Author: stuart taylor
Date: 20:46:10 10/28/00
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On October 28, 2000 at 23:08:46, Bruce Moreland wrote: >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 Very funny!!! But we are also talking about HUMAN world championships!!! S.Taylor
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