RTP-area local music and culture

["James Hepler" <hepstyle AT gmail.com>]

I think Kelly makes some good points.  Upon giving the blog a reading, it
claims to be about local music but seems to exist somewhere on the outside
of it.

There is nothing about the Hammer No More the Fingers CD release party which
packed the coffeehouse from start to finish.  Nothing about the IWTDI CD
release party.  Nothing about the Sleepsound CD release party.  Nothing
about the Trekky Christmas party of 2007.  Nothing about Troika.  Not a
mention of Bull City Headquarters. But there is a nearly minute-by-minute
breakdown of the grammys.
Yeah, so honestly, which triangle are we talking about?

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Kelly <radiofury AT gmail.com> wrote:

>
> >
> > I'll also take this opportunity to point you to the music blog I co-
> > edit, Triangle Music. (http://trianglemusic.blogspot.com) Check it
> > out, tell me what sucks about it, and let me know what you guys, who
> > are obviously passionate about and interested in the local scene, want
> > to read about.
>
> Well,
>
> glancing through the blog for a moment before running out to work, I
> have a few comments:
>
> If you are going to call the blog "Triangle Rock" with the innuendo
> that you are referring to the NC Triangle, then you should focus
> primarily (or exclusively) on the Triangle.  Start with the Links
> section.  Order the links by relevance.  I have no problem with a link
> to StereoGum, but why is it at the top and not Menconi or the Indy?
>
> I also have a personal bias towards radio and bristle when I see some
> "what the hell??" non-local radio station linked but none of the
> actual locals.  All three of the local college stations have people
> that bust their asses to get good local bands on the air, and the
> omission on your page indicates a lack of understanding of how actual
> "music scenes" have worked over the decades.
>
> On to the actual writing.  Menconi wrote about the Great 8 a little
> while back.  The Grayson fired back from the Indy.  The interweb was
> ablaze with discussion.  Mann's World covered it, and there were
> multiple threads here and there discussing it. Where's your take?
>
> Try and at least balance what you write about to reflect some of the
> aspects of the Triangle Music scene.  If neither of you dig blast-
> core, then find someone that can do it for you.  Or link to the pre-
> existing blogs that are already covering it.  At the very least, don't
> just talk about major shows that are coming to Charlotte or past their
> creative relevancy bands that have since moved off to Charleston.
>
> Or the simplest thing to do is to change the name of the blog.  Right
> now, it just comes off as a disingenuous tool for self-
> somethingoranother.  Anyone connected to the non-mainstream music
> world will look at the blog and know that you either have no idea what
> you are talking about, or are just pimping off the 90's seattle-buzz
> until you get picked up in a bigger market where you can make more
> money.
>
> I'd prefer to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you
> just aren't sure about what's happening around here.  I can start you
> off with a tour of WXDU's facilities and then suggest that you make an
> appearance at the WXYC-WXDU Prom coming up in April.  Then consider
> taking Glenn out to lunch sometime and pick his brain about local
> bands.   Get a bunch of speed or energy drinks and powerbars, Google
> Ross Grady and read for 48 hours.  In the meantime, I'll make you an
> mp3 mix of all his voice-breaks over the past few years, speed it up a
> bit so you can get through it faster and then GO!  By that time, you
> should have to first real glimpses into the brilliance of what's going
> on around here and all this other stuff will just seem dull in
> comparison.
>
> --Kelly
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