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  • From: Shayne <shayne.d.oneill AT gmail.com>
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: BASKETBALL - 1, ROCK MUSIC - 0 (aka Dain's show cancelled
  • Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:21:36 -0700 (PDT)

Sorry to hear that your show got canceled, Anne. That stinks.

In Dain's defense, he is probably the least "in it for the money"
business owner I've ever met (with the possible exception of Chaz).
The dude actually loves sports and my guess is that his decision to
show the game instead of have the rock show was at least partially
influenced by his own desire to watch game 6. Plus, since the rocks
shows at Dain's are still relatively new and Dain doesn't have
anything to do with booking them (he doesn't usually work on those
nights either..i think) and they don't happen every week, it seems
well within the realm of possibility that it was a miscommunication.
That said, it is wrong to cancel a show with so little notice and
maybe a better compromise could have been found. Of course, all this
is conjecture because I haven't talked to anyone involved.

I'm glad folks realize that it's not Catherine's fault. Hopefully
this won't sour too many opinions towards Dain's. It's a good
friendly neighborhood bar that cares more for the Durhamites than the
Duke students. Plus, there are very few places in this world where an
out of town band (or even a local band for that matter) can get a
decent crowd and a hefty bar tab on a freaking Tuesday night.

- Shayne

On Jun 17, 11:38 am, hepst... AT gmail.com (James Hepler) wrote:
> I'm sure that this was a factor. But if sports are important enough to
> pre-empt rock, then you hold game six and game seven and only book a rock
> show when you're sure that those games won't be necessary.
>
> Now this is based on my likely mistaken belief that the management at Dain's
> DOES have a sports>rock policy and has made it clear to those who wish to
> book shows.
>
> I tried to book April 7 WAY in advance at the 506, and Glenn said nope
> because that was national championship night. He was trying to keep the
> date open on the CHANCE that UNC might make it. And need I remind anyone of
> that Wedding Present show at the Cradle during the UNC/Duke game? I still
> feel bad for the second band on that bill.
>
> We need more rock and jock events. That would settle this.
>
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Duncan Murrell <dvmurr... AT nc.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Is it possible that the problem derives from the fact that no one knew
> > for certain that there would be a Game 6 in the Lakers-Celtics series?
> > Except for a blown call at the end of Game 5, it was very possible
> > that there would have been no scheduling conflict, the series being
> > over and the Celtics victorious.
>
> > d
>
> > On Jun 17, 2008, at 11:17 AM, "James Hepler" <hepst... AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I don't think you're being a baby. I think that you're feeling the
> > > sting of
> > > being screwed over, and that's more than reasonable. But if your
> > > friend is
> > > trying to do something that's positive for the community through
> > > Dain's, an
> > > outright boycott may not be in your best interests.
>
> > > If you've been playing music long enough, this has happened to you.
> > > You're
> > > lucky that it happened in your hometown and not some podunk burgh in
> > > the
> > > middle of nowhere while you're trying to tour.
>
> > > And I kinda think it would be fair for us to hear from the people who
> > > insisted that the show be canceled if AMCH is to be the jury in this
> > > trial.
> > > For all we know, Dain or whoever might come here and say "I said no
> > > booking
> > > shows during the NBA playoffs". It just seems illogical that on
> > > Monday some
> > > dude would be like "Wait, there's a BASKETBALL game tomorrow night?
> > > OMG I
> > > had no idea! Well we can't have this rock show..."
>
> > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Anne Gomez <anne.go... AT gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
>
> > >> Well, I'm planning on never setting foot inside Dain's again. Or
> > >> even
> > >> listening for free outside.
>
> > >> Maybe I'm being a baby or maybe I just have a little self-respect -
> > >> not
> > >> sure
> > >> which.
>
> > >> (Sorry Catherine)
>
> > >> On 6/17/08, James Hepler <hepst... AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >>> And I
> > >>> defy anyone to tell me that they will turn down seeing a great
> > >>> rock show
> > >> at
> > >>> Dain's sometimes down the road because of that one time they
> > >>> canceled a
> > >>> show
> > >>> for a basketball game.
>
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>
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