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From:
EggyToast
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Jonathan Hierholzer
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Date:
Thu, 10 Jan 2002 01:15:40 -0600
Subject:
Re: [idm] ae merch?
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At 01:08 AM 1/10/2002 -0800, Jonathan Hierholzer wrote:
quoted 11 lines Autechre, unlike Stereolab, etc, have obviously never been much of a>Autechre, unlike Stereolab, etc, have obviously never been much of a >merchandise band.. and for a good reason. They are so involved in the >sound that I suppose they don't want any type of associative icons related >to their music or something philosophical like that.. but you gotta admit >it would rock to wear around a tri-rep-brown Autechre t-shirt, right? Now >I seem to vaguely remember reading that at one time in the past they >produced ONE type of tri-rep promo t-shirt. Is this true, considering the >vagueness of the rumour and the unorthodox nature of it? It doesn't seem >like Sean and Rob's style..since they couldn';t care any less about >promotion or record sales.. but who knows.. Just wondering if anyone here >could shed some light on the issue..
There are plenty of ae t-shirts and other materials out there. Sure, the ae boys themselves may not care much, but they gotta care a little, since they're always toting t-shirts around for their gigs. I picked one up on their last tour. Of course, most bands of a smaller reputation end up creating t-shirts to sell during tours, and depending on the amount and size of gigs they had during their tri-repetae era, the amount or type of shirt may be quite rare or just boring. plus, as with all more "independent" type bands, there's plenty of bootlegging. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the rumour you heard was simply a bootleg. derek ------- eggytoast.com ------- snappy one-liner --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org