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Take the First Annual Next In Line Music Snob Quiz

Posted on by Steve Levandoski

  1. Who wrote the Elvis Costello Hit “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding?”

A. Nick Lowe

B. Nick Cave

C. Nick Drake

D. Nick Cannon

Answer 

  1. What guitarist’s signature Musicman guitar was designed to accommodate women’s breasts?

A. Crook Kid Coathanger (The Coathangers)

B. Annie Clark (Saint Vincent)

C. Hester Chambers (Wet Leg)

D. Courtney Barnett

Answer

  1. What is the name of L Ron Hubbard’s Acid Jazz group?

A. Dianetics Dancers

B. The Music-tologists

C. Tommy and the Cruisers

D. The Apollo Stars 

Answer

  1. Who was the muse behind Leonard Cohen’s “Chelsea Hotel?”

A. Joan Biaz

B. Pattie Boyd

C. Leonard Cohen

D. Janis Joplin

Answer

  1. Early on in their career, members of the Sex Pistols famously stole all their gear from what established Rocker?

A. David Bowie.

B. The Who

C. The Clash

D. Hermin’s Hermits.

Answer

  1. What band featured a one-armed drummer twenty years before Def Lepard?

A. The Shaggs

B. The Barbarians 

C. The Amazon Poodles

D. The Mummies

Answer

  1. Which bass player tried out for Metallica and didn’t make it?

A. Lemmy

B. Jason Newstead

C. Tommy Stintson

D. Les Claypool

Answer

  1. Which James Brown Drummer invented the legendary Purdie Shuffle, which mixes two time signatures on top of each other?

A. Bernard “The Funky Drummer” Purdie

B. Bernard “Sticks” Purdie

C. Bernard “Pretty” Purdie

D. Bernard “Stretch” Purdie

Answer

  1. What Hip Hop DJ now owns an ostrich farm?

A. DJ Freeze

B. Magic Mike

C. DJ Vinyl Richie

D. Terminator X

Answer

  1. Which brothers still get along and tour together?

A. The Mael brothers (Sparks)

B. The Gallagher Brothers (Oasis)

C. The Davies brothers (The Kinks)

D. The Brothers Brothers (In Living Color)

Answer

  1. Who sang the hook on the Sleaford Mods song “Mork and Mindy?”

A. Billy Noalohas

B. Billy Nomates

C. Billy Nofear

D. Billy Nosleep

Answer

  1. Which record producer composed the Windows 95 startup theme song on a Mac?

A. Brian Eno

B. Quincy Jones

C. Flood

D. Rick Rubin

Answer 

  1. Who played drums on the Rush song “Working Man?”

A.  Neil Peart

B. Hal Blaine

C. Steve Gadd

D. John Rutsey

Answer

  1. What rocker was never threatened at gunpoint by Phil Spector?

A .John Lennon

B. Ronnie Spector

C. Leonard Cohen

D. Dee Dee Ramone

E. Deborah Harry

F Karen Carpenter

Answer

  1. Which is not a Ministry album title?

A. Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins

B. The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste

C. The Dark Side of the Spoon

D. From Beer to Eternity

Answer

  1. What musician invented the harmonica holder?
  1. Bob Dylan 
  2. Johnny Cash
  3. Les Paul
  4. Tom Scholtz

Answer 

      17. What Athens GA Band shared a rehearsal space in an abandoned slaughter house with the B-52’s?

A. Die Monster Die

B. Love Tractor

C. Pylon

D. REM

Answer

    18. Who is the uncredited singer of the Pee-wee Playhouse theme song?

A. Madonna

B. Annie Potts

C. Dale Bozzio

D. Cyndi Lauper

Answer

   19. Speaking of Pee Wee’s Playhouse, who worked as a production assistant on the show?

A. Twiggy Ramarez 

B. Rob Zombie

C. Elliot Smith

D. Trent Rezner

Answer

20. Which “5th Beatle” played keys during the rooftop sessions?

A. Paul Shaffer

B. Donald Fagan

C. Billy Preston

D. George Martin

Answer

Scores

90-100% -You are invited to the vegan, gluten-free BBQ. 

70- 89%– You can keep your horn-rimmed glasses.

60-69% -Do you even thrift, bro?

59% and below– May we interest you in some Richard Marx or Michael Bolton compact disks? 

Help Find the Cure for Affluenza.

Posted on by Steve Levandoski

Why I Care. 

The term “Affluenza” is “the inability to understand the consequences of one’s actions because of financial privilege.” Affluenza affects 1% of the US population, so about 3.2 million United States citizens. 

