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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Laurie on March 06, 2007, 05:40:21 PM
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Okay, so my neighbor's kid has a really bad ska band. They practice just about every other day for three hours. Should I leave note in their mailbox and let them know that it's not 1995?
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Madness invented ska.
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Madness invented ska.
My neighbor's kid's band is practically a No Doubt/Sublime cover band. The female singer is very good... at hitting bum notes.
Hey, I have some Specials and Madness CDs in my collection, okay? But '90s era revival ska was largely bad. I don't need an aughts-era re-revival ska band playing next door to me. AND I DON'T SEE WHY THEY NEED TO PLAY WITH THEIR WINDOWS OPEN.
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TV on the Radio practices in my Basement. It's barely even music.
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Petey on the Radio (my new band) practices in my basement. It, too, is barely music.
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The previous posts make my head swim.
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Laurie, I think I have come up with the best solution. I don't know about you, but when I was 15 I had a couple friends who were way older than me. I think one was 21 and the other even older. They were both married, had cars, and had great record collections. They fed me good music all the time. They knew I liked a lot of crap and that I was still a kid with no sense of what was good. But they ignored that and just kept giving me good stuff to listen to. I have no idea why but I'm sure glad they did. I might still be into whatever Aerosmith and Weird Al are up to if not for them. So this is what you do: see if you can get in their band! By the end of the first practice you'll be running things.
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I suggest distracting them with porn.
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I suggest distracting them with porn.
I like that Idea, Sarah - hide a few magazines among their gear while they're out, and enjoy the silence! You could be like the Tooth Fairy of porn.
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I might still be into whatever Aerosmith and Weird Al are up to if not for them.
He ain't been hungry since Running With Scissors!
Dear Filthy Laurie,
I agree with these other chaps. Odds are these dudes are into like prissy corporate porn masquerading as the real alterna-deal. They're watching the DVD of the Suicide Girls Tour and googling "ska+panties+dirty+teen" or something. You gotta show them the light of "My Ass is Haunted" and "Girls Lie" and whatnot. Otherwise they'll still be into whatever Chasey Lane and Asia Carrera are up to ten years down the road. They're probably at home listenenng to "The Ballad of Chasey Lane" right now, poor suckers.
Sincerely,
John Junk
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Mom and Dad, this is Chasey
Chasey this is my Mom and Dad
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Two people in my house play drums. "Play" drums. They can not maintain a 4/4 beat. They change every other second. One second, it's just the bass drum with a snare every 8th bass drum, real slow. Then? HORRIBLE DRUM ROLL DOUBLE BASS FOR A MINUTE. They do this every other day, for 2 hours. They haven't learnt a thing about playing drums.
When we approached them about muffling the drums, and maybe getting a book, they instead moved the drums to the basement and put cardboard on the heads, to "muffle" them. Instead of towels on top, and pillows inside, which would muffle it, the cardboard just adds a raspy sound to everything, and makes everything sound flat and horrible. They can't make drums sound worse, you think, until they do.
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I might still be into whatever Aerosmith and Weird Al are up to if not for them.
He ain't been hungry since Running With Scissors!
Dear Filthy Laurie,
I agree with these other chaps. Odds are these dudes are into like prissy corporate porn masquerading as the real alterna-deal. They're watching the DVD of the Suicide Girls Tour and googling "ska+panties+dirty+teen" or something. You gotta show them the light of "My Ass is Haunted" and "Girls Lie" and whatnot. Otherwise they'll still be into whatever Chasey Lane and Asia Carrera are up to ten years down the road. They're probably at home listenenng to "The Ballad of Chasey Lane" right now, poor suckers.
Sincerely,
John Junk
Somewhat disturbingly, a google search for "ska+panties+dirty+teen" yields this bit of info in it's very first result:
Patel rules: Offering is not Distributing
It's actually not nearly as horrible it seems at first glance, but the initial shock is stomach turning.
http://viral.media.mit.edu/wiki/tiki-view_blog_post.php?blogId=4&postId=15 (http://viral.media.mit.edu/wiki/tiki-view_blog_post.php?blogId=4&postId=15)
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I must insist that the next all-FOT band be called "Dirty Ska Panties."
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Filthy Laurie and the Dirty Ska Panties.
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Oh, dear lord. They've recruited a trumpeter.
WHY DO THEY HAVE TO BE PLUGGED IN IF THEY'RE JUST PRACTICING?
Let me tell you, this kid has to be worse than either of your roommates, T. Rox. HAS TO BE.
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Waaaaaaahhhhh. Again. They're not getting better with all this practice, guys!
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No más, por favor.
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Can you record it and upload it here?
It might become an internet sensation and they may be forced to stop.
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I've considered doing it... I'd have to drop by Radio Hut and pick up some sort of digital recorder, as my old one broke. Like, in 2003.
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Okay, guys, I need your help. I've decided to take Jed's advice and put together a mix of rootsy-punk songs for my neighbor's misguided kid. Thus far I've got The Slits, Teddy Rockstar, Bad Brains, X-Ray Spex, and The Specials, and The Jam.
Suggestions? I'm trying to move them away from No Doubt and Sublime, two bands that I am reasonably sure serve as their main frame of reference for their "sound," as it is.
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Jay Reatard dude. Wire. Buzzcocks. What about, like, Operation Ivy??
and for some reason I suddenly thought of that band Screeching Weasel. Ouch.
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I'm scared Op Ivy will send them in the wrong direction. Yes to Jay Reatard, and I had already added Wire to the mix.
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Yeah, I hear that Filthy Laurie.
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I'm scared Op Ivy will send them in the wrong direction. Yes to Jay Reatard, and I had already added Wire to the mix.
Re Op Ivy, how about another Armstrong and Freeman joint: Rancid's ... And Out Come The Wolves? I never liked the previous Rancid albums and have not heard much of their subsequent work, but AOCTW is awesome.
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So far this mix sounds like a No Doubt inspiration tape, except for Screeching Waesel..
I still say record them and upload it. How awesome would it be to have an all FOT judged battle of the bands with Strangers Vibe and Filthy Laurie's neighbors without any of their knowledge.
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My vote is for straight and simple punk. Jay Reatard, maybe Minor Threat, some Ramones and Misfits too. This is feeling less and less possible to fix. But you never know what hearing good music can do to a kid, especially when it comes from an adult in the know.
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Speaking of Minor Threat...
(http://i17.tinypic.com/4htnnlt.jpg)
That's the art work I'm going to use for the cover.
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Speaking of Minor Threat...
(http://i17.tinypic.com/4htnnlt.jpg)
That's the art work I'm going to use for the cover.
Reminds me of that post Linus did back in February:
http://18rabbitscircleblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/american-hardcore.html