Re: Only Anything
From: Starmaster, curator, OA-IBC
Date: this twentieth of August, two thousand eight.
Part One: The Gathering of the Stamps
Darkness, patrons, filing into the room
Waiting for this night everyone dressed like an Eastern bride
Made up with make-up drawn by the hands of angels
No care for morning, put out your hand to be marked
--Thwaits, Stampkids, 1996
Dear official members of the Imaginary Band Collective:
I, Starmaster, curator of the OA-IBC, am a sucker for the old days, as is well known, but I am also a burgeoning scholar of writing, composition, discourse, and the production of textual and non-textual artifacts. Musical composition and the communities of discourse in which it is produced has become a growing interest of mine and one that I would like to begin exploring more intently. So, I've been thinking for a while now about a way we could try and document the magnificent Only Anything and it's various musical pseudonyms and progeny (Lotham Scooter, UFOA, New Moves, Lancaster, among others) as a way of both archiving its greatness and also as a case-study subject for the production of discourse within a tight knit community of composers and friends.
These two underlaying purposes should not, however, overshadow the real and final purpose of the Imaginary Band Collective, which is, of course, to promote and present Only Anything to the world in a way that will eventually ensure its rightful position as the greatest band that ever was.
So here is your first commission (and it is understood how busy members of the collective are--indeed, at least one of us is completely out of the country--so do what you can; but please do something.) This first step is of up most importance to the project and is something that all should be able to contribute.
1. Collect old written artifacts: set lists, photographs, art, etc. and scan or take pictures of them. Photographs seem the most common items that all of us are likely in possession of. These need not be photographs of band activities only, but should include any old (or new) pictures of the collective together.
Further instructions will follow very soon, until then:
Telecaster,
Starmaster.
Stay tuned for IMAGINARY BAND, part two of six-- Stamped Memory Imprints: Footsteps to the Castle
(special note: This email has been, when available, forwarded to your closest business partners to encourage their help in digging up old gems for our archive. If you notice that your closest business partner has been left off of the CC list, please forward accordingly and forgive your curator for his limited resources. Thank you, in advance, closest business partners for your contribution to the OA-IBC)
From: Starmaster, curator, OA-IBC
Date: this twentieth of August, two thousand eight.
Part One: The Gathering of the Stamps
Darkness, patrons, filing into the room
Waiting for this night everyone dressed like an Eastern bride
Made up with make-up drawn by the hands of angels
No care for morning, put out your hand to be marked
--Thwaits, Stampkids, 1996
Dear official members of the Imaginary Band Collective:
I, Starmaster, curator of the OA-IBC, am a sucker for the old days, as is well known, but I am also a burgeoning scholar of writing, composition, discourse, and the production of textual and non-textual artifacts. Musical composition and the communities of discourse in which it is produced has become a growing interest of mine and one that I would like to begin exploring more intently. So, I've been thinking for a while now about a way we could try and document the magnificent Only Anything and it's various musical pseudonyms and progeny (Lotham Scooter, UFOA, New Moves, Lancaster, among others) as a way of both archiving its greatness and also as a case-study subject for the production of discourse within a tight knit community of composers and friends.
These two underlaying purposes should not, however, overshadow the real and final purpose of the Imaginary Band Collective, which is, of course, to promote and present Only Anything to the world in a way that will eventually ensure its rightful position as the greatest band that ever was.
So here is your first commission (and it is understood how busy members of the collective are--indeed, at least one of us is completely out of the country--so do what you can; but please do something.) This first step is of up most importance to the project and is something that all should be able to contribute.
1. Collect old written artifacts: set lists, photographs, art, etc. and scan or take pictures of them. Photographs seem the most common items that all of us are likely in possession of. These need not be photographs of band activities only, but should include any old (or new) pictures of the collective together.
Further instructions will follow very soon, until then:
Telecaster,
Starmaster.
Stay tuned for IMAGINARY BAND, part two of six-- Stamped Memory Imprints: Footsteps to the Castle
(special note: This email has been, when available, forwarded to your closest business partners to encourage their help in digging up old gems for our archive. If you notice that your closest business partner has been left off of the CC list, please forward accordingly and forgive your curator for his limited resources. Thank you, in advance, closest business partners for your contribution to the OA-IBC)
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