RTP-area local music and culture

[Duncan Murrell <dvmurrell AT nc.rr.com>]

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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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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