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Video: Gil Mantera’s Party Dream – Eyes of Blue

Robert Duffy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:43:35 +0000

I’ve not seen Gil Mantera’s Party Dream in awhile. I MISS U DUDES.

Weakened Wrap-up #17: America’s Next Top Blogger

Kirk Kline — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:01:05 +0000

Pictured: Built to Spill@The Newport

Bloggers/journalists are the worst thing. Oh man. i mean do you really think anything you have to say is more important than the thing I’m in the middle of? Like I give a fuck bout your website. I was in the middle of something important before you oh so kindly interjected. Maybe there was a reason your interview requests weren’t granted. Fuuuuuck.

Oh hey how’s it going? I’m feeling better thanks for asking. I meant to do this last week but after going to see that “Paranormal Activity” pos@Studio 35 and purchasing Them Crooked Vulture tickets upon arriving home, I awoke on Tuesday morning feeling as though I was hit by a Mac truck. That being said, I had no motivation to do anything so I decided to neatly(weakly) wrap up two weeks of shows at one go. I’m talkin Built to Spill, ipps, Buffalo Killers, Brainbow, The Lindsay, Gil Mantera’s Party Dream, Jemina Pearl and some website that makes Cringe look like Pitchfork. You know what to do.

Pictured: Built to Spill@The Newport

I was on the fence about going to see Built to Spill. Basically I didn’t wanna buy a ticket. I mean paying for shows is sooo pedestrian. As luck would have it, I managed to win a pair from CD101 the morning of the show. Thanks CD101! So, yeah. The show was pretty rad, the crowd not so much. I mean Doug and Co. played the songs we came to hear. Virginia Reel around the Fountain, Untrustable, which btw garnered little to no crowd response, Outta Site, Car, You were Right, which again, no response, and a 2 hour version of Carry the Zero. I mean nobody in attendance wanted to be caught having any fun. Lotta dudes drinkin the kool aid. There was no barrier up front which I have never seen at The Newport and it was cool to be able to make it up front with no hassle and enjoy the up front without getting smashed.

Pictured: ipps@Rumba

After Built to Spill I conned Mike O. into waiting for me to get to Rumba before ipps played. Thanks Mike O. Let’s talk about ipps. Best band in Columbus that never plays? If you don’t know/aren’t drinkin the kool aid, ipps is Bo, Emily, and Matt from Necropolis and Mike O from El Jesus De Majico. Shoe gazey slow jams. Real fucking cool. Good show guys, big fan.

Pictured: ipps@Rumba

I included 2 ipps pictures due to the major lack of Mike O as of late.

Pictured: Flu Faker@Rumba

Flu Faker are a band that people seem to dig. I’m still on the fence. Sorry…all I got

Pictured: Buffalo Killers@Ravari Room

Friday was Main Street Gospel and Cincinnati’s Buffalo Killers at Ravari Room. For some reason I have a hard time catching MSG. It doesn’t matter if they play first of last, they must just not want me to see them. Whatever Barry, Adam and Tito. I did get there in time to see me some Buffalo Killers. I mean long Cream-esque jams with the right amount of psych…all good. They also really kill buffaloes no shit.

Pictured: Newlyweds Brian and Cassie Travis

Saturday was Brian Travis and Cassie Lewis, of Church of the Red Museum and rosehips, wedding day and their reception was at Carabar with The Lindsay and Brainbow. The nuptials were officiated by none other than Church of the Red Museum Drummer stud, Robby Coleman and everyone in attendance at the reception but me looked fan-fucking-tastic.

Pictured: The Lindsay@Carabar

The Lindsay play rock music with guitars. They are good.

Pictured: Brainbow@Carabar

Brainbow play swirling, epic, distortion laden, beautiful instrumental masterpieces that make me wet.

Pictured: Brainbow and Lara Yazvac@Carabar

Comfest reprise!!!

O.K. new week.

I’m not a big movie dude, but I was invited to go see Paranormal Activity on Monday night and said fuck it why not. I was quickly reminded why not. Those movie theaters will let anyone in! Seriously though, I had never been to Studio 35 before, so I thought that was reason enough to go. You heard about this movie? Oh man it’s like totally like Blair Witch….PSYCHE…Big studio decides to virally market a shitty movie with limited release because they don’t want everyone to see it and realize what a piece of shit it is. Have you seen the trailers? Best to leave it at that. I’m also convinced that’s where I got sick. No Them Crooked Vultures show for me. C’est la vie.

Pictured: Jemina Pearl@The Summit

Decided I felt good enough to make it out on Friday night for BenCo presents Jemina Pearl, formerly of Be Your Own Pet at The Summit. Not really a BYOP fan but Jemina and I have something in common, we both hate people. The show was decent, garage rock with the BYOP chick singing. I honestly expected a better turnout because CD101 is playing the single and she did a Big Room performance the afternoon of the show. I met some dude that named his website after a Reno t-shirt. Whatever. Jemina loves Aleks.

Pictured: Gil Mantera’s Party Dream

Look. Party Dream are great, getting greater and it’s only a matter of time before theses dudes totally blow up. No shit.

Sorry tired of typing. Important shit to do.

