Whatevs
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Whatevs / Moving Pictures Spurgeon's General Warning: Musical Guests on The Simpsons, in Order
Posted by Ashley Spurgeon on Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:03 PM
Monday, May 21, 2012
Whatevs Your Opinion Is Wrong: Five of Rock 'n' Roll's Biggest Enemies
Posted by Seth Graves on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Whatevs Nashville Facemath?
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 12:00 PM
Perhaps by now, as citizens of the Internet, you've caught wind of the terribly entertaining and occasionally eerily accurate Tumblr known as Facemath. It is, of course, what it sounds like, and exceptional examples include this one, this one and this slightly Nashville-y one. The latter example got me thinking about what Nashville rock-scene denizens might make for good variables in one of these equations. ("Variables" is right, right? I'm rusty on my Algebra.)
So anyhow, as you'll see above, I feel like Natural Child's Seth Murray (panel one) plus Ben Todd of D. Watusi and local blog Nashville's Dead (panel two) kind of equals Ranch Ghost's Josh Davis (panel three). Yes? No? Got a better Nashvillian example?
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Whatevs / Moving Pictures Spurgeon’s General Warning: Good-Mood Music
Posted by Ashley Spurgeon on Thu, May 10, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Monday, May 7, 2012
Whatevs / Moving Pictures Cooking With Turbo Fruits: Jonas Stein, Crawfisher King [Fresh Vid]
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:27 PM
As we told you last week, locally grown psychedelic garage-punk outfit Turbo Fruits will be releasing their next LP, Butter, on Sept. 11 via Kings of Leon's label, Serpents and Snakes. And you know what goes great with Butter?
Hell, some days these things just write themselves.
Above you can see a video of lead Fruit Jonas Stein on his quest for the perfectly (or at least, most intensely) seasoned crawfish. From rounding up the mudbugs at the Nashville Farmers' Market's Louisiana Seafood Company to stuffing the googly-eyed little bastards into a pot and sending them all straight to hell, the video — which was shot by local videographer and Clutters/Mystery Twins frontman Doug Lehmann — is your how-to guide on Louisiana lobsters, as Mr. Stein calls them. In addition to members of the local rock 'n' roll scene — from the Fruits themselves to JEFF's Jamin Orrall and more — the video also features the strains of "Ain't the Only One Havin' Fun," which will be featured on Butter. Now, enjoy some fine innuendo, and if your eyes try to keep kosher, avert them. Jonas, suck that head, you magnificent bastard!
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Whatevs / Moving Pictures Spurgeon’s General Warning: Classic!
Posted by Ashley Spurgeon on Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Unless! That song has been featured prominently in a television show or major motion picture. And you’re probably the same. Thanks to Bugs Bunny, we all knew “Ride of the Valkyries” before we had any concept of who Wagner was. But I’m not talking about “Canon in D” for a wedding scene, or films set in the classical era or about particular people: Immortal Beloved is going to have Beethoven and Amadeus is full of Mozart.
There are literally hundreds of examples, but below are a handful of pieces that I can’t disassociate from certain movies. Can you guess which films I’m thinking of? I’ll give you a hint: All of the movies are from the 1990s. And do you, dear reader, have any favorites or super-strong associations? Get classy with it.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Whatevs Hank Williams Jr. Hangs With Justin Timberlake, Talks Blues Collaboration
Posted by Adam Gold on Wed, May 2, 2012 at 6:07 PM
Not like I would actually know, but it seems as though fame can be one helluva social common denominator. You may have noticed that often celebrities capriciously keep company with other celebrities at random, just because they’re celebrities, it seems. (Examples include Bill Clinton and Mick Jagger, Jay-Z and Frank Gehry, Joe Strummer and Robert De Niro, Axl Rose and Lana Del Rey or Ryan Adams and Mandy Moore but definitely not Radiohead and Miley Cyrus.) I suppose that makes sense. I mean, who else could better relate to the unique experience of being so ... celebrated?
Friday, April 13, 2012
Whatevs Kevin Costner's Band Is Playing Exit/In Tomorrow Night ... Are All Actor Bands Bad?
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:31 PM
Once a week, an handful of Scene staffers meet to determine what upcoming events are worthy of coverage in our Critics' Picks section. We rule out anything that's being covered elsewhere — in the film section, the music section, et al. — then we eliminate the chaff, and then Picks editor Laura Hutson assigns the rest. As it turns out, winner of two Academy Awards (and of three Golden Raspberry awards, each for "Worst Actor") Kevin Costner and his band, Modern West, will perform tomorrow, April 14, at Exit/In. As a matter of fact, the show is already sold out. We zinged KC — perhaps somewhat inelegantly — when he played Opry at The Ryman a few years back, but maybe he deserved that a little more. Headlining your own bill at a rock club is one story; masquerading as an outfit that is worthy of The Ryman's stage is another. Anyway, needless to say, during our Critics' Picks meeting, Costner's shit landed squarely in the "chaff" pile.
But are Kevin Costner and Modern West really all that bad? In a world that has seen the likes of Keanu Reeves' Dogstar, Russell Crowe's 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, Michael Pitt's Pagoda and Billy Bob Thornton's Boxmasters, are KC and MW truly the worst of the worst, as far as leading man-fronted bands go? Let me dive in and find out ...
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Whatevs / Moving Pictures Spurgeon's General Warning: Holiday
Posted by Ashley Spurgeon on Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Whatevs / Moving Pictures Spurgeon's General Warning: Dental Plan!
Posted by Ashley Spurgeon on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:25 AM
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Is each band going to play one song?
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@K "... you probably wouldn't recognize rock if it hit you in the face." If…
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Solid pun, though — "rock" as in music and "rock" as in a stone.
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