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Today + Tonight in Southtown: “Collision #2” Art Show + Aftershow at CFP Tonight

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We have a lot of art and music going-ons to tell you about today! Wow! Setup for everything started last night and we are going to be ready for our big collaborative art showing with The Pharmacy Gallery officially kicking off here soon at 3:00 pm. Today we have works on display in three locations around Southtown – Black Sheep, Dumb Records and also Skank Skates! For the list of artists and musicians involved, check out our original post right here. All of this is free to the public, just donation based! There will be live music to go along with starting at Black Sheep at 5:00 pm. The art opening will go on most of the afternoon and evening until 10:00 pm.

Then also in town there will be an aftershow featuring three live punk bands and some art as well at the “CFP” house (which stands for the Creative Federation of Punks) house. Bands playing that include Toxic Womb (on tour from Columbus Ohio), Livin’ Thing, and Prowess. That kicks off right at 9:00 pm (doors and art showing starting at 8:00 pm). Admission for that one is $5.

Check out a facebook event for the Collision #2 art show right here. Also check out a facebook event for the aftershow at CFP right here. Check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future!

Saturday at CFP: Toxic Womb, Livin’ Thing, Prowess

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On Saturday night, after the Collision #2 art show is done at Black Sheep, there will be an aftershow featuring both art and music at local house venue “CFP”. This is the third? forth? show to happen at the new venue. This show also features the return of Columbus, Ohio touring act Toxic Womb to Springfield (last they were here was November of 2016 at Black Sheep). Stream some of Toxic Womb’s music on the player below. This show also features the incredibly wacky Livin’ Thing blues band. And opening things up is the three-piece fast hardcore band Prowess. In addition to the music there will be artworks on the display by artists Milk Tirehaus, Frank Lee Ray, Zoe Birsa, and Zoe Isabelle.

This event starts over at the CFP at 9:00 pm. Where is The CFP located? We won’t tell you. But maybe be sure to come out to the Collision #2 at Black Sheep before then and we can lead you on a scavenger hunt to find the house! Find a facebook event for this one right here.

The Illinois Times: “Celebrating Three Decades, Skank Skates Needs Help”

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Some of you may have caught that Southtown made it into the papers again this week!- This time there is a page in weekly publication The Illinois Times about Skank Skates, which recently celebrated 30 years since ramps began construction in 1987 and the park opened its doors in 1988.

Scott Faingold wrote the article in today’s paper about Skanks turning 30 years, the numerous times the park was shut down by the city, well as the hardships owner George Sinclair and Skanks are facing today. From the article:

For most of the past three decades, Sinclair’s work in commercial lighting underwrote his DIY labors of love, but the company he worked for was recently bought out by a larger corporation, replacing Sinclair with its own reps. “I’ve been trying to get work doing contracting jobs or painting houses – and that will handle the day-to-day expenses, utilities, etc. – but things like property taxes and insurance keep going up to where you can’t seem to ever get the ends to meet.”

Check out that full article right here online or pick up a copy of The Illinois Times this week at various local businesses around town. Find a link to a new Project Southtown website right here, and a link to a newly launched GoFundMe page for Project Southtown and Skank Skates right here.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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It’s half way through the week and time for us to take a look at all of the new stuff that has been pouring into Dumb Records (1107 South Grand Ave. East) once again. This week there are piles of used LPs and cassettes coming in. Let’s take a look at the store’s operating hours for the week and then look at what’s new:

