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  • From: Duncan Murrell <dvmurrell AT nc.rr.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Cc: "ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Local music... who decides?
  • Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 12:24:13 -0500

Exactly what I was thinking, esp. How their story puts the lie to trunk's sweeping characterization of local clubs and audiences. T.B. (unfortunate coincidence of abbreviations) hustled like hell, slapped flyers and stickers everywhere, and did everything they could (as you point out) to show they could draw crowds. What they didn't do was play music local audiences cared much about (to put it politely), and they didn't put much effort into supporting anything but T.B. They succeeded in getting on stages around here, briefly, using all the techniques described in this thread (and just imagine the kind of myspace page they would have had!), but they didn't succeed at staying on those stages very long. In the end, the burdens of aesthetics, proficiency, quality, and basic human values did them in. Especially the "quality" part.

It's not just a matter of money, or friendship, or skill at approaching gatekeepers. In the words of that noted philosopher, the strict opposition of market values to artistic ones is faux. Faux, faux, faux.

d

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www.rattlejar.com

On Feb 6, 2008, at 11:21 AM, "hepstyle AT gmail.com" <hepstyle AT gmail.com> wrote:

On Feb 6, 10:18=A0am, dvmurr... AT nc.rr.com (Duncan Murrell) wrote:
Someone really needs to write an article, "The Legend of Tangeena =A0
Barren," if for no other reason than that their name has become part =A0
of the local lexicon, words packing multiple meanings, though most =A0
have long since forgotten what they sounded like. (I can only remember =A0=

an acoustic "White Rabbit" played in Mister Mouse's living room at The =A0=

Mousetrap one long ago July 4th.)

Not a gratuitously mean article, just a record of their brief tenure =A0
on our stages (and their lingering tenure on our traffic signs), and =A0
the meaning of it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DpSJJ10H8cYY

Problem is, I don't want to give them the satisfaction of documenting
their existence.

The only other thing I remember was something about them getting a
bunch of their friends to see them at the Local 506. Then TB told
everyone to leave when they finished their set so that the club could
see how many people they drew. Maybe have been their last show at the
506 and sounds so much like what this dude trunk is all about.
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