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Breaking News from Kurt Loder: Music in 2014

Mets – Willets Point
Jan 13 2014 11:48 AM

Last year's thread started with the words "No mention of Christine McVie unretiring, but..."

This year: Christine McVie unretiring.

Buy stock in CVS, now!

Ceetar
Jan 13 2014 11:53 AM
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who's Kurt Loder anyway? If i'm gonna stare at his name in this forum for a year again..

Edgy MD
Jan 13 2014 11:57 AM
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That's great. Let's go, septuagenarian chick rockers!

Mets – Willets Point
Jan 13 2014 11:58 AM
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Ceetar wrote:
who's Kurt Loder anyway? If i'm gonna stare at his name in this forum for a year again..


Original host of MTV News. Kind of a nerdy-looking guy who took delivering news about pop music way too seriously.

Mets – Willets Point
Jan 13 2014 11:58 AM
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Edgy MD wrote:
That's great. Let's go, septuagenarian chick rockers!


I tend to like the Fleetwood Mac songs with her on lead vocals best.

Edgy MD
Jan 13 2014 12:02 PM
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Kurt Loder is/was a pretty darn good investigative journalist/rock writer who co-wrote a really good memoir of Tina Turner that became the source for her acclaimed hit biopic, What's Love Got to Do with It?

He left all that to become the director and primary host for MTV's Music News, which --- while definitely improving MTV's brand --- just as definitely hurt his brand, and made him look sort of toolish, with his older newsman's gravitas, while surrounded by the young and adorable.

The definition of "tool" in the context of MTV has certainly evolved in later decades, and Loder would probably be a breath of fresh air.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jan 13 2014 12:02 PM
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Mets – Willets Point wrote:
Ceetar wrote:
who's Kurt Loder anyway? If i'm gonna stare at his name in this forum for a year again..


Original host of MTV News. Kind of a nerdy-looking guy who took delivering news about pop music way too seriously.


Really? I thought it was barely disguised sarcasm.

Edgy MD
Jan 13 2014 12:05 PM
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Mets – Willets Point wrote:
Edgy MD wrote:
That's great. Let's go, septuagenarian chick rockers!


I tend to like the Fleetwood Mac songs with her on lead vocals best.


She's my favorite Mac member, just as George is my favorite Beatle, and I've come to realize that my favorites probably have a lot to do with me being third in the pecking order among my childhood friends.

I think that works for girls too. If a circle of girls from my high school got into Duran Duran together, the alphagirl would be take Simon Lebon as her fantasy boyfriend, the betagirl would get John Taylor, and gammagirl would get a pick from all that remains.

Mets – Willets Point
Jan 13 2014 12:09 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Mets – Willets Point wrote:
Ceetar wrote:
who's Kurt Loder anyway? If i'm gonna stare at his name in this forum for a year again..


Original host of MTV News. Kind of a nerdy-looking guy who took delivering news about pop music way too seriously.


Really? I thought it was barely disguised sarcasm.



Quite possible. Perhaps I should've been laughing with him all along.

Mets – Willets Point
Jan 13 2014 12:16 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:

She's my favorite Mac member, just as George is my favorite Beatle, and I've come to realize that my favorites probably have a lot to do with me being third in the pecking order among my childhood friends.

I think that works for girls too. If a circle of girls from my high school got into Duran Duran together, the alphagirl would be take Simon Lebon as her fantasy boyfriend, the betagirl would get John Taylor, and gammagirl would get a pick from all that remains.


So who are the top two Fleetwood Mac members? Nicks and Buckingham, or the guys for whom the band is named?

Edgy MD
Jan 13 2014 12:23 PM
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I figure, in terms of profile, Buckingham and Nicks are top dogs.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jan 13 2014 12:40 PM
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As I understand FMac, Christine was one of the strongest personalities of the group.

She was sassy and didn't take a lot of shit.

Zvon
Jan 13 2014 12:48 PM
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Mets – Willets Point wrote:
Mets – Willets Point wrote:
Ceetar wrote:
who's Kurt Loder anyway? If i'm gonna stare at his name in this forum for a year again..


Original host of MTV News. Kind of a nerdy-looking guy who took delivering news about pop music way too seriously.


