D-Sass, Say a Prayer

Local Raleigh, NC duo  D-Sass  currently competing in the CMT "March Madness" contest for singer songwriters. Picked from hundred's of thousands of videos these two Raleigh Veteran Rockers, Sasser and Bartholomew "D-Sass" were chosen by Jewel to participate in this contest.

D-Sas has made it to the Sweet Sixteen of the Country Music Television ( CMT.com ) March Madness and they need you to Vote NOW for them to continue on the long hard road to the championship round. This is a pride issue and Raleigh and North Carolina needs to do everything we can do to help this duo bring home the trophy. VOTE OFTEN, VOTE DAILY.


Go to this link, push start then at the lower bracket push D-Sass. Press to Vote for D-Sass. Make sure you press submit your vote at top right by Jewel. Then confirm your vote for D-Sass.  Vote Here for D-Sass to win the CMT March Madness Songwriter contest 

U2 Rocks Raleigh

RaleighOpenMic.com: A spaceship landed last night, an icon returned years older than his youthful antics at a memorable concert in Chapel Hill, NC.


I heard the story of Bono climbing the scaffolding in the midst of a thunderstorm at the 1983 concert in Chapel Hill. It was a late night party attended by the original air staff of WRDU (Rock). WRDU Music Director Bob Walton, formally of WQDR (AOR Rock) where he kicked started Album Oriented Rock radio in America. Walton sat on the floor, center stage as he relived his first U2 concert. 

Walton's face was animated as he built the story to climax: 

" I saw that dark thunder cloud coming over the stadium and then Bono started climbing the scaffolding and as he reached the top you could feel the electricity in the air. I knew I was watching greatness, I just didn't think Bono was going to make it down alive. I refused to blink as I watched for Bono to get struck by lightening, I walked away from the show as a real fan of U2." 

An old Rocker, a guy who walked backstage at any show he attended. Bob Walton said he will never relive the experience of watching Bono for the first time. After that show in Chapel Hill in 1983, U2 became a mainstay on Raleigh Rock and Roll Radio and then the nation.

On October 3, 2009 the band U2 played on the center floor of NC States football stadium to a sold out crowd of raging fans. The band MUSE opened the show and played a great show to warm the crowd for U2.

A perfect day for tailgating in Raleigh with charcoal smoke and laughter filling the air around Carter Finley Stadium.

A great show with new and old songs, a great light show focused on the performers and a spectacular ending which gave the crowd a comfortable conclusion to a beautiful night.

You shake your head but I found the U2 Show to be rather low tech and Intimate in a grand style. It was a great Rock show rather than a night of special effects and pyro. 

A show of International significance, Raleigh hosted one of the great Rock shows to tour in this decade. One of the most important aspects of the concert was to become aware of the issues and causes which are supported by Bono.

Appearing on the circular screen were the photos of Iranian protesters and as the face of Freedom and Democracy appeared on stage as the volunteers from One.org  masked their faces with the face of   Aung San Suu Kyi.

Aung San Suu Kyi  won the 1990 Nobel Peace prize for nonviolent solutions in a country once known as Burma. Her arrest after winning her nation's elections resulted in her  confinement for the last twenty years.

The crowd was influenced to give of their influence and ask the world to demand the release of  Aung San Suu Kyi.


 A cool fall wind filled the parking lot as strangers talked amongst themselves, sang the lyrics and made friends. As the night ended most tried to stay and watch the show load out hoping to see the secrets of the spaceship revealed.

Protest U2 Concert

ProtestFilm.com: Sell your U2 concert ticket and give the money to the Helping Hands Mission in Raleigh, NC. Give a few hours and and a few Christmas gifts so their children have something to hold as other children are holding gifts on Christmas Day. Save a neighborhood. Don't take it all. 

