tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320999636592289224.post4960443455563967829..comments2023-08-10T07:52:00.707-05:00Comments on trout fishing in minnesota: Best use of [blank] in a songJim H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320999636592289224.post-67944367782322023792007-11-13T15:23:00.000-06:002007-11-13T15:23:00.000-06:00Best Use of the Name of a Midwestern State:1. The ...Best Use of the Name of a Midwestern State:<BR/><BR/>1. The Pretenders, "My City Was Gone" (Ohio)<BR/>2. Dar Williams, "Iowa"<BR/>3. Neil Young, "Ohio"<BR/><BR/>You've created a monster here, grumpy man!Rob Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166703109489177628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320999636592289224.post-16122918483170209102007-11-13T08:44:00.000-06:002007-11-13T08:44:00.000-06:00fixed. i think.fixed. i think.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320999636592289224.post-36335926503497408282007-11-13T08:36:00.000-06:002007-11-13T08:36:00.000-06:00So I re-wrote the post to remove refernces to pop ...So I re-wrote the post to remove refernces to pop music. Now the entire revised text appears as a caption to the photo of the box drum. This is due almost entirely to my ignorance of HTML. Maybe I'm just grumpy, but I don't think I should have to learn a whole new language just to publish on line a few pithy observations or half-baked crap.<BR/><BR/>At least in this revision, Urness Recital Hall isn't called Rectal Hall as it was in the original!Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320999636592289224.post-45483301232936389342007-11-13T07:50:00.000-06:002007-11-13T07:50:00.000-06:00OK, this whole 'pop' thing isn't working. I don't...OK, this whole 'pop' thing isn't working. I don't listen to that station either, but it's on one of the car's presets becsause my oldest son did in high sch school. It represents the archetype (so I hear) of the commercial 'top 40' type station. I'm guessing they've never heard of Jim White and the only Joni Mitchell tune they've ever played is Big Yellow Taxi.<BR/><BR/>I should have made this simpler. Something like: "Most of the music I listen to doesn't have banjos, but here are a couple of tunes where it works well." Etc.<BR/><BR/>Thanks...Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320999636592289224.post-66089126399374569662007-11-12T19:57:00.000-06:002007-11-12T19:57:00.000-06:00Well, I'm at a big disadvantage, then, since I've ...Well, I'm at a big disadvantage, then, since I've never in my life listened to KS95!Rob Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166703109489177628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320999636592289224.post-3804575144863848652007-11-12T19:23:00.000-06:002007-11-12T19:23:00.000-06:00Rob:I've always chafed at these categories, too. ...Rob:<BR/><BR/>I've always chafed at these categories, too. For purposes of this blog entry, let's say 'pop' is whatever gets play on KS95.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the nominations!Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320999636592289224.post-3170232276219073762007-11-12T18:58:00.000-06:002007-11-12T18:58:00.000-06:00The banjo, by the way, is often used to beautiful ...The banjo, by the way, is often used to beautiful effect in covers of pop songs; for example, Alison Krauss's cover of The Beatles' "I Will" and Dolly Parton's cover of Collective Soul's "Shine."Rob Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166703109489177628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320999636592289224.post-83576629213306296112007-11-12T18:45:00.000-06:002007-11-12T18:45:00.000-06:00What is "pop" music? I don't understand these cat...What is "pop" music? I don't understand these categories. I would say that the best use of steel drum <I>and</I> recorder in a pop song is in "Jogging Gorgeous Summer" from the Islands CD "Return to the Sea," but iTunes tells me that Islands is "alternative," not "pop."Rob Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166703109489177628noreply@blogger.com