Purple Rain plays tomorrow night (Saturday, September 6) at the Uptown Theatre. Doors are at 11:55 pm. Switchblade Comb has five pairs of tickets to give away. Shoot me an email with the subject “Purple Rain.” I’ll randomly pick the winners at noon tomorrow.
The seventeen year-old Hallam Foe is a weird teenager that misses his mother, who committed suicide, drowning in a lake nearby their house in Edinburgh after an overdose of sleeping pills. Hallam spends his spare time peeping at the locals and blames his stepmother Verity Foe, accusing her of killing his mother. After a discussion with his father Julius Foe, Hallam sneaks out from his house and travels to Edinburgh, where he sees Kate Breck and becomes obsessed with her because of her resemblance to his mother. Kate hires Hallam to work in the kitchen of the hotel where she works and they have a strange romance, while Hallam reaches his maturity the hardest way.
Hipster alert. Cute drawings and music by Domino Record’s Orange Juice “Blue Boy” and U.N.P.O.C. “Here on My Own” featured in the trailer. This looks like a cool film and I’m glad it’s been moved from the Edina Cinema to the Uptown Theatre. Scheduled to open in Minneapolis on October 10.
“Short Documentary about No Idea Records which is run out of Gainesville Florida. The documentary was produced by students of Full Sail University in Orlando Florida.”
Notice that No Idea started out as a zine and then morphed into a record label to showcase local music. Hint hint.
Speaking of Bruce Campbell, we got the new midnight movie list for the Uptown Theatre. We were pushing hard to get a print of Evil Dead 2 for October and succeeded.
All films are on a Saturday night. $9 with doors opening at 11:55pm and the movie starting as soon as we get everyone inside.
Previously Announced Midnight Movie Schedule:
09.06 - Purple Rain
09.13 - Showgirls
09.20 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
09.27 - Ghost World
10.04 - Nightmare on Elm Street
Upcoming Midnight Movie Schedule:
10.11 - Evil Dead 2
10.18 - The Midnight Meat Train
10.25 - Nightmare on Elm Street 3
11.01 - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
11.08 - Harold & Maude
For all of these films we are looking for any bands that would be interested in playing a 20-30 minute set before the film. Send me an email if you’re interested: mojo@switchbladecomb.com
Update: We couldn’t have My Name is Bruce homeless in Minneapolis so I got it booked at the Uptown Theatre exclusively for one week only. Starts Friday, December 5th.
To follow up the My Name is Bruce poster, it looks like Bruce Campbell will be touring with the film around the country. Most theaters haven’t been announced just yet, but since it has a whole weekend in the Twin Cities, I’m wondering if the Oak Street might open their doors for those days, as Bruce has shown up there previously. We’ll keep you updated.
10.26 - Austin, TX - Alamo Drafthouse
10.31-11.02: New York City - Sunshine Cinema
11.05 - Philadelphia, PA
11.07 - Boston, MA
11.09 - Hartford, CT
11.12 - New Haven, CT
11.14 - Baltimore, MD
11.15 - Washington D.C.
11.19 - Columbus, OH
11.20 - Toledo, OH
11.21-23 - Detroit, MI
11.28-30 - Chicago, IL
12.03 - Madison, WI 12.05-11 - Minneapolis, MN
12.12 - Seattle, WA
12.13-14 - Portland, OR
12.15 - Medford, OR
12.17 - San Francisco, CA
12.18 - Berkeley, CA
12.19-21 - Los Angeles, CA My Name is Bruce - Trailer
This news has me “touching the sky!” Nah Right via DJ Semtex is saying Kanye will be dropping his fourth record in December. The first single “Love LockDown” is rumored to be dropping “very soon.” December also happens to be when Jay-Z is supposed to release The Blueprint III. Should be an interesting (friendly) battle to see who sells more albums.
Nothing like going outside for a smoke break to see Big Quarters, Doomtree, New MC, and some of the rest of the Twin Cities’ finest rappers shooting a video in the backyard.
“Barter System” comes off the September Big Quarters monthly subscritpion (5 songs for $5) which starts tomorrow. Sign up HERE.
A French record store has leaked the new Metallica record. Thanks France! This is the best gift you've given us since the Statue of Liberty. 4 days ago
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