Saturday, February 4, 2012

Skyline photo by Andy Snow

Ninth Annual Holidayton Show This Friday

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Whether you celebrate the holidays or not, Holidayton is a tradition worth observing.  This mini-music festival serves both to highlight some great local music and to give all of our former Daytonians who are home for the holidays a great concert. Now in its ninth year, the event was created by Mark McMillon of The… (continue…)

New Almodovar Film at THE NEON!

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  Hello Everyone, Special thanks to all of you who came out over the weekend.  This was our best Thanksgiving Weekend ever, and THE DESCENDANTS is certainly a hit!!  (Interesting to note, 2nd place goes to the Thanksgiving weekend we opened AMELIE in 2001…3rd place to our Thanksgiving opening of SIDEWAYS – also Alexander Payne… (continue…)

Marnie Stern, R. Ring and Astro Fang TONIGHT

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I often hear from other music fans that they wish that more out of town/touring artists would perform in our fair city.  Well, there are 2 amazing shows this week featuring touring acts.  Tonight the amazing Marnie Stern will be performing at Blind Bob’s along with R. Ring (Kelley Deal of The Breeders, Mike Montgomery… (continue…)

Seeing the City from New Eyes

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A native of Cincinnati, I didn’t really dip my toes into everything Dayton has to offer until my freshman year of college at the University of Dayton. While some of my classes exposed me to popular sites in the city, such as the Schuster Center, I took it upon myself to explore lesser-known pockets of… (continue…)

By Way of Sunstorm wins Tattooed TV Battle of the Bands

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On Saturday night a massive crowd packed the interior and patio of Blind Bob’s (and a good bit of 5th Street in front of the venue) for the finals of the first ever TattooedTV Battle of the Bands.  Originally designed to be a competition between three bands, previously eliminated Ludlow Falls was invited to come… (continue…)

IPA’s Featured in New Holland Beer Crawl

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“New Holland Brewing’s Hatter Days is an annual event celebrating the success of the Michigan brewery and distillery with their customers and fans with a litany of versions of the flagship “Mad Hatter” ale. On Saturday, July 30th, New Holland is bringing the Hatter Days to Dayton. 6 Beers, 5 Bars! Come celebrate New Holland… (continue…)

Music Video Monday: June 13, 2011

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Ah, Monday the 13th….day of…..looking forward to great music this weekend. The weekend kicks off with a great lineup at Blind Bob’s.  Cincinnati’s Great Young Hunters will join three great local bands onstage: Ape the Ghost, which features members of Sleepybird, We Were Animals, which features members of Ed Vs. Radio, and Oh Condor, the… (continue…)

Big Easy Ways to Celebrate Fat Tuesday

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Down in New Orleans  Fat Tuesday is a major event — parades, food, costumes and such run through Mardi Gras. Dayton may not have the parades and but we’ve sure  been known to get into the Big Easy swing of things itself. If you’re looking for a place to take on some Cajun grub and… (continue…)

Music Video Monday: February 28, 2011

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This week I decided to offer two music videos for the price of one (so, still free as usual). Both videos come from bands that are playing at Blind Bob’s on (First) Friday night.  Check out the DaytonMostMetro events calendar for more information. The first comes to us from The Story Changes.  They filmed this… (continue…)

Me & Moutains, The Seedy Seeds and No No Knots at Blind Bob’s

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Me & Mountains unveiled their self-titled debut album about six months ago to much acclaim, and lucky for us, they’ve already started on the next one.  There’s no release date yet, but the band is aiming for a spring or summer.  There’s also already some national buzz for the new album as You Indie recently… (continue…)