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Jule Brown has a new website address. It is www.julebrown.org.


grady wrote:
> It's Christmas Party Night! At, like, every club, all at once:
>
> Friday, December 17
> Gerty [http://www.gerty.org], Fashion Design
> [http://fashiondesignband.com/], Wigg Report, My Little Phony,
> Topography
> Ooh La Latte, Durham
>
> This is the 307Knox Records Xmas party, and admission is somewhere
> between $3 and $8, depending on how grinchy you're feeling, I guess.
> In addition to the listed bands (I was listening to both Gerty &
> Fashion Design the other day, and lemme tell you, the influence of
the
> B-52s on the current generation is not to be underestimated), each
> band will cover a song by one of the other bands, Secret-Santa Style.
>
>
>
> Friday, December 17
> Snatches of Pink [http://www.snatchesofpink.com/], Torch Marauder,
> Chrome Plated Apostles [http://www.demonbeach.com]
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> This is the Cradle Christmas Party; it's free. I dunno how this
lineup
> works, exactly; at 9:30 you've got the old-school Stones-n-bombast
> rock of Snatches of Pink, which features Michael Rank and whomever
> else in town owns a leather vest (currently may or may not include
> Kevin Clark on bass & John Howie Jr. on drums).
>
> Then at 10:30 all the rockers go out back to smoke & the Torch
> Marauder takes the stage in all his blue-faced black-caped glory, to
> weave tall tales of Rock and derring-do and love and not wanting to
> clean the house.
>
> Then at 11:30, suitably nicotined, the rockers file back into the
room
> to see Chrome-Plated Apostles, which includes, IIRC, Clif Mann and
> Hunter Landen of the Bad Checks, Greg Adams (ex-Pipe) and Dave Perry
> (Jett Rink, Fake Swedish). The one time I saw them, a dude broke a
> bottle over another dude's head. It was the first dude's idea,
> actually, but that didn't stop Clif Mann from jumping offstage
> mid-song and tossing them both out. Oh yeah: they sound like the Bad
> Checks sounded back in the 80s.
>
>
>
> Friday, December 17
> $2 Pistols
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
> Friday, December 17
> Indie-Rock Karaoke
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> It's the Local 506 Christmas Party, featuring Indie-Rock Karaoke
> courtesy of some guy from Athens who has spent a long time tweaking
> his indie-rock record collection inside his computer to add lyrics &
> put it all into Karaoke-able format. I'm told by people who went last
> time that he's got a lot of "deep cuts" by certain artists; some
> wanted to argue that there should've been more "hits" by a wider
> variety of indie-rock bands, but surely you hardcore indie-rockers
can
> find plenty to sing about. Oh yeah, there's no cover, and presumably
> some sort of drink specials to lube you up.
>
>
>
> Friday, December 17
> Jett Rink [http://www.jett-rink.com/], Ticonderoga
> [http://www.ticonderobics.com/], Birds of Avalon, Pegasus
> Kings, Raleigh
>
> Ticonderoga are the darlings of the Young Raleigh rock scene; Jett
> Rink are the undisputed champions of Durham rock. What will happen
> with so much Hott Stuff in one room at one time?
>
>
>
> Saturday, December 18
> Jule Brown [http://www.unc.edu/~holland3/jbrown.htm]
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> This is the early (7:30) show.
>
>
>
> Saturday, December 18
> The Quarantines [http://www.freelon.com/quarantines/main.php], Red
All
> Over [http://www.redallover.com], The Sames [http://www.thesames.com]
> Martin Street Music Hall, Raleigh
>
> The Sames are my favorite shoegazer band, ever. One thing: not enough
> shoegazing! Too much jumping around!
>
> The Quarantines expect me to mysteriously be able to write something
> about them without ever having seen or heard them. OK: last week in
> Durham I overheard one of them, the tall one, telling stories out of
> class about one of the other ones. Tsk-tsk.
