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  • From: "Margaret Campbell" <margaretc AT gmail.com>
  • To: "RTP-area local music and culture" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: In praise of AV Geeks
  • Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:38:17 -0400

What I want to know is why I didn't get the usual notice about it. I pretty
much always go, but last I heard, Skip was giving up Durham. Apparently
not--just giving up letting me know about it....

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Heather Russell <heatherrussell AT nc.rr.com>
wrote:

> Welcome back, Gary!
>
> It's hard to believe it's been almost 10 years since you left. How time
> flies...
>
> - Heather R.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Gary Miller
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 8:48 AM
> To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: In praise of AV Geeks
>
> Hey all,
>
> Last night I attended my first AV Geeks show since returning to the
> area, and I must say that it didn't lose a bit of its fun in the
> near-decade I've been away.
>
> The setting was different for me, as it was at the Center for
> Documentary Studies in Durham, and I mostly remember AV geeks shows in
> more of a club setting. Tonight's show had a "how-to" theme and we
> learned many great things, like how to shoplift, how to properly cook
> frozen meat, and how to build an igloo.
>
> We also learned that the music from a particular 1977 instructional
> film on how to be a good friend had some redicuously funny music. My
> favorite went something like this (use a sickly sweet, female,
> sing-songy voice here):
>
> "Trust and respect
> Respect and trust
> Friendship is better with trust and respect"
>
> It was like a television jingle selling... something ... trust and
> respect, I suppose.
>
> Anyway, the night was good fun and a nice reminder of why I'm happy I
> moved back to Durham! Thanks, Skip!
>
> Gary
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--Margaret Campbell




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