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In Meeting People is Easy, that boring-as-hell documentary about Radiohead from back when Radiohead was an important rock band, Thom Yorke goes to a fancy restaurant but can’t get in. (A maitre’ d with taste!) As he’s walking away, one of the meatheads in line goes, “Hey Radiohead, write a song about it!”
I love heckling, and I love getting heckled. Probably the funniest jab at me came when I was playing an Elvis Costello song at an open-mic when a soggy guy at the back of the bar yelled, “Hey, do you know any Elvis Costello?”
When Bob Mould was playing the Metro in Chicago, maybe this was 1997, he started “The Slim” — a powerfully internal song, cathartic, Townsend-like in its fervor even on a Takamine acoustic — and found he couldn’t play it. He said, “Someone say something to piss me off.” Some shit-for-brains offered “Stairway!” but my clever friend Russ called out, “Grant Hart!” which ended the ado and kicked in the sad.
At Wilco shows people are always fawning over Jeff Tweedy and Jeff Tweedy is always like, “Be quiet.” I don’t appreciate that. Why’s he gotta be the only one in the room?
Do you think Jeff Tweedy reads HTMLGIANT? Do you think he has a Google alert set to his name? If brohammers can heckle at fancy restaurants, can I heckle in indie-lit sanctioned blog posts? Hey Jeff Tweedy, write a song about it!
In a bathroom at Frasiers someone wrote, “Graffiti is the only true art because it is not done for fame or profit.” I don’t know. I think there’s a lot that is done just because it’s the right thing to do. Like that guy who yelled “Judas!” at Dylan then threw his shoes at Bush: automatic responding rules.
In unrelated news, Azoman is marketing the Klidne as a Valentines day gift.
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Jeff Tweedy can’t read.
Jeff Tweedy can’t read.
Jeff Tweedy can’t read.
Boo yah, that’s what I’m talking about.
Boo yah, that’s what I’m talking about.
Boo yah, that’s what I’m talking about.
I wasted 30 minutes of my life reading Adulthead. Who told that guy it was a good idea to take needlessly self-indulgent, esoteric song lyrics and make them into needlessly self-indulgent, esoteric poems?
I wasted 30 minutes of my life reading Adulthead. Who told that guy it was a good idea to take needlessly self-indulgent, esoteric song lyrics and make them into needlessly self-indulgent, esoteric poems?
I wasted 30 minutes of my life reading Adulthead. Who told that guy it was a good idea to take needlessly self-indulgent, esoteric song lyrics and make them into needlessly self-indulgent, esoteric poems?
“Hey, do you know any Elvis Costello?” nice.
“Hey, do you know any Elvis Costello?” nice.
“Hey, do you know any Elvis Costello?” nice.
When I was in high school I went to see Iron and Wine because I was trying to get laid. The show was excruciatingly quiet and the crowd was excruciatingly polite and when Sam Beam broke into the first notes of that Postal Service song that he does, some dude in the very back shouted as loudly as possible…”THE MOTHERFUCKIN’ P.S.!” and I thought that was brilliant.
Resume the Jeff Tweedy hate.
When I was in high school I went to see Iron and Wine because I was trying to get laid. The show was excruciatingly quiet and the crowd was excruciatingly polite and when Sam Beam broke into the first notes of that Postal Service song that he does, some dude in the very back shouted as loudly as possible…”THE MOTHERFUCKIN’ P.S.!” and I thought that was brilliant.
Resume the Jeff Tweedy hate.
When I was in high school I went to see Iron and Wine because I was trying to get laid. The show was excruciatingly quiet and the crowd was excruciatingly polite and when Sam Beam broke into the first notes of that Postal Service song that he does, some dude in the very back shouted as loudly as possible…”THE MOTHERFUCKIN’ P.S.!” and I thought that was brilliant.
Resume the Jeff Tweedy hate.
I remember at some point in the video the guy identifies Thom Yorke, “Oh, you’re the Creep guy!”
I remember at some point in the video the guy identifies Thom Yorke, “Oh, you’re the Creep guy!”
I remember at some point in the video the guy identifies Thom Yorke, “Oh, you’re the Creep guy!”
one of the most memorable shows i ever went to was the last time i saw don caballero right before they broke up. damon che was in such a horrible mood he was throwing his drums around in the club, which was actually an art space. he damaged a bunch of walls, and pissed off the people running it, so they intentionally made the sound really awful, and it was a really shitty stage anyway. before the band went on damon insisted on having a mic rigged up so he could talk shit between every song, which often went on longer than the music, and consisted of him heckling both the audience and the sound guy. at one point he asked if anybody in the audience had a paper chef’s hat. “Because we desperately need a paper chef’s hat to come up here and mic these drums.”
the show ended with the band kind of just stopping after a song and damon che thereon sitting on the floor beside his drums ranting into the mic until the soundguy came on and started talking back to him and they got into it going back and forth neither really addressing the other but just saying insane shit. most of the show was a stunned silence. it was amazing. i have a video.
