Horrible People - Episode #8
Monday, March 31st, 2008With English subtitles for the non French speaking viewers.
Archive for March, 2008
Free Shows at U of M’s Springfest 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008More Cowbell was kind enough to let us know about the upcoming artists on the schedule for the University of Minnesota’s Springfest 2008. The best part is two of the shows are free including comedian Michael Ian Black! The other two shows are Haley Bonar on April 24 ($5) and Ben Kweller on April 26 (Free).
View the entire Springfest 2008 event schedule HERE along with more details on the festivities.
Join us for an evening with comedian, actor, and comedy writer Michael Ian Black. [He] has also appeared in Wet Hot American Summer, Stella, The State, Reno 911! and recently co-wrote the screenplay for the film Run, Fatboy, Run.
Michael Ian Black
Wednesday, April 23
CMU Theater
Minneapolis, MN
7 pm | Free
Michael Ian Black - Live at Toad’s Place (NSFW)
Happy Birthday Christopher Walken
Monday, March 31st, 2008In celebration of Christopher Walken turning 65 today, let us all enjoy a nice bed time story with him.
MxPx Headlining Punk Fest in Moorehead, MN
Monday, March 31st, 2008
MxPx will be headlining a punk rock festival at Nemzek Field in Moorhead, MN on April 29. Appearing with them will be Bouncing Souls, The Casualties, Gaslight Anthem, and The Krum Bums as well as local artists SubCity Dwellers, Midnight Suit, Any Day, Camera Can’t Lie, Write This Down, Giants of Silence, and Fat Louie.
Granted, all these bands are playing Minneapolis around this date but this looks like a really fun show for the upper northern area of Minnesota. Kudos to the person or people that are booking shows at the U of M Moorhead campus.
Moorhead Punk Fest
Tuesday, April 29
Nemzek Field
Moorhead, MN
12:00pm | $10 / $15 | AA
MxPx - “Doing Time” (from the Life in General LP)
Keith Richards and Mick Jagger on The Today Show
Monday, March 31st, 2008Keith and Mick talk about the new Martin Scorsese directed Rolling Stones concert film, Shine A Light. Shine a Light opens April 4 at the Minnesota Zoo Amphitheatre.
Son of Rambow Short Film Contest Update
Monday, March 31st, 2008
UPDATE: Paramount Vantage and Hammer & Tongs are teaming up for a short film contest. To enter, you will need to submit an original short film about anything, literally anything! Submissions can be up to 5 minutes max. The Grand Prize winner will have their short film placed in the Special Features section of the Son of Rambow DVD. Three runner-ups will receive framed movie posters signed by the director and producer.
The deadline for submissions is May 12, 2008. Filmmakers must be 13 years of age or older to enter. Films must be submitted in one of the following formats: AVI, QA, MOV, MPG, MPG4, WMV. Visit http://sonoframbow.filmmakingfrenzy.com for more information.
FROM 03.04: Starting Monday, Hammer and Tongs will be accepting short films.
About what? Anything, apparently.
They’ll be judging all submissions, and if they happen to like one enough, it will be placed in the Special Features section of the Son of Rambow DVD upon release. There may be a catch, but we won’t know for sure until next week. Check out their website for more information.
Son of Rambow hits theaters May 2.
Son of Rambow - Trailer
Ric Flair Retires
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Nothing to do with music or movie news, but screw it - Ric Flair has just retired from professional wrestling, upon losing his match at Wrestlemania XXIV against Shawn Michaels.
Flair does so after 35 years in the sports entertainment business and with an unprecedented 16 world title runs under his belt throughout the organizations of NWA, WCW, and WWE.
Quite simply, he was the best.
RichmanVA: Just to add my two cents, the first great wrestling match I ever saw was Ric Flair VS. Ricky Steamboat at Clash of the Champions VI in 1989. Steamboat beat Flair in a 2 out of 3 falls match that lasted the entire 60 minute time limit and it is still probably my favorite match of all time. I agree with The Joe. He was, quite simply, the best. WOOOO!!!!!!
Ric Flair - The Man
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - TV Spot
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
KRS-One + RZA - “C.R.E.A.M.” (Freestyle Live Onstage in Toronto)
Sunday, March 30th, 2008The Opera House. Toronto, Canada. March 8, 2008.
KRS-One during his set begins to freestyle over the infamous Wu-Tang Clan banger “C.R.E.A.M.” until RZA himself who was in the crowd joins KRS-One onstage. The two respected emcees then rap together as the crowd goes apeshit! One of the coolest things I’ve seen in awhile.
