Feb 042012
 

Here are a few of mine. Please add your own, and we can compare notes during the broadcast.

  • 5: Over/under on number of references on broadcast to National Anthem singer Kelly Clarkson’s start on American Idol
  • 2: Over/under on number of references by broadcasters to Clarkson’s “pipes”
  • Even money: Someone in your living room will compare Clarkson to a linebacker
  • Who is more likely to be seen in the crowd: Steven Tyler rooting on his hometown team or Kurt Warner’s wife?
  • 3: Over/under on number of references on broadcast to Madonna and “wardrobe malfunction”
  • 2: Over/under on number of references you and your friends will make involving Madonna and “tight end”
  • 5-1 odds: Male dancers dressed as Tom Brady and Eli Manning will join Madonna in a “threesome”
  • 10-1 odds: Cee Lo Green will do the bump with Madonna
  • 100-1 odds: Madonna will break into a Beatles song as Cirque du Soleil does their thing on stage
  • 1000-1 odds: Indiana boy John Mellencamp will sniff on Monday that a real heartland rock ‘n roll band should have been the halftime act
  • 10,000,000: Over/under on number of “WTF!?!?!” moments that will take place in households across American when LMFAO joins Madonna on stage.
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Jan 242012
 

A recent comment by ladymisskirroyale from this past week’s Saturday Night Shut-In got me thinking about what our long-discussed, long-awaited, direly-needed President of Rock’s Cabinet might look like. Two positions may be filled from the outset. See what you think, and see if you can help us select the future appointees of our eventual President of Rock’s Cabinet.

  • Secretary of the Interior: Adrian Belew
  • Secretary of Defense: Skunk Baxter
  • Secretary of State:
  • Attorney General:
  • Secretary of Agriculture:
  • Secretary of Commerce:
  • Secretary of Labor:
  • Secretary of Health and Human Services:
  • Secretary of Housing and Urban Development:
  • Secretary of Transportation:
  • Secretary of Energy:
  • Secretary of Veterans Affairs:
  • Secretary of Homeland Security:
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Jan 232012
 

Play continues in our tournament to determine—once and for all—rock’s greatest backing band ever.

The first two rounds have been completed. We enter the final conference matches in the Regional round of play. The attached grid shows where we stand as the Regionals round is played out: backingband-tournament-64

Feel free to think ahead to coming Regional battles as you begin work on the present conference match up. Meanwhile, tournament play for the Rebel Conference has begun. Four backing bands remain: The Wailers vs The Rumour and The Maytalls vs The Attractions.

Regionals: Rebel Conference

Because the selections from this point forward are so crucial to future generations’ understanding of rock history, play will follow a different course of action in this round. Before any voting can take place, Townspeople are encouraged to post comments and YouTube clips of the backing bands you support in this round. You may begin launching your campaigns now. After a day or two of lobbying and counter-lobbying the polls for this conference’s regional round will open. We don’t want any rash votes on Day 1 that you may regret on Day 3 of discussion. Dig?

UPDATED: POLLS OPEN THROUGH 11:59 pm on THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012!

Regionals, Rebel Conference: The Wailers vs The Rumour

  • The Wailers (58%, 18 Votes)
  • The Rumour (42%, 13 Votes)

Total Voters: 31

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Regionals, Rebel Conference: The Maytals vs The Attractions

  • The Attractions (89%, 34 Votes)
  • The Maytals (11%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 38

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Jan 182012
 

Play continues in our tournament to determine—once and for all—rock’s greatest backing band ever.

The first two rounds have been completed. The attached grid shows where we stand as the Regionals round is played out: backingband-tournament-64

Feel free to think ahead to coming Regional battles as you begin work on the present conference match up. Meanwhile, tournament play for the Classic Conference has begun. Four backing bands remain: The E-Street Band vs Crazy Horse and The Spiders From Mars vs The Silver Bullet Band.

Regionals: Classic Conference

Because the selections from this point forward are so crucial to future generations’ understanding of rock history, play will follow a different course of action in this round. Before any voting can take place, Townspeople are encouraged to post comments and YouTube clips of the backing bands you support in this round. You may begin launching your campaigns now. After a day or two of lobbying and counter-lobbying the polls for this conference’s regional round will open. We don’t want any rash votes on Day 1 that you may regret on Day 3 of discussion. Dig?

