OK, more on the Troika bitchfest. This comes with a mix a chagrin, sympathy, and disdain.
Indy blog "reports" that Les Savy Fav cancels. But the show will go on, des ark still playing...... Today, I read on the ch-alt scene listserv that now Des Ark has cancelled too, and the show will be cancelled. What happened?
I feel bad for the local bands who were scheduled to do this show. Cantwell Gomez and Jordan and Veronique Diabolique. These guys should have had opportunity to play this festival, they provide some of the best, most unique music around this town. They got cheated, robbed.
I can only speculate as to what happened. My suspicion is it was money. I bet that the amount of revenue generated by the festival was insufficient to cover the likely hefty guarantee for Les Savy Fav. Zeno Gill's email says that Les Savy Fav and Des Ark cancelled for "opposite reasons". No reasons were stated however. harrumph.
There is this enigmatic sensation of swirling drama surrounding this whole festival, rumours, but really, not a lot of talk about this. In almost a familial protective sense. Don't ask, don't tell. But it leaves the music community befuddled... any chance of preserving this festival, or are we witnessing an implosion in progress?
Oh, and there are reviews coming of the music. So far I haven't even been able to get beyond the swirling vortex of chaos surrounding this fest.
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What happened with Troika is the same thing that happens with bands: you have to work your ass off on it and if you don't, you falter. Every year that was a success with Troika was also a year that people worked very hard for a very long time. This year, they were lazy and I guess thought it would come easy but nothing ever does.
From what I heard from people who went this year, it was poorly attended because it was poorly planned.
In my opinion, you didn't go to a festival this year, you went to a funeral. It's dead. I don't know of a single band that thought "I had such a great time I can't wait to come back". The trust needed from bands is gone.
well, if it's a funeral, I hope for reincarnation, because Durham needs a festival like Troika. The area is infused with the best of all versions of rock, and to highlight this and bring the music loving community together is something that is powerfully desired here. After '06, it was anti-climactic. But is this a '07 Troika foible-- a fluke?
I think the camel's straw was the Les Savy Fav cancellation.
But happily it seems CGJ and VD will play at the Duke Coffeehouse. Non-Troika.
Rumor Mill has it that Des Ark cancelled because she didn't want to play a show with a $20 cover while the same rumor mill at the time had it that Les Savy Fav was cancelled because there wasn't enough money. There are your opposites.
But the show will go on and it will be awesome!
I think that Troika can be salvaged as long as the people who care the most about it don't get discouraged.
The problem in the past has been a constantly rotating group of people in the planning phase, which has led to there not being a single focus or mission for the festival. The good things about past years don't get repeated but the mistakes do.
This is a crucial moment for Troika. 2007 is over, and if people care and are ready to go to work, 2008 could be a 180 degree turn.
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