RTP-area local music and culture

[Anne Gomez <annemgomez AT hotmail.com>]

I can't tell if this ever showed up in a readable fashion, so I'm posting it 
just one more time (sorry for the multiple posts and please forgive my 
computer illiteracy):
 
Friday, August 22 at BCHQ, 9 p.m.: The Debacle (aka The Scott Waite 
Debacle)CairoThe Gates of BeautyClawform The Gates of Beauty is me on bass, 
Wendy Spitzer (Lemming Malloy, Felix Obelix) on bass and Shannon Morrow 
(Scene of the Crime Rovers, Mahasamatman) on drums and occasional keyboard.  
We all 'sing,' sometimes simultaneously.  We would like to think we sound 
something like the Ruins and the Slits having a drunken tea party, but that 
might be setting the bar a little too high. The Debacle is a punk/prog trio 
headed by Seattle import Scott Waite [Rob and Eleni of Beloved Binge have 
been on a mission to move their friends here from Seattle after Beloved Binge 
relocated here a few years ago; they were successful with Scott, to our 
benefit].  The Debacle is definitely a 'punk rock' band, but it's got a King 
Crimson/Return to Forever/Mahavishnu Orchestra vibe going on that will 
satisfy your hidden love of jazz fusion.  And I kinda hear a little Steely 
Dan in there too.  How can you go wrong? Cairo is a band containing another 
of Rob and Eleni's recent transplants from Seattle.  I don't know what Cairo 
sounds like, but I'm hoping for some mixture of Beloved Binge and The 
Debacle, with a little Mudhoney and Stone Temple Pilots thrown in for good 
measure.  I hear Eleni might be playing drums. Clawform is Colin Booy's solo 
metal banjo project - not to be missed.  And maybe, if we're lucky, he'll 
wear his hot pants.  In fact, I'm making a special request. NOTE:  The order 
of bands is as above, with Clawform playing first, and Gates of Beauty 
second.  So get there early! Some other things I'm doing: 8/15 (today):  
Durham Third Fridays Celebration w/Scene of the Crime Rovers (7 pm) - Scrap 
Exchange.8/17:  Cy Rawls Benefit Show:  Fin Fang Foom, Double Negative, 
Polvo, Cantwell Gomez and Jordan, and Magic Babies (7:30 pm) - Cat's 
Cradle.8/23:  Maple Stave CD Release Show w/Cantwell Gomez and Jordan and Red 
Collar - BCHQ.8/28:  Monsonia CD Release Show w/Cantwell Gomez and Jordan and 
The Grappling Hook - Slim's.8/29:  Paperhand Puppet Intervention w/Scene of 
the Crime Rovers - Forest Theatre, UNC Campus.8/30:  Paperhand Puppet 
Intervention w/Triangle Soundpainting Orchestra - Forest Theatre, UNC Campus. 
If you've gotten this far, thanks for reading! See you soon,Anne
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