Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 20:08:46 10/28/00
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On October 28, 2000 at 20:12:57, stuart taylor wrote: >It has been suggested often, that chess and music often go together in the same >person. There are countless examples, but Taimanov was top proffessional in >both. A concert pianist, as well as a GM. >S.Taylor I played bass in a punk band called "The Urban Planners". We did songs such as "Spring Fever", "Software Piracy", "Lather, Rinse, Repeat", and "Wanna Have a Period." The band played in public once, and I wasn't there. "Spring Fever" ended upon a K-tape called "Let's Kiss", which was Calvin Johnson's label. I don't know if Calvin is known, obscure, or dead now, but the Calvin-associated band that you'd have the most liklihood of having heard about is Beat Happening. The alternative music scene in Olympia WA in the early 80's was extremely cool and I'm sure that if someone who know what they were doing examined the links between it and the so-called "Seattle sound", best manifested in bands such as Nirvana, there would be many. There were some great bands, such as Zamo, which threw hot dogs at the audience, and The Young Pioneers, which would show up too drunk to play a lot of the time. The best local Olympia venue circa 1984 was "The Tropicana", which eventually had to shut down in part due to the "Can we please see a dead person?" incident at the funeral home a couple of blocks down the street. I saw Black Flag at the Tropicana, that's hard to beat. Henry Rollins is a great performer. Back to your original question, no, I can't play any musical instruments. There, that's my completely off-topic post for the year. bruce
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