Don’t forget that KRS-One will be in Minneapolis on April 11 at Trocaderos along with Kanser and Muja Messiah.
Tours: Langhorne Slim
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Langhorne Slim will be out on tour in support of his new self-titled record due in stores April 29.
Update 03.31.08: Langhorne Slim has added a Pittsburgh show (May 30) to the end of his tour.
Langhorne Slim 2008 Tour Dates:
04.10 - Middle East - Boston, MA
04.11 - Stone Church - Newmarket, NH
04.12 - Café Nine - New Haven, CT
04.24 - Stone Pony - Asbury Park, NJ
04.25 - Paramount Theater - Peekskill, NY
04.28 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
04.29 - Recher Theater - Baltimore, MD
04.30 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
05.01 - IOTA Club & Café - Arlington, VA
05.02 - Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC
05.03 - Village Tavern - Mt. Pleasant, NC
05.04 - The Social - Orlando, FL
05.06 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA
05.07 - Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN
05.08 - The Bottletree - Birmingham, AL
05.09 - One-Eyed Jacks - New Orleans, LA
05.10 - The Mohawk - Austin, TX
05.13 - The Casbah - San Diego, CA
05.14 - Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA
05.15 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA
05.17 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
05.19 - Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA
05.22 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
05.23 - Hi-Dive - Denver, CO
05.24 - Replay Lounge - Lawrence, KS
05.25 - 400 Bar - Minneapolis, MN
05.26 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI
05.27 - Mad Planet - Milwaukee, WI
05.28 - Schuba’s - Chicago, IL
05.29 - The Hideout - Chicago, IL
05.30 – Club Café – Pittsburgh, PA
Langhorne Slim - “Restless” (Live on Letterman)
Burlesque Party Tonight
Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Burleque of North America, the local design firm behind a plethora of awesome hip-hop and indie posters including the last few Arcade Fire tour posters is having a party tonight.
Bryant Lake Bowl’s Reel Jazz Film Series
Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Starting Thursday, April 10, Jazz88 FM is launching the Reel Jazz Film Series at Minneapolis’ Bryant Lake Bowl’s Cabaret Theater. The series is a monthly event which will showcase independent jazz films with high school jazz quartets in the 30-minute pre-film set.
Tickets for the evenings are $10. Doors open at 6 PM, with the jazz quartets starting at 6:30 PM and the films starting at 7 PM. To reserve your tickets for the April 10th screening, e-mail Kevin Barnes at KevinB@Jazz88fm.com or call Kevin at 612.668.1735.
04.10 - ‘Tis Autumn: The Search For Jackie Paris
Using new and archival performance footage, found footage, still photography, historical audio clips and rare unreleased recordings, Oscar-nominated director Raymond De Felitta (Bronx Cheers, Two Family House, The Thing About My Folks) brings us an intimate portrait of this ground-breaking jazz vocalist’s life, his work with Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Lionel Hampton, and others plus his renown for his rendition of “Skylark”.
05.09 - New Orleans Music In Exile
Since hurricane Katrina struck, musicians who made a living performing and recording in New Orleans have kept on playing music elsewhere - much of it devoted to their beleaguered city. This film presents personal stories of horror and heartbreak from musicians who lived through the storm that wreaked havoc on the Big Easy. Featuring interviews and performances with Theresa Andersson, Dr. John, Cyril Neville, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Irma Thomas, Stephen Assaf, Eddie Bo, Marcia Ball, Kermit Ruffins, ReBirth Brass Band, The Iguanas, World Leader Pretend, Cowboy Mouth, beatinpath, Jon Cleary, and Papa Grows Funk.
06.12 - Imagine the Sound
This film profiles four musicians who were influential in the evolution of jazz into a free-form musical art: Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, Bill Dixon, and Paul Bley. Canadian documentary filmmaker Ron Mann’s first feature documentary, made when he was only 22 years old. Considered to be by many critics as one of the all-time great jazz films, “Imagine The Sound” is newly restored and presented on HD and 5.1 stereo sound.
The Plastic Constellations Say Goodbye
Saturday, March 29th, 2008
It truly has been too long since we’ve talked. What have we been up to? Glad you asked. A “shit ton,” would be the short answer but we can give a little more detail than that. In fact, here’s a lot more detail:
In a bittersweet twist, we here at TPC Enterprises® are both excited and admittedly a little sad to announce that our upcoming release show for “We Appreciate You” on April 19th at First Avenue is going to be our last show before we embark on what we’re calling—for lack of a better term—an indefinite hiatus.
