Amazing. I haven't seen it, but I wonder how many more mistakes are in the other two hours or whatever.

I understand that while Leonard Chess is a main character, in the movie there's NO PHIL CHESS!

This is disappointing. I actually wanted to see the flick. I visited the old Chess Studios with my son last summer.

I work in a movie theater and I watched 5 minutes of this movie today.
Here's what I saw:
Chuck Berry (played by Mos Def) is listening to Surfin' USA by the Beach Boys, which he feels bears a striking resemblance to his own composition, Sweet Little Sixteen. As he is voicing his dismay, two police officers come in and arrest him for transporting a minor across state lines. Allusions are made to the young girl in question being white. There is a montage of clean cut Frankie and Annette types frolicking on the beach, inter-spliced with Chuck Berry's mug shots, to the tune of Surfin' USA. The next scene depicts The Rolling Stones showing up at Chess to pay homage and record some songs. The Film shows the Stones recording Muddy Water's Can't Be Satisfied followed by a DJ spinning a 45 of the record and talking about how their rendition of the song is "tearing up the charts" or some similar sentiment. Next scene is Leonard Chess talking about how all these new white performers are making big bucks from the Chess sound but Chess can't get a hit because "The Goose that laid the golden egg" (referring to Chuck Berry) is in prison and unable to record.

Here's what's wrong with that 5 minutes
-Chuck Berry's arrest for transporting a minor across state lines was in 1959. Surfin' USA didn't come out until 1963.
-The girl was a Native American he met in Mexico (i.e. not white).
-The Rolling Stones' Can't Be Satisfied was never released as a single. Which means that there was no 45 and the song never charted.
-Chuck Berry got out of prison in October 1963, and released several hit songs, including No Particular Place to Go, one of his most popular, in 1964, well before the Rolling Stones made it big stateside.

I have a Project Playlist thing on my Hideout page, but MySpace yanked it off my profile. I guess GPH is beneath the RIAA radar. Here's a story about it from Wired: MySpace Bans Project Playlist; Facebook Defies Same RIAA Request By Scott Gilbertson December 22, 2008 | 10:34:29 AMCategories: Music In the world of online music, 2008 has been the year of the playlist sharing sites, but sadly it’s also been the year of the playlist sites being shut down. The latest victim is Project Playlist, which was recently banned from MySpace. Project Playlist is an online mixtape sharing site similar to the recently shut down Mixwit and the long-gone Muxtape, but slightly different in that much of the focus is on sharing playlists through social networks like MySpace and Facebook. Over the weekend, in response to pressure from the RIAA and major labels, MySpace shut down Project Playlist’s widgets and banned the service from the site. The Project Playlist website (a social network in its own right) is still alive and kicking, but since many of the site’s users rely on the embeddable player to share playlists on other social networks, the MySpace ban will no doubt prove painful. Starting on Friday evening, MySpace began shutting down Project Playlist’s widgets, telling affected users that “your Project Playlist widget has been removed from your profile in response to copyright complaints.” For its part Facebook has so far refused to comply with the infringement notifications that led MySpace to ban Project Playlist. While that will likely earn the site some points with fans, it probably won’t last long. However, in an interesting twist, Project Playlist recently hired Facebook's former chief operating officer, Owen Van Natta, as its CEO. Whether or not that cozy relationship affected Facebook’s decision is unknown and neither party was willing to comment, citing pending litigation. Project Playlist is being sued by Warner Music, EMI and Universal Music Group, as well as by the Recording Industry Association of America, but at least one label — Sony BMG — has struck a deal with the site. Although the terms have not been disclosed, the deal is good news for the some 40 million Project Playlist users who now legally use songs from artists and bands on the Sony label in their playlists.

First thing i'll do in 2009 is visiting the Shop in Hamburg! It's just an hour away!

Howdy'all...

The great response to part 1 of the How To Ace Your Intervention episode of FSRR podcast got me thinking that it would be nice to get everyone in on the chance to be part of the action. And while you can't be invited to show up at the intervention to say your peace, we can use technology to offer the next best thing.

Thus, behold the Dan Electreau Intervention Line!!

Call 780 908 0957 and offer your intervention statement to be read/played on part 2 of the Ace Your Intervention podcast.

Episode #59 of Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll will air on Monday, December 29.

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I'll promise ya this: Hanging On For Mercy for when you need that gentle stool softener with an auger-like kick! Call of the wild pirate radio said: Anyway, you and the Rev. are always welcome in my bathroom !
As well as every podcaster here...I say it again it's a very very large one and the reverb is...wow !!!

Wow, that sucks! I've never heard of Gibson necks being especially dainty, that's why I was surprised at your post. I've taken out lots of ceiling tiles and so on with mine, never a problem. How could it have happened inside a hardcase? Sounds like sabotage to me... Vagabonds said:

Complete and utter mystery. It was even in a hardcase when I went to whip it out to record the demo and BAM! It was already broken.

I just don't understand; at a gig I smashed over mic stands and hit people with it and not a dent. Yet the hardcase of doom proved too much. Maybe Gibson's lifetime warranty will cover it.....

Complete and utter mystery. It was even in a hardcase when I went to whip it out to record the demo and BAM! It was already broken.

I just don't understand; at a gig I smashed over mic stands and hit people with it and not a dent. Yet the hardcase of doom proved too much. Maybe Gibson's lifetime warranty will cover it.....

