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Every week, former music insider Marcus Couch from Chicago, does a compilation podcast of the best independent music from the best independent podcasters. It’s called the Podshow Music Rewind, and this week’s Episode #23 features Mary Faye Tucker as introduced on Rich Palmer’s Miami Valley Musicast. You want to hear the kicker? This show is…
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Some of my very best musician buddies, are playing this weekend for those of you in Central Illinois. Wiplot opens for vonFrickle at Paulies in Bloomington, IL, Saturday, Feb 25, 10:00. Wiplot is a very original and organic wacky pop band. I guess that’s how I would describe it. They have a song called ‘Insignificant’…
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If you are at all a fan of hip hop, rap, or r&b party music, you absolutely need to check out this new record produced by local Dexter O’Neal. Many of you may know Dexter as the gifted entertainer and crooner of R&B and Jazz. In this setting, Dex is at the controls, arranging, engineering,…
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Some more fun news this morning. We entered Mary Faye into the garageband.com contest, and so far it is fairing pretty well. The feedback is helpful and interesting as always. You want to hear what they say about it?
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Good news for Something Brothers fans everywhere. The ultra-rare CDs released at their 1999 reunion show are now available as free MP3s on a new website put together by a fan in the St. Louis area: www.somethingbrothers.com. So if your old sobro cassettes are beyond ratty, or if you don’t have a cassette player anymore… …
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Thanks to a new partnership between CD Baby and Best Buy, over 100,000 independent records, including 100 Year Picnic–As Tall As The Sky, are getting new CD distribution through BestBuy.com. Who needs a record company these days??? It’s a new world for music. Enjoy the ride. Here’s the CD Baby press release if you’d like…
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Both interesting, quirky, and talented songwriters in their own right, don’t miss this rare opportunity to see these guys next Friday, 7:00, Oct 21, 2005, at the Castle Theater in Bloomington. Both have the keen ability to observe everyday life and repeat it back in interesting and unusual ways. Hope to see you there.
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Yes, I still play the drums. Yes, it makes me happy. Yes, I want to do more of it, and yes I will. In fact, this coming Friday, June 24, I will have the pleasure to sit-in with the phenomenal band "Mary" to play a MOBfest 2005 show at Martyrs’ in Chicago. If you live…
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April 1 (Friday)Original Rock Show With 3 Bands: Wiplot, The Colonel, The Metropolitans Live at Paulies, Bloomington, IL, 10:00 – 1:00. If you haven’t seen these truly original acts, come check it out. I’m going to try to make this show. Hope to see you there. April 6 (Wednesday)Electric Jazz Show: Pound of Feathers, led…
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Welcome to 100yearpicnic.com. My name is Jeff Greeneberg, and I will be your most excellent host, bringing you the latest and greatest of news you can use on my beloved indie rock music project–100 Year Picnic. We’ll have free music downloads, project updates, concert dates, photos, and stuff you can buy if you so desire.…