{"id":6173,"date":"2012-10-04T12:14:23","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T16:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=6173"},"modified":"2012-10-04T12:14:23","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T16:14:23","slug":"gimme-five-ron-liberti-of-pipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2012\/10\/gimme-five-ron-liberti-of-pipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Five! Ron Liberti of Pipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6174\" style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ron1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6174\" title=\"Ron Liberti of Pipe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ron1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ron1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ron1-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ron1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Mike Benson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stapled to a signpost or taped to a window, <a href=\"http:\/\/ronliberti.com\/liberti\">Ron Liberti<\/a>&#8216;s art has long had a finger on the pulse of local music. The relevancy is no easy get given the dearth of screen-printers and graphic design apps. Liberti&#8217;s work is a step apart, because of talent, sure, but also years of playing and participating in local music. Off and on since 1991, his band <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mergerecords.com\/artists\/pipe\">Pipe<\/a> has been palpable force. Destroying stages (sometimes literally) with their no holds barred punk, Pipe is a fury of howling riffs, blustering drums and front man histrionics.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, Liberti and his crew have things figured out, but can this artist ans showstopper handle our five questions? See for yourself after the jump.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. If your band were a weapon, what kind would it be?<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronliberti.com\/pos90_7.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-6175\" title=\"Ron Liberti Pipe Poster\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-28-at-2.12.48-PM-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-28-at-2.12.48-PM-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-28-at-2.12.48-PM.png 391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOne of those guns that says &#8221; Bang &#8221; when you shoot it. Chuck said that, he&#8217;s &#8221; the funny &#8221; one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. What&#8217;s the strangest show\/venue you&#8217;ve ever played? <\/strong><br \/>\nProbably a laundromat in Cincinnati and the biggest drag was that I lugged a bag of dirty clothes all the way there and they wouldn&#8217;t let us do any loads ! They had to cover the machines with plastic or some bullshit . Thanks Sudsy&#8217;s &#8230;.. NOT ! We also played a laundromat in Carrboro with the Archers (?) and Psycho Acoustic Research and Development . Hmm , maybe it wasn&#8217;t that strange after all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Describe your typical band practice.<\/strong><br \/>\nPretty no nonsense these days, a little catching up, work on a new song or two , sports talk , t.v. talk, some politics, dirty:30 for a bit, asking Google to remember things for us like Curtis Mayfield&#8217;s name or who played the first Darren. Then we Rock!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pipe.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-6176\" title=\"Pipe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pipe-300x228.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pipe-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/pipe.png 532w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong>4. Who\/what might be a few inspirations or influences that would really surprise people?<\/strong><br \/>\nFrank Sinatra, Mister Rogers and Martha Stewart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. What did you dream of being when you were a kid? (How \u00e2\u20ac\u2122d that turn out?)<\/strong><br \/>\nA sign painter or baseball player and I think it turned out pretty well, my posters are my signs and my band is my team. I also liked the idea of hanging out with buds at the Quickie Mart parking lot, sucking 40&#8217;s out of brown paper bags, that seems to be working out pretty well too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Keep an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Pipe\/\">eye out for your next chance<\/a> to catch Pipe live. And, by all means, give Ron a high five when you see him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stapled to a signpost or taped to a window, Ron Liberti&#8216;s art has long had a finger on the pulse of local music. The relevancy is no easy get given the dearth of screen-printers and graphic design apps. 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