RTP-area local music and culture

[Chris Rossi <nospam AT spacelabstudio.com>]

Either I need more sleep or that makes no sense.

chris


James Hepler wrote:

> I will take this opportunity to point out that I can
> name two occasions in which UNC has beaten Duke AT
> CAMERON on the night of a Dres show.  Notice that I
> don't say the dres has played on the night of a UNC
> victory over Duke.  UNC has twice had the privilege of
> beating Duke on Dres Night.
>
> That's fuckin' semantics, folks.
>
>
> --- Ben Davis <ben_dontspamme_davis AT unc.edu> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > rawls rules!
> > if only the showchoir(and SAD) could incorporate the
> > Paulus Flop into 
> > their routine!
> >
> > Rawls nospam wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > > From: Baby Messy
> > > >
> > > > I watched them on SNL the other week and
> > > >        
> > thought..."this is it?...why
> >    
> >
> > > > all the hype?" and I really thought I was missing
> > > >        
> > something in my old
> >    
> >
> > > > age. I mean, as soon as you heard Radiohead you
> > > >        
> > KNEW, love it or hate
> >    
> >
> > > > it, that there was something special there. So
> > > >        
> > maybe I needed to dig
> >    
> >
> > > > deeper, and through the magic of Youtube, etc. I
> > > >        
> > tried. Lord I tried.
> >    
> >
> > >     In '04 I saw the Arcade Fire at the Cave, the
> > >      
> > Local 506, and a packed
> >    
> >
> > > CMJ affiliated show in New York a few months
> > >      
> > later, right after seeing
> >    
> >
> > > Springsteen play at the Meadowlands arena...and
> > >      
> > "On the Dark Side" along
> >    
> >
> > > with most other Springsteen rip offs are fine by
> > >      
> > me.    I get the hype.  I'm
> >    
> >
> > > not head over heels about it like some youngsters
> > >      
> > I've seen post things that
> >    
> >
> > > basically claim nothing like this has ever been
> > >      
> > recorded...every band has
> >    
> >
> > > obvious influences and over time it becomes fun to
> > >      
> > discover those
> >    
> >
> > > influences.
> > >
> > >     I've become a bit of a fan musically, but as
> > >      
> > people I liked them
> >    
> >
> > > instantly.  Not to toot my own horn, but I
> > >      
> > reviewed Funeral and claimed they
> >    
> >
> > > would be large (songs with anthemic, catchy
> > >      
> > choruses usually catch on re:
> >    
> >
> > > U2).  It's in the Raleigh Hatchet archives
> > >      
> > somewhere.  I know people who
> >    
> >
> > > jumped on the bandwagon in early '05 because
> > >      
> > certain websites gave it the
> >    
> >
> > > thumbs up...I can only hope some day someone who
> > >      
> > doubts her or his own
> >    
> >
> > > opinions will read my review and say, "I'm not
> > >      
> > insane!" I'm counting on the
> >    
> >
> > > Arcarde Fire review for this confirmation because
> > >      
> > my Van Halen reviews
> >    
> >
> > > probably won't do it :(  Dammit I love Van Halen
> > >      
> > and wish Roth would quit
> >    
> >
> > > being such an idiot and Edward could get whatever
> > >      
> > it is going on with him
> >    
> >
> > > together (and props to Hagar and Anthony for just
> > >      
> > showing up to the Hall of
> >    
> >
> > > Fame induction and being classy)
> > >
> > >     The Arcade Fire SNL performance was fine...if
> > >      
> > you liked Arcade Fire in
> >    
> >
> > > the first place. I was sitting next to someone
> > >      
> > during their appearance on
> >    
> >
> > > Conan O'Brien two years ago who wasn't a fan to
> > >      
> > begin with and that person
> >    
> >
> > > was underwhelmed.  Talk show appearances just
> > >      
> > aren't that divergent from
> >    
> >
> > > the original recording anymore. I think Eddy
> > >      
> > Grant's crunchy guitar version
> >    
> >
> > > of "Electric Avenue" was the only time an SNL
> > >      
> > performance really did a
> >    
> >
> > > number on me, all other performances since on that
> > >      
> > show have been pretty
> >    
> >
> > > much by the book.  So they didn't rip up a picture
> > >      
> > of the Pope (which was
> >    
> >
> > > kind of cool although Sinead's music didn't really
> > >      
> > do much for me).
> >    
> >
> > >     I thought "Creep" by Radiohead upon first
> > >      
> > hearing it in '93 was a lame
> >    
> >
> > > attempt at jumping on the grunge rock bandwagon. 
> > >      
> > Everything I've heard from
> >    
> >
> > > them since has been very underwhelming, making me
> > >      
> > think at best, "Unwound
> >    
> >
> > > achieved this a few years ago with way less
> > >      
> > financial backing."  The singer
> >    
> >
> > > seems to take himself way too seriously, but
> > >      
> > overall they seem like nice
> >    
> >
> > > people with good taste...until now I'd never
> > >      
> > posted those thoughts on a
> >    
> >
> > > bulletin site because I'm comfortable in knowing
> > >      
> > that sometimes my opionions
> >    
> >
> > > don't always run parallel with others.  Now I'm
> > >      
> > going to go back on youtube
> >    
> >
> > > and search for more footage of Paulus flopping,
> > >      
> > not because I think I'm
> >    
> >
> > > insane, I just think it's hilarious!
> > >
> > > Rawls
> > > -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
> > >      
> > alt.music.chapel-hill --
> >    
> >
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> > >      
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> >
> >    
>
>
>
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