Music
Martin Zellar and Charlie Parr @ Beaner’s
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_99vz79CUw
(This video is from the Rochester Civic Theatre. On stage with Martin Zellar are Brandon Sampson and G.B. Leighton.)
Martin Zellar will be in Duluth for a gig at Beaner’s Central Thursday night with Charlie Parr. Show starts at 8 p.m.
Anyone planning to portage a canoe through Beaner’s during the performance?
Anyway, two free tickets will be given to the first person to leave a comment with the word that joins these two song titles:
“Statue of “_ _ _ _ _” at the Kenmore”
Clara’s Visitor
For fans of both theater and classical music, a one woman play by Stephanie Wendt as Clara Schummann featuring music by Schumann and Brahms.
More info at www.goldenwattle.net
Saturday March 13
7:30 pm
Sacred Heart Music Center
Tickets $15 in advance/$20 at the door
Online at www.sacredheartmusic.org or the Electric Fetus
Student discount tickets available at the door for $5.
Wondering where all the young Duluth indie bands are? Come see
Goodstock is a showcase of young (mostly high school) Duluth bands and a benefit for Haiti. It’s in two weeks (March 19) at UUCD, the green-colored Unitarian Church near St. Scholastica, 835 W College Street Duluth, MN 55811.
Whether you come to see Duluth’s future in music, or to help out Haiti, you’ll be doing someone a world of good!
Bands include:
The People Say Fox
Rex
Excuse Me Princess
Lions & Creators
Absolutely, I Do
The Cullens
Hope to see you there!
Batteries – You’re So Excited
You can hear a track from this thing on MySpace.
Now available at the Electric Fetus and online at cdbaby.com/cd/batteries.
Or at the show tonight at Pizza Luce with Dead Man Winter. (Undesirables had to cancel, utmost apologies.)
Low reaches for ‘Heaven’ with dance
Duluth indie band Low is trying something very new about a very old subject as band members are collaborating with Minneapolis choreographer Morgan Thorson on “Heaven,” a dance exploring religious ritual. (more…)
High Volt Rustler – “Spinning”
Duluth band High Volt Rustler performs “Spinning” live in studio at KUMD.
Duluth native Rya Ehle releases first EP – Table No. 9
Duluth native Rya Elhe who now lives in Nashville recently released her first EP titled “Table No. 9”.
Growing up in Duluth, Minnesota, Rya Ehle never got used to the 40-below wind chills that blew in off of Lake Superior each winter. It was there that her 18 years of classical piano training began at the young age of 4. At age 6, her passion for songwriting surfaced in compositions titled “Curious Frogs” and “Death of the Bees.” “I remember wanting to be just like Beethoven,” Rya recalls, “and when I found out he’d started writing at age 4, I remember thinking I’m already 6, I need to catch up!”
Listen here: https://www.myspace.com/ryaehle
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryaehlemusic
Apologies in Advance for Opening Such a Shit-Storm of Nerdom
Thursday, March 18 · Triple Rock Social Club
Leslie and the LYs with Christopher the Conquered
Journalistic Integrity is at Stake Here
So, Chris Riemenschneider, the Strib’s music critic, had an item about Wilco’s Duluth concert in this week’s Vita.MN. In it, he quoted Jeff Tweedy as saying, “This teenager came up to us and said he was mayor. We think it’s legit.”
I couldn’t help but notice this is not quite the same quote that PDDers have repeated. In the post with the picture of our fresh-faced mayor alongsideWilco, for instance, the quote is “‘teenaged boy who claims he’s the mayor.” (And I believe that post was authored by none other than our fresh-faced mayor himself, no?)
That leads me to wonder which it was. The omission of “the” before “mayor” could have been a typo on Riemenschneider’s part, but I wondered about “teenager” v. “teenaged boy,” “said” v. “claims” and past v. present tense.
It’s no biggie, of course. I just remember that after the Sept. 4, 2007 concert, Riemenschneider reproduced Tweedy’s quote about the ore boat/fog/bridge differently than I recalled it myself. Is he just paying too close attention to the music to get quotes verbatim (which is arguably okay for a music critic)? Were the PBRs flowing too freely for anyone to take too close a notice of Tweedy’s comment? Was the concert so good no one really cares about this except me?
Discuss.
10W40 at Pizza Luce
$5 cover, but to put it in perspective … you’ll still spend less at Luce then the Rex when it comes to beer … just saying.
It’s Only Just Begun …
The DNT’s A&E online blog “While You Were In” writes that there seems to be a war starting over Wilco and the recent “teenage boy’s” certificate naming them Duluth’s Honorary Band.
The Ragbirds coming to Duluth tomorrow!
The Ragbirds, the infectious global groove band from Ann Arbor MI, are coming to Duluth tomorrow, Feb. 25, for a show at the Rex. One of the busiest touring bands from Michigan, the Ragbirds have performed 200 shows a year in 26 states, and Japan, and have played Rothbury, 10,000 Lakes Festival, Summercamp, Wookiefoot’s Harvest Fest, and many more! Female violinist fronted, and full of upbeat and danceable positive gypsy, African, and folk-rock groove, we’re excited to be playing our first Duluth show! Please come out and spread the word!
theragbirds.com
myspace.com/theragbirds
facebook.com/theragbirds
Turbo Rathvon & Wyatt Famous with Fearless M.I.
