RTP-area local music and culture

[Bryon Settle <ployntabs AT embarqmail.com>]

A good idea but I think you're preaching to the choir. If your going to 
do this then I think you should drum up some external press. Go visit 
the other side of the tracks such as the local news outlets. Surely 
someone here is in the TV news biz or knows someone involved with 
television news.  December 10th is not far away. You should put a face 
on this that represents the music community. Not mine; best not to scare 
the locals.

Bryon

Shayne wrote:
> ***Please pass this email along to anyone you know who is involved in
> the music industry.***
>
> Hey folks!
>
> I'm not sure if you know this already, but on Dec. 10th, there is
> going to be a national strike/boycott/volunteer movement to protest
> the incredible injustice of Prop 8 and similar rulings that ban same-
> sex marriage across the country.  As a musician, what I have decided
> to do (in addition to skipping out on my job for the day), is to
> record a short blurb that says something like this:
>
> "Hi, this is Shayne from The Future Kings of Nowhere.  You WOULD be
> hearing one of our songs right now, but we are joining with our
> brothers and sisters across the country in a nationwide strike to
> protest the injustice of Proposition 8 and similar rulings across the
> country that ban same-sex marriage....etc, etc." (for the full text of
> what I plan to say, see the bottom of this email)
>
> My intent is to deliver this recording to the local radio stations and
> have them play it in lieu of any Future Kings songs they might
> otherwise have played on Dec. 10th.  DJ Stevo has already agreed to
> help out with this at WKNC and I'm talking to folks at WXDU and WXYC
> about it now.  I'm telling you all of this because I would really like
> for this to be more than one band going on strike for the day, and you
> are either in a band or know someone who is (or both!).  Would your
> band be willing to go on strike for the day with us?  I'll collect
> these blurbs (in mp3 format) from as many bands as I can and bring
> them to the radio stations to help spread the message about what is
> happening in the name of equal rights.
>
> You can send the mp3s to me at futurekingsofnowhere AT gmail.com.  Or, if
> it makes it easier for you, I'll come to where you are and record you
> directly onto my laptop.  It would only take a few minutes, and I
> don't mind traveling around to collect them.  To set this up, either
> drop me an email at futurekingsofnowhere AT gmail.com or call me at (919)
> 923-6230.
>
> If you could, please please please forward this email to everyone you
> know who is involved in the music industry.  Imagine what a powerful
> statement we could make if all of the local bands in the Triangle went
> on strike together for a day!
>
> Thank you!
>
> Shayne O'Neill
> The Future Kings of Nowhere
> futurekingsofnowhere AT gmail.com
>
>
> If you want some ideas for your blurb, the full text of what we plan
> to say will be something like this (I may edit it a bit from here, but
> this is the general idea):
>
> "Hi, this is Shayne from The Future Kings of Nowhere.  You WOULD be
> hearing one of our songs right now, but we are joining with our
> brothers and sisters across the country in a nationwide strike to
> protest the injustice of Proposition 8 and similar rulings across the
> country that ban same-sex marriage.  Our country was founded on the
> idea of equal rights for all of its citizens, but it has not always
> lived up to that ideal.  Only 40 years ago, it was illegal for black
> people and white people to marry one another.  Fortunately, good
> people came together on both sides of the color line and fought for
> equal rights.  Today a similar fight is going on over same-sex
> marriage.  Our society holds marriage up as the end goal for
> relationships, as the ultimate expression of love between two
> individuals, which makes it horrible that we then refuse to allow
> certain people to participate in that expression, simply because of
> their gender.  It's hard enough to find love in this world, and even
> harder to make it last.  Why then, would we deny anyone the chance to
> try?  For more information on what you can do to ensure that everyone
> in this country is provided the same legal rights, please go to www.hrc.org
> or call your local representative to let them know that you support
> same-sex marriage in North Carolina and the United States.  Thank you."
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