What am I missing?

Post by Ori
Well, aside from the obvious things, that is.
While perusing the Mike Types to You archives, mostly for the first time ever, I stumbled across a reference to Karla Taite.

The name is familiar, but none of this research is doing much for me either. San Diego musician in the mid-90s, possibly elsewhen as well. Mike's quote is "Also, although I've been resisting the Karla Taite phenomenon despite encouragement from some of me dearest compadres, dammit when something is as brilliant as "Explosions" from her second album it would be more than massively dumb for me to resist. The acoustic guitar in the second verse provides compelling proof of a benevolent higher power in the universe."

There's a very old fan page dedicated to her on Moosenet (http://www.moosenet.com/taite/). Most references to her I've found link back to this page, leading me to think she may have been managed by Scott Chatfield perhaps? Pure speculation.

Here's a bunch of Q&A (http://www.moosenet.com/taite/taitequestions.html)

I can find no reference to her on allmusic or wikipedia. She has what appears to be a skeletal Facebook page, if that is indeed her. Nothing on Spotify.

She appears to have been respected enough to have several big names join her on stage at her shows (http://prince.org/msg/7/18015 - be careful, that page crashed my browser).

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San Diego Union-Tribune, July 21, 1995
Associated Press

One can't help but root for Karla Taite as she tilts at musical windmills. In her short career, Taite has already overcome more obstacles, both real and imagined, than many jaded showbiz veterans.

The Wisconsin-bred performer/anarchist (who performs at the North Park Theatre tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m.) first captured the eyes and ears of college and alternative radio stations with the sensual yet surly strains of "Bed," the second single from her 1992 debut effort, spite. The now- infamous Newsweek profile that portrayed a blissed-out female Taite fan gushing "I heard colors...colors!" was enough to invite comparisons to Bruce Springsteen's 1975 career-jinxing baptism by media overkill.

But when Newsweek's anonymous correspondent opined that Taite's concerts were "spiritual sound and light shows" and that "she wields a guitar like an unearthly, strutting harlot," it was enough to send even the most curious observer running-- in the opposite direction.

Still, those who did venture forth despite the deadly hype were treated to a live presentation that was, indeed, a revelation to all who thirsted for an oasis amidst the then-current derivative musical wasteland. Taite's unabashed onstage antics veered from those of a lurking, frothing Neanderthal to what can almost be described as intellectual coquettishness. Her physicality notwithstanding, the transcendent spirit of Taite's music rarely failed to hypnotize audiences.

Onstage Guests

Encores were brief; usually consisting of one song. On certain occasions, Taite would be joined during the encore by other artists, for whom Taite concerts became near-pilgrimages. Melissa Etheridge, Michael Stipe, Johnny Cash and Sam Phillips each linked up for a handful of dates on the spite tour. As a 1993 Minneapolis gig was drawing to a close, The Artist Formerly Known As You-Know-Who vaulted to the stage, joining Karla in a spirited version of "Cake," a Taite concert-closer often compared to His Purpleness' "Peach."
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Ori

2013-12-20 20:23:02 UTC

Post by Ron Moses
The name is familiar, but none of this research is doing much for me either. San Diego musician in the mid-90s, possibly elsewhen as well. Mike's quote is "Also, although I've been resisting the Karla Taite phenomenon despite encouragement from some of me dearest compadres, dammit when something is as brilliant as "Explosions" from her second album it would be more than massively dumb for me to resist. The acoustic guitar in the second verse provides compelling proof of a benevolent higher power in the universe."

And there's my problem with the material you dug up: That's all there is. Try googling for "One can't help but root for Karla Taite as she tilts at musical windmills."

The phrase appears on the moosenet site, and on a discussion board circa 2002, where the poster appears to be quoting moosenet.

Try looking up Eric Smiley Associated Press. I couldn't find any indication that someone by that name wrote for them. Or for the Union Tribune. In fact, trying to trace any of the sources referenced anywhere about her leads to a dead end.

That, and phrases like: "After a mysterious 15-month layoff during which Taite was romantically linked to the son (and daughter!) of Wisconsin's governor" which strikes me as trying to be weird for the sake of being weird, that made me suspect that something here is not as it seems. I was hoping someone here would be able to shed light on what right now seems to me like a very odd story.

Ori

Ron Moses

2013-12-22 23:41:03 UTC

Post by Ori
And there's my problem with the material you dug up: That's all there is.

You make an interesting point. Her entire existence could be a hoax. The more I search, the less I find to convince me that she was a real musician. Not even a single YouTube hit? Suspicious. Every photo I've found looks slightly sketchy for some reason.

That said, it raises the question, "Why?" If it's a joke, it's a lot of work to put into a joke nobody knows about, much less gets. So I'm going with real on this one.

ron

Ori

2013-12-23 05:01:26 UTC

Post by Ori
And there's my problem with the material you dug up: That's all there is.

