Baby powder in the Cradle's monitor system

ch-scene listserv, 11-1-96

· To: ch-scene@listserv.oit.unc.edu
· Subject: Pine State
· From: Chris Riser
· Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 20:02:35 -0500

Well, if you didn't believe it before, do you believe it now? We are thru. Just in time too. 'Cause the only fucking place we'd be allowed to play anymore would be Local 506, and then probably just once more too.

So, there was the fire thing at the Coffeehouse, started by an overzealous matchthrowing fan, admittedly at the 'tarded instigation of the Gimp. Now there's the problem of baby powder in the Cradle's monitor system, accomplished with no 'tarded Pine State instigation, just someone's really fucking dumb initiative. We don't have to worry about it again, because we're really done now. But Frank does. So, hope whoever it was got their thrill out of it.

Anyway, Pine State T-shirts for sale at the low low clearance price of $5. E-mail me. We've got Chainsaw Honkytonk shirts and Booze Prison Heartache Mama shirts.

Good possibility of a Pine State CD to come in a few months. If we get a good tape of last night's show and/or a good videotape, we might make that available too. If anyone would have any interest in the videotape, let me know.
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Chris Riser
riser@email.unc.edu

Pine State

Perahps the most legendary of several outfits with claim to the title of Pink House house band, Pine State first secured their reputation as out-of-control rock'n'rollers at...what else, a series of raucous Pink House parties during 1994-95.


December, 1994 performance at the Cradle. Charlie Speight is on lead vocals and washboard.

Fronted by Charlie Speight, who shared the Mona Lisa room with Chris Palmatier in '94, Pine State also featured regular Pink House guests from the early 90s like Chris "A.C." Lee on guitar, Mike Shoffner on drums, and Dan Partridge on miscellaneous instruments (officially described by the band as "junkyard percussion, rants, screech vocals, saw and whistles").

A can't lose proposition for completely bizarre freaks

alt.music.chapel-hill, 11/23/94

From: spe...@email.unc.edu (Tom)
Newsgroups: alt.music.chapel-hill
Subject: free records! seeks artists
Date: 23 Nov 1994 04:21:34 -0000
Organization: Chapel Hill Music Lovers

ATTENTION CLOSET MUSICIANS!

if you would like to be a recording artist for the fastest growing record label in the world, this is your chance. !free records! is seeking demo tapes for inclusion in a series of tapes to be released and marketed to the public FREE OF CHARGE! absolutely no strings are attached, in fact, there is no catch, no hidden agenda, no contract and no obligation on the part of the artist! this is a can't lose proposition for struggling artists, established artists with side projects, completely bizarre freaks who make completely unlistenable music, and jaded cynics fed up with the corporate world of rock and roll.

all submissions will be considered based on their sound, authenticity, uniqueness, humor and general spunk. HOWEVER, everyone who submits a piece of work WILL make it onto one of the compilations. in fact, nothing will be turned down. !free records! lets the consumer decide what it wants. in the future, however, especially inspired work will be included on split cassette releases and perhaps, if god is willing, a flexi disc project.

all funding for !free records! comes from the wallet of the sole proprietor. !free records! is, however, seeking partners who share a similar vision for the de-commodification of music. negotiations are underway and a new partner may be added to the firm soon.

!free records! will NEVER turn down gifts in kind of blank tapes, prerecorded tapes (basically anything we can tape over), white and colored photocopy paper, original art for unique tape packaging, stickers, labels, bags, and photocopy privileges. contributors will not be recognized in print anywhere unless the contributor directly asks to be recognized. however, !free records! is not in the business of giving "indie cred" to any artists and thusly will go to no major extremes to promote the fact that you support free music. hell, we aren't even in business at all! we will NOT allow our counter-culture revolution to be co-opted. but, if we influence major labels to begin giving away their music, we will be vindicated.

direct all demo tapes, questions, comments, advertising (possibilities for !free records! to advertise in your mag), interview requests, and donations to

!free records!
c/o Charlie Speight
130 North Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

(919) 967-8969

spe...@email.unc.edu

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!fr!001 French, New Wave, and Pretentious
cs compilation of short lived fantasy songs.
(available in time for christmas)

!fr!002 My Friend The Magic Microphone
experimental and noisy. essential for expecting mothers.
(available in early january)

!fr!003 What's Another Generation?
indecipherible meanderings from tortured souls.
(out before MLK Day!)

