Re: (TV) Re: TV Digest V1 #734

[Maurice Rickard <maurice@mac.com>]

At 2:26 PM -0400 8/16/02, Emilie T. Hsu wrote:
> Okay, so Tom broke one string in
> one show, whatever.  This is making me mad.

Speaking for those of us who saw the Chicago show, I'd say that 
Richard's broken string led to a moment of true transcendence.  But 
yeah, the review was uncharitable, and lacked the appropriate 
historical perspective--as Michael Olcsvary has reminded us, even 
back in the club days, the quality of their shows varied quite a bit, 
and you couldn't judge the band on the basis of one night.

Ah, well.  That's the problem with something Real--stuff goes wrong, 
mistakes are made, you run the risk of being disappointed.  But you 
also have a chance of experiencing something really special, and I'll 
take that risk over seeing something of prepackaged 
consistency...which is of course one of the things I thought punk was 
against, but which Ms. Arnold would seem to have preferred.
--
Maurice Rickard
http://mauricerickard.com/
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