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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: BASKETBALL - 1, ROCK MUSIC - 0 (aka Dain's show cancelled tonight)
  • Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:21:33 -0400

People will get over it. It's a shitty situation, but Durham needs venues.
Basketball will be over in a week and I doubt Dains will pre-emt any shows
for Euro 2008. Hopefully the people who made the decision to cancel the
rock will check the sports calendar more closely in the future.

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Anne Gomez <anne.gomez AT gmail.com> wrote:

> No, Catherine is not to blame and I was torn about posting anything about
> this because I didn't want to mess up her efforts to book bands. But I had
> to let y'all know, especially the people in bands. People can do with the
> information what they will.
>
> On 6/17/08, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
> >
> > But the burgs & fries are so tasty there! I'm torn!
> >
> > FWIW, rock at Dain's is a kind of nutty experiment spearheaded by
> > bartender/Midtown Dickens member Catherine Edgerton . . . anybody who
> > has seen or played a show there knows that the "stage" area is entirely
> > absurd.
> >
> > It's a great thing, and it's my fave way to see live music, but I
> > suspect that there's gonna be a perennial disconnect (of variable size)
> > between the live-music folks and Dain & the rest of the staff.
> >
> > So feel free to go complain to Dain, but don't take it out on Cat, I
> > doubt she's the big NBA fan of the bunch . . .
> >
> > Kevin Slater wrote:
> > > seriously? like for real?
> > >
> > > Well, they just made my personal ban list.
> > >
> > > k.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jun 17, 2008, at 8:52 AM, Anne Gomez wrote:
> > >
> > >> Dear Fans of The Gates of Beauty, The Debacle (aka The Scott Waite
> > >> Debacle), and Clawform (Colin Booy's metal-banjo project): If you
> > >> were going to come see us play at Dain's Place tonight, you can
> > >> make other plans. We will not be playing there tonight because a
> > >> much more important event has displaced our show: A PROFESSIONAL
> > >> BASKETBALL GAME ON TELEVISION!!!! So if you are a fan of the Lakers
> > >> or whatever team they're playing tonight, by all means go to
> > >> Dain's. If you like crazy, interesting music you'll have to sit at
> > >> home and listen to your Albert Ayler records. Love,Anne "We
> > >> Practiced Really Hard for This Show and Put Up a Buttload of
> > >> Flyers" Gomez (The Gates of Beauty)
> > >>
> > >>
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