The Southgate House in Cincinnati Ohio

Yo! I have danced in many a venue and there is not a finer venue that The Southgate House in Cincinnati Ohio.

Dan Deacon and the monster Bromst tour

41 Shows in 46 days!

A Dan Deacon show is an experience that is like a firework show striptease, high energy work outs with a genius team leader. Yeah, a Dan Deacon show is hard to describe but is my favorite show of late and he is kicking off his ruthless tour tomorrow; Dan Deacon's tour is one of the most pressing and hard core tours I have ever seen and considering the high, super high energy of his shows I don't know how he does it. Check out these tour dates:

April 2nd - New York, NY @ NYU Kimmel Center
April 3rd - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
April 4th - BALTIMORE, MD @ TRANSMODERN FESTIVAL: H&H BUILDING
April 5th - Williamsburg, VA @ The Little Theater
April 6th - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
April 7th - Knoxville, TN @ Catalyst
April 8th - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree
April 9th - Athens, GA @ 88/cp
April 10th - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (note venue change)
April 11th - Tallahassee, FL @ FSU/Club Downunder
April 13th - New Orleans, LA @ Tulane University (note venue change)
April 15th - Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
April 16th - Houston, TX @ Orange Show
April 17th - Austin, TX @ Emos
April 18th - Fort Worth, TX @ Fort Worth Modern Art Museum
April 20th - Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse
April 21st - San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe w/ Wavves
April 22nd - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
April 23rd - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
April 24th - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
April 25th - Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
April 26th - Vancouver, BC @ Richards on Richards
April 29th - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
April 30th - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
May 1st - Kansas City, MO @ Pistol K.C.

May 2nd - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club (early and late show)
May 4th - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
May 5th - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
May 6th - Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club/Club Void
May 7th - Chicago, IL @ Metro
May 8th - Mount Pleasant, MI @ CMU / The Wesley Foundation
May 9th - Detroit, MI @ Contemporary Art Institute
May 10th - Toronto, ON @ The Deleon White Gallery
May 11th - Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
May 12th - South Burlington, VT @ HG Showcase Lounge
May 13th - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
May 14th - Providence, RI @ RISD Market Square (FREE)(11:30AM-1:00PM)
May 14th - Mouth Place, ZX @ FABULOUS CAKE MOUTH (LATE SHOW)
May 15th - Brooklyn, NY @ Todd P Show
May 16th - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
May 17th - Washington, D.C.
@ 9:30 Club

Dan Deacon is an a N i M a L !

KRS-ONE and BassNectar

Yo, "big beat dub" meets "Knowledge Reigning Supreme Over Nearly Everyone". NYC's KRS-ONE is, in my humble perspective, one of the greatest hip hop artist, if not the epitome of hip hop itself. His conscious lyrics demonstrate the true personal value that freestyling and hip hop can have to empower the individual's ability to become aware, fearlessly express themselves and experience life's emotions and thoughts; while deepening their understanding of these emotions and thoughts.

"Big beat" is a term that represents the "old school" style beats; simple, heavy, generally in two-four rhythm; the big beat laid the track for early rap poets. (Run DMC "Dum diddy dum diddy diddy dum dum"!)

"Dub" is a term coined for a type of reggae heavy on the bass; Dub Reggae can be hypnotic, sorta like reggae ambient.

BassNectar is considered "Dub" because of his heavy hitting bass beats.
KRS-ONE in the beginning of this video uses the phrase "Heavy Weight Dub". I like that, if you have been fortunate to be live with Bassnectar you would feel why KRS-One drops the nod to this "heavy weight dub champion!"

Solar powered stages

Solar powered stages match the ambiance of outdoor music festivals, community organizational gatherings, and natural settings by providing all the energy needed to supply the amplifiers and lights on a stage quietly. There is nothing worse as a producer than being able to hear a generator from the soundboard! Or, as a fan having to walk by a generator at a festival. The solution! Solar powered stages. A company from Texas called Sustainable Waves have built, maintain, and operate several self contained solar stages as well as secondary festival attributes like festival tents, lights, and more solar panels. Definitely worth checking out their solar powered stages, portable solar set ups, and festival tents,they have cool photos of their portable solar powered stages at thier site. This company has a bright future and the right ideas.

Goa Trance Psychedelic Culture Magazine

Goagadar Magazine, Psychedelic Online Magazine!

Psy trance culture has a magazine, and a name, in the true fashion of the psychedelic mind the zine is ahead of its time and all tripped out. Figure it!
Psychedelic Culture Online Magazine Online Zine
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Bluegrass in Cincinnati

Tale of two cities

Cincinnati Ohio is on the Mason Dixon line, the very real line that separated the North and the South in the United States Civil War. Walking across the beautiful Roebling Suspension Bridge can feel like walking into a separate country still today, no matter which way your walking. The distinctive Appalachian Kentucky dialect can be summed up by the words on the water tower in Florence KY which reads "Florence Yall" (pronounced "Floornce Yaw"). Bluegrass music was born in the bluegrass state's steep hills, rocky ridges, and thick hollers and Cincinnati, OH still benefits as being the largest metropolitan area attracting some of the most authentic bluegrass musicians to date.

Cincinnati Bluegrass Scene

Today there is a strong love and exquisite talent like Moonshine Drive and The Rumpke Mountain Boys that is driving a thriving bluegrass scene in Cincinnati Ohio. Moonshine drive is as authentic bluegrass talent as I've heard for years; trained talent that combine picking melodies with chorus harmonies. They have the pictures of the holler on their website to prove their (R Than City)authenticity, not that their music doesn't prove it.

The Rumpke Mountain Boys humorous name comes from the huge mountain north of Cincinnati that has formed in just over fifty years. Collectively known as Mt. Rumpke, Cincinnati's massive landfill, the Rumpke dump, was recently capped off and I've heard that plans are in the works to convert the mountain into a ski slope! Oh, what Ohioans will do for hills. The Rumpke Mountain Boys bluegrass stems from the jamm, Deadhead, Phish, style but is still definitely rooted in the spirit of the bluegrass hills quality of quick steppin dance and good times.

Band of the day is Moonshine Drive and The Rumpke Mountain Boys. Goodnight folks

Moonshine Drive Bluegrass Band from Cincinnati Ohio

The Rumpke Mountain Boys Bluegrass Band from Cincinnati Ohio

The Be Good Tanyas

The Be Good Tanya's great bluegrass harmony caught my ear, and as soon as I heard I just knew they were from Kentucky. Yep, Sur-nuff, the trio hails from Louisville, Kentucky but like most talented acts from the area they have left to populate other areas of the world filed with Midwestern talent transplants. Might proud of these girls and hope to see them live sometime soon. They hint a feminine strength of secrete seductive natures and healing vibrations.

A short video featuring Greta, the dog, and Sam, the boy. The song is "Dogsong" by The Be Good Tanyas.