RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

For several years now, the N&O has been doing an annual "8 local bands 
to watch" feature called the Great 8. Maybe we should go back through 
the previous years & see how prescient they've been? Maybe later.

For now, they've posted a "teaser trailer" type thing for this year's 
installment, which comes out on Friday. I dunno if it's their editing or 
my own lack of currency with certain facets of the local scene, but I'm 
only able to ID four of the 8:

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/multi/great-8-video-preview

For what it's worth, I'm very psyched to see the four that I *can* 
identify, so bravo N&O.

Ross

p.s. since they posted the video, and this is thus not "inside 
information" or anything, the 4 I recognized are Violet Vector & the 
Lovely Lovelies, the Loners, Hammer No More the Fingers, and Double 
Negative (!). Who're the others?