No lists here though. I started this thing too late in the season to post any original “best of o7″ lists. Not to mention that there are too many of these things to read online these days and there is only one day left in the year, so do you really need another?
Okay, the real reason is that I’m too lazy strapped for time to make one of my own. But I will do the next best thing and list a couple of 07′ lists that I enjoyed. Maybe you will enjoy them too.
Oh 2007, I hardly knew ye:
Bill Maher picks the biggest assholes of the year - Rolling Stone
So the wifey and I ended up at the famed Knitting Factory last night to be a part of a special screening of the new, long awaited 11th episode of Yacht Rock. For the uninitiated, Yacht Rock is a series of hysterical fictional films that tell the stories behind the biggest hits of the “smooth” music of the 70’s and early 80’s. The films follow the lives and careers of soft rockers such as Toto, Steely Dan, Michael McDonald and of course, Kenny Loggins.
So when the wifey and I heard that Yacht Rock mastermind, comedian J.D. Ryznar was having a special screening of a brand new episode of Yacht Rock, we set sail to Tribeca for the event. Unfortunately we didn’t see it, due to what seemed like poor planning. The club itself is three floors and we knew a band was supposed to be playing “smooth” music that night, along with the showing of the new episode and the older ones. Problem was that no one at the club could tell us the order of the events or which floor it would take place. After about an hour or so (doors opened at 8 pm) the band School of Rock started into a nice session of old school Yachtesque cover songs. The neat thing was that the band was made up of grade schoolers, just like that movie. Nice job kids!
It was then I got lucky and discovered that the band was to play at set downstairs, repeat the same set at the upstairs stage and then at 11 pm, the club would show the episodes of Yacht Rock. To make matters worse, they would be shown on little TVs above various bars on various floors. Well call me a snob, but when I hear the word “screening,” I imagine some cinema set up with a screen, not a bunch of TVs. With all of the people at the event and the limited number of screens, I knew that it would have been impossible for wifey and I to see the episodes clearly, considering we’re shortys! With that, combined with the commute back to the Island, wifey and I said “Fuck it!” and set our sail back to the north shore.
To J.D. and co - We love Yacht Rock and the work you do, but next time, have an event with a real theater and party space. I recommend Tribeca Cinemas. That would have been perfect.
I have and will continue to (constantly) make references to music and music lyrics in this blog, I have added a page that will catalog these references. Because not everyone knows the lyrics to that Arcade Fire song I might mention.
