Notes From The Den 2-11-08
Hello Den-ziens,
It's time for another Notes From the Den!
So did you watch the Grammy's last night? Did you notice that rock was hardly represented? The only rock band performance of the night was Foo Fighters. And the best line of the night came in the least likely place, from Vince Gill, who humorously cut down Kanye West by saying, "just got an award presented to me by a Beatle. Have you had that happen yet, Kanye?"
But I guess what really bothered me was the opening of the show and Alicia Keys (whose music I actually like), but should not be singing along with an old video performance of Frank Sinatra. That's as bad as 12 years ago when Natalie Cole ruined "unforgettable", by doing that ridiculous duet with her long deceased father. It also ranks up there with Gene Kelly dancing with a digitally inserted vacuum cleaner (for those who don't remember there was an advertisement that did this in the late 80's.)
Anyway, that really has nothing to do with this e-mail.
I want to thank everyone who came out Saturday to celebrate the BlowUpRadio..com & Lazlo's Den Free Concert at Buddie's Tavern. The performances were stellar, beginning with the last minute addition of Frankenstein 3000 to the bill. Following them was Slappy, reunited for the first time in 8 years, and sounding great. They have a new anthology CD out called, "loud, fast & prompt", and you can go to http://www.myspace.com/slappynj to find out how to get yourself a copy. Then we had back to back performances from two North Carolinian bands, Midtown Dickens and The Future Kings Of Nowhere. Going in I knew little of Midtown Dickens, except that they were touring with the Future Kings, who I already knew rock (and put out one of my favorite albums of 2007, a song from it is still available thru the end of Feb. on our site's free downloadable sampler CD). Well midtown Dickens turned out to be equally as good as the Future Kings. Check out both bands at their respective My Space pages, http://www.myspace.com/midtowndickens and http://www.myspace.com/thefuturekings.
And speaking of Nerve Tonic, their lead singer, Eugene M. DeRobertis, will be stopping by Lazlo's Den on Thursday night (Valentine's Day). You see in addition to fronting an awesome local band, he is also a professor of psychology and the author of, "The Loser Magnet Handbook - A Quick Guide To Understanding The Romantically Challenged". A simple, clear guide for identifying and avoiding the problems most commonly associated with a pattern of unsuccessful relationships. Find out more about this book on Lazlo's Den, then purchase your own copy at this link: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780595487127&itm=1
Peace,
Lazlo
www.LazlosDen.com
Hello Den-ziens,
It's time for another Notes From the Den!
So did you watch the Grammy's last night? Did you notice that rock was hardly represented? The only rock band performance of the night was Foo Fighters. And the best line of the night came in the least likely place, from Vince Gill, who humorously cut down Kanye West by saying, "just got an award presented to me by a Beatle. Have you had that happen yet, Kanye?"
But I guess what really bothered me was the opening of the show and Alicia Keys (whose music I actually like), but should not be singing along with an old video performance of Frank Sinatra. That's as bad as 12 years ago when Natalie Cole ruined "unforgettable", by doing that ridiculous duet with her long deceased father. It also ranks up there with Gene Kelly dancing with a digitally inserted vacuum cleaner (for those who don't remember there was an advertisement that did this in the late 80's.)
Anyway, that really has nothing to do with this e-mail.
I want to thank everyone who came out Saturday to celebrate the BlowUpRadio..com & Lazlo's Den Free Concert at Buddie's Tavern. The performances were stellar, beginning with the last minute addition of Frankenstein 3000 to the bill. Following them was Slappy, reunited for the first time in 8 years, and sounding great. They have a new anthology CD out called, "loud, fast & prompt", and you can go to http://www.myspace.com/slappynj to find out how to get yourself a copy. Then we had back to back performances from two North Carolinian bands, Midtown Dickens and The Future Kings Of Nowhere. Going in I knew little of Midtown Dickens, except that they were touring with the Future Kings, who I already knew rock (and put out one of my favorite albums of 2007, a song from it is still available thru the end of Feb. on our site's free downloadable sampler CD). Well midtown Dickens turned out to be equally as good as the Future Kings. Check out both bands at their respective My Space pages, http://www.myspace.com/midtowndickens and http://www.myspace.com/thefuturekings.
And speaking of Nerve Tonic, their lead singer, Eugene M. DeRobertis, will be stopping by Lazlo's Den on Thursday night (Valentine's Day). You see in addition to fronting an awesome local band, he is also a professor of psychology and the author of, "The Loser Magnet Handbook - A Quick Guide To Understanding The Romantically Challenged". A simple, clear guide for identifying and avoiding the problems most commonly associated with a pattern of unsuccessful relationships. Find out more about this book on Lazlo's Den, then purchase your own copy at this link: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780595487127&itm=1
Peace,
Lazlo
www.LazlosDen.com