Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

ch-scene - Re: Enon at Durfest

ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: RTP-area local music and culture

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Enon at Durfest
  • Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 08:16:18 -0700 (PDT)

Is the website accurate in that they haven't finalized
the schedule or started selling tickets yet?

Hep


--- grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:

> "In addition to showcasing independent local and
> regional talent, this
> year's Durham Music Festival will feature record
> label showcases."
>
> Looks to me to be yr standard mission-creep, which
> is OK, I guess--you
> make a music festival, you can invite whomever you
> want. Not sure what
> the rationale is -- are there really indie-rockers
> in the Triangle who
> were planning on skipping the festival until they
> saw that Windsor for
> the Derby were playing, and now they're lining up
> for tix? Unlikely.
>
> On the other hand, that's still probably the basic
> idea--not just
> Windsor for the Derby per se, but all the various
> out-of-town bands (and
> "label showcases") working to generate slightly more
> coverage/buzz (see
> also: this thread) and thus lure more people to the
> fest, where
> presumably the idea is that they'll be knocked on
> their asses by the
> wealth of local talent and become local-music fans
> forever as a result.
> Assuming people are encouraged to check out the
> local bands *and* are
> able to differentiate between the locals &
> non-locals.
>
> Philosophically it's only problematic in the sense
> that there are
> non-Durham bands on the list but there are Durham
> bands who *aren't* on
> the list, including Spacelab, Torch Marauder,
> Hotel/Motel & probably a
> shitload of others whom I can't name at present. But
> that could just be
> because they're gonna be busy that weekend.
>
> Ross
>
> Fikri Yucel wrote:
> > Enon are on Touch & Go Records (out of Chicago).
> As
> > far as I can tell, their roots and recordings are
> all
> > out of the midwest and New York (ex-Brainiac,
> > ex-Skeleton Key, ex-Blonde Redhead--now that's
> some
> > kind of pedigree). The Durham connection is a
> > mystery. They do seem to like playing the
> Triangle
> > area a lot though--sometimes they hit the area
> twice
> > on the same tour. I am rather fond of them myself
> (in
> > case you couldn't tell).
> >
> > Still no solution to the mystery, though. The
> Durham
> > Music Festival website says it will be "showcasing
> > independent local and regional talent." But it's
> a
> > bit of a stretch to call Enon "regional." Still
> gotta
> > wonder if there's more of a connection...
> >
> > -Fikri
> >
> > --- Agent Starchild <starchild AT mutualaid.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I'm not sure what Enon's ties are but they're one
> of
> >>my favorite
> >>bands. I'm excited they'll be there. They must
> be
> >>on Merge Records
> >>or something. I'd forgotten what their label was.
> >>-- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
> >>alt.music.chapel-hill --
> >>http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > __________________________________
> > Do you Yahoo!?
> > Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out!
> > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
> > -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
> alt.music.chapel-hill --
> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
> >
> -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
> alt.music.chapel-hill --
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
>




__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out!
http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail




Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page