Vagabonds said:

I was going to do the same, but my neck snapped and I cant afford to repair it. Goddamn crappy Gibson necks.

Anyway, the guitar guy I approached was fully willing do it. Considering he was an old guy with a great reputation and been doing this stuff for decades means that it's probably not going to fuck up your guitar.

But It will probably effect your resale value if you're at all concerned with that. Urg I miss my LP

I was going to do the same, but my neck snapped and I cant afford to repair it. Goddamn crappy Gibson necks.

Anyway, the guitar guy I approached was fully willing do it. Considering he was an old guy with a great reputation and been doing this stuff for decades means that it's probably not going to fuck up your guitar.

But It will probably effect your resale value if you're at all concerned with that. Urg I miss my LP

I'm thinking about putting a Bigsby B-5 on my Les Paul Jr. (not my '57, but an 80s reissue instead).

Any thoughts? Any problems I ought to look out for? Much obliged...

I'm just gonna come out and say it.......... A lot of people throughout the country have the same gripe. So unless you live in a glamor mecca where trendies flock for the fashion show factor AND there's plenty of hotties seriously into it (that the trendies wish they were or were fucking), don't expect much! It's awful, it's shallow, it's rude, and it's TRUE. What lowers the numbers at the garage/mod/60s nights right now is: A) It currently isn't getting much mainstream media attention. B) Most of the die hard fans are unpretentious, and have better things to do than viciously gossip and spend 4 hours on their outfit. C) ^^^ Consequently, most 60s nights are just laid back, bullshit free fun. From an advertising standpoint, that's BORING. People are more seduced by scandal. Notoriety = rising numbers! So your safest bet is to cater to the lowest common denominator. THINGS THAT SADLY HELP CLUB NIGHTS: * The dj's are good looking. Bonus points for chicks. * The dj's excell at name dropping, and pay 'rock stars' to guest dj with 'em. * The bar tenders are also good looking. Bonus points for tattoos, big hair, and 'slutty' outfits. * There's a core group of intimidating, cliquish patrons dressed to the nines. Bonus points for band members. * Fashionable, trendy, phony, college kids flock. Bonus points for slumming trust funders. * IT'S A PLACE TO SCORE DRUGS. Bonus points if that drug is COKE. Even more bonus points if drugs are done out in the open. * Most of the patrons are single or non-committed. People coming to score some ass is a great thing! Bonus points for bathroom sex. * Fights have been known to break out. Bonus points for catfights, and couples breaking up. So find as many fucked up (and wanna-be fucked up - they're more dramatic!) people as you can, and throw 'em in the same room. Of course, finding bar owners who party harder than their patrons and are too fucked up to think of legal liability helps : P. That's where older single men who's bars = penis extensions come in. No one loves young drunk chicks quite like they do. Once you've established an atmosphere of faux decadence, you're golden. Everyone in town will have a love/hate relationship with your night for one reason or another. It'll become the butt of many jokes, but so what?!?!?! You now have an audience. One that keeps talking aka giving you free publicity! Then more and more people will flock to gawk, fuck, score drugs, and get their picture taken. Eventually the media will take note, only further expanding your customer base. One day something really bad'll happen and it'll all go down in flames, but lets not worry about that : P. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME CLICK HERE: http://www.lastnightsparty.com HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!

it looks like we can add austin, TX to that list, i think we'll do something around sxsw again, even though it's annoying.

STALKERS! http://www.myspace.com/stalkers they are on One Little Indian in the UK, and are releasing a new 7" this February. Fun stuff, check 'em out.

What band?

Howie Pyro said:

phantom surfers for sure killer records with perfect covers & concepts as well...

phantom surfers for sure killer records with perfect covers & concepts as well...

that is the best video ever! the little kid is stevie from the band mad society...also this is jimmy gestapo from murphy's law's most constant request from all the years of my DJing in NY...weirdos rule!

hey babe... check out blackbone church by sede drunk blues punk duo twentyfourbrothers on our page or at www.myspace.com/twentyfourbrothers cheers / tobba

I checked out the Hartes and they do INDEED rock my socks!

www.myspace.com/thehussyknowsall 3 7 inches are on the way. One Split 7 inch on Science of Sound Records with our friends Sleeping in the Aviary One on A Fistful of Records in the Netherlands - That's going to be a 6-8 song EP! Another Split 7 inch on Tax Return Records, with our friend Rocktopus. This is the first release on this label!

my old band did a couple of London gigs with a two-piece called the Hartes, they were fuckin intense, but I think they've split up now. either way, worth a listen: www.myspace.com/thehartes Joey Vacant The Crushers

Freddie King - I Hear Jingle Bells
Surfaris - A Surfer's Christmas List (has chimes/bells at the end)
Slacktone - The Bells of St. Kahuna

Well, if you're a BAND, you upload your music there. If you're a podcaster, you register your show with 'em and then start digging for music. Like the real world, there's a ton of CRAP, but I've found some pretty good stuff on the PMN. For example, Thee Fine Lines use it. But no, you don't put your podcasts there (use www.blip.tv for that!). They're just sites to find music. Howie Pyro said:

i always wondered about these sites, but never really looked...is it a place to get music from? or to upload podcasts to? both?

i always wondered about these sites, but never really looked...is it a place to get music from? or to upload podcasts to? both?