RTP-area local music and culture

[Bryon Settle <ployntabs AT embarqmail.com>]

Hey wait-a-minnitt...

Jeremy Blair wrote:
> An educated, literate and lover of well written and performed live music
> should go anywhere but these places;
>
> Bull City HQ
> Slim's
> Lincoln Theater
> Bickett Gallery
> Pour House
> Duke Coffeehouse
> Sadlack's
> Reservoir
> Lynwood Grill
> Wetlands
> Pizza Palace
> Broad Street Cafe
> Milltown
> Cafe Driade
> The Station
> Cosmic Cantina Lounge
> Cat's Cradle
> Nightlight
> Hell
> Marvell Event Center
> CCB Plaza
> Duke Gardens
> Tir Na Nog
> Francesca's
> Fuse
> Local 506
> Library
> The Cave
>
> Cause this is where us uneducated lovers of music go to see bands play
> single notes.
>
> careful of these spots if you are on the road too...
>
> The Flying Anvil
> Greene Street
> The Orange Peel
>
> Welcome to North Carolina though! Glad you like the food and stuff.
>
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Chris Rossi
> <chris AT christophermrossi.com>wrote:
>
>   
> > Funny, I keep meaning to buy a paper shredder.
> >
> > chris
> >
> >
> > Duncan Murrell wrote:
> >     
> > > Is "shredder" your given name, or did you pick that one out yourself?
> > > How rad would it have been had your parents known, in utero, that you
> > > would grow up to SHRED, brah! AWESOME!
> > >
> > > d
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jul 29, 2008, at 12:39 PM, chapelhillshredder AT hotmail.com wrote:
> > >
> > >       
> > > > funny you should ask.
> > > >
> > > > we had a convo last night about the dearth of good musicians in the
> > > > local music flora.  if you just look at what the popular bands are in
> > > > our area you quickly see that hardly any of them can play very well.
> > > > what they can do is (well some of them) connect to the audience in
> > > > ways having nothing to do with music.  i.e. charisma, gimicks, etc.
> > > >
> > > > if you want to see a decent crowd of musicians that can play (usually)
> > > > go to mansion 462 on wed night for their open mic.  there are a lot of
> > > > local greats that frequent that place on wed.  george sheppard, willie
> > > > ratch, the great simon and many others.
> > > >
> > > > the problem you mention is not new.  it is always like this because
> > > > the majority of the people who go to clubs around here care very
> > > > little about decent musicinship but are more likely to respond to the
> > > > stupid stuff like cuteness, or the gimmicks i mentioned earlier.  i
> > > > think people who like the better musicians out there hold their art to
> > > > a higher standard so you get frequently disappointed with the banal
> > > > common in the rank and file bands.
> > > >
> > > > check out the mansion and chime in later to tell us how it goes.
> > > >
> > > > peace out!
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