RTP-area local music and culture

[John I <not AT hotmail.com>]

grady wrote:

> The Cradle schedule generally specifies if a show is seated or not: 
> http://www.catscradle.com/schedule.html
> 
> For instance, scroll down to Rob Bell on July 20th. By comparison, the 
> line for Iris DeMent doesn't say "seated show" so I'd guess that's a "no."
> 
> Seats are nice, except for (from the venue's perspective) two things: 
> the hassle to set them up & take them down, and the reduction in rated 
> capacity (having a couple of hundred non-attached seats in a venue makes 
> the fire marshal pretty nervous, and for good reason--I always seem to 
> get entangled in those lightweight folding chairs they use even when 
> there's *not* a panicky evacuation going on).
> 
> Dunno from your question whether you've ever been to the Cradle, but 
> there are bench seats along the side walls, and some additional bench 
> seating at the backs of some low risers in the rear of the room. 
> However, due to the nature of the venue & the crowds, you usually wind 
> up having to sit on the 6" wide ledge at the top of the seatback, with 
> your feet on the seat, if you want to be able to see the stage, and 
> that's usually about as uncomfortable as standing, albeit to different 
> parts of the anatomy.
> 
> But maybe your butt is really skinny. The main problem is actually that 
> the 6" ledge is right up against the wall, so in order to keep your ass 
> on the thing, you have to sit up super-straight with the wall at your 
> back, and having good posture for that long really wears me out. ;-)
> 
> Ross
> 
> 

Skinny asses = painful sitting on planks.