RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

If I'd drawn upon the memory of multiple conversations with Dave Menconi 
over the past year or two, I should've been able to predict the 
appearance of Alesana on the list. Beyond that, I'm happy to see so many 
excellent locals getting the full pretty-photos-and-videos treatment; 
this feature is clearly a labor of love for the multimedia crew at the 
N&O. Double Negative have never looked so snazzy.

The whole multimedia package is here (you'll need a Flash player, so no 
iPhoning it at lunch): http://www.newsobserver.com/great8/

Perhaps even more exciting, they've zipped up all their high-quality 
videos into a single zipfile (~215MB) which you're welcome to download 
here: http://www.newsobserver.com/static/content/multimedia/great8/mp4s.zip

*very* cool (and I'm guessing you *can* sync those mp4's onto your 
iPhone at your leisure).

Ross