For our first special episode of Creative Loafing's "Local Vibes" podcast, we filled up the studio following CL's publication of an article that confronts a disturbing image posted on FB two years ago by the frontman of a popular Charlotte band. The discussion that followed on Facebook among Charlotte musicians, as well as other recent events across the country, convinced us this was a conversation worth having, and we hope it continues around the Queen City, in music and arts scenes and beyond.

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• The panel: "Local Vibes" co-host Mark Kemp, editor of Creative Loafing; CL contributor Kia O. Moore, founder of Hip Hop Orchestrated and Hip Hop University; Audrey Ayers, guitarist with Mineral Girls; "Local Vibes" co-host Ryan Pitkin, news editor of CL; Susan Plante, vocalist and guitarist with Faye; Phillip Gripper, drummer with Modern Primitives and pianist with Space Wizard; Brett Green, vocalist and guitarist with Mineral Girls; and Joshua Robbins, bassist with Late Bloomer and Alright, and co-founder of Self Aware Records.