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    So I was driving with my kids...

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    I'm a bad mom. My 4 year old daughter is into "Back of the Bus" and "Booty Call" by G. Love and the Special Sauce. I'm just waiting for Child Protective Services to call.

     

    I had someonethreated to call me in for showing my kids Duck Soup (the old Marx Brothers movie)!

    Like a little anarchy is a bad thing...

    CHICAGO: I'm playing a show on January 4

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    I'll be in town for Dec 31/Jan 1, but can't stick around longer than that due to work. So I'm sorry I can't catch your show - I would totally be there if I could. Darn.

     

    Hey - I got tix for Steve Earle in Ann Arbor in March and I'm really looking forward to more songs than we heard that night at

    .

     

    I can't click YouTube at work, but is the video from the night that we were all there?

    Can you see us?

     

    And that's a bummer that you'll be leaving before then. But it's not like you're just around the corner. Or like I'm Steve Earle. ;)

    CHICAGO: I'm playing a show on January 4

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Hi.

    This is my first show since the breakup of my band (Hop On Pop) and I was hoping to get some good support -- and to meet some of you VCers.

     

    Here's the poop:

    Todd Leiter-Weintraub, solo/acoustic set

    at

    Molly Malone's

    7652 W. Madison, Forest Park

    9:00 p.m.

     

    NO COVER

     

    If you want to hear some of the stuff that I do, you can hear both full-band and solo/acoustic stuff here:

    http://www.iacmusic.com/hoponpop

     

    Thanks for letting me post this here.

    I'll bump it as the show gets closer, but I do hope to meet some more of you.

     

    Todd

    So I was driving with my kids...

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Yeah.

    Ain't it great?

    But, at least at my kids' ages, I'm seeing them develop their own tastes, too.

    My younger son has really gotten into Beethoven (which I never listen to) and traditional African music, which he is getting ME into! The older one is a rocker -- Kiss and Green Day and such.

     

    Not all of it is my thing, but it's fun to watch.

    And, they do like my band, of course! ;)

    So I was driving with my kids...

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    ...and The Specials' "Concrete Jungle" came on the radio.

    From the rearview mirror, I could see the two of them look at each other wide-eyed. Then, the older one spoke up: "Dad? What is this? Turn it up! This ROCKS!"

     

    They're 6 and 8.

    And yes, I am proud. For many reasons, but that made me smile a really big, goofy grin.

    Name drop bands you like that

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    They're pretty well known in the UK - perhaps mainly for I'm The Urban Spaceman, and obviously their association with Monty Python and The Beatles. People should also know that Death Cab For Cutie are named after a Bonzo Dog Band song (the one you mentioned from Magical Mystery Tour in fact!)

     

    My personal favourite of theirs is Look Out, There's A Monster Coming oh and Keynsham. Both of which, I've just found are on Youtube! Very good stuff -

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLdA4zKp-00 (if you're offended by white people blacking themselves up, and wearing a deluxe mersey beat wig a size too big, then don't watch this one)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z39eriQc7dc

    crikey there's loads of bonzo dog stuff on youtube!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omc9lkSjYjc...feature=related

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNnfQZKoYG8...feature=related

     

    and my favourite - Neil Innes and George Harrison on Rutland Weekend Television (not a real channel, by the way): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSIjlUMV6Is

     

    I didn't consider the UK contingency, of course. (Sorry.)

    Which reminds me that there's another band that UK posters will know, but US folk probably won't:

     

    The Move - they later morphed into ELO, but the early stuff (before Jeff Lynne joined the band) is still my favorite. And their leader in those days, Roy Wood released several solo albums that are the epitome of the sublime within the ridiculous. Love that man.

    You UK folks, of course, know all that stuff, but this is for the benefit of the US folks who don't.

     

    EDIT: And you and I pretty much share the same favorite Bonzo moments, joss. But I gotta add "The Big Shot"!

    The Pogues !!!!!!!!

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    I saw them open for Violent Femmes (with Shane) in 1989). It's amazing how well the other guys cover for him when he forgets lyrics or wanders off stage or whatever. At any rate, they're a far superior band WITH him, no matter what he does. Good to see him back.

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