Category: music
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tight connection
tight connection Originally uploaded by the dotmatrix project The seventh dotmatrix project brought together two greensboro songwriters, historians, and musicians. Yet both ladies, accomplished musicians in well-known bands across the Carolinas and beyond kept reminding the audience to be kind: This solo performance was a first for both. Riannon Giddens…
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sounds local: Tom Beardslee
Tom Beardslee A few months ago, I got a myspace friend request from Tom. He’d just moved to the area, was looking for folks to play with, and did I want to play sometime? I took one look at that myspace picture and thought, “This guy’s too big time for…
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sounds local
Photo by John Rash Dawn Chorus It could be said that founder Andrew Dudek himself is an unexplained phenomenon that dawns on Greensboro’s creative communities. The man behind Greensboro’s most loved record store, Gate City Noise, is now gate-keeper at Square One, a shared rehearsal space for hungry hipsters and…
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7 reasons small businesses should blog
By Ben McConell & Jackie Huba 1. They fan the flames of customer evangelism. Their personal nature helps humanize you and your organization. 2. They function as an instant-feedback mechanism. Most blogs allow readers to respond to your posts or link to them on their own blogs. These features provide…
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Sealed with about 500 pieces of scotch tape
That’s one cheap, unlickable envelope. It took three pieces of scotch tape to close that thing up. Addressed and stamped twice because stamp prices change faster than gas prices these days. What’s it up to, now, like $5 a stamp? Licked, taped, and stamped in doubles and triples because I…
Molly McGinn 