RTP-area local music and culture

[Whit <tedpossum AT nope.bellsouth.net>]

I think this is really no contest, and I won't even count the sound:

1. Cradle is non-smoking
2. Cradle beer is cheaper and more diverse.
3. Cradle, I bet, has more seats, at least on a sq ft basis.
4. Ritz doesn't allow re-entry should you have to go outside. At least 
the last time I was there.
5. If it's possible, the Cradle's cement floor actually seems softer to me.
6. Cradle has the ingenious wormhole that allows you to get at least 
halfway back to the bar and bathrooms without having to push through the 
worst part of a crowd. I've always admired that, whoever devised it. 
Seconds can be precious.
7. More food and alcohol in walking distance.

-whit

...spoken like a true grumpy old man.

John I wrote:

> Steven Keith wrote:
>>
>>How many people can cram into the Raleigh venue where the Pixies are
>>playing? I have heard it is like seeing a show in a Wal-Mart auto shop.
> 
> As opposed to the sanitary and luxuriously appointed Cats Cradle?