...aaaand again a long time in between updates. Sir Brian, our friend and colleague over at OGS, noted over the phone this evening that things have been slow here lately, but after explaining to him why things are cool now. So there's no need to bombard his dwelling with flaming arrows.
Moneen, from initial reports, destroyed tonight at Babylon. Coerced sd.com correspondent Tiffany had this to say: "It was hot. Like deadly hot. The music was good too haha...half the time they had the band's vocals too loud, and now I can't hear." Sounds like a rock and roll ruckus to me. Openers The Reason are such a fun band. Other acts playing included Saskatchewan's Despistado(last-minute add? I don't recall them on the bill) and The Junction, who I've never heard of, and some other band I can't figure out and am far too lazy to go check up on. Personally, I'm pretty stoked to see K-os on the 27th at Capital Music Hall. $19.50 a ducat, get 'em while they're hot. You'll see me and the sd.com Unofficial Posse in full force.
Some news from Blood & Ink Records: after signing with B&I earlier this year, Montreal's Blessed By A Broken Heart have a full-length debut dropping November 16th, alongside this here tour:
October 21st- The Phoenix Cedar Falls, IA
October 23rd- Champaign, IL The Shed
October 25th- St. Paul, MN Station 4
October 26th- Petoskey, MI Brevity Production Headquarters
October 29th- Muscatine, IA Muscatine Center for Strategic Action
October 30th- Appleton, WI The Monkey Wrench
October 31st- Algoma, WI Algoma Youth Center
November 1st- Cedar Falls, IA The Phoenix
November 2nd- off date
November 3rd- Cedar Rapids, IA The Nexus World Theatre
November 4th- Duluth, MN The MAC
November 6th- Bowling Green, KY TBA
November 13th- Greentown, IN The Fireshaq
November 15th- Montclair/Bloomfields, NJ Bloomfield Cafe
November 17th- Norfolk, VA Michael Bob's
November 19th- Richmond, VA Exit 86
November 20th- Baltimore, MD The Depot
November 21st- Lancaster, PA Lancaster Sheriber Center
November 22nd- Lebanon, PA
So if you live near or in any of those places, go hit up the show. One of my best friends alive is in Lebanon, PA. Rock.
Caught Brother Ali(Minneapolis) and J-Live(Brooklyn) at Babylon last Saturday, the 16th, along with locals Applied Science and Periodic Trends opening up, and man, my boy Chris and I had beats in our heads for four hours, and it was awesome. All highly recommended hiphop outfits.
I won't, barring a miracle, be catching either GWAR or New Found Glory on November 3rd, thanks to inventory at work, and as my boss keeps saying, "Everyone works inventory." Crap.
Posted by mike at October 20, 2004 11:37 PM