{"id":26625,"date":"2015-05-09T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=26625"},"modified":"2015-05-08T22:46:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T03:46:33","slug":"riff-ov-the-week-tremolo-a-go-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/riff-ov-the-week-tremolo-a-go-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Riff ov the Week: Tremolo-a-go-go"},"content":{"rendered":"
I took no pleasure in moving the non-tremolo-picked riff submissions into the trash folder this week. And by “no pleasure” I\u00a0mean the exact opposite of that. Being “pleasure”. And by “pleasure” I\u00a0mean the sexual kind.<\/p>\n
What does that mean? Only that when people tell me to get help it’s probably good advice. Even so, you can trust that I did it in order to preserve the integrity of this week’s theme,\u00a0and that the personal gratification came merely as a bonus.<\/p>\n
Last week<\/a>, in a classic underdog story, Jack\u00a0“The Little Engine That Could”\u00a0Bauer defied all expectations by selecting a great riff which rendered him victorious with 25(!) votes. Congratulations on one of\u00a0the most\u00a0assertive victories in Riff ov the Week history. Go to your refrigerator and choose your favorite item inside as your prize.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next week:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Masterlord<\/strong><\/p>\n My\u00a0dedication to\u00a0avoiding\u00a0obvious\u00a0or overly-“classic”\u00a0picks for this contest\u00a0would have been strenuously tested this week were it not for\u00a0Aurvandil<\/strong>‘s\u00a0Yearning<\/em>. The new challenge became picking\u00a0just one riff from the album. “End of An Age” won out. The drums drop out at 2:34<\/a>\u00a0to give the new riff the space it deserves, then join back in after one run-through. The wistful melancholy of the riff’s\u00a0consummating ascent up the fretboard gives me goosebumps every time. Brrrrrr, dude.<\/p>\n\n