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.
- What coffee are we drinking today?
- Patrick’s coffee brewing tips
- Praise for drummer Dave Lombardo of Slayer and Mr. Bungle
- Dave Lombardo’s on-and-off again relationship with Slayer
- Lombardo vs. drummer Paul Bostaph
- New tour dates in early October (Wichita KS, Omaha NE, etc.)
- T-Bone Tom’s in Kemah on October 23rd
- Acoustic Blaggards shows… without a fiddle player
- Many thanks to Tim Kennedy for providing video footage from our performance at the Sherwood Virtual Celtic Gathering
- Our recent show at Blackwater Draw Brewing Co. in Bryan TX
- Eric’s new drum kit
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been killing our pubs and breweries
- Praise for Chris Buckley, former Blaggard fiddler who played with us last week
- Time signature changes vs. “feel†in rock music
- Eric’s favorite Rush song
- Eric’s upcoming PASIC roundtable discussion on Neil Peart, featuring Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater
- Do prog bands take themselves too seriously?
- Our habit of teasing audiences with brief bits of classic rock songs we have no intention of actually playing
- Our new album is in the mixing stage
- Looking forward to getting out-of-state for the first time since the pandemic started
- Memories of our first road trip with Eric back in 2017
- NEXT WEEK: a giveaway of Blackwater Brewing Co. beer on Episode 87
- Upcoming Houston-area shows in November
- People who request songs and then disappear
- Song requests that make no sense
- Billy Joel’s overt Beatles influence on “Nylon Curtainâ€