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Post by plasticpepper on Feb 7, 2011 16:38:12 GMT -5
Sorry I keep disappearing over the weekends guys...hockey (my other love!) keeps me busy.
Anyway, I really doubt "not one to plateau" is just referring to the person's/band's career or music. Too simple. I'm thinking more like a band or person with a name involving mountains or hills or cliffs or something like that. I know a few people already thought of guesses that fit that, idk how well any of them fit the first half though.
Sorry I keep disappearing over the weekends guys...hockey (my other love!) keeps me busy.
Anyway, I really doubt "not one to plateau" is just referring to the person's/band's career or music. Too simple. I'm thinking more like a band or person with a name involving mountains or hills or cliffs or something like that. I know a few people already thought of guesses that fit that, idk how well any of them fit the first half though.
My first thought was a mountain man, mainly because of the use of the word pioneer. Like Jeremiah Johnson or something.
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Post by rogermexico on Feb 7, 2011 18:29:48 GMT -5
Black Mountain maybe?
There latest is called "Wilderness Heart". "Wilderness" and "pioneer" are certainly related. And the "Heart" could be a reference to sentimentality or a tendency to be maudlin. And the "Mountain" in the band's name certainly isn't a "plateau".
Ryan Adams? Maybe too obvious, but he has that song "Easy Plateau" and he's pretty maudlin in most of his stuff with or without the Cardinals. He just released more music w/ the Cardinals... maybe he'll take this as the time to re-emerge after "retiring". Personally, I would love it, but I'm not sure how much of a headliner he would be, and I'm not sure if the clues are strictly about headliners.
Post by greatdanger on Feb 7, 2011 21:05:45 GMT -5
This is kind of out there, but Tom Cochrane?
He was in Red Rider when they put out "Lunatic Fringe." This pioneer stuff could be a reference to the fact that he is Canadian, or how he's in the Canadian Air Force, or maybe to the whole "Life Is A Highway" thing. Its a shot in the dark, but he still tours as far as I know...
Post by foodforcrows on Feb 8, 2011 1:04:40 GMT -5
I know we have no help from Mr. Chardonnay yet on this, but I was considering the possibility of the "plateau" part to refer to the concept of time. Or age. That is, if that part of the riddle is referring to the artist's name.
So something with a countryish tinge to it... The new Decemberists album is a little more country and a little less rock than everything else they've done, but I'm not sure I could connect them back to the clue...
Maudlin (via the Oxford English Dictionary): Having reached the stage of drunkenness characterized by tearful sentimentality and effusive displays of affection; characteristic of (the behaviour of) someone who has reached this stage.
The Ryan Adams logic could work, his old band was Whiskeytown and they had song titles such as Excuse Me While i Break My Own Heart and I Hope It Rains At My Funeral. He wouldn't plateau because he is constantly releasing material. Living on the fringe...hes talked about retiring from touring but with a new album out who knows
Usually the clues aren't answered correctly this quickly though so it is probably wrong
How about Morrissey... He could be considered a pioneer in the alt-rock... post punk genre... He's lyrics are fairly maudlin/meloncholy as well... In terms of the never being one to plateau..His popularity and creativity has never "plateaued" in a sense...
I don't think the plateau part is reference to anything as abstract as how creative they are or aren't, it's something more specific I'd guess. I also think the pioneer part is a reference to something specific too...I just don't know what.
My initial reaction to the word "maudlin" is an actor, maybe a band with an actor that once played a pioneer or something...30 Seconds To Mars or She & Him or something. Zooey Daschanel's new movie is called Your Highness...not one to plateau? or just do one thing, rather acting and music?
I'm thinking Lucinda Williams.. First of all, she is definitely a maudlin pioneer. Second, she's from Louisiana, which is very low land. Plateaus are generally high masses of land...
Maybe this clue is pointing to an animal. Living on the fringe could mean it's endangered or becoming extinct. One that comes to mind is the reindeer, aka Caribou. Caribou's definitely playing some festivals over the next few months, nothing scheduled yet for mid-June.
Morrisey! Certainly a maudlin pioneer, and he also recorded a song called "Late Night, Maudlin Street" I'm not sure about the fringe part. But he isn't one to plateau in that he has continually made albums since the Smiths.
I think it's Florence and the Machine - Florence is the maudlin pioneer Song: Hurricane Drunk. There was also copyright infringement for one of the songs on Lungs. And during a peformance at an outdoor festival in Australia, so many people crammed in to see them that it caused something to catch on fire which caught their equipment on fire. Australia's geography is named for it's plateaus, so maybe they're not one to go back there.
Post by garychardonnay on Feb 18, 2011 16:15:18 GMT -5
Hello Rooclue lovers, loathers and dedicated sleuthers,
Though we've never done this in the past, I've decided to release to you - our loving and adoring fans - the Rooclues and answers. I'll only be giving the riddle and the answer - not an explanations of my complex and intricate process of creation. I'm sure you can understand why - or maybe not, I'm really smart.
So without further ado, The Rooclues:
1. A trip to space thwarted by a speckled lad's demise. A watershed moment otherwise. A. Opeth
2. Cecilia's dress code: Sheer A. Scissor Sisters
3. Still up. A month now, maybe two. Don't call the priest, just find my guru. A. Kylesa
4. A veteran and magistrate, or a character of sorts. A throne one cannot abdicate, of which a crab can make a fort. A. Wavves
5. Red, White and Blue are all a part of this young palette. A farm heathen disguised among giants, the only Ten I see. A. Karen Elson
6. From one BoRe to another, a war rages amongst champions. We're calling for divine intervention. A. Deer Tick
7. Sun shines on these former nannies; a persistence of sound persists. A. The Drums
8. A maudlin pioneer living on the fringe; not one to plateau. A. Wanda Jackson
9. Stop short of a march with this ruffian. It's a heavier endeavor. A. Beirut
10. A cardinal combines fire and ice with friends in high places. A. J Cole
11. The libra denotes these "brothers." Look forward to a new snack. A. Chiddy Bang
