Roll Call: Shannon Mulvaney
November 28th, 2008 by Chad Radford in Music news, roll call
For today’s Roll Call we call out Shannon Mulvaney, record store clerk and bass player for Anna Kramer & the Lost Cause.
Who are you?
Shannon Mulvaney = Record store working class elitist, bass player/band loser, Irish American prone to depression and sunburns and inappropriate drunken displays of affection or violence, devoted and flawed husband, record label “owner,” dog lover, he-man, conflicted, really a pretty nice guy and incapable of self-editing.
Describe yourself in three words.
See above. Especially the self-editing part.
Who — dead or alive — would most you like to meet?
John F. Kennedy at the Palm Springs compound of Frank Sinatra pre-election. I know Kennedy was a silver spoon but he was also a bad ass. Plus you would have hot Hollywood actresses poolside, Cosa Nostra poker games, great food and liquor and 3a.m. drives to Las Vegas when it was still for adults only.
Who would you most like to slap in the face?
Shit… Who don’t I want to slap in the face?
What song do you wish you had written?
“Ace of Spades” Motorhead. No wait, “the Mercy Seat” Nick Cave. No wait, “Tuesdays Gone” Lynyrd Skynyrd. No wait, all of Exile on Main Street… No, No…. “White Girl” X , no…….. What a stupid fucking question.
Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
Elvis Presley. Elvis Costello is great. We all know that. But Presley was larger than life. And bat shit crazy, what with the drugs and guns and young girls in white cotton panties and one of the most memorable deaths in rock star history.
Maybe when Costello dies and the tell all books and tv miniseries come out I’ll change my mind.
LP, CD or MP3?
LP. duh. mp3’s are for people who don’t listen to music for enjoyment.
If you could start one trend, what would it be?
The “anti cell phone, especially the kind you wear on your head like a malignant growth while sitting next to me in public places like a bar and talking about your fucking 401k” trend. Douche bags.
If you could end one trend, what would it be?
The trend of young male hipsters who wear women’s jeans. Unless you have a huge dick, please, for the love of God, shop in the men’s section, Nancy boys. Neil Young should be allowed to kick you in the balls.
With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
Exene (circa ‘82), Amy Poehler, Amy Sedaris, Zooey Deschanel, the girl who sang for Shocking Blue, Emmylou Harris (circa Elite Hotel).
Anna Kramer & the Lost Cause play a benefit show for Ted Welson at The Star Bar on Fri., Dec. 19th. Details to be announced.
Anna Kramer (Live in Atlanta)- I Don’t Want to Be… from entertainmentresearch on Vimeo.
(Photo by Chad Radford)
December 4th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Shannon my anti-spam work in posting this message on this here loafing comment box was “gidday” – I think that says enough.
December 5th, 2008 at 11:49 am
only a record store clerk would clain that people who listen to mp3s aren’t “listen[ing] to music for enjoyment”, lol.
what does that even mean?
December 5th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Wesley What What: If you have to ask you will never know.
December 9th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
dl, interesting attitude.
i own plenty of records and listen to them a lot less now that the internets has introduced me to mp3s.
i find that music in any form is capable of bringing enjoyment to me. but maybe some people don’t get enjoyment out of anything in life???
anyway, u should feel free to join the 21st century anytime –
just leave the poser attitude behind.
December 9th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Dear Wesley,
Apparently “u” haven’t been paying too much attention while cruising the “internets” for new mp3s. I believe Shannon is referring to the enjoyment of music (and recorded sound in general) from an audiophile’s perspective. Digitized sound waves are, even in your highest bitrate, compressed, and there has been constant debate among bloggers and the like regarding the sound quality of mp3s. I’m sure your flash drive weighs a ton, but nothing truly compares to analog sound.
Yours,
Me.
p.s. it’s spelled “poseur”, poseur.
p.p.s. maybe that question should be dropped from the “roll call”, as pretty much all of the hip/scene-sters y’all have interviewed thus far know that it would be musical sacrilege to not say vinyl. love-ceedeez nutz
December 16th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
nope, wasn’t bragging about the size of my hard drive. simply stating that douchebags like this (and even bigger douchebags who hide behind anonymous “me” on the internets) can adopt all the poser attitude they want to compensate for a lack of self esteem but it doesn’t affect people’s ability to enjoy all types of music, in lots of formats.
bitter much, chief?
are u tired of living in your parent’s basement? is ur band not taking off on myspace? perhaps i have the solution for your misplaced anger. go back to school:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTRwhCmcIIY
ps. did u REALLY inform me that i used the wrong spelling of poser? classic. only a true poser would insist on spelling “poseur” rather than the synonym “poser”, lol.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/poser
r u new to the internets, my friend? fyi, these things can always be looked up before one does the bloggings.
pps. since middle scholl ended for most of us years ago, only ur lame azz endz wordz with zzz.
but don’t stop. it tells us a lot about u!