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*all products are free.
*act now!

Timber Wolf
spe...@email.unc.edu

"A few people are trying to control radio, just
like the government is trying to control the masses"
-Merle Haggard

The most glorious location in all of Chapel Hill

alt.music.chapel-hill, 9/12/94

From: spe...@isisa.oit.unc.edu (TIMBER WOLF)
Newsgroups: alt.music.chapel-hill
Subject: Do you want to live?
Date: 12 Sep 1994 23:48:58 -0000
Organization: Chapel Hill Music Lovers

OK...

Forget what you've heard about the Pink House being exclusive,
Forget what you've heard about the Pink House lifestyle being too fast,
Forget what you've heard about Timberwolf's manners,
Forget what you've heard about Timberwolf's obsessions,
Forget what you've heard about the ghost of the Pink House.

YOU can live at the most glorious location in all of Chapel Hill,
with a birds eye view of the Phi Mu house,
and a 2 minute stroll to the quad,
and you get to ROOM with the TIMBERWOLF!!!!!

i'm dead serious.

email me for more details.

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Timber Wolf
spe...@email.unc.edu

"I'll make a fist and put that fist right in yr. eye" J.O.

From: ecs...@email.unc.edu (Ian Williams)
Newsgroups: alt.music.chapel-hill
Subject: Re: Do you want to live?
Date: 13 Sep 1994 08:25:57 GMT
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

In article ,
TIMBER WOLF wrote:

>Forget what you've heard about the Pink House being exclusive,
>Forget what you've heard about the Pink House lifestyle being too fast,
>YOU can live at the most glorious location in all of Chapel Hill,

I think it's common knowledge that the Purple House was, at its height,
the most glorious location in all of Chapel Hill. At least fairly common
knowledge. Plus, those guys never do their dishes.

--
Ian Williams, back in slow, sweaty, sleepy and sexy Chapel Hill, NC!
"Ohhhhh, we're half-way there...
Oh...whoa... we're livin' on a prayer"
-"Livin' on a Prayer," Bon Jovi

The house predictably sank into utter summer filth

Whassup! This is your former Pink Housemate Erik coming through loud and clear on the straight-up tip, doing deals and making crazy cash while chillin' in Chapel Hill, sending you out a positive shout up there in D.C., where the word on the street says you've finally made the big move into an apartment of your very own! Well, actually I guess it's a place you're sharing with someone else, namely, Jenny's very close friend and former roommate Alston Neal. What a coincidence. Hope everything's going smoothly, from what I've heard you're having a great time living closer to the heart of the city.

Shelly was in town this past weekend and tried unsuccessfully to get in touch with me regarding your mail. It was a very hectic weekend for us both I guess, for me because of my latest, on-going, money-making venture. More about that in a second. Anyway, I figured I should get off my ass and send you this mail and your farewell videotape before any more time elapsed. It's a two-hour tape, and your goodbye party takes the award for most interesting portion.

Yeah, so the Pink House vibe has definitely dissipated. You're gone, I'm gone, and for a while it looked as if Mel was planning to jet as well. The troubles all started when I left town shortly after you, leaving a check for both our phone bills with Chris Palmatier. He proceeded to lose this check, and instead just assumed that neither of us had paid our bills. Jay Murray, of course, at this point hadn't paid the phone bill either. So guess what happened? The phone got disconnected. It took those kids about six weeks to finally get their phone service reconnected. Mel was truly bugging out. The inconvenience of not having a phone was really getting to her, plus the utter summer filth that the house predictably sank into within days of our departures, plus everyone else's general slack attitudes. And since I took most of my stuff with me when I jetted, the house got left kind of bare anyway. So Mel started thinking about jumping ship herself.

