RTP-area local music and culture

[Ethan Clauset <ethan AT tribal.xxx.metalab.unc.edu>]

their synchronized swaying from side to side was out of control.  not once 
did I see someone sway the wrong way.

Rawls <jcmidrange AT yahoo.com> wrote:

:      I'm not one to say there are "rules" that are
: required to be a good band.  But I have noticed
: certain um, scenarios that usually reoccur within good
: bands.  For example, if the drummer is an old, British
: guy (or the original drummer is British and was a
: teenager in the mid'60's) the band is usually good
: (granted most of theses examples are deceased).  Also,
: if someone in the band is wearing a turban, the band
: is usually good, and that would be the case for the
: Dapkings who I saw last night (I think Outkast is the
: only other example I can give of turban wearing I've
: seen in person)...what a tight band!  They caused
: people to come out on a Sunday night and....DANCE (I
: still stand by my previous postulation being that it
: was based on observations at house parties and
: non-live band events, and seeing as how a good, raw,
: funk and R&B band has never played around here I
: couldn't include that scenario in my data, plus I
: never accused anyone of being lobotomized which you
: would've had to have been if the Dapkings didn't make
: you move).

:                                             Rawls