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  • From: alex kostelnik <bd189 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Durham, NC: here comes Clear Channel
  • Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 22:13:20 -0700 (PDT)

Woo-Hoo!!

-Alex
--- bendy <bendy AT example.org> wrote:
> alex kostelnik wrote:
>
> > I have seen the unmitigated shit that happens to
> a local scene when
> > the corporations move in.
> >
> > The city of Durham is proposing to build a 4,000
> seat "Events
> > Center" and they are begging Clear Channel to come
> run it and sell six
> > dollar cokes and 15 dollar parking spaces.
> (That's how they make
> > their money managing midsize venues.)
>
> I heard from a friend runs the concessions at
> Pittsburgh's midsized
> venue that the night Cher played, they sold over
> $100,000 in nachos.
>
> Somehow, that's made me never want to eat nachos
> again. And my feelings
> for Cher's have been diminished.
>
> At any rate, this is an ideal chance for Durmites to
> say something to
> city hall, and really make a difference in our
> cultural future, which is
> undeniably coming together after so many false
> starts.
>
> I wrote 'em the other day, and if you take the time
> to write them
> personally, they take it seriously. Write the
> Herald-Sun, too, if you
> don't mind your opinion out in the open. They take
> that even more seriously.
>
> And in my own experience dealing with local
> governments, it's almost
> always possible to get them to put off making a
> decision. That's the one
> opportunity they can't resist. So don't discourage
> yourself by saying
> that this is the eleventh hour. Believe me, we can
> affect this.
>
> Bendy
>
>
> -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
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