Saturday Night Shut-In

Rock Town Hall’s Saturday Night Shut-In: Reflections From The Road

Aug 272011

Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!

In this week’s edition of Saturday Night Shut-In your host, Mr. Moderator, shares some reflections from The Road, including the trouble with hearing acoustic bass solos on jazz albums and other hazards of middle age.

[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/RTH-Saturday-Night-Shut-In-42.mp3|titles=RTH Saturday Night Shut-In, episode 42]

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Rock Town Hall’s Saturday Night Shut-In: In Which the Manliest Backing Vocals in the History of Rock ‘n Roll Are Aired

Posted by Mr. Moderator

Aug 202011

Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!

In this week’s pre-recorded edition of Saturday Night Shut-In your host, Mr. Moderator, reveals the manliest backing vocals in the history of rock ‘n roll. Then he provides an additional 50% of rocking free of charge while he relaxes with friends and family along the coast of Maine.

[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/RTH-Saturday-Night-Shut-In-41.mp3|titles=RTH Saturday Night Shut-In, episode 41]

Rock Town Hall’s Saturday Night Shut-In: Planet of the Groundhogs

Posted by Mr. Moderator

Aug 132011

Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!

In this week’s edition of Saturday Night Shut-In your host, Mr. Moderator, celebrates the downloading of a track by The Groundhogs that lives up to blooz-rock majesty of a long-lost cassette collection of Groundhogs songs gifted to a young, impressionable Mr. Moderator by a long-lost friend. Yet another search through a big box of ancient cassette tapes that bugs Mrs. Moderator to no end is about to ensue. This discovery, by the way, fits in nicely with the Mod’s recently rekindled ape sympathies, but a chatty ape tonight’s host is.

[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/RTH-Saturday-Night-Shut-In-40.mp3|titles=RTH Saturday Night Shut-In, episode 40]

Dugout Chatter: Saturday Night Shut-In Replacement Edition

Posted by Mr. Moderator

Aug 062011

Townspeeps,

I need to cancel this week’s edition of Saturday Night Shut-In as I drive back from a quick trip to Pittsburgh, where I will get my first look at the Pirates’ supposedly awesome PNC Park and, hopefully, meet one of my childhood idols, Manny Sanguillen, at “his” barbeque stand in the park. To make up for this huge hole in your Saturday night festivities I bring you a Very Special Edition of Dugout Chatter, in which I post songs for your listening pleasure, of course, but more so for your gut comments on the tunes and the associated question I pose regarding each track. Here goes!

For those of you on the “Krappa” side of the divide, does the following make you feel better or worse about Frank Zappa?

[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Ruben-And-The-Jets_01_If-I-Could-Only-Be-Your-Love-Again.mp3|titles=Ruben And The Jets, “If I Could Only Be Your Love Again”]

I think I’m almost always disappointed by albums produced by Lee “Scratch” Perry. He strikes me as a more sham than shaman. The few tracks I have from an album by The Congos that he produced, however, are solid. Is this stuff and Junior Murvin‘s “Police and Thieves” the best I’ll ever hear from Perry (excluding The Clash‘s majestic “Complete Control,” that is, for which he probably did little more than roll joints and let engineer Bill Price produce)?

[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/The-Congos_01_01_Fisherman.mp3|titles=The Congos, “Fisherman”]

Is this the last great song by David Bowie? I didn’t appreciate it in its time. Now I love it to the point that it might creep into my Top 5 Bowie Songs. Now that I think of it, what are your 5 favorite Bowie songs?

[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/David-Bowie_04_Ashes-To-Ashes-1999-Digital-Remaster.mp3|titles=David Bowie, “Ashes To Ashes”]

Has Lou Reed ever sounded more the way he was meant to sound?

[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Various-Artists_17_Peggy-Sue1.mp3|titles=Lou Reed, “Peggy Sue”]

I look forward to your comments.

Rock Town Hall’s Saturday Night Shut-In: Cool Out, Son

Posted by Mr. Moderator

Jul 302011

Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!

In this week’s edition of Saturday Night Shut-In your host, Mr. Moderator, gives his vocal cords a rest. Yes, it was one of those weeks that required countless teleconferences, the hounding of lagging vendors, and other fun stuff at the office. We’ll let the music do the talking. A playlist will be made available after you have a chance to listen without prejudice.

[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/RTH-Saturday-Night-Shut-In-39.mp3|titles=RTH Saturday Night Shut-In, episode 39]

Rock Town Hall’s Saturday Night Shut-In: The Week in Review

Posted by Mr. Moderator

Jul 232011

Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!

This week’s edition of Saturday Night Shut-In seamlessly ties back to the previous week’s topics for discussion. It’s remarkable how Mr. Moderator does it, no?

[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/RTH-Saturday-Night-Shut-In-38.mp3|titles=RTH Saturday Night Shut-In, episode 38]

Rock Town Hall’s Saturday Night Shut-In: The Good in Everyone, Even Humble Pie

Posted by Mr. Moderator

Jul 162011

Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!

In this week’s edition of Saturday Night Shut-In Mr. Moderator attempts to more fully explain the, uh, humble delights of Humble Pie to the questioning Townsman misterioso by playing the band’s 1969 Town and Country album in its entirety, with accompanying commentary. If this doesn’t help mistorioso value the good in Humble Pie, perhaps no effort will.

[audio:https://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/RTH-Saturday-Night-Shut-In-37.mp3|titles=RTH Saturday Night Shut-In, episode 37]

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