Licensed psychologist, G. Dick Miller (“Call me Dick”) defended maligned teen Ethan Couch, after the poor boy, accidentally killed a couple people in a drunk driving incident while innocently sowing his wild oats. He was mercifully given 10 years probation and no jail time, but his untreated Affluenza continued to plague him until he skipped out on parole, ending up the subject of a manhunt that ended Mexico where he was found higher than Willie Nelson on his birthday. Sadly, Couch’s luck ran out. He was arrested, convicted, jailed, and released last year. This didn’t happen in Communist China. This happened in the U.S. of A.

To my knowledge, there is no other research being conducted to find a cure. (I didn’t look too hard, though.) I’m willing to sacrifice my health and help fight Affluenza from the inside, by accepting enough donations for me to join the 1%. In the great State of Pennsylvania, that’s just $388,593 a year. A pittance compared to the cost of research of other diseases. I don’t even need a laboratory, though I might buy one on a whim to make small batch gin.

What I’m Willing to Endure.

I’m willing to infiltrate the 1% and report back on the side effects, including but not limited to:

Wearing boat shoes with no socks.

Clapping off-rhythm at concerts. 

Suffering from hemophilia developed from recursive inbreeding.

Developing a reluctance to tipping waitstaff, especially automatic gratuities for tables of four or more.

Naming my kids Mercedes, London, or Baron.

Suggesting that the impoverished pull themselves up by their boot straps without providing boots.

Referencing the tribulations of deceased immigrant relatives that I never met.

Taking up two parking spots in my future Beamer. Three if I get a Tesla. 

Severe allergic reactions to paying taxes to where I’ll need to isolate myself from my money using offshore accounts. 

Why I’m Qualified.

As a cis gendered, white male Gen X’er, I’ll fit right in, after I get a Peaky Blinders haircut and a Rolex. Did I mention that I’m really into bath bombs? I think, given proper funding, I could take to frivolous spending like ants to syrup.

How YOU can Make a Difference.

For just the price of a cup of coffee a day, you can buy me a cup of coffee a day. Is there a chance that I will ghost everyone after receiving my first thousand and flake out on my research? Of course. I don’t own a crystal ball. Who knows what journey this disease will take me on? But if my fresh Yeeseys 450’s can bring us one step closer to a cure, then it’s all worth it. Be a hero. Do your part.

https://www.gofundme.com/manage/help-find-the-cure-for-affluenza

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Free Software for Starving Artists that Actually Works.

Posted on by Steve Levandoski

Gimp Photo Editor.  I’m a tightwad, so Gimp is the only editor I use for Next in Line Magazine’s images, including the toolbox above. You might as well grab the G’mic expansion pack while you are at it.

Download Gimp Here.

DaVinci Resolve. The free version has everything you need for basic editing and color correction. Perfect for creating band videos or youtube tutorials, it’s so handy that I feel dirty using it for free. Here is a Scraddle Vision bumper I made using Resolve featuring a dear friend of the show that we totally didn’t hire on Cameo.

Download Davinchi Resolve Here.

Pity you!

Shotcut. Shotcut was my go-to until I found out about Da Vinci Resolve. With less of a learning curve than Resolve, this one could be more appropriate for the technically unsavvy.

Download Shocut here.

Audacity. This one ain’t too shabby, especially for the price. While it’s nowhere near as robust as  Pro Tools, it’s still everything the Beatles had in a box, so no excuses! Here is a little jam with my friend Jay on guitar. You can hear me soloing the individual tracks.

Download Audacity here.

ASIOFREEFORALL Driver. This is for anyone running DAW software like Pro Tools, Cubase, or Studio One. I’m no Chris Lord-Alge, but I do know that it’s much easier to mix music when the sound actually comes out of your speakers.

Download Asio4all here.

OBS. This is perfect for screen capturing or getting really fancy with Live Streaming. It’s not an intuitive program —so get ready to watch tutorials —but it can do a lot of cool shit if you want to get fancy with live streaming with multiple cameras. 

My buddy Jay set up green screens in three different rooms during quarantine, and then pasted us together on the same screen with crazy effects ala Black Sabbath. Here is an impromptu jam with Sir Richard Brown.

Download OBS Here.

HandBreak. Need to transcode a video from one format to another or rip a DVD? (Whatever those things are.) Don’t worry, I got you.

Download HandBreak Here.

Vanido. This app is like Guitar hero, but for singing on pitch. I practice alone in a parked car for better acoustics and privacy. (My neighbors already think that I’m nuts for many justified reasons.) Available for Iphone or Android at their respective app stores.

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