RTP-area local music and culture

[Ben Davis <ben_dontspamme_davis AT unc.edu>]

This is an insanely long thread - so maybe this point has already been 
made -
But isn't a major part of the indie music scene based on avoiding the 
mainstream culture? (except Hepler and engarde)- Hasn't it always -
have not all bands here joked about creating their alter ego "frat" band 
so they can rake in those big dollars?

Perhaps just because the UNC kids shop online at Urban outfitters and 
listen to Franz Ferdinand and Death Cab doesn't mean they are any more 
inclined to seek out new music on their own - who knows - maybe we need 
to get Marissa and 'Sup Mag to hire some kids who can walk around and 
talk about how cool all the local venues are and what a raging time they 
had at them last night

But then again - I haven't been yelled at by sorority girls in Chapel 
Hill for wearing too much black since the late 90's -  maybe I wear less 
black too -

and there is the money issue too - kids go where they can get wasted the 
cheapest - keggers bro - keggers............

Steven Keith wrote:
> Maybe you have to make the "kids" feel like they are getting away with
> something. It seems that the only thing at the intersection of crowd and
> music in this area is an assload of pirated mp3's and a case of Natural
> Lite Ice. 
> 
> My take: the batch of kids who're supposed to start standing in for
> those of us in our late 30's (with kids) does not listen to local radio,
> they don't see local bands as entertainment and it takes a lot of hard
> work to fill a 60 Gig iPod with pilfered music and dammit they want to
> feel good about that. Getting laid, I would agree makes a difference.
> Somehow, its probably Pat Robertson's fault.  
> 
> These kids have a broader/more global realm of choices today. And the
> local scene isn't catering to as many of them as it once did. 
> 
> In the 90's we all gave a shit about local college radio. It made us
> feel slightly more plugged in. In my case, it told me what I was going
> to be doing almost every night.      
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Nathaniel
> Florin
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:45 PM
> To: RTP-area local music and culture
> Subject: Re: Durham music scene
> 
> 
> I remember going to endless local nights at Club
> Zen/The Club in the very early 90s at which, despite
> $1 admission and $1 longnecks, the audience would
> consist of me, my roommate, Franz, two friends of the
> band, and the Christina Applegate mural on the wall.
> Certain bands filled the place, but most didn't at
> all. In this period I also saw local shows at the
> Cradle, the Hardback, Under the Street, and the
> Fallout Shelter with a total paying attendance of
> under five. Again, certain bands would draw more, but
> not many of them.
> 
> There was, I think, a significant uptick after this,
> for whatever reason. But I wonder what the baseline we
> should be comparing things to is. 
> 
> FWIW, all I hear off away in the far reaches where I
> now dwell is that nobody goes to shows anymore.
> 
> Nate
> 
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