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Samiha Khanna ·
23 Feb 2010, 4:13 PM ·
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From Correspondent Rebekah Cowell, cross-posted from the Indy’s Scan blog:
In a packed Durham City Hall Committee Room early this morning, the Durham County Board of Adjustment voted unanimously in favor of issuing a special-use permit to The Broad Street Cafe.
For the past four years, Broad Street has operated as a nightclub in a district that is zoned so that such a special-use permit is necessary to host music after 10 p.m. Less than one year after the first noise complaint was filed by Clarendon Street neighbor Waldo Fenner, who was not present at this morning’s hearing, Broad Street officially received the green light on amping up their regional music bookings in a space that musicians and business owners says is vital to Durham’s art scene.
“Broad Street Cafe is important for more than just music,” says Melissa Thomas, founder of the Durham-based indie label 307 Knox Records. “It provides a great venue space for music, festivals and family events, as well as a place to eat for locals and visitors. This hearing just showed us today how much we all have built in Durham over the past five-plus years.”
Paul Brock, one of four Broad Street owners, says he’s relieved to finally get the permit. “I was very impressed with the board. They were gracious to us, and they asked very smart questions and got a feel for what we are doing,” explains Brock.
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Durham, Durham County, arts, business, music, news, politics 307 Knox Records, Broad Street Cafe, Durham, Durham planning department, music, noise ordinance
Grayson Currin ·
22 Jan 2009, 5:21 PM ·
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She’ll play Moore Square Park July 11. I’d make the requisite pun about loving rock ‘n’ roll here, but Deep South’s e-mail blast beat me to it: “I Love Rock N’ Roll! Joan Jett Confirmed!”
Still holding out for OMC!
Raleigh, music Deep South
David Fellerath ·
16 Jan 2009, 4:23 PM ·
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Durham Performing Arts Center announced this afternoon that Ben Folds will perform Wednesday, Feb. 25, on a bill with Miniature Tigers.
It’s the first of a three-date swing through the Carolinas in support of his new album, Way to Normal: Stems and Seeds, due out Feb. 10. Tickets are a very reasonable, recession-friendly $29.50.
The new record is a special two-disk version of his last album, Way to Normal. On his Web site, Folds provides an explanation for the new record’s existence:
And so we have “Way To Normal: Stems and Seeds” - two disks. One disk is a remix, remaster, re-sequence of “Way To Normal” along with the now legendary (in our own minds) ‘fake’ tracks, the Japanese version of “Hiroshima”, the Conan Rehearsal of “You Don’t Know Me” and the Piano Orchestra version of “Cologne” - a total of 20 tracks.
The other is a disk of files, called stems, which will pop up in Garageband and allow you to mix the album yourselves. Just click on the file of the song you want to mix and you’ll quickly understand how it works. If you’d like to turn the drums off or down, or if you want to use loops or turn that damn singer off and sing it yourself, its all possible. We’ve included extra loops with the song “You Don’t Know Me” hoping someone could maybe come along and make a hit out of this fucking song.
Perhaps Folds got the remixing idea from Indy music editor Grayson Currin’s review of Way to Normal on Pitchfork.
Here’s a friendlier review by the same author of Ben Folds Five’s sold-out reunion performance of its classic The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner.
Tickets go on sale a week from today, Friday, Jan. 23, at 10 a.m. Visit www.dpacnc.com or www.livenation.com for more information.
Durham, arts, music Ben Folds, Durham Performing Arts Center, Miniature Tigers
Lisa Sorg ·
16 Jan 2009, 2:54 PM ·
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Midtown Dickens, Above Gravity and Cantwell, Gomez & Jordan are playing a Bull City HQ benefit tonight, starting at 8 p.m. Proceeds will help BCHQ pay its rent. And yes, we’ve heard that BCHQ does have a heater.
Durham, Uncategorized, music Above Gravity, Bull City Headquarters, Cantwell, Gomez & Jordan, Midtown Dickens
Grayson Currin ·
13 Jan 2009, 3:15 PM ·
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Charlie Daniels Band comes down to Moore Square on July 25. That sounds like fun, actually. But Filter on June 13, two weeks after Candlebox? Again, that’s the best we can do?
Oh, well: I’m still holding out for a visit from OMC myself.
Raleigh, music Deep South
Grayson Currin ·
8 Jan 2009, 12:16 PM ·
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Five days of indie rock from July 22-26, says Merge: “XX Merge will be the label’s party to mark this anniversary: five days of music by Merge artists past and present in the summer heat of sunny North Carolina.”
Full release beyond the break:
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music Merge Records
David Fellerath ·
16 Dec 2008, 9:23 PM ·
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The Durham Performing Arts Center announced today that Morrissey will play March 11, 2009.
Short notice to get your money together, though: Tickets go on sale Friday, Dec. 19, at 10 a.m., at the DPAC box office, by telephone, on its Web site and at Ticketmaster outlets.
Prices are a reasonable $25-$42. This should sell out fast.
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Durham, arts, music Durham Performing Arts Center, Morrissey
Grayson Currin ·
2 Dec 2008, 8:10 PM ·
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In four notes…
1: Started in order to write songs for CyTunes, the digital music store started to help pay the medical bills of Cy Rawls, the long-time local music booster who died in October.
2: The project of Ivan “Rosebud” Howard, Reid “Schooner” Johnson and Zeno “Pox World Empire” Gill.
3: Your band name is probably not as good as the band name The Fruit Flies.
4: I sorta wish more bands tried to combine the genres the band’s MySpace mentions: Electroacoustic, black metal, healing & easy listening.
Durham, Raleigh, music
Grayson Currin ·
1 Dec 2008, 2:54 PM ·
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Raleigh rock band The T’s will play The Bassment—the Glenwood South club that splits its space with The Pourch and sits next to Helios—on Wednesday, Dec. 3. The show is sponsored by Red Bull.
From The Bassment’s Web site:
Music that you forgot that you knew the lyrics to including, Air supply and Journey to Beastie Boys De La Sol with a little Aerosmith and Def Leopard thrown in for good measure. At the Bassment they have the best of the past and the current stuff, including: Justin Timberlake, Buck Cherry, Kid Rock, Gwen Stefani and so much more. Our music will cover the past five decades of sing at the top of your lungs, Bounce out of your seat music!
Disaster waiting to happen or a little across-the-aisles Raleigh socializing? We’ll see… Also, The Loners and The Rosebuds at The Pour House Wednesday, too.
Raleigh, music
Grayson Currin ·
30 Nov 2008, 3:14 PM ·
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B.B. King has arrived for his DPAC show tonight
Durham, arts, music DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center