Really? I thought it was barely disguised sarcasm.



Quite possible. Perhaps I should've been laughing with him all along.


This is true. There was always an air of disdain about him.

batmagadanleadoff
Jan 13 2014 12:50 PM
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I love Danny Kirwan's vibrato.

Edgy MD
Jan 13 2014 12:56 PM
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Good collection of Kurt Loder essays from way back:

TransMonk
Jan 21 2014 11:29 AM
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News and staying somewhat on on topics above:

Exclusive: Nine Inch Nails, QOTSA, Dave Grohl and Lindsey Buckingham to Perform Grammy Awards Finale

I'll be watching the Grammys for the first time since I was in high school.

Edgy MD
Jan 21 2014 01:02 PM
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Gonna be a lotta Beatle material on that program --- more than they ever had during the time the Beatles were active probably.

Edgy MD
Jan 22 2014 09:16 PM
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I'm Kurt Loder of MTV News, here in front of the famed
Radio City Music Hall to report that, after 39 years of
marriage, the Captain and Tennille are sailing their
separate ways. TMZ is reporting that the Captain, whose
actual name is actually Darryl Dragon, was blindsided by
his wife's filing, but we at MTV Music News have our own
sources. More on this story as it develops.

Ashie62
Jan 22 2014 09:53 PM
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Wow...Kurt Loder is 68 years old...

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 22 2014 10:45 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:

I'm Kurt Loder of MTV News, here in front of the famed
Radio City Music Hall to report that, after 39 years of
marriage, the Captain and Tennille are sailing their
separate ways. TMZ is reporting that the Captain, whose
actual name is actually Darryl Dragon, was blindsided by
his wife's filing, but we at MTV Music News have our own
sources. More on this story as it develops.


Love Won't Keep Us Together, yes, yes, ha ha.

I'm more curious about his going by "The Captain" when his real name was Darryl Dragon.

dgwphotography
Jan 23 2014 07:00 AM
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
Edgy MD wrote:

I'm Kurt Loder of MTV News, here in front of the famed
Radio City Music Hall to report that, after 39 years of
marriage, the Captain and Tennille are sailing their
separate ways. TMZ is reporting that the Captain, whose
actual name is actually Darryl Dragon, was blindsided by
his wife's filing, but we at MTV Music News have our own
sources. More on this story as it develops.


Love Won't Keep Us Together, yes, yes, ha ha.

I'm more curious about his going by "The Captain" when his real name was Darryl Dragon.


According to his wikipedia page (take that for what you will), Mike Love started calling him that when he was a keyboardist for the Beach Boys...

Frayed Knot
Jan 23 2014 07:08 AM
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dgwphotography wrote:
[According to his wikipedia page (take that for what you will), Mike Love started calling him that when he was a keyboardist for the Beach Boys...


And, IIRC, it had something to do with a hat he constantly wore, or something along those lines.


You don't suppose there's a muskrat involved in the divorce proceedings do you? That would be weird.

Edgy MD
Jan 23 2014 07:49 AM
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Yeah, yeah, and Toni's gonna listen to her mother and go back to shopping around, and the divorce proceedings will describe how he wouldn't do that to her any more times. MAKE IT STOP!

Anyhow, Toni could sing. Hardly a surprise to find that their cartoony gimmick was initiated by Mike Love. Speaking of hats, Mike, it's been 40 years since you've been seen without one.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jan 23 2014 08:44 AM
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Edgy MD wrote:
Yeah, yeah, and Toni's gonna listen to her mother and go back to shopping around, and the divorce proceedings will describe how he wouldn't do that to her any more times. MAKE IT STOP!


I will.
I will!
I will!
I WILL!

Edgy MD
Jan 23 2014 08:54 AM
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According to my trusty Casey Kasem reporting from the American Top 40 rebroadcasts, Toni Tennille was the first woman to appear in the Beach Boys touring band, as it started becoming bloated in the early-to-mid-seventies. But she would get flagged by security every afternoon. Being a "girl" in a band of "boys," security would never believe she was with the group, pegging her for a groupie, until the tour manager would be called and she'd get waved into the stage area. They'd complete the setup, she'd go back to her room, and when she'd return for the show in the evening, the same routine would start all over again.