We’ve had an amazing 12.5 year ride since we started in suburban basements in 1995. We’ve seen some truly incredible things (Niagra Falls, Golden Gate Bridge, East St. Louis, Joel Anderson’s bedroom), fought some metaphorical and actual real-life dragons, driven across the country three times over, suckered the Canadian border patrol and, most importantly, we’ve met some beautiful and hilarious (and usually somewhat intoxicated) people—many of whom we’re still lucky enough to describe as “family” with total sincerity.
So what are we doing to celebrate this forthcoming explosion of inactivity? Releasing an album and throwing a huge party of course!
Our new album, “We Appreciate You” is gonna be dropped on April 15th by our buddies in NYC, Frenchkiss Records. It’s 11 hot tracks of penultimate TPC jams and we’re absolutely stoked with how it turned out. Big-ups to Joe Mabbott for once again making us sound somewhat professional. The record will be available at fine independent retailers as well as in the usual iTunes scene. The artwork turned out awesomely thanks to everyone’s photo contributions, some of which you can see incorporated into our new website by our web guru, Alison. The CD itself features an extensive pullout section with even MORE people drawn together.
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Expect a lot of special stuff to go down, folks. We’ll be doing a little more than the standard “here’s a few songs from our new album” approach.
Afterparty at your mom’s house.
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We’ll be in touch again soon, before the shows, to check in.
Love and History,
TPC
The Plastic Constellations - “Phoenix and the Faultline”
Switchblade Comb’s MySpace
Saturday, March 29th, 2008
(This is a repost from earlier in the week, but the page is brand spankin’ new and we’re trying to get the word out. Last time we’ll bug you with this “news.” Thanks again to Kat for setting it up for us. Designed by Mojo.)
Bring on the spam love!
We’ll be doing weekly bulletins for those of you too busy to keep up with all the changes to the MN Shows List.
Also, this is another way for people and bands to contact us with news and events going on both in Minneapolis and at large.
Friend us here: myspace.com/switchbladecombdotcom
Tours: True Colors Tour 2008
Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Mojo: Introducing our newest writer to the Switchblade Comb staff, Kat! (She may go by a different name next time she posts.) We’ll let you know more about our talented friend later this week after she gets her sealegs on the site. We thought it appropriate she talk about this primarily all-female tour being the first female voice on our site. Now on to the story…
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With the date listed on our MN Shows List page for a few weeks, the final lineup for the True Colors Tour 2008 has started to take shape. For the tour’s second year out they will hit 25 cities with a rotating lineup of musicians and comedians. Their focus this year will be highlighting the need for the GLBT community, including their family members and friends, to get out and have their voices heard by voting in this falls coming election. The full list of artists involved includes: Host Carson Kressley, Andy Bell (of Erasure), The B-52’s, The Cliks, Cyndi Lauper, Deborah Cox, Girl in a Coma , Indigo Girls, Joan Armatrading, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Kate Clinton, Nona Hendryx, The Puppini Sisters, Regina Spektor, Rosie O’Donnell, Tegan and Sara, and lastly actor-comedian Wanda Sykes.
The MPLS date will feature: Host Carson Kressley, along with Cyndi Lauper, The B-52’s, Rosie O’Donnell, Tegan and Sara, and The Cliks.
To view the lineup for other cities click HERE and choose “line up.”
True Colors Tour 2008 Dates:
05.31 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavillion
06.01 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre
06.03 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
06.04 - Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre
06.06 - Mashantucket, CT - The MGM Grand at Foxwoods
06.07 - Washington, DC - Dar Constitution Hall
06.09 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
06.10 - Chicago, IL - The Chicago Theatre
06.11 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
06.13 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Hotel and Casino
06.14 - Bethel, NY - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
06.16 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre
06.17 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre
06.18 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
06.19 - Sunrise, FL - Bank Atlantic Center Sinatra Theatre
06.21 - Woodlands, TX - Woodlands Pavilion
06.22 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
06.23 - Oklahoma City, OK - Zoo Amphitheatre
06.25 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
06.27 - Alpine, CA - Viejas Casino Concerts in the Park
06.28 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
06.29 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
07.01 - Seattle, WA - WaMu Theatre
07.02 - Vancouver, BC - Deer Lake Park
07.04 - Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
07.05 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Cyndi Lauper - “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Live in Paris)”
