Ten years of TAAQ on the web

On November 18, 2009 we slept through an important anniversary — it was a full ten years since our first website went up into cyberspace (yes, that was what they all liked to call it then along with other shibboleths like Information Superhighway, etc.). Anyhoo, it was our first great gig in the sky.

May the sun always shine on Sunbeam

Because Sunbeam Motha is no more, we will all pay tribute to his memory and to the Music Strip, which he pioneered in the early 1980s. Time chases its tail this Sunday, when the Music Strip reincarnates as The Live Gig. Join us and many others at this fond and nostalgic revival. We’re on nearabouts 4 PM.

Who needs a record company

 

This was back in 2001? I’ve lost track of the date. But the day we got our production of Cd’s and Tapes is still quite clear… ‘lil did we know what we were getting into!
Four albums down the line we still aren’t sure…

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The Spirit of the Roadie-O – Part 1

Every fan can tell you about the personnel who make up a great band – we all know our gods who make the great music, but I’ll be the first to profile the Crew of this band, nay this (mental) institution called Thermal And A Quarter. I don’t recall everyone who was in therapy with [...]

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Oh…I’ll get you

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“I’ll get you in the end” was a Bruce Lee Mani original — lyrics, I mean. The young and spunky Sunil Chandy added some cool touches to it.
I think the first time it was performed was at Christ College before TAAQ was born — we were just the Christ College band then. It was the [...]

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