RTP-area local music and culture

[Evan Rowe <evanrowe AT fastmail.fm>]

3:15 update: They still have some tickets at the DAP.  They have moved 
on to the small blue O phase.

Jeff, I think the Secret Service will be posting people on your roof 
with "briefcases".  Is that OK?

James Hepler wrote:
> No matter how they secure it, the place is going to be full hours before I
> can get off work.  Smoker notwithstanding!
>
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Jeffrey Herrick <herrickjeffrey AT yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm confused, how they are going to control entry to the town commons?  Are
> > they gonna put up fences?  Am I going to be restricted to walk from my house
> > to the town commons, if I don't run out & get a ticket right now?  Can we
> > get Kusinich to make a return appearance?
> >
> > No, you can't park on my lawn.. well unless Hep brings the smoker.. and we
> > have a tailgate starting at 9AM..  then everyone can park on my lawn..
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > ps.. I hope Oprah can come down and pose of picture on front of the "we
> > want Oprah building in d-town"
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:28 PM, grady <grady at ibiblio.org> wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> >
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