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'C'mon Margaret! Speak Up!' (And She Does)
RECEIVED Fri., Jan. 21, 2011
Dear friends,
It's wonderful to see Balcones Fault on the Hall of Fame ballot, finally [“2010/2011 Texas Music Hall of Fame Nominees”]! However, your description of the band was lifted word for word from another source (Wiki, Google, an old Tiger Beat?), not sure which. But I have read the very same description before. It's been a long time for sure, but you could have done a better job relating the impact of this amazing group of comedians, songwriters, and world-class musicians that captivated Austin in that time. No mention of a dozen sellouts of the Armadillo as headliner, openings for Jimmy Cliff, the Pointer Sisters, Randy Newman, many more, and the largest all-time crowd ever at the 'Dillo. Balcones was legendary all over Texas! Your own staffer Margaret Moser cut her journalistic teeth in Austin writing about them, and she declared that the band belonged in every hall of fame in the country. Why not have someone who was there write this? Your staff is too young (no offense intended) to know, and to just print this old, inaccurate, and dry plagiarism is a dishonor to this great icon of the Austin music industry! C'mon Margaret! Speak up!
It's wonderful to see Balcones Fault on the Hall of Fame ballot, finally [“2010/2011 Texas Music Hall of Fame Nominees”]! However, your description of the band was lifted word for word from another source (Wiki, Google, an old Tiger Beat?), not sure which. But I have read the very same description before. It's been a long time for sure, but you could have done a better job relating the impact of this amazing group of comedians, songwriters, and world-class musicians that captivated Austin in that time. No mention of a dozen sellouts of the Armadillo as headliner, openings for Jimmy Cliff, the Pointer Sisters, Randy Newman, many more, and the largest all-time crowd ever at the 'Dillo. Balcones was legendary all over Texas! Your own staffer Margaret Moser cut her journalistic teeth in Austin writing about them, and she declared that the band belonged in every hall of fame in the country. Why not have someone who was there write this? Your staff is too young (no offense intended) to know, and to just print this old, inaccurate, and dry plagiarism is a dishonor to this great icon of the Austin music industry! C'mon Margaret! Speak up!
Thanks,
Mike Patrick
Mike Patrick
[Margaret Moser replies: If you read it before, it was because I wrote it before – just as I wrote it this time. We just haven't reached the point of having bands write their own nominations.]