The Yule Ball
Hello there.
Back from an extended vacation with a few things I would love love love to share.
1. "Congratulations Forever"
Idaho's The Very Most's second album proved to be anything but a sophomore slump! The polished disk includes must hears like "The World Almost" and "Fighting the Good Fight", which both aim to please with their swingy, upbeat tunes and slick harmonies. The same whimsy as TVM's debut, but in a more clean cut package.
Buy it now at www.theverymost.com
2. Hamlet 2
The painfully funny (do I want to laugh? No.) trailer of Steve Coogan's latest stateside endeavor is sidesplitting. A failed actor turned high school drama teacher works with a group of uninspired students to save the school's theater program. He writes a controversial sequel to Will Shakespeare's Hamlet (including song, dance, a gay men's choir, Satan, the President of the United States, and Jesus) and hilarity/blasphemy ensues. It comes out on August 27th and I can hardly wait though, to quote one of the students "we're going to hell for [watching] this". Another fitting quote to describe it is a quip of Coogan's own: "It was stupid, but it was THEATER!" How true. How very true. Cringe/laugh/cry for yourself:
3. Harry and the Potters
aw yeah.
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned them before but since their tour is in full swing, I won't hesitate to mention again. A band after my very heart, Harry and the Potters are the geeky pioneers of "wizard rock" (a genre defined by garage band-esque sound/fiction inspired lyrics and shared by Rhode Island's Draco and the Malfoys). Hailing from Massachusetts, two brothers (Paul and Joe Degeorge) that bear a likeness to the boy who lived play music inspired by J.K. Rowling's famed series. They are on tour playing *libraries* and *bookstores* (may I reiterate: I love this band!) all summer. Blimey! Their tour schedule is below:
July 19 | San Francisco, CA | Bottom of the Hill (matinee/BBQ)
July 21 | Portland, OR | Wonder Ballroom
July 22 | Olympia, WA | Capitol Theatre
July 23 | Seattle, WA | Neumo's
July 24 | Vancouver, BC | Ukraine Hall
July 26 | Salt Lake City, UT | Kilby Court
July 27 | Boulder, CO | Fox Theatre
July 28 | Denver, CO | Hi-Dive
July 29 | Lawrece, KS | the Granada
July 30 | Omaha, NE | the Slowdown
July 31 | Minneapolis, MN | the Triple Rock Social Club
August 1 | Chicago, IL | Stas Mansion
August 2 | St. Louis, MO | the Bluebird
August 3 | Bloomington, IN | Rhino's
August 4 | Cleveland, OH | the Grog Shop
August 5 | Ann Arbor, MI | the Blind Pig
click for Harry and the Potters band site
More later,
Kit
P.S. I'm just returning from a half a year long stint of being on a template with no comments available so bear with me.
Back from an extended vacation with a few things I would love love love to share.
1. "Congratulations Forever"
Idaho's The Very Most's second album proved to be anything but a sophomore slump! The polished disk includes must hears like "The World Almost" and "Fighting the Good Fight", which both aim to please with their swingy, upbeat tunes and slick harmonies. The same whimsy as TVM's debut, but in a more clean cut package.
Buy it now at www.theverymost.com
2. Hamlet 2
The painfully funny (do I want to laugh? No.) trailer of Steve Coogan's latest stateside endeavor is sidesplitting. A failed actor turned high school drama teacher works with a group of uninspired students to save the school's theater program. He writes a controversial sequel to Will Shakespeare's Hamlet (including song, dance, a gay men's choir, Satan, the President of the United States, and Jesus) and hilarity/blasphemy ensues. It comes out on August 27th and I can hardly wait though, to quote one of the students "we're going to hell for [watching] this". Another fitting quote to describe it is a quip of Coogan's own: "It was stupid, but it was THEATER!" How true. How very true. Cringe/laugh/cry for yourself:
3. Harry and the Potters
aw yeah.
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned them before but since their tour is in full swing, I won't hesitate to mention again. A band after my very heart, Harry and the Potters are the geeky pioneers of "wizard rock" (a genre defined by garage band-esque sound/fiction inspired lyrics and shared by Rhode Island's Draco and the Malfoys). Hailing from Massachusetts, two brothers (Paul and Joe Degeorge) that bear a likeness to the boy who lived play music inspired by J.K. Rowling's famed series. They are on tour playing *libraries* and *bookstores* (may I reiterate: I love this band!) all summer. Blimey! Their tour schedule is below:
July 19 | San Francisco, CA | Bottom of the Hill (matinee/BBQ)
July 21 | Portland, OR | Wonder Ballroom
July 22 | Olympia, WA | Capitol Theatre
July 23 | Seattle, WA | Neumo's
July 24 | Vancouver, BC | Ukraine Hall
July 26 | Salt Lake City, UT | Kilby Court
July 27 | Boulder, CO | Fox Theatre
July 28 | Denver, CO | Hi-Dive
July 29 | Lawrece, KS | the Granada
July 30 | Omaha, NE | the Slowdown
July 31 | Minneapolis, MN | the Triple Rock Social Club
August 1 | Chicago, IL | Stas Mansion
August 2 | St. Louis, MO | the Bluebird
August 3 | Bloomington, IN | Rhino's
August 4 | Cleveland, OH | the Grog Shop
August 5 | Ann Arbor, MI | the Blind Pig
click for Harry and the Potters band site
More later,
Kit
P.S. I'm just returning from a half a year long stint of being on a template with no comments available so bear with me.
posted by Kit "Blanche Deveraux" @ 2:34 PM
1 Comments:
At 6:24 PM ,
molly said...
awesome, im so glad youve returned, but did you disappear again?
COME BACK
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