
Rock Festival in wisconsin - 70s? - Straight Dope Message Board
Nov 18, 2009 · Rock Festival in wisconsin - 70s? Cafe Society. Remember Me?
2025 Nominees for the Rock & Roll HoF - Straight Dope
Feb 12, 2025 · Bad Company The Black Crowes Mariah Carey Chubby Checker Joe Cocker Billy Idol Joy Division/New Order Cyndi Lauper Maná Oasis Outkast Phish The White Stripes Thoughts?
Yacht Rock: what is it and what's its origin? - Straight Dope
Dec 24, 2024 · Lots of people don’t love yacht rock. They’ve said so loudly for the past couple of decades. Doesn’t fit their idea of rock, which apparently has to be heavy metal or punk or anything non-melodic. Since no definition of yacht rock exists, anybody tarred with the appellation can’t get out of it. And that now includes anything who was smooth.
What are the best and worst 70's rock bands? - Straight Dope
Aug 28, 2000 · Have to agree with Jethro Tull as one of the best and would add, without giving a huge amount of thought, King Crimson (although their best album, In the Court of the Crimson King, came out in’69), Roxy Music, and Brian Eno.
Best #1 Song of the Year: 2024 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope
Dec 22, 2024 · I guess because 5-10 years ago there was still a lot of rock/alternative radio reach into my life. Also, I took my daughter to a Sabrina Carpenter concert TEN YEARS AGO. A little surprised she just became a hot pop sensation, Though honestly I thought her …
Most OVERRATED rock guitarist? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope
Jul 15, 2009 · Preach it. I’m a mediocre guitar player at best, but I’ve amazed lots of people reproducing well-known rock solos. Usually I was trying to impress girls, but it seemed like I impressed guitar geeks more. So much of electric guitar playing, at least in rock music, is really just working the amplifier and effects.
Questions about squaring stone - Cafe Society - Straight Dope
Feb 16, 2025 · Squaring stone is the art of producing rectangular blocks of stone to a sufficient degree of regularity and smoothness as to be useful for building with minimal mortar, as opposed to “rough stone” work in which randomly shaped stones are either loosely piled or encased in surrounding mortar. My question is two-fold: First, would stone masons usually produce …
How to handle Amazon disallowing Kindle downloads?
Feb 24, 2025 · Maybe I’ve been living under a rock, but I just heard this morning that Amazon will stop allowing downloads of purchased Kindle books starting after February 25, i.e., two days from now. It appears that the point is to lock you in to Kindle e-readers. I like my Voyager fine for now, but I don’t like being locked in to anything, so I downloaded all my books to be safe. However, …
Myths that form about songs and bands / band members
Mar 8, 2025 · For those that don’t know - and I assume that there are many - this is the funniest post of the last several weeks on the Dope. If you are still puzzled… It’s a trope of English culture that a cream tea, a West Country treat, is based around scones with jam and cream. But which goes on the scone first? The trope would have you believe that there is a simmering border …
Rock groups with two drummers - Cafe Society - Straight Dope
Dec 16, 2002 · IIRC, in the early '80s, 38 Special had two drummers. What’s strange about that is that I can’t think of any of their material that has especially complex percussion which would (seemingly) require two drummers. What did having two drummers add to 38 Special’s sound? Did they play the same percussion simultaneously (for richness?)? Or did they switch off – …