If you're ever in LA, check out Jon Brion at the Largo. He's a film composer (Punch Drunk Love, I Heart Huckabees), record producer, who also happens to be a multi-instrumentalist that puts on a live layered loop show, doing everything from a traditional drum kit, to bass, all styles of guitar, and piano. I've watched him go from Mozart to honky tonk piano and then up into industrial noise, on into a Detroit rock medley, using only the music he recorded on stage. First time I saw the show in this little low lit club facing a small stage, I had the biggest hard on. I went to jerk off in the bathroom and Fiona Apple walked out. Sorry if I'm being a bit raw here, but it was THAT good.

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From a cotton farm in Turkey Scratch Arkansas to the very pinnacle of the music world. 71 year old Levon Helm will soon be gone. Thought I'd post this tribute song written by Elton John from his 1971 album "Madman Across the Water".

Story here. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Entertainment/Music/6474166/story.html

From the above story "Born May 26, 1940, in Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, the son of cotton farmers, he learned to play guitar and drums as a child. By 17 he was appearing in honky tonks in and around nearby Helena and taking in performance by such southern legends as Conway Twitty, Elvis Presley, Bo Diddley, and Ronnie Hawkins.

He joined Hawkins’ rockabilly band The Hawks just before they moved to Canada in the late 1950s.

In the early 1960s, Helm and Hawkins recruited Canadians Robbie Robertson (guitar), Rick Danko (bass) and pianist Richard Manuel and organist Garth Hudson. They left Hawkins and toured as Levon and the Hawks before backing Bob Dylan in the mid-60s. Fans weren’t initially receptive to Dylan’s switch from acoustic folky to electric folk-rocker, and Helm headed back south, working on offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico for a couple of years until bassist Rick Danko asked him to rejoin the group that would become known around the world as, simply, The Band"

Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Levon+Helm+near+death+wife+daughter+with+videos/6474166/story.html#ixzz1sLwHMdvM

I actually agree, business and government certainly isn't exempt from hypocrisy and targeted ridicule. As historian Howard Zinn stated "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."

More on topic with this thread..

The problem is the mass media these days is so preoccupied by issues that have little effect on the well being of the nation or the well being of society at large. Example. Such book burnings. They focus on one wacko Florida preacher. When he doesn't burn the Koran.. they portray a massive sigh of relief and a victory for civilization. Meanwhile.. on youtube.. hundreds or thousands of books are burned and videos are posted. Not even a whimper on the airwaves. Go figure.


>> ^quantumushroom:

I enjoyed reading your reply, Tonk. Well said.
I admit, I do bash religion, but there is just too much hypocrisy, inconsistency, and lack of reason in it to leave it alone.

In that statement you can also replace "religion" with "government", "the legal system", "organized sports" or "business".

I enjoyed reading your reply, Tonk. Well said.

I admit, I do bash religion, but there is just too much hypocrisy, inconsistency, and lack of reason in it to leave it alone.

In that statement you can also replace "religion" with "government", "the legal system", "organized sports" or "business".

(Ranting Geezer Alert)

I'm 50 and my father gave me his guitar when I was 11 and I taught myself how to play it, through MUCH trial and error. I saved up for Rolling Stones sheet music, which I later figured out had to have been interpreted by some jazz musician, with Honky Tonk Woman in the key of A-flat and other bizarre treatments. Even when I spent 2 minutes getting my fingers in the right position for these chords (like Eb7aug, jeez) it sounded nothing like the record. I almost gave up because I thought it was me that was wrong.

But I persevered and finally figured out the sheet music was wrong and I considered rewriting it and sending it to the publisher with my corrections. After a few years they came out with an updated versions of the Stones songbook, with the songs transcribed by an actual rock guitarist but I didn't care at that point.

I've been playing guitar and piano ever since. It's nice to be able to do something that doesn't rely on electricity, batteries or the Internet.

So when I see this news bit about some "prodigy" who "never expected to ever break a world record for something that was, like, kind of important" I just gotta, like, you know, roll my eyes. And stuff.

