New Songs from Dr. Dog

Posted: January 26th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Articles About Music | Tags: | No Comments »

Indie rock band, Dr. Dog, have a new album coming out on February 7th and we have 2 songs off the new album for you to preview.  The band will be heading out on tour in support of Be the Void at the beginning of the month.  The ablum is available for pre-order right now if you like what you hear.

That Old Black Hole”

Lonesome

Dr. Dog – Lonesome by antirecords

If they are coming to a city near you, you should definitely attend their show.

February
1 - Columbus, Ohio @ Newport Music Hall
2 - Lawrence, Kan. @ Granada Theater
3 - Boulder, Colo. @ Boulder Theater
4 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ Urban Lounge
6 - Phoenix, Ariz. @ The Crescent Ballroom
7 - Solana Beach, Calif. @ Belly Up Tavern
10 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Orpheum
11 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Regency Center Grand Ballroom
13 - Portland, Ore. @ Crystal Ballroom
14 - Seattle, Wash. @ Neptune Theatre
17 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ First Avenue
18 - Chicago, Ill. @ The Vic Theatre
19 - Cincinnati, Ohio @ 20th Century Theatre

March
1 - Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
2 - Louisville, Kent. @ Headliners
3 - Nashville, Tenn @ War Memorial Auditorium
4 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Buckhead Theatre
5 - Birmingham, Ala. @ Workplay
7 - Mobile, Ala. @ Alabama Music Box
9 - Austin, Texas @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
10 - Houston, Texas @ Fitzgeralds
11 - Dallas, Texas @ Granada Theater
13 - Columbia, Mo. @ Blue Note
14 - Indianapolis, Ind. @ Old National Center
15 - Asheville, N.C. @ The Orange Peel
16 - Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
17 - Baltimore, Md. @ Rams Head Live
19 - South Burlington, Vt. @ Higher Ground
22 - Boston, Mass. @ House of Blues
23 - New York, N.Y. @ Terminal 5
24 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Electric Factory
25 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Electric Factory


The Help

Posted: January 25th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Film & Television Stuff | Tags: , | No Comments »

My wife and I have a tradition of spending the winter months leading up to the Oscars, catching up on seeing all of the most nominated films.  Last night, we watched The Help. I was pleasantly surprised with the film adaptation of this story.  Obviously it lacked a lot of the character development that made the book so rich and rewarding, but they did a really good telling this encouraging and challenging story.  If you haven’t read the book or don’t know much about the film, it is a fictional story of one brave young girl living in Jackson, MS decides it is worth the risk to try and publish a book from the perspective of the negro help.   Don’t want to say much more about the story, other than this film is worth seeing. All three of the ladies nominated for their performances are very deserving.  But what I love most about movies like this, are the questions it leaves you with. My wife and I were both left pondering how we would have lived, had we grown up in the deep south during this difficult time in our country’s history.  I would love to think that I would have seen the injustice of it all, but I am not so sure.  It is great to see how far we have come, but I am not so arrogant to believe that we have fixed all of our problems.  So it has left me wondering, what kind of injustice do I see and maybe even encourage on a daily basis?  My prayer today is that God would reveal to me the true nature of my heart and the way I view and love His people.  What injustices do you stand by and allow to take place?


Bon Joviver

Posted: January 24th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Articles About Music | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Indie rock band, Miracles of Modern Science,  have given the internet world a fun little treat with their new mini-project, Bon Joviver.  They have taken the musical stylings of Bon Iver and combined them with the classic 80′s pop tune, “You Give Love a Bad Name”, written  by, of course, Bon Jovi.  Thus, giving us the name, Bon Joviver.  Short and silly, but very entertaining.  I’m pretty surprised that Jimmy Fallon hadn’t already come up with this.

 

 


First Official Hunger Games Trailer

Posted: November 14th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Film & Television Stuff | Tags: , , | No Comments »