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Title: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 12, 2005, 09:26:00 am
Since there are so many Fulks fans here, thought I'd share...
 
 The Opry's anniversary is being covered by the Today show on October 14th as well. The show will run a segment featuring footage of Robbie performing at the Opry and talking-head comments from Robbie on the venue, the occasion, and the feeling of singing on country's greatest stage. A version of the piece will also run on that evening's Nightly News on NBC, but it's unclear whether that version will include Robbie. Be sure to record Robbie schmoozing with Katie and Matt from 7-10 a.m., October 14th.
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 12, 2005, 09:50:00 am
don't you automatically poke fun at any artist which appears on a morning news or chat show?
 
 why is fulks not garning any of your usual "clever" remarks for this appearence...
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 12, 2005, 09:54:00 am
An interview and clips of someone performing a separate show is a totally different thing than a performance where the record company is paying for the Today show appearance. Get the difference?
 
 
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  don't you automatically poke fun at any artist which appears on a morning news or chat show?
 
 why is fulks not garning any of your usual "clever" remarks for this appearence...
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 12, 2005, 09:55:00 am
no
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 12, 2005, 10:00:00 am
Artist A appears on a cheesy show to promote themselves/ their product.
 
 Artist B appears on a cheesy show to talk about a topic someone deemed worthy of reporting.
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: sonickteam2 on October 12, 2005, 10:03:00 am
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Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
  Artist A appears on a cheesy show to promote themselves/ their product.
 
 Artist B appears on a cheesy show to talk about a topic someone deemed worthy of reporting.
whatever helps you sleep at night, Rhett...
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 12, 2005, 10:08:00 am
but wont this mean that you'll have to share IOTA with a bunch of drunk on a half of glass of wine swilling, cellphoning yacking, track suiting wearing  soccer moms the next time Fulks plays there?  unless of course you find that crowd "HOTT"
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: Venerable Bede on October 12, 2005, 10:10:00 am
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
   track suiting wearing  soccer moms
tell me more about these track-suit wearing soccer moms.
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: ggw on October 12, 2005, 10:11:00 am
Will Fulks be on before or after the segment where they show you how to make that Jell-o thing with the little marshmallows in it?
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: eltee on October 12, 2005, 10:27:00 am
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Originally posted by sonickteam, forum nice guy:
   
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Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
  Artist A appears on a cheesy show to promote themselves/ their product.
 
 Artist B appears on a cheesy show to talk about a topic someone deemed worthy of reporting.
whatever helps you sleep at night, Rhett... [/b]
:D  
 They will replay portions on the evening news...hmph, no mass marketing there.  ;)
 The show isn't at Iota...Now the show will be over-runneth w/ teens.  ;)
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 12, 2005, 10:29:00 am
Jammin Java. not Iota.
 
 
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  but wont this mean that you'll have to share IOTA with a bunch of drunk on a half of glass of wine swilling, cellphoning yacking, track suiting wearing  soccer moms the next time Fulks plays there?  unless of course you find that crowd "HOTT"
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: kosmo vinyl on October 12, 2005, 10:31:00 am
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
   
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
   track suiting wearing  soccer moms
tell me more about these track-suit wearing soccer moms. [/b]
they'll be complaining about the price of gasoline...
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: smakawhat on October 12, 2005, 01:36:00 pm
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
   
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
   
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
   track suiting wearing  soccer moms
tell me more about these track-suit wearing soccer moms. [/b]
they'll be complaining about the price of gasoline... [/b]
The question is though are they hot??
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 12, 2005, 01:39:00 pm
Put a track suit on anybody, and they'll look hot. Even Guiny.
 
 
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Originally posted by smakawhat:
   
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
   
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
     
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
   track suiting wearing  soccer moms
tell me more about these track-suit wearing soccer moms. [/b]
they'll be complaining about the price of gasoline... [/b]
The question is though are they hot?? [/b]
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 13, 2005, 03:09:00 pm
So I guess the irony in all of this is that Robbie Fulks was the guy who wrote "Fuck This Town" about Nashville, and now he's on the fucking Today Show blabbing on about hte Grand Ole Opry.
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: Sailor Ripley on October 14, 2005, 11:33:00 am
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Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
  Artist A appears on a cheesy show to promote themselves/ their product.
 
