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Re: “Robert Earl Keen parries Toby Keith and shows he's Ready for Confetti”
Yo, "tdhunts", you don't have clue one as to what the fuck you are writing about here. REK is not some Johnny-come-lately regional act. For one, he has a nation-wide fanbase, tours across the country and sells out large venues wherever he goes. Toby Keith had some talent early on, but has become another corporate shill. REK is real. It's like comparing plastic to wood. Keith could've just covered "Road Goes On Forever," like many other acts, but no. He took the (very) low road. Hell, if it was good enough for Willie, Waylon, Merle and Kris, why not Toby Queef? Ah, yes, that's why: lack of integrity.
Re: “Dancin' in the District returns to Riverfront Park as Nashville Dancin'”
@Gavin -- how long have you lived in Nashville, or do you even live here? It's a FREE event, and how can you say that Donna the Buffalo, Shooter Jennings, Royal Southern Brotherhood, McCrary Sisters, Derek St. Holmes Band, Edwin McCain and Guthrie Trapp are not real talent???
Re: “Don't let the glamorous sheen of Diana Ross' career prevent you from looking a bit deeper”
Because of this person's lunacy, I have banned this website from my computer. I'd rather deal with Spam.
Re: “Dancin' in the District returns to Riverfront Park as Nashville Dancin'”
what a joke ... come on nashville get some top talent ... this will fail ...
Re: “Dancin' in the District returns to Riverfront Park as Nashville Dancin'”
13 juni kan ik nog mooi meemaken, aan de boorden van de Cumberland River...
Re: “The Avett Brothers are still the best at making folk-rock fun”
love the mention of california, my fav mr. bungle record. it is a classic, and i find that i listen to it over and over at various times. if you haven't heard it, or dismissed mr. bungle altogether, do yourself a favor, and get this record!!
Re: “Kris Kristofferson explores the limits of authenticity on his latest, Feeling Mortal”
I think Feeling Mortal is brilliant. There are those the get Kristofferson, and appreciate the honesty and the spirit of his music. Then there are those who don't and you are one of those.......too bad, because you are really missing out. He's amazing!
Re: “Kris Kristofferson explores the limits of authenticity on his latest, Feeling Mortal”
Kris' music has evolved and if anyone takes the time to listen to it for any length of time, they'd know that. He is a poet of the highest order and his songwriting is legendary. To each his own, of course, but I strongly disagree with nashvillescene's commentary. Still, I believe in freedom of speech, even if the words are hogwash.
Susan L.
Northbrook, IL
Re: “New York duo Secret Keepers brings thoughtful free-jazz explorations to Zeitgeist's new digs”
Thanks Jazz! I assume that's Seeds in Brooklyn?
Re: “New York duo Secret Keepers brings thoughtful free-jazz explorations to Zeitgeist's new digs”
Nice review! For those wondering what this is all about, you may include a link to their performance at Seeds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyBh9wvQeqQ
Re: “Kris Kristofferson explores the limits of authenticity on his latest, Feeling Mortal”
I met Kris Kristofferson as a college freshman when Kristofferson appeared with Ian & Sylvia at the Cellar Door in Washington, D.C. shortly before the (1970) release of his first album, KRISTOFFERSON.
As the (unspecified) release date approached, I asked a record shop (you remember record stores) clerk if he had gotten word when Kris' album would be available?
"Who is Kris Kristofferson?," he asked.
"In about six months you won't be asking me that," I replied.
Kris' debut album (I have the one with the original artwork and, as previously indicated, before it was retitled) was his best. Kristofferson's second album was almost as good. His third proved Kris incapable of making a bad album but, once that vinyl platter's release, it was clear songwriting was not his top priority.
By the time Kris went Hollywood I was no longer buying albums, I was reviewing them.
At that point Kris' record label publicist(s)- and later independent publicist- weren't sending me promotional copies, so I didn't have a chance to hear them. (They weren't selling and radio wasn't playing them. I understand that's because Kris' music was becoming a reflection of his political opinions which, I understood, polarized those segments of his audience who were politically-engaged and were of no interest to his other, apolitical fans.)
