(Plank) Spanker (an acoustic musician)

[neil]

on 9/26/05 2:45 AM, Jonathan Lighter at wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM wrote:

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> News to me.
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> JL
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You'll just have to get out more.
I've had my Asylum Street Spankers CD [courtesy my nephew in Austin, Texas]
since 2004.
--Neil Crawford


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> I came across the Spankers. I don't know what the HDAS has for
> "plank-spanker" and "spanker," but perhaps our new access to Rolling Stone and
> other
> publications could help.
> ...
> ...
> POLITICKING OT: What a tough week. I went to two "friend-raisers" for Mayor
> Mike. One was at the Vincent Albano Republican Club, and another was in
> someone's home at Trump World Tower. I went to a packed Republican Jewish
> Committee meeting at the Safra Synagogue, then a packed Young Republicans
> event at
> Chelsea Piers. I handed out hundreds of cards and contributions cards. I
> checked my P.O. box. My total take--$0!
> ...
> Then, my opponent appeared on NY1 "The Road to City Hall." My name was not
> mentioned. The host declared that my opponent was a "shoo-in" and faces "token
> opposition." The host laughed and said "I can't call you Manhattan Borough
> President yet, but..." I wrote in and demanded equal time. Nothing. Heck, I
> should have been on NY1 for "the Big Apple" fifteen years ago!
> ...
> ...
> ...
> (GOOGLE)
> ...
> _Bluesy roots_
> (http://www.nj.com/entertainment/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/112563
> 9903218410.xml&coll=1)
> Newark Star Ledger, NJ - Sep 1,
> ... based, seven-piece band, which performs at Joe's Pub in New York Sunday,
> has ... The last album by the Spankers -- slang for energetic acoustic
> musicians -- was ...
> ...
> ...
> _Temple of Blues: Instrument Slang_
> (http://www.templeofblues.com/agora/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000044)
> ... that calling a guitar player a "plank spanker" was pretty ... Another
> instrument slang
> question: What is a "bullet" as ... a very special kind of acoustic guitar
> made ...
> www.templeofblues.com/agora/ ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000044 - 81k
> - Supplemental Result - _Cached_
> (http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:fykEInWql88J:www.templeofblues.com/agora/
> ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000044+spa
> nker+acoustic+slang&hl=en&ie=UTF-8) - _Similar pages_
> (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=related:www.templ
> eofblues.com/agora/ulti
> matebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000044)
> ...
> ...
> _Eugene Weekly : Music : 08.07.03_
> (http://www2.eugeneweekly.com/2003/080703music.html)
> ... that once boasted a row of state mental hospitals and added "spanker,"
> slang
> for a musician who "can play an acoustic instrument both loud and well. ...
> www2.eugeneweekly.com/2003/080703music.html - 30k - _Cached_
> (http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:ICFwas6TvUEJ:www2.eugeneweekly.com/2003/0
> 80703music.html+
> spanker+acoustic+slang&hl=en&ie=UTF-8) - _Similar pages_
> (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=related:www2.euge
> neweekly.com/2003/08
> 0703music.html)
> ...
> ...
> _phoenixnewtimes.com | Asylum Street Spankers (Printable) | 2004-06-10_
> (https://phx.secure.newtimes.com/issues/2004-06-10/music/livewire5_print.html)
> Jazz and swing at the core, the Spankers (a "spanker" is slang for someone
> who
> plays an acoustic instrument) will dip into any genre, turning rap songs and
> ...
> https://phx.secure.newtimes.com/
> issues/2004-06-10/music/livewire5_print.html - 5k - Supplemental Result -
> _Cached_
> (http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:FkyqT7qxOq0J:https://phx.secure.newtimes.
> com/issues/2004-06-10/music/livewire5_p
> rint.html+spanker+acoustic+slang&hl=en&ie=UTF-8) - _Similar pages_
> (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=related:https://p
> hx.secure.
> newtimes.com/issues/2004-06-10/music/livewire5_print.html)
> ...
> ...
> _wired_ (http://wired.idoneos.com/)
> ... played or mentioned (whether it be acoustic, solidbody electric, ... the
> obsessive
> heart of any plank-spanker worthy of the name) is not to be missed. ...
> wired.idoneos.com/ - 107k - _Cached_
> (http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:lZsi372QztYJ:wired.idoneos.com/+spanker+a
> coustic+slang&hl=en&ie=UTF-8) -
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