Hello friends, family, high-crested august luminaries….
This Saturday marks the debut of Robstock, a music festival dedicated to the life and times of our dear friend Rob Hosty, who passed away in 2008 but continues to inspire our lives and creative endeavors. The festival was created by Rob’s wonderful and dedicated sister Alice, and features tons of amazing artists, raffles, giveaways, and the 20$ admission includes complimentary food from the grill and beer specials, such as $2 Miller Lites. This is also a kid-friendly event with activities (kids under 12 get in free!). Proceeds to benefit Robert Emmett Hosty Junior’s MAKE Art Fund towards a scholarship at Roberto Clemente Community Academy. AND IT’S STEPS FROM THE HARLEM GREEN LINE STOP. Here’s the short list, but hit the website for the full details:
Saturday, August 21, 3 – 11 p.m.
Kevil’s, Your Friendly Neighborhood Bar & Restaurant
7228 Circle Avenue
Forest Park, IL 60130
3-3:10p Welcome Remarks
3:10-3:40p EQ (Emmett Quinn)
3:40-3:45p Reading of ‘…Too Much Water’ by Dan Wuebben
3:45-4:15p Rock Falls
4:15-4:25p MAKE Magazine Reading
4:25-5:05p Darling
5:05-5:20p Film ‘A Day at the Ballgame’ by Kyle Cullerton
5:20-6:00p The Part Five
6:00-6:10p Premiere of ‘Snow Globe’ by Kent Lambert
6:10-6:50p The Race
6:50-7:00p Comedy by Matty Ryan
7:00-7:45p Molly Durand
7:45-8:30p Kickbush
8:30-9:10p LIVE AUCTION MC’d by Senator John J. Cullerton and Linda Cibula
9:10-10:00p The Singleman Affair
10:00-10:20p Closing Remarks
10:20-11:00p The Des Plaines River Band
11:00-tbd Open Robstock Jam Session
Jul 10
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Mean Sea Level on “Bored To Death”
Mean Sea Level has lent a track to HBO’s indie detective series “Bored To Death”. Listen for “Keep Anything” from Brett Barton’s self-titled ep on September 26th. We’re pretty excited to have a tune on a Jason Schwartzman project. Listen to the track in it’s entirety below. Up next: The Part Five on One Tree Hill?
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Jul 10
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Pitchfirk record fair – sat!!
Listening to Real Estate right now. All is well in the world. Met Brendan Canning last night- nice fellow. Stop by the c/s booth today and every purchase gets a free tote bag and a button.
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Jul 10
14
Pitchfork Record Fair
Hello Friends. I’m pretty excited. We will once again have a booth at the Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend, and we’ll be passing out free downloads, as well as free canvas bags (with the suave c/s logo) to anyone who buys vinyl. All back-catalog cd’s will be 5 bucks, and we’ll have copies of the new Darling record on cream-dream colored vinyl (and cd’s too, ya oldie). Check our tweets starting Friday afternoon for the play-by-play. AT&T, I’m making the finger gesture of the little girl in “Accepted”… Let’s not have a scene. Stop by and say hi if you’re there. Who wants to see Surfer Blood with me?
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Here it is, the new site, summer 2010. To kick it off (and make a little room on the HQ shelves for those new LP’s from Darling, The Singleman Affair, and The Part Five) we’re selling the whole back catalog for 5$ until the average temperature is 72 again. Glorious. Now if only we could move the office to the Point for the interim. Check the catalog HERE
Jun 10
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New Darling LP out Sept 28
Pre-Order starts July 6th, MP3 available immediately
Darling’s “Lights that Last Forever” hits the streets Sept 28! Further the sparkle and add some horns to boot. 10 tracks of Darling’s specific brand of bitten-tongue optimistic pop, on colored vinyl, cd and mp3. Pre-order starts July 6, and ships Aug 1, but you can grab a copy at our Pitchfork Record Fair booth July 17-19. MP3’s are available now.more info
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