48 hours actually. The rule is 24. Some of us would actually like to keep this thread moving.
Agreed.
We have lives too, but it is common courtesy to check in on these threads as often as you can so that others can continue to enjoy them. There are ways of getting around long absences, PM your pick to girly sports. It's nothing new. Besides, dissentower has been posting in other threads the last couple of days. Why sign up if you don't care?
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
it was a whoppin 48 hrs!!! Some of you take this entirely to seriously, this is supposed to be a fun thing to pass the time, I do check the thread every couple of days and things generally run slow. My bad.
I don't think it qualifies as taking it too seriously to try and enforce the rules that everyone agreed to before we started, and that everyone else has had to adhere to throughout the entire draft. It's not like you lose your pick or get punished, we just AK people so the rest can move forward.
With our 17th selection, #347 overall, AliceLoveGarden is proud to select in the Wildcard Band category, The Kirk Rundstrom Band.
Guys, I've been struggling with this slot for a couple of weeks now. I had several bands that I would've felt great about drafting here. Grant Lee Buffalo, Mother Love Bone, Gov't Mule and The Black Crowes all got heavy consideration for this pick. Ultimately, I decided that Kirk Rundstrom's story and unique and extremely entertaining (IMHO) music was something I needed to share with the rest of the participants.
Kirk Rundstrom was a local musician here in Wichita. I found out about him a couple of years ago on the local news. He was dying of esohphageal cancer at 38 years of age. I watched the news story on him and how he was spending his last weeks touring with his band, recording a new solo record and spending time with his wife and two daughters. He was a professional musician. He didn't make a lot of money, but he was well known even outside of Wichita. The story focused on his positive attitude. It grabbed me. I didn't even think about the music side of it.
A few months ago I was carrying some mail off of another route for some OT when I stumbled upon his house. His wife was on the porch and I handed her the mail. I thought about what it must be like to have lost someone at such a young age and so recently and my heart went out to her. Suddenly, I thought I should check this guy's stuff out. No expectations whatsoever. First, I read this....
Next I hop on his band's website http://www.splitliprayfield.com/ and was immediately struck by the embedded song, 'Never Make It Home' and dug it. I toggled through the rest of their songs available on the embedded player and came to 'Record Shop'. OK...now I'm blown away. What a unique sound. A sort of rockabilly, bluegrass, speed punk fusion with incredible harmonies and a god damn gas tank 1-string bass? WOW.
So then I start reading about Kirk's music and the various bands he created and lead. (Now I'm cheating but I don't care because they really are all The Kirk Rundstrom Band in one incarnation or another!) First there was Grain and Demise, then the speed country Scroat Belly, The Kirk Rundstrom Band and finally Split Lip Rayfield. Then it was time to hit youtube! Enjoy! The secondary tragedy to Kirk's passing is that I lived here for 10 years before I had ever heard of him and never once got to see the man give of himself in what were obvioulsy some great performances. I regret that.
John Brown (about a rather famous historical Kansan if you read about him the song will make a lot more sense click to the right http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist) ...or you could just enjoy it as is!) This was performed only 7 weeks before Kirk passed away.
Whiskey Drinkin' SOB as Scroat Belly
Record Shop as Split Lip Rayfield I strongly suggest you check out the CD version on the splitlip website!
Outlaw as Split Lip Rayfield (this is from Split Lip Rayfield's final show with Kirk at the Cotillion Ballroom in Wichita. There is a DVD of the show, but it is available on youtube in 6 parts. If you search for it you can watch the whole show, it's outstanding. Kirk was less than 3 months from death here.
Mines Kirk solo
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
Last edited by Displaced Flames fan; 09-24-2008 at 06:23 PM.
Reason: Added link to information on John Brown in case anyone is interested.
In the Wildcard singer category I'll take Norah Jones
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Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, keyboardist, guitarist, and occasional actress of Anglo-American and Bengali descent. She is the daughter of famed sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar and half-sister of sitarist Anoushka Shankar.[1]
Jones' career was launched with her 2002 debut album Come Away with Me, an adult contemporary pop/vocal jazz album with a sensual, plaintive soul/folk/country tinge, that sold over twenty million copies worldwide and received five Grammy Awards, with Jones winning "Best New Artist". Her second album, Feels like Home, was released in 2004, clocking more than a million sales in the first week of U.S. release. In 2007, she released her third album, Not Too Late, which debuted at number one on the world charts. She has become one of the most successful recording artists of the decade, racking up sales of more than 16 million records in the US and 36 million records worldwide.
Ah! Sorry I didn't realize I was up next! Anyways, on to the good stuff. I select the lead singer of Incubus Brandon Boyd in the category of Wildcard Singer.
