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- From: Uzoma Nwosu <uzoma AT metalab.unc.edu>
- To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: This just in...
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:34:59 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Thomas A. Beckett wrote:
> I'm kind of down on (as opposed to down with) the open mic thing, too.
> For starters, those things will easily run longer than scheduled, and
> it's kind of hard for the management to tell folks waiting to sing their
> song to get lost. And our "prime time" is really over by 10:00,
> anyhow. Doesn't work for me.
They will START around 10pm. I apologize if I wasn't clear.
> On the other hand, the Skylight Exchange could be really cool. It's
> got used books and records and really good sandwiches: ideal geek
> fare. No beer for sure, but as noted earlier, Henry's is next door.
Skylight is small. Probably too small for us. Don't they also have shows
there as well?
> The thing about the absence of alcohol is for good reason, too. One
> of
> the owner's main motivations for opening the Skylight in the first place
> was to create a "dry bar" in Chapel Hill. That is, a place with Public
> House atmosphere and conviviality where recovering alcoholics could go
> to hang out, socialize, and not be tempted by alcohol. That being said,
> it's not like the place has the atmosphere of an AA meeting. It's a
> very funky, coffeehouse type of setting.
>
> Disclosure: Dennis Gavin, the owner of Skylight Exchange, is a
> personal friend of mine.
I'm not opposed to the Skylight. But I'm not crazy about it either. We
haven't done Durham in months. Plus, I think that we should avoid the
Raleigh and Chapel Hill options at least for another month.
Uzoma
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This just in...,
Uzoma Nwosu, 01/18/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: This just in..., tengu typed, not, 01/18/2001
- Re: This just in..., Uzoma Nwosu, 01/18/2001
- Re: This just in..., Thomas A. Beckett, 01/18/2001
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Re: This just in...,
Gina Norman, 01/18/2001
- Re: This just in..., Gina Norman, 01/18/2001
- Re: This just in..., Steve Burnett, 01/18/2001
- Re: This just in..., Uzoma Nwosu, 01/18/2001
- Re: This just in..., Joe Komenda, 01/18/2001
- Re: This just in..., mdthomas, 01/18/2001
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