Asheville Betting Odds For 2007
Each new year brings its share of cultural surprises, even to those of us who make a hobby of following the big trends. Of course, that doesn’t mean that one can’t make a few insightful guesses, complete with Vegas-style odds.
⢠112 to 1: Local world-music wannabes Toubab Krewe will, in a vain attempt to reinvent themselves for the domestic crowd, change their name to the more user-friendly “Two Bob Crew.” Odds that they’ll change their name to the more Internet-friendly 2b@bKru? 73 to 1.
⢠60 to 1: The Bele Chere committee will actually listen to local residents and start booking acts that have been artistically relevant at some point within the last decade. Odds that this Bele Chere will see a reunited Soup Dragons (still floating on their 1992 hit “Divine Thing”) co-headlining with Deep Blue Something (the band behind the 1995 love anthem “Breakfast At Tiffanys”) on the mainstage? 9 to 1.
⢠33 to 1: Ideological disputes between the Asheville City Council members will finally come to blows. In a “battle royale” setting, Council member Carl Mumpower would have 3 to 1 odds of being the victor, as he’s used to being ganged-up on.
⢠13 to 1: The Asheville Film Festival will finally tank this year due to bad management and general audience apathy, only to be replaced with a number of grassroots film festivals that will be even worse. Odds that the AFF’s “Career Achievement Award” will go to Brittany Murphy for her brilliant work in the 2003 comedy Uptown Girls? 5 to 1.
⢠3 to 1: Newly opened bars geared at the youngish, single and financially empowered will outnumber actual yuppies living in town.
⢠2 to 1: A new hip-leaning cafe and bar will open in or around the site of Vincent’s Ear, hoping to cash in on the dive-bar-turned-myth. Odds that it’ll close within the first six months? Even money.
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