Nov. 8- John Roderick plays benefit

No You Are · Post by **No You Are** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 6:09 pm

If nobody has any answers, I'd say it is up to us to come up with a story...

I heard that John knocked his tooth out when he tripped over a kid's scooter while running down the street trying to get to McDonalds before they stopped serving breakfast. Brotha gots to have his McMuffin.

I.T. · Post by **I.T.** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:51 pm

John's tooth fell out while playing some of the Hendrix-style guitar licks that will be all over the new record.

Post by **Liesbeth** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:24 am

John has had a fake tooth ever since he got into a fight with a Hungarian farmer over a goulash recipe on his walk through Europe. He had it fitted for little money in Bulgaria and quite amazingly it had survived many a skirmish in the band, but came undone in a fairly dramatic monorail accident in June of this year. You may not have heard of this, because it was covered up, rumor has it because the accident was caused by an endangered species of bird that Seattle's mayor (well known for his environmental stance) wanted to protect from shame and slander.

Moni · Post by **Moni** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:24 am

Liesbeth wrote:John has had a fake tooth ever since he got into a fight with a Hungarian farmer over a goulash recipe on his walk through Europe.

Sounds reasonable. And it would explain why we just got a Macaroni Soup recipe in "I Like Food...."!

And thanks to NYA I just had a Falling Down-flashback. At least John didn't pull a D-Fens (at least I hope so).

(Jason - eww!)

leigh · Post by **leigh** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:40 am

I heard that the tooth left of its own accord...on account of John failing to acknowledge its contribution to the lyrics of Pushover.

Moni · Post by **Moni** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:25 am

Who knew teeth could be so sensitive!

Moni · Post by **Moni** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:42 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7vYoKRQb00

that just made me smile

Post by **grant** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:33 pm

I think Elijah should go on tour with the band and do all the introductions.

Harvey Winters · Post by **Harvey Winters** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:27 pm

No You Are wrote:
leigh wrote: In addition, there was the added surprise of being the first audience to listen to John sing sans one of his front teeth?!?
Q: Who punched him in the face?

A: Joe B. Mauldin

leigh wrote:I heard that the tooth left of its own accord...on account of John failing to acknowledge its contribution to the lyrics of Pushover.

I heard that the tooth in question, is the infamous "Tall Chicken"...

longtimecoming · Post by **longtimecoming** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:42 pm

once, in a far away outerspace adventure to the moon- john, while trying to eat some astronaut food, along with tang, broke it right as he sang "one giant step for john...AAARRRGH! kerrang tweedly tweedly bush! the tooth broke..then the ewalks got to him and told him where to get free heroin..cause that last crime, in...in....CRAP JOHN CAUGHT SCHIZOPHRENIA FROM JULIE!!! the rest is just well self explainatory.

Post by **Liesbeth** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:33 am

I think this is so far the most plausible explanation.

by the way, if the tooth is the tall chicken, does that mean that it's gonna be for sale?

zach · Post by **zach** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:44 pm

Liesbeth wrote:by the way, if the tooth is the tall chicken, does that mean that it's gonna be for sale?

And! If so! Will it take long? Because I'm pretty sure you, Liesbeth, could out-last all of us. You're so good at waiting. (I'm just saying.)

sour29 · Post by **sour29** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:09 pm

I suddenly wish I were eating Ice Cream.... strange.

No You Are · Post by **No You Are** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:08 am

It's about time.

Harvey Winters · Post by **Harvey Winters** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:17 pm

Liesbeth wrote: by the way, if the tooth is the tall chicken, does that mean that it's gonna be for sale?

Wow. no one got/cared about the Joe B. Mauldin reference...

If the tooth does go up for sale, I'm betting that it pulls down more dough/creates more drama than the HD Demo tape...

Post by **Liesbeth** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:06 pm

sincere apologies, even after googling I don't get the Joe B. Mauldin reference.

I don't think I would be tempted to buy John's tooth, but perhaps I would like a photo for the library.

Harvey Winters · Post by **Harvey Winters** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:30 pm

Damn...
Joe was a member of Buddy Holly's Crickets, and responsible for knocking Buddy's front teeth out,
before a performance in London...
(Buddy used gum as a temporary replacement onstage)

Therefore, the correct response was: "That'll Be The Day"...
*sigh*

Really???
No one's seen "The Buddy Holly Story", with Gary Busey???
REALLY?!?!?!?

sour29 · Post by **sour29** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:37 pm

Damn. You mean I was participating in the joke and didn't even realize it? Gosh... :(

Squid · Post by **Squid** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:56 pm

Sacha Frere-Jones' take is on her blog for the New Yorker.

Flyn · Post by **Flyn** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:25 pm

In his introduction, John spoke of how he was a big fan of Sasha Frere-Jones' work for many years before finding out that he was a white guy, rather than a black woman. John's voice was incredible that night; if I hadn't thought I had plans, I would've driven to Portland for the next show, in a heartbeat.