RTP-area local music and culture

["Anne Gomez" <anne.gomez AT gmail.com>]

Sorry - this looks awfully run-together and shitty on my computer screen,
and I suppose yours as well.  Sigh.

On 8/15/08, Anne Gomez <annemgomez AT hotmail.com> wrote:
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>
> 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):
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> 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 c
> an 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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