one of the most memorable shows i ever went to was the last time i saw don caballero right before they broke up. damon che was in such a horrible mood he was throwing his drums around in the club, which was actually an art space. he damaged a bunch of walls, and pissed off the people running it, so they intentionally made the sound really awful, and it was a really shitty stage anyway. before the band went on damon insisted on having a mic rigged up so he could talk shit between every song, which often went on longer than the music, and consisted of him heckling both the audience and the sound guy. at one point he asked if anybody in the audience had a paper chef’s hat. “Because we desperately need a paper chef’s hat to come up here and mic these drums.”
the show ended with the band kind of just stopping after a song and damon che thereon sitting on the floor beside his drums ranting into the mic until the soundguy came on and started talking back to him and they got into it going back and forth neither really addressing the other but just saying insane shit. most of the show was a stunned silence. it was amazing. i have a video.
one of the most memorable shows i ever went to was the last time i saw don caballero right before they broke up. damon che was in such a horrible mood he was throwing his drums around in the club, which was actually an art space. he damaged a bunch of walls, and pissed off the people running it, so they intentionally made the sound really awful, and it was a really shitty stage anyway. before the band went on damon insisted on having a mic rigged up so he could talk shit between every song, which often went on longer than the music, and consisted of him heckling both the audience and the sound guy. at one point he asked if anybody in the audience had a paper chef’s hat. “Because we desperately need a paper chef’s hat to come up here and mic these drums.”
the show ended with the band kind of just stopping after a song and damon che thereon sitting on the floor beside his drums ranting into the mic until the soundguy came on and started talking back to him and they got into it going back and forth neither really addressing the other but just saying insane shit. most of the show was a stunned silence. it was amazing. i have a video.
During an excruciating improv comedy show, an actor asked the crowd for film styles they’d do in their next scene. The first response was a shout from the back: “COMEDY!”
During an excruciating improv comedy show, an actor asked the crowd for film styles they’d do in their next scene. The first response was a shout from the back: “COMEDY!”
During an excruciating improv comedy show, an actor asked the crowd for film styles they’d do in their next scene. The first response was a shout from the back: “COMEDY!”
haha. man.
haha. man.
haha. man.
i want to see that video. those guys always struck me as docile preppies, with their gum chewing and short guitar straps.
i want to see that video. those guys always struck me as docile preppies, with their gum chewing and short guitar straps.
i want to see that video. those guys always struck me as docile preppies, with their gum chewing and short guitar straps.
Yeah, heckling can be as straightforward as a declarative sentence and that’s good enough.
Yeah, heckling can be as straightforward as a declarative sentence and that’s good enough.
Yeah, heckling can be as straightforward as a declarative sentence and that’s good enough.
My favorite heckling story is this concert Ryan Adams played a few years ago in St. Paul (Minnesota). He was playing for shit and in a terrible mood, and this one awesome dude in the back kept yelling out Bryan Adams songs. Finally he yelled out, “Summer of 69!” and Adams got so pissed off he quit playing and walked out.
My favorite heckling story is this concert Ryan Adams played a few years ago in St. Paul (Minnesota). He was playing for shit and in a terrible mood, and this one awesome dude in the back kept yelling out Bryan Adams songs. Finally he yelled out, “Summer of 69!” and Adams got so pissed off he quit playing and walked out.
My favorite heckling story is this concert Ryan Adams played a few years ago in St. Paul (Minnesota). He was playing for shit and in a terrible mood, and this one awesome dude in the back kept yelling out Bryan Adams songs. Finally he yelled out, “Summer of 69!” and Adams got so pissed off he quit playing and walked out.
ian is kind of preppy seeming, but damon is fucking nuts. each time i saw them something ridiculous like that happened.
now that the rest of the band left him, the only reason to go see the new version is to watch him get heckled almost constantly. his retorts are better than the music now.
ian is kind of preppy seeming, but damon is fucking nuts. each time i saw them something ridiculous like that happened.
now that the rest of the band left him, the only reason to go see the new version is to watch him get heckled almost constantly. his retorts are better than the music now.
ian is kind of preppy seeming, but damon is fucking nuts. each time i saw them something ridiculous like that happened.
now that the rest of the band left him, the only reason to go see the new version is to watch him get heckled almost constantly. his retorts are better than the music now.
Seriously though, Adam. Do you know any Elvis Costello?
Seriously though, Adam. Do you know any Elvis Costello?
