RTP-area local music and culture

[tommy gibson <tcgibson AT mindspring.com>]

I heard you were trying to book Vanilla Ice at 506 ... is this true?

Glenn Boothe / Local 506 wrote:
> Okay, one more post and I swear I'll stop...but, you know, it just hit
> me...during the two years I was in business school (in Claremont, CA,
> 45 minutes from LA)  - I can only recall going to a handful of rock
> shows, and only two (Edith Frost, Mia Doi Todd) that didn't involve
> some guest list action.  The only time I went to the local equivalent
> of the Cradle, The Glass House in neighboring Pomona, was to see
> Superchunk. AND, I was DJ'ing at the college station KSPC (which is
> really good!)
> 
> Putting more thought into this, it was partly because I didn't know
> many people in that scene really, and chose to spend more time with my
> MBA friends, despite their lack of interest in music.*  And even though
> my girlfriend at the time WAS a big music fan, I don't ever recall us
> actively pursuing live music as an option.  Don't have any great
> insight beyond the fact that I'm sure the Glass House owner had similar
> concerns that I do as a club owner...and that, to a certain degree,
> people want to spend time with their friends, wherever that might lead
> them.
> 
> glenn
> 
> * A perfect example, one my friends gave me a ride and he had the
> Vanilla Ice cassette in his stereo. This was 1999 - and it wasn't as a
> joke...
>