I'm thinking (1) the Beach Boys had groupies in the seventies? And (2) had nobody heard of the "All Areas Access" badge? Was this one of those things I can only assume was invented by or for Led Zeppelin? I'm already convinced the tour shirt was a Led Zep innovation.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jan 23 2014 09:24 AM
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According to my trusty Casey Kasem reporting from the American Top 40 rebroadcasts, Toni Tennille was the first woman to appear in the Beach Boys touring band, as it started becoming bloated in the early-to-mid-seventies. But she would get flagged by security every afternoon. Being a "girl" in a band of "boys," security would never believe she was with the group, pegging her for a groupie, until the tour manager would be called and she'd get waved into the stage area. They'd complete the setup, she'd go back to her room, and when she'd return for the show in the evening, the same routine would start all over again.

I'm thinking (1) the Beach Boys had groupies in the seventies? And (2) had nobody heard of the "All Areas Access" badge? Was this one of those things I can only assume was invented by or for Led Zeppelin? I'm already convinced the tour shirt was a Led Zep innovation.


I'm reading a book right NOW!!!! that argues the superstar touring rock concert and its associated trappings were invented simultaneously in 1973 by 3 bands: Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin and The Who.

Edgy MD
Jan 23 2014 09:41 AM
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That'd be a fun book to write. Take one trait of the rock tour and figure out who was first.

First all-hockey-arena billing.

First band to travel with their own lighting tress.

First laser show. (Believe this credit belongs to Wings.)

Dry ice clouds. (Sabbath, is this you?)

First tour shirt.

First tour shirt with dates on back.

First all-areas-access badge.

First extended rock guitar solo that allowed the other members of the band to leave the stage.

First extended rock drum solo that allowed the other members of the band to leave the stage.

First de rigeur encore.

First recorded stage greeting that asks the city if they are prepared to rock.

First guest appearance by an old blues dude.

First destroyed hotel room.

Ashie62
Jan 23 2014 04:54 PM
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A look back..working with Loder a long time ago VJ's

Martha Quinn 54
Mark Goodman 61
Nina Blackwood 58
J.J. Jackson 62
Alan Hunter 56

The highlight of all their careers and Loders is arguably covering live aid...

Some guy named Freddie Mercury stole the show..

Edgy MD
Jan 23 2014 05:10 PM
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J.J. Jackson is 62 in the sense that he died at 62 in 2004.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 23 2014 05:18 PM
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Kurt Loder joined MTV in 1987, after the originals were all gone; he's more of an Adam Curry/Downtown Julie Brown contemporary.

Ashie62
Jan 23 2014 05:43 PM
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oops..I am a plethora of misinformation..

But Animal House is starting on IFC so it gets better..

Ashie62
Jan 23 2014 05:51 PM
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First all-hockey-arena billing.

RUSH

First band to travel with their own lighting tress.

KISS

First laser show. (Believe this credit belongs to Wings.)

WHO 1975

Dry ice clouds. (Sabbath, is this you?)

SABBATH....honorable mention to VANILLA FUDGE

First tour shirt.

BEATLES

First tour shirt with dates on back.

ROLLING STONES

First all-areas-access badge.

LED ZEPPELIN

First extended rock guitar solo that allowed the other members of the band to leave the stage.

LESLIE WEST OR STEVE MARRIOT

First extended rock drum solo that allowed the other members of the band to leave the stage.

NEAL PEART

First de rigeur encore.

ELVIS PRESLEY

First recorded stage greeting that asks the city if they are prepared to rock.

CHEAP TRICK

First guest appearance by an old blues dude.

BO DIDDLEY

First destroyed hotel room.

LED ZEPPELIN

Its all good and debatable...

Edgy MD
Jan 23 2014 07:42 PM
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I betcha the first rock-era band to bring an old blues dude on as a borrowed-crediblity-guest-star was the Stones with John Lee Hooker or somebody.

Ashie62
Jan 23 2014 08:10 PM
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John Lee Hooker..many..

Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Canned Heat

Rolling Stones 89 Steel Wheels tour..

Ashie62
Jan 23 2014 08:18 PM
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Bo Diddley was the opening act on the Clash's 1979 US tour...