UPDATED: POLLS NOW OPEN THROUGH MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012!

Regionals, Classic Conference: The Silver Bullet Band vs The Spiders From Mars

  • The Spiders From Mars (74%, 28 Votes)
  • The Silver Bullet Band (26%, 10 Votes)

Total Voters: 38

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Regionals, Classic Conference: The E-Street Band vs Crazy Horse

  • Crazy Horse (62%, 32 Votes)
  • The E-Street Band (38%, 20 Votes)

Total Voters: 52

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Who Dat?

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Jan 132012
 

Who dat?

Recently, I stumbled across a bit of promo fluff for an upcoming album by a musical entity I’m sure you’d all recognize. Your job is to guess who it describes. Your secondary task is to assess the teeth-grinding idiocy/insightful brilliance of the blurb in question. Here’s the blurb:

mixing pop art punch with soulful communication, jazzy explorations into psychedelia and dub with razor-sharp melodies, abstract soundscapes with clear-eyed forest-folk.

I look forward to your responses.

HVB

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Jan 102012
 

Play has resumed in our tournament to determine—once and for all—rock’s greatest backing band ever.

The first two rounds have been completed. The attached grid shows where we stand as the Regionals round is played out: backingband-tournament-64_REGIONALS

Feel free to think ahead to coming Regional battles as you begin work on the present conference match up. Meanwhile, tournament play for the Expansion Conference has begun. Four backing bands remain: The TCB Band vs The Family Stone and The JBs vs The Buckaroos.

Expansion Conference Regionals

Because the selections from this point forward are so crucial to future generations’ understanding of rock history, play will follow a different course of action in this round. Before any voting can take place, Townspeople are encouraged to post comments and YouTube clips of the backing bands you support in this round. You may begin launching your campaigns now. After a day or two of lobbying and counter-lobbying the polls for this conference’s regional round will open. We don’t want any rash votes on Day 1 that you may regret on Day 3 of discussion. Dig?

UPDATED WITH POLLS (open through 11:59 pm on January 15, 2012)!

Regionals, Expansion Conference: The TCB Band vs The Family Stone

  • The Family Stone (79%, 19 Votes)
  • The TCB Band (21%, 5 Votes)

Total Voters: 24

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Regionals, Expansion Conference: The JBs vs The Buckaroos

  • The JBs (76%, 25 Votes)
  • The Buckaroos (24%, 8 Votes)

Total Voters: 33

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Jan 072012
 

Rock star spotted eating breakfast here

Hey, gang!  Remember when I went on my last big vacation, and I took the time to snap a photo of the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow — then posted it here and asked you all to guess what the heck it was? Remember how you were able to correctly identify it as the location where the Kinks recorded the worst-sounding/most amazing live album in their career? Remember how dorky you felt for being able to figure all that out from just a photo of a red brick building?

Well, if you crapped out on the Kelvin Hall challenge, I return from a two-week vacation to Europe with a new photo to torment/delight you. We’ll play this one the same way we did the last travel pic quiz: I’ll pass along an initial clue, and see if anybody guesses off the bat. As incorrect guesses flood the RTH serves, I’ll unveil new clues until some smarty-pants gets the right answer. SPECIAL NOTE FOR HAPPINESSSTAN: as a resident of the UK (where this was taken), you may be able to lunge for the golden ring with surprising speed. In the interest of keeping things fair, if you believe you know the answer sooner than you think is fair to us state-siders, hold it in! We’ll believe you if you assert you knew the answer long before the rest of us, after the Yanks finally give up.

Anyhow, here’s your first clue:  this is a home — one of many owned by a famous British rock personality. It’s in the United Kingdom. It was pointed out to me by some friends who live in the city where it’s located as the residence of (rock star X). As we walked by, I noticed one of the windows was opened. To my surprise and delight, the famous resident was home — and was just sitting down to breakfast!

I look forward t your responses.

HVB

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