[FA Worldmusic] LBM in Outerspace (was:ROFLMAO)

[Paul Harding]

Thank gods at least LBM have a sense of humor about it!

Now if people want to talk about "low culture", how about the imminent Borat 
movie?  Apparently it features some Balkan tunes as one more misleading 
element about Kazakhstan.  I can't wait - Sasha Baron Cohen is brilliant!

-Paul


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Menzies" <ian at menziesmixedmedia.com>
To: <fa-worldmusic at folk.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] LBM in Outerspace (was:ROFLMAO)


>I think this entry I just lifted off the LBM tour blog pretty much speaks
> for itself....
>
> From:
> http://journals.aol.com/ladysmithblackma/LadysmithBlackMambazo/entries/2006/
> 07/27/were-still-in-outer-space/1143
>
> Thursday, July 27, 2006
> 1:45:00 PM EDT
> We're still in Outer Space
>
> As many of you know, or have read in prior blogs, the well known USA tv 
> show
> "Saturday Night Live" showed a cartoon parody last February called
> "Ladysmith Black Mambazo in Outer Space."  It was quite an honor to have
> such a famous tv show do such a cartoon featuring our group.  They said it
> was so well received they ran the cartoon several more times over the last
> few months.
>
> Recently, our manager received a phone call from Saturday Night Live and
> they said they were creating a DVD of their most popular cartoons and 
> would
> include "Ladysmith Black Mambazo in Outer Space" in it.  They asked if we
> would sit down with them, watch the cartoon and add some commentary for 
> the
> "bonus" section of the DVD, like many movies have.
>
> So, while we were recently in Los Angeles we did this.  It was quite fun.
> In fact, they had done a cartoon about Mr. T, the famous American actor 
> from
> the "Rocky" movie and the tv show "The A-Team."  Mr. T came in to do
> commentary too and we all sat down together.  It was so much fun.  See our
> Photo Gallery section for photos of us with Mr. T.
> ____________
>
> Here is a link to the SNL clip...if you dare.
>
> http://www.andrewdupont.net/video/ladysmith-black-mambazo.mp4
>
> Ian
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Kaliss [mailto:jefkal at jeffkaliss.com]
> Sent: October 22, 2006 9:25 PM
> To: Ian Menzies; 'cliff'; evangelinekim at att.net; fa-worldmusic at folk.org
> Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] ROFLMAO!
>
> A "coup", to be associated with sophomoric put-downs? Let us not call it 
> so,
>
> nor in any other way encourage or credit bad art, in music, comedy, or any
> other kind of what we hope to be creative expression. World music is 
> getting
>
> too polluted by low culture as is.
>
> Jeff Kaliss, Writer
> Music, Culture & Other Entertaining Things
> 230 Hazelwood Avenue
> San Francisco, California                   94127 U.S.A
> Phone: (415) 585-8844    jefkal at jeffkaliss.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ian Menzies" <ian at menziesmixedmedia.com>
> To: "'cliff'" <rootsworld at snet.net>; <evangelinekim at att.net>;
> <fa-worldmusic at folk.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] ROFLMAO!
>
>
>> >If spoofing  LBM  is what's in bad taste (as some others have
>>>implied) , explain to me why "world music" should be immune from
>>>skewering, any more than jazz, pop, hi-hop, classical or any other
>>>popular music form?
>>
>> Couldn't agree with you more Cliff, but I for one didn't see this as a
>> parody of LBM - in fact the dog even gave them a certain level of props
>> when
>> he pointed out that of course it wasn't the real LBM, because they
>> wouldn't
>> be caught anywhere near him....
>>
>> Mind you, even though I don't know any one from LBM or even have any 
>> sense
>> of what sort of people they are, I'll bet dollars to donuts, that the
>> group
>> is very pleased about this having happened. As you have  pointed out, 
>> they
>> are plenty game for whatever exposure they can get for their music, so
>> this
>> is surely just the latest coup....Anyone close enough to them to try and
>> get
>> their take on this? It would certainly be an interesting contribution to
>> this debate.
>>
>> Ian
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