You make an interesting point. Her entire existence could be a hoax. The more I search, the less I find to convince me that she was a real musician. Not even a single YouTube hit? Suspicious. Every photo I've found looks slightly sketchy for some reason.
That said, it raises the question, "Why?" If it's a joke, it's a lot of work to put into a joke nobody knows about, much less gets. So I'm going with real on this one.

Why? Because it's a fun exercise. I invented a band once, put up a myspace page for them, posted on their blog occasionally, and even had some music that was supposedly from some of their albums. I even designed an album cover or two. It's still out there, having absolutely no impact on the world.

Bill

2014-01-02 04:58:01 UTC

Post by Ori
And there's my problem with the material you dug up: That's all there is.

You make an interesting point. Her entire existence could be a hoax.
The more I search, the less I find to convince me that she was a real
musician. Not even a single YouTube hit? Suspicious. Every photo I've
found looks slightly sketchy for some reason.
That said, it raises the question, "Why?" If it's a joke, it's a lot of
work to put into a joke nobody knows about, much less gets. So I'm
going with real on this one.

Why? Because it's a fun exercise. I invented a band once, put up a
myspace page for them, posted on their blog occasionally, and even had
some music that was supposedly from some of their albums. I even
designed an album cover or two. It's still out there, having
absolutely no impact on the world.

I wonder what kind of person would do something like that. ;)

--
Bill

Antal Adriaanse

2014-01-02 23:46:30 UTC

Post by Bill

Post by Ori
And there's my problem with the material you dug up: That's all there is.

You make an interesting point. Her entire existence could be a hoax.
The more I search, the less I find to convince me that she was a real
musician. Not even a single YouTube hit? Suspicious. Every photo I've
found looks slightly sketchy for some reason.
That said, it raises the question, "Why?" If it's a joke, it's a lot of
work to put into a joke nobody knows about, much less gets. So I'm
going with real on this one.

Why? Because it's a fun exercise. I invented a band once, put up a
myspace page for them, posted on their blog occasionally, and even had
some music that was supposedly from some of their albums. I even
designed an album cover or two. It's still out there, having
absolutely no impact on the world.

I wonder what kind of person would do something like that. ;)

:-)

Antal
the mike keneally band tour chronology
e: chronology(at)keneally.com
i: http://www.keneally.com/chronology

Ron Moses

2014-01-03 12:52:02 UTC

It could be like the scene with the bear. Whenever my friends and I are leaving a movie, as we walk past the line of people waiting for the next screening, we rave about the scene with the bear.

Oh man, the scene with the bear! That was amazing! I don't know how they did that! The bear didn't look CG, could they possibly have trained a real bear to do all of that? It just doesn't seem possible. The rest of the movie sucked, but the scene with the bear completely made up for it.

ron

Ori

2014-01-04 08:54:36 UTC

Post by Bill

Post by Ori
And there's my problem with the material you dug up: That's all there is.

You make an interesting point. Her entire existence could be a hoax.
The more I search, the less I find to convince me that she was a real
musician. Not even a single YouTube hit? Suspicious. Every photo I've
found looks slightly sketchy for some reason.
That said, it raises the question, "Why?" If it's a joke, it's a lot of
work to put into a joke nobody knows about, much less gets. So I'm
going with real on this one.

Why? Because it's a fun exercise. I invented a band once, put up a
myspace page for them, posted on their blog occasionally, and even had
some music that was supposedly from some of their albums. I even
designed an album cover or two. It's still out there, having
absolutely no impact on the world.

I wonder what kind of person would do something like that. ;)

Possibly the kind of person who would tell you all about it if you bought him a beer or two. Also the kind of person who would do this just for the remote possibility of getting a free beer out of it, years later.

In other words - I haven't the slightest idea...

Bill

2014-01-05 04:19:54 UTC

Post by Bill

Post by Ori
And there's my problem with the material you dug up: That's all there is.

You make an interesting point. Her entire existence could be a hoax.
The more I search, the less I find to convince me that she was a real
musician. Not even a single YouTube hit? Suspicious. Every photo I've
found looks slightly sketchy for some reason.
That said, it raises the question, "Why?" If it's a joke, it's a lot of
work to put into a joke nobody knows about, much less gets. So I'm
going with real on this one.

Why? Because it's a fun exercise. I invented a band once, put up a
myspace page for them, posted on their blog occasionally, and even had
some music that was supposedly from some of their albums. I even
designed an album cover or two. It's still out there, having
absolutely no impact on the world.

I wonder what kind of person would do something like that. ;)

Possibly the kind of person who would tell you all about it if you
bought him a beer or two. Also the kind of person who would do this
just for the remote possibility of getting a free beer out of it, years
later.
In other words - I haven't the slightest idea...

If this works, let me know.
The folks at alt.fan.frank-zappa could supply me with beer for quite a while.

--
Bill

Ori

2014-01-05 10:17:30 UTC