This explains why todays music sucks so bad..

“Sony Bought Airtime for J-Lo and Others

Jennifer Lopez
Good Charlotte
Jessica Simpson
Franz Ferdinand (I don't even know who this is)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,163634,00.html”

“Franz Ferdinand was the guy who was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, which was the precipitating event of WWI.”

“bit - Somehow I think this might be a different one. ;-)”

“What is the sound of one man decomposing?”

“Thats Archduke Franz Ferdinand to you mister! LOL”

“I could have a microphone placed in my coffin, so you can listen.”

“Is an archduke over a duke?”

“http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk/

Bunch of limmey's”

“Maybe an archduke straddles a duke........like trickle down economics.

Limeys???”

“Sorry, I am stupid and I kant sPell”

“If they kicked everyone who couldn't spell off the Internet, it would be a lonely place.”

“I put a spell on you!!

Hwaaaahahahahahahahaha!!!!”

“Man top 40 sucks so bad. How could the bar have been lowered so far down in such a short span of time?

I’m jammin’ on Apna Radio out of Punjon, India.”

“Its not about talent anymore, unfortunately. Its about image.”

“

Man top 40 sucks so bad. How could the bar have been lowered so far down in such a short span of time?

Nigal
10:56:05 AM
7/26/05

Easy. Thanks to MTV, in order to be a star, you must also be attractive now. Of course, "attractive" and "talented" don't always go hand-in-hand. Top 40 music is a mass-marketed commodity, produced by the "I don't want it good, I want it Tuesday" mentality. I think MTV just accelerated it.”

“To quote the Dead Kennedys,

"If the Doors or John Lennon were starting out today the industry wouldn't sign 'em in a million years!"”

“I feel that there is a difference between music and noise. Everyone has their own taste. Maybe it's akin to developing a favorite ice cream flavor.”

“"Maybe it's akin to developing a favorite ice cream flavor."

Well, I don't care for crap flavored ice cream either. Is that what you're saying? LOL!”

“Try and FIND a music video on MTV nowadays!

I think they only do music videos at 3am or something now.”

“They were still showing them early in the morning a few years ago, I caught one of No Doubt's new videos, the one with Gwen Stefani riding around on a JetSki, wearing a PFD and nothing else. That was cool.”

“That was cool.”
bitpusher
11:07:29 AM
7/26/05

Why do I have this vision of Beavus & Butthead 'heee hay heee hay'ing over that? ;-)”

“hehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehheh”

“Would any of us of heard of Simpson if her boobs were smaller? No. I wish her boobs were smaller.

Anyone heard of Leon Redbone? He has a concert in B'ham in Feb. It'll be my first concert in probably 5 years.”

“Yep, I've heard of Leon Redbone.

Believe it or not, he was actually on Saturday Night Live, back in the day.”

“Ol' gravel voice. He's cool.”

“Carson used to have him on a good bit. He was on about 4 of the Elf soundtrack songs.”

“Crap music is nothing new.

35-40 years ago there was plenty of mind-rot on the air........and it sold!!!

Therefore, people like crap.

Last Saturday I saw The Drive By Truckers at Artscape, in Baltimore.

Artscape is an huge annual street festival Fri-Sat-Sun in July.

The Drive By Truckers are from Alabama(?) and employ the Triple Axe Attack.

They rocked the joint for over 1.5 hours barely stopping to catch their breath before ripping into the next song, each of the three guitar players being excellent lead players as well as lead singers.

This all happens in and around the campus of Maryland Institute College of Art.

Dunadan has a kid in school there.”

“I agree with bit...

To sell music these days, you've got to be attractive.
It also takes a little bit of tallent. Sometimes very little. There are a batch of producers who are following a formula to make stars. If the tallent makes it big, it pays off big. All you need is one decent sounding song. Doesn't matter if it is electronicly manipulated. Teach the tallent some dance moves and put them on stage with a headset microphone. Play a recording of the song and the tallent will dance on stage for the crowd of screaming fans. It is a monster. Part of the dumbing down of America.”

““Yep, I've heard of Leon Redbone.

Believe it or not, he was actually on Saturday Night Live, back in the day.”
bitpusher

I remember seeing that. Didn't he also do a TV commercial that played a lot?”

“Yep, but I can't remember for what.”

“

“Dunadan has a kid in school there.”
MarkO

That's amazing. Somewhere back a ways he must have taken a few minutes off from his backpacking to make some music!


LOL.
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“forget MTV, if you want to hear some real music...check out "the world cafe" produced by WXPN at UPENN.”

“I can not WAIT to go see Matisyahu and Trey Anastasio in Bloomington in October!

”

“Yay-hoo......who?

It looks like that dude will rock yer socks off, Nigal.”

“Matisyahu...Yiddish reggae artist...believe it or not!”

“Matisyahu...Yiddish reggae...believe it or not!”

“NS - believe it or not, but Dunny is leaving for the Sangre de Cristo (or something similar in NM) mtns on Monday. He's also coming to the Smokies in Oct for Footballapalooza.”

“Good for him. I guess counting all his "bag nights" will continue to be a problem.”

“He'll actually have about 10 this year. I think he'll do 6-7 on this upcoming trip and 3-4 with us in the Smokies.”

“When updating the list, I try to only credit bagnights completed. I ignore plans and dreams.”

“And then comes the pimp slap!!!”

“.....was in some Budweiser commercials.”