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Re: shows and party review





On 17 Dec 1996, Gary Miller wrote:

> > Free beer, a hilarious cover band
> >(fucking up the buzz bin songs too much would
> >be far too typically jaded/cynical/boring
> 
> Nope, I just don't agree.  Are you telling me that if a REAL cover band was
> there you would've been enjoying it just as much, or is it just because
> they're folks on the scene?  It already sounds like there some irony in the
> enjoyment level.
 
Oh, there definitely is - I never meant to imply that I enjoyed the show
in any way non-ironically. I just find the mere covering itself (with the
slight vocal imperfections and/or musical misapproximations) to be the    
laughing medicine I'm looking for. Anything more irreverent would be a bit
too hack-ish and overbearing for the circumstances. It's better with 85%  
of the irony implied. That way you can enjoy the songs as well. Have cake,
eat too.
   
7Brides' version of "sabotage" two years ago was better than the original,
at least that's the way I remember it.

> However in typing that paragraph I realized another reason why I love
> chapel hill.  I've lived here for two years and I can even NAME a local
> cover band.

Purple Rain, Mr. PotatoHead, and early Pine State.

There was no Mammoth dress code at any time, thankfully.

Tim


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