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Just want to let you about these two DON’T MISS shows. First off, one of my favorite singer-songwriters, Eleni Mandell, is making a rare Central Illinois appearance this Sunday, October 7, 8:00 p.m. She will be playing at the Courtyard Cafe. Also checkout her latest album, which I would venture to say is her very…
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For Christmas this year, a very kind and thoughtful family (my in-laws) gave me a subscription to my new favorite monthly music rag, Paste Magazine. I just received my second issue of the year, and pretty much read it front to back while on the road with the fam this past weekend. In each issue…
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It’s still darn cold here in Central Illinois, but come on out to the NV Lounge (107 East Beaufort, Downtown Normal) to hear some great local songwriters on February 8. For 50 minutes or so I will once again share the stage with my friends Chris Chambers and Tom Neal. Guess I better work up…
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For those of you here in Central Illinois, come on out to the NV Lounge (107 East Beaufort, Downtown Normal) to hear some great local songwriters. I don’t know who all will be there, but I know my friends Chris Chambers and Tom Neal have asked me to share the stage with them to do…
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It is always a pleasure to spread some good news, and this is pretty darn cool. My friends over in the punky power pop trio, Frankenpony, will have their Happy Birthday song aired on the ABC show Help Me Help You starring Ted Danson. The show will air Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at 8:30 central…
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Hey kids, check out the latest Frankenpony release, Hideous Creatures, which by the way is album NUMBER FOUR for the boys. That’s a lot of punky power pop songs crammed into a few years. Not too shabby for regular guys with day jobs and mortgages, not to mention a 130 mile commute to Chicago for…
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In my "spare" time for the past 9 months or so, I’ve been playing drums with a great little jazz group: The Brian Choban Quintet. We play our own improvised versions of great jazz standards from the Real Book. All you locals really out to check us out sometime. Here’s the cast of characters: Brian…
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For those of you in the area, I’m doing a free, all-ages show on Saturday, May 20, at TC Buzz, Bloomington, next to Best Buy and Parkway Cinemas. I’m doing a half-hour solo set from 9:00 – 9:30, plus I’ll be sittin’ in (on drums) with the David Berchtold trio for the rest of the…
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Here in Bloomington, Illinois, there is this best kept secret called the Blue Moon Coffeehouse (Illinois Wesleyan University’s Memorial Center turns into a coffeehouse once in a blue moon, hence the name). It’s really no secret actually, as you will notice if you come out this weekend to see Jill Sobule play a standing room…
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I ran across this article (thanks to Largehearted Boy) about indie kids that are now in their 30s and 40s, redefining adulthood and killing off the generation gap. Anyway, this story cracks me up, check it out if you’d like.
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