RTP-area local music and culture

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

My "O" was in black ink.
In case you are scoring at home.
And if you are, good for you.  It's still early on a Friday.

-5er


On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:12 PM, martin hall <mdhall005 AT gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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> 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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