Bands & Musicians
Alex Bowers – http://alexbowerspiano.com
The Dapper Conspiracy – http://thedapperconspiracy.com
Gasoline Stove – http://www.gasolinestoveband.com (they’re explosively good!)
Henbrain – https://www.facebook.com/Henbrain
Fantastico! – http://www.reverbnation.com/fantasticousa
Fredfin Wallaby – http://fredfinwallaby.com/
Radar’s Clowns of Sedation – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Radars-Clowns-of-Sedation/215133182247
Spiralfire – http://spiralfire.bandcamp.com/
Twilighter – http://www.reverbnation.com/twilighter
Bars
Club Cabaret, Hickory, NC – www.clubcabaret.net – (the best / oldest / only gay bar in Hickory. Owner is a longtime loyal Bear buddy.)
Flex, Raleigh – http://www.flex-club.com (a favorite cruising spot way back when I was single.)
The Kraken – http://www.thekrakenbar.com (on Highway 54 west of Carrboro. My favorite Road House.)
Local 506, Chapel Hill – https://www.local506.com/
Motorco, Durham – http://motorcomusic.com/
The Pinhook, Durham – http://www.thepinhook.com
Ray’s Place, Kent, OH – http://www.raysplacekent.com (one of my favorite haunts when I was in college at Kent State U. Also makes a cameo appearance in “All Tomorrow’s Parties,” round page 29.)
The Station, Carrboro, N.C. – http://stationcarrboro.com/ (I can often be found here at their Monday night Open Mic.)
Second Wind, Carrboro – https://www.facebook.com/2ndwindofcarrboro (another regular haunt of mine, for their Sunday night “Deep Space Open-Mic.”)
Other Stuff
Adrenal Insufficiency United – http://aiunited.org (A project of my sister’s, out in Oregon. Her daughter / my niece has Adrenal Insufficiency, and so Sis is working to get EMT crews supplied with the right protocols & medicine & stuff for it.)
The Blotter Magazine – http://www.blotterrag.com (a lit mag some friends & I publish)
St. John’s Metropolitan Community Church – http://www.stjohnsmcc.org (I’m here most every Sunday at 11 am.)
WXDU – http://www.wxdu.org (Duke University’s student radio station, where I DJ’ed for 23 years.)
Laine Cunningham a.k.a. Writers’ Resource – https://www.writersresource.us/home.html (editor & advisor par excellence.)