Edgy MD
Jan 24 2014 10:06 AM
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Rampant rumors are circulating through the industry with
regard to the Dragon/Tennille divorce, including batshit
notions that so-called Obamacare is to blame. MTV's
findings thus far suggest that such claims are coming
from parties with an agenda. We will continue pursuing
this story and reporting on the divorce's impact on the
pair's scheduled and much-anticipated dates on the
Lollapalooza 2014 tour.

Last night, I had the chance to speak with Axl Rose.


Fuck Darryl Dragon. He stole riff after riff from us. He claims we
were just borrowing from "common sources." Really, fuck that guy.
Toni's alright, though, and I wish her the best.


More later.

Ashie62
Jan 24 2014 11:55 AM
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Sometimes spouses will legally divorce to spare the other expenses of a catastrophic illness...

Edgy MD
Jan 28 2014 02:11 PM
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Hello again, everybody. Kurt Loder reporting from in front
of famed Radio City Music Hall, where the Grammys used
to be held back when they were cool. Fame veteran hair
metal band Mötley Crüe have announced their retirement
from the music industry. When asked if this announcement
is timed to generate an interest in a so-called "farewell"
tour, and creating a new financial premium on the band
for any futurer dates beyond their upcoming tour, front-
man Vince Neil high-fived bassist Nikki Sixx. Drummer
Tommy Lee noted that the street value of umlauts has
already tripled since the story first leaked on gossip site
TMZ.

In an aside, it should be noted that guitarist Mick Mars is
frankly looking awful (and that says a lot, coming from
this reporter) and it might be a workable plan for the band
to take advantage of the farewell tour's sense of nostalgia
to perhaps consider returning to the bands early, KISS-style
kabuki makeup.

[fimg=250]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Mick_Mars_2012.jpg/220px-Mick_Mars_2012.jpg[/fimg]

batmagadanleadoff
Feb 27 2014 10:02 AM
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Edgy MD wrote:
I betcha the first rock-era band to bring an old blues dude on as a borrowed-crediblity-guest-star was the Stones with John Lee Hooker or somebody.


Brian Jones introduced Howlin' Wolf on Shindig, 1965. I'm declaring myself the winner of this one.

[youtube]P9XNmeHIFog[/youtube]

Edgy MD
Mar 04 2014 09:19 PM
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Most music fans, at one point or another, have wanted to
map Tom Waits. Well, one maniac has.

Frayed Knot
Mar 05 2014 06:34 AM
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That's freakin' brilliant.



Meanwhile, Gregg Allman's recent biography is being movie-ized.
William Hurt to play the lead, presumably of the current aged version while some kid gets to portray young Gregg in flashback scenes.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 05 2014 06:44 AM
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That flick was in Kurt Loder's news due to an accident filming that killed a crew member. They apparently shot a "dream sequence" on active railroad tracks and got clobbered by a freight train. Production folks in very hot water.

Edgy MD
Mar 06 2014 10:30 AM
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Very awful indeed. And of course, we will give you all
the facts just as soon as they become available.

In other news, veteran seventies Hall of Fame rockers
Queen will be returning to the road this summer, minus
deceased vocalist Freddie Mercury, of course, as well as
retired bassist John Deacon. Filling in as front man will
be former American Idol competitor Adam "Don't Call Me
Miranda" Lambert, who should bring some of the vocal
range and shameless showmanship that previous fill-in
Paul Rogers lacked, while being young enough to call
drummer Roger Taylor "Gramps."

Asked about expected ticket prices, famed promoter
Crumley McEvilstein laughed and said, "College is SO
over-rated. Your kid would probably be better off paying
his own way anyhow."

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 04 2014 01:51 PM
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Reporting live from the fractured frontlines of the Kiss Army... Great article revealing Paul Stanley as the great force behind the band, just slashing in his directness; Gene as the wounded kid still in need of the makeup the most, Ace as a recovering, happy-go-lucky savant; Peter Criss as an old cat.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 06 2014 04:53 PM
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Mets – Willets Point wrote:
Edgy MD wrote:

She's my favorite Mac member, just as George is my favorite Beatle, and I've come to realize that my favorites probably have a lot to do with me being third in the pecking order among my childhood friends.

