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What a wonderful band and great starter for Gnaw Dude.

#Gnaw dude #ed fendley #midnight plus one #Casey cook #jon bowman #Nick Senese #spectre arts #spectrearts #opening reception #punk

This is going to be such fun!

#ed fendley #edward max fendley #pipe #midnight plus one #spectre arts #durham #NC #exhibition #thirdfriday #third friday #works on paper #gnaw dude

October 22, 2014

Got up early to drive to Raleigh for day 1 of 2 of the All Things Open conference, an enterprise-oriented open-source conference. The group that runs it is based in Atlanta (where they run a similar conference in the spring), but between Red Hat, RTP and the startup scene here, there's probably far more reason to have one here than in ATL. I never go to conferences, so I have no real points of comparison, but: the speakers are knowledgeable and approachable, and present at varying levels of polish, from Very to Not At All. The organization is sufficient, if not especially mind-blowing (although this year's is way better than last year's). There are some women speakers, but not enough to make me happy. (Two of the six talks I saw today were by women, and both rooms were packed to overflowing, so hopefully that'll lead to even better balance next year.) Everything I saw was pretty wonky, far too much so for a general-purpose blog, so I'll spare you the details. Although I will say that I continue to be amazed at watching people walk in 2 minutes before their designated start time & then struggle mightily with laptop/projector issues. Also this can serve as a reminder that Mac people still need to travel with their own fucking VGA adapters. Anyway. Low-key nerdy fun; a nice paid vacation that includes the chance to get at least the names & urls of projects that I could probably make use of. Made the final decision & arrangements to simulcast the Know Your Polls party on WXDU -- it's a get out the vote rally & concert at the Pinhook on Sunday afternoon from 2 to 7 pm. Lots of good bands: SOON, Daniel Bachman, Some Army, Shirlette Ammons, Hammer No More the Fingers, Midnight Plus One, and PIPE. Show up at the Pinhook if at all possible, but if you just can't get away, tune it in at 88.7 or wxdu.org

#all things open #pipe #wxdu #Midnight Plus One #get out the vote #open source #conferences #some army

I went to a really fun show at The Carrack art gallery in Durham tonight. It was the tape release show for Lilac Shadows (Raleigh), with Midnight Plus One (Carrboro) and Matt Northrup (Greensboro).

I bought the Midnight Plus One LP from their bass player after the show. This involved a really embarrassing exchange where I had to get change for a twenty from a Carrack volunteer, got the wrong amount back but didn't recognize it right away, then got all flustered and nervous and gave the bassist the wrong amount for the record twice in a row. Then we both realized I hadn't gotten the full twenty back, but the volunteer had walked away, so she made up the extra out of pocket and chalked it up as a donation to the gallery (which was super nice of her).

I know I'll probably forget about it soon, but right now I'm worried that if she ever spots me at one of their shows again, she'll think "there goes that dumb guy".

Anyway, I love it when cool shows go on right near where I live.

#Durham NC #The Carrack #Midnight Plus One