Then Charlie came back from New Orleans, Trent moved in, and I finished moving out. Mel came back from Pennsylvania and realized how much bigger my room was than the one she'd been living in across the hall. Trent is an actor, and he can't live without a phone, so within a few days he arranged to have the service re-connected. Then Charlie, Jay and Scott went on a mad furniture buying spree, and bought all this new funky furniture to replace the stuff I'd jetted with. I think they even started picking up after themselves. Mel tried looking around for apartments, and realized there wasn't much out there close to campus where she could keep a pet. Laverne is getting so big, by the way - you wouldn't believe it. So all these factors converged to influence a change in her plans, and now Mel is again staying at Chez Pink. You have their new phone number, I assume, but in case you don't, it's (919) 967-8969.

O.k., I'm on the verge of wrapping this letter up, but I did want to tell you how I've been making crazy money these last few weeks. Basically, I've become a used furniture broker! Selling absurd used furniture to kids moving into dorms and apartments, all kinds of crazy shit, and I've netted about $2500 since mid-August. I feel like I've been stuck in an extended episode of Sanford and Son, driving around town in my Volvo, scanning the streets for wayward couches and easy chairs, searching apartment complex dumpsters for those "special items" just waiting to make some furniture customer a happy camper.

Essentially, I'm raising capital. Kristen Schoonover (who told me all about the great night out at Fifth Column she had with you and Jyoti a few weeks ago) and I are now exploring becoming co-investors in a nightclub in Raleigh, a space over on Hillsborough Street. It's got 1500 square feet, rent is $1000/month, and we're going to look at it on Tuesday of this week. It's owned by two brothers who are friends of hers, Leon and Louie, and who own half the real estate on Hillsborough Street. I'll keep you informed of developments.

Feel free to drop me a line with all the latest lowdown on your plans and activities, because both Jenny and I would love to know how things are going with you. And you know you're welcome to stay with us whenever you come down to visit next - we've got an extra futon and it's all you. O.k., kid, I gotta go sell some more used furniture. My inventory is almost depleted, but I've still got about $800 worth of deals to close. Jyoti, Ryan, Firas, and Derek Shadid all say hello.

- Letter to Steve

Pine State at Papagayo's

alt.music.chapel-hill, 6-6-94

From: ri...@gibbs.oit.unc.edu (Christopher M. Riser)
Newsgroups: alt.music.chapel-hill
Subject: HYPE
Date: 6 Jun 1994 16:41:56 -0000
Organization: Chapel Hill Music Lovers

BEWARE: THIS IS SELF-SERVING HYPE!!

PINE STATE AND LIMA ARE PLAYING ON WED. JUNE 8TH AT PAPAGAYO'S IN CHAPEL
HILL. PINE STATE = OVER-THE-TOP COUNTRY. LIMA = OVER-THE-TOP ROCK.
ONLY TWO BUCKS. SHOW STARTS AROUND 11PM. PINE STATE WILL PROBABLY PLAY
FIRST, BECAUSE A LIMA OR TWO HAVE TO WORK LATE, I THINK.

I AM CHRIS RISER AND I AM A MEMBER OF PINE STATE. I WROTE THIS.

Pine State...TRUTH or HYPE?

alt.music.chapel-hill, 6/7/94

From: wxys...@gibbs.oit.unc.edu (Christopher Riser)
Newsgroups: alt.music.chapel-hill
Subject: Pine State stuff
Date: 7 Jun 1994 23:30:10 -0000
Organization: Chapel Hill Music Lovers

WARNING!! THIS MAY BE CONSIDERED
HYPE BY SOME READERS

Someone wanted to know about buying a Pine State tape?? Guess that was
before I signed on. Well, if you want one, just send me two bucks and a
blank 60-minute tape and I'll slap some songs on there for you and mail it
back. May even be able to send you a videotape if you're interested. The
taped show was a Pine State classic drunken bash complete with blackeyed
peas, collard greens, fucked-up songs, obscenities and taunting matches,
and our first-ever totally unrehearsed (well, everything we do is totally
unrehearsed - we've never practiced as a full band before - provides that
important spark of spontaneity, dontcha know) set closer "Up Against the
Wall Redneck Mother."

C. Wiley Riser
Pine State conspirator