I think that works for girls too. If a circle of girls from my high school got into Duran Duran together, the alphagirl would be take Simon Lebon as her fantasy boyfriend, the betagirl would get John Taylor, and gammagirl would get a pick from all that remains.


So who are the top two Fleetwood Mac members? Nicks and Buckingham, or the guys for whom the band is named?



Peter Green. Is this even an issue?

Edgy MD
Apr 06 2014 06:14 PM
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Kurt Loder here with some family reunion news.

With Tommy Stinson re-joining Paul Westerberg and taking
a version of the Replacements back on the road, the
question of who would play bass for Guns 'N' Roses on their
upcoming tour of South America was on the minds of fans.
As many as six fans, to be more specific.

Well, let them wonder no more, because this reporter has an
exclusive source (his Twitter feed) informing him that the
answer is none other than Duff F. McKagan. The bassist from
the band's glory years, McKagan is long sober and founder of
a wealth management firm. He was also one of the last
people to see Kurt Cobain alive.

Can a man return to Axl Rose's orbit and stay sober? We'll let
you know as the story develops. I hope he hangs in there,
because it might make for more illuminating interviews than
I've gotten in the past.

[youtube]wSfLxBftj7o[/youtube]

Edgy MD
Apr 15 2014 10:03 AM
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Hi, I'm rock reporter and scenester Kurt Loder. Fans of
iconic Australian hard rock band AC/DC are palpably upset
this morning over rumors that the veteran group is packing it
in at the twilight of a long and insanely lucrative career.

Prior reports had fans anticipating a new album and a tour to
follow, so the leaks comes as a particular kick in the gut to
the band's raucous faithful.

The unconfirmed reports suggest that founding member
Malcolm Young has gone home to his family, either unwilling or
unable to continue to play, triggering a supposed pact among
members to never replace each other. One imagines that the
band make more money from residuals of their back catalog's
appearances in Iron Man trailers and relief pitcher entrances,
so the motivation to tour again wouldn't be particularly financial.

Has the band done their last dirt-cheap dirty deed? At this point,
the answer is unclear. Be rest assured, that when that answer
does come to light, it will come to light here at Kurt Loder's Music
News. In the meantime, enjoy this review I wrote about them in 1982.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 15 2014 10:17 AM
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Kurt Loder wrote:
Be the first in your circle of sophisticates to find out why.


That's Kurt Loder in one sentence.

Edgy MD
Apr 15 2014 10:27 AM
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I had a similar thought. It's also an early peek into the push and pull of the forces that sent Rolling Stone rolling downhill fast. The go-to source for people who wanted to be the smartest ones on their block about the dumbest subject.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 15 2014 11:28 AM
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I dunno. I've actually been going through my beaten-up copy of the Rolling Stone Record Guide, the original 1979 edition, and its shocking how brutal Dave Marsh and His Pompous Pals were on AC/DC (and a lot of other bands that have far outlived their critics -- like KISS, Rush, etc). I don';t think any of AC/DC's records got more than a one star and most got a bullet "worthless."

Edgy MD
Apr 15 2014 12:24 PM
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That would be the push, with Loder perhaps being the pull.

TransMonk
Apr 15 2014 12:39 PM
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I have no use for AC/DC after Back in Black, but I consider Bon Scott one of the greatest front-men of all time.

All the best to Malcom and the Youngs.

Edgy MD
Apr 16 2014 01:44 PM
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AC/DC's website is both confirming and denying
swirling rumors about the status of the band.

CONFIRMED is that guitarist and founding member
Malcolm Young has returned to be with his family
while contending with an unspecified illness.

DENIED is the notion that Young's absence spells
the end for the iconic Aussie metal outfit.

Many factors remain unknown. Among these are
the gravity and nature of Young's illness,whether
or not his hiatus is permanent, and whether the
remaining band members intend to record or
tour without him. We at "Breaking News from
Kurt Loder" respect the privacy of the band,
particularly with regard to health issues, but
as soon as we get any further details, we will
fry them op and serve them to you with a side
of hash browns.

TransMonk
Apr 18 2014 11:43 AM
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Is anyone else kind of blown away by the Prince/Warner Bros. reunion? I can't say that I would have predicted it.