>
>
>
> Saturday, December 18
> Boner Machine, Extreme Animals [http://www.paperrad.org/extreme/],
> Soft Serve, Rotten Milk
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> This is way too complicated for me. Please note that after the show,
> everybody's gonna march downtown making a shitload of noise & waving
> things in the air. Happy things. It's Lauren's birthday! Here's her
> semi-coherent explanation:
>
> Happy CreativeImprovisationMas!!! Soft Serve dresses like a slutty
> soldier, plays keytar/electronics,kidnaps audience members and forces
> them to sing back up. EA is everyone's favorite feel-good freakout
> band back for a little x-mas disco demolition. Boner Machine is
> earth-loving and free. PLEASE bring costumes, hand-held instruments,
> noise-makers, toys, luv for tonight we will take it to the streets in
> peaceful UNITY. This is also Lauren's B-day luv-fest!
>
>
>
> Saturday, December 18
> Ticonderoga [http://www.ticonderobics.com/], Ryan Pound
> [http://www.pidgeonenglish.com/], The Strugglers
> [http://www.thestrugglers.org/]
> Bickett Gallery, Raleigh
>
> Strugglers are Chapel Hill's current secret weapon, whisper-quiet on
> CD but capable of mutating into infinite various forms in person. I
> saw them earlier this year with two drummers and it was probably one
> of the three best shows I saw all year. Randy Bickford writes
> brilliant, pained-sounding country-folk songs and finds people
willing
> to actually practice before they play them. Yell out "Cascade Range";
> you won't regret it.
>
>
>
> Sunday, December 19
> Hotel Motel [http://www.hot-mot.com]
> WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham
>
> Hotel Motel is a bona-fide artrock supergroup, featuring Anne Gomez
> (Blue-Green Gods, Cantwell Gomez & Jordan), Bob Wall (Tricky the
> Cosmonaut, Razzle, Spacelab) and Matt Kalb (v.Sirin, Audubon Park).
> They make "pop" music that sounds like it should make perfect sense
to
> you but for some reason it's also somewhat frightening and confusing,
> but in a good way. They have quite possibly the greatest "Some Velvet
> Morning" cover ever performed.
>
> 5:00 p.m. 88.7 FM or www.wxdu.org.
>
>
>
> Sunday, December 19
> The Moaners, Cordero [http://www.corderomusic.com/], Letal
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> The Moaners are a two-piece, featuring Melissa Swingle (Trailer
Bride)
> and Laura King (Grand National, ex-Gerty). Melissa plays guitar &
> sings; Laura plays drums. They play country-blues with a strong
> emphasis on blues, and they sound kind of like you might've expected
> Trailer Bride to sound like 10 years ago if they'd remained a
> two-piece and just continually improved for a decade. Which is to say
> stripped-down, a little funny, a little mean, and (thanks to Laura)
> more than a little loud.
>
>
>
> Tuesday, December 21
> Spader, The Sames [http://www.thesames.com], The People Under the
> Bridge [http://www.duckonbike.com/artistinfo.asp?artistid=378]
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> I just said nice things about the Sames, and I dunno from the other
> two, so instead I'll say nice things about Local 506, who have rather
> rashly adopted an idea that various of us have advocated at various
> times over the years: free shows. The idea being that more people are
> likely to take a chance on the fine young local rockers if they don't
> have to pay anything to get in, *and* the drinkers who just wanna
> drink will have no impediment either.
>
> More drinkers means a healthier club; more audience for the young
> bands means a healthier music scene. If you believe in this equation
> then please come out to these free shows at the 506, and PLEASE think
> of this as your opportunity to direct your cover-charge money to the
> target of your choice. Buy yourself an extra drink; tip the bartender
> an extra buck; or buy a CD or t-shirt or whatever from the bands. Or
> just stand in the back & leave the money in your pocket, but fall
> swooningly in love with one of the bands, so much so that you'd be
> more than willing to pay to see them next time. No matter what, we
all
> win.
>
>
>
> Wednesday, December 22
> An Epic at Best, Cities
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
>
>
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