The plentiful events today 5-22-14

I've been working on a business card design for my blog today.  Planning on making it a sticker too.  You may start seeing something like this around to expand my audience through advertising.  

The radiant weather we have been having lately has been forecast to continue through this whole Memorial Day weekend!  To accompany the beautiful weather, there are a healthy plenty of events this weekend starting with today.  It's going to be a fantastic weekend of beautiful weather and high spirits.  The university and college students have finished the spring semester and everyone is ready to spend exorbitant amounts of time outside in the sun.  Please remember to wear sun screen and keep track of how long you have been out in the sun.  It would be a shame to spend the rest of the weekend miserable when hit by the sun's warming rays because proper precautions was not taken early on.

As I mentioned earlier, there are some much anticipated shows this evening:

First of all, The Kitty Cat Klub will play host tonight for MinneCon II.  It will be a rowdy night of entertaining local music by Turn Back Now, MeMeMe, Thee Evil Creatures, and Devil Baby.  This will also be the much anticipated release of Colby Swanson's first comic book for the band Turn Back Now.  This is a FREE 21+ event.  This will also be the first show Thee Evil Creatures have played since taking a six month hiatus to get prepared for performances with their new female lead vocalist.

"For the past six + years Turn Back Now has been piecing together a seven part story we call Welcome to Free America. On May 22nd we celebrate the release of Issue # 001 And Your Coat Like A Cathedral On A Park Bench By the River, the first issue of Volume 1: Gumbo Friction. Issue #001 introduces us to Simon, a young lover pondering the meaning of life on the edge of heartbreak."

If you miss the show you can also find the new comic book later at these fine establishments:

The Source 
Comic College 
Big Brain 
Hot Comics 
Extreme Noise 
Treehouse Records 
Uncle Sven's 

MinneCon II will also host several local graphic artists:

Colby Swanson (of TBN)
<http://the-common-cold.deviantart.com/>

Mona L. Negasi 
<http://monanegasi.wix.com/artwork?from_fb=1>

Marci Lucht

Maxwell J. Singletary  

Jesse Barstad 
<http://jessebarstad.blogspot.com/> 

Kerri O'Halloran <http://www.KerriAnnDesign.com/> 

Courtney Reed

Chavis

Gent 

The Hexagon tonight will also play host to a FREE 21+ night of local music.  The bands will be The Alleles, Air Taiwan, and Fuzzy Machete.

If you are looking for something closer to uptown, then drop by Cause Spirit and Soundbar tonight for a 21+ show (probably ~$5 cover).  Royal Red Brigade, Leather Sweater, and Rebel City Rollers will be playing.

If the west bank is more your scene then head on over to Palmer's Bar to see Breed and Midnight Oaks.  Also 21+ since it's the friendly popular west bank dive bar where the liquor pours are strong and the music captivating. (Probably ~$5 cover)

Lastly, if you happen to be looking for something to do downtown instead then head on over to see the Kids Like Us album release party at 1st Avenue's 7th Street entry.   ($8 cover)

Though it is not actually a music event, I thought I would also point out that this weekend Gaia Democratic School will be putting on a multi-media performance at Intermedia Arts on Lyndale right near uptown.  The performances will be 7pm tonight through Sunday night (4 nights) with an additional 3pm Sunday Matinee performance.  Tickets available for $5-15 suggested donations.  

Recounting the last few months part 2

I left off at Cinco De Mayo with my last post.  The long awaited spring was finally blossoming into it's maturity, but it didn't last long.  In relation to the winter it seemed only a blip as we soon found ourselves complaining about the heat and remembering how stupid that sounds since we had spent months hoping for the comfort of the warmth we received. 

MeMeMe

The Jelly Project

On May 7th, the Tuesday after Cinco De Mayo, I headed out to the 7th Street Entry to see Turn Back Now play their first show with their new lineup along side The Jelly Project and an energetic local punk band called the Progenitors.  The 7th Street entry is the smaller of two venues at the famous First Avenue venue in downtown Minneapolis, MN.  

The Progenitors

Later in May on the 24th I headed out to see the first show by a new band out of Minneapolis called Via at Cause Spirit and Sound Bar.  They are a lively Grunge Rock band out of Saint Paul, Minnesota.  I knew the front man and singer Jason Tuthill from a previous band called The Aphrodesiaddicts a few years back.  I added their song Uncle Sam as the sixth song on my Soundcloud set Local Gems 11 .  The other bands on the bill that night were RJ and The Soul, and Curbside Bandit.

That weekend also was the Memory Lanes block party.  Unfortunately I only made a brief appearance toward the end of the day on Saturday to see Sean Anonymous with Dream Crusher and didn't take any pictures.  But it was a pretty big deal. 

 Quickly moving on to the beginning of June, on June 8th Dead Larry opened for a sold out show at the Cabooze featuring The Suburbs.  It was an epic show merging the old guard of nationally renowned local Minnesota music with one of the hardest working local bands to come out of the cities in the last decade. 

At this point I made one brief post about all the events happening on Friday June 14th.  It was The Japhies CD release Party, The 22nd Art Exhibit Opening at Cause Spirit and Sound Bar, Mississippi Rising was headlining at the Fine Line Music Cafe, and The Dead Larry 9 year anniversary party at the Nomad World Pub.  I managed to make it to all but The Japhies CD release party.   I was so busy buzzing about that day the only band I got any pictures of was Sherbetty at the Nomad.  However, that is not to discount the quality of their music.  Quite the contrary in fact.  Sherbetty are one of the most interesting and impressive bands to see live in the twin cities.  Their tight rhythmic changes, unique lyrics, and diversity of sound makes Sherbetty one of the most entertaining bands to see in the twin cities. 

The next day was the Moving Parts CD release party sponsored by Itmusic.us at the Kitty Cat Klub with West of Aldine, The Running Riot, and Dem Atlas.  Their new album is called Go By Feel and you can buy it on their Bandcamp page. Since then the Moving Parts have released their first music video for the song Share The Blame on Vimeo.  I have also added a couple of their songs to sets on my Soundcloud Channel.

Moving Parts- "Share the Blame" from Chance Cole on Vimeo.

The last big event in June 2013 was the much anticipated Minnesota Pride festival.  This year was a particularly prominent pride festival because of the recently passed same-sex marriage bill which made Minnesota the 12th state in the United States to approve same-sex marriages.  The weather couldn't have been more welcoming that day, and among the many bands performing outside in Loring Park were Fuzzy Machete, La Madness, The Japhies, and Dem Atlas.

Later that night was the long awaited return of La Madness for their Minneapolis CD release party at The Pourhouse after a long stint touring the east coast.  Pictures of the La Madness CD release show can be found on the Evil I Studios Facebook page. Additionally, I attended the filming of their music video in late July and plan to devote a post to that experience soon. 

With the conclusion of June 2013 the summer was starting to gain substantial momentum in the local Minneapolis Music Scene.  The weather was consistently beautiful.  Our formerly cloistered spirits were eager to engage in the pursuit of pleasure in the few months of warmth and abundant sunshine we receive in this dynamic northern climate.