Good for Prince, I guess...but his rock-star-coolness kind of takes a hit in my book.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... p-20140418

Edgy MD
Apr 18 2014 08:28 PM
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Wait, reuniting with the outfit that had him scrawling "SLAVE" across his face?

Kurt Loder has totally dropped the ball on this story.

d'Kong76
Apr 18 2014 08:33 PM
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TransMonk wrote:
I have no use for AC/DC after Back in Black, but I consider Bon Scott one of the greatest front-men of all time.


!!!! Yes

Mets – Willets Point
Apr 19 2014 10:52 AM
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Edgy MD wrote:
Wait, reuniting with the outfit that had him scrawling "SLAVE" across his face?

Kurt Loder has totally dropped the ball on this story.


I suppose that the composition and business philosophy of Warner Bros could have changed over 20 years. Or Prince's goals and recording philosophy have changed over that time. Or a little of both.

Or they drove a dumptruck of money to his house. Or he's desperate to get exposure any way he can at this point. Or a little of both.

Ashie62
Apr 19 2014 05:19 PM
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Saw AC/DC open for Kim Simmonds of John Mayall many moons ago. A John Scher production...

The set ended with Bon Scott on Angus's shoulders with Kim Simmonds watching the riot.

Rock n' Roll...

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 19 2014 05:54 PM
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Also very rock - critically of Kurt to highlight the rhythm section as the real star of the guitar - and - vocal forward group. Even if it may be true!

Edgy MD
Apr 23 2014 08:48 AM
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TransMonk
Apr 23 2014 11:20 AM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 23 2014 11:26 AM
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Edgy MD
Apr 23 2014 11:43 AM
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Oh, that Alan!

Frayed Knot
Apr 28 2014 07:01 PM
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Would you recognize the man in this photo without a caption or his seemingly ever present hat?









Seems that Paul Simon and wife Edie Brickell got into a small spat the other day and had the cops come to the house and get it all straightened out.
Both say in a hearing that it was a temporary thing and neither has reason to feel threatened by the other.

Mets – Willets Point
May 12 2014 06:28 PM
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Casey Kasem missing.

Frayed Knot
May 12 2014 06:32 PM
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Mets – Willets Point wrote:
Casey Kasem missing.


Maybe he's just doing a really long distance dedication from some undisclosed location.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
May 13 2014 10:36 AM
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We're getting reports now of a new supergroup, comprised of former members of Blondie (drummer Clem Burke); The Romantics (singer Wally Palmar); The Cars (guitarist Elliot Easton) and the Chesterfield Kings (bass player Andy Babiuk). Known as the Empty Hearts, this 60s inspired band of 760s and 80s musicians have a debut record coming this summer. Be certain you aren't the only one on your block not to miss this momentus event.

[url]http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6084531/empty-hearts-blondie-cars-romantics-chesterfield-kings-album-song-listen

Edgy MD
May 13 2014 10:55 AM
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You had me at Clem Burke and owned me at Elliot Easton, but... Wally Palmar?

Edgy MD
May 13 2014 03:01 PM
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Forty-fourth anniversary of the release of Let It Be.

[youtube]2BpJiGMnI34[/youtube]

TransMonk
May 15 2014 07:02 AM
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Mets – Willets Point wrote:
Casey Kasem missing.

Radio icon Casey Kasem spotted in Washington state

Frayed Knot
May 29 2014 09:19 PM
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NYC DJ Dave Herman dies at age 78 while in federal custody for child porn charges - as discussed last year in this thread

Edgy MD
May 29 2014 10:33 PM
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Dave Herman is not the only legend tapdancing on the
brink of infamy this evening, as punk rock icon Exene
Cervenka of the legendary LA band X is out there
proclaiming the Santa Barbara killing spree is a hoax.

Exene, purveyor of one of the weirdest solo albums ever,
featuring her extended excerpts from The Unabomber
Manifesto over a background of meandering acid jazz,
joins the ranks of "truthers," who frequently use social
media to proclaim that various widely reported violent
events are created by the government, media, or an
even shadowier organization/conspiracy, for the
alleged purpose of manipulating the populace, perhaps
to get them to accept stricter gun control laws.

