“Pffft!” -- The Chapel Hill Sound: Chapel Hill, Carrboro, & UNC

[donbosco]

Is anyone going to either of the King Mackerel and the Blues Are Running shows in Saxapahaw this weekend?

I saw this years ago. Wish I could make it down. It'll be great I can guarantee.

 

[Zoo_View]

I saw this years ago. Wish I could make it down. It'll be great I can guarantee.

I’ve seen it many times. Saw them in Manhattan the first time they played there.

Bland happens to be a neighbor.

 

[Icky Mettle]

"
We had our chance, you know. We had our chance to make a deal with the devil. We danced with him, we flirted a little, maybe we even led him on. But I’m not so sure we ever took his offer. Here’s how it went down.

It was the summer of ’92 and scores of magazine reporters and music-industry types, looking like robotic ravens in their standard-issue black T-shirts and jeans, sweated hiply in the Chapel Hill heat. They came to see what sarcastic locals had named the Big Record Stardom Convention. They came to see 49 North Carolina bands over four days.

Late one night, when all the shows had ended and the after-parties were in full swing, a reporter from Spin magazine was holding court, dissecting our local culture, trying to find its essence. “What is the Chapel Hill sound?” he implored partygoers.

“Pffft!” Someone opened a beer can right in his face. “That is the Chapel Hill sound,” came the response. Laughter erupted. “Pffft!” This was our answer to the devil."

The Rest of The Story is at the link...

Running with the devil

We had our chance, you know. We had our chance to make a deal with the devil. We danced with him, we flirted a little, maybe we even led him on. But I’m not so sure we ever took his offer. Here’s how it went down. It was the summer of ’92 and scores of […]

indyweek.com

I see I’m mentioned on that article.

 

[Icky Mettle]

I see I’m mentioned on that article.

Not the real me, but my username.

 

[donbosco]

I’m going with Davis Library, Student Union, Student Stores, The Pit, and Lenoir.

Nicely Done - do you remember the parking lot where Davis Library now stands?

 

[Zoo_View]

Nicely Done - do you remember the parking lot where Davis Library now stands?

Wasn’t it Orange County gravel? That grainy orange-hued stuff that was some sidewalks before they were bricked over? Or, was it regular gravel?

I’d swear that the parking rows were marked out with railroad ties (the rows, not the spaces).

 

[donbosco]

Wasn’t it Orange County gravel? That grainy orange-hued stuff that was some sidewalks before they were bricked over? Or, was it regular gravel?

I’d swear that the parking rows were marked out with railroad ties (the rows, not the spaces).

I think the railroad ties recollection is correct. And there was gravel but about as often there was mud.