Drummer & Bassist want to jam
Dan Perkins
Drummer (30 yo) and Bassist (36 yo) looking for guitarists and singer to
form a jamming band. Influences Allman Brothers to Phish to Soulhat. We
have day jobs, want to play for fun. No republicans, please.
Dan 892-4855
Ben Howard
Dan Perkins ("DanPerkins<tcdrs"@eden.com) wrote:
: Drummer (30 yo) and Bassist (36 yo) looking for guitarists and singer to
: form a jamming band. Influences Allman Brothers to Phish to Soulhat. We
: have day jobs, want to play for fun. No republicans, please.
: Dan 892-4855
Jim Andrews
Because they want to? Sheesh.
Dan Perkins
Ben Howard wrote:
> Why dismiss someone's musical capability because of party politics?
I am not dismissing anyones musical capability based upon their party
politics. However, I am very liberal and in the past I have played with
a drummer who was very conservative and frankly we didn't get along.
For me the ability to get along on a personal level is an important part
of creating music together, and I am more likely to get along with
someone who shares similar ideologies, than someone who supports
ideologies that are in direct opposition to mine.
However, I am certain there are plenty of staunch, right wing,
conservative musicians, who are great musicians, whom I would love to
*listen* to play music. I just may not want to be crammed in a small
rehearsal space with them for hours at a time.
Peace,
Dan
Dekan, James D.
In article <5ah08l$f...@news3.realtime.net>, bho...@bga.com (Ben Howard) writes...
>Dan Perkins ("DanPerkins<tcdrs"@eden.com) wrote:
>: Drummer (30 yo) and Bassist (36 yo) looking for guitarists and singer to
>: form a jamming band. Influences Allman Brothers to Phish to Soulhat. We
>: have day jobs, want to play for fun. No republicans, please.
>: Dan 892-4855
>
You're so naive! You must not be a musician. If you were, you'd know
that, at band practice, the first thing the band members do is to take
a poll of everyone's political ideology, including party affiliation.
Then, they decide on no fewer than three current political topics to discuss.
By city ordinance, band practice can NOT proceed until all the band
members have thoroughly debated, agreed upon, and accepted the same position
on at least two of the issues. The third issue may be tabled until the next
rehearsal. I'll bet you thought that the phrase, "Our strength lies in our
diversity" also referred to diversity in political opinions, didn't you?
Silly republican!
Besides that, republicans are far less likely to tolerate the use of
creativity-enhancing substances at band practice. How anyone can make
music WITHOUT such assistance is beyond me. So why put up with the hassle?
In fact, there are so many great reasons NOT to have a republican in your band
that I propose that, from now on, no person posting in austin.music should
even HAVE to include the disclaimer of NO REPUBLICANS. It should be
obvious! Republicans were made to CENSOR music, not CREATE music. Keep
that rule in mind and we'll all be a little better off.
Jim
Jef Sewell
Dekan, James D. wrote:
> You're so naive! You must not be a musician. If you were, you'd know
> that, at band practice, the first thing the band members do is to take
> a poll of everyone's political ideology, including party affiliation.
> Then, they decide on no fewer than three current political topics to discuss.
> By city ordinance, band practice can NOT proceed until all the band
> members have thoroughly debated, agreed upon, and accepted the same position
> on at least two of the issues. The third issue may be tabled until the next
> rehearsal. I'll bet you thought that the phrase, "Our strength lies in our
> diversity" also referred to diversity in political opinions, didn't you?
> Silly republican!
>
[WARNING: Satire of popular figures follows. Take whatever precautions
necessary to survive this and remember don't believe everything you
read, BURN IT.]
Ahh Usenet, insight as far as the eye can see. This rather astute
response to a quite provocative post is just the sort of spirited debate
that I expect from my esteemed peers and co-citizens in this great
expirement called democracy. My confidence in society has been
temporarily restored.
> Besides that, republicans are far less likely to tolerate the use of
> creativity-enhancing substances at band practice. How anyone can make
> music WITHOUT such assistance is beyond me. So why put up with the hassle?
Boy you really hit the nail on the head here. I'd take a one-armed
pot-smoking libertarian guitarist over a rightwing Edward Van Halen or
Nuno Bettencourt ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. Given the vast preponderance of
'cause compendiums' (witness "Rock For Choice", "Musicians Against
Intolerance", Any of of a Number of "NORMaL"'s efforts (Which one assume
includes everything by Cypress Hill or The Black Crowes),"The North
American Man-Boy Love Assocation's - Rockers Against Pedophilaphobia")
in much of modern alternative rock, it of course goes without saying
that an otherwise good band might miss out on the opportunity to
influence America's Popular Mind if they experience resistance from "an
internal enemy". Republicans, it goes without saying, are more often
than not likely to be that very enemy.
At this point, I'm certain you (and our esteemed audience) would
appreciate an illustration. I am quite eager to provide you with one
that will show just how detrimental a bad (read "conservative") seed can
be to a band's longevity. The band, of course, was Damn Yankees.