This week I leave you with more Bobby Silver awesomeness.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Weakened Wrap-up #7: CAN’T LEAVE BLOG ALONE THE GAME NEEDS ME

Kirk Kline — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:01:01 +0000

(Duffy note: The following historical account of events written in this column took place the week of April 11)

Pictured: stardeath and white dwarfs@Circus

OH MAN MY LIFE

I grow weirder by the day as does my life. I totally embrace this weirdness and can only imagine how stoked you are to read about it. I saw a bunch of weird bands, a bunch of weird people and a bunch of weird stuff happened or something.

OH MAN MY LIFE

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No pics of Mike O this week

WEIRD I KNOW

O.K. Now to the stuff that matters…

Turns out I stumbled upon an awesome show on Wednesday night @Circus(The Venue formerly known as High Five). I went to see moons, the most recent carnation of whatever it is that goes on in Dustin White’s mind(formerly or consistently of moon and bad times, Freedom, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea), because they were super rad the last time I saw them-super rad groovy stoner psych rock and this time around there are members of Church of the Red Museum and Earwig involved so I mean if you have to ask….

I’m pretty sure moons have a Ben Co Presents show in the near future but sometimes I don’t remember stuff so stay tuned.

Also, it seems a guitar was misplaced so fess up junkie. Bands need gear just like you do.

Pictured: moons@Circus

I pretty much had no idea who this stardeath and white dwarfs were other than something about some cover of some Madonna song with the Flaming Lips or something.

I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THIS WAS WAYNE COYNE’S BROTHER’S SON’S BAND

I mean basically stumbling upon a mini Flaming Lips show is kind of weird.

These dudes opened with Sabbath and closed with Madonna and had mad lights and smoke. I was pleasantly surprised by the awesomeness and this may have been the best show that I have seen in that joint in the 6 years i have be in town.

stardeath have an ablum coming out on 6-02-09 but my chicken scratches are illegible so I can not accurately tell you what the album is called

Pictured: stardeath and white dwarfs@Circus

Saturday was Record Store Day and Used Kids were celebrating with an in-store all day. There was also free PBR, so……what do you think? I went and watched bands, drank free PBR and talked to record collector scum. I missed Times New Viking, but it turns out there were other bands. WEIRD I KNOW

Pictured: Birds of Hair@Used Kids

Birds of Hair is Marcy, Jen and Sarah having fun shotgunning beers. I think they will be recording a 7″ or something.

Pictured: surprise Mike Rep set@Used Kids

Is Don B’s last name Bateman because if it is that would explain so much.

Pictured: Super Desserts@Used Kids

Super Desserts have a whole bunch of people from other bands or something and are one of the two acoustic bands that I saw that I didn’t anticipate being acoustic…Weird, right? I mean I was not really anticipating anything acoustic all weekend because I avoid those things because I talk loud and ruin it for everyone, but I am practicing shutting the fuck up so I can attend such performances. Me shutting the fuck up? Welcome to the weirdness.

I’m practicing for Jordan O’ Jordan@ The Shelf on 4-28-09. He is playing with a young lady by the name of Jordan Martin. That makes 3 Jordan’s….weird if you ask me. Jordan Martin is 16, Emily Necropolis booked her first show, Justin Super Desserts gives her guitar lessons, and Bobby Brainbow may in fact be performing with her on said eve. WEIRD WEIRD WEIRD I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW

In the past week or so I have turned into a conspiracy theorist/paranoid schizophrenic and I seem to be always waiting for the other shoe to drop. This is how it went down when I got to Skully’s….I get there and inadvertently drink block some shady old cat with a cowboy hat and a pony tail and sunglasses that I have never seen before. I apologized and old boy was like all good dude or whatever. He asks what band I’m in and I tell him I’m not, then proceed to ask him who he came out for. He was being vague and didn’t really answer my question, then goes on about how he works for a pawn shop then gives me the shhhh finger, so in my weird paranoid brain, that registers as “oh shit bands, watch your shit”. I go on to interrupt conversations like a little child and I’m pretty sure nothing was stolen. I just don’t know about anything anymore these days.

OH MAN THIS SHOW

Pictured: The American Jobs@Skully’s

The American Jobssound like Jim Morrison and the Bad Seeds and were the 2nd acoustic band I did not anticipate being acoustic. It took me like three songs to realize i did not see a guitar player or a bass player but I heard both. Weird. Turns out Nate American Jobs prerecords stuff and there are only live drums, vocals and woodwind so that makes them acoustic. Also I did not anticipate seeing Jen performing twice in one day. WEIRD I KNOW.

Pictured: Brainbow@Skully’s

Brainbow are sweet blah blah blah and are playing at The Tree House on 4-30-09 so YOU GO TO SHOW

Also I heard vocals in a Brainbow song-Weird

Gil Mantera’s Party Dream were like no time I have ever seen them before-Really good. I mean these dudes are like a real band now….if you didn’t go because you’re tired of the shtick, next time they play, pretend you’ve never seen them and it will be like seeing a good band for the first time. These dudes mean business now and even kept their pants on. I KNOW WEIRD.

Somebody give me a brand new lap top.

Duffy I need a week off .

New Gil Mantera’s Party Dream: Waking Vision

Robert Duffy — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:07:55 +0000

Obama is president and the world now has a new Gil Mantera’s Party Dream album titled Dreamscape. I am not sure if they’re related, but both of these things bring me happiness.

Starting today, the album is available as a digital download over here. They’ll have CDs for sale once the tour starts.

The band is releasing this album on their own, so be sure to give them your cash. Here’s one of the songs to whet your whistle:

MP3: Waking Vision

Keep reading for tour dates…