"Culture of Conflict" Update and Army of Anyone

Not a loser, not a loser, not a loser. Just thought I would let you know that the judges thought so highly of the entries (including CoC) that they only gave out two of three places. So, CoC might have taken 3rd, but they didn't think it deserved it. We'll never know. I should have let them choke on "An Evening with the Quill", but it's all in the past now.

In more positive news, I have been listening to Army of Anyone and enjoying it immensely. It is the amalgamation of the DeLeo brothers from STP and that Patrick guy from Filter (you know, the guys that do "Hey man, Nice Shot" or whatever it's called), along with David Lee Roth's old drummer Loozer, or Luzier, or something like that. You might be thinking "Wow, he must be an old guy if he played with David Lee Roth" but I don't know what era of DLR he played in, and however old he is he really pounds the skins. This is something that I have looked for in drummers ever since playing with that limp-sticked protestant with LH back in the summer of 2001. But the Patrick guy does some decent to excellent, and his lyrics make one-billion times more sense than anything (almost, at least) that Scott Weind (SP?) ever wrote even if he doesn't quite have the voice. The DeLeos are playing as fine as ever, the music structurally reminds me more of Tiny Music than Core or Purple, but it is mixed more thickly and not so many single-coil guitars (like Shangria La Dida). Overall I am enjoying the overall effect. So check it out, if you dare.

I am feeling pretty excited to start revising Tales from the Laughing Grass this break. CoC not winning is just a hiccup in my master plan, so expect to see more and better from the old R. Write On.

R.