RTP-area local music and culture

[James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>]

Sounds like Burly at the Somewhere Else.

--- peace and love <peace AT love.org> wrote:

> We got paid with a single 12-pack of beer one time
> in Greensboro. The
> bartender felt so guilty he then offered us all the
> single serving size
> bags of chips he had on this little stand.
> we took them...
> 
> James Hepler wrote:
> > $100-$200 a month on music, I'm gonna hit you up
> for a
> > loan sometime.  
> > 
> > --- Bryk <chscene AT bryk.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>ross, WTF that was a little harsh.
> >>
> >>i would assume that glenn has invested a pretty
> big
> >>chunk of his  
> >>savings into 506, for what my parents probably
> >>wouldn't consider  
> >>"much of a living".  it's as much of a labour of
> >>love as being a  
> >>broke-ass indie rock fool like myself. 
> (admittedly,
> >>the main  
> >>difference being glenn is ONE rung up from the
> >>bottom of the food  
> >>chain, above the artist's traditional position).
> >>
> >>OK, for the sake or argument, everyone who's not
> >>republican-tax-break- 
> >>wealthy has only so much they can drop on buying
> >>music.
> >>
> >>for the record, let's say on average i spend
> >>$100-200 a month on CDs  
> >>and the occasional legit download.
> >>
> >>i try to balance out buying the things i expect to
> >>really treasure,  
> >>listen to constantly and obsessively, artists i'm
> >>already into, with  
> >>maybe downloading or burning music i want to
> >>explore, or artists i  
> >>admire but don't really love.  even when i've
> >>downloaded or burned  
> >>stuff that i found i was really into, it's in my
> >>nature to want to  
> >>ultimately own it.  i spent a decade freelancing
> and
> >>slumming in  
> >>music retail (for the aforementioned career
> >>flexibility). i have a  
> >>ugly WALL of vinyl and CDs, at this point a bad
> >>investment in every  
> >>sense BUT the artistic/cultural.
> >>
> >>if i bought EVERY CD i wanted to listen to, i
> would
> >>probably end up  
> >>living in my car.
> >>
> >>until it was reposessed.
> >>
> >>are you telling us that you've NEVER burned a CD
> you
> >>just wanted to  
> >>check out?
> >>
> >>dan
> >>
> >>p.s. fuck! the restaurant muzak is playing michael
> >>mcdonald's "reach  
> >>out (i'll be there)" and i think i just threw up
> in
> >>my mouth.
> >>
> >>
> >>On 15-Feb-06, at 7:23 AM, grady wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>The thread was (and still is,
> >>
> >>subject-heading-wise) about how best to
> >>
> >>>support artists. Thanks for clarifying your
> >>
> >>position on that one.
> >>
> >>>Glenn Boothe / Local 506 wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>I try not to pay over $12 cos at that point,
> I'll
> >>
> >>just look to
> >>
> >>>>burn it from someone.
> >>>
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> >>
> >>alt.music.chapel-hill --
> >>
>
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> >>
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> >>
> > 
> > 
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