RTP-area local music and culture

[Jeffrey Herrick <herrickjeffrey AT yahoo.com>]

I guess the thing that got me is that its written right after the N&O put out 
the  local great 8 (they are in the same newspaper).  I guess she thought all 
of the picks sorta stunk as well as everything else written in the Indy.. And 
from the 1st few paragraphs make it clear she is not just unhappy with the 
Cary scene.. I just don't know what this guy she loves so much has to do '90s 
buzz in Chapel Hill..  I can understand why the Rovers sorta stink to a 
Nashville transplant living in Cary.. but man did she listen to Bull City or 
Bowerbirds etc..?  
I know its pointless to try to understand.. so I'll second Grady's take..

1st few paragraphs of article..
"I’m gonna come right out and say it. The local music scene around here sort 
of stinks.Sure, there’s the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro that gets the bulk of 
the area’s good tours, Local 506 down the street in Chapel Hill to take care 
of the smaller acts, and I suppose Lincoln Theatre in downtown Raleigh has 
its moments.
But where are our great local bands? There was buzz in the ’90s that Chapel 
Hill was to be the next Seattle.
I think that’s why I get so excited when someone like James..... comes along."


On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:44 AM, grady <grady at ibiblio.org> wrote:

> Well, I suppose if by "around here" she means Cary, she could very well
> be right. Great Indian food, though, and a damn good movie theater. She
> should really try to focus more on the positives of Cary life.
>
> Jeffrey Herrick wrote:
> > N&O article:
> > http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/965663.html
> >
> >
> > BTW while searching for this on the N&O website I came across this gem
> in the Cary paper:
> > http://www.carynews.com/the_scene/story/8138.html
> > It opens with:
> >  "I'm gonna come right out and say it. The local music scene around here
> sort of stinks.".... and gets worse from there..
> >
> > Jeff
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