If there’s one thing the Chapel Hill-Carrboro music scene can get behind, it’s a benefit–especially when the show is to benefit one of its own. After a raid by state Alcohol Law Enforcement agents and Carrboro police, the De La Luz club is getting back on its feet, and its owner, Rick Ramirez, is finding […]
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Central casting
Anyone who’s recently driven through downtown Durham may have noticed a new addition to the slowly evolving Durham Central Park neighborhood. Beneath the red and white magnolia mural, against the red brick wall of the Liberty Warehouse on Foster Street, there is now a rounded pavilion of elaborately cut steel, painted green to look like […]
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Temple Ball busted
A little past midnight, Hobex finished their first set. Frontman Greg Humphries said the band’s first show at the Carrboro music venue De La Luz was going well. The venue is part of a combination art gallery and head shop called Temple Ball, on Main Street right across from the ArtsCenter and the Cat’s Cradle. […]
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Town vs. gown
Dianne Bachman, a candidate for the Chapel Hill Town Council who’s also an architect for UNC-Chapel Hill, says she’s trying to step away from aspects of the job that might create a conflict if she’s elected. But last month, there was Bachman taking part in a meeting with residents of Mason Farm Road on the […]
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Almost uncontested
The Carrboro mayor’s race has been like the Triangle’s own little California recall. While the ballot will offer voters only one name rather than a roster of opportunistic celebrities, it belies the drama that’s ensued since the August filing deadline for would-be candidates. Robert Glosson, an OWASA warden who looks after University Lake, had hoped […]
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Listening is theft
When a band records a song, don’t they want that song to be heard? Don’t they deserve to be compensated? If not even the labels can make money off music, how can we expect music to continue to be available? Are these questions pragmatic, or are they moral? Even those who claim to have the […]
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Can Congress beat back big media?
Once in a while, when politicians make a big show for the cameras of bipartisan cooperation, it actually leads to something positive. Last week, just such a rare spectacle did happen on the Senate floor, with 42 Democrats and 12 Republicans voting to push back on the Federal Communications Commission’s loosening of media ownership rules. […]
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B.H. Hudson
It’s a hot Tuesday morning, and B.H. Hudson is on the air. “It’s 83 degrees, and as James Brown said, the temperature is going up, up.” The music director of WNCU 90.7 FM was the first voice on the air when the station began in 1995. Her show, Morning Jazz, airs every weekday from 8 […]
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Raleigh music’s hall of mirrors
“It was a pretty typical night at Kings,” said Brad Farran. He, Spencer Brantley and Lee Moore were sitting at a table, drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon, Miller High Life and a bourbon and ginger, respectively. “Shadow of a Great Name was playing and they were great.” About 150 people were there, he guessed, as the […]
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The show must go on
Damn. A train is crossing the road to downtown Raleigh, so Lee Moore takes an alternate route. It’s not a big deal. Finding detours has been a theme this week. Moore is one of the organizers of 23 HOURS, a five-week-long exhibit of visual art, film, music and installation underway at Bickett Gallery near Five […]