Wednesday (today): noon – 8:00 pm
Thursday: noon – 8:00 pm
Friday: noon – 8:00 pm
Saturday (art show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Monday: noon – 8:00 pm
Tuesday: noon – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
Al Jolson – The Best of Jolson
Al Martino – This Love For You
Alex North – The Shoes of The Fisherman
Andre Kostelanetz – World-Wide Wonderland
Andrea Marcovicci – Sings Movies
Arlo Guthrie – Alice’s Restaurant
Arthur Brown – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Billy Vaughn – The Best of Billy Vaughn
Billy Vaughn – Golden Waltzes
Bob Anderson – Midnight at Malibu
The Browns – Our Favorite Folk Songs
Claudio Monteverdi – Virtuose Madrigale
Dave Mason – Split Coconut
Dave Mason – Mariposa De Oro
David Rose – Holiday For Strings
Dean Martin / Frank Sinatra – Sleep Warm
Dora Hall – One More Time
Dora Hall – Remember
Doris Day – Cuttin’ Capers
Earth, Wind & Fire – Last Days And Time
Eddie Money – Can’t Hold Back
Eddy Arnold – Pop Hits From The Country Side
Enoch Light – Young At Heart
Frankie Laine – Rockin’
Guy Lombardo – An Evening With Guy Lombardo
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Sounds Like
Henry Mancini – The Theme Scene
Herbie Mann – Do The Bossa Nova With Herbie Mann
Homer & Jethro – At The Country Club
The Ink Spots – Greatest
Jackie Paar At Home – The Best of What’s His Name
Jerry Clower – From Yazoo City Mississippi Talkin’
Jimmy Buffet – Last Mango In Paris
Jimmy Durante – In Person
John McLaughlin – Electric Dreams
Johnny Mathis – Warm
Johnny Mathis – Faithfully
Johnny Mathis – Swing Softly
Locust – Playgue
Lucifer’s Friend – Lucifer’s Friend
The Marshall Tucker Band – Together Forever
Masekela – The Boy’s Doin’ It
Mitch Miller – Everybody Sing Along With Mitch
The Moody Blues – The Present
Morty Cobb And His Dixie All-Stars – This Is Dixie!
Motherlode – When I Die
Movieland – Movieland
Nichols & May – Examine Doctors
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Will The Circle Be Unbroken
The Oak Ridge Quartet – Master Showmen of Song
The Partridge Family – Shopping Bag
Paul Anka – Anka
Pee Wee Hunt – Dixieland Kickoff
Perry Como – Pure Gold
Perry Como – Saturday Night With Mr. C.
Polly Bergen – The Party’s Over
Ray Conniff – Concert In Rhythm
Satin Strings – The Sounds Of The Satin Strings
Various – Suddenly It’s Spring
Various – Country Music Hall of Fame
Various – Bright Lights & Country Music
Various – Music To Paint By
Various – All-Time Hits On The “In” Side
Various – King of the Road
Various – Sing Along Honky Tonk
Vicky Leandros – Across The Water
50 Guitars – Go Sound Of The Border

Used Cassettes
Bette Midler – Some People’s Lives
Billy Goat – Bush Roaming Mammals
Birdmen of Alcatraz – Focus
Bruce Hornsby & The Range – The Southside
Celine Dion – Unison
Celine Dion – Falling Into You
Celine Dion – The Colour Of My Life
Cheap Trick – Cheap Trick
Choice – Stick-N-Moove
Citizen King – More Leather Than Ever
City Chicken – City Chicken
Crowded House – Crowded House
Don Henley – The End of The Innocence
Elton John – Made In England
Elton John – Sleeping With The Past
Elton John – Love Songs
The Exploited – Singles Collection
Hillbilly Varmints – Planet Corn
House of Pain – House of Pain
Gang Green – Can’t Live Without It
General Public – …All The Rage
Len – You Can’t Stop The Bum Rush
Lisa Stansfield – Affection
Lords of the Highway – Take That, Mother Trucker!
Mariah Carey – Daydream
Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey – Emotions
Matchbox20 – Yourself or Someone Like You
Melissa Etheridge – Yes I Am
Michael Bolton – Soul Provider
Naked Raygun – Throb Throb
Peter Cetera – You’re The Inspiration
Richard Marx – Repeat Offender
Rod Stewart – Downtown Train
Scruffy The Cat – Moons of Jupiter
Slapshot – Sudden Death Overtime
Spinal Tap – Break Like The Wind
Taylor Dayne – Can’t Fight Fate
The Tubes – Attack of the Tubes
Village People – Greatest Hits
Wartime – Fast Food For Thought

More On “Collision #2” Art Show This Saturday

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Hi all happy Tuesday! This weekend at Black Sheep we are gearing up for just one big event and that is another collaborative one with The Pharmacy Gallery in town- this time happening at our own space(s) in Southtown. That is “Collision #2” and tonight we are coming to you with a list of artists involved. The opening will begin at Black Sheep and also include art inside Skank Skates, and also Dumb Records at 3:00 pm. Live music will start at 5:00 pm and be ongoing, up until we wrap things up at 10:00 pm. Feel free to come out any time in there! Here is the list of participating artists and musicians:

Kristin Walker
Zach Dooley
Jeff Curtis Williams
Lizzy Brown
Diane DeLeonardo
Vincent Sgro
Diane DeLeonardo
Kenyon Deshasier
Mary Ellen Strack
Ross Dickie Pierro
Diane Schleyhahn
Vince Merriman
Delinda Chapman
Cory Niff
Will Redwood
N’Shell Patton
Samantha Cotner
Jim West

Also a public open call for art is still out there for anyone who wants to participate in showing art at Dumb Records for this! We are accepting 6″x6″ or 12″x12″ pieces of art (the same size as album artwork) to be on display inside the walls of Dumb Records during the show. Submissions are due on Saturday by noon!