 Artist B appears on a cheesy show to talk about a topic someone deemed worthy of reporting.
Yeah, and Fulks doesn't view this as free advertising...
 
  :roll:  
 
 Like someone said, whatever helps you sleep at night!
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: on October 14, 2005, 01:36:00 pm
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Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: on October 17, 2005, 11:04:00 am
So, is the jury still out on Fulksie? Bands such as Bon Jovi, Clapton & Fulks can probably gain cred now by appearing with Katie & Matt.
 
 What bands would instantly lose cred by appearing on The Today Show?
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: Sailor Ripley on October 17, 2005, 02:15:00 pm
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Originally posted by clouds R²:
  What bands would instantly lose cred by appearing on The Today Show?
McRorie (http://mcrorie.net/)
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: ggw on October 17, 2005, 02:50:00 pm
They are playing "Roots Rock Weirdos" on WOXY.
 
 Rhett can look forward to legions of cell-phone chatting, ironic t-shirt wearers at Fulks' next local gig.
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 17, 2005, 03:03:00 pm
Well the lyrics are pretty ANTI-hipster, but you never know.
 
 The town was hardly stirring, the night clubs all were closed
 Only a washed-up cover band hittin' the stage at Joe's
 The guitar hit the first bar of "Secret Agent Man"
 A door in the back flew open, and into the room they ran!
 
 Roots rock weirdoes, up from the underground
 Starved for a Tele or a B3 -- any out-of-fashion sound
 Roots rock weirdoes, out of their holes they come
 Dressed up like it's 1951.
 
 
 Well, they looked the band gear over and they noted with delight
 The guitar amp was a Bassman, and the bass man played upright
 Then they looked 'round at each other, and they cried, "We Are The Best!
 For we like unpopular music, and just look at the way we're dressed!"
 
 
 Roots rock weirdoes, slapping each others' backs
 Using the hepcat language they thought made them sound black
 Roots rock weirdoes, smoking their Camels straight
 Makin' sure there was nothing up to date.
 
 
 Now Joe, he was slow to anger, but that barkeep found it hard
 Just to watch the air grow toxic with smoke and self-regard
 So he jumped up on a barstool and he shouted out loud and clear:
 "I don't know just what you weirdoes want, but I don't want you in here!"
 
 
 The room grew deathly silent, then up from the stinking ranks
 Rose a homely social worker in a bowling shirt marked "Hank"
 And dropping the fake black diction, he said, "Since you enquired,
 Let me take stock of what we roots rock -- ahem! -- 'weirdoes' desire...."
 
 
 Fishnets for every woman, and lipstick as red as flame
 For every man a tatoo, a Chevy, and a dumb nickname
 Cigarettes in every shirtsleeve, black leather on every back,
 Fanzines in every bookstore, LPs in each record rack.
 
 
 Three chords in every pop song! Four white guys in each band!
 A ruthless media empire to saturate this land
 Then, with our alt.country comrades, and our brothers in neo-swing,
 We'll reclaim music from the kids for our fat dead cracker king!"
 
 
 Roots rock weirdoes, Christ! They're everywhere!
 A little Doc Pomus in their hearts and dark pomade in their hair
 Roots rock weirdoes, out of their holes they come
 Dressed up like it's 1951.
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: ggw on October 17, 2005, 03:14:00 pm
Irony ain't dead.
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: on October 18, 2005, 10:35:00 am
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  They are playing "Roots Rock Weirdos" on WOXY[...]legions of cell-phone chatting, ironic t-shirt wearers at Fulks' next local gig.
Have you got something against bands like Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Blasters, Los Lobos and The Long Ryders???
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 18, 2005, 11:25:00 am
And for a mere $12 it can be purchased on a t-shirt.
 
  <img src="http://robbiefulks.com/store/tshirt1icon.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Irony ain't dead.
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 21, 2005, 05:18:00 pm
Robbie Fulks is now in bed with Fountains of Wayne as well:
 
 http://www.fountainsofwayne.com/home/ (http://www.fountainsofwayne.com/home/)
Title: Re: Robbie Fulks on the Today show Friday
Post by: challenged on October 21, 2005, 06:41:00 pm
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Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
  Robbie Fulks is now in bed with Fountains of Wayne as well:
 
  http://www.fountainsofwayne.com/home/ (http://www.fountainsofwayne.com/home/)
I downloaded the iTunes single yesterday.   Very funny and tuneful, I think.