RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

I have a big red O on my hand. Do you?

If not, then you must not have gotten your Arcade Fire/Superchunk/Obama 
rally ticket yet. They're handing them out at Obama tables situated 
strategically close to early-voting sites around the Triangle.

I drove by the one in Carrboro (at Balloons and Things, just up from 
Akai Hana) at 9:25 this morning and there were like 250 people standing 
in line, wrapped halfway around the parking lot & down the sidewalk in 
front of Akai Hana. As I turned onto Weaver St. I saw more folks 
hustling to get in line.

Not wanting to be another hour later to work, I opted to keep driving. 
Just now at lunch I headed into downtown Durham, because there's an 
Obama table at the DAP. Parked in the DAP parking lot, stood in line for 
about 20 seconds waiting for a clipboard to free up, handed over some of 
my Vital Personal Data, such as my name, and got a ticket in return. And 
the aforementioned big red O on my hand, to keep me from driving to 
Raleigh & doing the same thing again.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/zachedwards/gGCVTy