RE: Goose Creek Symphony

1999-04-27 Thread Roy Kasten
Kip says: Oh, I'd rather not incriminate myself in public, Roy. St. Louis is a small town g. Well, I think I get out to clubs pretty frequently and I've yet to observe the tie-died masses playing all manner of fiddles and mandolins. I think you're overstating it when you say "it's all

Re: Goose Creek Symphony

1999-04-26 Thread Dave Purcell
Bob Soron wrote: I'd rather have a 5-minute guitar solo than a 20-second drum solo. Oooh, I dunno about that. A short, tasteful drum solo (no, that is not an oxymoron!) in the hands of the right guy is thing of beauty. I guess I'm thinking mostly about jazz and big band drummers, rather

RE: Goose Creek Symphony

1999-04-26 Thread louicm
On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Roy Kasten wrote: Kip writes: It's becoming all da rage here in St. Louis, too: half-proficient tie-dyed youth playing fiddles, mandolins, banjos and Martin guitars. Who do you have in mind here, Kip? Oh, I'd rather not incriminate myself in public,

RE: Goose Creek Symphony

1999-04-26 Thread Matt Benz
And I will confess to digging Neil Peart's solos simply from a technical standpoint -- the guy is friggin' amazing. Plus, it's fun to watch 10,000 16-year-old boys drool at the same time. [Matt Benz] Hell of a lyric writer, too. Deep. Very Deep.

Re: Goose Creek Symphony

1999-04-26 Thread louicm
On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote: Yeah, it's a hoot to make fun of defenseless hippies, but lots more fun if a couple of 'em come roaring up beside your pickup truck, and flip you off when you make an off-hand comment about their hair. Doh! Seriously, though, it's not

Re: Goose Creek Symphony

1999-04-26 Thread Hiroshi Ogura
On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Bob Soron wrote: I'd rather have a 5-minute guitar solo than a 20-second drum solo. Hey! What's wrong with "Wipeout"!? :-) --Hiroshi

Re: Goose Creek Symphony

1999-04-25 Thread louicm
Heh heh...Marie comments on the alarmingly growing ranks of faux bluegrass and hippy acoustic bands. It's becoming all da rage here in St. Louis, too: half-proficient tie-dyed youth playing fiddles, mandolins, banjos and Martin guitars.

Re: Goose Creek Symphony

1999-04-25 Thread katahdin
Kip wrote: Heh heh...Marie comments on the alarmingly growing ranks of faux bluegrass and hippy acoustic bands. It's becoming all da rage here in St. Louis, too: half-proficient tie-dyed youth playing fiddles, mandolins, banjos and Martin

RE: Goose Creek Symphony

1999-04-25 Thread Roy Kasten
Kip writes: It's becoming all da rage here in St. Louis, too: half-proficient tie-dyed youth playing fiddles, mandolins, banjos and Martin guitars. Who do you have in mind here, Kip? Roy

Re: Goose Creek Symphony

1999-04-25 Thread rousley
marie arsenault wrote: noodling, noodling. We stayed for about 30 - 45 minutes - just long enough for the first song. g I'm sure if we had stayed any longer we would've started smelling that "I'm a deadhead and I've been so stoned I forgot to take a bath" body odor. g They did have great

Re: Goose Creek Symphony

1999-04-25 Thread marie arsenault
Ronni: I'm sure if we had stayed any longer we would've started smelling that "I'm a deadhead and I've been so stoned I forgot to take a bath" body odor. g or patchouli! Today when at a record store I saw one of their cds. I made a mental note to buy a copy of it for your birthday, Marie. I

Re: Goose Creek Symphony

1999-04-25 Thread marie arsenault
Terry Smith: assume consensus on this notion that any guitar solo over 30 seconds is self-indulgent. 30 seconds, no. Over 5 minutes, perhaps. Terry: But personally I'd rather see folks stick with critiquing the music, than taking on such god-awfully easy targets. Now that's a very hippie-ish

Re: Goose Creek Symphony

1999-04-25 Thread Bob Soron
At 12:20 AM -0500 on 4/26/99, marie arsenault wrote: Terry Smith: assume consensus on this notion that any guitar solo over 30 seconds is self-indulgent. 30 seconds, no. Over 5 minutes, perhaps. I'd rather have a 5-minute guitar solo than a 20-second drum solo. Bob