Seriously though, Adam. Do you know any Elvis Costello?
that was the funniest thing i read all week.
that was the funniest thing i read all week.
that was the funniest thing i read all week.
at some small show the other night, my friend bumped into a singer from one of the bands and asked him to play some song. when the time came, the singer said – hey this is a request blah blahh. my friend drunkenly yelled out “HEY! THAT”S ME! I’M 27!” there was a collective “uh?” that immediately followed.
at some small show the other night, my friend bumped into a singer from one of the bands and asked him to play some song. when the time came, the singer said – hey this is a request blah blahh. my friend drunkenly yelled out “HEY! THAT”S ME! I’M 27!” there was a collective “uh?” that immediately followed.
at some small show the other night, my friend bumped into a singer from one of the bands and asked him to play some song. when the time came, the singer said – hey this is a request blah blahh. my friend drunkenly yelled out “HEY! THAT”S ME! I’M 27!” there was a collective “uh?” that immediately followed.
I saw Wilco on the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot tour- probably the last time they were a sub-arena band. They played a Gainesville venue called The Florida Theater that holds, I dunno, a thousandish people. And I’ve got to say that they were a great, great live act. But anyway, the heckling- there was one dude in the audience who really wanted to hear “Screen Door”, and he kept calling for it whenever it got quiet. Tweedy finally acknowledged him, and said “that’s an Uncle Tupelo song; I’m not in that band anymore” or something like that. He seemed fairly annoyed. My friend Peter did something similar to Stephen Malkmus, years later, at a Malkmus solo show during Jazz Fest in New Orleans. We were really really drunk and Peter wanted to hear some Pavement song or other– he finally got an irate acknowledgment from Malkmus, but he damn well did not get his song. Oh, and here’s one more I just remembered- I saw the Foo Fighters play their very first tour in I think ’96, when I would have been probably 13. Kim Deal’s short-lived band The Amps opened for them, and some asshat kept screaming “show us your tits” all through the Amps set. I don’t remember the band acknowledging the heckler at all, but when the Foo Fighters came out Dave Grohl was livid. He yelled at the audience for beings sexist dicks, etc.
I saw Wilco on the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot tour- probably the last time they were a sub-arena band. They played a Gainesville venue called The Florida Theater that holds, I dunno, a thousandish people. And I’ve got to say that they were a great, great live act. But anyway, the heckling- there was one dude in the audience who really wanted to hear “Screen Door”, and he kept calling for it whenever it got quiet. Tweedy finally acknowledged him, and said “that’s an Uncle Tupelo song; I’m not in that band anymore” or something like that. He seemed fairly annoyed. My friend Peter did something similar to Stephen Malkmus, years later, at a Malkmus solo show during Jazz Fest in New Orleans. We were really really drunk and Peter wanted to hear some Pavement song or other– he finally got an irate acknowledgment from Malkmus, but he damn well did not get his song. Oh, and here’s one more I just remembered- I saw the Foo Fighters play their very first tour in I think ’96, when I would have been probably 13. Kim Deal’s short-lived band The Amps opened for them, and some asshat kept screaming “show us your tits” all through the Amps set. I don’t remember the band acknowledging the heckler at all, but when the Foo Fighters came out Dave Grohl was livid. He yelled at the audience for beings sexist dicks, etc.
I saw Wilco on the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot tour- probably the last time they were a sub-arena band. They played a Gainesville venue called The Florida Theater that holds, I dunno, a thousandish people. And I’ve got to say that they were a great, great live act. But anyway, the heckling- there was one dude in the audience who really wanted to hear “Screen Door”, and he kept calling for it whenever it got quiet. Tweedy finally acknowledged him, and said “that’s an Uncle Tupelo song; I’m not in that band anymore” or something like that. He seemed fairly annoyed. My friend Peter did something similar to Stephen Malkmus, years later, at a Malkmus solo show during Jazz Fest in New Orleans. We were really really drunk and Peter wanted to hear some Pavement song or other– he finally got an irate acknowledgment from Malkmus, but he damn well did not get his song. Oh, and here’s one more I just remembered- I saw the Foo Fighters play their very first tour in I think ’96, when I would have been probably 13. Kim Deal’s short-lived band The Amps opened for them, and some asshat kept screaming “show us your tits” all through the Amps set. I don’t remember the band acknowledging the heckler at all, but when the Foo Fighters came out Dave Grohl was livid. He yelled at the audience for beings sexist dicks, etc.
There’s the “Play some Slayer” guy at every show. or more specifically “Play Raining Blood”.
I have a bad habbit of asking bands nicely to do Girls on FIlm.
re: Radiohead:
http://ignoretheventriloquists.blogspot.com/2009/10/would-ayn-rand-like-radiohead-or-you.html
There’s the “Play some Slayer” guy at every show. or more specifically “Play Raining Blood”.
I have a bad habbit of asking bands nicely to do Girls on FIlm.
re: Radiohead:
http://ignoretheventriloquists.blogspot.com/2009/10/would-ayn-rand-like-radiohead-or-you.html
There’s the “Play some Slayer” guy at every show. or more specifically “Play Raining Blood”.
I have a bad habbit of asking bands nicely to do Girls on FIlm.
re: Radiohead:
http://ignoretheventriloquists.blogspot.com/2009/10/would-ayn-rand-like-radiohead-or-you.html