RTP-area local music and culture

[Karen Mann <mannsworld AT gmail.com>]

You're creating facebook pages for all events on your list that don't
already have them?? You definitely get the award for going above and
beyond the call of duty.

As for last.fm, I haven't really looked into it yet, but notice more
and more people using it. What does everyone think? Honestly, I'm
reluctant to get involved with yet another social networking site, but
since I'm on myspace less and less, it might be a good one to try
out.

On Jan 3, 10:50=A0am, gr... AT ibiblio.org (grady) wrote:
> I've been screwing around with Facebook & last.fm integration. At the
> moment, if one goes tohttp://www.trianglerock.com, one will see links
> to Facebook and last.fm event listings for each show, which might be
> handy if you use those services to manage your social life or something.
>
> In the case of last.fm, it's also kinda cool because they've got a
> reciprocal-tagging thing going on with flickr, so *after* an event, you
> can tag your photos of that event in flickr with a last.fm tag, and
> they'll show up on that show's last.fm event page.
>
> For those shows that don't already have Facebook or last.fm events
> created by venues/bands, I'm creating them, but it's a freaking drag, so
> I'd encourage venues/bands to create their own events before I get tired
> of doing it.
>
> Anyway, on with the plain-old-ascii list:
>
> Saturday, January 3
> Jakk Hogan
> Bass Invadurrz =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/bassinvadurrz)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Nightlight sez: FrequeNC Records Night - First Saturday of every month -
> Dance party, dj's, fog lights and video
>
> Sunday, January 4
> Inspector 22
> Polynya =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/polynyapolynya)
> Pompeii =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/pompeii)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Sunday, January 4
> Clothing and Shoes =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/clothingandshoesmusic)
> Bright Young Things
> Rocket Surgeon
> Geoff Register
> Pour House, Raleigh
>
> Sunday, January 4
> The Busy World =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/thebusyworld)
> Timbre =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/timbre)
> Owl-Eyed Allies
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Sunday, January 4
> Perkasie =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/perkasieband)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> Monday, January 5
> Spider Bags =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/spiderbags)
> Girls of the Gravitron =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/girlsofthegravitron=
)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> There's a level of frantic desperation to every Spider Bags show that
> seems like it'd be impossible to maintain for long. Yet there it is.
> Note also that they continue their streak of pros-only shows: the Monday
> night after an overlong holiday, when most folks are either sick, pissed
> about work, or heavily de-toxing.
>
> Tuesday, January 6
> Porcelain Smile
> Corpus Christi
> Blood Drunk =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/blooddrunknc)
> Casta =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/casta1)
> Marvell Building, Durham
>
> Tuesday, January 6
> Embarrassing Fruits =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/embarrassingfruitsband=
)
> Butterflies =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/butterfliesnc)
> Deleted Scenes
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Wednesday, January 7
> The Aints =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/latterdayaints)
> Highway Magic =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/highwaymagic)
> Phase Zero
> Girls Make Messes
> Marvell Building, Durham
>
> Wednesday, January 7
> Jucifer =A0 =A0(http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Vine/6452/)
> Body Soil =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/bodysoilband)
> Uzzard =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/uzzard)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Wednesday, January 7
> Velvet =A0 =A0(http://www.velvetpop.com)
> The Sour Notes =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/thesournotes)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> Thursday, January 8
> Dillon Fence =A0 =A0(http://www.dillonfence.com)
> Pico vs Island Trees =A0 =A0(http://www.picomusic.com/)
> Lincoln Theater, Raleigh
>
> Dillon Fence's first records came out in '91-'92, but they'd been
> gigging around for a few years before that, so we're in the ballpark of
> a 20th anniversary (or maybe a couple of years past it). They broke up
> in '95, but have reunited off & on over the past 8 years. Now that Greg
> Humphreys' Hobex is on indefinite hiatus, might those occasional
> reunions come more frequently?
>
> Thursday, January 8
> Blood Red River =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/bloodredriver)
> Pinche Gringo =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/pinchegringoband)
> Zebralesque =A0 =A0(http://profile.myspace.com/430800295)
> Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh
>
> The Burlesque revival is still on its upswing here in the Triangle, at
> least judging by the slowly (but steadily) increasing number of
> rockshows that feature a burlesque troupe on the bill.
>
> Thursday, January 8
> Pink Flag =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/pinkflagnc)
> Death to the Details =A0 =A0(http://www.reverbnation.com/deathtothedetail=
s)
> Ecstasy the Flower
> The Pinhook, Durham
>
> Pink Flag are an all-woman three-piece who merge punkrock bluster with
> some more avant/atonal tendencies, to excellent effect. The lineup as
> per Pinhook:
>
> 12:00 - Pink Flag
> 11:00 - Death to Details
> 10:00 - Extacy the Flower
>
> Thursday, January 8
> Whatever Brains =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/whateverbrains)
> Box Elders =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/boxelders)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> Whatever Brains have a brand-new 7" out on Chaz's Bull City Records (as
> with other venerable labels like Shangri-La and Crunchy Music Stuff, the
> label & store share a name, and probably everything else as well). It's
> great; I've listened to it 37 times so far today. Just the right mix of
> punkrock fuzz/spazz & pop hook, with some excellent whistling thrown in
