Rock Town Hall was founded to carry on and expand late-night turntable debates on self-important issues in rock. In 2002, we convened as a private discussion list among a baker’s dozen of opinionated, music-loving friends. In time we grew to a virtual Who the Hell Does He Think He Is? among rock musicians, journalists, DJs, record collectors, and assorted rock nerds. Although we continue to possess little power to influence the state of rock ‘n roll, we delight in the battle and seek the cultivation of occasionally novel perspectives on the genre.
Now we’re throwing the doors of Rock Town Hall open to You, The People! We’ve heard your charges of backroom conspiracies and midnight confessions, brokered 3-star reviews and Tuesday night gigs. Open the door, they said, and let ’em in.
Over the years, we’ve made it our business to dissect issues such as
- The Validity of Rock Bands Lacking Bassists
- How the Hell Anyone Can Like The Smiths
- Whether Bob Seger and George Thorogood Would Have Garnered More Critical Acclaim Had They Possessed Better Looks, Thereby Enabling Them to Appeal to More Than Biker and NASCAR Dudes and Their Women
We’ve also had the opportunity to rediscover and celebrate past masters, turn on old dogs to new tricks, share the intimate details of our rock ‘n roll love letters, and electronically high-five over the knowledge that another soul loves the same obscure ’60s B-side.
These issues and others continue to be open to frank discussion and periodic review. There’s no end in sight to our work, and your opinions count. Rock Town Hall is a place where the Comments section is King. Regardless of the pomposity and insider knowledge with which any contributor may kick off a thread, The People are encouraged to steer discussion as The People see fit. It takes a great man or woman to think he or she’s right; it takes a great community to seek The Truth.
For now, I ask you to help us in taking Rock Town Hall to the streets. There’re you’ll find useful background information. Chime in, have fun, play hard but fair, make connections.
I look forward to your input!
Mr. Moderator
OK Mr. Mod, let’s see how this thing works out
Geo
My man! You, “the great 48,” and others bubbling under the surface are due mad props!
Mr. Moderator, I’ll be back later in the week to post my complaints about a complete absence of the MC5 (or the Jam) anywhere on the site. I should’ve known….grumble grumble grumble.
Well, I was suspicious about this whole thing, and quite frankly, I still am, but I have to say the site LOOKS great. Well done, Mr. Mod!
Thanks for checking out the new scene and thanks for your comments. Have faith, man. We led with our Look; new comments and contributions from your fellow Townsmen and Townswomen are on the way. I’m confident that learning curves for old dogs around here will be overcome.
Like HST says: “Buy the ticket, take
the ride”
Present and accounted for, Mr. Mod. This place is looking A-OK. Nice job.
Finally got registered after a couple of trys. Good to be here but I’ve got my eye on you Mr Mod. Don’t make get Frankie to comment!
andyr- What difficulties did you have registering? Are you on a PC or Mac? And what browser are you using?
Thank you for your attention.
The Back Office
Knowing andyr, I would guess that his problems with registration stemmed from his challenged keyboard skills. This guy’s got it all up here, though, it’s just a matter of us supporting him to get it out. You’ll be here to help him, right?
For those of you who don’t know this fine Townsman, he’s our resident expert on Greatest Hits collections.
Andy once told me what his pick was for finest Greatest Hits collection by a little known band, and I went out and bought it and enjoyed it. Now I can’t remember the name of the band, and my CD collection is large enough that I haven’t yet found it by accident.
See what I’m saying? I’ve lost a CD that’s still in my collection. That’s the kind of thing that Andy’s exhaustive greatest hits knowledge will do to you.
I’m looking forward to someone doing a critical upgrade on that Frankie Goes To Hollywood lp!
seriously though, the site looks cool.
Truly, this site is Nerdvana. My workplace productivity may now slip into negative numbers. Thanks, guys!