Everyday for the last twenty-two years, tomorrow and the next day a woman has stood and will stand on a corner and relive the horrible day when Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated at the Loraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

A bloody shirt, a rifle, the memory of a man whose message was timeless built the National Civil Rights Museum. As time has passed, our nation's Conscience has stood on the corner of Butler and Mulberry to remind us of the toll others pay for  peaceful protest so we can live our lives with greed and capitalism.

 The tourism of Beale street moves closer every year as it gentrifies and destroys a heritage Black neighborhood so others can live a convenient uptown life in a neighborhood where they did not grow up.

A few years ago Bono of U2 stopped on the corner of Mulberry and Butler to visit Jacqueline Smith and promised Ms. Smith if he (Bono) received any grant money from the National Civil Rights Museum then he (Bono) would spend it in that neighborhood.

Bono took the money and ran and left the neighborhood in need without a penny. Everyone knows he did something good with the money but Bono did not keep his promise with Jacqueline Smith.

I've met principled people in my life but none compare to Jacqueline Smith. She stands everyday to remind others of the sacrifice the poor have to make when the rich can afford the land where their home once set. The impression she has left on the corner of Mulberry and Butler is one of pride, determination and a love for mankind.

She is a woman with only a corner, a few protest signs, a legacy and yet she has given more to her neighborhood than Bono took after he stole 250 thousand dollars from a heritage Black neighborhood quickly disappearing into a tourist trap.The money went to Africa to fight HIV while HIV victims perished a block away.

Just say No to Bono, don't clap, don't cheer, don't go to the concert. Sell your ticket and take the money to the Helping Hands Mission and strive to save Raleigh's own heritage Black neighborhoods. Save a neighborhood. Don't take all of it.

This is not about agreeing. This is about understanding.
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Introducing VoteRaleigh.com

Vote This Tuesday, October 6 2009

Vote Raleigh endorses Voting.

An opinion from us could be uninformed and smack of favoritism.  Ask your minister, check with the homeless shelters, look at your roads and ask yourself one question. What have they done for me recently?

Bring it Home

The time has come for the Carolina Hurricanes to start thinking about winning the Stanley cup. To do this we as fans must stand up and demand a Victory from our home team. "Nothing but the Cup" and could I please drive the Zamboni.



The "Zamboni Song" orginally done by the Gear Daddies. Introducing AustinOpenMic.com

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2112 Percussions' Rock School Show 12/16/2007 Hideaway BBQ Raleigh NC Band members: 2112 Rock School Instructors Nic Slaton and Merritt Partridge

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Introducing FreeRaleigh.com

One of the Free things to do in Raleigh is to attend Team practices at the RBC Arena when Raleigh host a NCAA Basketball tournament.

The Team Practice schedules can be found at the RBC Arena web site or by calling the arena.

This is a great way to see future basketball stars as they practice and also get a taste for the level of World Class events held in Raleigh every year.

Introducing ProtestFilm.com

4/15/09 Raleigh, NC Citizens gathered at the Old State Capital building for a Tax Tea Party Protest. Protesters held homemade signs, chanted conservative slogans and listened to speeches as they protested high taxes and Government spending.

Our old State Capital Building in Downtown Raleigh is a favorite location for groups to gather and promote their beliefs with loud speakers and Protest Signs.

2009 Tarheel Fans Rushing Franklin Street

On April 6/09 The UNC Tarheels from Chapel Hill, NC won the final game to become the college basketball National Champions. A few minutes before the end of the game, UNC-Chapel Hill Students rushed Franklin Street and started celebrating their victory. As people cheered the victory, more students began to arrive, many who had watched the game at the Dean E. Smith Center. Over 30 thousand students, citizens and fans celebrated the Tarheel victory into the morning.

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UNC bringing it home

A few minutes of Dunking practice by the UNC Tarheels during an open practice in Greensboro, NC. While Raleigh, NC is waiting for the NHL play offs to begin, Chapel Hill awaits the buzzer and a chance to flood Franklin Street in celebration of a NCAA Basketball National Championship.

Go Heels!!!