Sozya/Mudah Records. This one was taken, so I made it Sozya/Mudah Video Productions. At the broadcasting trade shows I used to attend in Vegas (1992-96), they'd always ask if I was a rep for a Japanese company. "No, we're Oklahoma-based, but we have worked with this band called The Flaming Lips..."by blasmo
1 One of my favorite lines ever is in the TP entry for Weezer: "How postmodern can a band be?" 2 I love one Weezer song -- "Keep Fishin'" -- and there are bits of their first album and Pinkerton that I like, but that's it. To me, they play like David Lynch's worst stby blasmo
I'd give you my answers, but I'm afraid I'd screw up the chum for the sharks.by blasmo
I assumed the Warlock: The Comic discussion had already done that. Next up, "Geek Women: Are They Too Busy With Stuff To Talk About Sparks Records?"by blasmo
Sometimes misunderstanding the lyrics can actually make the song better. Before reading the lyric sheet, I always thought "All Apologies" ended with "All alone/ Is all we are", repeated as the song slowly staggers to a halt like an old, drunk ferris wheel. It fit the mood of the album perfectly -- so perfectly that I can't listen to the song without singing those lyrics iby blasmo
Alexander Courage. Could you guess from the URL?by blasmo
Reminds me of that Tim Finn song, "I Found It". He never gives us the antecedent in that, either. All the better.by blasmo
Woody Herman's version of "America Drinks And Goes Home" by The Mothers. Seriously, we almost talked our band director into playing this arrangement in high school. It leaves out all the lyrics/dialogue and uses the melody to jump off into big band heaven. Of course, Zappa's version of Stairway to Heaven could be here, as well.by blasmo
I'm listening to Playground Psychotics, by Mr. Zappa. It's kinda the same.by blasmo
John Davis' solo stuff is pretty good, too. The first one is his Christian themed album, and it sounds like Brian Wilson made parts of it. The new one rocks harder than Superdrag ever did. Yeah, what a great band. Valley Of Dying Stars is an awesome power pop record.by blasmo
They were pretty good as Nine Below Zero. I remember buying one of their albums based on their appearance on The Young Ones' first episode. After they changed their name, they began to take themselves much too seriously. Imagine a lesser Alarm, if you will -- without the decent singles.by blasmo
The CD has given me laughter and a bit of appreciation of some of Mr. Nimoy's country covers, but I still hate the rock and roll hall of fame. I'll say the idea of it was a bad idea, but the visit wasn't, since I now have the moral right -- nay, obligation -- to make fun of it. The CD kicks ass. The building is very aesthetically pleasing, I'll admit that, but if you're aby blasmo
The only time I've ever been to the rock and roll hall of fame (a bad idea itself), I was offended. Here was an attempt to organize chaos, give purely commercial acts much more due than they're worth, and continue the trend of marginalizing true alternative artists in favor of crappy exhibits on whatever-is-hip-right-now. I searched the CD store downstairs for an hour to find a CD thatby blasmo
The first time I heard that Eagles unplugged version of Hotel California, I thought it was the Muzak version. Isn't the Eagles unplugged kind of an oxymoron? Davidby blasmo
Check this out: Or, even better: Nice (ala Kevin Malone) Davidby blasmo
In reference to a previous thread: "Laughter In The Rain" by Neil Sedaka "Never Been To Me" has been ruined for me by countless bad karaoke versions. You haven't lived until some person you don't know chews you out from the stage for something he/she is pretending to be someone who should really be talking to him/herself. Yes, the gender split is necessary. Ever beeby blasmo
The sacrifice is to bring about the End Times. I truly believe these people are trying to bring about The Rapture and the End Times via some sort of formula they worked out, like the guys did who made New Coke.by blasmo
Better than the first... A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing -- Sparks Babble -- That Petrol Emotion Hootenanny -- The Replacements (if Stink is an EP) Absolutely Free - Mothers Of Invention Like A Virgin -- Madonna No. 10 Upping Street -- B.A.D. The Man With the Blue Post-Modern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar -- Peter Case Just a hair off the first album... Reckoning -- R.E.M. Beauty Staby blasmo
I downloaded the Sedaka tune, and my wife asked me why I had bought an Anne Murray song... And, no, you cannot download the original "Waterloo Sunset" off of iTunes. They still have much work to do.by blasmo
I have personally received 7 different jokes related to this, and my own comment is that he was a really nice guy the two times I met him at sci-fi cons. At one, we talked for about 15 minutes about the old AD&D module "Expedition to the Barrier Peaks". He never lost his love for the dice-chuckin'. And I will also always remember him as one of the members of Al Gore's Viby blasmo
That poster is awesome in its greatness. I live in Oklahoma, and bands like REO and Styx play here almost monthly, since they know they can sell out the ol' Zoo amphitheatre anytime -- just like Steve Miller. They seem like nice guys who just lucked out during the late-70's-early 80's-pre-hair metal/MTV days. You know, when bands like Survivor, Toto, Night Ranger and Kansas couldby blasmo
If duos count, then Sparks is a shoe-in. I don't know if Dinky Diamond or Earle Mankey were actually "in" Sparks. I know that when I used to talk with Jim Goodwin of The Call, who had been part of Sparks' line-up during the Whomp/Angst/Outer Space period, he certainly didn't think he was a part of the band.by blasmo
There was a record store called "Garage D'or"? My Mekons-sense is tingling.by blasmo
The first album is a bit more derivative/chart-friendly, but that 2nd album really is a great rock album. Their fifth album, By Your Side, is a pretty good attempt to regain the charts after two over-drugged (to make the distinction) Deadhead albums. It's got some great production and some flat-out rockers, such as Dragging My Heart Around and the title track. It's weird how I suddenlyby blasmo
OK, I'll take the hit... I didn't get into the Black Crowes until way after their "hit" period, and then it was because I got the box set with their first four albums from a friend. Sure, much of it is derivative, but I enjoy the hell out of their first two albums, and their fifth, By Your Side. Heck, Southern Harmony is a really good rock album, better than some of their infby blasmo
Oh yeah. "Looking For Clues" is a fantastic pop song -- one of my favorites. Nice xylophone solo by Chris Frantz. Not sure if Robert Palmer was actually using the New Wave/Post Punk as inspiration or just jumping on a bandwagon, though. Well, who cares if it produces something as good as "Clues"? Cue Palmer dancing around on a toy xylophone in a sleeveless new-wavey white sby blasmo
Kirsty MacColl was/is one of the most underrated artists ever. Yeah, I might have voted for her instead of Hendrix, just because I kept believing she would break through to a much larger audience and go on to become a role model, not just an artist. Kite is an extraordinary record, and Galore a "Greatest Hits" album that never fails to turn someone into a fan by the halfway point. And sby blasmo
Ah yes, the GTR/ELP days. It was touch and go there while the heart ruled the mind.by blasmo
The split Fripp vote lost us Florida last time, remember?by blasmo
I went with Hendrix, too, but this took awhile. I initially went with Sam Cooke, who I think might have broken through his pop persona into a great civil rights champion, but that's based on one song, albeit one of the greatest ever. I love Otis above most, but I don't know how much further he would've pushed things. Would he have gone with the almost folk/soul of Dock of the Bay?by blasmo