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...Miller wrong; he doesn't pass harsh judgments on audiences. Contrary to reports in the rock and roll journals (including a favorable write-up in Rolling Stone). Burma isn't really on the cutting edge of anything. The music is aimed at WBCN's top-40 list--new electronic twists on old motifs; pretty raunchy live, but so is every other competent bar band...
...Burma isn't seeking the true spirit of rock and roll along the lines of the 1976 British punk revolution. The sound is contemporary, but it isn't really different. Martin Swope is no Brian Eno, nor does he pretend to be. His goal at the moment is scraping together enough dough for a new sound system. Redefining the art isn't even on the agenda. Above all else, Burma is flexible, the way New Wave is flexible...
...some, the genre means smooth pop, to others L.A. noise, ask, regae, whatever. Burma hates the New Wave label, but that's what sells in a lot of places today. Burma aspires to solvency, and the band members can adjust equally well to Jasper's and White Russians or to the Paradise and crazy kid punks, though it seems they might prefer a melding of the two: enthusiastic dancing-types who can afford to pay real cover charges. Capitalism doesn't pose problems for Burma, as it does for some hands they play with. At Jasper's the opening group...
...Says Burma's Conley. "You can call it whatever you want; it doesn't have any bearing on what...
...Burma has toured a little bit out of the Boston area, getting as far as Largo, Texas, at one point, but Capitol isn't begging for their next effort, an L.P., due out this spring. The musicians discuss making it "big," but they never drop their facetious, safe attitude. "I'm going to be fathering children all over the country, says Miller, who wears a tee-shirt marked. "Not a Member of Mission of Burma." "Conley reads Yeats between sets...