Exene has in recent years been diagnosed with MS, and
upon remaining mostly a-symptomatic, has proclaimed
that she may have been mis-diagnosed.

Her tweeted claims of hoaxes being what they are,
Crane Pool poster Edgy MD --- long a fan of X and the
Knitters (a side project featuring three fourths of X plus
Blasters guitarist Dave Alvin) --- has declared himself
embarrassed and chagrined, and has publicly stated that
a more accurate diagnosis for Ms. Cervenka might, in
fact, be "koo-koo."

X is back out on the road this summer, performing classic
albums in their entirety. We at "Breaking News from Kurt
Loder" will be following this story further should any further
whack-a-doodle details develop.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
May 30 2014 04:32 PM
Re: Breaking News from Kurt Loder: Music in 2014

"it's at times like these I wish I were some anonymous nobody."

-John Doe

Edgy MD
May 31 2014 01:08 PM
Re: Breaking News from Kurt Loder: Music in 2014


After much debate and anguish among the community
of consequenceofsound.net (who? what?) it has been
established, to the surprise of nobody, that the greatest
drummer of all time is... Rush's Neil Peart.

Yes the Canadian godling takes the crown after besting
Led Zeppelin's late skinmaster John Bonham, and while
the result should shock few, the ferocity of the
beatdown might, with Peart taking 87% of the vote and
Bonzo only 13%.

While the advancement of the players through the draw
might beg the occasional nitpick, the real controversy
may lie with who made it into the draw in the first place.
Ringo Starr and not Charlie Watts? Phil Collins and not...
I don't know... Tony Thompson? And do we really want
to compare the apples of the rock era to the oranges of
jazz?

We'll have more on this as the story develops including a
few (absolutely vulgar) words from Mötley Crüe's Tommy
Lee.

d'Kong76
May 31 2014 01:34 PM
Re: Breaking News from Kurt Loder: Music in 2014

Starr and Collins lol

d'Kong76
May 31 2014 01:46 PM
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With a small set of drums, you really can't beat
this ... at least for my taste:
[youtube:1oddpfb6]W0iA_rOcn9Y[/youtube:1oddpfb6]

Edgy MD
Jun 10 2014 02:26 PM
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Rumors continue to swirl of a possible Kinks reunion.

Four years after the death of bassist Peter Quaife, the
only band member who hasn't assaulted guitarist Dave
Davies, Davies has hinted as much, saying the ball is
in brother Ray's court. Ray, for his part, has said the
idea would be to do a new album to support on tour.

This reporter recently listened to "Waterloo Sunset" and
found it remarkable how much young Ray Davies, in all
his flower, sounded like Paul McCartney... sounds today
at 72.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 12 2014 08:37 AM
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Kinks should get back together.

How about this thing?

[url]http://popchartlab.com/collections/prints/products/the-charted-connections-of-rock?mc_cid=135b382190&mc_eid=b3b219890e

Vic Sage
Jun 12 2014 09:00 AM
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I'm a big Kinks fan. I saw Ray Davies at the Beacon back in the 80s, but don't remember loving the show. Around that time, he had made a 1-hour music film for the BBC, which was basically one of the first ever long-form music videos, called RETURN TO WATERLOO. I think he was touring that album (a solo project) at the time. It's got great music (the video is cool, too; it starred a very young Tim Roth), but he wasn't great in performance; his voice was ragged, he seemed disinterested.

You can watch the video on hulu: http://www.hulu.com/watch/403831

sharpie
Jun 12 2014 09:21 AM
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I saw the Kinks back in the '70's (Schoolboys In Disgrace tour) and have seen Ray Davies twice in recent years. While in theory it would be nice to see the Kinks reform, Ray's solo shows lean heavily on Kinks material and he has had a great band backing him. Do we really need to see the Davies boys fighting it out all over again? Maybe the answer is yes and I'd certainly like to see them if they do.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 18 2014 09:06 AM
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I'm reporting today live from the set of a new video by OK GO, a band as famous for its creative videos than for the music that accompanies them, where they try and out-do themselves again. Let's have a look.

[youtube]m86ae_e_ptU[/youtube]

Back to you, Nina Blackwood.