RTP-area local music and culture

[mullansp AT dpsnc.net (hjd)]

I agree the show at OOH LA LATTE was great!  Great sound, great bands
and a great crowd...with energy!  OOH LA LATTE has had some great
shows over the last month...one block from my house, a mere stumble or
two home.
jcmidrange AT yahoo.com (Rawls) wrote in message 
news:<20040816195051.13329.qmail AT web54110.mail.yahoo.com>...
> Though I'd been to Oh La Latte on one
> un-airconditioned day last month, Jett Rink Saturday
> night was the first show I'd seen there.  I give it a
> thumbs up.  Seeing as how I was born across the street
> at the old Watts Hospital and was hanging out at my
> grandmother's house mere blocks away prior to the
> show, I say this with nothing but Bull City Pride: 
> I've never seen such an assemblage of fuckin' freaks! 
> I don't know where these people came from (maybe they
> just have better taste than I do and only go to see
> good bands) but the place was packed...and it's a
> rather large venue.  A lot of younger folks were there
> which is good, a music scene needs fresh blood to stay
> alive (Raleigh could use a lot).
> 
>      One recommendation I would make:  find a more
> organized way to run cables from the stage to the
> soundboard, it was kind of messy up there and then you
> factor in Viva doing his thing along with cake being
> distributed....
> 
>      I certainly hope this place doesn't drop the ball
> like the Basement or Ringside...as time goes on I get
> more and more annoyed about having to buy a Ringside
> membership two years ago.  The times I've been back
> since, they could care less if I have a membership. 
> When I've shown it to the door guy it gets looked at
> like an odd thrift store find, "um...okay that's cool
> you have one of those...".
> 
>                                             Rawls
> 
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