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  • From: James Hepler <hepstyle AT gmail.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: stuff to do, week of February 28, 2009
  • Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 12:58:21 -0500

They're a pub. Yep. Typo.

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:56 PM, James Hepler <hepstyle AT gmail.com> wrote:

> LOL, nothing from reverbnation. They just make it easy for a band to
> promote their show in one place and have that update show up in many
> places. Didn't want to leave them out. Full disclosure, their
> profit-sharing endeavor has netted my band approximately six dollars.
>
> I think one problem here is that there are conflicting perceptions of what
> Tir Na Nog is. Chris books the shows, so in his mind, as well as yours as a
> music fan and mine as a musician, Tir Na Nog is a venue. To most of the
> rest of the people, Tir Na Nog is a pub. Looking at their website kinda
> demonstrates this. Their weekly shit is up, the shows that Chris doesn't
> book are up. The things that make Tir Na Nog what it is to the ownership
> and many of the people who go there are fully represented: food, drinks,
> traditional irish music. SO there's a disconnect and that should be
> addressed. Very astute observation, and phrased in your typically "I would
> like to see something change without sounding too bitchy or petty" way.
> Well done!
>
> I just happen to think that it is going to take a little time before all
> cogs begin to turn in concert with each other at that venue. Meanwhile, by
> now most local music fans know that something goes on at Tir Na Nog every
> Thursday night, and they know how to find it if they want to. I don't
> disagree with you about the website needing to be more accurate and helpful,
> but I do think that complaining about it in this particular place/way is
> silly.
>
> Feel free to similarly foam about Bull McCabes not having put the full
> details of their 3/14 rock show on their website yet. Schooner, Erie Choir,
> Shipwrecker, Lynn Blakey, Zeno Gill, Greg Humphries, Regina Hexaphone, and
> The KinKsmen. Music from 4pm until whenever it stops. No charge, raffles,
> etc. My defense in this case is that their a pub and rarely have rock shows
> and would like to rely on people like you, Ross, to help them out,
> preferably without all of the bitching.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:44 PM, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
>
>> I can only assume you're joking. God forbid that random people be able
>> to google a venue, find their website, and have a reasonable expectation
>> of learning what shows are happening there.
>>
>> I have no doubt that Chris is doing an excellent job in communicating
>> with *the bands*, and it sounds like he's trying his best to get the
>> word out about shows, but if a venue is going to *have* a website with
>> an events list (and without any links on that events list to a
>> more-current MySpace page or whatever), then I would argue that it would
>> behoove the venue to keep that shit current.
>>
>> It's cute to see you throwing a bone to Reverbnation. How many Green
>> Stamps do you get for doing that?
>>
>> James Hepler wrote:
>> >
>> > But aren't websites outdated by now? Hell, facebook seems to rule the
>> > roost. And reverbnation.
>> >
>> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Karen Mann <mannsworld AT gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Re Tir na Nog: Chris Tamplin updates his personal myspace page more
>> >> than the pub updates its Web site. I don't remember the URL right off
>> >> hand, but he's the "Milkman of Human Kindness" (and since it's a
>> >> public page, I don't feel bad making that public here).
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mar 2, 11:25=A0am, r... AT fuzzsonic.com (Ron Thigpen) wrote:
>> >>> grady wrote:
>> >>>> Why oh why can't Tir Na nOg keep their fucking website up to date?
>> It's
>> >>>> like they touch it once a month, and that's usually on like the 6th,
>> >> bu=
>> >> t
>> >>>> they only post through the end of the month.
>> >>> You might have better luck looking on the WKNC site's "Rock Report".
>> >>> They always seem to have more events posted. =A0And at the very least
>> >> wil=
>> >> l
>> >>> list those with station tie-ins, which tend to be the ones of
>> interest.
>> >>>
>> >>> http://wknc.org/rockreport/
>> >>>
>> >>> --rt
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