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  Cover Band Soap Opera: My Wife Guest Stars for ”Ice Ice Baby” Duet in Crowd-Pleasing Bonanza

  1665 readersI can't really piece together how it happened, but one moment I was up on stage, swigging a beer, wrapping up some Weezer chords, and the next moment, my wife was now front and center on the stage, with the rowdy bar crowd chanting for ''Ice Ice Baby.'' So the bassist starts laying down the easily-recognized, very-much-stolen riff, and

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  Cover Band Soap Opera: How Alcohol Affects Playing

  2134 readers I had a few beers1 at this weekend's show with my cover band. As the night went on, three things you started to see from me were more smiles, more stage presence2 and more mistakes. It's all part of the way alcohol affects one's musicianship when consumed in not-tiny quantities.   You ever read one of those articles, where it

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  Cover Band Soap Opera: The Night That One Crazy Girl Got Arrested

  2388 readersOn two occasions, we played in a venue that could best be described as a Olive-Garden-type restaurant. If a loud rock cover band playing in an Olive Garden sounds like a ridiculous scenario, that's because it is. We were well aware of the fact that we would be too loud, but the owner crossed our palms with silver,

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  Cover Band Soap Opera: How a Set List is Constructed

  1699 readersI am in charge of creating the set list every gig for my Cincinnati cover band. We have three sets of music during our four-hour night, with a 20-minute break in between each set. This is fitting, because just as a story is told in three acts, our night is laid out in three acts, each one different

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  Cover Band Soap Opera: The Art of Nonverbal Communication

  1538 readersWhen I'm playing a show with my rock cover band, and the music is at 115 decibals, it gets hard to communicate.  The lead singer and I can talk OK because we speak at close distances. But the bassist and I ... well, that's a different story. 25 feet separate us at any given show, so over the band's

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  Betty White Gives SNL Ratings Boost

  3575 readersEntertainment Weekly reports that Betty White's appearance on Saturday Night Live was a big win for the weekly comedy show. You can see some of the skits from the show here. Betty's appearance gave SNL its biggest overnight ratings in 18 months. The te...

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  Cover Band Soap Opera: ‘Creep’ by Radiohead

  2950 readersFor anyone who follows the ridiculous adventures of my Cincinnati rock cover band, you may have noticed that I don't put up much video.  Truth is, I'm self-conscious. Someone missed a note, or this didn't sound right, or that's blurry, blah blah blah.    Well, no more of that. This is my band playing "Creep" by Radiohead at a recent winter show.

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  Chuck Palahniuk Survives Car Accident

  3208 readersFight Club author Chuck Palahniuk survived a freak car accident. According to UPI.com, Palahniuk (pictured, via) was sitting in his car parked on a driveway when a semi trailer hit his vehicle on Friday. Here’s more from the article: “The semi’s driver took a curve too fast, tipping his trailer. The trailer slid toward Palahniuk’s car and

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  WD’s Chuck and Zac Play ‘Losing My Religion’ as We Rock Out for Journalism

  2567 readersA few months back, Zac Petit and I played some music for the Cincinnati chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) at their annual party. The video is below. I must warn you that is not complete (only about two minutes of the song are there), and ... ... I sing. Yes—you've been warned. Listen at your

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  Band Soap Opera: I’m Thinking About Just Showing Up to a Gig When my Old Originals Band Reunites; Wife Calls Idea ‘Horrendously Awful’

  2192 readersTo summarize my last band-related post, I was very surprised to see that my old Cincinnati-based originals band was reforming after several years. I was a senior in college when the band was together, but don't let that fool you. All the other dudes in the band were older, experienced city rockers - complete with tattoos and long hair