Chapel Hill, Stand Up

Pepper's Pizza!

Charlotte has a good airport.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.chapel-hill

Listen to some upcoming local gigs here

http://trianglerock.com/

and debate restaurants

http://groups.google.com/group/triangle.dining

And here's the college radio stations:

the eccletic and always impressive WXYC in Chapel Hill
http://www.wxyc.org/

the older and crankier hepcats of WXDU in Durham
http://wxdu.org/

and the metallic loudness of Raleigh's WKNC
http://wknc.org/

...which more or less sums up the difference in the music scenes of the three cities, too.

I also second Jeff on the OCSC front. Also, if you're moving next month, then the place might seem a little quiet, but don't be fooled, as the students will be back in force come August!

This is true.

"I also thought WKNC wasn't metal anymore..."

This is also true.

where are people going to park? allow me to third the OCSC. UNC is on my list of grad schools im applying to.

(I say this as a lifelong Durham resident, not some preppy Duke student who's just set foot outside of New Jersey for the first time)

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true, but Durham has some cool stuff in it. Downtown has a few decent bars, and one somewhat-nice record shop.

Which begs the question: what is up with NJ people moving to CH/Durham? There's quite a number of NJ expats there. Chapel Hill eerily mirrors mid-90's Main Street Metuchen [ie: nice, lots of independent businesses, etc] and every time I visit I run into a former high school classmate of mine.

OTMFM!

xpost! HEY! That's where I was every Tuesday for the past month! :) It's a good crowd, although a few scaries from Weaver Street lawn hang out there...

-also wxyc (89.3) amazingness seconded.

My personal favorite bar is the one under the Wine Bar on Franklin St, but OCSC is nice.

The worst thing about CH is that there is a whole lot of NC around it and even more American South.

Carrburritos = good
Cosmic Cantina = better

there's also an excellent secondhand book/record shop called Nice Price that has locations in Chapel Hill and Raleigh - they've taken a considerable amount of my money (and even more of my dad's) over the years.

I wish Chapel Hill was MORE southern! (I don't understand what you comment means anyway).
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There's a new record store next to Durham's Cosmic - it's where University Barbers used to be, upstairs!! Spend your money there!

As far as shows, no one has mentioned Nightlight, which is next door to Fuse and is also a used bookstore during the day. They cater to more out-there types of music, and have hosted stuff like NNCK and Wolf Eyes (in fact Aaron Dilloway is playing there later this summer as part of No Future Fest 2).

The Duke Coffeehouse started to have some better shows last year, including Six Organs, Jack Rose/Fursaxa, Jonathan Kane, but will probably be laying low for the summer I imagine.

There's also King's in Raleigh, which is where Rocket from the Tombs played a few years ago. They tend to get some good shows but you have to pay attention to their schedule if you live in Chapel Hill because you might miss something.

-- Thomas Tallis (tallis4...) (webmail), May 9th, 2006. (Tommy)

Oooh. Because the Durham cosmic is infinitely times better than the CH one. No better place to go with drunk friends at 2 in the morning! I can't wait for my trip there in the next couple weeks. CD's, burritos, beer, cheap books, what else could you ask for?

*lives five minutes from Braggtown, rethought his daily commute to work after someone randomly got shot in the middle of the afternoon while sitting at an intersection he goes through every day*

whatever you say, man

I came up for the Merge 15th and it did seem very gracious and inviting, much more so than lots of other über-hip meccas I've visited.

The bus system in the triangle is good, cheap, and is improving. The RTP bus layover thing can be annoying going between the airport and Chapel Hill, as the people in the lobby don't always know when the buses come and go, although they're really nice. you have to go outside and run around the bays like crazy to ensure catching the right one (having almost missed my flight back on the way to the airport because of RTP confusion..), but that lobby is awesome because everyone will talk to you there about almost anything.

right now Ringside has an awesome sign on its window calling out the city for the tortoise-slow pace of construction downtown, which has completely fucked local businesses

But right down the street is the very nice public library. What's the problem?

This thread is making me really excited about my next trip home. There's nothing I love more than my anual walking down Franklin/Rosemary St and splurging at CD Alley.

http://groovo.org/

Excepter's coming Sunbday night, according to the nightlight website:

http://www.freewebs.com/nofuturefest/nightlight.htm

That is part of what makes it awesome. The fact that you have to strain your neck to see the CD's piled to the ceiling. There's no magic in eye-level.

BUT NOW I LOOK LIKE I REALLY AM A RACIST BECAUSE I SOMEHOW MENTALLY EQUATED CLASS WITH RACE OH GOD OH FUCK

Are there any good record stores left in the area?

Chas's Bull City, the place next to Cosmic, is still goin strong! Also Nice Price Books in Durham has a great vinyl selection, I mean like "nobody seems to know about it" great.

Durham is so completely awesome btw I love it so much and there are so many new good things since this thread - Chubby's Tacos, I don't think we ever got around to Locopops, Watts Grocery, Piedmont, on and on. Yes these are all food-related but since all I ever do is eat that's to be expected.

Nice Price Books in Durham has a great vinyl selection, I mean like "nobody seems to know about it" great.

We stumbled upon it in November - an amazing find!

You didn't get to Locopops? For shame, it's practically a Triangle institution now! They even have a chocolate-bacon pop on the list now, which I hear alternates between gross and awesome with every bite...

no I live in Durham I get to Locopops all the time. I meant this thread hadn't gotten to it.

although I am disappointed to hear about the chocolate bacon pop since the whole OH YEAH BACON thing is tiresome as fuck

Is this CD Alley place still in business? I read good things on another board.

CD Alley was still going strong when I left Chapel Hill last summer, and I haven't heard anything about it going under since. Definitely a great store.

although I am disappointed to hear about the chocolate bacon pop since the whole OH YEAH BACON thing is tiresome as fuck

― Just one thing I was thinking about as I was getting on the copter (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 12:54 (3 hours ago)

RETURN OF THE TRUTH BOMB

also cd alley is open, yes, and great.

<3 chapel hill <3
(i dont live there but i spend a couple weeks a year there)

Any of you nerds in the CH/Durham area wanna play drums?