Art's Closet Episode 9

Art's Closet aired live on GNET Radio 11/17/2010

Hello Closet'teers,

Tonight we talked about dieing on air, Deadly Kool-aid and it's shelf life. Fast Food and the McDonald’s Happy Meal that wouldn’t die, and of course cold weather, yep it's beginning.

..of course the following topics...

Gaming topics of the week.

All Points Bulletin, The Second Coming.

Earlier this year Realtime Worlds fell apart and the game “All Points Bulletin” became another Game casualty.

...and then there was light...

APB picked up by GamersFirst

“APB: Reloaded” and reloaded as Free-to-play

Gaming Documentary by Ben Gonyo

Get the DVD of Gamers, a documentary film that explores filmmaker Ben Gonyo's two-year journey into the subculture of MMO games like World of Warcraft. Great for players and anyone wanting to understand the lure of the virtual universe.

Celebrity interviews include Red Sox great Curt Schilling, Best-Selling author RA Salvatore and comedian Jay Mohr. Game developer interviews with Jeff Kaplan of Blizzard, as well as Gamersfirst, 38 Studios, Cryptic and more.

http://gamersfilm.com/homepage

Role-playing and Gaming

“Playing the Role that you Role play so well”

the acting out or performance of a particular role, either consciously (as a technique in psychotherapy or training) or unconsciously, in accordance with the perceived expectations of society as regards a person's behavior in a particular context

participation in a role-playing game

Oxford Dictionary

When you are at the Character Creation Screen, are you role-playing?
In your fav First Person Shooter, are you role-playing?
Some role-players build a back story on their character and write it into the game story line.

Music/Song/Artist Spotlight of the week.

Randall William Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982)

Classical Music, Artistic freedom and a legend is born

Randy Rhoads

Getting a spot with the Ozzman, 2 albums and 3 years later it all comes to an end.

At the age of 14 Rhoads formed a cover band called Violet Fox (after his mother's middle name, Violet), with his older brother Kelle on drums. 
Violet Fox staged several performances in the "Grand Salon" at Musonia, Delores Rhoads's music school.

After the dissolution of Violet Fox, Rhoads taught his best friend Kelly Garni how to play bass, and together they formed a band called The Whore (rehearsing during the day at Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco, a famous '70s Hollywood nightspot), spending several months playing at backyard parties around Los Angeles. Together the pair went on to form Quiet Riot when Rhoads was 16.

In 1979, ex-Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne was forming a new band...

Randy Rhoads departed for the UK to write and record with Osbourne in November 1979.

The band, then known as The Blizzard of Ozz headed into the studio to record the band's debut album, which would also be called Blizzard of Ozz. Rhoads's guitar playing had changed due to the level of freedom allowed by Ozzy and Bob Daisley and he was encouraged to play what he wanted. His work with Quiet Riot has been criticized as being "dull" and did not rely on classical scales or arrangements.

Mr. Crowley Live EP (1980)
Blizzard of Ozz (1980)
Diary of a Madman (1981)

Related articles

• All Points Bulletin (APB) officially acquired by GamersFirst/K2 Network (news.bigdownload.com)

Episode 8

Art's Closet Aired Wednesday Nov 3rd

Hello Closet'teers,

Along with our set topics we opened with apologies for missing last weeks podcast. Mhykol talks about the His DJ gigs, smoking ban at home and touches on Medical Marijuana.

Game topics from the week.

"....we need more Cowbell."

Rocking in Lord of the Rings Online

Compose your own music or play a cover from Coldplay....

LotRO allows you to grab an instrument and jam..in game.

...and yes they have a cowbell.

LotRO-Wiki

LotRO-ABC

The Fat Lute

Available Instruments

• Clarinet
• Flute
• Harp
• Horn
• Lute
• Drum
• Theorbo (sounds like a bass)
• Bagpipes
• Basic Cowbells

Stair way to Heaven - 3 part ABC arrangement by: Durinsbane of Meneldor.
Meneldor Trio playing in LOTRO – Weedhollow

Ghostbusters - Self written ABC file performed by Cervantes and Doreketh of Meneldor.

Dust in the Wind – Not noted

Music/Song/Artist topics of the week.

Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterized by the lyrics, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.

Initially playing blues rock with an experimental flavor, they have also incorporated elements of classical music, folk music, jazz and art rock into their music.

One of the world's best-selling music artists, the band has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide in a career that has spanned five decades.

Wiki

While the previous album Aqualung stretched the band's wings further from the blues of the first three albums, it was still basically mainstream rock. Band leader Ian Anderson was surprised by the critical reaction to Aqualung as a "concept album", a label he's firmly rejected to this day. 

Cover of Aqualung

In an interview on In the Studio with Redbeard (which spotlighted Thick as a Brick), Ian Anderson's response to the critics was: "If the critics want a concept album we'll give the mother of all concept albums and we'll make it so bombastic and so over the top." 

Ian Anderson has been quoted in concerts (most recently 8/14/2009, Schwetzingen Castle, Germany) as stating that Thick as a Brick was written "because everyone was saying we were a progressive rock band, so we decided to live up to the reputation and write a progressive album, but done as a parody of the genre." 

With Thick as a Brick, the band created an album deliberately integrated around one concept: a poem by an intelligent English boy (named Gerald) about the trials of growing up. Beyond this, the album was a send-up of all pretentious "concept albums". Anderson also stated in that interview that "the album was a spoof to the albums of Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmermuch like what the movie Airplane! had been to Airport". The formula was successful, and the album reached number one on the charts in the United States.

Interesting facts

• Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi played guitar for Jethro Tull briefly in 1968 following the departure of Mick Abrahams.
• David O'List briefly played with Jethro Tull in 1968 after the expulsion of Mick Abrahams.
• Genesis' Phil Collins was Jethro Tull's drummer for only one gig:

 

Image via WikipediaHis famous tendency to stand on one leg while playing the flute came about by accident. As related in the "Isle of Wight" video, he had been inclined to stand on one leg while playing the harmonica, holding the microphone stand for balance. During the long stint at the Marquee Club, a journalist described him, wrongly, as standing on one leg to play the flute. He decided to live up to the reputation, albeit with some difficulty. His early attempts are visible in The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus film appearance of Jethro Tull. In later life he was surprised to learn of iconic portrayals of various flute playing divinities, particularly Krishna and Kokopelli, which show them standing on one leg.  

Cover of Ian Anderson

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and the back masking that everyone enjoyed so much, all the cool bands were doing it. Everyone loves a secret.

Hope to see you tonight where we will reveal our own “backward masking” discoveries.

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