Tuesday, June 13, 2006

(17 Days Untill TasteFest)

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well it have been a kind of a Quiet predior in the city i am watching on TV and update it on this blog sight, at the same time i am tring to make it more easy to put together this sight, i know this is a work in progress for the last five and a half weeks but it coming along OK.

And now the For the Best indie New outside of the 313.

Here Some News if you been reading My gig Gudie Bob Dylan Have been busy Doing His radio show on XM satillite Radio and he got lot attenshiot for last years DVD released of the well made No Direction Home documentary which was made by filmmakeer Martin Scorsese, But now there will be a New CD of all New stuff.

According to various reports he will released his (not counting all the reissued) 44th album Modern Times on August 29, Track titles include "Ain't Talkin'", "Thunder on the Mountain", "Spirit on the Water", "Workingman's Blues", "When the Deal Goes Down", and "Neddy Moore".

Now the Rolling stone Maginzine have heard a sneak peek of the alblum and they say on there web sight say the record "mixes elements of 2001's Love and Theft - blues variations and whimsical ballads - with the darker, swampier vibe of the Daniel Lanois-produced classics Time Out of Mind and Oh Mercy."

There will be a summer tour of minor league ballparks with Merle Haggard is in the works. Now the tri country area of detroit dont have any Minor leauge ball park the two closeest Ball park Dylan would play are Fifth Third Field in Toledo,OH (Home of the Triple A and Defending International League Champ Toledo Mud Hens, 59 miles) and Oldsmobile Park in Lansing, MI (Home of the Lansing Lugnuts of the Single A Midwest League, 92 Miles) so if they will play any of those parks we dont know.
But stay tune.

If your saveing on any futher road trips just want to know about two if you got tickets to the Bonnoaro Music Festival you lucky because it all sold out but just like the Coachella festival it will be webcast this friday thoght Sunday at the AT&T Blue room at blueroom.att.com or you can link to it at www.bonnaroo.com.

If you want to goes any shorter how about Desdemona Music Festival in Cincinatti Next week with act likes Apples In Stereo, Saturday Looks
Good To Me, VHS or Beta DJs, Northern State, Stellastarr*, Mates of State, The Walkmen, The Fiery Furnaces, The Stills, Radio 4, and We Are Scientists and a three day pass are just $24 Bucks.

And if you want any things closer to detroit there a Birthday Block party for Touch and Go's on September 8-10 at Chicago's Hideout, it will have Calexico, CocoRosie, Enon, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, Pinback, the Black Heart Procession, Shellac, and both the reunited Scratch Acid and the reunited Didjits are scheduled to perform at This gig, which benefits local charities Tuesday's Child, Literacy Works, and the Thomas Drummond Elementary School.

More Info at www.touchandgorecords.com or it you want you can stick close at home there always the Dally in the Alley on on Sept the 9th near Wanye State.

And before Pat Smear Made his fame as a member of the Foo Fighters, he was a member of a band call the Germs, there was one of the early pionners of the LA punk rock scene in the late 70's and now the the suriving members of the band which inclulde Lorna Doom and Don Bolles and actor Shane West to reform the Germs who will goes on tour this July an Early august, they will play a gig at the Stick on July the 25th.

Now i know your asking what a actor fronting a band?, well Shane west is is paly the part of late lead singer Darby Crash in the new movie What We Do Is Secret with Bijou Phillips it tell the story of the life of the late lead singer who committed suicide in December 1980, just a day before John Lennon was murdered in NYC, not only that he bare a striking resembles of the late lead singer.

Here more info on the band and the movie on the web
Band sight:www.germsreturn.com
Germs MySpace sight:www.MySpace.com/GermsReturn
Greams Movie:www.myspace.com/germsmovie

It was a sad occation last year when the band Luna retired from the music Scene for good after 12 years and seven alblum together they call it a day, But now there going to release a CD of cover songs Next Week (6-20) it call Lunafied a digital-only compilation of some of the indie dream-poppers' best takes on songs by bands from the Velvet Underground to Blondie. On sale at all online music retailers, the 15-track "disc" features songs pulled from EPs and soundtracks released between 1993 and 1999, creating the quintessential collection for fans. Rare tracks include two different versions of Serge Gainsbourg's French-pop classic "Bonnie & Clyde" with Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier and the previously unreleased "Fly Into The Mystery," a track originally by the Modern Lovers.

And for fans of the band also have a documentary DVD thta will out as well entitled "Tell Me Do You Miss Me" out at the same time it is directed by Matthew Buzzell was screen at the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC just a month ago and it trek there last ever tour together which include the Detroit area one fo the last few show together, you can see a trailer of the film at there web sight which is still up at www.fuzzywuzzy.com.

And you think tring to get a date with a girl or a guy is tought in this town, try dating a rap star from the UK, That what Zach Slow a fan of UK Grim Rapper Lady Sovereign From San Francisco did just that on May 8 he start the Web sight "Help Me Get Random With Lady Sovereign" hoping to rasie $10,000 appealing to friends and visitors the the cash before her gig on June 9 th in san fran.

He rasie the money just in time and took the in demand Grime Rapper from the UK who accept the invitation if he could raise the money (if not He would dontae the money of Lady Sovereign Chooseing), so what he do on the Date he ride the town in a limo and have some booze what else.

Want to read more to prover to you we dont make this stuff up it at this site:
www.helpmegetrandomwithladysovereign.com

That it for the report for today good night and good luck

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