The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part nine — Page 135

Heh, Sarah. I'm about to name my computer "Blue" for... blue screen of death... not a good sign.

On a happy note, I bought the Jesus Christ Superstar movie for $1 at the local library.

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Aww. Blue screens suck.

I figured I'd abuse them, so the names kinda fit.

Has anyone else listened to the Adam Pascal Band (I stil can't get over that name!) demo songs yet? He sounds good, as always, but I didn't care for them too much.

I wonder if this earlier sound is his favorite and his music became mellower on his solo albums because his earlier efforts weren't a success, or if where he is now musically is simply a product of the passing of time. Perhaps it's a bit of both.

The three songs just seem uninspired to me. There's nothing there that really keeps me listening.

I believe Mesmerized was played at some of the Model Prisoner shows, although it could have originated with APB.

ETA: If you're really interested in his older sets, you could probably email the owner of that "Adam Pascal Archives" site. It seems as if she went to a lot of the shows, and I'm sure she still remembers some of her experiences.

Updated On: 4/18/06 at 08:11 PM

If you don't mind, I'd like to take a step back to last night's discussion of Daphne's podcast. Here's exactly what was said, after the interviewer mentions Taye and Idina getting together:

Interviewer: And I was talking to Anthony, and I was like, “So Anthony, anything else go on behind the scenes? [Daphne laughs] Were there any other romances, any other hook-ups?” and he said there was some stuff that went on but he couldn’t tell me, [Daphne laughs] so I’m asking you to tell me.

Daphne: Oh well, you know, people fall in love, it’s the oldest trick in the book, and we were no exception. We were crazy about each other.

Here's how it strikes me - it feels a little more personal than as if she were talking about the group as a whole and various hook-ups that occurred, though that still might be the case. I almost get the impression that she's assuming Anthony mentioned her and Adam but wouldn't give any details about it. Just the fact that she says "we were crazy about each other" rather than "we were *all* crazy about each other" gives me that feeling.

Yes, it's definitely ambiguous. The only reason I think she could have misunderstood was that she was laughing over a lot of what the interviewer said. I don't know why I like the idea that she and Adam did have something going on so much, but for some reason it appeals to me.

Here's something else I was thinking about. Knowing Long Island as I do, unless Adam's family was pretty unusual, getting involved with Rent and theater in general must have come as quite a culture shock. That's another question I'd love to hear him address.

Chloe, I'm with you-- that's what I got from it as well. Kudos to Daphne, though-- she somehow managed to answer the question and dodge it at the same time, intentional or not. Now there's a talent!

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Adam! Sigh

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Thanks! I assumed that it was something along those lines, but I'm not very familiar with Long Island. I'd be interested in hearing what he has to say on that issue as well. I don't really know anything about heavy metal culture in the early 90s, either -- did it perpetrate that "manly man" image? I'd assume that the people going to his shows couldn't have been all too conservative, but again, I don't have any real idea.

On a lighter note, did Adam ever really express a love for dirt bikes or were you just listing things that fit with the common stereotype? That image is hilarious.

Adam on a dirt bike? That's a hilarious mental image.

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Probably, Chloe. I don't have any real idea. I think it's also important to keep in mind images vs. reality -- was he putting on a show in order to fit in with the image he wanted to portray or was that the way he truly wanted to act?

On a different note, I'm not sure if heavy metal ever had a true presence in the 90s! I think the more Seattle-based bands (or Seattle-influenced, grunge bands) came in with the 90s (Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins -- my kind of music ), which probably didn't help Mute's chances of being signed either. From what I've heard, I don't think they were some sort of absolutely amazing band, but I believe heavy metal was kind of on its way out by '93/'94 anyway.

LOL, Chloe!

I suppose I'd categorize Mute as heavy metal more than anything else, but I think it has somewhat of a dose of grunge in there as well, along with what would be called "emo" today.

I miss the daily Adam "news."