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You'll know moviedom's Iron Curtain cutie from her many award-winning roles in the finest chat shows of her generation - but did you know she has a keen interest in pop music and youth culture? Today she poses the Musical Question - "Power Pop - Who Is It For?" Take it away Zsa Zsa!
ZZG: Bower Bop - 'oo eet vor eez?
Thanks, Mrs. Gabor! That's quite the poser! Power Pop is an established genre- that means type of music! Other genres have their specific and recognisable demographic, or fan following! You're not going to mistake a goth for a heavy metal fan. Well, maybe you are. But what does a Power Pop fan look like? He* looks like he's in a Power Pop band, which he probably is. Thrift store polo shirt, scuffed sneakers, haircut from anywhere they don't care about hair. Kinda nerdy without being tech geek. Glasses are good.
So that about wraps it up for Power Pop. Today's deliverable includes Semisonic's benchmark Feeling Strangely Fine, the first Bird Streets album, and ... something else when I remember what it is [The Uni Boys' Do It All Next Week - Ed.]. It's all swell. If you're in a Power Pop band, you'll dig them, but have them already. If you're not and don't ... form a Power Pop band!
*The pronoun he is used here in a gender-fluid sense and is in no way indicative of gender identification
To qualify for this shitload of melody n' rhythm, simply name the individuals pitchered above! You can so do this!
ReplyDeleteNo idea who the tetralogy are but above them the photograph is surely The Black Monk Phartebowel under the influential foot of his doxy Slagdish the Insatiable. Clearly, his left hand is up to no good.
DeleteErm....John, Paul, George and ..er ...Bill?
ReplyDeleteYou - outside!
DeleteSorry, Farq 3 .... couldn't resist it!!!! Won't happen again!! Promise!!
Deletehttps://www.discogs.com/artist/308018-The-dBs
ReplyDelete"Individuals"
DeleteDwight Twilley, Phill Seymour, Dwight Yoakam & Ed Cassidy?
ReplyDeleteSECURITY!!!
DeleteThis is quietly turning into a Bumper Beat Music BlisterPak™. Three albums from the insanely talented John Brodeur AKA Bird Streets, two from Semisonic, the instantly and undeservedly obscure Uni Boys, FOUR from the awesome Sneetches.
ReplyDeleteName names and win the game!
Damon, Alex, Dave & Graham?????
ReplyDeleteIf they're not Noddy Holder, Dave Hill, Jim Lea and Don Powell. Then they're Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple, Gene Holder, and Will Rigby, of whom my eldest daughter was a fan.
ReplyDeleteBabs blags th' BlisterPak™! I'll make the deliverables available to Babs only - this is an honor system here - in a few hours after I've had me beauty sleep. Comments will be moderated until then, unfortunately, but make 'em anyway. It's not like you have anything better to do.
DeleteGeriatrix's brilliant comment "that would be Zsa Zsa Gabor and Alfred E. Neuman" got lost due to my late night keyboard spasticity. Sorry, Ger!
ReplyDeleteNo worries Far!
DeleteThere can't be any doubtz: it's the Dont'Bothereens. Feelies?
ReplyDeleteI'm lucky enough in my small town to see a few musicians who live here in their day-to-day lives. As it happens, one day I was waiting in line at the pharmacy behind Dexter Romweber, then bumped into Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids, all within 15 minutes. And, in picking up my lunch at a local diner, Chris Stamey was sitting outside. I immediately went home and listened to all three and said, Da-yum, this is one ok small town. --Muzak McMusics
ReplyDeleteAre they 4 of her multitude of ex husbands by any chance? They look miserable enough or perhaps they've not been drinking their "Iron Bru" (which according to the honorable guild of Caber Cutters and Haggis Hunters is the true Power Pop).
ReplyDeleteIrn Bru managed to upset people with their advertising, such as the poster with "I never knew four-and-a-half-inches could give so much pleasure". Also note the spelling is Irn Bru.
Deletehttps://adsspot.me/media/prints/diet-irn-bru-i-never-knew-45-inches-could-give-me-so-much-pleasure-166513d22a60
That's a lot of girth
Deleteleft to right, Rigby, Holsapple, Holder, Stamey, the poptastic dBs, y'all.
