RTP-area local music and culture

[James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>]

The only report I have is that no one followed me back
here.  Man, I'm SO not afraid of Ohio.

--- Jeremy Blair <jerblar AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Well fucking said, thank you Mr. Booth. I'll also
> say, James comments were
> in jest and funny. I especially liked the part about
> challenging Marietta
> (was it Marietta?) residents to a brawl. Please keep
> us informed on how that
> goes. You know, Durham is a bit of a drive fom
> Marietta and some of those
> presented with the challenge may be at work now but
> planning to leave around
> 5 or 6 tonight so barring traffic, you may get some
> action in the morning
> hours. I'll look for your posts tomorrow to see how
> it turns out.
> 
> ..and I'm listening to The Mariner's Revenge Song by
> the Decemberists while
> I'm reading Glenn's post, freeky..
> 
> 
> On 18 Jan 2006 10:37:11 -0800, Glenn Boothe / Local
> 506 <
> gboothe2 AT earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > >>> not everyone here knows that I've always had
> trouble defining the
> > "scene".
> >
> > I think part of the problem you may have defining
> the "scene" is
> > because one doesn't really exist here anymore.  If
> you don't agree with
> > me, just ask yourself - when is the last time you
> went to see a local
> > band that you didn't actually know someone
> personally in the band?
> > Unfortunately, the so-called music scene here is a
> more of a popularity
> > contest where individual popularity outweighs
> artistic merit (with band
> > members working the service industry having a
> bigger advantage over
> > those who don't.)
> >
> > And think about this, the so-called indie music
> scene nationally has
> > grown dramatically in recent years with breakout
> bands from Arcade Fire
> > to Clap Your Hands (not to mention, the major
> label graduates like
> > Death Cab, Decemberists and Modest Mouse) yet most
> locals bands don't
> > draw well outside their hometown, much less
> Atlanta or DC.  Point
> > being, there is way more interest in this kind of
> music now than in the
> > 90's when there was a scene here.
> >
> > You know, if every band member attended one local
> show for every show
> > they played (and bought one local CD for each they
> made,) then this
> > would be a thriving local music community.  That's
> all it would take;
> > however, instead, this local club has had to
> eliminate local music on
> > weekdays because of lack of support.  And, you
> know what the real sad
> > part is, we were doing most of those shows for
> free.
> >
> > glenn / local 506
> >
> > -- 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
> 


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