Saturday Feb. 27 at 9 p.m. at Hell Burgers in Canal Park.
Come see the rising stars of the Twin Ports music scene: Turbo Rathvon, Wyatt Famous, and Fearless Moral Inventory! No Cover!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSA5yE1KEsM
CD Release Show @ the Rex Saturday
500 Million Society CD Release w/ special guests Coal Car Caboose and the Hotel Coral Essex, featuring a performance by the Spin Collective
Tweedy with ‘teenaged boy who claims he’s the mayor’
Thanks PDD for the help with the proclamation. Wilco was very gracious about it and accepted it in good humor. I half expected that it would be handed off to a roadie for disposal. Not only did Jeff take it on stage, it then played a prominent role in the show. That was amazing. I’m also glad everyone got a good laugh at my expense – it’ll take me a while to live that one down. Fortunately, I have a pretty good start on grey hairs and a beer belly – and with the stress of the job, I’ll have that ‘teenaged boy’ label taken care of in no time.
Looking for cheap entertainment?
Tonight!
Tiny Moving Parts
The People Say Fox
Lions&Creators
Leif Hinkel
5 p.m. | $4 | all ages
The Encounter | 201 E. First St.
Come have some fun and enjoy the positive vibes and jones soda, etc., etc.
Cracker changed its venue
Just a heads-up to anyone planning to attend the Cracker show that was scheduled at Grandma’s Sports Garden on Sunday night. The show has been moved to Beaner’s Central.
Don’t ask me why, because I don’t know. I just thought I’d pass along the information. And oh, yeah, the ticket price has been reduced too.
Cracker, with opener Brandy Shearer
Beaner’s Central
324 N. Central Avenue
Sunday, Feb. 21
7pm
$10
Wilco rocked Duluth again … I think.
One of the many Perfect Duluth Days was punctuated with I had hoped be the Perfect Duluth night … an evening with WILCO live on stage at the DECC. I had bought tickets months before and had been anticipating the night ever since. Unfortunately, instead of waking up this morning, thinking what a GREAT concert, I woke up thinking…WTF was wrong with the people in our row at the concert. The self-indulgent, self-centered, group that could not or would not just stand there, dance and enjoy the amazing music the band was putting out. (more…)
Draft Proclamation – Suggestions?
The following is my first draft of the Wilco proclamation. I found it harder to write than I thought it would be. So your thoughts and suggestions would be helpful…. Move quickly, I need to finish this up by 4 p.m. today.
Whereas, most Duluth bands have many of the following characteristics:
1) At least one band member looks like a musician-sized lumberjack (more…)
Lucy Michelle & the Velvet Lapelles on KUMD and @ Pizza Luce w/ TBT
For some reason this Minneapolis gypsy, folk super-group has yet to set foot in Duluth but the wait is finally over. A regular main-stay at Minneapolis venues such as the Cedar, the Dakota and First Avenue, tonight they open for Trampled By Turtles @ Pizza Luce. It will be hard to follow last night’s opening performance by Minneapolis roots-rockers A Night in the Box, though Michelle & co. will certainly cease your attention. Trampled By Turtles really loves their regional bands, supporting numerous, young, up and comers including A Night in the Box, Johnson Family Band, Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank and many more.
“Bitch, I want some Sammy’s Pizza”
I’ve been enjoying the latest addition to the Songs with “Duluth” in the Lyrics or Title list. It’s called “Duluth Minnesnowta” by the hip hop act Good Knight (Alex Knight on vocals; Mike Ward is DJ).
Visit the group’s MySpace page to listen to the Duluth song and three other tracks.
Wilco (the city) = Duluth
Wilco’s fog show in Duluth was the equivalent of two young lovers waiting out a downpour in a phone booth (if the weather wasn’t so bad we’d still just be holding hands).
I loved that show – the fog, the ore boat, the Brewhouse beer, the unseasonable cold, and a band who seemed to thrive in the elements. It was perfect because it was such an authentic Duluth experience and Wilco seemed to appreciate it every bit as much as we did.
It seems to me there something special going on between Wilco and Duluth, a sense of connection between band and city. Duluthians recognize and appreciate the authenticity, the talent, the lack of pretense – it’s all those qualities that we see and expect from our local rock stars (Al, Mimi, Charlie, Turtles, Jerree, Tony B, etc).
So, here’s the deal, since there is nothing in the Charter that strictly prohibits me from doing so, I’m going to officially proclaim Wilco as an honorary Duluth band. I need your help to define exactly what that means…
1) We need to come up with some sort of “official trinket” that represents their honorary Duluth band status
2) We need to present the ground rules for being a Duluth band – with power comes responsibility
3) What are the special perks to being a Duluth band in good standing?
Obviously, they would now be eligible to play Homegrown (we’ll have to remind them that registration closes at the end of February).
Thanks for your help.