RTP-area local music and culture

[James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>]

How storybook can you get though?  The rock club was
torn down to build a parking lot.  Someone should
write a song about that shit.



--- grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:

> Well, everybody knows that nobody will want to visit
> the new Raleigh 
> Convention Center if there are musicians and music
> fans loitering around 
> downtown. We must make Raleigh safe for the annual
> Bridal Show, and the 
> Boat Show, and the Home and Garden Show. I can only
> assume that the Pour 
> House & Slim's have been secretly marked for death
> as well.
> 
> What amazes me is that this is all happening under
> the leadership of a 
> supposed progressive/liberal/whatever mayor. I don't
> think the arts in 
> Raleigh suffered any worse under Tom Fetzer.
> 
> As for Wetlands, well, that shit was *always* too
> good to be true. East 
> Franklin St. kills live music. The bookings at the
> Library have tapered 
> off significantly since their brief heyday last year
> as well.
> 
> Maybe what Raleigh needs is . . . Culture Shock! 
> http://www.cultureshockonline.org/
> 
> Ross
> 
> Glenn Boothe / Local 506 wrote:
> > Not sure why these aren't topics yet, but I'll let
> Menconi's blog talk
> > about the Raleigh venues:
> http://blogs.newsobserver.com/beat/index.php?
> > cat=91
> > 
> > All I know about Wetlands is that it's no longer
> called Wetlands (now
> > Blend) and at least two shows were cancelled
> during that process.  I'm
> > sure someone else is more knowledgable than me.
> > 
> > glenn
> > 
> > -- 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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