Episode 86: Part-time Professionals
Summary: <p>This week on #SlapperCast: a free-form discussion of metal/prog drummers, recent gigs, and how we're learning to navigate this seemingly never-ending pandemic as professional musicians. </p> <p>Topic list:<br> • What coffee are we drinking today?<br> • Patrick’s coffee brewing tips<br> • Praise for drummer Dave Lombardo of Slayer and Mr. Bungle<br> • Dave Lombardo’s on-and-off again relationship with Slayer <br> • Lombardo vs. drummer Paul Bostaph<br> • New tour dates in early October (Wichita KS, Omaha NE, etc.)<br> • T-Bone Tom’s in Kemah on October 23rd<br> • Acoustic Blaggards shows... without a fiddle player?<br> • Many thanks to Tim Kennedy for providing video footage from our performance at the Sherwood Virtual Celtic Gathering<br> • Our recent show at Blackwater Draw Brewing Co. in Bryan TX<br> • Eric’s new drum kit<br> • Texas Governor Greg Abbott is choking our pubs and breweries<br> • Praise for Chris Buckley, former Blaggard fiddler who played with us last week<br> • Time signature changes vs. “feel” in rock music<br> • Eric’s favorite Rush song<br> • Eric’s upcoming PASIC roundtable discussion on Neil Peart, featuring Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater<br> • Do prog bands take themselves too seriously?<br> • Our habit of teasing audiences with brief bits of classic rock songs we have no intention of actually playing<br> • Our new album is in the mixing stage<br> • Looking forward to getting out-of-state for the first time since the pandemic started<br> • Memories of our first road trip with Eric back in 2017<br> • NEXT WEEK: a giveaway of Blackwater Brewing Co. beer on Episode 87<br> • Upcoming Houston-area shows in November<br> • People who request songs and then disappear<br> • Song requests that make no sense<br> • Billy Joel’s overt Beatles influence on “Nylon Curtain”</p> <h3>Join us in IRELAND Fall 2021</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://blaggards.com/ireland/" rel="nofollow">Ireland 2021</a> — Sign up to learn more about our next Ireland tour</li> </ul> <h3>Show dates</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://blaggards.com/shows/" rel="nofollow">Blaggards.com</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/blaggards/events/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bandsintown.com/a/3808" rel="nofollow">Bandsintown</a></li> </ul> <h3>Follow us on social media</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">YouTube</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/blaggards/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/blaggards/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a></li> </ul> <h3>Become a Patron</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">Join Blaggards on Patreon</a> for bonus podcast content, live tracks, rough mixes, and other exclusives.</li> </ul> <h3>Rate us</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slappercast-a-weekly-talk-show-with-blaggards/id1452061331" rel="nofollow">Rate and review SlapperCast on iTunes</a> </li> </ul> <h3>Questions?</h3> <p>If you have questions for a future Q&A episode, </p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">leave a comment on Patreon</a>, or </li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/blaggards" rel="nofollow">tweet them to us</a> with the hashtag <strong>#slappercast</strong>.</li> </ul><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/blaggards" rel="payment">Support SlapperCast</a></p>
