Westboro Church Protest Radiohead/Fred Phelps dead
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Topic: Westboro Church Protest Radiohead/Fred Phelps dead
Posted By: rushfan4
Subject: Westboro Church Protest Radiohead/Fred Phelps dead
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 16:36
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And call them freak monkeys with mediocre music. http://www.spin.com/#articles/westboro-baptists-call-radiohead-mediocre-ridiculous-protest?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=031312" rel="nofollow - http://www.spin.com/#articles/westboro-baptists-call-radiohead-mediocre-ridiculous-protest?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=031312
Radiohead's concert last night in Kansas City drew in more than art-rock fans from throughout the Midwest. It also attracted a bunch of self-proclaimed religious folks known for picketing gay rights events, American troops' funerals, and Foo Fighters concerts. And the protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, even brought their own attempt at music criticism. (They still like The Bends, you just know it.) As http://www.ateaseweb.com/2012/03/11/radiohead-live-in-kansas-city-live-report/" rel="nofollow - - described the band as "freak monkey's with mediocre tunes," which is [SIC] on arguably multiple levels, depending on whether you're talking to a diehard Radiohead fan or not. Also: God hates correct punctuation, apparently. Although the British rockers sadly didn't stage their own counter-protest, as http://www.spin.com/articles/foo-fighters-protest-hate-filled-church-group" rel="nofollow - - quipping , "Highlight of the tour so far." Welcome to the freak-monkey house! During the set, Radiohead played "Supercollider," a 2011 non-album single, for the first time on their current swing through our occasionally embarrassing continent. Listen to the band's performance of the pulsating electro-rock ballad, a leftover from the King of Limbs sessions and a mainstay of their 2008 tour: I didn't post the video, but if you want to see it you can click on the above link to the article. ------------- 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 16:47
Yeah...calling their tunes mediocre might be too much credit. 
Though this seems rather silly. But thats the westboro baptist church for you. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 16:50
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Ricochet wrote:Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 16:53
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Freak Monkeys! ? Thats a complement surely? ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 18:08
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WBC is strange folk. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 18:37
And they're calling Radiohead freak monkeys? 
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 19:22
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Ah Kansas, how I love you. They really need to get out of my state and go to Oklahoma. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 19:47
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"On the way to Oklahoma, a voice inside my mind Demanding that my senses expanded space and time The voice revealed a feeling of heated ecstasy On the way to Oklahoma, I peed upon a tree" The Residents  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 22:08
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^Wow, just as we were talking about the Westboro Baptists on the faith based prog thread...this comes out. ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 23:08
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You've got to be kidding me. Someone feed WBC excessive doses of Comus, Beefheart, Faust. They need it. Or rather, I need the laugh. ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 23:44
^Lock them in a room with Toby Driver for 15 mintues, they'd probably go insane.  ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 01:18
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I don't understand why this sect protest: do they blame Radiohead for some political/social/philosophical reason or only because they don't like the music? I know that Black Sabbath or the Sex Pistols had problems when touring, but their adversaries throw some (more or less) focused reasons. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 02:31
What exactly do you mean by "go"? The sanity train left the station a long time ago.------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 11:14
Or John Cage and John Zorn... ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 22:26
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I guess the Westboro Baltists won't be featured anytime soon in the LGBT thread in the prog lounge... ------------- 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 22:27
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They're right about the mediocre music part. King Of Limbs is pretty awful. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 15 2012 at 04:45
I see, they're actually big Radiohead fans upset about their new album.
Shhh, we don't want them to show up there and protest.  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 15 2012 at 07:23
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Posted By: mono
Date Posted: March 15 2012 at 07:44
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: March 15 2012 at 11:38
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^Jesus would have never made such a lowly reference to the phallus.... -------------
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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: March 15 2012 at 12:50
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Aside from Pablo Honey, all of Radiohead's albums are at least great IMO. So far beyond mediocre in my eyes. |
Posted By: dave-the-rave
Date Posted: March 15 2012 at 16:51
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 17 2014 at 18:34
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Fred Phelps is near death according to this article. http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/17/westboro-baptist-church-founder-near-death/comment-page-2/#comments" rel="nofollow - http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/17/westboro-baptist-church-founder-near-death/comment-page-2/#comments The next ghost of Bob Marley?
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: March 18 2014 at 05:31
Can't wait to see who pickets his funeral. ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 18 2014 at 11:55
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I've discussed this with chat buds. We are all pretty much in agreement that the best thing to do is to ignore that publicity whore, but I bet there are some vets out there will repay the "favors" the WBC did to them. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 18 2014 at 17:28
Fred Phelps Was Reportedly Excommunicated From Westboro Baptist Church For Advocating A 'Kinder Approach'------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 20 2014 at 11:47
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/20/us/westboro-church-founder-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_c2" rel="nofollow - Fred Phelps has died.
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: March 20 2014 at 12:00
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Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: March 20 2014 at 12:09
Probably his own people. They just can't help it at this point. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 20 2014 at 16:25
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Lol this being in a music part of the forum. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: March 21 2014 at 04:02
Maybe he led a second life as an obscure and unknown prog musician, though this is quite hard to imagine. I'll checkout the "Unsigned bands" and "Welcome artists" sections one of these days .------------- 
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