Formed when hitmachines Tommy Shaw (spritely axegrinder of the 70's
supergroup Styx) and Jack Blades (the balladmachine behind most of Night
Ranger's most popular songs) met up with, you guessed it, a meat-eating,
dog-beating, High Falutin', Barton Creek pollutin, Reagan Youth alumni
named Ted Nugent. Though they had their detractors (Dennis DeYoung, and
Brad Gillis amongst them), this trio were entering a market where it had
been conclusively proven that no rock comeback was impossible, nay, no
rock comeback was even IMPROBABLE (curious readers are directed to "The
Meatloaf Effect-Conclusive Proof of a Conspiracy", by this author in
collaboration with noted musical scholar Justin Sewell). The band was
well on their way to achieving SuperGroup Status with hits like
"Runaway","Come Again" and the #3 Billboard hit "High Enough" but
something happened. Something went horribly, horribly wrong.
Apparently things began to deteriorate when Shaw and Blades were ready
to "enhance their creativity" with some mind altering substances. They
passed the bong around and when it found itself in the right hand of
Nugent, it stopped there. While a perplexed Jack could only utter,
"What the fu?", Tommy was heard to say, "C'mon Nuge, You ARE Cool,
aren't you?" But Ted just said "No.", and emptied the contents of the
bong on the ground before them.
But that was only the beginning. On tour, they pulled their Bus over to
take a load off at the rest stop 50 some odd miles south of Dallas on
35. Jack and Tommy both got out to stretch, while Ted was seen stalking
from the bus with a load of papers beneath his arms. While Jack walked
around to stretch his legs, and Tommy tried unsuccessfully to urinate
(the guy in the stall next to him was supposedly taking a concentration
shattering dump), Ted pitched the pile of papers into one of the small
rusted barbeque grill, followed by some Southern Comfort and a glowing
Marlboro (which they later learn he was getting gratis from Phillip
Morris). As this immediately created a pyrotechnic spectacle, it wasn't
long before Jack nonchalantly sauntered up, and asked Ted "What the
fu?". Ted just shook his head. It wasn't until the bus reached our
fair city that Jack realized what Ted had torched. It was, of course,
the only copy of the lyrics Jack had been slaving over for nearly 2
years. It was going to be their 'Sgt Peppers', their Driving Miss
Daisy. It was going to change the face of music forever. But Ted
couldn't see his mother sitting through a song called "Rape Me.", or
enduring the angst ridden "Smells like Teen Spirit". Better to burn this
Godless stuff while he could. In fact, he also wanted to talk to Shaw
and Blades about a name change for the band. He was thinking something
like
"Darned Yankees". But that could wait. As for Jack, he never really
recovered after that. And his muse, well, she hovered northwest, to
settle on another's soul.
The last straw came rather suddenly, when it was rumoured that Ted
Nugent had developed a penchant for bow-hunting abortion doctors. While
Tommy wanted to attempt an intervention, Jack wouldn't have it. They
served him his papers. If Ted wasn't officially 'out' about his
politics then, he certainly shed any remaining inhibitions to appear as
a special Mtv correspondent to the Republican National Convention.
> In fact, there are so many great reasons NOT to have a republican in your band
> that I propose that, from now on, no person posting in austin.music should
> even HAVE to include the disclaimer of NO REPUBLICANS. It should be
> obvious! Republicans were made to CENSOR music, not CREATE music. Keep
> that rule in mind and we'll all be a little better off.
While my usenet collegue prefers brevity (wherein lie the soul of wit) I
clearly prefer 'maximum verbosity' (inherited from misspent youth with
too many INFOCOM games). We both share the same concern for the
musical, no, too narrow, the Artistic well being of this great city.
If the goddess hadn't intended a virtual Leftist Monopoly over all
Popular Culture, she wouldn't have made so many philistine
Conservatives.
So, in conclusion, if you wish to be cavalier with your future, then by
all means don't screen your band applicants politically. But don't say
you weren't warned when your suspect bandmate steals the mike from you
on Grammy night and says "We only want to give thanks to God for this
one... Thanks and good night! [where you are immediately escorted off of
the stage]" when you'd warn your "Gun Control NOW!" Tshirt and had
planned on sharing bits of a speech you'd written. (Your favorite line?
"I mean, go ahead, vote for whoever you want, but I just don't see how
some people can vote to spend more money building bombs than on
babies.") I would say wait till your NEXT chance in the spotlight, but
it is statistically improbable that you'll get one.
Whew, I'm sleepy. When am I ever going to realize that Usenet isn't
worth the headache... Damn Jef, I mean, Darned Jef, you'll never learn.
(p.s. Trivia: Meat Loaf performed on Ted Nugent's "Free For All", 1976.
Is he, or has he ever been a member of the Republican party? His
abundant absence of musicality, and his penchant for videos which
reinforce patriarchal values and outdated gender roles would seem,
sadly, to confirm this.)