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<p>This site grew out of an often-discussed but just-as-often neglected desire to assemble a coffee-table book about the Neoteric Ensemble of DeKalb, Illinois. The project would collect thoughts, poems, scores, photos, video stills, commentary, and any other remnants of the group's ten years of activity. Publication costs would be offset by sales of the book&mdash;the majority probably to the admittedly small interest group of former hosts, members, and supporters&mdash;and so the product's finish would depend as much on a delicate balance of expectation and largesse as on the quality of found and contributed artifacts.
<p>This site grew out of the oft-discussed but just-as-oft neglected desire of several former members to assemble a coffee-table book cataloging the exploits of the Neoteric Ensemble of DeKalb, Illinois. JP's been talking to me about this since at least the mid-90's. We planned to ask fellow veterans of the old milieu to loan their thoughts, poems, scores, posters, video stills, commentary, and any other remnants of the group's ten years of activity to be reproduced in an archival form and made available to the world. Publication costs could conceivably be offset by sales of the book&mdash;the majority probably to the admittedly small interest group of former hosts, members, and supporters&mdash;so the product's finished quality would depend as much on a delicate balance of expectation and largesse as on the condition of the artifacts contributed.
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Revision as of 17:15, 10 January 2012

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This site grew out of the oft-discussed but just-as-oft neglected desire of several former members to assemble a coffee-table book cataloging the exploits of the Neoteric Ensemble of DeKalb, Illinois. JP's been talking to me about this since at least the mid-90's. We planned to ask fellow veterans of the old milieu to loan their thoughts, poems, scores, posters, video stills, commentary, and any other remnants of the group's ten years of activity to be reproduced in an archival form and made available to the world. Publication costs could conceivably be offset by sales of the book—the majority probably to the admittedly small interest group of former hosts, members, and supporters—so the product's finished quality would depend as much on a delicate balance of expectation and largesse as on the condition of the artifacts contributed.