> for good measure.
>
> Are Box Elders named for the early Pavement song, the 90s-era Raleigh
> 'zine (great pen-and-ink art in that thing), or the tree?
>
> Thursday, January 8
> Christabel & the Jons =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/christabelmusic)
> The Jackets =A0 =A0(http://www.reverbnation.com/TheJackets)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Thursday, January 8
> Waumiss =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/waumiss)
> Tin Star
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> Waumiss are Clarque & Caroline; in 2008 they put out a great LP of their
> mid-fi bleep/loop indie-pop. Tin Star are a new-ish band from Durham
> featuring Jamie from tommygun and Louis from William Christ Supercarr.
>
> Thursday, January 8
> The Ex-Monkeys =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/theexmonkeys)
> Juan Huevos =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/juanhuevos)
> Sonic Death Rabbit
> Pour House, Raleigh
>
> Ex-Monkeys are Eddie and Ian from Friend Side Monkey, newly armed with
> the latest in laptop/sequencey technology, but still as burbley as ever.
>
> Thursday, January 8
> Goner =A0 =A0(http://www.gonertheband.com/)
> Tin Djinn
> Tir Na Nog, Raleigh
>
> Thus commences another year of the Thursday-night Local Bands, Local
> Beers series at Tir Na nOg. My eyes having been seared quite enough by
> recent listings for bands Blood Djinn and now Tin Djinn, I'd like to
> propose a moratorium on any further use of the word "Djinn" in band
> names. Like forever.
>
> p.s. Goner rule.
>
> Thursday, January 8
> Social Memory Complex =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/socialmemorycomplex)
> Studio Gangsters =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/studiogangsters)
> Most High
> Reservoir, Carrboro
>
> Friday, January 9
> The New Familiars =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/fedorandguthrie)
> The Secret Theatre =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/thesecrettheatre)
> Christabel & the Jons =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/christabelmusic)
> Armadillo Grill @ the Bryan Center, Duke W. Campus, Durham
>
> Friday, January 9
> Hooverville =A0 =A0(http://www.duckonbike.com)
> Dashawn Hickman & Steel Moven =A0 =A0(http://profile.myspace.com/12699282=
4)
> ArtsCenter, Carrboro
>
> I saw Dashawn Hickman this summer with his sacred steel band The Allen
> Boys, and make no mistake: the guy is one amazing pedal-steel player.
>
> Friday, January 9
> Kingsbury Manx =A0 =A0(http://www.thekingsburymanx.com/)
> Erie Choir =A0 =A0(http://www.eriechoir.com)
> North Elementary =A0 =A0(http://www.northelementary.com)
> The Popular Kids
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> This is a CD-release for the new North Elementary album "Not for
> Everyone Just for You." Also on the bill: the gorgeous pastoral
> folk/drone-pop of the Kingsbury Manx, and the brilliant, morose
> indie-rock of Erie Choir (as well as standup by The Popular Kids).
>
> Friday, January 9
> Mighty Zorgon =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/mightyzorgon)
> Best When Tipsy
> Ecstasy the Flower
> Jack Sprat Cafe, Chapel Hill
>
> Friday, January 9
> Pykrete =A0 =A0(http://www.bullfightparty.org/cirox/pykrete)
> Nightlight, Chapel Hill
>
> This is listed as a 919Noise Showcase, but the biggest draw has to be
> Chuck Johnson's Pykrete, if only because Chuck's currently attending
> Mills College in Oakland, so Pykrete shows are rare commodities. Chuck
> split his time between indie-rock (Spatula, Shark Quest) and
> noise/musique concrete (Ivanovich, Pykrete) for most of the '90s, but
> the oughts have seen him moving more firmly in the noisy direction
> (though with his background, you never know when a more pop/trad element
> will sneak itself in).
>
> Friday, January 9
> Firehouse Rhythm Kings =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/firehouserhythmking=
s)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> Friday, January 9
> Thunderlip =A0 =A0(http://www.thunderlip.com/)
> Hell Razor =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/hellrazornc)
> Armored Uprise =A0 =A0(http://www.reverbnation.com/armoreduprise)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Friday, January 9
> Leaving TX
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
> Saturday, January 10
> Joe Romeo & the Orange County Volunteers
> (http://www.myspace.com/joeromeomusic)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> Joe Romeo & his Orange County Volunteers are holding down both the early
> & late slots at the Cave with their brand of quirky, character-rich
> literary country-rock.
>
> Saturday, January 10
> Shawn Luby
> The Pinhook, Durham
>
> Saturday, January 10
> Cool Ethan =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/coolethanrock)
> Hey Euphony =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/heyeuphony)
> Left on Cates =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/leftoncates)
> New Resolution =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/newresolutionmusic)
> Local 506, Chapel Hill
>
> Saturday, January 10
> Kolyma =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/kolyma)
> The Trousers
> Slim's Downtown, Raleigh
>
> As unholy rackets go, the one created by Kolyma is hard to beat.
>
> Sunday, January 11
> Flicker =A0 =A0(http://www.chapel-hill.nc.us/flicker)
> Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
>
> It's the first 2009 installment of the semi-regular local film festival
> Flicker. Short films, door prizes, and cookies!
>
> Sunday, January 11
> Billy Joe Winghead =A0 =A0(http://www.winghead.com/)
> Jimmy & The Teasers =A0 =A0(http://www.geocities.com/booze1031/teasers.ht=
ml)
> The Cave, Chapel Hill
>
> Monday, January 12
> Tauri Wind =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/tauriwind)
> Starfish HQ =A0 =A0(http://www.myspace.com/starfishhq)
> Mark Belk
> Marvell Building, Durham
>
> Monday, January 12
> The Movement =A0 =A0(http://www.themovementvibe.com)
> Wu-Tang Clan =A0 =A0(http://wutangclan.com/)
> Lincoln Theater, Raleigh
>
> A couple of things: just because it says the Wu-Tang Clan, this does not
> mean that you will actually get to see the Wu-Tang Clan.
>
> There is *one* guarantee: the 8:00 p.m. listed start time is, ahem,
> overly optimistic. Add about 6 hours to that & you'll be getting closer.
>
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