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Adam-12
Monday - Friday: 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Alternate Names: Ad-Rock, A-1-2, and A-Twizzle are all good with me.
Hometown: Hey, I’m here NOW.
Served Time In: Jersey, Rochester NY, and Buffalo NY. And I recommend the first and the third of those places. In Rochester, everyone walks around like they’re too good for the place. Actually I think they now have to declare the sticks up their asses on their property tax forms.
Favorite Expression: Oy Vey. Dagnabbit is also really good… except when it comes out of my mouth.
Bands I Couldn’t Live Without: Metallica, ZZTop, Rush, Smashing Pumpkins, Echobelly (Got me a real fetish for female-fronted Eurotrashy rock-pop bands from the 90s), Killswitch Engage (RRRRRAH!), and full-custom gospel sounds of The Reverend Horton Heat.
Movies In High Rotation: Where Eagles Dare (Richard Burton + Clint Eastwood = Smart and Badass), Chinatown, The Kid Stays in The Picture, and apart from that last one not much else that was made after 1975.
TV:
Top Gear, The Office (All Emmys should be divvied up between Steve Carrell and Rainn Wilson – ALL ‘of em), King of the Hill (HOW are they cancelling this?! The writing’s better than The Simpsons!), The Daily Show (first 5 minutes only), The Colbert Report (first 10 seconds mostly), Family Guy, American Dad, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, The McLaughlin Group (John McLaughlin is the most fascinating....... I'm not sure he's human, so THING on television)Favorite Food: Anything spicy.
Favorite Car: BMW 328xi… just in case anyone wants to buy me one.
Favorite Sexual Position: Chairman of the Board. It’s all about the dictation.
Yeah, I’ll have a… : Jack and Coke. Thanks.
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JOIN ADAM-12 AT RHYTHM HEALS – FEATURING N.E.D.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH - CAT’S CRADLE IN CARRBORO
www.catscradle.com
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH – LINCOLN THEATRE IN RALEIGH
www.lincolntheatre.com
No one talks about gynecologic cancers. And on those 2 nights you won’t hear much about it either. For now, just know that they’re not rare, and the survival rate is not high. I’m hoping you can help me to change that by coming out to one of these two shows.
N.E.D. (stands for No Evidence of Disease) is a band made up of gynecologic oncologists by day - but if I didn’t tell you that you wouldn’t know it, since they don’t sound like guys who moonlight in a rock band. They put as much passion, energy, and knowledge into their music on stage as their do with their work in the hospital.
Here’s N.E.D.’s website: www.nedtheband.com.
I really appreciate your reading this. Hope to see you at the shows.
12’s Top 12 Signs That Your Band Might Not Rock Anymore
12. You bring a kid onstage.
11. You bring your kid onstage.
10. Your kid’s band has opened up for your band.
9. You do a covers album.
8. A covers album of your songs is done.
7. A covers album of your songs is done and you’re on it covering your own song.
6. Your name appears below:
Chrissie Hynde, Elton John, Billy Joel, Sugar Ray, Axl Rose, Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Bono, and others (don’t want to make you scroll down too far)
5. Your new album - which no one asked you to make - all of a sudden wins a Grammy.
4. More than 3 poptarts cite you as a "major influence."
3. You’re playing political events.
2. You’d rather talk about your investments than your music.
1. You’ve played the Super Bowl.
12s Top 12: How Do YOU Spell Rock?
12. 96.1FM WBBB Raleigh, The Triangle (of course)
11. RAK
10. RACK (…….. exactly what else you’re thinking)
9. rhk (Hey, one of ‘em’s gotta be lowercase, understated, and nerdy. When your computer breaks, a fan of this spelling’s gonna fix it)
8. RRRRRRROCK!
7. This NUMBER just plain rocks……
6. 96/RK (And not just because it’s on our new t-shirt…… But because that T-shirt’s also FREE if you come to Downtown Live this summer….. and can catch)
5. RAHK
4. ROHCK
3. ROK
2. RAWK
1. 96ROCK (of course)
12's Top 12
(This Infrequent And In No Particular Order Series Continues With….)
