Oh, God, those PCP stories are revolting.

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
Oh, God, those PCP stories are revolting.

They sure are. Anyone know where I can get some?

By the way, JB, is DOA gonna do a year-end feature?

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By the way, JB, is DOA gonna do a year-end feature?

We'll definitely be posting the individual writers' "best of" lists. There is a very very good chance that for the first time EVER we will have a comprehensive site list for best of 2006. I have been put in charge of it as of today so we'll see how long it takes to sort out. I'm still working on my top 20 for Metacritic. I've got a solid top 12 and after that there is so much awesome stuff that I find a considerable amount of it interchangeable after that.

Awesome.

I'm sure everyone unfortunately remembers when Jimmy Page collaborated with Puff Daddy for the dreadful "Come With Me". Just thinking about Diddy's singing during the bridge makes me regret being born. Throw in the horrible video, the fact that it was recorded for the awful Godzilla movie, and that this lame song somehow managed to get very popular...you've got one of the most ridiculous moments in music.

My nomination is "Disco Demolition".

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My nomination is "Disco Demolition".

Could you explain what this is and how it is ridiculous?

Disco Demolition Night courtesy of WhiteSoxInteractive.com.

Good call, R.M. That one manages to pretty much define the ridiculous moments in music, radio, and sports trifecta and as such is very, very close to my heart.

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I didn't see this one posted, but the handful of Guns 'n Roses concert riots seem to fit the bill. Axl's inability to perform (or lack of desire to WANT to perform) led to MAJOR riots in St. Louis and (I think) Toronto.

John Cage's "4'33."

I accidentally (yes, accidentally) did PCP once. I laugh, but apparently it's not a laughing matter... esp. since I woke up with blood on my hands and my cock half-way across the room.

Alright, that last part was fabrication. But don't we all tell little white lies in these forums

What about the rise of that Mike Jones rapper? You know, representing the third coast? Yeah, that guy. Least gangsta name I've ever heard. There's a chant associated with his name, might be part of a song, where you just say "Mike Jones...Mike Jones...Mike Jones..."

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What about the rise of that Mike Jones rapper? You know, representing the third coast? Yeah, that guy. Least gangsta name I've ever heard. There's a chant associated with his name, might be part of a song, where you just say "Mike Jones...Mike Jones...Mike Jones..."

Man, I'm unfortunately cursed with the same name. I've had to deal with people asking me if I know the rapper for two years now. It's definitely not the least bit funny anymore. In one of my classes these guys would yell "Who?" everytime the professor said my name...

I think you can throw in Paul Wall along with Mike Jones as two of the worst excuses for MCs to show their faces in TV.

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John Cage's "4'33."

If we're really going to start calling things like this "ridiculous" then this list is going to get quite a bit longer. In the name of progress many more ridiculous things have been done, especially in the avant-garde and modern classical fields.

Examples: 1. Christian Marclay's Guitar Drag LP recorded as he stood in the back of a truck with a microphone and recorded the sound of a guitar as it was dragged behind a pickup truck down the road. 2. Another fine example would be Malefic's vocal performance from SunnO)))'s "Bathory Erzsebet" on Black One where he sang while locked in a coffin with no oxygen.

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Originally posted by jonathanbrisby:

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John Cage's "4'33."

If we're really going to start calling things like this "ridiculous" then this list is going to get quite a bit longer.

To me the idea of giving silence and name and declaring it a piece of music is ridiculous. His argument for it was probably some arty farty crap but surely music has to have harmonic and melodic elements in it to be called music. How can you say silence is melodic or harmonic?

I love Christian Marclay. Truly I do. One of my great collecting regrets is that I did not purchase a copy of Record Without A Sleeve back in the day when I was ordering from the New Music Distribution Service.

Erik Satie's Vexations would have to make the list. I'm happy to say I have a copy of that on CD, so I can recreate that particular musical experience, should I ever care to.

Oh, and for the record, I truly do love Cage's 4:33. Learn something about it before you dismiss it. I think it makes a great deal of sense when presented in context.

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To me the idea of giving silence and name and declaring it a piece of music is ridiculous. His argument for it was probably some arty farty crap but surely music has to have harmonic and melodic elements in it to be called music. How can you say silence is melodic or harmonic?

I don't necessarily think John Cage would conside it a music piece, but an art piece. I think the idea of it is rather interesting, honestly. Of course the piece would be meaningless if you went into it knowing what it was.