Find a facebook event for the art show right here. More info on an aftershow featuring more music/bands at a house coming soon! Also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep.

Dumb Fest 20-Song Mix CD Sampler Available for Free at Dumb Records

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Yes, that’s right. Each year we have put on Dumb Fest we have made mix CDs featuring 20 of the bands performing to hand out for free at shows leading up to the fest. This year we are making sure that CD is available at all times inside Dumb Records during operating hours (noon – 8pm every day). From now until the start of the fest (Friday, June 8th) if you walk into Dumb Records you get handed one of these CDs and also a schedule for Dumb Fest 6 happening June 8th, 9th, and 10th in six different locations throughout Springfield. Stop in and get yours today! Don’t forget to check our Dumb Fest 6 page which shows an updated schedule as well.

Dumb Fest 6 Announcement #4

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Good afternoon and welcome to the 4th and (probably not really final) wave of bands announced for Dumb Fest 6! Dumb Fest 6 is happening a little over a month away from now on June 8th, 9th, and 10th in six different locations around town. We now have a Dumb Fest 6 page setup that gives a breakdown of all of the shows. Here are your next ten bands announced:

MATRIX (Indiana)
REDUCED TO INSTINCT (Bloomington, IL)
RITALIN O.D. (Chicago, IL)
IT’S ME, ROSS (Columbia, MO)
GHOUL JR. (Champaign, IL)
NICE TRY (Bloomington, IN)
CYBER PINK (Chicago, IL)
CUERPO PUDRIDO (Chicago, IL)
GRAVESWITCHER (Springfield)
HOTLINE TNT (St. Louis/Minneapolis)

There you have it! There might be a handful of more bands announced, but probably not a full announcement of ten bands. Expect next to see a full and final beautiful flier with all of the bands playing and ticket preorders… nice. Go ahead and listen to the band Nice Try on the player below. Find a facebook event for Dumb Fest 6 right here.

Dumb Fest 6 Page

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We finally got around to setting up a page for Dumb Fest 6 on our site! Now you can take a look at a breakdown of everything announced for the festival so far – including where we are at on the lineup for all six shows – happening six different locations with weekend of June 8th, 9th, and 10th – and all of the bands playing, along with clickable links to each band’s music. Check out that new page right here. You can also always find it by hovering over the “shows” tab. You can also find pages for past Dumb Fests by hovering over “Dumb Fest 6.”

You can also expect a new wave of ten bands to go up here at our site at 3:00 pm this afternoon! Lookout!

Tonight at Black Sheep: Richard Gilman-Opalsky “Against Capital” Book Release + Pryss

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You may remember a little over a year ago in January of 2017 we hosted our first ever book release and talk at Black Sheep by UIS professor Richard Gilman-Opalsky. The book was called “The Spectres of Revolt” and was accompanied by a band performance by the band Undone. Well that first book release was a success, and now we have another one happening tonight!

Richard Gilman-Opalsky – UIS professor and philosphopher will now be releasing another book – “Against Capital” and leading a talk and discussion tonight at Black Sheep. All are welcome to join and it is a free event! We have the chairs pulled from out of the basement. The night will begin with a full band performance by the band Pryss. Here’s a description of the book:

“Against Capital in the Twenty-First Century makes a formidable-and highly original-contribution to the literature. The central themes and arguments advanced in the volume, which are always stimulating and provocative, enjoy a direct relevance for many central and increasingly urgent interdisciplinary debates across the social sciences. Empowering and liberating in equal measure, a particular strength is the richness, nuance, and impressive depth of insight and analysis, driven by an uncompromised intent to move society beyond the entrenched and intersectional crises faced at this time. Finally, the choice of intellectuals, all recognized as leading scholars in their own fields-both past and present-with which to capture and animate the book’s content, serves to further strengthen its excellent quality and relevance. In short, I hope that it will be read widely, and repeatedly.”
—Richard J. White, Reader in Human Geography, Sheffield Hallam University

Find a facebook event for Friday right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this spring and summer.

Black Sheep + The Pharmacy Gallery Present “Collision Art Show #2” in Southtown May 12th

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Us at Black Sheep teaming up with The Pharmacy Gallery back in early January for “Collision” ended up being a huge success. The event was set up with the idea that we would also team up for another art show later on at The Black Sheep. Well, here we are and Collision #2 is happening in a little over a week with a showing from 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm on Saturday, May 12th! Art will be on display inside Black Sheep, but also inside Dumb Records and Skank Skates as well.

There is also an open call for art to be submitted to be on display inside Dumb Records – paintings the same size as album artwork (12″x12″) or (7″x7″) to be on the walls of the record store.

The event will be happening from 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm, with live music at some point during the opening. You can find a facebook event for the art show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.