Mark Traphagen | July 17, 2011
Ben turned around and offered me his fist. I punched it softly, even though I hated that greeting. “Q!” he shouted over the music. “How good does this feel?” And I knew exactly what Ben meant: he meant listening to the the Mountain Goats with your friends in a car that runs on a Wednesday [...]
Mark Traphagen | April 13, 2011
Back in October I became one of the founding members of Durham’s newest community band, The Bulltown Strutters. Patterned after the famous “second line” bands of New Orleans, but drawing inspiration from street band traditions around the world, we have been playing and strutting to Dixieland, old time standards, spirituals, and even Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” [...]
Mark Traphagen | April 12, 2011
One of the things I love most about music is how it is often birthed out of human collaboration. My favorite moments in my band The Bulltown Strutters, whether at rehearsals or on stage, come when musical magic happens as band members weave something that is bigger (and more wonderful!) than the sum of its [...]
Mark Traphagen | April 2, 2011
Oh Death Cab, how ironic of you.
Mark Traphagen | September 30, 2010
UPDATE: Watch Bulltown Strutters Mini-Documentary Video from Marry Durham I love Durham. Tonight at the second rehearsal of the Bulltown Strutters Band, Durham’s new New Orlean’s second line marching band extravaganza, we just felt like we needed to start steppin’. After going over a few tunes in one member’s living room, we decided to practice [...]
Mark Traphagen (aka Foolish Sage) is a lover of dark beers and darker music, of things that are but are not as they seem, of contexts taken out of context to become new contexts, of stories that point to a bigger Story. Mark lives in Durham, NC, with his wife and pet Macbook Pro. He has two married daughters and six grandchildren, and works by day for Virante, an Internet Marketing firm.Proudly Powered by WordPress | Theme by The Cloisters | Entries RSS Comments RSS
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