Weekend recap

E & I did quite a bit of hopping around on Friday evening...
We started out at The Borough, which is the new bar on the ground floor of the Dawson building. I really enjoyed it! The staff was so friendly and fun, and the owner, Liz, was great to talk to. I'm looking forward to heading back this Friday early for happy hour and half price apps!

We then walked a few blocks over to Raleigh Music Hall for the Angie Aparo show...however, we got there at the very beginning of the 6-band bill, and knew we didn't have the attention span to sit in one place for that long. So, we took another walk, over to another new favorite, the Raleigh Times. But before I move on, you must know WHY I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO THE RALEIGH MUSIC HALL...

The venue's website (and no, I will not even do them the favor of posting a link) listed the cost at the door as $5. When I got there, they charged $10! The manager was standing right there, and I questioned the discrepancy. He told me that the person who posted the $5 didn't ask first, and he would not honor it. I know $5 is not a huge deal, but it's a matter of principle. The guy was really a jerk. So of course, I paid it...shouldn't have...more on that in a bit...

Back to the Raleigh Times...it really is a good place. I think I liked it best this time when it was just E & I elbowed up to the bar. We met a nice couple from Buffalo that we talked to, and the drinks were good as usual. I think the poor bartender dropped three glasses in the hour we were there!

When we got back over to the music hall there was still a ways to go before Angie hit the stage...so we went to Alibi, which is a little bar in the basement of the same building. It was a pretty cool hole in the wall. Sunday nights is small dog night...how great is that??? I don't want Yanna around all that smoke, though, so she won't be attending.

Back up at the music hall, we stuck around through Nathan Asher and Infantry's set...I really didn't like them at all. Asher himself was irritating, between his grating vocals and convulsing. I was really ready for some good music by the time Angie hit the stage. Angie delivered...but it was not the most impressive performance I've seen from him. He seems to be getting more and more bitter. Well, what's art without agony anyway?

Bottom line...it was great to see Angie again, and to be in a small venue and have the chance to chat w/him before his show.