I was, of course, familiar with Kris' song list when he performed as one of The Highwaymen and I did manage to hear Kristofferson's TV performance of the title song of his 1995 album, A MOMENT OF FOREVER (which proved to me that Kris still had it, as he made me fall in love with his music all over again).
If I receive a copy I'll be happy to review FEELING MORTAL.
As for Kris' early days, specifically "hanging out with Donnie Fritts and Tom T. Hall." I know for a fact that Kris spent a lot more time, then as now, with Donnie than with Tom. (Hall thought Kristofferson was "strange" and Tom was known to be jealous of Kris, presumably because Kristofferson personified what Hall wished to be: well-educated, exceedingly handsome and seemingly comfortable in his own skin.)
On the other hand, "Funky Donnie Fritts," as Kris used to call the musician whom I best remember for his unrequited interest in me some forty years ago, has been Kris' Band of Thieves keyboardist over a period of decades.
Stacy Harris
Publisher/Executive Editor/Media Critic
Stacy's Music Row Report
http://stacyharris.com
Re: “Alt-rock heroes The Breeders celebrate the 20th anniversary of Last Splash with a deluxe reissue and tour”
They played in the Blueberry Hill's basement Duck Room in St. Louis, Missouri about four years ago, and yep, the venue was packed like sardines. 'Cannonball' was the fourth song, and the room seemed to bounce with the force of heads and bodies moving in rhythm with that crazily infectious guitar thread.
Oh what a night, indeed.
Re: “Alt-rock heroes The Breeders celebrate the 20th anniversary of Last Splash with a deluxe reissue and tour”
Excellent article!
Re: “Produced in Nashville by Buddy Miller, Richard Thompson's latest is a tale of marriage and its discontents”
Nice writing, Mr Hurt. Enjoyed the Thompson review. Good insights.
Re: “Kris Kristofferson explores the limits of authenticity on his latest, Feeling Mortal”
I love Kris Kristofferson's album, "Feeling Mortal" it's a beautiful album, full of emotion, wisdom, and incredible imagery. Kris' voice has aged beautifully, and listening to him moves my heart, and makes me feel all he has been through.
In response to your rotten review about this superb Album, I quote Kris' words quoting Sam Peckinpah in Guy Terrifico "'Shut your mouths and listen, you bunch of fuckin' Hollywood rump-wranglers! The man's a poet!' "
'nuff said.
Re: “Two-and-a-half years after moving to Nashville, The Black Keys have their first hometown homecoming”
@Bummed...You nailed it. We even left early it was so disappointing. Flaming Lips killed it though. Stick to smaller venues Black Keys.
Re: “Two-and-a-half years after moving to Nashville, The Black Keys have their first hometown homecoming”
I thought it was a disappointing show...and am a little heartbroken...The Keys were off, bad mixing and echo. Their sound is better suited to multiple gigs at the Ryman b/c it didn't work in the arena. The Lips were on, and despite the fact I prefer the Keys' music, The Flaming Lips put on a better quality set.
Re: “Justin Bieber, the most hated man in music, returns to Nashville”
When the world is in need of grounding, moral soundness, good role models for our children, etc and Bieber comes on the scene telling the media that kids shouldn't look up to him as a role model after he gets caught with pot ... This is the reason I don't like Bieber. I hope he finds his way and is not swept away by the media-lords into a life of star-ridden seclusion and disillusionment.
Re: “Justin Bieber, the most hated man in music, returns to Nashville”
Eh. Justin Bieber, in these days, is quite a douchebag if you ask me. I used to be a fan, and "Mistletoe" was actually quite adorable, but if I were to meet him now, I would punch him hard, to knock some senses into that star-lit brain of his. I can even write an essay of undeniable hatred to him.
Re: “Robert Earl Keen parries Toby Keith and shows he's Ready for Confetti”
BTW: Next time you insult the "pile of shit" you deem Texas Music to be, look at all of the great artists who have come to Nashville over the years to write and perform masterful songs that have helped lend Music Row some artistic credibility. Gee, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, Steve Young, etc., etc., all spring into mind.