The Top 12 "Underdog" Albums Of The 90s
(That Don’t Require Too Much Work To Get Into)
12. Fishbone – The Reality of My Surroundings
Crack-City Gospel-Metal
11. XTC – Nonsuch
Best Beatlesque Songwriting
10. Flat Duo Jets – Lucky Eye
Chapel Hill-based, gamut-running rockabilly. Great atmosphere.
9. Think About Mutation – Hellraver
One song references both Metallica and "Short Dick Man" while sending the Beats-Per-Minute skyward; the rest are equally punishing and freaky. This kinda thing was new in 1996, and it’s still ass-whuppin’ today. So hard to get that when the lady friend found it for me I was so grateful I moved in with her. Thanks babe.
8. Echobelly – On
Best European Rock-Pop; wailing female vocals over bashing, layered guitars and a top-flight rhythm team. If this had been what Lilith Fair was about instead of Sarah McCrotchrot and her Cadre of Sleep-Aids, I would’ve actually been on board for it.
7. ZZTop – Rhythmeen
Their best album. The Taj Mahal of Dirt-Rock. Anyone who didn’t follow the band beyond Eliminator at least until this disc is a sorry specimen.
6. Portishead – Roseland NYC Live
The "Sour Times" become orchestral. Gorgeously haunting. That’s right, I said gorgeously.
5. Afghan Whigs – 1965
The premise seemed ridiculous: Pasty guys from Cincinnati go to New Orleans to record their ultimate statement. The result? The perfect kinda Crazy/Sexy/Cool.
4. Lethargy – It’s Hard to Write With a Little Hand
Hyper-technical Death-Groove from Rochester, NY. An oversaturation of talent. It’s no wonder that the group was cherry-picked apart not long after the disc’s release - the drummer and lead guitarist are now in Mastodon.
3. Midnight Oil – Scream in Blue Live
The band name and the album title are all the intro you should need.
2. Medicine – Her Highness
A tsunami of guitar noise to be sure, but it’s gonna be ahl-right. Gih-Guh-Dy!
1. ?
You tell me tonight at 919-860-9600 and adam12@96rockwebmail.com
12's TOP 12 NOOKIE CDs FOR GENTLEMEN
F the IPod!
Not literally, of course, but look: a jukebox machine such as that can only brand you as a rough-trade student in Pelvic Arts 101. And a custom-made sex mix is wrong wrong WRONG. In order to avoid another lonely night with Mr. Lefty, what you want is to project knowledge to your prospective companion. If you instinctively know what music to reach for when the moment is near, chances are your counterpart will find you WORLDLY and perhaps even EXOTIC. That should give you a distinct Edge over the Meatheads and Metrosexuals that constitute the usual "Life sucks when you’re single and not taken" hookup fare. And if it doesn’t, you’ve probably only lost someone who doesn’t know ass from elbow in bed anyway. Next!
12. Hooverphonic – The Magnificent Tree
Really good atmosphere, beats, and female vocals goin’ on.
11. Love and Rockets – Sweet F.A.
Multi-layered goth-pop. "Sweet Lover Hangover" is on it….. and check out the wink-nudge title.
10. Van Morrison – Moondance Dave Matthews is a serious yawner by now. This never gets tired.
9. Deftones – White Pony
Dark, yes. But most effective if nastiness is in the air.
8. Garbage – Version 2.0
Also good for nastiness, but without the darkness of Deftones. Plus Shirley, plus "Push It": Can’t go wrong.
7. The Catherine Wheel – Happy Days
By the time these Brits get to "Waydown", you should be heading south as well.
6. A Perfect Circle – Thirteenth Step
Subtle and smooth.
5. Peter Gabriel – Passion: The Last Temptation of Christ (Movie Soundtrack)
Tell her you found it in some market the last time you were in Morocco. If she asks how far a drive that is from Cary, she is not worthy of this.
4. Radiohead – (Any album except Pablo Honey)
This oughtta be obvious. If not, you’re not worthy.
3. Rob Zombie – American Made Music to Strip By
His remix disc. DO IT, BABY!
2. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
An underused classic - just like you, my man.
1. Tenacious D – (Self-Titled)
If she’s willing to do you after listening to "Kielbasa", fly to Vegas and marry her IMMEDIATELY!
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