I get Stereogum's weekly "Gumdrop," which is essentially a newsletter that contains articles, interviews, giveaways, etc. Stereogum is not my favorite source of information - I essentially read nothing and only enter the free giveaway. Until this week.
While my favorite parts of Dark Side of the Moon are in fact Gilmour's as well, Roger Waters performing Dark Side live IS NOT akin to Ringo performing Sgt. Pepper's. Ben Gibbard, a respected and dare I say idolized musician and leader of Death Cab, is a fucking idiot for saying that. It makes me cringe to think of his worshipers nodding like drones at those words... pathetic.
Firstly, Roger Waters wrote the album and was always the leader and primary song writer of Pink Floyd. Without Gilmour there is something missing, but for a musician to not be able to acknowledge the right of the owner and original creator of the music to perform it is absurd. Secondly, since Ben Gibbard made the comparison and I did not - Ringo Starr did not write Sgt. Peppers therefore there is no direct comparison anyway.
It was good to see virtually all reaction to the article along the same lines as my own. It was so blatantly obvious that I'd be shocked otherwise.
What really caught my eye was this - the opening sentence of the article.
The boys of DCFC are gearing up for a busy festival season -- Coachella, Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, Pemberton -- where they'll be playing songs from the forthcoming Narrow Stairs, which hasn't leaked yet.
HAHA! Hasn't leaked yet? I've had it for a few weeks now. Either these morons are counting on finding it on their s00pur l33t private music sharing sites, or are simply not resourceful enough. Trust me, you can find almost anything if you know what you are doing.
Between licking Ben Gibbard's balls and stating an untruth as a fact albeit out of ignorance rather than intentionally telling a lie... now you know why I rarely read what these amateurs write.
Musically take the neighbors in a whole different direction. Throw some Sinatra at em. The "What the fuck" alone will be worth it.
(e:peter) - yeah, you are right. I've been trying to think of a more stealthy way to exact my revenge. I dunno - I might decide I don't care if they know its me, and if they want a war trust me I have a vast amount of loud and somewhat questionable music. I might just play Styx!! It would suck if they liked it though.
(e:tiny) - thanks. I'm mainly of Swedish and Italian extraction and I get my eyes from my mother. If you really want to get specific, my Swedish roots originated in Germany in the 18th century on my grandpa's side (my last name came from a Lars Aron Anderson, in tradition with Scandinavian last names Lars' son [suppose his name was Jon] would be called Jon Larsson), although my grandma on the same side is a first generation American. And I only have one S in my name. So my family experienced a lot of what many immigrants did at the time - Americanization of their name, albeit to a small degree.
Plus anyone who mentions Judas Priest in a personal reference enters my awesome forever me(n)tal notebook. You are in, Mr. Awesome.
SOMMMMMEBODY!! Save me from this awesome infliction. I am going to kill you in an awesome way (e:jon)!
Apparently, I look like a 12 year no matter what I do. At least you can camouflage and age-shift. So I still think you have pretty awesome genes.
Here is the thing with why what you want to do is a bad Idea. Yeah you will annoy them. But if they know it was you then they will want to get back at you so they will be loud all the time and this will go back and forth and no one will ever sleep. What you should have done is got up grabbed your keys and gone over and rang the bell or then make them answer and say hello I'm coming in, since I can't sleep from all the noise you will at least let me partake in some of the fun. If they resist say what you don't know that when you are having a party rule one is to invite anyone who sorounds your party. Now if it was noisy for some other reason that wouldn't work, but they would get the point maybe. Besides if you can't sleep anyways you might as well join in or do something other then not be able to sleep.
In the words of Judas Priest - you(they) got another thing comin'!!!
(e:tiny) - I usually shower but I'm really bad at shaving. I try not to because I look 16 years old if I do!
perhaps 6 am this morning would have been a better time to blast the music - when their pounding beer sodden heads will be ever so upset... that is of course assuming that beer was involved..
What good genes you have, Grandm... er. Joshua! (Seriously, is *that* how you look without whatever? Impressive.)
PS: Play some Sepultura, dude. I recommend Arise and Roots (Complete, Full Volume and LooOOOped ad nauseum) Be warned however, that this move has an immense potential to backfire if they are part of the Sepularmy or if you aren't. :)
Damn I love that funny yet evil streak of yours James!
Could you yell out a pun with each band?
"Hope you weren't going to RUSH to bed."
"Pleasant Dream Theater"