trivia contest  the long winters library

toast the tv for getting it right

updated 21 January 2006

Poor, poor Brian Young, drummer extraordinaire and flawless in his egg shaking, yet no one knew, even though it might have been a clue that he is credited as drummer for Give Me A Moment. I will admit that the question about the cover songs was terribly hard, and no one guessed. Yet, several people recognized Mike Squires from the Harvey Danger video. And thankfully only one person thought the band was eating spaghetti in the Blue Diamonds video.

Anyway, the winner, with 17 questions answered correctly, is .... Monika Gaubinger. The Library suspects it has no Long Winters bootlegs in the vaults that she doesn't have yet, but the librarian will find her something else to go along with the Long Winters Hat hat and eternal fame.

Check below what the answers should have been. And if you hadn't guessed the last question, it may make you feel better that even John Roderick had problems with that one...



1.   When was the first Long Winters show under that name?
    27 September 2001 (in the Paradox in Seattle, support for John Vanderslice)


2.   Which poster was actually used: left, middle or right?

posters

    The one on the right, in green and blue


3.   Which cover was played in combination with Cinnamon (artist and title)
    Cinnamon girl by Neil Young


4.   From where to where did John Roderick walk in 1999?
    From Amsterdam to Istanbul


5.   Who is the mystery drummer in this sequence?

sorry, ask me for the picture

    Darius Minwalla played drums for The Long Winters at a couple of shows in July 2004.


6.   What song is the mystery track on The Worst You Can Do Is Harm?
    Shanty Town


7.   Who did the Future Mix of The Commander Thinks Aloud?
    The Elegant Too


8.   Who is this cowboy in the Harvey Danger video Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo?

sorry, ask me for the cowboy

    Mike Squires


9.   And who is this cowboy, so lovingly captured by Ryan Schierling?

sorry, ask me for the cowboy

    Former keyboardplayer Chris Caniglia


10.   Link left and right correctly:
    A. Michael Chick
    B. Ryan Schierling
    C. Merlin Mann
    D. Adde Russell
    E. Shawn Wolfe


3. Director of the video for Blue Diamonds
5. Photographer of Long Winters promo photos
4. Webmaster of thelongwinters.com
1. Designer of the artwork for Ultimatum
2. Designer of the artwork for When I Pretend To Fall

11.   What did John Roderick study at the University of Washington?
    B. Comparative History of Ideas


12.   Where did this man show up?


    In the photo on the sleeve of The Worst You Can Do Is Harm


13.   Which guest musician is John talking about in this old bio entry from www.thelongwinters.com:
    On "Give Me a Moment," he played the egg shaker flawlessly for eight minutes.
    Brian Young


14.   What is the band eating in the Blue Diamonds video?



    Icecream


15.   What is the name of the horn section that occasionally joins The Long Winters

sorry, ask me for the photo

    The Long Horns


16.   From which songs are the following Gizoogled lyrics:

    A.   Now It's breakfast tizzy, You're hold'n Hollywood above mah heezee
    Unsalted butter
    B.   Rizzle Won't grow at home, And tha Moon Doesn't favor bitchez
    Shapes
    C.   It neva rains enough ta coo' mah hustla
    Scent of lime
    D.   She laughs when I pretend ta F-to-tha-izzall
    Stupid


17.   Under what name does John Roderick register the rights to his songs with BMI?
    Beats Working Music


18.   For which artist did The Long Winters tour as backing band as well as support act?

sorry, ask for this photo

    Ken Stringfellow


19.   Which cover is the odd one out and why?:
    B. The night they drove old Dixie down
    because lead vocals were sung by Sean Nelson instead of John Roderick


20.   Which Long Winters song is this?
    Shapes
    (listen to the guitar part, and it may sound familiar through all the sound effects and reversal)




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