RTP-area local music and culture

["martin hall" <mdhall005 AT gmail.com>]

FYI, I have it from good sources...gates (whatever that means) at 1pm,
Superchunk at 2pm, Arcade Fire at 3pm.

I got a ticket this morning at the DAP in Durrrham...they claimed to have
"plenty" left.
I heard that the Town of Carrboro had upped the "capacity" from 3000-4000 to
6000.
Not sure where all those people would fit.  I plan to wander down just for
the spectacle/chaos of the whole thing.

If you note, there is nothing on your little red "ticket" that guarantees
admission.
It's really more like a flier.  I figure how ever many people get tickets,
at least twice as many people are likely to show up.
Should be an interesting scene. take over the streets. I'll watch from the
fringes. If I can even get that close.

BTW, after I voted and walked over to the Obama table at the DAP the guy at
the table asked if was there for Obama tickets.
I said I was there for Arcade Fire/Superchunk tickets, but was curious as to
when/where Obama would be in town.
Turns out Mr O will be at the Dean Dome on Monday night.  I had no idea.  I
live in a vacuum.  I got tickets for that too.
Had to fill out a second clipboard.  I gave them Hepler's cell phone number
both times.

Interesting note: I had to wait in line to vote.  About 15-20 minutes.
Which is about 15-20 minutes more than I have had to wait in the last 2
elections voting on election day. There were probably around 50 people there
to vote at 11am. Not complaining, just found it interesting.

-5er




On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Kevin Slater <saulecker AT gmail.com> wrote:

> must... not... fall in to... ron paul.... troll bait...
>
> k.
>
>
> On Apr 25, 2008, at 3:08 AM, casey cook wrote:
>
> > fuck all that lets put together a ron paul rally across the street at
> > the abandoned gas station.  Obama has my vote and all...but this
> > country needs two sane choices not just one.
> >
> > On 4/24/08, Evan Rowe <evanrowe AT fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >> 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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