Last night I plunked down 6 bucks at the neighborhood theater down the street,
but I didn’t have to sit through American Pie 3-D. Instead, I got to see
a great little set by Bishop Allen.
Now, it’s not-at-all typical to have music acts booked at the neighborhood
theater, but supposedly, what happened was that the theater owner was listening
to NPR one day, heard the band, contacted ‘em and booked the show. Anytime I
try to tune in for music on NPR, all I can ever get is
the fucking Thistle and Shamrock Hour, or fucking Music From The Hearts Of
Space or whatever. Anyway. Big ups to the theater owner for booking this show,
I doubt Bishop Allen would have come to Columbus otherwise, and even if they
did, they would have probably been stuck at the Campus Shithole, and no one
would have showed up. As it was, they pulled in a crowd of at least 100 very
excited fans (young and old!). It was a great show, fun, dancy, and happy. It was really
a Golly-Gee-Whiz kinda good time. I recommend gettin’ out there to see ‘em yourself.

Upcoming Dates:
Aug 19 Akron, OH @ the Lime Spider
Aug 20 Chicago, IL @ Cal’s Liquor
Aug 21 Ypsilanti, MI @ the Elbow Room
Aug 22 Toronto, CAN @ the 360
Aug 23 Buffalo, NY @ Nietzsche’s
Aug 24 Easthampton, MA @ the Flywheel Collective
Aug 26 Cambridge, MA @ the Middle East (Upstairs)
Aug 27 Providence, RI @ the Met Cafe

If you haven’t heard the record yet, check out some mp3s:

And for those who haven’t dug very deep into the Bishop Allen website, you’re missing such
helpful how-to articles as “Proven Ways To Prevent Sex” and
“How To Get Beaten Up - So The Other Guy Goes To Jail“.

Buy It, G-money.

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Hey, Insound‘ll give you a free bonus disc of outtakes
and alternate-version tracks from Beulah’s new album, Yoko,
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And 12xu is reporting that Joel RL Phelps & The Downer Trio have wrapped
their newest album, Customs, which should see a release in January of next year.