RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

All Arcade Fire songs sound the same, just like all Superchunk songs, 
but Superchunk songs are shorter, thus they were more fun.

Is that capsule enough for you? ;-)

Seriously, though, if you leave out the creepy Obamafascists running the 
gates, who required every attendee to fill out full contact info, 
including phone number, before being allowed entry, it was a wonderful 
time.

Superchunk put in possibly the strongest post-extended-hiatus set I've 
seen them do, and there was the added bonus of all the Band Children 
(tm) wearing those giant kid-earmuff things, all onstage dancing next to 
Laura. I half-intended to jot down a setlist, but of course I didn't & 
my memory sucks too bad to recreate one here. Ask Rawls, he'll tell you.

Here's a video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wlj_aawjlIY

I'd actually never seen the Arcade Fire before. I regret missing them at 
the Cave & the 506, but don't regret missing them at any larger venues, 
because just as with any other increasingly-popular band, they draw a 
ton of people who really love them but who don't have the foggiest 
notion about rockshow etiquette (i.e. that 9" of space in front of me is 
buffer so the person in front of me doesn't back into me, not an 
invitation for your 6-foot-tall ass to occupy it).

I did find it somewhat alarming when everybody started clapping in 
unison, like Soviet spectators at a '70s-era Olympic event.

I got sunburned.

Ross

DJ Golf wrote:
> Anybody got a capsule review of the aforementioned Town Commons event?
>
> On May 3, 1:20=A0pm, local... AT gmail.com wrote:
> > > > The Pressure Boys were a hugely popular Chapel Hill ska band...
> > I think relegating them to just 'ska' is doing them a disservice -
> > although they were heavily influenced by the genre (witnessed by them
> > doing three songs that appear on The Specials debut last night.)
> > Their later stuff definitely owes as much a debt to XTC. =A0Regardless,
> > the show last night was amazing! =A0I highly recommend going tonight if
> > you missed it!
> >
> > glenn
> >
> > ps: what a day - both the Cradle and 506 were sold-out plus the Town
> > Commons event!
>
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