(End Ranting Geezer Alert)

Weak. Get a job, honky tonk.

He does ask the security guards to do their job. They should not have let the crowd get so close. The crowd does seem out for blood. When I was a kid I went to a few wrestling matches. It was Stampede wrestling in Calgary. The crowds (including myself) went crazy. There were a lot of fights afterwards.

After one show some friends and I went to the back of the arena to see the wrestlers. There were "good" guy wrestlers and "bad" guy wrestlers hanging around. I saw a guy called Honky Tonk Wayne, he was a "bad" guy. (he went on to the WWF as The Honky Tonk Man and did quite well) He looked like Las Vegas Elvis with attitude. As a joke I went up to him for an autograph.

"Hey Honky Tonk, can I get an autograph?"

"FUCK OFF KID!" he snarled

"Honky Tonk, didn't you used to charge kids for your autograph?" asked his buddy

"I did, but the little fuckers wouldn't pay a buck!" was his reply

My eyes wide open and my jaw dropped, I slunk back to my friends.

I'll admit it took me a few years before I realized he was one of the greatest show men on earth. He never broke character. He played the bad ass right to the end.

My point being, both the wrestler and the audience participate in the play. Some of the wrestlers are more "method" actors. And like I said before, I don't follow wrestling now so I don't know what Chris Jericho's character is.

Ummm.... accents are not slang words.... - MarineGunrock

They're actually discussing British vs. American slang, not accents. -xax

I think what MG is saying is "shawty" is not slang, it's "shorty" said with an accent. If they're including accents, "flossing" should really be said "flossin'" more so than "shorty" should be said "shawty." In fact "shawty" is so close to "shotty," if he'd have said "a shotgun" she would've had to give it to him.

Then again maybe he meant the whole "chin wag" vs. "shin wag" debacle.

I was under the impression that badonkadonk was from country music

I think you're referring to Trace Adkins's 'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk' which is definitely a play on the rap term, so no, not originated from country music at all.

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
What are you listening to these days, MrConrads?

In reply to this comment by MrConrads:
1. The Strokes - "Take it or Leave it"
2. Mel Torme and George Shearing - "New York, New York Medley"
3. The Beatles - "I'll be Back"
4. Dinah Shore - "Georgia on My Mind"
5. Violent Femmes - "America Is"
6. Bob Dylan - "Like a Rolling Stone"
7. Outkast - "B.O.B."
8. The Rolling Stones - "Honky Tonk Women"
9. Rancid - "You Don't Care Nothin'"
10. Frank Sinatra - Luck Be a Lady Tonight"

I think this actually worked pretty well for me!
Actually this is a pretty good representation of whats been getting a lot of play lately, I was supprised my ipod represented me so well! Johnny Cash didnt make it to the list... that was kind of a bummer...
check out www.thecurrent.org you can stream this station over the net. It's a great radio station!!
What about you? whats in the rotation these days?

What are you listening to these days, MrConrads?

In reply to this comment by MrConrads:
1. The Strokes - "Take it or Leave it"
2. Mel Torme and George Shearing - "New York, New York Medley"
3. The Beatles - "I'll be Back"
4. Dinah Shore - "Georgia on My Mind"
5. Violent Femmes - "America Is"
6. Bob Dylan - "Like a Rolling Stone"
7. Outkast - "B.O.B."
8. The Rolling Stones - "Honky Tonk Women"
9. Rancid - "You Don't Care Nothin'"
10. Frank Sinatra - Luck Be a Lady Tonight"

I think this actually worked pretty well for me!

1. The Strokes - "Take it or Leave it"
2. Mel Torme and George Shearing - "New York, New York Medley"
3. The Beatles - "I'll be Back"
4. Dinah Shore - "Georgia on My Mind"
5. Violent Femmes - "America Is"
6. Bob Dylan - "Like a Rolling Stone"
7. Outkast - "B.O.B."
8. The Rolling Stones - "Honky Tonk Women"
9. Rancid - "You Don't Care Nothin'"
10. Frank Sinatra - Luck Be a Lady Tonight"

I think this actually worked pretty well for me!