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Was perusing old Populars and found my way to an all-time classic thread from 2005 in regard to Roger Miller's "King Of The Road." Tremendous commentary on all sides of the question (and stunningly, "King Of The Road" revealed big questions), Marcello being hilariously witty in dissent, and as for my own contributions, I must say that if you'd been following my work before then I probably come across as someone who continually rerecords and rereleases the same song in the hope that this time it will finally be a hit. But I do like my retort to a generally very smart post by "Matt" (think this is Cibula rather than Matt DC, who also posts on the thread) wherein he inexplicably says that "King Of The Road" is about many things but the Rolling Stones is not one of them. And I say:

"Just what do you think the phrase 'A rolling stone gathers no moss' means?"
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Mark gave me: pragmatism! r. meltzer! red dark sweet! call-and-response! the rolling stones!

ExpandPragmatism! )

ExpandR. Meltzer! )

ExpandRed Dark Sweet! )

ExpandCall-And-Response! )

ExpandThe Rolling Stones! )
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Conversation on Saturday afternoon:

Me: The Rolling Stones' Got Live If You Want It is way way better than Get Your Ya-Yas Out.

Derek Krissoff (UGA Press editor whom I was now meeting in person for the first time): This morning I vowed to myself not to get into an argument with you about music, but you have NOW GONE TOO FAR!
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Latest column. I belatedly jump into the Sasha-Carl convo, though I guess my point was that the convo wasn't yet happening in their pieces. And I assert that the Backstreet Boys belong to the discussion.

The Rules Of The Game #22: Night doesn't work, day doesn't work

ExpandI display insecurities, ask questions )

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The Rules Of The Game #9: The teens are cool, but they burn out

I make a bunch of bald statements many of which I barely even try to explain much less support. Which means I've got lots of bones I can put flesh on in the future, if I can find the right skin for 'em.

But here's a bone that's especially worth getting some flesh, fat, and muscle from you guys: If you were to form a band, what would it sound like? An implication of what I've written here is that, though I love hearing scads of modern music, I can't imagine myself making any of it. To paraphrase Pink, it's so pretty (or icy or funny or brutal) but it just ain't me.

ExpandAly Michalka meets Brie Larson and Lisette Melendez in Lil Jon's kitchen )

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Rules Of The Game #8: Which Social Class Sounds Better?

ExpandTuesday Morning, 2 a.m. )

My use of "class" is as problematic as ever, but the question here is can one class (or whatever) make better music than another class? And my answer is "sure," but this isn't inherent in the class; the goodness of the music happens in a particular time and place and has to be explained historically in reference to that particular time and place. From 1963 through about 1979 Anglo-American bohemia made some of the best music in the world; then it rather abruptly went down the crapper (at just about the time I was starting to perform onstage). This doesn't mean it wasn't subsequently meaningful and of value to the people who cared about it. And interestingly some of my favorite current music from both the mainstream and from country - ordinary mainstream girls like Ashlee Simpson and Kelly Clarkson, country oddballs like Deana Carter and Big & Rich [whose new album is a snore, unfortunately] - is saturated in old bohemian values. So...????

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