RTP-area local music and culture

["James Hepler" <hepstyle AT gmail.com>]

Hell, I even enjoyed the Blake Babies reunion.  It was just nice to see a
band that I never got to see live.  I don't pretend that it's ever as good
as seeing a band back in the day, but damn if I'm not just an emotional
dude.

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Fikri <fikri.y AT gmail.com> wrote:

> For me it was the Buzzcocks reunion that changed my mind about reunion
> shows.  I went with nothing but great hesitation, and then they proceeded
> to
> blow me away.  Those geezers rocked. Period. Full stop.
>
> It's because of them that I went to see reunited Mission of Burma, Pixies,
> Gang of Four, Polvo, etc., etc.
>
> See you tonight at the X show, man!
>
> -Fikri
>
>
> On 5/27/08, local506 AT gmail.com <local506 AT gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >>I've found it difficult to cling to my old resolution to always resist
> > reunion tours.
> >
> > Funny, I was also having this conversation at the bar last week.  When
> > the first wave of reunions took place in the '90's (Sex Pistols,
> > Buzzcock, etc) - I resisted.  I think the first one I went to was The
> > Descendents in '96...and it was amazing (as was the reunion album
> > Everything Sucks.) And now I've seen so many (including X back in 2000
> > when they first reformed the original line-up) and not only can I
> > recall a bad show but most reunion shows have been incredible,
> > including the aforementioned Mission of Burma and others such as Gang
> > of Four and Pylon, not to mention the recent Polvo/Pressure Boys
> > shows.  I'll definitely be there tonight!...and can't believe  it took
> > so long to sell-out....glenn
> >
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