Lol @ Woody Allen bc I’ve always hated him but there are some people I like on that list — Ice Cube, Steve Martin, Maya Rudolph. More common than I thought!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 14:58 (four years ago) link
Keith Moon I guess but I only know the comedy parts of Who Sell Out
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 14:59 (four years ago) link
After seeing this news yesterday all I could think was "HIRE PATTY SCHEMEL"
― I don't get wet because I am tall and thin and I am afraid of people (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 15:04 (four years ago) link
Does Henry Rollins count?
― GRETA GABBO (Leee), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 17:26 (four years ago) link
Idk if his scolding tirades count as comedy
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
Rollins' talking shows are absolutely stand-up
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
another drummer: Craig Ferguson got so good at managing the crowds during changeovers at multi-band punk bills that he switched to stand-up under the Bing Hitler persona when his band split up
(the singer also went on to direct sitcoms, write & direct an Oscar-winning black comedy short film, and star in The Thick Of It, but neither have returned to music as a job)
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:43 (four years ago) link
Conan O'Brien!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:45 (four years ago) link
the one I saw was more akin to a Ted talk
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:47 (four years ago) link
I remember liking Quasi's Featuringing Birds enough that I think I voted for it in that year's Pazz and Jop. I would be happy with more Quasi records even though I didn't listen to any of the ones after.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
Todd Barry was a drummer, I don't think he's going back. Wasn't Letterman a drummer too?
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:54 (four years ago) link
Juana Molina was Argentina's biggest comedian in the 90s as I understand it - don't think they've ever really forgiven her for becoming a musician.
― Stevie T, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
Wasn't Letterman a drummer too?
Evidently:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlhj_QD3k0M
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
I can't believe Ut got dragged into this
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, July 2, 2019 4:57 AM (six hours ago)
SK have reminded me of them in the past, too - strumming patterns, beats without prominent cymbal parts, maybe some vocal approaches.
― timellison, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 19:09 (four years ago) link
Todd Barry otm, he's not going back but has guested with Superchunk and Yo La Tengo, and played on Mates Of States' AV Undercover session (no longer on youtube, boo). And as of last weekend, committed to playing REM's reunion. As opener, but hey, if Bill Berry doesn't get onboard...
I counted Chevy's college band bcz it was pre-comedy but Conan drummed at a house party or two while he was already editor of the Lampoon?
I haven't seen him since the 50th birthday tour, and I know he's done tours where he shows photos and discusses war zones he's visited & so on, but of his 29 talking-on-stage albums, 27 of them are primarily "telling funny stories about things that happened"
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
I just rewatched the Fallon thing again with someone and he was like, why is Carrie singing so much and he had so forgotten how much lead Carrie had sang before. But yeah I don't like the preprogrammed performance gestures.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 20:00 (four years ago) link
They didn't even have a camera on Janet for any sort of close up.
Forgot about Juana Molina!! This is reminding me how little I like comedy.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 20:24 (four years ago) link
I'm not super familiar w/S-K (it's been ages since I saw them live), but I just watched that Fallon perf., and it does very much feel like "band awkwardly shoehorned into a new look/sound." I can also see why a freewheeling drummer may not be psyched at the prospect of an entire tour playing that beat.
― stan by me (morrisp), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
I feel like Rollins is a weird example, his whole persona was everything, the music, the books, the spoken word
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
... acting, the record label
That Fallon performance is some real
https://youtu.be/Q2VqAH90h6s
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2VqAH90h6s&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2VqAH90h6s
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 22:02 (four years ago) link
"I can also see why a freewheeling drummer may not be psyched at the prospect of an entire tour playing that beat."
Janet is an exceptionally great drummer but I don't know that I ever thought of her as 'freewheeling'. She always struck me as rather precise and deliberate.
― akm, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 22:11 (four years ago) link
The beat in the verse is more tricky and unorthodox and strange than these posts are giving her credit for, but yeah, I can't imagine its especially fun to play
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 22:13 (four years ago) link
We’ll have to buy Carrie’s second book to learn the real story
― calstars, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 22:13 (four years ago) link
xxxp i would even say uptight
― j., Tuesday, 2 July 2019 22:50 (four years ago) link
It's a cool linear, programmed-esque beat, yeah. It's exactly the sort of thing I find fun to play, way more fun than fast rock n' roll with lots of fills. But maybe she doesn't.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 23:00 (four years ago) link
Whiney clearly studying SK drum patterns closely. Worth an audition at least, surely?
― Position Position, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 23:01 (four years ago) link
He never lost his fascination with drums & who they belong to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M65Dx0STe2M
― One Eye Open, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 02:20 (four years ago) link
Also ... drummer week!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 02:54 (four years ago) link
lmao this letterman video, fuck
― meaulnes, Thursday, 4 July 2019 23:45 (four years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/KcVMxN2EMS— Sleater-Kinney (@Sleater_Kinney) July 15, 2019
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 15 July 2019 22:14 (four years ago) link
im assuming that pulsing dot is their new drummer
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Monday, 15 July 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link
ROLAND Returns!
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 15 July 2019 22:25 (four years ago) link
How long til they start photoshopping Janet out of band photos
― calstars, Monday, 15 July 2019 22:26 (four years ago) link
Surprised how few likes that post got, I had the impression they were huuuge
― calstars, Monday, 15 July 2019 22:27 (four years ago) link
I think it's too obscure to get much of a response.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 15 July 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
einsturzende-kinney
― maura, Monday, 15 July 2019 23:00 (four years ago) link
Maybe they're scrapping the album to rework it as an industrial project.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 15 July 2019 23:00 (four years ago) link
Just got email announcing Quasi is going on a quick tour in October.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 July 2019 01:14 (four years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/28/sleater-kinney-the-center-wont-hold-interview
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Sunday, 28 July 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
Bravo.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 July 2019 22:19 (four years ago) link
Brave.
― U or Astro-U? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 July 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTZXBmRaQtw
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 17:32 (four years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/arts/music/sleater-kinney-st-vincent.html
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
Hmm. There are some curious red flags in that story. Citing the presence of a Gucci bag, the group crediting a band "designer," Brownstein deciding to put more energy toward the band only after her Hulu pilot didn't get picked up, Clark being really involved with lyrics and writing and arrangements (which is sort of ultimately the biggest complaint someone like Albini has with the concept of a "producer"). I don't know if we'll ever get a straight answer, but I assume one day it will at least be more clear why Weiss left. lol at Brownstein saying they should have called the album "Let's Stay Together."
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
"They wanted the album to sound “really gross,” Tucker, in contrasting lacy white, said, as her collaborators mmm-hmmmed in affirmation. “Like, disgusting, dirty, gross, dusty.” She went to a Depeche Mode show and got absorbed by synths; Clark and Brownstein saw Nine Inch Nails, and heard industrial."
They succeeded - all the songs so far do sound "really gross"
― Freeze Instr., Thursday, 1 August 2019 02:12 (four years ago) link
reading between the lines i'm starting to think they wanted to style the shit out of this tour and janet wasn't into it.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 1 August 2019 02:16 (four years ago) link