1923. In a small farming village of lower Moldavia, a child was arrested for questioning the Authorities of Popular Folk Music (APFM). Later released from the Ministry of Arts, after 10 years of barbarous imprisonment, that child grew up to become Hans Großstied, noted musical craftsman and historian of progressive pop music at the prestigious French Academy, known simply as Le Gallois. Sought by many, Mr. Großstied provided the intellectual backbone for a world-wide pop music revolution, starting in 1960 and carrying through today. His influence is widely felt through the music of many pop music dignitaries: Kishinev, Deare, Strawhat, Galway & McGrugger, just to name a few. Indeed, his time in Great Britain, during exile, proved most beneficial for the advancement of western pop music. It was, however, after his death in 1980, when real interest developed in his personal manuscripts, said to contain the secrets of precise, perfect tunesmithing. The Soviets were not slow to move. Within hours of the funeral, their best British operatives, who had stollen critical manuscripts and audio tapes, were already en-route to the Eastern bloc via Denmark. MI6 was able to respond, but with limited funding, and almost no advance intelligence. A team was assembled of two men: Nick Pipitone and Peter Batchelder. Sent into a bad situation on a nearly impossible mission, the two men - code-named: The Rip Off Artists - were expected to retrieve the lost documents and recordings - or at the very least commit them to memory and reproduce their secrets for the free world to forever enjoy. Their first dossier, entitled: ESQUE - was released in 2008, after years of complex calculations and Daedalian maneuvers, to a world that had all but forgotten the ideas and applications of the original pop genius. And now... a word from one of our sponsors.
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I have a confession to make, everyone: I’ve been going through a Simple Minds phase. Think I’ve nearly reached the other side, but I can’t be certain. I keep fantasising (if that’s the right word) about performing a swing version of Don’t You (Forget About Me). Anyone interested in an Anglo-American collaboration? What can I say? It’s good music to drive to. Perhaps ‘Car Music’ could be a new direction for The Rip Off Artists. I remember, when Peter & I were very small, we recorded the sound of wind rushing by the car window. I imagine we were strange little creatures back then, but - hey - it was an interesting experiment--the kind of thing you probably can’t get away with as an adult, more’s the pity.
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At last, my quest to find the team that stole my great great great grandfather's, twice removed of course, music has come to a close. If this happened to be twenty years ago when I started my quest, you would not be alive to myspace this music. However, since Wisconsin has signed a treaty with the great country of Russia, I will pat you on the backs and say, Kudos.... yes, kudos my new friends. You idea to share the music with the world instead of trading it for a bottle of Vodka, which I would have done, goes to show that not everyone in Wisconsin is without a heart.