ReplyDeleteYup, as Babs was first to point out, it's the dB's (anyone else - and that's our pal anonymous just above) who didn't get the apostrophe in the right place gets whipped with a wet pool noodle.
ReplyDeleteI added the Sneakers to the deliverables (if you have Racket - please do a loadup!). If you're unfamiliar with John Brodeur, I urge you to play the s/t Bird Streets album soonest - Jason Faulkner adds his fairy dust to a beautiful, brilliant album.
This is nearly a gig of tuneage - taking its time to loadup. "Soon! Zoltan! Soon! Have patience!" (PS the Shoes haven't been forgotten).
https://workupload.com/file/zqpcSwpJ2Nu
ReplyDeleteA treasure trove!
DeleteThe dB’s live in New York
ReplyDeleteI’m not 100% sure of the venue, but I think this from The Ritz, in April 1982. This is not the usual length for a dB’s headlining set, so the dB’s were probably playing on a multi-act bill. At the end of the last song, Peter Holsapple says, “Pylon’s up next,” confirming the identity of one other act that played that night. So, I think It’s possible this was the infamous show from April 1982 at The Ritz in which The Teardrop Explodes was scheduled to headline, but never performed due to an inter-band blowup/punch up backstage.
Also, I don’t cover art for this, but I’ve included a picture that you can hypnotize yourself if you stare into their eyes for 3 minutes or more…
https://workupload.com/file/YjZnKUhpkFy
Sneakers at Duke University, Durham, N.C. from August 1976
This is an audience recording with so-so audio. The sound improves considerably by track 2; there’s hiss, distortion and a lack of instrumental separation, but it is listenable.
https://workupload.com/file/j9Yj6mcWGHp
*jumps up an down on the spot, clapping hands like a girl*
DeleteHere’s two Jason Falkner live (audience) recordings from 1999, courtesy of my daughter, who’s a big fan.
ReplyDeleteThe Double Door from Chicago, IL, on April 14, 1999, and has pretty good sound, all things considered.
The Garage from London, on March 1, 1999, also has pretty good sound, all things considered.
https://workupload.com/file/wTYhm6H56dT
Darling daughter thinks she has ‘Racket’ on CD somewhere. Don’t touch that dial….
As I (dimly) remember it, it's a comp with some unique mixes.Tx to daughter!
DeleteI have found my Racket CD - just ripping it now.
DeleteHere's Racket, ripped from my very own 19 track East Side Digital CD. I think my copy is a special limited edition, as it has a small hole drilled through the case.
Deletehttps://workupload.com/file/68mJrY56mM5
While were patiently waiting (and waiting) for darling daughter to send ‘Racket’, here’s the 2023 deluxe edition of the 2022 recording of ‘Lagoon’ by Bird Streets
Deletehttps://workupload.com/file/RtUAhVkQm2B
Thanks Babs - already included in the BlisterPak™, but I'm sure your "higher quality" version is appreciated.
DeleteThanks for making a racket, Ger! Yes, that hole in the case means what you have is the audio equivalent of a NFT! It'll be worth a million dollars!
DeleteHey what ever happened to NFTs? I was saving up to buy some, I don't think I've heard much about them lately, maybe I'll buy some cryptocurrency instead.
DeleteJustin Beiber lost like a million dollars on a NFT cartoon dog, or something.
DeleteI've got a lot of those special limited edition albums and cd's in my collection where the artists personally and lovingly left their mark on the packaging either by commenting on the "squareness" of society by clipping a corner off the square album cover or smashing a hole through the "plastic" facade of consumer culture. Highly collectible!
DeleteI used to specialise in those rare signed albums! Not signed by the artiste, the owner! e.g. "THIS IS THE PROPARTY OF DAVE KOWZNOFSKI" scrawled in balllpoint across the cover and label!
DeleteNew Chris Stamey "Great Escape"
ReplyDeletehttps://workupload.com/file/jTL2egvewRf
THIS IS PRETTY USELESS, BY THE WAY. I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR STAMEY SINCE HE QUIT THE DB'S - AND THEY MADE A HELL OF AN ALBUM WITHOUT HIM. Wupes - just looked up from my keyboard to find I had caps lock on.
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