Boyd graduated from Calabasas High School in 1994, and attended Moorpark College for two years before committing to Incubus band.
He grew up in Calabasas, California. His parents Dolly and Charles, both of whom had experience in entertainment, had nurtured his artistic side since he was a child. His younger brother, Jason Boyd, was also the lead singer of a band called Audiovent, which has since broken up. Other musical family members include cousin Robert Boyd "BertoChico" who is an accomplished Flamenco guitarist and composer bertoflamenco.com[1]. He had first met Jose Pasillas in elementary school in the 1980s, but it was not until high school that he was asked to join a band that already included Pasillas, Mike Einziger, and Alex Katunich. Boyd's vocal abilities, which were for the most part self-taught (he had taken two lessons before he ran out of money, but he claims he learned everything he would need), proved to be the final essential element for the band. As they developed more and more songs, the band quickly became a popular show around the neighborhood.
When the band decided to play their first show together at a friend's house, the time came to choose a band name. Boyd's suggestion, "Spiral Staircase," was denied in favor of Einziger's suggestion, selected at random from a dictionary: Incubus. They chose Incubus simply because it had the word sex in the definition.[1] Boyd put his other artistic talents to good use, drawing concert fliers advertising their early performances. At first, Boyd had copied several drawings from a sex education book that Einziger's mother had given them, but he decided to stop using it after several prospective fans had been confused by their fliers ("What kind of band is this?").[2] Among his many talents Boyd also plays the didgeridoo and djembe drum adding to the alternative sound of Incubus.
His strong voice was part of what enticed Sony's Epic/Immortal Records, and the band was signed in 1996. The band's first two releases on the label, Fungus Amongus and S.C.I.E.N.C.E. went largely unnoticed, but subsequent releases Make Yourself and Morning View were commercial successes. The band's 2004 release A Crow Left of the Murder... has continued their success. "Anna-Molly", the lead single from their new album Light Grenades, reached #1 in the Modern Rock Tracks chart, boding for continued success with this album. On November 28, 2006, the band released Light Grenades. He has also taken up some guitar parts during live performances.
Boyd was also the subject of controversy for a time, thanks to a deal as a poster child for GAP. Many fans felt this contradicted lyrics that Boyd has written in the past about not conforming to the norms of society. However, once more details about the ad campaign were released, fans cooled down. Boyd sang a cover version of Elvis Costello's "Alison" in this ad. His cover of "Alison" was released on a GAP in-store CD (the rest of Incubus did not contribute to the song). The ad is no longer aired.
Brandon Boyd has written two books. This first, written in 2003, was White Fluffy Clouds: Found Inspiration Moving Forward. It was published by Endophasia Publications and mainly consists of his artwork, photography, song lyrics from Incubus, and additional writings and thoughts. His more recent publication, From the Murks of the Sultry Abyss, hit the shelves in 2007 and was also published by Endophasia.
In recent years, Brandon Boyd has focused on making fine art, specifically painting, and on September 8, 2008 celebrated the opening of his first solo show[3], titled "Ectoplasm", at Mr. Musichead Gallery in Los Angeles,
Brandon Boyd is known for his extravagant, mostly self designed tattoos. On his forearm he carries the widely known Buddhist mantra Om Mani Padme Hum, roughly translated as "hail the jewel in the lotus", and under that is a koi fish in red ink designed by friend and fellow bandmate, José Pasillas. On the inside of his right arm he has several tattoos, one once again incorporating the Tibetan mantra and another designed after a crop circle. Following the release of their album A Crow Left of the Murder, he got an elaborate back tattoo featuring the common image of the All Seeing-Eye embedded in a pyramid. [2] He already had an eye on his ankle. Other tattoos include his parents' names on his forearms, an owl on his back, one tear drop on his finger on both hands, and a picture inspired on Aubrey Beardsley famous art, "the peacock skirt" on his left arm. Before becoming the lead singer in Incubus, he and José were full time art students . They both still practice art, and it is a very important aspect of their lives.
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If you took a burger off the grill and slapped it on your face, I'm pretty sure it would burn you. - kermitology
1. Move Guns n Roses from US West to Best Band
2. Move Slayer from Wildcard Band to US West
Now, my selection...
With our next pick, The Upper Crash is proud to select... the band with the cutest lead singer in the entire draft... from Franklin, Tennessee... Paramore!
Paramore will be taking over the newly vacated Wildcard Band spot on our roster.
With only two albums under their belts, there isn't a lot of history to speak about... so I'll let their "guilty pleasure" infectious groove speak for itself.
^^^ Thought about taking them with my Wildcard band pick, but figured I'd better fill up my Bass & Keyboard picks instead. I really liked their Riot! album.
