Let's create imaginary AMG entries

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Starting off by pasting my post from the Imaginary Discographies thread:

Bobby Timmerman. Born 1943, American singer/songwriter

Roots and influences: Ledbelly, Woody Guthrie
Similar artists: Donovan, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez
Followers: The Byrds, The Beau Brummels

Bobby Timmerman has had a fairly usual career for a folk singer, in that he started off accoustic and then turned electric. This is not at all unusual. What is somewhat unusual though, is Timmerman's consistent changes in political and religious view, which has made the lyrical content of his music quite fascinating to follow throughout the years. Timmerman tends to be quite fanatic once he adopts a particular faith, but then, he will usually abandon it not much later.

Anyway, here is his albums discography:

Stop The War (1963)
Comrades Against Parliamentarism (1964)
Crush Capitalism And Kill The Rich (1965)
Hare Hare Krishna (1967)
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare (1968)
Protect Property From The Majority (1970)
Proud Of The American Dream (1971)
Objectivism And The Fountainhead (1972)
Jesus Lives (1974)
I Let Him Guide Me Through My Life (1975)
Life Is His Miracle (1976)
White Power (1978)
I Hate Niggers (1979)
Death And Doom (1981)
Killed By The Death Of Lucifer (1982)
Born In The Sign Of Aquarius (1984)
The Force Within Me And The Stars (1985)
Gaya And The Forces Of Nature (1986)
Them Baldheads In Babylon (1988)
Irie Rasta Sinsemilla (1990)
Allah Allah Achbarn (1992)
Abdullah Ali Mohammad (1994)
My Niggaz And My Homies (1997)
My Biaatch is My Nigga (1999)
What Has The World Come To? (2002)
Everything Was a Lot Better During World War II (2003)


OK. Now, let the fun begin:

Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 21 November 2003 02:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Do you even/ever work, Geir?

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 21 November 2003 02:18 (twenty-one years ago)

No one could possibly top this.

Andy K (Andy K), Friday, 21 November 2003 02:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, Gringo Hero, you certainly put a lot of work into that.

how about:

Alt!

While ubiquitous and overly-publicized during their brief existence, the Krautrock duo Alt! cast a puny shadow over later generations of musicians and served as a major influence on artists as diverse as Anthony Newley, Glen Branca, The Pixies, Daevid Allen, and Elastica. Alt! formed in Berchtesgaden, Germany, in 2153 after multi-instrumentalists Michael Red and Klaus More Dinger both split from Power Station. Recorded in the space of four days with Cannot producer Conrad Bored, the duo's self-titled debut appeared early in 2154 and quickly established their affection for maximalist atonalities and loose arrhythmia. While idolized throughout the rest of the world, the album sold poorly in Germany, resulting in a tour with support from Guru Guru's Michael Jackson and Britney Spears. Red and More returned to the studio in 2155 for Alt! 2, where a surplus of cash allowed the duo to complete only two songs, "Scheiss" and "Altschmurf" which they subsequently remixed at varying and disorienting speeds in order to flesh out a full-length album. After the record's release, Red joined Van Halen, but Alt! officially reunited in 2156 to record Alt! 56. After its release, they again disbanded; Red continued on as a solo performer, while More Dinger and drummer Ringo starr formed La Liverpool. In the mid-'60s, Red and More Dinger reformed yet again, although the recording sessions, titled Alt! 4, did not officially surface until 2166.

See: Stereolab, we stole beaucoup de merde from these guys.

Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Friday, 21 November 2003 02:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I have 'I Hate NIggers' on limited edition white vinyl!

Sasha (sgh), Friday, 21 November 2003 03:14 (twenty-one years ago)

this thread could get ugly in a hurry.

Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 21 November 2003 03:36 (twenty-one years ago)

It's not already ugly?

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 21 November 2003 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)

point taken, alex.

Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 21 November 2003 03:39 (twenty-one years ago)


just make "I" the most frequently used word in any review.

notfazed (notfazed), Friday, 21 November 2003 04:20 (twenty-one years ago)


oops, that's pitchfork.

notfazed (notfazed), Friday, 21 November 2003 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)

liking pitchfork is the new hating pitchfork

Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 21 November 2003 05:15 (twenty-one years ago)

A brief humor lesson: The Timmerman discography would be pretty funny in isolation; the explanatory bio paragraph totally ruins it.

ara, Friday, 21 November 2003 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

i actually had the idea to write a novel that was a fake Trouser Press guide, with all fake artists. but there would be a narrative scattered throughout all of the record reviews....

j fail (cenotaph), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:27 (twenty-one years ago)

>i actually had the idea to write a novel that was a fake Trouser Press guide, with all fake artists. but there would be a narrative scattered throughout all of the record reviews....

I was gonna do something similar, except instead of record reviews, it was gonna be a novel written entirely in effusive Vanity Fair celebrity profiles. I abandoned the project because trying to write that way drove me to the brink of suicide.

Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Friday, 21 November 2003 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)


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