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Shaw’s on a Monday Night.
I met my friend Asha at Shaws (which is one block from my house… why haven’t I been there yet?). About 80% of the people in the room had come to play. The place was packed. Just a steady stream of decent to great musicians waiting to play blues or R&B music. Not a bad way to spend a Monday night.
This serves as my first attempt at night shots with my new camera and also my first club shots. Both are a lot harder than I thought. I can’t wait to do more.
Then I walked the whole way down he block…. home. 
Dessa tells the truth about collaborating with Heiruspecs
Dessa and Heiruspecs have been working together for over 3 years and this Friday marks a special night in their history of collaboration. Dessa’s new quartet featuring Josh and Twinkie of Heiruspecs will be playing alongside Dessa at the release show for new record, "A Badly Broken Code". Her band will be reinterpreting Dessa tunes from her entire career and the show is going to be wonderful. After being offered a tremendous amount of hummus, red wine and Kool G. Rap CDs Dessa shared these kind words about playing with Heiruspecs.
| "Some of the best moments in my musical career have been made possible by the instrumentalists of Heiruspecs. I’ve long considered myself lucky to have found such talented, sharp, funny and kind players who are willing to join me on stage. In rehearsals, it’s all I can do to stay focused on the task at hand–I’m so often distracted by the beauty of the music they play that I’ll forget to sing. Every performance with players of Heiruspecs constitutes a great privilege." – Dessa
attached photo of Twinkie stealing Doomtree’s backstage spread at Doomtree Blowout V Dessa CD Release Party for "A Badly Broken Code" The Fine Line Friday January 22 With Jeremy Messersmith, Cecil Otter, Paper Tiger and Special Guests 9PM |
Heiruspecs – Home for the Holidays
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Heiruspecs @ The Whole – UofM – 12/11/2009
Heiruspecs are no stranger to The Whole Music club. Heiruspecs has been back in the studio crafting what is shaping up to be the most personal, honest and though-out record of their career. The currently untitled full-length is slated for a September release.
Black Blondie are four friends bounded by a common love for creating music. Coming from diverse artistic backgrounds, they have created a musical experience that is uniquely their own. Soul, hip-hop, funk, jazz, they pull influences from everywhere.
Picked by the readers of the City Pages as one of the “Best New Bands” of 2007, MC/VL has had a great response after the releases of the “Jaws” EP and “Stance” LP
U of M student tickets now available, purchase them online now. General sales begin Friday, November 20.
Coffman Memorial Union, The Whole.
Dec 11: Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm.
Free.
Beats. Beats. Beats. Beats.
A Friday Off – Al’s Breakfast at 11am
Well, I have today off of work so Eboun and I went out to breakfast before she went to work at MTN. The logical place? Al’s Breakfast.
This place is ALWAYS busy. The food is cheap, good, greasy, and fast. That is after you’ve waited in line for a place to sit. This shot is from the back of the room. What you see is what you get. Only less blurry.
Hive Modular – A MN Company Needing More Shine
Hive Modular is based in the twin cities and they design and build Modular homes for sale all over North America. There is a house similar to the one below about a mile from my apartment and as much as it’s different from the neighborhood, I LOVE it. Check them out at http://www.hivemodular.com/index2.html for more info. They have a series of galleries showing the construction process on their site.
