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  • From: "James Hepler" <hepstyle AT gmail.com>
  • To: "RTP-area local music and culture" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Big Red O
  • Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:39:22 -0400

I probably knew the guy at the table!

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
>
>
>
>
> 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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