I'm having a stone statue made of you sir!
I will locate it 15 feet above the skool quadrangle and once a year we shall all file past and salute it using "Gangsta" type hand signing motions.
Yo'mama! 
 

Press release: Famous musician started his rock 'n roll class the day before yesterday. Class is getting crowded already, but not yet out of his control. All over the world people start selling their flats and cars to buy elephants at constantly rising prices. Animal protection rules have been broken. Some of the recently purchased animals escaped from their new owners. They caused several traffic jams in large cities. The first reports about stampedes arrived early this morning. ALL THOSE ELEPHANTS WERE COMPLETELY UNDRESSED!!! Ferries from the continent to the UK were overcrowded with elephants, human passengers could not enter any more for lack of space on board....
 

If I talk or chew gum in class you would'nt beat the hell out of me like sister Ildaphonse did in 5th Grade ?? would you ? I still have nightmares of that ol' bitty....

She used to shreek at me with a shrill but  thick germanic accent while chasing me with a ruler ...."YOU LEETLE ONE ! YOU ARE THE DEVIL ! I WILL GET YOU !!!

I don't wanna fake sick just to get outta F sharp class cuz I can't get it after only 200 trys...then out comes the ruler...

uhhm your not a closet nun .....are you ???

doesn't matter .. sign me up !

David


 

Don't worry Droog, one of the classes is HOW TO CHEW GUM.
 

Gum chewing class ??

I'm thinkin ACE !!!!!

 

1. Can we start every morning with a bonding shout out of "Kick Out The Jams Motherfuckers"...or perhaps "MotherPUCKers".
2. Do we have a school motto yet?
3. Do we have do do any form of P.E. or keep fit? I bloody well hope not - but if so, how about alternative CrossCountry Running which would involve visiting an expensive guitar shop, asking to try out say, a Gretsch Nashville, then, while the assistant's back is turned, run like hell out into the street, over walls, fences, parks, rivers etc, and if you make it back to skool without getting arrested, you get to keep the instrument...which you can then Pawn to obtain money for drugs!
I'm telling ya Boss, this ARS thing is a sure fire winner!
 

Really enjoyed this thread , man its good to laugh aye !. Love the insight into your worlds , esp my images of beady eyed nuns , and naughty elephants :)  could chew the fat about genius musicians , their spiritual impact on this world , innately needing no control , but that would ruin the thread , its too funny !
Cheers xxx
 

WOW.... I am sooooooooo nervous about the entry exam..!!  I am SO like, painfully shy and all, I mean I REALLY REALLY want to enroll in this Rock Skoool.... I have ALWAYS had a passionate yearning to be a Rock Bassist!!! its in me I JUST know!! I am always on time for class..... I am always conscientious, always polite, always listening, always neat and sensibly dressed (no mini skirts)....always do homework, ..never chew gum.... never EVER cheat in exams... never make lame excuses... never swear and never flirt with fellow students OR teachers, Sir....

mmmmmmmm? I'm gonna fail this entry exam for sure!!!

*Licks envelope with 100 pounds (thats $182.2 AUS), addressed to a Professor M Scott, note enclosed,                     "Promise my killer Bass lines will make up for my lesser strengths, Sir"

runs off to learn every Waterboys Bass line!



 

 

 

Sorry I'm late to class Sir, MMMMMM I thought Rock and Roll was the sound of skool burning down ?
 

I was thinking about the images of performance artists (referring to the lessons on wearing clothes hehe) and how this seems to relate to their own perception of art, the business of marketing, and popular access. 

Artists who are more flash than panache often suffer from a faulty belief that popular culture is a decent reference for art appreciation.  When popular music is hand picked by marketers, the lowest common denominator music is often New Kids on the Block.  When loved music is hand picked by appreciators, the lowest common denominator marketing is often posters made with Sharpies. 

If, in fact, an artist is in-line and inclined to do centered, thoughtful creation, the un-centered marketing aspect can take the beauty out of the process.  If the priority to create and move is there, the small artist must make many decisions that can potentially move them from largely marketable spheres.  That sucks, I hate making those choices since it's not just me I'm making them for.  The entire band, their people, and the fans are all affected.  As much as my band thinks of the music, they mostly love being a part of music--that scratches their itch. 

If getting dressed for a show is terribly different than getting dressed to meet your folks, there is a disconnect somewhere that is likely heard in the music.  Ok.  I have to make a poster now for Wednesday.  :)

As they say here in the South, love all y'all!

Laurel Lee



 

 

I was just reading that there's a Beatles Masters Degree course being offered in Liverpool. Somehow takes all the fun out of Beatleology & being a fan IMO