RTP-area local music and culture

[James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>]

One thing is for sure.  When The Wusses take the
stage, you'll forget all about shark jumping.

The Wusses, TONIGHT, Great Cover Up.  $5 plus free,
all-you-can-inhale second hand smoke.

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

> Errata:
> 
> 1) Ticonderoga, gentle men that they are, were
> damn-near-destructified 
> by a month on tour, and thus will not be performing
> on WXDU this Sunday. 
> This upsets me terribly, but I will soldier on.
> 
> 2) As has perhaps been mentioned here already,
> RECESS is happening at 
> Nightlight Saturday night:
> 
> RECESS is a monthly night of local 'experimental'
> music at Nightlight in
> Chapel Hill.  This Saturday's show features:
> 
> David Nahm w/ Ben Spiker and Robert Biggers (of
> Audubon Park)
> Todd Emert (of Mowing Lawns, Inspector 22)
> Rob Maggard (of Samuel Robison and the Crowd)
> Matt Kalb (of Hotel Motel, Audubon Park)
> Aaron Smithers (of Year of the Pig, Hem of His
> Garment)
> 
> Show starts promptly at 10pm and will be over by
> midnight.
> 
> 3) I'm pretty sure The Great Cover-Up jumped the
> shark many years ago (I 
> dunno; I never manage to make it to all 3 nights, so
> I probably missed 
> the exact moment), but if not, it sure as shit did
> it last night, right 
> about the time "Joey Ramone" lit the pommel of his
> sword on fire and 
> proceeded to blow fireballs into the air over the
> audience. Guys, if 
> you're gonna play "Somebody Put Something In My
> Drink" *and* "Merry 
> Christmas, I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight" you may as
> well go whole-hog and 
> do "Pet Cemetery" as well. We were all rooting for
> you (albeit in an 
> annoyed "how much fucking worse can this get?" kind
> of way), and you 
> blew it.
> 
> Ross
> 
> grady wrote:
> > Wednesday, November 30
> > Amish Jihad, Caltrop
> > Reservoir, Carrboro
> > 
> > Reservoir is where Go! used to be, and although
> they are
> > strictly-speaking still Just A Bar, they've been
> having rockshows more
> > & more frequently. It nearly always seems to
> involve the owners and/or
> > friends of the owners, so perhaps they're Just A
> Bar until somebody
> > they know wants to play, which is a damn
> convenient way to avoid
> > having to throw away 100s of unlistened
> demo-CD-Rs.
> > 
> > But so anyway, Amish Jihad are the More Metal
> spinoff of the Scaries.
> > Caltrop are heavy/sludgy/Sabbathy & feature
> ex-members of El Sucio and
> > the Ladderback.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thursday, December 1 - Saturday December 3
> > The Great Cover-Up [http://www.kingsbarcade.com]
> > Kings, Raleigh
> > 
> > This is the 7th-annual Great Cover-Up, which (as
> always) involves
> > local bands performing short sets of covers of
> their favorite bands.
> > In essence it's closer to the "Great Tribute-Up,"
> because each band
> > covers a single other band, and they're welcome
> (and indeed
> > encouraged) to tart it up with wigs and costumes
> and fake moustaches.
> > 
> > Over the past few years a trend has developed
> whereby the local
> > "bands" aren't local bands at all, but are instead
> just accretions of
> > otherwise-unrelated local musicians, assembled
> solely for the purpose
> > of playing the Cover-Up. This is,
> strictly-speaking, a Bad Thing, but
> > considering that some of my personal faves over
> the past few years
> > have been such bands (Big Black or Jesus Lizard,
> anyone?), I guess I
> > should just shut up & enjoy it. Good enough.
> > 
> > The lineup is always kept semi-secret, and this
> year I actually
> > haven't heard Thing One about who's covering whom
> on which night, so
> > you're just gonna have to turn out for all three
> nights
> > (Thursday-Saturday).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thursday, December 1
> > The Apes
> [http://www.selfstarterfoundation.com/apes.html]
> > Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thursday, December 1
> > Snatches of Pink [http://www.snatchesofpink.com/],
> Elevator Action
> > [http://www.elevatoractionband.com/], The Sammies
> > Local 506, Chapel Hill
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Friday, December 2
> > Deadboy & the Elephantmen
> [http://www.deadboyandtheelephantmen.com],
> > Summerbirds [http://www.summerbirds.com/]
> > Local 506, Chapel Hill
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Friday, December 2
> > Nathan Asher & the Infantry
> [http://www.nathanasher.com/], Eyes to
> > Space [http://www.eyestospace.net/]
> > Wetlands, Chapel Hill
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Saturday, December 3
> > des_ark [http://www.des-ark.org], The Strugglers
> > [http://www.thestrugglers.org/], Buried Beds
> > [http://www.buriedbeds.com/]
> > Bickett Gallery, Raleigh
> > 
> > des_ark at present is just Aimee Argote and her
> guitar, although last
> > month it also included Drunk Girl's unearthly
> keening. Lately Aimee
> > has taken to swearing up & down that she prefers
> playing with just her
> > acoustic guitar & no amplification, to which I'm
> compelled to respond:
> > Remember the stairwell scene in Animal House.
> > 
> > The Strugglers's most recent album, "You Win,"
> should be
> > required-listening for anybody interested in the
> current state of the
> > alt-alt-alt-country/bummer-folk movement (think
> Drag City, Palace,
> > Smog), and for anybody else who admires a
> devastating song
> > well-delivered.
> > 
> > Randy says his friends the Buried Beds are like
> "Karen Carpenter
> > fronting Low." Holy moly.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Saturday, December 3
> > Low Skies [http://www.lowskies.com/]
> > Duke Coffeehouse, Durham
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Saturday, December 3
> > The Cartridge Family
> [http://www.cartridge-family.com/], Watershed
> > Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Sunday, December 4
> > Ticonderoga [http://www.ticonderobics.com/]
> > WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham
> > 
> > Ticonderoga are from Raleigh, and among their many
> accomplishments,
> > they successfully pull off the
> switching-instruments thing to further
> > their program of everchanging subtle variations in
> tone from
> > song-to-song. Their music can be identified
> vaguely 
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