RTP-area local music and culture

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Just one added note...the same group of me & others from the GO4 show
above went to the free Drive-By Truckers/PH Shifter show on Brown's
Island in Richmond a few weeks ago (this is an outdoor public park)
and it was about as smoky as some clubs I've been to.  Part of the
problem was the big cigar kiosk selling stogies right & left (and
probably giving out free samples.)  I guess that's one of the few ways
tobacco companies can market their wares.  Maybe I'm just a lot more
sensitive to smoke than I used to be, but gee whiz.


On Aug 22, 10:32 am, nos... AT spacelabstudio.com (Chris Rossi) wrote:
> I continue to be amazed that there is still smoking of any kind at Local
> 506.  I can understand, somewhat, why bars that are primarily just bars
> would still keep smoking.  But the Local 506 is closed on nights there
> aren't shows, right?  The only draw for the 506 is the music.  The vast
> majority of your potential customers don't smoke.  Anecdotal evidence
> suggests that a sizable number of those customers are deterred from
> attending shows because of the smoking problem.  I personally missed a
> number of shows I had been excited about seeing this winter because I
> didn't want to expose my sinus infected respiratory system to the
> intense cloud of smoke that lives at the 506.  Even with healthy lungs
> I'm more likely to pop in on a Nightlight just to see what's going on,
> than a show at the 506--I need to already know there's something I want
> to see there, if I'm going to put myself in that environment.  I have
> never heard of any smoker not going to a rock show because they couldn't
> smoke.  Never.  They will come and they'll deal with a non-smoking venue
> if they want to see the band.  It makes clear and obvious business sense
> to simply ban smoking from your club.
>
> Of course, if it were just the business case, I wouldn't care so much,
> but the fact is that second hand smoke is a serious health concern.
> Even if the NC legislature is slow to act, there's no reason not to be
> proactive in protecting the public health of the 80% of people who don't
> smoke from the 20% that do.  It's simply the right thing to do.  And I'm
> amazed that OSHA doesn't have something to say about employees having to
> work in a smoke filled environment.  It was this past New Year's Eve, I
> was twiddling my thumbs after sound check, when the girl working the
> door walked behind the bar, opened her purse, produced an inhaler, took
> a couple of good hits off of that, and went back to working the door.
> If that isn't an argument for banning smoking from your club I don't
> know what is.
>
> You can experiment with half measures all you want, I suppose, but I'm
> skeptical they'll do much lasting good, and the argument for a total ban
> just seems like a no-brainer to me.
>
> xoxox
> chris
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> local... AT gmail.com wrote:
> > Although this discussion died down on here, it's still something I've
> > been battling on a regular basis at the club.  Recently, by request of
> > the artist, we tried restricting smoking to the bar-area only, while
> > no smoking was allowed in the room where the artist performed.  And it
> > worked really well - I got several comments about how (somehow!) the
> > smoke itself didn't infiltrate the smoke-less room (or likely, it did
> > so at ceiling-level, not head-level!)  And this show was well-
> > attended, over 100 people.
>
> > Anyway, I'm seriously considering this as a permanent policy, but
> > looking for feedback before making this decision.
>
> > glenn / local 506
>
> > ps: Of course, all Summer I've been seriously considering adding wine,
> > updating our Reverbnation page, taking a vaction, among other things,
> > and they haven't happened yet (but Summer's not over!)
>
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