RTP-area local music and culture

[Reese Gibbs <rrgibbs53 AT yahoo.com>]

This is the first I have seen of Mr. Murrell's post.  I too am Yahoo.  Blast! 
 What zingers and flamers have I been missing??  Sweet justice, make this 
right!!

-Reese

James Hepler <hepstyle AT gmail.com> wrote: For the record, Mr. Grady, this 
lovely and poignant reply from Mr. Murrell
came through to my newly subscribed gmail account, but not to my old yahoo
one.  I'm posting this to the list, not the google group.

On Feb 6, 2008 12:24 PM, Duncan Murrell  wrote:

> 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
>
> .........................
> www.rattlejar.com
>
> On Feb 6, 2008, at 11:21 AM, "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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>Two of my favorite non-triangle acts, Filthybird (Greensboro) and The 
>Hellsayers (Asheville)

I second the nod to the Hellsayers...

_bryan from Dive/Shuffle