x-post
From a very recent Gary Numan Q&A:
Did you watch any sci-fi on TV last night?
(Kerry Malenkova, Canada)
GN: "I didn't watch anything because I was working but we use Sky Plus so we can record and watch in our own time. Last night we recorded 'Battlestar Galactica' and 'Prison Break'. I'm not a very big sci-fi fan, to be honest, and haven't been for twenty years or more. I do like 'Battlestar Galactica', though. My favourite ever sci-fi series was 'Firefly' but they only did one series and it got cancelled. It's brilliant; that new film 'Serenity' comes from it. One of my biggest albums ['Replicas] was loosely based on sci-fi but that was about 27 years ago. People associating me with sci-fi has gone on longer than I expected. Assumptions become accepted as fact, like people think I'm miserable... well, if they think of me at all (laughs)."
Miscellanea:
1. The Rolling Stones Rice Krispies commercial: [link]
2. Classical CDs illustrated by contemporary cartoonists: [link]
3. WFMU's fundraising marathon is going on, which means that Yo La Tengo will be performing this evening, and will play any song for a pledge of $10.
Classical CDs illustrated by contemporary cartoonists
The label website has all of them listed. There's a page for each CD with info about each cartoonist.
Question about the mixology: is it acceptable to include a
cover
of a cowbell song if you can't necessarily determine if said cowbell is actually present?
Question about the mixology: is it acceptable to include a cover of a cowbell song if you can't necessarily determine if said cowbell is actually present?
I'm going to take a hardline and argue that a cowbell song should prominently feature cowbell such that its presence is not in question. In short, More Cowbell!
I'm going to take a hardline and argue that a cowbell song should prominently feature cowbell such that its presence is not in question.
Well, if we're arguing...I'm going to argue that you should do what you want! Make a case for the song having the essence of cowbell or something.
OMG,
essence of cowbell
great band name, also just something I want to be able to buy in bottled form.
also just something I want to be able to buy in bottled form.
little bit metallic, little bit grassy, Totally Rock and Roll
This could get ugly:
"Where's the cowbell?"
"It's got cowbell."
"No, that's a glockenspiel."
"I say it's cowbell!"
"I have it on good authority that ****** ******* used a glockenspiel exclusively in the recording of ********. It says so right in ***** **** **** by *****."
"Here's your glock, Geekus Maximus!!!!"
whips out glock and open fire
Well, if we're arguing... I can see David's point, but I'm with lisah on this one for the slightly perverse reason that I'm delighted by the idea of meta-cowbell. "So the song has cowbell?" "Well, no, but we covered it because the original had cowbell. It really is all about the cowbell."
