• FOT Forum »
  • FOT Community »
  • General Discussion »
  • artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2 3 4

Author Topic: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...  (Read 6949 times)

Scot

  • Achilles bursitis
  • Posts: 165
artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« on: May 17, 2009, 10:54:45 PM »
you know what i mean? bands/writers/moviemakers/etc who are great (and to a degree) respected but (this is the important part) not appreciated by as many people as their talent (i/you think) warrants.

my submissions for this doomed-to-fail topic:

rock band the fastbacks!

pulitzer prize-winning author pete dexter!

Logged

nec13

  • Space Champion!
  • Posts: 2397
Re: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2009, 11:17:26 PM »
This is a good topic. I can't really think of an author or filmmaker. But I will nominate two bands: Desperate Bicycles and The Monks. Desperate Bicycles were one of the first bands to self-produce and self-release their own music. They helped to catalyze the growth of independent music and they produced some really good material to boot. Unfortunately, all of their stuff is OOP. The Monks were just a great garage rock band that more people should listen to.
Logged
Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.

Andy

  • Space Champion!
  • Posts: 6112
Re: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2009, 11:30:06 PM »
Travis Linville
Logged
Breakfast- I'm havin' a time
Wheelies- I'm havin' a time
Headlocks- I'm havin' a time
Drunk Tank- not so much a time
George St.- I'm havin' a time
Brenda- I'm havin' a time
Bingo- I'm havin' a time
House Arrest- I'm still havin' a time

orator

  • Tarsel tunnel syndrome
  • Posts: 417
Re: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2009, 12:24:11 AM »
the reigning sound
Logged
"Come partake of my fruit baskets."

chrisfoll577

  • Guest
Re: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2009, 05:26:06 AM »
I think the band Grandaddy should have been bigger.  I'm very excited about former lead singer Jason Lytle's solo album coming out this Tuesday.
Logged

moonshake

  • Achilles Tendon Bursitis
  • Posts: 851
Re: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2009, 08:46:23 AM »
Quote from: orator on May 18, 2009, 12:24:11 AM
the reigning sound

and the ponys!
Logged
"You want me to recognize you and I won't. I won't acknowledge you! I deny you. So you keep begging and begging. The door is slammed on you. I want nothing to do with you. You will die unrecognized by me."
-Tom Scharpling

cutout

  • Space Champion!
  • Posts: 1276
Re: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2009, 10:32:44 AM »
Paul Dinello was one of the key writers and funniest actors in Strangers with Candy, but neither him nor the show get the credit they deserve, IMO. Colbert is huge now, but I still laugh at SwC more than I do his show.
Logged

Shaggy 2 Grote

  • Space Champion!
  • Posts: 3892
Re: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2009, 11:29:34 AM »
Author/journalist Luc Sante; playwright and TV writer Dennis Potter; playwright Maria Irene Fornes; filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky (OK, he shouldn't be "big," but he should have more presence/credibility in film nerd circles); cult leader and maniac Mel Lyman; marginal Wu Shabazzz The Disciple (who I think still lives in the projects); The Volcano Suns.
Logged
Oh, good heavens. I didn’t realize. I send my condolences out to the rest of the O’Connor family.

buffcoat

  • Space Champion!
  • Posts: 6214
Re: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2009, 11:31:24 AM »
Donald Barthelme
Frederick Exley
Logged
I really don't appreciate your sarcastic, anti-comedy tone, Bro!

Shaggy 2 Grote

  • Space Champion!
  • Posts: 3892
Re: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2009, 11:33:30 AM »
I think Barthelme's pretty big, as literary writers go.  But he is great -- I suppose you could say he deserves to be Vonnegut-huge.
Logged
Oh, good heavens. I didn’t realize. I send my condolences out to the rest of the O’Connor family.

Martin

  • Space Champion!
  • Posts: 3629
Re: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2009, 11:57:30 AM »
JG, Potter is pretty damn big, I'd say as big as TV writers go. At least here in Europe; don't know about the rest of the world though.
Logged

cutout

  • Space Champion!
  • Posts: 1276
Re: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2009, 12:06:24 PM »
Orange Juice
Logged

buffcoat

  • Space Champion!
  • Posts: 6214
Re: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2009, 02:13:07 PM »
Quote from: Groteface Killah on May 18, 2009, 11:33:30 AM
I think Barthelme's pretty big, as literary writers go.  But he is great -- I suppose you could say he deserves to be Vonnegut-huge.

Joe Schmoe should at least know the name - I'm by sure he's still remembered by non-New Yorker subscribers.
Logged
I really don't appreciate your sarcastic, anti-comedy tone, Bro!

moonshake

  • Achilles Tendon Bursitis
  • Posts: 851
Re: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2009, 03:03:08 PM »
The Go-Betweens
Logged
"You want me to recognize you and I won't. I won't acknowledge you! I deny you. So you keep begging and begging. The door is slammed on you. I want nothing to do with you. You will die unrecognized by me."
-Tom Scharpling

nec13

  • Space Champion!
  • Posts: 2397
Re: artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...
« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2009, 03:04:47 PM »
The Clean
Logged
Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.
Pages: [1] 2 3 4
« previous next »
  • FOT Forum »
  • FOT Community »
  • General Discussion »
  • artist-types that should be WAY bigger than they are ...