The Lost City

From April of 1997 through October of 2003, I could often be found tending shop at the Lost City, Chapel Hill's most underground music and video outpost. Lem and I opened the store in 1997, in the basement of the Ogburn building at 412 W. Franklin Street (the building that houses the Mediterranean Deli). We quickly discovered that friendship and business don't always mix.

My other Lost City business partners over the years included Uzoma Nwosu (Uzi), Bill Berzinskas (Billie Blaze) and John Lomanto, and Bryan Boggs, aka DJ Sploo. In 1999, Lost City moved across the street to a spacious, one-story house with a lot of character at 402 W. Rosemary Street, where it remained until we closed our doors on October 31, 2003.

Many friends visited the store while our doors were open. Sometimes a camera was around, more often not, because I had a business to run! But here are a few shots of Pink House denizens at the Lost City.

(Jay swung through to shop for the latest fashions on 7/9/00, Matthew Dan Stewart came all the way from San Francisco on 4/22/01, and Jenny taught her niece Kelly how to play Tron on 2/24/02).

Third annual Hi Mom! Film Festival

Hi Mom! press release, 10/9/99

Name: Camille Hawley
E-Mail: chawley@email.unc.edu
Home Page: http://metalab.unc.edu/cpg
Date: Sat Oct 9 15:45:12 1999

The Carolina Production Guild is pleased to announce that we are now accepting short films and videos to screen at our third annual Hi Mom! Film Festival. Hi Mom 2000 will be a three glorious days and two swingin' nights of rowdiness, food, drink, free stuff, music, and (oh yeah) movies. Hi Mom is a festival for filmmakers with big ideas and little bank accounts, deep thinkers with shallow pockets, short on gimmicks but long on talent. The festival is an opportunity for filmmakers of all ilks to come together as group to have fun and learn from one another in the capital city of Indy culture in the Southern US, Chapel Hill, NC.

Filmmakers are encouraged to attend. We'll find lodging for them (as space is available) and we will ply them with beverages and pancakes in the shapes of their initials. And we will have prizes of 16mm film stock and other goodies for best film and video in various categories. Anyone is eligible to enter (except for fat cats. No fat cats allowed.) We can screen SVHS, VHS, super8, 16mm, and 35mm.

This year the festival will take place March 3-5, 2000, at various venues in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.

To enter, send a VHS tape to: Michael Connor 401 Pritchard Ave. Chapel Hill, NC 27514

ENTRY FEES AND DEADLINES Early deadline: January 11, 2000 Early Fee: $0 (right, that's zero) Final deadline: February 1, 2000 Final fee: $10

For more info, visit: metalab.unc.edu/cpg/
Email: mconnor@email.unc.edu
Phone: 919-967-8969
Post: Hi Mom! c/o Michael Connor 401 Pritchard Ave. Chapel Hill, NC 27514