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Video of the Week - Pretty Mighty Mighty

10 0 0 0 — 2008-07-08T06:35:19+00:00

In honor of Noel Sayre, this week's video is Pretty Mighty Mighty's "Sleepless" from their enhanced CD/EP Normal.

PMM is tied with Pica Huss as my favorite local band. The first band Website I ever hosted was Pretty Mighty Mighty's. The only band CD for which I put up money to make sure it got pressed was PMM's Normal. Derailleur Records (PMM, Bob City, Grafton, Templeton, Velveteens, The Bygones, and Flipping Hades) and the Cringe.com compilation series would very likely not have existed without PMM.

I road tripped to see PMM more than any other band. In turn Noel and I and a few other friends roadtripped to Chicago together to see Tom Wait's many years ago. With Tom Waits in town a couple weeks ago that trip and Noel were in my mind and conversation regularly.

Thursday was a sleepless night for me; I stayed up all night listening to all my PMM recordings. I realized only 3 artists have more space on my iPod than PMM - Beethoven (all his symphonies), Tchaikovsky (all his ballets) and John Coltrane (the Impulse years and various other recordings). Pretty good company there.

Point me to your local (Columbus, Ohio) music videos by emailing me at joel@cringe.com.

A Man Walks Into A Bar ...

10 0 1 1 — 2008-07-08T06:34:22+00:00

I've added new pictures and videos to Ear Shot Raw:

Alpha Racetrack
Brainbow (twice)
Great Plains (above)
Lara Yazvac
Main Street Gospel
Six Gallery (below)
TV Eye
Wing And Tusk

Radio And Podcasts

10 0 2 2 — 2008-07-08T06:33:35+00:00

This past week's Pat Radio features Erin and Jess of the Columbus Music Co-op with a few tracks from bands who played the Co-op's Here Comes Your Weekend Parking Lot Blowout #3. Also on the playlist are some tunes from Merit Badge Records' new, free and downloadable Sounds Like Columubs, vol. 2 compilation.

UPDATE: Noel Sayre Passes After Near Drowning

10 0 3 3 — 2008-07-02T22:06:13+00:00

I just got a call from a long time friend of Noel Sayre's. The violinist for The Black Swans and Pretty Mighty Mighty was rescued from nearly drowning in Portsmouth, Ohio Tuesday evening, but remains in very critical condition. A few more details can be found here.

Send some good thoughts to Noel, his family and his friends.

UPDATE: I was trying to stay optimistic, but I've just received a call and an email. Noel Sayre has passed. I'll be sure to post any memorial arrangements here.

Violinist Noel Sayre dies at 37 - The Columbus Dispatch

DoneWaiting Message Board

The Black Swans on MySpace

Thanks for being a big part of some of my favorite music, porch parties, late night breakfasts and roadtrips Noel!

Comfest Wrap-Up

10 0 4 4 — 2008-07-01T20:12:00+00:00

Many thanks to Donewaiting, PatRadio and all our friends who volunteered at the Comfest band merch booth. We sold about $3300 in band merchandise over the weekend. Only a couple items became victims of the rain, and someone still bought one of those.

I took no pictures or videos at Comfest. I either forgot my camera or just wanted to use my time away from the merch booth to take it all in first hand. Lots of others have pics up on flickr. Here's one of our new fancy Band Merch sign and its maker, Joel A.:

I'll be doing the final accounting and double checking this week. Those who had merch at the table should expect phone, email, Facebook and/or MySpace messages with return info starting this weekend. I usually go in alphabetical order and it can take week or so to get through them all.

A Man Walks Into A Bar ...

10 0 5 5 — 2008-07-01T20:10:43+00:00

I've added new pictures and videos to Ear Shot Raw:

Bookmobile
The Evil Queens
Jon Chinn & the 1803
Micah of Two Cow Garage with the Evil Queens (above)
Miranda Sound (below)

Roadtrips & Festivals

10 0 6 6 — 2008-07-01T20:09:52+00:00

Upcoming out of town shows and festivals include Rj Cowdery, Forecastle Festival, Miranda Sound, Eric Nassau, and Oney (The Vague side band) this week.

Keep reading for the specific dates ...

Share yr Comfest

10 0 7 7 — 2008-06-27T08:34:45+00:00

Sorry things have been slow here this week. I've been on an at home vacation and geeking out in preparation for Comfest ...

I'll be at the Comfest Band Merch booth much of the weekend.

Visit http://mobile.cringe.com/ for mobile-friendly Comfest and Live Shows calendars.

Share yr Comfest: text COMFEST to 41411 to subscribe.
You can send messages to all other subscribers. Just begin your message with the word COMFEST and send it to the number 41411. Find out when bands are starting and ending, if they have special guests and whatever else comes up. Invite yr friends to share too.

Video of the Week - Ukulele Man

10 0 8 8 — 2008-06-17T04:32:01+00:00

This week's video is actually Ukulele Man's submission to a pet pooper scooper jingle contest. No, REALLY! He used it as a learning experience for his new video camera, but made the cut. You can vote for Ukulele Man (i.e. Contestant #1) or others through July 15.

Point me to your local (Columbus, Ohio) music videos by emailing me at joel@cringe.com.

A Man Walks Into A Bar ...

10 0 9 9 — 2008-06-17T04:31:04+00:00

I've added new pictures and videos to Ear Shot Raw:

333 (above)
Black Spyral Dancer
Hotel War (below)