RTP-area local music and culture

[Bryon Settle <ployntabs AT embarqmail.com>]

So is it common courtesy to make it in time for the opener?  Here's an 
idea: what if the venues stopped revealing ahead of time what the line 
up is for the bands? Maybe the head liner is first; you just don't know. 
Maybe the federal government should take over all live music in order to 
save it. Sure,  we'd take a hit as taxpayers, but think how the top acts 
in the country would benefit. This, of course, would trickle down to us 
little acts in the form of more people starting bands and trying to 
emulate the top bands. Then we could all sound like Coldplay. Yippers!
James Hepler wrote:
> It's pretty common in the live entertainment industry to hold the start of a
> performance 15-20 minutes.  I think what matters more is that shows end at a
> certain time.  At least when it comes to week/work night shows.
>
> But also, having sorta "stage managed" a few recent shows, I think that
> people love to be late, and for some reason, bands want to play in front of
> people.  And when it comes down to it, all those people who show up late
> seldom seem to mind missing parts or all of opening bands, either because
> those bands aren't the reason they came or those bands will play again soon
> enough that there's no real loss involved.
>
> I think that this will always be an issue.
>
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:42 AM, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
>
>   
> > You tell us, you're the one who owns a rockclub.
> >
> > Although we all know the answer already, which is that printed start
> > times should be amended to read:
> >
> > "9:30, or once 50 people have come through the door, including the bass
> > player's girlfriend, whichever's later."
> >
> > local506 AT gmail.com wrote:
> >     
> > > > Oh yeah: when they say 5:30, they mean it.
> > > >         
> > > Why does this continuously have to be explained when it comes to rocks
> > > shows?  Movie theatres, television stations and just about every other
> > > business operates on specific times, why are music outlets supposedly
> > > exempt??
> > >       
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