Comments on: Tournament of Rock: Asobi Seksu vs. Paul Steel – finals

By: Ubertramp

Ubertramp — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:50:30 +0000

Don’t let him fool you, Russ. I’m the nicest guy ever. A blues singin angel.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:02:38 +0000

Mike enjoys antagonizing me. The hassling I take here is nothing compared to the abuse he dishes out in e-mail.

By: Russ Wellen

Russ Wellen — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:32:29 +0000

Assuming it’s good-natured ribbing between Ubertramp and Dr. S. Meanwhile, shoe-gazing is nothing compared to musicians who turn their back on their audience, as Miles Davis was known to do on occasion.

By: Ubertramp

Ubertramp — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:55:40 +0000

Nice to see I have a fan base.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:43:08 +0000

Thanks for dropping by, Mike. I’ve been sitting around all morning wishing that some idiots would post something.

By: Ubertramp

Ubertramp — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:41:34 +0000

I don’t remember Myshel staring at her feet and I doubt she thinks the world sucks. Therefore, ergo, ipso facto, STE is dreampop, not shoegaze.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:00:05 +0000

I don’t think it has anything to do with the world sucking, so you can keep your revisionism to yourself.

However, the term DID arise as a result of the on-stage demeanor of many early shoegaze bands, who seemed to stare at their feet a lot while playing. This genre has been around since the late 80s and has as its genesis bands like My Bloody Valentine, Jesus & Mary Chain and Cocteau Twins. The lines get a little blurred, actually, because shoegazer overlaps considerably with a similar genre known as dreampop. Lush bounces back and forth, as did Space Team Electra (a huge favorite with some around S&R – in fact, STE is where I met Mike Sheehan; so you might argue that without shoegaze there would be no Scholars and Rogues).

More here…

By: Not Enough Time In The World « From Laurel Street

Not Enough Time In The World « From Laurel Street — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:13:13 +0000

[...] July 11, 2009 by fromlaurelstreet Two gypsy women, Palestine, c.1893. Photograph by Sebah and Joaillier. (Library of Congress)There really is not enough time. Last.fm makes me wish I could make more hours in my day. I discovered it when I came across Scholars & Rogue’s Tournament of Rock. [...]

By: karen marie

karen marie — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:36:59 +0000

I’m late to this particular party, but in my opinion Gogol Bordello was robbed.

By: Terry Hargrove

Terry Hargrove — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:42:23 +0000

I am ashamed to say that I had not heard of any of the bands in this competition. The last time I went to a concert was in 1998. I took my 10-year-old daughter to a Hanson concert. The less said about that ordeal, the better. I have to get current, but now I know where to start..

By: Ubertramp

Ubertramp — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:58:39 +0000

It’s cause they stare at their shoes while they sing. Cause, like, the world sucks and stuff.

By: Russ Wellen

Russ Wellen — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:41:25 +0000

Went with the shoe gazers again.

Not sure what that means. Is it like navel gazing? Or like when Catholic school boys stared at girls’ patent-leather shoes in hopes of seeing their panties reflected in them? (Showing my age.)