deepest admiration for your seizing upon such an opportunity rather than opting for H.R. Muff n’ Stuff or some other porn delight.
As for Almost Famous. Is there no middle ground here? How about a category for “Incredulous that someone could HATE this b-level feel-good-coming-of-age-flick?”
Does anyone really consider this a “rock” movie? That’s just the setting. And Dude- Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Lester Bangs, so, like, you’re not allowed to HATE it.
Point of Order.
Mr. Bakshi. You are a treasured jewel of The Hall but I would be remiss to not point out that Thank you for your attention. is the intellectual property of, ahem, The Back Office.
Thank you for your attention.
Almost Famous blows. Maudlin’s got a point though. The movie includes (using E-Plurb’s black and white star rating system) the “meet with a six-pack” stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Frances McDormand, and Jason Lee, but also includes the “meet with a shotgun” actors Kate Hudson and Jimmy Fallon. Mr. Mod, I feel your pain on catching a few minutes of that flick, but I’ll admit that the scenes with Jason Lee prevent it from being as god-awful as you lament.
If I want to watch an enjoyable Jason Lee in a terrible movie I can also revisit that Kevin Smith flick involving some “sensitive” handling of homosexuality. What was it called, Chasing Amy? Ugh. Another movie whose sole purpose in being made was to allow neanderthals to feel like they were beginning to catch up with our touchy feely times. This is what bugs me about Almost Famous – the setting is completely inappropriate for the self-help book tone of the thing. Movies like this should be made around people dying of cancer, women from the South with checkered lives, fatherless boys growing up in the Bronx, or all of the above.
Wow — I had no idea this ever happened — and Weller is even more assholish than usual to poor Dick Clark!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFuTzcQbsHg
Weller just seems disinterested to me, and deservedly so. His not introducing his bandmates properly was his one really bad move (beside covering “Heatwave”, but the damage had long been done on that count). Beside that, though, what kind of answers was he supposed to give Clark? Weird that they even made American Bandstand. What was with that rah-rah audience? How many of them were turning tricks 5 years later?
Sorry I’ve been out of the RTH loop for so long. I’ve been getting in touch with my inner Fifth Beatle. So, hey, it’s been a while, and I think I might be up for another round of “What Went Wrong in 1981”. Someone please refresh my memory. No, I will not start it off.